Christie Cup

The Christie Cup is an annual since 1886 be transferred comparison in many different sports between the northern English universities Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds. Also known as " Battle of of the North " contest is dubbed by the Oxford - Cambridge duels as the second oldest university comparison among UK universities.

Background

Competition and trophy are named after the Cup founder Richard Copley Christie (1830 - 1901), one acting in Manchester English lawyer, university professor, philanthropist and book collector. The three companies created in the emerging industrial regions of northern England in the 19th century universities are among the most traditional "red brick universities " in the country and were renamed in the early years, yet collectively, " Victoria University ".

Competitions

The real Christie Cup goes to the university, which decides the overall standings of all disciplines in their favor. The last of 32 competitions ( 2013) existing program includes traditional English sports such as football, hockey, rugby league, rugby union, tennis and water polo to horse riding and sailing, as well as newer disciplines such as climbing or Ultimate Frisbee and looks up to 1,500 active in use. In individual sports, a team ranking is created; the selected teams play each round of a three team sports. The contests of the Christie Cup found in compressed form instead of the end of April or early May for two days and come here usually on a Wednesday afternoon to host that remains nationwide reserved respectively to the high school sports during the lecture period.