Christie Cup
The Christie Cup has been held annually since 1886 in numerous sports between the universities of Manchester , Liverpool and Leeds in northern England . The competition, also known as the “Battle of the North”, is the second oldest among British universities after the Oxford-Cambridge duels .
background
The competition and trophy are named after the cup donor Richard Copley Christie (1830–1901), an English lawyer, university teacher, philanthropist and book collector who worked in Manchester . The three universities, founded in the up-and-coming industrial regions of Northern England in the 19th century, are among the most traditional “ red brick universities ” in the country and in their early years operated jointly as “Victoria University”.
Competitions
The actual Christie Cup goes to the university, which decides the overall ranking of all disciplines in its favor. The last program, consisting of 32 competitions (2013), includes traditional English sports such as football , hockey , rugby league , rugby union , tennis and water polo , horse riding and sailing , but also newer disciplines such as climbing or ultimate frisbee and sees up to 1,500 active participants in action. In the individual sports, a team rating is created; In team sports, the selected teams each play a round of three. The Christie Cup competitions take place in a compressed form at the end of April or beginning of May on two days and are usually held here on a Wednesday afternoon, which is reserved for university sports throughout the country, even during the lecture period.