Stan Calvert Cup
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| date = March
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| location = Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK
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| participants = Newcastle University
Northumbria University
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| website = {{URL|stancalvert.co.uk}}
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The Stan Calvert Cup, formally known as the Stan Calvert Memorial Cup, was an annual varsity contest that took place in Newcastle upon Tyne between the universities of Newcastle and Northumbria originally in December and February, later moving March. The annual cup ran from 1994 to 2018, before being officially cancelled at the start of the 2018 academic year when Newcastle made the decision to withdraw from the competition.{{Cite web|url=https://northumbriasport.com/news/an-update-on-the-stan-calvert-memorial-cup|title=Northumbria Sport : News : An update on the Stan Calvert memorial cup|website=northumbriasport.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-10-10}}{{cite web |last1=Parsons |first1=Harry |title=Breaking news: Stan Calvert cancelled |url=http://thecourieronline.co.uk/stan-calvert-cancelled/ |website=The Courier |publisher=The Courier |accessdate=10 October 2018}}
The competition
It was named after Alnwick-born Stan Calvert, who was Newcastle University's first Director of Sport{{cite web| url = https://www.ncl.ac.uk/nclsport/events/calvert/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170104102757/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nclsport/events/calvert/| archive-date = 2017-01-04| title = Stan Calvert Cup - Centre for Physical Recreation & Sport - Newcastle University}} from 1981, having been involved with sport at the university since the early 1960s.{{cite web| url = https://www.ncl.ac.uk/nclsport/events/dates/item/stan-calvert-cup-gets-underway| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180909221955/https://www.ncl.ac.uk/nclsport/events/dates/item/stan-calvert-cup-gets-underway| archive-date = 2018-09-09| title = Key Dates & Events - Centre for Physical Recreation & Sport - Newcastle University}}
The competition did not take place in a single sporting event but rather over 1,200 competitors in more than 70 teams compete against each other in 26 different sports, the winning university is determined by whose team won the most events. The competition took place every year since its formation in 1994 until its cancellation in 2018. The rules that determined the nature of the competition were signed by both universities in 2009.
Previous winners
Between 1994 and 2018, Newcastle University won the cup 13 times{{Cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-northumbria-university-stan-calvert-15265933|title = War of words between universities as varsity is axed|date = 11 October 2018}} and Northumbria 10 times, with 2 draws. In 2013 Newcastle retained the cup for an unprecedented 6th consecutive year, but Northumbria University regained it in 2014,{{cite web |url=http://thecourieronline.co.uk/newcastles-stan-calvert-supremacy-smashed/ |title=Newcastle's Stan Calvert supremacy smashed |publisher=The Courier |date=20 March 2014 |accessdate=4 July 2014}} and retained it until the competition's final year in 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://nusportcentral.com/team-northumbria/stan-calvert-memorial-cup-games#so-what-is-stan-calvert|title=Stan Calvert {{!}} Team Northumbria {{!}} NU Sport Central|website=nusportcentral.com|access-date=2016-05-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://nusportcentral.com/news/hat-trick-of-stan-calvert-wins-tastes-sweet|title=Hat-trick Of Stan Calvert Wins Tastes Sweet {{!}} News {{!}} NU Sport Central|website=nusportcentral.com|access-date=2016-05-12}}
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! Winner |
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| 2018
|style="background:#C80815; color:white;"|Northumbria |
| 2017
|style="background:#C80815; color:white;"|Northumbria |
| 2016
|style="background:#C80815; color:white;"|Northumbria |
| 2015
|style="background:#C80815; color:white;"|Northumbria |
| 2014
|style="background:#C80815; color:white;"|Northumbria |
| 2013
|style="background:skyblue; color:#000;"|Newcastle |
| 2012
|style="background:skyblue; color:#000;"|Newcastle |
| 2011
|style="background:skyblue; color:#000;"|Newcastle{{Cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/item/they-did-it |title=Magnificent Record-breaking victory |publisher=Newcastle University |date=2010-03-01 |accessdate=2010-03-01}} |
| 2010
|style="background:skyblue; color:#000;"|Newcastle{{Cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sport/news/item/magnificent-treble-for-team-newcastle |title=Magnificent Treble for Team Newcastle |publisher=Newcastle University |date=2010-03-01 |accessdate=2010-03-01}} |
| 2009
|style="background:skyblue; color:#000;"|Newcastle{{Cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cprs/news/item/newsflash-newcastle-retain-stan-calvert-cup |title=Newsflash: Newcastle retain Stan Calvert Cup |publisher=Newcastle University |date=2009-02-26 |accessdate=2009-02-26}} |
| 2008
|style="background:skyblue; color:#000;"|Newcastle |
| 2007
|style="background:#C80815; color:white;"|Northumbria |
| 2006
|style="background:skyblue; color:#000;"|Newcastle |
| 2005
|style="background:#C80815; color:white;"|Northumbria |
| 2004
|style="background:skyblue; color:#000;"|Newcastle |
| 2003
|style="background:white; color:#000;"|Draw |
| 2002
|style="background:skyblue; color:#000;"|Newcastle |
| 2001
|style="background:skyblue; color:#000;"|Newcastle |
| 2000
|style="background:#C80815; color:white;"|Northumbria |
| 1999
|style="background:white; color:#000;"|Draw |
| 1998
|style="background:skyblue; color:#000;"|Newcastle |
| 1997
|style="background:skyblue; color:#000;"|Newcastle |
| 1996
|style="background:#C80815; color:white;"|Northumbria |
| 1995
|style="background:skyblue; color:#000;"|Newcastle |
| 1994
|style="background:#C80815; color:white;"|Northumbria |
References
External links
- [http://stancalvert.co.uk Official Stan Calvert Cup Website]
- [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sport/events/calvert/ Stan Calvert Cup] at Newcastle University
- [http://nusportcentral.com/team-northumbria/stan-calvert-memorial-cup-games Stan Calvert Cup] at Northumbria University
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Category:Student sport rivalries in the United Kingdom
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