Stan Calvert Cup

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Stan Calvert Cup
Statusdefunct
Date(s)March
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s) Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK
Inaugurated1994 (1994)
Most recent2018 (2018)
Participants Newcastle University
Northumbria University
Website stancalvert.co.uk
Northumbria University (current holder)

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. [1] [2]

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The competition

It was named after Alnwick-born Stan Calvert, who was Newcastle University's first Director of Sport [3] from 1981, having been involved with sport at the university since the early 1960s. [4]

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 [5] 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, [6] and retained it until the competition's final year in 2018. [7] [8]

YearWinner
2018Northumbria
2017Northumbria
2016Northumbria
2015Northumbria
2014Northumbria
2013Newcastle
2012Newcastle
2011Newcastle [9]
2010Newcastle [10]
2009Newcastle [11]
2008Newcastle
2007Northumbria
2006Newcastle
2005Northumbria
2004Newcastle
2003Draw
2002Newcastle
2001Newcastle
2000Northumbria
1999Draw
1998Newcastle
1997Newcastle
1996Northumbria
1995Newcastle
1994Northumbria

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