University staff recently competed in racket sports as the annual Vice-Chancellor’s Cup heats up. The matches started with a day of competitive badminton. A big congratulations to Kent Business School for taking the badminton title but also to Biosciences and EDA for finishing a close second and third respectively.
The next sport was table tennis. Again, very close at the top with Estates taking third, Kent Business School second, and Biosciences winning their first top spot of the year!
Finally, we ended the racket sports with a three day tennis event. We saw some great tennis throughout the competition and a very big well done must go to History (a new entry into the Vice-Chancellor’s Cup this year) for their colossal victory – winning all their matches. The International Office finished in second, and Biosciences in third.
A big thanks must go to all the departments for taking part and making the event thoroughly enjoyable for all, and thanks to those at Kent Sport for putting on a great week of racket sports. You can view an album of photos from the racket sports games on our Facebook page.
Here are the overall scores for each racket sport event:
| Team | Badminton | Table Tennis | Tennis |
| Komplete BankerS | 27 | 26 | 21 |
| Nobody does it bEDA | 25 | 17 | 19 |
| Office Politics | 19 | 23 | 17 |
| Ken’t Play Sport | 15 | 19 | 23 |
| High Flyers | 13 | 14 | 26 |
| Biocelona | 26 | 27 | 25 |
| History | 24 | 15 | 27 |
| Happy Ravers | 16 | 20 | 20 |
| Record Profit | 22 | 11 | 15 |
| EMS Emus | 18 | 24 | 13 |
| Team Deanamite | 14 | 18 | 24 |
| Estates All Stars | 20 | 25 | 14 |
| DEV-ICE | 23 | 21 | 12 |
| Big Society | 17 | 22 | 22 |
| Team KLS | 21 | 13 | 16 |
| Templeman of Doom | 0 | 16 | 18 |
| School of Arts | 12 | 12 | 11 |
Overall, Komplete BankerS are in the lead with 170 points, Nobody Does it bEDA second with 145 points, closely followed by Office Politics in third with 11 points.
The next event will be School Sports Day on 24 – 26 May from 1pm – 2pm at the Pavilion. Why not come along to watch the teams battle it out? The Pavilion Cafe Bar will be open to serve cold drinks and snacks during the event. Vicky Annis, Kent Sport Physiotherapist, will be at the Vice-Chancellor’s Cup Sports Day event cheering all departments on. Please feel free to speak to Vicky about any injuries or potential problems. No question is a bad question. Alternatively email physio@kent.ac.uk.
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