With Christmas drawing ever-nearer, many sporting leagues across the country are in full swing, including that for Medway Mavericks in the Inter-College Football League.<\/p>\n
This league is the oldest of the Inter-College format in existence at the University of Kent and is where the Inter-College Cup first started. The league first commenced in the 1970s with the four original colleges of Darwin, Eliot, Keynes and Rutherford.\u00a0However the league expanded and its popularity grew exponentially as two sides from each of these colleges were then inducted into the competition.<\/p>\n
In 2009, Virginia Woolf was introduced into the Inter-College Cup competition for the first time and this season sees the debut of Turing FC and Medway Mavericks FC.<\/p>\n
Medway are of significance as they are the first team competing in the league who are not based on the Canterbury campus.\u00a0We spoke to club captain Tommaso Fiore regarding his thoughts on the league and the introduction of Medway Mavericks into this historic competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is exciting travelling away to Canterbury\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt gives us more motivation because we are representing the Medway campus and there is a lot of weight behind that\u201d.<\/p>\n
There are currently ten\u00a0Inter-College football sides represented in the modernised league. Two teams from Eliot, Keynes and Rutherford, and one team from Darwin, Virginia, Virginia Woolf and the newly inducted Medway and Turing.\u00a0This year also saw the Darwin Towers side disband.<\/p>\n
Medway Let\u2019s Play Activator and the woman behind Medway\u2019s unlikely induction into the league, Fran Plom spoke about the league, explaining: \u201cRepresenting your college can also give students a college identity and feel they are part of something\u201d.<\/p>\n
The teams are also purely student run, which as Fiore details, provides a fresh challenge for the players.<\/p>\n
\u201cI enjoy it as it gives us more freedom and gives us experience of playing and coaching\u201d.<\/p>\n
Students also have the opportunity to play sports outside of football both socially and in a competitive manner through the organisation \u2018Let\u2019s Play\u2019 at the well-furnished Medway Park sports centre.<\/p>\n
Plom explains: \u201cSporting opportunities at Kent have grown over the years and now encompass a significant number of different opportunities for students at Kent\u201d.<\/p>\n
Finally, Fiore gave us a statement of confidence as he gladly answered \u201cMedway Mavericks\u201d when posed the question of who would champion the football league at the end of the season.<\/p>\n
Medway are currently sitting in 2nd place. Having convincingly won three of their first five fixtures. Kent Sport wish them the best of luck in their first season.<\/p>\n
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