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! Year !! Venue !! Result !! Cambridge Team or Report
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| 2014 || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 525 Cambridge 478 || [[Varsity 2014]]
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| 2013 || Bicester || Oxford 371 Cambridge 352 || [[Varsity 2013]]
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| 2012 || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 38 Oxford 16 || [[Varsity 2012]]
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| 2011 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 129 Cambridge 88 || [[Varsity 2011]]
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| 2010 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 496 Cambridge 426 || [[Varsity 2010]]
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| 2009 Jun || RAF Bicester || Oxford 776 Cambridge 551 || [[Varsity 2009]]
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| 2008 || || ||
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| 2007 Jul || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 112 Oxford 85 || [[Varsity 2007]]
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| 2006 Jul || Gransden Lodge || Oxford Won || [[Varsity 2006]]
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| 2005 || || ||
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| 2004 || || ||
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| 2003 Jun || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge Won ||
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| 2002 Sep || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won || Paul Flower & Charlotte Morley
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| 2001 Dec || RAF Bicester || Cambridge Won || John Hingley, Paul Flower, John Glass, James Lloyd-Hughes & Tom Bishop
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| 2000 || || ||
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| 1999 || || ||
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| 1998 || X-Country Ladder || Oxford 14671 Cambridge 13112 || Pete Thelwall, Jay Rebbeck, Debbie Thomas, Stuart Crawshaw & Stephen Madle
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| 1997 Aug || RAF Bicester || Oxford 80 Cambridge 40 || Pete Thelwall, Debbie Thomas & Stephen Madle
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| 1996 || colspan="32" | ''Cancelled''
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| 1995 May || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 1083 Cambridge 1054 || Stuart Crawshaw, Henry Rebbeck ,Mark Williams, Alex Parr, Ian Lewis & Kingsley Reavell
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| 1994 May || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 458 Oxford 434 || James Chappell, Stuart Crawshaw, John Moore, Mark Williams & Henry Rebbeck
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| 1993 May || RAF Bicester || Oxford 213 Cambridge 194 || Jagdip Grewal, Harjinder Obhi, James Chappell, John Moore, Malte Grosche & Stuart Crawshaw
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| 1992 April || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 192 Oxford 192 || Damian Debski, Malte Grosche, Stuart Morgan, Harjinder Obhi, Peter Topping, Matthew Turnbull & John Moore
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| 1991 || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won ||
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| 1990 || || Oxford Won ||
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| 1989 || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won by 57 Points || David Heath-Whyte, Derek Prinsen, Graham Armstrong, Frank Zachariasse & Margaret Oakes
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| 1988 || || Cambridge Won ||
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| 1987 || || Oxford Won ||
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| 1986 || || Cambridge Won ||
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| 1985 || || Cambridge Won ||
|}
# Instructors may fly in scoring gliders and may verbally assist the competitor. They may not physically fly the glider at any time. The only exception to this is to maintain normal safety.
# Flights making their final turn below 300ft will not score, nor will land out flights.
= Past reports =
== 2014 ==
See [[Varsity 2014]].
== 2013 ==
See [[Varsity 2013]].
== 2012 ==
; Cambridge team
: Malcolm Morgan (captain), Iain Butler, Fiona Llewellyn-Beard
; Oxford team
: Natasha Spottiswoode (captain), Chris Ballance, Joel Scott-Halkes
After a succession of abortive attempts at the Varsity Match (each one foiled by poor weather), we were very pleased to be able welcome members of Oxford University Gliding Club to Gransden Lodge on a cloudy Sunday late in the soaring season. Each Club fielded a team of three pilots of mixed ability, with one pre-solo pilot from each University competing in a two-seat glider under the watchful eye of an instructor. Owing to the weak soaring conditions, we agreed to use a variation of the standard rules: flights would score one point for each minute of flight after five minutes, and each pilot submits his best-scoring flight of the day towards the team total.
A passing rain shower delayed the first launch until eleven o'clock.
Chris Ballance (Oxford) and Iain Butler (Cambridge) completed check-flights with an instructor, obtaining clearance to fly solo in the two Junior single-seat gliders operated by Cambridge Gliding Centre. Early scoring was dominated by Malcolm Morgan of the Cambridge team who showed his experience by clocking up a flight of 31 hard-won minutes in the Junior, working hard at patchy, weak lift in difficult conditions that called for accurate flying and sharp decision-making.
This flight would prove to be decisive: it alone outscored the combined efforts of the Oxford team!
Natasha Spottiswoode and Joel Scott-Halkes posted scoring flights for Oxford, while Iain Butler took advantage of the rising air triggered by a combine harvester working in a nearby field to score secure a useful 13 minutes for Cambridge. Fiona Llewellyn-Beard, flying in a two-seat glider, also scored valuable points for the home side.
Conditions strengthened somewhat as the evening approached: Chris and Natasha took the opportunity to improve on their earlier scores, but it was not enough to close down the healthy Cambridge margin which was maintained until the cessation of flying. We hope to repeat the strong performance at next year's contest to be held at Bicester airfield, the home of OUGC.
== 2011 ==
; Cambridge team
: Julia Robson (capt), James Shaw, Fergus Noble
; Oxford team
: Natasha Spottiswoode (capt), Lukas Brandt
After a number of unsuccessful attempts to organise a Varsity Match we finally met on a typical British summer's day in mid-July. The forecast was not looking promising for a soaring competition - overcast cloud with occasional light rain, but both teams began the process of getting checked out on Bicester's K-13s. We cut the required flight times down because of the bad weather - a 10 minute flight would count for scoring purposes, with a maximum flight time of 30 mins. Even so, by 4pm Cambridge were leading by just 17 points to 12 (with Fergus Noble scoring for Cambridge and Natasha Spottiswoode for Oxford).
Throughout the afternoon we had been tracking a promising patch of sunlight which had slowly been working its way towards us; unfortunately, it looked like it would reach us just as we were packing up. James Shaw (Cambridge) took off in a K-13 intending to perform a hangar landing, came off the winch and immediately turned into a 2kt thermal and began climbing away.
Lukas Brandt (Oxford) immediately jumped into the other K-13 and launched into a strong thermal. After climbing to 3,000ft he displayed a mastery of Varsity Match tactics, using his airbrakes to descend quickly in order to maximise the amount of time spent climbing in thermals. Unfortunately he came unstuck when he was unable to find another thermal, and he was forced to land with a score of 40 points.
At this point Oxford could see James still racking up the points for Cambridge and knew they needed another scoring flight to be in with a chance. They deployed their home-field advantage, pulling rank to ensure that Natasha Spottiswoode took off in the final flight of the day. To Cambridge's dismay, she also started climbing away after some initial trouble.
Meanwhile, James landed his flight after 28 minutes in the air, scoring 71 points (bringing Cambridge's total to 88) and setting Oxford a target of 49 from Natasha's flight to win. At this point it was approaching 6pm and it wasn't clear how long the thermals would continue. We thought it would be close, but as Natasha continually found thermal after thermal to stay up we realised that the match was slipping away from us. Just after 6pm she landed after an excellent flight, scoring 89 points and handing Oxford a comprehensive victory.
== 2010 ==
; Cambridge team
: Philippa Roberts (capt), Graham Spelman
; Oxford team
: Lukas Brandt, Rory Barker
The 2010 Varsity match was held during the Inter-University Gliding Task Week at Bicester airfield, the home of OUGC. Saturday was unsoarable so on Sunday 8th July a team of four pilots from each club rigged their gliders in anticipation of the good weather. Philippa Roberts, Cambridge Captain and Lukas Brandt, Oxford launched first to test the conditions, they were closely followed by Graham Spelman, Cambridge and Rory Barker, Oxford. Lukas and Philippa flew a very close match with only 2 points between them; unfortunately for the Cambridge side Rory beat Graham by 72 points. Tragically the weekend's flying was cut short by the death of Miss Amy Barsby in an accident. Amy, 25, a pilot from Trinity College Dublin contributed a lot to university gliding and we would like to take this opportunity to recognise that contribution.
== 2009 ==
On the weekend of the 27th/28th June 09, Cambridge University Gliding Club travelled to Oxford University's home club at RAF Bicester for the 2009 Gliding Varsity Match. Their aim was to keep the Varsity Cup for the sport of soaring the sky at Cambridge for another year. The five person team knew they were up against tough competition, as the Oxford team held the advantage in qualifications and experience. The Saturday started with a real surprise for a gliding competition; the weather was fantastic! The airfield was set up quickly and the necessary check flights made by the visiting team, to familiarise themselves with the airfield and local airspace (there is a nearby parachute drop zone – not a good place to be in a glider!). With these chores completed, Julia and Becca kicked things off for the Cambridge team, flying in K13s, and both gaining very respectable scores of around 130 points (1 point per minute, up to 50 minutes, plus 2 points per 100 ft sustained height gain). However, Oxford countered with two very good flights, as Lukas and Felix went off in their hotships, into the best of a good day's weather. Their better gliders and slightly dubious pull-up tactics led to some truly amazing scores of 235 and 276 points, gaining between the two of them more than the entire Oxford team last year. Peter then flew in a borrowed glider, making Cambridge's best scoring flight yet. Most of the remaining members of both teams made their flights that afternoon, and the evening showed Oxford out in the lead. Sunday's weather was not quite what Saturday's had been, but there were still plenty of thermals about, so there were many efforts from the Cambridge team to better their previous scores. Peter made another impressive scoring flight of 212 points, in CUGC's new glider; an ASW19 with the tail letters CU, but no one else was able to improve in the slightly poorer weather.
== 2007 ==
After a defeat at home in 2006, Cambridge arrived at RAF Bicester eager to take back the Varsity Trophy. As was the case for much of the season, the weather was proving to be rather uncooperative. However, by early afternoon the sky cleared enough that the match could begin. Soaring conditions remained very difficult and both teams found it hard to make significant height gains. In the end though, a trio of strong performances from Nick Laux, Adam Spikings and Peter Buchlovsky sealed the day, with us eventually winning by 112 points to 85.
== 2006 ==
Sadly, the match was pushed back to August from projected dates in June due to weather and other uncontrollable delays. When the day did arrive, the visiting Oxford side was on excellent form, with Cambridge struggling to put out a whole team due to the holidays. After a hard day’s competition in difficult conditions, Oxford won by a fair margin, leaving Cambridge disappointed but keen for the replay in 2007.
== 2002 ==
; Cambridge team
: Paul Flower & Charlotte Morley
== 2001 ==
; Cambridge team
: John Hingley, Paul Flower, John Glass, James Lloyd-Hughes & Tom Bishop
== 1998 ==
; Cambridge team
: Pete Thelwall, Jay Rebbeck, Debbie Thomas, Stuart Crawshaw & Stephen Madle
== 1997 ==
; Cambridge team
: Pete Thelwall, Debbie Thomas & Stephen Madle
== 1995 ==
; Cambridge team
: Stuart Crawshaw, Henry Rebbeck ,Mark Williams, Alex Parr, Ian Lewis & Kingsley Reavell
== 1994 ==
; Cambridge team
: James Chappell, Stuart Crawshaw, John Moore, Mark Williams & Henry Rebbeck
== 1993 ==
; Cambridge team
: Jagdip Grewal, Harjinder Obhi, James Chappell, John Moore, Malte Grosche & Stuart Crawshaw
== 1992 ==
; Cambridge team
: Damian Debski, Malte Grosche, Stuart Morgan, Harjinder Obhi, Peter Topping, Matthew Turnbull & John Moore
== 1989 ==
; Cambridge team
: David Heath-Whyte, Derek Prinsen, Graham Armstrong, Frank Zachariasse & Margaret Oakes
[[Category:Advanced Gliding]]