American football: Spitfires shot down in student clash

The first home game of the season for University of Chichester's American football team, the Spitfires, ended in dramatic fashion.
Action between the University of Chichester's Spitfires and their London visitorsAction between the University of Chichester's Spitfires and their London visitors
Action between the University of Chichester's Spitfires and their London visitors

Opponents City University London got on the scoreboard at the end of the first half. Their defence picked off a pass 30 yards out and ran the interception back for the touchdown.

City added another six points in what was to prove a tense second half, a running-back bulldozing over into the right-hand corner of the Spitfires’ endzone.

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Quarter-back Justin Parker ignited a large home crowd when he found Matthew Lake to peg the score back to 12-6.

The Spitfires worked the clock nicely on a drive that took them down to the eight-yard line with less than a minute left. City defended resolutely and the Spitfires were unable to convert on any of their last four downs.

In the midweek fixtures, other University of Chichester teams progressed to the next rounds of the South Eastern Conference Cup.

The men’s first basketball team, who are on a good run of form, beat Greenwich 64-53. The men’s table tennis team pipped Royal Holloway 14-3 and men’s volleyball shut out Roehampton 3-0.

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In the trophy, the netball first team edged past Cardiff Met 40-37.

Other notable results (Nov 23): Badminton Men’s 1st 2-6 City University London Men’s 1st; Badminton WoMen’s 4-4 University College London WoMen’s 2nd (RUMS); Basketball Men’s 1st 64-53 University of Greenwich 1st; Basketball Women’s 33-72 University of Cambridge WoMen’s 1st;

Football Men’s 2nd 2-1 London School of Economics Men’s 1st; Football Men’s 3rd 0-1 Portsmouth University Men’s 2nd; Football WoMen’s 1st

0-8 University of Gloucestershire WoMen’s 1st; Hockey Men’s 2nd 6-1 Imperial University; Hockey WoMen’s 1st 1-1 University of Surrey WoMen’s 1st; Hockey WoMen’s 2nd 4-1 King’s College London WoMen’s 5th (GKT); Lacrosse Men’s 5-21 Kingston University Men’s 1st; Lacrosse WoMen’s 5-15 University of Brighton WoMen’s 1st; Netball 1st 40-37 Cardiff Metropolitan University WoMen’s 2nd; Rugby Union Men’s 1st 6-33

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University of Sussex Men’s 1st; Tennis Men’s 2-10 University of Roehampton Men’s 1st; Volleyball Men’s 1st 3-0 Roehampton University Men’s 1st; Rugby Union WoMen’s 10-26 Cardiff Metropolitan University WoMen’s 2nd; Football Men’s 5th 2-5 Brunel University Men’s 1st; Football WoMen’s 2nd 1-3 St Mary’s University 2nd Team; Table Tennis Men’s 14-3 Royal Holloway, University of London Men’s 2nd.

* For all forthcoming fixtures and to keep up to speed with all the sporting activities from University of Chichester see @su_sports on Twitter or Facebook.

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