Varsity: Go Swansea!

Varsity is the British equivalent of homecoming. The main event is the evening rugby match, but it was a big day for all sports, from lacrosse to canoe polo to American football to swimming. On Wednesday not a wisp of cloud showed its face in the blue sky. The sunny campus was covered in Swansea green, peppered with Cardiff red, littered with beer cans, and the smell of hotdogs and salty chips tempted me at every concession stand. It felt like the last day of school before summer holidays.

 

I cheered Paige and Charlotte on at Ultimate Frisbee.

 

Men played rugby in Liberty Stadium in the evening, as a finale to the day. I could have done without the Varsity bus ride to Liberty Stadium; I was aghast at the uber-offensive language of the anthems the Swansea lads sang with great gusto. Team rivalry here is like war.

 

 

Our very own Swansea Swan led the cheerleaders. Look at that stadium, full of green shirts. Go Swansea!

We lost to Cardiff by a single try in the last five minutes; it was an exciting match! Well done, lads. I still don't understand rugby, but at least now I see that there is a highly complex order to the chaos of scrumming and tackling, and they do call their end zone an end zone.

 

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