Nouse Web Archives Debutants gear up for Roses Page 1 of 3 News Comment MUSE. Politics Business Science Sport Roses Freshers Sport › News & Features Comment Varsity Roses College Cup Fantasy Football Debutants gear up for Roses This year’s Roses sees the fixture list expanded even further, and includes the tournament’s first disabled sport fixture By Rob Middleton, Sports Editor (2015/16) Tuesday 21 April 2015 IMAGE: James Hostford The 51st annual Roses tournament has five new sports added to the fixture list this year. Handball, Kendo, and Ultimate Frisbee are to be worth eight, four six points this year respectively, having been exhibition matches last year. These additions could bode well for the White Rose, having won two of the three fixtures in Ultimate Frisbee last year. Many are predicting this year’s tournament to be much closer than the last 75 point, home victory for York so any additions to the fixture list could prove pivotal. Completely new to the tournament are Rugby League and Futsal. The addition of Futsal to the Roses calendar bodes well for York. Lancaster’s Futsal club is still in its infancy, and with York’s equivalent one of the best in the country, it could be a reliable source of points for the Black and Gold this year. History will also be made, with the addition of the Roses tournament’s first disabled sport, sitting Volleyball. The fixture, which will be covered and live tweeted by Nouse, is set to take place in the Main Hall of the Sports Centre at 14:30 on Friday 24 April. Zohra Khan, Disabled Students Officer, spoke to Nouse on the inclusion of a disabled sport this year, “I http://nouse.co.uk/2015/04/21/debutants-gear-up-for-roses Archived 11 Dec 2018 09:35:37 Nouse Web Archives Debutants gear up for Roses Page 2 of 3 think Sitting Volleyball is a fantastic opportunity because disabled sports is being recognised at such an event so important to York. It’s a great start in progressing with disabled equality and of course there’s still a way to go in terms of including more disabled sports.” “However, I’m hoping sporting events like this is a perfect example of making students acknowledge and be aware of the fact that there is a strong need to include disabled sports on sporting agendas.” Nouse have spoken to Matt Littlechild, one of the Handball Club’s Presidents, as they look to win the first ever points on offer for their sport. He commented, “We are in the midst of our final preparations, making sure fitness and intensity are at high levels. We’re drilling our set plays and making sure chemistry is at the highest possible level. The atmosphere at training has been fantastic, we can’t wait.” Despite being played last year, Octopush is still set to be an exhibition match at this year’s Roses. Ben Lombardo, Octopush Club President, spoke to Nouse about the reasons behind this. “This year the Lancaster Club has not had sufficient use of facilities to build a team and LUSU have stated that they would not allow the Octopush match to be played for points. This is a real shame as the club has done the best it could in the last 14 months that it existed in, but facilities and mechanisms were not in place to secure the club’s continued development. We at York had a hand in the formation of the Lancaster club as we hoped it would increase the sports visibility and increase participation. The Octopush club will not be deterred by the lack of points available. “We will still play the match, and we will be hosting a 1 hour session for anyone to come and learn how to play Octopush at 15:30 in the York Sport Village. The match shall still take place and we hope for a good turn-out for support for both teams.” Most Read Discussed 1. Men’s Football 3s fight back to win on Derby Day 2. Premier League Round-Up: Gameweek 15 3. Zidane the greatest of all time 4. Mind over Matter: An insight into the psychology of boxing 5. Women’s sport to open and close Roses 2019 6. Is lad culture really a bad thing? Write for Nouse Sport Get in touch with the editors Join the Facebook group More in Sport Premier League Round-Up: Gameweek 15 Premier League Round-Up: Gameweek 14 Men’s Football 3s fight back to win on Derby Day Premier League Round-Up: Gameweek 13 http://nouse.co.uk/2015/04/21/debutants-gear-up-for-roses Archived 11 Dec 2018 09:35:37 Nouse Web Archives Debutants gear up for Roses Page 3 of 3 Netball 1s show Roses mettle in front of large crowd Netball 1s easily overcome Leeds Beckett About Nouse Who’s Nouse Website Credits Contact Us Advertising Archives Student Discounts Print Editions Mini-Sites Nouse on Twitter Nouse on Facebook Nouse on Google+ © 1964–2018 Nouse Policies | http://nouse.co.uk/2015/04/21/debutants-gear-up-for-roses Archived 11 Dec 2018 09:35:37.