It’s the end of the season for many university-wide sports – and Selwyn has had some notable successes.

Our women’s football team, which includes players from Selwyn and Robinson colleges, finished top of division one after a tough 2-1 victory over Pembroke in their final match. Our senior tutor, Mike Sewell, offers this brief match report:

“The win was built on the footballing virtues of a solid and well organised back five, a dominant midfield and ability on the counter attack, and the stronger determination to succeed. After a tense first half hour ‘Selwynson’ made a period of pressure pay through a well worked move that ended with a powerful shot from woman of the match Bays-Muchmore.

"A dominant start to the second half saw the second goal come from a well struck penalty by the same player after the pressure had told on Pembroke's defenders and led to a handball during a goalmouth scramble. Pembroke came back into the game and scored a fortunate goal after a harsh award of a free kick near the edge of the penalty area. After that one could only admire the game management of the winners as they saw out a tense few minutes, well marshalled by their captain and impressive centre half Emma Altman-Richer, to obtain a deserved triumph."

At the same time as the women were winning the league, our men’s team won the Cuppers Plate. It was the second time in three seasons that they’d won this silverware, and it came through a 1-0 victory over Robinson. The goalscorer was second-year MML undergraduate Tom Higgins Toon.

Meanwhile, there’s been a transformation in our women’s badminton team – which has progressed from being in the bottom division 2 years ago to now being “one of the best teams in Cambridge” according to a rival captain. As proof of this, our women made the final of Cuppers where they were narrowly beaten by Jesus College – but deserve much credit as tournament runners-up.

Congratulations to all these teams.