Cambridge University Hare and Hounds
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Cambridge University Hare and Hounds (CUH&H) is the University of Cambridge
cross country running
club. It has been providing training and competitions for its members since 7 February 1880. The club's activities are based at the University’s track facilities at Wilberforce Road off Madingley Road
and the grass of Jesus Green
in Cambridge
, England
. Past members include the 1956 Olympic Steeplechase
gold medallist Chris Brasher
, England international Bruce Tulloh
, the Australian miler Herb Elliott
, and the current top 1,500m runner in Britain Andrew Baddeley.
Mike Turner, an international distance runner in the 1960s was CUH&H president for thirty years until his retirement in 2006.
The focus each winter is on the Varsity match
against University of Oxford
Cross Country Club, in which competitors may receive a University Sporting Blue
on merit of performance. This is one of the oldest annual fixtures of its kind in the world, having been held since 1880, with only world wars breaking up the series. The event is currently split over two weekends, with the second to fourth teams competing at Cambridge or Oxford
, followed by the first team match at Wimbledon Common.
The second major fixture of the year is the BUCS cross-country championships.
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
cross country running
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
club. It has been providing training and competitions for its members since 7 February 1880. The club's activities are based at the University’s track facilities at Wilberforce Road off Madingley Road
Madingley Road
Madingley Road is a major arterial road linking central Cambridge, England with Junction 13 of the M11 motorway. It passes by West Cambridge, a major new site where some University of Cambridge departments are being relocated....
and the grass of Jesus Green
Jesus Green
Jesus Green is a park in the north of central Cambridge, England. It is located north of Jesus College, hence the name. Jesus Ditch runs through Jesus Green. On the northern edge of Jesus Green is the River Cam, with Chesterton Road on the opposite side. To the east is Victoria Avenue and beyond...
in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Past members include the 1956 Olympic Steeplechase
Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Men's 3000 metre steeplechase
These are the official results of the Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were a total number of 23 participants.-Final classification:-References:* *...
gold medallist Chris Brasher
Chris Brasher
Christopher William "Chris" Brasher CBE was a British athlete, sports journalist and co-founder of the London Marathon.-History:...
, England international Bruce Tulloh
Bruce Tulloh
Michael Swinton Tulloh is a retired long-distance runner from England, who won the European title in the men's 5,000 metres at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia...
, the Australian miler Herb Elliott
Herb Elliott
Herbert James "Herb" Elliott AC MBE is a former Australian athlete, one of the world's greatest middle distance runners...
, and the current top 1,500m runner in Britain Andrew Baddeley.
Mike Turner, an international distance runner in the 1960s was CUH&H president for thirty years until his retirement in 2006.
The focus each winter is on the Varsity match
Varsity match
A varsity match is a sporting fixture between two university rivals; in its original and most common form, it is used to describe meetings between Oxford University and Cambridge University.-Popular British and Irish Varsity matches:*University of Oxford v...
against University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
Cross Country Club, in which competitors may receive a University Sporting Blue
University Sporting Blue
A Blue is an award earned by sportsmen and women at a university and some schools for competition at the highest level. The awarding of Blues began at Oxford and Cambridge Universities...
on merit of performance. This is one of the oldest annual fixtures of its kind in the world, having been held since 1880, with only world wars breaking up the series. The event is currently split over two weekends, with the second to fourth teams competing at Cambridge or Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, followed by the first team match at Wimbledon Common.
The second major fixture of the year is the BUCS cross-country championships.