Oxbridge

Another tradition in Oxford is to play all kinds of sports against Cambridge. This happens on every level of the University and so there is a MBA competition as well. Every year one of the two schools hosts a whole day full of sport and party activities for the respective other school.

This year it was Cambridge to host us and they did a great job.

We left early on Saturday morning (5.30am) and sports started at 11.00. I participated in squash and ultimate frisbee. Whilst our victory in squash was by only one point, the triumph in ultimate frisbee was slightly clearer (17:2). The Oxford crew managed to win in more sports over all and was therefore declared the winner of the competition. Sports we won include touch rugby, 100m sprint, punting and basketball whilst we lost in football, table tennis and cricket.

--- part of the successful squash team ---

But sports were not the only important things during the day. Meeting with the people from Judge Business School and making new friends was at least as important as the rest. I found it very interesting to see how comparable and yet different the programs are. Overall I was impressed how friendly the atmosphere during the whole day was. Everyone was full of good sportsmanship and the competition was never too fierce. We were treated as welcome guests and got an amazing insight into some parts of Cambridge’s history as well.

--- fooling around in St. John's courtyard before the squash game ---

I hope our successors will host the Judge crew on the same high standard next year!