Editing University of Southampton (section)

===Sports===
[[File:University of Southampton Sports Ground, Eastleigh - geograph.org.uk - 501048.jpg|thumb|Wide Lane Sports Ground]]

The university's Sport and Wellbeing department runs the majority of the sports facilities on campus which are based predominately at two locations: the Jubilee Sports Centre and Wide Lane Sports Ground.<ref>{{cite web|title=Facilities|url=http://www.southampton.ac.uk/sportandwellbeing/facilities/facilities.shtml|website=Sports and Wellbeing|publisher=University of Southampton|access-date=3 July 2014|archive-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927035042/http://www.southampton.ac.uk/sportandwellbeing/facilities/facilities.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Jubilee Sports Centre, opened in 2004 at a cost of £8.5 million, is located on the Highfield Campus and contains a six-lane 25-metre swimming pool, 160 workstation gym and an eight-court sports hall.<ref name="S&W indoor">{{cite web | title=Indoor Facilities| url=http://www.southampton.ac.uk/sportandwellbeing/facilities/indoorfacilities.html| publisher=University of Southampton Sport and Wellbeing| access-date=27 September 2013}}</ref> Wide Lane meanwhile is located nearby in [[Eastleigh]] and was refurbished at cost of £4.3&nbsp;million in 2007. The {{convert|73|acre|ha|adj=on}} complex includes flood-lit synthetic turf and grass pitches, tennis courts, a pavilion and a 'Team Southampton' Gym.<ref name="S&W outdoor">{{cite web|title=Outdoor Facilities|url=http://www.southampton.ac.uk/sportandwellbeing/facilities/outdoorfacilities.html|publisher=University of Southampton Sport and Wellbeing|access-date=27 September 2013}}</ref> The university also runs facilities at the Avenue Campus, National Oceanography Centre, the Watersports Centre on the [[River Itchen, Hampshire|River Itchen]] and at Glen Eyre and Wessex Lane halls while there is another sports hall, squash courts, martial arts studio and bouldering wall located within the [[University of Southampton Students' Union|Students' Union]].<ref name="S&W indoor"/><ref name="S&W outdoor"/>

The university competes in numerous sports in the [[British Universities and Colleges Sport|BUCS]] South East Conference (after switching from the Western Conference in 2009).<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.wessexscene.co.uk/sport/3202|title=Southampton Move East| last= Potter| first=Henry| date=20 March 2009| work=The Wessex Scene| access-date=12 September 2009}}</ref> A number of elite athletes are supported by the SportsRec through sports bursaries and the UK Government's Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS).

The University Athletic Union was formally established on 29 November 1929, by the University College council. Versions of the union had existed previously to which many clubs such as Cricket, Association Football, Rugby, Boxing, Gymnastics, Tennis and Boat clubs (all formed before the turn of the 20th century) were members.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Slater |first=Paul |year=2002 |chapter=The Early Days |title=The Athletic Union and Some of Its People 1862–2001 |location=Southampton, UK |publisher=Southampton University Students' Union}}</ref>

==== Mustangs Baseball Club ====
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The Southampton Mustangs Baseball Club was founded in 1997.  In the early years, the club participated in mainly friendly games against other British university baseball teams, as no formal university league was in existence.  Starting in 1998, the Mustangs started to host a university baseball tournament – inviting other teams including Oxford, Cambridge, Portsmouth, Royal Holloway, and Norwich.  In 2004 the Mustangs entered into the national adult baseball leagues run by the [[British Baseball Federation]] (BBF).  The club entered in the lowest division, but after a few years of consolidation, the Mustangs have worked their way up from the lower leagues in the BBF to play in the top-tier league of British baseball, the British National Baseball League (NBL), in the 2010 season.<ref>Britain's top baseball league to expand in 2010
The Southampton University Team expanded into a Baseball and Softball Society in 2014 turning it into a mixed society. The team placed 3rd at their first appearance at the M1ST competition in Loughborough in 2016. [http://www.baseballsoftballuk.com/gen_insert.php?from_level3=Articles&db_story=3536&this_page=baseballnews&back=Current%20%20News] [[British Baseball Federation]]</ref>

==== National student championships ====
Throughout its history the university has had a number of successful teams in [[British Universities and Colleges Sport|National student championships]].

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!National student champions from the University of Southampton
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"
! Year
!! class="unsortable" | Team (men's)
!! class="unsortable" | Team (women's)
!! class="unsortable" | Team (mixed)
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|1936
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|Tennis<ref name="slaterapp">{{Cite book |last=Slater |first=Paul |year=2002 |chapter=Appendix 2 |title=The Athletic Union and Some of Its People 1862–2001 |location=Southampton, UK |publisher=Southampton University Students' Union}}</ref>
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|1958
|Basketball<ref name="slaterapp"/>
|Badminton<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|1966
|Cricket<ref name="slaterapp"/><br>Squash<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|1968
|Cricket<ref name="slaterapp"/><br>Table tennis<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|-
|1969
|Cricket<ref name="slaterapp"/><br>Table tennis<ref name="slaterapp"/>
|Squash<ref name="slaterapp"/>
|Rifle shooting<ref name="slaterapp"/>
|-
|1970
|Cricket<ref name="slaterapp"/><br>Table tennis<ref name="slaterapp"/>
|Hockey<ref name="slaterapp"/>
|Rifle shooting<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|1971
|Table tennis<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|-
|1972
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|Rifle shooting<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|1974
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|Tennis<ref name="slaterapp"/><br>Trampolining<ref name="slaterapp"/>
|Rifle shooting<ref name="slaterapp"/>
|-
|1975
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|Badminton<ref name="slaterapp"/><br>Tennis<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|-
|1976
|Ten pin bowling<ref name="slaterapp"/>
|Badminton<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|-
|1976
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|Squash<ref name="slaterapp"/><br>
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|-
|1977
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|Badminton<ref name="slaterapp"/><br>Swimming<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|-
|1979
|Squash<ref name="slaterapp"/><br>Trampolining<ref name="slaterapp"/>
|Lacrosse<ref name="slaterapp"/><br>Ten pin bowling<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|-
|1980
|Squash<ref name="slaterapp"/><br>Volleyball<ref name="slaterapp"/>
|Lacrosse<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|1981
|Volleyball<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|1982
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|Fencing<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|1983
|Volleyball<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|1984
|Archery<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|1984
|Weight lifting<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|1985
|Archery<ref name="slaterapp"/><br/>5-a-side<ref name="slaterapp"/>
|Volleyball<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|1986
|5-a-side<ref name="slaterapp"/>
|Volleyball<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|1991
|Archery<ref name="slaterapp"/><br>5-a-side<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|1992
|Archery<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|1995
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|Rowing<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|2000
|Windsurf<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|2001
|Windsurf<ref name="slaterapp"/>
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|2002
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|Rifle shooting
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|2004
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|Rifle shooting
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|2005
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|Rifle shooting
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|2006
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|Rifle shooting
|Rifle shooting
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|2007
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|Rifle shooting
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|2008
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|Rifle shooting
|Rifle shooting
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|2009
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|Rifle shooting
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|2010
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|Rifle shooting
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|2011
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|Rifle shooting
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|2012
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|Rifle shooting
|Rifle shooting
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|2015
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|Rifle shooting
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|2019
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|Rifle shooting
|}
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