Lancaster’s athletes secured a memorable victory over York in the Roses 2016 tournament.

The win was sealed early on Sunday afternoon, when a win for the canoe slalom squad pushed Lancaster over the 176 points needed to secure the Carter James Trophy.

There was heartache for Lancaster in the final fixture of the day, when a York drop goal robbed the Men’s Rugby 1sts of the win in the final fixture of the tournament – but the overall scoreline of 216.6 to 134.5 underlined Lancaster’s dominance in this year’s competition.

Roses 2016 was designed to showcase women’s sport via the This Roses Girl Can campaign – and Lancaster University Students’ Union Vice-President (Activities) Natalie Sutcliffe hailed the ‘Super Saturday’ performance by Lancaster’s women’s teams. Their dominance on Saturday built an unassailable 60-point lead, securing the overall win for Lancaster.

Catch up on all the results at www.roseslive.co.uk

And visit www.facebook.co.uk/lancastersu for photos from the entire weekend.