TEAMS from a North-East university dominated at national championships after winning 13 national titles

in ten different sports.

As well as taking eight championship titles, teams from Durham University also won another five trophy/vase titles at the British University Team Sport Finals.

Its women's basketball, men's fencing, women's football, men's hockey, women's lacrosse, women's table tennis, men's tennis and women's water polo teams all finished the season victorious.

Quentin Sloper, the university’s director of experience Durham, said: “One of our key targets is to be Britain’s number one team sport university and we secured that status for the fourth year in succession. It’s easy to take success for granted but, in truth, it gets harder each year. We won so many close contests including penalty flicks and tiebreak shoot-outs.

“Our students yet again demonstrated their resilience and ability to deliver under pressure and that is one of the many reasons why we should be celebrating the success. The memories our students have made and the life lessons they have learnt will remain with them for years to come.

“The BUCS finals constitutes the climax of the season and it was great to see so many alumni and parents supporting our teams. I cannot praise our coaches and support staff enough - they work tirelessly to enable our students to maximise their potential and yesterday yet again proved that the work really does pay off.”

Trophy titles were won by women's badminton, women's hockey, men's rugby, men's tennis and women's tennis.

The university had 18 teams competing for titles.