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This week's Thursday Sport Show saw the team joined by both the Men's and Women's Hockey teams, as they briefed us on the buildup to their marquee fixture versus Trent in the Varsity Series.

Varsity Ice Hockey at the Capital FM Arena (18/02/13)
Final score: Uni 4-3 Trent

Varsity events don’t come much bigger than the annual Varsity Ice Hockey clash between Trent and Uni. The clash has become the showpiece event of the Varsity calendar and this year was no exception with all of the 8,000 tickets selling out well in advance.

The 11th of February saw Varsity Basketball make its debut at the Capital FM Arena, a massive event which the URN Sport Team covered live on the night. The men's and women's basketball games were the second and third fixtures in an action-packed season of Varsity events still to come.

Super-Sub Zoko inspires the Magpies to overcome a first half deficit to score 4 past a struggling Bury side.

In this week's Thursday edition of the Sport Show, Gaffers, Dave, Sam & Justin began by discussing the latest developments in Oscar Pistorius's bail hearing. With the events surrounding Reeva Steenkamp's death still very unclear, and the conduct of the investigation now being brought into question, we discussed how the ongoing trial and media circus would affect the Paralympic sprinter's career and reputation. We then brought our focus back to UK shores to examine the imminent arrival of veteran Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting, who will see out a 2-month contract at Surrey County Cricket Club. Although the 38-year-old Ponting may have passed his peak, his star quality will surely attract the crowds. And finally in this section, we also took a look at the final session of F1 pre-season testing in Barcelona, to take an educated guess at which teams look most competitive for this year's competition.