Articles by Matthew Jeynes


Matthew has written 51 articles for Nouse


Matthew Jeynes

Do more people follow College sport than care about the success of University teams?

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Supervising is a job and needs no encouragement

So apparently there is finally going to be an award for some of the most hard-working and unappreciated souls on campus.

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Goodricke JCRC divided as trip loses £2,000

Goodricke College JCRC has called for a vote of no-confidence in its Social Secretaries after a college trip to Belgium lost nearly £2,000 earlier this term.

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Poor turnout and uncontested positions at AU Election Hustings

AU election hustings fail once again to attract contenders for the executive posts. The promise of a by-election by Jo Carter has raised hopes that the role of Communications Officer will be filled.

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Matthew Jeynes

It is a widely accepted fact that most sports clubs and societies at the University have cliques. Even if a club is as inclusive as it could hope to be, there will still be a clique. This struck me while I was at the hustings for the AU elections last Thursday, particularly when four of [...]

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Mixed results for York in BUSA league review

With the imminent amalgamation of BUSA with UCS, and a possible restructuring of the University season next year, the final league tables may not end up meaning much.

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Matthew Jeynes

Even in this age of the manufactured pleasure on computer and TV screens, there is still nothing in this world that can replicate the feeling of watching something live. It is true in music, and it is undoubtedly so in the case of sport.

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Scoreline fails to reflect York’s superiority

On a busy Saturday afternoon of rugby, York’s women’s 1sts comfortably defeated their Lancastrian counterparts, with the final score of 10-0 barely reflecting the dominance of the White Rose. After the drama of the Men’s 2nds victory, the Women’s 1sts took to the Lancastrian turf buoyed by their victory in the Sevens the previous day, [...]

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Day 2 – as it happened

Find out how Day 2 unfolded

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Goes Way Back

There just isn’t enough whimsy in this paper, or any paper for that matter, these days. I mean, there is whimsy, but that isn’t proper eccentric whimsicalness.

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Matthew Jeynes

It seems that exceptional circumstances are preventing me from sticking to my strict ‘University only’ rule on content for this column. Anyone tuned in to BBC 1 from 3pm to 5pm on Saturday will know why. That’s right – England rugby.

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Oxford women forfeit rugby encounter

Oxford was forced to forfeit the game after being unable to replace an injured forward.

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Alex Lacy elected AU President in close race

Late on Friday night, in a remarkably close race, Boxing Club President Alex Lacy was elected to be next year’s AU President. “I was absolutely gobsmacked,” he later tells Nouse. “I didn’t see it coming.”

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Doomed to failure? The Langwith Bar Saga

Cynicism or realism? The sad truth is that the amount of money YUSU will be able to pump into Langwith will not guarantee a good turnover.

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Matthew Jeynes – Goes Way Back

I have decided, in my infinite time-travelling wisdom, to devote a regular part of this column to the adventures of the York University lake, henceforth known as Jeff.

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