Editing Cardiff University (section)

===Athletics===
[[File:WelshBoatRace 06.JPG|thumb|Swansea and Cardiff Universities Men's Senior eights during [[The Welsh Boat Race]] in 2006]]
The Cardiff University Athletic Union is the body that supports student sport at Cardiff, it oversees more than 60 competitive and non-competitive sports clubs, many of which compete in the [[British Universities and Colleges Sport]] league.<ref name="Athletic union">{{Cite web |title=Athletic union |url=http://www.cardiffstudents.com/get_involved/clubs/ |access-date=15 May 2013 |archive-date=6 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506031824/http://www.cardiffstudents.com/get_involved/clubs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The university's [[Ice Hockey]] team, the Cardiff Redhawks (which also recruits players from other Welsh universities) competes in the [[British Universities Ice Hockey Association]] leagues.<ref name="Cardiff Redhawks">{{Cite web |title=Cardiff Redhawks |url=http://www.redhawks.co.uk/index.php |access-date=11 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819072041/http://redhawks.co.uk/index.php |archive-date=19 August 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The university's sports teams also take part in the annual [[Welsh Varsity]] against [[Swansea University]], which includes [[the Welsh Boat Race]], and several other sporting competitions.<ref name="Welsh Varsity">{{Cite web |title=Welsh Varsity |url=http://www.welshvarsity.com/varsity-shield/ |access-date=10 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513065817/http://www.welshvarsity.com/varsity-shield/ |archive-date=13 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Welsh Varsity rugby match has been described as "probably... the second biggest Varsity Game next to Oxford vs Cambridge".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nick Hill selected for Welsh Varsity Match |url=http://www.aberavonquins.com/news/a14aa842-6914-41ab-a581-50a8b5ad1ec5/nick-hill-selected-for-welsh-varsity-match |website=Aberavonquins |access-date=7 October 2018 |archive-date=7 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007223144/http://www.aberavonquins.com/news/a14aa842-6914-41ab-a581-50a8b5ad1ec5/nick-hill-selected-for-welsh-varsity-match |url-status=live }}</ref>

Cardiff participates in British Universities and Colleges Sport which manages a sporting framework of competitive fixtures and events for over 150 institutions around the UK. Cardiff registers nearly 100 teams in the various leagues and competitions each year and sees students travelling around the country to represent Cardiff University. In 2013 Cardiff team achieved 15th position overall across the 50 different sports hosting events.