Following on from the successful inaugural Tri-Campus Games, held on University Park in June 2009, the tournament moved to Malaysia this summer.

The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) proved the perfect hosts for the competition, which forms part of this year’s celebrations marking the tenth anniversary of the campus.

Teams of students from China and the UK joined their Malaysia-based counterparts for a week of competition and friendship – and the event didn’t disappoint.

Despite strong opposition from Team China and the hosts, Team UK fought hard to retain the Tri-Campus crown.

Competition in most sports was far tighter than at the founding games, with the smaller Malaysia and Ningbo campuses both winning matches against their UK opposition.

Men’s basketball saw a two-point victory for Team China over Team UK on day one, before Malaysia required two overtime sessions to defeat UK on penalty shots. Mens Football had to settle for a 1-1 draw with the strong African-based Team Malaysia, their 4-0 victory over China being enough to win overall on goal difference. Racquet & bat sports were all closely and well-contested.

Spirit of the Games awards were taken home by Andrew “Tiffin” Mitchell & for the multi-national Team UK volleyball team.

More then 180 student athletes took part in the event, which will be hosted at The University of Nottingham, Ningbo in 2011. And though the teams represented the UK, China and Malaysia, individual members hailed from more than 20 different nations.