University of York Varsity Tournament, this started in 2005 against York's other university York St John, York won all six of the tournaments held. In 2011 attempts to try and increase the competitiveness of the competition resulted in York St John being replaced by the University of Hull. York won all 3 tournaments against Hull which resulted in it being scrapped in 2013. In 2014 a new tournament was created "College Varsity" which was held between the Colleges of the University of York and the Colleges of Durham University. The University of York Music Society and the University of York Drama Society are
Colleges of the University of Otago to take place in their college. While the majority of the residential colleges are owned by the University, they each have their own internal management structures and College Council. Four colleges are privately owned and are governed entirely independently from the University. These are Selwyn College, Knox College, St Margaret's College, and Salmond College. A number of intercollegiate competitions are held, though often between pairs or subsets of the colleges. According to the university's prospectus, all colleges other than Toroa College have some inter-collegiate activities. Regular competitions include: An intercollegiate rowing competition was held in May 2010 which Unicol are