Varsity

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"Varsity" may refer to:

In geography:

• Varsity, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Varsity Lakes, Queensland, a suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
• Varsity View, Saskatoon, a neighbourhood in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

In sports:

• Varsity team, the principal athletic teams representing a university or high or middle school
• Varsity match, a sports fixture played between traditional rival Universities, particularly Oxford and Cambridge.
• Varsity Blues, various varsity teams of the University of Toronto
  • Varsity Arena, the Varsity Blues' hockey arena
  • Varsity Stadium, the Varsity Blues' football stadium

Varsity Stick, famous floorball stick produced by Salming

As the name of student newspapers:

• Varsity (Cambridge), one of Cambridge University's two main student newspapers.
• Varsity (Cape Town), the student newspaper of the University of Cape Town
• The Varsity (newspaper), a student newspaper at the University of Toronto

As a restaurant name:

• The Varsity, a famous drive-in restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia that has been in operation since 1928 and is now a major tourist attraction.
• The Varsity (bar), the chain of bars across the United Kingdom with 23 outlets.

In military history:

• Operation Varsity, an airborne operation in World War II.
• Vickers Varsity, a post-WW military trainer aircraft based on the Vickers Viking

In music:

• Varsity, a pop group from Los Angeles.

Varsity may also refer to:

• Varsity Line, the railway line that formerly connected Oxford and Cambridge.
• Varsity Scouts (Boy Scouts of America), a program of the Boy Scouts of America for older boys.