Half-blue is a term used at some universities in the United Kingdom , Australia and New Zealand , which award a "blue " to those who represent them in "full blue" sports and a "half-blue" in some other sports, referred to as "half-blue sports".[ 1]
See also Categorization of men's sports Full blue Boxing , cricket , hockey , football , golf , lawn tennis , table tennis , rowing , rugby union , squash , gymnastics Full blue (some universities) / Half-blue (the rest) Athletics , basketball , cross country running , rugby league , swimming , ice hockey Discretionary full blue Badminton , canoeing , cycling , dancesport , fencing , judo , lightweight rowing , powerlifting , ice hockey , karate , modern pentathlon , orienteering , rifle shooting (small-bore and full-bore) , sailing , skiing , water polo , real tennis and motor racing Half-blue American football , Archery , Australian rules football , Eton and Rugby fives , ice hockey , kickboxing , korfball , lacrosse , mountain biking , pistol shooting , polo , rackets , association croquet , clay pigeon shooting , riding , rifle shooting (small-bore and full-bore) , volleyball , windsurfing , yachting , handball and mixed lacrosse Under review at some universities Gaelic football , chess , tiddlywinks
See also Categorization of men's sports Full blue – whole team Boxing, fencing, football, table tennis, hockey, lacrosse, lawn tennis, lightweight rowing, netball , rowing, rugby union, squash, dance. Full blue (some universities) / Half-blue (the rest) Athletics, cheerleading, cricket, modern pentathlon, swimming, volleyball, basketball, taekwondo Discretionary full blue Badminton, cross-country, cycling, dancesport, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, judo, karate, orienteering, rifle shooting (full-bore), sailing, skiing, volleyball, boxing, real tennis Half-blue Archery, canoeing, canoe polo , cricket, Eton fives , gliding , ice hockey, korfball, lifesaving, orienteering, association croquet, pistol shooting, polo , riding, rifle shooting (small-bore), taekwondo, trampolining , triathlon , windsurfing , water polo, ultimate (if they compete in the Open division), yachting, mixed lacrosse, handball. Under review at some universities Windsurfing
Notes ^ Norman W. Schur, British English from A to Zed: A Definitive Guide to the Queen's English (Skyhorse, 1 July 2013), p. 46 