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".Norman W. Schur, British English from A to Zed: A Definitive Guide to the Queen's English (Skyhorse, 1 July 2013), p. 46
Men's sports 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 Women's sports 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
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