Cara McIsaac-Hall
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Nottingham prepares for the 10th annual Tri Campus Games!
June 20, 2018
With the games imminently starting on this Sunday the 24th June, the preparations for the opening ceremony are nearly complete. The Tri Campus Games is an amazing annual event where students from all three of the University of Nottingham’s campuses (UK, China and Malaysia) come together to celebrate sport and compete in over 20 different …
BUCS Big Wednesday – the volunteer experience
April 13, 2018
Last month, the University of Nottingham hosted BUCS Big Wednesday – the largest team sport event in the University sport calendar. Over 90 volunteers from the University of Nottingham were recruited to support the event, from liaising with teams to officiating matches. Leadership Academy ambassador Becky Beard was one of the many University of Nottingham …
University of Nottingham Sport – Volunteer of the Month (March)
University of Nottingham Sport’s Leadership Academy offers students the opportunity to develop their leadership skills and make a real contribution to their local community. With more than 120 students now part of the Academy, the programme continues to grow with the addition of exciting new opportunities planned for the summer term. Our Volunteer of the …
BUCS Big Wednesday: UWE defeat Nottingham once again in Men’s Squash Championship
March 21, 2018
In the Men’s Championship squash final, University of Nottingham had a mammoth challenge ahead of them, facing UWE – defending champions and undefeated for several seasons. Their star player Marwan Elshorbagy is the current World No #4 at just 24 years old and is fast chasing down brother Mohamed, the current World No #1. However, …
BUCS Big Wednesday Preview: Women’s Squash 1s
March 16, 2018
Next up, we have our Women’s squash team who have also made it to the Championship final which is to be held here at the University of Nottingham on BUCS Big Wednesday on Wednesday the 21st of March. The Women’s first team are scheduled to play at 1pm in David Ross Sports Village in the …
BUCS Big Wednesday Preview: Men’s Squash 1s
Congratulations to our Men’s Squash team for making it through to the Championship final, which is to be held at here at the University of Nottingham on BUCS Big Wednesday in David Ross Sports Village! The Men’s game is to start at 2:30 and is certainly not something to be missed! UoN team have lost …
Team of the Week: Men’s Basketball 1s
March 12, 2018
Our Team of the Week this week is the Men’s Basketball 1st team, for a well-deserved win against the Cambridge 1st team 66-56, leaving them to finish top of the Midlands 1A league! In the past Nottingham have struggled against this team, with a hard-fought win against them in November and a defeat last year …
Team of the Week: Men’s Lacrosse 1st
March 5, 2018
With the weather causing havoc with BUCS fixtures this week, many teams saw their matches postponed. In Nottingham, many of our home matches were cancelled due to the freezing temperatures and snow, however the Men’s Lacrosse 1st team found their away match in Exeter still on. After travelling that distance in unideal weather conditions, they …
Team of the Week: Women’s Football 2nd
February 25, 2018
This week we see the Football Women’s 2nd team as our Team of the Week, by beating the unbeaten of 2 years, Leicester 1st team 1-0! A great result for the girls as last season they narrowly missed out, with Leicester winning by 1-0 in a very close game. The first half entailed Nottingham being …
#GreenandGold Match in Focus: Wednesday 28 February
With just over three weeks to go until university sport’s largest team event hits University of Nottingham, the competition to reach the BUCS Big Wednesday finals is heating up. With several Nottingham teams in the running for the gold medal – we’re focussing on our contenders fighting it out to reach the finals on 21 …
