Staff-UG Cricket and sandwiches in the rain.
May 16, 2014
It is my pleasant duty to provide you with a report on the annual staff-UG student cricket match and I am pleased to be able to tell you that at least one classic English tradition is alive and well: huddling together under umbrellas eating sandwiches in the pouring rain. Fortunately the sun shone after the …
Maid Marian, Banks and Marco Polo
February 25, 2014
Stefan Gold’s first impressions of Nottingham A few months ago, the only things I knew about Nottingham were The University of Nottingham and the adventures of Robin Hood retreating to Sherwood Forest with some like-minded people to oppose the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham. During my first visit, it was Maid Marian that I encountered first, …
Business School Staff vs MScs cricket match report
July 13, 2013
The Business School staff team continued their run of industrious defeats on Wednesday 26th June against a squad of talented MSc players in a fine day of cricket at Grove Farm. The match ended in dramatic fashion, with the final outcome of the game in the balance up until the last ball of the game …
Staff vs MBA: Match Report – The smell of victory in the afternoon
In cricket, catches win matches. Runs are nice and economical bowling not to be sniffed at. But the true art of cricket is catching. Keep that in mind. The game began amid the kind of low hanging cloud that makes an MBA pace bowler salivate. Yet, favourable bowling conditions could not stop Simon M (24) …
The Business and Management Games Room at Mayfest 2013
May 28, 2013
Colleagues from across the Business School supported the Business and Management Games Room at Mayfest this year. The concept of the room was to use simple games to demonstrate aspects of banking, finance, marketing, management and ethics. At the Bank of Richard visitors were encouraged to …
The glorious reign is over – NUBS staff defeated by the Undergraduates
May 18, 2013
The staff’s glorious (one-year) reign of holding the NUBS staff-student cricket trophy came to an inglorious end on 8th May at Grove Farm cricket fields, on the banks of the Trent. In a ruthless display, the undergraduates reclaimed the trophy, winning by 9 wickets. Winning the toss, the staff struggled in the seamer-friendly conditions, but …
NUBS Staff – Student Cricket
July 4, 2012
They’ve already marked our exams so let’s thrash the lecturers. After many years of being thwarted by the weather and lack of players, the inaugural staff vs MSc students cricket match eventually took place yesterday. As you will see, the MSc students adhered to the noble traditions established by the undergrads and MBAs, namely “They’ve …
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