BUCS Nationals 2020 | Super Saturday Round-up
February 15, 2020
All hopes of a peaceful overnight stay in Sheffield for our 145 athletes were dashed, as Sheffield felt the full force of Storm Dennis. Despite the turbulent weather outside, the mood in the camp at breakfast was serene – focussed on the day of competition ahead. Super Saturday, as it has become affectionately known, is …
BUCS Nationals 2020 | Friday Round-up
February 14, 2020
The Friday of BUCS Nationals is a special day for many, the start of a new adventure. Each year the University of Nottingham takes over 100 student athletes to Sheffield for 3-days of top-class sport. The athletes compete across 4 venues: English Institute of Sport, Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, iceSheffield and the Works. With …
BUCS Sportswoman of the year is University of Nottingham’s Hayley Mills
July 11, 2019
Track-star Hayley Mills has been recognised as the 2019 Sportswomen of the year at the coveted BUCS Awards in Bristol. Hayley Mills joined the University of Nottingham in 2016 to study a PhD in Mathematics. Although she had a strong pedigree in athletics, as a previous European Junior Champion over 200m in 2007 and a …
University of Nottingham Sport’s Unsung Hero Lynn Turton recognised at BUCS Awards
Lynn Turton, the BUCS and Clubs coordinator for University of Nottingham was recognised this evening at the BUCS Awards for her outstanding contribution to University and College Sport. She made the final three and was shortlisted for the Unsung Hero award which recognises excellence and commitment to supporting student sport above any beyond the call …
University of Nottingham sail through to the European Universities Badminton Championship final
June 26, 2019
University of Nottingham are a game away from being crowned European Universities Badminton Champions 2019. The team have fought their way to the finals after a tough draw which saw them matched up against University of Strasbourg, the team which sent them crashing out of the same tournament 12 months ago in Coimbra. Against a …
BUCS Big Wednesday | UoN Netball add BUCS Trophy to their 2019 league title
March 27, 2019
Today the University of Nottingham Netball 1s faced Birmingham 2s in the final of the BUCS Trophy. The Netball 1s have had an extremely successful season this year. Winning the BUCS Midland’s 1A League Title having only lost one game all season, they will now face Leeds University in a battle for promotion into the …
BUCS Big Wednesday | UoN Squash retain Women’s Championship title for the 4th year in a row
As a performance sport, the University of Nottingham squash confidently secured three of their teams into the final at BUCS Big Wednesday. Both the trophy teams, men and women’s as well as the women’s championship team. First up were the trophy finals where the #GreenandGold were represented in both the men’s and women’s teams. The …
BUCS Big Wednesday: Women’s Basketball leave with a silver medal in the BUCS Trophy
In one of the first matches of the day at the David Ross Sports Village, UoN Women’s Basketball faced up in the early morning fixture against Bournemouth University in the Women’s Trophy. University of Nottingham Sport Women’s Basketball Lineup Aleijah Mona Tomlinson Fancis Musson Danielle Schafer Carlotta de Mergelina Alonso Veera Khanolkar Rachel Byrne (C) Deborah …
BUCS Nationals 2019 | Sunday Roundup | Record Championship for University of Nottingham
February 17, 2019
The 2019 BUCS Nationals championships will go down as the most successful individual championships in University of Nottingham history with 20 medals, including 8 golds. Following 3 days of action, across 7 sports and with 148 University of Nottingham students competing it is remarkable to see how far everyone has pushed themselves. There have been …
BUCS Nationals 2019 | Super Saturday Roundup | Goldrush at the Games for the Green and Gold
February 16, 2019
The beginning of Super Saturday saw the introduction of the Judo and the Karate to the range of medal opportunities for UoN Sport. The challenge had already been set the previous evening, with a plethora of outstanding performances including multiple PB’s and a Gold medal for Hayley Mills in the 60m. That challenge was duly accepted …
