Big Wednesday’s Big Build Up – Men’s Lacrosse
March 16, 2015
With the BUCS Big Wednesday finals just over a week away, we wanted to bring you profiles of the teams representing Nottingham in the Cup finals – first up is Men’s Lacrosse, who take on Durham in the Championship Cup final. It’s been an amazing year for the team – just two losses all season, …
BUCS Nationals – more news from the weekend
February 27, 2015
This year’s BUCS Nationals event was held in Sheffield and attracted more than 6,000 students from across the country. The University of Nottingham had a particularly successful and entertaining weekend, fielding several teams in a number of different competitions. Here is a summary of the action: Trampoline UoN had fantastic success in terms of involvement …
University of Nottingham Sport strike gold at BUCS Nationals
February 25, 2015
Event roundup by Sophie Thomas Between Friday 20 and Sunday 22 February 2015, over 150 University of Nottingham students descended on Sheffield to take part in the British Universities Colleges and Schools (BUCS) Nationals, one of the biggest events of the entire championship season. Three Gold medals were won among the nine different sports represented at the …
The road to BUCS Nationals: Katie Snowden
February 20, 2015
The BUCS Nationals start today, and amongst the many teams and athletes representing Nottingham will be sports scholar Katie Snowden, taking part in the 800m and 1500m events throughout the weekend. With personal best times of 2:03.46 in the 800m and 4:18.71 in the 1500m, Katie hopes to follow her successes in 2013 and 2014. …
The road to BUCS Nationals: Ellen Mahenthiralingam
February 19, 2015
The BUCS Nationals just a few days away, it’s time to profile another of our sports scholars – badminton expert Ellen Mahenthiralingam will be competing in the Women’s Singles, Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles events throughout the weekend, so has a busy few days ahead of her! Originally hailing from Vancouver, Canada but now based …
The road to BUCS Nationals: Megan Douglas
February 18, 2015
With the BUCS Nationals, one of the key events in our performance sport programme taking place this weekend in venues across Sheffield, we wanted to bring you profiles of some of the sports scholars representing Nottingham – first up is judo star Megan Douglas, who will be competing Saturday in the Women’s Individual and Sunday …
Badminton in the community
January 19, 2015
Community is defined by a group of people having a particular characteristic in common and Wednesday 14th January brought together over 200 local school children and performance badminton players to learn from the talented stars of the University of Nottingham National Badminton League team, achieving just that. The National Badminton League is a game-changing initiative …
BUCS Christmas review 2014: how have our clubs fared so far this season?
December 11, 2014
The BUCS season has hit the halfway mark and moves into 2015 with a number of our clubs in contention for league and cup honours. So, as we enter the Spring phase, here’s a run down of our clubs’ performances so far. Badminton Season so far: Badminton have enjoyed a positive start to the 2014/15 season and …
This week’s sporting news
Today, a number of Nottingham alumni will be in action for England Hockey as they take on Germany in the Champions Trophy quarter-finals. Midfielder Nick Catlin and goalkeeper George Pinner, both of Holcombe Hockey Club, and current Economics student Harry Martin have put in some sterling performances so far to help England beat World Champions …
Badminton stars in action tonight
December 1, 2014
Tonight, University of Nottingham English and German student and 2014-15 Sport Scholar Ellen Mahenthiralingam, will be playing for the UoN National Badminton League team vs Birmingham Lions. The match will be aired live to thousands on Sky Sports 2 from 7:00pm showcasing the new competition format in which games are played to just 9 points …
