European Universities Games Coimbra 2018 Competitor Blog – Lucy Gillbanks
July 17, 2018
The European Universities Games 2018 – EUSA Games (EUG) is well underway in Coimbra, Portugal. University of Nottingham is represented at the games by 21 athletes and 4 coaches across Table Tennis, Badminton and Rowing. Over the course of the games UoN athletes will be posting their experiences of the games in a number of blogs. …
Tri Campus Games | Opening Ceremony & Day 1
June 25, 2018
The 10th Anniversary of the Tri Campus Games officially got underway today following the opening ceremony on Sunday evening at University Park Campus, Nottingham. 180 athletes representing University of Nottingham’s three international campuses (Team UK, Team China and Team Malaysia) sat together to listen to an opening address from Tournament Director, Steve Farey and a …
Countdown to the 10th Anniversary of the Tri Campus Games is underway
June 5, 2018
The 2018 Tri Campus Games will celebrate its 10th Anniversary when the action gets underway in Nottingham on the 24th June. Each year the Tri Campus Games brings together students from the three University of Nottingham campuses (UK, China and Malaysia) to compete against each other in a range of up to 20 specialist sports …
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: UoN Water Polo take Trophy title convincingly
After beating University of Warwick 15-4 in the semi-finals and already sitting at the top of the Midlands 1A league, University of Nottingham were confident as they hosted Manchester Men’s 1st in the BUCS trophy finals today. Playing at David Ross Sports village in front of a home crowd, they didn’t fail to entertain! First …
BUCS Big Wednesday Preview: Men’s Table Tennis 1s
March 20, 2018
The last in our series of BUCS Big Wednesday previews, we take a closer look at the last #GreenandGold game of the day – as UoN Men’s Table Tennis 1s face UCL at 7pm in the David Ross Sports Village salle. The squad enter the match as clear favourites and will be looking to win …
BUCS Big Wednesday Preview: Women’s Table Tennis 1s
March 18, 2018
Next up, we have our Women’s Table Tennis 1st 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 Durham University at 7pm at the David …
Hockey Heroics as the Ladies team book a place in the BUCS Championship Final
March 15, 2018
It was 3pm at Portland when the Women’s Hockey team packed their bags and boarded the team coach carrying the hopes and aspirations of playing at a home BUCS Championship final in Nottingham at Beeston Hockey club in a week’s time. The squad, followed by a travelling group of University of Nottingham supporters, set off …
Match in Focus | Men’s Squash beat Birmingham 3-2 to book their place at BUCS Big Wednesday
March 8, 2018
University of Nottingham went into this Men’s Squash BUCS Championship Semi-final as narrow favourites and knew they would have their work cut out if they wanted to secure home advantage at BUCS Big Wednesday in 2 weeks’ time. During the regular season, UoN finished just above Birmingham having won at their last two encounters, albeit …
#GreenandGold Match in Focus: Wednesday 7 March
March 7, 2018
It’s now just two weeks to go until British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Big Wednesday – the UK’s largest team sport event for students – heads to University of Nottingham. With the knockout stages getting to the final stages – there’s some huge games across the country today as teams vie to make the …
