BUCS round-up 3 December 2014
December 8, 2014
Nottingham’s sound BUCS form continued in week eight thanks to another set of impressive performances across the board. With only a handful of fixtures next week, 31 wins and a win-rate of 48% meant that a number of clubs head into the Christmas break sitting top of the league. Highfields was a hive of activity …
BUCS round-up 26 November 2014
November 28, 2014
Nottingham headed into a big week of cup fixtures with a point to prove after last Wednesday’s disappointing return. However, on a gloomy day in the Midlands, eight teams progressed to the Last 16 in the Trophy Cup and fourteen booked their place in the Quarter Finals of the Conference Cup. With 28 wins and …
BUCS round-up 19 November 2014
November 20, 2014
Nottingham were pushed to the limit this week in what proved to be the most testing Wednesday of the BUCS season. However, there were still a number of notable displays from the 23 wins. Ladies’ Badminton continued their good form from last time out by convincingly beating Durham 1st 7-1 at Sutton Bonington. The men’s …
BUCS round-up 12 November 2014
November 14, 2014
Eight University teams kept their Conference Cup runs alive this week by booking last sixteen slots. Whilst the strike rate was slightly down on last week’s 56%, the 23 wins provided many more impressive displays than the figures suggest. It was an afternoon to remember for Ladies’ Badminton 1st who defied the odds to defeat …
New national league comes to Nottingham
October 22, 2014
Club Development Coordinator, Alice Kempski, introduces the new National Badminton League. The National Badminton League is the first ever professional national badminton league in the UK, and the University of Nottingham is one of the six franchise teams from across the country that will be battling it out for the title of NBL champions 2014/15. …
Life in the athletes’ village
July 23, 2014
Economics student and England hockey international Harry Martin provides an update from the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth village. We’ve now moved into the village — I forgot how cool these places are! We’re all living in one big house; the majority of rooms are pairs with one three and one five on the top floor. I’m in the 3 …
Going for gold in Glasgow
July 17, 2014
Hi, my name is Harry Martin and I’ll be going into the third year of my Economics degree this September. I’m also a member of the England and Great Britain hockey teams and have been asked to give an insight to our preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow along with life as a student-athlete. …
I must be mad to watch this lot!
June 20, 2014
As England’s chances of advancing beyond the World Cup group stages hang by an ever diminishing thread, Alan Pringle discusses just why we put ourselves through the pain of supporting our national teams. In recent years, Alan’s research has focused on how football can be used as a vehicle for mental health promotion and interventions. I have …
U Canoe Unleashed on Highfields Lake
June 16, 2014
Why was Highfields Lake crammed with canoes last week? Maths student Luke Williams explains. Until my second year at University I had no experience kayaking. My friend from home started playing Canoe Polo and knowing how clumsy he was I thought “how hard could this be?” so started to try something new. I’ve spent the …
