Guest blog: UoN Lifesaving Club maintain strong 3rd in BULSCA league
February 20, 2017
Guest blogger: Alex Collard, Club coach for the UoN Lifesaving Club UoN Lifesaving Club’s BULSCA Competition For those of you who still react incredulously when informed that Lifesaving is an actual sport, and a rather popular one at that, you may further be surprised to learn that 22 teams came up to our humble multi-million-pound …
Guest blog: UoN Polo take gold at Winter Nationals
February 16, 2017
Guest blogger: Lucy Cox, Publicity Officer for UoN Polo Club UoN Polo: NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 2017 Every year, UoN Polo heads over to Rugby Polo Club to compete at the SUPA (Schools and Universities Polo Association) Winter Arena National Championships. As there is no BUCS polo, we compete under SUPA tournaments against every other university polo …
Girls Night In…one of the most successful nights of 2016 (and it’s back!)
February 10, 2017
With the 2017 Girls Night In event just around the corner we spoke with the Engage coordinators to find out about last year’s event and to hear some of the feedback they received. It’s time for us to get Girls Night In 2017 in the diary and whilst planning and organising this term’s event, we …
FA Girls’ Football week hits University of Nottingham
October 21, 2016
The start of October saw the re-launch of the FA’s Girls’ Football week with over 70 players from total beginners to Notts County Ladies superstars hitting the new David Ross Sports Village 3G pitch. With more than 100,000 players involved nationally, the University of Nottingham hosted their own girl’s football night taking the opportunity to launch their …
Tri Campus Games 2016: the results are in…
July 8, 2016
By Hannah Webber Back in early June, 180 students from Nottingham, China and Malaysia came together under the heat of the Malaysian sun to compete over four days and eight sports for the Tri Campus crown. A few weeks down the line and all of the University of Nottingham students have had time to digest …
Things are hotting up in Malaysia
June 16, 2016
Chris Morris one of Team UK’s volleyball players gives us his commentary of Tri Campus Games 2016, so far. Day 3 in the jungle… and the contestants are starting to feel the full effects of Malaysia’s heat and humidity. It was our hottest day yet with temperatures reaching highs of 39 degrees celsius and every …
Kicking off Tri Campus Games in style
June 14, 2016
Written by Will Stanley from Team UK, Football team Having now settled into Malaysia with the other athletes there is one thing that definitely comes to all our minds – it’s well hot, maybe too hot. The Malaysian weather does not mess around, even the rain here tries to batter you. Despite this, I have …
The Tri Campus Games are back and bigger than ever
June 13, 2016
By Ellie Hill, Team UK Volleyball player & flag bearer Who would have thought that after playing Football since I was six years old, I would be jetting off to the University of Nottingham’s Malaysia Campus, to play… wait for it… Volleyball! That’s right, Team UK are in Malaysia competing against Team China and Team Malaysia …
UoN win record fifth straight Varsity series
June 9, 2016
By Sebastian Chmielinski The University of Nottingham claimed bragging rights for the fifth year in a row after beating Nottingham Trent University 13-8 in the 2016 Varsity Series. Having first begun in 2003, the Series is the most hotly anticipated sporting event every year, and 2016 did not disappoint. With more sell-out crowds, international stadiums, …
Girls’ Night In a huge hit!
June 1, 2016
By Sebastian Chmielinski On Sunday 24th April, over 120 girls descended upon the University Park Sports Centre for another hugely successful Girls’ Night In. Organised by the Engage team, and in association with Nottingham Girls Can, the evening of ‘fun, fitness and freebies’ was aimed at encouraging and increasing participation from girls in a fun and laid back …
