UoN Futsal selected for FA Super League
May 21, 2015
University of Nottingham Sport is delighted to announce that the Futsal Club has been successfully selected for the 2015/16 FA National Futsal Super League. Following a rigorous selection process the club has been handpicked alongside 15 other clubs to compete at the highest level in the country. UoN Futsal will be one of eight teams …
This Girl Can Campaign goes viral at 2015 Nottingham Varsity Series
May 19, 2015
The 2015 Nottingham Varsity series may have been hotly contested, but there was one thing University of Nottingham Sport and Nottingham Trent Sport set aside the rivalry for – the first ‘This Girl Can’ Varsity campaign. Aligned with Sport England’s smash-hit ‘This Girl Can’ advertising promotion, the Nottingham Varsity version set out to use a …
Mental Health recognised as a priority for higher education sport with the launch of a new training programme
May 14, 2015
From Summer 2015, higher education institutions will have access to a new training programme which aims to increase the knowledge, confidence and skills of the HE sports community in the area of mental health and wellbeing. Student Minds (the UK’s student mental health charity), BUCS – British Universities & Colleges Sport, (the governing body for …
UoN and NTU unite at Varsity to celebrate #ThisGirlCan
April 27, 2015
With the first 2015 Varsity game kicking off tonight at Capital FM arena, UoN Sport and NTU Sport are delighted to announce an exciting joint campaign running alongside the high-profile series. We’re joining sides to celebrate the hugely popular This Girl Can movement and celebrate our female students acting as such strong role models for their sports …
Super lifesavers
March 31, 2015
by Katherine Wickham, General Secretary of UoN Lifesaving This past month has been a busy time in the University of Nottingham Lifesaving Club calendar. From March 8-5 2015, club members travelled to the Czech Republic to compete with several other university lifesaving clubs internationally, then the following week we were competing against those clubs at …
Boat Club makes a splash at London Head of The River Race
March 30, 2015
The University rowing team fielded three crews in the UK’s biggest rowing event – a time trial along the famous University Boat Race course from Mortlake to Putney against over 300 crews. The Men’s Race (HoRR) was on Sunday 29 March, and the Women’s Race (WeHoRR) was on the Saturday 14 March. The senior eight achieved …
BUCS Big Wednesday 2015: A sliver away from victory for Men’s Lacrosse
March 27, 2015
Our final event of the day was the Men’s Lacrosse Championship Cup final between Nottingham 1st, squaring off against the team who denied them premier league victory this season – Durham 1st. This was the third meeting for these two teams this season, and with Durham victors on both occasions they were arguably favourites going …
BUCS Big Wednesday 2015: UoN Men’s Hockey’s first BUCS gold for 50 years
In one of our most highly anticipated finals of the season, University of Nottingham Men’s Hockey 1st team took on Loughborough University Men’s Hockey 1st away at Loughborough in front of over 1,000 spectators, half of which we are proud to say were UoN supporters, the self-proclaimed ‘Green tidal wave’ ready to cheer us to …
BUCS Big Wednesday 2015: Dream double for University of Nottingham Table Tennis
University history was made for the Nottingham this week when our Men’s and Women’s table tennis teams both won the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) National Championship team title, as part of the ‘Big Wednesday‘ day of cup final matches at the Loughborough University sports facilities throughout March 25. In a scintillating afternoon of …
BUCS Big Wednesday 2015: University of Nottingham Fencing put Exeter to the sword
University of Nottingham Fencing Women’s 1st team put in an outstanding team performance to beat Exeter University in the final of the Trophy Cup competition, one of Nottingham’s four cup final wins as part of ‘Big Wednesday‘, the highlight of the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) 2014/15 season. Held at Loughborough University ‘s sports facilities …
