The British Quidditch Cup 2015
March 2, 2015
Now that Helen Freeman has introduced you to quidditch at Nottingham, it’s time to get competitive and aim for the cup… The British Quidditch Cup is a national quidditch tournament at which teams from all around the country face off against each other. BQC is the highlight of the quidditch calendar and this year the …
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 …
BUCS round-up 25 February 2015
February 26, 2015
The fixture list comprised both league and cup action this week, and our teams built upon their recent good form with the exact same return as last Wednesday: 26 wins and 5 draws at a rate of 51%. The Men’s Football 2nd XI have been outstanding all season and continued their run of victories by …
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 …
Snakebite Sailing Event 2015
February 23, 2015
The University of Nottingham held its annual sailing event, Snakebite, on the 21st – 22nd February this year. Kindly hosted by Notts County Sailing Club, Snakebite drew over 126 competitors from universities all around the country, once again proving itself to be one of the UK’s most exciting and popular student sailing events. When 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. …
BUCS round-up 18 February 2015
February 19, 2015
Knockout competition was at the forefront of the action this Wednesday, and a number of teams sailed through to the quarter-finals and semi-finals. Overall, the Green and Gold recorded 26 wins at a rate of 51%. The Hockey club returned a raft of wins this week, and the Men’s 1st XI got the ball rolling …
The road to BUCS Nationals: Ellen Mahenthiralingam
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 …
BUCS Canoe Slalom Championships
February 16, 2015
On the 14th – 15th February 2015, the annual BUCS Slalom Canoe Championships took place at Tees Barrage White Water Centre. The event, which comprises a third of the overall BUCS Canoeing programme, was a huge success as the University, despite finishing second, won the most the BUCS points of all the universities competing with …
