University of Nottingham sail through to the European Universities Badminton Championship final
June 26, 2019
University of Nottingham are a game away from being crowned European Universities Badminton Champions 2019. The team have fought their way to the finals after a tough draw which saw them matched up against University of Strasbourg, the team which sent them crashing out of the same tournament 12 months ago in Coimbra. Against a …
European Youth Para-Games 2019 | Meet the UoN Sport volunteers
June 21, 2019
As part of a volunteering partnership, the University of Nottingham Sport department is sending five student volunteers to Finland to support the European Paralympic Youth Games (EPYG 2019) 25th – 30th June. EPYG 2019 will be hosted at the Pajulahti Olympic and Paralympic Training Center is set to be the largest EPYG in history, with …
Women’s High Performance Centre | Meet the Coach | Becky Langley
June 19, 2019
University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University joined forces back in 2017 to joint-deliver a Women’s High Performance Football Centre. The initiative, is committed to doubling participation and fan numbers of the women’s game by 2020, and Nottingham based hub is one of eight High Performance Football Centres based at Universities across the country. Importantly, …
Heads Up | It’s time to discuss concussion in sport
May 2, 2019
Following the incident this week at White Hart lane which saw Tottenham Hotspur defender Jan Vertonghen sustain a serious head injury in the Champions League Semi-Final, it is a good time to talk about concussions. We spoke to University of Nottingham Sport Physiotheraspist, Desi Gillespie, for her insight into the protocol of assessment and to learn …
BUCS Big Wednesday | UoN Netball add BUCS Trophy to their 2019 league title
March 27, 2019
Today the University of Nottingham Netball 1s faced Birmingham 2s in the final of the BUCS Trophy. The Netball 1s have had an extremely successful season this year. Winning the BUCS Midland’s 1A League Title having only lost one game all season, they will now face Leeds University in a battle for promotion into the …
BUCS Big Wednesday | UoN Squash retain Women’s Championship title for the 4th year in a row
As a performance sport, the University of Nottingham squash confidently secured three of their teams into the final at BUCS Big Wednesday. Both the trophy teams, men and women’s as well as the women’s championship team. First up were the trophy finals where the #GreenandGold were represented in both the men’s and women’s teams. The …
BUCS Big Wednesday | Water Polo make a splash as they win the Men’s and Women’s Trophy finals
Women’s water polo trophy final First to arrive at bright and early at David Ross Sports Village on the morning of the 27th was women’s water polo. The team were focussed and ready for a great game against Oxford in their home pool. Having dominated the Midlands 1A league this season, not losing a single …
BUCS Big Wednesday | UoN Women’s Badminton win the BUCS Championship
Women’s Championship Final The day’s Badminton action kicked-off with the Ladies’ Championship final, which saw the 1st Teams of University of Nottingham and Loughborough do battle, in a highly anticipated fixture. Four hotly-billed singles and doubles matches were on the line-up, as Nottingham, who had narrow topped their opponents in Premier North league standings this …
BUCS Big Wednesday | Tin-Tin Ho and David McBeath leave first ever BUCS Championship Finals with Gold
University of Nottingham’s table tennis squads have swept the board at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) finals, once again asserting their total dominance over university table tennis. The home squad won all four titles up for grabs on in an impressive display on home soil at the BUCs Big Wednesday event. Victories in …
BUCS Big Wednesday | Men’s Tennis hit the target in BUCS Trophy shootout
After a highly successful league campaign, University of Nottingham Men’s 2nd Team aimed to extend their fourteen-match unbeaten run for the 2018/19 BUCS Sport Season and with it, capture the Men’s Trophy title! On their home courts at the Nottingham Tennis Centre, the #GreenandGold faced the University of Bath’s 2nd Team who had also experienced …
