Fancy a game? No commitments, no trials, just sport!
January 22, 2016
By Andriana Petrova Love playing sports with friends? Want to try a new sport or improve old skills? We have the perfect opportunity for you! The UoN Engage Programme is an exciting project that provides extra sporting opportunities for all students that doesn’t require a gym membership. That’s right; you can now enjoy your favourite sport …
Top 12 Moments of 2015!
January 4, 2016
UoN Sport hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We can’t wait to see what the year ahead has in store, so we thought now is a great time to reflect on some of our achievements of 2015. Here are our top 12 moments – one for every month! 1.January – 200 local …
Howzat – England cricket star receives honorary degree
December 9, 2015
Stuart Broad and the Chief Executive of UK Sport are being honoured by The University of Nottingham. The England and Nottinghamshire cricket star and Liz Nicholl CBE, Chief Executive of UK Sport, are two of six distinguished guests receiving an honorary degree during this year’s winter graduation ceremonies. They will join thousands of successful candidates …
Referee Tom calls on a Friend
November 26, 2015
The University of Nottingham men’s football first team got a taste of Premier League standards on Wednesday when top-flight referee Kevin Friend agreed to officiate their most recent BUCS league match at Highfields Sports Ground.
Nottingham is England’s Home of Sport
October 26, 2015
Last week Nottingham was announced as England’s official Home of Sport. The announcement came on the back of a national campaign run by the tourism board VisitEngland, and saw Nottingham beat the likes of Yorkshire, London and Manchester to the title. The decision was made on the back of an open national vote, and Nottingham secured …
A successful summer of sport
September 25, 2015
Sport doesn’t stop when the academic year comes to an end at UoN. Many of our student athletes and alumni have been competing over the summer and doing us proud: British high jumper and Biosciences alumna Isobel Pooley got her season off to a flying start, topping the UK all-time outdoor rankings with a 1.97m jump …
Introducing Welfare in Sport
September 21, 2015
Students’ Union officers James Bramley (Sports) and Sarah Pickup (Welfare and Equal Opportunities) provide an introduction to the Welfare in Sport initiative: Last year we launched Welfare in Sport at The University of Nottingham. The overall aim of the project is to: help raise awareness of mental health issues within members of sports clubs, remove …
Blog 4: Reflections on Chinese Training
September 16, 2015
By Liam McTiernan. So as we come to an end here in China, Team UoN have certainly had a memorable and beneficial trip. The training has been extremely hard work and the team have done a great job in taking the most away from the opportunity. Throughout our time at the Chinese Table Tennis College …
Blog 3: UoN Table Tennis Grafting in China
September 14, 2015
By Liam McTiernan. As the weekend approached so did the matches between the University of Nottingham and the Chinese Table Tennis College youth players. On Saturday it was time to put our training into some match play situations and each UoN player played 7 matches against some of the players in Shanghai. The day got …
Blog 2: Training Commences for UoN Table Tennis
September 10, 2015
By Liam McTiernan. Training has begun for the University of Nottingham Table Tennis Team. With the humidity and temperature high in China training is tough and all the players have had to adapt. The standard of Chinese opponents is high with many having played 6 hours a day from the age of 7 or 8. …
