Leader in Focus: Marina Symington
March 3, 2022
Once again, it has come that time in which we must celebrate the achievements of our fantastic volunteers. This month we are celebrating the hard work of Marina Symington, a volunteer who has taken part in our Sports in School program. Marina has delivered Ultimate Frisbee sessions to both primary and secondary school children. Not …
Introducing IMS Touch Rugby
March 1, 2022
At the start of the 2021/22 academic year, University of Nottingham Women’s Rugby Club President, Natasha Duggan, set-up the Intramural Sports (IMS) Touch Rugby programme. Natasha, who is also one of the first ever recipients of the Martin Wynne-Jones Bursary and supporter of the Rugby Minds campaign, is an ever-present face at the Sunday Touch …
Scholar in Focus: Rachel Ellis
February 22, 2022
Recently, the University of Nottingham competed in the BUCS Canoe Slalom Championships at nearby Holme Pierrepont, and competing for the #GreenandGold at the event was scholar Rachel Ellis. Rachel claimed a brilliant gold medal in the Mixed Teams discipline and we caught up with Rachel afterwards to find out how she found the competition, as …
BUCS Nationals 2022 – Super Sunday Round-up
February 20, 2022
BUCS Nationals 2022 – Sunday Round-up Sunday brought a close to the 2022 BUCS National Championship and with it a chance to reflect on some fantastic student sporting stories and achievements. Despite being an individual competition, over the past 3 days University of Nottingham student-athletes across Athletics, Badminton, Swimming, Fencing and Climbing have come together …
BUCS Nationals 2022 – Super Saturday Round-up
February 19, 2022
It was a stormy Friday night in Sheffield as the City bore the brunt of Storm Eugine, yet as students and staff emerged from the athlete hotel for ‘Super Saturday’ there was calm and optimism in the air (rather than wheelie bins and trampolines!). Super Saturday, as it has become affectionately known, is characterised by …
BUCS Nationals 2022 – Friday Round-up
February 18, 2022
It is precisely 731 days since the curtain fell on BUCS Nationals in February 2020, marking the end of one of the most successful individual championships in the University of Nottingham’s esteemed sporting history. With 16 medals, including 7 Gold, the event was to be remembered not just as a huge success, but also as …
BUCS Nationals 2022 | Team Behind the Team
February 16, 2022
Over the 18th, 19th, and 20th of February, the University of Nottingham will be taking 100 student athletes to compete for individual medals and to represent the #GreenandGold at BUCS National Championships. Our athletes will join around 6,000 students from across the country in Sheffield to compete for individual medals in 5 different sports: swimming, …
Introducing the Laureus Sport for Good volunteers of last term
February 11, 2022
Here at the Leadership Academy we like to celebrate our volunteers, as it is for them and their amazing contributions that make the projects what they are. We are currently celebrating Student Volunteering Week, and highlighting the the passion that our students have for sport and volunteering which is reflected by the positive impact they …
Student Volunteering Week
February 5, 2022
This week is Student Volunteering Week and the perfect opportunity to highlight our volunteers here at UoN Sport. This year, our volunteers have been amazing. Over 2000 hours of their own time has been contributed in order to help others. We are going to celebrate the wide variety of incredible achievements our volunteers have made …
Scholar in Focus: Sam Mostowfi
February 4, 2022
Ahead of this weekend’s BUCS Gymnastics Championships where we will have many of our gymnastics club competing, we spoke to Sam Mostowfi who is one of our sports scholars at the University of Nottingham. In a great interview, we spoke about the upcoming event for him and his team mates, as well as his journey …
