Scholar in Focus: Jessica Maitland
March 10, 2022
This weekend (12th-13th March), the University of Nottingham will have karate athletes travelling to Ponds Forge in Sheffield to compete at BUCS Karate Nationals. Ahead of one of the biggest events in the calendar for the University of Nottingham Karate club, we spoke to scholar and England Karate athlete, Jessica Maitland, about her journey in …
Scholar in Focus: Simran Kaur
March 3, 2022
Recently, you may have seen that the University of Nottingham was brilliantly represented at the BUCS Nationals event in Sheffield from the 18th to the 20th February. One of our top performers across the weekend was Simran Kaur, who claimed a gold medal in the 60M T46 Sprint on the Friday evening. Simran is a …
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 …
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 …
Scholars in Focus: Tristan Santoyo & Ally Barber
January 28, 2022
With our Volleyball Headliner event fast approaching on February 2, featuring both the men’s and women’s first teams in back-to-back BUCS fixtures, we recently spoke to two of the players who will be taking to the court for the #GreenandGold. Both Tristan Santoyo and Ally Barber are sport scholars at the University of Nottingham and …
Scholar in Focus: Louisa Piper
December 9, 2021
Last weekend University of Nottingham student and sport scholar Louisa Piper competed at the National Indoor Archery Championships in Warwickshire. It was a very successful competition for Louisa, finishing 2nd in the Women’s Recurve event to come away with a silver medal. We spoke with Louisa during one of her practice sessions in the run-up …
Scholar in Focus: Nike Lorenz
December 3, 2021
Our latest sit down discussion with one of our outstanding sport scholars saw us talking hockey with an Olympic Bronze medal winner, Nike Lorenz. Nike (Nee-Ka) is a current German international as well as a pivotal part of the #GreenandGold. We spoke with her about her path to performing at the very highest level, as …
Scholar In Focus: Joshua Greaves
November 18, 2021
Ahead of this Sunday’s first home game for the University of Nottingham American Football team, we spoke with quarterback and sport scholar, Joshua Greaves. Joshua arrived at the University from his home state of California this January, and it was fantastic to sit down with him to discuss how he’s finding life at university in …
Scholar In Focus: Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
November 11, 2021
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn may be a name familiar to some Tennis fans, as in 2009, Noppawan won the Girls’ Singles and Doubles Wimbledon titles in the same year. Since her victories at SW19, Noppawan continued to play professional tennis before stepping away from a life of touring a few years ago to study. Now a student …
Scholar In Focus: Daniel May
November 4, 2021
Daniel May is one of our sport scholars at the University of Nottingham, playing Wheelchair Basketball. We recently spoke with him about his experiences so far as part of the #GreenandGold as well as his journey to becoming a scholar. It was a great time to talk with Daniel as he recently received his scholar …
