BUSA News
Both Hartpury and Durham were shown tremendous support by their fans who made the journey to the capital to watch them compete in the BUCS men’s Rugby Union Final at RFU Twickenham. In glorious sunshine the Durham and UWE Hartpury fans created a real party atmosphere and cheered and sung for the entire duration of the match.
UWIC secured the women's Rugby Union Championship title beating Leeds Met 30 - 5 at RFU Twickenham.
An early brace of tries gave Leeds Met Carnegie their fifth successive win over Loughborough in their seven year reign as BUCS Champions
At the BUCS Indoor Championships on Sunday two athletes who have been scaling new heights this winter are set to raise the bar in the women’s High Jump – Emma Perkins (Cambridge) and Isobel Pooley (Nottingham).
Almost 900 student rowers competed earlier this month in the 2nd year of the BUCS PwC Indoor Rowing Championships with 11 events held in a series around the UK from Edinburgh to Southampton.
Emma Hollis (Loughborough) tonight smashed the world record for the S8 category 800m freestyle at the BUCS Short Course Swimming Championships in Sheffield.
James Scott, a 3rd year Civil Engineering student, and Scottish junior internationalist Gregor Hall, a 2nd year Actuarial Mathematics undergraduate, enjoyed a winning margin of 3 seconds over the 5000 metre course in Boston, Lincolnshire, after a powerful second half to their race.
The BUCS Barefoot Wine Surf Championships will be returning to Fistral Beach, Newquay once again for a weekend of world class surfing action, intense competition and one of the most exciting student surfing weekends in Europe.
Jess Dickons (University of Bath) claimed Great Britain’s first medal of the 2011 World University Games with gold in the 200m butterfly.
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