Feed Editor (Unlicensed) 18 Apr 2007 10:57:39 GMT University sports news and results from the UKs independent national student newspaper http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/index.htm Defender Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-gb http://www.national-student.co.uk/national_student_big_logo.gif http://www.national-student.co.uk The independent, free, national student newspaper, magazine and the UK's leading online student portal. The BUSA Indoor Athletics Championships, held as part of the inaugural British University Championships in Sheffield, was packed with excitement as Bath took advantage of Loughborough’s boycott to win both the men’s and women’s competitions. The event was shadowed by the absence of Loughborough, the traditional giants of university athletics, as well as UWIC, whose boycotted the event in protest at their timing. The Indoor Athletics Championships, traditionally held in February, were moved to a later date in order to coincide with the British University Championships, but many believed that this was too close to the outdoor athletics season. 20 Apr 2008 14:00:18 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/bath_dominate_busa_athletics_in_loughboroughs_absence.htm FA6C84D1-A229-4F1E-9EA6-4797373447FA The Saturday and Sunday of the BUSA Championships saw the finest boxers England’s universities have to offer meet at Sheffield’s English Institute of Sport. As with the universities boxing championships which took place in December there were men’s and women’s champions to be decided in novice and open class. The novice class was open to boxers who had fought in less than ten fights and the open class for those who had experienced more than ten bouts. 20 Apr 2008 13:59:56 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/aberdeen_enjoy_themselves_in_sheffield.htm 12B3DC1E-1DC6-469B-A4FD-6322513CBEEB Bath 2nd's won the BUSA trophy after an emphatic 5-0 victory over fellow finalists Plymouth at Don Valley Stadium. Goals from Paul Simmons (45,55), Ian Parks (70) and substitute Sion Kitson (80,85) ensured Bath the victory in a match that they dominated from start to finish. 20 Apr 2008 13:59:31 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/classy_bath_win_trophy_cup.htm 6A2893FE-AB33-4CE2-B88E-4C1C72CF9465 In the second of our ‘Road to Beijing’ interviews Ralph Shepherd speaks to a former high jump hopeful who could now be representing Great Britain in the 400 metres this summer. Richard Buck is not your average student. He attends lectures only after hours of training, his drink of choice is a sports drink or water and his summer holiday this year is not a lad’s trip abroad. Richard is hoping to achieve a dream by visiting China in August to compete in the 400m at the Beijing Olympics. 20 Apr 2008 13:58:41 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/buck_eyes_olympic_dream.htm 7F32A429-4CB5-4269-A256-0898C5EF3D5E Between March 13-16 the BUSA Championships took place in Sheffield - the first time that 20 different university sport finals had taken place in one city. Seb Coe commented that ‘our universities have a rich tradition for producing some of the country’s finest athletes’ and this proved to be the case in Sheffield as some of the best young talent shone on the multi-sport stage. With the Athletics, Football trophy and Boxing BUSA Championship reports featured in separate reports, here is a summary of the results in the other sports. 20 Apr 2008 13:58:11 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/sheffield_hosts_first_ever_busa_championships.htm 6AB6FF3A-A5DB-44F6-AD11-E026305A5010 In what has to go down as one of the most dramatic matches in BUSA’s football history, the University of Birmingham edged past Edinburgh University after eight goals, two dismissals, 120 minutes and nine penalties. 20 Apr 2008 13:57:45 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/thriller.htm 7D013ECF-7E06-40D2-8F70-C95C9F7E94BB The BUSA Cross Country Championships held in Swansea on Saturday February 2 saw a changing of the tides in the world of university cross country running as a number of teams shared the silverware. 20 Apr 2008 13:57:22 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/st_marys_enjoy_individual_success_in_swansea.htm 787BAF64-B64A-41EC-9947-4756AD646151 With the Olympic games just five months away The National Student will be conducting a series of interviews in the build-up to Beijing with student athletes in the reckoning for a place in the Great Britain team. Mariam Farookhi gets the ball rolling with sprint star Craig Pickering. Young sprinters such as Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Simeon Williamson and Craig Pickering have exploded onto the athletics scene in the last few years, and their progress towards one of the most renowned sporting events, to be hosted by London in 2012 for the first time in 64 years, has already commenced. 20 Apr 2008 13:56:55 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/bath_bullet.htm DA338AFA-FD4D-4BB6-ABD1-6CAB42931968 Ben Townsend examines the mutually beneficial link between universities and professional rugby teams. Following England’s World Cup victory in 2003, ways of assuring the continued success of the English national team has been a top priority. The rather shaky and arguably fortuitous 2007 World Cup campaign, ending in a final appearance against eventual winners South Africa, was highlighted as a cause for concern, especially considering the squads’ average age stood at 33. 20 Apr 2008 13:56:25 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/university_rugbys_production_line_for_the_pros.htm 49DA3AFE-2F7E-4BA5-899F-D0D5EEB84364 Imperial College London Varsity 2008 Imperial Medicals 22 Imperial College 19 (after extra time) This annual event has grown since it’s birth in 2003 with up to 46 teams from Imperial College (Imperial) and Imperial Medicals (Medicals) competing against each other, with the JPR Williams Cup as the main event. This years JPR Williams Cup was billed as ‘The Big One’ with the Imperial 1st XV rugby team gaining promotion into the BUSA Southern Premiership B and the Medicals pulling off a Great Escape to stay in the same league. Imperial have been on superb form, comfortably beating their last two opponents, scoring over 49 points in each game, whilst the Medicals have had to fight hard to earn their wins. 20 Apr 2008 13:55:53 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/imperial_varsity_match_makes_history.htm D9A0D3F1-4884-4409-B51E-CEB83A7F77A0 Reigning Superleague champions TeamBath faced a major clash against, current Co-operative Super League leaders, Loughborough Lightning at the Sports Training Village in Bath on February 8. The Bath Netballers were to experience a shattering two goal defeat by Loughborough Lightning with a final score of 47 - 49. 20 Apr 2008 13:55:31 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/loughborough_edge_out_bath_in_key_netball_clash.htm 826BCCA0-63E7-48E4-9BE7-F70C83A72DD2 The BUSA Golf Men’s Northern Regional Strokeplay Qualifier took place on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 February at Wallasey Golf Club in Liverpool, the location of the 2006 Open Golf Championship Qualifying, with Birmingham University taking both the Men’s and Women’s Individual Events. 20 Apr 2008 13:55:08 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/birmingham_uni_takes_the_glory_at_wallasey.htm 5E724B0D-A417-4E02-AF31-6A76239F4601 London Metropolitan University showed they are the new dominating force in university table tennis with a fantastic performance at the Individual Championships in Nottingham. The team took four out of the five titles on offer and in doing so put on a display of high quality and exciting table tennis. 20 Apr 2008 13:54:43 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/london_met_steal_the_show_at_individual_table_tennis_championships.htm 4C6D7B49-F75F-4CBE-8F06-12CB264F463B One year ago the University of Birmingham Men’s 1st XI footballers were celebrating promotion to the BUSA Northern Premier League. Twelve months later they were crowned champions. This is a particularly impressive achievement considering the strength of the league with the likes of Loughborough, Leeds Metropolitan and Northumbria challenging for supremacy. 20 Apr 2008 13:54:15 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/birmingham_season_overview.htm 43543E5F-368E-4015-9BCC-95FE650B4F8B In a fixture charged with concerns of playoff opposition and university pride, Durham and Birmingham fought wholeheartedly for league supremacy; Loughborough take note. In what can only be described as a thrilling comeback, Durham climbed the mountain they made for themselves in the first half to become the BUSA North Premier Champions for the first time since it was won under captain Gavin Featherstone (the current Director of Hockey at the university) in 1977. 20 Apr 2008 13:53:50 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/hockey_durham_v_birmingham.htm F797B097-ED78-4C1D-8804-54F9820C2771 The University of Stirling’s men’s golf team, the current British Universities’ champions, returned recently from a 10-day golf tour in South Africa that culminated in victory over Tshwane University, the reigning South African student champions. The 14-a-side match played over 2 days on Pretoria courses Woodhill and Wingate Park ended 15-13 in Stirling’s favour 20 Apr 2008 13:53:33 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/stirling_celebrate_in_south_africa.htm 749DB2EC-581B-494C-915A-86FCDAA21376 Three days of fierce competition at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield saw the best boxers England’s universities have to offer slug it out. 9 Feb 2008 18:15:05 GMT http://national-student.co.uk/Sport/english_universities_finest_meet_in_championships.htm 62785949-C60C-4A87-9DAF-DD6734011DB5 University of Bath student Craig Pickering became the fastest man in the world over 60m this year at the Norwich Union International in Glasgow on January 26. 9 Feb 2008 18:14:40 GMT http://national-student.co.uk/Sport/pickering_sets_worlds_fastest_time.htm C94DEB59-3953-4715-A58F-D35F8BD3CFC6 91-year-old Ivor Powell was awarded an MBE for services to sport in the 2008 New Year Honours list. The former Welsh international footballer, who played for Aston Villa, Queen’s Park Rangers and Blackpool, has worked as a football coach at the University of Bath for more than 30 years. 9 Feb 2008 18:14:05 GMT http://national-student.co.uk/Sport/legend_powell_awarded_mbe.htm AB614931-9F02-4F1A-9384-4D5CBB581F32 Sports Personality of the Year, Joe Calzaghe is one of the worlds best and most respected boxers. James Davies caught up with him ahead of his eagerly anticipated fight with U.S. legend Bernard Hopkins 9 Feb 2008 18:13:38 GMT http://national-student.co.uk/Sport/the_dragon_roars_on.htm 3BCB88D0-99B0-4BD0-9181-4598E66D23AC After five days of competition between December 14-18, the Barclays BUSA Individual Tennis Championships 2007 saw London Metropolitan University taking all four titles on a day of four high quality finals. Both Anna Koumantou and Matjaz Jurman took home the individual and doubles titles for the women and men respectively. 9 Feb 2008 18:13:10 GMT http://national-student.co.uk/Sport/london_met_dominate_in_tennis_individual_championships.htm 43CBF811-BEF0-4EB2-87FE-B519AC8D15E9 A two day training camp held at Warwick University on January 6-7 was the final part of a four-month programme which saw 36 of the most talented university footballers compete for 28 places in this years English Universities squad. 9 Feb 2008 18:12:46 GMT http://national-student.co.uk/Sport/english_universities_football_squad_announced.htm F6299AFB-57A3-4D7B-B4DA-8C45D9FEBCE5 The universities of Bath and Loughborough missed out on the opportunity to be the official training camp for the British Olympic team ahead of London 2012. 9 Feb 2008 18:12:20 GMT http://national-student.co.uk/Sport/bath_and_loughborough_overlooked_for_2012_base.htm 77F3C379-FBD2-4CD2-8D2F-82766F1B2369 TeamBath swimmer Janne Schaefer completed a terrific hat-trick by winning the 50m breaststroke gold for the third year in a row at the European Short Course Championships. 9 Feb 2008 18:12:06 GMT http://national-student.co.uk/Sport/schaefers_golden_hat_trick.htm ADA66112-CC32-4080-BFB5-498C6ECAC110 Sam Dobin has entered the history books, becoming only the second person ever to complete the legendary Great Court Run at Trinity College, Cambridge. 5 Dec 2007 15:11:32 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/chariots_of_fire_race_record_broken.htm Two goals from Swedish forward Peder Beck-Friis and a late strike from Chris Woods saw Edinburgh University edge out Deveronvale in a tense Scottish Cup tie, watched by 300 spectators at Peffermill, including many of the universities top brass. 5 Dec 2007 15:10:51 GMT http://www.national-student.co.uk/Sport/double_barrelled_beck_friis_edges_out_deveronvale.htm