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BUCS ARCHERY BUCS 8 annual review SPORTS • The Indoor Championships were held at Loughborough University, with the team award won by the University of Edinburgh • The Outdoor Championships saw seven BUCS records being broken in testing weather conditions. Both the Championship and Trophy team events were won by the University of Edinburgh ATHLETICS • Entries across all athletics events increased significantly this season and the BUCS Combined Events Championships returned to the athletics calendar • Seven Championship Best Performances were broken at the Indoor and Outdoor Championships • The BUCS Cross Country Championships, hosted by the University of Aberdeen were cancelled due to adverse weather conditions across the country • The British Universities team at the Loughborough International finished third in the Men’s event and fourth in the Women’s BADMINTON • With a UK player base of 6 -7,000 in higher education in university clubs alone, and a further 7-8,000 participating in intra-mural and class based beginner and intermediate programmes, university badminton contributes significantly to player retention in the sport in the crucial 16-19 year transition period from school to working life • It is hoped that the engagement of a number of institutions in the BUCS/Sport England social networking pilot scheme in late 2009 will see a real drive to activate further fun-based badminton activity – early figures suggest a possible 5% increase is on the cards if Facebook retains its popularity amongst students • The annual BUCS Individual badminton tournament in November along with its championship finals week in March offers a marvellous recruitment and development ground for aspiring and qualified officials, along with event management volunteers. In 2008 -09 over 15 umpires gained valuable experience in this way • In 2008 over 500 matches were played in the BUCS individual tournament over three days • The High Performance Centres network established by Badminton England across seven universities is starting to support the player pathway very effectively. Within the support network in Scotland, we also have 5 GB players, 8 England U19 players, 2 Scottish nationally funded players and 7 TASS scholarship funded players within HE BASKETBALL • English Universities retained the Basketball Home Nations title in both the men’s and women’s events • The Final 8s took place over three days of the BUCS Championships in Sheffield. The standard of play continues to rise with more and more universities playing in the English Basketball Leagues. Worcester and UWIC won the men’s and women’s titles respectively • The GBR women’s team returned to the World University Games in Serbia in July 2009. Despite a tough opening group containing USA, Poland and the Czech Republic, they regrouped well to finish in a highest ever sixth place overall BOXING • Registered Boxing Clubs in Scotland affiliated to the national governing body now operate in 9 of the 16 institutions who have entered BUCS events. Close on 400 students train two or three times a week • This year saw a record number of entries into the English University Boxing Championships with 150 students competing at Portsmouth University • During the season, universities produced two Scottish Open Champions and a runner up, while the English Universities Representative squad achieved four gold medals and two silver medals at the prestigious Haringey International Cup • Women’s Boxing is continuing to grow within the higher education sector, with many entering the sport through Boxercise and combat fitness classes. CANOE • The entry numbers rose once again with the Wild Water Race becoming the largest event in Britain and the Slalom the biggest in Europe. Canoe Polo entries increased once again with more than 50 teams entering the BUCS event • Almost half of Great Britain’s gold and silver medal-winning canoe slalom team are graduates of Nottingham Trent University. Five of the 12 strong team that competed at the 2009 European Canoe Slalom Championships graduated from the University, while two have re-enrolled to study for second degrees CLAY PIGEON • BUCS returned to the West Midlands Shooting Ground for its eighth year in 2009. Royal Agricultural College maintained their position as the most dominant Clay Pigeon Shooting Club within the higher education sector winning both the men’s and women’s team events and also the men’s individual event CLIMBING • The Climbing Championships returned to The Climbing Works for the third year running and second year as part of the BUCS Championships in Sheffield where 300 students competed in the event. Support and awards for winning students was provided by Bendcrete Walls, Foams4Sports and Moon Climbing • University of Sheffield continued to dominate the event by retaining titles in both the team and men’s competitions
• Mike Brightwell retired from the Climbing sports management group in 2009 CRICKET • The indoor cricket competitions go from strength to strength. Taking place in the winter terms, they provide an opportunity for cricketers to experience high quality competition out of season. The current formats – nine regional heats, three semi-finals and national finals for men and four regional heats and national finals for women – work very well and by the time of the finals the standard is sometimes such as to compete with the ECB’s own competition • The outdoor competitions were restructured this year in accordance with cross - BUCS structures. Some adaptation will clearly be required as the timing constraints of a short and examination dominated term and a long game need to be accommodated. At the senior levels, the MCC Universities continue to dominate, showing the success of the venture in terms of playing standards and our work in conjunction with the national governing body of the sport CYCLING • BUCS Cycling again promoted a Championship programme with both on and off road events, many with maximum entry levels possible • For the second year running the Mountain Bike Championship was outsourced to Extreme Know How who delivered a successful event at UK Bike Park in Dorset with over 500 competitors • Participation in the Hill Climb Time Trial Championship has now grown to be the biggest such event in the UK. The success is partly due to it being the first event of the BUCS Cycling calendar with a relaxed, yet competitive atmosphere and is key to promoting BUCS Cycling to new members of university clubs. This discipline also generates a wealth of National Champions with Matt Clinton (alumni Leeds) taking the title in 2008 from defending champion James Dobbin (alumni Bath) EQUESTRIAN • This year the programme grew its team entries for the sixth year in a row at the National Championships • Links with the national governing body have also developed, with increased media interest following a review of the Championships in equestrian specialist magazine, Horse and Hound, highlighting the importance of the education sector within the sport • Student riders have seen success internationally including two team golds and one team silver at the Norwegian Nations Cup; Bea Meitiner (UW Aberystwyth), Joanna Honey (Warwick), Elidh Middleton (Robert Gordon) and Kate Allen (alumni Nottingham) all brought home medals from various international competitions FENCING • The individual championships, supported by Leon Paul, attracted over 600 competitors over three days at the University of Nottingham • The team finals took place as part of the BUCS Championships in Sheffield. GB Olympian, Alex O’Connell was part of the winning Cambridge men’s team and was also interviewed as part of the Channel 4 programme, Destination 2012, which highlighted the event within its coverage. The men's event saw Cambridge pitted against their oldest rival Oxford. This competition has been taking place since 1897 FOOTBALL • Football Development added 10 new Focus universities to its development programme. A conference at Liverpool FC demonstrated the achievements and pathways developed for the volunteer student workforce and new student coaches • For the first time since the World University Games were held in Sheffield in 1991 Great Britain won a team sport medal with the Women’s Football team finishing in third place • All BUCS Football Leagues joined the FA Respect Campaign to show universities play the game in the right spirit and respect officials and players FUTSAL • 2008 /09 saw the first full year of Futsal at BUCS. In 2007, no university teams or competitions existed and it is now one of the fastest growing participation programmes on university campuses • BUCS provides the largest men’s and women’s Futsal competition in the country • University teams were FA Futsal Cup 2009 runners up for both Women and Men GAELIC FOOTBALL • Increase in number of participants with three new Men's Football teams registered. These were Imperial College, London, Sheffield Hallam University and Aston University • The BUCS single institution system has resulted in those with fewer numbers of Irish students seeking to recruit non Irish to the sport. An example is the University of Abertay, Dundee who were able to field a 15 a side team for both league and championship despite having only three Irish players with previous experience of the game • Universities have introduced a new Gaelic Football Coaching programme in 2008 -2009, with the scheme designed to enhance university/school/community links and this has carried into the forthcoming academic year GOLF • The Individual Strokeplay finals took place at the Notts Golf Club, Nottinghamshire. The finalists all qualified through from the regional qualification rounds in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland so that the top 60 men and 20 women from university golf attended • In the Team Matchplay competition, the semi - final line up was Birmingham v Stirling and Loughborough v Nottingham Trent. Stirling was the eventual team winner • The 2009 Home Nations title headed to Northern Ireland for the first time in many years, who also hosted an excellent competition 9
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