This year will see GUSA continuing with the Chancellor’s Fund for Sport. The Chancellor’s Fund for Sport is a fund given by the University to assist students in partaking in projects that they wouldn’t normally be able to do. Just last year the Chancellor’s Fund funded some exciting projects that would normally be out of [...]
The National Basketball Association (NBA) lockout could potentially signal a sea of change in the world of sport. The owners of the NBA teams have had enough of entrenching themselves in debt in order to build a winning side and have decided to take a stance. Although a draft resolution was being voted on at [...]
A new season, a new FIFA. As the follow up to what many deem to be not only the best FIFA ever but probably the best football game to date, FIFA 12 has a lot to live up to. Whilst the new incarnation has the usual spoils of a yearly update; a facelift, increased roster, [...]
Glasgow University Women’s Football Club began the new season with a hard-earned victory against local rivals Strathclyde University at the Garscube, fighting both spirited opponents and awful conditions on the way to a solid start to the campaign. Strathclyde took an early lead before Glasgow responded with a brace from Mariel Kaney, leaving a wonder-strike [...]
Joe Mclean The unraveling of 21-year old Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy in the recent US Masters golf tournament was just the latest in a long line of sporting meltdowns. The sporting choke can strike at any time and has been known to effect bigger and more experienced names than the young golfer. But he is [...]
Joe Mclean The Glasgow University sailing team was recently crowned Scottish University Champions at the student yachting tournament in Portsmouth. The Glasgow team, consisting of Moray Clark, Henry Viljanen, Peder Schimmel, Samuel Tabor, Alex Erjavec, Euan Plater, Ailsa Pender and Charlie Foot, traveled down to Portsmouth with their main objective being to beat the other [...]
Joe Mclean The Glasgow University Cricket Club (GUCC) is one of the oldest clubs in the Universities history. The GUCC, who claim to have played the first ever game of cricket in Scotland against Perth (later to become Perthshire) Cricket Club at Stirling in 1829, have a rich tapestry of historic statistics, characters and stories, [...]
Joe Mclean GLASGOW UNI STUDENTS Charlotte Slaymark, Chris Millar and Donnie Moonie are cycling to the Sahara Desert to raise money for the charity ‘Right to Play’. The team have been hard at work planning their big adventure over the last two months and this preparation has paid off, as they have been awarded a [...]
David Childs On a fantastic day for all those involved with Glasgow University sport, GUSA teams shrugged off competition from Glasgow Caledonian University and Strathclyde University to win the multi-discipline Brewin Dolphin City of Glasgow Cup at Scotstoun Leisure Centre. The competition was remarkably close, with the margin of victory between Glasgow and second place [...]
William Ross Cunningham trophy for ‘club of the year’ Men’s Basketball Millenium trophy for ‘team of the year’ Ladies Sabre Justin Langham trophy for ‘outstanding first year undergraduate’ Louise Creechan Rebecca Cooke trophy for ‘outstanding sportswoman’ Stephanie McDowall Bob Wilson trophy for ‘outstanding sportsman’ Chris Logan Development of Sport award James Hayhurst GUSA Drinking Horn [...]
