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 [...]
IT’S ALWAYS A VERY SPECIAL feeling packing your armour and strapping a sword-sack around your shoulder on the eve of travelling hundreds of miles for a Kendo tournament. Nothing quite matches the prospect of gauging your skills against other Kendoka from all around the country in the UK University Championships. It’s a bizarre mixture of [...]
Joe Mclean THE GLASGOW UNIVERSITY Tennis team have battled against a previous history of defeats to finally get ahead and into the semi finals of the BUCS Men’s competition. The club’s past track record has been disappointing, with the team being knocked out in the first round for the last two years of the competition. [...]
Joe Mclean THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE Glasgow University Sports Association’s calendar is the annual GUSA Ball. This year the black-tie dinner dance, at which Blues, Half-Blues and Sporting Awards are presented to successful student athletes and teams, has been heralded as a sporting success by the GUSA council. The event, which took place at the [...]
