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GURC spurred on to success

Joe Mclean THE GLASGOW UNIVERSITY RIDING CLUB (GURC) has had one of their most successful seasons on record. Both the A and B teams have qualified for the BUCS Equestrian regional heats, which are the qualifiers for the BUCS national championships, with the A team winning all of their league fixtures en route to qualification. [...]

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Glasgow University Sport Results

Basketball Men’s 2nd 60 – 52 Edinburgh Men’s 2nd Fencing Women’s 1st 135 – 75 Bangor Women’s 1st Football Men’s 3rd 0 – 0 Stirling Men’s 3rd Golf 1st 3 – 5 Stirling 2nd Hockey Women’s 3rd 3 – 2 Robert Gordon Women’s 2nd Hockey Women’s 2nd 2 – 1 Abertay Women’s 1st Hockey Men’s [...]

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Old Firm: New era, age old problems

Joe Mclean Glasgow was named as Scotland’s ‘artistic powerhouse’ this week, once again proud to be called a City of Culture. Ironically this announcement came the day before the Scottish Government held their Old Firm summit at Holyrood, to discuss the mayhem surrounding the recent Celtic and Rangers games in the city, a game the [...]

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GUSA ball awards 2011

Blues Awards 2010 – 2011 A GUSA Blue is the highest individual sporting award presented at Glasgow University to the sportsmen and women who have consistently performed in an outstanding manner, excelling at an elite level throughout the previous season. Full Blues Colin McMorrin                             Canoe Louise Creechan                         Fencing Craig Moffat                                   Karate Stephanie McDowall                   Rowing Half [...]

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Judo Medalists

Men 2nd Kyu and Above: U66kgs: Gold – Jamel Tahar Aissa, Glasgow Silver – Luke, Naunton, Aberdeen Bronze – Jamie Whitelaw, Glasgow Bronze – Anthony Stevenson, UWS U73kgs: Gold – Michal Duczmal, Edinburgh Silver – Dale Findlay, Strathclyde Bronze – Connor McSharry, Glasgow U81kgs: Gold – Oliver Triggs, Edinburgh Silver – Roy Shepherd, Edinburgh Bronze [...]

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Glasgow University Sport – Results Breakdown

Basketball Men’s 2nd 70 – 51 Robert Gordon University 1st Basketball Men’s 1st 79 – 54 Newcastle University 1st Basketball Women’s 1st 42 – 38 University of Stirling 1st Fencing Men’s 1st 101 – 135 University of St Andrews 1st Fencing Women’s 1st 135 – 95 Edinburgh University Hockey Women’s 3rd 6 – 3 Glasgow [...]

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Get involved: Make a splash with the GUBC

THE GLASGOW UNIVERSITY Boat Club (GUBC) is one of the oldest clubs in the university, having been established back in 1867. Today the GUBC are one of, if not the, most successful sports clubs on campus. They compete and regularly win at both the Scottish Championships and at the British Universities (BUSA) competitions, whilst forwarding [...]

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Judo team grapple for medals

THE SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES and Colleges Individual Judo Championships were held last weekend at the Arc in Glasgow Caledonian University. Despite a low turn out in competitors, there was some very exciting judo on display at the event. The medal tally was dominated by the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, with Edinburgh just topping the table [...]

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Love is in the Ayr for the GUHRS

THE GLASGOW UNIVERSITY Horse Racing Society (GUHRS) held their first event of 2011 with a trip to Ayr Racecourses ‘Valentines Raceday’ on Saturday the 12th February. The GUHRS report that the event was a great success, with a wide mixture of students attending, many of whom had never been racing before. GUHRS President, Joe Mclean, [...]

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Glasgow ballers silence Newcastle

Glasgow 79 – 56 Newcastle GLASGOW MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM HOSTED Newcastle University in the BUCS Men’s Northern Premier League Play-off on the 16th February at the Kelvin Hall. This was a tough test for Glasgow, as the winners of this three-way play-off between Glasgow, Newcastle and Birmingham Universities determines who will play in the Premier [...]

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