17th March 2011 - The Glasgow Guardian



GUSA Awards 2011

17th March 2011

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 GUS...


GU Kendo Club takes gold in UK championships

17th March 2011

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 ...


Tennis club swing for victory

17th March 2011

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. ...


GUSA ball a sporting success

17th March 2011

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 ...


GURC spurred on to success

17th March 2011

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. ...


Glasgow University Sport Results

17th March 2011

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 ...


Old Firm: New era, age old problems

17th March 2011

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 ...