UEA currently sit 37th in the BUCS university sport rankings with 929 points, ahead of Leicester, Oxford Brookes and York. Our 47 BUCS league teams have picked up 245 wins, 247 losses and 30 draws, with a win rate of 47 percent. 593 of UEA’s points came from the league, 212 from the cup, with…
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UEA Sport final round-up
The end of the academic year has not stopped the flow of successful news stories from UEA’s clubs. Many summer sports like Rowing, Cricket and Cycling have only recently sprung into life with BUCS fixtures coming thick and fast. With the end of the season now upon us, we’ve also decided to take stock of…
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UEA Outdoor Cricket update
The usual end-of-year flurry of BUCS outdoor Cricket fixtures have taken place after a winter of indoor competition which saw UEA reach the semi-final of the BUCS Indoor Trophy, a game which they tied but lost on a technicality. UEA still made the top 10 in the country, out of 103 teams. Last month UEA…
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UEA Football win Mummery Cup
UEA Football Club men’s first team capped an impressive season by lifting the Mummery Cup for the first time under the floodlights at the FDC in Bowthorpe, to complete a local league and league cup double. Drawing 2-2 against Long Stratton at full time thanks to a Luke Young penalty and a headed own goal,…
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Looking back on 2019 for UEA Sport
This year has been the most successful in the history of UEA Sport with triumphs in BUCS, local leagues, tournaments and, of course, Derby Day. So Concrete is going back to the noticeboard as our UEA sportspeople share their favourite moments from a season to remember. Paul Neary, UEA Head of Football: Our season was…
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Derby Day 2019 editorial… seventh heaven for UEA
Well, what a day that was! We were blessed with bright sunshine and some stunning sporting performances for Derby Day 2019. The sunburn and hangovers will be more than worth it for those of us who were lucky to witness and be part of another amazing UEA day. On days like that it really seems…