UEA Swimming Club improved upon last year’s performance at BUCS Nationals, attracting more attention from UEA Sport. All of the club’s relay teams made their respective finals, building upon the achievements of the team sent off to BUCS short-course last semester. Liv Neale made the final of the women’s 200m Backstroke, and Rikke Nagell-Kleven made…
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Pole Fitness South East Regionals see UEA ranked 7th
Pole fitness had their first competition of the year at the Inter University Pole Dancing Competition (IUPDC) South East Regionals on the 8th February in London, hosted by King’s College London. UEA sent off a great team, with Joe Loftus for beginners, Hana Inal for intermediate, Diana Priimak for advanced, Rosa Hopper, Will Hodder, Elizabeth…
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Record number of medals for UEA at BUCS
UEA sent seven of its sports teams off to compete in Sheffield over the weekend of the 15th February. Students represented the university in BUCS Nationals for Athletics, Badminton, Climbing, Fencing, Judo, Karate and Swimming. The various teams won five medals across all the sports, which pitted them against the country’s best young athletes. Elliot…
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UEA Swim Team set to surpass last year’s record performance
The President of UEA swimming has expressed his delight over the team’s recent performance at BUCs short-course. Over the weekend of the 16 November, a team of 38 swimmers, including 15 new freshers, went off to compete at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. The event was a marked improvement on last year, with UEA scoring 12…
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Every body is a pole body – UEA Pole-A-Thon
The annual 24-hour Pole-a-thon will be held from 7am on Tuesday 3 December all the way through to 7am on Wednesday 4th in the hive. We will be raising money for the eating disorder charity BEAT who we have worked with for the past 2 years on this same event. People passing by can donate…
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UEA men’s football smash Bradenham
UEA men’s first team got back to their winning ways in the league after an inspired performance by goalkeeper Tom Smith ensured the one UEA goal was all that mattered for victory. Bradenham Wanderers spurned a huge chance to get ahead early on after Smith saved a penalty, given away by Captain Henry Clark, before…
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UEA Men’s rugby challenged in BUCs premier performance
For many first-year members of the UEA Men’s Rugby team, the opening day of the BUCS season was their first taste of the University Rugby Union leagues. Following the losses for all three teams on Wednesday 9th, the team’s Instagram page posted the caption: “a tough start for the boys in blue”. The Men’s first…
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UEA swim team is ready for action
I’ve been swimming competitively as part of a club for almost 12 years now. I’m the longest-running member of my club back home, and I decided to continue my involvement in the sport by joining the UEA team last year. I’m a massive fan of the sport. Like athletics, swimming is more of an individual…
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UEA top 40 in BUCS rankings
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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