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…