Author: Corie Allan

We went to Ysgol Emmanuel to teach kidditch to the Year 4 class. We set up a smaller pitch for them and gave them a basic crash course in how to play Quidditch. We carried out demonstrations, made sure they were properly warmed up and then they got right into games. The experience was really fun as it felt good to be able to teach the kids something that they thoroughly enjoyed. We got endless thank yous from the kids and the teachers. They are currently thinking of planning a trip out to come watch us train. Its helped us…

Men’s basketball had their first game and first win of the season yesterday in a closely contested match with Edge Hill University. After the first quarter Bangor were down by 1 point after an unlucky few misses before beginning to take the game into our own hands. Early mistakes out of the way, once we had the lead it wasn’t given up due to the persistent attack from the team. In the 3rd and 4th quarter, a strong physical performance was needed from the whole team who rose to the occasion and hustled hard to secure a valuable away win…

Well done to Karate who did really well at the North of England Championships The Bangor Karate Union (BKU) squad attended the North of England Championships in Barnsley on the 30th September. They competed across all disciplines in four categories. It was the first competition for several new members of the team, all of whom had had only a week’s training after the summer break. The day started with kata. Both the male and female novice competitors dominated their categories taking 1st, 2nd and joint 3rd place, totalling an impressive seven medals for the team. Then came the turn of…

For some of the lads it was an early start, with the bus pulling up at Uno at 7am, a few light heads to say the least! For the rest of them, they set off at 9 for Sale, Manchester for the first event of the year, 7-a-sides. The lads had four matches against 4 quality sides, Liverpool John Moore’s, Manchester Metropolitan, St Lawrence’s and St Brendans. First up was John Moore’s which was always going to be a tough battle with a lot of Irish playing their education trade in Liverpool. But it was a very good start from…

Rugby League have raised over £1,140.25 for charities Oddball and Mind, who tackle testicular cancer and mental health respectively. 16 members of Rugby League took part in Bangor’s annual Half-Marathon, held on October 6th 2018.  The club chose to raise money and awareness for a couple of charities they believe to be very important. After fantastic promotional work undertaken by the lads on social media, Rugby League managed to exceed their target mark of £400 by more than double. One of the charities that Rugby Union chose to support was the Oddballs Foundation – https://www.myoddballs.com/pages/charity 100% of money earned by the charity…