Bangor University representatives were invited down to London, St James’ Palace to celebrate 100 years of BUCS hosted by HRH the Princess Royal. Henry Williams your next VP for sport, Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof Carol Tully and Kathryn Hughes Sports co-ordinator at Undeb Bangor attended the event, representing the university as one of the 10 founding members of BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sports)! BUCS began in 1919 as the Inter-Varsity Athletics Board of England and Wales, with the universities of Aberystwyth, Bangor, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool, Nottingham, Manchester and Sheffield acting as founding members. It now delivers 50 sports…

On Saturday 2nd of March Bangor’s Dodge Ball team embarked on an epic adventure. Their first competition, Dodge Smash, was held in Birmingham. No one was keen on a 6 o’clock start so blankets and pillows were essential supplies until they reached Birmingham. A tough first match against one of the best teams, the Manchester Bees, didn’t help the team’s confidence. They lost (2-14) but Bangor were still so buzzed to talk tactics to make sure they improved. In their second game they picked up the pace and managed to score some points but lost (3-9). They showed some grit…

The weekend (16-17th Feb 2019) the Bangor Karate Union (BKU) sent a squad of 7 to the BUCS National Karate championships. This would be the clubs third year competing at BUCS and for all but one member this was there first time at the event. Kata was the main event on Saturday. The morning started with the team kata event, for which the team had only had a week to practise and perfect there synchronicity. The team did amazing but where unfortunately knocked out by Edinburgh who went on to get third place. The rest of the day was taken…

On the weekend of the 15th-17th February, Bangor University Swimming Club sent a team of 17 swimmers over to Ponds Forge in Sheffield for the National Long Course Championships. The competition is of the highest calibre where the best swimmers across the country compete to achieve the fastest times possible, even including an appearance from Adam Peaty! Friday After a long journey to Sheffield, the team arrived at the pool ready for the first day of racing. The women were up first with the 400m Freestyle relay and leading the team off was Jessica Sutton who stormed to a Bangor…

Bangor University Women’s Basketball team ended their BUCS season with a historic victory. Their win over the University of Central Lancashire concluded an undefeated season, a feat never before achieved by the club. Women’s Basketball have completely dominated the BUCS Northern 2A league with wins against teams such as Liverpool, Lancaster and Liverpool John Moores, earning a well-deserved promotion to league 1A next season. The season kicked-off with a dramatic start against long-term rivals Liverpool, with Bangor clinching their first win by only one-point (46-47) in a nail-biting match. The team shook off their first game nerves and dominated Liverpool…

Women’s Rugby League is a quickly developing sport, following the exact same rules as the men’s game, with new teams popping up all over the UK. The men’s game is a full-contact sport played by thirteen players, originating in Northern England in 1895 as a result of a split with the Rugby Football Union. Since then, it has continued to develop, producing a faster, more entertaining game and unlike union, there are no lineouts, no rucks and scrums aren’t contested. Rugby league is known for its welcoming attitude to players of all shapes, sizes and abilities; there is a position…

After a slow first few minutes, the Badgers began to warm up and took a strong lead in the first quarter which they would hold for the remainder of the game. After a small comeback the defensive presence of Shaw, alongside some dagger 3s from Joe Pollard and rookie Stamp made sure the Badgers closed out an important away win which sets up an exciting rematch when the teams meet next semester. Man of the match: Greg Shaw Final score 62-48

The game kicked off with an instant big hit from kick off for Bangor, leading to a knock on, and the start of a long period of early dominance for the home side. This was rewarded 5 minutes in with a great series of forward phases, tying in the opposition allowing Nick Dundee to shift a bullet to Sam Rogers, who ran through untouched to give Bangor an early 7-0 lead. Newcastle responded shortly after with a length of the field break against the run of play (7-5). Constant pressure from the Bangor attack and great counter rucking in defence,…

The squash ladies took on Manchester Met 1st team in the Northern Cup match, and first up was Lizzie Crooks. Coming into her match with all guns blazing, she played a brilliant set of games (the best so far)! The squash ladies where extremely proud of how she just kept going and the enthusiasm is there in spades whatever the result. In the end it was 0-3, but a total 10/10 for effort and smiles! Second on court was Tasmin Kelly, who performed brilliantly in her games and walked all over her opponent – coming away with a 3-0 win!…

Undeb Bangor’s Surf team has recently committed to becoming single-use plastic free, and encourages other Clubs and Societies to follow suit. Members of the Surf team are also taking part in ‘2 Minute Beach Cleans’. These will be occurring on a regular basis, before the team takes to the waves. Edward Cardona, Captain of the Surf team, said: ‘’It is important for people to understand the consequences of their actions and lifestyle, as, in the long run, nobody is doing themselves any favours.” ‘’We believe that acting and being on the front foot of the plastic free movement will allow…