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Rory Hunt saw his UOG side win in the Western Conference Cup first round on Wednesday afternoon defeating USW (University of South Wales) 4-0 at Plock Court. After his side’s win on Wednesday, Hunt said: “It was a brilliant win from our boys. I thought we were intense throughout. “I thought tactically we were sound, […]
Last weekend the University of Gloucestershire Cricket team travelled down to Cardiff to play in Indoor BUCS at Sophia Gardens. The eight-man squad had an early start leaving Oxstalls Campus at 7am. It didn’t get off to a good start after fresher, Toby Rice, realised he had forgotten to bring something quite important: his bat. […]
University of Gloucestershire first team goalkeeper Oscar Bignell said “we had a few disciplinary issues which we addressed” after playing large parts of Bucs league game against Plymouth with 9 men. Bignell’s side lost 4-0 in Aldi Men’s Western Tier Three League game on Tuesday, with Patrick Bilongo and Rory Hunt spending time on the […]
This Tuesday saw the start of Movember with plenty of fundraisers being held across the country to raise money and awareness for various causes. Men’s health is the primary focus and the University of Gloucestershire Cricket Club have started their own Movember campaign. The club will be updating the world on their journey on Instagram […]
“I’d do anything for these boys” said University of Gloucestershire number 8, Dan Page even after his team were thrashed by local rivals Hartpury. The Gloucestershire University rugby team were beaten 55-0 by a well drilled Hartpury side at Plock Court on Wednesday. First year student Page, who attended and captained Pembroke College, played a […]
University of Gloucestershire swimmer Laura Tan believes it’s ‘disappointing’ that swimming has been cut from varsity given the hard work they have put in. With University just starting, students have been looking forward to competing in their favourite sports, but this seems to be an issue for some people with their favourite sports being cut […]
The University of Gloucestershire men’s football team are looking to bounce back to winning ways after a ‘humbling experience’ to begin the season off with. It wasn’t the greatest of starts for the Cheltenham based team after they lost heavily in their opening game of the season 4-0 to the University of Bath. Central midfielder […]
Third year student, Oli Lewis and captain of Tennis society has put the blame on himself despite not doing anything wrong after closure to facilities in Gloucester have paused their chance to play and prepare themselves for tournaments. “Even though it’s out of my control, I still promised them training, matches and I can’t provide […]
Ella Hayward-Crosweller made her league debut for UoG Women’s football first team against the University of Bristol’s 2nd’s with a solid performance in a 3-2 loss. Hayward-Crosweller is no stranger to the landscape of football however, as she’s previously played for both The New Saints and Powys County. The shot-stopper has been playing football at […]
By Jemima Wittich In July last year, a power cut at Francis Close Hall resulted in the loss of 10 years and thousands of pounds worth of work in one of their Bioscience laboratories. The power cut took place on a Saturday evening, and therefore wasn’t discovered until Monday morning, making it too late to […]