After an excellent performance last year, Bristol’s Sailing Team had a reputation to uphold at the BUCS Wester Team Racing Qualifiers, held at the beginning of February at our local sailing club, Chew Valley Lake. BUCS is open to sailing teams of all levels from Universities all over the country, 34 of which entered this [...]

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The other week saw 42 members of Bristol University Cross Country club travel up to Leeds University to take part in the annual BUCS Cross Country Championship.  On arrival it was quickly discovered that the Bodington Hall playing fields had been transformed into what can only be described as a huge mud bath. Laces were [...]

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The Bristol students lucky enough to witness the University 1st XI Football team defeat UWE in last year’s Varsity match may be saddened to hear the news that Bristol Rovers plan to move from their Horfield spot to the rather unfortunately named UWE Stadium for the start of the 2015/16 season. The Memorial Stadium may [...]

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In May, Bristol University student Marcus Farnfield and a friend will be attempting to cycle the astronomical distance from Vancouver to Washington DC. Covering roughly 5000km in only 50 days, they are doing it to raise money for the Haileybury Youth Trust, which does some great work helping young people in Uganda. Follow their progress [...]

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Many regular gym-goers and joggers are likely to have been subjected to – and aesthetically offended by – the Vibram FiveFinger shoes, which are now cropping up across the country in place of more traditional brands and styles of trainers. For those who haven’t been looking, these new shoes are ultra-thin and separate the toes [...]

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Robbie Rogers, the former Leeds United and USA winger announced on Friday that he is gay. This announcement has received much media attention; footballers admitting they are gay is incredibly rare. Rogers said that he had been ‘afraid’ to ‘come out’ in the past. A fear, no doubt, that he would be subjected to the [...]

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The University of Bristol Cricket Club is part of a competition to be a part of the Ashes Videogame for 2013! It needs your support.   The winners of the competition are being given a once in a lifetime opportunity to be profiled within the PS3/XBOX game so that users can compete with UBCC. In [...]

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West Bromwich Albion turned down another QPR bid for their striker, Peter Odemwingie, this week, and everyone, it seems, has their own opinion on the Nigerian’s proposed move to London. Many football fans find this sort of transfer particularly frustrating, as it is clear that Odemwingie is itching for a move primarily because Tony Fernandes [...]

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A Sports Consultation commissioned by Hannah Pollak, VP Sport and Health, has revealed that significant numbers of students have several concerns over the future of sport at the University. The Consultation was one of Pollak’s main priorities and was primarily in response to student frustration with the new Sports Pass membership system. She also felt [...]

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Last week saw the SEH Department run an open presentation, discussion and Q&A on the future of sport at the University. During this Sport Director Simon Hinks gave an interesting and engaging talk, as Epigram Sport’s Deputy Editor Laura Lambert reports. It is clear that Hinks is proud of and passionate about sport at the [...]

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