BUCS Nationals
The Annual British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) National Championships was held over the weekend of 18th-20th February 2022. The University of Nottingham secured 8 medals at the 2020 championships, including 4 gold medals.
Each year the University of Nottingham takes over 140 student athletes to Sheffield for 3-days of top-class sport. The athletes compete across 2 venues: English Institute of Sport and Ponds Forge International Sports Centre.
Over 5,000 students compete for individual medals in 5 different sports: badminton, swimming, fencing, athletics, and climbing.
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Many of our student athletes attending BUCS National Championships are given world-class coaching by some of the country’s top experts; supported both in the High-Performance Zone at David Ross Sports Village and in the top-class Sports Injury Clinic.
For more information about getting involved in Performance Sport at the University of Nottingham please visit https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sport/performancesport/index.aspx
A history of competition - BUCS Nationals
2022 - BUCS Nationals
Athletics
• 60M T46 Sprint: Gold (Simran Khan)
Badminton
• Men’s Singles: Gold (John Torjussen)
• Women's Singles: Silver (Kirby Ngan)
• Women’s Doubles: Silver (Sian Kelly/Kirby Ngan)
• Men's Doubles: Gold (John Torjussen/Sam Smith)
• Men's Doubles: Bronze (David Hong/Perry Ng)
• Mixed Doubles: Bronze (Sam Smith/Sian Kelly)
Fencing
• Men’s Sabre: Bronze (Stefano Lucchetti)
2020 - BUCS Nationals
Karate
• Mixed Team Kata: Gold
• Women’s Senior Kata: Gold (Lauren Fretwell)
• Men’s Senior Kata: Gold (Dylan Traves)
• Women’s Team Kumite: Gold
• -60kg Men's Senior Individual Kumite: Silver (Jas Mehat)
• -68kg Women's Senior Individual Kumite: Bronze (Julia Kern)
• -61kg Women's Senior Individual Kumite: Bronze (Charlotte Hope)
Judo
• U48kg Individual Judo: Gold (Amy Platten)
• U63kg Individual Judo: Bronze: (Ebonnie Bridges)
Fencing
• Men's Sabre: Gold (Stefano Lucchetti)
• Women's Sabre: Silver (DeAna Oliver)
• Men's Foil: Last 8 (Alex Jones)
• Men's Foil: Last 16 (Daniel Kiss)
• Women's Foil: Last 8 (Serena Patel)
• Men's Epee: Last 16 (Henri Kopra)
Badminton
• Men’s Singles: Gold (Johnnie Torjussen)
• Men’s Singles: Bronze (Shane Wilson)
• MIxed Doubles: Silver (Emily Westwood/Johnnie Torjussen)
• Women’s Doubles: Bronze (Emily Westwood/Sian Kelly)
• Women’s Singles: Bronze (Khin Gon Yi Lin)
2019 - BUCS Nationals
Badminton
• Women’s Singles: Gold medal (Li Lian Yang)
• Men’s Singles: Bronze (John Torjussen)
• Badminton Women’s Doubles: Bronze (Emily Westwood/Li Lian Yang)
• Badminton Mixed Doubles: Bronze (Emily Westwood/Phone Naing)
• Badminton Mixed Doubles: Bronze (Sam Smith/Serena Midha)
Swimming
• 100m Backstroke: Gold (Oludaisi Adefisan)
• 50m Freestyle swimming: Bronze (Oludaisi Adefisan)
Karate
• Mixed Team Kata: Gold
• Women’s Senior Kata: Gold (Lauren Fretwell)
• Men’s Senior Kata: Gold (Dylan Traves)
• U67kg Men’s Senior Kumite: Bronze (Aron O’Neil Smith)
• U60kg Men’s Senior Kumite: Bronze (Jas Mehat)
• +84kg Men’s Senior Kumite: Bronze (Jaydon Knight)
Judo
• -U100kg Individual Judo: Bronze (Dan Richardson)
• 90Kg Individual Judo: Silver (Adam Watson)
• Individual Judo 81kg: Gold (Adam England)
• Men’s Judo Team: Silver
• U63kg Individual Judo Bronze: (Ebonnie Bridges)
2018 - BUCS Nationals
Badminton
• Women’s Singles: Gold medal (Li Lian Yang)
• Men’s Singles: Bronze medal (Phone Pyae Naing)
• Mixed Doubles: Gold medal (Li Lian Yang and Phone Pyae Naing)
• Men’s Doubles: Bronze medal (Sam Smith and Harry Arksey)
Swimming
• 800m Breaststroke: Silver medal (Polly Holden)
• 400m Freestyle: Bronze medal (Polly Holden)
• 100m Breaststroke: 6thplace (Cira Fletcher)
• 50m Breaststroke: 5thPlace (Cira Fletcher)
Rifle
• Short Range Rifle: Bronze medal (Tim Jeffery)
Fencing
• Men’s Epée Last 16: (Henry Kopra)
• Men’s Foil Last 32: (Alexander Jones)
Karate
• Men’s Team Kumite: Bronze medal
• Men’s -63kgs Senior Kumite : Bronze medal (Jack Goody)
• Men’s Senior Kumite:-84kg: 5thplace (James Conlan)
• Women’s Senior Kumite: 5thplace (Caroline Shaw)
Judo
• Men’s -81kg: Quarter Final (Adam England)
Athletics
• Women’s 60m: Bronze medal (Hayley Mills)
• Women’s 200m: Bronze medal (Hayley Mills)
2017 - BUCS Nationals
Badminton
• Women’s Singles: Gold medal (Li Lian Yang)
• Women’s Doubles: Silver medal (Charlotte Ho and Vanessa Chien)
• Mixed Doubles: Bronze medal (Li Lian Yang and Rohan Midha)
Swimming
• Courtney Price: 6th in 50m backstroke (A final)
• Courtney Price: 5th 200m backstroke (A final)
• Courtney Price: 6th 100m Backstroke (A final)
• James Newton: 8th 200m backstroke (A final)
Fencing
• Epée Last 16: Laura Albini
Karate
• Women’s Team Kata: Bronze medal
• Men’s Team Kumite: Bronze medal
• Women’s -57Kg Novice: Silver medal (Lorna Hack)
Judo
• 81kg DAN Grade: Bronze medal (Gytis Jucikas)
• Men’s Team Event: Bronze medal
• Women’s -63Kg Kyu grade: Bronze medal (Ali Pickwell)
• Men’s Kyu grade: Bronze medal (Tom Kitchen)
Athletics
• Shotput: Bronze medal (Tatum Souza)
• Men’s 3000m: 7th place (Jack Millar)