Sport at ARU has really helped my life in integrating here. I really feel part
of the University of part of Team ARU and I love representing the University
and wearing our University's colours. Having the opportunity to do sports at
university is great because you get to be active. You meet here new people, new
faces and new friends. The best friends I've made at uni have come from netball. Even
coming in and being very new I felt very welcomed and very supported. I think
it's a really important part of being here at University, travelling with
your team to go play games against other universities you know improving yourself
at the sport that you choose. It gives you a little break from your studies, you
can come out socialize, they're a great group of girls we have so much fun together
and it's really competitive. Winning the match is brilliant, obviously, winning for
the Uni is brilliant. Anglia Ruskin is not a team, it's a family and I do love
representing these colours. You do get a massive support from the University
itself. Not only do you get the facilities, you get equipment, you get coaches, you get kit,
there is also a gym that's literally around the corner from the facilities that we
are using
it was a really amazing year for Taekwondo we went to Nationals and we
all left with medals like gold, silver and bronze. So this year, for tennis has been
really great. We're double the amount of the members and we're now over
60 members. For the volleyball club this year both of our teams managed to win
their Cup and the women did the double by winning the league and getting
promoted to the first division. Currently we are top of the league. Unbeaten
in the league this season. In two years we only won like one game, whereas this year
alone in the first semester we've won three or four games which is a big
difference it's really an achievement for us. We've really tried to develop
netball as a whole this year so like getting campus sport involved as well.
We really want to build the club. This is our first year having a female BUCS
team for volleyball in the league. In Chelmsford this year we wanted to create a
new badminton girls team which hasn't been had before and it means a
lot to us. Our club has grown significantly we've got a
best finisher yet, we smashed what we didn't manage to last year and we're
looking to keep going up
In February we brought 14 athletes and our support staff to BUCS Nationals in
Sheffield to compete across five different sports. We had new athletes
representing Anglia Ruskin and in new sports including pole vault and it was
great to see our women's judo team back on the mat. Medic student, Sophie made the final
of the 3000 meters. It's been really good, it was really good meeting up with
everyone, cause I'm on the Chelmsford campus I don't get to see that much the Cambridge
people so it's really good to bond and see everyone and like swimming and then
the mascot race. Today was my favourite Challenge Cup I've had the pleasure of
being part of in the past of the three years I think it was very successful
everyone came watched and supported the teams. I didn't really expect it but it just feels
whole uni has come together. UEL beat us nine to eight. It was a really
really close day it was a showcase of what these two universities can do when
it comes to sport and it was really good.
Representing the university to me and not just me the girls as well is a massive thing it's a massive
opportunity it is the best experience ever and I would highly recommend it to
anyone. It's great to represent the uni because they've given a lot to me so
it's nice to give something back. It's a good feeling to know they have ARU
behind you. Thanks to our amazing coaches as well, words can't describe how much
the support they give on the field and outside. It does mean everything for me
because I have a place where I can be myself where I can learn from others and
people can hopefully learn for me. To have outlet I think it's very very
important, I think that can help in your academic studies as well.
You don't play just like at the team you play as a one big family. I feel so proud
representing us wherever we go I am so happy playing home and having
the home crowd support and I just love being a part of everything sports
related at Anglia Ruskin University.