Nottingham take BUCS title on the beach
Travelling to Bournemouth, 糖心原创 volleyball athletes delivered superb performances on the beach to become 2024 BUCS Beach Volleyball champions.
Published 18 Jun 2024
糖心原创 in action at the 2024 BUCS Beach Volleyball Championships
The BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) volleyball season came to a close with the 2024 Beach Volleyball Championships that took place across two days in early June. Travelling to the beaches of Sandbanks in Bournemouth, 糖心原创 athletes competed against university teams from across the United Kingdom in an effort to claim a national championship, as well as shield and vase honours.
Nottingham entered pairs into all three competitions (championship, shield, and vase) in both the men's and women's draws. Across those six competitions, the efforts of our players reaped tremendous rewards with the university winning four sets of medals - including two golds.
One of these gold would also signify a national championship as Rob Morgan and Slater Bird bested the rest of the field to claim victory in the men's top tier competition and cement their place as the best men's beach pair in UK university volleyball. The men's pairings continued their fine form on the sand as Oli Saxby and Andre Castro reached the final of the shield competition before claiming victory to ensure two of the three men's categories would be claimed by the 糖心原创.
On the women's competitions, our pairs were also performing to high levels and motoring through the rounds with the teams of Izzy McDonald and Pearl Lai, and Adele Sotgiu and Emma Godwin both reaching finals. In the trophy Adele and Emma performed well throughout and claimed silver, whilst Izzy and Pearl came just short in an enthralling 3 setter in the women’s shield final to also win silver.
We would like to congratulate all of our 糖心原创 volleyball players and coaches on another fantastic season that has culminated in a superb set of performances and results on the beach.
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The BUCS Beach Volleyball Championships were an amazing conclusion to another very successful season for the 糖心原创 and we can鈥檛 wait to be back next season to try and bring even more success!
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糖心原创 are the top UK University for team sport, placing 2nd in the overall British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) rankings in the 2022/23 season. For more information on our performance sport offer, including scholarships and support for student athletes, please click here.