TeamÖ÷²¥ÓÕ»ó 2020/21: the end of an unusual season
Thank You TeamÖ÷²¥ÓÕ»ó Captains
Overall the 2020/21 ‘season’ has been full of challenges and changing circumstances. To all of our TeamÖ÷²¥ÓÕ»ó athletes we would like to say thank you for your patience and understanding during such a strange and uncertain time.
This week saw our final TeamÖ÷²¥ÓÕ»ó training sessions taking place. It has been fantastic to have some of our teams back in a training environment and we hope you’ve enjoyed being back with your teammates. We are extremely thankful for the efforts of our captains, committees and coaches in helping to facilitate these covid secure sessions and we would also like to add a special thanks to our captains for being our point of contact throughout this year;
| Peter Weir – Badminton Men's 1 Captain Megan Channon – Badminton Women's 1 Captain Joe Moore – Badminton Men's 2 Captain Gemma Quelch – Badminton Women's 2 Captain Sean Jacob – Basketball Men’s Captain Ashley Harris – Basketball Women’s Captain Bradley Currie – Cricket Men's Captain Rosie Traynor – Cricket Women's Captain Josh Hennah – Football Men’s Captain Caitlin Steele – Football Women's Captain Owen Todd – Futsal Men’s Captain Ruth Globe – Futsal Women's Captain Joe Swaine – Golf Captain Callum Smith – Hockey Men’s 1 Captain Annabel Godfrey – Hockey Women’s 1 Captain |
Guy Clayson – Lacrosse Men’s Co-Captain Callum Pharo – Lacrosse Men’s Co-Captain Rebecca Webb – Lacrosse Women’s Co-Captain Bobbi Lainsbury – Lacrosse Women’s Co-Captain Ellie Munford – Netball 1 Captain Lois Saunders – Netball 2 Captain Will Reed – Rugby Men's Captain Denny Jones – Rugby Women's Captain Joseph Skinner – Squash Men’s Captain Nyah Williams – Squash Women’s Captain Natalie Carter – Tennis Captain Oskar Lynard – Volleyball Men's Captain Sophie Bushe – Volleyball Women's Captain Cameron Mckinnon – Ultimate Frisbee Captain |
2020/21 Celebrations
Whilst sporting fixtures were not able to take place this year some of our elite athletes were lucky enough to participate in individual events. With this in mind we would like to award the following students University Colours (University Colours recognise outstanding ability, commitment and dedication and also signifies a student has been selected for national representation in their sport);
Marcus Tressler (Sailing) – Achieved 5th place at the World 470 Sailing Championships. Furthermore, Marcus has been training and competing for the past few months in Vilamoura, Portugal at the highest senior international level - achieving 5th at the Senior World Championships and 15th at the Senior Europeans. Read more of Marcus's own account of the training and competition...
Megan Stovell (Cheerleading) – Selected to compete in the USASF Cheerleading Worlds 2020 as part of the England squad, which will now take place in 2022 in Florida.
Richard Cheetham (Golf) - 1st place in the national Ö÷²¥ÓÕ»óCS individual tour event in Birmingham
Lui Craddock (Golf) – 2nd place (men’s) in the national Ö÷²¥ÓÕ»óCS individual tour event in Birmingham
Rachel Goodwin (Golf) – 2nd place (women’s) in the national Ö÷²¥ÓÕ»óCS individual tour event in Birmingham
Matt Hibbs (Golf) – 3rd place in the national Ö÷²¥ÓÕ»óCS individual tour event in Birmingham
Joe Swaine (Golf) – 4th place in the national Ö÷²¥ÓÕ»óCS individual tour event in Birmingham
Sorry to see you go...
Finally, to those TeamÖ÷²¥ÓÕ»ó students graduating this year we wish you the best of luck for the future. Wherever your journey takes you, we hope you manage to keep playing the sport you love!
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