Having managed to eat our way through 20 Ringets (Mayalsian currency...roughly 5 to the pound) worth of food upon our arrival yesterday, it's fair to say that our first full day in Malaysia got off to a fairly lazy start. Temperaure's started high and it got progressively hotter throughout the day, with most of us resorting to carrying 2 litre bottles of water around with us all the time.
The Sport Show's Blog
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Before Men’s Varsity we were entertained with Women’s Hockey Varsity 2010! A thrilling encounter between two tightly matched teams on paper, under the overcast skies of Beeston Hockey club led to fireworks from the start!
posted 06.06.10 at 12:11pm 11 comments
The URN sports show's exclusive blog by Ed Tarlton who is out in Malaysia at the Tri-Campus Games.
I've never been much of a traveller. Flick through my passport and that will become apparent almost immediately. However, when I was offered the opportunity to go to Malaysia for this year's tri-campus games tournament, all expenses paid, I jumped at the chance. A total of 6 sports have sent UK representatives over here, Football (my sport), Badminton, Volleyball, Tennis, Ultimate Frisbee and Table Tennis.
Having met at the sports centre at 3.30pm on Friday and been allocated our own personal 'Team UK' jackets (the sizing guide of which, coincidentally, has been a nightmare - but we won't go into that) we set off on what ended up being approximately a day's travelling. A 4 hour coach to Heathrow, a 2 hour wait, a 14 hour flight, during which I managed to watch roughly every film and TV programme Malaysia Airways had to offer me, plus another 2 hours to get through Malaysian customs and to the Nottingham Campus. So a total of say, 22 hours, throw in the 7 hour time difference and you have the recipe for some fairly horrific jet lag. Which I'm still suffering from.
posted 03.06.10 at 2:21am 44 comments
One Hundred & Twenty-four days since the start, 13 events, approximately 18 hours of competition and it comes down to this: Varsity 20/20 Cricket on Clifton Campus for the Varsity series decider! With the current score standing at 7-6 in Trent’s favour, Uni must win to tie the series BUT a tie is enough for Uni to retain the Varsity trophy! After a tough season which has seen them relegated this is Uni’s chance to set the records straight!
posted 26.05.10 at 6:35pm 21 comments
Everyday you can read about stories of people doing admirable feats of selflessness & gratitude for the benefit of others. So when such a story comes from a Nottingham Uni student URN Sport thought it necessary to catch up with Selena Kirkwood to discuss the challenge she has set herself.