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Edinburgh’s archers toast success in the latest round-up

Edinburgh University Archery Club hosted a Scottish Student Sport League match last weekend, which saw senior and novice teams taking the win. In Ireland at the Indoor Open Competition, two compound archers, Harrisson Ooi and Jordan Mitchell, earned gold and silver. Elsewhere, Sarah Prieels and Hope Greenwood travelled to Luxembourg for the GT Indoor Open […]

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Shotokan Karate put up a fight in this week’s round-up

Edinburgh University Shotokan Karate Club had a successful day at the Scottish Student Sport Cup. In the Kumite category, the club’s Women’s Novice Team and the Women’s Open Weight Team picked up bronze and the Male Novice team took home silver, while in the Kata category, the Novice Team walked away with bronze. Six of […]

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Badminton make a racquet in the latest sports round-up

The Edinburgh University Badminton Club Ladies 1s played against Loughborough University 1s on Wednesday. Despite fighting hard in the singles matches, the 1s sadly lost both games. However, the doubles team ended on a fantastic note, with Edinburgh winning three out of four matches. Edinburgh University Basketball Club Women’s 1s had a tough game against […]

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Netball club see mixed results in this week’s sports round-up

The Edinburgh University Basketball Club’s Men’s 1s won 68-60 against the University of Glasgow this week, but the Women’s 1s succumbed 82-49 to Northumbria. The Men’s 2s lost 76-68 to Dundee University in the opening round of the Scottish Conference Cup, while the Women’s 2s lost 44-33 against Robert Gordon University. The Edinburgh University Women’s […]

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Hare and Hounds grab gold and silver in the latest University round-up

Edinburgh University Athletics Club had a promising start to the year after competing in the Scottish Universities and Colleges Athletics Freshers’ Match at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. Josie Parry came 1st in the Women’s 60m hurdles. Andrea Goodman came 2nd and 3rd in the Women’s 60m and 200m respectively, Ezra Toh came 3rd in […]

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Mixed results for Edinburgh Uni as BUCS heats up

It was a busy weekend for the Edinburgh University Archery Club. Saturday took off with the Whitburn Archers 2.4k Challenge in Sunderland, where EUAC rounded up a wealth of medals. On Sunday, at the Beiter Hit-Miss Tournament in Norwich, Guy Matzkin and his teammate Rebecca Blewett won silver at the Second Flight. Zoë Horseman from […]

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Edinburgh University Sports Union round-up

Edinburgh Hare and Hounds smashed their own Cross Country records at the East District XC Relays as the women’s team, made up of Steph Pennycook, Louise Mercer and Catriona Graves, finished second. For the men, Elisha de Mello, Callum Symmons, Andrew Lawler and James Dunn finished third in a time of 50:44, while Euan Gillham […]

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Strong start to the season for Edinburgh Uni teams

Wednesday was a very successful day for the Women’s Hockey club, with the six teams competing all enjoying six wins. The unbeaten second XI underwent a long journey up north to face rivals Aberdeen University 1s. Finishing the game with at a slick 4-0 win, the second XI returned south triumphant to celebrate. The third […]