News and updates from Warwick Sport

University of Warwick Sailing Club began the season strongly last weekend, winning the Leeds Halloween Howler.

The 4-Way FS (formation skydiving) and VFS (vertical formation skydiving) British National Championships took place on 7th & 8th September. A handful of current and graduate members of Skydive Warwick took part – and they did pretty well!

Watch a round up of the Sport England Active Universities Funding which helped to support the launch of our Warwick Active Programme and has linked to our new Funding from Sport England to continue the growth of our Warwick Active Programme to promote participation amongst our University community.

University of Warwick Staff can now apply for their Warwick Learning Account vouchers for 2014-15, which can be used to participate in our Active Sports Courses Programme. Options include tennis, climbing and swimming to name just a few.

Warwick Sport have won this prestigious award on behalf of the football achievements of the Warwick Active programme this year.

Congratulations to Dean McIlwraith and Simon Harper who have both been awarded with the Warwick Active Honours Award for their outstanding contribution to Inter-Departmental Cricket.

Students at University of Warwick will have more chances to play sport thanks to £182,603 of National Lottery funding from Sport England’s University Sport Activation Fund.

The University is one of 54 universities to benefit from nearly £10 million of funding to help get nearly 180,000 new students playing sport.

The outdoor season has kicked off with a bang for the Archers from Warwick.

One Big Thing, part of a nationwide initiative by UK active to encourage young people to take part in more exercise took place across universities all over the UK on Friday 16 May.

Warwick SU and Warwick Sport provided a full range of activities and programmes for the community to get involved with from scheduled running routes around campus to spin sessions and free gym sessions in the Sports Centre and rowing in the piazza, there was something for everyone.

In total, Warwick covered a massive 1,280km, the equivalent of travelling from campus to Barcelona.

Hundreds of people got involved during the day with some of the sports societies providing entertaining and energetic ways of completing their 5kms; Women’s Football dribbled 5km, Warwick Tramps bounced 5km, Warwick Rowers covered 5km races in the Piazza and the Volleyball team ran and spun their way along a 5km route. Read more about the day on Zoe Buckland’s, SU Sports Officer blog.

Competing in a sport at university level can help distinguish you from other graduates, especially when it comes to applying for jobs, says Brittany Davidson