The annual Sports Awards were handed out at this year’s Edinburgh University Sports Union Ball, which took place on the 29th January 2015 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. As always, there was an exceptionally strong field of candidates, and competition was fierce. The winners of the awards are listed below, and videos of all […]
Orienteering Club 50th Anniversary
The 11th of October saw THE event of Edinburgh University Orienteering club’s (EUOC) social calendar. Months in the planning, fantastic in scope, and a magical evening for all still do little to adequately summarise the event. The evening saw EUOC members and alumni from as far back as founding members attend a black tie dinner […]
Scottish Varsity Match 2014
The University of Edinburgh’s rugby clubs and their St Andrews counterparts will head down to London later this month to play in the world’s oldest varsity match. The sporting tradition, firmly embedded in the universities’ history, is played annually, with the match thought to be approximately 150 years old. The game will again be played […]
UoE at the Commonwealth Games
The University of Edinburgh was certainly well represented at our home Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this summer. We caught up with some of our students and alumni who volunteered, performed and competed at the Games. Our Volunteer Douglas L Jardine, from Peebles, Scottish Borders is an Archer who studies an MA in Business Management and […]
Cycling – Iceland Trip
In the June just passed a group of us from the cycling club were fortunate enough to travel to Iceland to tackle what the country had to offer on our mountain bikes. The prospect of riding somewhere total alien came as a rich and inviting thought. We flew into Reykjavik and picked up our hire […]
Boat Club – End of Season
Edinburgh University Boat Club have enjoyed a great deal of success recently, in the first year of new Head Of Rowing Colin Williamson’s reign. The club retained the Boat Race for the first time in the modern era of the race, hopefully the second win of a long run to come. EUBC won six of […]
Clay Pigeon – End of Season
The last academic year was a real success for the Clay Pigeon Shooting Club. We have built on the strengths of previous years, with a larger membership body than ever before, and we find ourselves in a fine condition for further development from this September. We have built upon our competition experience, taking part in […]
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Korfball Club – End of Season
The korfball season ended with nationals for both the first and second teams. Everyone played hard at nationals and there were some incredibly close games. The second team achieved a ninth placing (out of 18) and the first team achieved an eighth placing (out of 16). However, the end of the season has not signalled a break […]
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Shukokai Karate 40th Anniversary
On the occasion of Edinburgh University Shukokai Karate’s 40th anniversary this academic year, we brought together our former members and hosted our first alumni event on the first weekend of April. About 50 alumni from as far back as the 80s came back to Edinburgh for three days of socialising, training and competing; some even […]
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Men’s Football – King Cup Final Winners
On Sunday 18th May EUAFC’s 1st XI faced Whitehill Welfare FC in the King Cup Final at the Pennypit Stadium in Prestonpans. Having beaten Edinburgh City and Hibernian FC in the semi and quarter-finals respectively, Edinburgh University came out 1-0 winners in the final! Thus maintaining their excellent record of not conceding a goal throughout […]
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