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Welcome
Message from the Director of Sport & Exercise
Just returning from a two day planning meeting with 6 other universities in Durham and it
is really great to see the programs and initiatives we have in St Andrews are right up there
with other leading sports institutions in the UK. Feedback from our competitors on our
student volunteers and staff who travel out to Zambia each year has been outstanding and
our Saints Volleyball Outreach program may be asked to coordinate and lead the volleyball
project in Zambia moving forward working with Zambian Volleyball Council, Minister for
Sport and the Zambian National Council for Sport. Since the start of the academic year our
Saint Sport Clubs have achieved some fantastic results and I was delighted to hear over the
weekend of three fantastic successes for Saints Sport. I would like to congratulate our
Director of Tennis Mike Aitken who has been awarded Coach of the Year 2014 by Tennis
Scotland and our Saints Triathlon Club who won Club of the Year at the national Triathlon
Scotland awards ceremony on Sunday. To round off the weekend, members of our Golf
Program have excelled in the BUCS Order of Merit, with 1st Team Captains Alex Purdom
and Ailsa Summers winning the Men’s and Women's Individual Tournaments respectively
and our Men’s 1st Team, comprising Alex Purdom, Tom Beasley, Gonzalo Leon and George
Burns, winning the Men’s Team Competition.
Stephen Stewart
Latest Results
Tues 28th October 2014
Squash (DDSRA)
RAF Leuchars 15-7 Men’s 1st W
Wed 29th October 2014
BUCS Fixtures
Basketball
Men’s 1st 41-45 Strathclyde 2nd
Fencing
Men’s 1st 112-122 Edinburgh 1st
Heriot-Watt 1st 133-110 Men’s 2nd
Football
Men’s 1st 3-1 Edinburgh 4th W
Men’s 2nd 3-0 Dundee 4th W
Dundee 3rd 0-0 Men’s 4th
Stirling 1st 2-1 Women’s 1st
Lacrosse
Edinburgh 1st 12-4 Women’s 1st
Tennis
Men’s 1st 2-10 Stirling 3rd
Glasgow 3rd 8-4 Men’s 2nd
Strathclyde 1st 12-0 Men’s 3rd
Glasgow 2nd 12-0 Men’s 4th
Women’s 2nd 4-8 Edinburgh 1st
Edinburgh 3rd 2-10 Women’s 3rd W
Women’s 4th 4-8 Stirling 2nd
Thurs 30st October 2014
Water Polo
Northumbria 1st 20-9 Men’s 1st
Rugby
Aberdeen 1st 0-96 Women’s 1st W
Netball
Women’s 2nd 40-39 Edinburgh 4th
W
Hockey
Edinburgh 1st 3-0 Men’s 1st
Women’s 1st 1-3 Edinburgh 2nd
Aberdeen 4th 0-8 Women’s 3rd W
Women’s 4th 0-7 Aberdeen 2nd
Water Polo
Women’s 1st 10-2 Aberdeen 1st W
Sat 1st November 2014
BUCS Fixtures
Badminton
Men’s 1st 11-1 Dundee 2nd W
SCOTTISH HOCKEY
Men’s National League Div. 2
Falkirk GHG 1st 1-6 Men’s 1st W
Women’s National League Div. 2
Women’s 1st 1-7 Haddington Ladies
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Saints Sport Scholarships
The Department of Sport & Exercise, in partnership with the Athletic Union, offers a support programme to athletes
who show exceptional ability and potential whilst studying at St Andrews. Student athletes competing at
SSS/Regional Squad level and above in any sports disciplines are eligible to apply for an individual Sports
Scholarship. In recent years, most scholars have been at junior international level and above. Saints Sport is currently
supporting two members of the University’s Golf Programme, Gabrielle MacDonald and George Burns, who were
awarded scholarships last week following successful applications.
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Scholar Profile 2: George Burns, Saints Golf
George Burns joined the University this year on the
back of a very successful golf season, which saw him
win the Stephen Gallacher Foundation Trophy 2014
and all three individual matches at the European Boys
2014 (including beating the no.5 ranked amateur in
the World) and was a Jacques Leglise Trophy winning
team member 2014 (Great Britain & Ireland v
Continental Europe).
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George’s
other
notable
performances
and
achievements in 2014 include:
• European Boys Team Championship 2014 bronze
medalist with team Scotland
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Runner-up with team Scotland in the 2014 Boys
Home Internationals (Scotland, England, Ireland,
Wales)
Scottish Boys Area Team Champion with Glasgow
2014 & 2013
Scottish Boys Area Team Championship
individual champion 2014
Top 20 of Scottish Open Amateur Strokeplay
Championship 2014
4th place at Scottish Boys Open Strokeplay
Championship 2014
Last 64 of the Boys Amateur Championship 2014Quarter finalist at the Scottish Boys
Championship 2014
Latest news
Saints Golf Dominates BUCS Order of Merit
The BUCS Golf Student Tour events are open to top
university golfers in the UK who wish to qualify for the
BUCS Student Tour Finals in April 2015 at which R&A
World Amateur Ranking points will be awarded. Over
the weekend, 72 players teed off on the Torrance and
Kittocks courses at the Fairmont as the tour came to St
Andrews. Congratulations to Saints Golfers Alex
Purdom and Ailsa Summers won the Men’s and
Women’s Individual Tournament’s respectively (with
Tom Beasley finishing 3rd), whilst the Men’s 1st team
comprising Alex Purdom, Tom Beasley, Gonzalo Leon
and George Burns won the Men’s Team Competition.
Saints Triathlon Scottish Club of the Year
Saints Triathlon has won the triathlonscotland Club of
the Year Award 2014. This Award recognises the
achievements of an inclusive club that has provided
high quality coaching, increased participation levels
and opportunities for individuals to become involved
in triathlon in the last 12 months.
2 Founded by Mark Diamond (the current Athletic
Union Treasurer) and Jorge Milburn who graduated in
2012, the University Triathlon Club has only just
started its third year. With a doubling of membership
figures over the past two years StAUTri has seen
substantial member achievements including a fourth
place BUCS finish and Scottish Student championship
titles. An overwhelming majority of members join
with little-to-no multi-sport experience and the
infectious passion of founding members spurs
newcomers to fully participate in all areas of club
activity.
The Club of the Year Award 2014 was presented to
club members by David McNanee and Marc Austin,
two athletes that competed in the Commonwealth
Games for Scotland.
Congratulations to all at Saints Triathlon.
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Advantage Aitken – Director Aces Awards Ceremony
Director of Tennis Mike Aitken has won Tennis
Scotland’s Coach of the Year Award 2014. Mike was
appointed as part-time Director of Tennis at
University of St Andrews in January 2010 and has
since become full time. St Andrews is still the only
Scottish University to appoint a Director of Tennis.
Mike came to the post after 25 years’ experience as a
full time Tennis Teaching Professional in Scotland
having coached Scottish Junior Squads and District
Squads during his career and several players who
have gone on to represent Scotland and over 30
players who have played for County level. Everyone at
Saints Sport would like to congratulate Mike on his
award and thank him for all he has done to develop
the Tennis Program in St Andrews.
Club News
Cross Country
(15:10) placed 25th overall. St. Andrews student
Cameron Milne (13:40) also participated, running for
the winning Central AC team.
Meall a'Bhuachaille Hill Race: On Saturday, October
25th, a group of nine Saints cross country runners
headed up to the Cairngorms to compete in the Meall
a'Bhuachaille hill race. Though originally a 13 km
course, the route was changed due to extreme winds,
making the run 10.8 miles in total with about 810
meters of ascent. Skylar Lobdell placed 7th (out of 90)
in a time of 1:31:46. St. Andrews also took home the
first place female team prize, the team being made up
of Lauren Orr (2:15:50), Maggie McGovern (2:15:51),
and Isabella Scott (2:29:20).
Volleyball
Women’s 1st
Following a crushing 0-3 defeat against Durham, last
year’s BUCS Volleyball Champions, on Sunday 26th
October, the Saints prepared themselves for their first
Premier League home game of the season versus
Glasgow University this Wednesday 29th October. The
match was especially significant as the Saints were
hoping to redeem themselves after being beaten by
Glasgow on home turf last year in a close 2-3 game.
The match turned out to be an extremely close one
again, with both teams working hard throughout
each set, but the Saints eventually secured the win at
3-1.
Scottish National XC Relay Championships: Also on
Saturday, October 25th, a team of four men and team
of three women competed in the National XC Relays
at Cumbernauld. The women's team, composed of
Angela Richardson (17:04), Molly Pace (18:32), and
Abbie Bender (16:27) placed 19th overall. The men's
team, composed of Bert Leach (14:24), Chris Russell
(15:05), Philip Wright (15:05), and Andrew Mitchell
3 The first set saw a slow start for the Saints who fell
behind by 5 points. Emma Fox helped change this
with a great serving rally that brought the team head
to head with their opponent at 13-13. From there on,
the game was extremely close with Glasgow and St
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Andrews switching lead at practically every point.
However, in the end, the Saints were able to clinch the
set, winning 25-22.
The second set started in an opposite fashion from
the first with the Saints taking an early lead. However,
this didn¹t last long and the Saints fell prey to their
own unforced errors including missed serves or serves
that went straight to the other team’s libero. While
the Saints still fought hard throughout the set, they
were unable to complete their plays, losing the set 2025.
The third set saw the Saints ready for a comeback and
was once again a close contest between the two
teams, with lead switching every few points. The
Saints began completing their plays and hitting
Glasgow’s open spots, with Sydney Maxwell and
Danila Gasperini leading the way with some great
attacks. Besides that, the Saints also began to
understand their opponents a bit better, reading what
Glasgow was going to send over and reacting much
quicker, including a great up by Hannah Berwian
when Glasgow sent the ball to the far corner, instead
of a short tip. It was still a close set until the very end,
but the Saints managed to win it 25-23.
The fourth set saw the Saints motivated and playing
strong. The Saints were hitting Glasgow’s weak spots
and fighting hard through every rally, with great
hustle and energy from their setter Alexandra Smith.
Serve receives from the players, including libero and
captain Jeannette Viens, were also on point in this set,
allowing hitters such as Kirby Mateja to pummel the
ball at their opponents. This set truly showed the
Saints as the better team as they showcased their
strengths and smarts, winning the set 25-18. The
Saints are now 1-1 and ranked 3rd in the Premier
League North standings.
to King Chung, Flavio Della Sala and Tobias Gabat
respectively. The second set was won with the score
of 25-15. This allowed new players such as Zi Lau,
Floris Laporte and Alam Zia to hit the court.
Unfortunately the third set was a close loss of 21-25. In
the fourth and final set, the Saints came back winning
25-20 and emerged victorious 3-1 sets.
Women’s Cricket
The president, captain and secretary of Women's
Cricket had an inspirational day at the University of
Stirling Sports Centre on Sunday. At the Women's
Cricket Development Day, we discussed and
compared different perspectives on the current
situation of Women's Cricket in Scotland, the Saints
Women's Cricket team holding the sole university
club perspective at the event. We met with
representatives from Cricket Scotland, from Scottish
schools and clubs, and from the Scottish Women's
Cricket Association (a newly formed charity dedicated
to the support of initiatives that will develop and
promote Women's Cricket in Scotland). We were able
to come away with some great ideas as to how we, as
a team, and as a university, can contribute to the
development of Women's Cricket on a national level
at this crucial moment in its beginning stages. We
have specific goals to expand our outreach program
and to work closely with representatives from other
clubs and the SWCA to ensure we offer all that we can
to this exciting project, backed by, as we have now
discovered, a enthusiastic and extremely driven team
of people.
Cheerleading
Congratulations to Saints Cheerleading who have
raised ￡132.68 for Breast Cancer Research UK from
the sale of bows and donations made at their Pretty in
Pink Practice.
Men's 1st
After a disappointing loss to Dundee on Raisin
Sunday, the team worked hard in preparation for their
next game against The University of Edinburgh. With
the return of a starting middle, Dorian Stone, the team
looked optimistic.
In the first set the Saints came out on top, winning 2519. The momentum continued on to the second set
with great passes, sets and admirable hits, shout outs
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Club of the week
Boat
The Boat Club is competing at Inverness on Saturday
8 November, its first official Head Race of the Fall
Rowing Season. After seven intense weeks of training,
the members of the senior and novice crews are
looking forward to validating their efforts in what has
been a combination of endurance, HIIT, core, and
highly technical training under the direction of the
new coach, Iain Rice. Senior squads held practices 11x
per week in a combination of erging, lifting, crosstraining and day-long outings during the weekends,
amongst others. Rowers’ strength and endurance
levels have risen dramatically and will be put to as the
test as the head race season begins.
Over the past weekends the club has travelled down
to Strathclyde Park, the home of Scottish Rowing, to
make use of their indoor tank and small boats (mostly
pairs) over the 2 kilometre stretch of water. The
rowers have found these sessions extremely
beneficial, as they can engage with all aspects of the
sport at a single facility, happily devoting their entire
weekend to improving their athletic thresholds both
on and off the water.
The construction of the boathouse at Perth will
commence shortly, and the club is ready to make full
use of these facilities as effectively as possible. There
is an outstanding proposal to acquire additional small
boats to improve the technical skills of rowers as they
get more exposure to keeping the set of the vessels
only through the use of their core stability. The club is
also looking to acquire more 8+ racing and training
boats in order to maintain the member’s high
demand for water time and race seats.
The club’s novice recruiting efforts in the first weeks
of the year have paid off, as over twenty new
members joined the men’s squad, and over thirty the
women’s. Competition for seats on both senior and
novice squads has increased greatly, motivating the
club’s athletes to seek excellence through disciplined
training.
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expansionary phase, not only in terms of its
membership base, but also its competitiveness, drive,
and performance. The upcoming head races will serve
as
scrimmages
before
British
&
Scottish
Championships, Head of the River Race in London,
and hopefully Henley Royal Regatta. The club has not
attended HRR in a long time, but is looking to
represent the University at the most prestigious
rowing event in the UK.
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Class of the week
Zumba
Feel like you need to let loose a little with all of the
deadline stress? Well then pop along to one of our
Zumba classes this week.
Zumba is a mix of Latin and International music,
which actually originated when a dance teacher
forgot to bring his aerobics music to class - resulting
in his improvising to a mix of salsa and merengue
music! ... which pretty much sums up the vibe of this
class, a relaxed environment, with lots of energy and
laughs where you can pretty much just go for it! A
blend of fast and slow variations of Salsa, mambo and
hip will keep you on your toes, as well as sculpting
those all important areas at the same time but with a
bit of sass. And it’s great for if you're missing those
summer vibes of an exotic travel lifestyle! Join in any
of our Zumba classes to add a bit of fun into your
exercise regime!
Zumba: Wednesdays 18:30-19:30 Gymnasium
Zumba Blast: Thursdays 17:30-18:20, Fridays ­ 13:1014:00, The Studio.
No booking required.
Next week’s fixtures
Tues 4th November 2014
Squash (DDSRA)
Men’s 1st RAF v David Lloyd 2
Ice Hockey (BUIHA)
Newcastle Wildcats v Typhoons
Wed 5th November 2014
BUCS Fixtures
Basketball
Men’s 1st vs Abertay 1st
Glasgow 1st vs Women’s 1st
Fencing
Men’s 1st vs Birmingham 1st
Football
Men’s 1st vs Glasgow 1st
Women's 1st vs Robert Gordon 1st
Aberdeen 1st vs Women’s 2nd
Golf
Stirling 4th vs Mixed 4th
Lacrosse
Edinburgh 1st vs Men’s 1st
Women’s 1st vs Glasgow 1st
Rugby
Strathclyde 1st vs Men’s 1st
Glasgow 3rd vs Men’s 2nd
Men's 3rd vs Dundee 2nd
6 Women’s 1st vs Stirling 1st
Hockey
Heriot-Watt 1st vs Men’s 1st
Edinburgh 2nd vs Women's 1st
Women's 3rd vs Aberdeen 2nd
Women’s 4th vs Dundee 3rd
Tennis
Men's 2nd vs Dundee 1st
Abertay 1st vs Men’s 4th
Women’s 1st vs Edinburgh 1st
Women’s 2nd vs Stirling 1st
Women's 3rd vs Glasgow 1st
Aberdeen 2nd vs Women's 4th
Water Polo
Loughborough 1st vs Men’s 1st
Thurs 5th November 2014
Badminton
NCR vs Men’s 1st
Sat 8th November 2014
BUCS Fixtures
Badminton
Men’s 2nd vs Aberdeen 1st
Aberdeen 2nd vs Men’s 1st
Netball
Women's 1st vs Glasgow 1st
Women’s 2nd vs Heriot-Watt 2nd
Dundee 4th vs Women’s 3rd
Table Tennis
Men's 2nd vs Edinburgh 2nd
Men’s 2nd vs Stirling 1st
Men’s 1st vs Edinburgh 1st
Men’s 1st vs Men’s 2nd
Men’s 1st vs Robert Gordon 1st
Women’s 1st vs Aberdeen 1st
Women’s 1st vs Edinburgh 1st
Women’s 1st vs Strathclyde 1st
SCOTTISH HOCKEY
Men’s National League Div. 2
Men's 1st vs Grove Menzieshill
Women’s National League Div. 2
Borders Fjordhus vs Women's 1st
Sun 9th November 2014
BUCS Fixtures
Golf
Mixed 1st vs UHI 1st
Mixed 4th vs Dundee 2nd
Robert Gordon 1st vs St Andrews 3rd
Pool
Mixed 4th vs Dundee 2nd
Volleyball
Men's 1st vs Aberdeen 1st
Abertay 1st vs Women’s 2nd
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Athletic Union Executive Committee
Sarah Thompson
President
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44(1334) 462176
James Goddard
Vice-President
Email: [email protected]
Amy Kirkhouse
Secretary
Email: [email protected]
Mark Diamond
Treasurer
Email: [email protected]
Jon Wyles
Communications Officer
Email: [email protected]
Natalie Jones
Alumni Officer
Email: [email protected]
Elaine Finlay
Fixtures & Administration Manager
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44(0)1334 462183
Pete Burgon
Club Development Manager
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44(0)1334 462175
Stephen Stewart
Director of Sport & Exercise
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44(0)1334 462180
Issue 4 – Wednesday 4th November 2014
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