Monday 29th August 2022

We are looking to recruit a new student netball representative to join our Netball Development Group to help drive the development of student netball in Scotland #ScotStuNetball

#ScotStuNetball

Role title: Scottish Student Netball Student Representative

Responsible to: Head of Competitions

Where (location): Various within Scotland

Time commitment: Variable, 10-15 hours per month, with 1-2 full day tournaments

Scottish Student Sport (SSS), the organisation for student sport in Scotland, is seeking an energetic and committed individual to act as one of the lead volunteers within Scottish Student Netball.

The Student Representative will enjoy an excellent opportunity to contribute to a large sports programme and work closely with Netball Scotland.

The selected individual will be a key figure in the drive towards improving and strengthening netball in Scotland.

The Student Representative will work with the Development Group to ensure the student voice is heard and fed in to event delivery, strategic planning, communications SGB engagement & club development.

Main Tasks

  • Help communicate with student clubs
  • Contribute to generation and delivery of SS Netball Development Plan
  • Work within group to identify key areas of work for coming year
  • Drive specific outcomes as agreed by Chair and Development Group
  • Gather feedback from student clubs and member institutions on Development Group areas of work
  • Develop sport specific policy to improve student experience across all relevant areas of SSS work

Required Skills, Qualities & Experience

  • Proactive, can do attitude
  • Empathy for the needs of student clubs
  • Experience of student netball in Scotland
  • Knowledge of netball landscape in Scotland
  • Ability to effectively communicate with a range of stakeholders

Training & Support Available

  • Any relevant CPD courses/experience as identified by Vice-Chair and Head of Competitions
  • Named staff member within SSS

Application is by CV and Cover Letter to be sent to Megan Richardson on megan@scottishstudentsport.com by midnight on Sunday 18th September 2022

The full role descriptor can be downloaded HERE

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Monday 15th August 2022

We have 3 roles on the #ScotStuJudo Development Group to support the Chair in growing participation and developing the sport.

Following a successful year of Scottish Student  Judo, where participation numbers have returned to, and in some cases exceeded pre-pandemic levels, we are looking to recruit individuals passionate about developing the sport, growing participation and delivering competitions.

The application process for all three roles is to send a CV and Cover Letter to Jo Foster (jo@scottishstudentsport.com). If you have any questions about the roles please contact Jo or the SS Judo Chair, Paul Grady on scotstujudo@gmail.com.

 

SS Judo Communications Officer

As the Communications Officer you will be responsible for organising and guiding the development group’s efforts to publicise itself, the sport and student activity.

The role is tasked with growing social media presence and engagement; ensuring regular communication between the Development Group and clubs; supporting the promotion of club activities via the SS Judo channels; growing the library of SS Judo media from competitions and events; working with the SSS Communications Coordinator on the general promotion of judo.

You do not need to be a current student to apply for this role.

You can view the full role descriptor HERE.

SS Judo Student Representative

This role will have a key focus on working with existing clubs to increase participation and support club sustainability. Embedding the wellbeing agenda throughout student judo is also a goal of the development group which this person could support.

You must be a current student to apply for this role

You can view the full role descriptor HERE.

SS Judo Workforce Representative

The Workforce Representative will support the group by being a voice for officials and volunteers by supporting and developing the judo workforce. You will work alongside the Chair to communicate with student clubs, help promote any opportunities for upskilling and collect feedback where appropriate.

You do not need to be a current student to apply for this role.

You can view the full role descriptor HERE.

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Monday 11th July 2022

Read on to hear how Saints students got on when they took the #SheCanSheWill Football Cup to a local training session

In the 2021-22 season, University of St Andrews Women’s 1st team won the #SheCanSheWill Cup (full coverage found HERE). In a brilliant fashion, the club have taken this as an opportunity to inspire the next generation of players by taking the prestigious cup ‘on tour’.

On 24th June 2022, two members of the Saints Women’s Squad attended a training session in Auchtermuchty to meet and inspire the 9-12 year old Bellvue Colts Girls Squad. Sophia Anderson of the Women’s 2nd team and Daisy Beddall, one of the finalists and penalty shoot-out scorers from the first team, made the final session before the summer holidays memorable for the 15 girls in attendance.

A fun warm up, a dribbling skills challenge and a match that put the students through their paces ended with the opportunity for the girls to hold the trophy and ask questions. There were smiles all round as the players heard the opportunities in football at university or college after school!

Stuart Milne, Director of Football at University of St Andrews, was delighted with the session and said:

“It is really important to the club to be able to help and support grow the women’s game in Scotland. The club is committed to helping provide young girls and women as positive role models to look up to, that in turn will encourage and inspire them to play the game for as long as possible.

Each week during the academic year we have players from the club who volunteer their time to coach with the St Andrews and East Neuk Girls Football Club. We wanted to help use the success of winning the #SheCanSheWill Cup for the first time, to further showcase our players and give the next generation something to aim for”

The #SheCanSheWill Cup knockout tournament will return in 22-23 so look out for entries going live!

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Friday 24th June 2022

We are looking to recruit a new Scottish Student Athletics Communications Officer to drive the development of student athletics in Scotland and support social media engagement.

#ScotStuAthletics

Role title: Scottish Student Athletics Communications Officer

Responsible to: SSS Head of Competitions

Where (location): Various within Scotland

Time commitment: Variable, up to 10-15 hours a month, with 2-4 full-day events

Role duration: Minimum one year – until 30th June 2023

Scottish Student Sport (SSS), the organisation for student sport in Scotland, is seeking an energetic and committed individual to act as one of the lead volunteers within Scottish Student Athletics.

As the Communications Officer your main responsibility will be to support the SS Athletics Chair and SSS by publicising the sport and its activity (e.g. posting on social media channels).

Furthermore, as part of the SS Athletics Development Group, you will work with the rest of the group to create and deliver a development plan across a range of areas beyond publicity including: competition, workforce, club development and inclusion.

Main Tasks

  • Creation of appropriate platforms to engage with students
  • Responsible for Scottish Student Athletics social media channels
  • Regularly update social media channels
  • Promote great work happening in Scottish Student Athletics clubs
  • Work within group to identify key areas of work for coming year
  • Drive specific outcomes as agreed by Chair and SS Athletics Development Group
  • Gather feedback from student clubs and member institutions on SS Athletics Development Group areas of work
  • Take minutes from SS Athletics meetings
  • Develop sport specific policy to improve student experience across all relevant areas of SSS work

Required Skills, Qualities & Experience

  • Experience of using social media to promote a club/organisation
  • Empathy for the needs of student clubs
  • Proactive, can do attitude
  • Experience of student athletics in Scotland
  • Knowledge of athletics landscape in Scotland
  • Ability to effectively communicate with a range of stakeholders

Desirable Skills, Qualities & Experience

  • Photography experience
  • Videography experience
  • Access to camera

Training & Support Available

  • Annual Chair Development Day hosted by SSS
  • Any relevant CPD courses/experience as identified by Chair and Head of Competitions
  • Named staff member within SSS

The Vice-Chair will be appointed on a voluntary basis for a minimum term of one year. Individuals may re-stand for the position or for another vacancy at the end of the year. All reasonable expenses incurred undertaking the role will be reimbursed in line with SSS policy.

Application is by CV and cover letter, sent to Events Coordinator – jess@scottishstudentsport.com

This role can be downloaded in PDF format HERE

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Monday 6th June 2022

The final SSS Medal Table of the 2021/22 season is here!

The SSS Medal Table is a method for institutions to see how successful their student-athletes have been over the course of the SSS season.

The table includes all events in which medals have been awarded during the 2021/22 season.

All semester 1 and 2 events which took place have been added.

The table defaults to alphabetical but can be sorted by any of the column headings.

 

SSS Medal Table 2021/22

InstitutionGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Abertay University43
411
Ayrshire College112
Borders College11
City of Glasgow College4217
Edinburgh College224
Edinburgh Napier University4217
Fife College1427
Glasgow Caledonian University96318
Heriot Watt University10111334
Queen Margaret University123
Robert Gordon University510722
Scotland's Rural College112
UHI51410
University of Aberdeen23361978
University of Dundee34212075
University of Edinburgh876652205
University of Glasgow466245153
University of St Andrews714138150
University of Stirling433731111
University of Strathclyde32333398
University of the West of Scotland116623
Z-Guest Entries12111538

 

Total Events: 73 (88% of planned activity)

Last Updated: June 2022

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Monday 30th May 2022

The 21-22 Cycling season came to a thrilling finale with the Criterium Championships sponsored by Le Col at Fife Cycle Park.

The 21-22 Cycling season came to a thrilling finale with the Criterium Championships sponsored by Le Col at Fife Cycle Park. The day started with a coaching session in the morning for beginner student cyclists taking their first steps into racing. The session was made possible thanks to funding from Scottish Cycling allowing students to participate at no additional cost. There was strong turnout with first time races alongside seasoned veterans learning from coach Anna Fairweather as they both looked to sharpen their skills heading into day’s racing.

Students before the coaching session

The Men’s Championship started at a blistering pace, as many races at Fife Cycle Park do, which saw an elite group of seven away early. Not blistering enough however for Edinburgh’s Ciaran McSherry, who attacked the group and was gone, proceeding to build an extraordinary lead, eventually lapping all but one of his competitors. The rest of the podium was decided though a series of attacks eventually seeing Edinburgh secure the 1-2 with Louis Moore proving strongest in second and Matiss Robertson of UHI securing his second student podium of the season in third.

Ciaran McSherry (University of Edinburgh) crossing the finish line

The Women’s Championship saw a similarly explosive tempo from the gun, with Beth Maciver (GCU)  and Arianne Holland (Edinburgh) showing no mercy to their competitors, riding away in the opening laps, never to be caught. It was a display of textbook cornering technique and smooth rotation between the two, who both ride for the Alba Development Team. It eventually came down to the final sprint where Maciver taking first position round the last corner and then launching an unbelievable sprint to take the title by several bike lengths with Holland rolling home in second with Maisie Aubrey (Stirling) proving the strongest of the rest to take home third.

The Women’s Podium. Maisie Aubrey (LEFT), Beth Maciver (MIDDLE) and Arianne Holland (LEFT)

Both races included the “Ride Faster, Ride Further” Combativity Award sponsored by Le Col won by Neelesh Corey Batchasingh and Catriona Barbour for the men’s and women’s races respectively.  Both showed incredible spirit and perseverance during their races and were thoroughly deserving of their place on the podium.

The results of the day sealed the Institution Series win for the University of Edinburgh with 480 points, beating out Dundee in second with 398 points across the year, with Stirling just pipping Glasgow for third with 231. Points were earned for every Scottish Student Cycling event of the academic year, combining off-road and on road performances for one combined ranking.

In addition to the student races, the day also featured category 4 races for men and women as well as an open race. All three included some thrilling racing with non-stop attacks and some stand out performances with safe and sensible handling being shown by all riders involved.

A special thanks goes to Le Col for sponsoring the event, Scottish Cycling for funding the coaching session and all the commissaries, marshals and volunteers, without them none of this would be possible.

Photo credit: Nico Anelli

Congratulations to all Medallists! Full results can be found HERE. Photos can be seen HERE

Men’s

1st Ciaran McSherry, University of Edinburgh
2nd Louis Moore, University of Edinburgh
3rd Matiss Robertson, University of the Highlands and Islands

Women’s

1st Beth McIver, Glasgow Caledonian University
2nd Arianne Holland, University of Edinburgh
3rd Maisie Aubrey, University of Stirling

Ride Faster, Ride Further Combative Award

Men’s: Neelesh Corey Batchasingh, University of Dundee
Women’s:  Catriona Barbour, University of Stirling

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Thursday 26th May 2022

Students shone at Stirling as they took on the epic Monument Mile challenge

Men's Monument Mile Podium 2021-2022

The Monument Mile has established itself as a special event over time and this year’s iteration certainly lived up to that expectation. Records were broken, inspired by the brilliant crowd that came out to support the athletes, and students showcased their talent brilliantly.

It is an age-old simple, yet challenging concept the event is based on: who can run the mile the fastest? 35 students from 8 institutions joined runners from across the country as they attempted to answer that question on 20th May.

The athletes were set off in races seeded by personal best times round the University of Stirling track – warming up the crowd almost as much as the flame machines at the side of the track – as we edged ever closer to the eagerly anticipated Elite Men’s and Women’s races.

The Women’s Elite Race was a spectacular race, with all barring one athlete finishing in under 5 minutes. Overall 1st and 2nd place runners were Niamh Carr and Katie Lowery respectively (both University of Edinburgh) who controlled their race, utilising the pace set by others and putting in a brilliant kick in the final 200m. As Niamh took the Elite Women’s Prize, the student prizes were awarded to Katie Lowery, Hannah Anderson and Kirsty Purcell in top-down order. With Hannah and Kirsty also from Edinburgh, the famous Haries green decorated the podium!

It was then all eyes on the Men’s Elite Race which featured 4 student men battling for the overall prizes as well as the student prizes. Ben MacMillan (University of Stirling) took to the front of the pack to help lead the race behind the pacer and Kieran Reilly (University of Stirling) joined him to maintain a stunning pace. It was a kick at the 400m mark from Ben MacMillan, coupled with windless conditions, that sealed a brilliant win in under 4 minutes! This makes Ben the first Scot to break the 4-minute mile time in Scotland since 1985 and was also a Meeting Record. Kieran did enough to seal second place, holding off Jack Patton from Kilbarchan, whilst Kristof Hornyik (University of St Andrews) and Ben Sandilands (Scottish rural College) also had superb runs. With Ben claiming the Elite Men’s prize, the student men’s medals went to Kieran Reilly, Kristof Hornyik, and Ben Sandilands.

A Student Team Prize was awarded to the 4 student runners from one institution who achieved the fastest overall cumulative time. This went to University of Edinburgh runners Niamh Carr, Katie Lowery, Callum Tharme and Blayne Wright.

Massive thanks to Michael Wright and the rest of the Monument Mile team for partnering with SSS this year to provide a student championships within the competition, we look forward to working with you again. Thank you also to the officials and volunteers who gave their time to support the event!

You can catch up on the action via the recorded YouTube LiveStream HERE and photos HERE. Full results can be found HERE.

All images used in this article courtesy of Bobby Gavin.

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Wednesday 25th May 2022

SSS are delighted to announce the signing of a new partnership agreement with Scottish Squash. This agreement will support both organisations toward strategic goals set for the next 3 years (until 2024).

SSS are delighted to announce the signing of a new partnership agreement with Scottish Squash. This agreement will support both organisations toward strategic goals set for the next 3 years (until 2024).

Jack Brodie, Club Development Manager at Scottish Squash, shared their excitement for the updated agreement by saying:

‘Scottish Squash are delighted to be working with Scottish Student Sport to grow squash within universities and colleges across Scotland. We are positive that this partnership will allow squash to thrive and provide more opportunities for students to experience the physical, mental and wellbeing benefits of the sport.’

This collaboration will ensure the continued development of student squash in Scotland. The partnership will focus on growing participation numbers to return the sport to pre-pandemic levels, improving the competition offering and focusing on engaging more female players via the new HIIT Squash sessions.

Jess Barrows, Events Coordinator at Scottish Student Sport, added “As an indoor sport, squash has been one of the sports hardest hit by the pandemic. We’ve already seen good signs of recovery in the student sector, but it is clear a collaborative effort is needed to re-energise the sport and bring players (specifically women) in to the game. We are excited to work with Scottish Squash in this capacity!”

You can view the full document HERE. If you wish to see which other governing bodies have partnered with SSS, see our Partnerships page.

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Thursday 30th January 2020

The Scottish Student Netball Championships 2020 has been rearranged to Saturday 14th March 2020 at University of Strathclyde.

We are delighted to announce that the Scottish Student Netball Championships 2020 has been rearranged to a different date after popular demand. The event will now be taking place on Saturday 14th March 2020 at University of Strathclyde.

Venue: University of Strathclyde

Date: Saturday 14th March 2020

Time: 0900-1800

Full event details and the entry form can be found on the Scottish Student Sport website. Entries will be accepted until 28th February, 4pm.

If you want to be involved with supporting the running of this event, check out the exciting role of the Scottish Student Netball Chair! We are looking for an energetic and committed individual to act as the lead volunteer within Scottish Student Netball. Be quick – the deadline for applications is Sunday 2nd February!

We look forward to seeing the best student netball clubs from all over Scotland compete in this prestigious event.

Thank you to University of Strathclyde and Netball Scotland for their support.

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Thursday 16th January 2020

Under the dramatic backdrop of Stirling Castle, the 2020 Inter Districts Cross Country Championship was to be one for the ages.

Photo credit – Bobby Gavin

Incorporated this year within a British Cross Challenge event, the Scottish Student teams battled against elite home countries national squads and top club athletes alongside the usual fare of East, North and West district teams. All in all, there was a total of 113 athletes in the Women’s race and a total of 161 athletes in the Men’s race.

Owing to the strong fields assembled for each race, competitors surged from the start line at an electric pace and coping with this early surge in pace would be essential to getting the best out of oneself on the day.

The late, great Muhammad Ali once quipped “Ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong” and the Men’s and Women’s Scottish student teams overcame more than a few thrills and spills on the muddy, twisty course, to become
Inter District silver and bronze medallists respectively.

“Today our student athletes demonstrated that they can mix it with top international athletes, their performances are a product of the excellent support they receive from their families, teammates, coaches and institutions. The results also reflect the up and coming nature of the sport amongst the student population, watch this space!”

Michael Rimicans – SS Cross Country Chair

In addition to our Inter-Districts team, there were also some stellar performances from other student athletes present. Particularly noteworthy were the results of the student athletes running for the National Squads, well done to Annabel Simpson (Glasgow University), Zoe Plfug (Edinburgh University), Holly Little (Queen Margaret University), Constance Nankivell (Edinburgh University), Kerry McAngus (Strathclyde University), Eloise Walker (Glasgow University), Niamh Carr (Edinburgh University), Jack Leitch (Edinburgh University) & Hamish Hickey (Stirling University). There was also an encouraging number of student athletes running in club vests.

The following athletes competed for the Scottish Student Sport team, where the first 6 finishers counted towards the medals. Please note that position only refers to placing against other Inter District athletes:

Women:

3rd Rebecca Johnson – University of Edinburgh

14th Lynn McKenna – University of Glasgow

16th Rhona Mowat – University of Heriot Watt

17th Zoe Bates – University of Aberdeen

30th Polly Edwards – University of Edinburgh

32nd Hannah Addison – University of Edinburgh

33rd Aofie Carr – University of Glasgow

38th Niamh Shaw – University of Dundee

41st Caitlin Arnott – University of Aberdeen

42nd Rhona Tytler – University of Edinburgh

43rd Carolyn Cameron – University of Edinburgh

 

Men:

8th Alexander Chepelin – University of Edinburgh

9th Eilsha De Mello – University of Edinburgh

11th Craig Jardine – University of Strathclyde (pictured, photo credit Bobby Gavin)

17th Alex Muir –  University of Edinburgh

18th James Dunn – University of Heriot Watt

22nd Callum Tharme – University of Edinburgh

23rd Tom Graham-Marr – University of Aberdeen

32nd Cameron Smith – University of Glasgow

34th Luca Fanottoli – University of Stirling

40th Alastair Thomas – University of Edinburgh

42nd Andrew McAngus – University of Strathclyde

47th Steven Murray – University of Aberdeen

Thank you to Stirling Council, the officials, organisers and volunteers for putting on such a fantastic showcase event for our sport.

Full results can be found HERE

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