British Universities & Colleges Sport
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| British Universities & Colleges Sport | |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Founded | 1994 |
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| Domestic cup(s) | British University Championships |
| Website | http://www.busa.org.uk/ |
The British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) is the governing body for university sports in the United Kingdom. From Monday 16 June BUSA and UCS (University College Sport) will become British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS).[1]
It is responsible for organising inter-university sports within the UK and representative teams for the World University Championships and the World University Games. The body was founded in 1994, one of its co-founders being Alun Evans. Apart from a couple of Oxbridge events British university sport is not followed by the general public, so the BUCS has a much lower profile in the British sporting scene than the NCAA has in the United States, although BUCS is trying to change this.
BUSA is responsible for governing all British university sport at national and international level including the World University Games. BUCS coordinates around 1.2 million students who compete in 3200 teams and 503 leagues of all kinds of sports across Britain.
University sports clubs can affiliate to BUCS through their Athletic Union or students' union when no separate AU exists. BUCS has the biggest sporting programme in Europe, with 503 participating leagues.[2]
During the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing Team GBR returned with 10 medals including four gold medals.
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[edit] BUCS sports
- Archery
- Association Football
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Canoe (and Kayak)
- Clay Pigeon Shooting
- Climbing
- Cricket
- Cycling
- Diving
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Field Hockey
- Fives
- Gaelic football.
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Busa Hockey League
- Judo
- Ju Jitsu
- Karate
- Korfball
- Lacrosse
- Modern Biathlon
- Netball
- Orienteering
- Pool
- Rifle
- Rowing
- Rugby league
- Rugby Union
- Sailing
- Snooker
- Snowsports
- Squash
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Ten-pin bowling
- Trampolining
- Triathlon
- Ultimate
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
- Windsurfing
[edit] Sponsors
BUCS currently has three main sponsors. Vodafone was announced as the title sponsor of BUCS at the start of the 2006-7 academic year. Vodafone and BUCS now offer a graduate recruitment partnership whereby graduates are placed on the graduate training scheme at Vodafone [3] The Daily Telegraph newspaper has sponsored BUCS since 1998, they publish regular reports about BUCS events in both The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph [4]. PriceWaterhouseCoopers has been sponsoring BUSA since 1999. BUCS also has other sponsorship deals with Barclays and Lucozade Sports Drinks. [5] In May 2008 there BUCS agreed a deal with Nike to provide kit for its teams [6]
[edit] See also
- International University Sports Federation
- Scottish Universities Sport
- Colleges and Universities Sports Association of Ireland
[edit] References
- ^ Renaming
- ^ http://www.busa.org.uk/page.asp?section=00010001000200030005&itemTitle=Sponsors
- ^ http://www.busa.org.uk/page.asp?section=000100010002000300050006&itemTitle=Vodafone
- ^ http://www.busa.org.uk/page.asp?section=000100010002000300050002&itemTitle=The+Daily+Telegraph
- ^ http://www.busa.org.uk/page.asp?section=00010001000200030005&itemTitle=Sponsors
- ^ Kit Deal
[edit] External links
- busa.org.uk - official site.
