Dundee to once again host prestigious student sports event

Published On Thu 20 Mar 2014 by Grant Hill

The University of Dundee will again host Scotland’s biggest student sports competition next week – the fourth time in five years that the prestigious event has been held in Dundee.

Around 400 student competitors in 28 teams from 14 institutions will descend on the campus to compete in the British Universities and Colleges (BUCS) Conference Cup Finals on Wednesday, 26th March. Sixteen finals will be held across eight sports over the course of the day.

Paul McPate, Assistant Director of the University’s Institute of Sport & Exercise said he was delighted to be welcoming leading student athletes from across the country to Dundee.

“Sport is a major part of the student experience at Dundee, and so it is a great honour to be chosen to hold this event for a fourth time” he said.

“Top student sportsmen and women from a number of different sports will be competing to prove they are the best in Scotland, and we are delighted that the University of Dundee has a record five teams contesting finals, reflecting the hard work and commitment of our student athletes over the past season”

There is plenty of local interest in the event, with a record five Dundee teams having successfully negotiated their way to their respective finals.

The men’s and women’s tennis teams will meet Aberdeen and Stirling respectively on the courts, located at the city campus, at 1.30pm. The men’s football 1st team contest their final against local rivals Abertay while their 2nd team plays the West of Scotland, with both matches taking place at Riverside Sports Grounds at 3pm. The women’s team also has a derby final to look forward to when they take on St Andrews at 1pm.

The ISE building will be the venue for the badminton, volleyball, netball and basketball finals running from 12noon, followed by the presentation of the medals and trophies will take place at ISE at 6pm, following the conclusion of that match.