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A third consecutive England Universities Women’s Rugby 7s call-up for Team Sunderland Elite Athlete Molly Gardener 👏

Molly Gardener makes England Universities Women's Rugby squad Team Sunderland Elite Athlete Molly Gardener has been selected for England University Women’s Rugby 7s. This is the third consecutive year that the Sport & Exercise Science student has earned the prestigious accolade as she will go on to represent England in the Home Nations - having already cla

Read all about last week's Durham Challenge Cup Final between West Auckland Town AFC and Whickham FC 📰

Credit to Finlay and SportsByte for the match report 🖊️

https://www.durhamfa.com/news/2024/apr/29/durham-fa-challenge-cup-match-report

We’re off to York for Clash of the Minsters against York St John 🏆

Good luck to all our teams competing 🙌🏻

You can keep up to date with all the fixtures across all our socials and on SportsByte ✍️

Team Sunderland Elite Athlete Aaron Harlow-Stephenson speaks after his selection for the England Universities Rugby League squad ⤵️

Aaron Harlow-Stephenson makes England Universities Rugby League team Team Sunderland Elite Athlete Aaron Harlow-Stephenson’s impressive few months has continued with selection for the England Universities Rugby League squad. After a lengthy process stretching back to last year, Harlow-Stephenson impressed enough to make the final 26-man squad that will compete for ...

Victory in the Northern Conference Shield final for Team Sunderland Men's Rugby Union at Maiden Castle yesterday 🏆

Reaction from Michael Holder, Ethan Sutcliffe and Zach Campbell below ⤵️

Men’s Rugby Union win the BUCS Northern Conference Shield A dramatic late comeback and an emphatic extra time saw Team Sunderland Men’s Rugby Union win the BUCS Northern Conference Shield. Trailing by 14 with six minutes of regular time to go, late tries by Devrim Koca and team captain Michael Holder saw Zach Campbell convert with the final kick of the g...

The Northern Conference Shield final gets underway at 2 pm for Team Sunderland Men’s Rugby 🏉

Club captain Michael Holder gave his thoughts ahead of the event ⤵️

Men’s Rugby Union prepare for Northern Conference Shield final Team Sunderland Men’s Rugby Union are in action on BUCS Finals Day as they prepare for the Northern Conference Shield final against Northumbria 4ths. After years of pursuing the coveted trophy, club captain Michael Holder believes this is Sunderland’s “best opportunity in years” to earn the ...

Team Sunderland Elite Athlete Josh Hutton broke four records and brought home a gold medal from the England Age Group Championships last Friday 🏋️

Josh Hutton breaks four records at England Age Group Championships Weightlifter Josh Hutton broke four records and brought home a gold medal from the England Age Group Championships on Friday, February 23. Beating his three own British under 20 records in Sn**ch (144 kg), Clean and Jerk (163 kg) and Total weight lifted (307 kg), Hutton’s lift in the Sn**ch also b...

“We’re going to strive to finish as high as possible”

“We had six different try scorers on the board today, very happy about that”

Read reaction from Molly Gardener and Keshia Hilton as Team Sunderland Women’s Rugby make it two wins on the spin ⤵️

Team Sunderland Women’s Rugby record back-to-back wins Team Sunderland Women’s Rugby made it two wins on the spin with six different try scorers capping off an impressive team performance. After kick-off was delayed by half an hour, a physical game ensued at Ashbrooke Sports Club with Sunderland getting off to a positive start scoring the first two tr...

A semi-final victory and the continuation of winning runs in this week’s Team Sunderland roundup.

✍️ | Finlay Anderson ⤵️

Team Sunderland's week 16 round-up From a team reaching a cup final to winning runs continuing, it has been another great set of results for Team Sunderland on week 16 of their 2023/24 BUCS season. Performance of the week went to the Men’s Rugby Union 1sts, as they progressed to the final of the Northern Conference Shield with a 33...

A massively successful Saturday for Team Sunderland Women’s Futsal 2nds saw them seal the league title 👏

Hopes of a double are still alive as they also reached the final of the Northern Conference Cup 🤩

Read more ⤵️

Team Sunderland Women's Futsal 2nds on course for league and cup double The title-winning Team Sunderland Women’s Futsal 2nds may finish the season with a second bit of silverware, as they progressed to the Northern Conference Cup final this past weekend. In what has already been a highly successful season, Sunderland wrapped up the league on Saturday, February 24 wit...

This weekend's saw four Team Sunderland clubs in action:
Athletics 🥉
Badminton 🏸
Climbing 🧗‍♀️
Fencing 🤺

One medal made it’s way back from South Yorkshire 👀

Read our full roundup, including interviews with members of each club that were in action ⤵️

Team Sunderland BUCS Nationals weekend review A weekend of action in South Yorkshire saw Team Sunderland bring a medal home from their trip to Sheffield. In the athletics, Elite Athlete Ellie O’Halloran competed in the final indoor event of the year and picked up a bronze medal in the women’s ambulant shot put, throwing 7.83 metres at the e...

A thrilling late comeback earned Men’s Basketball 1sts last week’s performance of the week 🏀

Read the report below ⤵️

Sunderland Men's Basketball 1sts 79-78 Hull Men's 1sts Hull will remain winless after Sunderland gave a miraculous 15 point comeback to win 79-78. A flat-footed Sunderland were outmatched in aggression in the first half as Hull's Matthew Allgood, Travis Cockerill and Max Houlden were the soul of the visitor's play style. A passion-led pep talk

🤩 Double cup joy for Team Sunderland in this week's round-up

Team Sunderland's week 13 round-up There was a mixture of both league and cup action in week 13 of the 2023/24 season for Team Sunderland, with two teams making it through to the semi-finals of their tournaments. Arguably the biggest result of the week came at CitySpace, as the Netball 1sts made their way into the semi-finals of the

A mixed bag of results for Team Sunderland in week 12 of BUCS sport.

Team Sunderland's week 12 round-up There were nine fixtures in the calendar for Team Sunderland in week 12 of the 2023/24 BUCS season with mixed results. The only win for the Men’s Football teams came on home turf at Ford Hub on Wednesday night, as the 1sts made it three wins from three courtesy of a 3-0 victory over Leeds’ 3rds....

🏀 A narrow defeat with lessons learned for Team Sunderland, who have built good momentum in recent fixtures.

Team Sunderland Basketball fall to close defeat against Leeds Gryphons A strong end to the game was not quite enough to inspire a late comeback as Team Sunderland Basketball fell to a narrow 57-63 defeat to Leeds Gryphons 5ths. An affair which saw Sunderland look strong in parts saw them rue inconsistency throughout the match, with a score in the final quarter of 18-11

This weekend sees Team Sunderland entrant Ben Milford compete in the BUCS Boxing Championships in Portsmouth 🥊

Milford's coach believes the amateur boxer has a good chance of medalling 🏅

Team Sunderland athlete Ben Milford set to compete in BUCS Boxing Championships Ben Milford is competing in the BUCS Boxing Championships throughout the weekend, with his coach Marc Foster believing he has a “good chance of medalling”. Fighting between 75 and 80 kg in the novice category, Milford has been committed to his training since making the decision to fight in BUCS ...

SportsByte caught up with Team Sunderland Elite Athlete Aaron Harlow-Stephenson to discuss all things Newcastle Thunder and England University Rugby League🏉

Aaron Harlow-Stephenson on England University Rugby League and Newcastle Thunder debut Team Sunderland Elite Athlete Aaron Harlow-Stephenson made his Newcastle Thunder debut on the weekend and remains hopeful he can land a spot on the England University Rugby League team. A last-minute switch from Keighley Cougars to Newcastle Thunder, who Harlow-Stephenson described as the “pinnacl...

Goals were aplenty at Ford Hub on Monday night as a team comprised of University of Sunderland staff took on a contingent of Team Sunderland players.

University of Sunderland staff come out on top in 13-goal thriller A University of Sunderland staff XI came out on top against a combination of Team Sunderland 4ths and 5ths in a 13-goal thriller at a rainy Ford Hub with plenty of action at both ends. It was a slow start to the game considering the drama that would follow, the first action saw Matty Harris brought

A winning return from the winter break for plenty of Team Sunderland teams 👏

Team Sunderland's week 11 roundup Team Sunderland returned to BUCS action on Wednesday after the winter break with a successful set of results. The Men’s Football 1sts made it back-to-back wins for the first time this season, as they built upon their 6-4 win over York 1sts before the winter break with a 10-0 battering of Teesside ...

Team Sunderland Esports wins November Club of the Month 👏

Esports wins Team Sunderland November Club of the Month Team Sunderland Esports won Club of the Month for November in a presentation with University of Sunderland Vice-Chancellor Sir David Bell last week. Committee President Edie Brady acknowledged that it was “great” to receive the award, citing the team’s charity events and socials as reasons the...

Josh Hutton sets three new records at English Senior Championships Team Sunderland Elite Athlete Josh Hutton set three new records at the English Senior Championships on December 10, 2023, and the 19-year-old has further achievements in his sights. Hutton started the championships by beating his own U20 British record in the Sn**ch twice, lifting 137 kg and 140 kg,

Yesterday's roundup of Team Sunderland’s week six results.

Team Sunderland's week six round-up Week six of the 2023/24 BUCS campaign for Team Sunderland has thrown up some significant results for our teams, as well as some frustrating defeats. Only four of our football teams were in action over the Wednesday session of fixtures, with the Men’s 3rds claiming the most eye-catching victory, co...

Team Sunderland Netball 2nds recorded a comfortable victory yesterday against York St John 3rds.

Match report: Sunderland Netball 2nds bounce back with home win SUNDERLAND W2s 33 - 13 YORK ST JOHN’s W3s York St John 3rds took an early lead in the first quarter in the first five minutes by two points. Sunderland acted defensively and managed to equalise. Getting into space and creating chances in the attacking third, Sunderland took the lead. Despite

🏸 An interview with Team Sunderland Badminton president Chun Kit Chan.

BUCS Badminton: Interview with team president Chun Kit Chan Sunderland University can proudly boast of an exceptional badminton team that has demonstrated outstanding performance in recent weeks. Let's look at their past performances and try to predict the team's future achievements, as well as communicate with the team president - Chun Kit Chan.

Take a look at all the winners from last Friday's
Team Sunderland Sports Ball🏆
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