This year, the Athletic Union are hoping to improve sporting opportunities for all. Impact caught up with the current AU President, Alexandria Hingley, to see what sports we can enjoy around campus and Nottingham in the coming year.
Firstly, can you just tell us about yourself and your role as AU President?
My job is to [...]

Despite all the efforts, the noughties were never a decade that British sport could be proud of, yet it wasn’t all bad. A rugby union World Cup triumph in 2003 and a double Ashes success were inspirational; and let’s not ignore our athletes at Beijing, who gave Team GB their best medal performance in a [...]

Sitting in my small bedroom in Lenton, it’s strange to think that three months ago I had travelled over 6 states across America. It’s even weirder to think that of the past two years, I’ve spent a quarter of my time there. Yet, as cheesy as it may sound, camp is like a third home [...]

When you think of Red Bull events, you think extravagance, beautiful ‘Wings girls’, cliff jumping, air racing, and classy exhibitionism. So naturally, we felt slightly privileged to be watching Red Bull’s latest nationwide competition – Red Bull Street Style. Promoted by word of mouth across the Nottingham street community; visible to only those lucky enough [...]

Dear Diary,
Bloody hell! I haven’t been in the papers this much since Ulrika started mouthing off. When I first arrived at Notts County it was all going well, having just managed to grab Sol on a five-year contract. Then, after playing only one game, he decides to leave. Bollocks. Apparently there’s no County equivalent for [...]

Sitting on a mini-bus packed full of smelly boys, listening to conversations about recent sex conquests and toilet jokes, I often wonder why I bother taking part in such a male-dominated sport. Constantly being taunted and made fun of is just a daily occurrence when you are one of the few girls that attempts to [...]

The recent relocation of Athletics Union Wednesday night socials from Isis to Rock city has led to fierce competition across the board for the rights to the new bars. Clubs previously basking in complacency have been shaken out of their stupor by the emergence of a new bunch of pretenders. Led by Korfball the self-titled [...]

For the first time in eleven years, I have to care about what happens in the Championship. Just writing that sentence gives me a little pang of misery, but after Middlesbrough’s woeful 2008/09 season, it’s something I’m going to have to come to terms with. This season’s shaping up to be as engrossing as it [...]

Have you binged on Pad Thai and whisky buckets whilst gallivanting around South East Asia and want to shed a couple of pounds? Are you a fresher itching to put on some muscle as the new rugby season commences? Or, are you just content with trying to burn off that 3am Dino’s pizza with a [...]