Rugby Rationed
THE SURVIVAL of IMG rugby was dealt a hefty blow this week as the prospective start up costs of the newly proposed plan were revealed to the IMG teams.
The totalled cost of coaching and refereeing courses amounted to a staggering £8,800. This would give all eight IMG rugby teams a Level 2 coach and a Level 2 referee making the league completely self-sufficient and in the long term sustainable.
Tigers claw their way into History
Samba Tigers 5 – 5 AFC History
AN EXCITING pre-season friendly rekindled the troubled flame of IMG football last Wednesday as newcomers FC Samba Tigers went head-to-head with the experienced AFC History.
Shaw to shine
Beijing bronze medalist, and former Cardiff University student, Bryony Shaw speaks to Sport's Richard Williams about windsurfing, the Olympic experience and her hopes for London 2012
The performances shown by the sailing team in Beijing were one of the highlights of a brilliant summer for Team GB, which came as no surprise to Bryony.
“I certainly knew the potential of the British Sailing Team, which has been in the top three best performing sports for the last three Olympic Games, alongside rowing and cycling. This summer’s performance was the best sailing team result in 100 years. In terms of athlete potential, we were very close to winning more medals.
IMG: Scrapheap Challenge
THIS SEASON IMG rugby will have to settle for a touch rugby league and an end of year contact tournament. However last week, talks were held between IMG rugby, the AU President Scott Pigott, Head of rugby Martin Fowler and Membership Services and Democracy Manager Steve Wilford to discuss the potential restoration of IMG rugby to its former glory.
The air was cleared of popular speculation that the University wanted to rid itself of IMG rugby entirely with reassuring words from Head of Rugby Martin Fowler: “We are not here to stop you playing rugby. We just want you to play rugby safely.”
Button's Final Babble
WITH THE October by-elections fast approaching, Sport caught up with last year’s IMG chair, Andy Button-Stephens, to find out exactly how he spent his year and what the job involves for those thinking of putting themselves forward.
gair rhydd: So, what exactly does your job as IMG Chair entail?
ELVs Explained
WITH THE university rugby season drawing ever closer, gair rhydd asked five experienced rugby players their views on how the new experimental law variations (ELVs) will affect the way the game is played and its popularity.
Essentially there are five key rule changes that are aimed to make the game quicker and more aesthetically pleasing to the viewer.
Inside IMG:
Player Profile: Carla Shorrock
As the GS in IMG netball’s most successful team for the last two seasons, Carla Shorrock has seen her fair amount of success. Economics A are notorious for their organisation, flair and ruthlessness on the court which led to an unbeaten season in 2007/8.
As a Languages student, it seems strange that Carla would end up playing for her apparent rivals. However, her path to IMG was not a simple one.
The only way is up for IMG
Dave Menon examines the ways in which IMG sport can be improved over the next few years
I could quite easily use up this entire page to enlighten you about the current brilliance of IMG sport, but we should be focusing on something that can be made even better for students of future generations.
Although the IMG netball competition is running smoothly at present, there are still many problems relating to the football and rugby leagues.
Tosh talk
ALTHOUGH it may seem a distant memory to many of you, IMG Football and Netball competitions were all completed on schedule in the final week of the spring semester.
Many congratulations to Gym Gym, Law B, Economics and TWNN who were all champions of the respective football leagues.
Tosh talk
IMG Netball
The Deloitte IMG Netball leagues have finally reached a conclusion,
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