Shaw to shine

by Richard Williams     Issue 876
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.

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IMG: Scrapheap Challenge

by Josh Pettitt     Issue 876

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.”

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