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Tuesday 24 April 2007

Nottingham Trent University takes first place in BUSA Championships

Nottingham Trent University’s student equestrian team is riding high after winning the British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) Equestrian Championships. Some 72 teams, from institutions across the UK, competed for one of the six places in the national three-day competition, which is one of the key events on the student Equestrian calendar. Nottingham Trent University took first place after winning both Dressage and Show Jumping Team Finals.

The Nottingham Trent University Equestrian team included Emily Maliphant (studying Law), Annie Sharpe (studying Equine Sports Science), Hannah Westropp (studying the Legal Practice Course) and Sam York who’s taking a PG Cert in Teaching in Higher Education. Annie and Emily also took podium places in the ‘Overall Individual’ and ‘Individual Dressage’ Finals respectively. They will both go on to take part in the Great Britain student team trials.

Nottingham Trent University’s Academic Team Leader for Equine Science, Heather Owen, said:

“This is the first time the University has won the Overall Championship, and the girls did incredibly well against some very stiff competition.

We are very lucky to have some fantastic equestrian facilities here on the University’s Brackenhurst campus where we ran team training. I know that Emily, Annie, Hannah and Sam worked really hard for the event and their success is testament to their dedication and is very much deserved!”

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Notes to Editors

BUSA is the governing body of university sport, running national competitions in 49 sports from Athletics to Windsurfing, and coordinating the Great Britain representative teams for the World University Games and World University Championships.

The BUSA Sporting programme draws on 1.4 million students with over 3500 teams engaged in BUSA competition on a typical sporting day. With over 600 leagues, it is the biggest such sporting programme in Europe. Fixtures and results from all BUSA competitions can be accessed at www.busa.org.uk.

Many university participants have gone on to achieve British and International success in their chosen sport, such as Paula Radcliffe, Monty Panesar, James Cracknell, Stephaine Cook, Nasser Hussain, Kate Howey, Audley Harrison, James Gibson and Will Greenwood.

For press enquiries, please contact Dave Rogers, Press Officer, on 0115 848 8782, or via email: dave.rogers@ntu.ac.uk. You can also contact Therese Easom, Press and Media Relations Manager, on 0115 848 8774, or via email: therese.easom@ntu.ac.uk.