A feast of female action, as Trent Girls Can on Clifton Campus

In support of Sport England’s This Girl Can Campaign, Nottingham Trent will be the first ever university to exclusively showcase female sport on a BUCS Wednesday, as all home fixtures on 15 November will involve female teams.

Women's Wednesday will take place on Wednesday 15 November, 2017

This Girl Can week is an opportunity for the Higher Education sector to highlight the breadth of opportunities for women to get active and play sport during their time at university. Therefore ‘Women’s Wednesday’, which will take place the week before This Girl Can week (20 – 26 November), will showcase how amazing our female athletes are, in the hope that it will inspire other girls to get more active. They will then be signposted to events taking place during the actual This Girl Can week, with a focus on providing long-lasting opportunities, rather than just one week of activities.

There will be a total of 18 female fixtures taking place on Clifton Campus, with six fixtures at other home locations, such as Ruddington Grange Golf Club, West Bridgford Rugby Club, and Brackenhurst Campus. In addition, the Women’s Football 2nd team will be playing 'away' against local rivals, University of Nottingham, making that a total of 25 female fixtures in Nottingham.

As well as hoping to inspire current students, local schools that NTU work with as part of the Sport Volunteering programme will be visiting Clifton Campus. Year 5 and 6 primary school children will come and watch the action, and hopefully be inspired by our female athletes. They will be completing an interactive task about ‘My Day at Women’s Wednesday’ where they will interact with the athletes, and talk about their experience.

As well as Women’s Wednesday, NTU are hosting a 'Girls Night In' event in the lead up to the This Girl Can week. The Girls Night In is a chance for female students to come together in a relaxed atmosphere, to socialise and enjoy a variety of things. These include music, mocktails, films, self-defence, gaming, a showcase from the Bhangra society, and much more. The aim is to engage with different students in an attempt to find out more about what students want, and if they are interested in taking part in physical activity.

The event will take place on Tuesday 14 November (7-9 pm, City SU), the week before This Girl Can week, so students who attend will also be signposted to activities taking place the week after.

A list of fixtures are below (all Wednesday 15 November):

NTU Team	v	Opposition	Venue	Time
Badminton 1st	v	University of Birmingham 2nd	LWSC	1pm
Badminton 2nd	v	University of Warwick 2nd	LWSC	2.30pm
Basketball 1st	v	University of Cambridge 1st	LWSC	8pm
Basketball 2nd	v	University of Lincoln 1st	LWSC	5.30pm
Fencing 1st	v	Loughborough University 2nd	Pavilion	1pm
Football 1st	v	University of Wolverhampton 1st	Clifton Pitch 4	2pm
Football 2nd	v	University of Nottingham	Highfields	2pm
Football 3rd	v	Oxford Brookes University 1st	Clifton Pitch 2	2pm
Football 4th	v	University of Leicester 2nd	Brackenhurst	2pm
Golf Mixed 1st	v	University of Nottingham 3rd	Ruddington Grange	10am
Golf Mixed 2nd	v	Oxford Brookes University 1st	Ruddington Grange	11am
Hockey 1st	v	Loughborough University 3rd	Clifton Hockey Pitch	2.45pm
Hockey 2nd	v	Loughborough University 4th	Clifton Hockey Pitch	4.30pm
Hockey 3rd	v	University of Derby 1st	Clifton Hockey Pitch	6.15pm
Lacrosse 1st	v	Loughborough University 3rd	Clifton 3G	1pm
Netball 1st	v	University of Nottingham 1st	LWSC	5.45pm
Netball 3rd	v	University of Leicester 2nd	LWSC	4pm
Netball 5th	v	University of Derby 4th	Southwell	3.30pm
Rugby Union 1st	v	University of Leicester 1st	West Bridgford RFC	2pm
Rugby Union 2nd	v	University of Leicester 2nd	West Bridgford RFC	2pm
Squash 1st	v	Aston University 1st	LWSC	1pm
Table Tennis 1st	v	University of Warwick 1st	LWSC	5pm
Table Tennis 2nd	v	University of Cambridge 1st	LWSC	3pm
Tennis 1st	v	Coventry University 1st	Clifton Tennis Centre	1.30pm
Volleyball 1st	v	University of Worcester 1st	LWSC	1.30pm