HIGH PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME Our High Performance Programme offers assistance to elite athletes in a wide range of sports, with each delivered in conjunction with a professional sport club or national governing body sport partner. Our programme currently supports six sports and is growing annually. Each sport receives high performance coaching, sports science services, athlete lifestyle management, physiotherapy and strength and conditioning support. These sports are currently: men’s and women’s rugby, men’s football, swimming, men’s and women’s hockey, netball and table tennis. The University also offers Talented Athlete Scholarship Schemes (TASS) to highly talented student athletes, with a support package worth up to £5,500, which may include; strength and conditioning training, physiotherapy, psychological aid and nutritional advice, all delivered by qualified practitioners. There are many scholarship packages available, to find out more: swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/ scholarships
COMPETITIVE SPORT We are the fastest improving University in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) rankings, finishing 18th in the 2018-2019 table. In 2018-2019, we achieved our highest ever number of BUCS points and aim to build upon this further in 2019-2020 as our performances improve and number of teams grow. With membership to over 50 different sports clubs available, there is a vast array of opportunities for you to competitively represent the University in BUCS and key domestic competitions. Our clubs provide a range of coach-led training sessions to give you the opportunity to achieve your sporting goals.
VARSITY Varsity is the biggest student event in Wales, and is the second largest of the British Varsity Games, behind Oxford /Cambridge. Varsity sees Swansea University and Cardiff University compete in over 30 different sports, from basketball, rowing, golf, hockey, fencing, squash, and ultimate frisbee. Watch last year’s Varsity highlights here: welshvarsity.com
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