I'd like to take a minute to thank the Sport Swansea staff and the Student Sport team: Sadie, Charlotte and Rhodri, as well as Tom in our Students’ Union. Their commitment to sport is outstanding, and has been a great motivation for me in my time as Sports Officer. Sadie, Charlotte, Rhodri, and Tom, thank you for everything you do and for all your support these last few years. My special thanks go to the Sports Exec Team who are an invaluable part of our sporting community. From loading buses early on Wednesday mornings, to helping with Captain’s Bar at Jack Murphy’s! I have loved being able to work with this team of student volunteers and without them we would not have been able to facilitate some outstanding events this year, such as the first Alumni cup, Green Collar Boxing and our annual Ladies day! My deepest thanks to the Students’ Union team, who I have had the pleasure of working with for the last two years. It has been my honour to serve Swansea University students in this role, it hasn’t been an easy ride, but I hope I have done you proud. Sport is incredibly important to all of us in this room, it has the power to unite us, gives us confidence in ourselves, and helps us to become better people. I hope that those who are leaving us this year will continue to be a vocal supporter of the Green and White Army, and to those continuing next year, you all have my best wishes. Sport at Swansea University is in safe hands.
Good evening everyone and welcome to the 2022 Sport Swansea Awards!
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Sport Swansea Awards 2022. After a two year break, I am thrilled to be back here in person with you all to celebrate another fantastic year of sport at Swansea University. Despite the interruptions of the last couple of years, sport in Swansea has come roaring back and I am so proud to see our athletes and clubs continue to develop and succeed. I’d like to offer my heartfelt thanks to each and every one of our athletes in the room this evening. Sport Swansea would be nothing without the passionate, hardworking, and dedicated athletes that are here tonight to celebrate. This last year has produced some astonishing highs: from the Swimming Club reaching their best finish in BUCS, to the Surf Club expanding their offering of beginner’s lessons, capped off by a great performance by our Men’s Rugby Team to bring the Varsity Cup home after beating Cardiff, 20-13! I’d also like to applaud the charitable endeavours of many of our clubs, who have done so much to raise money for causes such as Movember, for which I am delighted we raised over £30,000; our support for diversity and inclusion through the Rainbow Laces initiative; and the donations to the Ukraine support appeal. This truly is the spirit of Swansea, and I am so proud to be part of this community. Women’s sport has come on leaps and bounds at Swansea since I joined the University. I am delighted that for the first time Women’s Cricket was included in Varsity coupled with amazing performances by Women’s Football, who won their league conceding just two goals all year, and the Women’s Rugby team, who again competed at the Swansea.com Stadium at Varsity. Women’s Basketball and Badminton won the league and cup double this season, among other achievements. Our female athletes are an inspiration to us all and long may that continue.
Congratulations to you all on such an incredible year, and for those of you receiving awards, they really are deserved.
Diolch. Thank you.
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