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 sports club or national governing body or 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:
• Football • Hockey • Netball
• Rugby • Swimming • Table Tennis
SCHOLARSHIPS The University also offers Sports
Scholarships and TASS (Talented Athlete Scholarship Schemes) to highly talented student athletes with financial benefits up
SWANSEA VS CARDIFF 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, such as basketball, rowing, golf, hockey, fencing, squash and ultimate frisbee. Watch Varsity highlights here: swansea.ac.uk/sport/the-welsh-varsity
to £2,000 per year and a support package which may include: strength and conditioning training, physiotherapy, psychological aid and nutritional advice, all delivered by qualified practitioners. Other benefits may include free facility membership and campus parking permit. FIND OUT MORE swansea.ac.uk/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. 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.
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18 BUCS British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) 2018-19 table
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