Submitted by Will Galpin on Mon, 07/04/2025 - 12:23
Medals, podiums, and more! Lots to celebrate after another successful term for the Light Blues!
Lent saw the return of some of our favourite events, including BUCS Nationals! 85 Cambridge athletes travelled up to Sheffield for one of BUCS’s flagship events, competing across; Badminton, Climbing, Fencing, Indoor Athletics, Swimming, and Karate. Medals for:
Fencing Championships
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GOLD - Anastasiia Tsurkis (Pembroke) – Women’s Foil
Karate Championships
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SILVER - Yusuf Karim (Homerton) – Kata Individual Male Intermediate
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BRONZE - Emma Shen (Girton) – Kata Individual Female Novice
Away from Nationals weekend, success has continued for the Light Blues across a host of other events:
Cross Country Championships
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GOLD - Niamh Bridson Hubbard (Magdalene), Bea Wood (Lucy Cavendish), Poppy Craig-McFeely (Robinson), Milly Dickinson (Gonville and Caius) – Women’s Long Course.
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BRONZE - Aimi Weightman (Murray Edwards), Maia Hardman (Selwyn), Niamh Thompson (Homerton) – Women’s Short Course.
Cambridge on top at BUCS Cross Country
Modern Pentathlon
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GOLD – Anna Basford (Emmanual) – Women’s Individual
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SILVER – Tads Ciecierski-Holmes (Wolfson) – Men’s Individual
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BRONZE – Anniko Firman (Jesus) – Women’s Individual
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BRONZE - Benjamin MacLennan (Downing) – Men’s Individual
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GOLD - Anna Basford (Emmanual), Benjamin MacLennan (Downing), Tads Ciecierski-Holmes (Wolfson) – Overall Team
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SILVER - Kai Katsuya Gaviria (St Edmund’s), Robert Powell (St John’s), Harry Goldspink (Jesus) – Overall Team
Cycling – 3-UP Team Time Trail
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BRONZE - Sannah Zaman (Homerton), Freya Taylor (Sidney Sussex), Tegan Tedder (Churchill) – Women’s Team
Cycling – 25M Time Trial
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GOLD – Will Lowden (Fitzwilliam)
Boxing Championships
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SILVER - Esme McCarthy (Lucy Cavendish)
Judo Championships
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BRONZE - Rob Seabourne (Jesus) - Kyu Grade
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Novice medals for Harry Marsh, Charlotte Rowlands, Greta Baltusyte, Annie Cheng, Judith Hervet, and Kendra Nydam.
Taekwondo - Spring Championships
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5 Golds, 1 Silver, and 4 Bronze medals at recent Spring Championships
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3 athletes qualifying for European Championships: Adham El-Shazly (Clare Hall), Alex Bird (Corpus Christi), and Lucy Xu (Pembroke).
Weightlifting Championships
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BRONZE – Ammaarah Ravat (Fitzwilliam)
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BRONZE – Olivia Rowe (Wolfson)
We have also competed across team events in Touch Rugby, Handball, Ultimate, as well as Korfball finals over the weekend!
Cambridge Women's A Team on route to medal at 3-UP TTT Championships
After the Easter break, we still have lots more exciting BUCS events to come, with equestrian championship and trophy pools, ultimate frisbee knockouts, and cycling and triathlon events. Also fast approaching is the well anticipated BUCS Regatta, which will see CUBC and College Boat Clubs compete alongside each other in pursuit of the overall Victor Ludorum.
Cambridge are currently sitting 25th overall in the BUCS Points table, and 14th in the women’s standings! Check out the full table here.
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Cover photo: CU Mountaineering Club at BUCS Climbing Champs