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Men's Hockey Championship Final at BUCS, British Universities and Colleges Sport, Big Wednesday 2018
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Our new facilities will allow us to compete sustainably at the highest levels of British University Sport whilst supporting increasing levels of student, staff and local community participation.

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College sports teams successfully defend Varsity title

Earlier this month a range of sports teams from our Colleges squared up against rivals from the University of York, coming away triumphant and retaining the Varsity cup for a second consecutive year.
A trio of images showing rugby, a girl holding a trophy in the air, and badminton

Durham students to represent England, Scotland, and Wales in international hockey tournament

Four undergraduates have been announced for the men’s and women’s U21 hockey squads for England, Scotland and Wales in the forthcoming Junior Hockey World Cup.
Three young people in purple sports strips with hockey sticks.

Alumna and Olympic rower Lauren Irwin opens new landing stage at University boat club

Durham graduate and Team GB rower Lauren Irwin recently returned to her college to open a new student rowing facility.
Durham graduate and Team GB rower Lauren Irwin at Elvet Riverside, Durham City

Alumni success in 2025 World Rowing Championships in Shanghai

Congratulations to alumni George Bourne and Lauren Irwin on their medals at the World Rowing Championships, held at Shanghai’s Dianshan Lake from the 21–28 September.
Shanghai skyline across the river

Durham alumna Claudia Moloney-MacDonald crowned World Champion with the Red Roses

Congratulations to Claudia Moloney-MacDonald (Economics, Josephine Butler College, 2018), who celebrated victory with the Red Roses women’s rugby squad on Saturday 27 September.
A huddle of Durham women's rugby players gather on the field ahead of a game.

Making waves in Team GB's rowing squad

Following alumna Lauren Irwin’s selection as part of the Team GB rowing squad, she has been training intensively for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

College sports teams successfully defend Varsity title

Earlier this month a range of sports teams from our Colleges squared up against rivals from the University of York, coming away triumphant and retaining the Varsity cup for a second consecutive year.
A trio of images showing rugby, a girl holding a trophy in the air, and badminton

Durham students to represent England, Scotland, and Wales in international hockey tournament

Four undergraduates have been announced for the men’s and women’s U21 hockey squads for England, Scotland and Wales in the forthcoming Junior Hockey World Cup.
Three young people in purple sports strips with hockey sticks.

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