The University of Bristol is to be represented at the inaugural British Universities Championships this weekend in athletics, swimming, waterpolo, men’s badminton, women’s basketball, men’s and women’s volleyball, women’s fencing and climbing.

The championships, run by the British Universities Sports Association, will take in Sheffield from 14 to 16 March. The British University Championships is the first event of this kind and will showcase the finals of 20 different sports, each battling it out to define their own British University Champion.

For further information, please contact Tom Noble, Athletic Union Chair, tel 0117 954 5874 or Louise Birbeck, Athletic Union Administrator, tel 0117 954 5875.