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| 9 March 2006 | PR 06/22 |
Loughborough announces powerful starting line up for ‘Real’ Varsity match
Loughborough University’s Head Coach, Paul Westgate, today announced his team ahead of next Friday’s (17th March) second annual ‘Real’ Varsity Rugby match.
In the starting line up are five members of the England Universities squad (*) and three from England Students (**).
The match will see Loughborough go head to head with Bath University in one of the newest fixtures on the British sporting calendar, which was established last year to broaden awareness of university rugby and show just how high the standards of university sport are.
The Loughborough team is as follows:
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Tom Chesters – Sports Science with Management Greg (Serge) Collet* – European and International Studies Andy Hodgkins – Sport and Exercise Science Richard Lutton – Sport and Exercise Science |
Tickets for the ‘Real’ Varsity match – priced £5 for adults and £3 for students/concessions – are on sale now, available from all Loughborough University sports facility receptions or by calling 01509 226250 or 01509 226200. The match will take place on the First XV Rugby Pitch, Loughborough University. Gates open at 5.30pm, kick-off at 7pm.
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- Hannah Baldwin, Head of PR, Loughborough University
T: 01509 222239, E: H.E.Baldwin@lboro.ac.uk
Notes to editors
- Members of the media are welcome at the match. Please contact Hannah
Baldwin, Head of PR, Loughborough University, T: 01509 222239, M: 07971
163522, E: H.E.Baldwin@lboro.ac.uk, for further information.
- Bath’s team is as follows
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22Jack Smales
Sam Caven
Gareth Rees
Barry Kinsella
John ClarkeJames Gibson
Rhidian McGuireGary Holmes
Andy Edwards
Liam Isaac
Max Beasley
Andy Lawrence
Olly John
Danny Oselton
Tim FoisterGeoff Binding
Robbie Dugard
Luke Riordan
Richard Bignell
Rob Heane
Tom Milne
Jamie GoodCoach Education and Sports Development
Foundation Degree in Sport (Sports Performance)
Mathematics and Physics
PGCE - English
EconomicsPCGE - PE
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Chemistry
Architectural Studies
Sociology
Biology
Biochemical Engineering
Foundation Degree in Sport (Sports Performance)
Business AdministrationCoach Education and Sports Development
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Coach Education and Sports Development
Sport Coaching and Exercise Science
Coach Education and Sports Development
Biology
Economics
- Loughborough has an established reputation for excellence in teaching
and research, strong links with industry, and unrivalled sporting achievement.
Assessments of teaching quality by the Quality Assurance Agency place
it in the top flight of UK universities; the National Student Survey
ranked Loughborough equal first among full-time students; and industry
highlights the University in its top five for graduate recruitment.
Around 40% of Loughborough’s income is for research, and 60% for
teaching. The University has been awarded five Queen's Anniversary Prizes:
for its collaboration with aerospace and automotive companies such as
BAE Systems, Ford and Rolls Royce; for its work in developing countries;
for pioneering research in optical engineering; for its world-leading
role in sports research, education and development; and for its outstanding
work in evaluating and helping to develop social policy-related programmes.
In 2006 Loughborough celebrates the 40th anniversary of its University Charter, awarded on 19 April 1966 in recognition of the excellence achieved by Loughborough College of Advanced Technology and its predecessor Colleges. Loughborough University of Technology was renamed Loughborough University in 1996.