Tuesday 21-11-2017 - 16:49

Every week our athletes represent Lancaster in the national British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Leagues.

And this week is This BUCS Girl Can Week, a national campaign with the aim of encouraging women to participate in sport and physical activity and also shine a light on women's sport and sporting achievements.

Most BUCS fixtures take place on Wednesday afternoons, and this week there are loads of opportunities to go and cheer our women's teams to victory when they compete here on campus - including chance to see our rugby team's pre-Roses clash with University of York.

Fixtures include:

Sport	Cup/League	Home Team	Away Team	Match Venue	Start
Badminton	Northern Conference Cup	Women’s 1st	Chester 1st	Sports Hall 2	13:00
Hockey	Northern Conference Cup	Women’s 1st	Bangor 1st	Astro 1	13:15
Squash	Northern 1A	Women’s 1st	Manchester1st	Squash Courts	14:00
Rugby Union	Northern Conference Cup	Women’s 1st	York 2nd	Rugby Pitches	14:00
Netball	Northern Conference Cup	Women’s 1st	Edge Hill 2nd	Sports Hall 1	16:30
Basketball	Northern Conference Cup	Women’s 1st	Liverpool John Moores 1st	Sports Hall 1	18:30

Students' union Vice-President (Activities) Ben Francis said: "This BUCS Girl Can Week is a great opportunity to celebration our amazing sporting women. As we build towards a fantastic home Roses next spring, it would be great to see as many supporters as possible at our home fixtures this week. 

"We've also got loads of great Give-It-A-Go sessions running through our societies this week, and hopefully this will be a good chance for students to try a new sporting activity."

Give-It-A-Go activities for women this week include:

Athletics	Wednesday	3pm (meet at the underpass 2.10pm)	Salt Ayre Track
Running	Wednesday	4pm	Pendle Bar
Hockey	Thursday	5-6pm	Astro Turf
Basketball	Friday	2-4pm	Sports Hall

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