The team returned from the event with 11 medals from 8 events to complete their most successful ever outdoor championships with a record number of finalists and medallists combined.

The overall team performance achieved a fantastic sixth position behind winners Loughborough University, the University of Birmingham, University of Bath, Brunel University, and Leeds Metropolitan Carnegie, respectively.

The Championships were part of the London 2012 test event series “London Prepares” between 4-7 May.

Medals

One of the performances of the event came from Sheffield Hallam’s men’s 4×400m relay squad. On the Saturday evening, in front of almost 40,000 spectators, including Lord Sebastian Coe, the squad won their heat to qualify for the final.

Evidently inspired by the experience of winning their heat, the team of Tim Burn, Rhian Hastey, Luke South and Liam Ramsey lined up against Loughborough, Brunel, Bath, and UWIC, and they surprised almost everyone by finishing comfortably in silver medal position behind Loughborough in the final event of the Championships.

In his first year at University, Joseph Dunderdale threw the Javelin 74.39m to record a new lifetime best and won Sheffield Hallam’s only gold medal of the championships. Jess Taylor had a busy weekend and in addition to her bronze medal in the long jump she also reached the semi-finals of the 200m, and was part of the 4×100m relay team who finished seventh in the final.

Second year student Tesni Ward couldn’t quite match last year’s gold medal but still came away with an excellent silver in the women’s Javelin. Karla Drew also achieved a silver medal in the women’s 100m hurdles finishing between the two Brunel athletes who were predicted to collect the top 2 spots.

There were also surprise ‘bonus’ medals won by both Peter Huck, bronze in the men’s 3000m steeplechase, and Moe Sasegbon in the women’s high jump.

Colan Leung, Sheffield Hallam Sports Officer, who attended the event in his capacity as BUCS Student Director and presented medals at the event said, “I am so proud of every student who has competed at the championships, but I am especially proud of our medallists who have clearly trained very hard and performed exceptionally at the event.

“The whole weekend has been another incredible spectacle for higher education sport and I’m just so pleased that Sheffield Hallam has once again been able to put itself on the map as a serious contender in student sport.”

Take a look at the news coverage of the story on Just News

The evening didn’t disapoint with fantastic performances from SHU Drama, Hallam Harmonies and Sheffield Hallam Street & Breakdance Society, and we can reveal the winners are:

Campaigner of the Year: Daniel Hodson
Outstanding Contribution to Student Media: Jonty Bayliss
Outstanding Dedication to Student Welfare: Pamela Maphosa
The Steel City Achievement: Stop the Traffik
Outstanding Student Rep of the Year: Rachel Dickie
Outstanding Society of the Year: SHU Drama
Best Event/Performance of the Year: Hallam Union Sports Committee
Outstanding Student Staff Member of the Year: Matt Eastwood
Outstanding Volunteer of the Year: Suzi Smith
Varsity Performance of the Year: Women’s Lacrosse
International Student of the Year: Neha Goel
Hallam Union Student of the Year: Robert Toseland

The competition came down to the wire with the scores level going in to the final match. Team Sheffield Hallam took the victory with a 1-0 result on the night making the overall score 32-31 to Hallam.

This was a great come back from Hallam who were trailing 10-17 on Saturday night to rivals the University of Sheffield.

Hallam remains undefeated in nine years in the 16 year-old competition.

Congratulations to everyone involved for putting on a great festival of sport and making it the biggest Varsity to date.

Listen to SHU Sounds Varsity podcast here: http://hallamunion.org/sports/2012/03/30/catch-up-on-all-the-varsity-news/

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You can hand your shu card to a driver of a City Taxi as a deposit for your fare which you then pay for later when you collect your shu card from the reception desk at Hallam Union. All you need to do is phone the number below and quote “Hallam Safe Taxi Scheme” when you make your booking.

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