Christ Church Sport has an opportunity for 14 passionate and enthusiastic CCCU students to become Sport Ambassadors for the academic year 2016-17. In 2014, Christ Church Sport received funding from […]
David Mugo – American Football Sport Scholar
I started playing American football at the age of 13. Year 8 in the playground was dominated by severe and competitive cage football (English). Every lunch would start with the […]
Charlie Shingleton – Athletics Sport Scholar
I started training at Braintree athletics club when I was 14 years old purely because my twin brother wanted to start – he had been spotted as a real talent […]
Women’s Rugby win BUCS Award
by Coach Graham Bloxham Well, where to start? I think the best place to start is at the end of last year where the girls finished on such a high […]
#ilovesport – Valentines Competition winners
Last month Christ Church Sport ran a Twitter competition to encourage students and staff to tell us what it was they loved about sport using the hashtag #ilovesport in theme […]
The balancing act between sport and a PhD
by Phil Hurst, Christ Church Sport Scholar – Athletics One year ago this month I was competing for Great Britain at the European Championships and running in a world record […]
New staff for Christ Church Sport
By Aidan Ainsley Christ Church Sport is delighted to welcome Richard McHugh as a new member of staff working for the University as PlaySport Activity Officer. Rich, who previously worked […]
BJJ English Open Success for Ryan Mairs
CCCU Sport Scholar, Ryan Mairs won gold at the 2016 English Open No-gi Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships, held at Dartford Judo Club on Sunday. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a martial […]
Ben Miller – Tennis Sport Scholar
I have been playing Tennis since I was 6 years old. I started playing with my brother at our local club and quickly fell in love with the sport. Tennis […]