Thousands of students have descended on Sheffield this week to take part in the British Universities and Colleges Sport championships.
This year’s competition, running from 11-15 March, has seen increased interest as Channel 4 will be featuring several of the events in its 4Sport: Destination 2012 magazine programme.
Unsurprisingly given the title of the program, Channel 4 will be focusing on the Olympic featured sports but the championships will see over 5,500 students take part in 24 sports at 14 different venues.
The championships are expected to showcase many potential future stars including Britain’s fastest woman Montell Douglas, of Middlesex University. Karen Rothery, Chief Executive of BUCS said: “We hope to take the best of university sport to a much wider audience than ever before, showing that our student athletes really are the sporting stars of the future.”
Channel 4’s Martin Henlan added, “A number of our Olympians have come through the university system so there is every chance that our coverage of the Championships will capture some of the future faces of London 2012.”
4Music: Destination 2012 is aired on Channel 4 at 8am on Sundays. The BUCS championships will feature on 29 March.
Stephen McShane
This year’s competition, running from 11-15 March, has seen increased interest as Channel 4 will be featuring several of the events in its 4Sport: Destination 2012 magazine programme.
Unsurprisingly given the title of the program, Channel 4 will be focusing on the Olympic featured sports but the championships will see over 5,500 students take part in 24 sports at 14 different venues.
The championships are expected to showcase many potential future stars including Britain’s fastest woman Montell Douglas, of Middlesex University. Karen Rothery, Chief Executive of BUCS said: “We hope to take the best of university sport to a much wider audience than ever before, showing that our student athletes really are the sporting stars of the future.”
Channel 4’s Martin Henlan added, “A number of our Olympians have come through the university system so there is every chance that our coverage of the Championships will capture some of the future faces of London 2012.”
4Music: Destination 2012 is aired on Channel 4 at 8am on Sundays. The BUCS championships will feature on 29 March.
Stephen McShane
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