Monday 5th June 2023

The final SSS Medal Table of the 2022/23 season is here!

The SSS Medal Table is a method for institutions to see how successful their student-athletes have been over the course of the SSS season.

The table includes all events in which SSS medals* have been awarded during the 2022/23 season.

All semester 1 and 2 events which took place have been added.

The table defaults to alphabetical but can be sorted by any of the column headings.

 

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Last Updated: June 2023

*Also includes BUCS medals won at Scottish Conference Finals

Compare how your instution got on against the 2021-22 Medal Tracker!

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Tuesday 25th April 2023

It’s Awards Season again!! We are now accepting nominations for the 2022/23 SSS Awards! Read on for more information on the different award categories, the nomination process and where the winners will be crowned.

We are delighted to announce that the SSS 2022/23 Awards are officially open!

The Awards 

We are accepting individual nominations in the following five categories:

  • Female Athlete of the Year- Aimed at high-performance female student-athletes, whether or not they compete for their college or university. This will be awarded to a female individual for outstanding sporting achievement at the highest level during the 2022-23 season (April 2022 – April 2023) while making a tangible contribution to the institution.
  • Male Athlete of the Year- Aimed at high-performance male student-athletes, whether or not they compete for their college or university. This will be awarded to a male individual for outstanding sporting achievement at the highest level during the 2022-23 season (April 2022- April 2023) while making a tangible contribution to the institution.
  • Volunteer of the Year- Aimed at students and non-students who volunteer at a local level. This is not aimed at volunteers primarily in a SSS role (please see Dr Rob MacPherson Award); coaches (see Coach of the Year); paid staff going the extra mile (see Honorary President’s Medal). This will be awarded to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to student sport at a local level during the 2022-23 year. The contribution may be in many forms such as exceptional active or administrative services to a club, college, or university; as a faithful club servant, committee member, leader; official; or purely down to their love of sport. Volunteers purely in a coaching capacity should be nominated for the Coach of the Year award.
  • Coach of the Year- Aimed at those who coach student sport/student-athletes at any level of performance. They may be either volunteer coaches or paid coaches. Not aimed at professional coaches based in Higher Education for whom student-athletes are not the main focus. This award will be given to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to student sport by coaching during the 2022-23 season. Good quality coaching; innovative ideas; dedication to the sport; and a drive to continually improve their own skills are features of an outstanding coach.
  • Honorary President’s Medal- Aimed at any individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to/lasting impact on student sport at a local, regional or national level. Nominees should be regarded as wonderful examples/ advocates of student sport and their behaviour should resonate with the above SSS values.

We are accepting group nominations in the following two categories:

  • Club of the Year- Aimed at the all-round best performing Club, on and off the field of play. Not aimed at clubs that have had a successful competition year only. This will be awarded to a club that can demonstrate impact in the 2022-23 season. Increasing memberships, upping participation, innovative projects, developing volunteers, promoting the role of officials; fundraising, community links and involvement in institutional activity are just certain elements that would demonstrate excellence.
  • Team of the Year- Aimed at the most successful, high-performing student teams in the country, whether within SSS/BUCS competition or further afield. Not aimed at a team that performs to the fullest of its potential in the lower levels of competition e.g. a third team that has a 100% season is still unlikely to win this award. This will be awarded to a team for outstanding sporting achievement at the highest level during the 2022-23 season (April 2022-April 2023). This can include international performances.
  • The final award is the Dr Rob MacPherson Award. This award differs slightly from the rest of our awards – there are no nominations, instead, the winner is selected by the SSS staff team as opposed to the Executive Committee. The award is aimed at any individual who has made an outstanding contribution to volunteering with Scottish Student Sport.

The Details

  • Nominations for each category should be a maximum of 250 words, in bullet point format listing out key achievements.
  • Institutions can nominate in as many categories as they wish, but may only put forward one entry per category.
  • Past winners can receive the same award again.
  • Only member institutions can nominate. All member institutions have been sent login details to the online portal where nominations should be submitted.
  • Nominations close on FRIDAY 5th MAY at 18:00 and the Executive Council will then decide on the winners.
  • Winners will be announced at the Awards Dinner on Wednesday 7th June, as part of the SSS Conference.
  • Please contact Totty with any queries.
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Wednesday 1st February 2023

Want to know more about Swimming and Water Polo before joining a society? Here’s a quick overview of what Scottish Student Sport offers for Aquatics.

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While Aquatics can be a broad umbrella term for many water sports, at Scottish Student Sport this term refers to Swimming and Water Polo. Swimming may need little introduction but Water Polo could require some explanation.

To give a brief overview, Swimming involves competitors racing against each other over the required laps of a swimming pool in the fastest time. The first to cover the requisite distance is the winner. Swimming competitions are split into lengths and types of stroke, including butterfly, breaststroke and backstroke. In team competitions, one swimmer will start in the water and after they have gone the requisite distance, the next swimmer will dive into the pool. The winning team will be the first to cover the required distance.

Water Polo is the aquatic variation of Polo. The game is played by two teams of seven players with one goalkeeper per team. The object of the game is to throw the polo ball into the opponent’s net. Once a team is in possession of the ball, they are given 30 seconds to have a shot at the opposing goal. If a shot isn’t taken then play will be handed over to the opposing team. Water Polo players are only allowed to hold and receive the ball with one hand. Handling with both will result in a foul. The game takes place over four 8-minute periods, with the winning team being those with the most goals by the end of the game.

Great Britain has seen a mix of success in Olympic Aquatics events. Firstly, Great Britain saw immediate success in Water Polo, winning the first four Men’s Finals (Great Britain only officially holds three gold medals as one was later attributed to the Mixed Team due to one GB member being from New Zealand). No GB team has made it to the top 4 since 1928.

In swimming, Great Britain holds the sixth-best record with 20 gold, 29 silver and 30 bronze medals. In 2020, Great Britain won four gold medals, won by Thomas Dean (Men’s 200m Freestyle), Adam Peaty (Men’s 100m Breaststroke), the team of Thomas Dean, James Guy, Matthew Richards, Duncan Scott and Callum Jarvis (Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay) and the team of Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Anna Hopkin and Freya Anderson (Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay). Both Duncan Scott and Kathleen Dawson studied at the University of Stirling.

Scottish Student Sport holds two Aquatics Swimming Leagues open to all participants regardless of skill level and hosts the Aquatics Championships every year at the academic year-end. There are also BUCS Swimming and Water Polo competitions for students to take part in. To find out more, click here: https://scottishstudentsport.com/sports/aquatics/

If you want to join an Aquatics society, click the following links:

 

Heriot-Watt University: https://sportsunion.site.hw.ac.uk/swimming/

Queen Margaret University: https://www.qmusu.org.uk/groups/qmu-swim

RGU: https://www.rguunion.co.uk/getinvolved/societies/swimming/

UHI: https://www.hisa.uhi.ac.uk/groups/outdoor-swimming-club

University of Aberdeen (Swimming & Water Polo): https://www.ausa.org.uk/sports/club/swimpolo/

University of Dundee: https://sportsunion.dundee.ac.uk/clubs/swimming-waterpolo/

University of Edinburgh: https://www.eusu.ed.ac.uk/organisation/swimmingwaterpolo/

University of Glasgow: https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/sport/whatson/club/swim/

University of St. Andrews (Swimming): https://swimming.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/

University of St. Andrews (Water Polo): https://water-polo.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/

University of Stirling (Swimming): https://www.stirlingstudentsunion.com/sportsunion/clubs/swimming/

University of Stirling (Water Polo): https://www.stirlingstudentsunion.com/sportsunion/clubs/waterpolo/

University of Strathclyde: https://www.strathunion.com/sports-union/club-sport/club/7832/

 

Sports Chair: Cameron Brodie – scotstuaquatics@gmail.com

Governing Body: Scottish Swimming – https://www.scottishswimming.com/

Contact us using #ScotStuAquatics

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