Winning Students News
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Three current and former Winning Students athletes have become the first home-based Scottish rowers to be selected for a senior World Championships.
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World and European Championships and selection for the Winter Olympics and World University Summer Games have been just some of the highlights for our Winning Students athletes this summer.
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Recent University of the West of Scotland graduate, Lee Morton, believes Scotland has its best chance yet on getting into European hockey’s top division as Glasgow hosts the men’s EuroHockey II Championship this week (Pic by Duncan Gray).
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Following a number of wins and a last 32 finish at the British Amateur Championships, University of Stirling golfer, Chris Maclean, is in a rich vein of form ahead of the Scottish Amateur Championships.
“It’s a very sensible option to study alongside sport because your sporting career isn’t going to last your lifetime. If you are lucky you can make a living but once you stop competing it’s very important to have something to fall back on. There’s a possibility of injury as well so you never know how your career is going to pan out really. Study works to balance your sport as well because it’s a really useful distraction.”