Netball

SUS Netball is a strong league, with a number of students involved in the Scottish National set-up at both junior and senior level. The standard of netball is therefore very high, with matches closely contested. Many university netball teams take part in local and national competitions in addition to the SUS programme, broadening the experience of playing netball, increasing the number of fixtures played and helping teams and individuals to swiftly improve their standards.

Inter-university fixtures in the SUS league are played weekly from October to February in league 1A and October to March in all other leagues. Games are played on Saturdays and all teams below 1A will also be playing a Cup competition which has been integrated into the fixtures. The teams in 1A will instead all qualify for the BUCS knockout competitions from late February onwards, and take on the best universities from across the United Kingdom in the British Universities Championships.

The sport is developing quickly in Scottish Universities, with a great deal of verve and passion amongst the players and a lively and competitive scene to play in at whatever level. In recent times, the University of Edinburgh has hosted our annual FUNetball event to provide more playing and development opportunities for the SUS netball network.

The Scottish Universities Championship takes place early in the academic year and doubles as a trial for the Scottish Universities Squad. Those selected then go through a rigorous training programme involving three or more sessions and fixtures against district or national teams, in preparation for annual fixtures against Welsh, Northern Irish and English Universities at either BUGS or Home Nations which are held in Easter.

2009/10 Updated Training Schedule for Rep Squad

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