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BUCS Sport
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British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) is the national governing body for student sport in the UK. They facilitate and deliver all cross-university competitions, national events, campaigns and further opportunities to promote physical activity within student sport settings.
The University of Exeter offers one of the largest programmes in the UK for competitive university sport, with over 110 teams registered competing weekly in leagues with a number of our clubs competing in annual events. Our clubs offer either weekly or yearly competitive competitions to test and further develop your skills.
We have 52 Sports Clubs that offer everything from social and beginner sport, to supporting elite athletes in international pathways.
We are currently 4th in the BUCS rankings. Head to the BUCS website to see our most up-to-date BUCS rankings for all 52 of our sports!
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Student Sport also offers those the opportunity to be involved with the Performance Sport Programme, where we support some of the best and most talented athletes in the UK.
Suppose more casual and social sport is your thing. In that case, the University offers a wide-ranging social and recreational programme, where you can sign up for weekly in-house leagues or events with your friends and attend free Pitch Up & Play sessions.
Your Athletic Union Staff:
Chloe Whitworth
Sports President
Chloe graduated from Exeter in 2024 with a BA in History. By collaborating with the AU and all 52 clubs Chloe is working towards creating a more inclusive and accessible Exeter sport. As well as this, Chloe wants to promote visibility across all clubs, looking to get more students involved in sport, leading participation campaigns, and ensuring there are sporting opportunities for everyone.
Throughout her time at Exeter Chloe has been heavily involved with the women’s football club, club captaining them in her final year. Additionally, Chloe has been involved in the set up of disability football sessions at the university, and plans to continue in initiatives and projects of a similar nature.
Email: aupresident@exeter.ac.uk
Stephen Brown
Sports Development Manager
Having graduated from University of Bath, Steve leads on the development opportunities for all of our sports clubs, covering anything from finances, number of members to opportunities each club deliver. Steve works closely with each club to develop and implement their Club Development Plan, ensuring each club builds year on year. As well as working with our clubs, Steve leads on the development of our Junior Programmes.
Email: s.brown4@exeter.ac.uk
Lauren Rowe
Sports Participation Officer
Lauren joined The University of Exeter in September 2018 and is primarily responsible for the development of our social sport programme of events. Lauren works to develop an activity and movement timetable of bespoke events to engage with students outside of conventional sporting activity and those already utilising the gym. Lauren has worked within the Leisure Industry for over 13 years, previously as a Personal Trainer and Leisure Supervisor, spending a year in Australia working in Fitness First on Bondi Beach. Lauren has most recently spent almost 5 years with Active Devon, tackling inactivity across Devon and working alongside National Campaigns such as This Girl Can.
Email: l.e.rowe@exeter.ac.uk
Varsha Mistry
Social Sport Coordinator
Varsha Graduated from the University of Manchester in 2022 with an honour’s degree in Social Sciences. Since Graduating she has qualified as a PE teacher after completing her PGCE at the University of Exeter in 2023. As a Social Sports Coordinator, she will be responsible for getting students to participate in sports whether it is competitive or for fun. Having previously organised bocce tournaments for disabled children, sports days, and athletic events for high performing athletes, this year she wants to continue her passion for helping clubs to develop. She aims to get as many students involved in pitch up and play sessions whether it is an evening social run, learning how to coach disability football or even just trying out a new sport. While also offering an opportunity for students to partake in any of our social sports leagues. There is something for everyone!
Email: socialsport@exeter.ac.uk
Vicky Carnall
BUCS Co-ordinator
Having previously worked within schools in the local area for a number of years, she made the jump into higher education in 2021 joining the AU. Vicky delivers all administrative duties to support our BUCS teams that are competing week in week out. This covers anything from fixture management, transport arrangemnets to regulations - anything BUCS, Vicky is your go to person!
Email: aubucs@exeter.ac.uk
Sam Wilson
Boatperson
With amples of experience in Rowing, Sam joined the Athletic Union to support the maintenance of the Nicholas Bull Boathouse and its boats, as well as some coaching of the Boat Club.
Anna Janota
Sports Welfare Consultant
Supporting the wellbeing of the students at Exeter is key and in sport that extends beyond just physical wellbeing. Anna works part time within the Student Sport Team supporting the development of workshops and resources; working with the club committee’s welfare officers and providing welfare support for students involved in any kind of physical activity. She also delivers some fitness classes in the Russell Seal Fitness Centre.
For students who feel they would benefit from welfare support, they can speak to a member of staff or their Welfare Officer who will signpost them or refer them to Anna for additional support.
Wellbeing Drop In: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/wellbeing/ or Tel: 01392 724381