sportED

A conversation with women's football

Sun, 16 Apr 2023 16:18:51 GMT

Listen in to our latest episode and discover all about the recent success that out women's football team have been having!

Joning us in this episode was footballers Philine Rouwers and Nimah Page.

Host: Telfer Gray

Editors: Andrew Mcgillivray & Claire Baker

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Leading Lassies: Conversations from our Mountaineering Club

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 12:17:14 GMT

Join us in our latest episode discussing all things University of Edinburgh Mountaineering Club!

This academic year the club has led some new projects, aiming to increase and empower women & non binary participation in the mountains, through their Leading Lassies initative & Menstruation in the Mountains talks.

This jam packed episode also delves into the history of the club, their typical training week + highlights where the club's nickname "yummick" originated from.

Listen in you won't want to miss this one!

Host: Telfer Gray

Guests: Lucy Ring & Eve Scott

Edited: Claire Baker & Andrew McGillivray

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Movember Edition: Men's Health & Mental Health

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 15:45:17 GMT

Movember Edition: Men's Health & Mental Health based discussion.

Listen in to our series 2 episode 3 of our sportEd Podcast!

Athletics club member Shak shares some words of wisdom and tells us how the Athletics Club has benefitted his mental wellbeing.

Special Guest: Fwangshak Yaktal

Host: Telfer Gray

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SportEd Episode 2: Sport at Edinburgh with Team Scotland Student Athletes

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:35:22 GMT

Join us in our latest episode focusing on high performance sport at Edinburgh. Team Scotland athletes Archie Goodburn and Kirsty Marsh discuss their typical training regimes, their hopes for their future whilst also sharing their favourite student sport memories at Edinburgh so far!

Listen in to discover what it takes to combine a degree while performing at the highest level in Judo and swimming at the same time.

Host: Telfer Gray

Special Guests: Archie Goodburn & Kirsty Marsh.

Editors: A special thanks to Claire Baker & Andrew Mcgillivary for editing our latest episode.

Please note that we have had difficulties on the day with recording with audio, resulting in some clips being edited out and a lower sound quality.

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sportEd Episode 1: How to join a sport club!

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 14:20:21 GMT

Join us where we uneveil what our latest guests share on how they went about joining one of our Sports Union sports clubs.

Plus discover how they did on sporting quiz surrounding all things student sport and learn some vital advice on how to make the most of your sporting experience at Edinburgh!

Why not give this short, snappy episode a listen.

Hosted by: Telfer Gray

Special Guests: Anna Rothig & Claire Baker

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sportED Episode 8: Exec Committee

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 16:00:00 GMT

Join Anna, Ben, Heather and Angus, all current members on the SU executive committee and hear and learn all about their current roles on committee and why you should consider running for committee in the upcoming AGM!

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sportED Episode 7: Welcome Week 2021

Sat, 09 Oct 2021 17:00:00 GMT

In this special edition of our sportED podcast our host Zoë heads to the sports fair for this years Welcome Week to talk to new and returning students, as well as some of the clubs, all things sports and what they are looking forward to this year, now that sports have returned!

We hope you enjoy listening!

This episode of sportED was created by the Sports Union Media Team.

Host: Zoë Smith
Editor: Claire Baker
Podcast Officer: Zoë Smith

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sportED Episode 6: Running for Change

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 12:00:00 GMT

Join our guests Natalie Peckett and Chiara Franzosi as they share their inspiring feats of endurance for amazing causes.

You can learn more about their fundraisers and donate here:

Natalie - Running Down Rape Culture: https://justgiving.com/team/runningdownrapeculture/
Chiara - 7 marathons in 7 days for BEAT: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/chiara7marathons7days

We hope you enjoy it!

Host: Telfer Gray
Editor: Claire Baker

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sportED Episode 5: Conversations from Alumni

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:00:00 GMT

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sportED Episode 4: Meet the Presidents

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 07:00:00 GMT

This week our host is current Sports Union President Katie Macdonald, and she's joined by our President Elect, Gregor Malcolm, and former Presidents' Julia Stenhouse and Paul Duffy.

This President Special 'Meet the Presidents' talks about life as SU Prez (and after) including best and worst moments and some of the things our leaders have learnt during the role.

Then Paul & Julia go head to head as they try to top the 2 Minute Trivia table!

This episode of sportED was created by the Sports Union Media Team.

Host: Katie Macdonald
Editor: Claire Baker
Podcast Officer: Zoe Smith

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sportED Episode 3: Intramural Sport

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 18:00:00 GMT

This week our host Sydney Kwok, the Intramural Sport Media Officer has some really exciting guests on sportED, to discuss Intramural Sport (sport played 'within the walls' of the University) Sydney is joined by Telfer Gray, the Sports Union Journalism and Sport Reporting Officer and four guests as they talk about their experiences of playing for Edinburgh University Teams.

Guests this week are co-captains Jamie Sword and Charlie Paterson, talking about their time in the History Boys Rugby Team, and Medics Hockey Captain and Vice Captain, Zara Hamill and Jonty Eaton Hart.

Intramural Officer Charley Ross and Vice President for Intramural Sport Fergus MacKenzie are next up, taking on the Two Minute Trivia Challenge - can they beat Megan Davies from Trampoline's high score of 7?

This episode of sportED was created by the Sports Union Media Team.

Host: Sydney Kwok
Co-Host: Telfer Gray
Editor: Claire Baker
Podcast Officer: Zoe Smith

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sportED Episode 2: Tokyo 2020 and LGBT+ Inclusion in Sport

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 17:00:00 GMT

This week our host Telfer Gray, is joined by Olympic Rifle Athlete Seonaid Mcintosh and Olympic swimming coach Chris Jones, talking about what it's like to train, coach and perform at Olympic level as we head toward the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Trampoline Club's Community and Welfare Officer Megan Davies and Gymnastics Club's Social Secretary and Fundraising Officer, Stella Antonogiannaki are next to take on the Two Minute Trivia challenge - as they join Telfer and Bella to chat about LGBT+ Inclusion in Sports Clubs.

This episode was created by Edinburgh University Sports Union Media Team

Host: Telfer Gray
Co Host: Bella Johnson-Martin
Editor: Claire Baker

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sportED Episode 1: Conversations from Edinburgh

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:00:00 GMT

Our host Bella Johnson-Martin is joined by Scotland rugby star Sarah Denholm and Olympic hopeful swimmers Lucy Hope and Jack Thorpe, as they chat about what it takes to be crowned Athlete of the Year. The very first guests on Two Minute Trivia battle it out to the top of the leader board and we debut the original podcast music from Chameleon Lady.

This episode was created by Edinburgh University Sports Union Media Team members Zoe Smith, Telfer Gray, Sasha Hate and Bella Johnson-Martin.

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