Our series on University sports history continues now in a tone fitting for the graduation period and this year of commemoration as current Boat Club publicity officer, Emma Baxter, reflects on the Club’s recent archival discoveries. Act II, Scene I… Read More ›
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‘Under the present circumstances’: Glasgow University Athletic Club in Wartime
by Catriona Donaldson As my second article for archive services I decided to look into the running of the Glasgow University Athletic Club (GUAC) during the years it was affected by the First and Second World Wars. Surprisingly, it was… Read More ›
Exploring Scotland with the Glasgow University Mountaineering Club
In the second of our sports-history series Katherine Berry tells us about her exploration of the University Archive during a Club 21 research placement. As the start of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow draws nearer, Scotland has been venerated in… Read More ›
Blogathon: The Glasgow University Tennis Club
Here is the latest Blogathon entry from Rosemary Milne: As both a History student and keen member of the Glasgow University Tennis Club for four years, I have always been interested in the history and origins of tennis at this… Read More ›
The Olympics: Glasgow University Athletics Club
With the Olympics 2012 Opening ceremony beginning tonight at 9pm, we thought we would have another look through the archive collections for some more memories of the University of Glasgow’s sporting past. The Glasgow University Athletic Club (GUAC) was founded… Read More ›
Wimbledon 2012 and Tennis at the University
This week the world’s best tennis players continue to battle it out for the Wimbledon trophies. As we begin the second week of Wimbledon, and in honour of the Wimbledon finals this weekend, we have had a look through our… Read More ›