2026 news
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Ash Naismith departs Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Lightning
Goalkeeper Ash Naismith (legacy number 79 ) has departed Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Lightning Football Club to pursue another opportunity.Â
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Georgia Hewitt departs Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Lightning
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Lightning can confirm that last season's Vice Captain, Georgia Hewitt (Legacy No. 56), has chosen to depart the club ahead of the 2026/27 season to pursue another opportunity.
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Jess Collyer departs Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Lightning
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Lightning can confirm that forward Jess Collyer will be leaving the club ahead of the 2026/27 season to pursue another opportunity.
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Race Strategy in the heat
Racing this summer? Do you know what intensity you can sustain if it is hot on race day? We all know that exercising in the heat feels harder. But if race day turns out to be hot, how do you know what pace or intensity will be sustainable? Do you stick with your target intensity and hope for the best, go a bit easier and see what happens?
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Olympic stars and emerging talent shine at Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é International Athletics meet
Some of the biggest names in British athletics descended on Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é for the annual Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é International Athletics (LIA) meet – one of the highlights of the UK outdoor athletics calendar.
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Lightning seal Tier 3 survival in style with stunning 6-0 final-day win
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Lightning produced the performance of their season when it mattered most, storming to an outstanding 6-0 win over Sporting Khalsa on the final day of the season to secure Tier 3 football for another year.
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Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é alum Molly Caudery wins gold at World Athletics Championships
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é alum Molly Caudery has been crowned world champion after winning gold in the women’s pole vault at the World Indoor Athletics Championships.
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BUCS Big Wednesday returns for 2026
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é is set to welcome the biggest student team sport event of the year as BUCS Big Wednesday returns on 24 and 25 March 2026.
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Match report: Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Lightning 2–2 Liverpool Feds
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Lightning were held to a 2–2 draw by Liverpool Feds in an open and competitive game, with the home side feeling they had done enough to take all three points
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Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Sport marks Student Volunteering Week 2026
From 9 to 15 February 2026, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Sport will be celebrating the hard work and dedication our students have shown throughout the past 12 months.
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Match report: Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Lightning 0–1 Derby County
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Lightning were left frustrated after a narrow home defeat, having felt they did enough in a strong first half to take control of the contest.
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Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é represented as GB Students claim historic gold at Master’U Championships
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é was proudly represented as GB Students secured a historic gold medal at the 2025 Master’U BNP Paribas Championships, with Tom Kisiel, Head of Performance Tennis at Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é, serving as a Head Coach for the GB Students team, alongside Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Tennis Scholar Eliz Maloney.
