Sports bursary recipients Nicolla Weekes, Roseanne Thomas and Chloe Sutherland with the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Farthing (second left)

Three Sussex students have had their athletic achievements recognised with a University of Sussex sports bursary for the academic year 2012-13.

Roseanne Thomas and Chloe Sutherland, both Biomedical Science students, have been presented with the High Performance Athlete Award for their performance in hockey and karate respectively.

Mathematics student Nicolla Weekes, who represents England in rounders, has received the Performance Athlete Award.

Sports bursaries are offered annually to Sussex athletes who play at an international or national standard in their chosen sport and are supported by former students through the Sussex Fund, managed by the Development and Alumni Relations Office.

The support package – provided by the University’s sports service (Sussexsport) and the Students’ Union – includes free use of the University’s sports facilities, fitness testing and programming, physiotherapy/sports massage support, a parking permit, a financial package, regular mentoring sessions, and some academic flexibility.

The students received their bursaries from the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Farthing, at an awards evening yesterday (13 November) in Bramber House.

Roseanne Thomas is a member of the Welsh Senior Hockey Squad. She received a gold medal for England Universities in the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Home Nations representative tournament. This year, she competed in the 2012 Great Britain Hockey Superleague for the Celtic Panthers.

Chloe Sutherland is a First Dan Black Belt in karate. She came fourth at the 2012 Wado International Karate-Do Federation (WIKF) European Karate Championships in Athens, representing England.

Nicolla Weekes plays for the England Senior Team Rounders and regularly competes in international competitions and home nations championships.

The University also presented Development Athlete Awards for the 2012-13 academic year to the following students competing at senior county, regional or national league level in their chosen sport.

• Nina Aasen – Showjumping
• Martina Aegerter – Volleyball
• Alice Ambrose – Running
• Alex Bentley – Football
• Samuel Brown – Pole vault
• Jack Fox – Hockey
• Miles Gandolfi – Fencing
• Sophia Green – Coastal rower
• Edward Hamilton – Ultimate Frisbee
• Adam Harvey – Three-day eventing
• Lawrence Hill – Ultimate Frisbee
• Sally Hughes – Table tennis
• Megan Hurst – Ultimate Frisbee
• Jack Hutton-Potts – Rock climbing
• Ben Jones – Athletics
• Kei Li – Table tennis
• Raymond Li – Badminton
• John Maule – Ultimate Frisbee
• Matthew Needle – Hockey
• Stelian Nenkov – Skiing
• Eleanor Reynolds – Wadu Ryu karate
• Richard Roberts – Ultimate Frisbee
• Hayden Slaughter – Ultimate Frisbee
• Armida Van Rij – Showjumping
• Alexander Wong Kah Tun – Badminton
• Ashley Yeo – Ultimate Frisbee