UCLan Student elections time

As the end of the academic year is fast approaching, the time has come for University student elections to take place.

At UCLan, the battle is well and truly on as the campaigns for student representatives and student presidents are plastered around campus.

                                                        Campaigning posters around campus 

Some electorates have gone to extreme lengths this year with free cupcakes and reports of offers to wash fellow student’s dishes while they promote their campaign.

                                                                 Concrete advertisement

                                                           Electorates sketching for votes

 This year has seen a record number of votes cast, with 2,500 students voting. Despite the record, there are still approximately 32,000 students who have not voted this year.

We interviewed students on Campus to find out whether they think the elections are worthwhile and whether they feel that the student electives can make a difference…

You can watch the live result of this year student elections on http://pstv-online.co.uk/ or follow it on http://twitter.com/#!/uclansu and http://www.facebook.com/uclanstudentsunion?ref=ts.

Pride stars stay on top of the league

Preston Pride’s senior team stayed top spot of the Manchester Area Basketball League Premier Division after an excellent defensive display against Moss Side Tropics in a 68-48 win.

Pride’s coach Neil Hopkins kept his team in a zone for the majority of the game and they regularly played full court defence after scoring a basket.


Tropics started the game well, scoring the first bucket with a contested lay-up from their captain Juma Negdbonewana and winning the second quarter 12-11, but they were unable to keep their form.
Controversy also arose in the second quarter after the table officials realised Tropics’ No.8 wasn’t on the team-sheet.


Referees Tom Brinksman and Colin Hindmarch stopped play while they resolved the situation which led to No.8 being unable to play for the rest of the game.


Preston kept control and pressured Moss Side throughout the game.


Pride’s fast-tempo approach caused problems for Tropics and saw them gain a 7-0 run in the third quarter and an advantage of 24 points in the fourth.


Preston’s guard Matthew Dewhurst had a game-high 14 points and scored a number of vital baskets to increase Pride’s lead.


Graham Holland also aided Preston’s win by scoring nine points in the third quarter and ended the game with 13 points.


Tropics regularly relied on the outside shot as Pride’s zone defence didn’t allow them any space around the key but they missed six out of seven three-pointers in the first quarter alone.