University of Wales, Lampeter

Sports

The university owns a sports hall with badminton and squash courts, and a "multigym" with weight training equipment. For outdoor sports, the University has tennis courts, a cricket field and facilities for football and rugby.

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Badminton - Squash - Weight training - Tennis court - Cricket

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Lampeter has active hockey, football and rugby teams, all of which play in the traditional college colours of black and gold.

Related Topics:
Hockey - Football - Rugby - Black and gold

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Rugby

Rugby was introduced to Lampeter by Vice-Principal Rowland Williams around 1850, and as such Lampeter Rugby Football Club can claim to be the oldest Rugby football team in Wales. The club was one of the founder members of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1881, but following trouble at a match against the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, in 1933, were reprimanded from the union. The team continues to be one of the more successful sports team at Lampeter, however. The club's nicknames are Mad Pilgrims and Fighting Parsons, the latter reflecting Lampeter's history as a theological college.

Related Topics:
Rowland Williams - 1850 - Rugby football - Welsh Rugby Union - 1881 - University College of Wales, Aberystwyth - 1933

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