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Athletic Union An athletic union or athletics union (AU) usually refers to the group of student sports clubs within a university or other institute of higher education, in the United Kingdom. General information Sports clubs affiliate to their athletic union fo ...

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British Universities and Colleges Sport British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) is the governing body for higher education sport in the United Kingdom. BUCS was formed in June 2008 following a merger of British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) and University College Sport ...

Scottish Student Sport Scottish Student Sport (SSS) formed in June 2005 as Scottish Universities Sport is the professional body for delivery and furthering of sports at university and college A college (Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational institutio ...

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The University of St Andrews Athletic Union (commonly known as the ‘AU’) is the umbrella organisation for the support and development of sport and sports clubs at the

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. Run by students, for students, it provides structure and advice to over 50 clubs and several thousand members.

Organisation

The Athletic Union is a student representative body with its own constitution sanctioned by the University Court. The Athletic Union is run by an Executive Committee elected by the student body of the University of St Andrews. The current Athletic Union President is Jess Smith.

Affiliated Clubs

There are over 50 clubs affiliated to the Athletic Union.

List of Clubs

National Affiliations

British University & College Sport (BUCS)

The University of St Andrews Athletic Union affiliates to

BUCS British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) is the governing body for higher education sport in the United Kingdom. BUCS was formed in June 2008 following a merger of British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) and University College Sport ...

annually. BUCS is responsible for the organisation of the majority of university sport and claims to set more sports fixtures than any other sports organisation in Europe. Every sport that is recognised by BUCS is allocated points towards it. These are compiled and at the end of the season all institutions are ranked for sport.

Scottish Student Sports (SSS)

The University of St Andrews Athletic Union affiliates to SSS annually. SSS runs a lot of the sports events and fixtures on behalf of BUCS in Scotland, in particular the

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(BUGS). SSS also takes responsibility for a lot of the sports BUCS does not recognise such as

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References

Saints Sport's website
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External links

Athletic Union

University Canoe Club

University of St Andrews

British Universities and Colleges Sport

Scottish Universities and Colleges Sport
Sport in Fife St Andrews University of St Andrews

1901 establishments in Scotland