BRISTOL RED AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\nSally Kidson \u2013 Boccia | Music BA<\/p>\n
After being introduced to the sport of boccia at primary school, Sally made her international debut in 2022, aged just 17, finishing fourth in the female BC3 category at the World Boccia Poznan Challenger. Within two years, the music student from Wiltshire, who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy, was beating world and European champions. At the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, Sally was the youngest member of the Great Britain boccia squad having collected her A-level results a few weeks earlier. A year later, Sally was crowned European Champion in the BC3 individual event having already achieved national titles. Sally now has her sights set on competing at the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympics. Away from sport, Sally has performed with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Round ensemble and the National Open Youth Orchestra.<\/p>\n
Funmi Oduwaiye \u2013 Athletics | Physiological Science BSc<\/p>\n
Fumni is a British para-athlete who competes in shot put and discus throw. A former international basketball player at junior level, Fumni took-up para-athletics in 2022 after suffering a damaged artery during surgery, which resulted in paralysis of her right leg from the knee down. She made her parasport international debut at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris where she finished sixth in the F64 discus and fourth in the F64 shot put. At the Paris Paralympics in 2024, she finished fifth in the shot put and eight in the discus. Fumni, from Cardiff, won bronze in the F44 shot put at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi and now has her sights set on competing at the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympics.<\/p>\n
Kamran Dhariwal \u2013 Cricket | Medicine MC ChB<\/p>\n
Kamran is balancing his commitments as a medical student at the University of Bristol with his cricketing pursuits, having signed a rookie contract with Gloucestershire Cricket until the end of the 2026 season following a successful trial period. The talented top-order batter had previously featured regularly for Gloucestershire\u2019s Second XI after impressing during his rise through Hampshire\u2019s Pathway and Second XI system. Earlier this year, Kamran was part of the University of Bristol’s Men\u2019s 1st XI who were crowned 2026 BUCS Indoor Cricket National Champions, beating Canterbury in the final.<\/p>\n
Grace Piper \u2013 Tennis | Translational Cardiovascular Medicine MSc<\/p>\n
Grace, who was awarded one of the first Gold Scholarships offered at Bristol in the academic year, was a member of the Great Britain Student Tennis team which beat the USA to claim the 2025 Master\u2019U BNP Paribas Championships title in France. Unbeaten in both the BUCS singles and doubles this season, Grace helped the University of Bristol team finish third in the Southern Premiership this year. The Taunton-born athlete won silver in the women’s singles at the 2026 BUCS Championships \u2013 the University of Bristol\u2019s first ever female medallist. Grace also represented Great Britain at the 2025 FISU Summer World University Games. Her success follows a junior career where she won the 2019 U18s British Championships. It helped earn her a sports scholarship to compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for the University of Southern California.<\/p>\n
Scott Wallace \u2013 Lacrosse | Medicine MB ChB<\/p>\n
Scott arrived at the University of Bristol in 2021 having never played lacrosse before. He became Vice Club Captain and represented Scotland at the Senior European Championships in Poland in July 2025. He later led the University team through an unbeaten 2025\/26 season as they were crowned BUCS Southern Premiership champions for the first time in more than 10 years. The team also progressed to their first-ever national semi-final. Scott has also supported the players to pursue lacrosse outside of the BUCS season, with several of the squad competing for the English Universities squad over the past season.<\/p>\n
Caspar Henfrey – American Football | Economics and Finance BSc<\/p>\n
Caspar joined the University of Bristol\u2019s American Football Club as a first-year student in September 2024, having never played the sport before. He helped the club achieve its best BUCS finish since 2010 and led them to their first-ever BUCS Division 1 title in 2025\/26. Caspar was selected to represent Great Britain U19s in 2025 and has since been named in the senior GB squad. Off the field, Caspar organised a Superbowl event which raised more than \u00a3800 for the Club.<\/p>\n
Katy Cutler – Water Polo | Medicine MSc<\/p>\n
Katy was introduced to water polo as a youngster at her local swimming club going on to play for English Schools. She was a member of the Great Britain team that beat hosts Serbia in the U17 European Championships in 2017 on the way to finishing in the top six. Katy achieved international honours at two other European Championships, both at U19 level, aged just 15 in 2016, and most recently in 2018. Last year, Katy represented Great Britain Women\u2019s water polo team at the 2025 Aquatic World Championships in Singapore before helping the team finish inside the top ten at the European Aquatics Championships earlier this year. At the University of Bristol, Katy consistently finished top scorer for the women\u2019s water polo team and volunteers as a referee, officiating many games for the women\u2019s 2nd team.<\/p>\n
DIRECTOR’S AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\nIsla Greig \u2013 Volleyball | Mathematics BSc<\/p>\n
Anna Warham \u2013 Netball | Psychology and Neuroscience MSc<\/p>\n
Tom Flint \u2013 Football | Physics BSc<\/p>\n
WELLBEING AWARD<\/strong><\/p>\nUniversity of Bristol Men\u2019s Hockey club<\/p>\n
INCLUSIVITY AWARD<\/strong><\/p>\nAn Cheng \u2013 Psychology BSc<\/p>\n
BEN DUDLEY COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD<\/strong><\/p>\nAmber Reed \u2013 Rugby<\/p>\n
Amber has overseen a remarkable year as head coach of the University of Bristol women\u2019s rugby union team. They have won the 2026 BUCS Rugby Union Women\u2019s Trophy as well as both the 1st team league and 2nd team league in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Bristol\u2019s sporting community, from athletes, coaches, volunteers and administrators, came together last night for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":961643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-961642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116578894833596245","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/961643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}