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College sport will see a boost of £10,598, to provide free sport to all, after funding was awarded by the University to each Undergradute college.
What has been your favourite memory of the year?
Winning Roses, easy. It was one hell of a weekend and I was a nervous wreck on the Sunday afternoon but it was by far and away the best moment of the year. Closely followed by the AU Dinner - it was a great night and so nice that we were able to celebrate such a great year.
What has been your least favourite memory of the year?
Losing my Roses match - the women's hockey 1sts. We conceded to go 2-1 down in the last few minutes. In four years of playing Roses I've never won -either drawn or lost. Lancaster are a good hockey team but we always give them a good game. I really thought we could do it this year - we'd had a great season and won our BUSA league; Lancaster hadn't won a game all season. Someone asked me that weekend which was more important - winning my hockey game or winning Roses overall. Obviously winning Roses was amazing and I wouldn't change it for anything, but it was so gutting to lose the hockey.
What is the thing you will miss the most?
Dealing with the club presidents - the ones who pop in every week with queries - I've really enjoyed working with them all. They all put everything into their clubs - without them the Athletic Union simply wouldn't exist.
What is the thing you will miss the least?
The politics.
What do you believe you have left as your legacy?
I think York winning Roses away will always go down in history but I'd like to think that the budget work that Rich and I have done has set things rolling for many clubs to develop. This year has been a really exciting year and the powers that be in the university are slowly waking up to the importance of sport, and I predict a lot of progression for sport at York in the next few years.
If you could change anything you've done, would you?
I wish I had had the idea of a healthy campus week earlier and was able to pull it off. Not having a welfare sabb kind of hindered this as well.
Have you enjoyed it?
At times I wondered what the hell I was doing, as it's been the best year and the worst year of my life at the same time. But looking back, I'm so glad I ran for AU President. Maybe I slightly regret not re-running, but I'm sure Alex will do a better job than me anyway!
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