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March sports spectacular at Mount St Mary’s

Hundreds of sporting competitors from across the country will be in action at Mount St Mary’s College this month.

Over the next four weeks, the Derbyshire school will play host to five regional and national sports events.

Kicking off the action-packed March sports events programme is the Mount 7s Hockey and Netball Tournament this weekend (Saturday, March 6.)

It will be followed by the BUCS Championships, which will see 6,000 elite student athletes compete in 26 sports at a number of venues across the region over four days from 10 – 14 March.

Mount St Mary’s first-class sporting facilities will stage the BUCS Lacrosse event on March 11 and the BUCS Ultimate Frisbee on March 13 and 14.

Both events will form part of a highlights programme, which will be broadcast by Sky Sports.

Scottish Rugby training event will take place from March 27-28 before the British Milers Club event over the Easter Holidays, April 16-18.

Paul Scott, director of sport at Mount St Mary’s, said: “The College has a proud sporting reputation and is highly regarded throughout the Midlands and the North of England for our first class facilities.

“The next few weeks are set to be a fantastic spectacle of sport and we look forward to welcoming all the competitors to Mount St Mary’s.”

Sports facilities at Mount St Mary’s include eight rugby pitches, three cricket squares, two football pitches and Astroturf pitch, two grass hockey pitches, six tennis courts, five netball courts, a swimming pool and Grade 1 athletics track.