Sport

We are currently at our highest ever position in BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) having moved up 57 places since we launched Team Derby in 2009. Our football club play at our long time partners Derby County's Training Ground while our Cricket team use the 3aaa County Ground for their training needs.

Our Performance Track Cycling team use the Derby Arena Velodrome while our other performance teams (Basketball, Men’s and Women’s Volleyball, Men’s and Women’s Badminton) are based in our sports centre at the Derby Campus in Kedleston Road.

Olympians Donna Kellogg; Gail Emms; Rajiv Ouspeh; Marcus Ellis, Lauren Smith and Jack Burnell have all worn Team Derby colours and represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games. Our sports scholarship and bursaries scheme offers scholarships up to £6,000 and student athlete performance packages underpinned by a Performance Sports team led by 2016 Olympic Gold Medal winning Coach, Craig Keegan.

University of Derby Open Day September 2015

Interior views of the Sports Centre, University of Derby before it was finished

Human Performance Unit at Careers in Sport event at the Sports Centre

Sprint Track at Human Performance Unit for Careers in Sport event at the Sports Centre

Womens Netball 2nd Team, playing in the Sports Centre at the University of Derby.

Climbing wall at Careers in Sport event at the Sports Centre

Men's Rugby team playing on the bottom 4G pitch by the Sports Centre

Study, Play and Compete

We offer a wide range of sports courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level across our Derby and Buxton campuses, covering disciplines including sports science, coaching, exercise, development and management.

Our Union of Students is the focal point for the delivery of sport at the University and provide students with the chance to join teams and compete against other universities. Together with Team Derby, we offer a wealth of sport, health and fitness opportunities for everyone looking to get active or try something new, whatever their level of fitness or ability.

We enter 48 teams across 16 sports in the national BUCS programme, providing our students with the opportunity to represent Derby against other universities in a competitive environment.

Activities

Our health, wellbeing and sports activities are available to all University of Derby students and staff members throughout the year and provide a range of opportunities to be active in a friendly, social environment.

6-a-side Football League 2018-19

Team Derby's 6-a-side Football Leagues return for another year of action. Our friendly, weekly league competition in mixed-gender 6-a-side Football runs between October and April every year. Register now for the Autumn term 2018 competition.

When	Where	Cost
Fridays 3.00-6.00pm	University of Derby Sports Centre 3G Astroturf Pitch	£120 per team/per term
Information
Format:	Our leagues are 6 a-side Teams require a minimum of 6 players (max of 10 players) per team with a named Captain, and an original team name Competition structure is either one league of 9-12 teams or two leagues of 5-8 teams The league will run over an 8-11 week block Term 1 (Autumn leagues) start at the beginning of October and Term 2 (Spring leagues) in February Matches are 40 mins long (2 x 18 mins with a 4 min interval) KO times: 3pm, 3.45pm, 4.30pm and 5.15pm.
How to get involved:	Get together your team of 6-10 players,nominate a team captain and choose your team name Register and pay your Team Entry fee via the Online Shop to secure your place The deadline for Team registrations for the Term 1/Autumn League is 4 October (allocations are on a first come, first served basis).
If you'd like more information, come and talk to us at the Welcome Week Fairs, pop into the Sports Centre or email K.Nelson@derby.ac.uk.

Even if you aren’t at all active, or interested in sport, we can help you reach your goals. We offer free 1-2-1 consultations to help with diet and eating well to movement support and unpressured fun activity. Email movemore@derby.ac.uk or fill out our survey to start your journey.

Scholarships and Bursaries

Team Derby provides scholarships and bursaries to talented student athletes and those with coaching aspirations, enabling them to achieve both their sporting and academic potential.

A Performance Sport programme has also been established to support our leading sports teams – Men’s Basketball, Badminton, Cycling and Volleyball, our Performance Sports are provided with specialist coaching, strength and conditioning, and physiotherapy support.

Services and Expertise

We offer a wide range of education, research and consultancy services for the sports industry, utilising our academic expertise and student body to grow and develop sport both regionally and nationally.