VIKI Williams left Sheffield with gold and silver medals after the Hartley Wintney badminton player won her fourth women’s doubles title at BUCS Nationals, in Sheffield.

There was no case of second time lucky for Williams in the mixed, doubles, though after she had to settle for a second consecutive silver medal.

She lost out in the final of the mixed to Loughborough University teammates Greg Mairs and Jenny Moore, but prevailed with Jordan Hart in the women’s competition.

More than 6,000 student athletes descended on the Steel City this weekend for three action-packed days of university and college sport.

With nine sports being contested, in seven different venues, the event – now in its fifth year – is the largest annual multi-sport event in the country.

For Williams it was a case of déjà vu, having lost out with partner Matt Clare to Mairs and Moore last year, with the top two seeded pairs both making this year’s final.

The number two lost 21-17, 29-30 14-21, having already won the women’s doubles 21-21, 21-12.

And while Williams, a masters student at Loughborough, was understandably disappointed to lose in the mixed, she was delighted with another women’s title.

“We played well in the final, it’s always that bit more rivalry when you play your teammates, we lost to them in the final last year as well and it would have been nice to get the win but they played really well, so credit to them. It was good fun anyway,” she said.

“Jenny is my doubles partner as well normally, but she was too injured to play two tournaments this year, so we know each other inside and out have done for years.

“But to win a fourth women’s title is absolutely amazing.”

Irvine, also a Loughborough student, got in on the medals with 50m freestyle bronze as he gears up for the British Swimming Championships, in April.

The 19-year-old from Odiham, a first-year geography and economics student, touched the wall in 23.14s, missing out on a gold medal by just half a second – and he was happy with his efforts.

“It was a pretty good swim from me, I felt better than I had in the morning’s heats, so I’m very happy,” said the former Millfield School pupil.

“I see BUCS Nationals as more of a team event than individual, so I wanted to get a medal for my team. So to get one feels very good.

“This season has been fantastic for me so far. I had a great short course season so I’m currently just trying to transfer that into long course and keep up the good swimming.”

PLEASE LEAVE IN FINAL PAR - British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) is the national governing body for Higher Education (HE) sport in the UK, organising leagues and competitions for more than 150 institutions across 52 different sports. BUCS Nationals is the UK’s largest annual multi-sport event, bringing over 6,000 athletes to Sheffield to compete in 9 sports

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