Basketball takes centre stage at Archers Arena this weekend, with both the Cardiff Met Archers Women and Men in action as part of a double-header of home fixtures. GET YOUR TICKETS The afternoon begins at 1:30pm, with the Archers Women taking on Sheffield Hatters in the Super League Basketball (SLB), before the Division One Men face Leicester Warriors at 4pm. It promises to be a packed afternoon of basketball at Cyncoed, giving supporters the opportunity to get behind both si

At 76 years old, Jake Steel had never set foot in a gym. Six months later, he was crossing the finish line of the Great North Run. It began with an ambitious goal and a simple question: could the team at Cardiff Metropolitan University’s Met Active gym on Cyncoed Campus help him prepare to complete a half marathon? The answer was yes. With support from Alison Jones, Active Lifestyle Manager, and the Met Active team, Jake began training from scratch, gradually building his str

After more than a decade of commitment, leadership and service to Cardiff Met Archers, Laura Shanahan is stepping away from playing in Super League Basketball, bringing to a close a remarkable chapter with the Archers at the highest level of the women’s domestic game. For more than ten years, Shanahan has been a constant within the Cardiff Met programme. Players, coaches and competitions have changed around her, but her commitment to the Archers and the standards she has help

Cardiff Met Student Tennis is delighted to announce a new partnership with Number 8 Lettings, who will become the club's official BUCS Kit Sponsor for the 2026/27 season. The partnership marks an exciting step forward for Cardiff Met Student Tennis as the club continues to grow participation, strengthen its competitive pathway and expand opportunities for students to represent the university in BUCS competition. A family company founded by Nathan Williams, a graduate of Cardi

Cardiff Met Archers Men made history at Archers Arena this weekend as the University hosted its first two home fixtures in the British Championship Basketball (BCB) Trophy, becoming the first Welsh team to compete in the competition. With more than 270 spectators coming through the doors across the weekend, including young people involved with the Met Community Youth Service alongside Archers juniors, students, families and supporters, the two highly competitive games welcome

Cardiff Met’s influence on the international stage was on full display as Wales produced a stunning 50-19 victory over South Africa at Cardiff Arms Park, with current students and former Archers making their mark throughout a memorable night for Welsh rugby. Seven players with Cardiff Met connections featured in the Wales matchday squad, with Amy Williams, Freya Bell, Maisie Davies and Elan Jones joined by former students Seren Singleton, Gwen Crabb and co-captain Alex Callen

Every Cardiff Met BUCS Super Rugby fixture will be available to watch this season following the announcement of a new three-year broadcast partnership between British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) and Clubber TV. The agreement will see every fixture across both Men’s and Women’s BUCS Super Rugby broadcast throughout the season, giving supporters, families, alumni and rugby fans more opportunities to follow the Archers wherever they are. It represents a significant step

Cardiff Met made a statement on their UEFA Youth League debut as the Archers produced an outstanding 4-0 victory over UNA Strassen in front of more than 900 supporters at Cyncoed Stadium. Goals from Ford, Matthews, Caleb Finlayson and Myles McKenzie gave Jack Lyons’ side a commanding advantage in the first leg of their Domestic Champions Path Round 1 tie, ahead of the return fixture in Luxembourg on 14 October. On a memorable night for the Cardiff Met Academy, the Archers had

Cardiff Met welcomed some of the country’s leading young basketball players to Cyncoed Campus for a University Experience Day combining high-level competition with an insight into life as a student-athlete. The Cardiff Met Women’s Basketball programme hosted U19 Women’s Elite Basketball Academies from Manchester, Birmingham and Solent on Saturday 12 September, bringing the teams together for a full day of basketball, university insight and player development. Away from the co

New evaluation data from Cardiff Met Sport’s Active Tots programme has highlighted a significant increase in practitioner knowledge and confidence following its largest training delivery to date. The findings follow July’s Active Tots training, which brought together 108 members of staff from approximately 18 early years settings across Cardiff. While around a quarter of those attending already rated their knowledge and confidence as good or excellent before the session, end-

Cardiff Met-supported skateboarders Lona ‘Bon’ Gordon and Jowan Joyce-Richards produced impressive performances at the 2026 Skateboard GB National Championships in London, with Gordon claiming second place in the Women’s Street final and Joyce-Richards finishing seventh in the Men’s Street competition. Gordon came within just 1.53 points of the national title at BaySixty6, recording a final score of 79.67 to take silver behind champion Miriam Nelson, who topped the standings

Tickets are now on sale for Cardiff Met FC U19s’ UEFA Youth League first-round clash with FC UNA Strassen at Cyncoed Campus. BUY TICKETS The Young Archers welcome the Luxembourg side to Cardiff on Wednesday 16 September, with kick-off at 7:45pm, as they begin their 2026/27 UEFA Youth League campaign. The fixture is the first leg of the Domestic Champions Path tie, with Cardiff Met travelling to Luxembourg for the return leg on Wednesday 14 October. It promises to be a special

Two skateboarders supported by Cardiff Met Sport will take on some of the best riders in the country this weekend as Lona “Bon” Gordon and Jowan Joyce-Richards compete at the 2026 Skateboard GB National Championships. The Street National Championships take place at the iconic BaySixty6 skatepark in London on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September, bringing together the leading men’s and women’s street skateboarders from across the UK. Bon heads to London following an impressiv

Jazmine Airey, a swimmer within the Cardiff Met Aquatics Additional Learning Needs (ALN) Learn to Swim Programme, successfully attended the Summer Swimming Camp in a mainstream group setting. This was a significant achievement for both Jazmine and Cardiff Met Aquatics, as it marked the first time Cardiff Met Aquatics has been able to support a swimmer from the ALN programme to participate in this way. With the dedication, planning and support of swimming teacher Jeremy King,

Cardiff Met Hockey’s 2026 graduates have achieved an outstanding set of academic results, demonstrating the value of the University’s dual-career environment and its commitment to developing the whole person. All 11 graduating players from the Hockey Performance Programme achieved either first-class or upper-second-class honours. Across the wider group of 31 hockey-playing graduates, 87% secured a first or 2:1 degree classification. The programme’s student leaders also exce

Cardiff Met Archers are preparing to begin their 2026/27 British Championship Basketball Trophy campaign, as the men’s programme takes its place in an expanded national competition featuring clubs from across the British basketball pyramid. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW The Archers are one of five Basketball England NBL clubs invited to compete in this season’s Trophy, alongside Oaklands Wolves, Portsmouth Force, Gloucester City Kings and Plymouth Raiders. Scotland’s Signs Express F

Cardiff Met students and staff have once again been part of Volunteer Zambia, an international sport development programme bringing together universities from across the UK to work alongside Zambian sports NGO Sport in Action. Run through the Wallace Group, Volunteer Zambia uses sport as a vehicle to engage, educate and empower young people, with volunteers working alongside local coaches and communities across Lusaka. Each year, around 30 to 40 students and staff from the

On 7 July, the Active Young People team at Cardiff Met Community hosted a landmark Active Tots training event in partnership with Flying Start, bringing together over 100 nursery practitioners from Darling Buds and Little Angels for a dedicated workforce development day. The event marked the first time Active Tots has been delivered as a whole-staff INSET Day, reflecting the growing demand and popularity of the programme. Active Tots is a physical literacy programme designed

Cardiff Met FC U19s will begin their UEFA Youth League campaign against Luxembourg side FC UNA Strassen after the draw for the 2026/27 Domestic Champions Path was completed in Nyon. The Young Archers have been handed a home tie in the opening leg, scheduled for Wednesday 16 September, before travelling to Luxembourg for the return fixture on Wednesday 14 October. It marks another significant European occasion for Cardiff Met and an opportunity for the club’s young players to