Dan Welling speaks to one of the brightest prospects in British sport – Courtney Tulloch who looks set to be a key member of Team GB’s gymnastics squad In an Olympics that featured countless wonderful stories and incredible must watch moments, the resurgence of British Gymnastics must be high up on the list. After winning [...]
Posts Tagged ‘olympics’
Nerve talks to paralympian Ben Quilter
February 9th, 2013 
mfeltham Roseanne Blaze talks to Paralympian Ben Quilter who won a bronze medal in the judo about his 2012 campaign and his disability. At the age of 10, Paralympic Bronze medallist Ben Quilter found out that he had inherited Stargardt disease which causes progressive vision loss which usually results in the person becoming totally blind. Twenty [...]
2012 Review
December 4th, 2012 nerveents 2012 has been a year packed full of Olympics, heart-stopping space jumps and… Gangnam Style. As it comes to an end, Nerve picks the highlights of Music, Film, TV, Games and more in what has been a pretty awesome year!
Olympics Boost UK Economy
October 25th, 2012 Nerve News Figures for the UK GDP are out today and are expected to show growth after nine months of a double dipping economy. The good news comes after the second quarter stats showed a dip after an extra public holiday as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in June. The figures measure the value [...]
UK Exits Recession
October 25th, 2012 Nerve News New statistics show that the UK is out of the recession for the first time in 9 months. Figures released today show its the fasted UK growth in 5 years with a rise of 1% between July and September. The Olympics is considered to be a fundamental factor behind the movement. Although the event has had [...]
Dancing my way into the Olympics: A performers story
September 11th, 2012 mageditor Written by Emily Gloyens It’s 10am on Friday the 27th of July 2012. I have had maybe 5 hours sleep due to excitement, but that’s fine. I shower and pack my bags before making the enduring transition from West to East London. I cannot even begin to contemplate how many times I have made this [...]
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Tags: 2012, Dancing, danny boyle, london, olympics, Opening Ceremony, performing 
Comments OffSports Personality: All male shortlist, an all male award?
January 11th, 2012 sporteditor At the end of the year the BBC celebrate the achievements of UK sportsmen and women; however it appears that it was a bad year for women’s sport in 2011 as NO women were nominated for the Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) award. But has it been a bad year for women’s sport? Arguably [...]
Posted in Magazine, Sports Tags: adams, award, England, ennis, exclusion, kerry anne payne, male, Nerve Sport, olympics, pendleton, phillips, rebecca adlington, reid, sport, sports personality, stevenson, wellington, woman, zara Comments OffRELAYS: Looking Towards the Future
December 26th, 2011 sporteditor London 2012 doesn’t just bring the world’s biggest sporting spectacle to the UK. Along with it comes numerous legacy projects such as RELAYS (Regional Educational Legacy in Arts and Youth Sport), that aim to inspire young people around the country to engage in sport. Attached to the 2012 deal to host the Olympics in London [...]
Posted in Sports Tags: 2012, Games, Nerve Sport, olympics, relays, toby gray, virgnia bailey Comments OffINTERVIEW: Olympic Gymnast Louis Smith
December 26th, 2011 sporteditor At just 22 Louis Smith is already one of the best artistic gymnasts in the world and, after whetting his appetite in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has his sights set firmly on a gold medal come the 2012 Olympics. The Peterborough-born gymnast caught up exclusively with James Hartnett just seven months before the Games well [...]
Posted in Magazine, Sports, Sports Tags: 2012, gymnast, james hartnett, london, louis smith, nerve magazine, Nerve Sport, olympics Comments OffLondon’s Olympic Torch Lights up BU
November 28th, 2011 sporteditor When Coca Cola perched their iconic red bus down at Talbot Campus to give people the chance to get their photo taken with the Olympic Torch, anticipation for 2012 to kick off got that little bit more real. Nerve Sport headed down to the event to catch all the hype that next year is already [...]
Posted in Magazine, Sports Tags: 2012, amanda kevern, andy cope, Bournemouth University, bus, coca-cola, london, Nerve Sport, olympic torch, olympics, toby horner, virginia bailey Comments Off
