Great 2012 start for Aurélie

MSc Corporate Communications and Public Affairs student and RGU sport scholar, Aurélie Bernadet (21), has kicked off the new year with a bang, taking top spots in both local and national table tennis tournaments in January alone.

Aurélie’s 2012 campaign began on Sunday 22 January when she competed in the ADTTA North of Scotland Confined Table Tennis Championships at Aberdeen Sports Village. The ADDTA is an annual tournament which restricts entry to the top eight ranked players who are resident or born in the region.

On the day, Aurélie fought through the initial heats and semi-final to win the Ladies Singles and come runner up in the Open Single against her male contestants. The event was ultimately won by Sebastian Wolejnio who beat Aurélie in a closely contested five set final.

Next on the competition schedule was the West of Scotland Open in Glasgow on Saturday 28 January. Held in Scotstoun Leisure Centre, the tournament attracted a high quality entry including top ranked national players.

Aurélie won the Ladies doubles alongside Lithuania’s Viktorija Kravcenko – a fellow player who is currently studying in Aberdeen. She then went on to beat Viktorija and fellow RGU student Roxanna Milnes in the Ladies Single before losing in the final against Welsh Olympic hopeful and UK rank number three, Naomi Owen.

Commenting on her progress in 2012 so far, Aurélie said: “It has been a wonderful experience so far. I have beaten some of the top ranked players in Scotland. However, I know that I still have a long way to go and I thank RGU sport for their support so far.”

Aurélie, who hails from Saint Benoit, France, will next compete on Saturday 4 February at the Scottish University Sports Table Tennis tournament at Aberdeen Sport Village; the National League Division Two tournament in Edinburgh on Saturday 11 February; and the British Universities & Colleges Sports championship on 18-19 February in Nottingham.

**UPDATE** Aurélie won the Ladies Singles at the Scottish University Table Tennis Championship on 4th February. She beat fellow RGU student Roxanna Milne 3/1, before winning 3/0 against  the University of Edinburgh’s Rita Prajapati in the semi-final, and the University of Aberdeen’s Viktorija Kravcenko 3/0 in the final.

In the open doubles, Aurélie played with Roxanna and placed 3rd, losing against two male contestants from the University of St Andrews.


Notes to editors

The 2012 RGU: SPORT Scholars are:
 
•    Siobhan Cowie (Hockey) – Management with HR
•    Odmar Faroe (Soccer) – International Business Management 
•    Aurélie Bernadet (Table Tennis) – MSc Corp Comms and Public Affairs 
•    Agata Aleksandra Zaremba (Volleyball) - MSc International Business Management 
•    Andrew McGovern (Swimming) – Accounting and Finance 
•    Jane Turner (Golf) – Graphic Design
•    Stuart McIntosh (Swimming) – Computer Science
•    Emily Blake (Archery) – Applied Social Science
•    Rhiann MacLeod (Curling) – Social Work
•    Geoff Dunn (Rugby) - Pharmacy
•    Caitlin Sedgeworth (Rugby) - Pharmacy
•    Elizabeth Hughes (Swimming) – Applied Sport & Exercise Science
•    PJ Barron (Cross Country Skiing) – Applied Sport & Exercise Science
•    Hannah Miley (Swimming) – Applied Sport & Exercise Science
•    Ciara Newell (Basketball) - Radiography
•    Scout Adkin (Hill Running) - Physiotherapy
•    Olive McCafferty (Gaelic Football) - Physiotherapy
•    Fionnuala Quinn (Waterpolo and Swimming) - Physiotherapy
•    Jennifer Cruickshanks (Hill Running) – Children’s Nursing
•    Gemma Cormack (Athletics) – Occupational Therapy

•    RGU: SPORT is Robert Gordon University’s £11 million state-of-the-art sports facility which features a 25m swimming pool, three gyms, a climbing wall and bouldering room, café bar, three exercise studios and a vast sports hall. The facility was established in 2005 to improve the sporting infrastructure available for the region and to act as a social hub for the University’s Garthdee campus.

Andrew Youngson 
Communications Officer | Faculty of Health and Social Care
Robert Gordon University
Schoolhill
Aberdeen
AB10 1FR
Tel: 01224 262389
Email: a.c.youngson@rgu.ac.uk

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