2025 Undeb Aber Celebrates: Sports clubs and Societies WINNERS

Undeb Aber Celebrates 2025: The Sports and Societies Awards were held at the Students’ Union on Wednesday 7^th of May.

These awards recognise the contribution and commitment of individual students and student groups in enhancing the Aber university experience.

This year we received over 700 nominations for Undeb Aber Celebrates & the shortlisting panel met at the start of April to work through the nominations and make some tough decisions.

We would like to congratulate everyone that was nominated as well as those winning the categories this evening.

Congratulations to all!

Here is the list of winners from the Sports and  Society Awards:

SPORTS AWARDS

Welsh Culture Award

• Showdance
• Hiking
• Aber Pool

Sustainability (Cultural/Social, Environmental and Economic) Award

• Sailing
• Surf
• Boat Club

Sports Personality of The Year

• Maria Parcesepe
• Lily Burgess
• Katie Mason

Sports Person of the Year

• Libby Isaac
• Henry Pulfer
• James Pickup

Non - BUCS Team of The Year

• Swimming
• Showdance
• Dancesport

Most Improved Club of the Year

• Futsal
• Handball
• DIGS

Committee Excellence Award

1. Womens Hockey
2. Sailing 
3. Dancesport

BUCS Team of The Year

1. Men’s Hockey
2. Women’s Football
3. Men’s Lacrosse

Biggest Contribution RAG

1. Showdance
2. Netball
3. Swimming and Waterpolo

Club of the Year

1. Caving
2. Hiking
3. Aber Pool

Varsity Team of the Year

1. Women’s Football
2. Futsal
3. American Football

COLOURS

The 15 winners for University Sports Colours are as follows:

1. Gwyn Defriez
2. Hannah Judd
3. Harry Foat
4. Helen Turnock
5. James Pickup
6. Joanne Barr
7. Jonny Mead
8. Lenka Michalkova
9. Lowri Morgan
10. Lucy Seabourne
11. Mali Iolo Davies
12. Taylor Wilson
13. Thomas Darlington
14. Tom Williams
15. Henry Howe

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SOCIETIES AWARDS

Academic/Course based Society of the Year

1. Law
2. Phyte Club
3. Geography

Best New Society

1. Aberystwyth Sound System
2. Nintendo
3. Living History

Biggest Contribution Award

1. SSAGO
2. St Johns
3. ACV

Committee Excellence Award

1. Geography
2. Elizabethan Madrigal Singers
3. ACV

Most Improved Society of the Year

1. Elizabethan Madrigal Singers
2. Law
3. Pirate

Sustainability (Cultural/Social, Environmental and Economic) Award

1. ACV
2. Aber Crafts
3. Erasmus Student Network

Welsh Culture Award

1. Geography
2. Undeb Cristnogol Cymraeg
3. Curtain Call

Society of the Year

1. Phyte Club
2. Elizabethan Madrigal Singers
3. ACV

Societies Person of the Year

1. Anna Pennington (Elizabethan Madrigal Singers)
2. Charlotte Bankes (SSAGO)
3. Rebecca Edwards (Phyte Club)

Societies Personality of the Year

1. Ollie Hall (Aberystwyth Sound System)
2. Cameron Anderson (ACV)
3. Sam Andreetti (Roc Soc)

COLOURS

The 15 winners for University Society Colours are as follows:

1. Lin-ay Varnes
2. Rory Young
3. Henry Howe
4. Deimis Gorbunov
5. Birte Mattes 
6. Melissa Eyre 
7. Bradley Powell 
8. Ben Evans
9. Rebecca Edwards
10. Castor Davies
11. James Ashford
12. Kathryn Murrell
13. Abbie Summers 
14. Heather Walker
15. Anna Pennington (Mads)