AU President

Hi I’m Gee! I’m a third year studying Sport Science at St Lukes and I’m currently doing a placement with the Sports Park doing a rugby sport performance analysis. I also play bench ball regularly; I’m the vice-captain and we’ve currently got a varsity coming up so there will be a lot of organisations for that. I go to the gym regularly and I’m very much into my fitness and health because I’ve studied that at college, did personal training and nutrition as well.

WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO BE AU PRESIDENT?

I wanted to be AU President because I think it would really be nice to see women’s representation in the AU up high. I know that a couple of years ago there was another female AU President, but I definitely think it’s time for another one to come in. I think that there are a couple of things that definitely could be changed and just altered to really get people to all work together and all be friendly with each other. I know there is a lot of competition and seeing as much support at games because everybody has come together would be a lot nicer.

What is the biggest challenge you will face in the ROLE?

I’m excited for the role to take up a lot of time and I’m excited for the organisation of it but I think running events as that’s quite new to me, I think that will be something that will take a little while to get my head around. But I’m really excited to just go headfirst, and I am really excited to get to learn it all. Just more the process of it there is a lot of background work with the role, and I’m just not used to that but I’m excited to do it at least.

What will you do to combat toxic cultures in au societies?

how will you ensure both men’s & women’s sports are supported by the au?

This is actually one of the points that I’ve put down in my manifesto. One of the things I am running towards is diversity. I think a lot of people when they join an AU sport stay with just that AU sport and they definitely think if they came together and mixed a lot more instead of being very much “I am this sport and that is all I am going for”. If they got to know each other, have joint socials that weren’t very heavy and actually were to get to know each other, I think there would be a lot more community. I think there are a lot of people and groups that will say a lot of things about each other but if they got to know each other a bit better, it’ll be a lot more people just actually coming together as one and working towards the same goal. We all want to do well at uni and we all want to do well at sport.

I think both women’s and men’s sports are supported by the AU, but I think there’s definitely a divide when it comes to sporting events. There is a lot more support for example in rugby, I think there is a lot more support with the mens as we sell out the whole of Sandy Park. We all knew this was an issue last term. Move on from it but I definitely think with mens and womens, the way that I want to support it, I want to make sure it is as well known, big promotion, make sure people are aware of it and make sure nobody is talking badly about any sport, whether it is mens or womens sport, I just want people to see it all as equal. If its womens football, its football. If its womens basketball, its basketball. They play by the same rules, they play the same game, the same tactics and there is no reason for it to be any different just because of the people playing it.

what is your biggest weakness?

What is your MOST MEMORABLE NIGHT OUT IN EXETER?

I’m very upfront and I know that can be quite intimidating to people, but I mean it in the best way. People always know what they get with me. I will never lie; I will never sugar-coat things and I know to some people that’s a lot, but I want people to know that my door is always open. I want people to realise what I’m standing for and what I’m saying is the truth and that’s what I’m running with.

So I went on this massive pub crawl around the Christmas market, getting the free shots. I then went and had a Christmas dinner midway through which sorted me right out and we continued partying until about three in the morning at one of my best mate’s houses. There was about 20 of us and we had such a great night. We regretted it the next morning, but it was so much fun!