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Our Sports Scholarship Scheme has been supporting students to reach their athletic potential since 2003, with successes coming from Olympic games, national titles and medals at BUCS championships. 

Sussexsport provides talented student athletes with comprehensive SportScholarships that provide a network of support and financialassistanceto develop scholars as a sportsperson and student, with the opportunity for mentoring with world-class athletes. 

The Scholarship Scheme is supported by Alumni and friends of the University via the Sussex Fund, which is passionate about giving students at Sussex the opportunity to fulfil their academic and athletic potential. We are also grateful for the work and support this year fromDr Michael Passaportis from the School of Psychology, who is a lecturer on Sport and Exercise Psychology. 

One of our scholars Louis Saunders commented on the positive impact the scholarship scheme has had on his time at Sussex so far ‘the scholarship scheme has helped me to settle quickly into life at Sussex, with access to training facilities and mentoring advice to support me with my sport and studies.’ 

We are excited to announce our first co-hort of chosen scholars for the 22/23 academic year and share all the amazing things they achievewith our support over this period and beyond.  

Sport Scholars 22/23 

We are supporting over 20 student sport scholars this year from a variety of different sports ranging from kickboxing to artistic roller skating. 

Bart Filmer-Cox 

Mechanical Engineering/ School of Engineering  

Rugby  

Ben Roddick 

Marketing and Consumer Psychology MSc / University of Sussex Business School  

Rugby  

Ben Ringrose-Voase 

Business and Management Studies/University of Sussex Business School 

Athletics 

Caitlin Bainbridge Curlewis 

English Language and Linguistics / School of Media,Art and Humanities 

Team Gymastics 

Elliot Barratt 

Medicine/ Brighton and Sussex Medical School 

Road Cycling  

Emily Hird 

MSc Foundations of Clinical Psychology and Mental Health /School of Psychology  

Rugby  

Fin Tookey 

International Relations and Geography / School of Global Studies 

Hockey Scholar  

George Payne 

Business and Finance / University of Sussex Business School 

Football  

Harvey Faulkner 

Business and Management / University of Sussex Business School  

Cricket 

Holly Grimwade 

Geography / School of Global Studies  

Show jumping 

James Meekin 

Mathematics and Economics / School of Mathematics, Physics and Sociology 

Kickboxing  

Laurentia Tan 

PG Cert. in Mental Health & Wellbeing Practice / School of Psychology 

Para Equestrian  

Louis Saunders 

International Development / School of Global Studies 

Boccia   

Misha Djemaili 

Computer Science with Foundation Year / School of Informatics 

Football  

Molly Horler 

Msc The Anthropology of Development and Social Transformation / School of Global Studies 

Rugby 

Simoine Maylor 

Management and Marketing with Psychology/University of Sussex Business School 

Rugby  

Sydney Schreimaier 

Chemistry/ School of Life Sciences 

Football  

Charlotte Harker 

International relations and development / School of Global Studies 

Artistic Roller Skating 

 
Yasmin Tyson 

Medicine/ Brighton and Sussex Medical School 

Rowing 

Kwabena Koomson 

Law / School of Law, Politics and Sociology 

Rugby  

Youssef Fathallah 

Economics and Finance / University of Sussex Business School 

Squash  

Zachary Martin 

Physics / School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences 

Artistic Roller Skating  

Aly Fathallah 

Finance with Business / University of Sussex Business School 

Squash  

The Schemes Offer  

We're committed to delivering sporting excellence and support to students who display outstanding sporting ability or show the potential to reach that level soon. The scheme supports all students and sports that meet the application criteria and has helped hundreds of students competing in more than 20 different sports since 2003. 

Our Sport Scholarships give you free access to our facilities, financial support of up to £1,250 a year, strength and conditioning sessions, mentoring, access to physiotherapy and other performance support. 

We want to support you as a student and as an athlete and recognise the role that mental wellbeing and academic balance has to play in your development.For this reason, we are proud to work with the True Athlete Project (TAP), a unique initiative that delivers mindfulness-based programs for coaches and athletes of all sports, to offer mentoring opportunties for our Sport Scholars from world-class athletes. 

If you want to read more about our sport scholarship offer or find out how to apply, follow the link to our Sport Scholarship webpages.