{"id":3295,"date":"2024-06-14T09:25:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T09:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/?p=3295"},"modified":"2024-06-14T09:25:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T09:25:18","slug":"law-student-prepares-for-the-cadet-and-junior-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2024\/06\/14\/law-student-prepares-for-the-cadet-and-junior-commonwealth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Student prepares for the Cadet and Junior Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you love playing a sport at a high level and want to do well in your studies &#8211; how can you ensure a happy balance and achieve well in both? Jack Courtney is one of the many students drawn to the University&#8217;s excellent sporting reputation and facilities. Alongside his studies(LLB Law), Jack has been a competitive fencer for many years and is part of the University of Exeter Fencing team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s been sharing how he shapes his Uni life to achieve his academic and sporting goals. He also describes how aspects of his fencing strategy helps him with his legal skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"  title=\"Law Student Jack Courtney prepares for the Cadet and Junior Commonwealth Games\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uGNkEFmw4UQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as competing as an international athlete, Jack is a Level 2 qualified referee for the sport and refereed recently at the British Fencing Youth Championships in Sheffield. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July 2024 he will be going to New Zealand to represent England in the Cadet and Junior Commonwealth Fencing Championships, as an individual and as a team member. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out about the Exeter University Fencing Club on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C0162QYiG_j\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C0162QYiG_j\/\">Instagram.<\/a> If you&#8217;re interested in applying for a bursary <a href=\"https:\/\/digital.exeter.ac.uk\/performance-sport\/sports-scholarships-scheme\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/digital.exeter.ac.uk\/performance-sport\/sports-scholarships-scheme\">the details are on this University webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"845\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-Uni-Insta-pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-Uni-Insta-pic.jpg 845w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-Uni-Insta-pic-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-Uni-Insta-pic-768x466.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo from exeterunifence Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Courtney explains how he balances academic and sporting goals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":3433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17],"tags":[451,417,419,413,415],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - 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