University of Strathclyde Sports Union

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Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

University of Strathclyde Sports Union

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      Other form(s) of name

      • Royal Technical College Athletic Club (1921-1956)
      • Royal College of Science and Technology Athletic Club (1956-1964)
      • University of Strathclyde Athletic Club (1964-1990)

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      Dates of existence

      1921 to date

      History

      The Royal Technical College Athletic Club was formed in 1921, as part of the Royal Technical College Students' Representative Council. In 1929, it became a separate body with a separate constitution, but still submitted its budgets to the Students' Representative Council. In 1990, the Club was renamed the University of Strathclyde Sports Union.

      The Club set up facilities for many sports including rugby, hockey, football, golf, cricket, boxing, fencing, badminton, table tennis, sailing, basketball and swimming.

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      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Royal College of Science and Technology Students' Association (1893-1964)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0072

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Dates of relationship

      1921-1929

      Description of relationship

      The Athletic Club was originally a part of the Students' Representative Council (which later became the Students' Association).

      Related entity

      Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College Athletic Club (fl 1894)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0194

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Dates of relationship

      1921

      Description of relationship

      The University of Strathclyde Sports Union (originally known as the Royal Technical College Athletic Club) replaced the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College Athletic Club.

      Related entity

      University of Strathclyde (1964 to date)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0047

      Category of relationship

      associative

      Dates of relationship

      1964 to date

      Description of relationship

      The Sports Union was run by and for the students of the University.

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      Authority record identifier

      C0182

      Institution identifier

      GB 249

      Rules and/or conventions used

      ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997).

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      Created by Victoria Peters, September 2010.

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