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SOCIETIES and services officer Tom Upton has become the new president elect of Swansea University students’ union in first preference votes.

Mr Upton won his quota of votes in the first round with 1,607 while Mitchell Theaker took 949, which was 37% of the vote.

There was a huge roar of applause in Diva’s as the result was announced, thanks to a large presence from both his campaign team and Josh Hayman’s who supported him through the week.

Charlotte Britton has won her second term as the welfare officer of Swansea University students’ union.

She beat Ceejay John King with 1,523 votes compared to his 847 with 64% of the vote.

Miss Britton, 23, said: “I feel relieved, tired and happy about the result.

“I’ve had a chat with Ceejay, and he was great to campaign with because he’s been really friendly.”

REBECCA Warrillow has been elected to become the women’s officer of Swansea University students’ union.

She won the position with 61% of the overall vote, beating Pearl Sangha in a final round of voting 1,206 votes to 772.

Miss Warrillow, who is in her final year studying American studies, plans to expand on the existing policies for women’s rights and to raise the awareness of the role of women’s officer.

A SWANSEA Universty student has admitted posting racially offensive comments on Twitter about a footballer who collapsed during an FA Cup match at the weekend.

Liam Stacey, 21, pleaded guilty at Swansea magistrates’ court to the charge of a racially-aggravated public order offence.

The comments followed Bolton's Fabrice Muamba sudden collapse during his side's FA Cup quarter-final match against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane, which was later abandoned.

TRIBUTES have been pouring in for two international students who died in separate incidents earlier this month.

Nigerian student Baba Saleh died on March 1 after falling ill but the cause of his death is still unknown.

And on March 11, Andrius Zalikas was killed in a road crash on Fabian Way. 

Swansea University claimed a gold among a three-medal haul at the Bucs indoor athletics championships.

Imelda Morrison came out on top in the women’s long jump, beating two other competitors from Loughborough University.

“In a way I was shocked when I realised I won,” said the 22-year-old.

“I had thought that I was in a medal position but I never thought it was the gold.

Swansea karate club captain Holly Carey won two gold medals at the UK Open Championships in what she described as her “most successful year to date”.

Carey’s latest medal haul adds to a Welsh championship, Welsh team championship, and a silver medal in the prestigious Scottish Internationals she has already won during her time at Swansea University.

In the UK Open, she weighed in at 68kg exactly which allowed her to compete in both the -68 and +68 event.

Swansea University’s Carole-Ann Burt’s three tries helped defeat Plymouth Marjons and strengthened their second position in the league.

Vice-captain Eliza Slinn was proud of the attacking mind-set of Swansea’s forward pack in blustery conditions.

“Naturally our open play and offloading comes off really well, so we’ve worked on our set-pieces”, she said. “It was nice to see it come into action.”

Swansea University missed out on a place in the Bucs Cup final after a lacklustre performance against Southampton University.

But while captain Becky Gosney was disappointed with the defeat, she took the positives from the team’s cup run.

“This is the furthest a Swansea hockey team has got in the Bucs cup, so we are really proud of that,” said Gosney.

Ian Martin’s last-minute winner saw Swansea University deny Gloucestershire the league title.

While the 3rds are out of contention for the league, the victory has enabled Swansea 2nds to leapfrog Gloucestershire into top spot.

“It was the best finish to a game I’ve played,” said Martin.

Fourth-placed Swansea University avenged their 45-15 defeat in November to second-placed Hartpury by securing victory at St Helens.

Captain Richard Smart was pleased with the win and admitted it was the “only option”.

He said: “We needed to get the winning momentum going.

“It’s always a great feeling to get a win against someone who beat you previously.”

Jordan Braddock won two golds as Swansea University’s taekwondo club celebrated a nine medal haul at the ITF student championship in Leeds.

Braddock won his medals in patterns and point-stop sparring and captain Emily Batson said the team is eager for more tournaments.

“Our performance in Leeds has boosted the club’s morale 100 per cent because of the success we had,” she said.

“Everyone is desperate to compete in another tournament.