Mr Kilden ran through the highlights and achievements from an action-packed year, including: 

• Launching the East London Phoenix franchise, London's only professional parasport team and part of the first-ever women's wheelchair basketball premier league globally;
• UEL retaining the Challenge Cup against Anglia Ruskin University;
• Men's football team winning promotion to the BUCS premier league;
• Women's volleyball team winning the league with an unbeaten record.

Professor Ian Pickup, pro vice-chancellor (education & experience) and chief operating officer, followed up with an inspirational speech looking at the past ten years of sport at UEL and how events like London 2012 helped transform the facilities and increase the opportunities available to students.

On display in SportsDock were iconic photos, sports equipment, and memorabilia from the British Olympic Association archive collection held by the University of East London Archives team at Docklands.