The first Society of Sports Therapists Travelling Scholarship was awarded in 1996 to David Jones who visited the pioneering ACL Knee Surgeon Mr Donald Shelbourne. In 2010 the scholarship was renamed The Society of Sports Therapists Bruce Hobbs Annual Travelling Scholarship in memory of Bruce Hobbs who passed away in March 2010 at the age of 40, following a 5 year battle with Motor Neurone Disease. Bruce, a highly committed Member of The Society of Sports Therapists, was a Graduate from the first Degree programme, run in collaboration with The Society of Sports Therapists at the University of North London (now London Metropolitan University).
Bruce was a proactive Member of the Society and an inspiration to many of his friends and colleagues. He was a keen and active sportsman and he had played football semi-professionally and worked as a Therapist in professional football with Luton Town FC. At the time of his diagnosis, Bruce was a Senior Lecturer in Sports Therapy at the University of Hertfordshire. It is hoped through naming the Scholarship after Bruce that his legacy will live on.
In 2017 and 2018, two new Travelling Scholarships to Virginia Commonwealth University Sports Injury Prevention Centre and Duke University Sports Medicine Clinic respectively, were added to the programme .
Roll of Honour
| Date | Name | University | Place Visited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996/97 | David Jones | University of North London (Now London Metropolitan University) |
ACL Knee Surgeon Mr Donald Shelbourne – Indianapolis |
| 1998 | Joel Harris | University of North London (Now London Metropolitan University) |
Australian Institute of Sport |
| 1999 | Sally Smith | University of North London (Now London Metropolitan University) |
Dr Scott Gillogly Atlanta Knee Clinic |
| 2000 | Jennifer Slattery | University of North London (Now London Metropolitan University) |
Australia – Visited Margaret Reid Campion – Hydrotherapy as a form of rehabilitation |
| 2007 | Joanne Baker | University of Hertfordshire | Harkness Center for Dance Injuries New York |
| 2009 | Tom Cresswell | University of Hertfordshire | Denver University Sports Medicine Department and Ski Team |
Winners of The Society of Sports Therapists Bruce Hobbs Travelling Scholarship
| Date | Name | University | Place Visited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Nicola Dinsdale | Teesside University | Ghana – Heart of oaks Premier Football Team + a local hospital |
| 2011 | Lorraine Ereira | University of Kent | Spanish Ski Team – Swiss + Austrian Alps |
| 2012 | Claire Jones | University of Hertfordshire | Next Step Fitness in California and Pushing Boundaries in Washington |
| 2013 | Sarah Kelley | London Metropolitan University | XIIth International Symposium on Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming & visiting Bruce Mason, Aquatics Biomechanist and Head of Aquatic Testing, Training and Research Unit – Australia |
| 2014 | Gordon McCartney | Teeside University | Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic, London, Ontario, Canada |
| 2015 | Leanne Walker | Coventry University | World Transplant Games, Mar del Plata, Argentina |
| 2016 | Tom Cresswell | University of Hertfordshire | HPSports in Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 2017 | Kate Evans | University of Wales | University of Calgary, Sports Injury Prevention Centre |
| 2017 | Megan Williams | University of Hertfordshire | Virginia Commonwealth University Sports Injury Prevention Centre – USA |
| 2018 | Richard Luddington | London Metropolitan University | Duke University Sports Medicine Clinic – USA |
| 2018 | Rachel Lund | University of Worcester | Virginia Commonwealth University Sports Injury Prevention Centre – USA |
| 2019 | Ka Wing Mak | THEi – Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong | Duke University Sports Medicine Clinic – USA |
| 2019 | Kirsty Hopgood | University of Chichester | Virginia Commonwealth University Sports Injury Prevention Centre – USA |