Clubs

Students' Union Sports Clubs

The Sports Centre provides training facilities for the majority of Sports Federation clubs. For more information on all the clubs that are available to join, take a look at the Students' Union Sports Federation website. All clubs welcome new members, whether you're a student, member of staff or member of the public.

Club trials/come and try sessions October 2013 [194KB]

You can also keep in touch with how our teams are doing in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) competition

CLUB BOOKINGS REQUESTS for staff and student clubs:

An application form is available on which to indicate your club training preference times for the next academic year. For any requests to be considered, they must be fully completed and submitted along with a completed risk assessment which has been signed by a Sports Federation Official (Sports Federation clubs only). Please refer to your National Government Body risk assessment recommendations and bear in mind a thoroughly completed form should be two pages minimum (this of course varies from club to club). Clubs who have not submitted requests by the deadline will not be allocated any training space for the next academic year.

SU Club and Staff bookings form [208KB PDF] PLEASE ENSURE YOU READ THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES.

SU Club risk assessment template [122KB PDF]

Deadline for submission for 2013/14: 14 June 2013

Prospective new club members

Students If you would like to try a new sport, you can take advantage of free access at the beginning of the autumn (first three weeks) and spring term (first two weeks). After this period, you will need to decide which club/s you would like to join and purchase Sports Federation, Club and Passport to Sport membership. Free access is not available at any other point in the year.
Public & Staff If you would like to join one of the many student sports clubs, please contact the president of the relevant club to check their constitution on non-student members in the first instance. They will be able to arrange when you can attend and will be responsible for letting the Sports Centre know that you are to be given free access to one club session. If you decided you would like to join the club and attend regularly, you will need to purchase Sports Federation, Club and Passport to Sport membership.

Club or Society event bookings

If you are looking to organise an event requiring the hire of sports facilities, please refer to the event hosting page for further information.

Club grant scheme

The Essex Sport Club Grant Scheme returns this term, following successful bids from Archery, Fencing and Trampolining in 2010. The University are looking to award a further two grants up to the value of £1,000 each to support the growth of sporting clubs, to safeguard the existence of minority sports and to encourage participation in sport.

To apply, please read the supplementary information and fill out the application form and return to David Williams, Director of Sport by the deadline.

Staff and External Clubs

The Sports Centre hosts a number of staff-run and external clubs - all of which welcome new members at any time.

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