Sports

Univ boasts a huge range of sports clubs from rugby to darts, from rowing to badminton and you can do as little or as much sport as you like. The College Squash Court is on the main site while the sports ground (off the Abingdon Road, the groundsman is George Gilholm) provides for rugby, football, hockey and cricket with hard and grass courts for tennis and the boathouse (the boatman is Jim Ronaldson). We have a strong and successful rowing tradition. Anyone can take part whatever their level of achievement or experience. It is common for students to try out completely new sports while they are at Oxford. Don’t forget that the University has an even wider range of sports clubs.

Sports currently enjoyed at Univ are many and varied. In general further details can be found through the JCR or WCR, except for one or two of the more prominent clubs that have their own websites. If you can’t see a sport that you would like to play then that is no bar to getting a team together and playing it!

The following sports are currently on available at Univ:

Boat Club

The Univ Boat Club is the largest sports club within the College. In 2005-6 the women’s 1st VIII won blades in Torpids, and the men’s 1st VIII won blades in Summer Eights. In 2004-5 Univ had more crews qualify for Summer Eights than any other college. In the summer of 2006-7 the new boathouse will be completed. There is also a great social side to the club. Every term there is a club function, usually a cocktail party in the first term, a formal dinner after both Torpids and Summer Eights and a garden party at the end of the year. Each crew arranges its own ‘socials’ throughout the term, and much banter is had by all. For further information please see the Univ Boat Club website

For more information about the Women’s Boat Club and the Men’s Boat Club, please see the Univ Boat Club website.