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Sports Union Membership

There are three types of memberships that students need to be aware of. Sports Union Membership, Club Membership and Sports Membership.

Sports Union Membership

If you are interested in any of the Sports Union activities are encouraged to sign up for membership.

Membership ensures that we can contact you about news and events, enables you to sign up for clubs, intra-mural, EDex and SupportED.

As well as that, signing up to the Sports Union provides access to a reduction on Centre for Sport and Exercise membership.

Best of all, Sports Union membership is FREE and available to everyone at the University.

Sign up here

Club Membership

Clubs manage their own programme for the year and their own costs, consequently there are varying degrees of membership prices.

Membership is different for each club. Some include the entire programme cost for a year so the fee you pay at the start covers you for the rest of term, others may require top up fees throughout the year on a semi 'pay as you play' basis.

It is important to clarify with the individual club what the membership provides and what it doesn't.

All memberships provide the following:

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Sports Memberships

The Centre for Sport and Exercise (CSE) manages all of the University's sports facilities. Membership prices for the year are extremely competitive and are available to SU members in a variety of forms depending on your chosen clubs usage.

Full Membership (Open Access)

Costs:
£102 or £92* with SU Membership
What you get:
Full access to all the CSE facilities including Pleasance gym, swimming pool and club useage.
Who needs it:
Any member whose club has at least 1 session at the Pleasance or more than 7.5 hours of training in any facility per week.
What you need to do:
To receive the offer take your SU membership confirmation to the CSE reception.

*Limited time offer between 1st September and 11th November, requires printed or electronic confirmation of SU membership. Failure to join a SU Club by November 11th will result in cancelled membership.

Mid Use - Clubs

Costs:
£40 per semester = £80 for the academic year
What you get:
Access to facilities during pre-set training and competition times.
What you don't get:
Full access.
Who needs it:
Any member who doesn't have 'Full Access' and whose club uses between 4 and 7 hours of facilities per week.
What you need to do (Members):
Pay your club membership (this is club dependent, see "Sports Club Membership" above).
What you need to do (Clubs):
Have all members sign up online using Active Network. Make sure your membership list is up to date by the 18th October, as the Sports Union will download your list on this date.

Low Use - Clubs

Costs:
£20 per semester = £40 for the academic year
What you get:
Access to facilities during pre-set training and competition times.
What you don't get:
Full access.
Who needs it:
Any member who doesn't have 'Full Access' and whose club facility usage doesn't exceed 3.5 hours per week.
What you need to do (Members):
Pay your club membership (this is club dependent, see "Sports Club Membership" above).
What you need to do (Clubs):
Have all members sign up online using Active Network. Make sure your membership list is up to date by the 18th October, as the Sports Union will download your list on this date.

Remember to sign up

This article was published on Nov 21, 2012


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