You’ll probably have noticed by now that a month has been and

gone already, and those things that you said you’d do ‘after

freshers week’ still haven’t been done. However long you’ve got

left at Keele, get those things done. You won’t find any other

place where so much is on offer; try something new, do

something you’ve done for years, whatever. Just don’t get to the

end of your time here and look back wishing you’d got involved

more.

Last year, sport at Keele was given a massive boost from Sport

England so look out for casual taster sessions, leagues and

tournaments in all sorts of sports coming soon under the PLAY

sport initiative. The PLAY 6 a side football league has started

with 16 teams playing every Monday, if you missed out this

semester sign up early for next time, it’ll be bigger and better!

Make sure you keep an eye out for all the other events too;

hopefully there should be something new to try every week.

The Athletics Union is also going from strength to strength with

loads of you signing up, if you missed out and still want to join a

team it’s not too late. Just head to the AU office in the sports

centre and find more information about the clubs Keele has to

offer. The first lot of full BUCS fixtures have just been as I write

this with a mixed bag of results for the teams representing

Keele. Men’s Squash beat MMU 3-2, Golf drew 3-3 with

Manchester and Women’s Football came out 2nd best in a 12

goal game narrowly losing 7-5 to UCLAN. Come down and

support the teams on Wednesday afternoons and we can start to

see all the results going our way!

Getting involved in these co-curricular activities is exactly how

you’re going to stand out as a graduate. Join a sports team,

become a committee member, help organise and run a

tournament. Get involved and get the experience that is going to

give you the edge. It might even be fun.

By Adam Priston, VP Sports & Fitness

The line for entry into the Students’ Union on the first night of

Freshers Week - Ice Breakers Ball - which went back well past

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