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New Starters Welcome Guide

The Sports and Fitness Centre gym

Sporting activities and social
groups
Sports and Fitness Centre
Our Sports and Fitness Centre provides
extensive high-quality facilities on the
Hull Campus. It has a recently refurbished
sports hall as well as floodlit tennis,
football and netball surfaces. The fitness
area is also worth a visit, and an early
opening time of 7 am allows ample time
to exercise before starting work.
Various membership types are provided
for the benefit of staff and their families,
and one of them is sure to suit the level
and nature of your intended use of the
facilities. For more information visit,
www.hull.ac.uk/sportscentre or call
(01482 46) 6234.
Colleagues based at Scarborough
may wish to take advantage of the
Filey Road Sports Centre, which is run
by Scarborough Leisure Services. Its
facilities include squash, badminton,
tennis and a gym, and it runs a
programme of fitness classes.
As well as a swimming pool, the complex
has a fitness suite. It offers an annual
concessionary membership fee for
students and staff of the University.

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Football on the playing fields

Sporting social groups
Get Active staff: with its main emphasis
being social and fun, the Get Active staff
programme welcomes all staff at the
University who are looking for a more
informal opportunity to take part in sport,
fitness or active recreation. Activities
include:
Staff netball – a fun social network
session for staff members.
Group exercise classes are scheduled
throughout the year. The programme
offers exclusive staff discounts on a range
of activities from abs classes to zumba.
Staff intramural six-a-side football
league – participants are asked to sign
up to a programme of sessions running
for 10 weeks, either as a team or as an
individual.

Yoga class in the Sports and Fitness Centre

Badminton

In addition to the sports and fitness
facilities available at Hull and
Scarborough, there are a number of
sporting groups at the University which
are organised and run by members of
staff.
Badminton: if you are a league-standard
badminton player who can play regularly,
the University Staff Badminton team
wants you. The team play practice and
league matches during the week. To find
out more or try out for the team, contact
Simon Dewey on (01482 46)6811.
Cricket club: the Academic Staff Cricket
Club has been running since 1949 and
its key elements are enjoyment and
enthusiasm. The club play friendly but
competitive fixtures on Wednesday
evenings and at weekends. New
members are very welcome. For further
information, contact Mike Nolan, Club
Secretary, on (01482 46)3065.