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Sport and Fitness Guide 2015/16 Contents Sport and Fitness Guide 2015/16 Contents NTU Sport membership .........1 Welcome .......................................2 Facilities .........................................4 Health and fitness ....................6 Sport volunteering ....................8 Play for fun ..................................10 Performance sport ....................12 Sport scholarships .....................13 Sports clubs .................................14 Varsity ............................................21 NTU Sport membership From just £8 a month To gain access to our gyms, sports facilities and classes you’ll need to become an NTU Sport member. Need convincing? Here are just a few reasons to join... • You’ll get unlimited use of all the fantastic NTU gyms and sports facilities. • There’s something for everyone – 120 free fitness classes and blast sessions, free hire of our sports facilities to play squash, tennis, football, badminton… the list goes on! • Regular exercise will help boost your energy and improve your concentration – perfect for all that studying. • You’ll meet lots of new friends – we’re all proud to be part of NTU Sport and we can’t wait for you to join us. Join online today – it’s easy: www.ntu.ac.uk/sportmembership Try before you buy Our sport and fitness facilities are available free of charge to all NTU students until Sunday 11 October 2015. 1 Hello and welcome to NTU Sport I’m delighted to welcome you to Nottingham Trent University. We believe that sport is a key part of your student life and at NTU you’re guaranteed to benefit from a high quality sports experience. So, whether you aspire to compete at the next Olympics, want to play sport for fun with some friends, or just want to get fit in our gyms – we have something to offer each and every one of you. NTU is now firmly established as one of the top competitors in the UK higher education sport rankings. After placing 43rd at the end of 2006/07, the University is now proud to be regularly ranked in the top 20 out of over 150 institutions from across the UK in the British Universities & Colleges Sport league. We’re happy to say that our students are just as proud to be representing NTU – in fact you will see #ProudToBePink on many tweets, picking up on the fact that all of our teams play in the distinctive hot pink kit that sets NTU Sport apart from the crowd. With a new and updated range of sport and fitness facilities at the City site and Clifton campus over the past two years, the opportunity exists for every student at NTU to participate in sports venues of the highest quality. Furthermore, with NTU employing some of the best coaches and instructors around, you can’t help but be inspired to be the best you can be! I wish you an enjoyable and successful time at NTU, and I hope that sport and exercise will help you to get the most out of being a student here. James Hayter Director of Sport 2 Welcome to Nottingham Trent University and the best years of your life! My name is Matt Nicholson and I am the elected Nottingham Trent Students’ Union (NTSU) Vice-President Sports for 2015/16. My role is to represent students on sports-related issues, working alongside the NTU Sport department to ensure that your sporting experience here at university is as great as it can be! I also take a lead role in organising sporting events for students such as Sports Ball and the highly anticipated Nottingham Varsity Series. I joined NTU Athletics in my first year having already competed in the sport for a number of years. The club has been like a family and given me some truly amazing memories and experiences, culminating in the honour to serve as the club’s president last year. Away from the competitive side, there are plenty of other ways to get involved. From beginner and social sport sessions, to volunteering and helping to promote our activities via student media, all offer you the opportunity to keep fit, healthy and make some lifelong friends. If I could give you one piece of advice, it would be to If you require any more sign up to as many sports as you can. Even if you’re information please get in touch not competitive there's something out there for – we will be happy to help. everyone, and who knows, you might even end up falling in love with it! NTUSport This guide is here to give you an idea of what NTUSport opportunities NTU Sport has to offer, so I definitely recommend giving it a good read through. ntusport I look forward to meeting you. Tel: +44 (0)115 848 3219 Matt Nicholson NTSU VP Sports Email: [email protected] @NTSUvpSPORT [email protected] 3 Facilities City site The newly built sport and fitness facilities on our City site form part of the recent multi-million pound Students’ Union redevelopment, and offer a wide range of exceptional new facilities for you. From working out in the gym, to testing your climbing skills or playing sport with your friends, you’ll have access to all kinds of exciting and fun opportunities. Facilities include: • 110 station gym; • 30ft climbing wall; • dance studio – mirrored walls and ballet barre; • sports hall; and • sports therapy suite. “It’s a phenomenal facility…” Lord Sebastian Coe, opening the new City Sports Centre, March 2014 City Sports Centre City site Shakespeare Street Nottingham NG1 4GH Tel: 0115 848 4066 4 Lee Westwood Sports Centre Clifton campus Clifton campus Clifton is the main hub for sporting activity at NTU with all Clifton Lane our outdoor sports and fixtures based here. The campus Nottingham offers an excellent range of sport and fitness facilities at the NG11 8NS Lee Westwood Sports Centre. Tel: 0115 848 3219 Facilities include: • 70 station gym plus separate high-performance centre; • dance studio – mirrored walls and ballet barre; • three glass backed squash courts; • two large sports halls; • sports therapy suite; • floodlit artificial pitch, 3G pitch, grass pitches; • four outdoor tennis courts and two outdoor netball courts; and • nutrition suite. Brackenhurst campus Brackenhurst students can make the most of a great discounted membership for only £16 per month at Southwell Leisure Centre (based less than a mile from campus). To find out more please visit www.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/slc 5 Health and fitness Did you know that taking part in fitness activities and implementing a healthy lifestyle could help benefit your academic studies? It’s true! Regular exercise and a healthy diet can help reduce stress, increase your energy levels and – most importantly for those lectures – help boost concentration. Our gyms Other services Our gyms contain a variety of top-of-the- We also offer strength and conditioning range cardio equipment and dedicated free courses, physiotherapy and healthy eating weights areas. Plus, our City site’s workshops for our sports clubs. equipment all comes with 19” touch screens, Internet and TV on-demand access, so you’ll never get bored working out. Our instructors More than just a gym Our fitness instructors are always on hand to Your membership includes: provide you with friendly fitness and diet help, support and advice. • gym inductions; • personalised fitness packages; The Boditrax service • your first Boditrax reading absolutely NTU Sport has invested in Boditrax, free; and equipment that accurately measures your body composition and allows you to create • free access to all fitness classes and and track your fitness goals, as well as blast sessions, plus priority booking recommending how you can successfully online: sportbooking.ntu.ac.uk reach targets. Find out more about what’s on offer at www.ntu.ac.uk/healthandfitness 6 Fitness classes At NTU we offer a combination of fitness classes and blast sessions. Both group-based sessions are led by qualified instructors and are a fun way to keep fit, unwind and meet new people in a friendly and supportive environment. With over 120 fitness and blast sessions per week ranging from gentle introductory sessions to intense workouts, there’s something for everyone. To view the full timetable of classes at both the City site and Clifton campus visit www.ntu.ac.uk/fitnessclasses 7 Sport Volunteering Volunteering during your time at NTU is a great way of developing yourself, putting your skills into practice and supporting the local community at the same time. Sport volunteering can give you the competitive edge when entering the job market and can really make a difference to your CV. NTU Sport works in partnership with Nottingham Trent Volunteering to offer a huge range of sport volunteering opportunities just for you. “Volunteering with NTU Sport Why should you volunteer? gave me the opportunity to work • Gain valuable personal skills to with underprivileged communities enhance your employability and help get that dream job once you in other countries. It helped me graduate. to test and improve my • Make a difference in the local adaptability. My confidence has community. grown and my team work skills • Enhance your CV. have improved. This experience • Gain personal development, training will now help towards further and qualifications. volunteering and employment.” • Do something rewarding and satisfying. Chris Summerbell (BSc Sports Coaching and Exercise Science) “87% of employers believe volunteering can have a positive effect on career progression” Sport & Recreation Alliance 8 How can you get involved? There are a wide variety of volunteering opportunities to take part in, ranging from coaching in local schools, community clubs and organisations to helping at international sporting events, doing photography for NTU Sport matches or even working with the National Governing Body for your sport. You will receive training and guidance for all the roles available and the opportunity to volunteer on as many projects as you like.
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