Sports & Societies

As a player on the St Andrews universities first team I have had a lot of experience with this part of the sport on offer at this University. I initially went to the club upon hearing of it's ability to train you to be a better player, instead I ended up becoming the coach for the recreational badminton which is also held in the sports centre. The club constitutes of a main club which meets three times a week of which you have to become a member to play in. There is no coaching available at these sesions you merely turn up and play. The other part is the recreational badminton that I mentioned earlier. This part has a lot of coaching with someone always on ...  Read the complete review

Generally there are two teams, the 1's is run quite well, in general the best 12 or 13 players are fielded which is fair enough. The seconds unfortunately have so many players available (about 40 people regularly turn up to training at the beginning of the year) that it is a bit hit and miss. They can't play every player and making judgements on training nights is difficult. We meet on wednesdays and thursday nights for 90 minutes each time on the astroturf (artificial) pitch. As value for money it's really good. You pay your £10 subs at the beginning of the year and everything is then free. Training nights are well run, everyone is involved and all ...  Read the complete review

During my time at St Andrews i have been intersted in how i can help others , a friend told me about the charities campaign and i thought it sounded interesting and rewarding . In the last 4 years the Campaign at St Andrew's university has raised over 200,000 pounds for deserving charities . At the heart of the Campaign are the committee organising collections all over the country and also some of the most popular events occuring in St Andrews . It is always fun and a great way of helping others whilst having a good time , collecting at concerts being especially good atmosphere . Collecting is the face of student fundraising , and the want to see more ...  Read the complete review