Societies and sports clubs

Hi all! I don't think I'm alone in looking through all the societies and sports clubs available at York since I'll be there at the end of the month. I just wanted to open a bit of a chat about what clubs everyone else is interested in joining!

I like the look of the drama society and the movie society; as for sports clubs I'd really like to take up some kind of martial arts, but I also like the sound of the caving society and riding lessons (although that's probably too expensive for me anyway :colondollar:

). This is on top of wanting to take up guitar lessons, an LFA course in French, and maybe a part time job... obviously not feasible to do it all! Fresher's fair is going to be interesting :tongue:

How about everyone else??

Reply 1

Meltem

Hey I wanted to take up riding in York as well :smile:

I have also been looking at dancing.
As for other societies, I am a politics with IR student so I thought maybe United Nations, debating or think tank.
I love singing as well, but don't know if I want to pursue it at York...

You are going to be a busy bee! haha. What do you want to join the most?

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Reply 2

mellie220

Hoping to join the Lacrosse team and also Conservative society :biggrin:

I'm automatically part of the PEP society as well so I'm going to try and keep up with that too!

I've got a part time job at the moment, and it's going to be a little bit of a squeeze fitting in everything but I think it'll be fine if I manage my time right! I'm a postgraduate, but I seriously screwed up with societies in my undergraduate so I'm going to get super involved this year!

Reply 3

fevvers72

Original post by Meltem

Hey I wanted to take up riding in York as well :smile:

That sounds pretty good! £20 for a single riding lesson is a bit steep though, I've got a budget to stick to, so that's probably out of the picture for me :frown:

At least you've got a manageable number there, and they're pretty varied. I've read future employers like people who've been involved in debating clubs :smile:

I think my first priority is drama society, not sure why since I've never really done any acting, but I know I won't be happy until I've given it a go :biggrin:

unfortunately it's also super involved, there's a lot of things scheduled each week for it. If I do end up involved with drama, anything else I want to join is going to have to fit around it I reckon...

Reply 4

fevvers72

Original post by mellie220

Hoping to join the Lacrosse team and also Conservative society :biggrin:

I'm doing English Lit, but I'm not sure about joining the society for it... I think when it comes to reading I'll probably have hit my limit with uni work to have it as an extra-curricular as well! :tongue:

Reply 5

mellie220

Original post by fevvers72

Haha yeah, I say it now, but when it comes to it I doubt I'll probably get too involved with it :P Although I did see they have a yearly trip to Amsterdam :colone:

Might be useful for a few open lectures, but considering the amount of work I'll have I doubt I'll want to voluntarily do even more on PPE :tongue:

Reply 6

Unibuster325

I'm definitely going to go to the Doctor Who Society. I'm a massive Whovian so it's the perfect society for me.

As for sports clubs, I'm not really a sporty person. The only one I wouldn't mind giving a go is the Riding Club. Never ridden a horse before, though and I really don't want to pay a load of money for something I may not enjoy.