Socials and Soireés

I thought I'd just give you all an insight into one of the best bits about being in a sports team or society: the social side. Now this is not all about going out and drinking a skin full. You can really evaluate how good you are running a club by the attendance and atmosphere at social events. If everyone is friends, the conversation flows nicely and everyone is having a good time: you're probably doing alright! I'm going to use the next space as a bit of a photo montage of all the socials we've done this year - and you'll see smiling faces in them all! 

1st social of the year - everyone getting to know everyone and soon becoming friends! Learnt loads about how to organise a bar crawl, both in talking to the pubs to get deals and getting the word out to the party goers!

Next social - a rather small turnout despite better organisation than the first. Everyone had an amazing night though.

Our first themed bar crawl, in conjunction with the Diving Society. Extremely well organised, with two mixed teams going on two separate routes looking for treasure in each bar: possibly the best night out in my student career so far.

Christmas party. We took a different approach than many other clubs. Instead of going to a bar/restaurant and spending £15-20 on a meal, we decided to all go round someone's house, bringing a dish of food and some drinks each and putting on a buffet-esque meal. It was amazing fun, it was personal and everyone had a good time!

It's not just all about drinking though! Although drinking and clubbing is a big part of university culture, we also put on non-drinking socials to accommodate those who choose not to drink and to give everyone a break! We decided to put on a documentary about several kayakers going on a paddling expedition at one of our member's houses - which just so happened to have a projector screen!

Our last social was laserquest, which had a great turnout and we even managed to earn a little profit of it as well. This is great as it gives us more money as a society to buy kit and equipment, as well as subsidising trips, training sessions and hoodies.