Recreational sport and active lifestyle activities

Free activities on offer every day of the week...

As an alternative to, or as well as, joining a Kingston University sports club, why not take advantage of our active lifestyles programme?

All activities are available to students and/or staff at Kingston University.

If possible please bring your own racket to the tennis and badminton sessions. We have a limited number of spare ones.

Would you like to start a new activity but feel you need someone to accompany you initially? If so then maybe the u GO i GO initiative could help. The u GO i GO initiative is a short term stepping stone for helping people access activities at the University. We can provide a fellow student to accompany you for the first couple of weeks/sessions, to provide that little bit of extra support and confidence in trying out a new activity or joining a new club. Just contact your Sport and Active Lifestyle team on 020 8417 2412/13 or via studenthub.kingston.ac.uk. All recreational sports activities are listed as events on KU Extra.

See what sports are available on:

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Sunday
• Additional activities for any day of the week

Monday

Triathlon

If you would like to become involved in triathlon whilst at Kingston University we recommend joining Kingfisher Triathletes. The club is very friendly and welcoming and is open to all ages (18+) and abilities including complete beginners. Swim training takes place on a Monday evening at Kingfisher Leisure Centre (5 minutes walk from the centre of Kingston) and on Wednesday evenings at Hampton Open Air Pool. Run training is at Kingsmeadow Athletics Track every Tuesday evening. There is a coached cycle session every Thursday and a long social club ride every Sunday morning. The club has full and PAYG member options, with a student discount, and members can attend as many or as few session as they choose. The club also organises several beginners courses during the year. To find out more and attend a free trial session, check out their website and then contact them directly.

Touch tennis

• Time: Pop up session
• Location: Look out for this activity popping up on every campus
• Dates: Ongoing

Boccia

• Time: 1.30pm–2.30pm
  
• Location: Bedelsford School, Grange Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2QZ (located between the Penrhyn Road and Knights Park campuses)
• Dates: 13 May 2019 – 20 May 2019

Boccia is a game similar to bowls. It is played from a seated position to allow for participants using wheel chairs. It is all inclusive and open to all Kingston University students, either with a disability or not. Participants do not need any previous experience playing Boccia.

This is a recreational session for all to enjoy. The session will be led by Jayson Shetty who is a Kingston University and Bedelsford School alumnus.

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Tuesday

Social Netball League

• Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm 
• Location: Tiffin Girls School KT2 5PL
• Dates: Ongoing

Run by GOMAMMOTH

For more details email hello@gomammoth.co.uk or visit the website.

You don't have to be great to start but you do need to start to be great.

Table tennis

• Time: 10.00am – 11.30am 
• Location: Fitness Centre, Penrhyn Road 
• Dates: Ongoing

There are additional tables at Kingston Hill campus (outside Kingston Business School), Clayhill halls of residence and Roehampton Vale campus for all to use. Look out for information on termly table tennis tournaments.

5-A-SIDE Football League

• Time: 7.00pm – 9.15pm
• Location: Goals Tolworth
• Dates: Ongoing

Simply get a team together and fill in the registration form

Team entry is £32 per team (approx. £5 per team member)
Return the form to the Fitness Centre at Penryhn Road and we will contact you with all the details.

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Wednesday

Pop Up Sport

• Time: 11.00am – 12 noon
• Location: Tennis courts at Kingston Hill
• Dates: 16 January 2019 – 31 May 2019
• Simply join our sports activator for a kick, game of badminton, tennis or volleyball as you are passing. Just pick up a racket or ball and join in.
• If there is no activator on site then please go to the Yorkon building to sign out the sports equipment for your own use.
• Plan to meet friends at this time for regular recreational fun and maybe warm up by running the Fitness Trail located around the Kingston Hill campus grounds.

Sport and exercise session – female only 

• Time: 1.00pm – 2.00pm
• Location: Fitness Centre Studio, Penrhyn Road
• Dates: TBC

FREE sessions as part of the ongoing 'This Girl Can' campaign to encourage more girls to take part in physical activity.

Studio windows will be covered, session for women only, led by qualified female instructor.

Table Tennis

• Time: 1.00pm – 3.00pm
• Location: Fitness Centre (Penrhyn Road)
• Dates: Ongoing

There are additional tables at Kingston Hill campus (outside Kingston Business School), Clayhill halls of residence and Roehampton Vale campus for all to use.

Running club

• Time: 5.45pm – 6.45pm
• Location: Meet outside the Fitness Centre (Penrhyn Road) to run with a group
• Dates: Ongoing

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Thursday

Back to Netball

• Time: 7.00pm – 8.00pm
• Location: Raynes Park School, London, Surrey, SW20 0JL
• Dates: Ongoing

Contact Leigh Martin to confirm dates and more details. Or visit the website. Back to Netball sessions are running across England and provide women of all ages with a gentle re-introduction to the sport. Run by passionate and enthusiastic coaches, sessions cover the basics of the game including passing, footwork and shooting. Sessions finish with a friendly game to put the skills you have learnt into practice.

Tennis

• Time: 5.00pm – 7.00pm
• Location: Tolworth sports grounds
• Dates: 17 January 2019  – 31 May 2019
• There is a level 2 qualified coach at this session to lead the activity.

Kingston University students and staff can book free tennis courts at Tolworth Court sports ground between 8.30am–4.30pm.

Courts must be booked in advance by calling First Response on 020 8417 7523 or by email.

Pop Up Sport

• Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm 
• Location: John Galsworthy Courtyard, Penrhyn Road
• Dates: 17 January 2019 – 31 May 2019
• Simply join our sports activator for a kick around, game of badminton, tennis or volleyball as you are passing. Just pick up a racket or ball and join in.
• Or plan to meet at this time for regular recreational fun.

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Friday

Pop Up Sport

• Time: 11.00am – 12 noon
• Location: Tennis Courts at Kingston Hill
• Dates: 18 January 2019 – 31 May 2019
• Simply join our sports activator for a kick around, game of badminton, tennis or volleyball as you are passing. Just pick up a racket or ball and join in.
• If there is no activator on site then please go to the Yorkon building to sign out the sports equipment for your own use.
• Plan to meet friends at this time for regular recreational fun and maybe warm up by running the Fitness Trail located around the Kingston Hill campus grounds.

Saturday

Table tennis

• Time: 2.00pm–3.00pm
• Location: Fitness Centre, Penrhyn Road 
• Dates: Ongoing

There are additional tables at Kingston Hill campus (outside Kingston Business School), Clayhill halls of residence and Roehampton Vale campus for all to use.

Sunday

Table tennis

• Time: 11.45am–2.00pm
• Location: Fitness Centre, Penrhyn Road
• Dates: Ongoing

There are additional tables at Kingston Hill campus (outside Kingston Business School), Clayhill halls of residence and Roehampton Vale campus for all to use.

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For more information about all of the active lifestyles activities above please contact Jo Heath by email j.heath@kingston.ac.uk or call 020 8417 2412.

Additional activities for any day of the week

Njinga Cycling

Offers training for riders looking to improve their cycling. Our wattbike lab just on the Kingston Bridge, offers wattbike classes 7 days a week. Yoga and strength & conditioning classes for cyclists are also available. Find our schedule on the Njinga app or visit our website.

All new customers entitled to our new customer offer of 2 classes for £14.

• Ongoing pay as you go student rates are: £9 per class (Adult classes normally £17).
• Our unlimited monthly wattbike student package is £60 (50% off adult prices). To include yoga and strength & conditioning for cyclists add £15 per month.
• There are no admin or membership fees.
• We also run a referral scheme.

Golf

• Hampton Court Palace Golf Club, Richmond
  £550 membership deal for Kingston students and staff which includes: no joining fee, full 7 day membership, includes unlimited play year-round. Contact James Cooper, hamptoncourtpalace-sales@crown-golf.co.uk
  
• Strawberry Hill Golf Club, Twickenham
  Four free beginner group lessons and free club hire. Balls cost £5.00.
• Sunbury Golf Centre, Shepperton
  Seven-day free trial of up to four one-hour group lessons, range and use of the course at off-peak times. Free club hire.
• Sandown Park Golf Club, Esher
  Two free beginner group lessons and free club hire. Balls cost £6.00 per session.
• World of Golf, New Malden
  Six free beginner group lessons and free club hire. Balls cost £5.00 per session.
• London Scottish membership
  Also available is a fantastic student golf membership offer from London Scottish (near Wimbledon Common) for only £345 for the year. This will entitle any bona fide student to play seven days a week all year round and enter all competitions to gain an official handicap. This would normally cost £902 for the year! For more information and booking about all golfing activities please contact Jo Heath by email j.heath@kingston.ac.uk  or call 020 8417 2412.
• Plogging
  The new Swedish fitness craze that combines exercise and eco-friendly activity.
  Simply pop into see the Sport and Active Lifestyle team in Grove House, Penryhn Rd to pick up gloves and a bag and away you go.
  The idea is to combine your walk, jog or run with picking up plastic along the way.
  Return your recycling to us and we will log your activity.
  Prizes for those clocking up the most runs throughout the term and those collecting the most plastic.
• Fitness Trail
  Location: Kingston Hill campus
  Why not schedule a walk, jog or run around our Trim Trail at Kingston Hill.
  Follow the blue signs to the next exercise station and follow the instructions for a great workout in the great outdoors.

Horse riding

• Location: Chessington Equestrian Centre
• When: Off peak
• Booking: Call 020 8398 7668 for more details, students get 10% discount when you show your student ID

Squash

• Location: Surbiton Squash Club, Berrylands
• When: Monday to Friday 8.00am–5.00pm
• Booking: Students can book into this private club on production of Kingston University student card and a court is approx £5 per hour during off peak hours. To book a court call 020 8399 1594 on the day and state you are a Kingston University student.

More active lifestyles

• Go karting at Sandown Park: discounts available if students book online.
• Laser Quest at Sutton: Two games for £5.95 weekdays and two games for £7.95 at weekends for Kingston University students.
• Ten-pin bowling (The Rotunda Kingston): Student discounts available Monday to Friday until 6.00pm. Two games of bowling for £5 or unlimited bowling for £7.49. To book call 0871 221 0000.

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