Pompey Octopush

Membership information 11/12

Hey guys

For all of you who have decided to sign up for Octopush after last night’s taster – we hope you enjoyed it even though there were a lot of people – here some information:

# membership costs £45 (cheapest in the AU!) and covers all sunday sessions as well as two tournaments in Feburary and March
# you can either bring in the money next sunday or pay online AU membershio online
# wednesdays sessions will be privately run by some of us and Southsea Junior players, they are not covered with the AU membership. Feel free to come along on a subs basis though!
# Please let us know if you have paid online.

Hope to see you again next sunday for a final decision, if you have any questions: don’t hesitate to ask!
x

Recent Club News – updating you on what is goin on at the moment

Today Gemma, Tom and Rebecca went to a committee training day at the union for some of next year’s committee members.

Things that came out of it that you guys need to know are:

1. You may be aware that all sports clubs within the athletics union are getting new social and playing kit next year; this is to improve the image and solidarity of the whole AU.

The Hoodies will be Purple and Polo shirts in white, we also have a pool side shirt which is black that we designed, there is more information about this on the website.

The major change to all sports club kit is that it will no longer have the university crest on it. The university and the students union are separate things and at present the university allow us the AU to ‘borrow’ the crest to put on out kit, with this comes the promise that we will respect the crest, therefore we aren’t allowed to put it on posters and sports prospectuses or get sponsorship from clubs and bars.

The AU has had a new logo/crest of our own designed to put on all kit, posters flyers anything to do with and promote uni sports. This also means we could get sponsorship from alcohol promoting companies! The Final design of this Logo is up to us, Clubs, committee and members of the AU. You can go and vote for which logo you want on you kit next year via: this link.

2. Just thought I’d let all members know that next Monday the new and old committee will be having a meeting to sort out next year’s budget and handing over of jobs etc!

3. Last couple of training sessions are coming up, it would be really nice to see everyone turning up and having a laugh, say goodbye before the end of the year and on a more serious note paying up any outstanding subs (sorry!!)and return any club kit you have

By the way, if you go to the UPSU.net and click on the sports clubs page an article that Hannah wrote about us at the Plymouth cup features on the main page at the moment!

Social Kit for 2009-2010

Our social kit is changing next year, due to the whole of the AU getting new playing and social kit the same matching colours, this is to make the image of the AU stronger as a whole.

There will be a Portsmouth purple hoodie with white stripes down the sleeves, a social shirt in white with purple stripes, and we have designed a black polo shirt with white stripes for pool side. Kit will have the university crest on one side and Octopush in big letters across the back.

Kit should be able to be ordered on-line and kept in stock so that we can get it at the end of summer ready for the start of the new year and freshers can get it asap. The kit will stay the same for at least 3 years because of the contract the AU has with the supplying company.

This is all we know at the moment, so I will keep you posted on any new developments.

NUS Registration

It is essential that you are a member of the National Union of Students if you are going on tour, it is also recommended that you become a member even if you are not going.
Why? The NUS card provides you with a level of insurance while participating in sporting events organized by the Union.

Two types of NUS card are available:

1. The NUS Democracy Card – Free, gives you membership and some discounts.
2. The NUS Extra Card – Costs £10, gives you membership and many discounts.

You DO NOT have to buy the NUS Extra Card, either card will meet the above requirement. Also by becoming a member of the NUS you can subscribe to a number of mailing lists and find out about what they are doing for you as a student and interesting events and offers.

To find out more about the NUS cards visit: http://www.upsu.net/essentials/registration
NUS Extra information: http://www.nus.org.uk/en/NUS-Extra/
To register or re-register visit: http://www.upsu.net/registration/register

Once registered on-line you can collect your card from the Reception desk between the following times: http://www.upsu.net/registration/help/issueing/

If you do not already have your NUS card you MUST register and collect it as soon as possible, the Union will stop issuing cards very soon. – So go this week.