Welcome to your monthly round up from the SU. This month was full of new societies and clubs, events and fundraisers, and all things spooky.

We saw the launch of 17 new societies and 2 new sports clubs. Ranging from Yoga & Wellbeing to Rock, Alt & Metal Music; boxing to handball. There really is something for everyone here at UoGSU!

The start of October ended our welcome period with many sports and societies offering plenty of successful tasters for the 26/27 period.

Honourable mentions: 

Bioscience society: Welcome walk 

Tabletop Society: Night at Incom gaming 

Girl’s Who Sip: Frame making 

Handball: Taster

Lacrosse: Taster

Volleyball: Think Pink fundraiser!

This was the first big event of the month! This fundraiser saw 13 clubs and societies competing in a volleyball tournament which raised £227.99 for Breast Cancer Now! 

A note from Volleyball: 

The fundraiser had marvellous spectators this year, shout out to Fashion Society for your lively cheering throughout the event. 

There was some amazing club vs club action, such as Women’s Football giving their all on court and leaving no question to who the stronger six were. 

Throughout the event, Think Pink t-shirts were available for purchase, which were proudly worn by the athletes playing. Continuously, we had a special visitor this year, Will Hawes, the CEO of BUCS, who was able to get some halftime match time in with our first team players. This offered an exciting opportunity for our club and helps us raiser further awareness for this irreplicable cause.

This year, there were many close matches but there can only be one winner… 

The semi’s saw Rugby Union and Athletics face off, with athletics moving on the next round. Whilst Tennis and Women’s Football had a close battle, where Tennis took the win. In the finals, it was a close game between Athletics and Tennis, with the score going point for point, but ultimately Tennis took it home as Think Pink champion.

We saw some great plays, tough matches, and an immaculate atmosphere during this event. We can’t wait to see everyone next year for a bigger and better Think Pink!

Tennis x Nintendo: Wii Tennis! 

The following Monday saw Tennis and Nintendo coming together at Yates for a joint club/society fundraiser. This was a fantastic collaboration idea and made a total of £180, £90 to each group. 

A note from Tennis:

With mini games and a tournament of Wii Tennis it was fantastic to have different clubs and societies come and compete. 

Hosted at Yates, we created a fun and competitive environment while keeping things light and fast with the quick matches mixed in with the mini games. There were prizes for each winner of the mini games, and it was great to be able to have something on the line for those competing. 

When the time for the main event came around it was Woman's Rugby and Tennis who found themselves in the final after matches against Equestrian, Volleyball, Lacrosse and American Football who had all gone out in earlier rounds! Woman's rugby put together an excellent effort with some very inexperienced Wii players, but it was the hosts in Tennis that found themselves at the top of the pile. Prizes were handed out to 3rd, 2nd and the winners. Volleyball took the bronze with Women's Rugby as the runners up.

It was a fantastic night with plenty of laughing and shouting at the screen, cheering on teammates. Thanks so much to Yates for hosting and accommodating multiple clubs!

American Football: Take Me Out!

Monday the 19th saw American football return with their Take Me Out club fundraiser. The had 161 people attend their event and raised a whopping £1,417.57 for their club this year!

A note from American Football: 

Organised by the American Football Club, the Gloucestershire Gladiators, Take Me Out brought students together for an evening of entertainment, laughter and matchmaking, all in support of fundraising for the club.

The event had quite a remarkable journey in the lead-up to it. With just four days to go, we had sold only 25 tickets, and we were initially faced with the possibility of having to relocate to a much smaller venue. However, we were delighted to see interest grow significantly over the following days, eventually selling over 130 tickets. Thanks to this fantastic response, we were able to retain our original venue after all! What initially looked like a challenging few days turned into a tremendous success and a brilliant evening. 

The event saw around five successful dates, alongside plenty of memorable moments that kept the audience entertained throughout the night.

Some of the standout moments included our Johnny Davies look-alike game, which brought plenty of laughs, and Jayson receiving the red light almost immediately after stepping onto the stage, followed by a rather colourful reaction directed at our Social Secretary, who was hosting the event! Gabe also took things to another level by singing a song to profess his love for Harry, making for one of the evening's most memorable performances. These moments, alongside the other acts and interactions, helped make the event such an entertaining and enjoyable night.

Although last-minute changes meant the event had to become a sober event, this certainly didn't take away from the atmosphere or enjoyment. We also organised an after-party at Yates, which gave everyone another opportunity to celebrate and brought together students from different clubs, members and friends.

Adventure Society: Ghost Walk

Adventure society hosted a Ghost walk around Prestbury, the most haunted village in Britain. For a very spooky Halloween event Adventure society nailed it! With ghost stories and a haunted village what could be more perfect for Halloween. 

A note from Adventure:

We were so grateful that there was such a big interest in the ghost walk with around 35 students attending from first year to third year with people saying they had a great time, the stories were more interesting than last year all of the stories were sourced from local news sites and articles. 

Unfortunately, we didn’t encounter any ghost activity, but we did meet a few horses along the way, the pub was great at the end where we went to talk about the ghost stories in more detail and play some of the pubs board games.

This has been a very successful month for students and all involved should be very proud of themselves! 

As we now move into November it’s important to remember it’s also Movember. A month to get talking. As it gets darker and colder everyone can start feeling low and unmotivated. Check in with your friends. There are many events lined up aimed at Movember and also general events to get involved in. Get out of the house and enjoy the month!

Events to look forward to:

• Many Society Pub Quiz’s: 5th Nov (See Native for specifics)
• Paint and Sip: 10th Nov
• Music’s Movember Showcase: 12th Nov
• SU Games afternoon: 13th Nov
• Darts 12hr dartathon: 18th Nov
• Self Defence class: 18th Nov
• Tash Bash: 30th Nov
• And many more!