List of social activities at the University of Cambridge

This is intended to be a complete list of articles detailing clubs, societies and other common leisure activities associated with the University of Cambridge, England.

Sports

General

Varsity match, the annual match for each sports team against the University of Oxford
Cambridge Blue, an award for competing at the highest level of University sport
The Hawks' Club, a social club for men with a Blue, Half Blue or Second Team Colours

Clubs

Association football:
- Cambridge University Association Football League
  - CUAFL Cuppers
  - CUAFL Plate
  - CUAFL Shield
  - CUAFL Vase
- Cambridge University Association Football Club
- Pegasus A.F.C., a now-defunct combined Oxford-Cambridge football team
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Rugby union:
- Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club
- The Varsity Match, the annual rugby union varsity match
Cambridge University Automobile Club
Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club
Strange Blue, the Cambridge University Ultimate Club ^[1]

Rowing

College boat clubs

Bumps races

Bumps race
Lent Bumps: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
May Bumps: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Political societies

Cambridge Student Liberal Democrats
Cambridge Union Society, a debating society
Cambridge University Conservative Association
Cambridge University Labour Club
Clare Politics, a political society based at Clare
The Wilberforce Society, the student think-tank

Academic societies

Cambridge University Scientific Society
Cambridge University Moral Sciences Club
Cambridge Philosophical Society
Cambridge University Law Society
Cambridge University SPS Society

Drama societies

Amateur Dramatic Club
Cambridge University Gilbert and Sullivan Society
Footlights, an amateur dramatics and comedy club
Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society
Improvised Comedy Ents (ICE), the University's oldest improv society
Alcock Improv, another improv society
The Corpus Christi Fletcher Players
The Movement, now a professional theatre company but still using actors from the University.
Christ's Amateur Dramatic Society

Student Unions

Cambridge University Students' Union, the Cambridge-wide federal union
Graduate Union, the students' union specifically for Graduates
Churchill JCR, undergraduate student union in Churchill

Miscellaneous societies

Cambridge Apostles, an elite intellectual secret society
Cambridge Explorers, secret social and adventuring club
Cambridge University Punting Society, the oldest and largest extant punting society in the world.
Cambridge SCA, a charity and volunteering organisation
Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club, the world's oldest tiddlywinks club
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, a world-renowned choir
CUR1350, the student radio station
Cambridge University Wireless Society, the university amateur radio club
Granta, periodical which started as a student society
Hawks' Club, a member's club for university sportsmen
Pitt Club, an exclusive social club
TCS, a student newspaper
Varsity, a student newspaper
CICCU, the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union
Pembroke College Winnie-the-Pooh Society
Churchill Regular Association for Poker

College clubs and societies

Gonville & Caius A.F.C., the only college team to have reached the 1st round of the FA Cup
Pembroke Players, an amateur dramatics society

Leisure activities

Formal Hall, a formal dinner in a college
June Event, an alternative to May Balls
May Balls, a college ball, usually held annually in May Week
May Week, the week after the end of examinations, actually in June
Punting
Suicide Sunday, the Sunday during May Week

References

↑ Strange Blue, the Cambridge University Ultimate Club

External links

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