The Sabbatical Office
Gun House
Cambridge Road
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO1 2EF
Hello and welcome to the
Athletic Union!
My name is Simon ‘Darby’ Leach and I am the Sports Officer for this coming year, my job is to take care and look after the sporting interests of students which includes my main role of running the Athletic union.
Some 3500 students from 60 sports make up the Athletic Union which makes it the largest student group at the University of Portsmouth and one of the largest Athletic Unions in the country!
Pompey Athletic Union prides itself on catering for all levels, beginner to elite; our priority is getting people playing sport regardless of ability, though that does not mean our clubs are not of a high standard; We are now a national performance centre for England Hockey and our boxing club is the best University club in the country with more success expected!
Our strength is definitely our diversity; where else would you find a club like Frisbee mixing with the traditional mainstream sports like Rugby and Football? We have competitive clubs and recreational clubs alike, it doesn’t even matter if you have never played a particular sport before, we have room for you so come and join.
The Athletic Union is a very close knit community and the social side of life that sport brings is priceless, it provides you with a friendship network and more importantly a distraction from your course and as we all know a healthy body equals a healthy mind!
So all that being said I better be seeing you at freshers fayre joining one of our sports clubs, I promise you it will be the one defining moment of you University experience and will not be one you regret.
Talk to you soon,
Simon ‘Darby’ Leach
Sports Officer
University of Portsmouth Students’ Union
