Fall Practices Kick Off Today!

Today marks the start of the Fall 2010 sport club season! If you are interested in joining a club, be sure to contact the club president for practice information. Not sure which club suits you best?

Meet the officers at the Annual Taste of CRS event on September 12, from 1-4pm! Officers from each of the 42 clubs will be stationed on LaPlata Beach and you'll have a chance to ask any questions you might have.

Catch a Game on 9/11

Looking for something fun to do with your club to kick off the new season?

Catch a game with the Washington Freedom – DC’s premier women’s professional soccer team. Their next (and possibly last) home game of the season is on September 11th at 7pm at the Maryland Soccerplex in Germantown, MD.

There is a special ticket offer this game for college students around the DC area - a $20 Lower Bleacher ticket with FREE transport to and from the stadium. If you are interested in getting your club together to attend the game, email Nich Reddy (nisch.reddy@washingtonfreedom.com) by Wednesday, September 8th with the number of tickets you would like and she will make the necessary transport arrangements.

If you do attend, be sure to take a few team pictures and send them in to umdsc.pictures@gmail.com! Can't make the 9/11 game? What about the CRS Sprint Triathlon? We're still looking for volunteers!

We Tweet - Do you?

Looking for a way to stay updated with UMD Sport Clubs? Follow us on Twitter!

UMDsportclubs will be tweeting all kinds of important things - from reminders to rain cancellations, this is the quickest way to stay in the loop. Click the Twitter logo above to be taken to the UMDsportclub twitter page and get connected!

Interested in sport clubs?

Joining a sport club is a great way to meet new people, learn a new sport, or continue playing a sport you love. If you were a member of a sport club last year, you know the drill - complete your info online and then either print a waiver or wait until your first club practice to get one from an officer.

If you are a new to the club program, the easiest thing to do is contact the appropriate club officer to find out when your first practice is!

Getting on the club roster is super easy. Just find your club and then click the link:

That link will bring you to the club's member roster page. To add yourself as a member, click "member add":

And then complete all of the information. Be sure to use your full name and correct UID:

Your information will not show up on the CRS website until a waiver has been turned in to the sport club office, so you can either print a waiver and bring it to your first club practice, or just wait until your first practice and get a waiver from a club officer. If you'd like to print a waiver, click the "print a waiver" link:

Either way, be sure to turn in your completed waiver to a club officer. The club officers will bring all completed waivers to the sport club office, and your name should appear on the club roster within a few days.

Once your name has been added to the roster, it will look like this:

If you do not see your name on the roster within a few days of turning in your waiver, please check with the club officers to ensure that your waiver has been turned in to the sport club office. It is the responsibility of both you and your club officers to ensure that no one is practicing without a waiver on file!

Practices start on September 7. Get your information online now so you are ahead of the game!

Fun Team Building Opportunity!

Interested in doing some fun team building with your club, while at the same time participating in a great community service effort? Why not help out at the CRS Sprint Triathlon?

Volunteers are needed to help out with registration, handing out water to participants, and monitoring the course. the event date is Sunday, September 26, and all volunteers will receive t-shirts and snacks.

All sport club participants are encouraged to volunteer! Gather up a group of your teammates and make a day of volunteering and cheering on the triathlon participants. Email Kristin Legg, Triathlon Co-Coordinator, at klegg@umd.edu for more details or to sign up for a volunteer shift.

Welcome Back!

The summer is finally winding down and in less than a week classes will be back in session! The sport club staff is gearing up for another year of sport club fun - are you?

If you are a club officer, you have received a huge email with important dates, your schedule, and your budget for the 2010-2011 year. Please pass along pertinent information to your club members so everyone is on the same page for the start of the season.

Interested in joining a sport club this year? All you need to do for now is contact the club president and find out when the first practice or team meeting is - you'll get all the details at that practice or meeting.

Questions? Please email Katie Hagen, Assistant Director-Sport Clubs, at khagen@umd.edu.

Congrats to our award winners!

Thank you to all of our officers who came out on May 6 to celebrate another great year for Maryland Sport Clubs! I'd especially like to congratulate all of our award winners:

Spirit of Sport Clubs

Christina Bohr, Badminton Club

Student-Athlete Award

Women's Club Soccer

Athletic-Competetive Achievement Award

Terps Lacrosse Club

Fundraising Award

Triathlon

Terrapin Community Award

Women's Ice Hockey Club

Coach of the Year

James Evans and Andrew Barber, Terps Lacrosse Club

Club of the Year

Triathlon Club

I am so proud of all of our clubs - thank you for a great year!