List of social activities at the University of Cambridge
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This is intended to be a complete list of articles detailing clubs, societies and other common leisure activities associated with the University of Cambridge
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University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
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General
- Varsity matchVarsity matchA varsity match is a sporting fixture between two university rivals; in its original and most common form, it is used to describe meetings between Oxford University and Cambridge University.-Popular British and Irish Varsity matches:*University of Oxford v...
, the annual match for each sports team against the University of OxfordUniversity of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096... - Cambridge BlueUniversity Sporting BlueA Blue is an award earned by sportsmen and women at a university and some schools for competition at the highest level. The awarding of Blues began at Oxford and Cambridge Universities...
, an award for competing at the highest level of University sport - The Hawks' ClubHawks' ClubThe Hawks' Club is a members-only social club for sportsmen at the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1872.-Eligibility criteria:Application for membership is open to any man who is either a member of any college at the University of Cambridge or who has been admitted ad eundem to the...
, a social club for men with a BlueUniversity Sporting BlueA Blue is an award earned by sportsmen and women at a university and some schools for competition at the highest level. The awarding of Blues began at Oxford and Cambridge Universities...
, Half Blue or Second Team Colours
Clubs
- Association football:
- Cambridge University Association Football LeagueCambridge University Association Football LeagueThe Cambridge University Association Football League is the governing body of football in the University of Cambridge in England.-Introduction:...
- CUAFL CuppersCuppersCuppers is a term for intercollegiate sporting competitions at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The term comes from the word "cup" and is an example of the Oxford "-er". Each sport holds only one cuppers competition each year, which is open to all colleges. Most cuppers competitions use...
- CUAFL Plate
- CUAFL Shield
- CUAFL Vase
- CUAFL Cuppers
- Cambridge University Association Football Club
- Pegasus A.F.C., a now-defunct combined Oxford-Cambridge football team
- Cambridge University Association Football League
- Cambridge University Cricket ClubCambridge University Cricket ClubCambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
- Rugby union:
- Cambridge University Rugby Union Football ClubCambridge University R.U.F.C.The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
- The Varsity MatchThe Varsity MatchThe Varsity Match is an annual rugby union fixture played between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England. By tradition, the match is held on the second Tuesday of December. In 2005, however, this changed, and the match was on Tuesday 6 December. In 2007, it was held on a Thursday for...
, the annual rugby union varsity match
- Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club
- Cambridge University Automobile ClubCambridge University Automobile ClubThe Cambridge University Automobile Club or CUAC is a motor club for members and alumni of the University of Cambridge.It is recognised by the RACMSA...
- Cambridge University Lawn Tennis ClubCambridge University Lawn Tennis ClubCambridge University Lawn Tennis Club in England is one of the oldest lawn tennis clubs in the world.-Overview:The club was founded in 1881, seven years before the Lawn Tennis Association of Great Britain was founded...
- Strange Blue, the Cambridge University UltimateUltimateUltimate, penultimate or antepenultimate may refer to:*Ultimate , a team disc sport*Ultimate , at Lightwater Valley amusement park near Ripon, North Yorkshire, England...
Club
Rowing
- Cambridge University Boat ClubCambridge University Boat ClubThe Cambridge University Boat Club is the rowing club of the University of Cambridge, England, located on the River Cam at Cambridge, although training primarily takes place on the River Great Ouse at Ely. The club was founded in 1828...
- Cambridge University Combined Boat Club
- Cambridge University Lightweight Rowing ClubCambridge University Lightweight Rowing ClubCambridge University Lightweight Rowing Club is the University rowing club for lightweight oarsmen at the University of Cambridge. In past years it has fielded two crews to race against Oxford in the Henley Boat Races: the lightweight Blue Boat and Granta, the lightweight reserve crew. CULRC has...
- Cambridge University Women's Boat ClubCambridge University Women's Boat ClubCambridge University Women's Boat Club is the University rowing club for women at the University of Cambridge. CUWBC field three crews to race against Oxford in the Henley Boat Races, these are the Blue Boat — the women's heavyweight VIII, the Lightweight Boat — the women's lightweight VIII and...
- The Boat RaceThe Boat RaceThe event generally known as "The Boat Race" is a rowing race in England between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club, rowed between competing eights each spring on the River Thames in London. It takes place generally on the last Saturday of March or the first...
- Henley Boat RacesHenley Boat RacesThe Henley Boat Races are a number of rowing races between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. Taking place on the River Thames at Henley, they are for crews that do not compete in the main University Boat Race on the 6,779m Championship Course in London:* Women's Boat Race *...
College boat clubs
- Caius Boat ClubCaius Boat ClubCaius Boat Club is the boat club for members of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.The Club rows on the river Cam, and like the other college boat clubs its prime constitutional aim is to gain and hold the headship of the Lent Bumps and May Bumps, now held in eight-oared boats, separately for...
- Christ's College Boat ClubChrist's College Boat ClubChrist's College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Christ's College, Cambridge. It inhabits the oldest wooden framed boathouse on the river, the nearest to Jesus Lock....
- Churchill College Boat ClubChurchill College Boat ClubChurchill College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Churchill College, Cambridge.The club colours are pink and brown, chosen as they are Sir Winston Churchill's racing colours. In recent years, the club has become famous for its lurid pink shells. The men's 1st VIII started the trend in...
- Clare Boat ClubClare Boat ClubClare Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Clare College, Cambridge. Prior to about 1930, the Clare 1st VIII spent most of its time near the boundary of the 1st and 2nd divisions of the Lent and May Bumps. It rose to take the headship of the Lent Bumps in 1939...
- Corpus Christi College Boat ClubCorpus Christi College Boat Club (Cambridge)Corpus Christi College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. It represents one of the smallest colleges in Cambridge, meaning that as crews are selected from a small pool ability often varies from year to year...
- Downing College Boat ClubDowning College Boat ClubDowning College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Downing College, Cambridge. Despite the college admitting undergraduates in 1821, Downing's boat club did not form until 1863, with their first race being in the spring of 1864...
- Emmanuel Boat ClubEmmanuel Boat ClubEmmanuel Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The men's 1st VIII has stayed largely in the first division of the Lent and May Bumps for the last half-century, but fell as low as 21st in the May Bumps in the 1930s, and has been as low as 28th in the Lent Bumps...
- Fitzwilliam College Boat ClubFitzwilliam College Boat ClubFitzwilliam College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Prior to the 1960s, Fitzwilliam House occupied a position near the bottom of the 2nd division or top half of the 3rd division of the Lent and May Bumps, even finding itself in the 4th division of the...
- Girton College Boat ClubGirton College Boat ClubGirton College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Girton College, Cambridge. Girton was originally a college for women only, but first allowed men in 1977. A men's crew first appeared in 1980 in both the Lent and May Bumps, rising to the 1st division in the Lent Bumps by 1995. Since then,...
- Homerton College Boat ClubHomerton College Boat ClubHomerton College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Homerton College, University of Cambridge...
- Hughes Hall College Boat ClubHughes Hall College Boat ClubHughes Hall College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Hughes Hall, Cambridge. It is more formally known by the Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs as the Hughes Hall/ Lucy Cavendish Combined Boat Club after its merging with the boat club of Lucy Cavendish College, an all-women's...
- Jesus College Boat ClubJesus College Boat Club (Cambridge)Jesus College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Jesus College, Cambridge. Over the years, it has been consistently successful, with the 1st Men's VIII never having dropped below 12th place in the May Bumps and 11th position in the Lent Bumps...
- King's College Boat ClubKing's College Boat ClubKing's College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of King's College, Cambridge.-Men's results:The King's 1st men's VIII have spent most of their history in the second division of the Lent and May Bumps. In 1897, King's reached 4th in the Lent Bumps, but subsided back into the 2nd division...
- Lady Margaret Boat ClubLady Margaret Boat ClubThe Lady Margaret Boat Club , is the rowing club for members of St John's College, Cambridge, England. The club is named after Lady Margaret Beaufort, foundress of the College.- History :...
(St John's College) - Magdalene Boat ClubMagdalene Boat Club (Cambridge)Magdalene Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Magdalene College, Cambridge.Magdalene Boat Club was founded in 1828. Mountaineer George Mallory was Captain of Boats when MBC was widely recognised as the fastest boat on the River Cam....
- New Hall Boat ClubNew Hall Boat ClubMurray Edwards College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, up to 2008 known as New Hall. Murray Edwards is a college for women only. New Hall's early progress was good, taking the headship of the Lent Bumps in 1976, 1978 and 1980...
- Newnham College Boat ClubNewnham College Boat ClubNewnham College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Newnham College, Cambridge. Newnham is a college for women only. Members of Newnham have been rowing for a considerable time before the first women's bumps races. The first bumps for women started in 1974...
- Pembroke College Boat ClubPembroke College Boat Club (Cambridge)Pembroke College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Over the last century, crews from Pembroke have held the headship of the men's Lent Bumps on four occasions, and the headship of the men's May Bumps ten times...
- Peterhouse Boat ClubPeterhouse Boat ClubPeterhouse Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Peterhouse, Cambridge. It was founded on 29 April 1828 as St Peter's College Boat Club, but was renamed in 1873 to its present name...
- Queens' College Boat Club
- Robinson College Boat ClubRobinson College Boat ClubRobinson College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Robinson College, Cambridge. Robinson is one of the most recent colleges of Cambridge University and its men's and women's crews both appeared in 1981 for the first time. The men's 1st VIII rose steadily in the Lent Bumps and has been in...
- Selwyn College Boat ClubSelwyn College Boat ClubSelwyn College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Selwyn College, Cambridge.In the early days of the Lent and May Bumps, Selwyn spent a lot of time in the 2nd division, but rose sharply from the mid-1920s, reaching 3rd in the May Bumps throughout the early 1930s and 2nd in the Lent Bumps...
- Sidney Sussex College Boat ClubSidney Sussex College Boat ClubSidney Sussex College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in England. Founded in 1837, the club has spent most of its time in the 2nd division of the Lent and May Bumps, with brief times spent in the 1st division...
- St. Catharine's College Boat ClubSt. Catharine's College Boat Club (Cambridge)St. Catharine's College Boat Club is the rowing club for members of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. In the Lent Bumps, the men's 1st VIII resided largely near the boundary of the 1st and 2nd divisions, but spent a few years in the top-10, reaching as high as 6th in the 1930s and in 1968...
- Trinity College:
- First Trinity Boat Club
- Second Trinity Boat Club
- Third Trinity Boat Club
- First and Third Trinity Boat ClubFirst and Third Trinity Boat ClubThe First and Third Trinity Boat Club is the rowing club of Trinity College in Cambridge, England. The club formally came into existence in 1946 when the First Trinity Boat Club and the Third Trinity Boat Club merged, although the 2 clubs had been rowing together for several years before that date...
- Trinity Hall Boat ClubTrinity Hall Boat ClubTrinity Hall Boat Club is the rowing club of Trinity Hall, a college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1827 it is amongst the oldest college boat clubs in Cambridge, England....
Bumps races
- Bumps raceBumps raceA bumps race is a form of rowing race in which a number of boats chase each other in single file, each boat attempting to catch and "bump" the boat in front without being caught by the boat behind....
- Lent BumpsLent BumpsThe Lent Bumps are a set of rowing races held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge. They began in 1887, after separating from the May Bumps, the equivalent bumping races held in mid-June. Prior to the separation there had been a single set of annual bumps dating from its inception in 1827...
: 1998Lent Bumps 1998The Lent Bumps 1998 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday 24 until Saturday 28 February 1998. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887. See Lent Bumps for the...
, 1999Lent Bumps 1999The Lent Bumps 1999 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 23, 1999 until Saturday February 27, 1999. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887. See Lent...
, 2000Lent Bumps 2000The Lent Bumps 2000 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 29, 2000 until Saturday March 4, 2000. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887. See Lent Bumps...
, 2001Lent Bumps 2001The Lent Bumps 2001 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 27, 2001 until Thursday March 1, 2001. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887. See Lent Bumps...
, 2002Lent Bumps 2002The Lent Bumps 2002 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday March 1, 2002 until Saturday March 4, 2002. The event was run as a bumps race and has been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887. See Lent Bumps for the format of the races...
, 2003Lent Bumps 2003The Lent Bumps 2003 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 25, 2003 until Saturday March 1, 2003. The event was run as a bumps race and has been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887. See Lent Bumps for the format of the races...
, 2004Lent Bumps 2004The Lent Bumps 2004 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday, 24 February 2004 until Saturday 28 February 2004. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887. See Lent...
, 2005Lent Bumps 2005The Lent Bumps 2005 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday March 1, 2005 until Saturday March 5, 2005. The event was run as a bumps race and is the most recent in the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March since 1887. See...
, 2006Lent Bumps 2006The Lent Bumps 2006 was a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 28, 2006 until Saturday March 4, 2006. The event was run as a bumps race and has been held annually in late-February or early March in this format since 1887. See Lent Bumps for the format of the races...
, 2007Lent Bumps 2007The Lent Bumps 2007 was a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 27, 2007 until Saturday March 3, 2007. The event was run as a bumps race and was the last set in the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March in this form...
, 2008Lent Bumps 2008The Lent Bumps 2008 were a series of rowing races at the University of Cambridge held on the River Cam from Tuesday February 26, 2008 until Saturday March 1, 2008. The event was run as a bumps race and was the 121st race in the series of Lent Bumps, which have been held annually in late February or...
, 2009Lent Bumps 2009The Lent Bumps 2009 is a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Tuesday February 24, 2009 until Saturday February 28, 2009. The event was run as a bumps race and was the 122nd in the series of Lent Bumps which have been held annually in late-February or early March in this form... - May BumpsMay BumpsThe May Bumps are a set of rowing races, held annually on the River Cam in Cambridge. They began in 1887 after separating from the Lent Bumps, the equivalent bumping races held at the end of February or start of March. Prior to the separation there had been a single set of annual bumps dating from...
: 1998May Bumps 1998The May Bumps 1998 were a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday June 10, 1998 until Saturday June 13, 1998. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of that have been held annually in mid-June since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the races...
, 1999May Bumps 1999The May Bumps 1999 were a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday June 9, 1999 until Saturday June 12, 1999. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of May Bumps that have been held annually in mid-June since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the races...
, 2000May Bumps 2000The May Bumps 2000 were a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday June 14, 2000 until Saturday June 17, 2000. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of May Bumps which have been held annually in mid-June since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the races...
, 2001May Bumps 2001The May Bumps 2001 were a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday 13 June 2001 until Saturday 16 June 2001. The event was run as a bumps race and has been held annually in mid-June since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the races...
, 2002May Bumps 2002The May Bumps 2002 were a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday June 12, 2002 until Saturday June 15, 2002. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series that have been held annually in mid-June in this form since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the races...
, 2003May Bumps 2003The May Bumps 2003 were a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday June 11, 2003 until Saturday June 14, 2003. The event was run as a bumps race and have been held annually in mid-June since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the races...
, 2004May Bumps 2004The May Bumps 2004 were a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday June 9, 2004 until Saturday June 12, 2004. The event was run as a bumps race and is one of a series of May Bumps which have been held annually in mid-June since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the races...
, 2005May Bumps 2005The May Bumps 2005 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday 15 June 2005 until Saturday 18 June 2005. The event was run as a bumps race and have been held annually in mid-June since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the races...
, 2006May Bumps 2006The May Bumps 2006 was a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday June 14, 2006 until Saturday June 17, 2006. The event was run as a bumps race and have been held annually in mid-June since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the races...
, 2007May Bumps 2007The May Bumps 2007 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday 13 June 2007 until Saturday 16 June 2007. The races were run as a bumps race in the series of May Bumps which have been held annually in mid-June in this form since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the...
, 2008May Bumps 2008The May Bumps 2008 were a series of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday 11 June 2008 until Saturday 14 June 2008. The races were run as a bumps race and have been held annually in mid-June in this form since 1887. See May Bumps for the format of the races...
, 2009May Bumps 2009The May Bumps 2009 were a series of rowing races held in Cambridge with crews from all Cambridge University Colleges and Anglia Ruskin University from Wednesday 10 June 2009 until Saturday 13 June 2009. The races are to be run as a bumps race, which have been held annually in mid-June in this form...
Political societies
- Cambridge Student Liberal DemocratsCambridge Student Liberal DemocratsCambridge Student Liberal Democrats is the student branch of the Liberal Democrats for students at both Cambridge University and the Anglia Ruskin University campus in Cambridge...
- Cambridge Union SocietyCambridge Union SocietyThe Cambridge Union Society, commonly referred to as simply "the Cambridge Union" or "the Union," is a debating society in Cambridge, England and is the largest society at the University of Cambridge. Since its founding in 1815, the Union has developed a worldwide reputation as a noted symbol of...
, a debating society - Cambridge University Conservative AssociationCambridge University Conservative AssociationThe Cambridge University Conservative Association is a long-established political society going back to 1921, with roots in the late nineteenth century, as a Conservative branch for students at Cambridge University in England...
- Cambridge University Labour ClubCambridge University Labour ClubThe Cambridge Universities Labour Club is a political society whose predecessor was first set up in 1905, which now seeks to unite socialist and social democratic students at Cambridge University with the Labour Party by propagating "the values of Clause 4 of the Labour Party’s constitution, to...
- Clare PoliticsClare PoliticsClare Politics is a student-run political society based at Clare College, Cambridge. Its self-proclaimed aim is "to bring the leading figures from the world of politics and current affairs to Clare to discuss the issues of the day"....
, a political society based at ClareClare College, CambridgeClare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1326, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. Clare is famous for its chapel choir and for its gardens on "the Backs"...
Academic societies
- Cambridge University Scientific Society
- Cambridge University Moral Sciences ClubCambridge University Moral Sciences ClubThe Cambridge University Moral Sciences Club, founded in October 1878, is a philosophy discussion group that meets weekly at Cambridge during term time. Speakers are invited to give a 30-minute paper, after which discussion is thrown open for several hours....
- Cambridge Philosophical SocietyCambridge Philosophical SocietyThe Cambridge Philosophical Society is a scientific society at University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1819. The name derives from the medieval use of the word philosophy to denote any research undertaken outside the fields of theology and medicine...
- Cambridge University Law SocietyCambridge University Law SocietyThe Cambridge University Law Society is a society at Cambridge University which is run by students for students. Founded in 1901, the Society is one of the oldest of its kind and has an active membership of over 1500 members...
- Cambridge University SPS Society
Drama societies
- Amateur Dramatic ClubCambridge University Amateur Dramatic ClubFounded in 1855, the Amateur Dramatic Club is the oldest University dramatic society in England - and the largest dramatic society in Cambridge....
- FootlightsFootlightsCambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, commonly referred to simply as the Footlights, is an amateur theatrical club in Cambridge, England, founded in 1883 and run by the students of Cambridge University....
, an amateur dramatics and comedy club - Cambridge University Light Entertainment SocietyCambridge University Light Entertainment SocietyThe Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society is a student drama society at Cambridge University. Notable alumni include Douglas Adams, John Cleese , HRH The Prince Edward, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden....
- Improvised Comedy Ents (ICE), the University's oldest improv society
- Alcock Improv, another improv society
- The Corpus Christi Fletcher Players
- The MovementThe Movement (theatre company)The Movement is a theatre company formed at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK in 2009. It has moved from amateur to professional productions over the last two years.-Company history:...
, now a professional theatre company but still using actors from the University.
Student Unions
- Cambridge University Students' UnionCambridge University Students' UnionCambridge University Students' Union is the university-wide representative body for students at the University of Cambridge, England...
, the Cambridge-wide federal union - Graduate Union, the students' union specifically for Graduates
- Churchill JCR, undergraduate student union in Churchill
Miscellaneous societies
- Cambridge ApostlesCambridge ApostlesThe Cambridge Apostles, also known as the Cambridge Conversazione Society, is an intellectual secret society at the University of Cambridge founded in 1820 by George Tomlinson, a Cambridge student who went on to become the first Bishop of Gibraltar....
, an elite intellectual secret society - Cambridge Explorers, secret social and adventuring club
- Cambridge University Punting SocietyCambridge University Punting SocietyThe Cambridge University Punting Society, or "CUPS", is an undergraduate student society in the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 2010, and holds official society status in the University of Cambridge. It exists to promote the ancient pursuit of punting, i.e. boating on a river using a...
, the oldest and largest extant punting society in the world. - Cambridge SCACambridge SCACambridge SCA is a registered charity which encourages and provides community volunteering opportunities for the students of the University of Cambridge. Projects typically provide services to disadvantaged groups within the local community and provide students with valuable learning opportunities...
, a charity and volunteering organisation - Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club, the world's oldest tiddlywinks club
- Choir of King's College, CambridgeChoir of King's College, CambridgeThe Choir of King's College, Cambridge is one of today's most accomplished and renowned representatives of the great British choral tradition. It was created by King Henry VI, who founded King's College, Cambridge in 1441, to provide daily singing in his Chapel, which remains the main task of the...
, a world-renowned choir - CUR1350CUR1350Cam FM is a student-run radio station at the University of Cambridge. The station broadcasts on an FM frequency of 97.2 MHz and online, from a studio located in the basement of a house owned by Churchill College.In 2009, the station was awarded an FM Community Licence by UK Broadcasting...
, the student radio station - Cambridge University Wireless SocietyCambridge University Wireless SocietyThe Cambridge University Wireless Society is the amateur radio club of the University of Cambridge, England.CUWS is one of the oldest still active radio clubs in the United Kingdom. It was founded on on 13 October 1920 and its call sign has since 1932 always been G6UW...
, the university amateur radioAmateur radioAmateur radio is the use of designated radio frequency spectrum for purposes of private recreation, non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, and emergency communication...
club - GrantaGrantaGranta is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centers on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story’s supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make real." In 2007, The Observer stated, "In its blend of...
, periodical which started as a student society - Hawks' ClubHawks' ClubThe Hawks' Club is a members-only social club for sportsmen at the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1872.-Eligibility criteria:Application for membership is open to any man who is either a member of any college at the University of Cambridge or who has been admitted ad eundem to the...
, a member's club for university sportsmen - Pitt ClubPitt ClubThe University Pitt Club, popularly referred to as the Pitt Club, is a club, only open to male students at the University of Cambridge. In the past, most of its membership attended certain private schools, and whilst this is no longer a criterion for membership it is still largely true...
, an exclusive social club - TCSThe Cambridge StudentThe Cambridge Student, commonly known as TCS, is one of Cambridge University's student newspapers...
, a student newspaper - VarsityVarsity (Cambridge)Varsity is the oldest of Cambridge University's main student newspapers. It has been published continuously since 1947, and is one of only three fully independent student newspapers in the UK. It appears every Friday around Cambridge...
, 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.Gonville & Caius A.F.C.Gonville & Caius AFC, more commonly known as Caius, is the representative football club of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, England. It is one of only a few university teams to have entered the FA Cup 1st round proper....
, the only college team to have reached the 1st round of the FA CupFA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... - Pembroke PlayersPembroke PlayersPembroke Players is an amateur theatrical society in Cambridge, England, founded in 1955 and run by the students of Pembroke College, Cambridge. It is the most active College drama society in the University, staging 10-15 drama productions and comedy smokers every year. It is also the only College...
, an amateur dramatics society
Leisure activities
- Formal Hall, a formal dinner in a college
- June EventJune EventJune Events are alternatives to May Balls held by some Cambridge colleges.The necessarily high price of May Ball tickets motivates some colleges to host Events instead...
, an alternative to May Balls - May BallMay BallA May Ball is a ball at the end of the academic year that happens at any one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge. They are formal affairs, requiring evening dress, with ticket prices of around £65 to £200 , with some colleges selling tickets only in pairs...
s, a college ball, usually held annually in May Week - May WeekMay WeekMay Week is the name used within the University of Cambridge to refer to a period of time at the end of the academic year. Originally May Week took place in the week during May before year-end exams began. Today, May Week takes place in June. The end of exams is a cause for heavy celebration...
, the week after the end of examinations, actually in June - PuntingPunt (boat)A punt is a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow, designed for use in small rivers or other shallow water. Punting refers to boating in a punt. The punter generally propels the punt by pushing against the river bed with a pole...
- Suicide Sunday, the Sunday during May Week