Active Campus
The Active Campus programme is an initiative encouraging both students and staff at Wrexham Glyndŵr University to be more active and make healthier choices every day.
The programme we promote from the Sports Centre is to encourage anybody and everybody to take part in some form of activity. It could be something as simple as using the stairs instead of the lift and choosing a piece of fruit instead of a packet of crisps for a snack.
Activities
The Wrexham Glyndŵr Sports' team organise a number of activities which are specifically aimed at staff and students to encourage participation in physical exercise alongside their work or studies.
All sessions are subject to facility availability, please check with the Sports Centre reception
Active Campus Table Tennis
Starting 4 October 2021
Mondays from 12:00 until 12:45 @ WGU Sports Centre
£2.00 per person
Tables will be available between 12:00 until 12:45, 3 tables will initially be available with room to increase should numbers attending require it.
Active Campus Badminton
Starting 4 October 2021
Mondays from 12:00 until 12:45 @ WGU Sports Centre
£2.00 per person
3 courts will be available between 12:00 until 12:45, with room to increase should numbers attending require it.
Active Campus Volleyball
Starting 5 October 2021
Mondays from 13:00 until 13:45 @ WGU Sports Centre
£2.00 per person
Active Campus Futsal
Starting 6 October 2021
Wednesdays from 12:00 until 13:45 @ WGU Sports Centre
£2.00 per person
What is Futsal?
The name simply combines the Spanish words for ‘Hall’ – Sala and ‘Football’ – Futbol into Futsal.
Futsal is the official format of Small Sided Football that is recognised and supported by FIFA, UEFA and the FAW. There is a FIFA Futsal World Cup and a UEFA European Championships for National teams. In addition, club champions from across Europe progress to a Champions League format competition named the UEFA Futsal Cup.
The rules of Futsal are very similar to eleven-a-side football with many of the skills and techniques transferable. Futsal is a five-a-side game, played on a flat indoor pitch with a size 4 ball with a 30% reduced bounce. It is played to touchlines and all players are free to enter the penalty area and play the ball over head height. In Futsal players are constantly placed in situations where they must receive or play whilst under pressure in confined spaces. The demands of the game mean players must develop excellent technical ability, vision and awareness, decision making under pressure and cope with the fast paced physical requirements of the game.
Active Campus Multi Sport
(Badminton / Table Tennis or Basketball)
Starting 8 October 2021
Fridays from 13:00 until 13:45 @ WGU Sports Centre
£2.00 per person
Bicycle Hire
Wrexham Glyndŵr University Sport offers a cycle hire service for use by staff and students to travel between campuses and around Wrexham. (£10.00 for 7 days hire)
There are currently 14 cycles available for hire (two of these are on the Northop campus) and can be hired for up to 7 days at a time.
Find out more about the cycle hire scheme here.
