Clubs and Societies
There's a wealth of successful clubs and societies for you to join. During Freshers' Week there is a Clubs and Societies Night, where you can find out what's on offer and join whatever takes your fancy. The SU has a dedicated Sports and Societies Co-ordinator who's full of enthusiasm and always welcomes new ideas. Harper Adams has a fantastic reputation for sport, topping the British University and College Sport (BUCS) leagues in many.
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Get down and dirty!
If you like 4x4s, quad bikes, motor crossers, dirt buggies, and... well, basically anything with wheels, this is the club for you.
Harper has its own 4x4 track but there are also weekend outings to some of Britain's best off road courses where you can put your 4x4 vehicles through, over, under and, sometimes, around the most gruelling obstacles the countryside has to offer.
If you don't have a 4x4, feel free to hitch along with some of the others and give it a go. Oh, and anyone with an aversion to mud might think twice about joining!
The air rifle club hold regular shoots concentrating on target shooting at the Harper Adams shooting ground. 'HAUC A' Air Rifle competes in local and regional competitions throughout the academic year. The club welcomes all new members of all standards.
Club air rifles are available for use. Harper Adams has a dedicated air rifle store enabling club members to safely and securely store their rifles.
- Air Rifle Club - Health and Safety Charter and Club Rules (PDF)
All levels of ability are welcomed as the ladder caters for all. Make challenges and get playing!
Courts are available to book from Ben Harper (Sports and Societies Coordinator) from 12:00pm every Thursday* through to 12:00pm Fridays*. Equipment is available to hire from Ben during office hours.
*Term time only
The Basketball Club was launched in 2011 in partnership with Sportivate (Sport England) and EBL Basketball team Shropshire Warriors. Training is twice a week (Wednesday and Friday) in the Sports Hall, and session are aimed at all levels . The team aim to be competing against other universities in 2012.
The Christian Union is one of the oldest societies at Harper Adams and brings Christian students and staff together in a relaxed environment. Affiliated to the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF), you are welcome whatever your faith.
The Christian Union website can be found at www.hauccu.tk
The Harper Adams Conservation Society is growing all the time and has links with the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV). Highly popular with students across all courses it will give you a taste of practical countryside management and conservation work.
Projects include pond restoration and hedgerow planting as well as various field trips. The society is valued so highly by the local community that it has been nominated for an award.
Main aims of the conservation society:
- Give an identity within Harper to students on countryside courses
- Provide ALL students with the opportunity to learn new practical skills (such as wall building, landscaping etc.) and develop there personal skills. Team building, problem solving, carrying out instructions and using self-initiative are skills that can be developed as a member of the conservation society.
- We aim to develop and maintain a positive link with the surrounding communities of Edgmond and Newport; encouraging their awareness of the need to conserve our environment.
- Improve the reputation of Harper Adams locally and provide a beneficial input for local communities.
- As a bonus these activities will broaden your CV making them more attractive to prospective employers when being considered for placement jobs and employment after graduation.
- Overall, encourage students to enjoy and conserve their surrounding environment, meet new people and have FUN!!!!!!
The craft club is a growing society which meets weekly to explore different crafts, from card and jewellery making to dress making and painting.
Bit of a drama Queen (or King)?
Harper Adams students love getting up on stage for revues, pantomimes and plays and even the staff are prepared to give it a go and put on an occasional revue in aid of a good cause - where else would your lecturers voluntarily dress up as a cow just to get you a laugh?
Anyone can get involved, whether as a star of the show, helping out backstage, or just sitting back in the audience and letting them entertain you.
Riding, grooming and caring for horses. Learn to ride or Event. All ranges of skill welcome as tuition is available.
Have your own horse? Local stables are available that offer great deals for Harper Equestrian Club Members.
This year sees two teams entered for BUSA competition so there is even more opportunity to represent Harper Adams.
For more information please visit the Equestrian Club page.
Fencing is a combat sport that uses a series of three bladed weapons - foil, sabre and épée. The club intends to enter the BUCS league, and is now on the lookout for new student members.
The club runs on Thursday evenings, 7.30pm - 9.30pm. The sessions will be run by Regional Fencing Coach, Ken Holding. For those interested in joining or for more information, please contact Ben Harper.
A video featuring the club can be found here.
The Field Sports Society was formed to enable students at Harper Adams to participate in the sports they love, in the locality and beyond whilst studying at Harper.
Our motto is 'creating opportunity, promoting unity'
Field sports is a wide and expansive term that covers a lot of disciplines. It can range from falconry through to driven game shooting, hunting and fishing. Many students already participate in field sports before they come to Harper Adams, you only have to look at the bumper stickers around campus to realise that, and the Field Sports Society provides the opportunities to keep this interest going. If you are new to field sports and have a wish to be a part of this vibrant community then please contact us: fieldsports@harper-adams.ac.uk.
The Football club is growing every week and gain from strength to strength. The Football Club is sponsored by local Bar The Pheasant Inn (The Phez) where after game food and drink is always good.
The football team not only play in the British Universities League (BUCS) they also play a full calendar of 'Friendly' matches against local sides.
For more information please visit the Football Club page.
A weekly Wednesday afternoon session of cultural activities from around the globe. Recent sessions have included making the Harper Adams Guy Fawkes, carving pumpkins and decorating festival cakes.
Harper Africa involves both undergraduate and postgraduate students from a wide range of countries including Uganda, Zambia, Ghana, Botswana and Nigeria.
Their aim is to provide support for each other and to help new students to prepare for life studying in the UK and to settle in at Harper Adams in Shropshire.
Harper Cymry is a growing society as more and more Welsh students make Harper their first choice. Welsh members take part in a wide range of activities and events such as the Royal Welsh Show, the Welsh Winter Fair and St David's Day celebrations.
- be part of Harper Cymru - lots of great advice about student life at Harper (3.1Mb PDF)
Harper Forum is a student lead group that organise and run weekly lectures from important figures in the land-based industries, ex-students, heads of companies and industry leaders, making for some very interesting and challenging lectures and discussions.
The Harper Forum is an excellent way of supplementing your learning whilst at Harper Adams. Learn from the best in their field and learn how they got to the top!
The Forum is also a chance to build your organisational and people skills; taking a place on the forum committee will enable you to start networking with industry and build your skills organising and managing people.
We are probably one of the most popular and active societies at Harper. We currently have over 170 members. Our aim is to engage with Irish students long before their first day at the college, to give them a feel for the excellent spirit among Irish students at Harper. Our members find that our club is most valuable for the way it helps Irish students to get used to living so far from home by organising trips and activities at weekends. As well as providing this service, being a member of Harper Ireland creates a fantastic social group where you make life-long friends and have great fun.
Harper Ireland brings together students from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in one of the most popular and dynamic societies. As well as looking after fellow members and offering practical help and support, such as shared trips home, Harper Ireland has a well deserved reputation for its excellent social events. Don't miss Paddy's Ball, which is now a key date for the entire university college.
Harper Ireland and Harper Cymry both link up with ex-student alumni associations in their home countries to arrange events and keep people in touch with the Harper Spirit.
- Harper Ireland Website - read more about Harper Ireland
- be part of Harper Ireland - read the leaflet about student life at Harper (requires Flash)
As more and more Scottish students come to Harper Adams, this club grows in size and popularity. With lots of ideas for events and activities, this is a great club.
"Now then to all of you from God's own country, we in Harper Yorkshire may be one of the newest societies but we aren't half growing. If you want to attend some real
socials and meet some other proud Yorkshire lads and
lasses make sure to sign up to the club. We have some
top class Yorkshire members from all across the
county. In our first year we will be holding numerous
good events and will be going on trips to see the
wonders of Flamingo land and many other Yorkshire
havens. Also make sure to keep an eye out for us at
The Great Yorkshire Show and come ask us any
questions you have. We are all about having a laugh,
and making sure you never have to go far without
recognizing a fellow proud Yorkshire lad or lass."
Phil Pateman Club Chairman 2010-11
The Hockey club is made up of two Men's teams and Two Women's teams, both competitive in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) League. Both travel far and wide on Wednesdays to play opposing teams in the leagues.
The great outdoors is the playground of HOPS members. Climbing, canoeing, mountain biking, down-hill racing, white water rafting, knife throwing, orienteering, go-karting, wind surfing: if it;s outdoors, they do it. The society regularly organises adventure weekends and trips, and once a week run a trip to a climbing wall.
HOPS regularly meet on a Tuesday night in the “Barley” for socials to plan upcoming events and have a few drinks.
Sponsors
The Barley Mow
For more information please visit the HOPS page.
The International Society is a thriving group run by Harper Adams' international community of students, who hail from 28 different countries, including China, India, Greece, Hungary, Germany and France.
The club is open to all nations, and everyone at Harper Adams, including lecturers and postgraduate students.
Trips organised by the society include London, Stonehenge and Ireland, as well as ice-skating, paint balling and shopping trips. National days are often celebrated and theme nights in the bar include Greek Night, when traditional food, drink and dancing all form part of the experience.
- The International Office - read more about support for international students at Harper Adams
Harper Adams University College LGBT Society is for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender students and staff. The aim of the society is to offer support to LGBT students and staff by providing a friendly and secure atmosphere to meet other LGBT people at Harper Adams. As well as providing support we will also keep you informed of LGBT events in our area (yes there is more than you may think!) and organising social events and trips.
Some people are gay, get over it! - Stonewall
We understand that not everyone is out, so confidentiality will be respected.
Come along to the friendly monthly meetings to meet up with like-minded LGBT Harper Adams folk. Contact us on HAUCLGBT@hotmail.co.uk or contact Sally Pavely and we will keep you informed directly of further LGBT Society events and meetings.
Useful information and links
- Stonewall - LGB advice and guidance
- The Three Furnaces Pub at Tweedale, Telford
- C21 (Bar/Club) at Shrewsbury
- Midland Zone - LGBT news and events in the Midlands
- Gay Farmer Helpline
The Music society this year has supported two major Musical areas. Rock and Pop in the form of the Student band 5.3% volume, which have performed at the Christmas ball, presidential elections and soon to play the Summer Ball. Other music we have supported is the classical in the form of Keele Philharmonic orchestra who are keen to work with Harper students.
Whatever music you are in to playing, dj'ing, writing or even supporting we can help you to carry it on at University. For information on Music or even hiring our student band contact Ben Harper
Harper Adams Netball is an ever improving and growing club. This season saw some great successes. Girls of all levels are welcome to play BUCS (British Universities & Colleges Sport) netball on a Wednesday afternoon and league Netball at Lilleshall Sports Centre on Thursdays. Also "friendly" matches against Cirencester are always a highlight in the season.
For more information please visit the Netball Club page.
This group encourages cultural exchange and friendship amongst students of all nationalities. This is done both through on-campus activities such as tennis buddies, singing lessons and scuba try-dives and also with day trips to places of interest. Visits have included York, Liverpool, Chester, Oxford and local tourist attractions.
Lots of students also get involved with the RAG organisation, which organises events such as quiz nights, slave auctions, barbecues and other events throughout the year to raise cash for charity and have some fun into the bargain.
There are also lots of organisations you can get involved with in the wider community.
- Get Involved - read more about worthwhile ways to fill your spare time whilst at Harper Adams
The Rugby Club consists of three Men's sides and one Women's Side all competing in the British Universities league.
Harper Adams is known for its tough reputation on the rugby field. The Rugby sides are feared by much larger universities for being well drilled and extremely hard to beat. Traditionally Harper sides have turned over much larger universities and this season was no exception.
Rugby is one of the best supported of all Sports at Harper, Wednesday afternoons usually see rather large crowds cheering from the sidelines, and the Cirencester (Royal Agricultural College) Annual match is one of the best supported of any University fixtures.
For more information please visit the Rugby Club page.
Arguably the most successful club in Harper Adams, the Shooting Clun have been University Champions numerous times over the last decade.
Gun cabinets at Harper allow club members to store their guns on-site. The club shoot every Wednesdays and most Saturdays at the Harper shooting ground (half a mile off campus) and at different grounds around the country. All ranges of skill are represented from British Shooting champions to Masters of Clay pigeon conservation and watching. Tuition is available.
For more information please visit the Shooting Club page.
All levels of ability are welcomed as the ladder caters for all. Join up for free and get playing!
Courts are available on campus from 7:30am - 9:00pm Monday - Sunday for staff and students. Light cards must be purchased from the Main Building Finance Office (1 for 45mins).
Squash supplies available at Newport Sports on the Newport High Street.
'Harper Student Enterprise' is a new and exciting society which aims to promote entrepreneurial thinking in an enterprising world, to cultivate a rural entrepreneurial mind set and provide the next wave of entrepreneurs and rural business people.
All levels of ability are welcomed as the ladder caters for all. Join up for free and get playing!
Courts are available throughout the year. Please contact Ben Harper (Sports and Societies Coordinator) for details.
Interested in representing Harper Adams in Tennis at the British University Championships? Then contact Ben Harper for further information.
