Our first social of the new year will be a meal in Mumbles. Meet at Fulton House at 6.45pm on Weds (30th Jan) and we'll either walk or get a taxi to Mumbles (weather dependent).
On Thursday, December 13th (MEET JCs 6.30pm). The Christmas Ball costs £25. For this, you get a 3 course meal (see emails/fb for menu), a bus to the King Arthur Hotel on the Gower and back, a DJ, music, dancefloor and bar. The dress code is smart, so you'll get a chance to see how everyone looks in their finery. The highlight of the social calender!
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Weds, 21st November. Meet in Yates at 7pm (top of Wind Street) where we'll grab a drink or two before heading to LaserZone. We'll probably head down Wind St afterwards too.
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This social will be a relaxed affair, with the chance to elect new committee representitives as well as knock back a few drinks in town. Meeting at 8pm outside Fulton House and we'll head to Wind St later on. The committee positions are: first year rep (open to those who are members of the hiking club for the first time) and international rep (open to those visiting Swansea from a university abroad).
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Our first social will be on Wednesday 3rd October! The plan is to meet outside Fulton House at 7pm and head to the Uplands Tavern for a few drinks. There is also a pub quiz on Wednesday which we can enter! It will be a good opportunity for all the new members of the club to meet and greet each other whilst enjoying a few drinks :) hope to see you there!
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Hello to our new members and welcome back to our returning members. All of us in the hiking committee are happy to see you and are hoping you're as excited for a new year of walks and socials as we are.
For those returning members who saw us at freshers fayre you'll have noticed that there have been many changes over this past summer. The merging of the SU with the AU has finally arrived. We are now no longer Athletic Union, but the new sport brand "Sport Swansea". Hopefully this will improve the experience we can give to you our members.
The joining process of Sports clubs this year has changed dramatically - You need a brand new sport Swansea membership to join any sports club now - these are available online here. The Sport Swansea membership will give you a transaction number (always useful to keep)and will be automatically added to your student union account. Due to the new SU update, your SU account is now the same as your university account and can be accessed through your university login details. You can now join the club online at your convenience, here.
Our hikes are all day activities and we aim to get back home around 6:00pm. You will need food, water, a waterproof coat and suitable footwear.
One last final thing we have a new email address for you to contact us with, it's hiking@swansea-union.co.uk .
The hiking committee
Hello everyone! Hope you are all having a good holiday.
The committee are working hard to get everything ready for the coming year and the new walks program is now availiable through the walks tab above. For the club veterans who are returning this year we look forward to seeing you at fresher's fayre, for those of you who have never joined us before here is a quick guide on how to join our hiking group...
* First you need to join the Athletic Union (AU), they oversee all sports at Swansea university and you cannot participate with any of the student sports clubs before you have joined them, this is beacuse they provide our insurance and also for other legal and financial reasons. To join the AU visist their website (www.suau.co.uk), click the 'membership' tab on the navigation bar and then follow the instructions.
* After filling out the AU's forms you get a confirmation page, print this and take it to the AU stand fresher's fayre where you will be given an AU card! This is your ticket to join more than 40 sports clubs!!
* Next come and find the HIKING CLUB stand!!! We can sign you up to the club there and then and you can book your place on one of our first walks.
We look forward to meeting you!
Not sure if hiking is for you? Our walks are of varying lengths from 6 to 14miles and guided by a committee member or competent walk leader, we won't rush you or force you to walk faster than you feel comfortable. We visit some awesome locations including local areas like the Gower peninsula and the Brecon beacons as well as longer trips to areas like Exmoor and the Peak district. Checkout our photos in the gallery!
Following the AGM on Tuesday the new committee are
Chairman - Sam Wizard
Vice Chair - Joe Savage
Treasurer - Sam Phillipps
Secretary - Hannah Lee
Social Secretary - Hannah Awre
Publicity Secretary - Charlotte Graves
Webmaster - Chris Laidler
They will be running the club from now until around the end of February 2012.
Hello everyone! I hope you all had a good Christmas.
Walking is a fantastic way to work off those extra pounds put on over the Christmas period and is a great social activity too.
We'd encourage anyone who would like to join the club to contact Chris using the details on the committee page or come and find us at 'refreshers fair' which will take place shortly after the exams are over.If you are an exchnage student who has just arrived in Swansea we would encourage you to join our walking club as a way to see alot of the local area.
Existing member check out the walks programme on the 'walks' tab and also take note of our first full weekend away which will be to Shropshire on the 11th to the 13th of February.
Congratulations to our new first year reps and international reps who have now joined the committee, they are;
- Hannah Lee
- Joe Savage
- Sam Whiting
- Philipp Elbers (international rep)
They will be helping out the committee with running the club over the next few months.
Our next weekend is to Dartmoor. Please note that this weekend will now be 26th - 28th of November which is a week later than orignally planned due to some problems with the accomodation we booked.
Here’s how to join the club
- First you need to join the Athletic Union (AU), they oversee all sports at Swansea university and you cannot participate with any of the student sports clubs before you have joined them, this is because they provide our insurance and also for other legal and financial reasons. To join the AU visit their website (www.suau.co.uk), click the ’join the AU’ tab on the left of their site and then follow the ’new user’ instructions to join the AU.
- After filling out the AU’s forms you get a confirmation page, print this and take it to the AU office where you will be given an AU card! This is your ticket to join more than 40 sports clubs!! If you’re not sure where the AU office is we can take you up there at one of our signups and we can also help you with the online forms if you’re having trouble.
- Our signups are every Wednesday and Friday 12.30 – 1.30 pm in JCs bar (coffee side) on the 2nd floor of Fulton house. Come and find us here and we can sign you up to the club.
We look forward to meeting you!
Not sure if hiking is for you? Our walks are of varying lengths from 6 to 14miles and guided by a committee member or competent walk leader, we won’t rush you or force you to walk faster than you feel comfortable. We visit some awesome locations including local areas like the Gower peninsula and the Brecon beacons as well as longer trips to areas like Snowdonia and the Peak district. Checkout our photos in the gallery!
Hello everyone! Hope you are all having a good holiday.
The committee are working hard to get everything ready for the coming year and the new walks program is now availiable through the walks tab above. For the club veterans who are returning this year we look forward to seeing you at fresher's fair, for those of you who have never joined us before here is a quick guide on how to join our hiking group...
- First you need to join the Athletic Union (AU), they oversee all sports at Swansea university and you cannot participate with any of the student sports clubs before you have joined them, this is beacuse they provide our insurance and also for other legal and financial reasons. To join the AU visist their website (www.suau.co.uk), click the 'join the AU' tab on the left of their site and then follow the 'new user' instructions to join the AU.
- After filling out the AU's forms you get a confirmation page, print this and take it to the AU stand in Dining room C in Fulton House where you will be given an AU card! This is your ticket to join more than 40 sports clubs!!
- Next come and find the HIKING CLUB stand!!! We can sign you up to the club there and then and you can book your place on one of our first walks.
We look forward to meeting you!
Not sure if hiking is for you? Our walks are of varying lengths from 6 to 14miles and guided by a committee member or competent walk leader, we won't rush you or force you to walk faster than you feel comfortable. We visit some awesome locations including local areas like the Gower peninsula and the Brecon beacons as well as longer trips to areas like Snowdonia and the Peak district. Checkout our photos in the gallery!
This Sunday is our last Sunday hike.... sniff! Join us SUnday 9th of March for the waterfall walk.
Saturday the 8th is our BBQ at Chris's house, contact Chris for details and our last social is Wednesday 12th May when we'll be having our Orienbeering social in Clyne Valley. Keep an eye our for more details in the emails.
After our AGM last week the new committee is
- Chairman - Chris Laidler
- Vice Chair - Sam Wizard
- Treasurer - Katherine Hooper
- Secretary - Gareth Davies
I hope everyone enjoyed the pancakes after the meeting :)
Our next big trip away will be a 5 day Easter trip to Snowdonia from the 20th to the 24th of March, this includes 5 days walking, 4 nights accomodation and transport all for the bargain price of £65. Please bring your £20 deposit to the signup to secure your place!