Our first Girls’ Night of the year is taking place at Ravelin Sports Centre on Friday 26 January 2024 from 7.00pm-10.30pm. This is the perfect opportunity for you to get together with friends or meet new people and take part in a whole range of sports and activities. Event memberships are £3 and this time, Girls’ Night is open to anyone who identifies as female - students and University of Portsmouth staff, current Ravelin Sports Centre members and the wider community. So if you have friends who are not Ravelin members, invite them to join you for an evening filled with positive energy, where you can try different activities in a comfortable, judgement-free and safe environment.
Get your Girls' Night membership for £3 and book your 3 sessions today!
Girls' Night - Purchase and Booking guide
- Click the 'Buy your event memberships' button above, which will take you to our Join@home page.
- Select 'Sign up for a membership', 'Next' and
- Select 'Girls' Night Membership' option and based on your status, select your membership type (Associate, Public, Staff, Student) and press 'Next'.
- £3 membership fee will appear on the screen - nothing needs to be changed, so just press 'Next'.
- If you have an account (membership or pay-as-you-go), select 'Yes, I have an Email Address and Password' and log in using your email address (email you used for signing up) and your password.
- If you do not have an account with us, select 'No, I am a new customer' and fill in all your details.
- After filling in all your information, complete the payment and that's it!
- Now you can download the UOP Sport app and book your Girls' Night sessions (bookings available from Monday 22 January).
After purchasing your Girls' Night membership through our website or at Ravelin reception, please download our UOP Sport app. In the app, you can see a 'Girls' Night' banner, which will take you to a page with all the information about Girls' Night, the event timetable and a section called 'Girls' Night Bookings' - so just click and start booking your sessions!
Please note, that bookings are limited to max 3 sessions per person. If your desired session gets fully booked, don't worry - we have plenty of other activities available for you.
Informational welcome talk will start at 6.45pm in the Sports Hall, so please arrive early and find out more about the sessions and all the extra activities we have prepared for you for the night.
What’s included?
- Gym sessions and Gym workshops
- Free and Instructed Swimming
- Climbing
- Fitness classes and brand-new Courses
- Sports sessions including boxing, rugby and squash
- Freebies and Fun activities
- And more
What else is prepared for Girls’ Night?
- Friendship Bracelets workshop - just pop in between your sessions to make a bracelet for yourself and your friend or partner
- South Coast Rx Physiotherapy will be offering free check-ups and advice in their Injury clinic between 7pm and 9pm.
- Alexandra Sports will be present with a wide range of Clothing, Foot insoles and Accessories
- Revive Southsea will tell you about their treatments for improving mental and physical well-being
- Portsmouth FC Women will be present to tell you all about women's football
- Pick up some freebies from UOP Sport and icanseethesea
Tell us about your experience and get a chance to win some amazing prizes
Joining Girls' Night will not only allow you to try new sports and meet new people, but you can win some prizes as well! We will ask all Girls' Night attendees to give us feedback and tell us about their experience on the night. Filling out our feedback form will enter you into a prize draw filled with amazing prizes! So don't miss out and sign up for Girls' Night today!
Feedback from previous Girls’ Night
- 88.6% would recommend Girls’ Night to a friend
- 83% are most likely to continue with an activity they tried as part of Girls’ Night
- 100% felt that Girls’ Night created a safe space for girls to exercise
- 80% rated Girls’ Night as 8-10/10
The purpose
It can be incredibly daunting trying something new and making that first step in getting active. When looking at our own customer base as well as global research it’s clear to see that significantly more males are active and involved in sport and/or regularly exercise compared to females. We are trying to bridge this gap by encouraging more females to get active, and Girls’ Night is the perfect start!
Timetable
Gym Session
- Gym access will be available throughout the event (do not need to be booked)
- Squat and Bench Workshop 19:15 - 20:00
- Gym Circuit 20:00 - 20:30
- Deadlift and Hip Thurst Workshop 20:30 - 21:15
- Gym Circuit 21:15 - 21:45
- SkillRow Race class 19:30 - 19:35
- Skill Bike Race class 19:45 - 19:50
Fitness Classes
- Zumba 19:15 - 20:30
- Self-Defence taster 20:15 - 21:00 - MALE INSTRUCTOR
- Yoga Slow Flow 21:15 - 22:00
- Virtual The Trip 19:30 - 20:10
- Virtual Sprint 20:30 - 21:00
- Strictly Salsa 20:15 - 21:00
Swimming
- Instructed Lane Swim 19:00 - 19:55
- Learn to Swim with Friends 19:00 - 19:30
- Learn to Swim with Friends 19:30 - 20:00
- Lane Swim 20:00 - 20:55
- Come and Try Synchro 20:15 - 21:15
- Casual Swim 21:00 - 22:15
- Aqua Fit 21:30 - 22:00
Climbing
- Climbing Taster 19:00 - 20:00
- Climbing Taster 20:00 - 21:00
- Climbing Taster 21:00 - 22:00
Sports Session
- Rowing 19:00 - 20:00 (Students only)
- Women's Futsal 19:00 - 20:00 (Students only)
- Fencing 20:00 - 20:30 (Students only)
- Fencing 20:30 - 21:00 (Students only)
- Boxing 20:00 - 21:00 (Students only) - MALE INSTRUCTOR
- Women’s Rugby 20:00 - 21:00
- Table-Tennis 21:00 - 22:00 (Students only)
- Handball 21:00 - 22:00 (Students only)
- Squash 19:00 - 19:40
- Squash 19:40 - 20:20