Athletics club member running along the track

Athletics Club

We strive for success in competition and work on building strong family values

If you are looking to enrich your university experience to the fullest then look no further than the University of Portsmouth Athletics Club. We are a club that accepts people of all experience, background and confidence. As much as we strive for success in competition we also work on maintaining and building the strong family values for our new and returning members. This consists of a healthy balance of training, competition and socials.

Get your sports club membership

With a one-off payment for the full year.

Please note for some compete memberships you need to be selected for the team. Check with the club first as to which membership type to purchase.

Club membership - 2024/25

  • Half-year Compete: £57.50

Competitive Athletics Club Membership covers training, coaching competition entry & equipment. Affiliation not included

  • Half-year Development: £47.50

Development Athletics Club Membership covers training, local competition entry & equipment. BUCS competition not included. 

  • Half-year Play: £32.50

Play Athletics Club Membership covers weekly social athletics sessions & equipment.

Training sessions

  • Tuesday 7.00pm-8.00pm: Southsea Common distance training
  • Thursday 7.00pm-8.00pm: Mountbatten Athletics Track distance training
  • Sunday 2.00pm-3.00pm: Competition training
  • Group runs Monday 6.30pm-7.30pm around Portsmouth
  • We also take part in Southsea parkrun every Saturday morning at 9am

Competitions

Saturdays and Sundays - Competitions will take place on selected weekend days at various locations.

Three students before a sports game

Play Memberships

Lots of our Team UOP Sports Clubs offer Play Memberships, a more casual way to play without committing to a year membership. Most Play Memberships are £32.50 for semester 2 (with some exceptions).

The sports included are:

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LGBTQ+ sports club guidance

We welcome all students to take part in non-competitive sports and we recognise the health and wellbeing benefits of being active. Competitive sports are bound by specific policies governed by the sport's National Governing Body which may be less inclusive. Please find below inclusion guidance for our club.

Mixed-gender Club Trans-gender Club Non-binary Club Gender-queer Club
Yes Partially Partially Partially

Play: Athletics is not included in our Play programme.

Train: Inclusivity dependant - individuals would have to train for competitions which would be linked to their assigned gender at birth.

Compete: Inclusivity dependant - individuals would have to compete in competitions linked to their assigned gender at birth.

Check out the full guidance on uka.org.uk.