UNL sports clubs go beyond intramurals
Footbag, climbing
among newest
campus groups
ByKaseyKebber
Senior Reporter
Whether you like to kick back and
kick around the hacky sack or scale
mountains, there’s a sports club for
you.
Yet the footbag and climbing clubs
are just two examples of the diversity
and opportunity the UNL sports club
program provides.
Currently there are 29 active sprats
clubs, ranging from competitive to rec
reational. They are open to all enrolled
UNL students and offer a variety of
opportunities and benefits for mem
bers.
Some of UNL’s sports clubs com
pete on the intercollegiate level and
have achieved national recognition.
The UNL Bowling Club has won
two national championships in the past
two years. The men’s club won the
national championship in 1996, while
the women’s club did it in 1995.
“The bowling clubs always do
well,” said Leah Marie-Hall Dorothy,
assistant director for sprats chibs and
special programs. “I know they have
placed in the top 10 for at least the last
five years I’ve been here.”
The Men’s Volleyball Club is also
coming off a successful year, placing
ninth in the nation after its performance
at the National Intramural Recreational
Sports Association championships.
In addition, the Women's Soccer
Club,
(wheel)
achieved re,
Yet most of UNL’s sports clubs do
not compete on the intercollegiate
level.
This includes two new sports clubs
that have been formed this year —
footbag and handball.
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MEMBERS OF THE UNL JUDO CLUB practice Wednesday at the Campus Recreation Center
the process was a relatively simple one.
“Contact us and we’ll go through
the steps needed tp be recognized as a
new organization,” Dorothy said. “A
new club must have at least five mem
bers, preferably 10.”
borne sports clubs have begun to
attract more students’ attention.
Helene Sapp Campus Recreation Cen
ter.
“They’re trying to locate a [dace in
the building where they can construct
a permanent structure,” Dorothy said.
Eventually, the wall would be fi
nanced by the revenue it creates from
climbing shoe rentals and fees for in
struction time on the wall.
The Hockey Club also hopes to
gain student interest with the announce
ment that it would be allowed access
to the future Lincoln Stars’ hockey
rink.
“We haven’t worked out hours yet,
but we know we will be allowed to use
the rink,” Dorothy said.
The newly-formed Women’s
Rugby team has also begun efforts to
attract new members.
“ft’s been hard to get members,”
said Kindra Molin, a freshman jour
nalism major. “We’re trying to make
people enjoy it so they’ll stay.”
Molin said that rugby's rules intimi
date many new members, but the ben
efits of belonging to the club far out
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weigh the hassle of learning new rules.
“It’s a great sport where you can
make some great friends and there’s no
pressure whatsoever,” Molin said.
Once students join a sports club,
they may be required to attend a set
number of practices each week or pay
a club fee or dues.
Amy Witte, a graduate assistant
working with the sports clubs program,
said that the fees are minimal.
• The Climbing Club is currently try
ing to make plans with the office of
campus recreation to build a man-made
climbing wall within the die Lee and
“The range of fees is somewhere
between $5 and $50.” Witte said.
Dorothy and Witte both agreed that
UNL’s intramural program only
strengthens the sports club program.
“I think intramurals definitely adds
to the sports clubs,” Witte said. “If a
student loves a sport and wants to play
it beyond intiamurals, they can find that
opportunity in a sports club.”
Students interested in joining a
sports club are encouraged to visit the
Involvement Fair on City Campus
Wednesday or call the Campus Rec for
mere information.
Jay Calderon/DN
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“Both of them are doing well,”
Dorothy said. “Tliey’re a little low on
members, but it’s just a matter of get
ting word out about the club and at
iracting new people.”
Dorothy stud that if a student was
interested installing a new sports club,
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