Club sports

Students playing football

Our club sport programme

Working with the University Sports Union, we support a comprehensive club sport programme for students of all abilities and interests competing in a range of domestic and national competitions.

Whether you are an eager beginner or experienced competitive athlete, our clubs can provide the perfect sporting environment.

We work with the Sports Union to support over 50 sporting clubs including:

  • American Football
  • Archery
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Basketball (men and women)
  • Boxing
  • Cheerleading
  • Cricket
  • Curling
  • Cycling
  • Dance
  • Equestrian
  • Fencing
  • Football (men and women)
  • Futsal
  • Gaelic football (men and women)
  • Golf
  • Hockey (men and women)
  • Judo
  • Kayak
  • Lacrosse (men and women)
  • Mountaineering
  • Muay thai boxing
  • Netball
  • Open ocean divers
  • Orienteering
  • Polo club
  • Power lifting
  • Rowing
  • Rugby (men and women)
  • Sen-no-kai
  • Shinty
  • Skydiving
  • Snow sports
  • Squash
  • Sub-aqua
  • Surf
  • Swimming
  • Table tennis
  • Tennis
  • Touch rugby
  • Trampoline and gymnastics
  • Triathlon
  • Ultimate frisbee
  • Underwater hockey
  • Volleyball
  • Waterpolo

How to join a sports club

To join a Sports Union club, you need to sign up for the following memberships:

  1. Sports facility membership
  2. Sports Union membership
  3. Sports club membership

Find out more on each membership and how to sign up on the Sports Union website.

Students playing hockey

Focus sports

Outside of our international scholarship programme, the Sports Union and University of Stirling Sport continue to work in partnership to implement a focused Tier 2 Programme for a number of sports. It's a tailored package of support to work towards achieving performance goals.

The support each focus sport receives includes access to:

  • video analysis,
  • mentorship,
  • high performance suite,
  • training workshops.

Our focus sports are:

  • American Football
  • Athletics
  • Basketball
  • Men’s rugby
  • Women’s rugby
  • Water polo
  • Women’s hockey

Useful links

A-Z of sports clubs

Contact student sport