Sports centre?

Shamanic

On behalf of a mate;

Anybody know where th entrance to the sports centre is? is it through the arch on pearse st?

Also can your boyf/girlf use the pool once you're a student?

PurpleFistMixer

Go in through the Science Gallery entrance on Pearse street, turn left, walk all the way up to the (closed) gate, the entrance is on the left.

Presumably only members of the sports centre can use it, it seems unlikely that they have a special clause for girlfriends/boyfriends. Dunno what the deal is for non-students.

Boston

There is a pay as you go guest rate but I've no idea if that applies to the swimming pool. Non trinity students can become members.

murzilko

It's 20 EUR/day for visitors. That's for using all available facilities in the centre. Classes are extra.

j1smithy

Boston wrote: »

There is a pay as you go guest rate but I've no idea if that applies to the swimming pool. Non trinity students can become members.

Only grads, staff or retired staff can become members.

Crash

http://www.tcd.ie/Sport/index.php?nodeId=5&title=Membership <--apparently he's right. Did they scrap the whole "selling membership to the public" idea after everyone became members straight off?

Awayindahils

Shamanic wrote: »

Also can your boyf/girlf use the pool once you're a student?

Why on earth does your mate think that their girlfriend or boyfriend can use the pool just because they are a member?

That's just plain ridiculous.

Boston

j1smithy wrote: »

Only grads, staff or retired staff can become members.

Going Forward wrote: »

http://www.tcd.ie/Sport/index.php?nodeId=5&title=Membership <--apparently he's right. Did they scrap the whole "selling membership to the public" idea after everyone became members straight off?

Glad to here it tbh. Never liked the sound of that "selling membership to the public" idea.

Crash

Neither did I - though i'm just surprised because I'd never heard that they'd done away with the idea.

Shamanic

Awayindahils wrote: »

Why on earth does your mate think that their girlfriend or boyfriend can use the pool just because they are a member?

That's just plain ridiculous.

she didnt think he could use it for free, that is ridiculous yes. She just wanted to know if they wanted to train together could he pay and use it or would they just be better off signing up to the gym beside their apartment.

Cheers for the replies

Ron DMC

The sport centre page linked above wrote:

Graduates

Annual €280 + joining fee €75
Children- U16's €75 per child

Are there really that many graduates under the age of 16 that they get a special rate?

Sparks

j1smithy wrote: »

Only grads, staff or retired staff can become members.

Or their partners. Mine's a member of the gym through that (she's not an alumni, in fact she's staff in UCD).

Mark200

Sparks wrote: »

Or their partners. Mine's a member of the gym through that (she's not an alumni, in fact she's staff in UCD).

Whats up with you replying to topics a year later?

Sparks

Something Boston said the other day about the Rifle Club and the Pearse St. development sent me back looking for the original thread; and I ran into this one on the way. No big deal.

johnl

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

Presumably only members of the sports centre can use it, it seems unlikely that they have a special clause for girlfriends/boyfriends.

How is that fair?!

Boston

You can now bring a guest.

Ron DMC

Boston wrote: »

You can now bring a guest.

1) How much is the guest charged?

2) Who wants to bring me?

Boston

No idea, but it won't be cheap.

As a past student you can pay for membership. Afaik you don't need to have graduated.

Ron DMC

Boston wrote: »

No idea, but it won't be cheap.

As a past student you can pay for membership. Afaik you don't need to have graduated.

No point getting a full membership since I'm moving to Galway, but I might pop in with someone any time I'm around and pay per visit.

Oh wait, my bro's in Trinity now, I can go with him. Excellent.

Marathon Man

Sparks wrote: »

Or their partners. Mine's a member of the gym through that (she's not an alumni, in fact she's staff in UCD).

Cool, so If one is a grad with current membership, one can get ones gf ( who isn't a tcd student/grad) in as a member?
If so is it a simple procedure?

Sparks

It was simple enough at the time MM, there was a special offer going round for a reduced rate for partners and spouses, you filled out a membership form and paid a few hundred quid and that was it.

Doesn't help Ron though, it was only for partners and spouses, so apparently in the gym, it's not "bros before hos"

brownacid

I was enquiring about memebershipo for my bro last year and was told that sometime in march they release membership to the public but there are only like 300 spaces and its about 500 to join as far as I can remember anyway.