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Pre-season starts on the 12th September for a range of our Essex Blades Sports Clubs. Please see below the schedule for the first three days of pre-season. At the start of the every day, a new day's worth of pre-season sessions will appear on this webpage. Please purchase a free Essex Blades membershp at The Essex Blades (essexstudent.com) in order to participate in pre-season. You'll also need to pre-book on to each session via the Essex Sport app. If you have any questions, please email blades@essex.ac.uk
Click on the sports club(s) you are interested in below to find out more information. Don't forget to grab your free 'basic' membership of your chosen sports club(s) while you're there!
We are keen to identify students who would like to participate in the sports listed below leading to the possible formation of clubs. When you click on a sport, it will take you to a typeform to complete. There is also an opportunity to complete a typeform to suggest other sports you are interested.