CampusSport’s newsletter 4/2025
In this newsletter:
- Schedule for the summer published and summer fees available
- Summer’s tennis courses for beginners
- Sports shift cancellations
- Apply to become a sports tutor for the academic year 2025-2026
- May Day cooper 29 April
- Wild herb tour (in Finnish) 20 May
- Come and try Walking ball sports 21 May
- Returning the key tag
- Answer CampusSport’s feedback survey
1. Schedule for the summer published and summer fees available
CampusSport’s spring semester ends on 30 April 2025 and after that starts CampusSport’s summer semester (1 May – 31 Aug 2025). You can now pay the summer fee at CampusSport’s online store! The sports fee for the summer is 41 euros for students and 52 euros for staff members. The 30-day fee (23 / 28 euros) will be available in the summer too.
Included in the sports fee:
- Instructed classes are organized from 2 May until 13 June.
- Badminton and pickleball shifts are offered the whole summer.
- The gyms are open the whole summer. However, the Roddis gym is probably closed in June and July due to renovation. We will give out more information as soon as the details are confirmed.
The sports schedule for the summer is published! The schedule is temporarily available only on the piece of news “Summer semester 2025”, as it is not possible to show the schedules for two seasons at the same time on our website.
More information on our website: https://www.campussport.fi/en/summer-semester-2025/
2. Summer’s tennis courses for beginners
CampusSport organises two tennis courses for beginners in the summer 2025. The beginners’ course is meant for people with little or no experience in tennis. Courses have the same content. The courses take place in CampusSport’s tennis courts that are situated close to Educarium (Assistentinkatu 5, Turku).
Price of a course is 50 euros. You can attend a course without paying the CampusSport sports fee, in case you do not want to use other CampusSport services. You can enrol in the courses by paying the course fee at the online store of CampusSport. Enrolment to courses starts on Thursday 24 April at 2 pm. The last day to enrol is 27 May.
More information on our website: https://www.campussport.fi/en/summers-2025-tennis-courses-for-beginners/
3. Sports shift cancellations
- There are no sports shifts on 18 Apr – 21 Apr 2025 due to Easter. The gyms are open normally.
- There are no sports shifts on 30 Apr – 1 May 2025 due to Walpurgis night (Vappu). The gyms are open normally.
4. Apply to become a sports tutor for the academic year 2025–2026
Recruitment of CampusSport’s sports tutors for the academic year of 2025–2026 takes place 7 Apr – 27 Apr 2025. Sports tutor is a peer exerciser, a student who encourages other students to exercise. Their tasks include being a sports buddy, facilitating tutors’ weekly Just for fun shift and organizing events and sport try outs.
Tutoring season lasts for an academic year. The busiest time is from late August to early October and it is important that you are available during that time. Being a sports tutor is voluntary work and our tutors do not get paid. Tutors get a free CampusSport membership and they can participate in our courses and team competitions for free.
More information and instructions how to apply on our website: https://www.campussport.fi/en/apply-to-become-a-sports-tutor-for-the-academic-year-2025-2026/
5. May Day cooper 29 April
CampusSport organises a May Day cooper on Tue 29 April 2025 at 10 am at Kuuvuorenkenttä (Ruukuntekijänkuja 2, Turku). The event is free and all the students and staff members of the universities in Turku are welcome to join. You do not have to pay the CampusSport sports fee in order to participate. The event takes place only if at least 5 people enrol.
In cooper test you run or walk a track for 12 minutes with the aim of covering as much distance as possible. You can do the May Day cooper as a test and just concentrate on challenging yourself. If you want, you can also enrol your result to CampusSport’s May Day cooper 2025 competition. The competition takes place only if at least 3 people enrol their results. Points will be given according to the cooper test table. One mixed series.
The event lasts for approx. one hour. If it rains a lot, the event will be cancelled.
Enrol to May Day cooper at the latest on 24 April: https://www.campussport.fi/en/other-services/competitions/entering/
6. Wild herb tour (in Finnish) 20 May
Welcome to a wild herb tour on Tue 20 May 2025 at 5 pm – 6.30 pm. On the tour, you will learn how to identify and use wild herbs, hear about everyman’s rights and find out what type of places are good for collecting wild herbs. The tour will be led by wild herb guide Hanna Pihlajamaa.
The tour starts from, and ends at, the entrance of Tyyssija gym (Inspehtorinkatu 12, Turku). The tour costs 9 €. You can pay the participation fee in our online store. You do not need to pay the CampusSport sports fee in order to participate but you need to be a student or a staff member in one of the universities in Turku. The tour will take place only if at least 10 people participate. Last day to enroll is 15 May. Note that the guide will speak only Finnish.
More information on our website: https://www.campussport.fi/en/tapahtumat/wild-herb-tour/
7. Come and try Walking ball sports 21 May
Do ball sports seem unapproachable or physically too demanding? Welcome to try Walking ball sports! You get to experience the competitive excitement as well as the sense of community of team ball sports at walking speed.
CampusSport organises a Walking ball sports event on Wed 21 May 2025 at 11 am – 4 pm at Educarium sports hall (Assistentinkatu 5, Turku). We will experiment with walking versions of basketball (at 11 am – 11.45 am), floorball 3 vs. 3 (at 2 pm – 2.45 pm) and indoor football (at 3 pm – 3.45 pm). You can participate in as many sports as you want to. The event is free and all the students and staff members of the universities in Turku are welcome to join. You do not have to pay the CampusSport sports fee in order to participate.
More information on our website: https://www.campussport.fi/en/tapahtumat/walking-ball-sports/
8. Returning the key tag
If you won’t use CampusSport’s services in the future, you can bring back your key tag to support sustainability. There is no deposit. You can bring the tag to the sports service counters or you can drop it in the mailbox which is located by the sports service counter in Educarium.
9. Answer CampusSport’s feedback survey
User feedback is essential for us to improve the services. We hope that you have a few minutes to answer our feedback survey about the sports services. The last day to answer the survey is 11 May 2025.
You can answer the Webropol survey here: https://link.webropol.com/s/cs-spring2025 (Visit an external site. The link opens in a new tab.)
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