Club Sports
Jennifer R. Yu ’25 Captures U.S. Women’s Chess Championship
College sophomore Jennifer R. Yu ’25 took home the 2022 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship title late last month after a 17-day tournament in St. Louis.
Club Athletes Report Mixed Experiences with Return to In-Person Club Sports
The return to in-person activities has drawn mixed reviews from Harvard club athletes, who report facing new team dynamics created by the pandemic and related safety protocols.
The Last Gymnasts of Hemenway
Why doesn't Harvard have a gymnastics team anymore? And what was it like to be a part of the team in its heyday?
Perfect Form
Harvard’s gymnastics hosted its first ever meet in 1980 against Northeastern, in which the men’s side swept the Huskies. Less than a decade later, the club faded into oblivion.
Not Wasting Their Shot
To accommodate the passion and fervor for soccer on campus, the Harvard Club Futsal team was created as an accessible outlet for students to play the game they love.
Club Futsal Creates a Unique Space for Soccer Enthusiasts
Because futsal is open to anyone and allows everyone to play, it creates a pick-up style, recreational environment compared to the organized practices and drills of club sports. The structure also means that the people who take time out of their week to go play club futsal also happen to be extremely passionate about the sport.
Classy Classics
The Crimson Classics finished their season as national runner-ups, beating Michigan and Princeton in the NCBBA Tournament before falling to Ohio State.
The Clubbies
Harvard Club Basketball plays its home games at Lavietes Pavilion. The Crimson Classics finished 10-1 at home this season.
Club Basketball Finishes as Runner-Up at NCBBA National Championships
A day after upsetting No.1 Michigan in the NCBBA semifinal, Harvard Club Basketball (Crimson Classics) fell to Ohio State in the championship game 80-70 at South Bend, Ind.
Quidditch on the Quad
Jesse A. Thue ‘20 plays Quidditch with the Harvard Horntails on the Quad Lawn on Sunday afternoon.
Men's Club Ultimate Frisbee Falls to Minnesota in National Championship Game
This past weekend the Harvard Red Line made it farther in the postseason than any team in program history.
The Harvard Horntails
Harvard's quidditch team, The Harvard Horntails, held its first practice of the semester, which was open to all students, at the Harvard Quad Recreational Athletic Center on Wednesday.
Take the Red Line
Harvard Red Line, pictured in 2013, is now led by co-captains Mark Vandenberg and John Stubbs.
Stubbs and Vandenberg Lead Red Line Into Title Contention
Football is no longer the only sport where you can see a player sprint down the sideline right past the opposition to make a diving catch off of a line-drive toss for the score anymore at Harvard. Harvard Red Line, the men’s Ultimate Frisbee club team, has used this type of connection to great effect throughout this fall season.
Tweets of the Week
Harvard-Yale brings out the best in Tweeters across campus every year, and the 2015 edition of the rivalry game certainly didn’t disappoint.
Laurie Lai Helps Taekwondo to Two First Place Finishes
In its first two competitions of the season, the Harvard Taekwondo (HTKD) has placed first in its division, allowing it to currently stand atop Division III of the Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Conference (ECTC).
Quidditch
Members of the Harvard Quidditch Team begin to practice October 13, 2015 in John F. Kennedy Memorial Park. Founded in 2009, the team plays the only co-ed contact sport offered at Harvard, according to the Harvard Recreation website.
The Place of Club Sports at Harvard
From aikikai to archery, water polo to wushu, Harvard club sports run the gamut of interests, experience, and athletic skill levels found across campus.
Cricket Hit
Sophomore Vivek Jayaram (left, batting) takes a swing during an American College Cricket game. Jayaram and junior captain Manik Kuchroo, earned All-American honors this year.
Since 1872
The Harvard Rugby Football Club, the oldest Rugby club in America, is one of a variety of club sports on the Crimson campus.
Ultimate on the Rise
The Harvard Quasar, alongside the Harvard Red Line, have put Ultimate Frisbee on the map in Cambridge.
Funding Feud
Despite the success which the team has experienced, being a club sport has brought financial limitation on the squad, affecting the ability for Quasar to be successful at a national level.
UC Votes Down Act Criticizing Final Clubs
The meeting, which ran thirty minutes longer than it was scheduled—at least in part because of lengthy debates about parliamentary procedure—came after controversy erupted over invitations to the Spee’s “pajama party.”
Ultimate Frisbee Club Establishes Endowment
Club representatives declined to reveal dollar figures, but they indicated that the endowment is large enough to waive all freshman membership fees for the fall season.