Need a way to fight off the Freshman Fifteen? Miss the soccer team you played with since you were five? Wanted to play varsity or club sports, but couldn't make the time commitment (or weren't athletic enough)? You have found your calling: Intramural sports.
Intramurals offer a wide range of sports for the casual athlete: from classic team sports, such as basketball and flag football, to the more peculiar, like Wiffleball and badminton. Dodge ball, tennis, racquetball, softball, futsal (indoor soccer), and volleyball are also offered. Teams usually play once a week.
Certain sports, such as basketball and football, require a fee of $30 a team to pay for equipment and facility costs. Some sports, such as basketball, also have two leagues: an A league for more competitive and advanced players, and a B league for novice players.
Intramurals are open to the entire Tufts community, including students, faculty and staff, and is completely coed except for women's basketball. Each team is supposed to be allowed only one player who is currently or was previously on a varsity team.
There is no limit to the number of players on each team, but any interested team should visit the intramural sports Web site at http://ase.tufts.edu/athletics/intramurals.html. Each team needs to send a representative to the mandatory meeting at the Athletics Department in Halligan Hall next Monday night. Each player on the roster must have a valid Tufts ID number, e-mail address, and phone number.
Flag football will be played each Monday night from 8-10 p.m. on Bello Field. Captains must attend the Monday meeting at 6:00 p.m.. Tennis intramurals will play in a round robin format and will start matches Oct. 2, playing through November.
Softball will be played Sundays on Fletcher field from 12-6 p.m. Captains should come to the meeting at 7:15. Indoor soccer is played at two different times: the A team plays Tuesday evenings 7-10 p.m., while the B league plays Monday evenings from 7-10 p.m. in Gantcher. Come to the meeting at 6:30 for indoor soccer.
Basketball will be played from 6-10 p.m., Thursday nights for the A league and Tuesday nights for the B league. The basketball portion of the Monday meeting will be held at 6:15. Dodgeball will be held Thursday evenings from 8-10 p.m. in the Carzo Cage. Captains should come to the meeting at 7:00.
Badminton is played during open hours, 8:40-10:00 p.m. on Thursdays in Jackson Gym, where tournaments and other competition are available. Volleyball teams will play 7-10 p.m. in the Carzo Cage on Tuesdays. Captains should come to the Monday meeting at 6:45. Wiffleball takes place Monday nights from 8:00-9:00 p.m., also in the Carzo Cage. The Wiffleball meeting is at 8:00 on Monday.
