Virginia Tech's Department of Recreational Sports has a variety of club sports for students to choose from.
A club sport is competitive, but not to the same degree as varsity sports.
Club sports compete against other colleges in both regular season games and sometimes tournaments. Club sports are not a part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Students can choose to participate in one or more of the 29 clubs Tech has to offer. There are sports ranging from clay target shooting, to women's basketball, bowling, or even cricket.
A recent success was when the women's club lacrosse team won the national title in May.
Many of the sports are seasonal and most hold practice on campus. Sports such as snow ski, however, have both practices on campus and practices on the slopes.
Depending on the sports, practices can be anywhere from once a week to five days a week. Each sports club team has its own officers that are responsible for arrangements for their teams.
Students can find flyers in War Memorial Hall that will have contact information for officers, and most clubs have an interest meeting scheduled for the beginning of each semester for new students.
Students who are interested can contact the officers or attend the interest meeting to get a better idea of what the sport club team is about.