Sports Union Events Calendar
Watt's On and Highlights for 24/25
Heriot-Watt Sports Union is more than just Sports Training and Competition, there is a packed social calendar for clubs and the Sports Union as a whole. Read on for a few highlights for the 24/25 academic year.
Second Semester
January - May 2025
HWU COLOUR RUN
Thursday 13th March 2025 | Oriam
Active Wellbeing invite all Heriot-Watt Staff and Students to join them in celebrating Holi festival with a fun 5k colour run. Explore campus, get moving at your own pace and have a lot of fun.
WATT FEST
Thursday 13th March 2025 | Oriam
Taking place on Thursday 13 March from 5:30-10pm in the Walled Garden at Oriam, Watt Fest is open to all our HWU community to attend.
Alongside a very special headline act performance from ‘Definitely Mightbe’, we are also welcoming performances from our talented staff and students. Complete this short form to show your interest in performing.
If you're attending the event, make sure to bring a raincoat and some welly boots so you're prepared for the mud and messiness of a Scottish festival.
Blues Awards Ball
Heriot-Watt Edinburgh Campus
This is your chance to experience a proper Scottish ceilidh at an iconic Edinburgh venue. The annual Sports Union Ceilidh is the first big event in the Sports Union Calendar, a great evening with live music, a few ceilidh dances and a fun club Dance-Off. If you've never been to a ceilidh before don't worry, the band will guide you through the steps.
Sports Union Members enjoy Early Bird ticket access and discount on General Sale ticket prices so it's well worth getting your Oriam and Sports Union Memberships sorted before the Ceilidh.
Student Elections
March 2025 | Heriot-Watt Edinburgh Campus
The Sports Union and it's clubs are primarily run by volunteer students. Every year the Sports Union members nominate and vote for the club committees and the Sports Union executive team, including the Sports Union President!
Watt Cup
26th March 2025 | Oriam and External Sports Venues
Who will you support in this annual inter-club showdown? Team Yellow or Team Blue? Clubs across the sports union divide into team blue and yellow to compete head to head. Join us at Oriam and other venues across the city to support the clubs and celebrate one of the final events of this year's Sports Union calendar.
Sports Ball
Friday 21st February 2025 | EICC
This is your chance to experience a proper Scottish ceilidh at an iconic Edinburgh venue. The annual Sports Union Ceilidh is the first big event in the Sports Union Calendar, a great evening with live music, a few ceilidh dances and a fun club Dance-Off. If you've never been to a ceilidh before don't worry, the band will guide you through the steps.
Sports Union Members enjoy Early Bird ticket access and discount on General Sale ticket prices so it's well worth getting your Oriam and Sports Union Memberships sorted before the Ceilidh.
First Semester
September - December 2024
Santa Dash
Wednesday 27th November 2024 |
Heriot-Watt Edinburgh Campus
This is your chance to experience a proper Scottish ceilidh at an iconic Edinburgh venue. The annual Sports Union Ceilidh is the first big event in the Sports Union Calendar, a great evening with live music, a few ceilidh dances and a fun club Dance-Off. If you've never been to a ceilidh before don't worry, the band will guide you through the steps.
Sports Union Members enjoy Early Bird ticket access and discount on General Sale ticket prices so it's well worth getting your Oriam and Sports Union Memberships sorted before the Ceilidh.
Strictly Come Dancing
Wednesday 13th November 2024 | Liquid Rooms Edinburgh
This is your chance to experience a proper Scottish ceilidh at an iconic Edinburgh venue. The annual Sports Union Ceilidh is the first big event in the Sports Union Calendar, a great evening with live music, a few ceilidh dances and a fun club Dance-Off. If you've never been to a ceilidh before don't worry, the band will guide you through the steps.
Sports Union Members enjoy Early Bird ticket access and discount on General Sale ticket prices so it's well worth getting your Oriam and Sports Union Memberships sorted before the Ceilidh.
Big Scottish Ceilidh
Wednesday 23rd October 2024 | Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
This is your chance to experience a proper Scottish ceilidh at an iconic Edinburgh venue. The annual Sports Union Ceilidh is the first big event in the Sports Union Calendar, a great evening with live music, a few ceilidh dances and a fun club Dance-Off. If you've never been to a ceilidh before don't worry, the band will guide you through the steps.
Sports Union Members enjoy Early Bird ticket access and discount on General Sale ticket prices so it's well worth getting your Oriam and Sports Union Memberships sorted before the Ceilidh.