Welcome to the June edition of What's On at Oriam. We have a summer full of sport for you to enjoy starting this month! Don't go anywhere, we have plenty of new activities, sports and resources to share with you.
Student Sports Success
Congratulations to all of our students who have completed another year at Heriot-Watt, we hope you have great plans for the summer break. Before the term ended, we celebrated with the Sports Union at their annual Blues Awards Ball. All the clubs have achieved so much this year, it was hard to choose the winners!
A few highlights include the Equestrian BUCS A Team winning team of the year (pictured above), Barney Stewart (Football) earned Athlete of the Year and Finlay Johnston (Mountaineering) earned the Leadership Award for their dedication to their club and their sport. Above all, it was a record breaking evening with a total of 48 Blues Awards achieved this year. Blues awards are awarded to individuals who go above and beyond in all aspects of the sports union, including volunteering and sporting achievements. You can get all the details over on the Sports Union Instagram channel.
Summer Racquet Sports Sale!
Get the whole family on court for less this summer holidays.
To kick off a summer packed with sport, we're offering all our racquet sports for just £10! The sale starts from 22nd June for 3 weeks. This is a great opportunity to try out something new, or put the skills the kids have learnt during the term to the test. The offer will include Badminton, Pickleball, Squash or Tennis. Equipment is available to hire at reception so you just need to bring clean indoor trainers or tennis shoes and sports clothes to get started.
Are you ready for the Summer Holidays?
We're flying through the last term of school before summer holidays! Get the kids organised for a summer full of sport with our summer camps. This year we have three great options suitable for kids of all abilities and interests.
Minis Racquets Summer Stars
Bookings Now Open
Our Minis Racquets Camp is back for this summer! Open to children aged 3 - 5 years! Designed for our youngest sports stars, this short-format camp is filled with fun games and activities to build confidence and co-ordination with throwing, catching and early racquet skills. Available for two weeks, Mondays to Thursdays, 10:00 - 11:30am each day.
Oriam Youth Development Summer Camps
Bookings Now Open
Our Youth Development Programme has been growing from strength to strength and applications are now open for this year's Summer Camps!
There will be two weeks available; 6th-9th July and 13th - 16th July, following the same 4-day programme each week. This is a fantastic programme designed for young aspiring athletes aged 11 - 18 years. In each camp, participants will develop their own personal training programme through a variety of practical and theory based workshops held in our performance facilities, all with expert guidance from our Performance Sport team.
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Junior Sports
Summer Camps
Bookings Now Open
Oriam Junior Sports Camp is back for 3 weeks of action-packed fun this summer.
Our Junior Sports Camps are open to all abilities, aged 5-13 years. Let the kids explore a wide range of sports games and activities in a fun and welcoming environment. Each week is packed with games, skills sessions and fun, all led by our experienced coaches.
Each child will be part of a small activity group, led by an experienced coach. The groups are based on age and ability so everyone can make the most of each activity and build confidence with new skills and new friends.
From the Archives..
June 2025
Oriam Community Celebrations
Milestone events for Walking Football and Park Run
Oriam Walking Football 10th Anniversary
Our Walking Football group celebrated their 10th Anniversary last year! The group has grown from strength to strength over the years, starting from a small group, training a couple of times a week to their current thriving group with multiple teams which meet three to four times a week.
They celebrated with a fantastic charity tournament on the 24th June 2025, raising funds for Alzheimer's UK and Back Onside.
Oriam ParkRun marks 200th event
Oriam ParkRun also celebrated an important milestone this month. 14th June 2025 marked the 200th Oriam ParkRun event!
The community of regular runners and volunteers have built the weekly 5k run around campus into a welcoming and vibrant event, come rain or shine!
Oriam ParkRun continues to thrive through 2026, you can join them every Saturday morning at 9:30am. You don't even have to run, volunteers and spectators are always welcome too.
Game Changing Handball Scholarship
Handball athlete scholarship launched in 2025
We were thrilled to add Handball to our Sport Scholarship options last year, alongside the established Squash, Football and Individual Athlete programmes. Whilst we have previously had Handball athletes on our individual athlete programme, this was an exciting new development in partnership with Scottish Handball. In this industry-leading programme, both international and UK handball athletes can continue their sports career alongside their academic studies, with convenient access all on one campus.
Our handball athletes now have access to handball coaching with our partners at Scottish Handball, alongside all the great benefits of our established sports scholarship programmes including: academic support, strength & conditioning sessions, hydrotherapy and physiotherapy sessions. Applications are now open and we look forward to welcoming the new scholars to Oriam in September. Read the full article for more details and to start the application process!
Summary
Here's a round-up of everything we have planned at Oriam for June. New Classes, activities and more coming for summer 2026.