Information for Old Blues
Keeping up to date
We know how much a part of our lives the club has become and are sure this is also true for alumni.
The easiest way to keep up to date with general news of the club is of course by following us on social media (links can be found at the bottom of the page). You can also view our current and archived club newsletters on this website, available here.
For alumni-specific news and events, make sure you're on the mailing list. If you would like to join or unsure you are on it, don’t hesitate to contact our Alumni Officer—Alumni Officer contact details can be found here.
Events
Our Old Blues Match and Dinner will be held on the 15th of March, this year, and will include matches for M1, W1, M2 and W2. We hope this will be an opportunity for current members and alumni of all teams to compete. Matches will be followed by a dinner and drinks reception in Sidney Sussex College. Follow the link below to register your interest in the event.
And of course, the most important event of the year, Varsity, will be held in Oxford on the 8th of March 2025. Spectators are always welcome to watch and cheer us on and the event will be livestreamed. Follow the link below for more information.
Updated: Nov. 2024
Supporting the Club
CUFC continues to do fantastic work with our amazing teams and work of our wonderful committee. With membership numbers increasing, and brilliant BUCS results from last year, we have exciting plans to continue improving the club.
However, with a home Varsity on the horizon, the pressure is mounting up to make it the best event possible while still running an engaging club. Over the past few years, the club, like everything, has become increasingly more expensive to run while income has not yet increased to match. In order to continue, we have been forced to increase our membership prices and be far more conservative with our spending. Moreover, as students in general are facing tougher financial situations, we’ve had to introduce reduced membership fees for those receiving means-tested bursaries, so that we can continue to introduce as many people as possible to the joys of fencing and our club.
We have so many plans and goals for the club, however, we struggle to achieve them with our attention focused so much on finances and with such a purse-string budget. We would be immensely grateful for any donations either general or to a specific cause to alleviate some pressure from the club and allow us to expand and develop to provide the best fencing experience to our members.
The CUFC Archives
We’d love to learn more about your years with CUFC. Our aim is to build an archive of photos and videos from alumni of their time with the club. If you have any photos or videos from your time that you are willing to share, we’d love to see them. Hopefully, with enough contributions we could build an archive of CUFC memories spanning generations.
We would be immensely grateful if you could upload them securely via the link below or send them directly to our alumni officer found on the committee page, here.
