Sport and Recreation at Notre Dame

Actively pursue your best uni life

We know how important your work life balance is when you are chasing your dream job at uni. Sport is one of the best ways known to improve your physical and mental wellbeing - and why not make some great friends along the way.

Sports and recreation at our Fremantle campus

Semester 1 Calendar Strategic Plan for Sport

  • Student and staff gym

    Our Student/Staff Gym provides a competitively priced, convenient facility to remain physically and mentally active on campus.

    Our facility is clean, flexible, and functional in design with high ceilings flooded with natural light, making it the ultimate wellness haven.

    Open 6am-10pm on weekdays and 7am-5pm on weekends, you’ll enjoy high-quality fitness equipment including:

    • Jim Bradley boxing punching bags
    • Aerobic machines – treadmill, exercise bikes, rowing machine
    • Weight machines – cable machine, torsonator, leg press
    • Free weights – IronEdge bumper plates and bars, racks, dumbbells

    Our affordable membership options include:

    Membership LengthRate
    1 month $28
    3 months $65
    6 months $115
    12 months $220

    Payment instructions will be provided at your induction session. All new members, including students and staff, are required to complete an induction session. You’ll need to sign a membership form and pre-medical form prior to joining the gym.

    On completion of the induction and after receipt of payment, your membership card will be available for collection and your access will be activated.

    NEW in 2025 – Students can enjoy free access to the gym every Monday from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Before using the facility though, they must still sign a membership form and pre-medical form and attend an induction session.

    Got questions or want to book an induction session?

    Email fremantle.gym@nd.edu.au or visit our Fremantle campus on the ground floor of Customs House (ND49) (corner of Henry and Phillimore Streets).

  • UNDA Active - get active for free

    We offer free on-campus fitness classes for students looking to improve their overall wellbeing (physical and mental).

    Where: ND49 (Customs House), room attached to Staff and Student Gym.
    Cost: Free for all UNDA Students (simply fill out the waiver form and bring a Student card to each session). $100 for a 10-week program for UNDA Staff.

    Programs we offer:

    • Reformer Pilates
      • Day: Monday
        Time: 5pm till 6pm
        Dates: Weeks 2-11
        February 24. March 10, 17, 24, 31. April 7, 14, 28. May 5
      • Day: Wednesday
        Time: 12:30pm till 1:30pm
        Dates: Weeks 2-11
        February 26. March 5, 12, 19, 26. April 2, 9, 16, 30. May 7.
      • Day: Thursday
        Time: 7am till 8am
        Dates: Weeks 2-11
        February 27. March 6, 13, 20, 27. April 3, 10, 17. May 1, 8.
      • Day: Friday
        Time: 5pm till 6pm
        Dates: Weeks 2-11
        February 28. March 7, 14, 21, 28. April 4, 11. May 2, 9.
    • Pilates
      • Day: Wednesday
        Time: 7am till 8am
        Dates: Weeks 2-11
        February 26. March 5, 12, 19, 26. April 2, 9, 16, 30. May 7.
      • Day: Thursday
        Time: 12:30pm till 1:30pm
        Dates: Weeks 2-11
        February 27. March 6, 13, 20, 27. April 3, 10, 17. May 1, 8.
      • Day: Friday
        Time: 12:30pm till 1:30pm
        Dates: Weeks 2-11
        February 28. March 7, 14, 21, 28. April 4, 11. May 2, 9.
    • Yoga
      • Day: Monday
        Time: 7am till 8am
        Dates: Weeks 2-11
        February 24. March 10, 17, 24, 31. April 7, 14, 28. May 5.
      • Day: Tuesday
        Time: 7am till 8am
        Dates: Weeks 2-11
        February 25. March 4, 11, 18, 25. April 1, 8, 15, 29. May 6.
      • Day: Wednesday
        Time: 8am till 9am
        Dates: Weeks 2-11
        February 26. March 5, 12, 19, 26. April 2, 9, 16, 30. May 7.
    • Boxing
      • Day: Monday
        Time: 11am till 12pm
        Dates: Weeks 2-11
        February 24. March 10, 17, 24, 31. April 7, 14, 28. May 5.
      • Day: Tuesday
        Time: 5:15pm till 6:15pm
        Dates: Weeks 2-11
        February 25. March 4, 11, 18, 25. April 1, 8, 15, 29. May 6.
    • Meditation & Breathwork
      • Day: Thursday
        Time: 1:30pm till 2:30pm
        Dates: Weeks 2-11
        February 27. March 6, 13, 20, 27. April 3, 10, 17. May 1, 8.
    • Personal Training Sessions
      • NOTE: This is only available to members of the UNDA Student/Staff Gym
      • Day: Tuesday
        Time: 10:30am till 1:30pm
        Dates: Weeks 2-11
        February 25. March 4, 11, 18, 25. April 1, 8, 15, 29. May 6.
      • Day: Friday
        Time: 7:30am till 10:30am
        Dates: Weeks 2-11
        February 28. March 7, 14, 21, 28. April 4, 11. May 2, 9.

      To book a session please email fremantle.gym@nd.edu.au the week of the class. First 3 bookings.

      To get involved or find out more, email fremantle.fitness@nd.edu.au or complete our Fremantle Sport Expression of Interest Form.

  • UNDA Moves - rewards for getting active

    • Moves+
      Linking your wearable fitness tracker to Open Play’s “Moves+” application, you can gain access to ND Moves. This initiative will reward UNDA students for logging walking, running, swimming and cycling fitness progress. Rewards given away include University merchandise, local vouchers and giveaways. Full details available on app.

    To get involved or find out more, email moves@nd.edu.au or download the Moves+ Application from the App Store and sign up using your University Student Email (only acceptable).

  • UNDA Social Sports

    Participating in social sport at Notre Dame is a great way to stay healthy while having fun and connecting with friends. All sports are mixed gender and place a priority on being a fun environment first, not the Olympics.

    We offer a range of social sports on campus, including:

    Dodgeball

    • Day: Monday
      Dates: Week 2-11
      February 24. March 10, 17, 24, 31. April 7, 14, 28. May 5.

    Netball

    • Day: Tuesday
      Dates: Weeks 2-11
      February 25. March 4, 11, 18, 25. April 1, 8, 15, 29. May 6.
    • Day: Thursday
      Dates: Weeks 2-11
      February 27. March 6, 13, 20, 27. April 3, 10, 17. May 1, 8.

    Volleyball

    • Day: Wednesday
      Dates: Weeks 2-11
      February 26. March 5, 12, 19, 26. April 2, 9, 16, 30. May 7

    Location

    • ND6 (Student Recreation Hall)

    Cost

    • Completely free.
      • Players who are not UNDA students will have to pay a one-time fee of approximately $25
    • However to register a team for the organised competition, the team will be subject to financial penalty if attendance is not maintained.

    Team requirements: minimum of 8 per team, with at least 50% being UNDA students, and all teams must be mixed.

    How to get involved

    • Complete an Individual Nomination Form
    • Complete a Team Nomination Form
    • To complete the nomination process, all players in the competition must complete one of the online forms. Alternatively, students can complete and sign a paper or PDF version of our nomination form.
      • The paper nomination form can be collected from the Student Life office on the Sports Desk in ND39. This can be completed and left in ND39 on the Sports Desk OR scanned and emailed to the Social Sport email.
    • Once forms are completed they must be emailed to fremantle.socialsports@nd.edu.au

  • UNDA Adventure – experience something new, for free

    Bouldering

    • Day: Monday
    • Time: 3pm till 4pm
    • Dates: Weeks 2-7 (not Week 3)
    • February 24. March 10, 17, 24, 31st.
    • Venue: Portside Boulders (O’Connor)

    Run Club & Free Food

    • Coming soon. Watch our Instagram for updates: @ndstudentlife_freo

    Escape Rooms

    • Day: Wednesday
    • Time: 4pm till 5pm
    • Dates: Weeks 2-6
    • February 26. March 5, 12, 19, 26.
    • Venue: Fox in a Box (Fremantle)

    Learn2Surf

    • Day: Thursday
    • Time: 9:30am till 11am
    • Dates: Weeks 2-6
    • February 27. March 6, 13, 20, 27.
    • Venue: GoSurfPerth – Brighton Beach, Scarborough

    To sign up for any of the classes: email fremantle.sports@nd.edu.au requesting a spot (list the date(s) requested).

  • Contact us

    General enquiries for:

    Social Sport
    Taya Howden (Sports Assistant)
    fremantle.socialsports@nd.edu.au

    UNDA Active / Gym
    Taylor Hannah (Sports Assistant)
    fremantle.gym@nd.edu.au
    Ignacio Dominguez Rubina (Sports Assistant)
    fremantle.fitness@nd.edu.au

    Elite Athlete Program/Representative Sports
    Megan McCaffrey (Sports Assistant)
    Isabella Harding (Sports Assistant)
    fremantle.eap@nd.edu.au

    Moves+
    Trent Sellers (Sports Assistant)
    moves@nd.edu.au

    Participation
    Malak Ghaly (Sports Assistant)
    Jasmine Appleford (Sports Assistant)
    Sheherazade Barr-Willans (Sports Assistant)
    fremantle.sports@nd.edu.au

    All other enquiries:
    Mobile: 0429 270 931
    Email: fremantle.sports@nd.edu.au
    Phone: 08 9433 0588

Sports and recreation at our Sydney campus

Semester 1 Calendar Strategic Plan for Sport

  • UNDA Active

    We offer free fitness classes for students looking to improve their overall wellbeing (physical and mental).

    Programs we offer:

    Self Defense

    • Day: Thursday
      Time: 4pm
      Dates: Week 2 -7
      Where: Broadway Campus, NDS2 - St Bens Hall

    Reformer Pilates

    • Day: Wednesday
      Time: 9am
      Dates: 8 weeks, commencing week 4 (no class during semester break)
      Where: UTS Gym
    • Day: Friday
      Time: 11am
      Dates: 8 weeks, commencing week 4 (no class during semester break)
      Where: UTS Gym

    Matwork Pilates

    • Day: Thursday
      Time: 2pm
      Dates: 8 weeks, commencing week 4 (no class during semester break)
      Where: UTS Gym

  • UNDA Moves - rewards for getting active

    Moves+

    • Linking your wearable fitness tracker to Open Play’s “Moves+” application, you can gain access to ND Moves. This initiative will reward UNDA students for logging walking, running, swimming and cycling fitness progress. Rewards given away include University merchandise, local vouchers and giveaways. Full details available on app.

    To get involved or find out more, email sydney.sports@nd.edu.au or download the Moves+ Application from the App Store and sign up using your University Student Email (only acceptable).

  • UNDA Social Sports

    Each semester, we enter teams in local lunchtime competitions.

    Just a short walk from the Broadway campus, it is mixed, social, fun, and FREE.

    Games take place between 12-2pm and 6pm-10pm Tuesday – Friday, so if you have a free period join up! Here are the sports being offered this semester:

    Mixed Netball

    • Day: Tuesday
      Time: 12pm - 2pm
      Dates: Week 3 - 12
      Where: UTS - Ross Milbourne Sports Hall (RMSH), located in UTS Building 4

    Mixed Volleyball

    • Day: Wednesday
      Time: 6pm - 9pm
      Dates: Week 3 - 12
      Where: UTS - Ross Milbourne Sports Hall (RMSH), located in UTS Building 4

    Mixed Futsal

    • Day: Thursday
      Time: 12pm - 2pm
      Dates: Week 3 - 12
      Where: UTS - Ross Milbourne Sports Hall (RMSH), located in UTS Building 4

    Mixed Basketball

    • Day: Friday
      Time: 12pm - 2pm
      Dates: Week 4 - 12
      Where: USYD

  • Contact us

    For any further information or if you’d you like to know more about any of our sports programs, get in touch:

    Email: sydney.sports@nd.edu.au
    Phone: 0499 752 562

Representative sports

Representative sporting competitions present an opportunity for Aussie uni students to compete head-to-head in several national standard sporting competitions.

  • UniSport Nationals

    From 27 September - 3 October 2025, Notre Dame will participate in UniSport Nationals in Canberra. Sports that are available at UniSport Nationals are as follows (please note, this is dependent on our team numbers and sign-ups):

    SportDivision typesSpots  remaining
    Beach Volleyball Men, Women, Mixed 1 male
    Futsal Men, Women 4 male
    Golf Men, Women 1 male, 1 female
    Hockey Men, Women 9 female
    Netball Women, Mixed 10 female
    Rowing Men, Women, Mixed Any
    Squash Men, Women, Mixed 2 male
    Tenpin Bowling Open Any
    Touch Football Men, Women, Mixed 6 (Any)
    Volleyball Men, Women 15 (Any)

    Complete our Fremantle Sport Expression of Interest Form to let us know you are interested.

  • Nationals - Stand-alone events

    Every year, UniSport Nationals gives students from universities across Australia the opportunity to compete head-to-head in several national standard sporting competitions.

    This year, Notre Dame has qualified and has the potential to participate in stand-alone events if they take place (please note that this is dependent on numbers).

    Sports:

    • 3x3 Basketball
    • Athletics
    • Distance Running
    • League of Legends
    • Snow
    • Swimming
    • T20 Cricket
    • Triathlon

  • NSW Intervarsity

    Every year, UniSport Nationals gives students from universities across Australia the opportunity to compete head-to-head in a number of national standard sporting competitions. Pop Up 1v1 Intervarsity Events will be arranged throughout the year as they arise.

    If you’re interested in participating, or even have an idea for an event against one of the other four universities, contact the Sports Officer via sydney.sports@nd.edu.au.

Elite athlete program

Did you know… Notre Dame forms part of the Elite Athlete Friendly University (EAFU) Network, committed to supporting Australia’s elite athletes to achieve academic excellence whilst pursuing a sporting career.

Eligible elite athletes can negotiate their study and assessment options or explore any flexible studies arrangement in the course of their university degree.

An elite athlete or coach is identified and recognised, or is a member of one of the following organisations:

  • AFL Players’ Association
  • Australian Cricketers’ Association
  • Australian Institute of Sport
  • Australian Professional Footballers’ Association
  • National squad members from Australian Sports Commission recognised sports
  • Rugby League Professionals’ Association
  • Rugby Union Players’ Association
  • Senior/head coaches from state and territory institutes/academies of sport, national teams from Australian Sports Commission recognised sports or participating professional sports
  • State Institutes or Academies of Sport (e.g., WAIS or NSWIS)


To apply, download the Notre Dame Elite Athlete Program Application Form and email it to fremantle.eap@nd.edu.au (WA Students) or sydney.eap@nd.edu.au (NSW Students).