Sport is coming back!

We concede that this is more exciting for some than others, but we can’t wait for the COVID restrictions on sport to be lifted.

Here at Templar our waistlines have increased and the dents on the sofa are truly cemented – we need to get out and do something other than a stroll down the Thames Promenade. That’s just us, our kids need to be out there as well, doing what kids do – running around a field with a ball, swinging a racket, balancing on a beam – anything!

With outdoor activities scheduled to open on the 29th March and hopefully indoor soon after on April 12, what better way* get our lives going again and join a club? (* perhaps going to the pub, restaurants, theatre, gigs, cinema, museums … but more on that later!)

Here in Reading and Caversham we are extraordinarily lucky to have a big choice open to us, from Athletics to Bowls through Rugby and Yoga – there is something that can help the most unmotivated of us have a go.

We’ve trawled the local area and pulled out a fairly large list of great local sports clubs and associations that we are sure will welcome new and old, have a look and give them a shout.

Athletics

Reading Athletic Club
Palmer Park
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
https://www.readingac.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ReadingAc/
https://twitter.com/ReadingAc

Badminton

North Reading Badminton Club
Highdown School
Men / Women
https://www.facebook.com/northreadingbc/

Cotswold Badminton Club
Cotswold Sports Centre
Men / Women
https://www.cotswoldbadmintonclub.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/Cotswold-Badminton-Club-532409830223620/

Basketball

Reading Rockets
Rivermead
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
http://www.readingrockets.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/readingrocketsbasketball/ https://twitter.com/rocketsreading https://www.instagram.com/rocketsreading/

Bowling

Reading Bowling Club
Kendrick Road
Men / Women
http://www.readingbc.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/ReadingBowlingClub/

Caversham Bowls Club
Albert Park
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
https://www.cavershambowlsclub.org.uk/

Island Bohemian Bowling Club
Fry’s Island
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
http://www.islandbohemianbowls.club

Palmer Park Bowling Club
Palmer Park
Men / Women
https://palmerparkbowlingclub.com/ https://www.facebook.com/PalmerParkBowls/

Boxing

Reading Amateur Boxing
Chatham St
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
https://readingboxingclub.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/readingboxingclubabc https://twitter.com/ReadingboxingC

Whitley Amateur Boxing Club
Callington Road
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
https://www.whitleyabc.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/whitleyamature.boxingclub

Canoeing

Reading Canoe Club
The Warren
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
http://reading-canoe.org.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/ReadingCanoeClub https://twitter.com/Reading_CC

Cricket

Kidmore End CC
Kindmore End
Men / Boys / Girls
https://www.kidmoreendcc.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/KidmoreEndCricketClub/ https://twitter.com/kidmoreend_cc https://www.instagram.com/kidmoreendcc/

Peppard Stoke Row Cricket Club
Peppard Common
Men / Boys / Girls
https://peppardstokerow.play-cricket.com/ https://www.facebook.com/PSRCricketClub/

Reading Cricket Club
Sonning
Men / Boys
https://www.readingcricketclub.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ReadingCricket/ https://twitter.com/ReadingCricket

Football

Caversham AFC
Clayfield Copse
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
https://www.cavershamafc.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/CavershamAFCReading/ https://twitter.com/Caversham_AFC

Rotherfield United Football Club
Gallowstree Common
Men / Boys / Girls https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/rotherfieldunitedfootballclub

https://www.facebook.com/RotherfieldFC
https://twitter.com/RotherfieldFC

Reading City FC Scours Lane
Men / Boys
https://www.readingcityfc.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/ReadingCityFC/
https://twitter.com/ReadingCityFC

AFC Henley
Jubilee Park
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
https://www.afchenley.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Afchenley/
https://twitter.com/AFCHenley

Golf

The Club at Mapledurham
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
https://www.theclubatmapledurham.com/golf/
https://www.facebook.com/tca.mapledurham/

Calcot Park
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
https://www.calcotpark.com/
https://www.facebook.com/calcot.park/
https://twitter.com/calcotpark

The Caversham
Mapledurham
Men / Women
https://thecaversham.co.uk/

Gymnastics

Emmer Green Gymnastics
Surley Row
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
https://www.british-gymnastics.org/discover/club/8341 https://www.facebook.com/emmergreengym

Bulmershe Gymnastics Club
Bulmershe School
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
http://www.bulmershegymnastics.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/BulmersheGymnasticsClub

Gyms

TNT Gym
Bridgewater Close
Men / Women / Boys / Girls https://www.facebook.com/tntgymreading/ https://www.instagram.com/tnt_gym_reading/

Refresh
Caversham Road
Men / Women
https://www.refresh-health.com/

Hockey

Phoenix & Ranelagh
Whiteknights campus
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
https://www.prhockeyclub.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/PhoenixRanelaghHockeyClub https://twitter.com/PhoenixRanelagh

Reading Hockey Club
Sonning
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
https://www.readinghockeyclub.org.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/readinghc
https://twitter.com/readinghc

Henley Hockey Club
Henley
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
https://www.henleyhockeyclub.co.uk/

Martial Arts

South Reading Judo Club
Shinfield
Men / Women / Boys / Girls https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/southreadingjudoclub https://www.facebook.com/South-Reading-Judo-Club-1050682345041632/

Jade Dragon Kung Fu
St John’s Road
Men / Women
https://www.jadedragonschool.com/ https://www.facebook.com/JDSchoolCaversham/

Caversham Karate Club – SSKA
Thameside Primary School
Men / Women
http://www.tjska.com/

Tilehurst Shotokan Karate Club
St Mary Magdalen Church
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
http://tilehurstskc.co.uk/

The Reading Academy Wing Chun
Cow Lane
Men / Women http://readingacademywingchunkalieskrima.com/

Rowing

Reading Rowing Club
Thames PromenadeMen / Women / Boys / Girls
http://www.readingrc.com/ https://www.instagram.com/readingrc/

Thames Valley Rowing Club
The Dreadnought, Kennetside
Men / Women
https://www.britishrowing.org/club/thames-valley-park-rc/

Rugby

Reading Abbey RFC
Peppard Road
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
https://readingabbeyrfc.rfu.club/ https://www.facebook.com/abbeyrugbyclub/ https://www.facebook.com/abbeyladiesrfc
https://twitter.com/AbbeyRFCLadies
https://twitter.com/AbbeyRugbyClub https://www.instagram.com/abbeyrugbyclub/ https://www.instagram.com/abbeyrfcladies/

Reading Rugby Club
Sonning
Men / Women / Boys / Girls https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/readingrugbyclub/ https://www.facebook.com/readingrugbyfc1/ https://twitter.com/Reading_RFC

Rams
Sonning
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
https://www.ramsrugby.com/
https://www.facebook.com/RamsRugby/
https://twitter.com/Rams_RFC

Running

Reading Roadrunners
A road near you
Men / Women
https://readingroadrunners.org/
https://www.facebook.com/Reading-Roadrunners-Races-824810881214910/

Reading Joggers
Beansheaf Community Centre
Men / Women
https://www.readingjoggers.org/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/ReadingJoggers https://twitter.com/ReadingJoggers

Tennis

Caversham Lawn Tennis Club
Queensborough Drive
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
https://www.cavershamltc.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/cavershamtennis https://www.instagram.com/cavershamltc/

Caversham Park Tennis Club
Caversham Park Rd
Men / Women / Boys / Girls
https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/CavershamParkTennisClub

Yoga / Pilates

Serenyoga
Queen Anne’s School
Men / Women
https://www.serenyoga.com/
https://twitter.com/seren_yoga

Barefoot Yoga
Hemdean Road
Men / Women
https://barefootyogacaversham.com/ https://www.facebook.com/barefootyogacaversham/

Berkshire Pilates Classes
Church House, Caversham
Men / Women
http://www.berkshirepilatesclasses.co.uk/

Finally a big shout out to Sport In Mind – a great local charity that provides fun, weekly sport and physical activity sessions to improve the lives of people experiencing mental health problems. Well worth looking at and supporting if possible.
https://www.sportinmind.org/
info@sportinmind.org
https://www.facebook.com/sportinmind/
https://twitter.com/sportinmind
https://www.instagram.com/sportinmind/

Have we missed your club? let us know and we will add it to the list.