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The CEU Cardenal Herrera University has a range of sports facilities on the Alfara del Patriarca and Castellón Campuses. For the Elche Campus, the University has an agreement with Elche City Council and the Tiro Pichón Sports Club.

The CEU Cardenal Herrera University has a range of agreements in place with different organizations, enabling our students to use a variety of sporting facilities.

General Agreements

• Agreement with the Fundación Trinidad Alfonso
  

  This Agreement, between the charitable foundation known as Fundación Trinidad Alfonso and all of the universities in the Valencia region (the Comunitat Valenciana), aims to preserve, promote and encourage participation in sport in general. It does so by supporting sporting projects and the participation in sport by university students in the Valencia region.

  The agreement has the following goals:
  • To support projects linked to participation in university sporting activities in the Valencia region.
  • To support university sport in all areas.
  • To raise the awareness of society and of participants in sport of the need to balance participation in sport with education.
  • To raise awareness around the notion of the work ethic and related values, which the foundation and the universities in the Valencia region support.
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Valencia

• Club Valenciano de Natación
  Members of the CEU university community can enter and use the sporting facilities of the Club Valenciano de Natación (the Valencian swimming club) and benefit from special prices.
• Ayuntamiento de Paterna
  A collaboration agreement between the town council of Paterna and the University means that members of the CEU community can use the town's facilities for events organized by the Sports Service.
• Ayuntamiento de Alfara de Patriarca
  With this agreement, members of the CEU community benefit from special prices for the use of Alfara del Patriarca's facilities.

Elche

• Elche Squash Center
  The agreement with this organization means that members of the CEU community benefit from special prices for the use of these facilities.
• Ayuntamiento de Elche
  A collaboration agreement between the city council of Elche (Ayuntamiento de Elche) and the University means that members of the CEU community can use these facilities for Sports Service events.
• Padel
  The agreement enables members of the CEU community benefit from special prices for the use of these facilities.

Castellón

• Padel Center
  The agreement enables members of the CEU community benefit from special prices for the use of these facilities.
• Ayuntamiento de Castellón
  An agreement between the city council of Castellón (Ayuntamiento de Castellón) and the University enables members of the CEU community to use these facilities for Sports Service events.

Instructor-led Activities

• GAP (legs, bums and tums), toning, pilates, HYROX, etc., every week on the three campuses.
  • Alfara del Patriarca Campus: cardioboxing, pilates and toning.
  • Castellón: GAP (legs, bums and tums), pilates and toning.
  • Elche Campus: HYROX.

Student get-togethers

Students are welcome to get together with other students to use the facilities to do sports such as basketball, futsal, and volleyball – and beach volleyball on the Elche Campus.

Activities in the countryside

Rafting, paddleboarding, skiing, hiking, mountain-biking, climbing, etc.

There are activities for you no matter what your physical condition: hiking, winter sports, rafting, and more, from September through to May.

Participation in sports events

• Castellón
  • Almassora Club Patí
• Valencia
  • A Contra Corrent
  • Fundación Maides
  • Moncada Club de Fútbol Global
  • Equipos de baloncesto de Alfara del Patriarca
  • Asociación de patinaje Alfara del Patriarca
  • Proyecto Ágape Perú (Pastoral UCH CEU)
  • Torneo municipal de pádel (organizado por Escappada)
  • Campus de básquet Anna Gómez
  • Escuela de verano de básquet Jorge Jiménez
• Elche
  • Elche Night Race
  • C.D. Tiro Pichón HYROX competition

Internal Competitions

Various sports leagues (7-a-side football, futsal, 3x3 basketball, tennis, padel and table tennis) are in operation throughout the academic year, bringing together students from different degrees on each campus.

The Rector's Cup

This competition sees the winners of the leagues on the different campuses come together to fight it out to be the ultimate champion.

Intervalencia Cup

This volleyball competition brings together teams from the CEU Cardenal Herrera University, the Universitat de València and the Universitat Politècnica de València.

Regional university sports championships (CADU) both for team and individual sports.

Team competitions for basketball, 11-a-side football, futsal, padel, tennis and rugby between different universities in the Valencia region. There are also competitions in individual sports such as athletics, badminton 3x3 basketball, beach volleyball, chess, climbing, cross-country running, fencing, frontenis, goalball, golf, judo, karate, orienteering, pelota valenciana, rowing, squash, taekwondo, table tennis, archery, trail running, triathlon, sailing, surfing, swimming, and ultimate frisbee.

CADU

National University Championships (CEU)

This is a national competition in which high-performing students in different sports, either as individuals or as part of team, compete against students from other universities from across Spain.

These sports include: archery, athletics, badminton, basketball and 3x3 basketball, chess, climbing, cross-country running, fencing, football and futsal, goalball, golf, horse-riding, judo, karate, mountain running, Olympic wrestling, orienteering, padel, rugby 7s (men and women's teams), taekwondo, table tennis, tennis, triathlon, sailing, surfing, swimming and para swimming, volleyball and beach volleyball, weightlifting.

University Sport

The Fundación Trinidad Alfonso awards two prizes:

FTA Prizes for CEU UCH students

The other prize, administered by the Universidad Católica de Valencia as the current holder of the secretaryship of CADU, is aimed at the best sportsmen and sportswomen who graduated in 2023-24 from one of the universities in the Valencia region which form part of CADU. €4000 are available for this prize, which is distributed between the male and female categories. The objective is to promote excellence in academic studies and sport.

Relevant documents

• Conditions
• Registration

FTA prizes for CEU UCH graduates

Relevant documents

• Conditions
• Registration form

The CEU Cardenal Herrera University and the Fundación CEU San Pablo (FUSP) seek to support and encourage sportsmen and sportswomen via the CEU Athlete Support Programme, using a goals-based strategy. We draw up a personalized action plan for elite athletes at CEU in order to ensure that they can both aspire to and achieve academic and sporting excellence.

Who is this for?

It is aimed at elite, professional, amateur, senior and retired athletes (as part of lifelong learning):

• Deportistas de Alto Nivel (DAN) and Deportistas de Alto Rendimiento (DAR)
• Plan ADO and Plan ADOP athletes
• Athletes who have been selected for regional or national teams
• Athletes who have taken part in the European Universities Championships, World University Championships, the Winter or Summer Universiade, or regional or national university championships.
• Professional athletes
• Retired elite athletes
• Coaches of professional athletes
• Those demonstrating sporting excellence at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University.

Relevant documents

• Programme

Contact:

Telephone: +34 96 136 90 00 – Ext. 61026
Email: [email protected]

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ELITE AND PROMISING YOUNG ATHLETES