In lieu of a full intramural sports program during the winter season, the athletics department will provide numerous open gym "play days," Intramural Director Cheryl Milligan said in an e-mail to the intramural sports community yesterday.
Intramural sports played in the winter, such as indoor soccer, will now take place in an open-gym format instead of the traditional, formal setting where scores are recorded, rosters are official and attendance is mandatory.
A lack of space in Tufts' Gantcher Center during the busy winter months has forced the move to the open-gym format, Milligan said.
"The last few years of trying to split a winter season over two semesters has been met with lots of obstacles — most notably regular gym space in [January and February] with all the varsity teams indoors at that time," she said in the e-mail.
The new format will offer an environment less regimented than normal for intramural participants.
"Open gym will require no sign-ups, no teams, no experience," Milligan said. "Come and try a new sport for an hour or so, or bring some friends to take on some court time against other students."
Intramural sports will resume in the early spring as varsity sports begin their seasons and facility availability increases and scheduling difficulties wane.
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