Sports Afternoon 21.2.2023
Sports afternoon schedule
The spring Sports afternoon will be held in Joensuu on Tuesday 21.2.2023.
The University of Eastern Finland and the Karelia University of Applied Sciences hold a sports afternoon together. By the decision of the university rectors, the sports afternoons are lecture-free from 12:15 pm. On sports afternoon, in addition to the normal SYKETTÄ sports services, a wide variety of different exercise options are available for students and staff members. Some activities include a separate fee and a limited number of participants are accepted, so it is recommended to enroll on the activities in good time!
Please note that changes are possible!
The program will be published on Tuesday 31.1.2023. Enrollment times are event-specific. Enrollments via SYKETTÄ sports calendar start one week before the event, on Tuesday 14.2.2023.
NB! All sports classes at SYKETTÄ sports calendar on 21.2. are also included in Sports afternoon. You can participate in all Sports afternoon activities without a valid SYKETTÄ sticker, but you must register as a user and enroll on classes and turns.
NB! You can’t enroll on classes and turns in the sports calendar via mobile application without a valid SYKETTÄ sticker – if you don’t have a sticker, you have to enroll via SYKETTÄ website!
UPDATED 31.1. at 2:20pm – Added sledding
UPDATED 6.2. at 11:50am – Portti54’s open day hours are extended and snatch tecnique instruction is removed from the programme
UPDATED 6.2. at 12:35pm – Added offer of Ote Climbing Centre
UPDATED 10.2. at 11pm – Added Cosmic bowling & billiards, added Escape room (Organized by Pakotarinat), added information about the Trip to Koli
UPDATED 14.2. at 12:15 – Added links to Sports Calendar and updated Padel Joensuu offer
UPDATED 14.2. at 14:15 – Added Megazone information and registration links
UPDATED 15.2. at 18:00 – Added Archery information and registration link, removed Combat Heaven
UPDATED 21.2. at 9:00am – Added PTVgym access code
Archery (organized by Joutsi)
Welcome to try out archery at Sports Afternoon! Instructed archery class is organized by Archery club Joutsi. Joutsi was founded in 1958 and currently has around 40 members. In the instructed archery class you gain information about archery as a hobby, learn basic techniques and receive individual instructions.
Price 5€/person which is paid by exact change cash at the range. käteisellä paikan päällä. Group size max. 10 people, class at 2 pm-3:30 pm at Noljakka indoor shooting range: Noljakankaari 1, 80140 Joensuu.
Register for the Instructed Archery (Google Forms)
Botania
Botania – a place where nature meets art, and you meet each other. Botania is a former botanical garden, nowadays it is an event garden based in Joensuu, Finland. Our premises consist of over 1000 m2 inner garden with over 700 unique plants, outer garden of 8.15 acres with over 800 unique plants. The inner garden consists of 3 different climates, the tropics, the subtropics and the desert.
Time: 12noon-10pm
Price: 10 € (pay at Botania)
Place: Botania (Heinäpurontie 70)
Read more: Botania.fi and follow us on Instagram
Climbing (organized by Ote Climbing Centre)
Ote Climbing Centre offers one-time climbing with a student card for 8 € (normally 13 €) and staff card for 12 € (normally 15 €), including rental shoes.
The climbing centre is open on sports afternoon at 12noon-9pm.
Address: Pilkontie 7
Cosmic bowling and billiards
Sports Afternoon at Cosmic!
Bowling 5€/1h/person (includes shoes) ja billiard 5€/table/1h/person.
Cosmic is open from 12noon to 10pm.
More information and booking: http://www.cosmicjoensuu.fi/
Address: Yläsatamakatu 5
Curling (organized by Joensuu Curling)
Joensuu’s curling ry is once again participating in the SYKETTÄ Sports afternoon with instructed curling with three turns. Price 10 e (payment at curling hall with exact change in cash or card payment). Bring warm sports clothes, indoor game shoes and your own drinking bottle. Enrollment on the try out from 14.2. via SYKETTÄ sports calendar.
Schedule of the turns (max. 16 people / turn):
At 12noon-1:30pm: Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
At 1:45pm-3:15pm: Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
At 3:30pm-5pm: Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
Address: Linnunlahdentie 14, in the same yard as Kuntokeidas, on the corner of the dog park.
Disc golf
Enjoy the winter outdoors!
Disc golf is cheap and easy to learn (hard to master) outdoor sport. Book Disc golf set enroll via SYKETTÄ calendar to make the booking.
Set includes 3 discs (putter, mid range and driver).
Disc set can be picked up from the ISYY office at Haltia between 20.-21.2.
NB! ISYY office will close on Tuesday 21.2. at 12 noon.
What is Disc golf, read more:
frisbeegolfliitto.fi/english/
Double Group Exercise
Classes are free and are held at Mehtimäki hall pedagogical room at 2pm-4pm. Instructed by SYKETTÄ physical activity counsellor Riina. Please bring your own exercise mat. Enrollments on the classes from 14.2. via SYKETTÄ sports calendar.
At 2pm-3pm Effective Fitness Class: Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
At 3:15pm-4pm Mobility to the Spine: Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
Address: Kisapolku 1, entrance from the back of the building through the doors F and E
Escape Rooms (organized by Huonepakopeli)
On the sports afternoon, you have a chance to try the popular room escape games for a special price of 15 €/person. You have 60 minutes to escape the locked room by combining clues, solving riddles and using logic. More detailed descriptions of the games can be found on Huonepakopeli’s website
Magic school (Huonepakopeli, Iso myy)
At 12:15pm, at 1:45pm, and at 3:15pm
Jungle (Huonepakopeli, Iso myy)
At 12:30pm, at 2pm and at 3:30pm
Abyss (Huonepakopeli Iso myy)
At 12:45pm, at 2:15pm and at 3:45pm
Nuclear power station (NB! At the address Koulukatu 47a, 80100 Joensuu)
At 12:45pm, at 2:15pm and at 3:45pm
Escape Rooms (organized by Pakotarinat)
On the sports afternoon, you have a chance to try the popular room escape games for a special price of 15 €/person. You have 60 minutes to escape the locked room by combining clues, solving riddles and using logic.
More detailed descriptions of the games can be found on Pakotarinat’s website
Secrets of the Past (Pakotarinat, Teollisuuskatu 11 B)
At 12 noon, at 12.30 noon and at 3.00pm (Group size 2-6)
Witch of the Enchanted Forest (Pakotarinat, Teollisuuskatu 11 B)
At 1.00pm, and at 3:30pm (Group size 2-5)
Enrollments and payment via Kide.app (open 8.2. at 10am – 17.2. at 12noon)
Golf at Mehtimäki Golf Hall
Karelia Golf offers on sports afternoon:
1) Games with a golf simulator (2-4 people per group, 2 hours between 12noon-4pm), price 40€
2) Getting to know golf / practising 12noon-2pm, price 10€
– includes instruction, facilities and necessary equipment
– tips for firts-time players and more experienced golfers
– maximum of participants 20
Erollments from 31.1.
Address: Lähteläntie (behind the Joensuu Kuntokeidas)
Enrollment: Toni Laakkonen, p. +358 40 0259944, toni.laakkonen@kareliagolf.fi
Health Measurements (organized by the learning and service environment Tarmo of Karelia University of Applied Sciences)
Tarmo’s physiotherapist and nursing students take health measurements at 12noon-3pm. The measurements include InBody (measures body composition), hand grip and blood pressure. With the price 5€, you can choose any 1-3 measurements. Card payment on the spot. More information if needed, phone +358 50 913 1787. Enrollment on the measurements from 14.2. via SYKETTÄ sports calendar. Each group has 5 places.
At 12noon-12:30pm: Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
At 12:30pm-1pm: Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
At 1pm-1:30pm: Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
At 1:30pm-2pm: Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
At 2pm-2:30pm: Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
At 2:30pm-3pm: Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
At 3pm-3:30pm: Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
Address: Tikkarinne 9, building E, 1st floor (basement floor), test room E157
To find the test room, enter through the main doors, walk straight to the end of the hallway, go down one floor after the sliding door, go through the glass door on the left and go to the end of the hallway.
Horse Riding Classes
Enrollments by 17.2.2023 by phone or text message to number +358 50 5742892/Reetta. Price is 30€/class. Cancellations by phone to the same number. If you cannot participate, the enrollment must be canceled by Monday 20.2.2023 at 4pm. Cancellation places can still be asked on Monday 20.2.2023.
NB! There WON’T BE a common lift to the place so you should arrange your own lift before booking a class.
Horse riding groups on the hour:
At 12noon-1pm
At 1pm-2pm
At 2pm-3pm
At 3pm-4pm
If the previous groups are full, it is possible to organize an extra group at 4pm-5pm. You can ask about this by calling Reetta.
Address: Kuurna-Kulhontie 93, 80910 Kulho
Ice Hockey
Free Ice Hockey turn at Mehtimäki Practice ice rink 2 at 14:30-15:30
Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
Kuntokeidas
Now you have a chance to try out all sports of Kuntokeidas with very low prices! For a total price of 12 € you can try out as many sports as you want between 12noon-4pm (max 1 hour per sports). The price includes all necessary equipment rentals. Includes bowling, squash, badminton, padel, billiard, airhockey, gym, table tennis, mechanical wall climbing and ninja track. You can also book a turn beforehand. Bookings by phone at 013 126558 or simply arriving. Calling makes sure you get to the sport you want at the time that suits you best.
Erollments from 31.1.
Address: Linnunlahdentie 10
Kuntokeskus Energy Gyms
All UEF and Karelia UAS students and staff members can work out free of charge at Kuntokeskus Energy’s gyms (Metropol, Ylämylly and Rantakylä) on Sports afternoon at 12noon-4pm. Please inform the gym on arrival which university you are coming from.
Addresses:
Energy Metropol, Torikatu 31
Energy Rantakylä, Ranta-Mutalantie 100
Energy Ylämylly, Rännitie 3
Megazone Laser Tag Game (organized by Megazone Joensuu)
Megazone Laser Tag Game at Sports Afternoon! Laser tag is played in a dimly lit, fog-filled, multi-level arena where players are provided with high tech vests and awesome but harmless laser guns. Players then try to score points by deactivating other players’ vests and destroying their bases.
Megazone special offer for Sports Afternoon 14€/person. Two game sessions at 12noon-1pm and 3pm-4pm (group size max. 18), register via SYKETTÄ Sports Calendar. Pay at Megazone.
At 12noon-1pm: Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar, pay at Megazone 14€/person
At 3pm-4pm: Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar, pay at Megazone 14€/person
Address: Sortavalankatu 2, 80100 Joensuu
Read more at the homepage: https://megazone.fi/joensuu/in-english/
Open Day at Portti54
Welcome to visit the new gym Portti54! Open day at Portti54 on Sports afternoon at 10am-4pm.
Address: Tulliportinkatu 54
Nuorisoverstas and Combat Heaven are located in the same building. Access to the gym is from the right side of the building
Padel (organized by Padel Club Joensuu)
Sports Afternoon padel offer at Padel Club Joensuu, 1 hour padelturn between 12noon – 4pm only 16€ (4€/person). Padel rackets are included! Pay at Padel Club Joensuu in Lehmo NB! only card payments. Padel is a doubles game and by enrolling on this turn you can bring three friends to play with you. Enroll via SYKETTÄ calendar. Padel turn is in Padel Club Joensuu at Lehmonportintie 8, 80710 Lehmo
At 12noon-1pm Padel Club Joensuu Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
At 1pm-2pm Padel Club Joensuu Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
At 2pm-3pm Padel Club Joensuu Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
At 3pm-4pm Padel Club Joensuu Enrolling via SYKETTÄ calendar
Ptvgym
All UEF and Karelia UAS students and staff members can work out free of charge at Ptvgym (Teollisuuskatu 5-7) on Sports afternoon on 21.2.2023. Please inform the gym on arrival which university you are coming from. Gym door will open with a code: *12525#
Sledding
Come sledding behind ev. lut. church (Papinkatu 1 B) at 12noon-1pm with Aleksi and Paula from student union POKA. Sledges are available on the spot. Hot cocoa and tea are also available.
Tennis at KarTe Tennis Hall
As sports aftrenoon extra, tennis turns at KarTe tennis hall in Mehtimäki Sports Park. Enrollments on the turns from 14.2. via SYKETTÄ sports calendar. For non-cancellable and unused field reservations we charge the rent of the tennis court (16 €).
At 12noon-1pm, 3 courts: Enrolling via SYKETTÄ sports calendar
At 1pm-4pm, 3 courts: Enrolling via SYKETTÄ sports calendar
Please bring your own rackets and balls, ISYY members and SYKETTÄ users can loan from the ISYY office if necessary.
Address: Hallitie 3
Trip to Koli National Park
Bus ticket: 10 €, limited spaces, nonrefundable
Registration: Via Kide.app until 17.2. at 12noon, pay when registering.
Bus 1 is aimed for downhill skiers:
Slope tickets and rental equipment are paid at Koli or in advance via Koliski -website.
1 day ski pass: 39€/person
Rental equipment: 34€/person/day
Axess Smartcard (rechargeable): 7€
Bus 2 is aimed for other activities at Koli:
Koli Relax Spa ticket 39€. Read more at the website: Kolispa
Fee for the museum of Koli Nature Centre Ukko at special price 5€, with magic words “Sports Afternoon”. Read more at the website
Bus 1 | Total length 6 h
at 12:00 Departure from front of Carelia (Yliopistokatu 2)
at 13:00 Arriving in Koli slopes(Rantatie (Koli) 29, 83960 Lieksa)
at 17:00 Departure from Koli slopes (Rantatie (Koli) 29, 83960 Lieksa)
at 18:00 Arriving in Joensuu (Yliopistokatu 2)
Bus 2 | Total length 5 h
at 12:30 Departure from front of Carelia (Yliopistokatu 2)
at 13:30 Arriving in Koli national park (Ylä-kolintie 39, 83960 Koli)
at 16:30 Departure from Koli National park (Ylä-kolintie 39, 83960 Koli)
at 17:30 Arriving in Joensuu (Yliopistokatu 2)
Registration: Via Kide.app starts 10.2. at 10am and end at 17.2. at 12 noon, pay when registering.