Park Social - Rounders and Mixed Football

Social Sports Mix is for anyone interested in playing mixed gender sports and meeting new people in London. 

Come join us for some fun in the park

This is a weekly social park gathering with optional sports. We will be playing rounders and mixed gender football.

How to play rounders

Not played rounders before? It's a traditional English sport for everyone, even the unsporty. Here's a video of us playing:

Rounders is a bat and ball game similar to baseball played by two teams. Your team will be either fielding or batting before swapping after the innings. When batting, the aim is to hit the ball, then try and run around the four posts. Your team gets a rounder if you make it round the four posts without stopping or getting out. You are out if when you hit the ball someone catches the ball before it reaches the ground or someone stumps a post before you get there.

The rules will be explained at the beginning of each meetup with a practice round at the beginning. We play a slightly modified version of the official rules where if you are out, it's not game over for you. Your team will lose a life instead. This will give everyone multiple opportunities to bat.

It's very simple to pick up and the ball we use is very soft. We are very beginner friendly and the focus is on having fun rather than being competitive. We attract attendees of all ages and sporting level. You are welcome to come and watch only too. We usually have a few people who do so while having a picnic and enjoying the park.

Come and meet us

Meet at 2pm in Regents Park. Here is the map of where we will be playing in the park (Cumberland Green):
https://www.notion.so/hyau/Rounders-at-Regents-Park-8bc419b72dde4aacaec3870d291636be

Please feel free to bring food and drinks.

Mixed Gender Football

The main rounders game will finish at 3:30pm and this is followed by mixed gender football for those who want to join. We aim to have roughly equal numbers of men and women for every game. Our mixed football games are usually oversubscribed for men so football places are only guaranteed for those confirmed on the meetup event page.