Aalto University Sports Club
Full name | Aalto-yliopiston urheiluseura, AaltoUS |
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Founded | 1903 as Polyteknikkojen voimistelu- ja urheiluseura |
Aalto University Sports Club, AaltoUS, (Finnish Aalto-yliopiston urheiluseura), formerly known as Polyteknikkojen urheiluseura (‘Polytechnics Sports Club’) or PUS, is a Finnish sports club founded in Helsinki in 1903.
The club was the sports club of the
History
The name of the club was originally Polyteknikkojen voimistelu- ja urheiluseura (‘Polytechnics Gymnastics and Sports Club’), but it was soon changed into Polyteknikkojen urheiluseura. Over the years, its sports have included gymnastics, football, skiing, skating, basketball, volleyball, bandy, rink bandy, and futsal.
Today, Aalto University Sports Club is represented in multiple sports by clubs such as PUS-Basket (basketball), PUS-Hockey (ice hockey) and FLOB (floorball).
Honours
In football, the club participated in some of the very first
In bandy the club snatched the first two Finnish championships in 1908 and 1909. In 1910 it won silver in this competition.
In pesäpallo (“Finnish baseball”) the club participated in the 1930s in many tournaments, such as the "Pikkumaila" (‘Little Bat’), which was arranged to teams that were not in the top flight of that sport in Finland. The club won this tournament in 1930 and 1931.[4] The club also has won the Finnish Academic Championship in this sport on a few occasions.
References
- ISBN 978-951-851-068-3.
- ^ Aalto University Sports Club home pages. Archived April 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ RSSSF Finnish Championship statistics. Archived July 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Helsinki Bat Games 1926–2006.