Sports clubs in York have reacted with dismay over York Sport President Alex Lacy’s decision to ditch Ziggy’s as Wednesday night’s official club. Instead, Lacy has signed a deal with Club Salvation, formerly the never-popular Nexus.
Many sports club members have said they are disappointed with the decision. One heart-broken social secretary confessed: “I have fallen in love with Ziggy’s and still want it to be our place of utter stupidity.”
Although previously Ziggy’s has had a monopoly on Wednesday nights, Lacy criticised the club for having “a very primitive, non-existent working relationship with the Students’ Union.” Salvation, on the other hand, has been built “based on what the students and specifically what the sports clubs want.” Unlike Ziggy’s, admission to Salvation will be the whole of £3, with 50p of every advance ticket going to York Sport.
But the change will not be an easy one, with some sports clubs only agreeing to go to Salvationfor the first few weeks of term before they make a decision.
New football firsts captain Matt Witherwick was shocked at the proposal, saying: “Ziggy’s is where I fulfil all my student dreams, I am not seeking Salvation!”
Zach Pepper, Langwith Chair, agrees: “I give it a month before Salvation realise that the smell of a Wednesday night never washes out and their nightclub is ruined forever.”
Lacy and York Sport have defended the decision, explaining that he believed Salvation would be the best place to “do unspeakable things.” But is it possible to have another place quite like Ziggy’s? Joe Rankin, a Uni rugby player has said that “a large number of people support the Ziggy’s tradition. Why is the AU trying to move away from that?”
Some have taken a more extreme approach to the situation, such as Campus Conservative Dan Taylor, who encouraged STYC Reps to “indoctrinate freshers on the institution of Ziggy’s. If that’s done well enough, they won’t even consider going to this new place whatever it is called.