A group of girls from the University of Sussex Lacrosse Society will be taking part in Dry January and some will also be taking part in the Brighton Half Marathon and a sea swim every day in January in order to raise money for the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals charity. We have chosen this charity because they recently identified cancer in a member of our society and close friend which would have otherwise gone undetected after a trip to A&E. She is infinitely grateful as are we that the individuals working that day were so cautious and rigorous in their testing.

University sport has a big culture around drinking which means that dry January might be the most difficult challenge of them all. This will mean no post-training pints, post-match celebrations, and sober Pryzm Wednesdays for an entire month.