Societies
The Hall has a theatrical society, the Wills Hall Amateur Theatrical Society (WHATS) which performs musicals, plays and variety shows for the students.
Wills Hall is also the only hall in Stoke Bishop to publish its own newsletter, The Executor, which is edited by students in hall and is published several times a year. This itself is the successor to the Wills Hall Loo Sheet, a newsletter which got its name from the fact that it was distributed by being posted in all communal lavatories around the hall.
Former members of Hall can join The Wills Hall Association, which has been running since 1930. The Association holds a large annual reunion in Bristol every summer in July when former members return for a reception on the Warden's lawn followed by dinner in Hall with a guest speaker. On Saturday, 4 July 2009 the guest of honour was Bob Marshall-Andrews QC MP, parliamentarian and wit. The Association organises an annual lecture or recital and a well attended service in the Chapel. The Association also holds a popular reception in London which attracts members who live in London and the South East. The Association produces a Yearbook and a Newsletter for its growing membership which comes from every era of those who enjoyed Wills Hall from the 1930s to the present.
Wills Hall RFC takes part in the Intramural rugby tournament organised by Bristol University AU. The 2006-7 season was one of the worst on record, with Wills Hall RFC not winning a single game. The 2007-8 season, under captains Rhys Beynon-Thomas and Luke Falconer, was much more successful, with a large squad looking to make the play-offs at the end of the season.
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