While medical students may join Imperial College Union (ICU) sports clubs (and non-medical students may join the medical clubs and societies), most prefer to participate in ICSMSU sports teams which, depending on the sport, may compete against Imperial College or other Imperial faculty teams such as the Royal School of Mines, such as in the annual Varsity competition, which involves teams from ICSMSU and ICU.
Sir Roger Bannister, another St Mary's Hospital Medical School alumnus gives his name to the trophy for the annual varsity athletics meet.
They row out of and train at the Imperial College Boat Club which is situated on the River Thames in Putney.
One notable member of the constituent St Mary's Hospital Water Polo club was nobel laureate Sir Alexander Fleming.
The Varsity match against the Imperial College water polo team is played annually in March.
The origin of the medical school's musical theatre society is a 1943 production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury by students at St Mary's.
ICSMSU runs a full social calendar, including long-standing events and traditions from the original medical school student bodies.
The main facilities for the medical students of the Imperial College School of Medicine are found in the Reynolds Building on the Charing Cross Hospital campus.
The Sir Alexander Fleming Building serves as the home of ICSM on the central South Kensington Campus.
[11] Run with heavy input by ICSMSU, the association aims to provide funding for the clubs and societies of the medical school, as well as offer support to students.
Additionally, ICSMSU has a close affiliation with the St Mary's Hospital Association (SMHA) who equally supports students including through funding of grants, bursaries, and clubs and society awards.