[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]S2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Recent successes: indoor cricket, badminton, hockey. [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]With the Menai Strait and Snowdonia, it comes as no surprise [PARA]that Bangor offers exceptional opportunities for outdoor sports, [PARA]particularly climbing, mountaineering, sailing, rowing and all sorts [PARA]of water sports. The priority is wide involvement rather than great[PARA]success. [EITAL]With a Union card, amenities aren't [ITAL]too expensive [EITAL](60p[PARA]for weights, ú1 for squash).[PARA][PARA][ITAL][HDNG]SPORTS FACILITIES:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]Bangor is very compact, nudged from every side by geographical[PARA]limitations, and all the facilities are right on campus and next to [PARA]the residential halls. 56 acres of playing fields (8 soccer, 4 [PARA]hockey and 3 rugby pitches) and a flood-lit all-weather pitch; [PARA]sports hall; athletics field, gymnasium; squash and tennis courts; [PARA]archery range; multigym and, of course, the Menai Straits and [PARA]the mountains. The town has a leisure centre, a swimming pool, [PARA]golf course, bowling green and, about 1/2 an hour from the [PARA]campus, the Outdoor Pursuits Centre. Also, at Llandudno, a few[PARA]miles along the coast, there's a ski slope.[HDNG]SPORTING CLUBS:[EHDNG][PARA]Aikido; Caving; Clay Pigeon; Gliding; Korfball; Octopush [PARA](Under-water Hockey); Paintball; Parachute; Surfing; Weights.[PARA][PARA]