[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 that Bangor offers exceptional opportunities for outdoor sports, particularly climbing, mountaineering, sailing, rowing and all sorts of water sports. The priority is wide involvement rather than great success. [EITAL]With a Union card, amenities aren't [ITAL]too expensive [EITAL](60p for weights, ú1 for squash).[PARA][PARA][ITAL][HDNG]SPORTS FACILITIES:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]Bangor is very compact, nudged from every side by geographical limitations, and all the facilities are right on campus and next to the residential halls. 56 acres of playing fields (8 soccer, 4 hockey and 3 rugby pitches) and a flood-lit all-weather pitch; sports hall; athletics field, gymnasium; squash and tennis courts; archery range; multigym and, of course, the Menai Straits and the mountains. The town has a leisure centre, a swimming pool, golf course, bowling green and, about 1/2 an hour from the campus, the Outdoor Pursuits Centre. Also, at Llandudno, a few miles along the coast, there's a ski slope.[HDNG]SPORTING CLUBS:[EHDNG][PARA]Aikido; Caving; Clay Pigeon; Gliding; Korfball; Octopush (Under-water Hockey); Paintball; Parachute; Surfing; Weights.[PARA][PARA]
