[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]S3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Recent successes: rugby, football. [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]Sport takes a high priority at Bath - none of this trash about 'it's only a game'. Funding and interest has created considerable success at the same time as broad involvement. [EITAL]The facilities, the expert tuition and the fact that there are no charges for any amenities [ITAL]are enough to make you want to run and jump. [EITAL]There is a sports scholarship scheme where students of exceptional standards take an extra year to do their degrees which are combined with intensive training.[PARA][PARA][ITAL][HDNG]SPORTS FACILITIES:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]The [ITAL]excellent [EITAL]amenities are all on campus: sports hall; 95 acres of playing fields; swimming pool; squash court; grass ski slope; cross-country course and dressage area for horse-riding; all-weather pitch; athletics field; tennis courts; climbing wall; weight room; multigym; and 30 coaches for sporting trips. Next door there's a golf course and in town further facilities like a bowling green, river and so on. A new athletics track is planned for 1995, when the University hosts the Youth Olympics.[HDNG]SPORTING CLUBS:[EHDNG][PARA]Boxing; Caving; Circuit Training; Croquet; Gliding; Gymnastics; Jogging; Hang Gliding; Ladies' Keep Fit; Life Saving; Parachuting; Rifle; Surfing; Water Polo; Water Skiing; Weight Lifting; Wind Surfing; Yoga[HDNG]ATTRACTIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]Bristol Rovers, based in Bath, are the local football team ([ITAL]so why aren't they... oh, never mind[EITAL]), and there's also Bath Rugby Club. Bath City FC is in the Vauxhall Conference. [ITAL]Lucky Vauxhall conference.[EITAL][PARA][PARA]
