[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]S3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Recent successes: Football, athletics, badminton, lacrosse. [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]Both the city and the University are top resorts for the sporty sort. The University's record in just about every sport is second only to Loughborough and matches the likes of Oxbridge. The emphasis is on achievement, but not to the detriment of the less able athletes who can and do take part on a broad level even if they don't win. Departments will even shift their timetables to allow participation in the University's Recreation Programme. As for facilities, they would ease a decathlete's soul [EITAL]and the ones that aren't free are cheap (eg swimming or tennis court hire 50p).[ITAL][HDNG]SPORTS FACILITIES:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]On campus the Munrow Sports Centre has a [ITAL]humungous [EITAL]sports hall, martial arts dojo, squash courts, a gym, dance studio, a pool, multigym and free weights, and facilities for all manner of indoor sports. Near the Centre are outdoor amenities such as an all-weather athletics field, floodlit pitch, astroturf pitches, canals for canoeing and tennis courts. There are another 70 acres of fields further afield at Wast Hills, about 5 minutes from the campus by University minibuses. Out on a limb about 165 miles north, at Coniston Water in the Lake District, the University has a centre for [ITAL]cable knit sweater [EITAL]sports like sailing and rock climbing.[HDNG]SPORTING CLUBS:[EHDNG][PARA]Gymnastics; Hang-Gliding; Jiu Jitsu; Rifle; Women's Football; Women's Rugby; Parachuting.[HDNG]ATTRACTIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]Footie fans will of course know all about local teams, Aston Villa, West Brom and Birmingham City, and nobody can ignore the cricket at Warwickshire's main ground at Edgbaston (Brian Lara is a Warwickshire star). There's also Moseley Rugby Football Club the Alexander Athletics Stadium, the Horse of the Year Show, figure skating at the NEC, and athletics at the Indoor Arena, when Wolf and Saracen aren't hogging it.[PARA][PARA]
