[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]S2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Recent successes: Football, cricket, judo. [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]As a poly, it had better facilities than most, but as a university, it [PARA]doesn't rank with the big boys.[EITAL] Membership of the Sports Centre[PARA]costs ú12.50 a year.[HDNG]SPORTS FACILITIES:[EHDNG][PARA]There are 5 main sports sites: at the City Campus, there's the [PARA]Lipman Sports Centre, the Wynne Jones Hall and a sports [PARA]centre; there are further provisions at Coach Lane; and there's the[PARA]42-acre Bullockstead sports ground, 5 miles from the City [PARA]Campus. They offer facilities for most sports including squash [PARA]and tennis courts, sports halls, and a climbing wall, weights [PARA]room, gym, multigym and 47 acres of playing fields. Of course, [PARA]for Carlisle students the lakes offer real watery pursuits and [PARA]mountains.[HDNG]SPORTING CLUBS:[EHDNG][PARA]Aerobics; Boxing; Flying; Gaelic Football; Keep Fit; Kung Fu; [PARA]OUTAC; Parachuting; Rowing; Surfing; Weightlifting; [PARA]Windsurfing; Yoga.[HDNG]ATTRACTIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]Newcastle United FC are the local soccer stars. Gateshead [PARA]International Stadium, Whitley Bay Ice Rink and Blaydon Races [PARA]are close as well.[PARA][PARA]