[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]S1[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Recent successes: basketball, rugby, hockey. [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]Having virtually no facilities of its own, unsurprisingly, the [PARA]University is not the turbo-boosted Lamborghini Contache of the [PARA]student sports world. But the Union now has a student sports [PARA]sabbatical, whose job it is to spend a large proportion of the [PARA]Union's annual budget hiring local facilities so students can [PARA]actually take part in competitions. [EITAL]Charges for facilities vary [PARA]between 30p and ú2.[HDNG]SPORTS FACILITIES:[EHDNG][PARA][BOLD]Birmingham: [EBOLD]see [ULNE]University of Birmingham[EULNE].[PARA]2 gyms and tennis courts. [ITAL]Not much, eh?[EITAL] But there is an [PARA]arrangement whereby students can use the city's plentiful sports [PARA]facilities at a reduced cost.[HDNG]SPORTING CLUBS:[EHDNG][PARA]Aerobics; Gun Club; Jiu Jitsu; Kabbadi (Indian sport, [ITAL]like Bulldog [PARA]on speed[EITAL]); Mountain Biking; Parachuting and Dangerous Sports; [PARA]Rowing; Windsurfing.[HDNG]ATTRACTIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]Footie fans will of course know all about local teams, Aston Villa,[PARA]West Brom and Birmingham City, and nobody can ignore the [PARA]cricket at Warwickshire's main ground at Edgbaston (Brian Lara [PARA]is a Warwickshire star). There's also Moseley Rugby Football [PARA]Club the Alexander Athletics Stadium, the Horse of the Year [PARA]Show, figure skating at the NEC, and athletics at the Indoor [PARA]Arena, when Wolf and Saracen aren't hogging it.[PARA][PARA]
