[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 University is not the turbo-boosted Lamborghini Contache of the student sports world. But the Union now has a student sports sabbatical, whose job it is to spend a large proportion of the Union's annual budget hiring local facilities so students can actually take part in competitions. [EITAL]Charges for facilities vary 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 arrangement whereby students can use the city's plentiful sports facilities at a reduced cost.[HDNG]SPORTING CLUBS:[EHDNG][PARA]Aerobics; Gun Club; Jiu Jitsu; Kabbadi (Indian sport, [ITAL]like Bulldog on speed[EITAL]); Mountain Biking; Parachuting and Dangerous Sports; Rowing; Windsurfing.[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]
