[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]S2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Recent successes: Football, hockey, fencing. [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]There are reasonable sporting facilities both on and off campus [PARA]and some impressive achievements. However, participation is [PARA]not as broad as it could be (not for lack of opportunity).[EITAL][HDNG]SPORTS FACILITIES:[EHDNG][PARA]On campus, there are facilities in the Union Building (see Social [PARA]and Political above), in the Claremont Sports Hall (sports hall, [PARA]squash courts) on the edge and in the Centre for PE andSport [PARA](gym, dance studio, weights room) nearer the centre. There are [PARA]outdoor amenities on 5 sites: Heaton (medic's playing fields); [PARA]Close House (10 miles out - 18-hole golf course; hockey pitches); [PARA]Cochrane Park (playing fields); Longbenton (more playing fields); [PARA]and Newburn Boat House on the Tyne for rowers. Just 6 acres [PARA]of playing fields in all, though.[HDNG]SPORTING CLUBS:[EHDNG][PARA]American Football; Boat; Boxing; Canoe Polo; Caving; Clay [PARA]Pigeon Shooting; Hang Gliding; Mountain Biking; Parachuting; [PARA]Rifle; Surfing; Tae Kwon Do; Thai Boxing; Triathlon; Windsurfing.[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]
