[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]S3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Recent successes: American football, rowing, archery, [PARA]football, squash.[ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]The Athletics Union is among the best organised in the country [PARA]and Teesside students in the past had a habit of carrying off [PARA]numerous titles amongst the polytechnics, but the competition's a[PARA]bit tougher in the university league. [EITAL]With a sports card (รบ8), [PARA]almost all facilities are free. The University offers an honours [PARA]degree in Sports Science and a sports bursary where promising [PARA]athletes are sponsored by local firms.[ITAL][HDNG]SPORTS FACILITIES:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]The University's Sports and Recreation Unit provides 45 acres of [PARA]playing fields, a sports hall, tennis courts, an all-weather pitch, a [PARA]climbing wall, gym, multigym and sauna. Overall, 1/3 of the block [PARA]grant goes on sport. Cleveland's sports centre is based in [PARA]Middlesbrough and there is a positive flood of swimming pools. [PARA]Near Flatts Lane, students can use the largest dry ski slope in [PARA]Europe[ITAL][HDNG]SPORTING CLUBS:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]Aikido; American Football; Camping; Gaelic Football; Women's [PARA]Football; Hang Gliding; Hiking; Keep Fit; Parashooting; Rowing; [PARA]Women's Rugby; Shotokan Karate; Ten Pin Bowling; Surfing; [PARA]Tae Kwon Do; Windsurfing.[HDNG]ATTRACTIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]Middlesbrough FC [ITAL](don't forget, they're really good)[EITAL]; West [PARA]Hartlepool RU; horse-racing at Redcar.
