[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]S2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Recent successes: hockey, women's rugby. [ESTAT][PARA]The campus has not 1, but 2 sports centres [ITAL]which is indicative of [PARA]sport's import at Aston. [EITAL]There are 92 acres of outdoor facilities 8[PARA]miles away in Shustoke (20 minutes by bus).[HDNG]SPORTS FACILITIES:[EHDNG][PARA]On campus: 2 indoor playing fields; swimming pool; 2 squash [PARA]courts; sauna and solarium; 2 multigyms; snooker and table [PARA]tennis tables and sports shop. Shustoke: 15 playing fields; 2 hard [PARA]all-weather pitches; 3 tennis and 4 squash courts; cricket square; [PARA]a large pavilion with 3 bars and social facilities.[HDNG]SPORTING CLUBS:[EHDNG][PARA]Aikido; American Football; Caving; Gaelic Football; Ice-Skating; Jiu[PARA]Jitsu; Mountain Biking; Parachuting; Rifle; Surfing; Women's [PARA]Rugby; Water Polo; Windsurfing; Low-Risk Watersports [ITAL][PARA](pardon?)[EITAL].[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]
