[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]S2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Recent successes: basketball, football. [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]Edinburgh students are stronger at cultural pursuits[EITAL] [ITAL]than sporting ones, but that isn't to say they don't have the facilities or the successes. It's just that most students would rather have a bowl of Coco Pops.[EITAL][PARA][PARA][ITAL][HDNG]SPORTS FACILITIES:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]The University has outdoor facilities at Peffermill Sports Ground (including 24 acres of playing fields and 3 new clay tennis courts) and at the Pollock Sports Centre (10mins from Pollock Halls), where there is a sports hall, a small hall, fitness room, 10 squash courts, table tennis studios, a combat salle, a rifle and archery range. The playing fields at Pollock Halls include a floodlit synthetic grass pitch. There are further outdoor amenities at the Firbush Point Field Centre, 80 miles from Edinburgh, including sailing, canoeing, skiing and hill to walk. The city has many golf courses, a large swimming pool, ice rink and the Meadowbank Stadium. 50% of the city is made up of parks and open spaces (including Queen's Park and Arthur's Seat).[HDNG]SPORTING CLUBS:[EHDNG][PARA]Angling; Ballooning; Women's Basketball; Boat (rowing); Boxing; Curling; Frisbee; Gliding; Women's Golf; Hare and Hounds; Hillwalking; Women's Hockey; Hot Air Balloon; Motor; Motorcycling; Parachuting; Rifle; Women's Rugby; Shinty (traditional Scottish game); Weightlifting; Windsurfing.[HDNG]ATTRACTIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]Hearts and Hibs FC's each have a home turf in Edinburgh and there're also Murrayfield Rugby, athletics at Meadowbank and speedway.
