[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]S3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Recent successes: See individual colleges. [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]There being so many students in London, certain features are inevitable; there are some very high sporting standards and some peerless facilities. The high standard doesn't put off beginners though, and the facilities mean that sport is an important social focus for students of all abilities. There are certain areas where London has been particularly successful, notably rowing (they've beaten both Oxford and Cambridge repeatedly over the last 10 years), sailing and athletics. [EITAL]Many competitions are run between the University's colleges.[HDNG]SPORTS FACILITIES:[EHDNG][PARA]At the ULU Building, there are all the amenities mentioned above (the swimming pool, health spa, gym, fitness centre, squash court and so on). 31 acres of playing fields, 6 grass tennis courts, 1 hard court and an athletics track can be found at Motspur Park, ULU's sports ground in New Malden just outside London; ULU has sailing facilities at the Welsh Harp reservoir in North London and a boathouse at Chiswick-on-the-Thames.[HDNG]SPORTING CLUBS:[EHDNG][PARA]American Football; Boat Men; Boat Women; Caving; Gymnastics; Hash House Harriers (non-competitive running); Korfball; Polo; Shooting; Tae Kwon Do; Ten Pin Bowling; Volleyball; Water Polo; Women's Squash; Women's Tennis; Women's Rugby.[HDNG]ATTRACTIONS:[EHDNG][PARA][ITAL]There is no end to London's sporting attractions:[EITAL] from tennis and strawberries at Wimbledon to football and fighting at Millwall; from cricket at Lords to croquet at Hurlingham; from athletics at Crystal Palace to rugby at Twickers; from...[ITAL] [EITAL]well, as we said, there's no end.
