[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]S3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Recent successes: most sports, but see below. [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]Did we mention that Loughborough University is big on sports? Applicants who think that running around a field in shorts chasing/catching/kicking/throwing a ball is stupid should keep quite quiet about it if they go to Loughborough, unless they want to see grown men and women cry. The University enjoys a vast range of sporting facilities, virtually unmatched by any other, let alone by a university this size. They are all on campus and use is free ([EITAL]except for a small charge for swimming and squash[ITAL]). Success in most sports has been phenomenal but pride may have come before the fall; [EITAL]the women's basketball team lost for the first time in 13 years, the rugby team was beaten by [ULNE]Sheffield Hallam[EULNE][ITAL]. This is relative, however; we are still talking Jock Central, in attitude, if not in terms of results.[EITAL][PARA][PARA][ITAL][HDNG]SPORTS FACILITIES:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]3 sports halls geared up for all manner of indoor exertion; 2 gymnasia; dance studio; 2 swimming pools; 7 squash courts; 2 flood-lit all-weather areas; an all-weather athletics stadium (jointly run with the town); many acres of playing fields; many tennis courts; and equipment for indoor sports of all sorts such as a multigym, martial arts dojo, badminton courts and so on and so on...[PARA][ITAL] The town doesn't really need to add anything,[EITAL] but the surrounding area does make outdoor sports, such as fell-walking and watersports, possible.[HDNG]SPORTING CLUBS:[EHDNG][PARA]Aerobics; American Football; Arm Wrestling; Equestrian; Gliding; Hang/Paragliding; Indoor Soccer; Jiu Jitsu; Kart Racing; Women's Lacrosse; Rifle and Pistol; Rowing; Rugby League; Women's Rugby; Shokotan Karate; Speleological (caving); Sport Parachuting; Ten Pin Bowling; Triathlon; Ultimate Frisbee; Volleyball; Wado Ryu Karate; Water Skiing; Waterpolo; Weightlifting; Windsurfing.[HDNG]ATTRACTIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]Formula 3 motor racing, motor cycle racing and the Grand Prix at Castle Donington.[PARA][PARA]
