[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]S2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Recent successes: football; hockey; netball.[ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]Sheffield hosted the 1991 World Student Games, leaving the city [PARA]with some of the best sporting facilities in the country and one of [PARA]the largest debts. These don't belong to the University although [PARA]they do use them regularly. The Union co-ordinates sporting [PARA]clubs and funds them well. The region (the Peak District) is [PARA]well-known for climbing and mountaineering. [EITAL][HDNG]SPORTS FACILITIES:[EHDNG][PARA][ITAL]The University relies heavily on the hire of local amenities[EITAL] (see [ULNE][PARA]Sheffield University[EULNE]), but they also have a fair few facilities of [PARA]their own for a range of indoor and outdoor sports, including a [ITAL][PARA]magnificent [EITAL]indoor climbing wall, 20 acres of playing fields and 2 [PARA]sports halls. There is a small charge for some of the facilities.[HDNG]SPORTING CLUBS:[EHDNG][PARA]Aikido; American Football; Caving; Climbing; Hang Gliding; [PARA]Parachuting; Rowing; Rugby League; Women's Rugby; Sailboard;[PARA]Surfing; Tae Kwon Do; Water Skiing.[HDNG]ATTRACTIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]The local football clubs are well-known: Sheffield Wednesday [PARA]and United. Also locally: Europe's biggest dry ski slope.[PARA][PARA]
