[HDNG]INTRODUCTION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]S3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Recent successes: Curling, netball, American football. [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]Apollo, looking down on Strathclyde from Mount Olympus would brim with pride at the facilities and clubs, the sporting successes and the level of participation. The University has provided much for the energetic type - sport has become quite a social as well as a physical activity. Nature has also been quite generous, throwing in the River Clyde for watersports. [EITAL] There's a charge of about 30p for most facilities.[HDNG]SPORTS FACILITIES:[EHDNG][PARA]45 acres of playing fields; sports centre; 2 small gyms; swimming pool; all-weather pitch; squash courts; climbing wall; weight-training room and multigym.[HDNG]SPORTING CLUBS:[EHDNG][PARA]Aikido; American Football; Boxing; Caving; Curling; Handball; Hang Gliding; Parachuting; Rifle; Windsurfing.[HDNG]ATTRACTIONS:[EHDNG][PARA][ITAL]Glasgow is one of the world's great football battlefields [EITAL]housing both Celtic and Rangers FCs and Glaswegians won't understand it if soft southern students can't say which team they support. There are 8 [ITAL]lovely[EITAL] golf courses around town feeding the Scottish habit and a dry ski slope locally.[PARA][PARA]
