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Sport at Newcastle - Newcastle University

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<strong>Sport</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Newcastle</strong><br />

<strong>Sport</strong> is important <strong>at</strong> <strong>Newcastle</strong>, and performance, particip<strong>at</strong>ion and<br />

health and wellbeing are part of everything we do. We have an extensive<br />

portfolio of sports facilities, a wide range of sports programmes, and over<br />

50 sports clubs, all supported by a team of dedic<strong>at</strong>ed professional staff.<br />

The <strong>University</strong> recently finished ninth in the British Universities <strong>Sport</strong>s<br />

Associ<strong>at</strong>ion (BUSA) 2006–07 rankings, with outstanding performances<br />

by our rowing, rugby and lacrosse clubs.<br />

In the region, £1.2 billion is being spent over the next five years, aiming<br />

to have <strong>at</strong> least 10 major sporting events in the North East by 2010.<br />

So however serious you are about sport, there’ll be something<br />

to suit you <strong>at</strong> <strong>Newcastle</strong>.<br />

Contents<br />

<strong>Sport</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Newcastle</strong> 1<br />

Facilities 2<br />

Performance 4<br />

Particip<strong>at</strong>ion 6<br />

Health and Wellbeing 7<br />

Athletic Union 7<br />

Clubs 8<br />

<strong>Sport</strong> in the City 9<br />

Further Inform<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

back cover<br />

Thea Hoffmeister, Elite Athlete 2006/07.<br />

Intramural football.<br />

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