Surrey Sports Park
The Surrey Sports Park is situated close to the main University campus on its Manor Park site. It houses a 50 metre pool, three sports halls, a squash centre, 700 metres of fitness facilities, two artificial floodlit pitches, outdoor and indoor tennis courts, four real tennis courts and a climbing centre.
The 1,000 seat indoor arena is home to Guildford Heat basketball team, who have been using the venue since 2010 following a move from their previous home at the Guildford Spectrum. Heat are one of the leading teams and former winners of the British Basketball League, the country's top division.
It played host to all but 4 matches of the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup (the semi finals, 3rd place play off and final were held at the Twickenham Stoop). It is also the official training facility for Harlequins rugby club, with plans to add a private gym for the club in addition to the already available facilities.
It will also be the home ground of UniS Old Boys F.C., a football team for alumni of the university, which competes in the Surrey County Intermediate League (Western), at the 12th level of the English football league system.
It is the home ground for the Surrey Spartans Hockey Club that competes in both the Men's and Ladies South Hockey Leagues. The team is predominantly made up of students and alumni of the university although is now attracting increasing numbers of public members. Club Website
Surrey University participates in an annual sports festival called the Varsity Games. The university competes against other institutions such as Royal Holloway University of London and Kingston University. Over the years, there has been stiff competition between Surrey and Kingston for the Varsity Cup, that has made both universities arch-rivals at the Games.
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