| The residents of the city of Nottingham
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| | known as the National Ice Centre (or more
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| are passionate about sport, in all of its
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| | commonly NIC). After extensive
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| many varieties. There are numerous sport
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| | redevelopment, the current building
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| venues and facilities hosting
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| | opened for business in 2000, but an ice
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| professional and amateur competitions for
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| | rink has existed on the site since 1939.
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| local spectators. Also, opportunities
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| | The NIC is the home of the Nottingham
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| abound for every resident to get involved
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| | Panthers, a competitive ice hockey team
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| themselves in a sport that interests
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| | that was founded in 1946 and is now a
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| them.
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| | member of the Super League. The Ice
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| Three major sports facilities lie within
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| | centre hosts the yearly hockey play off
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| sight of each other along the River
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| | championship. It is also used as a venue
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| Trent:
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| | for training and competition for other
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| One of the most popular sports in England
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| | sports, including figure skating, ice
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| is football (that's association football,
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| | dancing, speed skating, and sledge
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| or soccer, not to be confused with the
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| | hockey. Native Nottingham skaters Jayne
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| American variety).
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| | Torvill and Christopher Dean trained at
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| The city of Nottingham is the home of
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| | the NIC, and went on to win medals at the
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| teams from two different football
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| | 1984 Winter Olympics. There is also an
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| leagues. Each game day, Meadow Lane
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| | active youth program for both hockey
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| Stadium on the outskirts of the city
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| | players and competitive skating. When ice
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| holds 20,000 cheering supporters of the
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| | skaters of various types are not using
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| Notts County Football Club, which
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| | the facilties, the Ice Centre can be
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| competes in Football League Two (the
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| | converted into the Nottingham Arena, a
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| fourth tier of the English league
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| | venue for a wide variety of musical
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| system). Founded in 1862, the Notts
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| | performances, including some of rock and
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| County team is actually the oldest
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| | pop's biggest names.
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| Football League team in the world,
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| | The Nottingham Rugby Football Club plays
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| established a year before the Football
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| | rugby union at Ireland Avenue in the
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| Association itself. The team wears black
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| | nearby town of Beeston, while a new rugby
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| and white stripes at home, and are known
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| | facility called Lady Bay is under
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| as the Magpies.
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| | construction near the cricket ground.
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| Just three hundred yards to the south,
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| | The City of Nottingham Tennis Centre has
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| across the Trent River and technically in
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| | professional-quality facilities and
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| the suburb of West Bridgford, is the City
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| | numerous classes and resources for adult
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| Ground, the largest football ground in
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| | and youth tennis enthusiasts. Every
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| England with a capacity of over 30,000 in
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| | summer in the week before the Wimbledon
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| its four stands. It is home to Notts'
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| | tennis tournament, the Nottingham Tennis
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| rivals, the red and white Nottingham
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| | Centre hosts the Red Letter Days Open
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| Forest Football Club which is a member of
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| | tennis tournament (formerly the Samsung
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| Football League One (the third tier). The
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| | Open), attracting many of the world's top
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| Reds won two European Cups at the
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| | tennis players who wish to test their
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| beginning of the 1980s. Though it's often
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| | competitive mettle before the big
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| assumed the team was named after
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| | tournament.
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| Nottingham's famous Sherwood Forest, it
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| | In Holme Pierrepont to the east of the
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| actually took its name from its original
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| | city, the National Water Sports Centre is
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| home at the Forest Recreation Ground, an
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| | the focus of a unique complex of
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| open field which now hosts the city's
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| | facilities for rowing and sailing
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| famous Goose Fair every year.
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| | competitions. Alongside the River Trent
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| The game of cricket is another essential
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| | and Colwick Country park, the Water
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| part of British sporting culture, and
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| | Sports Centre features a two thousand
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| Nottingham's people are no exception to
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| | metre regatta lake, and courses for
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| this rule. The Nottinghamshire County
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| | canoeing, white water and slalom
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| Cricket Club resides at the Trent Bridge
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| | competitions. Many other sailing, rowing
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| cricket ground, which sits cheek by jowl
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| | and canoeing clubs (and the businesses
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| next to the City Ground. The Trent Bridge
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| | which cater to them) have grown up around
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| ground hosts many international Test
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| | the centre and along the river.
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| matches and One-Day International
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| | The Sport Nottingham Health and Fitness
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| matches, and numerous other large and
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| | Complex focuses on martial arts training
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| small cricketing events. The ground has
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| | and fitness resources, including a gym
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| been expanded and redesigned several
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| | and two racquets and squash courts. A
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| times over its history, and now boasts
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| | small arena frequently features martial
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| architectural awards for some of its
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| | arts displays and competitions, as well
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| newer stand designs. A cricket academy, a
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| | as boxing and wrestling. The complex
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| gymnasium, a hotel, and two pubs share
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| | regularly rents out its facilities for
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| space with the cricket pitch and its
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| | local teams in many sports for practice
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| stands and facilities.
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| | and competition.
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| While these three grounds get the lion's
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| | Those who love personal activity and
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| share of the attention, Nottingham also
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| | those who simply love to watch others
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| has several other notable sporting
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| | give it their all will all find something
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| facilities.
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| | worth pursuing among the many sporting
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| In the centre of the city near the Lace
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| | options in the City of Nottingham.
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| Market is the enormous ice skating rink
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