Newcastle University

===Sport===
[[File:Sports Centre, Newcastle University, 5 September 2013 (1).jpg|thumb|Sports Centre, Newcastle University]]
Newcastle is one of the leading universities for sport in the UK and is consistently ranked within the top 12 out of 152 higher education institutions in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) rankings. More than 50 student-led sports clubs are supported through a team of professional staff and a network of indoor and outdoor sports facilities based over four sites.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sport/news/item/european-success-for-newcastle-university-rowing-teams/ |title=European success for Newcastle University rowing teams |publisher=Newcastle University |year=2013 |access-date=6 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106162647/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sport/news/item/european-success-for-newcastle-university-rowing-teams/ |archive-date=6 January 2014 }}</ref> The university have a strong rugby history and were the winners of the [[Northumberland senior cup rugby union|Northumberland Senior Cup]] in 1965.

The university enjoys a friendly sporting rivalry with local universities. The [[Stan Calvert Cup]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unionsociety.co.uk/au/content/145655/stan_calvert/ |title=Stan Calvert |publisher=Union Society |access-date=23 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831223032/http://unionsociety.co.uk/au/content/145655/stan_calvert/ |archive-date=31 August 2011 }}</ref> was held between 1994 and 2018 by major sports teams from Newcastle and [[Northumbria University]]. [[The Boat Race of the North]] has also taken place between the [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]] clubs of Newcastle and [[Durham University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cprs/news/item/the-university-boat-race |title=The University Boat Race |publisher=Newcastle University |access-date=7 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503075253/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cprs/news/item/the-university-boat-race |archive-date=3 May 2008 }}</ref>

{{As of|2023|post=,}} [[Newcastle University F.C.]] compete in men's senior football in the [[Northern Football League|Northern League]] Division Two.<ref>{{cite web|title=Newcastle University|url=https://www.northernfootballleague.org/team/newcastle-university/|publisher=Northern League|access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref>

The university's [[Cochrane Park]] sports facility was a training venue for the teams playing football games at [[St James' Park]] for the [[2012 London Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/london_2012/9433856.stm |title=Newcastle University named Olympic 2012 training venue |work=BBC News |date=23 March 2011 |access-date=23 March 2011 |archive-date=4 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804173456/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/london_2012/9433856.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>