The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreational Sports offers a wide range of leisure and competitive activities for Cal students, faculty, staff, and community members. Major athletic and recreational facilities include the Recreational Sports Facility, Haas Pavilion, Hearst Gymnasium, Spieker Aquatics Facility, Memorial Stadium, Edwards Track Stadium, Witter Rugby Field, Strawberry Canyon Recreation Area, the Golden Bear Recreation Center, Hellman Tennis Complex, Kleeberger Field, and People's Park. Registered Cal students can use most of these facilities free of charge during the academic year. University faculty and staff and community members can use these facilities for a fee. Over the years, Cal has captured more than 46 national team championships, while claiming 101 NCAA individual championships in a variety of sports.
All athletic events are open to the public.
Cal Intramurals Cal Intramurals offers UC students, faculty, and staff and community members a wide range of organized team and individual sports including badminton, basketball, dodgeball, flag football, racquetball, soccer, volleyball, street hockey, softball, table tennis, tennis, ultimate frisbee, water polo, and wiffleball. In addition to the 30 different sports offerings, Cal Intramurals features a number of weekend tournaments and summer leagues for participants to enter individually or as a men's, women's, or co-ed team. Cal Adventures Cal Adventures is Berkeley's outdoor recreation program, offering a wide variety of classes and outings in activities such as backpacking, rock climbing, whitewater and sea kayaking, whitewater rafting, wilderness first aid, outdoor photography, windsurfing, rowing, and cross country and back country skiing. A new program in team building has been added in 1997. A complete line of rental equipment, including sleeping bags, tents, stoves, is available.