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Rebecca Gallantree Welcomed into Hall of Fame

October 14, 2016
Rebecca Gallantree, Malcolm Brown, Ady Jinchcliffe, Sir Alan Langlands, Suzanne Glavin

Rebecca Gallantree is one of Britain’s most successful springboard divers and has been welcomed into the University’s sporting hall of fame. She joins a number of notable sportsmen and women including Simon Mason, Carol Isherwood, Giles Long and Ray French. Rebecca graduated from the University of Leeds in 2005 with a 1st Class Degree in Sports […]

University Sport Scholars Announced

October 13, 2016
Group picture of UOL: sport Scholars

37 student athletes have been presented with their University of Leeds Sport Scholarships for 2016/17. To present the athletes with their scholarships were the University of Leeds Vice-Chancellor, Sir Alan Langlands and world renowned Triathlon Coach Malcolm Brown. The students have been awarded a University of Leeds Sport Scholarship to support them in their aspirations to […]

Student Selection for World University Winter Games

October 12, 2016

Sports Scholar Gillian Finnerty from Leeds Snowriders has been selected for the January 2017 World University Winter Games Selections have recently been announced for the Great Britain Snowsports Team competing in the World University Winter Games in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Securing her place in the Snowboard Cross (SBX) team is University of Leeds student, Gillian Finnererty. […]

Record Breaking Leeds Varsity

October 6, 2016
uni rugby team cheering winning varsity 2016

Record breaking crowds of over 15,535 people watched The University of Leeds beat Leeds Beckett University in the Rugby Union finale event at Headingley Carnegie Stadium to round off an amazing few days of competition.   The 12th year of the competition between local rivals, The University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University was as […]

Netball Victorious Against Beckett

October 6, 2016
Group of netball girls celebrating

New to the Leeds Varsity programme this year was the headline Netball Varsity event, and the University of Leeds won in thrilling style.   Taking place at taking place at Leeds Beckett’s arena, the event gathered a crowed of over 300 people on the night who made for a brilliant atmosphere cheering on both teams. The […]

Leeds Varsity parkrun Success

October 6, 2016
people walking across grass, muddy legs

On Saturday 1st October, the first ever Leeds Varsity parkrun took place at Woodhouse Moor and it’s safe to say it was a huge success. The event allowed current students, alumni and staff take part in Leeds Varsity, with the winning University being the one who had the most people take part, this included running […]

University Alumnus Called Up To England Squad

October 4, 2016
Rugby pitch Sports Park Weetwood

University of Leeds Alumnus, Alex Lozowski has been named in Eddie Jones’s 45-man elite player squad ahead of Englands Old Mutual Wealth Series against South Africa, Fiji, Argentina and Australia later in the year. Alex completed his Economic and Philosophy degree from The University of Leeds in 2014. Whilst at Leeds he played for Leeds Carnegie […]