The University’s sports facilities were shown off in spectacular fashion this month when the BBC chose Sports Park Weetwood to host their celebrity cricket match. For the 60th anniversary of the BBC 5 Live Test Match Special Radio Programme the BBC organised two mixed teams of cricketing greats and celebrities to play a T-20 match. […]
Brand new class timetable from 25th September! Want to get more from your gym, but bored of the same old programmes or don’t have the time for long fitness sessions? Look no further – here at the Edge we are introducing a brand new range of exercise classes, combining exciting new products and time-maximising 30-minute […]
Breaking gender barriers in sport The first day I went to training for American football I was so nervous. I almost bailed and got off the bus before the stop at Sports Park Weetwood several times. I was worried about being a girl playing the sport in a male team; that the guys would be unwelcoming or […]
Leeds Varsity are excited to announce that following last years success, Varsity parkrun is back for 2017. If you’ve always wanted to be involved with the greatest sporting event in the university calendar, you can! So how does it work? Each runner and volunteer will score a point for their University, the University with the most points […]
University of Leeds alumni, Toby Roland-Jones, called up to the England cricket side for their latest test against South Africa, had his dream debut taking four wickets and scoring 25 runs with the bat. Middlesex medium paced bowler, Toby Roland-Jones took an impressive four wickets in his opening 33 balls in his first Test cricket […]
