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University Sports Scholars Awarded Scholarships!

Sporting Scholars group photo

The University of Leeds Sports Scholars have been awarded their scholarships by the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Student Education, Jeff Grabill at the annual sports scholars evening.  On Tuesday 8 March everyone gathered together to celebrate all of our wonderful scholars and their sporting achievements. The evening not only focused on current scholars, but past […]

Win £100 by telling us how you feel!

Balancing Life

Help us to support your physical activity and wellbeing by filling out the 2022 Balancing Life Survey. Plus you could win a Love2Shop voucher worth £100 or £50!  Last year’s Balancing Life Survey found that 69% of staff and 61% of students were active, up 3% and 9% respectively from 2020 but still down on […]

Roller Skiing at Brownlee - No Snow, No Problem!

The Yorkshire Dales Cross Country Ski Club run weekly sessions at Brownlee!

Want to ski like an Olympian? Leeds’ Brownlee Centre plays host to the Yorkshire Dales Cross Country Ski Club for their weekly Roller Skiing sessions! With the Beijing Winter Olympics now underway – and snow and ice slightly lacking in the UK – you can still get in the spirit here at the Brownlee Centre. […]

Get Out, Get Active Virtual Share The Love Run Relay for staff – w/c 14th February

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GOGA Share The Love Run Relay for staff – w/c 14th February Our popular virtual run relay is here again! We’ve had a little break and now we’re back with another run relay exclusively for our staff members. Join our 20-minute fun run relay and discover the network of joggers and runners within the University […]

Royal recognition for Brownlee Centre triathletes

Georgie Taylor-Brown and Jessica Learmonth celebrate after winning the Olympic mixed relay triathlon in Tokyo 2020

A number of British triathletes and Brownlee Centre regulars have received royal recognition for their sporting services. The Brownlee Centre is the UK’s first purpose-built triathlon training centre.  The facility was created in partnership with British Cycling, British Triathlon, Sport England and UK Sport and, named after two of the University’s most successful alumni, Alistair […]

Back to Fitness Course

Back to fitness course

New course, Back to Fitness starting 2 February! In this new course, participants will join a group of like-minded members for 6 weeks, who want to build up their fitness levels. What’s included? Trainer support Weekly assessments to measure progress Weekly nutrition challenges Full body exercise programme to follow outside of sessions If you want […]

Volunteer of the Month - Amy Tran

Our Volunteer of the Month for December is Amy Tran!

VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH – AMY TRAN, Mechanical Engineering – President of LUU Volleyball & Gryphons Into Schools Volunteer.  Semester 1 saw the return of our fantastic sports clubs & societies as well as our schools volunteering programme. It’s great to see so many students back enjoying the sports they love as well as contributing […]

Volunteer of the Month - Emily Kilmister

Our Volunteer of the Month for October is Emily Kilmister!

VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH – EMILY KILMISTER, Sport Science – Netball Umpires & Gryphons Into Schools. It is great to have our volunteering programme back to full force after the pandemic. Our first volunteer of the month of the 2021-22 academic year back in October was Sport Science student Emily Kilmister who has been volunteering […]

Back to Fitness and Women's Strength courses Early Bird Offer!

PT demonstrates push up

Kickstart the New Year with two of our fitness courses – available for £65 until 24 January. Making a return for our members, the popular Women’s Strength course will be running alongside Back to Fitness from the 31 January for 6 weeks. The sessions will run as follows: Monday Womens Strength 6.00pm Tuesday Womens Strength […]

Disco Yoga is here to brighten up the New Year

Make some moves under the disco lights

A new addition to our classes timetable, Disco Yoga is making moves down at The Edge. Ever fancied trying yoga, but feel a little out of your comfort zone? Maybe you already love yoga, but fancy something different. Something that’ll make you smile. Something that will take you out of yourself as you get…’lost in […]