We’re putting on our very own Gryphons Virtual Relay Race during lockdown! Open to all Gryphons clubs, enter a team of 6 to start on Monday 23rd November. Event Overview Clubs enter a team of 6 to run a virtual relay race. Clubs can enter multiple teams if they have lots of people interested in […]
On the 16 June 2020 Leeds welcomed the Westfield Health British Transplant Games, as it is announced that the event, organised on behalf of the charity Transplant Sport, will take place in venues across the city from 5-8 August 2021. Leeds is already warming up for the Games and has shown its support with a […]
Leeds to host the men’s squads from Jamaica and Ireland, as well as women’s squads from hosts England, Papua New Guinea, Brazil and Canada With 500 days to go until the opening fixture of the Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021), tournament organisers have announced that Leeds will act as the training base for men’s […]
In light of the current global pandemic we were unable to deliver our annual ‘Run the loop’ event at the Brownlee Centre this year. However, with exercise and physical and mental well-being high up the agenda we decided instead to go virtual! A very ‘2020’ concept, a virtual running event involves designing your own course […]
The 2020 Sports Colours Awards went virtual on Wednesday 29 April! The awards usually consist of a sit down dinner in The Refectory, but due to current circumstances we had to change our plans. Instead, we hosted the event via our Instagram stories, with over 1000 people tuning in on the night! We celebrated another […]
In light of the current Covid-19 pandemic and following guidance from both the Government and England Athletics it is no longer appropriate or possible to deliver Run The Loop as a mass participation event. So it is with regret that we must inform runners that this years event has now been cancelled. However, in these […]
Our challenge Attention all University of Leeds students, staff and alumni! Row Britannia challenge you to row 2,020 miles by Saturday 6 June 2020 to support and raise awareness of mental health and raise £3,000 for Sports Relief. Track our progress here Why are we doing this? Row Britannia is an inclusive, adaptive sporting challenge […]
The University of Leeds Boat Club have won Student Sport Team of the Year at this year’s Leeds Sport Awards. The awards were held last night at the first direct arena in Leeds, in celebration of all the fantastic sportsmen and women across the city and their contributions to sport. The University of Leeds Boat […]
Entries are now open for the “Run the Loop at the Brownlee Centre” event Come join us on the 24th May 2020 for our annual multi-distance running event at our fantastic Brownlee Centre at the University of Leeds. Our unique event takes place on our closed-road 1-mile cycle circuit and offers runners a range of different events to enter – […]
Leeds University Alumna Natalie Haythornthwaite has been inducted into the University’s Sporting Hall of Fame. Natalie was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Sports Scholars Award Evening held on 14 November, an event which celebrates the successes of all of our scholars who have been awarded a scholarship for the upcoming year. Unfortunately […]
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