Varsity is coming! So take your chance now to get ahead and buy your tickets for the biggest University Varsity event of the year! With over 60,000 potential attendees at over 60 sporting events, don’t risk missing out. Secure your ticket today for the finale events taking place on 29 April, 2 and 4 May. […]
Varsity is coming! Get ready for a unique spectacle not to be missed. Bring your passion, pride and friendship to this special event. After two years away, we’ll be opening the doors again to over 10,000 students, cheering on teams from Leeds Beckett University and the University of Leeds, in over 60 fixtures, across 25 […]
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 […]
