On the 3rd October 2018 history was made when the University of Leeds beat local rivals Leeds Beckett University to win their first ever Leeds Varsity. Leeds Varsity is an iconic event in the city of Leeds’ sporting calendar, and consists of fixtures across the year culminating in one final day of competition where 50+ […]
Into its 13th year of the competition, Leeds Varsity 2017 was as competitive as in recent years, resulting in the Gryphon’s narrowly missing out with an overall score of 32 – 29 to Leeds Beckett University. The score reflects the closing of the gap between the two where just one or two fixtures could have […]
Leeds Varsity are excited to announce a brand new event in the 2017 series. Varsity Hockey will see the University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University battle it out for two Varsity points on the Tuesday evening the night before Wednesday’s Big Finale. With both the women and men’s teams taking to the field, the event […]
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 […]
On Friday 17th March, our Rugby League team will go head to head with a side made up of the best rugby league players from universities across Yorkshire in order to be crowned Yorkshire Varsity champions. This year, we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of student rugby league, which originated here at the University of Leeds, with […]
Leeds Varsity back already? Yes, you’ve read that right. With the New Year comes the new Leeds Varsity 2017 series and we hope you’re as excited as we are! Kick starting this year’s series is our Cross Country Varsity. Into its 6th year, this annual event has seen some impressive names battling for those all-important Varsity points; Alistair […]
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 […]
Leeds Varsity are excited to announce another brand new event in this years series. This year, we have teamed up with parkrun to bring you our very own parkrun Varsity. If you’ve always wanted to be involved with Varsity and help your University score those all important varsity points, now you can! So how does it […]
Each year Leeds Varsity gets bigger and better, like last year when the rugby finale reached a record breaking attendance of 14,232. As much as we love the climatic rugby fixture, we also know that Varsity is about more than the finale. We have over 60 fixtures across over 25 sports in just one day making […]
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