By Liz Coggins on June 23, 2016
Sports

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) in partnership with Nike, has kicked off Tennis Tuesdays for its second year. Tennis Tuesdays – a women’s only initiative designed to encourage more females to pick up a racket – will be hosted in over 8 locations across Leeds and over 200 locations across the UK throughout the summer […]
By Natalie Risbrough on January 11, 2016
News, Sports

Snozone recently applied to break a Guinness World Record for the longest distance snowboarded indoors over 24 hours, which at the time was set at around 25,000 metres. Anyone who could already snowboard proficiently could take part and the record attempt was held simultaneously in both Snozone Milton Keynes and Snozone Castleford with all the […]
By Mak Karim on March 12, 2015
Sports

Signed Leeds United shirts have raised £3,155 for The Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal in Sky Bet’s #BidToRemember auction. Five match-worn shirts from our 3-1 victory over Blackpool on Saturday November 8 were auctioned through Sky Bet’s eBay site. Fans from all over the UK placed their bids on the shirts, which included a limited […]
By Mak Karim on March 12, 2015
Sports

The amateur club who welcomed Leeds Rhinos Foundation Community Club Development officer Sam Horner along with Papua New Guinean international Paul Aiton to the event, have been established nearly 10 years and play an integral part in the development of junior rugby in the West of the city. Last season saw the Farnley based club […]
By Mak Karim on March 12, 2015
Sports

The White Rose county will play a number of matches – in various formats – with the highlights being the four-day Champion County match against the MCC commencing on Sunday March 22 at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi and the four-team Emirates Airline T20 tournament in Dubai on Friday March 20, where the […]
By Mak Karim on November 10, 2014
Sports

Leeds Rhinos and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats fans are set for a festive treat on Boxing Day when the two sides meet in the Tetley’s Festive Challenge at Headingley Carnegie, kick off 11.30am. With only three players from the Rhinos involved in the England squad currently in New Zealand for the Four Nations, it will be […]
By Mak Karim on September 24, 2014
Sports

Leeds Rhinos and England captain Kevin Sinfield MBE has announced his retirement from international Rugby League with immediate effect. The Oldham-born international has been capped 26 times for England dating back to his debut in 2000. He received a further 14 caps for Great Britain during that period. Sinfield has appeared in the last three […]
By Jamie Johnson on June 4, 2014
Editor's Picks, Sports

Cyclism is a celebration of cycling, and all things pedal powered on two wheels, to coincide with Yorkshire’s Le Grand Depart 2014. Gallery Munro House has collaborated with artists, designers, illustrators and bike builders and shops to curate this multi-disciplinary bicycle exhibition; whether you are an avid cyclist, a lover of art, or you just […]
By Jamie Johnson on February 22, 2013
Editor's Picks, Sports

Kcom, part of the KCOM Group, is delighted to announce that they have become the sole commercial sponsor of the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation’s Cricket in the Classroom programme. Cricket in the Classroom (CITC) was set up in 1996 in partnership with Leeds City Council. The council provided Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) with funding for […]