LUU Jiu Jitsu Crowned National Champions
2nd at the 2010 Atemi Nationals. 4th in 2011. Good results but not good enough when you know you’re the best. This year was set to be the year that LUU Jiu Jitsu finally took its rightful place at the top of the mountain and that’s exactly what happened. There’s now no doubt about [...]
Leeds’ Raven Warded off Gold
This weekend proved to be a successful one, in what has proved to be a fruitful season so far for LUUCCC. A sunny saturday afternoon marked the Braids Hill fell race in Edinburgh which consisted of a 3 mile loop which involved running up to a summit via testing climbs and then back down [...]
Badmin-done it!
This Wednesday’s fixtures bought a tough set of matches for the Leeds University Badminton teams. Women’s firsts faced tough oppositions in their opening rounds of the Trophy event whilst the second team battled it out for a place in the second round of the Conference Cup. The still undefeated women’s 1st team sailed trough [...]
Men left la-cross after farcical match
Wednesday’s cup clash between Leeds Men’s Lacrosse 1st and Manchester Metropolitan 1st Lacrosse was maimed by controversy, ruining what should have been a highly fought encounter between evenly matched teams. Man Met chose to play under protest on the basis that the two Level 1 qualified referees provided by Leeds were affiliated with the club. [...]
Leeds Uni spike their way to nationals
Leeds University hosted the all-day Volleyball Student Cup Qualifier Tournament at The Edge on Saturday. The tournament drew teams from all across the country, highlighting volleyball’s popularity. The atmosphere in The Edge was buzzing with teams watching each other play on the balconies and sidelines – evaluating and judging who would make the cut [...]
England Sachin for a Chance
Legendary Australian captain once called India ‘the final frontier’, in terms of successes his team had yet to achieve. They never quite achieved it. Neither did the all-conquering Test team of Ricky Ponting. England, despite a brilliant run since 2009 being No.1 in the world until this summer, have not won a series in [...]
Care-less start leads to Fijity win
England began their Autumn International Series with a 54-12 win over Fiji at Twickenham this weekend but this scoreline does not accurately reflect the performance. Despite Stuart Lancaster’s men running in seven tries, with braces for Charlie Sharples and Manu Tuilagi, they were at times scrappy and underwhelming. The 42 point winning margin may [...]
Honda a Stoner’s throw from double victory
While Honda’s Dani Pedrosa cruised to victory at a drying Valencia circuit, teammate Casey Stoner fought back from tenth to grab a fitting podium finish on his final ever MotoGP outing. The 27-year-old, double world champion will retire at the end of the year, citing a loss of interest in the sport as [...]
Gunners hoping to shot down Spurs
Arsenal and Tottenham meet at The Emirates on Saturday lying in 7th and 8th respectively, both win-less in their last two Premier League games. Arsenal showed their ability in a belief-defying League Cup tie at Reading, battling from 4-0 down to win 7-5 after extra time, but produced a performance at Old Trafford that [...]