What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The RFL (Rugby Football League) have announced the Betfred League 1 Fixtures for 2021 and it’s a tough start for Hunslet RLFC. Last season the Parksiders started with two relatively easy games against both the Welsh clubs (which they won) and actually sat at the head of the table before
Hunslet RLFC’s AGM took place for the first time last Friday (22 January 2021) on a virtual platform. After a strange year for Rugby supporters the club outlined how it has coped and is coping with the current Covid pandemic and Lockdown rules. After a disappointing 2019 season, 2020 looked
Covid and the ensuing lockdown hit leisure time pretty hard last year and although elite sport can ride the storm things are much more difficult for community clubs. Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club had a summer of events wiped out, but have plans to more than make up for it next
Betty Barber from the Heath Estate, Beeston has been running for so long now she can’t remember when she first started, but like thousands of other athletes this weekend she was denied the chance to pound the streets of the capital because of Covid. Having secured a good for age
It was an abrupt end to Hunslet RLFC’s season this year when the Covid pandemic struck back in March. The Parksiders had just been knocked out of the cup by a rampant Featherstone Rovers side 46-6, but sat at the Top of League 1 unbeaten and had in fact (including
It’s been a long hard road for Leeds United fans since they were the last Champions of England back in 1992 (The Premier League started the year after). They returned to Wembley that year to take the Charity Shield, but since then the Trophy cabinet has been decidedly bare. Good
The year 1965, the middle of the swinging sixties. Britain’s wartime hero and ex-prime minister Winston Churchill passes away, Yorkshireman Harold Wilson is Prime Minister, Liverpool beat Leeds United to lift the FA Cup for the first time, The Beatles release Help! And Rubber Soul and the Death Penalty is
For a weekly running club attracting over 100 members the Coronavirus outbreak was always going to hit South Leeds Lakers at some point. Seeing the devastation around the world we knew the Government would have to ensure measures against the spread of the disease, but how could we do this
Featherstone Rovers 46-6 Hunslet Hunslet RLFC’s perfect start to the season and dreams of a Wembley appearance came to an abrupt end at the LD Nutrition stadium on Friday night (13 March 2020) against a well drilled and high flying Featherstone Rovers outfit. Featherstone lying third in the Championship were
Hunslet RLFC 29-6 North Wales Crusaders The Betfred League 1 Season may only be two weeks old but already Hunslet RLFC have made an early grab on the top spot with a second victory over Welsh opposition in a fortnight. In truth, Hunslet are unbeaten in seven outings this year