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Four Hunslet Club boxers – Ivan Hope Price, Ellis Price, Abby Briggs and Kayla Holdsworth – have been selected to represent England in 2019/20. Of the three categories within each age group, the Price brothers are both part of the top-level ‘Excel’ phase, which comes before the Challenge and Discovery
Damien Gaffney never expected to manage a successful team when he first took his football-loving daughter to a Hunslet Club training session two years ago. Yet now he finds himself coaching the only all-girls team in South Leeds, Hunslet Girls U10s, which has been blazing a trail. Last year the
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, the Hunslet Club has organised an awareness session on Monday (20 May 2019) 6:30-8:30pm at the club on Hillidge Road. Hunslet Club CEO Dennis Robbins told South Leeds Life: “After talking to Stevie Ward at Leeds Rhinos we recognised the pressure many young
Local charity SNAPS has launched a new football club on Sunday mornings for children with additional needs and their siblings. Use of pitches for the new club has been kindly donated by the Hunslet Club and interest from families has been overwhelming. 22 children have registered to come to the
The Hunslet community came out in force to remember Shane Telford – a hugely popular local man, and long-serving Hunslet Club volunteer – at a packed event at St Joseph’s Club last Friday (29 March 2019). As previously reported, Shane – also known as ‘Mr Hunslet’ – lost his short
It is with great sadness that I report that The Hunslet Club has lost one of our longest serving volunteer coaches. Shane Telford lost his short battle with cancer on Sunday 10 February, aged just 36. Shane Telford was “Mr Hunslet” he had been coaching for around 10 years with
The Hunslet Club last Friday (22 March) hosted a busy night of amateur boxing, featuring top young boxers from the club and across the region in 14 hard-fought bouts. All the competitors deserve credit for their energy, and their gallantry – but special mention is due to the following local
The Lord Mayor of Leeds Cllr Graham Latty yesterday (Wednesday 13 March 2019) paid a formal visit to the Hunslet Club with the Lady Mayoress (also a councillor: Cllr Pat Latty) – and couldn’t quite believe his eyes. Following a tour of the site – which was heaving with after-school
Next week (28 May – 1 June 2018) is the May half term school holiday. If you are looking for ideas to keep your children amused, we have rounded up the activities that we know of below. If you know of other events running, please add them in the comments
On Sunday 15 April the newly formed Hunslet Club Solitaires took part in their first in-house competition at The Hunslet Club. The troupe was formed by Charlotte Roberts and Natalie Francis in October 2017 and already has a membership of over 50 dancers taking part. The event was attended by