What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Over 1,100 youngsters from right across the north of England converged on Middleton last weekend (2-3 August 2025) for a rugby league youth tournament. The event was organised by Hunslet Rugby Foundation (HRF) and held at Nutty Slack, the home of Leeds Corinthians RUFC. As well as the rugby, there
First Bus has teamed up with Hunslet Rugby Foundation (HRF) to support the parents of children participating in junior rugby with an outreach programme to help end unemployment or get back into work after a break from raising a family. The bus operator is providing workshops at HRF’s premises in
After months of training a group of girls have played their first rugby match in Middleton. The origins of the team lie in the weekly rugby sessions run by Hunslet Rugby Foundation (HRF) at Nutty Slack, the Leeds Corinthians’ ground in Middleton. The sessions are open to boys and girls,
Three thousand people and 106 junior rugby league teams gathered at Leeds Corinthian’s Nutty Slack ground in Middleton over the weekend (3 & 4 August 2024) to take part a festival of rugby This weekend’s event was the third annual festival put together by the Hunslet Rugby Foundation working in
The Hunslet Rugby Foundation’s community sessions are now running six days a week with free activities being delivered in Belle Isle, Middleton and Beeston. A new free community sports session for children aged 5-11 years has started a Clapgate Primary School, LS10 4AW each Monday from 4:30-5:30pm. Tuesdays sees the
Hunslet Rugby Foundation goes from strength to strength, but it’s not just about rugby Hunslet Rugby Foundation is approaching its 10th anniversary. Often the clue’s in the title, but Michael Nuttall, the Foundation’s manager, is worried that people don’t realise how much work they do beyond rugby. On Thursdays and
Hunslet Rugby Foundation ran a football tournament on 29 Nivember for six of the primary schools they work with at Cockburn School’s all weather pitch. The schools taking part were: Clapgate, Low Road, Middleton St Mary’s, Strawberry Fields, Westwood and Windmill. Each school played four matches in a round robin.
Local running club South Leeds Lakers hosted a pie’n’peas and quiz night along with their club night to raise money for Wheatfields Hospice last Tuesday (7 November 2023). The club meets on a Tuesday at Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club and usually has 4 or 5 different runs going out with
“Never been busier, never been more productive.” That’s the uplifting message for Rugby League enthusiasts in south Leeds from Mikey Nuttall, who has been at the helm as general manager of the Hunslet Foundation for the best part of a decade. While last month’s high-profile summer festival, which was run
Hunslet Rugby Foundation’s second summer festival, which was again run in conjunction with Luke Gale’s ‘Kicking for Grassroots’ initiative, was a resounding triumph. Hosted this time by hospitable Leeds Corinthians RUFC following the 2022 success at Hunslet Warriors, Sunday’s (6 August 2023) event attracted around 57 junior sides from around