Tag: Hunslet Rugby Foundation

Hundreds of young rugby players line up on the playing fields at Leeds Corinthians RUFC with the clubhouse behind them

Hunslet’s Summer Junior Festival once more a huge success

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

Active Communities offers games, food and friendship

Hunslet Rugby Foundation’s latest project is called Active Communities and all about getting people and families together, sharing some food and playing some games. The project runs at the Welcome Centre at St John & St Barnabas Church in Belle Isle on Wednesday mornings and Friday afternoons. Foundation General Manager

Hunslet Foundation’s five-a-side competition

Hunslet Rugby Foundation ran a five-a-side football tournament for a group of primary schools they have been working with this year last Wednesday (30 November 2022). The event was hosted by Cockburn John Charles Academy and featured squads of Year 6 pupils from local primary schools Clapgate, Low Road, Middleton

Bench dedicated to giant of schools’ rugby league Bill Crann

Family, friends and former pupils gathered in Middleton Park on Wednesday (9 November 2022) for the dedication of a bench to Bill Crann, who sadly died last year aged 88. Bill was a local teacher who coached many rugby league players who went on to turn professional for Hunslet and