What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Want to lose weight and tone up but still have fun? Then ditch the gym and Zumba your way into a fitter, healthier you. Zumba incorporates dance and fitness moves to a variety of music genres including (but not limited to) Salsa, Cumbria and Regaetton making it a great alternative
This week sees Middleton man Tom ‘The Viking’ Crosby, 28, out in Las Vegas in the USA competing at the amateur world championships for Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) – commonly known as cage fighting. South Leeds Life caught up with him before he left, to find out what it’s all
The running community of South Leeds turned out in force last Saturday (19 December 2015) for their annual Christmas Party / Awards Night, at the Hunslet Hawks Phoenix Suite at the John Charles stadium. This is the third year the event has been held, and over 80 runners swapped their
With less than three weeks to go to the 2015 Beeston Festival, sponsored by Unity Homes & Enterprise, everything is in place for another memorable day of fun activities, music and food. Cross Flatts Park will be transformed on Saturday 6 June between 12-5pm. As well as the usual mix
The Hunslet Club kicked off their 75th anniversary celebrations with a packed-out Review of the Year event on Friday evening (24 April 2015) – featuring a clutch of celebrity guests, news and stories from the club over the years, dazzling performances from some of the club’s young dancers and cheer-leaders,
Hot on the heels of their 100th run earlier this month, the Cross Flatts parkrunners are celebrating their second anniversary this coming weekend – with cake, yoga, and litter-picking! Cross Flatts parkrun is a free, weekly 5km run – at 9am every Saturday in Cross Flatts Park, in Beeston. Set
The Hunslet Club has been quiet over the last couple of weeks, with Activity Camp finishing and everyone on summer holidays, it’s been the perfect time for us to regroup and refresh ready for the new school year. Activity Camp was the most successful it has ever been, with over
So well done Lizzie Yarnold. Five years of hard work paid off with a gold medal at the winter Olympics this week. I was struck by her interview after the event and her back story. She said she was inspired by Denise Lewis. We all need our sporting heroes,
Old rugby league programmes – including one featuring Hunslet in 1938 – are going under the hammer at a special auction being held at the South Leeds Stadium. On Saturday October 12, the Rugby League Collectors Federation are holding the fair at the Phoenix Bar in the stadium. On show
When we raised the question of what’s happening to Middleton Park Golf Course, which is currently threatened with closure, at Area Committee we were told very little. A small group of Councillors, officers, the Golf Club and Friends of Middleton Park are looking at the finances. There will be