Leeds Satellite Centre
The High Performance Triathlon Centre in Leeds is the base for all the triathletes in the North of England who are on World Class Programmes. Athletes based at the centre include world champions Brownlee and Jonny Brownlee. Leeds Met students on Carnegie scholarships train at the centre on a daily basis alongside members of the student triathlon club.
Athletes
- Alistair Brownlee – World Class Podium Squad, 2009 and 2011 Dextro Energy ITU Triathlon World Champion
- Jonathon Brownlee – World Class Podium Squad, 2010 World Sprint Champion
- Tom Bishop – World Class Development Squad
- Gordon Benson - World Class Development Squad
- David McNamee - World Class Podium Squad
- Lois Rosindale - World Class Development Squad
- Non Stanford - World Class Development Squad
Head Coach - Malcolm Brown
Facilities
- An eight lane, all-weather Athletics track
- Fully equipped fitness centre, including free weights and weights & cardio machines.
- 25m pool at the Carnegie Sports Centre
- 50m pool at the John Charles Centre
Leeds attractions
Leeds is alive with energy, brimming with culture, and packed with award winning attractions.
It is rich in heritage, with Victorian architecture and recent urban redevelopment that has transformed modern-day Leeds. It is a contemporary, energetic city with a thriving arts and culture scene which caters for all tastes and all budgets. It has a compact city centre with a vast selection of independent shops, galleries, museums, theatres and exhibitions. Its size makes it easy to explore by foot, and escape by bike.
Leeds is based in the heart of Yorkshire. The county features over 800 attractions, from World Heritage Sites to mining museums, ruined castles and abbeys, to hands on museums.
Cycling and running in Yorkshire offers a huge variety of options, from country lanes to quiet trails. The region is crisscrossed with national cycleways following old railway tracks, custom built paths and quiet leafy lanes. The trails across the Dales and Moors offer endless cycling and running possibilities for the adventurous.
To find out more about this lively city, click here.
Universities in Leeds
The University of Leeds was founded in 1904, but its origins go back to the nineteenth century with the founding of the Leeds School of Medicine in 1831 and then the Yorkshire College of Science in 1874.
The student population is 31,000 and Leeds students have the benefit of a friendly campus between the city centre and Headingley, where many students also live.
The university has a strong reputation for sporting excellence and teams compete regularly at the highest levels of the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) league and is currently ranked 15th in the country, with aspirations to become a top ten institution out of the 157 universities and colleges competing.
Each year the university supports over 20 elite athletes, providing funding and support services to ensure elite athletes have the infrastructure that allows them to compete at the highest level whilst studying. The university also offers sporting scholarships to elite athletes in conjunction with Npower whilst offering Olympic scholarships to prospects preparing to compete at future Olympic Games.
Leeds Metropolitan University’s ‘Carnegie’ sports facilities are among the best in the country, including a swimming pool, dance studio, synthetic turf pitches, grass pitches, athletics track, weights and conditioning rooms, squash courts, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, fitness rooms and a climbing wall.
The University is one of the largest and most popular in the UK with over 41,000 students. Leeds Met has a vibrant and growing international community with over 3,700 international students from over 120 countries.
For more info, visit the Leeds University website, click here and for Leeds Met, click here.
