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Passion, ambition, heart

Yorkshire, like no other



Contents

Uniquely Yorkshire 02The Heart of the UK 04Built for Performance 06Smart and Connected 16The Science of Success 18Perpetual Motion 20Venues and Facilities

Sheffield and South Yorkshire 22Leeds and West Yorkshire 24Hull and Humber 26York and North Yorkshire 26

High-Speed Connections 28Kick Back 30Win Here 32Venues and Facilities

Sheffield and South Yorkshire 34Leeds and West Yorkshire 36Hull and Humber 38York and North Yorkshire 38

A region that boasts63 superb training andevent facilities that cancater to 27 of the 38

Olympic sports and 16of the 20 Paralympicdisciplines.

Yorkshire and Humber



Uniquely YorkshireYorkshire Events approach is one based on creating eventswithout boundaries, leveraging assets such as our world classinfrastructure, superb natural environment, our cutting edgedigital media industry and the warmth of the Yorkshire people.

We’re passionate about what we do and havea fantastic major events programme already in place. We do thisfor the organisations that own them, the businesses that benefitfrom them, the towns and cities that host them and for thepeople that bring them to life: the visitors to Yorkshire.

We have strong, committed relationshipswith regional partners including sporting federations, culturalorganisations, local authorities, the private sector and of coursethe event owners. So we’re perfectly positioned to deliveroutstanding events with real and long-lasting resonance.

In recent years we have hosted and appliedour unique stamp to a broad range of events including theglobal showcase that is the Indian International Film AcademyAwards, the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race and theTour of Britain Cycle Race.

We have also secured prestigious eventslike the UK School Games, the European Fencing Championshipsand the World Short Track Skating Championships and arecurrently in negotiations for many, many more.

The birthplace of English Horse Racing The Kiplingcotes Derby is said to be the oldestflat race in England, dating back to 1519. Takingplace in Market Weighton in of East Yorkshireevery year since, the rules state that if the raceisn’t run one year, it should never be run again.

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The Tour of Britainraces through historicYork

The 2007 IIFA Awardswere held in Sheffield

We’re passionate about what we doand have a fantastic major eventsprogramme already in place. We do thisfor the organisations that own them,the businesses that benefit from them,the towns and cities that host themand for the people that bring them tolife: the visitors to Yorkshire.

Zara Phillips at theBramham InternationalHorse Trials



Sheffield

Hull

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Leeds

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The Heart of the UKThe region is dotted with vibrant, dynamic cities set in dramaticcountryside, taking in everything from the rolling Pennine hills inthe west to breath-taking coastlines in the east. Yorkshire boaststhe largest athletics stadium in the UK, Europe’s deepest divingpool, the UK’s fastest growing city, 2007’s European Tourism Cityof the Year, the world’s oldest Classic Horse Race and is the hometo the World Snooker Championship.

With the M1 and A1 running north to souththrough the region and the M62 linking east with west, Yorkshireand the Humber is one huge crossroads. London is around twohours from most areas of Yorkshire and Humber, and just 90 minutesfrom Doncaster. Leeds Bradford and Humberside Airports provideconnections to over 40 countries and Manchester International Airportis less than an hour away. In 2005, these were joined by Robin HoodDoncaster Sheffield Airport, which is adding more international travelroutes to its roster by the day.

With a population of over 5 million, the regionis a business hotspot and a magnet for ambitious and enterprisingorganisations, including 5 of the world’s top 10 companies.As Britain’s biggest county, Yorkshire has more historic houses,castles and national parkland than anywhere else, along withthe best shopping in the north of England.

With a population of over 5 million,the region is a business hotspotand a magnet for ambitious andenterprising organisations, including5 of the world’s top 10 companies.As Britain’s biggest county, Yorkshirehas more historic houses, castles andnational parkland than anywhere

else, along with the best shoppingin the north of England.

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The coasts of NorthYorkshire are a magnetfor watersports fans

Penine Haworth,in West Yorkshire

The Birth of Rugby League Twenty-two clubs (plus Stockport whonegotiated by telephone) met at The GeorgeHotel in Huddersfield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and formed the ‘Northern RugbyFootball Union’. Within fifteen years of that firstmeeting in Huddersfield, more than 200 RFUclubs had left to join the rugby revolution.



Built for PerformanceHaving invested heavily to win its position as one of Europe’ssporting capitals, Yorkshire and Humber regularly secures majorfixtures against stiff international competition.

The region proudly boasts state-of-the-art facilities,particularly in Leeds and Sheffield (with flagship venues such asthe English Institute of Sport and Ponds Forge International SportsCentre), with a significant programme of investment currentlyunderway to further strengthen Doncaster, Bradford and York.

The region’s traditional sporting strengths haveincluded indoor track and field, cricket, football, rugby, show jumpingand horse racing – but it is also able to meet and exceed the exactrequirements of a huge range of international sporting teams.

Yorkshire and Humber is poised to play a majorsupporting role in the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics;hosting preliminary matches and tournaments and deliveringfantastic training camps for a large number of Olympic disciplines.

The region already has 63 superb training andevent facilities that can cater to 27 of the 38 Olympic sports and 16of the 20 Paralympic disciplines, including excellent disabled access.

Father of modern FootballEbenezer Cobb Morley (1831–1924) was anEnglish sportsman and is regarded as the fatherof The Football Association and modern Footballand, to a certain extent, of all organised Football.He drafted the first Laws of the Game and wasthe Football Association’s first secretary and itssecond president.

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The Don Valley AthleticsStadium in Sheffield

Hull City’s KC Stadium, just one of the Region’sPremiership standardstadiums

The region’s traditional sportingstrengths have included indoor trackand field, cricket, football, rugby, show

jumping and horse racing – but it isalso able to meet and exceed theexact requirements of a huge rangeof international sporting teams.

Paralympic sportsbenefit from the Region’sstrength in advancedsports technology andmanufacturing design

International sporting e ents held in the region Test match cricket



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International sporting events held in the region:International Grand Prix AthleticsNorwich Union World Trials and UK ChampionshipInternational Netball Test SeriesWorld Snooker ChampionshipsLTA Men’s $10,000 International TournamentInternational Volleyball

– European Championships, 1st RoundFINA Diving World SeriesWomen’s 4 Nations Handball TournamentISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure SkatingWorld-title boxingThe World Corporate GamesThe World Masters Swimming ChampionshipsThe World Short-Track Speed SkatingChampionshipsThe World Masters Squash Championships

Test-match cricketClipper round the world yacht raceThe Motorcycling World Indoor TrialsChampionshipsThe World Student GamesTour of Britain Cycle RaceWomen’s Division Three World Ice HockeyChampionshipsThe CMAS Underwater Hockey WorldChampionshipsThe International Indoor Bowls TournamentWorld Matchplay Bowls ChampionshipInternational Trampolining andTumbling TournamentThe World Firefighters’ Games

The UK’s best outdoorathletics venue, with anall-weather track andseating for 50,000

UK sporting events held in the region include:



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UK sporting events held in the region include:British Figure and Ice Dance ChampionshipsLTA British TourUK Athletics Indoor City Challenge FinalEnglish Senior Olympic wrestling ChampionshipsBritish University ChampionshipsEnglish Table Tennis SeniorNational ChampionshipsEngland Basketball NationalChampionship FinalsNational Speedo Swimming League Cup FinalGB Cup – International WrestlingFA National Futsal ChampionshipsFA Junior Futsal FinalsBritish Fencing ChampionshipsNational Age Groups and Youth SwimmingChampionshipsASA National Swimming ChampionshipsThe Great Yorkshire Run – SheffieldBritish Judo ChampionshipsNational County Team SwimmingChampionships

National Masters Swimming ChampionshipsThe British Ice Figure & Dance ChampionshipsThe British Open Show Jumping ChampionshipsThe British Handball Cup FinalBritish Swimming Championships (50M) andOlympic Trials 2008British Junior Open Squash Championships Yorkshire and Humberside

is poised to play a majorsupporting role in the 2012Games, hosting preliminarymatches and tournaments

European sporting events held in the region include:



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Three international airportsproviding fast connections toover 40 destinations

Eurohockey Nations Indoor ChallengeEuropean Youth Top 10 Table Tennis TournamentEuropean League VolleyballThe European Short-Track Speed SkatingChampionshipsEuropean Indoor Athletics

Disability sporting events held in the region include:DSE National Long Course Swimming



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The Centre for Sports andExercise Science at SheffieldHallam University deliveredtechnology and supportservices to 23 of Britain’smedallists at the 2004Athens Olympics andParalympics

DSE National Long Course SwimmingChampionships and Paralympic TrialsBoccia ChampionshipsDisability Sport Events Junior SwimmingChampionshipsDuke of Edinburgh Awards Disability GamesDisability Sport Events National Short CourseSwimming ChampionshipsIWF Eurozone Champions Cup (wheelchairbasketball)

Smart and ConnectedWhether you’re moving data or people, it’s easy in Yorkshire and

Sebastian CoeLord Sebastian Coe began running in Sheffield



et e you e o g data o peop e, t s easy o s e a dHumber. The region was one of the first in the UK to achieve100% broadband enablement, has made a multi-million dollarinvestment in next-generation, high-speed broadband, and hasextensive domestic and international transport links. With its highlyeducated population, industry expertise, low business costs andpassion for excellence, Yorkshire and Humber enjoys the reputationof being one of the UK’s most attractive and competitive locationsto live and work, and is widely recognised as a preferred placeto do business.

The region has one of the highest concentrationsof universities in Europe, attracting over $US660 million in researchinvestment (more than Oxford or Cambridge), and producing 10%of the UK’s graduates. This has helped establish Yorkshire andHumber as one of the UK’s leading centres for innovation, in someof the world’s fastest-growing industry sectors.

And it’s all just an hour from London by air, ortwo hours by high-speed rail.

Lord Sebastian Coe began running in Sheffieldat the age of 12 and went on to win four Olympicmedals and set eight outdoor and three indoorworld records in middle distance track events.His rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett andSteve Cram dominated middle-distance racingfor much of the 1980s. He is now the chairmanof the London Organising Committee for theOlympic Games.

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Sheffield Train Station, one of the Region’s two high speedrail links to the Eurostar atSt Pancras

With some of the UK’s bestUniversities Yorkshire attractsstudents from all over the world

The region has one of the highestconcentrations of universities inEurope, attracting over $US660million in research investment (morethan Oxford or Cambridge), andproducing 10% of the UK’s graduates.

The Science of SuccessYorkshire and Humber knows how to compete, and how to win.Thi i i ith l di f ti i f d i

Herbert ChapmanChapman was one of the most successful andi fl ti l i l 20th t E li h

The group has contributed to numerous Olympic winter andsummer gold medal winning performances, the success of the

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This is a region with a long pedigree of sporting passion, of producingsporting heroes, and of investing in sport. This is a region workinghard to drive forward the understanding of every aspect of sport:biological, psychological, medical, economic, technical, and scientific.

This is the only region in the world that is hometo a cluster of world-class sports science, sports technology, sportsmedicine, and sports economics research groups, all working closelywith top sports people and leading product and service companies.

Yorkshire and Humber has a number of topperforming Universities with a long tradition of academic researchin sports and physical education, each with outstanding facilitiesand equipped with some of the most advanced sports and exercisescience laboratories in the UK.

Established in 1998, the region’s SportsEngineering Research Group (SERG) has already become oneof the world’s leading authorities in the field. Its research projectsrange from fundamental questions about ball aerodynamics tocollaborations with the sports industry seeking improved productperformance. It is a technical consultant to the Olympic InnovationProgramme of UK Sport (Performance Directorate), and hosts many

important sports-support initiatives.

Established in 1998, the region’sSports Engineering Research Group

(SERG) has already become one ofthe world’s leading authorities inthe field. Its research projects rangefrom fundamental questions aboutball aerodynamics to collaborationswith the sports industry seekingimproved product performance.

influential managers in early 20th century Englishfootball but his influence was also felt far beyondEngland. He introduced new tactics –such asthe ‘WM’ formation –and training techniquesinto the English game, as well as championinginnovations such as floodlighting, European clubcompetitions and numbered shirts.

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The English Institute of Sportanalyses the performance ofsome of the UK’s top athletes

The Sports EngineeringResearch Group test theaerodynamic propertiesof footballs

majority of motor racing world champions over the last decade,and victories in the last three America’s Cup challenges. Researchby its members has also solved some of the most puzzlingscientific conundrums in sport, including football, tennis, cricketand swimming.

The Sports Industry Research Centre (SIRC),a joint venture by two local universities, offers applied researchand consultancy services specialising in the economic impactof sporting events, including analysis and forecasts of all sportsmarkets for the next five years.

The research teams have strong links to,and share joint projects with, other research centres in Europe,North America and Australia. Close partnerships with professionalsportspeople, business and government offer mutually beneficialaccess to extensive, pioneering research technology andconsultancy—contributing directly to the success of sportingmedallists and to the development of word-class sports equipment.

Yorkshire and Humber is in a unique positionto offer an unparalleled range of expertise to sports organisationsand elite athletes. This is a region dedicated to creating future

champions — including yours.

Yorkshire and Humber is in a uniqueposition to offer an unparalleled rangeof expertise to sports organisationsand elite athletes. This is a regiondedicated to creating future champions

— including yours.

Perpetual MotionAs you would expect from a region of such rich sporting heritage,Yorkshire’s events programme is as broad as it islong Every year

The FINA Diving World Series sees the world’s best divers performat Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, just one of Sheffield’sworld class sports facilities over two days in this spectacular

Fred TruemanFrederick Sewards Trueman OBE (6 February1931–1 July 2006) was a Yorkshire and



Yorkshire s events programme is as broad as it is long. Every yearsince 1977 the eyes of the world’s Snooker fans have been drawn toSheffield’s Crucible Theatre for the World Championship Snooker,the highlight of Snooker’s calendar.

The Tour of Britain cycle race is now a firm fixturein the region with some of the world’s top cyclists competing tomaster the challenging terrain of the Yorkshire countryside. Sheffield’sGreat Yorkshire Run will also see world standard competitors rubshoulders with amateurs and celebrities alike and will see themrunning through the streets to the city’s Hillsborough Stadium.

The 2009/10 Clipper Round the World Yacht Racestarts and finishes in Hull on Yorkshire and Humber’s east coast withthe Hull and Humber boat taking in a tour of the world on it’s way.

British Universities and Colleges SportChampionships are once more taking place in Yorkshire with fourdays of multi-sport action. Over 5,000 student athletes are expectedto compete in 24 sports at 14 venues across Yorkshire.

The 2009/10 Clipper Round the WorldYacht Race starts and finishes in Hullon Yorkshire and Humber’s east coastwith the Hull and Humber boat takingin a tour of the world on it’s way.

Over 5,000 student athletes areexpected to compete in 24 sportsat 14 venues across Yorkshire.

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The Clipper Round theWorld Yacht Race startsand finishes in Hull

Sheffields Great Yorkshire Run

The Red Hot ChilliPeppers performingat The Don ValleyStadium, Sheffield

world class sports facilities, over two days in this spectacularevent that attracts coverage from across the world.

Yorkshire and Humber has extensive experiencein staging successful big events. The region fought off strongcompetition from, among others, New York to win the prestigious2007 International Indian Film Academy Weekend and Awards (the‘Bollywood Oscars’), watched by 315 million people world-wide.

The award-winning Harrogate InternationalCentre, the UK’s largest integrated conference/exhibition venue,attracts international events throughout the year from the worldsof sport, the arts, medicine, business, politics and leisure.

Yorkshire and Humber’s stadiums, arenas andopen-air parks attract some of the world’s biggest and most excitingcultural events, with its festivals encompassing the digital arts, film,antiquarian books, jazz, comedy and music. The Bradford Mela is themost important Asian cultural festival outside Asia, and each yearthe Leeds Festival weekend attracts 70,000 contemporary music fans,with a further 30,000 coming together for the O2 Wireless Festivalat Harewood House. In 2006, over 100,000 people enjoyed RobbieWilliams at an open-air concert in Leeds’ Roundhay Park.

The region fought off strongcompetition from, among others,New York to win the prestigious 2007International Indian Film AcademyWeekend and Awards (the ‘Bollywood

Oscars’), watched by 315 million peopleworld-wide.

1931 1 July 2006) was a Yorkshire andEngland cricketer, regarded as one of thegreatest fast bowlers in history. Known as FieryFred, he was first man to take 300 Test wickets,and later became a popular and outspokenradio summariser.

Venues and FacilitiesSheffield and South YorkshireSheffield is the UK’s first National City of Sport, offering world-class

The area’s venues include:The Don Valley Stadium, SheffieldThis is the UK’s best outdoor athletics venue,

Sheffield FC

Yorkshire is officially recognised by FIFA as thebirth-place of club football, as Sheffield FC who

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y p gfacilities for the majority of Olympic disciplines, notably athletics,pentathlon, fencing, diving, swimming, boxing and judo.

Other facilities in the city include tennis centres,multi-purpose sports halls, national football stadiums, and the750-acre Rother Valley Country Park (offering sailing and windsurfing),with rowing facilities close by in the Peak District National Park.

Sheffield’s Universities are able to host specialistactivities such as kick-boxing, trampolining and rock-climbing.Sheffield has a unique cluster of four world-class, sport-relatedUniversity research and consultancy centres in sports engineering,sports science, sports economics and sports medicine, lendingpioneering expertise to such sports as sailing, cycling, skeletonbobsleigh, diving and squash.

The Centre for Sports and Exercise Science atSheffield Hallam University offers its extensive expertise to divers,boxers, rugby players, leading amateur and professional golfersand the GB sailing team, and the city’s sports experts deliveredtechnology and support services to 23 of Britain’s medallists atthe 2004 Athens Olympics and Paralympics. As home to the

Sports Engineering Research Group the university is working withinternational brands such as Adidas and Speedo to createinnovative products for elite sport.

Sheffield’s high-quality R&D support is alsomade available to sports-related business, resulting in someremarkable product innovations including the Zen Tour Bladeputter and the Planet-X Stealth TT handlebars.

Sheffield’s Inclusive Fitness Initiative is a nationalproject for improving disabled access to sports facilities, designinginclusive equipment, and developing new inclusive sportingopportunities.

with an all-weather track and seating for 50,000.

The English Institute of Sport, SheffieldArguably the UK’s best indoor training facility.

Ponds Forge International Sports CentreOlympic-standard swimming and diving facilities.

IceSheffieldWith one of only two Olympic-sized, twin-pad icearenas in the UK, offers ice hockey, figure skatingand speed skating.

The Hallam FM Arena, SheffieldHome to Britain’s first professional ice-hockey teamand capable of hosting a variety of sporting fixtures.

Sheffield Ski VillageEurope’s largest outdoor ski centre.

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The English Institute of Sport, Sheffield The Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield

The Don ValleyStadium, Sheffield

were founded in 1857 are certified as the oldestassociation football club in the world. The clubare also noted for participating in the world’soldest footballing rivalry. Sheffield competedagainst Hallam in the world’s first inter-clubmatch during 1860 the match is known as the‘Sheffield’ or ‘Rules’ derby.

The UK’s best outdoorathletics venue, with an

all-weather track andseating for 50,000.

Venues and FacilitiesLeeds and West YorkshireThe West Yorkshire cities of Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield andHuddersfield offer international venues for disciplines ranging

Geoff BoycottOver a Test career spanning 18 years Boycottscored 8,114 runs in 108 Test matches forEngland. He was the first England cricketer to

The area’s venues include:The Galpharm Stadium, HuddersfieldThis award-winning venue for international rugbyhas a 40 000 capacity hosts football events and

The John Charles Centre for SportThe centre has an Olympic-grade swimming pooland international-standard indoor and outdoorathletics arenas



Huddersfield offer international venues for disciplines rangingfrom equestrianism to hockey and rock climbing, in additionto indoor and outdoor athletics training grounds and all-weatherand grass multi-use pitches.

England. He was the first England cricketer topass 8,000 Test runs. His average of 47.73 runsover 193 innings is better than any other Englandplayer since 1970. His Test career included 22centuries and on 11/12 August 1977 he scored191ag ainst Australia in the fourth Test at Leeds,becoming the first cricketer to score his onehundredth first class century in a Test match.

Supporting Leeds Rino’s atHeadingley Carnegie Stadium

Leeds United FC

Headingley CarnegieStadium, home to Yorkshire Cricket Club

Headingley Carnegie has twostadiums; one for Rugby Union andRugby League, with a capacity of22,000, and one for cricket,holding 17,000.

The John Charles Centre for Sport hasan Olympic-grade swimming pool andinternational-standard indoor andoutdoor athletics arenas.

Elland Road, home to Leeds UnitedFootball Club, has a capacity of40,000 and was a Euro ’96 venue.

has a 40,000 capacity, hosts football events andhas one of the UK’s top-10 golf driving ranges.

Elland Road Stadium, LeedsThis venue is home to Leeds United Football Club,has a capacity of 40,000 and was a Euro ’96 venue.

Odsal Stadium, BradfordThis 24,000-capacity stadium has hosted sportsincluding show jumping, basketball, wrestling,kabaddi and speedway. Plans for a new sportingvillage incorporate a cricket field, floodlit soccerpitch, athletics track, state-of-the-art indoor sportsand leisure facility, and an indoor arena.

Headingley Carnegie Stadium, LeedsThis site has two stadiums; one for Rugby Unionand Rugby League, with a capacity of 22,000, andone for cricket, holding 17,000.

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athletics arenas.

The Carnegie Sports Centre, LeedsMetropolitan UniversityThis venue features an Olympic-standard athleticstrack, weights facilities and a gymnastics centre;it is also the national triathlon centre.

The area’s venues include:The KC Stadium, HullWith a capacity of 25,000, providing both footballand rugby league pitches. On-site are also a 1,500-

Adrian Moorhouse Adrian Moorhouse MBE, born in Bradford, West Yorkshire in 1964, is a British former swimmerwho dominated British swimming in the late1980s He won the 100m breaststroke Gold

Venues and FacilitiesHull and Humber, York and North YorkshireTo the east and north of the region, Hull and York are both majorcities offering excellent transport infrastructure and sporting facilities



and rugby league pitches. On site are also a 1,500seat sports arena, a skate park, and two multi-useall-weather pitches.

Hull ArenaA first-class ice skating venue, awarded RegionalCentre of Excellence status by the National IceSkating Association and recognised as the NorthernCentre of Excellence by the English Ice HockeyAssociation. The venue has also hosted WWE Raw,World Championship Boxing, and Speedway on Ice.

Rockcity, HullOne of the UK’s largest indoor climbing centres,where the varied artificial climbing surfaces totalin excess of 1,600 square metres and offer over300 routes across 10 different walls.

The River Ouse in York offersexcellent rowing facilities and theregion’s two national parks regularlyhost international mountain bikingand orienteering events.

The universities of Hull and Yorkboth offer multi-purpose centresfor sports such as basketball,badminton, volleyball, archery,fencing, rugby, netball and

American football.

1980s. He won the 100m breaststroke Goldmedal at the Seoul Olympics.

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The Ebor Stand at York Racecourse

Surfing at Cayton Bay,Scarborough

Mountain biking inDolby Forest, North Yorkshire

cities offering excellent transport infrastructure and sporting facilitiesat both stadiums and university campuses.

Hull’s large ports complex staged the WilberforceCup in 2007, a warm-up race between Hull and Rotterdam as part ofthe preparations for the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race andinvolving all ten competing yachts.

York University has just begun a 10–15 yearprogramme to expand its sports facilities as part of the university’splans to double its size.

High-Speed ConnectionsGetting to Yorkshire and Humber – and getting around onceyou’re there – couldn’t be easier. Strategically located mid-waybetween London and Edinburgh, the region benefits from a

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superb network of national and international travel connections.It has more motorways than anywhere else in the UK, the largestport complex in the country, and direct connections by air todozens of international destinations.

The region has three international airports:Leeds Bradford International Airport; Humberside Airport; andthe UK’s newest international airport, Robin Hood DoncasterSheffield. These provide fast connections to over 40 destinationsin 22 countries, with other nearby airports, including Manchester,Newcastle, and Liverpool, offering many additional routes.London is an hour away by air.

On the rails, two major north/south networks,the country’s main cross-country network and a primary east/west route all run through Yorkshire and Humber. London is justtwo hours away by high-speed train, with onward connectionsto mainland Europe via the Channel Tunnel.

Fast access to and from other regions isprovided by an extensive motorway network. The region is

clustered around the motorways connecting the south of theEngland with Scotland, and also with those traversing thecountry from west to east, from Liverpool to Hull.

Mexico

Caribbean

Canary Islands

Lapland

Denmark

Ireland

UnitedKingdom

ChannelIslands

HollandBelgium

GermanyPoland

CzechRepublic

France

SwitzerlandAustria

Italy

Portugal

MainlandSpain Balearics

Island

Malta

Greece

Bulgaria

Turkey

Cyprus

Denver

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Kick BackWhile you’re in Yorkshire and Humber, take time out to enjoysome of the richest landscapes, history and cultural diversionsin the whole of the UK – but allow plenty of time! There are 31,866listed buildings, 2,663 ancient monuments, 779 conservation areas,

122 historic parks and gardens, 7 registered battlefields, 3 nationalparks, 3 heritage coasts, 2 World Heritage sites, 3 areas ofoutstanding natural beauty, and 2 cities voted ‘best UK city break’(Leeds and York)!

You’ll also discover a region steeped in itsRoman, Viking and Norman past, overlaid with all the vibrant,cosmopolitan attractions you’d expect from a cluster of 21stcentury cities.

The three national parks (the Yorkshire Dales,Peak District and North York Moors) offer spectacular landscapes.Nestling among and around them are dozens of abbeys, castles,stately homes and ancient churches and cathedrals, as well ascountless traditional pubs and tearooms. And a long stretch ofbeautiful coastline invites you to get away from it all.

North Yorkshire was recently voted The Gardenof England, winning almost a third of the votes in a national TVpoll to prove that it really is England’s most beautiful county.UNESCO World Heritage sites can be found at Fountains Abbey,with its landscaped parkland, and at the Victorian mill village ofSaltaire, which also holds the largest public collection of work byDavid Hockney.

The ancient city of York offers rare insight intoboth Roman and Viking history: wander its winding mediaeval streetsand city walls, and visit its specialist boutiques and lively café barculture.

When it comes to shopping, Sheffield’s Meadowhall is one ofEurope’s largest shopping centres, with 270 stores under one roof.Leeds’ Victoria Quarter, with its award winning stained-glasscanopy, is known as the Knightsbridge of the North – packed withover 70 designer shops and, since 1996, home to Harvey Nichols’

first regional store.Yorkshire and Humber’s 180 galleries andmuseums include Bradford’s award-winning National MediaMuseum (for photography, web, radio, film and television); York’sNational Railway Museum and Jorvik Viking Centre; and EUREKA!at Halifax, Britain’s first discovery centre for children. You’ll alsofind monuments and museums dedicated to the region’s mostfamous progeny – such as the Brontë sisters, abolitionist WilliamWilberforce, author and playwright Alan Bennett, artist DavidHockney, and vet and author James Herriott.

For classical music enthusiasts, HarewoodHouse hosts the Classic Proms and regular open-air events, andin 2006 the world renowned annual Leeds International PianoforteCompetition received applicants from 39 countries.

Leeds City Art Gallery is arguably the best centreof 20th century British art outside London, home to the HenryMoore Institute. Yorkshire Sculpture Park, one of Europe’s leadingopen-air galleries, is an international centre for modern andcontemporary art, spread over 500 acres of beautiful parkland.300 performance venues attract world class artistes to Yorkshireand Humber.

Home to one of the best theatre infrastructuresoutside London, the region has six major producing theatres andwelcomes tours from many other national and internationalcompanies. Leeds’ West Yorkshire Playhouse now stages moreproductions than any other theatre outside London; other nationallyacclaimed companies include Opera North and Phoenix Dance.

North Yorkshire was recently votedThe Garden of England, winning almost

a third of the votes in a national TVpoll to prove that it really is England’smost beautiful county.

UNESCO World Heritage sites can befound at Fountains Abbey, with itslandscaped parkland, and at theVictorian mill village of Saltaire, whichalso holds the largest public collectionof work by David Hockney.

Leeds City Art Gallery is arguably thebest centre of 20th century British art

outside London, home to the HenryMoore Institute. Yorkshire SculpturePark, one of Europe’s leading open-airgalleries, is an international centre formodern and contemporary art, spreadover 500 acres of beautiful parkland.300 performance venues attract worldclass artistes to Yorkshireand Humber.

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Win hereThe people of Yorkshire and Humber have always loved their sport.From the glamour of international rugby, football and cricket teamsto the thunder of horses’ hooves; from the exhilarating thrills andspills of sport on ice to the gentler pace of crown green bowling,



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p p g p g g,the people of this region compete to win.

This has made Yorkshire and Humber the sportingcapital of the UK, and a powerful force in Europe and the rest ofthe world – attracting not only heavy investment in its world-classsporting infrastructure of stadiums, arenas, indoor centres andtraining facilities, but also some of the world’s most excitingsporting fixtures.

And, because our people are renowned fortheir friendly welcome, we invite you to come and make the mostof it all. Visit us, and see our outstanding facilities for yourself.

This quick guide will help you toidentify which of Yorkshire andHumber’s venues and facilitiesare able to cater to the varioussporting disciplines.

Richmond

Harrogate York

Leeds

Bradford

Halifax

Wakefield

Huddersfield

Barnsley

Doncaster

Rotherham

Sheffield

Hull

ScunthorpeGrimsby

Venues and facilitiesSheffield and South Yorkshire



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Barnsley

Barnsley FCFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

Barnsley FC AcademyFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

MetrodomeWrestling, Gymnastics,Badminton, Table Tennis,Basketball, Boxing,Fencing, Handball, Judo,Taekwondo, Volleyball,Weightlifting, Boccia,Goal Ball, Power Lifting,Wheelchair Basketball,Wheelchair Rugby

DoncasterDoncaster Lakeside SportsComplex Wrestling,Gymnastics, Football,Football 5 a side, Football7 a side Badminton,Athletics, Basketball,Boxing, Fencing, Handball,Table Tennis, Taekwondo,Volleyball, Weight Lifting,Boccia, Judo, WheelchairFencing, Goal Ball,Power Lifting, WheelchairBasketball, WheelchairRugby

DomeBasketball, Gymnastics,Badminton, Boxing,Fencing, Handball, Judo,Table Tennis, Taekwondo,Volleyball, Weightlifting,Wrestling, Boccia,Wheelchair Fencing,Goalball, PowerLifting, WheelchairBasketball, WheelchairRugby

Doncaster RFCFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

Doncaster Rovers RFCFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

Doncaster Training GroundFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

Rotherham

Rotherham FCFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

Hooten Roberts Training GroundFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side, Cricket,Basketball

Rotherham TitansFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

Sheffield

Ponds Forge Leisure CentreBasketball, Wrestling,Weightlifting, Vollleyball,Taekwondo, Table Tennis,Judo, Handball,Gymnastics, Fencing,Badminton, WheelchairBasketball, WheelchairRugby, Swimming

Don Valley StadiumAthletics, Archery

Sheffield Hallam ArenaBadminton, Gymnnastics,Wrestling, Weight Lifting,Volleyball, Taekwondo,Table Tennis, Handball,Fancing, Basketball,Boccia, Equestrian, Judo,Wheelchair Fencing,Wheelchair Tennis,Powerlifting, WheelchairBasketball, WheelchairRugby

English Institute of SportAthletics, Gymnastics,Boxing, Fencing, Judo,Handball, Table Tennis,Taekwondo, Volleyball,Weight Lifting, Wrestling,Basketball, Wheelchairfencing, Wheelchair Tennis,Powerlifting, WheelchairBasketball, WheelchairRugby

Concord Leisure CentreWrestling, Badminton,Basketball, Boxing,Fencing, Handball, Judo,Table Tennis,Taekwondo,Volleyball, Weight Lifting,Boccia, WheelchairFencing, WheelchairBasketball, WheelchairRugby

Hillsborough Leisure CentreBadminton, Wrestling,Weight Lifting, Volleyball,Taekwondo, Table Tennis,Fencing, Handball, Judo,Boxing, Basketball, Boccia,Wheelchair Fencing,Wheelchair Rugby,Wheelchair Basketball,Power Lifting

Sheffield Utd AcademyCricket, Football, Football5 a side, Football 7 a side

Sheffield Utd FCFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

Sheffield Wednesday FCFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

Middlewood Road Training GroundFootball, Football 5 a sideFootball 7 a side,

Abbeydale Sports ClubBasketball, Archery, Cricket

Graves Tennis CentreTennis, Wheelchair Tennis

Waltheof LCVolleyball

Sheffield Hallam UniversityFootball, Archery

Hallamshire Tennis and Squash ClubTennis Wheelchair Tennis

Northern General HospitalBoccia, Judo, Volleyball,Wheelchair Fencing,Power Lifting, Table Tennis,Wheelchair Basketball,Wheelchair Rugby

BarnsleyDoncaster

Rotherham

Sheffield

Venues and facilitiesLeeds and West Yorkshire



36—37

Bradford

Odsal StadiumFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

Richard Dunn Sports CentreBoxing, Gymnastics,Badminton, Basketball,Fencing, Wrestling,Tabletennis, Taekwondo,Volleyball, Weight Lifting,Judo, Handball, Boccia,Wheelchair Fencing,Goalball, Power Lifing,Wheelchair Basketball,Wheelchair Rugby

Odsal Sports VillageFencing, Gymnastics,Handball, Judo, TableTennis, Taekwondo,Volleyball, Weight Lifting,Wrestling, Badminton,Basketball, Boxing,Wheelchair Rugby,Wheelchair Basketball,Power Lifting, Goal Ball,Boccia, WheelchairFencing.

Bradford City FCFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

Calderdale

Diamond Gymnastics CentreGymnastics

Huddersfield

Galpharm StadiumFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

Huddersfield TownAcademy (Sports Barn)

Wrestling, Boxing, Judo,Fencing, Table Tennis,Taekwondo, Weight Lifting,Football, Football 5 a side,Boccia, WheelchairFencing, Goal Ball

Stores Hall Training GroundFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

John Charles Centre for SportAthletics, Aquatics,Swimmming, Badminton,Boxing, Archery, Fencing,Judo, Table Tennis,Weight Lifting, Wrestling,Boccia, Football, Football5 a side, Power Lifting,Wheelchair Fencing,Wheelchair Tennis,

Leeds Metropolitan UniversityWrestling, Gymnastics,Archery, Badminton,Basketball, Boxing,Fencing, Football,Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side, Handball,Judo, Table Tennis,Taekwondo, Tennis,Triathlon, Volleyball,Weight Lifting, Boccia,Power Lifting, WheelchairFencing, Wheelchair Tennis,Wheelchair Basketball,Wheelchair Rugby

Leeds UniversityWrestling, Badminton,Basketball, Boxing,Fencing, Handball,Table Tennis, Taekwondo,Volleyball, Weight Lifting,Boccia, Judo, Power Lifting

Leeds United FCFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

Leeds United FC Training GroundFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

HeadingleyCricket, Football, Football5 a side, Football 7 a side

Armley Table Tennis CentreTennis

Leeds Rugby AcademyFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side,Basketball, Cricket

Leeds International PoolAquatics, Swimming

Leeds Memorial Archery CentreArchery

Tigers Boxing AcademyBoxing

Bramham ParkEquestrian

Ilkley Tennis ClubTennis, Wheelchair Tennis

Riding for the DisabledEquestrian

Wakefield

Thorne’s ParkArchery, Athletics

Bradford

Leeds

Wakefield

Halifax

Huddersfield

Venues and facilitiesHull and Humber, York and North Yorkshire

East Yorkshire Hull University



East Yorkshire

Aike Grange StudEquestrian

Grimsby

Grimsby FCFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

Hull

Vulcan ArenaWrestling, Gymnastics,Badminton, Basketball,Boxing, Fencing, Handball,Judo, Table Tennis,Taekwondo, Volleyball,

Weightlifting, Boccia,Goal Ball, Power Lifting,Wheelchair Basketball,Wheelchair Rugby,Wheelchair Tennis

Hull ArenaBadminton, Gymnastics,Wrestling, Weight Lifting,Volleyball, Taekwondo,Table Tennis, Judo,Handball, Fencing,Boxing, Basketball,Boccia, WheelchairFencing, WheelchairTennis, Goal Ball,Power Lifting, WheelchairBasketball, WheelchairRugby

KC StadiumFootball, Football 5a side, Football 7 a side

Costello StadiumAthletics

Hull UniversityBoccia, Judo, Volleyball,Wheelchair Fencing,Goal Ball, Power Lifting,Table Tennis, Football

Kingston Park Tennis CentreTennis, Wheelchair Tennis

Richmond

Richmond Equestrian CentreEquestrian

Catterick GarrisonTriathlon, Weight Lifting,Taekwondo, Judo,Tabletennis, Equestrian,Boxing, Football, Football

5 a side, Football 7 a side,Boccia, WheelchairFencing, Volleyball,Power Lifting, WheelchairRugby

Scunthorpe

Scunthorpe FCFootball, Football 5 a side,Football 7 a side

York

York UniversityWrestling, Basketball,Boxing, Fencing, Football,Football 7 a side, Handball,Hockey, Judo, Table Tennis,Taekwondo, Tennis, ArcheryCricket, Basketball,Volleyball, Weight Lifting,Boccia, WheelchairFencing, Wheelchair Tennis,Goal Ball, Power Lifting,Wheelchair Basketball,

Wheelchair Rugby

Huntington StadiumAthletics

Richmond

Harrogate York

Hull

Scunthorpe

Grimsby

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