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Part of the Weetwood estate includes the Weetwood Playing Fields which are also owned by the University of Leeds and have some of the most up to date sporting facilities in the region.
Peter Chubb, General Manager of Weetwood Hall "the portfolio of sport and physical activity adds an exciting and innovative dimension to what is available at Weetwood Hall for teams, clubs, associations and sporting organisations. The 2012 Olympic Games are a lifetime opportunity for many businesses around the UK and I believe Weetwood Hall can provide excellent residential and sporting, training camp facilities".
The location of the playing fields adjacent to Weetwood Hall is ideal as it provides the services of the hotel to unwind after strenuous exertion and the conference centre when you need to combine work in the classroom with training on the pitch, without any transport concerns.
Facilities include a county standard cricket pitch; the square is maintained by Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Tiger Turf and sand dressed hockey pitches, state of the art 3G artificial football pitch, county standard rugby pitch and over 100 acres available for an extensive range of sporting activity.
Playing Fields is home to England Hockey (North) and is also one of only six MCC Cricketing Centres of Excellence in England and Wales.
Dr. Sue Jacklin who is the Assistant Director of Sport & Physical Activity at the University of Leeds said "this partnership allows athletes and coaches to hone physical fitness, develop technical and tactical expertise, review strategy and have the opportunity to relax and unwind, all on one site".
This may be of particular interest for clubs who have fixtures in Leeds, sporting associations who regularly meet and especially for performance excellence camps that are looking for combined residential and sporting facilities in the run-up to the Olympic Games.
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