Carnegie Sports Weekly - Episode 03: Rugby League

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November 12, 2009

It was a day of mixed fortunes for Leeds Met's talented array of sports teams. The rugby league team continued their run of decent form in shutting out Hull, winning comfortably 86-0. Carnegie Sc...

It was a day of mixed fortunes for Leeds Met's talented array of sports teams.

The rugby league team continued their run of decent form in shutting out Hull, winning comfortably 86-0. Carnegie Scholar and full Ireland international Stevie Gibbons made his home debut and was instrumental as the team dominated possession throughout a one-sided contest. The match is the featured game on this week's Carnegie Sports Weekly video, with match action and interviews from Headingley Carnegie Stadium.

The basketball programme enjoyed a highly successful afternoon as the women defeated Northumbria in a thrilling contest that went into overtime, eventually running out 92-84 winners. The men's side then triumphed over last year's champions Worcester in a match that could have gone either way. Ultimately it was Leeds Met who came out on top, taking their chances when it really mattered, winning 95-91. Carnegie international scholar Mike Medved who is studying for a Masters degree in Childhood Studies said after the game: "It was a total team effort today, we really put it all together and it was all ten guys working really hard. It's a really good feeling to beat a team like this, with a class programme and a good history, so a very fulfilling win for us today."

It was a top of the table clash in the tennis centre with both men's and women's teams facing Loughborough. Despite their best efforts and a number of closely fought matches both sides lost out with the men losing 4-6 whilst the women went down 3-7, however they will have their chance to enact their revenge when they take part in the European Collegiate Tennis League finals later in the month.

There were comprehensive victories for both the men's and women's badminton teams winning 8-0 against Newcastle and Leeds respectively. Men and women's football both kept up their recent good form with the men's side thrashing Sunderland 6-0 away from home, whilst the women beat Cheshire 7-0 at Headingley Campus.

Men's hockey couldn't overcome a strong Durham side, losing 5-2 away from home, but the women's side recorded a tight victory over Manchester 2-1 with Olympian Jo Ellis back in the side. The newly established table tennis team beat Durham with consummate ease, coming out 15-2 winners.

Having reached the BUCS championship final last year at Twickenham, the women's rugby side looked well on their way to emulate that success again this year, beating Northumbria 51-5 in Newcastle. The men's side however, lost their 100 percent start to the season, losing out away from home against Loughborough 31-15. The netball side also in Loughborough couldn't triumph over their fierce rivals, losing 48-39 in a competitive match.

The Carnegie American Football programme took part in its first competitive fixture over the weekend, recording a 34-24 victory at Liverpool/John Moore University. The men's football side, who compete in the North East Counties League recorded an impressive 5-2 win over Bottesford whilst Leeds Carnegie Ladies reached the semi-final of the Premier League Cup, beating Blackburn 5-0. The women's basketball side beat UWIC 66-62 in the National League whilst their male counterparts recorded an 86-79 win over London Met at Headingley Campus.

Director of Sport at Leeds Met Malcolm Brown and triathlon coach Jack Maitland have both been nominated for the High Performance Coach of the Year award to be presented at the Sports Coach UK awards 2009 in London in December. The awards 'recognise and celebrate the talent, hard work and dedication of coaches and those involved in developing coaches in the UK' and 'winners will be chosen from a judging panel of leading figures in sport' . To have two coaches nominated is extremely prestigious.

To celebrate the University's continued sporting success, we have launched the Carnegie Sport Podcast which features interviews, reports, news and views from all the University's sporting action. Each week we will feature an in depth interview with a Carnegie coach - in this week's edition, we speak to Clare Marlow about the women's rugby union team and also catch up with cricket coach Andy Siddall as he talks about the indoor version of the game.

If you would like to keep up to date with match information and news from Carnegie Sport, please follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/carnegiesport

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