Your Celebration Week Winners

Club Colours

Celebrating those who go above and beyond within their club.

Athletics

Freddie Spillane

Madeleine Mayes

Badminton

Amy Ward

Boat Club (Rowing)

Xanthe Hudson

Boxing

Abigail Hallam

Hannah Parish

Louie Canning

Zac Weston-Edwards

Cheerleading

Caitlin Barker

Women’s Cricket

Celeste Jones

Lucy Hetherington

Ellie Wylie

Dancesport

Phoebe Seow

Maya Banerjee

Women’s Football

Abbie Davies

Sara Heshmati

Sophia Miles

Elena Mecklenburgh

Grace Malone

Zoe Hindley

Gymnastics

Amy Buckley

Lara Herridge-Lewer

Leona Ryan

Karate

Andrea Teo

Jack Taylor

Lauren Moore

Schaumiya Suresh

William Walker

Women’s Lacrosse

Kate Driscoll

Avneet Dhaliwal

Emily Champluvier

Grace Williams

Isabella Ridley-Swettenham 

Jocelyn Cotterill

Motorsport

Emily Whitfield

Daria Talinskaya

Arion Nela

Connor Morton

Netball

Holly Sullivan

Sailing

Tom Barnes

Josh Hill

Martha Christensen

Squash

Catherine Golding

Laurence Poles

Luc Tilley

Millie Lenehan

Surf

Sophie Levison

Swimming & Water Polo

Lewis Turner

Wojtek Gawuc

Thomas Johnson (TJ)

Sofia Mann

Trampoline

Abi Patterson

Erin Harrington

Full Colours

Celebrating exceptional performance and achievement in high-level sport.

Boat Club (Rowing)

Jess Symonds

Women’s Cricket

Lydie Wykes-Templeman

India Everett

Sally Chapman

Dancesport

Kyra Fatuliaj

Tom Price

Women’s Football

Sara Heshmati

Abbie Langstaff

Golf

Callum Bygrave

Milly Tighe

Women’s Hockey

Cailin Waddell

Evie Brice

Leila Scott

Rebecca Shorter

Tamar Cooper

Karate

Ali Aljumah

William Walker

Men’s Lacrosse

Harry Ward

Women’s Lacrosse

Catherine Young

Kate Driscoll

Netball

Grace Waller

Abigail Conway

Gemma Lant

Jill Smiley

Rose Bridson

Sasha Howard

Sophia Warn

Summer Anderson

Olivia Leslie

Rugby Union

Seth Saunders Eley

Edward James

James (Jimmy) Dakin

Touch Rugby

Jahn Munir

Ultimate Frisbee

Ilina Patki

The Gryphon Award

Celebrating student athletes who have achieved outstanding sporting performance whilst at the university.

Ultimate Frisbee

Emily Hill

Fern Harvey

Hannah Quinn

Sam Hill

Boat Club (Rowing)

Louise Brooks

White Rose Award

Celebrating those who have made an exceptional contribution to Leeds sport during their time at the university.

Boxing

Abigail Hallam

Highly Commended:

Athletics

Alejandro Cogulludo-Blank

Gryphon Leadership Award

Celebrating those who volunteer, coach, officiate, and lead a number of key Leeds Sport programmes.

Holly Sullivan – Netball

Highly Commended:

Tineka Jennings

Mike Brook Award for Most Improved Team

Celebrating a team which has shown significant improvement in performance comparative to the previous season.

Golf 1st Team

Highly Commended:

Women’s Rugby League

Chris Hatton Award for Most Improved Athlete

Celebrating those who have shown significant improvements within their sport, having little to no prior experience.

Gymnastics

Dominic Forshaw

Most Improved Club

This award rewards a club who has made significant improvements to benefit the overall experience of its members comparative to the previous year.

Boxing

Mike Brook Award for Performance Coach of the Year

This award celebrates coaches whose influence has added positively to the playing performance of the club.

Athletics

Mark Hunter

Susan Jacklin Award for Club Coach of the Year

This award celebrates club coaches (including students) whose influence has added positively to the playing performance of the club and supported club members in a non-playing capacity.

Dancesport

Christian & Olivia Skibsrud

Highly Commended:

Women’s Football

Targol Fayyaz

Social Leagues Team of the Year

Women’s Cricket

UOLWCC Social Netball Team

James Burke Team of the Year Award

This award celebrates teams that have excelled in their sport at the university, and become one of the top performing teams in the country.

Cheerleading

Phoenix

Highly Commended:

Netball

2nd Team

Roberts Award for Most Outstanding Athlete

This award celebrates student athletes who are the top individual performers in the country for their sport.

Dancesport

Louise Brooks

The Inclusion Award

This award celebrates clubs who have made a particular effort to remove barriers to inclusion throughout the year.

Sailing

Committee Member of the Year

Celebrating those who have improved member experience, enhanced club operations, created a stronger culture or increased engagement.

Sailing

Tom Barnes

Highly Commended:

Volleyball

Megan Walsh

Athletics

Alejandro Cogulludo-Blank & Freddie Spillane

Club of the Year Award

This award celebrates clubs that have positively shaped the experience of members, improved their club or strengthened the wider community.

Women’s Hockey

Highly Commended

Tennis