Weetwood Hall – training base for high profile sports
Weetwood estate is the ideal location for teams looking for up to date sporting and leisure facilities to prepare for a match or sporting events.
The estate comprises Weetwood Hall Hotel and Weetwood Playing Fields, which have come together to offer top quality sporting facilities and packages for a wide range of high profile sports including rugby, cricket, football and hockey.
Weetwood Hall stands out among the Leeds Hotels due to its close proximity to Headingley Carnegie Stadium, offering sporting and leisure facilities that are in the perfect surroundings to accommodate for large teams travelling to the area in need of training and recreational facilities.
Home to England Hockey in the North and one of only six MCC Cricketing Centres of Excellence in England and Wales, the sport facilities Leeds at Weetwood Estate are renowned for their high quality.
With a 3G rubber crumb pitch, a County standard cricket pitch maintained by Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Tiger Turf and sand dressed hockey pitches, County standard rugby pitch and over 100 acres available for extensive sporting activities, Weetwood offers an excellent training base for performance camps and pre-match accommodation.
Additional facilities include six tennis courts, cross country route, 24 dressing rooms with showering facilities and bar facilities plus much more.
To ensure that sporting teams can focus on achieving the best results whilst playing in Leeds, Weetwood Hall is the ideal sporting venue with a range of ‘Sport Packages’ to accommodate a variety of sporting needs.
The ‘Sporting Packages’ offer guests bed and breakfast with a nutritional breakfast menu, complimentary access to nearby David Lloyd Leisure and Fitness Club, three hours of complimentary Wi-Fi per night, as well as complimentary Internet and email stations for players to use at their leisure.
For extensive nutritional lunch and dinner menus, Weetwood Hall’s team of chefs are on site to work with sporting club’s nutritional experts to accommodate for specific dietary requirements. In addition club’s can also make use of the meeting rooms to prepare for a game, as well as the team lounge and dedicated room for their physio equipment.
In preparation for the 2009 U18’s 6-Nations, the England U18 rugby squad selected the Weetwood estate as their training base. The team alongside their coach, John Fletcher made full use of the floodlit 3G Rubber Crumb pitch as well as the nearby David Lloyd leisure facilities.
The team were highly impressed with the 4-star accommodation and training facilities situated within easy reach, combined with the easy access to high quality fitness facilities and Leeds city centre.
John Fletcher, England Under 18 Rugby team Head Coach, said, “Weetwood Hall Hotel and the Weetwood sporting facilities is a fantastic venue for all sporting teams at all levels. The hotel accommodation, food and conference area are outstanding.”
“All the staff are friendly, helpful and professional. Add this to the sporting facilities next door and it makes for a first class experience.”
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For further information contact:
Katja Pandza, Sales & Marketing Executive
Tel direct line: 0113 388 5790 Katja.pandza@weetwood.co.uk
Information for editors:
Weetwood Hall website www.weetwood.co.uk/sport