Leeds Rhinos Foundation hosts "inclusive sports day" to mark award
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The event gave attendees in Leeds the opportunity to get involved in a variety of sports
A rugby league club's charity foundation marked winning a national award with an "inclusive sports day".
The Leeds Rhinos Foundation hosted the open day at Leeds Beckett University on Tuesday after being named ParalympicsGB Every Body Moves club of the year.
The event offered people free sessions to try a range of sports, including boccia, a target event similar to boules.
Attendees also tried out wheelchair rugby league and sled hockey.
Special guests at the open day included seven-time Paralympic gold medallist Hannah Cockroft and players from the Leeds Rhinos men's and women's team.
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Discussing the award, the foundation's chief executive Bob Bowman called it the "perfect accolade".
"Our motto is to 'change lives through the power of sport' and so we are extremely proud," he said.
During the event, attendee Becky Hunnisette said: "It makes me happy that I can get out of my flat, the reason why I came is to get more active."
The Leeds Rhinos Foundation open day was hosted by Leeds Beckett University
Harry Smith, who played tag rugby at the open day, told BBC Look North: "It's all about the skills and the confidence to build up to being in a team like [Leeds Rhinos]."
Wheelchair racer Cockroft said: "I struggled to get into disability sport when I was younger, and if Leeds Rhinos had been behind it all those years ago who knows what I would have been doing now.
"Sport is for everybody and anyone can get involved."
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