Free tickets for staff to watch Leicester Riders as part of their ongoing partnership with Â鶹ÊÓƵ Sport

Connor playing mid-match on a basketball court with the ball, wearing the Red Leicester Riders kit and looking away from the camera. There is a player on the opposite team in the background

Â鶹ÊÓƵ is a key part of the history of Leicester Riders basketball club. The Riders men’s team were founded at the University in 1967 by a group of students and they played their home games on campus whilst their stadium, Mattioli Arena, was under construction.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Sport and Leicester Riders enjoy a successful partnership, with Riders coaches Nick Moodey and Will Maynard (previous students) both coaching the women’s and men’s performance teams on campus.

As part of the ongoing relationship, Leicester Riders have gifted eight tickets to the University per game for the men’s performance team, and Â鶹ÊÓƵ Sport is therefore offering staff and student volunteers the opportunity to watch local elite basketball for free.

Rob Jarram, Head of Foundation and Player Pathway at Leicester Riders, said: “We have always worked very closely with the University and the pathway that we have created in partnership with Â鶹ÊÓƵ Sport for players, coaches and volunteers provides quality opportunities for students to help shape basketball locally.”

Ian Knott, Head of Sports Development at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, added: “We not only want to encourage University staff and volunteers to go to the Mattioli Arena and support our students representing the Riders, but there is also lots of quality basketball on campus.”

If anyone is interested in watching basketball at Â鶹ÊÓƵ or at the Mattioli Arena, please contact Ian Knott, i.knott2@lboro.ac.uk.