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Details: Written by Steve Gill; Category: Sections; Published: February 04, 2019; Hits: 2266

CrossFit

What is CrossFit?

It is a general physical preparedness program that can be modified to challenge people of all ages and abilities – from the Olympian to the overweight, chronically ill individual who has never worked out before. All CrossFit participants become measurably fitter and healthier as they reduce their intake of refined carbohydrates and use constantly varied, high intensity functional movements to reap the benefits of improved work capacity over broad time and modal domains.

In short, it’s about getting sweaty with friends in a directed class where the movements are tailored to you as an individual whilst performing the same exercise as the rest of the class. Most gyms also have periods of open gym where you can practice the more technically difficult movements – however this does not mean you have to become an Olympic weightlifter or gymnast overnight.

The Northumbria Police CrossFit section is very new (less than a year old) but the individuals within it have a wide range of experience and skill levels.

The National Police CrossFit Championships.

An annual event that is currently run as a team event, there are plans to add individual events but not just yet as the CrossFit Section within PSUK is quite new also. On the 14/15 September 2019 Northumbria put in two teams, with varying levels of success Team A came 10^th Team B came 25^th out of 40 teams.

Hopefully the following pictures show you that whilst we take our fitness seriously the competitions are fun – once you get involved in CrossFit at any level you will find competitions that cater for you.

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The section is looking to put in training dates for anyone interested in joining the section either competitively or just for fitness, it’s a chance to join a developing sport section within the sports and social club.

Details: Written by Jonathan; Category: Athletics; Published: January 13, 2017; Hits: 4750

The Athletic Section comprises of four sub-sections:

Track & Field
Cross Country
Marathon
10 Mile Road Race

All sections welcome athletes of any standard, whether you are a fun runner or a dedicated athlete.

Details: Written by Jonathan; Category: Basketball - Ladies; Published: January 13, 2017; Hits: 3607

2019 Championships:

Northumbria men's and women's attended Police Sport UK national Basketball finals in Edinburgh on 7th, 8th and 9th June 2019. There were twenty one police teams competing from across England and Scotland.

Our women's team got off to an excellent start with a commanding victory over Police Scotland Forth Valley. However a nail biting game with the MET, saw our team lose 29-28 and exit the tournament. The team are determine to return to next year, fitter and stronger.

Our men's team had a difficult start to the tournament losing their first game to Avon and Summerset and did not qualify for the final rounds. They later competed for Plate Trophy which they won, defeating GMP on the Sunday.

Both teams are on the lookout for new players, please contact Tom Calvert 750 (Women's Coach) or Dave Vincent 3286 (Men's coach) for further details

2018 Championships.

Northumbria hosted the men’s and women’s Police Sport UK national Basketball finals on 15^th, 16^th and 17^th June 2018 at Sports Central on Northumbria Universities campus. There are over twenty police teams competing from England and Scotland in the tournament including our own men’s and women’s team. Our Chief Constable is the head of PSUK basketball so was present and took a keen interest. Our Chief Constable is the head of PSUK Basketball so took a keen interest in the event.

Our women’s team got off to an excellent start winning three out of their first four games, beating the MET for the first time! The team welcomed new member, student officer Fiona Gabbitus, who put in a solid performance at her first tournament and was even voted most valuable player in the game against the MET. The team won their final game against West Midlands police and finished third overall. This was the women’s team best result in force history and were given bronze medals by our Chief Constable. A special mention to be made to Judith English and Karen Eaketts who after years of representing the force for basketball have finally received a medal.

We have greatly improved our team over the last few years as we used to finish last and we have now finished as the best team in England as we were only beaten by a Scottish team who were in the finals

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2017 PSUK Championship

The team competed at Birmingham University's brand new Munroe Sports Centre in May 2017 at the PSUK National finals.

The team had a tough opening game with Aberdeen, but managed to progress to the knock out stages.

This saw them play the home team West Midlands Police.

This was a very physical game which went to down to the wire and saw both teams tied at the end of regulation.

A nail biting overtime session saw Northumbria win 35 to 31, and saw them progress to the semi-finals for the first time ever!

The semi-finals saw Northumbria play Lothian and Border. Northumbria started the game strong and took an early 8 point lead, this rattled

the other team and saw them take an early time out to re-group.

After a hard fought game Lothian and Border beat Northumbria, before going on to win the tournament.

This was the teams beat ever performance and saw then finish as the top English team in the tournament

The team is now actively recruiting experienced basketball players for next season. Please contact Tom Calvert 750 or Judith English 8625

Details: Written by Jonathan; Category: Badminton; Published: January 13, 2017; Hits: 3844

There is no set Badminton Club at this present time. Throughout the year there are two events. The first is a PSUK Regional Tournament, this involves teams from the North East region as far south as Humberside. This event is usually held end of January beginning of February each year.

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