Monthly Newsletter November 2019 Upcoming Arena News Arena Events World Number 1 wins CL Darts title at the Nov 14th - Leicester Riders Supporters Club Quiz Morningside Arena World Number 1 Michael Van Gerwen won his fi rst Champions League of Nov 24th - Cheer City Frost Festival 2019 Darts Title at the Morningside Arena last Month completing the set of PDC Nov 30th - Challenge Charity Boxing: Premier Televised Event Titles. Van Gerwen was exceptional over the Leicester Fight Night 5: 1950s Weekend winning all 5 of his matches. Despite Michael’s excellent form it Dec 11th-12th - Private Event (Arena took a spectacular comeback from 7-11 down to Peter Wright in the fi nal for Closed) Van Gerwen to complete the “Green Sweep” and take home the CL Darts title. Dec 13th-15th - The Christmas Cracker - Leicester’s best Christmas Party Comes to Christmas Party the Morningside Arena Join us at the Morningside Arena between December 13th-15th and 19th- Dec 19th-21st The Christmas Cracker - Christmas Party 21st for the Christmas Cracker - Leicester’s best Christmas Party. Includes: • Arrival drink Feb 21st-23rd - Quad Nations: Wheelchair • Canapés Rugby • 3 Course Meal • Midnight Breakfast • Interactive Bingo with prizes during dinner, as never seen before in Leicester! Mar 20th - An Evening with Tony Bellew • Dance the night away with our DJ • Photographer taking snaps throughout the night All Tickets Available at: • Free Cloakroom www.leicesterarena.co.uk • Spectacular Décor • On-site Security • Lots of fun and games aft er dinner The Arena is a 24 Hour Operation Upcoming Home Did you know the Morningside Arena operates 24 hours on a regular basis to maximise utilisation ? This is outside of its Riders Fixtures 7am-11pm opening hours. The aim is to ensure we meet the Nov 29th v TBC - BBL Cup Quarter Final demands of the Arena to offer community, college (7:30pm Tip) Conferences and large scale events. Dec 6th - v Plymouth Raiders - BBL Championship (7:30pm Tip) The team are constantly working to set up, support and Dec 27th - v Raddison Red Glasgow Rocks - BBL deliver a high quality event no matter what the size or Championship (7:30pm Tip) requirements. The flexibility and ability to host multiple fuctions at one time means that the Arena is constantly Jan 17th - v Worcester Wolves - BBL Championship (7:30pm Tip) evolving which requires a team effort around the clock to ensure that the Arena’s high standards are consistently met. Jan 31st - v London Lions - BBL Championship (7:30pm Tip) To book your Event, Conference or Function contact - Feb 14th - v Newcastle Eagles - BBL Championship (7:30pm Tip) [email protected] or call 0116 326 9700 Feb 29th - v Sheffield Sharks - BBL Championship LRF Launch Junior Girls Academy (7:30pm) With the success of the Boys JNBL Academy with it’s All Tickets Available at: www.eventbrite.co.uk highest membership in the last five years, we are pleased to announce that the foundation are returning to offer a Girls Academy to the JNBL. The Foundation is providing 7-3 Riders Qualify for Cup training sessions for Under 12 and Under 14 squads to Quarter Finals play friendly competition this season across the country. The Leicester Riders made a strong start to their BBL Cup campaign with 3 straight victories over Sheffield, From hosting a Girls Basketball camp in August we have Cheshire and Manchester before falling to the seen numbers grow again at our Wednesday Girls devel- Newcastle Eagles and Cheshire to take their record to opment session from 6 – 7:30pm at Morningside Arena. 3-2 in the competition. Since then the Riders have add- Numbers reached a new high last Wednesday when 30 ed US Centre Darien Nelson-Henry and gone on to win girls were playing basketball. This session will be used to 3 straight games including 2 impressive performances direct any female participants too as a starting point for against Glasgow and most recently Newcastle on the them and coaches will direct any potential players to addi- Road. The Riders once again defeated the Rocks impres- tional sessions. sively at home 93-58 to secure a top 2 finish, however they lost out to the Sharks on the road 79-63 which With Head Coach Matt Barwell at the helm whilst being means they now require the Rocks to beat the Sharks on mentored by our Community Manager, Mandy Payne; Friday to top the North Group. and Deeqa Jama, a Loughborough University Graduate , Upcoming Development Days assisting for the season. The ambitions of the Girls Acad- emy is to produce home grown players that can feed into January 17th February 29th the Charnwood Academy and Loughborough programmes Development Days Include: and eventually produce a WBBL Player through this • Coaching Clinic (1.5 Hours) incredible pathway. Head Coach Tahir Hajat of the JNBL • 7-16 Years, Boys and Girls Academy is very excited about the prospects of offering • Game Ticket Included worth £15 equivalent opportunities to the girls and see Leicester • Includes Food (Wrap, Fruit, Snack Bar and Bottled Water) Riders returning to a girls basketball programme. To book go to www.leicesterridersfoundation.co.uk.