United Leeds Endeavours Looks at Yorkshire’s Olympic Success

United Leeds Endeavours takes a look at the incredible display by Yorkshire’s athletes at the London 2012 Olympics.

Much has been made of the incredible success of Team GB’s athletes. With 29 gold medals, 17 silver medals, and 19 bronze medals the British team achieved their highest ever medal tally of 65. United Leeds Endeavours, a direct sales and marketing company based in Leeds city centre looks at the fantastic statistics and shares why they think the county is so successful.

Whether you look at the most gold medals, or the total number of medals Team GB came in either 3^rd or 4^th. Both statistics make for fantastic reading. The team at United Leeds Endeavours will be resting their voices for the next few days to recover from all the cheering and shouting that they have done for their local athletes. A lot has been made of the fact that Yorkshire has been so successful. United Leeds Endeavours has pulled together some of their favourite statistics to share with you.

Yorkshire has finished the Olympics with seven gold medals, two silver and three bonzes which would put it in twelfth place in the final medals table if it were an independent country. That means the county beat Jamaica, Spain, South Africa and Brazil!

The gold medal winners were

Nicola Adams, boxing, Leeds

Jessica Ennis, heptathlon, Sheffield

Alistair Brownlee, triathlon, Horsforth

Ed Clancy, cycling, Huddersfield

Andy Triggs-Hodge, rowing, Yorkshire Dales

Kat Copeland, rowing, North Yorkshire

Luke Campbell, boxing, Hull.

United Leeds Endeavours are already enjoying the lasting legacy being left behind by their medal winners. “We’ve loved watching the special postboxes springing up around the place over the last few weeks as Royal Mail have honoured the gold medal winners by painting a postbox gold in their hometown. What a fantastic tribute, something that the whole community will be able to treasure and take pride in.”

So why does United Leeds Endeavours think that Yorkshire has been so successful? “There are so many reasons for the success. Firstly we have fantastic facilities in the region. Sheffield in particular is a hub for athletics and Hull and Bradford are training up a new generation of boxers.

Secondly there is a real passion for sport in the region, it’s well supported and this means everything to young athletes and spurs them on.

Finally we believe that Yorkshire has the competitive nature that we take great pride in having at United Leeds Endeavours as well. The athletes we produce have grit, determination and drive. They train hard, and learn fast. These are all values that make them so successful and also the things that we look for in our industry of direct sales. It has been an incredible Olympic games. Well done to the organisers, the volunteer and the athletes. You all did us incredibly proud.”

United Leeds Endeavours Prepares to Cheer on Brownlee Brothers

United Leeds Endeavours gets ready to cheer on local heroes Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee in the Olympics triathlon tomorrow morning.

Wow what a weekend! At United Leeds Endeavours we’re almost too exhausted after all the excitement of an epic weekend to keep going for another week. But keep going we shall, with a busy week ahead at our Leeds headquarters, and even more local heroes to cheer on in the Olympics we can’t rest yet.

On Tuesday morning local boys Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee will take to the water in the Serpentine at Hyde Park to compete in the London 2012 triathlon event. Starting at 11:30 the brothers will be hoping to build on an incredible couple of years in the sport which has seen then become ranked numbers one and two in the world. The brothers have dominated the sport and are fantastic medal hopes for an already spectacular Team GB. A spokesperson for United Leeds Endeavours summed up the excitement of the company, “We can’t wait to watch the Brownlee brothers compete, triathlon is one of the toughest sports out there and we admire the grit they put into their races. At United Leeds Endeavours we work with a competitive bunch of people, sales is a competitive environment after all and we love the competition that Alistair and Jonathan have between each other.”

In an act seen by some as draconian the brothers have apparently been warned that they will be disqualified if they attempt to cross the line together. This comes in the wake of the ‘fixing’ scandal that took place at the badminton which saw eight players disqualified. Jonathan has previously said “To win a joint gold medal with my brother, that’s the dream.” However Paula Kim, a spokeswoman for the International Triathlon Union (ITU) has said ‘Intentionally trying or agreeing to cross the line together, under ITU rules, brings a mandatory penalty of automatic disqualification.’ United Leeds Endeavours has some sympathy with the ITU, “Sports is about competition, the Williams sisters have had to play against each other before and there can only be one winner. It slightly makes a mockery of the situation if they don’t want to compete with each other. We’re sure that when it comes down to it, they will compete their hardest and whoever is best on the day will win.”

United Leeds Endeavours was also delighted to learn about the dominance of Yorkshire athletes in the Olympics. Athletes from Yorkshire have won more medals than most participating countries and as of this morning would have been ranked 7^th in the Olympic medals table! “This is fantastic testament to the strength of sport in this region. We have fantastic facilities and training programs that are producing the best athletes in the world right now. We’re incredibly proud.”

United Leeds Endeavours Prepares to Welcome the Olympic Torch to Leeds

With less than two weeks until the Olympic Torch arrives in West Yorkshire, United Leeds Endeavours helps you find the best vantage point.

The Olympic Torch is steadily making its way around the UK and with just over a week until it makes its first appearance in West Yorkshire it's time to get your viewing point planned. Leeds-based direct sales and marketing firm United Leeds Endeavours gives you a heads up of the route that the torch will take around the city and West Yorkshire in general so that you can get you and your family ahead of the crowds.

The Olympic Torch will be in the county on three occasions, on the 19^th, 24^th and 25^th of June. On the 19^th it will arrive in Boston Spa before moving on to Wetherby, Harewood and then onto Harrogate. It will return to West Yorkshire on the 24^th of June starting off in Huddersfield then going via Bradford, Keighley and Ilkley before arriving in Leeds City Centre in the evening. The evening celebrations will take place outside the town hall in Leeds City Centre and the torch will stay overnight in the city until its sets on off on the 25^th travelling through Batley, Wakefield and Castleford.

United Leeds Endeavours has previously reported that one of the torchbearers in Leeds with be 14-year-old Steven Tomlinson, the son of Jane Tomlinson who raised more than £1.85 million for charity before her death from cancer in 2007. A spokesperson for the direct sales company said, “There are a huge number of torchbearers who have done incredible things for their communities and deserve this fantastic recognition. Jane Tomlinson was someone who was well known around the country for her fundraising but who the people of Yorkshire were particularly proud of. Everyone in the county is delighted that her son gets will be keeping her memory alive at this wonderful occasion.”

To plan your exact spot, as well as finding out which roads are going to be closed as the traffic goes by, United Leeds Endeavours encourages you to visit the London 2012 website which has a full, live and interactive map of the torch route. http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/route/

United Leeds Endeavours would encourage people to find out the exact timings that the torch will be traveling near to you and get down in plenty of time to soak up the atmosphere and get a great spot, particularly for the evening celebrations in Leeds on the 24^th. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and definitely not to be missed. We can’t wait!”

United Leeds Endeavours Watches Chinese Olympic Celebration in Leeds

United Leeds Endeavours headed to the University of Leeds this weekend for a celebration of the city as it prepares to play host to the Chinese Olympic teams in July.

The 2012 Olympics are fast approaching and United Leeds Endeavours, a direct sales and marketing company based in the city centre, are becoming excited not only about the games themselves but that the city is playing host to over 300 athletes, coaches and support staff from the Chinese Olympic team. This weekend saw a celebration take place at the University of Leeds with Chinese and British sports stars, celebrities and community leaders

Among the stars of show this weekend were former Olympic diving gold medal winner Li Na and one of the rising starts of the Team GB diving team Liu Jiayi. Diving will be among the 11 sports that will be based in Leeds. Other teams include some of China’s strongest sports, fencing, table tennis, taekwondo, women’s handball and women’s hockey.

The show, entitled ‘China in Leeds’, was presented in both Mandarin and English and was an opportunity for athletes and coaches alike to fill in the public on their progress and training. United Leeds Endeavours believes that enticing the Chinese Olympic team to Leeds for their pre-games training is a real coup considering the success of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

A spokesperson for the United Leeds Endeavours commented, ‘The Chinese Olympic team are used to state-of-the-art facilities and are one of the best teams in the world. The fact that they have chosen Leeds as their training base is testament to the incredible facilities and culture of sport that we have in the city.”

Back in summer 2011 when the announcement was made, Leeds council leader Keith Wakefield said, “This is a historic and magnificent achievement for Leeds to have secured arguably the biggest Olympic sporting superpower to base themselves in our city ahead of the London 2012.”

United Leeds Endeavours believes that there is a great sense of pride amongst the residents of Leeds that they will be hosting such a prestigious team. “We know that everyone in the city will be bending over backwards to make our visitors feel welcome. Everyone at United Leeds Endeavours is keeping their fingers crossed that there will be open training sessions that we can go and watch.

The Chinese team is due to arrive in Leeds at the beginning of July.

United Leeds Endeavours Ready To Kick Start 2012

United Leeds Endeavours has had a fabulous 2011 and is looking forward to entering 2012 with a BANG. Their plans are ambitious but they’re confident.

Christmas is over and the New Year is upon us. 2011 has seen United Leeds Endeavours expand as a business taking on more clients and customers than ever before, it will surely be a hard year to beat. However the goals and aims for 2012 have been set and if met 2012 could surely be bigger and better for the company.

Having set the bar high United Leeds Endeavours wants to push sales to the next level through working with existing clients and also taking new clients on board. Their expansion is looking to go international with a new office planned in Italy in the first quarter of 2012.

A spokesperson for the company has said,

“ The goals and aims for 2012 have been set and I’m sure with the right dedication from the management team there’s no reason why as a business we can’t meet our criteria.

Britain has had a tough year in regards to the recession however we have been fortunate and 2011 was an exceptionally busy year for United Leeds Endeavours. We believe that providing exceptional service boosts consumer confidence and this is what has allowed us to grow over the last 12 months. We aim to keep up this high standard of customer care throughout 2012 and believe this will be a major factor in ensure we reach our targets for the year.

We hope to see the economy of Britain start to move in the right direction as a whole over the next 12 months. We truly believe that the Olympics will be a much-needed injection of energy for the country. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee will also be an exciting occasion for the country and we at United Leeds Endeavours hope with these things to look forwards to, 2012 will be a much brighter year than analysts have been predicting.  From all of us at United Leeds Endeavours, we wish our clients and their customers a very happy and successful 2012.”