Sheffield's Major Sports Events Unit have been in existence since 1991.
Since then the unit have attracted over 550 international, national and regional events to the city.
It is the unit's purpose to both attract the events to the city and then to operationally deliver the events with the relevant event owners, this has resulted in the city hosting one of the most successful major sports events programmes in the UK.
Given below are a number of our key major sports championships:
- 1991 - World Student Games
- 1993 - UK Summer Special Olympics
- 1993-Present - Disability Sports Events Open Long Course Swimming Championships
- 1993 - European Swimming Championships
- 1996 - World Masters Swimming Championships
- 1998 - World Master Squash Championship
- 2000 - World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
- 2004 - World Firefighters Games
- 2007 - UK Corporate Games
- 2007 - Eurozone Wheelchair Basketball Championships
- 2007 - Microsoft Corporate Challenge
- 2011 - UK School Games
The core of the programme concists of National Championships and has resulted in the city creating excellent working relations with a number of key National Governing Bodies of Sport. We now know their expectations and have the facilities and infrastructure to deliver them.
Detailed below are a number of those events:
- National Swimming Campionships
- National Diving Championships
- National Basketball Championships
- National Volleyball Cup Finals
- National Table Tennis Championships
- National Judo Championships
- National Athletics Championships
Our role
The unit have taken on may roles over its 15-year history, providing it with well-developed skills and experiences in the major sports events industry.
Some of these roles are as follows:
- Chair of Steering Groups
- Accomodation Management
- Transport Management
- Security and Accreditation Systems
- Catering Arrangements
- Marketing and Public Relations
- Venue / City Branding
- Volunteer Recruitment and Mangement
- Budget Management
Sheffield is well placed and well experienced to host your event in our city, selecting Sheffield as a host will guarantee success and your events future growth.
For more details visit the Major Sports Events Unit website.