Events that go beyond the 80 minutes
Striving to be a better person is woven into our Sharks DNA. It’s a club philosophy that drives our high performance culture both on and off the pitch and runs through everything we do. And creating a high performance culture in sport and business is something we like to think we know a bit about.
We’re passionate about the North, and we want to share all of that knowledge and expertise that we’ve gleaned from years at the top of our game to help people and businesses learn and grow the Sharks way. To do that, we have some incredible thought leaders and experts in our business from all backgrounds, who care about our community.
SWIMMING WITH LIONS – 6TH MAY 2025
Former Sharks and England winger Mark Cueto hosted a panel of very special guests in central Manchester to take a trip down British and Irish Lions memory lane.
An unprecedented six Sharks were part of the Lions squad in 2005, with Cueto joining Andy Titterell, Andrew Sheridan, Charlie Hodgson, Jason Robinson and Jason White on a daunting tour of New Zealand.
Guests found out what it means to be a Lion; what goes into the preparation for a six-week tour; how a squad made up of four different nations comes together to form an elite team; what qualities the players rely on to make sure they make the most of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, AND what goes on off the pitch during the six-week tour.
The British and Irish Lions is truly the pinnacle of our sport and with another tour, this time to Australia, coming up this summer, this is an event not to be missed.
BOTTOMLESS BRUNCH AT HEYWOOD ROAD
Former Commonwealth champion boxer Stacey Copeland, Team GB wheelchair basketball star Robyn Love and Sharks Women’s players Gwen Pyrs and Georgie Perris-Redding shared their inspirational stories and discussed the changing landscape of women’s sport in our second Business Club event, held at Heywood Rd ahead of our women’s fixture against Harlequins in January, 2024.
It was inspirational, motivational and a day to remember as the event coincided with our highest Heywood Rd attendance of the season.
BREAKFAST WITH ED JACKSON
Thank you for joining us in Manchester city centre on the 26th November. It was an emotional morning to remember as we heard about Ed’s incredible fearlessness and rollercoaster journey from packing down as a number 8 to creating the award-winning documentary, The Mountain Within Me.
Ed brilliantly told his life-changing story and re-capped the past seven years, in which he went from professional rugby player to being told he would never walk again, to watching himself on the big screen scaling the Himalayas.