About Us

Sport Central

Sport Central is a £30 million state-of-the-art facility and offers students, staff and the general public access to facilities and services that are of the highest quality.

Find out more about Sport Central's facilities

Coach Lane

Coach Lane is a modern purpose built facility which includes a Fitness Centre, Sports Hall and a number of different outdoor sports pitches regularly used by our sports teams.

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Bullocksteads

Bullocksteads is our sports facility where the majority of our outdoor teams play and train. Many of our Rugby, Football, Gaelic Football, Cricket and Lacrosse teams call Bullocksteads home.

Find out more about Bullocksteads's facilities

The Team


Colin Stromsoy

Head of Sport

c.stromsoy@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 227 4984

Cathy Rooney

Team Northumbria Manager

cathy.rooney@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 243 7362

Sue Vout

Sport Development and Engagement Manager

sue.vout@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 227 4194

Jen Rudin

External Sport Engagement Manager

jen.rudin@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 243 7752

Paul Young

General Manager (Facilities)

paul.young@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 243 7348

James Wilkinson

Sport Product Manager

James.wilkinson@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 227 4456

Kate Hansbury

Sport Product Assistant

kate.hansbury@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 227 3160

Andrew McGreevy

Sales and Memberships Manager

andrew.mcgreevy@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 243 7617

Emily Heipel

Reservations Assistant

emily.heipel@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 227 4871

Lucy Nichol

Head of Events and Communication

lucy.e.nichol@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 227 4590

Gemma Hollywood

Events and Conferences Team Leader

gemma.hollywood@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 243 7616

Sarah Taylor

Events and Conferences
Co-ordinator

sarah.m.taylor@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 227 3212

Shelley Mewes

Events and Conferences Coordinator

shelley.mewes@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 227 4717

Carolyn Elliott

Events and Communications Administration Assistant

carolyn.elliott@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 227 4499

Liam Phillips

Marketing and Communications Manager

liam.phillips@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 227 4512

Stephanie Romero

Marketing and Communications Assistant (Digital)

stephanie.romero@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 243 7395

Mark Moorhead

Marketing and Communications Assistant (Research)

mark.moorhead@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 243 7648

Hannah Costello

Marketing and Communications Assistant

hannah.costello@northumbria.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 243 7359