Sheffield Sharks

Sheffield’s carbon-neutral built community arena with multipurpose sports facility and integrated medical diagnostic centre has opened. Located on Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park, Canon Medical Arena was built in collaboration with Park Community Arena (PCA), Sheffield Sharks basketball team and The LivingCare Group. Operated by The LivingCare Group, the centre features advanced Canon Medical imaging systems […]

A multi-purpose sports facility with an integrated medical diagnostic centre in Sheffield has been officially named Canon Medical Arena. Formerly known as Park Community Arena, the facility is expected to create jobs, relieve diagnostic imaging backlogs on local hospitals, provide health appointments closer to patients’ homes and expand community access to affordable sports and entertainment. […]

In July, Canon Medical Systems UK and professional basketball teams Sheffield Sharks and City of Birmingham Rockets held the final of an inter-school basketball tournament, which was designed to inspire hard-to-reach young people in communities surrounding Birmingham. The tournaments were played in a fast-paced format to imitate the basketball 3×3 game at the Birmingham 2022 […]

The Sheffield Sharks basketball club RESPECT community outreach programme, supported by Canon Medical Systems UK, has reached a positive conclusion to its 2018/19 school initiative. The scheme has positively impacted more than 600 year five and six primary school children led by British basketball league professionals. A finale of 160 primary school children from 13 […]

A South Yorkshire community outreach initiative run by professional basketball club Sheffield Sharks is celebrating its 10th anniversary of delivering proactive sports, social and citizenship workshops to primary school children. The RESPECT scheme is supported by Canon Medical Systems UK as part of its corporate social responsibility ‘made for life’ commitment. It currently sees more […]

Canon Medical Systems UK managing director Mark Hitchman (centre) with members of the Canon Medical management team and Sheffield Sharks management and players. Canon Medical Systems UK has launched a project to improve opportunities for young people, in association with professional basketball team Sheffield Sharks. Working with Sheffield City Council, Sheffield Sharks provides an outreach […]