Over 30 students from Newcastle-under-Lyme College’s Academy of Sport represented both the college, and the West Midlands region at the British Colleges Sport national Champions this weekend.
The 35th BCS National Championships, the largest annual college national multi-sports championships of its kind, were held with great success from the 22nd of March to the 24th of March 2013.Despite the cold weather conditions over the weekend, it was a great turnout, with more than 2,000 students and staff from colleges across England, Scotland and Wales competing in fourteen different sports.
For the third year running, the Championships were held at the University of Bath, which gave the young athletes access to some of the finest facilities in Britain as they competed in a total of thirty-nine events over the three days.
College athletes taking part were aged 16 to 19 years and each had qualified to represent one of the championship's eleven regional teams the East, East Midlands, London, North East, North West, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands and Yorkshire & Humberside
Newcastle-under-Lyme College’s men’s volleyball team were crowned national champions and won gold for the 2nd time in a row. A further 3 bronze medals for cross country and 2 silver medals for swimming were also won, and for the first time ever the ladies football squad won gold and were crowned national champions. This makes it the most successful championships ever for the college!
To add to this the men’s volleyball final was the last event on Sunday and the overall championship depended on it. The college team beat PETROC from the South West which meant that the West Midlands region won the overall title for the 1st time in its history.
A fantastic weekend was had by all and the students were a credit to the college, and it all further enhanced the reputation of the college on a national level.
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