NULC students represent West Midlands

A number of students from Newcastle-under-Lyme College have been successful in the regional British Colleges Sport West Midlands trials.  The successful students will now go on to represent the West Midlands and play against other regions to select a final national British Colleges Squad.

The following students are now part of the British Colleges Sport West Midlands Team:

Tom Gordon - Hockey

Sherry McCue - Ladies Football

Emily Horton - Ladies Football

Jade Boulton - Ladies Football

Josh Foxall - Men’s Football

Josh Brown - Men’s Football

Ami Pickeril - Netball

Josh Bowyer - Rugby

Sam Longstaff - Rugby

Sam Mellor - Rugby

Harry Jones - Rugby

Dan Baddeley - Rugby

Dan Meakim - Rugby

Tom Turnock - Rugby

Harry Derbyshire - Rugby

Josh Cunningham- Rugby

Everyone from NULC would like to say a huge Well Done to all the team members and wish you the best of luck in future competitions.

NULC students become STARS

A number of Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) students have been selected for a prestigious squad of athletes called the STARS programme.

The aim of the STARS programme is to form a group of elite performers in the North Staffordshire area who can join together to discuss their experiences and receive help from international athletes in coping with the demands of training whilst in full time education.

The selected students attended a launch evening on Wednesday 5 October at Fenton 6^th Form College. The evening consisted of an introduction to the programme and workshops were delivered by former England and Great Britain athletes.

A total of 18 NULC students were chosen from a range of sports such as Football, Athletics, Volleyball and Canoeing, and all study full-time at the on a variety of courses.

The inclusion of these students further demonstrates NULC’s commitment to sporting excellence which now sees it ranked as one of the top college’s in the West Midlands.