TEAM:NULC Sports Results: Wedneday 23rd November 2011

This Wednesday saw a mixed bag of results but special mentions should go to the Rugby squad who reached the last 4 of the regional championships, and the mixed volleyball squad who beat last years national finalists.

Results for Wednesday 23^rd November 2011

§  Basketball (away)- TEAM:NULC 106-8 Dudley College

§  Netball (away)- TEAM:NULC 54-20 Dudley College

§  Rugby (away)- 3^rd place at the West Midlands Regional Championships

§  Football Men’s 1^st Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 3-2 Stalybridge Celtic FC

§  Football Men’s 2^nd Team (away)- TEAM:NULC 0-5 Dudley College 1^st

§  Football Men’s 3^rd Team (Home)- TEAM:NULC 1-3 Codsall High Sixth Form  1^st  

§  Football Men’s 4^th Team (home)- no game

§  Football Ladies (home)- no game

§  Mixed Volleyball Cup (home) – TEAM:NULC 3-0 King Edwards Stourbridge College

§  MMU/NULC Football 1^st Team – MMU/NULC 2-4 Halifax Town FC

§  MMU/NULC Football 2^nd Team(away)- MMU/NULC 1-4 Balby Barr Sports College

Well done to all students competing. Next week NULC college students will be competing in the West Midlands Championships for Badminton, Volleyball, Cross Country and squash. I am sure you will all join me in wishing them good luck.

TEAM:NULC Results for Wednesday 16th November 2011

This Wednesday saw only 3 fixtures being played this week, 2 Football and 1 Volleyball.

Results for Wednesday 16^th November 2011

§        Basketball (away)- no game

§        Netball (away)- no game

§        Rugby (away)- no game

§        Football Men’s 1^st Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 0-7 Mansfield Town

§        Football Men’s 2^nd Team (away)- TEAM:NULC 5-0 Hereford 6^th Form College 1^st

§        Football Men’s 3^rd Team (Home)- no game  

§        Football Men’s 4^th Team (Home)- no game  

§        Football Ladies (home)- no game

§        Men’s Volleyball Team (away)- TEAM:NULC 2-0 Stoke 6^th Form College

Well done to all students competing and well done to the Volleyball squad for getting one over the old enemy

Colleges Hosts National AGM for BCS National Football League

Newcastle-under-Lyme College hosted the AGM for the British Colleges Sport National Football League on Monday 14th November. Over 70 delegates from colleges across the country attended the 1 day event which included national updates, regional workshops and practical sessions.

30 Members of the colleges Men's Football Academy took part in the practical session and received high level coaching from FA National Coaches.

The conference further re-enforced the college's reputation as a national leader in football development and forms part of the college being an FA Focus College, one of only 30 in the country.

Netball and Basketball Open Evenings for Year 11's

Newcastle-under-Lyme College's Academy of Sport are holding open evening training sessions for current year 11's who are thinking of studying at the college and joing and academy. It will give you a chance to meet the coach, existing players and new students like your self.

Netball Academy

Newcastle-under-Lyme College runs a successful Netball Academy for students aged 16-19 who study on a full-time programme at the college. The squad currently plays in the British College Sport West Midlands Performance league, and were crowned champions in 2010-11 for the first time.

The open evening training session will take place on the following:

Tuesday 29^th November from 4.00pm- 6.00pm

Gordon Banks Sports Centre

Basketball Academy

Newcastle-under-Lyme College runs a successful Basketball Academy for students aged 16-19 who study on a full-time programme at the college. The squad currently plays in the British College Sport West Midlands Performance league, and there are progression routes for players to play for the Newcastle-under-Lyme College Knights Basketball club. This team plays in the National League Division 4 and is comprised of mainly students from the college.

The academy coach is former NBA and Harlem Globetrotter Shawn Jamison who has a vast amount of both playing and coaching experience.

The open evening training session will take place on the following:

Monday 5^th December from 4.00pm- 6.00pm

Gordon Banks Sports Centre

To book your place on either of these open evenings e-mail the Academy of Sport Manager Trevor Humphreys on trevor.humphreys@nulc.ac.uk or phone 01782254269.

TEAM:NULC Sports Results- Wednesday 9th November 2011

This Wednesday saw the majority of teams playing which involved over 120 students competing.  It was a bad day for the college football teams as they all lost, however the Netball, Basketball and Volleyball teams all progressed to the next round of the national cups.

Results for Wednesday 9^th November 2011

§        Basketball (away)- TEAM:NULC 65- 57 Telford College of Art and Tech (TCAT)

§        Netball (home)- TEAM:NULC 42-23 Hereford Sixth Form College

§        Rugby (away)- no game

§        Football Men’s 1^st Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 1- 4 Gateshead Town FC

§        Football Men’s 2^nd Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 0-4 Dudley College 1^st

§        Football Men’s 3^rd Team (Home)- TEAM:NULC 2-4 South Birmingham College 1^st  

§        Football Men’s 4^th Team (away)- TEAMNULC: 0-3 South Staffordshire College 1^st

§        Mixed Volleyball (home)- TEAM:NULC 3-0 Dudley College Mixed

Well done to all students competing.

Also good luck to the college Table Tennis sides tonight as they take on a number of high schools within the North Staffordshire Table Tennis league.

Elite Sports Students Receive Scholarship Funding

Fifteen of Newcastle-under-Lyme College’s (NULC's) brightest athletes benefited from the first round of the Elite Sports Performance Scholarship Fund. Each student had to apply via an application form which was supported by their coaches, and a written statement.

The Sports Scholarship fund, which is part of the Elite Sports Performance Programme (ESPP), was created to provide student athletes the financial support that they may need. This could be for facility hire, equipment, training and transport costs.

Students who received the funding are:

Hayden Wright	Football
Josh Foxall	Football
Ryan Boulton	Football
Jade Boulton	Football
Emily Horton	Football
Jamie Smith	Football
Lizzie Stuart	Volleyball
Ami Pickerill	Netball
Tom Gould	Kickboxing
Sam Botham	Cross Country
Sam Owen	Canoeing
James Taylor	Athletics
Laz Thompson	Basketball
Lucas Thompson	Basketball
Ewan McGregor	Basketball

                                              

The Elite Sports Programme (ESSP) was created to allow talented athletes to continue with their academic studies, whilst training and competing to the highest level. The ESPP is open to students if they have represented the county or above in a chosen sport within the last academic year.

If students become part of the programme they can expect the following benefits: 

• Financial support from the college for training costs, transport and essential equipment (subject to applications).
• Free use of the new college sports facilities such as the fitness suite and dance studio. 
• University workshops at institutions such as Bath, Loughborough and Birmingham that are targeted at increasing your performance.
• Sport Science Support
• Physiotherapy, sports massage and rehabilitation services

Click here to find out more about the Elite Sports Programme.

TEAM:NULC Results

Students from the Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) Sport Academy have been competing in a range of games this week.

Our Basketball team managed to reach the quarter finals at the regional championships, a great achievement! Unfortunately, they were eventually beaten by the favourites, Birmingham Metropolitan College.

This week there was only a small number of fixtures due to the National Trials taking place in a number of sports. The results are as follows:-

Netball (Away)

TEAM:NULC 44- 46 Cirencester College

Football Men’s 1^st Team (Home)

TEAM:NULC 1-2 Halifax Town

Football Men’s 4^th Team (Home)

TEAM:NULC 3 – 5 Manchester Metropolitan University 5^th Team  

A special mention goes to the following students who all competed in England trials in their respective sports:-

Men’s Football- Josh Brown & Josh Foxall

Ladies Football- Jade Boulton, Sherry McCue and Emily Horton

Men’s Hockey- Tom Gordon

Men’s Rugby- Tom Turnock and Dave Meakim

Keep checking back for more results!