England success on 2 fronts for college Netball player.

A Newcastle-under-Lyme college student has had success in being selected for 2 England squads in Netball. Ami Pickerill who plays for the college Netball Academy and is part of the Elite Sports Performance Programme is in her second year of studying a BTEC Extended Diploma in Sport and Exercise Science. Ami has progressed through a number of trials to reach this fantastic achievement which have taken place over the last 4 months.
Ami has been selected for the England Under 19 Netball Europe Squad, and the British Colleges Sport England Netball Squad.

The Academy of Sport Manager, Trevor Humphreys said "this is a fantastic achievement for Ami and shows her dedication and commitment to playing Netball. We are lucky to have her at the college as part of the Netball Academy".

Good luck to Ami and everyone at the college wishes her well and hopes to see her in the full England really soon.  

Ami with the rest of the TEAM:NULC Netball Squad (2nd on the left).

College student selected for England U19's Ladies Football Squad

A Newcastle-under-Lyme College students has been selected for the England Under 19's Ladies England Squad. Sherry McCue who is studying a BTEC in Sports Performance and Excellence has been selected to attend the England Women’s U19 Training Camp from Sunday 22^nd until Thursday 26^th January 2012. Sherry is also part of the college's Ladies Football Academy and Elite Sports Performance Programme.

We wish her the best of luck and hope to see her very soon in a senior England ladies shirt. 

Newcastle-under-Lyme College Knights Basketball team season so far.

The development of Basketball at Newcastle-under-Lyme College within the last year has been huge through the formation of Newcastle-under-Lyme College Knights. It was approved to enter division four of the EBL and has been representing the college in the midlands structure of the competition during the 2011-2012 season.

The club is being coached and ran by former NBA and Harlem Globetrotter, Shawn Jamison, who is also the college’s Basketball Academy Head Coach. Shawn's update of the season so far is below:

"The Newcastle Knights have now completed the first half of there inaugural season in the EBL National league in division 4, and currently sit in 6th place in the West Midlands Division. As a coach I would have to say I am very proud of our guys so far, as they have shown the commitment to play at a higher level. In saying that I expect much more from the guys during the second half of the season. We have shown we can compete with every team that has been put in front of us this year, we just have to be smarter on the floor and make better basketball decisions. I am really looking for a strong finish from the guys for the second have of the season"

 

You can catch up with the Knights results and league table position on the links below by selecting division 4 Men's Midlands:

 

League fixtures and results-2011/12

League Table 2011/12

 

Team members of NULC Knights are predominately students at the College who are part of the Basketball Academy programme.

If you are interested in studying at Newcastle-under-Lyme College and becoming part of the Basketball Academy then please contact Trevor Humphreys on 01782 254269 or e-mail trevor.humphreys@nulc.ac.uk 

TEAM:NULC League Tables

You can find out how all of the TEAM:NULC sides are doing by visiting the following links:

TEAM:NULC Men's Football 1st Team
All other TEAM:NULC squads.

Just select the right sport and the West Midlands Region.

TEAM:NULC Sports Results- Wednesday 14th December

This Wednesday was a relatively quiet day due to it being the last week of term before Christmas. TEAM:NULC squads in Rugby, Basketball and Football were still in action.  

Results for Wednesday 14^th December 2011

§        Basketball (away)- TEAM:NULC 129-36 Sandwell Academy 6^th Form  

§        Netball (away)- no game

§        Rugby (home)- TEAM:NULC 27- 13 Thomas Alleynes (stone) 6^TH Form

§        Football Men’s 1^st Team (home)-  no game

§        Football Men’s 2^nd Team (away)- no game

§        Football Men’s 3^rd Team (Home)- TEAM:NULC 1-3 Telford College of Art and Tech (TCAT) 3rds

§        Football Men’s 4^th Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 1-8 Keele University 1^st Team

§        Football Ladies (home)- no game

§        MMU/NULC Football 1^st Team – no game

§        MMU/NULC Football 2^nd Team(away)- MMU/NULC 0-1 Burnley College.

It has been an extremely successful start to the year and all of TEAM:NULC are looking forward to what the new year brings.

Have a good Christmas and Happy New Year.

TEAM:NULC Sports Results: Wednesday 7th December

This Wednesday was again a day of mixed results, especially when it comes to Football, but on the whole a positive for all the other sports. Next week I will include all league tables for each team before we go into the Christmas break so you can see how TEAM:NULC are doing.

Results for Wednesday 7^th December 2011

§        Basketball (home)- TEAM:NULC 92-55 Wolverhampton College

§        Netball (away)- TEAM:NULC 25-2 Staffordshire University

       TEAM:NULC 27-6 Keele University

                                      (This was a three way tournament held at Staffordshire University which the Netball Squad won)

§        Rugby (away)- no game

§        Football Men’s 1^st Team (home)-  no game

§        Football Men’s 2^nd Team (away)- TEAM:NULC 4-3 Telford College of Art and Tech (TCAT)

§        Football Men’s 3^rd Team (Home)- TEAM:NULC 2-3 Staffordshire University Men’s 3rds

§        Football Men’s 4^th Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 1-6 Stoke-on-Trent College 1st

§        Football Ladies (home)- no game

§        MMU/NULC Football 1^st Team – MMU/NULC 0-2 Gateshead FC

§        MMU/NULC Football 2^nd Team(away)- To be confirmed.

A Level student is selected for the England Rugby Squad

A Newcastle-under-Lyme College student has been selected for the England Rugby Squad after going through a series of trials. David Meakin, a scrum half or centre has been selected over 100's of students throughout the country to attend the England training camp on Friday 16^th, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18^th December.

David, an A level student studying Maths, Chemistry, Physical Education, Physics and a member of the college's Rugby Academy said 'I was shocked to find out that I had been selected as the trials were really hard and the standard was really high'.

Trevor Humphreys, the Academy of Sport Manager talked very highly of David saying 'he is an extremely committed young individual who is realising his talent in rugby. It is further evidence that the support of the college is allowing students to reach their sporting potential'.

College Young Ambassadors trained and ready to go

Newcastle-under-Lyme College have 4 newly trained Young Ambassadors that are trained and ready to develop the Olympics ideals within college.

Ross Thompson, Bethany Wragg, Jamie Perry and Sam Botham attended a 1 day training event at the Ricoh Arena on the 1st December. The event was held by the Youth Sports Trust and the 4 students learnt how to develop activities and events within college to promote the Olympics.

The Young Ambassador movement commenced in 2006 following London’s successful Olympic bid where Lord Coe promised the UK would use the power of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to inspire millions of young people to become involved in sport.

The role of a Young Ambassador involves increasing participation in school sport and PE, spreading the word of the Olympic and Paralympic Values – respect, friendship, personal excellence, courage, determination, inspiration and equality – and promoting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

College Success at British Colleges West Midlands Championships

This Wednesday was a great day with all connected to the college sports teams as a number of squads and individuals triumphed at the West Midlands Regional Championships which were held at Lilleshall National Sports Centre.  

Both the Men’s and Ladies Volleyball squads saw off competition from the rest of the West Midlands to be crowned West Midlands Champions. They were joined by Roxy Keshavarz in the ladies squash, Lucy Hayes in ladies Cross Country and Sam Botham in men’s cross country. These students join Natalie Slater who already qualified in ladies Table Tennis, and 2 swimmers, Grant Hamnett and Jemma Caulsey who were selected within the swimming squad.

All of these students will now compete for the West Midlands at the British Colleges Sport National Championships which will take place at Bath University from 30 March to the 1^st April 2012.

Wednesday also saw a great result for the men’s 1^st team football squad.

Results for Wednesday 30^th November 2011

§        Basketball (away)- no game

§        Netball (away)- no game

§        Rugby (away)- no game

§        Football Men’s 1^st Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 3-1 Boston United FC

§        Football Men’s 2^nd Team (away)-

§        Football Men’s 3^rd Team (Home)-

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

§        Football Ladies (home)- no game

§        MMU/NULC Football 1^st Team – MMU/NULC 0-2 Gateshead FC

§        MMU/NULC Football 2^nd Team(away)- no game