Students from Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) came away with a haul of medals and three national champions at the British Colleges Sport (BCS) National Championships recently.
The BCS National Championships were held at Bath University on the weekend of Friday 30th March –1st April, with 22 students from NULC chosen to represent the West Midlands region following trials at the Lilleshall National Sports Centre.
The men’s Volleyball Squad was crowned national champions with Gold whilst the ladies volleyball team just missed out in fourth. Jemma Causley, aged 18 from Trentham, won Gold for swimming, Roxanna Keshavarz, aged 18 from Adderely Green, won Silver in Squash and Natalie Slater, aged 18 from Kidsgrove, won Gold for Table Tennis.
The other NULC students to compete included Sam Botham aged 16 from Meir Hay in Cross Country and Grant Hamnett aged 16 from Porthill in swimming.
The BCS National Championships take place once a year during the spring term and are one of biggest annual multi-sport events in the UK UK
Natalie Slater, a member of the College’s Elite Sports Performance Programme, said: “I’m delighted to have won Gold at the national championships. The College has supported me every step of the way from fitness training to funding for my sport kit!”
The Elite Sports Performance Programme (ESPP) was introduced by the College as part of the NULC Academy of Sport to allow talented athletes to continue with their academic studies, while training and competing to the highest level. The ESPP is open to students who have represented the county or above in a chosen sport within the last academic year.
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