TEAM:NULC Results: Wednesday 24th October

This wednesday was a very quiet day on the TEAM:NULC front as a large number of colleges were away on half-term. The only games that went ahead were Netball, Men's Volleyball and the Elite Football.

Results for Wednesday 24^th  October 2012

§  Men’s Basketball (away)- no game

§  Ladies Basketball (home)- no game

§  Netball (home)- TEAM:NULC 35-15 St Josephs College

§  Rugby (away)- no game

§  Football Men’s Midland Floodlit Team (Home)- TEAM:NULC 0-0 Walsall Wood

§  Football Men’s Elite Colleges Team (away)- TEAM:NULC 1- 2 Runshaw College

§  Football Men’s Performance 1 Team (Home)- no game

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

§  Football Ladies (home)- no game

§  Men’s Volleyball (home)- TEAM:NULC 3-1 MMU Cheshire

§  Ladies Volleyball (home)- no game

§  Mixed Volleyball (away)- no game

§  MMU/NULC Football 1^st Team (away)- tbc

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

Performance of the week

The performance of the week has to go to the Netball sqaud who overcome their loval rivals St Jospeh's College. Well done girls.  

Huddersfield Heats Div 3 side knocks NULC Knights out of the National Shield Tournament.

The Knights were back in action on Sunday 21st October for their National Shield encounter with the Huddersfield Heat.  This game would prove to be an exciting one as it came down to the wire.

The Knights would have its shooting problems against Huddersfield only managing to shoot 35% for the game. Even though the Knights had shooting problems they managed to keep the game close throughout by playing very good defence. This game went down to the fourth quarter were the Knights had an opportunity to tie the game down the stretch, and send the game into overtime.

The Knights would not make good on this opportunity and would turn the ball over. The Heat would go on and win the game 70-67. Coach Jamison said; “The guys fought hard today. We played a pretty good Huddersfield team and almost pulled off the upset. Any coach will tell you turnovers will eventually catch up with you, and today was our day. I think we are getting better as a unit we just need to keep or composure a bit better in tight situations and we will be fine”.

 

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NULC Knights defeat the Oldham Titans

The NULC Knights picked up their first win in the Division 4 North on Saturday by beating the Oldham Titans 101-86. The Knights put on a show for the fans in this game by shooting lights out for 3 quarters of this ballgame. The Knights shot 57% from the field and was led by Laz Thompson with a point total of 27. The Knights took their foot of the gas in the 4th quarter as the Titans scored 37 points in the quarter. The Knights had a 35 point led going in to the fourth quarter and did just enough to hang on for a 15 point victory.

 

Elite sports students visit Loughborough University

A group of 20 Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) visited Loughborough University as part of a Sports Science Support Day.

The Elite Sports Performance Programme (ESPP) students went along to the Sports Science Support Workshop day on Friday 19th October to take part in a day which was organised to help them with their Sports career's.

All the students are currently part of the College’s Elite Sports Performance Programme (ESPP). The ESPP was created as part of the Academy of Sport at NULC to allow talented sportspeople to continue their academic studies, while training and competing at the highest level.

As part of the day the students took part in a number of activities including Strength and Conditioning and a talk on Psychology.

Trevor Humphreys, Academy of Sport Manager at NULC said: “The day at Loughborough University gave the students an excellent opportunity to take part in a number of activities which will help them to continue to excel in there chosen sport.”

For more information about sport at Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC), email sport@nulc.ac.uk or visit www.nulc.ac.uk/sport

TEAM:NULC Sports Results- Wed 17th October

Results for Wednesday 17th October 2012
Men’s Basketball (away)- no game
Ladies Basketball (home)- no game
Netball (away)- no game
Rugby (away)- TEAM:NULC 25- 10 Landau Forte Academy
Football Men’s Midland Floodlit Team (Home)- TEAM:NULC 0-0 Walsall Wood
Football Men’s Elite Colleges Team (home)- no game
Football Men’s Performance 1 Team (Home)- no game
Football Men’s Performance 2 Team (away)- TEAM:NULC 7-0 Codsall High School
Football Ladies (home)- no game
Men’s Volleyball (away)- no game
Ladies Volleyball (home)- no game
Mixed Volleyball (away)- no game
MMU/NULC Football 1st Team (away)- tbc
MMU/NULC Football 2nd Team (away) – no game

Performance of the week 
The performance of the week has to go to the mens rugby sqaud for getting their season off to a winning start. Well done.

TEAM:NULC Sports Results- Wednesday 10th October

Yesterday’s results saw honours even in terms of teams that won and lost. It was a busy day as a large number of teams travelled around the West Midlands with the Basketball squad going as far south as Hereford. Both the netball and Basketball squads got their seasons up and running and I am sure the students and coaches are glad to get the first fixture out of the way.

Results for Wednesday 10th October 2012
Men’s Basketball (away)- TEAM:NULC 97-28 Hereford 6th Form College
Ladies Basketball (home)- no game
Netball (home)- TEAM:NULC 29-45 Hereford 6th Form College
Rugby (home)- no game
Football Men’s Midland Floodlit Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 0-3 Hinckley Utd FC
Football Men’s Elite Colleges Team (away)- TEAM:NULC 0-0 Telford College of Art and Technology (TCAT)
Football Men’s Performance 1 Team (Home)- no game
Football Men’s Performance 2 Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 2-3 Telford College of Art and Technology (TCAT)
Football Ladies (home)- TEAM:NULC 4- 1 Thomas Telford 6th Form
Men’s Volleyball (away)- no game
Ladies Volleyball (home)- no game
Mixed Volleyball (away)- walk over win in the first round of the national cup against Sandwell College
MMU/NULC Football 1st Team (away)- no game 
MMU/NULC Football 2nd Team (away) – MMU/NULC 1-3 Burnley College

Performance of the week
The performance of the week has to go to the Men’s Basketball squad who made an emphatic winning start to the season. Last year’s league winners and national cup finalists are still unbeaten and its seems that they can look forward to a another successful season.

TEAM:NULC Results: Wednesday 3rd October 2012

Yesterday saw 30 NULC students take part in the British Colleges Sport West Midlands Trials in Football, Netball, Rugby and Hockey. It was a great day and every student excelled and should be proud of their achievements. In the end the college had 2 Netball, 4 Rugby, 3 Hockey and 5 footballers confirmed in the West Midlands squads. These students will then go onto to trial for the national squads in those sports. Names of confirmed students will follow asap.

On another note the Performance 1 Men’s football played a league fixture, and the remaining rugby squad played a friendly in preparation for their first league game next week. Men’s Performance 3,4 and 5 football squads played in a round robin tournament with Keele University.

The Midland Floodlight squad are playing on Thursday evening in the next round of the FA Youth Cup against Chasetown FC. Good luck to the lads.

Results for Wednesday 3rd October 2012
Men’s Basketball (away)- no game
Ladies Basketball (home)- no game
Netball (away)- no game
Rugby (home)- TEAM:NULC 0-30 Thomas Alleynes 6th Form (Stone)
Football Men’s Midland Floodlit Team (away)- playing in the FA Youth Cup on Thursday evening
Football Men’s Elite Colleges Team (home)- no game
Football Men’s Performance 1 Team (Home)- TEAM:NULC 6-4 South Staffordshire College Tamworth
Football Men’s Performance 2 Team (away)- no game
Football Ladies (home)- no gamE
Men’s Volleyball (away)- no game
Ladies Volleyball (home)- no game
Mixed Volleyball (away)- no game
MMU/NULC Football 1st Team (away)- MMU/NULC 2-2 Guiseley FC
MMU/NULC Football 2nd Team (away) – no game

Performance of the week
The performance of the week has to go to all the students that competed in the West Midlands trials in all sports. Well done to all!!

National Volleyball Academy starts training

Newcastle-under-Lyme College Volleyball players have started training as part of the new National Satellite Programme , ran in partnership with England Volleyball & Newcastle Staffs Volleyball Club.

Newcastle-under-Lyme College is 1 of 6 colleges that have been selected throughout the country to be a Satellite Academy. 12 students have been selected to be part of the programme, with another 12 being chosen each year for the next 5 years.

England Volleyball launched the Academy to ensure they can continue to compete with our European neighbours and increase success at junior international level. The academies  will provide an enhanced level of support to  talented junior players.

Volleyball England in partnership with the college and club  will establish daily training satellite environments for junior players  with professional coaching, appropriate support and ancillary services and linking to AASE programmes.

 Alongside this Volleyball England will deliver Divisional and National Team competitive programmes for a select group of academy players providing an extended exposure to International representative Volleyball.

To find out more information about  the National Volleyball Academy programme please contact Trevor Humphreys on 01782254269 or trevor.humphreys@nulc.ac.uk

Newcastle-under-Lyme College Knights start home season with a win!

Newcastle under Lyme College Knights survive a late scare to beat the Stockport Spartans 92-84 to advance in the Men's National Shield Tournament.

The Knights bounced back after a narrow defeat last weekend to the Rossendale Raptors. The Knights started out with all guns blazing to take an early lead of 14pts. As we all know basketball is a 40 minute game and the Knights seemed to lose focus in the 2nd quarter. For the second week in a row Knights players got themselves in early foul trouble. This would prove to be a problem for the Knights as most of the starters were on the bench due to this problem.

The Knights did show the depth of their bench as players came in and did a solid job until the starters could returned. The final quarter would be the deciding factor of the game, the Knights outscored the Spartans 30-22 and this would be enough to seal the victory.

Jared Rushton had a monster of a game with 19pts and 17 rebounds.

Coach Jamison had this to say "Any coach will tell you, he/she is happy to get the victory. I thought we were not very focused today and I will take responsibility for that. 32 turnovers and 5 players fouling out will make it very difficult to win basketball games. We will be better and I look forward to our next match."

The Knights next home match on the 21st of October which again is in the cup against Huddersfield Heat.

Anyone is welcome to come alaong and watch at the Gordon Banks Sports Centre. Tip off is 2pm.