The Trinidad and Tobago international was joined by England and Manchester Giants players Devan Bailey and David Watts along with the NULC Knights basketball team for the launch of a basketball project which will now form part of the hugely-successful Premier League 4 Sport scheme that has been in operation by Stoke City Football Club for three years.
Local youngsters will be able to take part in coaching sessions across the county after basketball joined hockey, badminton, volleyball and table tennis as one of the designated activities under the Premier League 4 Sport directive.
“This is a brilliant idea from Premier League 4 Sport,” exclaimed Jones after spending much of his time at the college playing with Team GB stars and the Newcastle Knights. “It’s so important to get young people playing sport.
“I was fortunate when I was young to be able to play so many different sports in the Caribbean and I loved basketball at school, even though I didn’t take it too seriously. For me, deciding to become a footballer was the right choice.
He added: “You can see the enthusiasm of the young people and it’s fantastic that they now have this support to play the sport.”
Trevor Humphreys, Academy of Sport Manager said: “Here at NULC we operate a Basketball Academy for our students and also run the Newcastle-under-Lyme College Knights which is open to students and members of the community. We’re an inclusive College who with the support of Premier League 4 Sport can now offer sporting opportunities for high school pupils and members of the community to get involved in.”
The launch of the Premier League 4 Sport basketball sessions is the result of a partnership between the Stoke City Community Trust and the Newcastle Knights Basketball team supported by Newcastle-under-Lyme College.
Visit the NULC Facebook Page to view the full gallery of photographs from the event.
To find out more about Sport at NULC visit www.nulc.ac.uk/sport or contact Trevor Humphreys on 01782 254269 or sport@nulc.ac.uk.
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