TEAM:NULC Sports Results: Wednesday 19th December

The year finished well yesterday as both the men’s Elite football and Performance 2 sides won in what can only be described as horrific weather and the ladies basketball team put a great fight against the number 1 ranked side in the country, Loretto.

2012 has been a fantastic year for the Academy of Sport and TEAM:NULC. A huge thank you must go out to all staff and congratulations to the students who have represented the college week-in, week-out.   

Results for Wednesday 19^th December 2012

§  Men’s Basketball (home)- no game

§  Ladies Basketball (away)- TEAM:NULC 40- 86 Loretto 6^th Form College

§  Netball (away)- TEAM:NULC- no game

§  Rugby (home)- no game

§  Football Men’s Midland Floodlit Team (home)- postponed

§  Football Men’s Elite Colleges Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 4-2 Loretto 6^th Form College 1^st

§  Football Men’s Performance 1 Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 1-4 North East Worcestershire College 1^st

§  Football Men’s Performance 2 Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 3-1 Smestow School 1^st

§  Football Ladies (home)- postponed

§  Men’s Volleyball (away)- no game

§  Ladies Volleyball (home)- no game

§  Mixed Volleyball (away)- no game

§  MMU/NULC Football 1^st Team (away)- no game  

§  MMU/NULC Football 2^nd Team (away) – tbc

Performance of the week

The performance of the week has to go to the men’s Elite Football squad who came back from 2-0 with 10 men to win 4-2 and reach the last 16 of the national cup. Well done to the lads and staff.

  

Thanks again and we hope you all have a good Christmas.

Elite sports students visit Birmingham University

A group of 17 Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) visited Birmingham 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 7th December 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 from National level athletes currently studying at the university on scholarship programmes.

Trevor Humphreys, Academy of Sport Manager at NULC said: “The day at Birmingham 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

 

Local Company Sponsor the College Basketball Programme

Newcastle-under-Lyme College's Basketball programme are celebrating after a local company pledged their support through sponsoring the Knights National league club.

Sentridge are a leading edge supplier to the industrial market. Their product portfolio includes some of the leading brands available in their field,
Sentridge are a successful business specialising in the sale, support and distribution of automation and control products used in the industry today from some of the world's leading manufacturers. Their customers include processing plants, factories large and small, machine builders, utility companies, quarries, local councils and panel builders.

The support provided by Sentridge will allow the college's very succesful basketball programme to continue developing over the next 12 months.

Shawn Jamison, head coach of the  college's Basketball Academy and Knights said "Its great that local companies see what is being achieved at the college and have chosen to support us. The help will allow us to continue playing national league, and develop the college's academy".

The college's Basketball Academy recently entered into a partnership with Stoke City FC's Premeir league 4 Sport programme, and the further help from Sentridge will allow this to flourish.

Further information about the college's Basketball Academy or the Newcastle-under-Lyme College Knights basketball team can be found on the college website or contact Trevor Humphreys on 01782 254269 or e-mail trevor.humphreys@nulc.ac.uk.

Academy of Sport Staff Visit St Georges Park

On Wednesday 31st October, 8 members of staff from the college's Academy of Sport visited the new Football Association headquarters at St Georges Park in Burton. The new £110 million facility will be the headquarters of the England national football teams, and boast facilities such as a hydro theraphy pool, 100 piece gymnasium, indoor domed pitch and over 10 football pitches.

The college staff were visiting the facilities due to a new partnership formed with the FA that will see the college hold pre-season training camps at the college in September 2013. The facilities will also be visited by students who are part of the Elite Sports Performance Programme, and football academy students will take part in the coach education programme.

Assistant Manager of the Academy, David Sutton said 'this marks the start of a great new relationship between the college and St Gorges park which will allow our students to use world class facilities'.

TEAM:NULC Sports Results- Wednesday 12th December

The weather had a devastating effect on all outdoor fixtures yesterday as only the men’s performance 2 side played at home on the 3G surface.

Indoors the college won all fronts with both the Ladies Basketball and Men’s Volleyball progressing through to the next rounds of the National Cup. The men’s basketball squad also won convincingly which amazingly means they have remained unbeaten throughout 2012!!! A great job well done.  

Results for Wednesday 12^th December 2012

§  Men’s Basketball (home)- TEAM:NULC 130- 17 Dudley College

§  Ladies Basketball (away)- TEAM:NULC 36- 12 Bourneville College

§  Netball (away)- TEAM:NULC- no game

§  Rugby (home)- postponed

§  Football Men’s Midland Floodlit Team (home)- postponed

§  Football Men’s Elite Colleges Team (home)- postponed

§  Football Men’s Performance 1 Team (home)- postponed

§  Football Men’s Performance 2 Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 1-2 Our Lady & St Chad

§  Football Ladies (home)- postponed

§  Men’s Volleyball (away)- TEAM:NULC 3-0 Stoke 6^th Form College

§  Ladies Volleyball (home)- no game

§  Mixed Volleyball (away)- no game

§  MMU/NULC Football 1^st Team (away)- no game  

§  MMU/NULC Football 2^nd Team (away) – tbc

Performance of the week

The performance of the week has to go to the ladies Basketball squad who in only their second full competitive game progressed through to the next round of the national cup. Well done to the girls and staff.

TEAM:NULC Sports Results: 05/12/2012

It was a case of so close but yet so far yesterday as our ladies Volleyball and Basketball squads competed at the West Midlands Regional Championships. The squads did extremely well and both reached the finals of there competitions, only to be beaten in extremely narrow finals. It was a great effort by all the ladies who did the college proud, especially the basketball squad who were competing for the first ever year. Although disappointed West Midlands Runners-up is a great achievement and further enhances the college’s reputation.  

The weather had a devastating effect on all the other fixtures as only the men’s performance 2 sides played.

Results for Wednesday 5^th December 2012

§  Men’s Basketball (home)- no game

§  Ladies Basketball (home)- West Midlands Championships Runners-up

§  Netball (away)- TEAM:NULC- no game

§  Rugby (home)- postponed due to waterlogged pitch

§  Football Men’s Midland Floodlit Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 2-3 Birmingham City FC

§  Football Men’s Elite Colleges Team (home)- no game

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

§  Football Men’s Performance 2 Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 13-1 Kidderminster College

§  Football Ladies (home)- no game

§  Men’s Volleyball (away)- no game

§  Ladies Volleyball (home)- West Midlands Championships Runners-up

§  Mixed Volleyball (away)- no game

§  MMU/NULC Football 1^st Team (away)- no game  

§  MMU/NULC Football 2^nd Team (away) – tbc

Performance of the week

The performance of the week has to go to both the ladies Basketball and Volleyball squads. West Midlands Runners-up. Great stuff and well done to all students and staff.

Elite Sports Students Visited by Craig Heap

Students from Newcastle-under-Lyme College's Elite Sports programme were invited to a motivational talk from former olympic and commonwealth athlete Craig Heap.  

The session consisted of Craig Heap talking about his career and providing advice on elite athlete performance and motivation.  

Craig is a British gymnast who competed at the 2000 Olympics, 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games, as well as European and World  Championships.

As part of being on the Elite Sports Performance Programme students are invited to attend a number of talk presented by high level athletes who have competed at International competitions.