What a Year of Sport!!

The college's Academy of Sport has already had an extremely successful year as evidenced by the following:

 Highlights for 2012-13

British Colleges Sport (BCS) Regional Championships

• 80 Students competed against rest of West Midlands- highest ever number.
• Men’s Volleyball West Midlands Champions
• Ladies Football- West Midlands Champions
• 3 swimmers and 5 cross country student selected for West Midlands Team

BCS National Championships- Bath University

• 32 students competed for the West Midlands- highest ever number.
• Men’s Volleyball National Champions
• Ladies 7-a-side- National Champions
• Megan Ashley- Team Silver for West Midlands Ladies Swim Team
• Georgia Cope and Jenny Evans- Bronze medal in ladies cross country

Academy Team Honours

• Men’s Football- first time college has entered 2 Elite leagues and have ran 5 men’s teams. All men’s sides have won their west midlands leagues which is the first time this has been achieved in the West Midlands. The men’s elite side reached the quart-finals of the national cup.   
• Ladies Football-West Midlands cup winners and semi-finalists of the national cup. Winners of the West Midlands Performance League and 7-a-side national champions
• Men’s Basketball- Winners of the BCS West Midlands Performance league and runners-up of the national cup. Newcastle Knights finished 3^rd in national league division 4. National 3v3 Champions
• Ladies Basketball- West Midlands Runners-up and National 3v3 runners up.
• Netball- Finished 4^th in the West Midlands Performance League and national cup quarter finalists.
• Men’s Volleyball- Runners up of the BCS National Colleges Cup, national championships winners and West Midlands Championships. 
• Mixed Volleyball- Winners of the BCS National Colleges Cup.
• Men’s Rugby- Winners of West Midlands Div 2A
• Indoor Cricket 24- West Midlands Championship winners

National Squad Representative Honours for British Colleges

Regional

• 3 Netball players selected for the West Midlands Regional Squad
• 7 Rugby players selected for the West Midlands Rugby Squad
• 2 Male Footballers selected for the West Midlands Football Squad
• 2 Hockey player selected for West Midlands Hockey Squad
• 2 Female Footballers selected for the West Midlands Football Squad

National

• 1 Netball player- Dominique Ford Gordon selected for the English Colleges and England Netball national squads but didn’t compete.
• 1 male Footballer- Rai Simmons for England Squad

§  1 Female player selected for national football squads- Emily Horton

§  1 male hockey player- Kieran Bedford

§  1 rugby player- Sam Longstaff selected for North of England

National Squad Representative Honours for National Governing Body

·         2 female football players for England Under 19’s- Emily Horton and Sherry McCue (also selected as captain)

·         1 female football player for Wales Under 19’s- Jade Boulton

What a great year of sport and we look forward to what the next season brings!!!