Student medal haul at national championships 2014

 

 

Over 20 students from Newcastle-under-Lyme College’s Academy of Sport represented both the college, and the West Midlands region at the British Colleges Sport national Champions this weekend.

The 36th BCS National Championships, the largest annual college national multi-sports championships of its kind, were held with great success from the 4th-6th of April.

It was a great turnout, with more than 2,000 students and staff from colleges across England, Scotland and Wales competing in fourteen different sports. 

For the fourth year running, the Championships were held at the University of Bath, which gave the young athletes access to some of the finest facilities in Britain as they competed in a total of thirty-nine events over the three days.

College athletes taking part were aged 16 to 19 years and each had qualified to represent one of the championship's eleven regional teams the East, East Midlands, London, North East, North West, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands and Yorkshire & Humberside

Newcastle-under-Lyme College’s men’s volleyball team finished runners-up and won silver.  A further 2 silver medals for cross country and 2 silver medals for swimming were also won. The West Midlands finished in Bronze position overall.

A fantastic weekend was had by all and the students were a credit to the college, and it all further enhanced the reputation of the college on a national level.