TEAM:NULC Sports Results- Wednesday 21st November

Yesterday was again another extremely good day that further cemented Newcastle-under-Lyme College’s reputation as one of the top sports colleges in the region. At the regional championships the men’s Volleyball squad were again crowned West Midlands Champions. They will be joined at the National Championships by 3 female and 1 male cross country runners, 2 male and 2 female swimmers and the ladies football squad from last week.

Also history was made as our Ladies Basketball squad had their first ever game against St John Fisher. Although they lost it was great to see so many girls competing for the college in a new sport.

Results for Wednesday 21^st November 2012

§  Men’s Basketball (away)- no game

§  Ladies Basketball (home)- TEAM:NULC 14- 50 St John Fisher School

§  Netball (away)- TEAM:NULC 42-8 Derby College   

§  Rugby (home)- bye into the next round of the cup

§  Football Men’s Midland Floodlit Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 4-1 Lichfield City

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

§  Football Men’s Performance 1 Team (away)- TEAM:NULC 2-0 Birmingham Met College 2^nd

§  Football Men’s Performance 2 Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 1-2 Shrewsbury 6^th Form College    

§  Football Ladies (home)- TEAM:NULC 6-0  Shrewsbury 6^th Form College

§  Men’s Volleyball (away)- Won the West Midlands Regional Championships

§  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 Volleyball squad who made a great start to the defence of their National Title from last year by winning the West Midlands Regional Championship. Well done to all the players and staff.

The biggest performance has to go to the college itself yesterday though as over 100 students competed for the college in a range of sports. Well done to all!!!

College launches partnership with Premier League 4 Sport

Stoke City striker Kenwyne Jones attended Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) to highlight the importance of initiatives which encourage young people to participate in sport.

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.

The Academy of Sport welcomes its new apprentice

The Academy of Sport officially welcomes a new member of staff this week as a new apprentice joins the successful department. Abbie Jackson from Knutton has been taken on for 12 months to work within the Academy of Sport to provide logistical and administrative support.

Abbie is a keen sports person and plays for the college's Netball and Basketball academies whilst not working hard in the office helping to run all the Academy programmes.

Abbie will be working for 4 days a week whilst continuing her studies for the other day on an NVQ programme.

Good luck Abbie and welcome to the team!!!

Volleyball Academy benefit from the Olympics

Newcastle-under-Lyme Volleyball Academy, one of 6 in the country with national status has been given a boost after being donated a large amount of equipment that was used at the London 2102 Olympics.

The college received balls, post and net system, umpires rostrum and ball cages amongst other things. All the equipment is branded up and brings a feel of the Olympics to Newcastle-under-lyme college.

The equipment give away is part of the 2012 legacy and forms part of the National Satellite Volleyball academy programme which the college is part of in partnership with Newcastle Staffs Volleyball club.

Below is a picture of Abbie Jackson (Academy of Sport Apprentice) and Emma Broadhurst (Senior Duty Manager of the Gordon Banks Sports Centre) with some of the equipment.

Elite Sports Scholarship Fund Round 1 students named

The 1st round of funding for Elite Sport student athletes closed at the start of October and the following students were successful in receiving funding from the college:

James Taylor

Liam Hebblethwaite

Branden Ross Millward

Nathan Petherick

Kieran Bedford

Philippa Hipkiss

Charlotte Thompson

George Anthony Edwards

Jennifer Evans

Atilla Zirekoglu

Jaydene Thompson

Michael Patten

Jamie Brunsdon

Amelia Robb

Emily Horton

Samuel Botham

Elizabeth Billington

Jaxon Sykes

Callum Ldatt

Sherry McCue

All students are part of the colleges Elite Sports Performance Programme.

The Elite Sports Programme (ESSP) was created to allow talented athletes to continue with their academic studies, whilst training and competing to the highest level. The ESPP is open to students if they have represented the county or above in a chosen sport within the last academic year.

If students become part of the programme they can expect the following benefits: 

Financial support from the college for training costs, transport and essential equipment (subject to applications).

Free use of the college sports facilities such as the fitness suite and dance studio. 

University workshops at institutions such as Bath, Loughborough and Birmingham that are targeted at increasing your performance.

Sport Science Support

Physiotherapy, sports massage and rehabilitation services

TEAM:NULC Regional Championship Results- Wed 14th November

Yesterday saw the college’s Ladies and Men’s 5-a-side football, netball, basketball and rugby squads taking part in the regional championships. The winners of these competitions are crowned West Midlands champions and go on to compete for the region a the national championships which take place at Bath University.

Results for Wednesday 14^th November 2012

TEAM:NULC Men’s 5-a-side Football- reached the quarter finals

TEAM:NULC Ladies 5-a-side Football- won the competition and crowned West Midlands Champions

TEAM:NULC Men’s Basketball- Reached the semi-finals

TEAM:NULC Netball- reached the quarter-finals

TEAM:NULC Rugby- knocked out in the group stages

Performance of the week

The performance of the week has to go to the ladies 5-a-side football squad who were crowned West Midlands championships. They will now represent both the college and West Midlands region at the national championships. Well done.

TEAM:NULC Results: Wednesday 7th November 2012

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 in the first round of cup fixtures.  The mixed Volleyball squad got their season up and running and I am sure the students and coaches are glad to get the first round of the cup out of the way out of the way.  

Results for Wednesday 7^th November 2012

§  Men’s Basketball (away)- TEAM:NULC 138-18 Telford College of Art and Tech

§  Ladies Basketball (home)- no game

§  Netball (home)- TEAM:NULC finished runners-up in the Staffordshire u19’s championships

§  Rugby (home)- bye into the next round of the cup

§  Football Men’s Midland Floodlit Team (home)- no game

§  Football Men’s Elite Colleges Team (away)- bye into the next round of the cup

§  Football Men’s Performance 1 Team (Home)- TEAM:NULC 8-0 South Burton and Derbyshire College 2nd

§  Football Men’s Performance 2 Team (home)- TEAM:NULC 2-3  Staffordshire University 4^th    

§  Football Ladies (home)- TEAM:NULC 1- 2 Runshaw College  

§  Men’s Volleyball (away)- no game

§  Ladies Volleyball (home)- no game

§  Mixed Volleyball (away)- TEAM:NULC 3-1 King Edwards Stourbridge

§  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 Mixed Volleyball squad who made a great start to the defence of their National Title from last year. Well done to all the players and staff on a win against our closest rivals in the West Midlands region.