Borussia Teeth Win NULC Team Nineteen Cup

            

On the 12th of December NULC Team 19 were involved in a cup week. It was a bitterly cold day and all games were played in high spirits even though the conditions were poor.


Pictured below is the winner of the cup Borrusia Teeth after they celebrated the victory in a penalty shoot-out. Their road to the Final was quite tough as in the group stages they drew their first game 0-0 but then destroyed the next opponent 4-0 which made them go through as the second best placed team.
 

In the Semi final they played winners of the league Murder on Zidane Floor. It was a tense game and with only a couple of minutes left Kevyn Davies (2nd from left) struck to open the deadlock with a lofted ball that eluded the goalkeeper and went into the back of the net. A further goal in the last minute was scored to make the semi-final 2-0.

They were up against Hangover 96 in the final and after a stalemate with little chances it went to penalties. The hero was Borussia Teeth’s Goalkeeper as he saved 2 out of the 3 penalties and made sure that they progressed through to the tournament at St George’s Park in the summer and win the NULC Team 19 cup.
This article was written by Luke Birkinshaw - Chair of NULC's Student Management Team.

TEAM:NULC Sports Results- Wednesday 15th January

It was a mixed day for the Academy teams as a number returned back from their Christmas break.

·       Midland Floodlit Men’s Football- (home) TEAM:NULC 3 - 1 Boldmere St Michaels

 

·       Ladies Football – (home) TEAM:NULC 1 – 4 Dudley College

                                                                                                                      

·       Men’s Basketball- (away) TEAM:NULC 61 – 72 Sandwell Academy

 

·       Ladies Netball- (home) TEAM:NULC 48 – 11 Dyson Perrins College

 

·       Men’s Rugby- (away) TEAM:NULC 38 - 11 Shrewsbury College

Performance of the week has to go to the men's rugby squad who moved another step closer to winning their West Midlands league.

Well done to all the lads and coaches!

Local student signs pro football contract

A student studying sport at Newcastle-under-Lyme College has signed a professional contract with Crewe Alexandra Football Club.

John Johnston, aged 18 from Silverdale signed the contract following a series of trials where he was put through his paces before the Railway Men’s Manager Steve Davis deciding to offer John a one year professional contract.

The former Newcastle Community High School pupil plans to continue his studies at college alongside his professional football career.  John joined NULC in September 2012 where he studied the Level 2 Diploma in Sport before progressing to study the Level 3 Extended Diploma in Sport (Coaching and Fitness) in September 2013.  John is in his first year of the two year course.  He said: “I really enjoy college, I have a good group of friends and the staff have been fantastic in developing me both as player on the pitch as well as with my studies.  I want to continue studying at NULC as it’s important to me to have the professional qualifications needed for a career in coaching later in life.”

Shelley Brown, Head of Faculty for Vocational Studies at NULC, said: “The sports provision available at NULC is outstanding, we have top class facilities, industry level coaching and inspirational teaching, all of these factors work hand in hand to provide students like John with the best opportunities of succeeding in their chosen career path.”

Whilst studying at NULC, John is also an active member of the College’s multi award winning Academy of Sport, where he played for the College’s Football Academy against colleges from across the country in the British Colleges Sport (BCS) league.

Trevor Humphreys, Academy of Sport Manager, said: “We’re all extremely proud of John’s success, he has shown commitment and hard work to training as well as his studies.  The hard work is really paying off as he signs a professional contract for a local club, showing fellow youngsters what is possible if you train and study at NULC.”

The College’s latest Ofsted report was published last week which ranks the College’s sport provision as ‘outstanding’.  The report praises the sport departments ‘innovative teaching methods’ and ‘aspiration teaching’, stating that ‘teaching, learning and assessment are outstanding, which leads to high success rates that are substantially above national averages for the majority of vocational courses.’

To find out more about studying Sport at NULC visit www.nulc.ac.uk or contact the Information Point on 01782 254254 or email info@nulc.ac.uk.

Happy New Year and welcome back

Happy New Year to everyone from the Academy of Sport. We hope everyone is well rested and ready to push onto to what is the business end of the season.

Its was a quiet first Wednesday back with only 1 team playing. The men's basketball squad progressed to the last 64 of the national cup after a convincing win against Telford College of Art and Technology.

Result for Wednesday 8th January 2014

Men's Basketball- TEAM:NULC 98- 28 Telford College of Art and Tech

Next week the majority of teams are in action and we will keep you updated on how they progress.

Roll on 2014

David Moorcroft Presents Team West Midlands with the Wilkinson Sword

The former Great Britain middle and long distance runner, David Moorcroft, presented the West Midlands region with the Wilkinson Sword at the recent West Midlands Community Sports Awards at Aston Villa Football Club. The inaugural event, which took place on Wednesday 4^th December, recognised the quality, commitment and dedication of grassroots sport in the region of which the Association of Colleges (AoC) West Midlands was a principal supporter.
 

From left to right: David Moorcroft, students Beth Wragg, Will Richardson and BCS Regional Co-ordinator, Liz Fletcher.

(Image courtesy of the Black County BeActive Partnership)

The evening also saw Team GB Gymnast and Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth Medalist, Kristian Thomas, present Alex Giles from Dudley College with the AoC West Midlands Further Education Sport – Student Role Model of the Year Award. Runners up Beth Wragg (Newcastle – under – Lyme College) and Matthew Arnold (Hereward College) also received Highly Commended Awards as all three students were recognised for being a positive role model by going that extra mile to help out in the college community.

The Wilkinson Sword is currently touring around the colleges within the West Midlands region in recognition of Team West Midlands success by winning the 2013 National Championships back in April. Since the Championships the sword has been to Birmingham Met, King Edward VI Stourbridge, Worcester Sixth Form, Worcester College of Technology, North Warwickshire and Hinckley, North East Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire and Hereford Sixth Form Colleges before its stop off at Aston Villa.

 

Cross country runner for Team West Mids, Joe Donkin and the catering students of Worcester College of Technology with the Wilkinson Sword. 

(Images courtesy of Worcester College of Technology)

On the evening Beth Wragg was joined by Will Richardson, Vice-Captain of the National Championship winning Men’s Volleyball Team from Newcastle-under-Lyme College to collect the Wilkinson Sword.  Beth and Will collected the sword on behalf of the 2013 Team West Midlands captains Jordan Adelburgh (Newcastle-under-Lyme College) and Sophie Masterson (Hartpury College) who were unable to make the awards.

The Wilkinson Sword will be carrying on its journey around the West Midlands colleges before arriving at the University of Bath for the 36^th BCS National Championships on the 4 – 6^th April 2014 with the region hoping to retain the title.

TEAM:NULC Sports Results- Wednesday 11th December

ACADEMY OF SPORT

SPORTS RESULTS THIS WEEK- WEDNESDAY 11^th December

 

 

·       Midland Floodlit Men’s Football- (home) TEAM:NULC vs Sutton Coldfield Town FC

 

·       Category 1 Men's Football – (home) TEAM:NULC 1-2 South Gloucestershire & Stroud College

 

·       Category 2 Men's Football – (away) TEAM:NULC 1-1 Sandwell Academy College

 

·       Category 3 Men's Football – (away) TEAM:NULC 0-6 Stafford College 1^st

 

·       Category 4 Men’s Football- (home) TEAM:NULC 6-2 Stoke-on-Trent College 1^st

 

·       Category 5 Men’s Football (home) TEAM:NULC 6-2 Staffordshire University 3^rd

 

·       Men’s Basketball- (away) TEAM:NULC 88-41 University College Birmingham

 

·       Ladies Netball- (home) TEAM:NULC 50-25 Hereford 6^th Form College

 

·       Ladies Basketball- (home) TEAM:NULC 22-6 Staffordshire University

 

·       Men’s Rugby- (away) TEAM:NULC 19-0 Birmingham Metropolitan College

 

Performance of the Week

This has to go to the men's rugby squad as they travelled down to Birmingham Metropolitan College and came away with a great 19-0 win. Great results lads and well done to all.

 

 

TEAM:NULC Sports Results- Wednesday 4th December

ACADEMY OF SPORT

SPORTS RESULTS THIS WEEK- WEDNESDAY 4^th December

 

·        Category 1 Men's Football – (home) TEAM:NULC 0-1 Tresham College

 

·        Category 2 Men's Football – (home) TEAM:NULC 2-4 Smestow College

 

·        Category 3 Men's Football – (home) TEAM:NULC 0-3 TEAM:NULC Cat 4 College

 

·        Men’s Basketball- (home) TEAM:NULC 64-23 Solihull College

 

·        Ladies Netball- (home) TEAM:NULC 53-33 Cirencester College

 

·        Ladies Basketball- (away) TEAM:NULC 38-34 Dudley College

 

·       Men’s Rugby- (home) TEAM:NULC 10-14 Henley College Coventry

 

 

Performance of the Week

This week it has to go to the ladies netball squad who managed to win convincingly against historical rivals Cirencester College. It further re-enforces them as serious title contenders within the West Midlands Premier League.