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Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Congratulations to Pieter Drijfhout who was the Winner of the Go Spike Speed Cage Competition. It was a tough competition which saw some really high speeds recorded.
Pieter fought off the competition and won with a winning speed of 62km.
Thanks to everyone who took part, a lot of fun was had by all who took part, staff and students included.
Keep your eye out for more academy events coming up.
Thursday, 11 February 2016
NULC student heads to Rio Olympics.
A level student Florence (Flossie) Owen will soon fulfill a lifelong dream after being selected to volunteer at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Eighteen year old Flossie, who currently studies A levels in Photography, Media Studies and Psychology is also a member of NULC’s Academy of Sport where she plays in the Volleyball team.
Flossie said: “After attending the London 2012 Olympic Games as a spectator watching the volleyball and seeing the volunteers, I realised what a fantastic opportunity they had been given. I thought to myself that I would love to do this at the next Olympics. So, two years later in October 2014, I applied. I chose to write about my experience and passion for volleyball to influence the role that they could offer me.”
The interview process for volunteer selection at the 2016 Olympic Games began with an interview via webcam where candidates were asked to discuss what Rio 2016 meant to them. Flossie then had a tentative four month wait to understand the outcome of the interview, during which time she continued to update her application with new experiences and qualifications she had gained.
Said Flossie: “In December 2015 I was delighted to receive an email that confirmed I had been selected as a volunteer. Just one month later, I learned that I had secured my dream role of Field of Play (FOP) Indoor Volleyball Team Member.”
Trevor Humphreys, Academy of Sport Manager said: “This is an incredible opportunity, we are all immensely proud of Flossie’s achievement and determination to fulfill her dream. Volunteering at the Olympic Games is a once in a lifetime experience so we would encourage Flossie to make the most of her time in Rio de Janeiro. We hope that she will return and share her experience with her peers, inspiring them to pursue similar goals in the future.”
Flossie continued: “I’m so excited to have the opportunity to meet my role models and see what it takes to make an Olympic Games so successful. I am going to enjoy every moment.”
After the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, Flossie aims to keep setting herself high goals. Her main aspiration is to qualify to become a volleyball referee which will allow her achieve another dream of travelling around the world.
For more information about the range of A level courses we offer and information about the West Midlands No.1 Sports Academy visit www.nulc.ac.uk
A level student Florence (Flossie) Owen will soon fulfill a lifelong dream after being selected to volunteer at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Eighteen year old Flossie, who currently studies A levels in Photography, Media Studies and Psychology is also a member of NULC’s Academy of Sport where she plays in the Volleyball team.
Flossie said: “After attending the London 2012 Olympic Games as a spectator watching the volleyball and seeing the volunteers, I realised what a fantastic opportunity they had been given. I thought to myself that I would love to do this at the next Olympics. So, two years later in October 2014, I applied. I chose to write about my experience and passion for volleyball to influence the role that they could offer me.”
The interview process for volunteer selection at the 2016 Olympic Games began with an interview via webcam where candidates were asked to discuss what Rio 2016 meant to them. Flossie then had a tentative four month wait to understand the outcome of the interview, during which time she continued to update her application with new experiences and qualifications she had gained.
Said Flossie: “In December 2015 I was delighted to receive an email that confirmed I had been selected as a volunteer. Just one month later, I learned that I had secured my dream role of Field of Play (FOP) Indoor Volleyball Team Member.”
Trevor Humphreys, Academy of Sport Manager said: “This is an incredible opportunity, we are all immensely proud of Flossie’s achievement and determination to fulfill her dream. Volunteering at the Olympic Games is a once in a lifetime experience so we would encourage Flossie to make the most of her time in Rio de Janeiro. We hope that she will return and share her experience with her peers, inspiring them to pursue similar goals in the future.”
Flossie continued: “I’m so excited to have the opportunity to meet my role models and see what it takes to make an Olympic Games so successful. I am going to enjoy every moment.”
After the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, Flossie aims to keep setting herself high goals. Her main aspiration is to qualify to become a volleyball referee which will allow her achieve another dream of travelling around the world.
For more information about the range of A level courses we offer and information about the West Midlands No.1 Sports Academy visit www.nulc.ac.uk
Thursday, 28 January 2016
RESULTS - 27.01.16
NULC Basketball A 89 - 16 Gloucestershire College
NULC Basketball B 80 - 21 Walsall College
NULC Ladies Basketball 48 - 21 BMET
NULC Netball B 36 - 9 City of Stoke-on-Trent 6th Form College
NULC Ladies Volleyball 3 - 0 King Edward VI
Stourbridge College
NULC (Cat 1) 4 - 4 Preston College
NULC (Cat 3) 0 - 4 TCAT
NULC Netball A Beat St Joe’s (friendly)
NULC Badminton - Winners
Monday, 18 January 2016
National Volleyball student cup qualifiers
On Sunday 29th November, Newcastle under Lyme
College’s Volleyball Academy left in the early hours to compete in the
Volleyball England Indoor student cup qualifiers at Leeds University.
A male and female squad both made the journey, both the
men’s and the women’s squads were made up of NULC College students
unfortunately due to injuries both teams could not get full strength squad’s;
Men’s- Zakk Hadgett, Connor Grimes, Rich James, Matt Smith, Harry Dawson, Harry
Kearon and Kamil Kempinski. Women’s- Olivia Burton, Olivia Beckett, Aimee Degg,
Rita Magalhaes, Lucy Matthews, Florence Owen and Georgina Reah.
The student cup is a higher level competition compared to
college volleyball which the students are used to playing against due to it
being a University competition, other teams who competed were well-established
University scholars and Academies.
The women’s team had a tough day ahead of them especially
without some of their most experienced players; Rosie Barley and Georgie Reah
who turned up to support the girls but could not play due to injury. Sadly the
level of volleyball was too high for this young in-experienced side with
missing two of their most experienced players and unfortunately the ladies did
not qualify for the student finals but should be proud of themselves as they
competed well throughout the day and gave a good account of themselves. The
tournament was a great learning experience for the girls and really good
preparation for AoC National Finals in April where they will be representing
the West Midlands and for the next Student Cup qualifiers.
The men’s team had a tough start to the competition facing the
group favourites Nottingham 1, a University team with a scholarship funded
Volleyball programme, after a tough fought battle NULC lost the first game 2-1.
The next fixture saw NULC take on Nottingham 2, another
University team, NULC went on to comfortably win 2-0.
The third fixture saw NULC take on Bristol with another convincing
2-0 win, after a tough fourth game against Oxford NULC again managed to come
out on top with another 2-0 victory.
The final fixture of the day saw NULC men’s team take on
Warwick; Warwick had also had a close game with group favourites Nottingham 1
losing 2-1 to them, so this looked to be a tough fixture for NULC. As predicted
the game was a very close match seeing Warwick take the first set 25-22, NULC
fought back in the second set and won 25-23 taking the game into a final set,
the final set saw NULC lose 15-10 and lose the fixture 2-1, the long day and
lack of available substitutions had clearly taken its toll on the NULC men’s
team.
NULC Men’s Volleyball Academy managed to qualify for the
Student Cup Final 16 where they will face the top teams from across the country
such as Sheffield Hallam University and Essex University. The finals are due to
take place in Norwich on the weekend 6th - 7th
February. This is a massive achievement for the lads so Congratulations and a
massive good luck from all at NULC.
Thursday, 14 January 2016
RESULTS 13.01.16
NULC Ladies 0 - 8 Accrington and Rossendale
NULC Netball A 66 - 41 Hartpury College
NULC Basketball A 111 - 38 Hereford 6th Form College
NULC Basketball B 66 - 32 Stoke on Trent 6th Form College
NULC Rugby 5 - 40 Myerscough College
NULC Cat 1 0 - 6 Lancaster and Morecombe College
NULC Volleyball Ladies 3 - 0 Salford City College
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