LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE student Ellie Koyander has expressed her thrill at being one of the youngest members of Team GB on the eve of the start of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver next week. The Derbyshire mogul skier  girl, just 18, was awarded her place after becoming one of the elite 30 athletes in the world to achieve the International Olympic Committee’s qualifying criteria, said: …

Chesterfield College student, Chloe Foster, 18, from Swanwick, has achieved a place in the final 22-woman England Colleges Football squad. Chloe is the only representative for the entire East Midlands region and the first female student from Chesterfield College to make the squad. Chloe is currently completing a 2 year course in fitness and coaching at Chesterfield College. When she is not studying, Chloe …

A record number of Derby College students have been chosen to represent the East Midlands in national British Colleges Sports competitions this year. Twenty students from the College have been successful in regional trials for a wide range of sports including rugby, football, netball, hockey, golf, badminton, swimming and cross country. Head of Sport Peter Gordon explained: “Hundreds of students have the opportunity to …

The Sports Student Management team recently had the opportunity to develop their business and sporting knowledge by attending a presentation and workshop with former Olympian Geoff Parsons. Geoff is a former Great Britain High Jump record holder and Olympic and Commonwealth athlete. Since retirement he has developed several very successful businesses and companies. The students were very interested to learn how Geoff applied his …