Loughborough College lecturer Rebecca Peake says top class technical coaching is the key to her ending an embarrassing void in British shotputting by making it to London in 2012. The number one ranked British thrower, 26, course manager for top-up degrees in the leisure and tourism department, has changed coaches several times already  in a bid to boost her athletics career  – and adds …

On Saturday 20th March, the first open Table Tennis tournament to be held in Derbyshire is set to take place at Chesterfield College’s Clowne campus. One of the event’s organisers, Bill Cooney, from Speedwell table tennis academy, explains, “The club was set up from a grant from sport England all abilities are welcome from beginners to international players. An open event such as this …

With less than 1000 days to go before the start of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Sports Hub East Midlands in partnership with Podium, launched their 2012 College Champions Initiative. This was held at Derby College’s impressive new Roundhouse site on Friday 5th March. Each college in the AoC East Midlands was invited to select a college Champion for the 2012 games …

A Leadership & Volunteering Programme developed for Further Education students in the East Midlands was awarded the London 2012 Inspire Mark this week. The ‘Championing the East Midlands’ FE Volunteering & Leadership Programme developed in partnership with East Midlands Sportshub and East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA) is aimed at supporting, rewarding and promoting the benefits of volunteering and leadership within Further Education, targeting students …