More than 180 pupils at Woodbrook Vale High took part in a touch rugby league festival organised by Loughborough College sports students on Friday. The event marked the end of a five week coaching scheme delivered by the students as part of the inaugural Rugby Football League Leadership Programme. Sport Development Officer Rob Jarram said: “It’s great for our students to be able to …

Double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes will be at Loughborough College on Saturday 4th December to lead another of her new ‘Future Stars with Kelly’ Mentoring and Education days specifically for 50 talented young middle distance athletes from across the UK along with their coaches and parents. The athletes, aged between 14 and 19, have been selected by Dame Kelly to take part in …

More than 40 games of Boccia were played as Loughborough College students attempted to set a Guinness World Record for the longest game of the Paralympic sport yet. With a finishing time of 24 hours, 7 minutes and 11 seconds the students must now wait for official verification from Guinness though Boccia England have already confirmed the record. Sport Tutor Danny Lee is very …

Loughborough College took over the neighbouring university’s Netball Centre last Friday to host the fourth Flames festival in partnership with the British Heart Foundation. The Loughborough Flames project has already engaged more than 1,700 school kids in exercise thanks to the work of nearly 400 young leaders from local schools ahead of the 2012 London Olympics. Flames Ambassador and Commonwealth bronze medallist Nicola White …