The British Colleges Cross Country event for the East Midlands took place at Mount St Marys School near Chesterfield on Friday 20th January 2012. The course was a traditional course over fields with a significant hill which was a challenge for all the athletes who participated in the event. South Nottingham College students Paul Corbin and Matt Williams are currently studying BTEC Extended Diploma …

Developing a college wide strategic plan for sport Why Attend? From 2012 onwards, government policy for sport is focussed on youth participation, in order to create a legacy from the 2012 Games, to increase the number of people adopting sporting lifestyles and to address issues relating to poor health through inactivity. With increasing recognition of the contribution of FE and Sixth Form Colleges to …

Sport England have launched a new five-year youth and community sport strategy that will deliver on Lord Coe’s 2012 Games bid promise to inspire a generation to get involved in sport. Between 2012 and 2017 over £1 billion of National Lottery and Exchequer funding will be invested to create a meaningful and lasting community sport legacy by growing sports participation at the grassroots level. …

Over 800 students from colleges across the East Midlands gathered together at Nottingham Trent University, Lady Bay, Lucozade Powerleague Nottingham and Bilborough College for the BCS Regional tournament on 5th and 7th December 2011. This is the first time the East Midlands has hosted the regional tournaments as a multi-sport event, with the majority if the sports being hosted at the University, and it …