Students from Hartlepool Sixth Form are among the best in the country after competing in one of the - Thursday 27 June 2019

By Hartlepool Alert

Students from Hartlepool Sixth Form are among the best in the country after competing in one of the largest student sporting events in the UK. The colleges new partnerships are also ensuring that the talented student athletes stay at the top of their game. 27 rugby and netball students from Hartlepool Sixth Forms Elite Sports Academies were chosen to represent the North East region in the annual AoC National Championships after qualifying through a series of regional tournaments. Further demonstrating the high calibre of the sports students at Hartlepool Sixth Form, earlier in the year two of the sixth forms Netball Academy players were selected for the AoC national netball squad. Maddie Ryder and Libby Skidmore, both 17, were chosen from 70 other girls from colleges across the country, after a rigorous twoday trial. They were the only ones selected from the Tees Valley area. Ensuring the elite athletes at Hartlepool Sixth Form remain at the top of their game, the TASS Dual Career Accredited college has recently formed a partnership with Northumbria University. The new partnership will provide students with access to topoftherange sports performance analysis and nutritional support. Elite Sports Academy students also receive expert strength and conditioning coaching from CrossFit Hartlepool at their stateoftheart venue in Havelock Street Hartlepool. Sport Academies Coordinator at Hartlepool Sixth Form, Ian Hewitt, commented I am extremely proud of the elite Sports Academies at Hartlepool Sixth Form. Im looking forward to see how we perform next year. The new developments and partnerships planned for the 201920 season will add value, enable us to train our athletes to the highest level and build on our enviable reputation for sporting success. The Sports Academies at Hartlepool Sixth Form enable students with a talent for sport to combine their fulltime studies with elite level sport.

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