Sports Newsletter: November 2024

We’re excited to announce that Long Road has partnered with Sport England to enhance the badminton provision at the college. Through their support, we recently secured £800 as part of the Small Grants Program, enabling us to invest in better equipment and offer more social sessions to students throughout the academic year. These sessions have been a huge success, providing a fun and inclusive way for students to stay active, enhance participation, break down barriers, and get involved in sport here at Long Road. 

Long Road Sport 120 credit students have been planning and delivering their coaching sessions to primary school students in Year 1 and 2 at both Hardwick and Cambourne Primary Schools. The sessions are a great opportunity to get to grips with the art of coaching, and gain valuable leadership, communication, and organisational skills that will benefit them in their future careers.

 

The men’s Basketball Academy remains unbeaten this season, with an impressive 5 wins out of 5 so far. They kicked off the month with a home win over New City College London, finishing 96-49. This was followed by a more challenging game against Inspiration Trust Astros in Norwich, where they secured a hard-fought win of 71-65. They capped off November with another impressive 75-55 home win against Queens School, Hertfordshire.

 

Our Women’s Netball team has advanced to round 4 of the AoC Sport Knockout Cup, where they’ll face a challenging away game against Oaklands College Elite on Wednesday 4^th December. The squad has undoubtedly earned their spot, defeating Peterborough Regional College in the 2^nd round, and securing a hard fought 48-43 victory against Colchester Sixth Form College. Good luck girls!

Following their successful Cup run, we heard from Ella Crew, who was nominated alongside Lily Thacker to represent the College at the AoC Sport Regional Rep trials in Birmingham.

After starting out with her mum at Comberton Netball club, Ella has quickly progressed to play for Saracens Mavericks U17s Academy, competing in the English NPL. She has now progressed to captain London Pulse U19s in Premier League 1.

“My long-term goal is to play for England, and I’m working really hard in order to be selected for the England U19 Academy, which could lead me to a higher level such as England Roses and the NSL. I’d also like to coach Netball to children in different countries.”

“The only advice I would give to others looking to pursue excellence in their chosen sport is that everything is a test, my mum always tells me this. If you get invited to play in extra games, training or even gym sessions, do it, because the more drive and input you put into the sport, the more it will be noticed.”

 

Women’s Football have unfortunately had numerous fixtures cancelled this month, however, were able to play Norwich City RDP, which resulted in a 3-1 home victory. It looks like they’ll be battling with CRC for the league title this season!

Men’s football has also had numerous fixtures postponed this month, with only one game in the Cambridge University League. They battled hard, but sadly lost 4-3 to top of the league. On the 20^th November they represented the College at the AoC Regional 7 a side tournament, coming 6^th place out of 10!