Hartlepool Sixth Form College students prove to be good sports

Hartlepool Sixth Form College's netball champions.

The Academy of Sport at Hartlepool Sixth Form College is celebrating multiple triumphs from students this month.

The rugby and netball teams are both once again number one in the region after taking championship titles at the AoC Championships and will be heading off to the University of Nottingham for three days in April 2017 to take part in national finals.

Guilherme Baltazar and Matthew Ridley making the ECFA England Colleges Football Team.

Chris Hyndman, Elite Sport and Academy Manager at the college said the newly established basketball team also did well by coming third.

He said it has been an exciting time all round, including one of the sports scholarship students, Lewis Muldown, who trains with Hartlepool Wadokai club, taking two European gold medals and a bronze in karate.

Mr Hyndman said: “Lewis’s achievements over his 16 months at college have been outstanding and are a great source of pride for the college and obviously his club who have added many years of coaching to produce such a skilled athlete.”

Also this month, Amy Webster and Jack Cope qualified to represent the North East in table tennis at national championships and a high placing for Lucy Surtees who had success in the cross-country qualifiers.

Lewis Muldown European Karate Kata Gold Medallist.

Adam Radwan from the Rugby Academy made his full first team debut for Newcastle Falcons in front of a packed out Allianz Park against Saracens.

And, Guilherme Baltazar and Matty Ridley have achieved national honours by being selected to represent England Colleges Football Association and will travel to St George’s Park National Football Centre to train and play against premiership academies.

Mr Hyndman said: “These awesome achievements again make us an outstanding choice for combining an excellent education with sporting excellence.

“As an academy group this year has seen a strong start to the season for all sports, regional qualifiers are an important time of year for the group, it provides the opportunity to play against the very strongest from each college in one central venue, and obviously the prestige of representing the North East at national finals.”