Despite all Worthing College Sports Performance Programmes taking part in high level and intensity matches the previous day, enthusiasm was extremely high for the Worthing College annual Charities morning, where sport was one of the main themes.
The Netball, Rugby and Women's Football programmes took part in a tri-team Netball tournament, which was played in extremely good spirit, with the Netball First team taking the honours, closely followed by the Rugby First team. Netball Performance Programme Coach Tina Price was pleased with how the tournament went; "All participants were extremely enthusiastic and put on a great show for all those watching, which maximised the amount of money raised on the day, which is what it is all about."
Once the tournament was completed spectators moved onto the College Field, where the fourth annual Rugby v Football at Football match took place and this too did not disappoint, with a strong 150 spectators watching an eventual close game with a late controversial penalty to make the final score 2-1 to the Football Programme. Football Performance Programme Coach Dave Hall felt the day was a total success; "this years match again didn't fail to disappoint with an ideal outcome for all parties, the Football team won and therefore saved face, but also the Rugby lads scored so it gave us all a chance to see their well rehearsed goal celebration. It's also great to see our students give something back to the community as they have a fantastic opportunity with us, so it's pleasing that they remember there are others that are less fortunate than they are."
The whole day itself raised over £2500 for the "Do it for Dan" Memorial Fund, which was put in place after the sad loss of Dan Hoare, a Worthing College student and former Golf Academy member.
In addition to Charities Day on the Wednesday before Christmas over 250 spectators watched a current Rugby Performance XV take on a former College Performance Programme XV at Worthing Rugby Club with again all proceeds going to the "Do it for Dan" Fund. Despite a strong start and a lot of territory from the current squad, strength and experience prevailed as the old boys ran out winners by three tries to one. Rugby Performance Programme Coach Ben Coulson was a proud man after the match prompting him to say; " this evening was so much better than what we all expected. The current crop of players really stood up to their experienced counterparts, but couldn't convert their territory into points. It was also good to see so many talented players on both sides and it was really good to catch up with so many of the old players, which shows that they enjoyed their time with us as they all wanted to play."
Top work from all involved,
Hallsy
Thursday 29 December 2011
Hallsy's Weekly Look Around the Academy - Christmas Edition 1
The Worthing College Rugby Performance Programme have set up a top of the table British Colleges’ Elite League clash on January 4th with SEEVIC (Essex) after comprehensively defeating Richmond College 48-0 in their last fixture before the Christmas break. Worthing put in an effective team performance and touched down eight times. Nick White (2), Harry Green, Pat White, Jack Roberts, Dec Peake, Brad Parker and Charlie Watts crossing the whitewash. The boot of Bart Pegg accounted for the remaining eight points. Performance Coach Ben Coulson is excited about the clash with SEEVIC; “The squad has been working extremely hard in training and its great to see a talented group of players putting all that is practiced into a pressured match situation. Hopefully the players will do themselves justice in the SEEVIC match and if they do this the match will be an extremely entertaining affair.”
The Worthing College Women’s Football Performance Programme entertained Bexhill College in the Sussex Schools FA County Cup Worthing needed to bounce back from their BCS Non Elite Cup exit and they did this by putting ten goals past their opponents with no reply. Sophie Frost (2), Aliss Pidduck (2), Naomi Robinson (2), Becky Simmonds, Amy Potkins, Kirsten MacGregor and Darcey James were on target with Pidduck and Frost being the stand out performers on the day.
After two weeks without a match the Men’s Football Performance Programme 1st XI travelled to Basildon to play a strong SEEVIC side in the ECFA National Premier League. After a close first period with both teams adapting to the conditions it was Worthing, who struck first. Ryan Fergany’s diagonal pass was met by fellow winger Lee Mottershead, who calmly lofted the ball over the advancing SEEVIC keeper. With both teams creating chances and Worthing standing firm defensively it looked like the points were heading to the south coast, however SEEVIC had other ideas and with five minutes remaining a 25 yard volley evaded keeper James Binfield for the points to be shared. Worthing are now joint top with Kingston College, but have a game in hand and will travel to Kingston at the end of the month, which will surely go a long way to decide Worthing’s fate in their first season at National League level. The 2nd XI were in British Colleges’ Performance League action at Merrist Wood College of Guildford. Worthing squandered chances, but still managed to come away with a 7-0 victory to cement 2nd place in the league going into the new year. Chris Potkins (2), Abdoulie Bah, Jared Rance, Francisco Vasquez, Ryan Hallett and Toko Moyo were on target. Performance Coach Dave Hall can’t praise the group highly enough going into their Christmas break. “Both sides have performed excellently since the start of the season. The desire to develop as individuals and within a team shape has been fantastic and this has been evident with results on the pitch. Both sides are doing well in the league as well as the County Cup, but we all know nothing is won in December, so there is still plenty of hard work to put in if this group are going to realise their potential this season.”
The Netball Performance Programme had a week off from competitive fixtures, however Performance Coach Tina Price still had the squad in training even though they will not play until the new year. “Its really important that we keep the continuity going even though there was no fixture on the Wednesday. There have been a couple of areas that have come up on the video analysis that we need to put right as we have big matches and tournaments coming up in 2012. The girls attitudes have been first class and I can’t wait to see what 2012 brings for this group of players.”
Happy Christmas to ALL!!
Hallsy
The Worthing College Women’s Football Performance Programme entertained Bexhill College in the Sussex Schools FA County Cup Worthing needed to bounce back from their BCS Non Elite Cup exit and they did this by putting ten goals past their opponents with no reply. Sophie Frost (2), Aliss Pidduck (2), Naomi Robinson (2), Becky Simmonds, Amy Potkins, Kirsten MacGregor and Darcey James were on target with Pidduck and Frost being the stand out performers on the day.
After two weeks without a match the Men’s Football Performance Programme 1st XI travelled to Basildon to play a strong SEEVIC side in the ECFA National Premier League. After a close first period with both teams adapting to the conditions it was Worthing, who struck first. Ryan Fergany’s diagonal pass was met by fellow winger Lee Mottershead, who calmly lofted the ball over the advancing SEEVIC keeper. With both teams creating chances and Worthing standing firm defensively it looked like the points were heading to the south coast, however SEEVIC had other ideas and with five minutes remaining a 25 yard volley evaded keeper James Binfield for the points to be shared. Worthing are now joint top with Kingston College, but have a game in hand and will travel to Kingston at the end of the month, which will surely go a long way to decide Worthing’s fate in their first season at National League level. The 2nd XI were in British Colleges’ Performance League action at Merrist Wood College of Guildford. Worthing squandered chances, but still managed to come away with a 7-0 victory to cement 2nd place in the league going into the new year. Chris Potkins (2), Abdoulie Bah, Jared Rance, Francisco Vasquez, Ryan Hallett and Toko Moyo were on target. Performance Coach Dave Hall can’t praise the group highly enough going into their Christmas break. “Both sides have performed excellently since the start of the season. The desire to develop as individuals and within a team shape has been fantastic and this has been evident with results on the pitch. Both sides are doing well in the league as well as the County Cup, but we all know nothing is won in December, so there is still plenty of hard work to put in if this group are going to realise their potential this season.”
The Netball Performance Programme had a week off from competitive fixtures, however Performance Coach Tina Price still had the squad in training even though they will not play until the new year. “Its really important that we keep the continuity going even though there was no fixture on the Wednesday. There have been a couple of areas that have come up on the video analysis that we need to put right as we have big matches and tournaments coming up in 2012. The girls attitudes have been first class and I can’t wait to see what 2012 brings for this group of players.”
Happy Christmas to ALL!!
Hallsy
Monday 12 December 2011
Hallsy's Weekly Look Around the Academy
The Worthing College Men's Football Performance Programme have both 1st and 2nd XI's in their respective County Cup Semi Finals after this week's fixtures. Whilst the 1st XI didn't have to kick a ball to progress after the withdrawal of Steyning, who failed to raise a side, the 2nd XI took on private school St Bedes at East Preston FC and came out 3-2 victors. Scorers on the day were Ryan Hallett with two and the winner came from skipper Adam Bardouleau's head. Debutant Paco Vasquez came out of the game with special praise from Programme coaches Danny Cullip and Dave Hall.
The Rugby Development Programme 2nd XV were in action this week against Steyning's 1st XV in the Sussex League and it was Worthing who dominated proceedings with Bart Pegg, Ed Cosgrove, Jack Ware, Dayle Bone, Declan Dixon, Josh Bath touching down along with Alex Baker picking up a hat trick. Pegg and Bath both kicked two conversions each to make the final score 53-7 to Worthing College. Programme Coach Ben Coulson was especially pleased with Worthing's clinical finishing and development when competing against a 1st XV.
The Women's Performance Programme had two fixtures this week, but had contrasting fortunes. The 1st XI comprehensively beat Peter Symonds College of Winchester in the England Schools Colleges' Cup last 16 6-0. Strikers Jade Widdows and Becky Simmonds put Worthing 2-0 up at half time and they continued their dominance in the second half with their high tempo passing game adding a further four goals. Widdows collected her hat trick, an Aliss Pidduck finish and Isabelle Burt scoring a goal of the season contender has now set up a quarter final tie at home to Filton College of Bristol, who Worthing have already beaten earlier in their British Colleges' Elite League Programme. On Friday a 1st XI/2nd XI mix squad took on Tauntons of Southampton in the BCS Non Elite Cup at Worthing College. Worthing never got going and after going behind in the first couple of minutes they didn't recover and ended up bowing out of the competition 3-0.
The Netball Performance Programme had a very productive week by extending their unbeaten run in the BMW Brighton League by defeating Fusion 51-23. Coach Tina Price earmarked the whole squad for their togetherness and high levels of performance. With the amount of games her squad have been playing recently Price played an entire first year squad in their Wednesday Hampshire League match against Havant. Again the squad all pulled together and put in an impressive performance to come out on top against a tall and physical team 36-23, which is extremely encouraging for the future of the programme.
The Basketball Performance Programme were in Sussex League action and played with confidence against Varndean, which showed by leading 28-7 after the first quarter. This level of performance continued and Worthing never let their opponents get into the game, outscoring Varndean is each quarter to make the final score 99-39. The points were shared around the squad with Elliott Trussler (23 points), Matt Sharp (19), Phil Hoy (14), Sam Gulla (12) & Jubril Olajire (10) being in double figures.
Onwards & Upwards,
Hallsy
The Rugby Development Programme 2nd XV were in action this week against Steyning's 1st XV in the Sussex League and it was Worthing who dominated proceedings with Bart Pegg, Ed Cosgrove, Jack Ware, Dayle Bone, Declan Dixon, Josh Bath touching down along with Alex Baker picking up a hat trick. Pegg and Bath both kicked two conversions each to make the final score 53-7 to Worthing College. Programme Coach Ben Coulson was especially pleased with Worthing's clinical finishing and development when competing against a 1st XV.
The Women's Performance Programme had two fixtures this week, but had contrasting fortunes. The 1st XI comprehensively beat Peter Symonds College of Winchester in the England Schools Colleges' Cup last 16 6-0. Strikers Jade Widdows and Becky Simmonds put Worthing 2-0 up at half time and they continued their dominance in the second half with their high tempo passing game adding a further four goals. Widdows collected her hat trick, an Aliss Pidduck finish and Isabelle Burt scoring a goal of the season contender has now set up a quarter final tie at home to Filton College of Bristol, who Worthing have already beaten earlier in their British Colleges' Elite League Programme. On Friday a 1st XI/2nd XI mix squad took on Tauntons of Southampton in the BCS Non Elite Cup at Worthing College. Worthing never got going and after going behind in the first couple of minutes they didn't recover and ended up bowing out of the competition 3-0.
The Netball Performance Programme had a very productive week by extending their unbeaten run in the BMW Brighton League by defeating Fusion 51-23. Coach Tina Price earmarked the whole squad for their togetherness and high levels of performance. With the amount of games her squad have been playing recently Price played an entire first year squad in their Wednesday Hampshire League match against Havant. Again the squad all pulled together and put in an impressive performance to come out on top against a tall and physical team 36-23, which is extremely encouraging for the future of the programme.
The Basketball Performance Programme were in Sussex League action and played with confidence against Varndean, which showed by leading 28-7 after the first quarter. This level of performance continued and Worthing never let their opponents get into the game, outscoring Varndean is each quarter to make the final score 99-39. The points were shared around the squad with Elliott Trussler (23 points), Matt Sharp (19), Phil Hoy (14), Sam Gulla (12) & Jubril Olajire (10) being in double figures.
Onwards & Upwards,
Hallsy
Thursday 1 December 2011
Hallsy's Weekly Look Around the Academy
Worthing College Netball Performance Programme coach Tina Price praised her squad after they defeated all before them in the Sussex Round of the National Schools Under 19 Netball Tournament, held at Roedean School. Price was extremely pleased with the team's consistently high performance levels throughout when saying "all the girls played their part across the whole day and it was great to see them all perform both individually and as a team, especially as the windy conditions were not ideal for free flowing netball." The tournament itself was a round robin format where 11 teams across the County battled it out for the top two places to move onto the Regional part of the competition. Worthing were taking on the best teams in the area, with a majority being from private schools. Worthing started off against one of the favourites to progress, Hurstpierpoint College, but Worthing tore up the form book to win 6-2. With this impressive win under their belts, Worthing went from strength to strength by beating the hosts, Roedean (13-1), Collyers (9-1), BHASVIC (3-2), Ardingly College (2-1), St Bedes (3-1), Imberhorne of East Grinstead (3-0), Moira House (W/O), Mayfield (10-2) and finally Brighton College (5-4). These set of results are even more impressive as Worthing were only behind once all day, which was in the last match against Brighton College. Worthing College qualified as the top team in Sussex with Hurstpierpoint College as runners up. Both sides will represent Sussex in the Regional Round of this competition at The G4S Netball Centre in East Grinstead on January 28th. Price concluded by saying "all players in the Performance Programme have worked hard to develop their performance technically, tactically and mentally. This is really bearing fruit at a local, regional and hopefully national level, which is something all of the girls in the programme should be proud of."
The Worthing College Sports Performance Programme could have up to 8 students representing their country this season. The 8 students are through to the final part of the British Colleges' selection process, which are training camps that will take place over the next 2-3 weekends. The Rugby Performance Programme have three students through to this stage. Dec Peake, Brad Parker and Charlie Watts impressed during their two trials matches, where they were all a major part of victories against the South West and the Midlands. Rugby Performance Programme coach Ben Coulson was "ecstatic" about the news, which broke on Wednesday; "these students, along with Elliott Luke & Pat White (who just missed out) represented themselves and the College impeccably and this should be something that the squad as a whole should take on as a great success to aid their own development." Coulson also singled out special praise for Pat White even though he just missed out, when saying "Pat is relatively new to Rugby as he only took the game up in Year 11. Even though he just missed out this shows that Pat has worked extremely hard to take advantage of the fantastic opportunity he has at the Sports Performance Programme and combined this with a natural talent to become a promising rugby player after his time with us. This is a fantastic story and should inspire others to get into schools or club rugby even in year 10/11 and work hard to develop their own performance and who knows where that could take them." In addition to these three students, three women footballers, Lucy Somes, Darcey James and Danielle Lane, netball player Mele Jackson and hockey player Ellis Woolley have also made it to this stage, which prompted Sports Performance Programme Co-ordinator Tina Price to say "these individual successes should be celebrated by all programme members and the College as a whole. The aim of the Sports Performance Programme is for students to develop their sporting performance and to combine this with their academic study and this is evident as all squads and individuals are showing that they can compete at a National level as well as performing well in the classroom. This has been an meteoric rise from the start of the programme 5 years ago and all involved are looking forward to developing talented sports performers for years to come."
Onwards & Upwards,
Hallsy
The Worthing College Sports Performance Programme could have up to 8 students representing their country this season. The 8 students are through to the final part of the British Colleges' selection process, which are training camps that will take place over the next 2-3 weekends. The Rugby Performance Programme have three students through to this stage. Dec Peake, Brad Parker and Charlie Watts impressed during their two trials matches, where they were all a major part of victories against the South West and the Midlands. Rugby Performance Programme coach Ben Coulson was "ecstatic" about the news, which broke on Wednesday; "these students, along with Elliott Luke & Pat White (who just missed out) represented themselves and the College impeccably and this should be something that the squad as a whole should take on as a great success to aid their own development." Coulson also singled out special praise for Pat White even though he just missed out, when saying "Pat is relatively new to Rugby as he only took the game up in Year 11. Even though he just missed out this shows that Pat has worked extremely hard to take advantage of the fantastic opportunity he has at the Sports Performance Programme and combined this with a natural talent to become a promising rugby player after his time with us. This is a fantastic story and should inspire others to get into schools or club rugby even in year 10/11 and work hard to develop their own performance and who knows where that could take them." In addition to these three students, three women footballers, Lucy Somes, Darcey James and Danielle Lane, netball player Mele Jackson and hockey player Ellis Woolley have also made it to this stage, which prompted Sports Performance Programme Co-ordinator Tina Price to say "these individual successes should be celebrated by all programme members and the College as a whole. The aim of the Sports Performance Programme is for students to develop their sporting performance and to combine this with their academic study and this is evident as all squads and individuals are showing that they can compete at a National level as well as performing well in the classroom. This has been an meteoric rise from the start of the programme 5 years ago and all involved are looking forward to developing talented sports performers for years to come."
Onwards & Upwards,
Hallsy
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