Sporting hopefuls at Coleg Gwent are gearing up for the Welsh Colleges National Championships this week.
Over 100 students will represent the College at events in Cardiff and Swansea taking place between November 7 and 10. Selection and training for the competitions is in full swing, with teams and individuals competing for a place at the national Championships in Bath in April 2012 where they will represent the Welsh squad.
Crosskeys Campus is entering male and female five-a-side football, basketball, tennis, badminton, table tennis, cross-country, tennis, swimming, male volleyball, golf, female hockey and netball. They will also compete in trampolining in February, hosted by Crosskeys Campus.
As well as students from the 17 other Further Education colleges across Wales, Crosskeys students will also be competing against students from Coleg Gwent’s Usk Campus who are entering swimming, cross-country, girls’ football, boys’ football, boys’ rugby and netball.
This is the first time in a number of years that the majority of events are being held in a period of a few days.
Crosskeys Campus Sport lecturer Mererid Dark said: “Having the competitions over a short time period, as opposed to spread over a number of months as in previous years, creates an opportunity to enter more events and gives more students an opportunity to participate.
“We have students entering competitions from more subject areas than ever before and this adds to the quality of the team that will be competing and representing Crosskeys Campus and Coleg Gwent.”