British Colleges’ Sport - North East Regional Trials
As part of the trial process for selecting England representative teams in football, rugby, netball and hockey, British Colleges’ Sport run a series of regional trials. Students from QE recently attended the North- East trials and, to their credit, 18 were selected for further trials with a chance of winning places on national squads. The North-East region is one of the largest of the 7 regions encompassing Northumberland, Durham, Teesside and Yorkshire and competition to get through to the next round of trials was intense.
In football, 6 QE boys and 3 QE girls made it onto the North-East squad to play in a full-day regional competition involving all 7 regional teams in Birmingham. They are: Hugh Osborne, Carl Hodges, Dan Lerner, Andy Kelly, Jonny Blewitt , Andrew Beamson, Katie McTague, Sammy-Jo Wymer and Rachel McKnight.
In rugby, Michael Whinn, Josh Richardson, Nick Baldwin and David Barker were selected to represent the North-East in upcoming games against other regions. In netball, Rachel Bird, Becca Eldrington, Heather Scott, Rachel Dauber and Katie Slade were selected - 5 QE girls out of a regional squad of 12, reflecting the College’s strength in this sport. In addition, Sophie Watchman will attend a combined North-East / East Midlands trial for hockey.
PE teacher Mark Scott comments:
"All 18 students now have a further chance to impress national selectors at the next stage of the trial process. I am confident that some will then get the chance to represent England - which would be a fantastic experience and achievement. Well done to them all."
November 19, 2008