Sport students celebrate a winning year

Sport students from Gower College Swansea have celebrated another exceptional year at their annual awards ceremony.

“It’s been a truly phenomenal year for our department,” says Curriculum Leader Marc O’Kelly. “Rising cricket star Aneurin Donald was selected for the England Development Programme (EDP) tour of Australia, our Rugby Academy scooped the WRU Elite Colleges League Trophy, our players were involved in the Welsh Colleges Football’s record historic double over Australian Schools, and our Netball Academy won the Welsh Colleges and Urdd tournaments - making them the double Welsh champions."

The guest speaker at the event, which was held at the Liberty Stadium, was international rugby player, Commonwealth Games medallist, presenter and businesswoman Non Evans MBE.

Also in attendance were Ospreys players Ben John and Rory Thornton, who both studied sport at the college.

“It was fantastic to have Non, Ben and Rory at this event because they are amazing role models for our students,” adds Marc. “As another academic year comes to a close, this event is a real opportunity to look back and celebrate our successes.”

Among the individual winners were:
Hannah Hutchinson – Netball Player of the Year
Katie Davies – Netball Players’ Player
Jack Glover – Rugby 2nd Player of the Year and Players’ Player
Jack Dale – Football 2nd Players’ Player
Stuart Nicholas – Rugby 1st Player of the Year and Players’ Player
Bonnie Ridd – Ladies Football Players’ Player of the Year
Jordan Lloyd-Evans – Premier Football Player of the Year and Players’ Player
Toni-Lee Lambert – Hockey Players’ Player of the Year
Megan Baker-Rees – International Basketball and Netball

Team winners:
Welsh Colleges Under 18s Internationals
Tim Georgievsky, Ryan Morgan, Conner Morgan and Dan Eddolls

Welsh Colleges Under 19s Internationals
Adam Robins, Cory Saunders and Konstantine (Costa) Georgievsky

Welsh Colleges Football
Zoe Hatch

Welsh Colleges Under 18s Internationals (Rugby)
Matthew Aubrey, Keelan Giles and Mitchell Walsh

Sportsman of the Year
Matthew Aubrey

Sportswoman of the Year
Megan Baker-Rees

Sports Volunteer of the Year
Joshua Danaher

Photos: Steve Phillips