The Manchester College has an established Sports Academy Programme that allows students to pursue their chosen sport alongside their academic studies. The Manchester College Rugby League Academy gives talented students within the college an opportunity to train for up to ten hours per week around their curriculum lessons and play matches every Wednesday in the North West Colleges League and Champion Colleges competitions.
All students who are selected for the Rugby League Academy receive kit, professional coaching, and opportunities to compete and display their skills in the regional and national league and cup competitions. Students do not have to study a Sports course to be a part of a Sports Academy at The Manchester College; they simply have to enrol as a student at the college and be passionate and committed to develop in their chosen sport.
The Manchester College Men’s Rugby League Academy has a successful partnership with Mancunians Rugby League and the Rugby Football League (RFL) and the Men’s Academy has continued to develop and grow this season with college players improving under the guidance of the RFL’s, and Head of the Rugby League Academy, Tom Sumner. The partnership between Mancunians RL and The Manchester College was established in 2011 and aims to provide a player pathway for those young people with an identified Rugby League talent that are involved in full-time study at The Manchester College as well as promote and encourage Rugby League participation for players of all abilities and gender within the College and its local communities.
Head of The Manchester College Rugby League Academy, Tom Sumner said “The players within our Rugby League academy have worked hard all season and have shown they have the talent and dedication to improve as Rugby League athletes. The link with Mancunians RL and the RFL means that the players have benefitted from the knowledge and experiences shared by the Academy Coaches, and also gives the players a goal to aim for by breaking into the Mancunians RL first team.”
The Manchester College Rugby League Academy will be holding trials on Wednesday 15th February for 16 – 18 year old male and female athletes and year 11 school leavers who are looking to combine their Rugby League careers with studying a full time college course in September 2012. Any players that are interested in attending the trials and gaining a place in The Manchester College Rugby League Academy can register for the trials by completing the Academy Trials Flyer and returning to the college or by contacting Head of Rugby League Academy Tom Sumner on 0161 920 4811 or
tom.sumner@themanchestercollege.ac.uk. Alternatively players can register for the Rugby League Academy Trials on the following link;
www.themanchestercollege.ac.uk/d ... es/enquiry
