Serious about Sport

Students also have access to high quality coaching in the sports of football, netball, hockey and rugby. Coaching sessions are delivered as part of the College programme and are concerned with developing techniques, skills and tactics at individual, unit and team level. Where a specific sporting discipline is not delivered, links with local clubs and organisations provide the coaching expertise.

The College has a record of sporting success in winning national championships in a variety of sports and can also boast 50+ international caps across a range of sports: judo, table tennis, hockey, rugby, netball, football, sailing, mountain biking and badminton. If you’re serious about sport, as part of the Sports Academy you will benefit from: b a structured training programme that is overseen by experienced coaches; personal performance monitored regularly by our team b training sessions and lectures are planned to avoid unnecessary clashes b the chance to compete in the successful NPTC Group of Colleges’ sporting teams b being part of national coaching schemes for your chosen sport. If you compete regularly in a sport for club, county or national teams and are interested in joining our Sport Academies, check out: www.nptcgroup.ac.uk b Welsh Schools’ Cup Winners (8 times) b Welsh College Cup Winners (19 times) b British Colleges’ Cup Winners b Rosslyn Park 7s’ Winners b College Super 15s’ Winners

International Students

b Ashley Beck b Justin Tipuric b Dan Lydiate b Adam Beard b James Hook b Lloyd Peers b James King b Eli Walker b Dan Baker b Dafydd Howells b Adam Jones b Duncan Jones b Darren Morris b Spencer John b Paul James b Leigh Davies b Arwel Thomas b Gwyn Jones b Craig Mitchell

NETBALL

b Welsh Colleges’ League Champions b Finalists at the British Knock-out Cup

International Students

b Helen Jones (Case) b Chelsea Lewis b Amanda Cooper b Nicola James

FOOTBALL

b Welsh League Champions 2010-2011 and 2012-2013 b Welsh 5-a-side Champions 2013-2014 b Welsh 5-a-side Runner-up 2011-2012 and 2012-2013

International Students

b Daniel James b Ben Davies b Joe Allen b Connor Roberts b Joe Rodon b Jazz Richards

OLYMPICS

b Dan Jervis (Olympics) PARALYMPICS

b Rob Davies (Table Tennis)

Daniel Jervis

Daniel Jervis

From NPTC Group of Colleges to the Olympic Games

NPTC Group of Colleges alumnus Daniel Jervis reached an Olympic final at his maiden Games in Tokyo. The 25-year-old swimmer from Resolven finished 5th in the final of the 1500-meter freestyle at this summer’s delayed games in Japan.

Jervis, who left NPTC Group of Colleges in 2014 after completing a Level 2 Diploma in Painting and Decorating, took up swimming to keep his grandfather company after he suffered a heart attack. Daniel joined him in the pool and hasn’t looked back since.

Jervis is no stranger to competing at the highest level of Swimming. He competed at his first Commonwealth Games in 2014 within a week of graduating from NPTC Group of Colleges.

Daniel finished 3rd in the 1500-meter freestyle at the Glasgow games in 2014. He then went one better at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia winning a silver medal again in the 1500-meter freestyle. At the same games, he narrowly missed out on a second medal, finishing a close 4th in the 400-meter freestyle. Daniel also has experience of competing at World and European Championships on several occasions since leaving college.

After only just missing out on competing at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Daniel finally got the chance to make his dream of competing at the Olympics a reality this summer.

Jervis when interviewed by the BBC after his final said: “Yes, I’m part of Team GB and I’m British but I’m a Welshman, I’m very proud to represent Wales in there” referring to the pool behind him.

He then went on to say that he had hoped to break the British record in the final of the 1500-meter, but it wasn’t to be on the night. Jervis added that he aims to break the British record that is currently held by fellow Welshman David Davies. Dan Lydiate

Dan Lydiate

Ospreys, Wales, British & Irish Lions

Sports Alumni Dan Lydiate is a former Coleg Powys BTEC Level 3 Sport & Exercise Science student. A local farmer’s son from Abbey Cwm Hir, Llandrindod Wells, he went on to study a Foundation Degree in Strength & Conditioning at Brecon Beacons College.

A talented flanker, he then moved onto a professional rugby career signing up for the Newport Dragons where, in his first year, he was capped with Wales Under 20s.

Dan was named in the Wales National squad for the November 2009 international series.

He made his first test match start as flanker on 28 November 2009 after which he was named in the Wales squad for the 2010 Six Nations Championship.

He played every match of Wales’ 2011 Six Nations Championship campaign as well as all four warm-up matches. In August 2011, he was named in the Wales squad for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. He also later made up the squad of the 2015 World Cup in England.

He played in Wales’ opening two games against South Africa and Samoa, as well as playing a key role in Wales’ quarter-final win over Ireland.

In the 2012 Six Nations Championship, he received the Player of the Tournament award after featuring in every game bar the opener against Ireland and receiving Man of the Match awards. It was in this very year that he was also nominated for the Welsh Sports Personality of the Year award.

In April 2013, he was named in the squad for the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia.

He left Newport Gwent Dragons at the end of the 2012/13 season to join the club Racing Métro 92 before becoming an Osprey in 2014, whose training ground is, in fact, the Colleges’ Llandarcy Academy of Sport,

Talking about his time at the College, Dan said: “Without the College’s strength and conditioning programme, I would not have been able to achieve these levels. It was the difference, and is as good as any system in professional rugby.’’