Badminton Gold

18 April 2013

Wyke 6th Form College students Josh Dickinson and Steve Strickland are celebrating gold in a major national badminton championship.

The British Colleges 35th National Championships were held at Bath University over Easter. Steve said: “From the beginning of the weekend Josh and I were mentally prepared for what was to come, and decided to let everyone know we were there to not only be a part of the tournament, but to be contenders.”

The British Colleges National Championship is the largest multi- sports championship of its kind. The championship held thirty-nine events over three days. The college athletes taking part were aged between 16 and 19, each had qualified to represent one of eleven regional teams.

Duka for England

07 December 2012

Wyke 6th Form College student Duka Ombeni, played his way into the final 16 of England’s Schools' Team at the U18 trial in Lilleshall over the weekend. The trial team played against the RAF, but with Duka's help and skill they won the match with an impressive 5-1 score.

Duka is a former Endeavour High School student who is currently Wyke’s 1st Team Striker, he has shown great skill and passion at Wyke, and the Sport department couldn’t be more proud of his achievement.

Matthew Smith (1st team football manager) said, “'Duka was a late applicant to Wyke but slotted into the football first team quickly. He impressed us with his pace, strength and eye for goal. He has done outstandingly well to get through the trials locally and nationally to reach this level. We are proud of his achievements and hope he inspires others this year and in coming years. He is a credit to himself and Wyke 6th Form College”

For a full breakdown of the match follow this link to the website ESFA

Wyke 6th Form College see a great future for Duka, and wish you luck in your matches to come.

Netball u19 County Champions

03 December 2012

The Wyke Netball 1st Team have again been crowned u19 County Champions, the third time in six years. Head Coach Julie Peaks said, “I couldn’t be more proud of the girls. They have worked hard to improve over the past eight weeks since starting out as a new team. They will continue to train hard and look forward to the Regional Finals in February 2012.”

The path to success has been a challenge, beginning in October in the Hull Schools round. The 1st played and drew both games against Wilberforce and Hymers. Disappointingly, the team ended up going through to the County round as runners-up, even though they didn’t lose a game.

As the team progressed to the County round in November, it meant playing the two winners of the East Riding championships, as well as Wilberforce again. The winners would become u19 County Champions and go through to the Regional Competition representing Hull and East Riding.

The first game was against Hull Collegiate, Wyke won 9-5. The second game was against Cottingham High School, Wyke won 8-2. Wilberforce also beat these two teams, so it meant the final game between Wyke and Wilberforce was a decider for the Championship. At the earlier round the two teams had drawn 7-7. Wyke started well, leading by two at half time, but ended up winning 9-5 becoming u19 County Champions.

Team Captain, Abigail Harper said, “We're the U19 county champions for the second year in a row, I'm so proud of the team, everyone played to the absolute best of their ability and it really showed on the day winning each match in the tournament. Hopefully we can keep up this winning streak!"

It's about winning, not just taking part

31 May 2012

Wyke is celebrating success across the board in sport, having won everything they competed in this season in the British Colleges League. Ben Wallis, Head of PE, said ‘It couldn’t have gone any better, I am so proud of all the teams and we now have a cabinet full of trophies.’

Wyke Football 1st team finished the season top of the Premier League, Wyke Football 2nd team are top of Division 1, Wyke Football 3rd and 4th teams came first and second at the top of Division 2, Wyke Football Girls Team are top of the league and Wyke Basketball Team are top of the British Colleges League and top of the Humber League. What a result – congratulations to everyone involved!

Louis Captains England

29 March 2012

Louis Mobbs, a Wyke student currently studying A levels in P.E., Accounting and Law, has captained the English National College football team in a match in Spain against Valencia, which England won 2-1.

Louis first played at county level for Humberside, then went to summer training camp, before winning through several further stages to be selected for the national squad. Earlier this year he played in a friendly against Australia and he has just returned from a week in Spain. The England team enjoyed great success in Spain, with a 4-1 win over Benidorm, as well as the 2-1 victory over Valencia where Louis had the honour of leading the team.