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Breathe it. Believe it. Become it. sport.bishopburton.ac.uk /bishopburtonsport T: 01964 553000 @onebishopburton E: [email protected] @bishopburtonsport SPORTS ACADEMIES Breathe it. Believe it. Become it. Bishop Burton College, Bishop Burton, Beverley, East Yorkshire, HU17 8QG WELCOME TO BISHOP BURTON SPORT Bishop Burton Sport’s Sport is a growing industry, with an increasingly wide variety of exciting career highly successful opportunities for those who choose to performance academies study sport. Bishop Burton College and University Centre Bishop Burton (UCBB) allow talented athletes run a range of courses, which provide to access top-class routes into all types of employment in the sector, and our academies are also coaching and training. a platform for those who aspire to play professionally. We provide students with the best Students on any course at Bishop Burton possible environment to achieve their College or UCBB can apply for a place sporting ambitions and our academies on one of our sports academies. Our are some of the highest performing professional performance coaches pride anywhere in the country. themselves in pushing our players to reach their full potential and as part of All of our professional coaches have elite- their journey players must uphold high level sport experience, and applicants standards with their academic studies. to our academy programmes must Academic timetables incorporate time to demonstrate a level of achievement or train and play, with both academic and potential at regional or national level in sporting performance monitored regularly. their chosen sport. Bishop Burton Sport also has outstanding Academy players receive technical links with professional teams, employers, and tactical field sessions, strength national governing bodies and regional and conditioning, video analysis, team sports development to help our players meetings and various additional sessions to succeed when they graduate. improve their knowledge and performance. There’s nowhere better to train in your We know and understand the value in sport, which is why students from across sport. Not only in improving physical and the region, the country and the world mental wellbeing, but also in developing choose to come to Bishop Burton. teamwork and leadership skills that could be crucial in later life, as well as making new friends. Find out more @ sport.bishopburton.ac.uk OUTSTANDING FACILITIES Bishop Burton Sport has state-of-the-art facilities that are unrivalled in the region. These facilities have helped attract professional sports clubs, including Hull City Football Club, whose own academy is based on our campus. They include: • 40 station high spec gym, which is open to the public for membership • 10 high-quality outdoor match and Riseholme College in Lincolnshire, which training pitches, including a brand new is a part of Bishop Burton, also has its 3G all-weather pitch with a rugby shock own dedicated Health and Sports Science pad, excellent floodlit grass pitches and Centre at its £25million Showground spectator stand campus. The campus is home to Lincoln • 10 large, high-grade changing rooms City Football Club’s Academy and Shadow Academy. Riseholme’s sports facilities • Free weights area include: • Two strength and conditioning suites • A state-of-the-art gym, which is open to • Analysis suite the public for membership • Sprung floor anced studio • Multi-use sports hall • Two sports halls • Flood-lit all-weather pitch • Plunge pools • Changing rooms • Equine Centre, featuring a variety of • Training rooms with projectors and indoor and outdoor arenas smartboards • 7k cross country track • Equine Centre with recently refurbished • Training room with projector and indoor and outdoor arenas and a rider smartboard performance suite Find out more @ sport.bishopburton.ac.uk UNRIVALLED PARTNERSHIPS Joining one of Bishop Burton Sport’s academies doesn’t just mean access to expert coaches and facilities, it means access to our network of partners too, offering you the best chance of progressing in your sporting career. ENGLAND RUGBY ENGLAND RUGBY HULL CITY HULL FC COLLEGES UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL CLUB PARTNER LINCOLN CITY ARCHERY GB PENTATHLON GB DARLINGTON FOOTBALL CLUB MOWDEN PARK SHARKS ENGLAND YORKSHIRE NETBALL RUGBY ACADEMY Find out more @ sport.bishopburton.ac.uk FOOTBALL ECFA PREMIER PERFORMANCE LEAGUE ACADEMY CHAMPIONS Bishop Burton Sport’s football Our football academy encompasses programme is one of the best first and second teams at college in the country. level. Both teams train as one squad as part of a full-time training Players get a high-quality programme programme, in addition to an balanced with their academic academic course of their choice. commitments. They receive technical and tactical field sessions, strength The first team compete in the and conditioning, video analysis, team English Colleges Football Association meetings and a range of additional (ECFA) Premier League, which is the sessions to improve their knowledge and highest standard of college football performance in the game. in the country. In 2019/20 the team became ECFA Premier League The success of our football academy is champions for the first time, beating demonstrated by the number of players South Shields (Sunderland College) who have come through the system and to the league title. are now playing regular semi-professional football, combining this with their training The second team were also league and studies at Bishop Burton. champions in 2019/20, securing promotion to the Yorkshire and The players are coached daily by UEFA A Humber Championship, which is the Licence coaches as part of the programme highest level they can compete at. and with our main partners - Hull City Football Club - based on campus, players have a unique opportunity to taste the professional game. Our goalkeepers train with Hull City’s under 18s/23s on a weekly basis and our partnership with the club is developing all the time. With fantastic facilities, high level coaching and professional partners, there is no better place than Bishop Burton to play football. Find out more @ sport.bishopburton.ac.uk ENTRY CRITERIA All prospective academy players must have applied for a course at Bishop Burton College to be eligible for selection. Sporting selection is undertaken through a pre-season trial. Academy players will have had regional KIERON WALKER or county honours, professional academy experience or have been playing at a high Kieron Walker was influential in standard of youth or adult football. our football academy’s success in 2019/20, starting every match in our title-winning season. MEET THE COACH: HOW TO APPLY Kieron’s excellent performances for James Bennett, Head of Bishop Burton Sport earned him an Football To express your interest in joining our international call up for England Colleges. Kieron scored twice on James Bennett is Head of Football football academy, or for any further his debut for England Colleges at Bishop Burton Sport and information, please email James vs Independent Schools FA at St manages the college first team. Bennett, Head of Football: George’s Park. Kieron was then James is a UEFA A Licence coach E: [email protected] selected for the final squad, which and former professional footballer competed in Italy as part of an with Hull City Football Club, Lincoln T: 01964 553055 international tournament. City and Darlington. James has also played semi-professional football Kieron also impressed our professional for Bridlington Town, North Ferriby partners Hull City Football Club, United, Scarborough Athletic and earning the opportunity to train with Pickering Town. their academy. “I have really enjoyed my time at Bishop Burton College as part of the football academy. Following my Our third team were promoted in 2019/20 release from Hull City at 16 years FOOTBALL after winning their league and now old, in a year where I struggled with compete in the top league within the injuries, the coaches at Bishop Burton DEVELOPMENT Association of Colleges (AoC) category played a massive part not only in my ACADEMY 3 structure against other local colleges’ development as a player but also in first teams. Our fourth team also compete building my confidence back up. In addition to our performance academy, within the category 3 structure. “Winning the league in my second we run a development academy which Players in our development academy encompasses our third and fourth year was a fantastic feeling and have the opportunity to transition into representing England Colleges and teams. The teams are coached by UEFA the performance academy based on the B licenced coaches who are supported managing to score two goals on my rate of their progression and academic debut was a very proud moment for by students from our football coaching performance. academy. This dedicated staffing me.” structure has been fundamental to player development and our recent on-field success. Find out more @ sport.bishopburton.ac.uk FOOTBALL COACHING DEVELOPMENT Wednesday afternoons are reserved as COACHING part of the football coaching academy, allowing students with a passion for ACADEMY coaching the opportunity to access our college football teams, applying their Our football coaching academy provides academic knowledge through practical an amazing opportunity to work with coaching. some of the best and highest qualified coaches in the country. All of our football teams are currently operating at the highest possible level The academy sits in conjunction with our within college sport, with our men’s first HNC Sport and Exercise Science, which is team amongst the top eight colleges in a one year full-time or two-year part-time the country. university level programme. It provides students with the opportunity to continue their education through applied learning, BENEFITS OF THE FOOTBALL whilst accessing various football coaching COACHING ACADEMY internships in our high-performance • The opportunity to work and learn environment. Upon graduation from this alongside UEFA A Licence coaches in a programme, you will have the opportunity practical coaching environment at the to progress to the second year of a highest levels of college sport degree.