Six eastern academies took to Clacton Coastal Academy on the 27th February 2012 to take part in the first regional year 7 football and netball competition.
The football competition was contested by all six academies and was run by Sean Hillier of Chelsea FC Foundation and his students who are part of the Clacton Consortium Football Development Programme.
The competition was hard but always fair and the skill level on show was of a good quality.
The Sharks Academy is now in its Eleventh Year, is accredited by SA Rugby and is backed by a strategic partnership with the Sharks, one the most successful unions in the Rugby World. The Sharks Academy offers a well balanced full-time course, including Tertiary Studies, designed for top young players with a passion for rugby and a desire to forge a career in the sport.
The Everest Community Academy PE department have offered year 11 students a slightly different type of activity to the normal options for core PE this term. Alternative Fitness is a company based in Andover running Cross fit training sessions to paying members. The cross fit training is centred around strength and conditioning and develops the techniques used in Olympic weight lifting to increase muscles strength and definition. Students have been given the opportunity to experience Olympic weight lifting in a fun and physical way. Learning the techniques of the squat, dead lift and moving onto more complex exercises.
Gareth Millings, owner of alternativefitness.co.uk, delivers the sessions on a Tuesday period 5 to around 18 students. Each student is put through their paces in a very different form of training which they have really enjoyed.
The Everest Community Academy PE department are hoping to continue this link with the club and introduce it to other year groups as the year progresses.
