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Sports & Academies

With the Olympics fast approaching, there’s never been a more exciting time for the Sport, Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism industries. Ideally located in the heart of East London, Hackney Community College has two of the best Sports Academies in the UK.....Basketball and Cricket with an exciting Athletics Academy launched this year.

All students studying at the College can be part of the Academy Programme. As well as having a lot of fun - it also helps your studies!!! In the last 5 years, over 200 students have benefited from the Basketball and Cricket Academy programmes, with over 80% going on to gain University places on degree level programmes.

You don’t have to be a top performer in your sport, you just need to show a genuine interest. So, contact us today and enrol.

For Basketball and Cricket Academies, contact Chris Morris on 07786-485223 or at cjm364@yahoo.co.uk
For details of The Athletics Academy, contact Paul Lazarus at plazarus@hackney.ac.uk

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Basketball Academy

For the last 5 years, the Basketball Academy programme has dominated National College competitions and Senior Leagues in London and the South East of England. The U19 Men are unbeaten for 4 years and hold all National titles. The U19 Women hold 2 out of 3 National titles. The Senior Men have won the London Metropolitan Basketball Premier League for 3 out of the last 4 years and regained the title unbeaten last year. What's more, our coaches Tony Garbelotto and Sol Ayinla have produced 4 current professional players, many who have played for England and Great Britain National teams, whilst many more have gone onto play in US Schools and Colleges . But it's not just about the "elite" players.....if you have played a reasonable level of basketball at school or with a club, you too can benefit from the top coaching programme in the country. If you attend training and work hard, you will be picked for the Men's B or Senior Women's team, both with at least 10 fixtures each season in the SESSA League and Cup. In fact, we play close to 100 fixtures in all competitions each season!! Training takes place at SPACe from 4pm to 6pm on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday with matches on Wednesday afternoons and Friday evenings.

Cricket Academy

It's always the Cricket season at Hackney Community College with the Cricket Academy programme. Regardless of your ability level, our top coaches Paul Weekes (ex Middlesex and England A), Stevie Akinson ( ex- Leicestershire, Notts Cavaliers CC) will provide you with premium quality coaching supported by Head Coach Mikey Thompson (the "Godfather" of inner-city cricket). Coaching takes place at SPACe every Monday night from 7pm to 10pm right the way through the year, with a fantastic fixture list running from May through to September. If you're a beginner, you need to start now and be prepared to work very hard. If you're a more experienced player, we guarantee that you'll return to your club a better player. If you really work hard, you will be picked to play for our first team that has reached the quarter finals of the Victoria and Mutual National Cup for the last 2 seasons.

To join, or for more information, contact Chris Morris on 07786-485223 or at cjm364@yahoo.co.uk

Athletics Academy

Following the success of our cricket and basketball academies, we received funding from the Big Lottery Fund to launch an Athletics Academy. If you’re interested in this, or any of our other academies, please call 020 7613 9123.

To join, or for more information, contact Paul Lazarus at plazarus@hackney.ac.uk