November 15, 2012
Neil Roberts, a sports graduate from the University of Glamorgan, won the Coach Educator of the Year at the prestigious Sport Wales annual presentations.
Neil, who graduated from the University in 2002, had inspired a generation of pupils to actively take part in leadership to deliver sports activities to a range of different age groups through Sport Caerphilly?s ?Coaches of the Future ? programme.
The award ceremony was held at the Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff.
The University of Glamorgan had three finalists amongst the ten categories.
In addition to Neil, Rob Griffiths Senior Lecturer in Sports Development was a finalist for the Sporting Partner of the Year and Josh Morris was a finalist for the Young Volunteer of the Year category. Josh, despite studying for a sports degree and working weekends still finds time to be heavily involved in the development and growth of football in Mid and North Powys. Josh has recently completed his 200 hour Millennium Volunteering Certificate.
Rob Griffiths commented on the Sporting Partner nomination ?It is so pleasing to have received external recognition for the work that we have all been doing in the local community.
?Student and graduate employability is at the heart of all of our sport courses at Glamorgan. Many of the lecturers are previous practitioners with governing bodies, Sport Wales and local authorities and, as such, really understand the importance of providing students with relevant work-based learning experiences.?
Rob Griffiths, Neil Roberts and Josh Morris at the Sport Wales Coach of the Year Awards.Dr Tudor Williams Director of Sport commented; ?It was a fabulous evening at the National Centre in Cardiff and an excellent reward for all the hard work that Neil, Josh and Rob have put into community sport. It was great to see that a Senior Lecturer, graduate and undergraduate from Glamorgan were all nominated for different awards. This is quite unique and demonstrates the value of the sport programmes which have been specifically developed to give students skills to make contributions within their communities.?
Tagged: sport
Source: http://news.glam.ac.uk/news/en/2012/nov/15/university-sports-graduate-wins-coach-educator-yea/
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