A very warm welcome to our rugby scholars this year:
Kian Hire (Gold Scholar) – studying Electrical Installation, previously Pontarddulais Comprehensive School
Finley Evans (Gold Scholar) – studying Sport, previously Pontarddulais Comprehensive School
Ben Hibberd (Bronze Scholar) – studying Sport, previously Pontarddulais Comprehensive School
Alex Jones (Gold Scholar) – studying Sport, previously Ysgol Gyfun Gŵyr
Congratulations to the College's Rugby Academy who have won the U18s Ospreys cup to go alongside their Welsh Colleges victory
The path to the final looked like this:
Pool 2
GCS vs Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen (36 - 0)
GCS vs Ystalyfera/Maesteg Select (32 - 5)
Semi Final
GCS vs Neath College (29 - 5)
Final
GCS vs Bryn Tawe (36 - 0)
The squad comprised:
Students from Gower College Swansea have celebrated an exceptionally successful sporting academic year.
Gower College Swansea student Keelan Giles (centre) has been shortlisted for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2016.
This is a fantastic achievement for Keelan, who completed a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Sport and was a key member of the college's Rugby Academy.
The winner will be presented with their award on BBC One's The One Show on Wednesday, 14 December (19:00 GMT).
Gower College Swansea is celebrating after a fantastic weekend at the AoC National Championships in Newcastle.
There were over 2000 students in attendance, with the Welsh team consisting of 180 (57 of these were from Gower College Swansea - the biggest representation from a Welsh college.)
A huge congratulations to all the staff and students who were involved in this wonderful weekend of sport! The Welsh successes were:
Gower College Swansea’s Rugby Academy has scooped the WRU Elite Colleges League Trophy, having won all but three games this year.
“This win is an excellent achievement for the team and was one of the targets we set ourselves at the start of the season,” says lecturer Dan Cluroe.
The Academy’s successful year has been topped off with seven of their 1st XV players representing the Ospreys U18’s in the final of the regional age grade competition, where they beat the Cardiff Blues convincingly.
The Gower College Swansea under 19's rugby team has won the British Colleges Plate final. The team secured the trophy after an impressive 65-15 victory over Worcester 6th form college at Burton RFC. This was the college’s second win in two years