Students from Gower College Swansea have enjoyed significant success during the recent Welsh Colleges Championships.

At the close of the Championships, which were held in Cardiff, the college was named Welsh Colleges Champions in netball, women’s hockey, men’s football and men’s tennis, and also provided one Welsh qualifier for the men’s golf team.

Following another successful year of its schools coaching programme, Gower College Swansea recently held its annual ‘Dragon Multi Skills & Sport’ taster event, in conjunction with Sports Development Swansea.

The event, which took place at the Elba sports complex in Gowerton, saw over 600 pupils from 15 local schools enjoy sessions in various activities and sports including hockey, football, rounders and rugby.

Sport students from Gower College Swansea have celebrated another exceptional year at their annual awards ceremony.

Students at Gower College Swansea got to see a different side to the world of sport this week when they were visited by Times journalist Rick Broadbent.

During a two hour talk at the Tycoch campus, Rick - who also worked with Jessica Ennis-Hill on her 2012 autobiography - provided students with a writer's perspective on the sporting world including the kinds of events he covers as part of his day-to-day job and the people he has met throughout the course of his career.

Levels 2 and 3 Sport and Public Services students from Gower College Swansea's Tycoch campus recently attended mock interview sessions with local employers at an event organised by Lucy Turtle, the college's Enterprise Officer, and Gareth Price from Career Wales.

“This event was intended to help over 100 students gain employment or to succeed in higher education interviews," says Lucy. "It also addressed criteria set out in the ‘Career Planning' unit of the curriculum."

Rising cricket star - and Gower College Swansea student - Aneurin Donald is heading to Australia after being selected for the England Development Programme (EDP) tour.

It’s been an exceptionally busy time for A Level student Aneurin as he juggles his studies with membership of the Glamorgan County Cricket Club. He was initially awarded a development contract with Glamorgan in 2014 and, that summer, was selected for England Under-19s, making his first-class debut in the final match of the season where he made 59 against Hampshire in the second innings.

When the summer term comes to an end in July, Gower College Swansea student Matthew Allen will be packing his bags and heading to Los Angeles.

Matthew, an Independent Living Skills student at the Tycoch campus, is set to take part in the Special Olympics World Games, where he has been selected to represent Team GB in swimming.

The only male Welsh swimmer to be selected for this event, Matthew, who has autism, already has a strong track record in the Special Olympics with two Gold medals, one Silver medal and two Bronze medals under his belt.

Q: When did Wales last beat Australia in two sporting fixtures on the same day?

A: Friday 23rd January 2015 - the day both Men’s and Women’s Welsh Colleges Football teams defeated the junior Soceroos!

Representing Welsh Colleges at U19 level, both teams exceeded expectations, beating the strong Aussie Schools touring teams on their three-week tour of Britain and Ireland.

As part of Gower College Swansea's ongoing relationship with Birchgrove Comprehensive School's PE department, Year 11 BTEC pupils visit the Gorseinon campus gym and use the new facilities on a fortnightly basis.

In addition, they are able to pick up advice on the BTEC Level 2 Sport course and possible progression opportunities into college.