Lincoln University Sports Trials This Week

Lincoln University Sports Trials This Week

Press release, 15 October 2007, Lincoln University, Christchurch: Students in Auckland, Tauranga, Palmerston North, Christchurch and Invercargill will be lining up to test their fitness and sporting skills at the trials being held by Lincoln University this week.

Specialist staff from Lincoln University, led by sports scholarships manager Peter Magson, and sports scientist Dr Mike Hamlin will be joined by player development reps from several of the sporting codes as they travel around the regions. Up to 70 students meeting the necessary standards will be offered full fees scholarships for 2008 studies at Lincoln.

Written applications for next year's scholarships closed on August 31, but anyone who has not yet applied can do so in person at the trials, simply by turning up and participating.

"Lincoln offers an exceptional opportunity for students with the ability to perform at regional, national and international levels, to achieve a good quality degree while competing in their sport and training up to 10 hours a week," Magson says.

"Every week we have specialist staff come out and work with the scholars doing sports specific skills, plus they have regular fitness and strength training, as well as practicing and playing their sports."

The Lincoln roadshow will be in the following locations on these dates, with testing taking place in each location from 3.30pm each day:

October 15: Palmerston North, Palmerston North Boy's High School October 16: Auckland, St Kentigern College October 17: Tauranga, Tauranga Boy's School October 18: Christchurch, Lincoln University Rec Centre October 19: Invercargill, Southland Boy's High School

About the Lincoln University sports scholarship programme

Lincoln University created the Sports Scholarship programme in partnership with sporting codes including Canterbury Cricket Association, Canterbury Hockey, Canterbury Golf, Mainland Soccer, Canterbury Netball, and Canterbury Rugby Football Union. This year the University has added a new Elite sporting category that makes it possible for sportspeople from any discipline who are competing at representative level, to also apply for the scholarship programme.

The Programme is designed to assist young sportspeople from around New Zealand to achieve their academic and sporting goals.

The programme has brought top sports performers to Lincoln University where they combine academic study with the extension and development of their athletic and sporting abilities through a focused training programme and access to topflight facilities and staff.

Scholarship recipients must be academically capable and demonstrate a commitment to complete a degree programme. Academic success is an essential part of the programme and the scholars must pass their university papers in order to retain their scholarships.

In addition to meeting the academic criteria for selection, candidates should have demonstrated success in one of the programme's sporting codes at a representative level or have the potential to achieve success.

Lincoln University will assist scholarship recipients with their study selections and their planning to ensure that their goals are achieved.

Previous and current successful Lincoln sports scholars include:

Richie McCaw and Andy Ellis (rugby); Michael Papps and Kate Pulford (cricket); Jo McCaw, Sarah Barnes and Katie Ritchie (netball); Jo Galletly, Jane Maley and Hugh Copland (hockey); Kristian Hutton and Georgia Goulding (soccer); Rodney Yee, Dean Cameron and May Chang (golf).

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