The academy's main aim is to ensure that young sports men and women receive all the support they require to become players and people of quality.
The Coleg Sir Gâr Sports Academy concept has developed to provide students with the opportunity of achieving their maximum potential in both sporting and academic spheres. The sports academy structure develops young players of netball, football and rugby. It also supports individual performers in sports such as athletics, golf, kickboxing, cross country etc.
The academy has excellent links with partners e.g. Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), Scarlets, Wales Football Trust (WFT), The Welsh Netball Association (WNA), Carmarthenshire County Council Sports Development Department, Colegau Cymru and AoC Sport.
There are designated timetabled academy coaching sessions throughout the week with fixtures on a Wednesday. Sports academy students are drawn from a range of courses across the five Coleg Sir Gâr campuses. We compete on a weekly basis in Welsh and British competitions.
Academy students have access to strength and conditioning and physiotherapy support.
The Elite Performer Programme is designed to support and nurture elite athletes to complement and enhance their progress by offering a range of support and guidance services. This will enable them to continually strive for peak sporting performance, while ensuring academic success. Academy staff will develop a link with club coaches to support conditioning and technique.
The programme aims to support and develop elite athletes via our Performance Hub during their journey at Coleg Sir Gar. The Performance Hub boasts industry standard equipment designed to measure and analyse performance. The programme provides an inclusive support network for elite athletes during their time at Coleg Sir Gar.
The programme is offered to all students across our five campuses throughout Carmarthenshire, harvesting the very best athletes within a variety of sporting disciplines. All athletes should be competing at County, Regional, Welsh International or GB level.
Support and benefits include fitness testing, recovery sessions, performance analysis and one to one mentoring.