Kawasy Riding
Following the college Bike Show in June, one of our Motorcycle lecturers was contacted by a journalist from Classic Bike magazine, the largest selling magazine of its type, who wanted to do an article on one of his bikes.
The motorcycle is a British made Rickman, built in 1976, fitted with a supercharged Kawasaki engine, producing about 280hp. Peter Scott used to drag race the bike throughout Europe and held the No 2 plate in the British Championship on two occasions.
The bike can go from 0-60mph in about 3 seconds and approaches 160mph in 9 seconds, recording a top speed at the Bruntingthorpe test track in Leicester of 205mph. The bike has now been returned to a road-legal state, although it is still in the same state of tune as when raced!
The photographer drove all the way down from Peterborough and the reporter came from Brighton on an original Kawasaki Z1 motorcycle. They wanted to see the workshops and took photos of some Level 3 students working on classic bikes.
The reporter and photographer were at the college all afternoon, which included a staged street scene session in West Street and motion shots on the college approach road. The article will probably appear in the January issue of Classic Bike.
Autumn Achievements
Staff and students attended the South of England Autumn Show at Ardingly on Sunday, October 2nd in the hope of clinching awards in the student assignments category. The team were victorious, taking four prizes. The successful students were:
- Natasha Mawson, Foundation Programmes, who won 1st prize for her project on adders
- Joel Packham, Foundation Programmes, 2nd prize for his project on barn owls
- Chris Letchford, Level 3 Countryside Management, 2nd prize for his assignment on trees
- Jenny Lawes, Extended Diploma in Equine, 4th prize for her assignment on equine anatomy.
Congratulations to all who competed.
Happy Heifers
The Agriculture show team attended the West Grinstead Show on Saturday, 17th September. The classes we entered were for heifers born on or after 1st April 2010 with two of our animals, which came in 1st and 2nd. The 1st placed animal went on to become reserve champion in all of the dairy classes.
The other class was heifer in calf, where we came 3rd. Well done to George Owen, Level 3, and George Felton, Level 2, Agriculture. The two students showed the cattle with pride and were talking to the public for the whole day about the course they are on, and the other courses that the college offers.
Astro-nomical Contract
Following the recent investment in resurfacing the astroturf pitch and improving its floodlighting, Chichester College has renewed its long-term relationship with Chichester Hockey Club.
Hockey Club chairman, Simon Palmer, handed over a cheque for £30,000 to principal, Shelagh Legrave, which has secured the club’s use of the college pitch for their Saturday games over the next 10 years.
The club and college are looking to further strengthen their links by forming a Hockey Academy, to attract hockey players to Chichester College and develop local hockey talent by sharing resources.
“Without the college’s support it would be difficult to find all the pitch time we need for these games”, Simon Palmer explained, “It is my aim to see the club develop strongly at top level, while retaining the social side of the game. It is important that we provide the opportunity for everyone to enjoy hockey at their own level”.
If anyone is interested in joining the Club, further information is at http://www.chichesterhockey.com/.