Sport

Here at Carlisle College, we teach our students how to harness the transformative power of sport. These courses will equip you with the skills, knowledge and personal attributes required to be successful within the Sport industries.

Our Sports courses provide a combination of theoretical research and practical assessments allowing you to gain a diverse range of skills to progress to employment or further study and will allow you to develop a range of transferable skills for many sectors.

As well as classroom-based study, you will also benefit from our dedicated sports hall and facilities.

College 16 - 18

Georgia Smethurst

Sports Tutor

Alongside my role as a Sports Lecturer I continue to work within the sport industry as a UEFA C Coach Developer for the Football Association and Player Development Lead for Carlisle United CST Girls ETC. I have previously worked as an FA Coach Mentor, Advanced Coaching Centre Head Coach and a Women & Girls Development Officer. After completing a BSc in Sports Development, Coaching and Administration in 2018, I acquired my UEFA B Coaching License before completing my PGCE, and more recently, an MSc in Sports Coaching.

Graeme Thompson

Sports Tutor

Having graduated from the University of Cumbria with BA (Hons) in Physical Education in 2012, I completed a PGCE (Lifelong Learning) with the University of Central Lancashire in 2014. This was followed by a MSc in Performance Coaching through the University of Stirling, which I completed in 2022. I have over ten years of experience in different sports coaching contexts and have held positions in the Cumberland FA’s Girls’ Advanced Coaching Centre and the FA’s Coach Mentor programme. I also work as a Coach Developer on the FA’s Introduction to Coaching Football course and hope to study for a PhD in the future.

Lauren Glencross

Sports Tutor

I have always had a passion for sport and competed for Cumbria in athletics from a young age. This eventually allowed me to pursue my undergraduate degree in psychology over in South Carolina USA, on a track and field scholarship. Upon returning home, I qualified as a personal trainer and fitness instructor through Future Fit Training. After gaining experience at the Crown Gym in Wetheral, I took the leap to open my own private small group training facility, LG Well-being, in Carlisle. offering 1-1 and small group personal training, fitness classes including bootcamp and Pilates, and proudly became the city’s first official HYROX training facility in 2024.