Other Sports scholars | Kent Sport
Korfball Scholar
Amelia Browning
Academic course: Forensic Science
Hometown: Norwich, UK
Nominated sport (and position if a team sport): Korfball
Best sporting achievement/personal best:
Playing for England Youth teams.
Who is your inspiration or can you provide an inspiring quote?
My sporting inspiration is from when I first started playing would be my primary school PE teachers who introduced me to my sport.
Cyclist Scholar
Jeremie L’aiguille
Academic course: Sport & Exercise Science
Hometown/Nationality: Mauritian
Nominated sport (and position if a team sport): Road Cycling
Best sporting achievement/personal best:
National Road Race Championship U23 in 2025
What is your Sporting or Scholarship Goal for the 2026/27 Season?
- BUCS: Cycling - Road Race Championship.
- British Road Events: Criterium (Circuits Races & Road Races)
- Ranking Goals – Top 10
Bouldering
Noah Harding-Wyatt
Academic course: Law with a year abroad
Hometown/Nationality: London, UK
Nominated sport (and position if a team sport): Bouldering
Best sporting achievement/personal best:
Sent my first 8a/V11 ten days after sending my first 7c+/V10.
What is your Sporting or Scholarship Goal for the 2026/27 Season?
Compete in Guatemala against some of the best climbers in Central America.
Dance Scholar
Phoebe Hambrook
Academic course: Sport and Exercise Science
Hometown: Kent, UK
Nominated sport (and position if a team sport): Dance
Best sporting achievement/personal best:
2nd Place at the World Championships.
Who is your inspiration or can you provide an inspiring quote?
My Choreographer – Omar Ansah Awuah.
Boxing
Pippa Barnard
Academic course: Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Hometown/Nationality: Ramsgate, UK
Nominated sport (and position if a team sport): Boxing
Best sporting achievement/personal best:
Club 13 Boxing Club. Finalist at the Youth National Championships.
What is your Sporting or Scholarship Goal for the 2026/27 Season?
Winter Women’s Box Cup, BUCS Championship, National Championships and to compete in as many amateur boxing shows as possible.
Decathlon
Steven Simmonds
Academic course: Medicine
Hometown/Nationality: Bedford, UK
Nominated sport (and position if a team sport): Decathlon
Best sporting achievement/personal best:
- Competing for England Internationally.
- Multi-time National Medalist
What is your Sporting or Scholarship Goal for the 2026/27 Season?
To represent England and compete internationally.
Netball
Willow Dryden
Academic course: Business and Management
Hometown: Kent, UK
Nominated sport (and position if a team sport): Netball - Position GS/GA
Best sporting achievement/personal best:
- Northern Ireland Netball and Telstars Netball Club
- Selected for U21 Northern Ireland Squad and Premier League Squad for Telstars Netball Club
What is your Sporting or Scholarship Goal for the 2026/27 Season?
- Continue developing as an international netball player.
- Work towards the U21 European competition
