Pupils at a lucky Powys school will soon be receiving training from a Welsh Rugby great.

Former Wales flanker and captain of the 2011 world cup team and the 2012 grand slam winning team, Sam Warburton, is set to train a new of generation of talent at Christ College in Brecon. 

Mr Warburton’s SW7 Academy will train athletes at the college who say the new partnership will see pupils benefit from some of the greatest home-grown sporting expertise available.

 “We created the SW7 programme for schools simply because it is everything I would have wanted as a pupil, so I’m really looking forward to supporting students at Christ College Brecon in gaining the kind of insight they are going to need to succeed in their chosen discipline as a result,” said Mr Warburton.

“From my own experiences, I know all too well how important structure, clarity and guidance is when it comes to achieving your goals in life, and we’re delighted as a team here at SW7 to be sharing all the knowledge and expertise we have built up collectively working in a professional capacity both on and off the pitch for the benefit of future sporting generations as a result.” 

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The brainchild of former Wales, British and Irish Lions rugby captain and his business partner Josh Davies, SW7 Academy takes elite level strength and conditioning coaching to the masses to help people from all backgrounds train like professionals.

As part of SW7 Academy’s latest project supporting pupils at Christ College Brecon, senior sports teams will be coached through their athletic development, sporting skills and analytical expertise at the Powys-based school from this September onwards.

John Patterson, Director of Sport at Christ College, said having the chance to work with highly skilled and knowledgeable members of the Academy, including Sam Warburton and his Head of Performance Chris Tombs, is going to hugely benefit the school moving forward.

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“The key focus on the athletic development of our boys and girls, and subsequent programming that SW7 Academy provides within the school setting was a massive draw for us in securing this partnership, alongside the access we’ll have to the analytics of our pupils' continuous progress within the gym too,” said Mr Patterson.

“With Sam and his team on board, we want to help push our pupils to the next level and compete on the highest stages for schools and colleges across a range of sports, and generate further success from our teams at competition level too. As the first partnership of this kind that Christ College has linked with, we are very much looking forward to the success we believe it will bring to us as a school, as well as to SW7 Academy in the process, therefore.”