The College of West Anglia at King’s has been praised by Paralympics GB football star Alistair Patrick-Heselton who spent a day there with students. His visit came about when the college won an Active Colleges competition for encouraging more students to take up sport. Now Alistair has taken to social media as a way to tell thousands just how good the campus is, linked to the borough council’s Lynnsport. Alistair tells his audience: “The facilities are accommodated within a public leisure centre. “ I may be only 30 now… only I hear you say, but WOW one thing is for sure they didn’t make colleges like this in my day!” And he gives the campus a great accolade: “I’m very happy to have been able to attend CWA as it really opened my eyes to what a great opportunity there is to develop one’s sporting ambitions and as far as facilities go it was awesome… “So if there are any better establishments then truly world class would be the only way I could think to describe them. “I came away feeling happy that the day was a success and I hope to hear of greater things that may happen there.” Active Colleges is Sport England’s £25 million National Lottery fund which aims to help more college students play sport. It looks to encourage an increase in regular participation (at least 30 minutes per week) in sport by further education students across the country. The College of West Anglia won a visit from Alistair Patrick-Heselton to its Lynnsport campus after submitting a fantastic story to Sport England about one of their outstanding projects that has encouraged more of their students to take up sport. “Fantastic story” was how Sport England described the initiative. Alistair is one of Sport England’s Sporting Champions – a team of current and retired elite athletes, many of whom competed at London 2012. On the day Alistair provided English Speakers of Other Languages, Childcare and sports students with an inspiring motivational speech about how he has overcome a tragic traffic accident to compete at a national level. A variety of students took part, even those who have never played before. Feedback from students was extremely positive with one student saying “A True Inspiration”. Alistair was really impressed with the students and how determined they were. He said: “Great group of focused students developing into tomorrow’s leaders”. He was also impressed with our facilities at Lynnsport and how approachable students were.   PICTURE Sport united… Alistair Patrick-Heselton with students at the College of West Anglia’s sport campus at Lynnsport.