A swimmer from Norwich was amongst a group of twelve Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE) athletes from the ASA who enjoyed a day of celebration in recognition of their efforts at Twickenham on 27 February, which was attended by Olympic medallist Steve Cram.
 
Lewis Mattin, of UEA City of Norwich SC, attended the event which was held to mark the second year of the launch of AASE, which is now available across 10 sports disciplines, and has approximately 2000 apprentices enrolled.
 
It also coincided with the inaugural Apprenticeship Week, organised by the Learning and Skills Council. 

This annual event celebrates the ongoing success of the apprenticeships and the benefits they bring, and events were held across the country to mark this.

 Michelle Kiff, who is leading the Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence programme at the ASA was keen for more athletes to experience an even like this.

 "The day was a real success for the AASE programme, and in the future we are looking to work with the other sports delivering AASE so we can run more events like this one, giving other AASE athletes the opportunity to attend, I am really pleased with the work and the progress of all the AASE athletes on the programme."