Student sport celebrated
9:30am Thursday 24th July 2008
A Watford school has lavished praise on its sports teams, during its annual presentation evening.
Westfield Community Technology College, in Tolpits Lane, toasted a year of sporting achievement with an audience of 262 students and parents, during the event on Tuesday, July 15.
Amongst the successes that were celebrated were: • The Under-19 Boys' Basketball team made it to the last sixteen of the National Competition.
• The Under-16 Boys' Basketball team reached the county final.
• In Boys' Football, the Year 9 and 11 teams both made the District finals with the Year 11s winning the competition.
• The Under-12 Girls Football team made the semi-finals of the County Cup.
• In Netball the Year 8 and 9 squads achieved runners up in the District tournament and the Year 11 team won their rally.
Guest Speaker on the night was Steve Palmer, the former Watford FC player.
In addition, many trophies were given out on the night, among them the U19 Boys' Basketball team for achieving the Team of the Year and student Michael Burke achieving Sports Personality of the Year
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John Howard Norfolk, Tiverton, Devon (formerly Oxhey Village) says...
5:12pm Mon 28 Jul 08
Spencer Agneau, Sarratt says...
10:58pm Mon 28 Jul 08
A certain amount of competition is good for everyone, but some people seem to think that winning is everything, and if you come second you are a looser. I think that taking part is the main criteria, winning is the icing on the cake.
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