And the Winners are............

Basketball featured highly at the end of 2007, with a number of the District Secondary Schools taking part against each other at Stratford Leisure and Visitor Centre for the 2008 trophies.  

The Annual event, organised by Stratford-on-Avon District Council, saw the following Schools take part in the Boys Under 13, Under 15 and Under 16 tournaments.  

The Secondary Schools who took part were:  
Alcester Grammar
Alcester High
Henley in Arden High  
Kineton High  
King Edward VI Grammar  
Shipston-on-Stour High
Southam College
St.Benedict's High
Stratford-upon-Avon High
Studley High      

This represented 10 out of 11 of our District Secondary Schools and 210 children taking part.  

Congratulations go to Shipston High School, in particular Tony Meakin (Head of P.E.) who managed to win the U16s & U13s Boys' tournaments with each being crowned 2008 champions for their age.  

More impressively was the fact that the U13s' team won every game, with the U16s losing just one, beating runners-up Alcester High in their head to head match as the points were level.   Similar congratulations also go to Southam High School who managed to win the U15s Boys tournament by winning 6 games and drawing 1, stopping Shipston High from securing a clean sweep.  

The tournaments were played in good spirit and each competitor was awarded a certificate of participation. The full results can be found at; http://www.stratford.gov.uk/leisure/leisure-893.cfm 

The U13s & U16s Girls' tournaments are due to take place at Stratford Leisure and Visitor Centre as follows:
U13s Girls     
Thursday 31 January           4.00pm - 6.00pm  
U16s Girls     
Thursday 7 February           4.00pm - 6.00pm  

Stewart Colmer, Sports Development Officer, is looking for competent referees, scorers and helpers for the Girls' basketball tournament. If you feel that you are already suitably qualified and would like to help out or would like further information to gain a relevant qualification on one of our courses, then please call him on 01789 260115.