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2005 Bromley Schools' Achievement in Sport Award Ceremony
Former Bromley pupil Judy Oakes was the guest speaker at this year's Bromley Schools' Achievement in Sport Award Ceremony. Judy is the most capped athlete in the history of British athletics with 87 senior international appearances. She presented medals to over 200 young Bromley sportsmen and sportswomen for excellence in sport. This event is organised by Bromley Council in recognition of the high level of commitment and success of Bromley pupils in a wide variety of sports.
Judy has won a total of 32 major championship medals and is best known for her long career as a shot putter for Great Britain and Northern Ireland spanning 27 years. This includes a record of 45 senior national titles at the event. Judy started her sporting interest as a pupil at Bullers Wood School in Chislehurst where she was a member of the school netball, hockey, tennis, badminton, volleyball, table tennis and athletics teams. In her motivational speech to the award winners she encouraged them to try as many sports as possible and spoke of her optimism that they would now be competing in a world of sport free from drugs and political influence.
Andy Fish, event organiser said: "The level of achievement of these young sportsmen and women is a tribute to themselves, their schools and their parents. Judy Oakes' speech was inspirational and we hope many of our students will go on to gain even greater recognition and reward for their efforts."
Bromley's Deputy Mayor, Councillor Roger Charsley, presented awards for Contribution to School Sport and Ken Davis, Director of Education and Libraries, presented the Team Awards.
The winner of the Sport Bromley Cup for Outstanding Achievement in Sport was Rachel Gatford of Charles Darwin School. She is a swimmer for Beckenham Swimming Club and is one of only 13 swimmers in the country between the ages of 13 and 16 to have been selected for the "smart track" programme, the world class potential squad. The programme rewards/funds those who are felt to have the potential to compete in the Beijing Olympics, by sending them on training camps with other elite swimmers. Over the past year she has been to camps in Mexico and the United States. More recently she won a place in the European junior team for a competition in Hungary and later this month will be going to China on a senior sprints camp.
Former Bromley pupil Judy Oakes was the guest speaker at this year's Bromley Schools' Achievement in Sport Award Ceremony. Judy is the most capped athlete in the history of British athletics with 87 senior international appearances. She presented medals to over 200 young Bromley sportsmen and sportswomen for excellence in sport. This event is organised by Bromley Council in recognition of the high level of commitment and success of Bromley pupils in a wide variety of sports.
Judy has won a total of 32 major championship medals and is best known for her long career as a shot putter for Great Britain and Northern Ireland spanning 27 years. This includes a record of 45 senior national titles at the event. Judy started her sporting interest as a pupil at Bullers Wood School in Chislehurst where she was a member of the school netball, hockey, tennis, badminton, volleyball, table tennis and athletics teams. In her motivational speech to the award winners she encouraged them to try as many sports as possible and spoke of her optimism that they would now be competing in a world of sport free from drugs and political influence.
Andy Fish, event organiser said: "The level of achievement of these young sportsmen and women is a tribute to themselves, their schools and their parents. Judy Oakes' speech was inspirational and we hope many of our students will go on to gain even greater recognition and reward for their efforts."
Bromley's Deputy Mayor, Councillor Roger Charsley, presented awards for Contribution to School Sport and Ken Davis, Director of Education and Libraries, presented the Team Awards.
The winner of the Sport Bromley Cup for Outstanding Achievement in Sport was Rachel Gatford of Charles Darwin School. She is a swimmer for Beckenham Swimming Club and is one of only 13 swimmers in the country between the ages of 13 and 16 to have been selected for the "smart track" programme, the world class potential squad. The programme rewards/funds those who are felt to have the potential to compete in the Beijing Olympics, by sending them on training camps with other elite swimmers. Over the past year she has been to camps in Mexico and the United States. More recently she won a place in the European junior team for a competition in Hungary and later this month will be going to China on a senior sprints camp.
Jordan Mitchell of Hayes School received the Geoff Comer Cup for Outstanding Achievement. He plays Rugby for his school first 15 and for Beckenham Rugby Football Club. He has since the age of 14 been playing for Saracens Academy and Kent. This season he made it into the London South East Squad and was selected for the England U16 squad. He spent four days at the England training camp and then represented England in a tournament playing against France West, France East and Canada. Since then he was a member of the winning England U16 side who beat the Welsh.
Graham Arthur, Bromley's Executive Councillor for Children and Young People, said: "It is good to see young people's achievements being recognised in this way".
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Tel: 020 8462 8911, Fax: 020 8461 6286.
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