Sports leaders praised for role in netball challenge

FIFTEEN schools took part in a primary school netball challenge at Haslingden High School and the winning school, Waterfoot, beat every school in the final.

- BY CATHERINE SMYTH

Rossendale School Sports Partnership School Game Organiser Nathan Bibby said: "We held two qualifying heats and a final at Haslingden High School. We had nine schools attend the first session and six were at the second.

"The top five schools then went into the final and they played a round robin with each team playing everyone else.

"The overall winner was Waterfoot, who won every match they played in the final.

"The school now goes on to represent Rossendale in the Lancashire final."

Second was St Paul's and third was St James the Less; also in the final was Balladen and Thorn Primary.