Portchester School leads the way!
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By SBF Webmaster in General Published: Saturday, 04 July 09 - 12:59 PM (GMT) Last Updated: Friday, 11 September 09 - 03:34 PM (GMT) |
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Porchester School leads the way!
Since its formation in 2006, the Steve Bernard Foundation has supported more than 40 projects across 16 sports and 4 continents . However, not many of our supported projects can claim to have had the success of Portchester School's indoor rowing team.The team, which has been running for little more than two years has had a fantastically succesful year in 2009, sweeping aside almost everything and everyone which was put in their way. The school is righfully proud to boast a junior world record holder, two National Junior Championship winning teams and a squad that is the envy of Dorset's school system.
The foundation contributed two of the six rowing machines which the team currently uses and the boys really have made the very best of their opportunities. In August 2008, Tom Clark broke the under 15 world record in front of a crowd at the Littledown Centre. Subsequently, the team won all five boys individual titles and all five year group relays at the Dorset Championships in February 2009.
This was followed, in March, by a silver medal at the National Championships in London for the year 10 and below Sprint Relay boat race and a fourth place in the year 13 and below Boat Race Relay. The latter performance is made all the more impressive by the fact that the team consisted of year 10 & 11 boys.
However, the main cause for celebration was the whole team's showing in the Concept 2 National Schools League in which all of the teams came either first or second in each age group in both fours and eights. This is a stunning achievement and the Steve Bernard Foundation would like to commend Paul Sawyer and his team on their incredible feat.
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