More than 250 trophies have been handed over to a schools sports partnership thanks to a campaign backed by the Journal. Floods of trophies have been given to the Forest Heath Schools Sports Partnership following the appeal held between September 15 and Friday. The trophies will be used in inter-school competitions over the coming months.
“We have been overwhelmed by the response of the campaign,” said Ian Jackson, sports development manager for the Forest Heath Schools Sports Partnership. “There are some superb trophies that have been handed over. They show just how much people have excelled in sport over the years. “By 9.30am on the first day of the scheme I had two trophies. It just snowballed from there and in the end we had between 12 and 15 boxes full of trophies of varying sizes. “A big thanks has to go out to all those from across the Newmarket and Mildenhall areas that have donated trophies along with the Journal for assisting the campaign, and both Newmarket and Mildenhall Leisure Centre for acting as drop-off points,” said Mr Jackson.
Demand for additional trophies has arisen following the Government’s launch of the School Games. The games, which coincide with both the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, are set to provide school pupils across all ages with the chance to take part in a host of new inter-school tournaments.
“We can assure that these trophies will now go to good use and help the future of inter-school sport for a long time,” said Mr Jackson. “Those that we can’t use will not go to waste as we will hand them over to local sport clubs to be put to good use.”
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