Young Gymnasts show their skills
The final of the Rotary Welsh Schools Disability Gymnastics Championships at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Sophia Gardens, Cardiff in March, treated us to a final which exceeded all expectations with the children competing to a very high standard, reports David Curtis. Our thanks to Maria Gaynor, her
staff and judges of Welsh Gymnas- tics for organising and running the competition on behalf of District 1150.
The staff at the schools spent many hours working with the children to make it a memorable day, which was evident seeing their smiling faces collecting their ribbons and trophies.
District Governor Maggie and members of Rotary had the honour of awarding the prizes
Rotary in our District have been involved for more than 20 years and it would be nice to see more Rotarians support this competition.
Special Schools soccer gets a boost
Pupils from all over South Wales have been helping to inject some life into a waning special schools’ football league. Many schools struggle to meet the demands of regular football but the Festival is a competitive boost and welcomed by the many who took part. The South Wales Special Schools’ Soccer 11-a- side Challenge Festival is an annual event, which, for the past 18 years, has been organised by Rtn Edgar Burt of Bridgend Rotary and Heronsbridge School and sponsored by Past Rotarian Derek Gaynor of the Gaynor Group. Over one hundred players and reserves from eight Special Schools from across South Wales took part in the Festival (Heronsbridge, Woodlands, Ysgol Bryn Castell (YBC), Headlands, Penybryn, Hendrefelin, Greenfield and Maes Gwyn. The eight schools were divided into two pools
with YBC and Woodlands School winning the pools and going on to the final. Ysgol Bryn Castell (Brynmenyn) won the final to lift the trophy with Woodlands as runners up. The award for the most improved team of the festival went to Woodlands School from Cardiff and the “Player of the Tournament” Shield to Cain Dickenson of Ysgol Bryn Castell. The winners of the Tony Phillips “Fair Play” memorial shield were Greenfields School from Merthyr Tydfil.
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