Bridgnorth Endowed take rivals to school
Bridgnorth Endowed School made a smashing start to this year's Shropshire Homes School Sport Festival.
Nearly 2,000 primary and secondary pupils are competing in the event, across 25 different sporting events.
Most of the county finals will be taking place on March 1 and 2, but several 'satellite' events are being held beforehand – starting with badminton.
It was Bridgnorth Endowed School who had most to celebrate after striking gold in three of the four categories at Shrewsbury Sports Village.
The boys and girls won the Key Stage 4 competition, and the boys triumphed in Key Stage 3. Sundorne School, in Shrewsbury, took the Key Stage 3 girls title.
The School Games programme is co-ordinated by the county sports partnership Energize.
Harry Cade, youth sport manager at Energize, said: "With additional competitions, we needed to run some competitions as 'satellite' events, ahead of the festival days.
"It was a terrific start to this year's festival. There was some great determination on display on both days of the badminton competition, as well as the teamwork required for the doubles matches.
"The winning teams now go onto the regional competition with teams from all over the West Midlands.
