A group of year 10 students from Bedlingtonshire community high School are celebrating this week after winning their local basketball league.
The team of 6 students have been competing in the league against other schools in the Wansbeck area including Ashington and King Edward the 6th high School in Morpeth. The lads, inspired by their local League team, the Newcastle Eagles, started the league for the first time this year with little hope of winning. "It was really the first season that we'd played together, so we were just hoping that we'd finish near the top." Chris Brown, who plays centre, told us.
The Bedlington team were in second place behind Morpeth with one game left to play and in a exciting match, managed to snatch victory and take the league title. They will now represent the county. School principal, Kieran McGrane, himself a PE teacher, was delighted. "This highlights the talent and determination the students at Bedlington have, we're all really proud of the lads."
The team are:
Ross Scott, Shaun Nichol, Chris brown, Ryan Sheil, Alistair Langley, Matthew Langley (C)