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Hundreds of young athletes enjoy Suffolk School Games 2017
Suffolk School Games 2017 at Abbeycroft Leisure, Bury St Edmunds. Boys line up for the 100m dash. Picture: GREGG BROWN - Credit: Gregg Brown
Around 1,200 school pupils took part in the latest instalment of the Suffolk School Games last week.
Held on Tuesday and Friday, children from more than 50 schools participated in a range of sporting events at Westbourne Academy in Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds-based venues Abbeycroft Leisure Centre, Risbygate Sports Club and King Edward VI School.
Ipswich telemark skier Jasmin Taylor, Ipswich karate player Jack Somers and Paralympic swimmer Ryan Crouch, from Manningtree, were guests of honour at the event on Friday and signed autographs for the excited children at Abbeycroft Leisure Centre.
Suffolk Sport development officer, James Payne, said: “It was probably the most successful Suffolk School Games yet and it just gets bigger and better every year.
“The standards the athletes are setting are increasing and we are becoming engaged with more and more schools which is good.”
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