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Some of the minor sports like golf and squash are done as clubs rather than major school sports. In the case of soccer, which is an important sportng activity, some schools still include a soccer club in the activities programas well. Soccer or football as it is more commonly called uis not given as much emphasis as rugby and cricket. It is, however, emensely popular with the boys. This is for students who want a little extra coaching and practice period. It is generally chosen by children already very good at soccer. Given the substantial time devoted to cricket in the Summer Term sports program, it seems a little strange that boys would want even more cricket, but quite a number of boys take sports very seriously and choose the Soccer Club for
This operated in both Winter and Summer Terms, catering for boys who wish to qualify for awards under under the Football Association/Coca Cola Skills Award Scheme, nationally controlled and sponsored. There are five stages of awards, each becoming more difficult than the previous one. First is Blue Award, then Red, Blacl, Silver and Gold in thast order of skill progression. The Gold award is indicative of a very high standard of personal ball skill. The skills under test were: ball juggling, heading, passing, cintrolling, (trapping), dribbling, kicking and shooting. Awards were obtained as follows. Nlue: Adams, Boothman, Cartwright, Davis, Janjua, Mahon, May, Montgomery, Grewal Mannan, Grewal Majid, Kenyon, Sawyer, Lister, Steele, Torrance, Lighting, Goulding, Nolan, Seddon. Red: Boothman, Harris D.
GS, The Wheasheaf (Pownall Hall), 1980.
