Walker seals national glory

The under-15s pictured are (back row, left) Lewis Boucher, Mark Howard, Charles Cotton, Robert Barber. Daniel Lewis (front row, left), Josh Walker and Ross Wylie.

HANDBALL: ROYTON and Crompton School’s Year 10 handball team clinched the English Handball Association under-15 Championship.

They equalised against Tarpoley High School in the last minute before Josh Walker’s extra-time winner.

Jamal Braithwaite of Year 10 and Year 11 student Stefan Whaley have just returned from representing England under-16 boys in the Partille Cup in Sweden, where the side won two games.

Whaley achieved the highest score of 13.2 in the squad’s fitness test.