On Wednesday 16 January, 23 teams from 12 different schools attended the 2008 TWDPSSA New Age Kurling Festival at Tunbridge Wells High School. St. Peters, St. James Jnr., Broadwater, St. Johns, Southborough, St. Augustines, St. Matthews, Claremont, Langton Green, Oakley, Sherwood Park and St. Barnabus all took part in the competition.

Before the start of the competition, staff from the Tunbridge Wells School Sports Partnership explained the rules of the sport and provided a demonstration of how it should be played and scored. Players had an opportunity to practice throwing the stones before taking part in eleven matches against teams from other schools. Judges recorded the final score of each game which was then taken to the main scoring table and added to the final standings.

School Time     St. Johns A 48     St. James Jnr. A 33     St. Johns B 28     Sherwood Park A 27     Claremont A 26     Langton Green A 21     St. Peters A 21     Claremont B 19     Broadwater A 16     St. James Jnr. B 15     St. Banabus A 14     St. Augustine's A 13     St. James Jnr. C 13     Southborough B 13     Oakley A 10     St. Augustine's B 10     Southborough A 6     St. Matthews A 6     St. Matthews B 6     Sherwood Park B 6     Langton Green B 3     St. Peters B 2     Oakley B 2

Well done to St. Johns A who scored 48 points and took away this years TWDPSSA New Age Kurling trophy. St James Junior A were close behind but St. Johns A were able to hold off the competition with a good finish in the last two ends.

A huge thank you to the following:

• TWDPSSA PLTs and supporting teachers for their help managing teams and officiating the event
• TWSSP staff
• Tunbridge Wells High School PE Department and Sports Leader

For further information on the sport of New Age Kurling please click here