On Tuesday 9 January, 15 teams from 8 different schools attended the first ever WOKSSA New Age Kurling Festival at Angley School – A Sports College. Cranbrook, Colliers Green, Frittenden, Goudhurst, Lamberhurst, High Halden, Woodchurch and Wittersham all took part in the competition.

John Bennett the original founder of New Age Kurling attended to explain a bit about the sport and provide a demonstration of how it should be played and scored. Players had lots of opportunities to practice throwing the stones before taking part in three matches against teams from other schools. Scorers recorded the maximum number of points each team could score on the target from eight stones.

Top Scores (8 Stones)

	Position	School	Points
	1	High Halden B	25 (20)
	2	Goudhurst A	25 (18)
	3	Woodchurch	24
	4	Cranbrook B	23
	5	Colliers Green C	21
	6	Lamberhurst B	20
	7	High Halden A	19
	8	Lamberhurst A	19
	9	Colliers Green B	18
	10	Cranbrook A	17
	11	Wittersham	16
	12	Goudhurst B	13
	13	Frittenden B	12
	14	Colliers Green A	11
	15	Frittenden A	10

Well done to High Halden B and Goudhurst A who joint top scored with 25 points each. High Halden B were awarded the trophy as their second highest score was 20 compared with that of 18 by Goudhurst A. Woodchurch came third with 24 points.

A huge thank you to the following:

• John Bennett (New Age Kurling)
• WOKSSA PLTs for their help managing teams and officiating
• TWSSP staff

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