Cookies deliver tasty display in festival win
Comic Relief coffers boosted by Portsmouth High School tournament
COMIC RELIEF was the biggest winner at the latest Netball in the Community festival, held at Portsmouth High School, as netballers raised £568 for the popular charity, writes Helen Dunning.
Cookies took home the gold medals, popular winners such was their sportsmanship and determination to play from start to finish in very hot whoopee cushion outfits.
Panthers, taking a more stylish route with Peaky Blinders fancy-dress creations, finished second.
As with all Netball in the Community events it wasn’t all about the silverware.
Organiser Debbie Laycock said: ‘We’ve had some great feedback and I really hope everyone had the best time.
‘There were some superb fancy dress efforts.
‘Local businesses came out in support with some great raffle prize donations. A huge thank you to all of them.
‘We wouldn’t have raised as much money without them.
‘We also had some special netball prizes that went down really well.
‘Our volunteers actually won them, which was really fitting. ‘Julie Crane won the Manchester Thunder signed netball and coach and umpire Kimberley Churchill won the Surrey Storm signed dress.’ The player-of-the-festival award – voted by umpires and volunteers – went to Clare Goddard, of Sarisbury Sparks. Her side also won the best fancy dress award for their bee costumes.
Laycock added: ‘As always, our volunteers were fantastic.
‘Huge thanks to Kimberley and Julie, as well as Julie Vugler, Lisa McGuigan, Katie Holmes, Janine Robinson and Angie Osborne.
‘They really are worth their weight in gold.’
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