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Sports in School and after School
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1. a) You are going to read sports reports from the Tremuline High School magazine. What sort of information do you expect to find in this type of report? Who do you think are the authors of reports in school magazines?
b) Read the reports and say if the statements after them are true or false.
It was a busy summer for athletics competition. The District Sports Competition with six other schools was a day to remember. Dan Brown competed in the Under-16 400 metres. As usual, he seemed to go slowly at the start but ran like the wind in the last 60 metres to get 2nd place. Donna Shaldon ran very well to reach 4th place in the Junior 800 metres. Our Junior running team tried very hard in the 4x100 metres. This year they beat everyone else but were unable to beat Hershwood School, whose team were the clear winners. Tamara Hendrix did well in the High Jump and Ronaldo Edmonds surprised everyone by coming first in the Intermediate Long Jump. Our congratulations to all the competitors! Our Head says that taking part is more important than winning, but we look forward to even better results next year.
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S. Howard, 5th year
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Our Under-15 tennis team ended last season in 5th place out of eight, so could we do better this time? In out first round, the Under-15s beat Bedford School in the doubles1 and won three out of the four singles2 matches. This was a good start to the season as last year Bedford won everything, including the final. We reached the semi-finals of the Regional Interschools Cup. We won some of the matches but lost to Karbridge School who went on to win the final. In the end, we were third. Better luck next year, team! We need more people to try out for the tennis teams. Remember: the school can lend you a racquet3 if you don't have one and we have lots of (oldish) balls!
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A. Gatby, 3rd year
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1. The school came second in Under-16 400 metres run.
2. The school Junior running team won 4x100 metres race.
3. Tamara Hendrix won the Intermediate Long Jump.
4. The school Under-15 tennis team won the competition.
c) Discuss the following questions.
1. Do you have a school magazine or newspaper? What information can you read there?
2. Do you have sports teams at your school? What are they? Have they taken part in any competitions? Did they win?
3. Is it important for you to win? Why? Why not?
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