Netball team ready to play in new team kit

OAKLEY Cross Primary School, West Auckland, has entered a district netball tournament in new kit thanks to a sponsorship.

Frank Hudson Transport showed their support for the five-player team with new outfits to celebrate the return of the sport to the school.

Coach Charlie Dixon said: “We used to be in a league, but this is something new and we are having a district tournament. If we win, we will go to the county competition.

“The children have been training really hard every lunch break.”

The Stingers Netball Competition is run by Education Enterprise Sports Partnership and other dale schools taking part include Montalbo, Hamsterley, Copeland Road and Toft Hill, along with others in South West County Durham.