School awarded badminton academy status.

From: News Guardian (Whitley Bay, England) | Date: October 9, 2007 | Copyright information

A NORTH TYNESIDE school is celebrating after becoming a Badminton Academy.

John Spence Community High School in Tynemouth had to submit applications to Badminton England, and has become one of only 20 academies across the UK.

Bobby Graham of John Spence said: "We appealed to Badminton England to become an Academy because it lets us develop and since we had the sports hall two years ago we have had t...

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