Watch: The only way is up for Telford pupils after Georgia fund lift
Pupils at a Telford school have been hitting new heights in a trampolining competition – thanks to the charity set up in memory of murdered Shropshire teenager Georgia Williams.
Earlier this year, the Georgia Williams Trust donated much-needed funds to the PE department at Ercall Wood School, where 17-year-old Georgia was head girl.
The cash allowed staff to buy a new competition trampoline, 20 agility mats, three throw-in mats and three crash mats.
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Since then, pupils have been honing their jumping skills ahead of an inter-school competition at Oakengates Leisure Centre which took place on Tuesday.
Pupil Ryan Breeze leapt to scoop the winning title for agility in the competition, which involved eights schools including Thomas Telford School and Madeley Academy.
Georgia's mother Lynnette said: "We donated the equipment back in February and it is great to see the money has been valued.
"The trampolines are used in PE and some of the pupils have really progressed.
"We've donated them their competition tops as well so they really look the part.
"We were so pleased to see Ryan Breeze do so well in the competition and delighted that our donation has been so valuable."
PE teacher Will Smithson, of Ercall Wood, said: "At Ercall Wood we as a whole school try to support the Georgia Williams Trust as much as possible and we are extremely grateful that they have chosen to support us in our new trampolining project.
"This funding now means we can teach trampolining in PE lessons and also after school.
"Since the start of January we have been running two after school clubs on a weekly basis and the attendance has been fantastic.
"We are now able to assess students in trampolining as part of their GCSE PE course which is also brilliant news and we have discovered we have students with excellent trampolining abilities."
