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Pictured above are six of the eight team members of the South Ribble schools team who won the Under 14 Lancashire School Badminton Association Trophy. Left to right, back row: David Johnson, Christina Balchine, Robert Russell. Front: Alison Gregson, Lesley Dixon and Moira Keeble
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Pupils at a Leyland school could jump through hoops after netting a top sports trophy. The fifth year girls' netball team from St Mary's High School took first place in the Northern finals of the Knights of St Columbia Youth Cup. The girls knocked out St Cuthbert's of Bolton 9-3 and St Joseph's of Horwich 12-1 before beating local namesakes St Mary's of Chorley 9-5 in the final. The team will now go on to the national finals
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A troupe of young ballet dancers at St Leonard's Church Hall, Penwortham
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A council-run theatre could not afford to pay the staggering £18,000-a-week fee demanded by one of Britain's leading comedians for a seven-week summer show. Instead, Southport Theatre chiefs auditioned a cast of thousands... all youngsters still at school. And they picked out 50 budding actors and actresses for a musical review. Awaiting their call to action are (from left) Mandy Whelan, aged 10, of Blackpool; Jane Ellis, nine, of Wigan; Sharon Foster, 11, and Sarah Morris, seven, of St Helens; and Nicola Bolton and Maxine Whalley, both nine, of Skelmersdale