Carnegie Champions Schools reaches its thrilling climax for boys playing Rugby League in the Midlands on Thursday 9th February, with Burton Borough Yr7 and Yr10 teams featuring in an action packed day at Derby RFC.

The finals day is the culmination of the Champion Schools programme which has seen school teams playing local competitions in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Telford and Wrekin, Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Coventry.

Schools have progressed from their local competitions to a regional competition and the winners of the regional finals will progress to the national rounds of the competition, where they will rub shoulders with other leading schools from around the country. The added attraction for the Year 7 Boys is the lure of Wembley Stadium, with the final being played as the curtain raiser to the Carnegie Challenge Cup Final.

Telford has Champions Schools in the making!

Rugby League continues to grow as a sport in Telford and nowhere is this more evident than in the schools throughout the borough.

The number of teams involved has increased for the fifth successive year thanks to the hard work of Community Coach Parminder Tutt, who not only provides coaching for all the schools taking part but also co-ordinates nine aside tournaments for year groups 7 - 11.