ONE of the most popular events in Wellington’s social calendar in recent years could be revived in 2008.

The Wellington Sports Federation held a Summer Spectacular at the town’s rugby club for three successive years, attracting thousands of people.

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MORE than 80 people attended the third Wellington Sports Awards dinner on Saturday night.
The black-tie event was organised by the town’s Federation of Sports Clubs and held at the Cleve Hotel and Country Club.
Guest of honour was the MP for Taunton, Jeremy Browne, and the MC was Clinton Rogers of BBC Points West.
Eight awards for sporting achievement – both on and off the pitch – were presented during the evening.
Welcoming the guests, federation chairman Ken Bird said the organisation had three main aims – promotion of sport in Wellington, joint fund-raising by the 14 member clubs and youth development.
The past year had seen taster sessions in different sports organised for local youngsters.
The federation had also helped secure funding for a new sports hall at Court Fields Community School.
And it had also worked to see the old Beech Grove School Field turned into a rugby pitch, which would allow a second football pitch on the town’s playing field.

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PLANS are taking shape for a major Festival of Youth Sport in Wellington next month.

The main event will see a range of tournaments, taster sessions and demonstrations at the town’s Playing Field on Sunday, August 27, from 12noon to 5pm.

But, in the run-up to the day, there will also be free coaching sessions for local youngsters in a variety of sports.

The festival is being organised by Wellington Federation of Sports Clubs, which held its latest meeting on Monday.

Member clubs heard that competitions already planned for August 27 included kwik cricket for under 11s and 13s, five-a-side football for under 12s and 14s, tag rugby for primary school children and a tennis tournament.

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The final sum raised by our floodlit cricket match on Easter Sunday is £561. This amount will be sent to Ranjith Fernando, at Sri Lanka Cricket and will be used to rebuild homes in and around Galle.

Congratulations to everyone who was involved in the event.

A SPECIAL celebration of sport in Wellington took place on Saturday, November 20th.

More than 125 people attended the first Wellington Sports Awards, organised by the town’s Federation of Sports Clubs and held at the Cleve Hotel and Country Club.

Guest of honour at the black-tie dinner was top racehorse trainer Martin Pipe, who is based on the Blackdown Hills above Wellington and who received an International Award.

Also present were the federation’s two other patrons, Adrian Flook MP and Cllr Andrew Govier, while its president, the Duke of Wellington, sent his apologies.

MC for the evening was Sky Sports presenter Pete Barraclough and there was entertainment from Belinda Evans, who is best known for singing the National Anthem before each of England’s triumphant Rugby World Cup matches.