GOOD SPORTS

Judging by the Tannoy-type announcements filtering through the air this morning it appears like sports day has been on at Sir John Nelthorpe School.
It's good that these old traditions keep going. And ex-SJN pupils, and those who came before them at Brigg Grammar and Brigg High School, will have their own memories (not always fond) of sports days long gone.
If you weren't interested in athletics then it was a pain to have to take part and finish down the field in the 220 yards race (no metres for us!). Or else get eliminated in the first round of the high jump.
In the days of the old Lincolnshire Times and Brigg Star weekly newspapers, the inclusion of sports day results was a 'must'. But having to type them up from the official school sheets was not the easiest of tasks. Especially if there had been some rain and the writing had started to run on the paper.