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Hero awards prizes
12:23pm Thursday 23rd November 2000
FORMER England rugby captain, Roger Uttley, was at Hurstmere School, Sidcup, to help it celebrate several significant milestones.
The sporting hero was there to hand out the prizes at the annual prizegiving.
But the school is also celebrating its 50th birthday this year and has just received an Investor in People award which was unveiled on the night.
The third special occasion belonged to the schools chairman of governors, Valerie Hughes-Narborough, who has chalked up her silver jubilee in the post.
As well as subject, form and sporting awards, Uttley also presented several special awards.
These were: athletics trophy, Lower School, Lewis Gallego; Upper School, Christopher Stewart; George Fox prize, Steven Candy; governors prize; Tony Ashenden; Lee Powell prize for music, Matthew Tobin; Lee Powell prize for science, Tom Ryan; Princess Diana memorial prize, Stephen Gibson.
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