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SCHOOLBOY DIES DURING
RUGBY MATCH
A schoolboy died after collapsing
duringa rugbymatch inKidderminster,
UK in March.
Luke Chapman, 15, from Haybridge
High School in Hagley, was taken
by air ambulance to Birmingham
Children’s Hospital. He was taking
part in a game against Kidderminster’s
Baxter College.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service
spokesman said: “Ambulance crews
took over resuscitation attempts and
advanced life support was carried out
at the scene.
“The boy was transferred to
Birmingham Children’s Hospital by
air ambulance for further emergency
treatment.
“Unfortunately, despite the best efforts
of ambulance crews and hospital
staff, nothing could be done to save
the boy and he passed away shortly
after arriving at hospital.”
Caroline Hoddinott, head teacher at
Haybridge High School, said: “Luke
was a much-loved son, grandson,
friend and student and we will miss
him very much.
“Our focus now is to help family,
friends and our whole community
through this difficult time.”
Tributes have also been paid to the
15-year-old on social network sites
Facebook and Twitter.
One former coach described him as
“a cracking lad”, who “never failed to
make me laugh”.
HOCKEY PLAYER DIES
AFTER BEING HIT BY BALL
An elite 24-year-old hockey player in
Perth has died after a ball deflected
off a stick and hit her on the head
midway through the first half of the
game.
Elizabeth Watkins was playing
alongside her sister at Perth Hockey
Stadium on 6th May in a State
League game between the North
Coast Raiders and the Victoria
Park Panthers when she collapsed
unconscious. She was then revived
but died on her way to hospital.
Hockey Australia’s Mark Anderson
has described her death as a terrible
accident.
“Yesterday was just a very sad and
tragic day for our sport,” he said.
“It appears like it was just a terrible
accident that occurred and tragic
consequences and very much
our thoughts are with the family at
this stage as they work through
an extremely difficult and sad
situation.”
The Australian hockey team, the
Kookaburras, wore black arm bands
during an international match in
London in honour of Ms Watkins.
HEADSCARVES FOR WOMEN’S
GAMES NEAR APPROVAL
Football’s international rules board
have unanimously supported a
proposal to reverse a 2007 decision
that barred women from playing with
headscarves.
The 2007 decision was based on
safety concerns. At a meeting of the
International Football Association
Board in Bagshot, England, Prince Ali
of Jordan, a member of the executive
committee of FIFA, presented a hijab
with Velcro fasteners made by the
Dutch company Capsters.
In a statement released by FIFA,
soccer’s world governing body, the
board said it “agreed to the proposal in
principle that headscarves be allowed,
pending an accelerated review of health
and safety issues.” A final endorsement
is to be made at the board’s special
meeting on July 2.
Upon hearing the news, Reema
Ramounieh, 28, a goalkeeper for
Jordan’s national team who was barred
from participating in the team’s first
Olympic qualifying match last year,
said: “We’re really happy, you know.
We were thinking that we wouldn’t be
playing anymore. What I’m feeling I
can’t even express now.”
The rules board also assessed the test
results from eight goal-line technology
systems. Two, Hawk-Eye and GoalRef,
received “very positive” scores. A final
round of testing will be done before a
vote in July. One could be in place for
the 2014 World Cup.
A 13-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl is being
sued by a classmate over a tennis
court mishap at one of Queensland’s
top private schools.
The legal claim, over a bruised eye, has
raised concerns that “litigation-crazy’’
parents could threaten the future of
school sport by forcing up insurance
costs.
It may also force parents to take out
third-party accident insurance for their
children.
Several Queensland schools have
already banned activities including
tiggy, red rover and cartwheels because
of injury fears.
Cardiologist Guy Wright-Smith said
he was “gobsmacked’’ to receive the
damages claim, addressed to his 13-
year-old daughter Julia.
SCHOOLGIRL SUED OVER TENNIS INCIDENT
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