[Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.

  • Cumberland (England). County Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    people have been played throughout the season and Cumberland was represented at the inter-county tournament held at Brighton. Four members of the senior county team were chosen, to take part in the territorial trials and one member was selected to play for the North-West in the territorial tournament held at Nottingham. Training days were held at Millom, Whitehaven and Workington and the Cumberland Netball Associa- tion gave opportunity for coaches and umpires to attend a training course arranged by the All-England Netball Association and held in London. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL The expansion of the activities of the Cumberland Schools’ Football Association in rural areas, together with the enthusiastic response of teachers, has led to an increased participation by remote country schools in friendly games and leagues, county trials and the County Shield Competition. County matches have been held against Northumberland, North Lancashire, Kent and Derbyshire, when improvement in play and increased confidence of the Cumberland boys has given creditable victories against Kent and North Lancashire. The Cumberland Football Association has been generous in its help to schoolboy football through grants and equipment, professional coaches have visited schools and their assistance has been much appreciated by Cumberland teachers. There is still room for development in the coaching field and much may be done by augmenting the coaching staff with fully-qualified coaches. RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL The small nucleus of schools in West Cumberland following the Rugby League code has brought con- siderable credit to the county, as indicated by the achievements of the Cumberland Schools’ Rugby League team against representative teams drawn from other larger county areas. The standard of play in these schools is high, a fact largely the result of the voluntary effort of young enthusiastic teachers, and contributed to by the help given by the Rugby Foot- ball League, through the medium of professional coaching visits to schools, a Teachers’ Course held at Workington during the autumn break and the Rugby League Summer Training Camp for boys held at Otley