Sports Page Articles

Jaw Break in Girls Hockey

A VIOLENT hockey match between Essex and Suffolk girls ended in termoil after seventeen year old Rebecca Spencer had her jaw broken.
The Essex defender attempted to protect the empty goal after the goal keeper was knocked down.
Rebecca dived out infront of the goal when a Suffolk attacker hit the ball toward the goal with great force, and Rebecca's jaw took a brutal break to the jaw.
Despite this knock back, Essex won against the Suffolk girls with a 4 - 2 defeat.
Out of the four photographs that I took at a friend's hockey match, I chose to use the first for the story, and the other three for my sport's page slide show.
Chelmsford College Introduce Football Academy

CHELMSFORD COLLEGE, after spending £600,000 on a new astro-turf pitch, have introduced a football academy. The group of sixteen and seventeen-year olds below are the start of what could be a bright future for the college.

I chose to write a story about a football academy because I would easily be able to take photographs of the football academy that are a part of our sixth form. I felt that I should change the name of the sixth form college though, because otherwise, the stories may seem too specific in one area, so I chose to base the college in a large and well known part of Essex, Chelmsford.
Out of the two photographs below, I will use the first because the boys kneeling are more centred, this makes it look like a more professional photograph.

Chelmsford City Looking For New Manager

CHELMSFORD CITY are searching for a new manager since Glenn Pennyfather resigned from his position for unreported reasons. City chairman, Mansell Wallace said: "We're looking for some one who fits into our policy of bringing in new, young and talented players."If you are interested in applying for the role, visit www.chelmsfordcityfootballclub.co.uk for contact and application details.

Essex Lad has Sights Set On Rugby Glory

A YOUNGSTER who came through one of the region’s most established youth sections has spoken of his delight after he was named in the England Under-20s squad for the forthcoming 6 nations.

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I am also using the following article on the first page of my newspaper.

University Create Stress Through Out Essex

ON AVERAGE, university fees are around £3000, and they're on the increase. Luckily, students going to university this year have to pay this much, where as next years students are going to have to pay around triple. Despite being one of the lucky ones, eightteen year old Sandra Ashbeck from Basildon struggles to find the money to enable her to this once in a life time chance.
Sandra has been accepted by Plymouth University, as long as she achieves three B grades in her A levels. Getting these grades isn't a problem for her, it's just financing her time at university that she is stuggling to come to terms with.
Sandra and her family need to find £3280 so that she can fulfill her dream of becoming a university student. "I've always looked forward to going to university, I've always assumed that grades would be a problem, not money. I don't want my parents to struggle to help me, and I really never wanted to have a student loan, but it doesn't look like I have much choice" Julie, Sandra's mum, told us that her husband and father of Sandra was made redundant a few years ago, and was then out of work. Regrettably, they had to use the money that they had saved up to send Sandra to university so that they could support the family.

This is the photograph that I will be using on my website for this story. Beneath the photograph, I will say that the photograph was donated, by the University of Essex. I have seen photographs that were not taken by the newspaper that they are displayed in or on the website, that say, usually as a caption, that the photograph was donated.
I won't be using this image in the newspaper.

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Cheap Thief Makes Profit

TWENTY-TWO year old, Matt Johnston was believed to be a trusted employee of Colchester's Burtons store.
After nineteen months of working there, his story was unveiled as he was caught stealing money from the till.
Matt had been gathering various amounts of money through out his time of working at Burtons. He had mounted up a £480 sum.
His case was taken to court, and despite been found guilty, he was fined £80 and then free to go.
A few weeks after, Matt became an employee at Sainburys.

I will also be using this on the second page of my newspaper.

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Mother and Infant Die In Blaze

MOTHER AND INFANT daughter have died after an explosion in their home. Police believe that it was due to a gas leak.
The infant was confirmed dead on the scene, emercency services said.
The mother was taken to Addenbrooks Hospital and was being treated for her burns after the explosion. After 3 hours of treatment, she was confirmed dead.
Three ambulances and two fire engines arrived at the scene on Goddard Way, Saffron Waldon, within minutes.
"Despite the ambulance, hospital and fire staff's best efforts, sadly, we were not able to save either mother or child." The spokesperson said.

Initially, I had also put this story on the second page of my newspaper, but then decided that if this story was to be reported in the newspaper, it wouldn't be a small section on the second page, it would be a main headliner, on the front page.

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Primary Prepare for Progressing Pupils

KINGSMOOR PRIMARY School has always been small in numbers. As of September this year, Kingsmoor Primary School in Harlown are preparing to introduce their largest year group to date. On average, each year group has around nine students in it, and now staff are getting ready for a substantial seventeen four-year-olds beginning their school life. Every academic year as of September, class sizes will be expanding and each year group will be divided into their own class, where as now, there are two year groups in each class. Staff are preparing to interview possible candidates who will be teaching the growing pupils.


I felt that it would be fairly easy to create a realistic article about a primary school, and I would be able to take a variety of photographs because my mum works in a primary school.
After talking to her about being able to take photographs of children in her primary school, I realised I had hit a bit of a brick wall, as I would not be able to take photographs of any child with out the permission of their parents, and it seemed like a lot of effort, that could be wasted if I am not successful in getting any permission, as I am only a student using photos for a media project, I may not be reliable in their opinion. So I have decided to take a photograph of an entrance of my sixth form. It was built around a year ago, so it looks and is farily modern. Therefore I would be able to say that this is a new extention to the school, therefore it is evident that the school are getting ready for progress and an
increasing number of pupils joining.



Out of the three photographs above, I have chosen to use the first because it would be easier to arrange onto my website page than the portrait photograph. I also chose this one over the second because it was more focused on the extention, and it would be easier to crop out the piece of rubbish that is on the ground.

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Hedingham Omnibuses Coming to a Stop

HEDINGHAM OMNIBUSES as of the 30th of June are discontinuing the Halstead to Colchester route. It is said that there are not enough riders to keep this route going through out the rest of the year. Regular bus users are distraught at this news.
Through out the last eight months the bus fare has gradually increased from £3.80 for an adult to travel to Colchester from Halstead to an unacceptable £6.50. This seemed to discourage people from travelling this route, resulting in less riders which seems to have caused this.
Mrs Potts uses the service at least twice a week, she is a volunteer worker in British Heart Foundation.
"This means I can no longer help out at work, volunteering at the British Heart Foundation isn't just something for me to do a few days a week, it means something to me. My husband passed away three years ago from heart disease. I want to do my part to stop people from suffering the way that I did"Mrs Potts, among more than eighty others have signed a petition to have the bus route continued.

This article will also appear on the second page of my newspaper.

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Essex Couple Prepare to Build School in Kenya

This article is going to be the most recent on my website, do it will be the first article the readers/viewers can see. I am also going to use this story on the first page. I am going to be using this story to replace my initial idea of having a story about teenage pregnancy because I found this article more interesting to read, and on the first pages of the newspapers that I have studied, they usually don't have the most dramatic and interesting stories on the front page: they are spread out through the whole newspaper. So I am having this article and my article about university fees on my home page, then there is a wider age group shown on the front page rather than both based on teens.

CHELMSFORD COUPLE Jade Woodley and Stuart King with help from their friends prepare to travel to the Mwala district of Kenya to help build a primary school and help educate the children of the Kanyongo village until the school is

finally finished.
Jade told us, "we're really hoping that we can influence others to follow in our footsteps and help children who are so much less fortunate than the children here, who are able to receive education without concern"
Stuart added " We'd really like to thank everyone who helped us raise the £4218 that will be helping us get out there and getting the materials to build this school in Kanyongo"
Jade, Stuart and friends have matched the raised funds with their own earnings, doubling the total to a tremendous £8436.

For this story, I have used two teachers in my school to fit the role of 'twenty-somethings' who are going to Kenya to build a school. I chose to use teachers because they would fit the role better, as they already teach and this conveys a reason for them to actually want to go to a under-developed country to build and teach.

I have decided to use the second photograph because of how you can see Rory's shirt untucked, along with the top of his head being cut off verys slightly on the first. You can also see cables to the left side of the photograph. I will be cropping the photograph before I use it, so that they photo is more focused on them, rather than where they are.