Family Support
There were a great many family
connections in this year’s finals as well.
The Williams sisters, Venus and Serena,
played against each other in the singles
final and then partnered each other in
the ladies doubles. The mixed doubles
final saw American twins Bob and Mike
Bryan compete against each other
having lost in the semi final of the men’s
doubles (which they won in 2007) and
this meant that there were family
connections in three of the five finals!
F
ootball F
act
The two spor
ts of f
also thro
ootball and netball
w up an interesting f
and contrast. The N
amil
y link
provided two inter
eville f
amil
national f
y
Gar
y and Phil and also an inter
ootballers,
netball pla
yer in sister T
national
time, T
racey had won more Eng
racey
. A
t one
caps than her two brothers hadland
tog
ether but she was not ear
money from her spor ning an
brothers w
t at all! Her two
y
ere pla
United and ear
ying f
or Manc
ning lar
hester
doing so and both are still pla
ge
salaries f
or
Tracey w
ent on to win 7
ying.
twin brother Phil (on 59) but being
4 caps, beating
pipped by elder brother Gar
The N
eville’s w
y (on 85).
famil
ere a tr
y as f
ue spor
ather
league cric
, N
ting
eville N
k
eville was á
eter in Lancashire bef
becoming the f
ootball ag
ore
ent f
two sons!
or his
This section has been
compiled by Kirk Bizley who
is a lecturer at Bath Spa
University, the Chief
DISCUSSION
ting f
amilies
Examiner for GCSE PE for
Ho
w could spor
tiv
e of
AQA and also an
suc
h as these be supporluences
Educational Consultant who
eac
h other? What inf
ting
regularly carries out staff
ve
led to high spor
might ha
INSET and pupil GCSE
success within one
revision sessions. Kirk has
par
ticular f
amil
y?
held a Chief Examiner post
for the last twenty-four
years and can be contacted
at k.bizley@bathspa.ac.uk.
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