15 May 2019

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EAST Grinstead Town Council celebrated the success of young football talent on Monday night at the start of the Annual Council meeting. Outgoing Town Mayor Rex Whittaker presented individual certificates along with an overall picture certificate commemorating the Imberhorne under 12’s Team win of the Sussex County Cup.

The Team won in the final against St Andrews 3-2 in April. Presenting the certificate to the team and coach Year 7 head Dan Celani, The Town Mayor said that “the talent showed bright for the future and the school is part of the exemplar sports performance in the town. The boys should be as rightly proud of their performance as the Town was of them”

The evening marked the end of Cllr Whittakers Mayoral year of office as he handed over the Mayoral chain to Cllr Danny Favor for the 2019/20 year.