Five lucky youngsters each got possession of the ball, a signed basketball that is, at the last home match of the season for basketball sensations, the Bristol Bombers.
On Sunday 7th April five prize draw winners got tickets to meet their heroes, see them play and a surprise prize too. Each child was presented with a basketball signed by the upwardly mobile team at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre.
The lucky young winners of the prize draw are all members of the Discovery Club, which is run for Children of the 90s at the University of Bristol. This is a unique long-term study that has monitored the health and development of fourteen thousand children across Bristol and the South West since pregnancy. The children are now rising ten and many are, of course, sports-mad.
The Bristol Bombers were victorious in their last match of the season, beating Brixton by 95 points to 55. The Bombers have remained unbeaten all season and this final win will secure their place in Division One next season.
Making the First Division means they will have to find room for twice as many spectators and only sports venues in Bath can accommodate them. Still, the price of success…
Children of the 90s Discovery Club members (pictured from left to right) Lucy Smith, Maisie Knight, Matthew Brunt and Chris Patman receive their signed basketballs from the Bristol Bombers Basketball team shown here with the team captain and player Dave Roper on the far left
Bristol Bombers in action against Brixton Basketball team – another of the Bombers excellent moves, which led to their 95-point victory on Sunday at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre
Notes
ALSPAC The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (also known as Children of the 90s) is a unique ongoing research project based in the University of Bristol. It enrolled 14,000 mothers during pregnancy in 1991-2 and has followed most of the children and parents in minute detail ever since.