Oakbank English teacher, Ann Hogben, has been busy travelling up down the country in her capacity as a top flight judo referee.

In the past few weeks Ann has refereed at the National Youth Judo trials in Bristol and at the North West Open Championships in St Helens. Her next national event is the Junior National Teams championships at Crystal Palace in south London.

Ann said: "These are all further moves towards taking my National A award, the next level of refereeing, later this year."

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