I can’t begin to say how proud I am to see Amy Hunt win gold in the European Athletics Championships. I can well remember the first time she picked up a baton on the Barnby Road playing fields. We couldn’t offer her much in the way of sprinting prowess, but Amy represented us in football, netball, hockey, cricket and cross-country teams and of course the Newark Primary Schools Area Sports. Always polite, full of smiles, a clever, unassuming and hardworking young girl. She was a joy to teach and coach as Mr Chamberlain, Mrs Kelly, Mr Barbuti and Mr Shephard will all attest, she shone in an exce…