News in Street

Millfield School in Street has appointed former Birmingham City head of performance and recruitment Darren Robinson as director of football, starting in September.

Darren joins Millfield with a wealth of experience in professional football as a coach and coach developer across senior, academy pathway and grassroots football.

While still under lockdown on Saturday May 23, members of Street Parkrun began their quest to paint the village all the colours of the rainbow.

That first week about 35 people joined in by running, jogging or walking 5k routes wearing something red.

Street and District Swimming Club has been delighted at the support shown so far by local people and businesses in its mission to raise funds to get swimmers back in the pool safely following the Covid-19 crisis.

A club spokesman said: "We are just blown away by the response to our appeal so far.

Somerset's sports charity, TS5C, has had some tough decisions to make during the last couple of months.

For the first time in its 12-year history, it has put a temporary hold on the grants that help assist the county's young athletes.

An 18-year-old rugby player from Street has been selected for the Bath Rugby senior academy.

Lock and back row forward Ewan Richards has been named as one of only seven players from the Bath Rugby U18 Academy to progress to the senior academy, continuing his progress towards a professional career in the sport.

Swimmer Adam Graham, who attend Millfield School in Street, has completed a 10km sponsored swim in aid of three charities responding to the Australian wildfires and has raised $10,072.

The money will be donated to the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service, and the Australian Red Cross to support their response to the devastating wildfires in Australia.

Over the past year many of us have found ourselves with more time on our hands and have been looking for new challenges to keep healthy and active.

Four Walton residents have taken this idea to the next level and have set themselves extraordinary endurance feats.

Seventeen-year-old student at Millfield School in Street, Tamryn van Selm, was part of the quartet who won gold at the recent European Championships, securing Millfield's first female senior international medal in more than 20 years.

Lower Sixth swimmer Tamryn swam a mature second leg to win gold in the women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay on the final weekend of competition in Budapest, Hungary.

From Millfield School in Street to another establishment synonymous with sport, Upper Sixth footballer Millie Quaintance will join Loughborough University in September to study Sports Science as an elite athlete in football and javelin combined.

Millie started boarding at Millfield in Year 9 to continue her footballing career which has been

Cricketer Jess Hazell, who attends Millfield School in Street, has been selected as part of Western Storm's Regional Academy programme for the upcoming 2021 season.

Lower Sixth Jess is one of 14 cricketers who impressed at numerous trials held at prestigious cricket venues across the South West and Wales.