Pupils from Sir Christopher Hatton School were at the Eastbourne game on Tuesday to write match reports and reaction to the game.

The Diamonds Study Centre was approached by the school to run a series of sessions designed to improve literacy skills and too motivate a group of football loving Year 9 students. These have been running within school hours and the initial session involved the students touring the Nene Park complex, completing both a numeracy and literacy based orienteering challenge within the stadium, and then using the computers to design a poster with text and photographs to record their visit.

On Tuesday evening the group interviewed Justin Edinburgh in the Study Centre before the game against Eastbourne Borough, wrote a skeleton match report during the game and then returned to the Study Centre to write a complete match report the following afternoon.

The two winning match reports are by Harry Ware and Jamaar Alexander - and will feature here on www.thediamondsfc.com soon.

During the final session the pupils will conduct an interview and a practical coaching activity with Diamonds Youth Team players Aynsley McDonald and Adam Sharpe since they are Wellingborough based players and Adam is a former pupil of the school.

Teachers from the school have sent their thanks to the club and the Study Centre for their assistance with the project and they have been extremely pleased with the attitude of their students and the quality of work which has been produced.