ROTARY SPORT HAS A WORLD CHAMPION IN OUR MIDST
The Rotary Sport Club of England Basingstoke is wrapping up plans to hold a first-of-its-kind sports quiz amongst the secondary schools in the town.
The Quiz event is scheduled for Saturday 6 December 2025 at the South Side Refectory of the Basingstoke College of Technology.
In the words of Rotary Sport International President Dr Tunde Adelakun, this quiz is being organised to ‘bring excitement to the art of sport following, testing the knowledge of our youth in the sports that they love and follow, and giving a sense of competition and learning at the same time. Furthermore we believe it also promotes healthy camaraderie amongst the schools in Basingstoke.
Our objective has always been to use every possible means to keep sports in the psyche of all generations and while many see us as a club that only promotes players in sports, and others see us as just a sporting charity club, we are using this quiz to show that the ecosystem of sports in all nations is not only about playing and competing but also about exchanging and sharing knowledge’.
The Rotary Sport Quiz 2025 is something the Club wants to take to all parts of the world in coming years and it is great that Basingstoke will pioneer it in December.
Word has been sent to the 11 secondary schools in the town who are expected to raise a team of four students per school to come and answer questions on various aspects of sports – Olympic Sports, Football specific, other sports, and general questions in sports home and abroad.
The early stages will take place in a round robin format between 11am and 1pm and after a lunch break, the finals will hold from 2:30pm till close.
Rotary Sport is presenting prizes for winners which include trophies for schools, certificates for winning participants and are exploring the possibilities of raising funds for a laptop as prize for the winning school to help their IT/computer learning programmes.
Entries are welcome via the website. Also commercial partners are welcome to donate more prizes for the winners who will be the future of sports in our community.
And on 28 October, it did, as she was crowned World Champion in the Under-15 category! In addition she won silver as member of the GB team in the teams event.
Mia is a 14-year old Basingstoke athlete who received the backing and support of Rotary Sport England Basingstoke and we are proud to be associated with such immense talent.
Mia and her family were never in doubt as to her ability to conquer the world. And we showed immense belief in her which she justified proudly.
“Watching her donning the Rotary Sport shirts all through her stay in Germany fills us with pride and we hope it will inspire even more success from her and inspire others to go for the top prizes no matter the challenges” were the words of Rotary Sport International President Dr Tunde Adelakun, who showered multiple words of congratulations on the achievement of Mia and the support shown by her family. “Mia’s family was her number one support and her parents David and xxx who went through a lot to create the time to follow her everywhere she went, deserves special mention”.
