Two Brentwood Ursuline pupils excelled in the sport of basketball recently when they became the Girls NBA-2 Ball Basketball London Area Champions.

Frances Hopkins (right), from Brentwood, and Grace Stimpson, from Collier Row, are both Year 11 students at The Ursuline and their champions title was won during the recent Greater London Leopards v Birmingham Bullets match at the London Arena.

Frances plays basketball for the Chelmsford Swifts while Grace is a member of the Brentwood Fire Club and they now move on to represent London in the regional finals.

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