PONTELAND High School pupil Matthew Armstrong has shown his great potential in basketball by being chosen for a North-East representative team for the past four years.
However, the promising 15-year-old is now knocking on the door of the national squad having been selected for England U16’s initial squad of 30 for next summer‘s European Championships.
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