Bully off...Isleworth and Syon School hockey team, left to right, Rohan Mohindra, 14, Amik Sakhey, 13, Tom Painter, 13, Ben Thomas, 13, Gavinder Gill, 13, Peter Stone, 13, Henry Huynh, 14, Navin Mann, 13, James Rhodes, 13, Mo Bhatti, 13 and James Woodcock, 13. A former professional footballer, government ministers and a television company were all backing Isleworth And Syon School’s bid to gain Sport College status. BSkB sports commentator and former Scotland International Andy Gray, Brentford and Isleworth MP Ann Keen and Tessa Jowell, Minister for Public Health all voiced their support to headteacher Richard Weeks, himself a former PE teacher.
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