KINGSMEAD junior girls badminton team have become county champions.

The students – Meg Mardon, Ella Varney, Amber Totterdell and Josie Bryan – travelled to Strode College last week for the Somerset Schools County Finals.

They faced three other schools in the finals – Bishop Fox’s of Taunton, Sexey’s of Bruton and Frome College – and won 13 out of 15 games to take the title.

As winners, they now go on to represent Somerset in the regional games which will take place on Wednesday, March 1, in Bournemouth.