Special match in memory of Luke Chapman
Friends and former team mates of a 15-year-old rising rugby star from Hagley who collapsed on the pitch and died gathered for a match in his memory.
Luke Chapman was killed by a heart abnormality which struck him as he played for Hagley's Haybridge High School at Baxter Business and Enterprise College, Kidderminster, on March 20.
Last night Luke's other team, Old Halesonians RFC, staged a match against a side made up of pupils from Haybridge High and Hagley Roman Catholic School.
Old Halesonians won the one-hour match 37-12 and Haybridge High's director of rugby, John Wragg, said it was a "brilliant game".
He added : "We wanted to get everyone together to remember Luke and share their memories of him. That's the most important thing."
It comes after a defibrillator was donated to the club by The Hearts of England Association.
At Luke's inquest in August, Birmingham Deputy Coroner Miss Sarah Ormond-Walshe, recording a verdict of natural causes, said she would write to the Department of Health asking for a national heart screening programme to be considered.
