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A sentimental week of sport

JOY and excitement abounded in two freeze-frame moments that spoke volumes earlier this week.  

Picture two sets of parents, and two groups of animated children, clad in bright, white tops, the giddy offspring sporting huge smiles and skipping with happiness. 

Wide-eyed and full of wonder, the youngsters were busy gabbling about what they had just witnessed to vaguely harassed mums and dads, more intent on ensuring their brood crossed busy roads safely, back to wherever it was they had travelled earlier. 

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