With Sports equipment wearing out at John Gray High School, members of the community stepped up to lend a helping hand.

Genesis Trust and Rotary Sunrise agreed to assist Brendan Touhey and Jon Rew of Scimitar Sports replenish ball supplies for the school. Through Scimitar Sports connections in China, Genesis Trust and Rotary Sunrise were able to purchase an array of new tournament and practice sports balls.

Together they will be importing 10 match and 30 practise footballs, as well as 30 basketballs. The retail value is estimated at $2,000.

Both Touhey and J. Paul Drake (of Genesis Trust and Corporate Services Ltd and Rotary Sunrise) made the donations last week to John Gray girls Adrianna McKay, Leanna Benjamin, Kendra Ebanks, Nassaria Thompson and Ruth-Beth Jackson at the Truman Bodden basketball court.

Interestingly, the girls are avid netball players. McKay, Benjamin and Thompson all play for the John Gray Cruisers youth team while Ebanks and Jackson are on the John Gray Texaco Ballers side.

Girls at John Gray High School immediately put the balls to work in the school’s Girls inter-house basketball competition, which was held Tuesday afternoon at Truman Bodden.

The competition was won by Dolphin house, which beat Wahoo in the final. Marlin and Tarpon house came in third and fourth respectively.

For more information, call Rotary Sunrise public relations official Geoff Mathews at 925-9200.