BORDERLAND Rotary welcomed staff and students from Oswestry School recently to recognise the great effort its head boy and girl made in raising lots of money for the Rotary worldwide Polio Appeal.

Oliver Leaver, director of sport and co-curricular studies spoke on his role in helping head girl, Alys and head boy, Matija, in the fundraising project which raised an amazing £741 for the appeal.

He says the fundraising was completed through a cross-country run and he celebrated their achievements.

He said, “I am obviously very proud of all the students who took part in the cross country run and helped to reach such a wonderful total.

"Oswestry School has a wide range of after school clubs which gives us the opportunity to get involved with community projects, both local and international.”

A Borderland Rotary spokesman added: "The Purple for Polio campaign is a worldwide Polio eradicating scheme that is co-funded by Rotary International and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

"The foundation match funds the money raised by Rotary so the £741 will become £1,482 and this will represent a total of 4,446 immunisations.

"Few people in this country remember the horrors of Polio but it is still present in some parts of the world but hopefully, in the not-too-distant future, it will finally be beaten."