Tomas Augustauskas has been named as the latest Jack Petchey Awards winner at St Bonaventure’s School.

13 year old Tomas is in 8 Atkinson and was nominated for the April award by Head of PE at the school, Chris Topping, who went on to explain: ” Tomas has been one of the hardest working and most passionate basketball players all season. In the build up to the national finals Tomas suffered an injury but continued to support both Year 9 and Year 8 teams. He wanted so desperately to represent his school but his fitness wasn’t up to scratch. However he still travelled up to Manchester to support his team and was determined to participate. He was able to go on briefly and even managed to score against St Martin’s School from Brentwood which really spurred on his team. His team won by a massive 44 points and made them the Premier National Schools England Basketball Champions.

” Tomas’ support  and belief in his team never wavered. He epitomises the core values a team player needs to succeed in professional  sport.”

Tomas went to St Joachim’s Catholic Primary School previously and lives in Canning Town.

His £250 award money will goes towards a new away kit for the basketball team.