BOWLS player and youth awards winner Kirsty Hembrow, of Taunton, has just been accepted to play for the England under-25 bowls team for the second time.

The 19-year-old student at Somerset college also cares for her brother and has supported her mum through a battle with cancer.

She recently teamed up with other students to organise a 24-hour sports marathon to raise money for a local charity and even though her grandmother died on the day of the event, she fulfilled her last wish that she carry on with the sports marathon.

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