Bournemouth Echo

That confidence-shaker forms much of the basis of his current stand-up tour Tilting at Windmills, as does the TS Eliot poem The Wasteland, which came about as a theme after he joined a less than wonderful walking tour based on the epic, but maybe bonkers, work of 434 lines.

Thus we had the sombre voice of Alec Guinness occasionally interrupting proceedings with a line of two from the poem which Kearns picked off for his next routine in an entertaining, but sometimes painful hour.

Parkstone Grammar School's young players competed against more than 72 of the country's top school teams to win the Sisters n Sport National Netball Championship.

The team defeated every independent school they played against.

The competition started with a victory against Truro School in Cornwall, followed by a home win against Brighton College for Girls.

After a tough match against Streatham and Clapham High, the team secured a spot in the final four, held at Loughborough University.