Joint Concert with Queen Anne's School

On Thursday night the school held a joint concert with Queen Anne’s school. Josh Hirst, pictured below received great praise for his solo performance on the clarinet. Greg Cooke performed in the Orchestra and in their first public performance Jamie Mottram, Max Chandler and Will Tse sang well with the Rock Choir. Zach Messer also really enjoyed the experience despite being a little shocked by his late call up on the day of the performance!

CCF Field Day

Tuesday saw the Y10 cadets take part in their first CCF field day, under the guidance of the Senior Y13 cadets. The day involved six stands with a real mix of military skills including cooking in the field, platoon harbours, basha building, .22 marksmanship and patrolling in the field.

Pictured are Toby Orchard and Guy Pollard putting their finishing touches to their camouflage!

Charity Walk - Everett total £1397.00

Those hard, wet and cold 20 miles were worth it, Everett raised a fantastic total of £1397.00! Thanks to all the boys, friends and family who donated such a great sum. Six boys raised over a £100 each, Charlie Ward, Ben Chambers, Donal Borg-Neal, Will Clarke and the top two totals Ben Markham (£145) and Zachy Mettawa (£130).

Senior Football

Senior House Football – Monday afternoon saw the final 3 games of this competition. A slippery pitch and ball caused a few problems, but we kept possession well in all 3 games and created many scoring opportunities. The game against Burr was a thrilling encounter, end to end action and some great shots on goal, a narrow 3-2 loss. The game against Orchard was a torrid affair as the rain spoiled what would have be a good game, again a narrow loss. However we thumped Skipwith with a great team display, Grun, Sanderson and Taylor dominated up front, having been fed some great through balls by Chandler, Madden and Miarli. Rolling subs in the back line and goal meant we kept a clean sheet with Baker, Tse, Mehmet, Everett, Clarke, Bowerin and Markham proving themselves a solid defence. We ran out 6-0 winners and it could have been more but the referee stopped the game early.

Junior Leader

Junior Leader – with the school keen to develop leadership, responsibility and provide opportunities for the pupils to be stretched and challenged; this year the Junior Leader role is being given a higher profile around the school. I have had discussions with the Y10 cohort and asked them for their input and ideas, along with mine, so it can develop into a useful and rewarding part of House life. I hope to give as many of the pupils in Y10 who want to, the opportunity to take on this position, but I am pleased to announce the first Junior Leader for this year is Rory O’Conor. Although a little reluctant at first, he knows that alongside his great contribution to sporting life of the school, there are other areas where he could stretch and improve himself and this role will provide him with that challenge.

Senior House Rugby

Senior House rugby – with several first choice players unavailable it was going to be a tough afternoon. However the boys played with spirit and despite the opening game being against Orchard with the majority of their team being 1^st XV players we tackled hard and showed spirited defence, but were outgunned. The second game against Burr was the best of the afternoon, our heads lifted as we saw we could compete and we ran in two great tries, but lost narrowly in the end. Welsh House proved stiffer competition as we began to flag, injuries meant all our subs were being used and again we took a heavy defeat. In the last game Head of House Kit Bowerin gave a good team talk and we started well, again scoring two tries in an end to end match, although we lost all four games we didn’t let ourselves down.

Junior Football - final round

The final round of Junior football took place on Monday afternoon. Again spirited performances and contributions from the majority of pupils in Y9 and 10 ensured an entertaining afternoon was enjoyed by players and spectators alike. After some intensive coaching from Mr Brownley we took to the field against Orchard, despite strong pressure on both wings and good distribution from our centres, we failed to capitalise on the majority of possession and lost 2-0. Despite a well worked goal from Greg Cooke in the next match, Skipwith proved too strong for us and we let our heads drop to lose 4-1. We bounced back in the final game against Burr, a thrilling 2-2 all draw, with goals from Rory O’Conor and Toby Orchard.