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Editorial The Stortfordian 2013–14

Editorial

It is a daunting prospect to take on the editorship of the Stortfordian - not just

because I have to follow in the footsteps of Alison Sloman who produced ten fantastic editions of the Stortfordian, but also because it is a publication which reaches not only the current Stortfordian community but the vast network of Old Stortfordians at home and abroad. There is always a detailed eye casting over the pages and not forgetting the critical audience also contains an engrossed Common Room - many of whom read the publication cover to cover!

I hope you enjoy some of the new touches embedded throughout the magazine. The first sight is an aerial campus shot on the inside of the front and back covers, demonstrating the scale of the College and the continued development that takes it from strength to strength. Inside the ‘silky’ pages of the magazine you shall find some wonderful articles which give an insight into the many and varied activities that fill the daily lives of the Senior School community.

I hope this year’s magazine gives you an accurate perspective of the daily routine; one in which individuals are able to thrive, broadening their horizons under the watchful eye of a committed staff body.

Soli Deo Gloria

Lucie Michell

ContentsAcademic Success ............................................... 2

Features

Inspired Horizons ............................................ 3

Festival of Literature ...................................... 4

Reading Competition .................................... 5

Ferguson Lectures .......................................... 6

Karneval ............................................................. 7

Art ............................................................................. 8

Drama ....................................................................13

Music ......................................................................17

Activities including DofE Awards ................22

Trips ........................................................................27

Reaching Out ......................................................36

Sport

Girls’ Hockey ..................................................40

Rugby ................................................................44

Netball..............................................................48

Boys’ Hockey ..................................................52

Cricket ..............................................................56

Swimming .......................................................60

Rounders ..........................................................62

Tennis ................................................................64

Pearl and Yeo Cups ............................................66

Being Together ...................................................67

Houses ...................................................................68

Sixth Form Life ................................................ 104

Heads of School Speeches ...................... 106

Leavers’ Destinations ................................ 108

Changing Faces ............................................... 110

Speech Day Prizes .......................................... 112

Front Cover: Harriet Sharman (U6, BH), photo by Ian Taylor.

Back Cover: Photo by Helen Hooker.

Heartfelt thanks as always to the many, many pupils, staff and parents who have contributed words and images for this edition of The Stortfordian. Photographs came from numerous sources but, in particular, we would like to thank Ian Taylor, former Head of Science, all of the HSMs for their contributions and Debbie Arnold, Sarah Gowans and Rachel Kittow for their invaluable support throughout.

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A Level Results 2014 · 23% of exams were graded A* compared

with the national average for ISC schools of 18% and the national average of 8.2%. ISC—Independent Schools Council.

· 25 pupils out of a total of 109 gained at least 2 A*s and 1 A grade.

· The pass rate was 100%, with 58% of all A levels awarded A*-A.

· 97% of pupils proceed to university to study the degrees of their choice.

· 109 leavers have headed to 40 different universities to study 60 different courses.

· 58 leavers (51%) secured places at a top 20 university*, including 6 to Oxbridge or medical school.

*As ranked by the 2014 Times Good University Guide.

GCSE Results 2014• 30% of pupils received the College’s prestigious Ten Club Tie for gaining at least 10 A* or A grades each.

• 64% of exams were graded A*-A.

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Inspired HorizonsThis academic year saw the birth of Inspired

Horizons. Open to all members of the College Community, Inspired Horizons is a voluntary initiative which aims to encourage all our pupils to broaden their intellectual and cultural horizons through a programme of self-initiated or organised events both in and out of school, and thus complementing their academic curriculum. The programme provides an umbrella for, and dove-tails well with, many of the school’s well-established events such as the House Debating and Brains Trust competitions, educational and cultural visits and trips, Ferguson Lectures, and the newly-introduced Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). As well as participation in events at school, however, pupils are also encouraged to set themselves their own personal challenges to venture into unknown intellectual or cultural territory, or to dive deeper into something they are already interested in. Through Inspired Horizons we hope to encourage all our pupils to find new areas of interest and grow in intellectual and cultural stature during their time here at Bishop’s Stortford College and thus develop a life-long love of learning.

To avoid the possibility of forgetting what they have done, and to build up a profile of personal intellectual and cultural journeys throughout their time in school, pupils are encouraged to keep a record of participation in events and personal challenges completed. Within any one tutor group, there may be a pupil who has taught themselves to play chess (or improved their tactics), read a 19th century novel, attended an opera or participated in the delivery of a school assembly. There could be another who has visited an art exhibition with a friend, organised a new society or club within school, participated in a debate at Debating Society or simply resolved to listen to the news headlines every day. The ideas are endless, but we hope that our pupils will be inspired, and in sharing with others, will also themselves go

on to inspire. In the lower school the record sheets are divided into the sub-headings of Personal intellectual enrichment, Building confidence in public speaking, Taking the initiative, and Trying something new. In the Sixth Form these headings become: Personal Intellectual Enrichment, Intellectual Curiosity, Responsibility and Communication. On a pragmatic level, the Inspired Horizons record sheets should prove to be really useful when our Sixth Formers start preparing to fill in their personal statements on their UCAS forms. At their most ideological, the record sheets will chart the intellectual and cultural growth of a pupil through their school career.

The academic year 2013 – 2014 witnessed a wide variety of events which came under the Inspired Horizons umbrella and served as high-quality examples of the type of events that others could aspire to. Georgia Crump (L6th) delivered a presentation during school assembly on the Chinese Dowager Empress Cixi, explaining why it is that she has found her so fascinating. Elizabeth and Victoria Farrant (U5th) spoke to the School about what they had learnt from their attendance at an out-of-school pharmacological event organised by GSK. Roy Lee and Robert Bishop (U6th), Georgia Crump, Thomas Dawkins and Melissa Craig (all L6th) shared with us their impressions of a debate organised by the London based organisation, Intelligence Squared, where the motion ‘Democracy is not always the best form of government’ was fiercely discussed. There have been similar presentations to the school by Sofia Weiss (L6th), Ryan Slowe (L5th) and Maya Nurbhai (L5th) and all have set the high standard for others to follow as well as demonstrating that everyone’s interests are wide and diverse. Tutorials, House Assemblies and whole-school Assemblies have all provided the perfect platform to encourage pupils to showcase their interests and inspirations and should continue to do so. Inspired Horizons

reaches out with ease to those who have a thirst for intellectual and cultural adventure, but there is already evidence that it can awaken the latent thirst in others through passion and inspiration being shared in this way.

There were other platforms during the year for pupils to unleash their passion for intellectual and cultural adventure. In the Spring term, all pupils and staff had the rare opportunity to attend a lecture by Nobel Laureate Sir John Gurdon who spoke about his research on stem cells. It is not every day that budding scientists have such an opportunity, and the Ferguson Lecture Theatre was full to capacity with both Senior and Prep School pupils and staff. The German and Art departments joined forces to offer an evening visit to the exhibition at the Tate Modern of the Swiss artist, Paul Klee, who was an influential of the Bauhaus movement. Another perfect example of the aims and philosophy of Inspired Horizons at work was the setting up of the new Debating Society, the brainchild of pupils who enjoy the House Debating competition and want more frequent opportunities to engage in stimulating debates. Such pupil initiative is something we encourage.

There are many more opportunities within school planned for the coming academic year 2014 – 2015. As well as taking advantage of these, however, parents and pupils are urged to look for opportunities beyond school, taking advantage of the wealth of events just beyond the door step in London and Cambridge, or whilst on holiday in other areas of this country or the world, or, quite simply, to get out the telescope and look beyond one’s usual horizon. There is a world out there, waiting to be discovered. The door is just waiting to be opened!

Inspired Horizons is about encouraging ALL pupils to dive deeper and

go wider, to be inspired and inspire others.

There are no boundaries Inspired Horizons embraces anything and everything Ask your own questions, set your own targets, plan and evaluate your project

A spark to a flame. One idea can grow and lead to another

Explore our cultural and intellectual world

Share your discoveries

Push yourself. Try something new Explore a favourite subject through a lecture, on stage, in music or on canvas Unlock your potential, broaden your interests and experiences, in and out of school

It’s the essence of Stortfordian spirit. An approach that lasts a lifetime, a guiding principle for those who

journey through Bishop’s Stortford College.

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Stem cell research lecture by Nobel Laureate Sir John Gurdon

Nobel Laureate Sir John Gurdon visited Bishop’s Stortford College to deliver

a fascinating lecture about his research on stem cells.

He began by introducing the basics of stem cells to his audience of pupils from the College Senior School and a group of A level Biology students from Mossbourne Community Academy (MCA), with whom the College has an ongoing partnership. Having been the first ever to clone a frog, Sir John showed the 1958 photo of his handiwork, and outlined the concept of nuclear transfer. He went on to explain how it was possible to produce a heart cell by transferring the nucleus from a skin cell, and gave students an insight into his research and international collaboration which ultimately earned him the Nobel Prize, alongside Shinya Yamanaka, in 2012 for Medicine and Physiology.

Sir John encouraged his audience to participate by debating a number of key areas linked to ethical issues surrounding his research and from the stimulating questions asked it was evident that he had struck a chord with those who had been fortunate to secure tickets for this prestigious event.

Lower Sixth Former Katharine Hood commented: “It was the perfect level of complexity, as we learnt a great many new things while not being completely bamboozled by long scientific words. A key issue raised in the lecture remains clearly in my mind – if an only child of parents (now unable to have children) died in an accident 6 months after birth, would it be acceptable to have a nuclear transfer using a skin cell from the deceased child to form a genetically identical twin for the parents?”

Sughra Ahmed

As part of Bishop’s Stortford College’s Ferguson Lecture series, we welcomed

Sughra Ahmed, the first female President of the British Islamic Society. She was an insightful and entertaining speaker; educating the entire audience, made up of pupils, parents, staff and members of the public alike, on the Islamic faith. She first spoke about the Arabic root of the word Islam itself, which means peace or submission. She also gave an overview of the five pillars of Islam and her own personal background as the first ever female president of the Islamic Society of Britain.

Here are some comments from students who attended the lecture:

It was when the floor opened to questions that the event really took off. She responded to everyone with ease and authority, touching on topics including Islam’s media image, prejudice towards Muslims and terrorist attacks, such as 9/11 and the 7/7 bombings. She left us all with the poignant idea that it can be a group

of people who look the same who are the most diverse, and not necessarily someone of a different race or religion who is totally different to yourself. (David Ballard L6th).

She was faced with a range of very difficult and sensitive questions on topics such as terrorism and about prejudice towards British Muslims, and also about sexism within Muslim and British society today. I personally was very relieved to see such questions asked, having been attempting to summon the courage to ask them myself. I left the event feeling that Sughra Ahmed had given me a profound opportunity to be able to open my mind to new ideas about Islam in Britain, and increased my awareness of a modern, British, Muslim perspective on some of today’s most topical issues. (Maya Nurbhai L5th).

I thoroughly enjoyed Sughra’s talk, especially as it put Islam into a modern day context, making the religion somewhat easier to relate to than what might be portrayed in the media. I also found her answers to topical and controversial questions refreshingly honest and left me with a new perspective on how Islam sees itself in the modern day. (Thomas Dawkins L6th).

I found Sughra’s talk thoroughly enjoyable and very informative; teaching me some things of which I was totally unaware. I was really impressed with how she tackled the issue of prejudice and her view that terrorists are not real Muslims and her concerns about what these extremist views do for the general public’s view of Islam. I was surprised by her comments on how important family life is to Muslims. It is very similar to that of general Asian culture. Being half Sri Lankan I would be familiar with this, however I did not know that it spread outside of Asia. (Zachary Matthews L5th).

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The pre-Lent season in many areas of Germany is Karneval time and members

of the German Department entered into the spirit of Karneval (or Fasching) in a big way this year. L6th Germanist, Matthew Green writes:

‘To start off the Karneval season, the Sixth Form Germanists had a Karneval party to celebrate this German tradition. All of the AS and A level German students, and not forgetting the German staff, were in festive mood last Monday, dressing up with typical Karneval accessories and clothing. A friendly evening of fun games and lively conversation kick-started the German party season and was thoroughly enjoyed by all.’

On Rose Monday this week, Theresa Wolf the German Assistant, carried on the Karneval theme by bringing the Karneval spirit into the morning assembly. With the help of the Prefects and Lennart Gimm from the L6th, dressed in colourful costumes and wigs, Theresa gave a brief history of the traditions of Karneval in Germany. At one point in the Assembly Theresa demonstrated the tradition whereby on the Thursday before Rose Monday it is tradition for a woman to approach a man and cut his tie in half. The Rosenmontag Assembly culminated in the singing by the whole school of a popular Karneval song, complete with actions, whilst Theresa and the Prefects paraded out of the Memorial Hall throwing sweets and streamers in the true German Karneval spirit!

Kate Gregory

KarnevalAn assembly presentation – Karneval Kapers in the German Department

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This year has seen the Art Department reach new heights. Alongside some

superb painting, some breath-taking sculptures and some outstanding photographic work, it was great to see some superb ceramics and to see some excellent experimental dress and textile design. As ever it is always hard to explain in words a visual image so I will let the reproductions of the pupils’ work speak for themselves. As well as producing some outstanding work, the Art Department continues to develop and is already planning exhibitions at the Hatfield Art and Clay in summer 2015 and in early 2015, John Farnham and a group of other artists will be exhibiting in the Walter Strachen Gallery. We have also entered the National Textile Award for the first time.

We are always striving for new innovations and new ways to push the boundaries so I see the successes of this year as a stepping stone to even more memorable work in the years ahead. I do hope you enjoy looking at the imagery that the pupils have created but perhaps the best way to view the Art of Bishop Stortford College is to pop into the Art Department and have a look at the work, not just the final outcomes but the stunning and sometimes breath-taking sketchbooks that the pupils produce. I do hope it’s not too long until we see you.

Richard Honey

Art

Abigail Barrett, U6, A2

Louisa Gregory, U6, A2

Lizzie Wood, U5, GCSE

James Scott Flanagan, U6, A2 Louis Henderson, U5, GCSE

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Annie Cave, U6, A2

Chloe Daniels, U6, A2

Dani Moon, L6, AS

Georgina Palmer, U5, GCSE Zuzanna Edwards, L6, AS

Phoebe Poulter, U6, A2


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Ellysia Lewin, L6, AS

Christopher Lock, L6, AS

Elena Portas, U6, A2

James Higgins, U5, GCSE

Molly Morris, U6, A2

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Charlotte Bruce, L6, AS

Eben Becerra, U6, A2

Eleanor McGowan, U5, GCSE

Ellysia Lewin, L6, AS

Ombeline le Mire-Cahn, L6, AS

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Charlotte Longden, L6, AS

Chloe Wood, L6, AS

Emma Baker, U6, A2 Georgia Crump, L6, AS

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Music is the medicine of the mind. John A. Logan

What a busy year we have had with numerous concerts, a wonderful

choir tour to Lake Como and the recent music competition in which so many pupils took part.

House Music this year was once again a fantastic event and I take my hat off to all who took part and in particular to the Directors of Music in each house who inspired and encouraged the performers to give of their best. The standard of performances was most impressive, particularly the part songs in which there were some very ambitious undertakings including one in seven part harmony. The results were as follows;

Winner of the Instrumental – Collett House Winner of the Part Song – Young HouseWinner of the Unison – Young HouseOverall Winner of Competition – Collett House

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One of the interesting things this year has been the number of pupils taking singing lessons. The singers gave an excellent concert on St Cecilia’s Day with a very wide range of styles including opera, musical theatre and more popular works. It was tremendous to see such confidence in the singers and also to see them getting so much pleasure from undertaking, in many cases, challenging works. The choir has benefitted hugely from this growth in interest in singing and I hope you will enjoy reading the separate report about their tour to Lake Como.

The orchestra undertook a big challenge this year providing the final event to the Literary Festival with an evening of orchestral music illustrated by the painter and author James Mayhew. While the orchestra played, James Mayhew painted pictures which were projected onto a screen. He delighted the audience with stories to support the music, all written by English composers. The orchestra is used to preparing a substantial work or two to be performed at the end of school concerts but this event was a significantly large undertaking for them providing an hour’s music shared by them and the string orchestra. I was really pleased at how they rose to the challenge, particularly in their performance of the ‘Folk Song Suite’ by Vaughan Williams.

The Choral Concert each year is one of our musical highlights. This year we took on the huge challenge of Mendelssohn’s epic oratorio ‘Elijah’. I have to say that this is a personal favourite of mine and I was really pleased to see how the choir embraced the challenge of this difficult work and quickly came to enjoy the music. I hope they will equally enjoy the ‘Messiah’ next year.

Andrew Yeats has been our singing teacher for the past 30 years and he has done such a fantastic job with our singers over that time. He leaves us at the end of this year as he is cutting down his teaching and he takes with him our very best wishes as he approaches retirement. It was fantastic that he decided to go out with a bang and produce Benjamin Britten’s ‘Turn of the Screw’ in his last term with us. This was an extraordinary feat, certainly for Andrew, and also for the entire cast. It is extremely challenging music requiring great skill from the performers. Fortunately our top singers rose to the occasion, not only managing to convey the story with a great sense of drama whilst negotiating extraordinarily difficult vocal parts, but also managing to produce a stunning quality of sound from the outset with the prologue sung by David Ballard. My congratulations to the cast:

The Governess – Roseanna Cawthray SternFlora and Miles – Heather Collier

Joshua Cawthray Stern (Prep School)

Mrs. Grose – Georgie ElliottPeter Quint – David BallardMiss Jessel – Katie Tesseyman

We had a marvellous instrumental Competition this year with two excellent adjudicators – Jonathan Lilley and Lucy Parham. It was good to see a packed programme with so many pupils taking the opportunity to perform. I was delighted to see our musicians keeping their music going right until the end of term. The winners of the advanced competitions were:

Strings: Christopher Wilkin (cello)Brass: Stephen Smithers (euphonium)Woodwind: Elizabeth Farrant (saxophone)Piano: Stephen SmithersOverall winner: Stephen Smithers (piano)

To see photos of the concerts please visit:http://www.bishops-stortford-college.herts.sch.uk/photos/

Just click the Music link on this page.

There are also videos of events including the tour and the performance of Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’ on our YouTube channel:http://www.youtube.com/BSCollegeMusic

Once again, well done to all the musicians and I look forward to watching them go from strength to strength next year.

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New Kawai Piano arrives in the Memorial Hall

In November we saw the arrival of our new addition to the Music Department, a new

Kawai Concert Grand Piano. This EX model is the top of the line for the well-established Japanese piano manufacturer and it produces a rich and exquisite tone. We are very fortunate to have this particular model as not many of them are produced or sold.

Our new piano has had a pampered life before arriving at the College. This particular instrument has been owned by Kawai Europe and used exclusively for promotional purposes, such as international competitions and concerts. As a result, it is in excellent condition and has always been looked after by the best technicians and tuners, which means that it has come to us in optimal condition.

The Director of Music, Andrew Bruce and myself travelled to Germany in October to try it out and immediately fell in love with the balanced and rounded tone that it produces. It can achieve an outstanding range of dynamics and thanks to its length, 9 feet, the bass is incredibly rich and powerful. The middle and top registers are also equally impressive, but one of the best qualities that this piano has is the phenomenal mechanical evenness and superb regulation of the keyboard.

The main beneficiary will be our excellent collective of pupil pianists who will not only find it a much more rewarding instrument to play, but also a lot easier than the old Yamaha piano it replaces. Their feedback has already been very positive, particularly amongst those grade 8 and above players, who commented on how their performances seemed to magically improve when played on the new Kawai. The previous piano has moved down to the Recital Room and the Prep School Hall has

now welcomed the grand piano from the Recital Room, which will greatly enhance all the concerts and assemblies that take place there. The new instrument has now transformed the Memorial Hall into perhaps the best concert venue in the area and I am sure that we will be able to enjoy many memorable performances in it for many years to come.

Iago Núñez

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Senior School Concert Review

On Thursday 14th of November we had the first of our Senior School concerts of

the year. The evening consisted of a number of solo performances as well as this year’s first outing for the String Orchestra, the Concert Band and the Orchestra. Elizabeth Farrant was the first performer to break the musical ice with a delightful rendition of ‘Prelude and Saltarelle’ by Robert Planel, which she played confidently on the Saxophone. It was a very busy evening for David Arkell, who as our new Musician in Residence, had the demanding task of accompanying most of the players in what could be described as his Senior School debut. David demonstrated his mastery at the keyboard by providing the right amount of support and musicality to help our pupils achieve an excellent performance, often having to tackle demanding and complex scores.

Unlike any of the other items played, Georgia Crump’s performance of the famous ‘Prelude in G major’ by Bach did not require an accompaniment as this seminal work of the solo cello repertoire makes full use of the range of the instrument. There were also memorable performances by Matthew Green, Victoria Farrant, Daniel Hood and Lauren Tuch playing saxophone, clarinet, saxophone and violin respectively.

Elizabeth Wilkin is a new pupil in the Sixth Form who has made a remarkable strong first impression with her passionate performance of the first movement of the Saint-Saëns ‘Cello Concerto in A minor’.

We are fortunate to have a good number of very talented 4th Form musicians who, although young, already demonstrate incredible musical maturity.

Ailsa Munro, Scott Hextall and Christopher Willkin have an impressively high musical standard that will undoubtedly reach great highs as they progress through the Senior School. Stephen Smithers was the last solo performer of the night playing the first movement of Schubert’s ‘Arpeggione Sonata’ on the viola.

The Concert Band conducted by Helen Sheehan performed ‘Exclamations’ by Ed Huckeby and the String Orchestra played ‘Fairytale of New York’ by J Finer and S MacGowan with Christopher Gould as their conductor. The orchestra brought the evening to a close with a rousing performance of the ‘Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4’ by Elgar with expert guidance from Andrew Bruce. After last night’s instrumental recital, we are looking forward to a series of vocal performances in the St Cecilia’s Day concert and the Senior School Carol Services.

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Fourth Form Concert Review

On the 3rd of February, the recital room played host to the 4th Form concert

with a wide variety of instruments on show.

The concert got underway and the crowd were presented with some impressive music from Ailsa Munro on the bassoon. It was a great start to proceedings and it was certainly a refreshing look at one of the perhaps less well-known orchestral instruments. All of the audience were lost in the moment and before you knew it we were on to our next few pieces.

We had a master class in how to play piano with some exceptional pianists playing pieces that delighted and captured the crowds’ ears and eyes with some very interesting endings as the passion overcame our musicians. A good example of this being Scott Hextall with his extravagant ending to a very well-played Grade 8 piece. There were also fabulous performances from many of the pianists, including Joe Minichiello and Katie Champion.

Equally, we had other performances from our pupils, like William Selway on violin, who performed with confidence and panache. There was also some hilarity for the audience when there was a slight problem with the tuning of a certain violin, belonging to Ciaran Picker. But after this unwanted addition, we were able to continue and his playing was certainly not quite as hysterical for the audience. There was also a stunning vocal show from Lucy Minichiello with her flawless rendition of ‘Somewhere’ from West Side Story that left the beaming audience with a sweet sound ringing in their ears.

The evening drew to a close and it was time to welcome back Scott Hextall to the stage this time playing 1st movement from a clarinet sonata by Poulenc: ‘Allegro tristamente’. This was another superb performance. Finally we heard from Christopher Wilkin, playing the Cello. He is clearly a natural and an accomplished young

musician and his memorable performance was the perfect way to end an exceptional night of musical excellence.

Also, a big thank you must go out to Mr. Bruce, who has organised and made it possible to let this performance go ahead. Without him and his incredible team of outstanding teachers and musicians, we would not be able to celebrate the great music at the college. Mr. Arkell also deserves a big thank you for accompanying the musicians and aiding them to produce such impressive performances.

This concert was extraordinary and it was an incredible way for the 4th Form to make a mark on Senior School music. If this night was anything to go by, the musical scene in the Senior School at Bishop’s Stortford College will be a force to be reckoned with for years to come.

All performers: Ailsa Munro, Joe Minichiello, Jeffrey Cheung, William Selway, Katie Champion, Ciaran Picker, Lucy Minichiello, Scott Hextall, Keir Ansell, Kelly Lee, Hugo Sau and Christopher Wilkin.

Ciaran Picker, 4th Form, Hayward House

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Brains Trust

The final of the Inter-House Brains Trust Competition 2013-14 saw Collett House

pitted against Benson House.

Both teams were tied at 26 points as they entered the buzzer round. Collett House proved to be quicker on the buzzer, establishing a 12 point lead by the end of the round, which they retained and built on to finish as this year’s trophy winners, scoring 84 to Benson’s 68.

Congratulations to both teams who reached the final as well as all those who have participated in the competition this year.

Collett team: Oliver Atkinson (U6) (captain), Lewis Pegrum (U6), Daniel Hood (U5) and James Gregory (L5)

Benson team: Sashi Mariathasan (U6) (captain), Niamh Lynch (L6), Victoria Foot (U5) and Madeleine Cane (U5).

The Rotary Club of Bishop’s Stortford Schools’ Challenge Quiz 2014The College Quiz Team retains the trophy with victories over Leventhorpe, the High School and Hockerill Anglo-European School.

This year’s Schools’ Challenge Quiz took place at the College in the Ferguson

Lecture Theatre on Monday 3rd March. Former College schoolmaster David Hopper once again took control of proceedings by acting as quizmaster for the evening. Hockerill, Leventhorpe, the High School and the College each entered two teams into the competition where the four quarter-finals, both semi-finals and the final all took place in the same evening.

The first quarter-final saw the High School first team (Brunkers Brains) take on Hockerill first team and a rather one sided match saw the High School triumph by 400 points to 140. The College second

team (Kollege Ko-stars) were drawn against Leventhorpe second team, the College being represented by Sofia Weiss (capt.), Victoria Foot, Jemima Pottinger and Hardev Matharoo. A strong performance saw the College comfortably book their place in the semi-finals by winning 350 points to 130. In a very tight third quarter-final, Leventhorpe first team just edged out the High School second team (Luptons Lions) by 270 points to 220. The last quarter final pitted the College first team (the Kollege Kwizzers), represented by Katharine Hood (capt.); Christian Sullivan; Alys Harvey; and Sean Black against Hockerill second team. The College side never really got out of the starting gates and disappointingly were defeated by 290 points to 220.

After a brief interval, the College second team played the High School first team in a repeat of last year’s final. A very tight match saw the College eventually open up a narrow lead only for the High School to rally and after fifteen minutes the score was tied at 200 points apiece. A tie-breaker starter was answered correctly by the College and, after the quizmaster was informed that a correct

answer had been given by the College captain, of the three follow up questions each side knew one so the final score ended up High School 210, the College 220. The second semi-final between Leventhorpe first team and Hockerill second team was a much more clear cut matter and Hockerill out-scored Leventhorpe by 370 points to 200.

The final of the competition was a 20 minute contest between the College second team and Hockerill second team (who had earlier beaten the College first team). After five minutes the teams were tied at 80 points each, after ten minutes the College had opened up a slender 20 point lead (160 to 140), with five minutes to go this lead had been extended to 50 points (260 to 210) and the College steadfastly held on to their lead, extending it still further to post a final victory score of 320 points to 240. This means that the College deservedly retained the trophy which was regained last year. All four members of the team contributed fully to the victory and it was their combined knowledge that ensured they had the edge over the other teams.

Mike Tomkys

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The Rotary Club of Bishop’s Stortford Young Chef of the Year Competition 2014

Bishop’s Stortford College Senior School pupil, Jin Phung, clinched the Rotary Club

District Young Chef of the Year title after a spectacular culinary performance.

On arriving at Chelmsford College for the district cook-off accompanied by teacher Mrs Hood, the sixteen year old from Great Dunmow immediately set his table and proceeded to fold the linen napkins in a most intricate manner. His menu was printed on acrylic and was admired by everyone in the presentation room.

The judges were impressed with Jin’s knife skills straightaway; ten minutes later, he decided to add a tiny bit of his finger to the starter! However, they commented on the methodical way he conducted his cooking and the fact he never lost focus or his cool, even when he could not locate the sea bass fillets, the star of the main course!

Jin’s timing was slightly off as he had to work with his hand in a latex glove but he was only a few minutes out. The spectators were all amazed by the end results and said they would pay for a three-course meal cooked by him, even if their meal was delayed.

Before the judges placed the participants, they commented on the high quality of all of the food, saying that they were the best chefs they have seen in the last fifteen years. After the third and second places were announced, it was no surprise to all present that Jin was the outright winner. He received a set of beautifully balanced but very sharp knives and, as soon as his measurements go through, will be awarded a chef’s jacket.

The judges gave feedback to all the competitors, but especially to Jin, whom they all felt ‘could go all the way’. The teacher from Chelmsford College asked to keep his menu to show her students what a bit of imagination could produce. She also said Jin could become a top chef as he already had so many skills.

Jin will now go forward to represent the Rotary Club district in the Regional competition at Westminster College. He will be mentored by Shane King, a professional chef, who will be visiting Bishop’s Stortford College to critique his cooking after half-term.

Mike Tomkys

Starter:Yin and Yang won tons

Melt-in-the-mouth pork, prawns, shitake mushroom, bamboo shoot and spring onion all wrapped in an egg pastry in a clear broth with crunchy pak choi&

Sweet squid and cuttlefish combined with chillies and ginger in a crispy fried egg pastry, served with a bourbon sweet and sour sauce

Main:Pan fried sea bass fillet

Fresh sea bass fillet with a crispy skinPad Thai with prawns & coriander

and peanuts garnishSpicy rice noodles with plenty of crunch and sweetness of tiger prawns

Piquant pickled vegetable salad Cucumber, mouli and carrots pickled in vinegar and stevia, healthy and delicious

Dessert:Chocolate fondant pudding

Gooey centre pudding with intense chocolate tasteLemon vanilla crème

A light mix of cream and mascarpone packed with lemon and vanilla aromasLavender raspberry coulis

Tangy raspberry taste tinged with a hint of lavender


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The Duke of Edinburgh Award demands commitment and perseverance and so it

is admirable that so many of our pupils stay the course and achieve the badges. As always the enthusiasm is high for the Award at the beginning of the academic year but once the deadlines loom there are always a few who drop out; proving the point that D of E is not for everyone.

Expeditions took place in the local area, Derbyshire and Yorkshire over the course of the academic year with varying degrees of success. Some fell at the first hurdle and did not make it past the Bronze expedition whilst others sailed through their Gold assessment. The most worrying aspect of this season was when we discovered that we had six Heads of House cornered in a field by a herd of very inquisitive bullocks. Much to the cattle’s dismay, we staged a rescue and an embarrassing phone call to the Headmaster was avoided!

The Award has four sections that have to be completed; Volunteering, Skill, Physical and Expedition (five at Gold with the addition of a Residential) and our pupils have taken part in various activities both in and out of school to complete them. They have developed skills, pushed themselves to perfection in

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sport, worked in local charity shops, been part of Amnesty International and fundraised for schools in Malawi.

For the first time, the County Award Office’s statistics were published for the numbers of people enrolling into the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and the number of people who have achieved rewards. The College’s performance is stated below:

The number of people enrolling into the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award:

6th Countywide

1st in Independent Schools in Herts

4th in East Herts overall

Number of people who have achieved awards:

4th Countywide

1st in Independent schools

2nd in East Herts overall

Congratulations to the following pupils who received their Awards between September 30th 2013 and September 30th 2014:

8 Gold Awards

Emily Atkinson, Chantal During, Charlotte Firmin, Tom Firmin, Emily Smith, Ben Swift, Louise Welham, Peter Wheeler. All are OS.

42 Silver Awards

Thomas Baucher, Tom Burrows, Grace Compton (OS), Ben Corti Tyler, Melissa Craig, Owen Crawford, Georgia Crump, Oliver Davies, Thomas Dawkins, William Dawkins, Matthew Dodds (OS), Ben Dulley, Rohanna Dutta (OS), Elizabeth Farrant, Henry George, Jake Gransbury, Zoe Griffith, Max Gurdon-Watson (OS), Anna Harding (OS), Emma Higgins, James Higgins, Katharine Hood, Leam Howe, Sarah Hutchings, Charlie

Latchford, Emily Lynch, Daniel Mahoney, Eleanor McGowan, Conrad Noble, Victoria Orbart, David Overton, William Radbourne, Alice Scott-Flanagan, Charlotte Smith, James Smith (OS), Toby Smollett, Charlotte Spall, Rachael Speller (OS), Alexander Turley-Pound, Taylor Weeks, Sofia Weiss, Jack Whitehead,

79 Bronze Awards

Maddy Barclay, Max Barker, Ruman Basra, Ben Brierley, Oliver Brown, Anson Chang, Bryan Chung, Matthew Bird, Joshua Brockley, Lucy Buckingham, Nicole Buckingham, Edward Clements, Kristian Clements, Holly Collier, Ben Corti Tyler, Barnaby Dulley, George Durrant, Rohanna Dutta, Rachael Eddom, Elizabeth Edge, Pippa Farmer, Victoria Foot, Elizabeth Francis, Henry George, Laura Green, James Gregory, Alistair Griffiths, Max Gurdon-Watson, Katie Harding, Emma Higgins, James Higgins, Matthew Hollis, Emily Honey, Sam Hopkinson, Edward James, Frederica Johnston, Max King, Edward Lamyman, Ryan Land, Thomas Langley-Jones, Claudia Lax-Tanner, Lily Lewin, Caitlin Mahoney,

Phoebe Martin, Amelia Maszlin, Phoebe Maylen, Luke Morrice, Jonny Mussard, Lucas Newsome, Maya Nurhbai, Thomas Ogden, Thomas Olley, Philippa Otter, Georgie Palmer, Michael Precious, Ben Raymond, Shona Reid, James Revell, Matthew Scott, Ewan Slade, Ryan Slowe, Rosie Smithers, Alexander Sokhnavari, Alexander Spall, Ben Stevenson, Cherry Tam, James Tetlow, Edward Tinney, Alexander Talbot Rice, Lauren Tuch, Alex Turley-Pound, Katherine Watson, William Watson, Amelia Weiss, Theodora Welch, Saskia Williams, Elizabeth Wood.

This Award requires a lot of good will and volunteering to make it the success that it is and I could not do it without my team of helpers, both in and outside of the College. However, a special thanks must go to Emma Chaplin, Janet Oldfield and Martin and Sarah Wilson without whom my D of E life would be very difficult indeed.

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Journée d’Intégration

On Tuesday 1st July, in preparation for starting the French AS course in

the Autumn term, 8 Upper fifth French students visited the beautiful seaside town of ‘Le Touquet’ on the Opal Coast in France.

We set off exceptionally early (5.45am!) and stopped off at Nausicaä Sealife centre in Boulogne where we researched the impact of pollution on our planet and the ocean. We ate a traditional French meal in a lovely little café and the waiter modelled a “mini interview with Madame Davies” in preparation for the interviews that we had to conduct with the local people in the afternoon. We interviewed several local people on a number of current affairs and received a wide range of “interesting” responses. We were also given tasks throughout the day, which encouraged us to discover more about Le Touquet but also encouraged us to work with one another.

Without doubt, this was an excellent opportunity to provide the future Lower Sixth students with an overview of the demands of the AS course but also to immerse them in the French language.

Holly Collier (TH) and Caroline Davies

French Revision Day

On Friday 24th January, our AS and A2 students benefitted from an

Intensive French Revision Day where they were treated to a range of fascinating conferences delivered solely in the target language. The students tackled themes ranging from National Identity, Television and Entertainment, to Medical Progress and the role of Francophone Countries in today’s society. The subject matter was challenging but the students responded exceptionally well to the barrage of questions that they were faced with and were able to really discuss and begin to develop their own ideas about these topic areas.

Of course no French conference would be complete without a good selection of fresh coffee and French Viennoiserie and students enjoyed this French treat throughout the day. The conference was led by native speaker Richard Peltier. Richard is renowned for leading inspirational conferences and the students enjoyed his ‘sens de l’humour’, but also benefitted from his extensive subject knowledge. Everyone agreed that it was a very positive day. The AS students felt that it was a very rewarding experience and A2 students all felt very reassured with the progress they had made since meeting Richard the previous year.

Caroline Davies

French Reading Poetry Competition

In the Spring term, all Fourth Form students learnt a poem in readiness for the French

Reading Competition. This competition is a long standing competition and is judged by two teachers from our French exchange school Boucher-de Perthes in Abbeville. Pupils were also asked to prepare a piece on ‘Un voyage imaginaire’ which allowed a certain level of creativity. The poems available to the students this year were: ‘Déjeuner du Matin’ by Jacques Prévert, ‘Demain, dès l’Aube’ by Victor Hugo and ‘Le Pelican de Jonathan’ by Robert Desnos. All students performed their poems in front of their peers in class and two students from each set were voted to represent

their set for the final competition. On Wednesday 12th March, the following students performed their poem and ‘un Voyage Imaginaire’ recital in the library to a full audience: Federico Caserato (Collett House), Ezra Connor (Hayward), Martin Culjkovic (Sutton), Simrhani Khetani (Young), Francesca Heath-Clark (Tee), Laura Talbot Rice (Benson), Adam Bassingthwaite (Collett), Kolade Lapido (School), Ella Borthwick (Benson) and Loredana Gibilaro (Young). Without doubt performing in front of your peers can at times prove challenging but to do this in a foreign language adds an extra element of pressure. Not surprisingly all of our pupils rose to the challenge and the quality of the poems performed this year was of an excellent standard. As many of the students had already re-enacted and recorded their own versions of ‘Déjeuner

du Matin’, it came as no surprise that this poem was a firm favourite. Several students did however, produce some excellent version of ‘Le Pelican de Jonathan’ and Francesca Heath-Clark recited an excellent version of ‘Demain, dès l’Aube’. The judges felt that the standard was very high this year and the competition was deemed to be extremely close. That being the case the judges decided to award Martin Culjkovic and Ezra Connor with joint second place and Simrhani Khetani won the overall competition. This was a fantastic opportunity to see our future linguists in action and we really enjoyed the passion and enthusiasm that was evident in their performances. Well done to all of our Fourth Form students who ensured that this event was a huge success!

Caroline Davies

Our first ever ‘Bondue’ Evening

During our French Exchange to Abbeville, we decided to organize

our first Bondue evening which would involve French A-level students bonding over a French cheese fondue. The evening was complete with stereotypical dress, moustaches and the dulcet tones of French music in the background.

Not only did we gorge ourselves on cheese covered baguette but we also played the ‘traditional’ French games such as twister, where Claire Devine and Rosalind Smith’s flexibility shone through and Jennie Brown was crowned the winner, followed by pin the tail on the donkey. Not to mention the mind-boggling French quiz, which of course ‘Team Head Girl’ won. Mhairi’s highlight of the evening was Mrs Wilson’s delicious Toblerone fondue with accompaniments of pears, strawberries and marshmallows, which left everyone full to the brim. Overall, it was an entertaining evening enjoyed by both staff and students. We are certain that the current Lower 6th will want to replicate this next year.

Merci beaucoup au département Français pour une soirée merveilleuse.

Mhairi Newlands (YH) and Lotty Hood (BH)

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This year saw the introduction of a brand new opportunity for the 4th Form

to visit the Rhineland at Easter. The trip was immediately very popular and below are several accounts of our time whilst visiting this picturesque and romantic area of Germany.

Holly Radbourne describes the beginning of the trip: “On the first Monday of the Easter holidays thirty 4th Form students and Frau Gregory, Frau Oldfield and Frau Davies met at Maze Green Road very early in the morning readily anticipating the wonderful trip to Germany. It took us 12 hours of driving through England, France, Belgium and Germany until we finally arrived at our hotel, the Hunsrücker Hof in Boppard. The hotel and food were both really great. Each evening we were given a taste of some typical German food, for example Schnitzel and Frikadellen.”

Ellie Pugh and Shaan Devsi talk about visiting the cathedral in Cologne: “Once we had crossed the padlock bridge, we saw the humungous cathedral. We were all amazed! We got into two groups: one was for the people who wanted to climb up the tower and the other was for people who didn’t. Most of us were eager to climb the tower. We went up the spiral staircase and kept on climbing up and up. On the first level there were huge bells and they were really loud when they rang, giving us a fright! We then carried on going up another endless spiral staircase until we finally reached the very top and looked out at the beautiful views.”

Ciaran Picker and Niamh Finlay describe our visit to Bonn: “Walking through Bonn we had a town trail to complete which involved

us being blown away by the magnificent architecture on both the Old City Hall and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Geburtshaus in which he grew up as a child. Beethoven is most definitely the most famous person to come out of Bonn and so not only are there statues and plaques commemorating him, but also a road called Beethovenstrasse or Beethoven Street!”

Ananya Mozumdar and Harriet Goulding talk about visiting Burg Eltz: “Burg Eltz is a medieval castle nestling in the hills above the Moselle River. It is still owned by a branch of the same family that lived there in the 12th century, 33 generations ago. As the coach began to slow down and eventually stop, we realised that there were no castles in sight, just trees. It turns out we had to take a long walk through a picturesque forest to eventually reach Burg Eltz. After a 15 minute walk, we turned the corner and were able to have our first glimpse of the castle.”

Simon Miles shares some thoughts about Phantasialand: “On the third day in Germany, we went to Phantasialand which is a big theme park located just on the outside of Cologne. The theme park is divided up into

6 different lands: Berlin, Mystery, Deep in Africa, Fantasy, Mexico and China Town, each containing several large rides as well as other attractions. Once we arrived at the theme park we immediately set out to try and go on all the largest rollercoasters across the park. One of these was Black Mamba, which is an inverted roller coaster containing several loops and huge drops, making it the largest ride in the park.”

Katie Kerr and Laura Talbot Rice describe where we stayed: “We stayed in a small town called Boppard which is along the river Rhine, where many large barges and boats pass by every day. Boppard first originated when the Romans settled in the area. They used the river as a way of transport and trade. The ruins of an old Roman wall can still be found near the centre of the town. It was a very interesting, traditional, historical town. Our first evening was spent completing the town trail around Boppard. It is a very pretty area with narrow cobbled streets. We also got the chance to visit some of the shops in the area later on in the week. They were very pretty and we got to experience what it is like to live in a German town! During our last morning in Germany we all visited an ice cream parlour near to our hotel. The large sundaes ended our trip well as they were by far the biggest and most delicious ice creams we have ever eaten!”

Simrhan Khetani and Lucy Minichiello share some final thoughts on the importance of embracing languages: “Learning new languages is an important skill and one that will definitely benefit you for the rest of your life. If you move to a different country or region, learning the local language will help you to communicate with the local people. If your friends or family speak a different language, learning that language will help you to communicate with them. It can also give you a better understanding of their culture and way of thinking. If your work involves regular contact with speakers of foreign languages, being able to talk to them in their own languages will help you to communicate with them. It may also help you to make sales and to negotiate and secure contracts. Knowledge of foreign languages may also increase your chances of finding a new job, getting a promotion, a transfer overseas or going on foreign business trips. One language is never enough! If you are someone who is fascinated by languages and enjoys learning them, then broaden your horizons and learn new languages!”

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Lower Fifth Summer Exchange to Heikendorf

After a busy year in the German Department, the excitement did not

stop once the end of the summer term arrived. Very early on the first Monday of the summer holidays a group of L5th German pupils met in Maze Green Road to fly out to Germany to take part in the German Exchange. Not only was the weather wonderfully hot allowing everyone to go swimming in the Baltic Sea, but also Germany very kindly organised to keep playing in the World Cup whilst we were there, even winning the Final on the Sunday evening before we flew back on the Monday. What more could anyone ask for?

There were the usual visits into Kiel and Lübeck, a few lessons in school and a trip with German exchange partners to the High Ropes, as well as every imaginable activity experienced with the families – including waterskiing, sailing and even a spin in a Harley Davidson. But the best way to get a feel for the success of the trip is to read what the pupils themselves have to say about it.

Bryan Chung’s advice for next year’s pupils: “There’s not enough time, so sleep less and go out more often!”

Ewan Slade: “Don’t be nervous and embrace the whole experience. It is one you will never forget.”

Matthew Kemp’s most embarrassing experience: “Explaining why England is bad at football.”

Laura Green: “Being plunged in at the deep end enabled me to learn how to use the language better and more fluently.”

Jack Lucas: “The most useful vocab for me was the colloquial language used in conversation as I used these to talk more casually to the German people.”

Ben Brierley: “We often went to the beach in the evenings and either played football or went in the freezing Baltic Sea. We also went on a bike ride and relaxed in our house.”

Alex Dormon’s most interesting food was: “Spaghetti Eis, because it was cool how they made ice cream into spaghetti.”

Henrietta Jones-Chapman’s favourite city was....: “Lübeck, because it was a very romantic city with beautiful sights to see. An added bonus were the nice shops and I liked the Rathaus.”

On Saturday Amelia Maszlin went: “Waterskiing and then shopping in Kiel with Luca, Hannah and Henrietta.”

Bethany Murphy feels that her German has now improved because...: “I think I can now hold a conversation and understand German better.”

Maya Nurbhai’s favourite city was: “Lübeck because the architecture and history of all the buildings was amazing and I loved learning about the different things that

Lübeck had gone through throughout its history.”

If Rachel Cunningham had another week in Germany she would...: “Eat more German cakes because there are so many to try.”

On Saturday Matt Hollis: “Went to Hessenstein and had a great view and could see Denmark.”

Alice Turley-Pound’s favourite city was Hamburg: “I spent the most time there and found more things to do there. I also enjoyed the fact that there were so many buskers as it added a lively atmosphere to the city.”

Charlotte Power’s advice for next year’s pupils: “Don’t be shy with the family and be confident speaking German. Speak as much German as you can.”

If Katherine Watson had another week in Germany she would: “Eat/try more German foods.”

On Sunday Edward Oakley: “Climbed up the Laboe memorial which was scary. You were very high but the WWII submarine was very cool.”

Michael Precious’ advice for next year: “Make friends with everyone – not just your exchange partner and try everything!”

William Watson’s favourite city was Lübeck: “I liked the medieval architecture and being guided around the city. I also liked the Marienkirche with its high towers and bells.”

Matthew Scott: “My German has definitely improved due to being able to hold and make a conversation.”

Thomas Thacker: “My Exchange partner said my German was improving vastly every day!”

If Rebecca Withers had another week in Germany: “I would go to the beach and do more watersports with my friends and eat ice-cream and crêpes.”


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Lower Sixth Independent Exchange to HeikendorfMoin, moin! Hello!

For the first time at the College the L6th Germanists took part in an independent

exchange this year. The brave and bold pupils made their way to Heikendorf completely on their own to meet up with their exchange families and to spend a week immersing themselves in the language and culture of northern Germany. Although rather anxious at first, the trip was a great success and the pupils made the most of every minute of their time in Heikendorf. In June we received a return visit from the German pupils and below is a report by Emma Lewis (L6, TH) about how they felt about their experience.

“After experiencing a week in Heikendorf, Germany, during February half term, the Lower Sixth Germanists were excited for the arrival of their German exchange partners in June. As this was an independent exchange, the German pupils came over as a group of five students without teachers: a much more informal version of the lower school exchange, but still beneficial due to the fact the German pupils were able to participate fully in our lessons for the whole week. When we were both in Germany and they were in England,

we all learnt so much about the language, school system and culture, as well as making life-long friends.”

Below is an extract of what one of the German students thought of their time here at Bishop’s Stortford College.

“There are many differences between English and German schools. Firstly, Bishop’s Stortford College is really big, has amazing buildings and it is separated into Houses. The lessons are shorter and the breaks are long. Furthermore you can specialize in some subjects and don’t have to learn all subjects when you are in the Sixth Form. You can be creative in every way and will be supported by your family, friends and teachers. It was really impressive to get to know all this and I am jealous. I am so happy to get to know this place.” Lisa Nguyen (Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium)

Sixth Form Induction Day trip to BremenOnce upon a time … in Bremen.

Full of anticipation and not a little excitement, an eight-strong group of new

L6th Germanists set off on their induction day trip to Bremen, the beautiful medieval home of the famous ‘Bremen Town Musicians’ as described by the brothers Grimm in their eponymous fairytale. A short hop across to mainland Europe, followed by a very

short tram ride, and we were there – right in the heart of the Altstadt. After a short period of orientation, a visit to the tourist information office for literary fodder and inspiration, and a discussion about a later Treffpunkt, the three teams set off on their quest for answers, photographic evidence and winning points. A climb to the top of the cathedral tower, a stroll through the charming Böttcherstrasse, and a photograph of the porcelain Glockenspiel were all there was time for before meeting up again for a delicious traditional lunch in the beautiful vaults of the Ratskeller restaurant. After a group photograph at the iconic bronze statue of the musicians, the afternoon was given over to more research of every kind, complete with souvenir browsing and buying, and rounded off by another visit to the information office to find out the answers to the last few teasing questions before meeting up for the journey back to the airport. The testing translation question was completed while waiting in the departure lounge and once the finished quiz sheets had been handed in, we boarded the plane for the quick hop back home. Our whistle-stop trip to Bremen had been the perfect opportunity to soak up some German culture, practise the language and make new class bonds. And, as with all good fairy tales, we are all looking forward to living happily ever after and getting off to a flying start with AS German in September!

Bremen war ja nur der Beginn! Das Beste kommt doch noch!

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Cultural Immersion in French Exchange Trip to Abbeville

From the moment they were welcomed by their host families in Abbeville, Bishop’s

Stortford College Sixth Form students immersed themselves in French culture.

An intense Monday of insightful lectures from impressionism to local tourism, all of which are relevant to the A2 course, was followed by a day in Amiens, a large student town not far from Abbeville. Here, the linguists saw France’s tallest cathedral, the wonderful Musée de Picardie, and spent the afternoon strolling round the town and gardens. Wednesday was another school day of challenging course-related lectures ranging from diet and health problems to French opera, which stretched the group’s listening, comprehension and speaking skills.

Every Parisian tourist attraction was crammed into a trip to the capital city. “You name it, we did it!” said Edward Rowley. “L’Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame, Sacré-Cœur, La Tour Eiffel et même Le Louvre (plus ou moins). In the early evening we got a caricature of ourselves, which involved me doing some haggling in French, we met a famous French singer called Tal (exactly, who?) and we had a nice evening meal at Montmartre followed by a typically French crêpe.”

The week was rounded off with some of the most interesting lectures of the trip about wind turbines off the Picardy coast and crime in Nice.

“The exchange genuinely exceeded all of our expectations and the week just got better as time went by,” concluded Edward. “The lectures were highly valuable; they provided us with pages of vocabulary, they improved our oral skills and have prompted us to think about topics for the speaking exam in the Spring.”

Joint German and History trip to the Duchess Theatre, London – The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht

As part of the Inspired Horizons Programme, the German and History departments

decided to combine in early November 2013 to take a group of L5th, U5th, L6th and U6th pupils to London to see Brecht’s satirical allegory, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Brecht’s use of dramatic effect, including ‘Verfremdungseffekt’ (distancing effect) was prevalent throughout the evening and the play was a true example of epic theatre. On the night of our performance, Henry Goodman was replaced by his understudy Alex Giannini, but the power of the main character was by no means lost in Giannini’s performance. Below is a report by Benedict Corti Tyler (U5) describing the evening and the power of the play.

On the 5th of November, a group of 22 went to see a production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at the Duchess Theatre in London. Brecht’s play shamelessly paradies the rise of Hitler during the Great Depression. The writing is darkly funny and thought provoking. It is easy to see why Hitler wanted to keep this “historical farce” hidden; Brecht’s brave protest delivers a convincing and powerful sentiment. The loosely veiled references to Nazi Germany has relevance for historians, whilst the Brechtian writing provides interest for dramatists and those attracted by German culture.

From his beginnings as a has-been gangster, we follow Ui’s rapid and seemingly preventable ascent to power through murder, terror and bribery. The performance of the actors was formidable. Alex Giannini captures the evil of the character while introducing a humorous element and yet

avoiding childish, goose-stepping imitations. Giannini’s ability to change throughout the play from a nervy nobody at the start and then gaining confidence and turning into the horrific, corrupt, violent and ruthless Hitler is simply mesmerising.

Although seemingly hard to follow, the historical background was impossible to miss. With characters representing von Hindenberg, Röhm (a wonderfully sinister performance by Michael Feast), Göring and Goebbels and with references to key events in Hitler’s rise like the Reichstag fire, the Night of the Long Knives and the assassination of the Austrian chancellor, the allegorical story was obvious.

The ending of the play left an irremovable image in my mind. The chilling Third-Reich speech made captivating by Giannini’s performance was truly remarkable. The end of the play brought through the serious point of Brecht’s message and all of the humour before was forgotten. The whole audience was gripped by Giannini’s every word and the podium of skull revealed underneath him completely shocked everyone, striking home Brecht’s protest.

Kate Gregory

Joint German and Art Trip to the Tate Gallery, London

As part of the Inspired Horizons Programme, a selection of Artists and

Germanists spent an evening in February at the Tate Modern at an exhibition of work by the German-Swiss artist Paul Klee. In preparation for the trip, Mr Honey had given an inspiring talk about the artist to both pupils and parents. We learnt that Paul Klee was alive from 1879 to 1940, and that he was born in Switzerland but was considered to be German-Swiss. He studied Art in Germany, where he met a number of his creative friends who later inspired his own work. Klee was also a keen musician, and many of his paintings clearly showed this interest. When we were walking around the Tate the next evening, I found myself thinking back to the talk, seeing how his influences fitted together and finding it incredibly useful. In several of the paintings Klee had used a pointillist technique, which means that the large blocks of colour had been built up by hundreds of tiny dots.

Some of Klee’s paintings are peculiar and I personally did not like all of them, but some of them were very beautiful and I really enjoyed the chance to see them. My favourites were the paintings made up of squares, which focus your eye on the centre of the canvas and manage to hold your interest for a surprisingly long time. I was also incredibly interested by Klee’s landscape paintings; these were made up of hundreds of fine lines on


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a cloudy looking backdrop. From a distance, the paintings seemed to be very empty and unimpressive. However, close up they proved to be quite the opposite, full of life and movement. The pictures reminded me of Chinese landscape art and after doing some research I felt that they were most similar to paintings of the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368).

I really enjoyed both my trip to the Tate and the talk we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to listen to before going to the exhibition. I would love to be able to have the chance to do something like this in the future, and would recommend that you come along too next time. You never know what might inspire you to greatness!

Lizzie Wood (U5)

Below are some quotes from pupils attending the trip:

Federico Casareto (4th Form) – “Very unique and will inspire me further in my art studies.”

Bethany Murphy (L5) – “I really liked the colours he used. It was interesting to see a German artist in this period.”

Zuzanna Edwards (L6) – “It was so enlightening and helpful towards my project. I also found other sections to the Tate were just as good.”

Emil and the Detectives – the Fourth Form Germanists go to the National Theatre!

I was really excited at having the opportunity to see ‘Emil and Detectives’ with a group

of other 4th Form German enthusiasts on Tuesday 18 March at the National Theatre. What better way to expand my knowledge of German culture than by going to see this classic German children’s production, based on the famous novel by Erich Kästner. The story is about a boy called Emil who goes to Berlin to deliver some money to his Grandma. On the way there, his money is stolen, and the play is all about a large group of child “detectives”, each with their own forte, who collectively help Emil to track down the infamous Mr. Snow and retrieve his money.

I was pleasantly surprised at the abundance of humour throughout the play. The outstanding lighting and technical aspects contributed to the dynamic atmosphere. There were also a number of clever stage props and different sets to help set the scene. Additionally, the cast were predominantly child actors, which gave the play authenticity.

All in all it was an impressive production and great fun to watch.

Cameron Tooke (4th Form)

Choir Tour To Lake Como

A winter tour to Lake Como – you’d be forgiven for thinking we had taken leave

of our senses. This part of Italy is renowned for bitter temperatures in December and is often cut-off by snow. How lucky we were then to spend 5 days basking in glorious sunshine with the mildest of temperatures as we went around singing in some of the most wonderful Churches around this beautiful lake.

The overnight journey, which we had all been dreading, went without a hitch. In fact I can’t believe how well the group slept! On arrival we had some lunch and had time then for a good siesta to recover from the journey before our first rehearsal which was for a concert in the beautiful nearby Church of Saint Nabor e Felice in the village of Griante. The locals turned out in good numbers to hear us and the choir was on very good form despite the long journey.

The following day (Sunday), we returned to the Church to sing Haydn’s wonderful Saint Nicholas Mass. It was really good to sing this liturgically rather than as a concert piece. It was very much appreciated by the congregation.

In the afternoon, we had a tremendous lake tour by private boat stopping off for a wander around Bellaggio. Then it was off to Tremezzo for the second concert.

This was a significantly larger Church and we were amazed at how many people turned up to hear us and by the warmth of the reception. They treated us to drinks and cake after the concert.

On Monday, we went to the town of Como where we had an impromptu sing in the Cathedral. Our concert that day was in the open air in the tiny village of Rogaro where they had the annual blessing of the manger.

This was a really beautiful event – for some the highlight of the tour. The village was really picturesque; one member of the choir commented it felt like we were actually in Bethlehem. The concert was lit by small bonfires. It was all very memorable.

The following day we went to Milan where we had a tour of La Scala and then gave a concert outside the huge Cathedral with lots of members of the public gathering around to hear us. Once again, we received fantastic support from our Italian hosts.

Our final concert was in the dining room of the beautiful hotel where we stayed.

Sincere thanks must be given to Ross Whieldon and Doriana Whieldon with their help in setting up the tour, and also to Don Luca, the local Priest, without whom the tour simply would not have been possible.

You can see a video of the tour here: https://www.youtube.com/BSCollegeMusic

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Politics & Economics Trip to Brussels

In March pupils visited the institutions of the EU in Brussels and enjoyed amazing access

to both the institutions and to speakers that students would not normally be able to meet thanks to Mr Birchall. They had specialist lectures from among others, an advisor from the EU commission (Dick Niewenhuse) and a former European correspondent for the Economist (Bob Taylor). They were also guests of Labour MEP Richard Howitt visiting the European Parliament. The Economists had a specialist lecture on the European Bank by Jean Luc Lion and the Politics students were privileged to meet and work with Patrick Stephenson who is an assistant speech writer for the Secretary General of NATO and who is a specialist in American politics.

Biology Field Trip to Cranedale

In June, our Lower Sixth Form AS Level Biology students undertake a four day long,

residential course at the Field Study Centre Cranedale in Malton, Yorkshire.

Students study ecological techniques. Data collection: random sampling, quadrates, transects, percentage cover and frequency, collecting quantitative data on energy transfer. Data analysis: null hypothesis, standard error, Spearman’s rank. Working on rocky shores and much more!

The fieldwork is designed to give students a feeling of satisfaction plus skills to observe the ecological habitat first hand.

Physicists Trip to Royal Observatory

A group of 28 L6th Physicists and Mr Baker, Mrs Williams and Miss Savva went to the

Royal Observatory in Greenwich today. As we drove down the M11 we could see the clouds looming overhead and were worried that we would not be able to use the telescopes again this year. However, by the time we reached the Observatory we had beautiful clear skies and we had the opportunity to look through two telescopes on the evening. Here are the accounts from two of the pupils that went on the trip:

For the Physics trip this year we went to Greenwich; position 0 degrees longitude. I had heard about it before and I was really excited for my first school trip in UK with schoolmates. We started this trip by visiting the museum and seeing lots of amazing photos about the Universe. The photos were very clear and I thought that it would be really hard for photographers to

take such good photos. The most interesting event for me was the planetarium. The staff told us the history, positions and the composition of the constellations. We also went to the dome and used the astronomical telescope to see the planet Jupiter. It was my first experience in using a telescope and seeing a planet so clearly. The trip finished too quickly and I really enjoyed it.

Yuan Li (YH)

The visit to Royal Observatory Greenwich was fascinating. Other than having fun standing on the prime meridian line, I also had a chance to explore Flamsteed house and have a look at the famous transit telescopes. The highlight of the night was that I had the opportunity to have a look at the Jupiter using the Thompson 26-inch Refracting Telescope which is one of the largest refracting telescopes in the world. I could even see there were four bright moons near Jupiter. It was extremely remarkable.

The observatory itself is historical and the speaker was knowledgeable and always eager to answer our questions related to astronomy. It was an amazing experience to

combine interactive learning with joy. I hope I can go there to look at the astonishing views again soon. I look forward to my next Physics trip in the near future.

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Ski Trip to Passo Tonale Easter 2014

After a civilised 9 am start on 29th March, a keen and excited coachload of Senior

School skiers departed for Gatwick Airport on our way to ski in Passo Tonale in Italy. A smooth transfer and check-in meant that before we knew it we were squeezing ourselves into the seats on our flight to Verona Airport.

Once in Italy we started our transfer to the resort. The prospect of a 2½-3 hour coach journey always seems daunting, but we were quickly mesmerised by beautiful scenery as we whipped past some of the Italian lakes. At one point in the journey, I thought that the sudden movement of pupils to one side of the coach to try and spot George Clooney sunbathing by his holiday home might just tip us over. After about 2 hours, the turns in the road started to get tighter and steeper, and piles of snow started to appear by the road side and we knew we were close to Tonale. We eventually arrived to be greeted by Norman (our tour rep for the week) and after unloading our luggage into our rooms, we sat down to the first of many fantastic Italian meals.

The following morning saw us quickly picking up our skis and boots, and heading straight to meet our instructors for the week. We have always been very impressed with the

quality of instruction from the ski school that we use, and this year was no different. By lunchtime on our first day everyone had found our ski legs and Mr Griffin and Snr Nunez quickly illustrated to the rest of the ski party that falling over and sliding a long way is an essential part of learning….and that we only fell…a couple of times….because we were challenging the boundaries of our skiing. However, this almost took us a little too close to the boundaries of a few pistes too!

We were blessed with great weather this year which meant that we had ideal conditions on most of our skiing days. Sunshine and blue skies meant that our fancy dress ‘onesie’ day and visits to the nearby snow park were all the more fun. Our groups also got to experience large number of the pistes available in Passo Tonale and to enjoy the 5 hours skiing with their instructors every day.

One of the nicest aspects of supervising a College ski trip is seeing the progression and improvement experienced by all members of our party. Particular mention must go to our three complete beginners who started the week as strangers to skis on snow, but finished it as part of the intermediate group and were able to complete the group slalom on the last day.

When we weren’t skiing, we were enjoying the après ski activities that Norman, our great ski rep, had booked for us before

we arrived. Piste tubing gave us all the opportunity to send ourselves headfirst down a slope on what was essentially a large rubber inner tube. This is made all the more fun when you get to the bottom of the slope as you become snowball target practice for those waiting to go back up again. Luckily for staff, not many of the group had a particularly good aim.

We were also able to pay a visit to a local husky camp owned by Armand, who has completed in long distance dog sled races all over the world, and gave us an insight into the life of a husky. Everyone then got a chance to ‘hug a husky’ and see how many ‘selfies’ could be taken with as many different dogs as possible. Some were even tempted to try and smuggle cuter huskies home under their jackets! The rest of the week progressed without incident or injury…..until someone tripped over their case whilst packing on the last night!

Trips like this would not be possible without the help and support of College staff, and Miss Raven and Snr Nunez were outstanding in this regard. I’m sad to say that this was Miss Raven’s last trip with us as she has moved to a new post in Switzerland. We will miss her lots….and won’t be too jealous when the ski season comes back around.

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Scuba Diving in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Bishop’s Stortford College pupils enjoyed some of the world’s best diving in Sharm

El Sheikh during July on what has become an annual trip for the Scuba Diving Club at the College. All those who attended were able to gain Open Water experience and qualifications and saw some truly amazing sights from Napoleon Wrasse fish to ship wrecks.


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Reaching outMalawi 2014

It started with a quick email to the Headmaster on 13th November 2012

requesting permission to take a trip to Malawi. It ended with 14 pupils and 3 adults returning to the UK on Thursday 10th April utterly exhausted. It is often said that it is not the end product that is important but the journey to get there, and what a journey this was.

Initially, a general invitation was issued to pupils who thought they might be interested in going to Malawi, this was quickly followed up by a briefing by Mrs Lynch and Miss Chaplin who quickly disabused the pupils of the idea that it was going to be a normal school trip with some aspects of luxury. The numbers soon dropped away. Next, those who were still interested had to write a letter of application and then were called to an interview with Michelle Rowe, the founder of the charity Inspire Malawi, with which we were going to work. As always there were a few disappointed people but we had our group of 14; a party with differing talents and strengths.

At our first meeting we set ourselves a target of raising £10,000, which is what we achieved when we went out in 2012. Ideas flooded in thick and fast and we had soon delegated tasks to different members of the group. Thomas Dawkins and Roseanna Cawthray Stern quickly departed to the Pre Prep where they offered them the chance to take part in a competition to produce a front cover for a fundraising recipe book and also to contribute recipes to it. This proved to be a massive hit and sold well. Next on the agenda, apart from frequent cake sales, was to organise an event which would bring in lots of money which would not just target the parents of those pupils who were part of the Malawi team. As a result of my nationality (Scottish) some

thought it would be fun to hold a Burns Supper, complete with a ceilidh. No sooner was it said than the team sprang into action and on Friday 26th January 2014 the Dining Hall was transformed into a sea of tartan. The haggis was brought in and the traditional toasts and addresses made. The evening ended with a very lively ceilidh and our pupils were in the midst of it. Our next fundraising adventure was the brainchild of Jack Whitehead who decided to run a business fair which he named Traide. After months of hard work, negotiations and business meetings, this came to fruition on Wednesday 19th February. The majority of the team were there providing invaluable help and support in the background. A total of just under £10,000 was raised. After almost fourteen months of hard work the final total fundraised for the project was just over £21,000. This money was spent on providing a new classroom block, desks, chairs, books, painting materials, repairing the local church roof, a donation to the Mlanda Ladies choir and providing education for a number of Malawian children.

As you can see from the photographs, Malawi 2014 was a great success; the pupils learned about a new culture, learned how

to cope in less than sanitary conditions and learned the importance of teamwork and selflessness.

Those taking part were:

Thomas Allcock, Piers Berry, Tom Burrows, Roseanna Cawthray Stern, Thomas Dawkins, Niamh Lynch, Dani Moon, Lewis Pegrum, Daniel Power, Emily Smith, Rosalind Smith, Stephen Smithers, Charlotte Spall, Jack Whitehead, Gill Lynch, Mike Lynch and Emma Chaplin.

Gill Lynch

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Stars in their Eyes

Hopeful Bishop’s Stortford College Senior School pupils took to the stage as their

chosen Alter-Egos for the enthusiastically-fought annual ‘Stars in their Eyes’ in support of the Niemann-Pick Research Foundation.

Thought to be one of the very best yet, the event was enormous fun, with a tremendous variety of entertainment: excellent singers and musicians, wonderful dancing, amusing compères and judges, glorious lighting … the concert hit all the right notes!

Lauren Rhodes was a marvellous Stage Manager, Edward Tinney and Ben Crossfield compered with style and Abigail Barrett, Gem Shekerzade and Freya Durham made excellent judges.

The first night winners were Christina Aguilera (Bella Locke and her team: Rosalind Smith, Amy Roberts, Lydia Alexander and Eleanor Cavill), whilst the second night saw the Arctic Monkeys (Thomas Allcock, Matthew Green, Piers Berry and Daniel Power) win the audience vote.

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The Whitechapel MissionBenson Charity Week

The Pearl & Yeo Cup Sutton House Charity Week

Jeans for Genes Day

Operation Christmas Child

Philippine’s Typhoon

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Carol Service Collection

Bishop’s Stortford Food Bank

School House Charity

Senior Citizens Party

Young House Charity Week

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Girls’ Hockey2013 Review

The 2013 season was fantastically successful. Of the 100 matches played

by all the College teams, 66% were wins and 72% were either wins or draws. This is an incredible achievement considering our fixture list is one of the toughest on the circuit with the College playing against the strongest teams in the East. The U18s (County Runners-up), U16s (County Winners) and U14s (County Winners) teams all made it through to the East Qualifying Finals and for the first time in the College’s history we had two teams (U16s and U14s) advance to the East Finals. The U14s qualified from this for a play-off to compete in the National Finals but unfortunately, they lost 0-1 to Leeds Grammar School for Girls.

The 2nd XI continued their dominance of the area winning 12 of their 14 matches. Their only loss came against The Leys (0-1) who had their 1st XI goalkeeper playing for them! There were great wins against Gresham’s (3-2), Kimbolton (6-0) and Mill Hill (11-0). The team were led again by Anna Barclay and top goalscorer was Amy Harding with 19 goals. Other important contributions came from Portland Samek-Richardson and Ellysia Lewin. The 3rd XI had an unbeaten season winning nine and drawing one of their 10 fixtures with notable wins against Felsted (12-0) and Haileybury (5-0). All

will return next year and there were excellent seasons from Jess Paxman and Katie Harding who should be pushing for a 2nd XI place. The 4th XI once again showed tremendous commitment and hard work winning their first 4 matches with excellent seasons from Mel Craig and Claire Moran.

The U15A team won 11 of their 15 matches with superb victories against Ipswich and Felsted. Anna Calder and Philippa Otter had strong seasons and many of them will be pushing for 1st and 2nd XI places next year. The U15B team had a strong year too with the highlight being a 10-1 victory over Haileybury. The U14A team had a mixed set of results in the inter school matches and certainly saved their best hockey for the knockout tournaments. Holly Radbourne, Amelia Harvey and Jemima Sharman all had strong seasons and they will look to improve their results in the Lower Fifth. The U14B team had notable wins against Felsted (4-1) and Gresham’s (8-0) and the U14C team won all four of their matches beating Felsted twice.

Individually, many girls were selected to attend JDC, JAC and JRPC and some went on to represent their JRPC in Tier 1 activity. Elizabeth and Victoria Farrant were both selected in the U16 Saxon Tigers squad to compete at the Futures Cup – a fantastic achievement.

On behalf of the girls, I would like to thank all the coaches and umpires who have made it possible to train and play matches, Gary Law and all the catering staff for providing superb after-match refreshments and the parents for their continued support throughout the season.

Nick Prowse

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Regular Fixtures

BSHC Won 3-1 (Barrett, Doherty & Hutchings)

RHS Won 7-0 (Barrett x 4, V Farrant & Doherty x 2)

Culford Lost 2-3 (V Farrant & Sharman)

Gresham’s Lost 2-5 (Barrett & Heath)

Ipswich Lost 0-1

New Hall Won 4-0 (Barrett x 3 & Poulter)

County Finals:

Queenswood D 0-0

Hitchin Girls W 2-0 (Barrett, Longthorpe)

SF Haileybury W 2-1 (Sharman x 2)

F Queenswood L 0-1

Framlingham Lost 1-2 (E Farrant)

Bedford Modern Won 10-0 (Barrett x6, Doherty, Hutchings, Durham & Sharman)

Felsted Lost 1-2 (Barrett)

Polo Club Lost 1-4 (Barrett)

Junior Cugat Won 2-1 (Barrett x2)

Iluro HC Lost 1-3 (Barrett)

East Finals:

Coopers L 0-1

Ipswich L 0-4

Bedford D 0-0

The Leys W 3-0

(Barrett x2,

Longthorpe)

Kimbolton Won 6-2

(Barrett x4, E Farrant,

Poulter)

Sevenoaks Drew 3-3

(Barrett, Doherty, Heath)

Haileybury Won 7-0

(Barrett x4, E Farrant,

H Sharman, E Cavill)

The Perse Won 3-0

(Barrett, Cavill

& Hutchings)

The Leys Lost 1-2

(Poulter)

Cooper’s Won 3-1

(Barrett x2 & og)

Mill Hil Won 7-0

(Barrett x4, Sharman,

Heath & Cavill)

Newport Won 7-2

(Barrett x4, Sharman,

Poulter & E Farrant)

Abbie Barrett

Her scoring prowess for the 1st XI started with a goal against Oakham in September 2010 and her one hundredth was scored against The Leys in November. She finishes her College 1st XI career with 120 goals.

Abbie passed another milestone of scoring over 200 goals since joining the school in the Fourth Form. From her first match, her natural ability was quickly developed by the College’s hockey coaching staff and she started playing for the 1st XI whilst still in the Upper Fifth.

In 48 inter-school matches for the 1st XI she scored 97 goals, scoring in 39 matches, amassing 12 hat-tricks and scoring 11 in one match against RHS.

2011 season – 47 goals2012 season – 30 goals2013 season – 43 goals

1st XI ReportResults:

Played 16 (inter-school)

Won 9 Drawn 1 Lost 6

Goals: For 54 Against 23

Goalscorers (all matches):

Barrett (43), Sharman (7), Doherty (5),

V Farrant (2), E Farrant (2)

Full Colours:

Eleanor Cavill, Abigail Barrett,

Phoebe Poulter, Freya Durham, Emily

Smith

Half Colours:

Katharine Hood

Player of the Year:

Harriet Sharman

Players’ Player:

Harriet Sharman

Most Improved:

Eleanor Cavill

Top Goalscorer:

Abigail Barrett

1st XICoach: Nick ProwseCaptain: Harriet SharmanSquad: Niamh Doherty; Katherine Hood; Elizabeth Farrant; Victoria Farrant; Madeline Heath; Ellysia Lewin; Sarah Hutchings; Alice Scott-Flanagan; Phoebe Poulter; Emily Smith; Harriet Sharman; Abigail Barratt; Eleanor Cavill; Freya Durham

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2nd XICoach: David HughesCaptain: Amy HardingSquad: Sarah Roberts; Katie Browne; Olivia Longthorpe; Harriet Roberts; Lydia Alexander; Louisa Young; Tara Finley; Niamh Lynch; Portland Samek-Richardson; Amy Harding; Anna Barclay; Maddy Barclay; Lucie Sudworth

3rd XICoach: John ProwseSquad: Zoe Griffith; Katie Harding; Rebecca Barriball; Charlotte Smith; Jess Paxman; Kristie Overton; Victoria Foot; Lizzie Wood; Phoebe Neal; Melissa Craig; Elizabeth Edge

4th XICoach: Louisa WatsonSquad: Ella-Jane Coxwell; Amelia Weiss; Georgie Palmer; Charlotte Bruce; Claire Moran; Elizabeth Reardon; Emily Lynch; Saskia Potts; Mili Kerr

U15 ACoach: Hannah EdwardsCaptain: Philippa OtterSquad: Lucy Buckingham; Lucy Mackaness; Sophie Beaumont; Elizabeth Francis; Anna Calder; Nicole Buckingham; Katherine Watson; Rosie Smithers; Henrietta Jones-Chapman; Imogen Poulter; Caitlin Mahoney; Lily Lewin; Claudia Lax-Tanner

U15 BCoach: Wendy ChambersSquad: Georgie Elliott’ Rachel Cunningham; Charlotte Power; Shona Reid; Pippa Farmer; Amber Sewell; Lulu Simpson; Lili Herbert; Bethany Murphy; Frederica Johnston; Ruman Basra; Natasha Tesseyman; Emily Brierley

U14 ACoach: Lyndsay ShepherdCaptain: Holly RadbourneSquad: Megan Browne; Eve Leng; Caitlin Hawkins; Loredana Gibilaro; Isabella Darlington; Anna Pilcher; Hetty Cane; Alexandria Cooper; Cara Mckenna; Holly Radbourne; Amelia Harvey; Jemima Sharman; Katie Champion

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U14BCoach: Amanda SmartSquad: Jasmine Franklin; Charlotte Dadey; Laura Talbot Rice; Mollie Fraser-Andrews; Katie Kerr; Charlotte Neal; Margot Harvey; Mila Falco-Smith; Inez Parsell; Ailsa Munroe; Alexandra Morris

U14CCoach: Hannah SouthamSquad: Lois Richards; Bryony Lear; Jemima Plume; Jessica Maisey; Ananya Mozumdar; Juliet Morris; Ellie Hitch; Niamh Finlay; Simrhan Khetani; Lucy Minichiello; Ellen Fellows

Barcelona TourDuring the first week of half term the U18 and U16 girls’ hockey teams travelled to Barcelona for a 6 day tour playing 7 fixtures against some of the strongest Spanish sides. The U16s won 3 and lost 1 of their matches and the U18s won 1 and lost 2.

The U16s were first to play on the opening day of the tour against Casteldefels. A dominant performance saw them win 5-1 with players of the match Madeline Heath please and Lucie Sudworth using their pace to create numerous chances.

The following day gave both teams the chance to train at the impressive Athletic Terassa Hockey Club and to watch Terassa host Polo Club in a top of the table men’s league match. The pace and intensity of the match was exceptionally high and the girls

were keen to try and replicate this in their matches against Illuro on the following day.

Before the Illuro matches we had a training session at the exclusive Royal Polo club and a city tour taking in the sights of the Sagrada Familia, Park Guell and Las Ramblas.Whilst the U18s enjoyed a fantastic BBQ, the U16s played their second game of the tour against Illuro winning comfortably 7-0 with Lily Lewin scoring a fantastic goal. The U18s then played against a side containing 3 Spanish U21 internationals. They acquitted themselves superbly with Harriet Sharman leading by example and although we lost 3-1, we played some excellent hockey.

The fourth day of the tour gave the girls the opportunity to train at the Olympic Stadium in temperatures in excess of 28 degrees. The afternoon was spent on the beach playing volleyball, topping up the tan and eating ice

creams. That evening the U16s travelled to Egara losing 1-0 to an exceptionally strong side and the U18s lost to Royal Polo Club 4-1 after taking the lead through Abigail Barrett and failing to take a host of other chances.

The final day of an extremely busy tour saw us travel to Portaventura (Europe’s second biggest theme park). The girls braved some of Europe’s biggest rollercoasters and all of them seemed to really enjoy the day. We travelled back in to Barcelona to play our final matches of the tour against Junior Cugat. The U16s won convincingly 7-1 and the U18s followed suit, winning 2-1.

The tour was a great success but would not have been possible without the help of Mrs Watson, Miss Edwards and Miss Southam, so a big thank you to them.

Nick Prowse

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The season was a successful one for all teams in the Senior School with 83

fiercely contested games being played and over 170 boys representing the College.

The 1st XV enjoyed a successful season winning 8 out of 12 fixtures under the excellent captaincy of Number 8 Ed Goodman, who led the team extremely well. Particular highlights were the hard fought wins over Bedford Modern and local rivals The Bishop’s Stortford High School in the NatWest Cup. The 2nd XV had a tough season but managed a fitting end to it by trouncing Mill Hill 54-14. Captain and scrum-half Jonny Roberts (U6, HH) was outstanding all term.

The Under 16s played some excellent rugby under Mr Brooks, Mr Squire and Mr Wilson. Alex Picher, George Durrant (U5, SH) and Henry Felgate (U5, SuH), to name just a few, performed consistently well week in, week out. The dramatic win over The Perse was a classic example of the character and determination within the squad. The B team also showed real promise with comprehensive wins against Gresham’s and Brentwood. Jeevan Basra (U5, CH) and Harry Noble (U5, SuH) performed well throughout the season.

Both Under 15 sides had some mixed results but worked extremely hard in training which resulted in some encouraging performances. The As, led by Josh Ramsey (L5, HH), showed real signs of improvement with Charlie Juniper (L5, CH) being at the heart of the excellent wins over King’s Ely and Framlingham after the Half Term break. The Bs, under the ever enthusiastic Mr Bashford, really developed and progressed which is a testament to the boys. The fantastic victory against Framlingham was the definite highlight of the season.

The Under 14 A, B and C teams also had a fantastic year. The As recorded some exceptional wins over Bedford Modern and Gresham’s with Cameron Fearon (4th, RPH) and Henry Hunt (4th, RPH) being the mainstays of the team. The Bs and Cs went from strength to strength during the season registering some impressive wins; the penultimate fixture, again against Framlingham, was a particular highlight.

The new House Rugby Festival was also a huge success with RPH winning the Senior competition and School House edging the Junior competition.

Thank you to all boys, staff and parents involved in the rugby programme at the College and I sincerely look forward to seeing you all again next year.

James Reyburn

1st XV ReportThe season started with an arduous coach trip up to Norfolk to play Gresham’s for the inevitable tight contest between two evenly matched sides. On a beautiful Autumn afternoon, some early season rustiness from both teams was evident in the opening exchanges. However, the College managed to score the first points of the game from a well worked lineout which was driven over the opposition line. Gresham’s then started to claw their way back into the game courtesy of their influential fly-half, who started to implement a pin-point kicking game which, in turn put the College back three under pressure and culminated with Gresham’s taking a three point lead going into the final five minutes of the game. With the clock ticking down scrum-half Calum Docherty (RPH, U6) ran a penalty from well inside the College half and after three well worked phases and some slick handling down the blind-side, Will Radbourne (L6, SuH) scored under the posts to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. The 12-8 victory was an excellent team performance which saw 8 players make their 1st XV debut. Captain Ed Goodman (U6, RPH) was outstanding and was deservedly named Man of the Match. A fantastic start to the season.

Two excellent victories then followed against Royal Hospital School and Brentwood. Against RHS the back row containing Captain Ed Goodman, Ali Moore (U6, HH) and Will Radbourne were outstanding alongside scrum-half Calum Docherty who executed an excellent tactical kicking game which

constantly put the opposition on the back foot throughout the game. The winning streak then continued as Brentwood were brushed aside as the College scored six excellent tries with Captain Ed Goodman scoring four. The attacking platform was laid mainly thanks to some excellent work in the lineout from the forward pack, Man of the Match Tommy Civil (U6, SH) in particular was dominant all afternoon. Calum Doherty and Matthew Cleaves (U6, HH) were the other scorers whilst Eben Becerra (U6, CH) marshalled the defensive line extremely well.

After beating Hockerill in the NatWest Cup convincingly 57-12, attentions turned to Haileybury which is traditionally a tough block fixture for all teams across the College. The game started well for the College as they registered the first points of the game with a slick lineout move and maul which allowed Ed Goodman, number 8, to dot down. However, the host then stepped up a gear and some missed tackles allowed Haileybury two score four unanswered tries. The College then launched a spirited comeback but the host managed to hold on to a 12 point lead to end victoriously (38-26). A similar story unfolded against local rival Felsted. The College allowed the opposition to build a lead in the first quarter of the game and despite dominating the second half, failed to overhaul the deficit and lost 28-22.

The two major highlights of the season came after the half term break. Bedford Modern were beaten 12-10 in an absorbing contest. Their commitment in the tackle held the defence firmly and the forwards’ precision in the set piece proved to be the difference.

1st XVCoach: James Reyburn & Marcus Cattell Captain: Edward GoodmanSquad: Alistair Moore; Patrick Cunningham; Tom Gvero; Adam Brownlees; Tommy Civil; Nicholas Train; Alex Jefcoate; William Radbourne: James Tetlow; Oliver Heath; Harry Axford; Thomas Shepherd; Petros Leonard; William Moore; Eben Becerra; Edward Goodman; Calum Doherty; Edward Tinney; Jack Baker

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This was followed by the 1st XV ending a seven year drought by beating local rivals the High School in front of a vocal home crowd in the 5th Round of the Natwest Cup. The College pack were immense at the breakdown which was at times a bit of a lottery. Calum Doherty pulled the strings well at 10 in the absence of Ollie Heath (L6, RPH) and his tactical kicking alongside Ed Tinney (U6, SuH) at 9 was excellent. With the College in the ascendency for the majority of the 70 minutes, the High School never looked like scoring which is credit to an excellent defensive unit. A physical encounter but a much deserved victory. Unfortunately the Cup run came to an end in the 6th round where they faced Bloxham; a game which culminated 27 – 22. Credit must go to Bloxham as they defended valiantly for the last 15 minutes of the game as the College pushed for the winning try.

Cancellation of the RGS fixture and the abandonment of the Mill Hill game at Allianz Park due to a serious injury to the opposition scrum-half meant the final victory of the season was accomplished under the watchful gaze of Framlingham Castle. The 1st XV won 14-6 in a physical encounter against Framlingham College. After a disappointing first half, the boys stuck to their effective game plan and defended extremely well to secure a well-deserved victory. Centre Eben Becerra made some excellent runs in the midfield alongside flanker Ali Moore who was ever-present all season.

Despite the disappointment of some narrow losses, the boys played extremely well over the course of the season. I can genuinely say all boys developed hugely as both individual rugby players, but also built on their successes as a team. Rugby has a unique way of bringing together individuals which was

evident with this particular squad. Captain Ed Goodman led the team extremely well both on and off pitch and he must be commended for leading the team with distinction and by example on the pitch week in, week out.

I must finish by thanking all the rugby staff for their hard work and dedication throughout the season and groundsman Nigel Witherden for producing some excellent pitches. Finally, I would like to extend my thanks to the Upper 6th leavers for their efforts on and off the rugby pitch during their time at the College and I look forward to seeing you all at the OS game next year.

2nd XVCaptain: Jonathan RobertsSquad: Joel Newsome; Stephen Smithers; Liam Howe; Tolu Osinibe; Taylor Weekes; Elliot Calvert; Shemi Adeboye; Weilun Xu; Jack Greenall; Harry Axford; Douglas Reid; Cameron Snell; Thomas Krinks; Fraser Howard; Ben Dulley; James Scott-Flanagan; Roy Lee; Harry Mackaness; Jonathan Roberts; Ali Williams; Greg Murkett; Kymeron Aliev; Robert Sandford; Adam Johnson

U16ACoach: Graham Brooks and Robert SquiresCaptain: Alex PilcherSquad: James Catton; Ben Raymond; James Tetlow; Thomas Langley-Jones; Thomas Gvero; Samuel Agate; Alistair Griffiths; Christian Rhodes; Vincenzo Gibilaro; Henry George; Alexander Laws; George Durrant; Henry Felgate; Alexander Pilcher; Oliver More; Edward Lamyman; Edward Clements

Played 14 Abandoned 1 Won 7 Cancelled 1 Lost 4

Gresham’ School A W 12-8

Royal Hospital School H W 21-5

Brentwood School H W 36-0

Hockerill AEC A W 57-12 (DM Cup Rd 2)

Haileybury L L 26-38

Felsted H L 22-28

Roundwood Park A W 12-0 (NatWest Cup Rd 3)

Bedford Modern School H W 12-10

THSHS W 12-3 (NatWest Cup Rd 4)

The Perse A L 0-42

Bloxham H L 22-27

RGS Colchester H Cancelled

Framlingham College A W 14-6

Mill Hill A Abandoned

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U16BCoach: Martin WilsonCaptain: Harry NobleSquad: Hei Kiu Cheng; Daniel Smith; Jonathan Minihane; William Dawkins; Joshua Brockley; Max Barker; Sebastian Raine; Conrad Noble; Jeevan Basra; Henry George; Harry Noble; Austin Sewell; Ross McGowan; Max Gurdon-Watson; Benedict Corti Tyler

U15ACoach:Tom ScorgieCaptain: Josh RamseySquad: William Civil; Luca Newsome; Christian Davies; Martin Brett; Michael Precious; Harvey Keene; Charlie Juniper; Thomas Radley; Jamie Ewan; Jack Lucas; Henry Tinney; Sam Hopkinson; James Revell; George Pearman; Josh Ramsey; Edward James; Henry Tran; Henry Harnack; William Watson

U15BCoach: Paul BashfordCaptain: Jonny MussardSquad: Henry Tinney; Edward Oakley; Ryan Land; James Daniels; Bryan Chung; Alexander Sokhanvari; Matt Hollis; Timothy Smith; Kyle Henchie; Matthew Kemp; Zachary Matthews; Jacob Noy; Ryan Slowe; Ben Mitchell; Jonny Mussard; Pierce Tinsdale; Ben Stevenson; Lewis Turner-Fisk; Morgan Sewell

U14ACoach: Corne de Bruyn and Chris Clayton-SmithSquad: Henry Hunt; Alex Waters; Keir Ansell; Seun Akinnarayne; Cameron Fearon; Alex Portas; Hugo Sau; Hugo Lennie; Nick Murkett; William Hodge; Joshua Warner; Elliot Needham; Ben le Sage; William Tetlow; Aaron Scilly; Benjamin Sudworth; James Fox

Team Player of the Year Most Improved Player of the Year

1st XV Edward Goodman & Calum Doherty Tommy Civil

Young Player of the Year William Radbourne

2nd XV Jonathan Roberts Taylor Weeks

U16A George Durrant Henry George

U16B Brian Chung Jeevan Basra

U15A Charlie Juniper Sam Hopkinson

U15B James Daniels Morgan Sewell

U14A Cameron Fearon Aaron Scilly

U14B Nicholas Zeolla William Laws

Rugby Awards

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U14BSquad: Alexander Sugden; Bradley Moon; Joe Minichiello; Louis Radley; Henry Trevillion; Aaron Trehan; Kolade Ladipo; Simon Miles; Alex Longthorpe; William Laws; Zak Sutcliffe; Jamie Paul; Adam Bassingthwaite; Dougal Pottinger; Charles Jefcoate; Martin Culjkovic

Senior Rugby Colours

Full – Edward Goodman, Calum Doherty, Eben Becerra, Tommy Civil and Jack Baker

Half – Edward Tinney, Petros Leonard, Adam Brownless, William Moore, Alistair Moore, Thomas Shepherd, Jonny Roberts, Patrick Cunningham

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NetballA highlight for the College this year was

the employment of Sam May. Sam, who came over from Australia to play for the Mavericks in the England Netball Super League, has an enviable CV. She has previously been awarded a scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport, been a member of the Australian U21 squad and, more recently, was playing for the New South Wales Swifts in the ANZ Championships. As well as helping to oversee the progress of her own Senior School team, her specialist defensive sessions undoubtedly benefited all of the girls. Sam was a fantastic role model for the girls and became quite a celebrity around the campus.

The U18Bs, who were under the watchful eye of Miss Southam this year, made an excellent start beating Mill Hill 33-11. Elizabeth Farrant (TH, U5) made her mark in the squad with superb shooting statistics and movement in the goal circle. The girls continued with their good form and achieved wins over The Leys (31-16) and Kimbolton (26-22) with Kimberley Oakley (TH, L6) and Zoe Griffith (YH, L6) being awarded jointly the Player of the Match award. Dani Moon (AH, L6) and Kay Hood (AH, L6) worked tirelessly throughout the term and deserved high praise in games against The Perse (35-11)

and Framlingham (23-19). Lauren Warner (YH, UH) had a superb term for the U18C team and should be mentioned for her superb shooting accuracy in almost every game. The C team enjoyed wins over Felsted (15-5), Aldenham (28-3) and Sevenoaks (21-17) to name just a few. A highlight for the U18D team was beating Felsted in a hotly contested match (19-11) and The Leys (12-7). Hayley Smart (YH, L6) and Rebecca Barriball (AH, U5) were regularly named as Players of the Match for their work rate and dominance on the court.

The team to watch during the season was the U15As and they did not disappoint. Going unbeaten all term was a fantastic achievement. Highlights of their term included great performances against Chigwell (25-22) where Anna Calder (TH, L5) dominated in the WA position, Kings Ely (28-8), Felsted (28-25) and Kimbolton (28-16). Lili Herbert (YH, L5) and Elizabeth Francis (YH, L5) were regularly seen as key players in this team. Their matches were exciting to watch and I look forward to seeing these players making the step-up to the Senior teams next year. At their District Tournament, it came as no surprise that the girls dominated the round matches beating St Marys (13-6), Newport (19-1),

HRS (14-4), Leventhorpe (11-3), Herts and Essex (7-6) and Saffron Walden (14-4). In the semi-final, the girls put out a convincing performance against Birchwood (12-9) and thoroughly deserved their place in the final. Unfortunately, due to an injury part-way through the final, we had to concede the match and give the win to Freeman College. I am in no doubt that had we been able to play that match the girls would have been victorious. A superb win over Chigwell (30-14) set the benchmark for the U15B squad. The girls maintained this momentum through the term. They worked hard in training and with players like Lily Lewin (BH, L5), Lucy Mackaness (TH, L5) and Claudia Lax-Tanner (AH, L5) playing with skill and determination, their term was always going to be a positive one. The U15C had a tough season with regard to results. However, the work ethic and desire to improve was commendable. When they found their form the highlights included wins over Kings Ely (17-7) and The Leys (17-12). Ruman Basra (AH, L5) and Lauren Tuch (BH, L5) were regularly awarded Player of the Match by the opposition.

The U14s as a whole had an excellent term of Netball. The A team dominated a number of its fixtures and played some superb Netball.

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Successes included wins over Mill Hill (16-7), Kings Ely (18-17), Felsted (16-15) and The Perse (18-6). Amelia Harvey (YH, 4th) and Katie Champion (AH, 4th) played well through the mid court and Charlotte Dadey (TH, 4th) was formidable in the defensive circle. At the District Tournament, the girls were unbeaten in the group stages with good results against Herts and Essex (6-4), Freeman College (3-2), HRS (3-1), Newport (7-2) and Friends (14-2). Unfortunately, Hockerill who they faced in the semi-final, were just too strong. A tall and very accurate goal shooter made the difference and the game finished 13-3 to the opposition. The U14Bs had an equally successful season with highlights including Kings Ely (16-2), Aldenham (27-7) and The Perse (11-7). Katie Kerr was exceptional throughout the term, being commended for her court craft on several occasions. The U14Bs came away as District Champions having beaten Hockerill (10-2), HRS (9-1), Herts and Essex (5-1) and St Marys (11-1) in the pool matches. Despite being down in the first half of the semi-final, the girls played with control and accuracy and finished by beating Birchwood (9-6). The final against SWCHS was another close game but after taking confidence from the previous win the girls managed an impressive 11-7 victory. Francesca Heath-Clarke (TH, 4th) was the star of the C team and she put on an excellent shooting performance in the Kings Ely match helping her team take the match 27-7. Another highlight of the term was the win over RHS (23-3) which finished the season off nicely.

It has been excellent to see so many of our girls trialling and being selected into the Satellite and County Academies as part of the England Netball Performance Pathway. This is a great achievement and I wish them all the best of luck.

Next year the aim is to continue moving forward, making individual and team progress which will ultimately result in increasing the profile of BSC Netball. Many of the girls will look forward to the February half-term tour to Gibraltar where I am certain they will be put through their paces and will leave having gained invaluable experience.

I would like to finish by thanking all of the coaches who make the Netball programme possible, Gary Law and all of the catering staff for their teas and refreshments and finally, all of the parents for their continued support at both home and away fixtures.

House Netball

Once again the House Netball tournament was played in good spirit. Some excellent Netball was on display resulting in highly competitive matches.

Tee House were the overall winners in both the Senior and Junior Competitions.

U18 A Report

To kick off the season, the girls were put through their paces at a pre-season session run by Tamsin Greenway. Tamsin is well respected for both her playing and coaching careers. She had been a member of the England Netball National Squad since 2004, winning bronze medals at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games. She won five Super League titles with Team Bath, playing a season for the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship. Additionally, she is now the player coach at Surrey Storm and she therefore had a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with the girls. The session was fast, physical and definitely brushed the cobwebs of Christmas away.

The overall season can be described as a rollercoaster of results for the U18A team.

U19 National Schools Tournament

This tournament is played in the Autumn Term and therefore always arrives too early for us. Having limited preparation always puts us at a disadvantage against the schools who play Netball for two terms.

District Netball

The District Netball tournament held at St Mary’s School was once again a highlight at the end of a long term. The local venue allowed our shooters plenty of time at the post and gave our team plenty of match preparation. The girls dominated the round matches beating Newport A (12-3), Newport B (17-0), Freeman College (17-0) and Birchwood (15-0). These matches gave all of the squad plenty of court time and gave us the opportunity to work on a number of combinations and set plays. The girls continued with success in the semi-final beating Herts and Essex (21-4). The final match against Friends proved to be our toughest yet.

U18ACoach: Louisa WatsonCaptain: Phoebe PoulterSquad: Niamh Doherty; Estelle Williams; Eleanor Cavill; Lucie Sudworth; Jess Paxman; Abigail Barratt; Phoebe Poulter; Freya Durham

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U18BCoach: Hannah SouthamCaptain: Zoe GriffithSquad: Portland Samek-Richardson; Kimberley Oakley; Louisa Young; Ellysia Lewin; Katharine Hood; Elizabeth Farrant; Zoe Griffith; Dani Moon

U18CCoach: Kay AdkinsCaptain: Niamh LynchSquad: Elizabeth Edge; Victoria Farrant; Lauren Warner; Charlotte Spall; Rebecca Barriball; Emma Lewis; Niamh Lynch; Olivia Longthorpe; Rachael Eddom

U18DCoach: Lyndsay ShepherdSquad: Halima Edozie-Akinlade; Samantha Macmillan; Kristie Overton; Harriet Roberts; Sarah Roberts; Rohanna Dhutta; Emma Gregory; Hayley Smart; Jessica Browne

U15ACoach: Mel BoultonSquad: Henrietta Jones-Chapman; Elizabeth Francis; Anna Calder; Lulu Simpson; Sophie Beaumont; Lili Herbert; Imogen Poulter; Natasha Tesseyman

U15BCoach: Claire GoodallSquad: Ellie McSweeney; Emily Brierley; Lucy Mackaness; Philippa Otter; Caitlin Mahoney; Rebecca Withers; Lily Lewin; Claudia Lax-Tanner

U15CCoach: Sam MaySquad: Alice Turley-Pound; Jade Basha; Bethany Murphy; Ruman Basra; Rachel Cunningham; Lauren Tuch; Alex Dormon

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U14ACoach: Hannah EdwardsSquad: Charlotte Dadey; Holly Radbourne; Amelia Harvey; Loredana Gibilaro; Katie Champion; Alexandria Cooper; Jemima Sharman

U14BCoach: Amanda SmartSquad: Megan Thomas; Lucy Minichiello; Laura Talbot-Rice; Ellie Hitch; Jasmine Franklin; Ailsa Munro; Katie Kerr; Anna Pilcher

U14CCoach: Wendy ChambersSquad: Megan Brown; Isabella Darlington; Lauren Beaver; Bolade Ladipo; Isabelle Abraham; Francesca Heath-Clarke; Cara McKenna; Charlotte Neil; Yolande Notley

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2014 seasonThe results of the boys’ teams in their regular fixtures for the 2014 season are given along with the EHB Cup Results in a separate table:

REGULAR SEASON FIXTURESRESULTS GOALS PERCENTAGES

Team Played Cancelled Won Drawn Lost For Against Win W + D

1st XI 12 0 10 2 0 38 13 83 100

2nd XI 10 0 3 1 6 17 31 30 40

3rd XI 8 1 1 2 5 9 18 13 38

4th XI 4 0 2 0 2 10 10 50 50

16A XI 9 0 4 0 5 24 22 44 44

16B XI 4 0 1 0 3 10 8 25 25

15A XI 10 1 4 1 5 28 24 40 50

15B XI 7 0 1 1 5 6 32 14 29

14A XI 9 2 5 1 3 20 18 56 67

14B XI 7 0 2 3 2 9 9 29 71

Totals 80 4 33 11 36 171 185 41 55

EHB CUPTeam Event Matches Results Outcome

U18

Cup R1

Plate R1

Plate R2

Plate R3

V Merchant Taylors

V KEGS Chelmsford

V Norwich

V Woodbridge

D

W

W

L

1 - 1

11 – 1

3 – 0

3 - 4

Lost 1 – 3 on P.Strokes

Exit Plate Competition

U16

CountyV Watford GS

V Haberdashers

W

D

3 – 1

1 – 1 Won County Cup

East Prelims

V Greshams

V Leys

V Ipswich

V Stamford

W

L

L

W

2 – 1

1 – 3

0 – 3

2 - 1 Did not qualify for East Finals

U14

County

V Hitchin GS

V Aldenham

V Haberdashers

V Watford GS

W

W

D

W

1 – 0

1 – 0

2 – 2

5 - 0 Won County Cup

East Prelims

V Leys

V Ipswich

V Samuel Whitbread

W

W

W

2 – 1

3 – 2

9 - 0 Won East Prelims

East FinalsV Felsted

V Framlingham

W

L

4 – 0

0 - 3 Runners-up East Finals

Play Off V Sherborne W 2 - 0 Qualified for Nationals

National Finals

V Repton

V Kingston GS

V Calday Grange

W

D

L

2 - 1

1 - 1

1 - 3 5th in England

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After the overall very disappointing season of 2013, there were several

much more encouraging aspects to the 2014 campaign from the College teams. Highlights were:

– Excellent weather all term with no frost or snow resulting in few cancelled games

– The 1st Xl were unbeaten in their regular fixtures

– The U14 Xl reached the National Finals again

· The only cancelled games were mutually agreed due to necessary cup arrangements by either school.

· The new(ish) pitch looked good and also proved to be an excellent surface, appreciated by players and coaches.

· Regular season results (probably the most valid comparison statistics between seasons) showed that in 2014, the College teams won 31% of their matches which is better than the poor 26% of 2013. For comparison, in 2011, the College won a healthy 55% of matches and over a long period prior to that the standard was 45-50% wins. However, if draws are also included, the 2014 ‘% win and draw’ statistic creeps over the 50% mark.

· 1st Xl had a very successful season, winning 10 and drawing 2 of their 12 regular fixtures. They developed an effective way of playing based on a very solid defence, hard-working and skilful midfield players coupled with pace and skill up front. They were often allowed to dictate patterns with their variety of outlet and high pressing and although they scored over 3 goals per game on average they probably would admit they should have scored more. The side was well led by Calum Doherty who was ably assisted by several other experienced U6th players. In the EHB Cup, after losing a 1st round game on PSs, they should have won easily, they proceeded through the Plate until running out of steam in a packed period of fixtures and losing a poor game against Woodbridge.

· An inexperienced 2nd Xl had several close games and could have won more than their record suggests.

· The 3rds and 4ths definitely suffered from the large number of U5th sportsmen who left in 2013 but they tried hard and it is massively to their (and Paul Bashford, their coach’s) credit that they always fulfilled their fixtures and played competitively.

· The U16A had a better year than they did the year before and achieved some good wins although their B team found the going tough at times. They did well to win the County Cup and compete in the East Prelims.

· The 15A were inconsistent and achieved some good results but maybe can reflect that they missed a few too many scoring chances to get the number of wins they should have done. It is massively to the 15B’s credit that they improved during the year and from a run of losses they then got a draw and a win in their last two games.

· The 14A was statistically the second most successful side to the 1st Xl. They developed a large pool of players and also achieved some very good results in their regular season. In the Cup, they won the County rounds, won the East Prelims, came second in the East Finals but qualified for a play-off match against Sherborne which they won and thus got through to the National Finals where they performed well in exalted company.

· Last year, in the corresponding article, I made suggestions as to how College hockey could get back to the consistently high standards of just a few years ago. These can be summarised as:

– Better prioritisation and more regular attendance by players for training

– Increased intensity in training – generated by the players not necessarily the coaches

– Better attendance at sessions outside the main season

– More participation in hockey outside school

– Watching more high level hockey outside school

· In review of these objectives, training was better last year (massively helped by greater momentum during the season and playing conditions created by the weather) although my observations are that training intensity is still variable. There

are more and more of the players playing outside school, both at a club level and in the Single System although I still question how many of the boys watch enough good standard adult hockey (maybe tough in their very busy lives) outside school which would motivate and inspire them as well as providing role models.

· However, I am encouraged by the attitude of many of the junior boys and increasing numbers who seem to really enjoy hockey and train and play outside the College. Their example and enthusiasm will rub off onto others and over a few years, my hope is that there will develop a more entrenched hockey culture amongst the young players which will massively help the player development and have a positive effect on performance and results.

· In conclusion, can I offer some thanks on behalf of the College Hockey Club to:

– All the coaches for massive enthusiasm, expertise and hard work

– Nigel Witherden and his staff for their work on the grounds

– Frank Lockhart for organising the 1st Xl umpires

– Garry Law and his staff for their excellent catering

– Tim Hanks and the ladies of School House for their help with the washing of the team shirts

· There are several leavers from last year’s 1st Xl so there are real opportunities for players to step up and take their place. However, I hope there is a real enthusiasm and competition for places in all the College teams and that everyone has an excellent season in 2015.

Charlie Bannister

1st team squadCoach: Charlie BannisterCaptain: Thomas ShepherdSquad: Oliver Moore, Taylor Weeks, Edward Rowley, Joshua Roberts, Alistair Williams, Oliver Heath, Alex Jefcoate, Edward Goodman, Harry Mackaness,Thomas Shepherd, Calum Doherty, Nicholas Clare, Harry Axford

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2nd teamCoach: Mike TomkysCaptain: Edward TinneySquad: Robert Sandford, Charles Welham, Jonathan Roberts, Roy Lee, William Radbourne, Jack Baker, Nicholas Train, Adam Brownlees, William Moore, Edward Tinney, Lewis Pegrum, James Lamyman

3rd teamCoach: Paul BashfordCaptain: Luke JordanSquad: Toby Smollett, Joel Newsome, Fraser Howard, Douglas Reid, Thomas Allcock, Alexander Spall, Oliver Atkinson, Gem Shekerzade, Max Trevillion, Luke Jordan, Leam Howe, Henry Dormon

4th teamCoach: Paul BashfordSquad: Charles Latchford, Roman Nikulcha, David Overton, Dan Power, Tolu Osinibi, Daniel Mahoney, Stephen Smithers, Douglas Reid, Eben Becerra, Hugo Kesterton

U16ACoach: Nick ProwseSquad: Timi Williams; Austin Sewell; Harry Noble; Harry Goodman; Henry George; Alexander Laws; Thomas Harnack; Matteo Allessandri; Henry Felgate; Ross McGowan; George Durrant; Alexander Pilcher

U16BCoach: Chris Clayton-SmithCaptain: Thomas BaucherSquad: Edward Clements; Samuel Agate; Ben Raymond; Joshua Brockley; Alistair Griffiths; James Tetlow; Maxim Barker; Jeevan Basra; Matthew Bird; Jack Spittlehouse; Jake Gransbury; Thomas Langley-Jones; Tom Baucher; Edward Lamyman; Conrad Noble; Christian Rhodes

U15ACoach: John KirtonSquad: James Daniels; James Revell; Charlie Juniper; William Civil; Jamie Ewen; Oliver Brown; Martin Brett; Harry Hindmarch; Kyle Henchie; Adam Cawthray Stern; Josh Ramsey; Edward James; Sam Hopkinson; Henry Harnack

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U15BCoach: David HughesSquad: Pierce Tindale; Jack Lucas; Alexander Sokhanvari; Harvey Keene; Tim Smith; Ryan Slowe; Morgan Sewell; Ewan Slade; Benjamin Stevenson; Lucas Newsome; Zachary Matthews; Ben Brierley; Tom le Grove

Under 14 National FinalistsCoach: Graham BrooksSquad: Back Row L - R: Charles Jefcoate; Alexander Portas; Elliot Needham; William Hodge; Aaron Scilly; Tom Winfield; Jamie Paul; Martin Culjkovic

Front Row L - R: William Laws; Nick Murkett; Adam Bassingtwaighte; Bradley Moon; Cameron Fearon; Keir Ansell; Henry Hunt; Simon Miles

U14BCoach: Tom ScorgieCaptain: Ben Le SageSquad: Aaron Trehan; Oscar Cooper; Jonathan Eddom; Seun Akinnirayne; Joshua Warner; Zak Sutcliffe; William Tetlow; Alex Longthorpe; Alexander Waters; Simon Miles; Ben Le Sage; Joe Minichiello; Cameron Browne

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2014 General report

There was much to be proud of about College cricket this year. With good

weather for most of the season (and a relatively forgiving exam timetable for many) every team experienced success during the summer term. The 1st XI produced several strong performances, including memorable (if heart-breaking) matches against Brentwood and RGS Colchester and another very well-contested MCC fixture. The 2nd XI provided plenty of entertainment and the junior sides competed well in our block fixtures. I am delighted that so many of our cricketers will have the chance to take part in the 1st XI tour to Cape Town during the Easter holidays in 2015 and I look forward to reporting on that next year.

Team by team, the 2014 season is summarised as follows:

1st XIPlayed 8, Won 3, Lost 4, Drew 1.The 1st XI had a very positive term of cricket, showing great commitment in training which resulted in some excellent performances. They were led well by Edward Goodman; his cheerful nature has rubbed off on the team and produced a thoroughly enjoyable season. Taylor Weeks was superb with the bat, scoring 413 runs in only 8 innings at an average of 59; a truly wonderful achievement that he is to be congratulated on. His best scores came against Brentwood (84) and the MCC where he made an impressive 86. William Moore also made good contributions with the bat, most notably his 73 not out against Coopers’ Coborn. Our bowlers performed well throughout the term, with Austin Sewell and Tom Baucher forming a strong opening attack.

They were well supported by the rest of the bowlers: William Radbourne picked up 3 wickets against Ipswich and Thomas Harnack took 4 against TBSHS. On the final Sunday of term the annual 1st XI vs. OS match had to be abandoned due to rain – a great shame, given some of the very familiar faces in the OS team. Well done boys and thank you for your hard work and enthusiasm. (DH)

2nd XIPlayed 5, Won 2, Lost 1, 2 matches abandoned. With an excellent win over Ipswich and a convincing victory against the High School, the key performances included Elliott Martin’s outstanding contribution against Ipswich with a captain’s innings and excellent slip catch. Harry Goodman batted superbly against TBSHS to cap a fine all-round display from the boys with good humour, commitment and good manners. (SM-H)

U15A XIPlayed 6, Won 2, Lost 3, 1 match abandoned.Overall both A and B Team squads embraced College cricket: they made solid progress, they were competitive and, most importantly, played the game in the right spirit. A nucleus of keen cricketers combined with the rest of the squad, who had a great attitude and wanted to improve. Kyle Henchie was the stand out player and a very good captain, and fully deserved his call-up to the 1st XI. It is not always easy to give everyone a game in cricket, but as well as trying to win, Kyle did his best to keep everyone interested and involved, and was given good support by all the bowlers

with Sean Black and James Daniels forming a reliable partnership with the new ball, and our spin attack of Thomas Radley, Ed James and Kyle Henchie. Other bowlers regularly used were Morgan Sewell, Michael Precious, Zak Matthews and Josh Ramsay. Our batting grew in confidence with Kyle Henchie and Henry Harnack regularly laying a good foundation on which to build, with other notable batting performances from Josh Ramsay, Thomas Radley, Charlie Juniper and Michael Precious. (PB)

U15B XIThe boys began the season with plenty of enthusiasm to play cricket and get stuck into training. The first match was against a strong Brentwood side and in the end we were beaten soundly by four wickets even though we batted well in scoring 134 from 30 overs. The following match against Felsted was the highlight of the season: we batted first and some powerful hitting from Charlie Juniper and stroke play from Ewan Slade (who scored an excellent 61) saw us set off on a run rate of 10 per over. We reached an excellent total of 187 in 30 overs and then bowled well to restrict Felsted to 100 all out. All the team played well and it was great to beat ‘the old enemy’! The final game of the season against the Leys was close and enjoyed by all but unfortunately we lost out to their superior bowling attack and failed to post a really competitive total; if we had held our catches it may have been a different story. Overall, it was a good season with a large and enthusiastic squad but a special mention needs to go to Ben Brierley as captain and to Phoebe Martin who was selected to play for the Hertfordshire U15 team, blazing the trail for Girls’ cricket and also to Ewan Slade who batted well throughout the season top scoring for the side. (SPL)

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U14A XIPlayed 5, Won 4, Lost 1.An enjoyable and very successful season for the squad with wins against Brentwood, Chigwell, Ipswich and Felsted. The highlights of the season included several excellent opening partnerships between Adam Bassingthwaighte (who scored 193 runs this season) and Elliot Needham, some good spells of bowling by Aaron Scilly, Keir Ansell, Joe Minichiello and Henry Hunt, and a magnificent century against Felsted by Alex Portas who had a fine all-round season as captain and ended the term as a 1st XI player. (MD)

U14B XIPlayed 4, Won 2, Lost 2.Stand-out batting performances from Ben Le Sage, top scoring in 2 out of the 4 games with a bruising 38 and 45. Alex Longthorpe also contributed with that bat scoring a mature 43 against Chigwell. The bowling highlight had to be William Laws’ hat trick against The Leys, finishing with figures of 4 for 12 of 4; an outstanding and rare achievement. Jonathan Eddom’s progress behind the stumps was also another main highlight of the year. Overall, a thoroughly enjoyable season where the boys have worked hard in every training session and match and gelled well as a team. It has been an absolute pleasure to be their coach and I wish them the best of luck with all of their sporting futures. (CC-S)

1st XI Cricket report 2014.Played 8 Won 3, Lost 4, Drew 1.

The 1st XI had a very positive term of cricket. The season began with a hard fought game against local club side, Stansted Hall, in which Thomas Baucher produced a well-crafted innings of 71 in our run chase. Sadly his efforts were not quite enough to get us over the line and we lost the game. We then moved on to face a very strong (as always!) Brentwood side, with no less than three Essex CCC Academy players and an England Under 19 player. Needless to say, this was a daunting prospect for our boys to face; thankfully they took it on with the positive attitude they showed throughout the season. Brentwood scored a competitive total of 186 from their 35 overs with Thomas Shepherd and Tom Baucher picking up a wicket apiece, as well as being our most economical bowlers on the day. It was always going to be a tough score to chase for us but Taylor Weeks and William Moore got us off to a solid start with an opening stand of 60, before William was dismissed for a well-made 27. This brought captain Edward Goodman to the crease to join Taylor and Edward’s naturally aggressive stroke play began to increase our scoring rate to allow us to believe we had a chance of an unlikely victory. He however tried one big shot too many and was caught for a productive 37; this sparked an onslaught from the impressive Taylor who

was keeping our hopes alive with a truly magnificent innings. He took us into the last over needing 14 runs for an incredible win, alas he was dismissed off the third ball for a brilliant 84 and with him, our chance for victory had slipped away. Despite Thomas Langley-Jones smashing a huge six over wide long on from the last ball of the match, we finished an agonising 2 runs short. While this was frustrating to get so close but still lose the game, it was a very positive result for us and gave us plenty of confidence going into the next fixtures.

Our next game was against MCC, always a special day for all concerned. The match was played in great spirit and after our victory against them the previous year, MCC sent a strong team to ensure the same result did not occur again! MCC batted first and produced a daunting total of 224: Austin Sewell and Thomas Shepherd both picked up 2 wickets, while Tom Baucher bowled superbly to finish with the figures of 7 overs 3 maidens and 1 wicket for only 7 runs. Sadly though, this game was the start of a back problem that meant Tom could not bowl much for us for the rest of the season, a huge loss for us and a big disappointment for him. Our run chase was held together by another batting masterclass from Taylor Weeks as he scored a fluent 86 and received much admiration from the opposition players for his mature innings. We were, however, always struggling to push for the win and thanks to some resilient batting from Austin Sewell and Thomas Harnack at the end we managed to hold on for a well-earned draw.

1st XICoach: David HughesCaptain: Edward GoodmanSquad: Alex Portas; Thomas Harnack; Austin Sewell; Matthew Cleaves; Alexander Pilcher; Thomas Langley-Jones; Harry Axford; Taylor Weeks; Edward Goodman; William Moore; William Radbourne

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We then moved on to face Chigwell at home and produced a hugely impressive bowling performance to restrict them to 103 for 7 in their 25 overs. All the bowlers did a great job with Austin Sewell continuing his impressive development by picking up 2 wickets for only 16 runs in 5 overs. Over the course of the season he showed good control and discipline with his away swing bowling and is an exciting prospect for the future. It should have been a simple score for our batsmen to achieve and thanks to yet another good performance from Taylor Weeks (44 runs), Matthew Cleaves, who made a positive 30 and Edward Goodman who scored a brisk 21 not out, we were able to secure a comfortable 8 wicket victory. Our next game saw us travel to Ipswich for what is always a tough test for our boys on the cricket field; we bowled first and had a slow start until the introduction of William Radbourne into the attack. We were looking at chasing a large score until William decided (by accident) to bounce out the opposition, picking up 3 valuable wickets in his first 2 overs to change the momentum of the game. He finished with the impressive figures of 5 overs, 2 maidens, 3 wickets for only 16 runs. Ipswich did play very well towards the end of their innings and scored quickly to post a very competitive 180 for 7. Ipswich had a hugely talented bowling attack and we quickly found ourselves 3 wickets down with not many runs on the board; this is where some sides would have given up, but not the College. We fought back with some aggressive hitting from William Radbourne (24) Matthew Cleaves (27) and 23 from Harry Axford in his first game for the 1st XI. Much to the delight of his team mates, Harry went into bat against a very fast Ipswich bowler: he blocked his first ball, then swung his bat at the second ball and hit it over the biggest building at Ipswich School for a huge 6 to enormous cheers from the pavilion.

Once our middle order was dismissed it was always going to be a hard target to achieve and we finished 40 runs short but had made a valiant effort.

The next match was the visit of local rivals TBSHS. We bowled with excellent discipline as a collective unit to restrict them to 106 all out, with all the bowlers picking up a wicket; Thomas Harnack finished with 4 wickets having bowled brilliantly at the end of the innings. We wanted to chase the runs with as few wickets lost as possible and Taylor Weeks was in an aggressive mood, scoring a quick fire 63 not out. We did however lose 3 wickets along the way but that only allowed Harry Axford to come in and, as in the previous game, defend his first ball then launch his second over the boundary rope for a towering 6. A comfortable and pleasing win for the boys.

We next hosted Coopers’ Coborn and again we bowled first, with Austin Sewell picking up 2 wickets. Just as their batsmen were getting going, on came the young Alex Portas in only his second game for the 1st XI and he dismissed their two best players in his first over, to produce a double wicket maiden and decisively swing the game in our favour. They counter-attacked towards the end of their innings and finished with a competitive score of 161 in 30 overs. This meant we were going to have to play well with the bat and play well we did, winning by 9 wickets in only 24.2 overs; a superb run chase due to a wonderful 69 from Taylor Weeks and a magnificent 73 not out from William Moore. William timed the ball exquisitely and his shot selection was excellent - when he came off the pitch he had a smile on his face that could have lasted a lifetime and indeed he will no doubt tell the story of his first half century for the 1st XI for a lifetime! A great win.

Our last match of the season (due to the OS game being abandoned because of rain) was against RGS Colchester, another strong cricket school. We were playing a 20 over game and CRGS batted first, scoring a daunting 157 with Tom Baucher, back bowling again, picking up 2 wickets. The opposition did not give us much hope of passing their score but we had other ideas: Taylor Weeks continued his incredible season scoring 39 quick runs, then William Radbourne and Matthew Cleaves were at their destructive best, putting pressure on the bowlers and taking the attack to the opposition. Matt scored 27 and William made an excellent 44: when they were dismissed there was just too much to do for the new batsmen and we finished 10 runs short. Again, a positive game for us against a strong side.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Taylor Weeks on a hugely impressive season; he has been superb with the bat, scoring 413 runs in only 8 innings at an average of 59 - a truly wonderful achievement. I would also like to thank all the boys who played for the 1st XI this season for their hard work, enthusiasm, commitment and dedication. They were a pleasure to coach and I thoroughly enjoyed working with them. I wish the Upper 6th the best of luck in the future; we will miss them. I would also like to thank the captain, Edward Goodman, for his excellent leadership skills; he is an inspirational figure and always led from the front with a smile on his face. He is an impressive young man and I wish him every success in the future. Well done Edward and thank you again to all the boys.

David Hughes.

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U15B CricketCoach: Simon LipscombePlayers: Matthew Kemp; Jamie Ewan; Tom Le Grove; Lucas Newsome; Harvey Keene; Matt Hollis; Jack Lucas; William Watson; Lewis Turner-Fisk; Phoebe Martin; Pierce Tindale; Ben Brierley; Ewan Slade; Jonny Mussard

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Senior School Cricket Awards 2014At the end of the season, full colours were awarded to Edward Goodman and William Moore and half colours to Matthew Cleaves in recognition of their contribution to College cricket.

The Doggart bat: The Doggart bat is traditionally awarded to the best batsman in the 1st XI. This year, the bat was awarded (for the second year in succession) to Taylor Weeks for scoring 413 runs at an outstanding average of 59, including scores of 84 against Brentwood and 86 against MCC.

Robert Cave Bowling Cup: This was awarded to the leading wicket-taker in the 1st XI, Austin Sewell. It is important to recognise that the most effective bowlers in the 1st XI this year included three Upper 5th Formers and alongside Thomas Baucher and Thomas Harnack, Austin showed admirable consistency and skill as an opening bowler.

Geoffrey Owen Sharpe Fielding Cup: This award was presented to 1st XI captain Edward Goodman for his outstanding standards of catching and ground fielding, setting a tremendous standard for younger players to aspire to. It was also awarded to him for the role he played in leading the 1st XI with great maturity and energy.

Henry Wacey Cup: The citation for this award is that it should be given to the young player of most promise in the College. The cup was awarded to Alex Portas, who forced his way into the 1st XI as a 4th Former and who performed very well in the side. The highlight of his season was 105 not out for the Under 14 ‘A’ team against Felsted (for which he received a commemorative award) and it is clear that Alex has an excellent future in College cricket.

U14A CricketCoach: Matt DruryCaptain: Alex PortasPlayers: Alfie Leahy; Tom Winfield; Elliot Needham; Aaron Scilly; Benjamin Sudworth; Keir Ansell; Henry Hunt; Bradley Moon; Alex Portas; Adam Bassingthwaighte; Nick Murkett

U14B CricketCoach: Chris Clayton-Smith Players: William Selway; Simon Miles; Alex Longthorpe; Aaron Trehan; William Tetlow; William Laws; Hugo Lennie; James Fox; Zak Sutcliffe; Kolade Ladipo; Alexander Waters; Joshua Warner; Ben Le Sage

Saturday 7th of June saw a re-vamped junior Inter-House cricket competition take place, with each House putting together two 6-a-side teams to take part in a round-robin tournament of 5 over matches. The afternoon was a great success, with every House playing in exactly the right spirit. It was excellent to give equal importance to those cricketers who spend their season in College ‘B’ teams, and the combination of orange cricket balls and stumps with each team wearing their House tops gave the afternoon a very T/20 feel. With 6 wins from the 8 games played by A and B teams, the competition was won by Hayward House.

At the end of the season, Mr Lipscombe once again arranged a trip to Lord’s for U14 and U15 cricketers to watch the Middlesex Panthers take on Gloucestershire in the NatWest T/20 Blast. Despite the game being abandoned due to rain, the evening was very

enjoyable – with Mr Hughes’s impromptu quiz making the return coach journey quite memorable!

Although officially now an Old Stortfordian, former 1st XI opening bowler Tom Foot was invited to Lord’s in June as a guest of MCC in recognition of his outstanding performance in the 2013 College fixture. Tom was invited to watch a day’s play in the England vs. Sri Lanka Test match (with the benefit of some generous MCC hospitality), with the highlight of the day being an award presented to him in front of the famous Lord’s pavilion by former England captain Mike Gatting. Seeing his name and bowling figures (5-38) on the electronic scoreboards and with the PA announcer introducing him to a full house of spectators, Tom certainly proved that our MCC fixtures are far more than just a day out of lessons!

It is difficult to quantify the contribution made to College cricket by Nigel Witherden and his staff. Although he must wince at the havoc caused by bowlers and fielders, (and coaches who insist that, despite the rain, there is still a chance to practice!), Nigel provides facilities that are the envy of many who come to play at the College. If our Leavers are able to play on such well-prepared pitches in the future, they will be very lucky. Thanks, as ever, must go to Nicola Witherden and Shareen Bruce for their fantastic work in preparing such superb teas.

Once again, my thanks go to the coaching staff for their time, patience and enthusiasm:U14’s – Chris Clayton-SmithU15’s – Paul Bashford and Simon Lipscombe2nd XI – Shaun Murtagh-Howard and

Steve Perry1st XI – David Hughes and Tom Scorgie

Matt Drury

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2013/14 Swimming Report

With consistent numbers in the swimming squad, 2013/14 was a

reasonably successful year for the team. There were more than 70 members in the swimming squad during the course of the three terms with many excellent swimmers and several joining for the first time, having never swum competitively before.

As a major game for all three terms, the squad meet and swim during the normal games periods but there are also two additional sessions at 6.45 am on Tuesday and Thursday morning for those who want to go the ‘extra mile’.

There were three competitive galas during the Autumn term, including a home fixture in which we played hot to four local independent schools. The Spring term and the first half of the Summer term are our

busiest for galas with one nearly every week. The biggest gala of the term, and also the school year, is the District Gala involving the 13 schools from the Bishop’s Stortford area. It was excellent that as a College we were able to field an individual in every event which meant that every race counted

towards the overall score. The gala was a big success for the College, with the girls coming third and the boys winning their competition. The combined points from the girls’ and boys’ competition gave us a resounding win overall allowing us to retain the combined Girls and Boys District trophy for 2014.

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SquadFrom left to right

Front row: Rosemary Smithers, Laura Green, Charlotte Power, Katherine Watson, Freddie Johnston, Rebecca Withers, Shona Reid, Lucy Buckingham, Georgie Elliott, Molly Fraser-Andrews, Francesca Heath-Clarke, Eve Leng, Heidi Swift, Amelia Weiss, Emma Higgins, Eleanor McGowan

2nd row: Philippa Otter, Henrietta Jones-Chapman, Matthew Bird, Daniel Hood, Max King, Remi Harvey, Chloe Wood, Lauren Walker, Ben Withers, Liam Burgoine, Victoria Snowden, Cameron Brickel, Lydia Alexander, Mary Devine, Beth Olley, Oliver Malyon, Martin Brett, Katie Browne, Rohanna Dutta

3rd row: Eden Duggan, Tom Hilton, Cameron Tooke, William Selway, Cieran Picker, Georgia Crump, Katherine Hood, Roseanna Cawthray Stern, Lauren Rhodes, Stephanie Malyon, Weilun Xu, Douglas Reid, Tom Burrows, Euan Broderick, Harry Hindmarch, Ewan Slade, Sam Gallagher, Matthew Burrows, Bosco Cheung, Nicola Calvert, Isabella Parsell

Back row: Ben Raymond, Oliver Brown, Christian Davies, Henry Tran, Sean Black, Barney Dulley, James Catton, Tom Baucher, Thomas Olley, William Sandy, Will Saunders, George Ryles, Jake Gransbury, Tom Ogden, Michael Precious, Nicholas Horne, William Watson, Hugo Sau

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The Bath and Otter Relays Competitions are another major event in the swimming calendar and this year’s event was held at the London Aquatics Centre, the home of the London 2012 Olympics. This was a fantastic experience for our swimmers and the reserves also went into the pool for the warm up. In the Bath cup, the boys’ freestyle team of Cameron Brickel (U5, HH), Max King (U5, SuH), Matt Bird (U5, SuH) and Daniel Hood (U5, CH) all swam well with Cameron swimming his 100 metres in less than a minute. The girls’ freestyle team consisted of Chloe Wood (L6, YH), Beth Olley (L5, TH), Remi Harvey (L6, YH) and Lydia Alexander (U5, AH). It was unfortunate that they were disqualified as collectively they swam extremely well.

In the Otter Medley, the boys’ team consisted of Daniel Hood on backstroke, Max King on breaststroke, Martin Brett (L5, HH) on butterfly and Cameron Brickel on freestyle. The girls’ team swam with Lydia Alexander on backstroke, Mary Devine (U5, YH) on breaststroke, Chloe Wood on butterfly and Beth Olley on freestyle. The swimmers all did really well, however with the move to the prestigious venue there were several additional teams making the competition strong and none of our teams made the final.

This year’s Inter-House Swimming Gala saw both the girls’ and boys’ events combined into one gala. The atmosphere at the house competition is always electric with a great deal of support and camaraderie. In the girls’ competition the trophies were awarded as follows: Alliott house won the Reavell Cup whilst Benson won the Cooper and Dent Cups. In the boys’ competition the trophies were awarded as follows: Hayward House won the Cooper Cup, School House won the Reavell Cup and RPH won the Dent Cup.

The Bath and Otter Girls; team consisted of:Bethany Olley, Mary Devine, Remi Harvey, Chloe Wood, Lydia Alexander, Lauren Walker and Victoria Snowden

The Bath and Otter Boys’ team consisted of:Matt Bird, Martin Brett, Daniel Hood, Liam Burgoine, Cameron Brickel, Max King and Oliver Malyon

The Swimming SquadThe Junior girls’ team consisted of: Molly Fraser-Andrews, Francesca Heath-Clarke, Eve Leng, Isabella Parsell. A small team but enough for a team and they did really well having some gala wins.

The Junior boys’ team consisted of: Cieran Picker, Matthew Burrows, Oscar Cooper, Sam Gallagher, Tom Hilton, Bosco Cheung, Jeffrey Cheung, Matthew Crossfield, Hugo Sau, William Selway, Cameron Tooke.

Many of these boys are new to squad swimming having not been part of the Prep School team; however, they all put in a great deal of effort during training and made much improvement during the course of the year.

The Intermediate girls’ team consisted of: Nicola Calvert, Heidi Swift, Mary Devine, Emma Higgins, Lydia Alexander, Katie Browne, Rohanna Dutta, Eleanor McGowan, Georgie Palmer, Beth Olley, Amelia Maszlin, Charlotte Power, Nicole Buckingham, Philippa Otter, Frederica Johnston, Rebecca Withers, Katherine Watson, Lucy Buckingham. Eden Duggan, Georgie Elliott, Laura Green, Hettie Jones-Chapman, Shona Reid, Rosemary Smithers.

This team all trained reasonably well and had several close galas and a couple of wins during the year.

The Intermediate boys’ team consisted of: Cameron Brickel, Matt Bird, James Catton, Will Daniels, Daniel Hood, Max King, Oliver Malyon, Tom Olly, George Ryles, Will Sandy, Will Saunders, Matteo Allessandri, Tom Baucher, Jake Gransbury, Tom Harnack, Ben Raymond, Tom Ogden, Martin Brett, Ollie Brown, Barney Dulley, Harry Hindmarch, Nick Horne, Michael Precious, Henry Tran, Ewan Slade, William Watson, Sean Black.

This was a large team with several strong swimmers. They had a fantastic year being virtually unbeaten.

The Senior girls’ team consisted of: Lauren Walker, Steph Malyon, Lauren Rhodes, Chloe Wood, Victoria Snowden, Remi Harvey, Georgia Crump, Katharine Hood, Tabbie Morford, Sophie Morris, Vicky Orbart, Emily Atkinson, Annie-Mae Levy, Phoebe Poulter.

The senior girls have been a good team and have been led by an excellent Captain, Lauren Walker. They had a good season winning convincingly against New Hall which gave a massive boost to confidences.

The Senior boys’ team consisted of: Ben Withers, Liam Burgoine, Euan Broderick, Tom Burrows, Anson Liu, Weilun Xu, Chris Locke.

The senior boys were led by captain Ben Withers. They gave much support to the rest of the squad and had a good year themselves with several wins.

80 ClubThe 80 club is swum every morning at 7 am and those wishing to take part come along to the pool and swim 8 lengths. There is an award for making 80 days and a silver spoon for completing 120.

The following pupils from the senior school completed 80 days: Ben Raymond, Ben Withers, Bryn Richards, Christian Sullivan, Euan Broderick, Eve Leng, Grace Compton, Hardev Mattaroo, Hettie Jones-Capman, Hugo Clarke, Jennie Brown, Julia Bicknell, Katie Champion, Liam Burgoine, Nicholas Tunnicliffe, Oliver Malyon, Tom Hilton, Phoebe Poulter, Steph Malyon, Weilun Xu.

Two members of staff completed 80 days: Alison Self and Mark Self

The following also went on to complete 120 days: Ben Withers, Bryn Richards, Christian Sullivan, Liam Burgoine, Hardev Mattaroo, Nicholas Tunnicliffe.

The Senior school 80 club house competition finished as follows:

Position House Total Days

1st Hayward 598

2nd Sutton 561

3rd Alliott 368

4th School 274

5th Tee 259

6th Staff 178

7th Benson 110

8th RPH 102

9th Collett 80

10th Young 79

Awards:

Charles Mellows award for the Most Improved swimmer: Oliver Malyon

Esme Worth Swimming Prize: Lauren Walker

The Best Boy: Daniel Hood

The Best Girl: Chloe Wood

Captain’s Cup: Tom Burrows

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This rounders term was very short with the Seniors leaving school for study

leave after only two weeks. There were four matches scheduled in this time but due to the persistent bad weather they were only able to play two competitive fixtures. This did mean that they had an unbeaten season and for some, finished their College career successfully! Although short, it provided an excellent opportunity for some of the Lower 6th girls to develop strong foundations on which to build next year. Anna Barclay (U6, UH), Amy Roberts (U6, AH), Abbie Barrett (U6, YH), Eleanor Cavill (U6, YH) and Amy Clements (U6, YH) will be sorely missed for both their batting and fielding skills and their sense of humour.

The U14s had an excellent season with eleven wins and five losses. The U14 A team only lost one match at the beginning of the term, and continued to go from strength to strength as the term progressed. They were a tight knit group of girls and their fielding was slick and accurate with excellent wins against Felsted 39 – 5, Haileybury 20 – 13 and King’s Ely 21 – 8. They also won the District Tournament without losing a match. With wins in their section against Hockerill 7-1.5, Leventhorpe 8.5-2, Birchwoood 9.5-5.5, Newport 9-6.5, Herts & Essex 6-3, they advanced to the semi-finals where they faced Freman College which was a slightly one sided contest with a result of 8 - 1 to us. The final was against Herts & Essex who we had already played in the group stages. The match was hard but we were victorious with a final score of 7.5-5.5. The U14 B team had a mixture of wins and losses but the matches that they won were won in style; The Perse 16.5 – 10.5, The Leys 17.5 – 7 and Felsted 35.5 – 4. The B team girls also entered the District Tournament where they played in their own competition which was run as a round robin. With excellent wins against Herts & Essex 4.5-1, Helena Romanes 5.5-2 and Hockerill 5.5-3.5 we unfortunately lost against Saffron Walden County High School 5-6. This placed us second overall - an excellent result. The U14 C team were unbeaten all term and their rounders total of 74 was outstanding. With so many U14s choosing rounders this year we had a large number of girls that rarely played in fixtures but they approached each training session with great enthusiasm and commitment. I hope to see all these girls at rounders next year!

With so few U15s choosing rounders this year, fielding two teams was not always possible without stealing players from the swimming squad. The girls were very frustrated that they had lost some of their

best players to tennis, swimming and athletics but the A team still managed to win four of their six matches with scores at least double that of their opponents. With three of their matches cancelled, the girls needed lots of encouragement to keep their spirits up. The U15A team girls entered the District Tournament and despite starting the day with only 8 players the girls played some excellent rounders. With wins against Leventhorpe 7.5-4, St Mary’s 5.5-2.5 and

Herts & Essex 5-1.5 and losses against Friends 6-6.5 and Newport 4-7.5, we unfortunately didn’t score enough points to get through to the semi-finals. The U15 B team, with the help of several swimmers, managed to win two matches and lose only one. Commendable results for a team of girls that didn’t train together!

The Junior House matches provided a closely fought competition resulting in a well-earned win for Benson House.

U18ACoach: Kay AdkinsSquad: Georgia Solomon; Lucie Sudworth; Rachael Eddom; Olivia Longthorpe; Amy Roberts; Amy Clements; Eleanor Cavill; Abigail Barrett; Anna Barclay

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U18BSquad: Ellysia Lewin; Elizabeth Edge; Rebecca Barriball; Maddy Barclay; Sarah Hutchings; Georgia Crump; Melissa Craig; Zoe Griffith; Niamh Lynch; Zoe Purdy

U15ACoach: Wendy ChambersSquad: Elizabeth Francis; Anna Calder; Emily Brierley; Lucy Mackaness; Bethany Olley; Sophie Beaumont; Imogen Poulter; Lily Lewin; Claudia Lax-Tanner

U15 A&B (joint pic)Squad: Pippa Farmer; Alex Dormon; Elizabeth Francis; Lulu Simpson; Anna Calder; Emily Brierley; Lucy Mackaness; Lili Herbert; Bethany Olley; Sophie Beaumont; Imogen Poulter; Lily Lewin; Claudia Lax-Tanner

U14ACoach: Hannah EdwardsSquad: Charlotte Dadey; Caitlin Hawkins; Holly Radbourne; Loredana Gibilaro; Amelia Harvey; Alexandria Cooper; Ailsa Munro; Lucy Minichiello; Jemima Sharman; Cara McKenna

U14BCoach: Amanda SmartSquad: Jemima Plume; Ellie Hitch; Katie Kerr; Mollie Fraser-Andrews; Frankie Heath-Clarke; Katie Champion; Megan Brown; Anna Pilcher; Charlotte Neill; Eve Leng; Yolande Notley

U14CSquad: Isabelle Abraham; Megan Thomas; Simrhan Khetani; Isabella Darlington; Margot Harvey; Irla Dunkley; Madeleine Locke; Mila Falco-Smith; Ella Borthwick

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Bishop’s Stortford College Boys’ Tennis 2014

In all sports you have your ups and downs and this year one of the biggest challenges

we had was that we had a very young team without much game play experience. We knew from the start that the other teams would have a big advantage as most of our players have not played for the school before.

This could have spelled disaster for us as a tennis squad but instead the players showed that they would not cower behind any excuses but take on every challenge that came their way. The very young squad showed tremendous character by playing in Senior matches to get more experience for next season and it hopefully helped them develop their game this year.

In our first fixture of the season, Bishop’s Stortford College faced the formidable team of The Leys. The matches started well with the first pair doing very well but our inexperience soon started to tell as The Leys

began to get into their stride and win some close sets. The Seniors put up a good fight but unfortunately lost 7-2. The younger players didn’t do any better and lost 6-0 to the strong opposition.

Bruce Wong and Matthew Hollis were the best players of the day in only losing one set all day but unfortunately, this was not enough against The Leys. The Junior players played well and had their first taste of competitive schools tennis.

In the second match of the season, Bishop’s Stortford College faced TBSHS and this turned out to be a close run thing as both teams struggled to get players after the exams started. This time fortune smiled on us as we narrowly won 6-5 against a well balanced team. The good sportsmanship and competitiveness of both sides were the highlights of all the matches played.

The third match of the year was played against Seven Oaks for the first time and this was an experience and a half as they have a very well trained tennis squad. The Bishop’s Stortford College players were ready for the challenge but unfortunately, the quality of the opposition was just too

TennisDates and results of 2014

Tennis season:

Saturday 26 April The Leys

Seniors lost 7-2, 2nd lost 6-2,

Juniors lost 6-0

Tuesday 6 May TBSHS 1st VX Boys

Seniors won 6-5

Saturday 17 May Seven Oaks

school

Seniors lost 6-2, Juniors lost 6-2

Saturday 7 June Felsted

Seniors lost 2-4, Juniors lost 2-4

Saturday 14 June Haileybury

Seniors lost 6-2, Juniors won 6-4

Senior Tennis Team:Back row: J. Roberts; C. LamFront row: J. Wong; B. Wong (capt.); M. Hollis; E. Zhong

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great. The Seniors put up a valiant effort but lost 6-2 and the Juniors also lost 6-2 against a well drilled tennis squad. The first pair of Bruce Wong and Matthew Hollis played excellently and won two of the three sets they played in. The Juniors also played very well and George Pearman and Kristian Clements showed what can be expected of them in the future.

The fourth match was against Felsted and this turned out to be one of the most competitive matches played so far in the season as both teams gave it their all in every set played on the day. Unfortunately, the more experienced Felsted team got the measure of us and slowly started to claw their way ahead one set at a time. We unfortunately lost the contest by 4-2 Seniors and 4-2 Juniors. This performance had at least shown that we were starting to get more confident in our own ability and that this young team still had some fight left in it. The best pairs of the day were Bruce Wong and Matthew Hollis in the Seniors and Jay Wong and Kristian Clements in the Juniors.

In the fifth and final match of the year, Bishop’s Stortford College faced Haileybury for a titanic encounter of two young teams starting to find their form. The match was a very competitive one with teams winning one set and then losing the next.

We unfortunately lost 6-2 against their Seniors but beat the Juniors 6-4. The players have shown all year that they are willing to represent the school but that it is one of the most difficult terms to play any sport. The exams are our priority but we do enjoy mixing it up with a little bit of light exercise on the side.

The most impressive thing about the team this year was the outstanding tennis that Bruce Wong and Matthew Hollis played in their second season together. They won almost every match they played in and the ones they lost were epic matches to watch. These two players have been ambassadors for our school as every coach of every other school commented on their excellent behaviour on, as well as off, the courts.

I would like to thank these two students for all of their efforts this year. It has been a pleasure having such a well-behaved captain and vice-captain in the squad.

The tennis squad is a very unique team sport as so few people have the opportunity to take part and really enjoy an individual as well as team sport all rolled into one.

House matches 2014

This year we had to make special arrangements to complete the House matches as the rescheduled matches and

trips played havoc with the availability of the players. The matches started off quite well and after Day One we had the team rankings ready for the semi-finals.

The order for the Junior semi-final was Sutton v RPH and School v Collett. The final was played between RPH and Collett. The final score was 6-0, 6-4 to Collett House with the team of William Civil and William Hodge being the victors of this encounter.

In the Senior competition, the teams played very well and showed that they were ready but some special arrangements needed to be made to accommodate some of the players who were out on trips. In the Thursday matches, RPH beat School 6-1, School beat Sutton 6-1 and Sutton beat Hayward 6-1. In the Saturday, matches the Seniors had to play the final sets and Collett beat School 6-1 to set up a final against RPH. In the final Collett, won the first set 6-1 and then triumphed in an epic final set 6-2 to win the House Tennis competition.

The Senior champions of 2014 Collett House were represented by Matthew Hollis and James Daniels. Congratulations to Collett House for winning the Senior as well as the Junior competition.

Junior Tennis TeamBack row: M. Hollis; B. Wong; G. PearmanFront Row: J. Wong; O. Brown; H. Tran; K. Clements; N. Zeolla; B. Chung

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The Inter-house Cross Country Competition for boys and girls was

once again held in perfect cross country weather. This year the event was centred on the Doggart Pavilion which meant our valiant runners were visible to the spectators throughout the entire race. The new route did not phase the runners whose determined efforts secured vital points for their houses.

The medals and trophies were presented to:

Senior Boys Yeo Cup:1st Jonathan Roberts – RPH2nd Alexander Pilcher – Hayward3rd Tom Baucher – School

Team result:1st RPH2nd School3rd Collett4th Sutton5th Hayward

Junior Boys Yeo Cup: 1st James Revell – RPH2nd William Civil – Collett3rd James Fox – School

Team result:1st RPH2nd Collett3rd School4th Sutton5th Hayward

Senior Girls Pearl Cup:1st Emily Ruane – Alliott2nd Ellysia Lewin – Benson 3rd Elizabeth Edge – Alliott

Team result:1st Alliott2nd Young 3rd Benson 4th Tee

Junior Girls Pearl Cup:1st Lucy Buckingham – Alliott2nd Nicole Buckingham – Alliott3rd Katie Champion – Alliott

Team result1st Alliott2nd Tee3rd Young 4th Benson

Pearl and Yeo Cups

Sports DayOnce again the Inter House Athletics competition was an action packed event. The athletes performed well in both the track and field events and the effort and determination they showed was impressive.

A huge thank you to everyone who competed, supported and to those who helped make this such an enjoyable event.

The medal winners were:100m Amelia Maszlin William Civil 200m Amelia Harvey William Hodge 400m Katie Champion William Civil800m Katie Champion James RevelLong Jump Amelia Harvey William CivilHigh Jump Charlotte Dadey Alexander SokhanvariShot Anna Calder Charlie JuniperJavelin Jasmine Franklin Alex Portas

Relay Race Tee House Collett House

Obstacle Race Tee and Young House Sutton House

Girls Competition Tee House

Boys Competition School House

Victrix Ludorum Katie Champion & Amelia Maszlin Victor Ludorum William Civil

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Autumn Term 2013

Term began at a frenzied pace as usual and before the end of the first full week,

the girls were settled and busy at their usual array of activities. Our new Fourth Form settled in very well, helped by their ‘buddies’ and Lower Sixth mentors. Our two Lower Sixth ‘newbies’, Phoebe and Tara, were given an extra special warm welcome and one was hard pushed to know that they had only just arrived. Within days of the term beginning, our House Music Directors, Rachael and Ellie, were auditioning and rehearsing and the House was alive with the sound of House Music! With impressive organisation, super team work and great support from all members of the Upper Sixth and some Lower Sixth girls too, we had a fun and successful campaign and as the night grew closer, the girls all raised their game and our version of “I want a hero” for unison was just wonderful. For part song we chose the

beautiful arrangement of “Shake it out” and our instrumental, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, had everyone sailing the seas and wanting more. On the night the girls gave stunning performances, and although we didn’t win one overall category, to be placed third in instrumental, second in unison and second overall was a great result and one of which to be hugely proud.

Pearl Cup was the other event that dominated the first half of term and the enthusiasm and commitment (which included personal training and practice runs on top field) were second to none and of the sort never seen by Alliott girls in the past. The pressure was on Emily R to retain the Pearl Cup, and she didn’t let us or herself down, by virtually jogging to victory, with Alliott girls coming first, second, third, fourth and fifth. This all led to us winning the girls’ cross country cup; a first for Alliott House, and a cup which we hope to keep hold of next year!

After half-term, House Hockey was played and a fun event it was. Thankfully this year we were all in the right place for the start and the girls played so well in each of their matches. Their enthusiasm was matched by that of the spectators, who were resplendent in House war paint! During the term we saw our Brains Trust team pit itself against Young House (last year’s winners) and win! In the second round Grace Compton, Tara Finlay, Ellie McSweeney and Sofia Kedadi met Benson House and found the going just a little more difficult. We bowed out at this point but with our heads held high. The St Cecilia’s Concert was a highlight of the term for me as it showcased some of our superb singing talent within our four walls. Many of the Lower Fifth girls (Laura, Lucy, Nicole, Claudia and Georgie) took to the stage and delighted us, together with

Alliott HouseHousemistress: Mrs Sarah Wilson

House Tutors: Ms Kate Gregory Ms Caitriona McKnight Mrs Beth Wheeler

Heads of Jennie Brown House: Freya Durham

Prefect: Freya Durham

Monitors: Anna Barclay Rachael Chapman Grace Compton Rebecca Menzies Amy Roberts Emily Smith Rosalind Smith Ellie Watts

House Colours: Lydia Alexander Emma Bates Elena Bonino Lucy Buckingham Rachael Chapman Elizabeth Edge Sarah Hutchings Frederica Johnston Claudia Lax-Tanner Ellie McSweeney Emily Ruane Alice Scott-Flanagan Ellie Watts

House Contribution Cup:

Autumn Term: Ellie McSweeney

Spring Term: Emily Brierley

Summer Term: Katie Champion

Girl of the Emily Brierley Year Cup:

Arthur Evans Katharine Hood Ties: Sofia Weiss

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an outstanding performance from Bella Locke who commanded the stage and the audience masterfully and really did take our breath away. Throughout this term we saw Katherine Hood and Sofia Weiss take part in the inter-House Senior Debating competition and every debate was a pleasure and a source of wonder to see and hear. Their level of research, understanding and powers of debate were just splendid and as we cheered them onto victory in the final, there were few who doubted, from the moment they started their campaign, that they would be the eventual winners of this competition; we were hugely proud! As term drew to a close, the pace didn’t slacken and we all enjoyed the production of ‘Return to the Forbidden Planet’ with our own Sophie Morris playing the leading lady. Our Christmas decoration evening, 6th form Christmas dinner and annual ice-skating trip proved as fun and festive as usual and we ended the term exhausted, yet exhilarated.

Spring Term 2014This term kicked off with dynamism and determination as preparations began in earnest for the House Reading competition under the watchful eye of Ms Gregory. We had 3 fabulous entries and were delighted that we made it to the finals in all three sections with Freya Durham, representing us in the 6th from, Fred Johnston, Becky Barriball, Maddy Barclay, Heidi Swift and Alice Scott-Flanagan as our 5th form group entry and Katie Champion, our 4th form finalist, who was placed third overall in the competition. All the girls performed to a very high standard and worked so hard

to give their all and they did us proud. For our theatre trip this year we headed to London to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Wonka bars and golden tickets were de rigueur for this great show which was enjoyed by one and all. Junior House Debating began and our super duo in the form of Ellie McSweeney and Fred Johnston took to the floor and impressed the judges enormously, passing swiftly to the semi-finals, where unfortunately they fell to Sutton House. It is reassuring that they will move onto Senior Debating next year and I know that our debating competition will be in safe hands.

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Music was once again a core part of College life and Alliott girls did us proud in ‘Stars in Their Eyes’, where we were very well represented, and with Bella Locke being one of the winners with her heart-wrenching rendition of ‘Say something’ it was another key moment in our year. Another was when Ailsa Munro took part in the series of St Michael’s Church lunchtime recitals and treated us all to some superb playing of the piano and bassoon.

Inter-house sports events dominated the second half of term where we competed in House netball with good spirit, but no trophies were won, and House swimming, which proved almost as exciting as the previous year. We were blessed, it has to be said, with the sudden return of Charlee (the fish) Longden just after half-term and Elena Bonino put together two excellent teams for the juniors and seniors, which led to success for the senior team and therefore Alliott retained one of the swimming cups for the second year running.

Summer Term 2014Traditionally the ‘quiet’ term due to exams, this was certainly not the case this year, either in or out of the classroom. Whilst the House was quieter with the departure of the Upper Fifth on study leave (the walls actually stopped vibrating with the absence of their music and shrieks), many House events continued and the sense of camaraderie and togetherness was increased by the girls who were left to hold the fort. We managed to get House Chess onto the calendar (to Rozi’s relief) and although success was not to be, I think everyone who took part (Rozi, Phoebe, Mel, Sarah R, Alice and Ruman) enjoyed it and we showed developing talent on the chess board. Senior

House rounders unfortunately did not take place due to inclement weather but the junior matches did and although we didn’t win, we fielded teams where everyone who wanted to take part did and apart from Laura suffering a bloody nose from a wandering rounders ball, good fun was had by all. Duke of Edinburgh expeditions saw many of our flock don walking boots and rain coats and hit either the sunny peaks of Derbyshire, the challenge of the Yorkshire Dales or the rolling countryside of Herts & Essex and with stories of blisters galore they all survived and succeeded in completing their various levels.

Inter-House Sports Day was a good event at the end of exams and just what everyone wanted to relieve the stress that had ensued. We put out good competitors and found our

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champion quite literally in Katie Champion, who was named joint winner of the top girls’ performance on the day for her magnificent running. The end of term saw us treated to a trio of plays by the Fourth Form, where the girls took part in a range of roles from serious acting to light-hearted singing and dancing and the two nights’ performances were very well received and also enjoyed by the casts.

Final assembly was once again an emotional moment with farewells being said to Bella Locke who pursues her singing career at ELAM in London, Rachel Stacey who is specialising in fashion and design at Ravensbourne in London and, of course, the Upper Sixth girls. I hope they know how much I will miss them as they have been a real asset to the House throughout their Senior School career and they leave behind them very big boots to be filled. We wish them all the best of luck in their future careers and hope they will keep us posted of their successes.

Sarah Wilson

CommendationsMegan Brown Katie Champion Shaan Devsi Niamh FinlayAilsa Munro Anna Pilcher Megan Thomas Ruman Basra Emily BrierleyLucy Buckingham Nicole Buckingham Georgie Elliott Frederica Johnston Claudia Lax-Tanner Ellie McSweeney Rebecca Withers Lydia AlexnaderSimran BasraJessica Browne Elizabeth EdgeSarah HutchingsHarriet Roberts Sarah Roberts Charlotte SmithHeidi Swift Amelia WeissSarah Ballard Emma Bates Charlotte Bruce Katharine Hood Kessia Landsman Dani Moon Sophie Morris Phoebe Neal Rachel Stacey Sofia Weiss Anna Barclay Elena Bonino Jennie Brown Rachael Chapman

Grace Compton Freya DurhamRebecca MenziesAmy Roberts Emily Ruane Emily Smith Rosalind Smith Ellie Watts

4th, L5th, U5th form Merit Milestones

20+ MeritsRuman BasraEmily BrierleyNicole BuckinghamKatie ChampionLizzie EdgeGeorgie ElliottNiamh FinlayLaura GreenClaudia Lax-TannerJessica MaiseyAnna PilcherAlice Scott-FlanaganMegan ThomasRebecca Withers

30+ MeritsMegan BrownShaan DevsiFrederica JohnstonEllie McSweeneyAilsa Munro

6th form Merit Milestones 10+ Awards for ExcellenceSarah BallardElena BoninoCharlotte Bruce

Grace ComptonTara FinlayPhoebe Neal

20+ Awards for ExcellenceEmma BatesRachael ChapmanFreya DurhamDani Moon

30+ Awards for ExcellenceAnna BarclaySophie MorrisSofia Weiss

Speech Day Prizes 2014Fourth Form Academic Endeavour Award Katie Champion Abigail Etches Ailsa Munro

Lower Fifth Form Academic Endeavour Award Emily Brierley Georgie Elliott Claudia Lax-Tanner

Upper Fifth Form Academic Endeavour Award Alice Scott-Flanagan, Heidi Swift

L5th form prize Ruman Basra, Frederica Johnston, Ellie McSweeney

Junior Music Prize Lucy Buckingham

L6 Art Dani Moon

L6 Chemistry Sofia Weiss

L6 Geography Emma Bates

L6 Mathematics Dani Moon

L6 Spanish Sofia Weiss

L6 Academic Endeavour and Excellence Katharine Hood Sophie Morris

U6 Design Technology Grace Compton

U6 French Jennie Brown

U6 Geography Grace Compton

U6 Mathematics Emily Ruane

U6 Psychology Rachael Chapman

U6 Academic Endeavour and Excellence Anna Barclay

Findlay Award (for Geography fieldwork) Emily Smith

Alan Ewart-James Scripture Award Rachael Chapman

Paul Knowles Recognition Award Freya Durham

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The power of wearing red…….

Imagine my joy, upon turning on Radio 4 one Sunday morning, to hear that ‘Point

of View’ was entitled ‘The power of wearing Red…’. Based upon Vogue’s announcement that “Sanguineous shades hold a lethal fascination this season. More dazzling than deadly, these reds are healthy, warm and vibrant, proving fashion’s heart beats strong and sure.” Lisa Jardine, a professor of Renaissance studies at University College, London focused the entire programme upon the past and present truth behind this notion. From Henry VIII, ban upon any Englishman under the rank of knight of the garter wearing crimson velvet, through to the working class women of the 16th Century who were encouraged to wear a red ‘night cap’ because it symbolised good health. Red has always held great significance as a colour. Eye catching and bold, Lisa Jardine, I think, would have agreed wholeheartedly with our House colour; what other shade would match our maxim ‘daring to be different’?

During the academic year of 2013-4 Benson House embraced the ‘healthy, warm and vibrant’ spirit that Vogue identified with women that wear red. Our year started with great panache. On results day 2013 the Benson Leavers met with great success. Catriona Brickel and Louise Reilly achieved

the outstanding result of a virtually clean sweep of A* grades at A2 Level securing places at Cambridge and Oxford respectively. Whilst Katie McGowan, Amy Sears, Eleanor Train scored straight A and A* grades alongside Grace Braithwaite, Gabby Clare, Lily Civil, Pippa Holdsworth, Emily Patton and Jess Sparrow who all passed the A grade boundary in at least one of their subjects. At GCSE Level the ‘ladies that wore red’ were equally impressive; Georgia Crump was one of a handful of College pupils to achieve A* grades in all her subjects whilst Zuzanna Edwards, Catherine Ellis, Emily Lynch, and Niamh Lynch all gained the coveted ‘Ten Club Tie’: a great accolade indeed!

Inspired by such great success, in September Benson welcomed sixteen new Fourth Formers who appeared to take the transfer from the Prep School or their respective Junior School very much in their stride! They settled well; blessed with many siblings, family connections, some strong characteristics and aided by a wonderful ‘Onesie’ social night organised by Lotty Hood and Portland Samek Richardson, our Upper 6th Social Secretaries. Alongside the 4th Form, we also welcomed four new Lower 6th Formers; Helena Cope, Beth Gregory, Alison Tam and Lizzie Wilkin, all of whom proved to be delightful additions to Benson. Several of our new Bensonites were thrown straight into the whirl of House Music. Lizzie Wilkin and Lucy Minichiello were two of eight Bensonites that performed in all three sections of the competition. Under the kind, caring and talented direction of Annabelle Bruce, Benson rose to great success in the competition; singing ‘Not that kind of thing’ in the Unison, ‘Singing you through’ in the

Benson HouseHousemistress: Miss Emma Chaplin

Academic Tutors: Miss Charlotte Munck Miss Marianne Raven

Heads of House: Annie Cave Phoebe Poulter

Prefect: Sashi Mariathasan

House Monitors: Emma Baker Annabelle Bruce Iona Davis Amy Harding Laura Honey Lotty Hood Molly Morris Carys Page Portland Samek –Richardson Harriet Sharman

Girl of the Year: Phoebe Poulter

House Colours: Annabelle Bruce Annie Cave Lotty Hood Molly Morris Carys Page Kristie Overton Tory Snowdon Katie Browne Maya Nurbhai Charlotte Spall Lauren Tuch

Arthur Evans Georgia Crump Award:

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Part Song and playing ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ in the Instrumental; those that wore red, did so proudly. The House remained calm throughout the preparations and even the rehearsals for the ‘Walk Up’ proved highly amusing when certain members of our Upper 6th struggled to see, let alone co-ordinate themselves, whilst dancing in red lycra sacks! Sashi Mariathasan found her talent for conducting and with great hilarity reprimanded Carys Page for her ‘criminal’ tuning of her guitar whilst Senior Nunez, for the first time in my recollection, told us we were singing too loudly! Needless to say we were very pleased to be placed third and even happier that we had arrived there by such pleasant means.

Following in quick succession came two sporting events. Ably led by our Head of Sport Hattie Sharman, Bensonites donned their red war paint with pride and enjoyed great success; in both the House Hockey Competition and Pearl Cup. Always determined and unswervingly loyal to Benson, Hattie inspired the whole House with great confidence that we could, and would, do well! To our great surprise we were equally successful in other fields, namely Senior Debating and the Brains Trust Competitions. Lizzie Wilkin admirably stepped forward joined experienced debater Georgia Crump, to make a convincing team. Their success and honourable behaviour rightly took them through to the final and every Bensonite was proud of the mature way they handled, what turned out to be, a very challenging debate. The Brains Trust team was just as impressive. Our aim was to progress to the semi-finals, but blessed with talented team consisting of Sashi Mariathasan, Tory Foot, Maddy Cane and Niamh Lynch we made our way to the final. Despite a phenomenal Mastermind round by Niamh Lynch, we were robbed of ultimate victory at the hands of a very impressive Collett Team. They had, however, passed all expectations and to say we were delighted was an understatement!

Half term thankfully gave all Bensonites a chance to recuperate after what had been an exhausting couple of months, however, as soon as we returned our Charity Week was straight upon us! Dedicated in all matters philanthropic, organised and thoughtful beyond measure, Molly Morris led our fundraising for Great Ormond Street Hospital as the Upper 6th Charity coordinator. Under her guidance every member of the House participated in a host of activities, one of which was a ‘Sponsored Silence’, a task we all found incredibly difficult and more than a little depressing! Charitable matters did not stop there; ladies in red also, sold donuts, cakes and hot chocolate for ‘Break Through for Breast Cancer’ and created forty two Christmas shoeboxes for children in war torn and third world countries. Most importantly Molly challenged us all to understand that charity was not just about raising money but, more importantly, offering our time to those less fortunate than ourselves. Inspired by this, many Bensonites volunteered to help with the OAP Christmas party.

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The festive season naturally found Bensons members all wearing red, whether that was in the form of Christmas decorations, which one Lower 5th former choose to adorn herself in (no names mentioned – Miss P!) or the red hats the Upper 6th received as presents. The term was rounded off by our entertaining Ice Skating visit to Van Hages with Collett House, a wonderful 6th Form Christmas meal at Cibo’s and a unique Final Assembly that saw the Benson staff in Onesie’s due to a bet I sadly lost (I can only apologise and thank Miss Raven and Miss Munck who dutifully joined me) and a presentation from our Joint Head of House, Phoebe Poulter, via video link because she had left for Thailand the day before!

Blessed, for once, by a fairly mild winter, red shone brightly throughout the campus as we entered the Spring Term of 2014. Inspired by topics as varied as the UN and Empress Dowager Cixi, Georgia Crump and Maya

Nurbhai braved the Mem Hall lectern when they gave inspiring presentations in School Assembly. Emily Lynch also represented Benson House on the stage when she proudly made her way to the final of the Reading Competition with her rendition of ‘The Late Middle Classes’; a witty extract that had many of us bent double with laughter! Unfortunately Jemima Sharman, who gave a moving extract from Stephen Fry’s autobiography did not get through, nor did our 5th Form team which consisted of Christina Radukic, Kristie Overton, Victoria Lynch, Lily Lewin and Amelia Maszlin. Their wonderfully witty rendition of Miranda Hart’s autobiography did not go unnoticed, however, the competition was just too strong.

To our great amazement Benson thrived in ‘Intellectual Pursuits’ due to our dedicated Monitor in charge Carys Page. For the first time in many years, ‘Ladies who wear red’ made their way to the final in both the House Chess and Brains Trust Competition. Katie Browne, Olivia Longthorpe, Emily Honey and Amber Sewell did ‘sterling work’ outmanoeuvring a well-practised Tee House team and only narrowly missed out on victory to an excellent Young House team. Maya Nurbhai and Charlotte Power proved an equally formidable team in the Junior Debating competition against Sutton House. Their motion that ‘This house believes Darwin was correct when he stated that the sole purpose of a human existence was to survive and reproduce’ was not an easy one. With commendable determination Maya and Charlotte fought hard, but on the day were ‘piped to the post’ by Sutton, who ended up the overall victors.

During the Easter holiday, red was worn by Bensonites in some more remote and far flung locations! Niamh Lynch and Charlotte Spall journeyed to Malawi with me to refurbish classrooms and provide much needed equipment for rural schools in the area. Whilst Maddy Cane, Teddy Welch, Kristie Overton, Katie Browne, Ellie McGowan and Tory Foot all braved the wilds of the Peak District to complete their Silver Duke of Edinburgh Expeditions alongside Niamh Lynch, Charlotte Spall, Emily Lynch and Ellysia Lewin who endured some challenging weather conditions on their Practice Gold Expeditions!

Inclement conditions also affected Benson on the sports pitches. With shock, and for those of us blessed with curly hair, horror, the House Netball competition was sadly a wash out this year. Thunder and lightning bellowed from the skies as the girls bravely played on under the inspiring guidance of Hattie Sharman and Imogen Poulter. Worse still, the weather deteriorated to such a degree that the Senior Rounders competition had to be cancelled altogether! Fortunately the victorious Junior Team enjoyed balmy sunshine whilst they played and they made

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light work of their matches, ably led by Lily Lewin. Sports Day was equally impressive, under Amelia Maszlin’s talented direction Jasmine Franklin, Zaza Cooper, Lily Lewin, Imogen Poulter, Hetty Cane, Laura Talbot Rice, Lucy Minichiello, Jemima Plume, Jemima Sharman, Bryony Lear and Izzy Darlington all performed with great success and justly secured second place for the House. Most admirable of all, despite facing strong competition from Tee House, our Relay team stormed to victory in a nail biting final; only to find that they had run out of medals in the presentation ceremony!

It was, however, in the swimming pool that Benson saw the greatest success. Despite injury, Tory Snowdon, a member of our Lower 6th stood up, in the absence of an Upper 6th

swimmer, and led by example. She guided the girls to victory in not just one but two sections of the competition. The junior team, which consisted of Isabella Parsell, Amelia Maszlin, Charlotte Power and Zaza Cooper, were unstoppable in both their individual heats and relay events. Whilst the whole House worked together to make sure victory was also possible in the Dent Cup; even our Joint Head of House, Phoebe Poulter, donned her red swimming costume for the title!

Unfortunately hand in hand with such success also went personal tragedy and loss for several members of our House. Their bravery inspired us all and the kind hearted support fellow Bensonites offered was nothing short of amazing. Yet this was not surprising bearing in mind the wonderfully thoughtful and creative leadership of our Upper Sixth team. At the beginning of the year they set themselves the task of creating a more united atmosphere within the House and their success, by the end, was beyond doubt. Joint Heads of House Annie Cave and Phoebe Poulter, alongside their team of Monitors proved what it was to be compassionate and thoughtful leaders who cared deeply about the girls they worked alongside and led. They joined Benson House the same year I became Housemistress

and therefore I had the pleasure to see, and privilege to be part of, their journey through the school. As a year group their kind, creative and accepting ways impacted deeply upon our community and therefore their departure will be sorely felt by us all. Sadly it was not only the Upper Sixth that we said goodbye to; we also lost three members of

our Upper Fifth and a much loved member of staff. Rohanna Dutta and Katie Browne both journeyed to Cambridge to continue their studies at The Perse and The Stephen Perse respectively, whilst Maddy Cane departed for Hockerill to pursue a broader curriculum offered by the IB. Lower Fifth Tutor and Head of English, Miss Raven, also departed for pastures new at an International School in Switzerland. Over the past three years Miss Raven enthused our House with energy, ideas and, dare I say it, wit! Assemblies in Benson, the Music competition and all House events, were brought alive by her contributions therefore the pupils and House staff alike were devastated to lose such a vivacious member of our community. Miss Raven, like our departing Upper Sixth and Upper Fifth, embraced the importance of wearing red and ‘daring to be different’. Therefore I like to think that Vogue and Lisa Jardine would be rightly proud of our ‘healthy, warm and vibrant’ House that’s heart beats strong, and sure, and unfailing red!

Emma Chaplin

Speech Day Awards:

Lower 5th Prize: Maya Nurbhai

Upper 5th Prize: Madeleine Cane

Lower 6th English and French: Georgia Crump

Lower 6th Latin: Niamh Lynch

Lower 6th DT: Alison Tam

Upper 6th Art: Laura Honey

Upper 6th Physics and Chemistry: Sashi Mariathasan

Upper 6th Theatre Studies: Annie Cave

Lower 5th Academic Endeavour: Emily Honey

Upper 5th Academic Endeavour: Kristie Overton, Christina Radukic

Upper 6th Academic Endeavour: Phoebe Poulter

Webb Lingos Science Award: Sashi Mariathasan

Public Speaking Senior Prize: Sashi Mariathasan

Special Award for pupils that have made the most of their time at the College: Carys Page

Benson House Awards

Junior Contribution Cup:Lucy Minichiello (Winter)

Lily Lewin, Maya Nurbhai (Spring)

Jemima Sharman (Summer)

Senior Contribution Cup:Lizzie Wilkin (Winter)

Lotty Hood (Spring)

Ellysia Lewin (Summer)

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At the start of the academic year Collett welcomed 10 boys into the 4th form and

one returnee into the L5th taking the House to 60 boys in total.

Under 15 and 18 House rugby soon was on the agenda. The Collett U6th rose to

the challenge after our main three senior

rugby players were all injured. Led ably by Patrick Cunningham the team tried hard and Oli Atkinson and Luke Jordan took to the field for the first time since 4th Form. Unfortunately the boys failed to win any of their matches. The U15 team enjoyed a little more success. Mr Brooks coached from the side lines and the team got to the semi-finals, despite an injury to Charlie Juniper, one of the stars .Congratulations to all who played and showed real spirit in the face of adversity.

The Brains Trust competition started early in September and after close

competitions against Benson and Young Collett met Sutton in the final. Captain Oliver Atkinson, Lewis Pegrum, Dan Hood and James Gregory were the victors in a nail biting competition which went down to the last question.

Under the management of the PE department the Yeo Cup switched course

this year and for the first time started and finished at the Doggart Pavillion. While the staff supported the boys from inside the building (citing better views for camera shots as a reason) the races took place around the cricket/ rugby and hockey pitches. Nick Clare secured an individual 4th place in the senior race while Will Civil gained 2nd in the junior race. Overall Collett came 2nd in the junior race and 3rd in the seniors.

Music was the main focus of the first half of the Autumn Term. Elliot Calvert and

Nick Clare aided and abetted by Stephen Smithers led the preparations and practices for the House competition. Prior to the event, once Dr Allcock and I had got over the shock of the U6th in dresses, Tom Shepherd and Nick Clare gave the now customary Braveheart speech initiated by Andy Round a couple of years ago. The Instrumental section was first and Collett won it with a rendition of the James Bond Theme tune, the Part Song of ‘Uptown Girl’ was not placed in the top three nor the Unison of ‘What about now’. The summing up was relatively brief and the adjudicator awarded the Instrumental to Collett and the Part Song and Unison to Young. The top three places were announced; 3rd was Benson, 2nd was Alliott and 1st was Young (so we all thought) but actually was COLLETT. I have never heard the boys so silent while the news sunk in.

Nearly at the end of term Collett and Benson united to go ice skating at Van

Hagues. Luckily there was not a repeat of last year’s injuries and a good time was had by all. There was a slight delay on the way home for the U6th in the minibus when an accident closed the A10 but this cleared after about 45minutes - unlike the minibus windscreen!

Collett HouseHousemistress: Gill Lynch

Academic Tutors: Stephen Bacon (U5th) Graham Brooks (L5th)

Hon. Tutor: Dr Gill Allcock

Visiting Tutor: Despina Savva

Heads of House: Nicholas Clare Thomas Shepherd

Deputy Head of House:

Lewis Pegrum

College Prefect: Nicholas Clare

Monitors: Oliver Atkinson Euan Broderick Alexander Spall (4th Form) Luke Jordan Elliot Calvert Lewis Pegrum (L5th) Patrick Cunningham Thomas Shepherd (U5th) Nicholas Clare (L6th)

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Stars in their Eyes caused lots of excitement in Collett. We had many stars

performing including Jsmes Moir, Stephen Smithers and Matt Hollis and several helping behind the scenes (Max Collett, Dan Farr and Chris Davies). ‘Parkside’ fronted by Tom Allcock joined by Piers Berry, Matt Green and Dan Power (SuH) won on the second night.

Practices for the House Reading competition were led by David Ballard

who also performed in the Sixth Form section with his rendition of ‘Victor’ by WH Auden. James Gregory, Ben Stevenson, Ryan Slowe and Conrad Noble were in the Fifth Form section reading ‘I will not tease Rebecca Grimes’. Ollie Maszlin was the 4th form representative and he read ‘The British’ by Benjamin Zephaniah. David made it through to the final and was placed second.

Ryan Slowe and James Gregory took the Library by storm as the Collett

junior debating team. With Ryan’s quick wit and ability to argue the hind legs off a donkey with no notes and James’ quiet and methodical approach they quickly dismissed Benson in the preliminary round and then defeated Tee. Coming up against Young in the semi- final the decision was a close one but went against the boys.

Intense coaching by Mr Brooks of the junior House Hockey team paid dividends

and they won the first two of their games handsomely. Unfortunately as soon as I turned up their fortunes turned and they lost the remaining games, placing them third. The seniors, led by Tom Shepherd, played well and finished third despite several close matches.

Non, non, non. Adam Bassingthwaighte and Federico Casereto represented the

House in the French Reading competition. They recited a prepared poem in French and then spoke on Friendship for two minutes. Fed was placed second, much to everyone’s delight.

Gracing the swimming pool with their presence, to be honest hopes were not

high for Collett in the pool this year. Daniel Hood did an excellent job having selected and coached the teams and has secured this role for the remainder of his time in the House. The senior team of Dan Hood, Max Collett, Tom Harnack, Tom Ogden and Tom Shepherd swam very well indeed and finished second overall. The junior team improved one place from last year and finished fourth. Well done to Chris Davies, Nick Horne, Will Watson, Will Hodge and Tim Smith.

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Sports Day took place after the 4th Form exams in early June and the weather was

excellent. There was no cold wind or rain blowing around top field this year. Collett was captained by Will Civil and he led by example, winning the 100m, 200m, 400m and the long jump. Unsurprisingly Will was crowned the Victor Ludorum. The team also came first in the A and B relays and Will Hodge came second in the long jump. The less athletic members of the 4th and L5th took part in the obstacle course. In the end Collett came second.

Until the day actually dawned we did not believe House cricket would take

place – this was due to the weather which was predicted to be wet. The competition took on a new format this year and was a round robin competition for both A and B teams. Collett’s A team, captained by Henry Harnack, won three of their four matches (narrowly losing the other one on the last ball) while the B team, captained enthusiastically by Ryan Slowe, tried their best but lost all four matches, although very narrowly in some of the matches. Jonny Eddom, Federico Casereto and Will Watson played their hearts out.

Matthew Hollis and James Daniels were superb as they demolished all the

opposition in the initial round on their way to retaining the senior House Tennis trophy. They defeated RPH by two sets to love in the final- this is a real achievement as both boys are still in the Lower Fifth. The junior House team was put together at the last minute and through sheer will power (that is Will Civil and Will Hodge) they defeated all in

their way and met RPH in the final, winning by two sets to love. Thus Collett are the proud holders of both the senior and junior House Tennis trophies- a lovely way to end the year.

Maszlin flew the flag in the 4th form play (Ollie Maszlin that is) as he gave an

excellent performance in the play Just. This play started with the finding of a dead body at a bus stop. The Tech team was also staffed by several Colletians including Ben Matthews and Dan Farr.

Ever regret organising a trip just before the end of term- we did when we found

ourselves being diverted through some dodgy parts of London on our way to see the Jersey Boys with Benson on the final

Thursday of term. As a result of the M11 being closed by glue on the road and an accident on the A10 the first coach arrived approximately 20 minutes after the show started. The pupils of both Houses were amazing and crept into the theatre during the performance, without disturbing the audience. The theatre staff were very complimentary about them.

Relinquishing the hold we had on the chess cup was not easy but our team of Captain

Matt Green, Stephen Smithers, and Christian Davies and did their best against a strong RPH team with only Chris winning his board. Still there is always next year.

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House Colours: Oliver Atkinson Elliot Calvert Patrick Cunningham Daniel Hood Luke Jordan

Russell Contribution Ryan Slowe Cup:

Gardiner Contribution David Ballard Cup:

Drama Colours: Max Collett Daniel Farr Matthew Green Stephen Smithers

Music colours: Matthew Green Stephen Smithers

Effort Awards4th Form: Federico Caserato Alex Sugden

L5th: Henry Harnack

Speech day Prizes4th Form Academic: Cameron TookeU5th Academic: Daniel HoodL6th German: Matthew GreenL6th Economics: Tom DawkinsL6th Politics: Tom DawkinsL6th Media Studies: David BallardL6th Theatre Studies: David Ballard

Orchestra Prize: Stephen SmithersChoir Prize: Matthew GreenFerguson Prize: Jack Whitehead Junior Public Speaking: Ryan Slowe

Exam SuccessA2 examsOliver Atkinson 1A* and 2 A gradesEuan Broderick 2A and 1 B gradesElliot Calvert 2A* and 2 A gradesNicholas Clare 1A* and 2 A gradesPatrick Cunningham 3 A grades

AS examsCongratulations to the following who all gained 4 A grades at AS:Thomas AllcockDavid BallardThomas Dawkins

GCSE examsCongratulations to the newest members of the 10 club:Jeevan BasraJake GransburyDaniel Hood and new entrant William Fisher

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L is for Leavers. In the summer we said farewell to a very special group of Upper

6th Formers: Matt Cleaves, Ben Crossfield, James Lamyman, Manraaj Matharoo, Ali Moore, Ed Moulsdale, Greg Murkett, Josh Roberts, Henry Sanders, Charles Welham and Ali Williams. Each one of them has left a mark on the House, (in one way or another!) and we wished them well for their A Level results; thankfully (in one way or another!) those results turned out very well indeed, and it was great to see that their hard work had paid off. We also said goodbye to Jin Phung, Ollie Moore and Ed Lamyman (Upper 5th) as they departed the College to begin their A Level studies elsewhere.

A is for Athletics. As ever, in the Junior inter-House competition our athletes did

the House proud and produced some very memorable performances: Martin Brett, Seun Akinniranye, Ollie Brown and Josh Ramsay all represented Hayward in 3 events on the 6th of June, and we couldn’t have asked for more!

M is for Merits. With 36 Merits over the course of the year, Ciaran Picker might

well have been in line for the end of year

prize…but step forward Scott Hextall, with 45! What is more, Hayward ended the year as the leading Boys’ House in the Merits competition – an outstanding achievement!

Y is for Yeo Cup. In the junior event Tom Hilton, Scott Hextall, Ciaran Picker, Seun

Akinniranye, Matt Crossfield, Ben Brierley, Martin Brett and Ollie Brown represented the House. Alex Pilcher came a superb 2nd in the senior race, with Cameron Brickel placing in the top 15 as well. Other senior runners were Owen Crawford, Hardev Matharoo, Hugo Kesterton, James Williams and Ollie Moore – with captain Greg Murkett claiming a moral victory!

M is also for Mullender: ever present and ever competitive, Mrs M was a leading

figure in all aspects of Haywardian life. From advising our debaters and House Reading entries, explaining the finer points of cricket scoring and taking General Knowledge quizzes far too seriously, to cheering on Yeo Cup runners and pinning on button-holes before House Music…our powerhouse of a Deputy Head gave her all to the House yet again this year!

Hayward HouseHousemaster: Mr M Drury

Academic tutors:

Mrs P Mullender (U5th) Mr J Kirton (L5th)

Heads of House:

Ben Crossfield James Lamyman

Prefect: James Lamyman

House Colours: Ben Crossfield James Lamyman Matthew Cleaves Joshua Roberts.

Headmaster’s Final Assembly awards:

Academic Endeavour Prizes Ciaran Picker (4th Form) Oliver Moore Ben Raymond (U5th) Edward Moulsdale (U6th).

Speech Day prizes: 4th Form:

L6th Classical Civilisations:

L6th Music:

Drama:

Scott Hextall

Tom Burrows

Owen Crawford

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A is for Ali. Ali Williams, (after a brief experimentation with 6th Form studies

at Saffron Walden County High) returned this year to provide inspirational guidance for our House Unison song, (more of which later), as well as shamelessly hogging the spotlight in the Hayward Partsong of ‘Use Somebody’ by Kings of Leon. Representing Hayward in senior Hockey and Rugby certainly showed others that there was far more to his abilities than being outrageously tall!

N is for Newbies. In the Autumn, we welcomed several new students to

‘The Family’, (as joint Head of House James Lamyman put it!): in the 4th Form we were joined by Seun Akinniranye, Cameron Browne, Matthew Burrows, Ezra Connor, Matthew Crossfield, Scott Hextall, Tom Hilton, Max Hitch, Adam Kasperczak, Alfie Leahy, Ciaran Picker and Will Selway. Owen Crawford, Hugo Kesterton and Charles Latchford joined us in the Lower 6th Form this year.

C is for Cricket. Matt Cleaves represented the College at 1st XI level again this

year, bringing his own particular brand of no-nonsense cricket to the crease. As usual, the College 2nd XI, Under 15 and Under 14 XI’s contained plenty of Haywardians. The highlight of the year as far as the House was concerned had to be the Junior

inter-House competition – captain Sean Black led the 4th and Lower 5th Form ‘A’ team to victory in two matches (alongside Josh Ramsay, Michael Precious, Ewan Slade, Harry Hindmarch and Alfie Leahy), but it was the all-conquering ‘B’ team (Ben Brierley, Martin Brett, Lucas Newsome, Will Selway, Matt Kemp and Scott Hextall) that provided the vital points to bring the cup back to its’ spiritual home in Hayward! With some fantastic individual performances, it was a superb afternoon up on the Top Field.

R is for ‘Reading’, with the Hayward 5th Form group reaching the final of this

year’s inter-House competition. Alex Pilcher, Ewan Slade, Ben Brierley, Henry George and Lucas Newsome read Tennyson’s ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ and were unfortunate not to place. Ciaran Picker (4th Form) performing ‘The End of Science Fiction’ and Ben Crossfield (6th Form) with an extract from ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ both read extremely well in the qualifying competition, and it says much for the quality of the other performances that they did not manage to make it to the final. R is also for Roberts. Josh Roberts was awarded House Colours this year for his contribution to Hayward since joining in the 4th Form. This year, alongside singing in the Partsong and playing in the House senior rugby team, Josh took on the role of Head of House social events – these

included organising the 4th Form/Upper 6th meal and the Christmas quiz.

O is for Original. That could be the only way to describe some of the answers

given in an otherwise hugely successful Christmas House quiz. Just for the record: the Pied Piper didn’t come from Heikendorf;

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neither Kermit the Frog, Osama bin Laden nor Al Pacino were Scrooge’s underpaid clerk in ‘A Christmas Carol’, and Adam Kasperczak is certainly not the 4th Horseman of the Apocalypse! O must also be for ‘Oh no!’ in describing the nail-biting semi-final Brains’ Trust match against Collett House, when choosing Exodus rather than Genesis (as the book of the Bible in which the fall from paradise occurred) meant defeat by the narrowest of margins! Sean Black, James Lamyman, Hardev Matharoo and captain Ed Moulsdale did so well this year in representing Hayward, with a resounding win against Tee House in the first round.

S is for Swimming. 7 wins from 7 races in the Spring Term inter-House Gala meant

a resounding win (and the Cooper Cup) for the Hayward junior swimmers. In the senior event, Cameron Brickel won the individual medley and the 50m Front Crawl in an outstanding afternoon in the College pool. As we will see later, Hayward don’t just do their swimming after lunch…!

S is also for super-sub. With our resident hockey goal-keeping expert (Josh

Ramsay) not taking his usual place in the junior inter-House team, up stepped Henry Tran to provide the performance of his life on the top astro. With some game-changing (and nearly career-ending) tackles and saves, Henry was a vital member of the squad that also included Cameron Browne, Matt Crossfield, Seun Akinniranye, Lucas Newsome, Sean Black, a rather war-wounded Harry Hindmarch, Ben Brierley, Ollie Brown, Ewan Slade and Martin Brett. Ollie and Harry received special mentions for their

performances on the day, and the team gained a fantastic 2nd place overall.

F is for ‘Follow Me’, this year’s Unison song. As the show-stopping finale of our entries

this year, expertly accompanied by Owen Crawford on the piano, the House gave its’ all in attempting to gain the adjudicator’s attention. To be honest, the Upper 6th’s walk-up should have done that on its own; I’m still not sure why I can’t find that part on the DVD…

I is for Instrumental. Performing ‘Propane Nightmares’ by Pendulum, Hayward once

again produced a memorable moment in the House Music competition with Greg Murkett, Hugo Kesterton, Leam Howe and James Lamyman on guitar, Matt Cleaves (as ever) on drums and scene-stealing brass playing from Seun Akinniranye and Matt Crossfield.

E is for Eighty Club Cup. It is no mean feat for a Day House to win this, and we were

all very proud of those who had given up their mornings (on so many occasions) to win the trophy.

L is also for ‘Leadership’, with Ben Crossfield and James Lamyman proving to be

outstanding joint Heads of House in an enjoyable and successful year.

D is for Drumming and for Dixie Queen. As well as representing the House for rugby

and cricket, Matt Cleaves had become an established fixture in Hayward and College music, performing on the drums in House Music, Stars in their Eyes and numerous drama productions. Putting aside the odd ‘ginger moment’, Matt thoroughly deserved

his House Colours award. And then it all ended, with a wonderful Thames cruise on the Dixie Queen as a final chance to say goodbye to our Upper 6th Leavers at the end of another amazing year in Hayward. I’ll leave the final summary to the words of our departing Upper 6th…‘Smart, Sporty, Sexy. Hayward – all bases covered’.

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Well where do you start?

The year began with a new crop of pupils joining the House and making a positive

impact within just a matter of days. It was great to see that they were made to feel at home incredibly quickly and this is typical of the boys of RPH.

The first major competition on the horizon was, of course, House Music. Rehearsals began almost immediately led by our outstanding Director of Music Bruce Wong. Under his expert guidance the House learnt ‘On top of the world’ by Imagine Dragons a song suggested by Petros Leonard. At the same time as the House rehearsals were going on the serious musicians were working hard on a beautiful ballad by Mumford & Sons and also a complicated and intricate instrumental called ‘Difficult to Cure’ by

Rainbow. As the competition came closer rehearsals intensified and all performances were fine tuned. The night of the competition came upon us and in each part we performed brilliantly although sadly we were not placed overall. Can I thank here and now Brian Chung for his outstanding guitar playing, Jay Wong, Ceo Cheng and Bruce Wong for their excellent performances on the woodwind and I must not forget Austin Sewell on the drum kit. In addition to this Carson Lam played brilliantly on bass guitar, Alex Lam superbly on the piano not forgetting John Minihaine on rhythm guitar. In the part song additional talent was seen which gave the opportunity for Will Moore to sing in his last competition and it was also good to hear Robert Sandford, Ryan Land, Alex Agnoli and Alex Portas sing beautifully. The Unison, needless to say, involved the entire house, and was sung with real vigour and a sense of enjoyment. All musicians in the House can be congratulated on what they achieved and I would like to thank them for their huge commitment.

Just before the House Music saw the Yeo Cup and this year was a memorable one in a number of ways. Cameron Fearon was the highest placed Fourth Former and James Revel won the junior competition overall. In the senior event Johnny Roberts won the competition for the fourth year, which was a fitting conclusion to his outstanding running talent. Others who ran brilliantly were Hugo Lennie, Jamie Paul, Joe Minichiello,

Henry Hunt, Lewis Turner-Fisk. Austin Sewell, Jensen Fung and Weilun Xu. So to conclude it was a memorable warm afternoon that saw RPH take a clean sweep of the Yeo Cups this year suggesting that all the practice in the earlier weeks clearly paid off.

Senior Debating has been an area that we have struggled with in recent years and yet again we were unfortunately knocked out in the first round against strong Sutton House team. Edward Goodman and Will Moore performed brilliantly in the initial arguments but were unfortunately pipped at the post. Nerves got the better of both our young men resulting in an amusing error that saw Ed describe Hitler as a Communist- much to the amusement of the audience. That said, Will and Ed recovered well in the closing arguments but overall Sutton were worthy winners on the day.

Brains Trust is a competition that we have done well in over the years and this year was no exception and saw us perform strongly again against Benson House. It was good to see some new faces in a team this year led by Elliott Martin and it was one of our rookie team members, Alex Turley-Pound, who did exceptionally well in the Mastermind round. Ben Corti Tyler stunned us with his excellent knowledge in a range of areas and Will Moore was his usual wealth of information about all things to do with sport. Having said that we narrowly lost and so congratulations to the girls who on this occasion deserved their victory.

Robert Pearce HouseHouse Parents: Mr Richard Honey

Mrs Sharon Honey

Resident Tutor: Mr Corne de Bruyn

Deputy Mr Simon Lipscombe Housemaster:

Visiting Tutors: Mr James Reyburn Dr Stuart McPeake

Prefect: Edward Goodman

Joint Heads William Moore of House: Jonny Roberts

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House Rugby is an area that we have had some success in over the years and this year was no different. The junior Team performed brilliantly against strong opposition and eased their way into the final against the old rival School House. In the final itself we just lost but there were excellent performances by Tom ‘Winnie’ Winfield, Brian Chung, Hugo Lennie, Alex Portas, Joe Minichiello, Jamie Paul and one must not forget Cameron Fearon, Henry Hunt and big Ben Le Sage. In the senior event however it was all too easy for us and we won with great ease. The team was captained by Edward Goodman who performed exceptionally well in every game which allowed us at times to give some of the younger members of the squad an opportunity to shine. So as the afternoon drew to a close we managed to win the senior event, gain second place in the junior event in what was a stunning afternoon of rugby where each and every House performed to their best and took part with real interest.

Although the Christmas term is not normally known for House charity events it is worth mentioning that this year saw a first and that was that RPH supplied Father Christmas’ to the OAP Christmas party and guess who was eager to be that man, yes you guessed it, Ed Goodman.

As the Winter Term drew to an end the House went out for its normal end of term evening and this year we went to see the 75th Hunger Games. The whole house had a thoroughly enjoyable evening and the film

was brilliant. Hopefully next year we will be able to see the conclusion of this story. In addition to the visit to the cinema the Sixth form went out for their annual curry and awards night. The food was excellent and some of the awards highly amusing which will be remembered particularly by Christopher Lock and Harry ‘the bowl ‘Axford.

During the course of the winter term we often get visitors from the past. It was great to see Perry Mok who popped in to see us one afternoon before he returned permanently to Hong Kong. In addition to this the House celebrated 90 years and to remember this key date in the history of RPH the school organised a re-connect event. Head of House Will Moore spoke eloquently about life in the House and it was confirmed that there is no such thing as the RPH ghost however many a story was told of schoolboy pranks and adventures. All the old Pearceites had a thoroughly enjoyable day and spoke fondly about their time in RPH. So with 90 years achieved it won’t be too long until the big 100 and what a party that will be!

After an enjoyable Christmas break the House events continued in earnest with House Hockey which saw us again do well. The senior team should have won with ease but overconfidence got the better of them and they lost in the final against Sutton. However in the junior event success came easily with outstanding and well-earned wins against all the Houses. It would be unfair to mention boys by name as both teams played exceptionally well but in particular

I remember key performances by Cameron Fearon Henry Hunt, Alex Portas and Jamie Paul in the juniors whilst Ed Goodman Harry Mackerness, Callum Doherty and Harry Axford played superbly in the Senior Team.

House Swimming was the next event in the calendar but unfortunately we do not have as many talented swimmers as we have had in the past. That said, we saved our efforts for the Dent Cup, a competition that involves a real team performance, and saw RPH win relatively easily. Particularly good performances in the swimming competition came from Christopher Lock as captain, Hugo Sau and Weilun Xu who all performed brilliantly on the day. I think it would be fair to say that all those that took part tried incredibly hard and gave of their best and we can ask no more of them than that.

The House Reading Competition is a competition that we have had limited success in over the years but we set out to change that this year. The Junior competition saw Henry Hunt placed second with his excellent recital of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Pig’ and in the Lower and Upper Fifth part of the competition we performed brilliantly and won with a highly amusing poem called ‘Tiffany: who could not put down her mobile phone and died a horrible death’. Tom Gvero, Ryan Land, Ben Corti-Tyler and Alex Sokhanvari were a well-polished unit and performed outstandingly well on the night of the finals and richly deserved their victory. In the senior part of the competition unfortunately we didn’t make it through

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to the finals but with a stronger younger sections of the house I feel sure that next year we stand a chance of winning the senior competition as well.

Junior Debating is another area that we found hard in recent years and yet again we were knocked out in the first round against a strong Alliott team. That said however Joe Minichiello and Alex Sokhanvari were outstanding debaters who had clearly researched the topic well. They argued strongly, confidently and with a real sense of purpose and it was a very hard decision for the judges. Particular thanks to both these young men as it is a daunting task standing in front of an audience of your peers trying to debate and having to think on your feet to create arguments and counter-arguments. Thank you boys once again.

As we move into the summer term exams take priority and the House Competitions

are slightly limited but this year saw, what was for me, one of the best competition to the year organised by Mr Drury and that was House Cricket. With a new format of an A in B Team combining together to create the overall winner there was a real sense of togetherness as we all gathered on a beautiful sunny afternoon. The A team performed really well and won all but one of their games and the B team also had a successful afternoon. The A team beat School house in the first round with solid performances by Morgan Sewell and Henry Hunt whilst in the match against Hayward Tom Winfield and Tom le Grove batted superbly. The champagne moment however was the now legendary ‘Dill Scoop’ by Alex Portas which saw us set our opponent a competitive 68 to win. In the B team matches Ben Le Sage and Hugo Lennie were key members of the team and Ben hit the ball all over the field with a real power

whilst Hugo bowled accurately throughout. Overall we came second to Hayward but as I said earlier for me it was one of the most enjoyable competitions of the year.

Another enjoyable afternoon was House Athletics and again the Junior members of the House perform well. Excellent runs were seen by Cameron Fearon amongst others although the team overall wasn’t strong as in previous years. Memorable contributions came from Hugo Lennie, Ben Le Sage, Jamie Paul, Joe Minichiello, James Revell (who ran brilliantly in a number of events) and Alex Portas. Sadly we did not win but I feel that we will have strength in depth next year and be in a strong position to build on our successes.

The final competition win of the year was House Chess and the team, ably captained by Weilum Xu, were worthy winners and it was great to see Weilum pick up the cup in the final assembly.

And so ended a very successful year. However from me is not the competition wins the really count but the camaraderie and togetherness displayed by the RPH boys and as the motto on the house T-shirt this year said; ‘school is temporary RPH is forever’.

Can I conclude by thanking each and every member of the House for their committed attitude that they display on a daily basis, for all their hard work both in and out of the classroom. Can I also thank all the parents for their support for the House and for their equally committed attitude to all happens in RPH. I wish you all a successful next academic year for those who leave us after many years at the College every success in all that you do in the future.

Richard Honey

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AwardsFourth Form Prize: Joe Minichiello

L6th Further Maths Prize: Weilum Xu

U6th Classical Civilisation Prize: Robert Sandford

U6th Politics Prize: Elliott Martin

Fourth Form Academic Endeavour: Henry Hunt

Petitt Contribution Cup: Henry Hunt

Sportsman of the Year: Edward Goodman

Senior Music Award: Bruce Wong

Band Prize: Ceo Cheng

Piano Prize: Alex Lam

Special Award for those who have made the most of their time at the College: Carson Lam.

Top Merit scorer: Henry Hunt

Commendations: Joe Minchiello, Henry Hunt, Cameron Fearon, Alex Sokhanvari, Alex Turley-Pound, Benedict Corti Tyler, Callum Doherty, Alan Fung, Carson Lam, Elliott Martin, Tom Gvero, Jensen Fung and Anson Lui.

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Housemaster’s Report

Another year….another newsletter and another Housemaster’s report. There are

so many great events to report on and many of the members of School House have put on some fantastic performances on behalf of the House. New experiences have been had and new friends made.

I have always thought that part of the adventure of being at the College is not just the opportunities that are made available, but the challenges that we set the pupils and the pupils set themselves. Of course, when young men and women face these challenges, there is always the potential that things won’t go as expected and anxiousness caused by fear of failure.

In my other life as a Design and Technology teacher, I am constantly trying to encourage pupils to take creative risks and think ‘out of the box’ as a way of showing them that some of the best product designs are born from some of the most unusual situations. It’s only when pupils challenge themselves to change, or to try something different and then see the great results that can come from that, that they gain the confidence to experiment even more.

As our 8th year as School House parents passes, Mrs Griffin and I would like to thank all of the staff and pupils that have given us support.

As joint Heads of House, Roy and Paul will be greatly missed. Their friendship and respect for all the boys in School House has been a brilliant example to the rest of the College. Thank you lads.

My team of House Monitors has also been instrumental to the smooth running of the House. I have always been able to rely on them.

I would also like to thank all of the House staff: Lillian, Cathy, Diane, and Tina for all of the effort they put into keeping School House in some semblance of order. Mr Fulton and Mrs Hood have also done a great job managing the academic concerns of the Lower and Upper 5th Form.

Mr Wilson, Mr N Prowse and Mr J Prowse have been fantastic visiting tutors and I have always greatly appreciated the fact that I can completely rely on them to care for the House.

I must also say a big thank you to Mr Arkell who, as our resident tutor, is great to work with and has really become a great support to all of the boys in the House.

Peter Griffin Housemaster, School House.

School HouseHouseparents: Mr Peter Griffin Mrs A Griffin

House Tutors: Mr D Arkell Mr T Fulton Mrs T Hood Mr M Wilson Mr N Prowse Mr J Prowse

Heads of House: Roy Lee Paul Bley

Prefects: Roy Lee Paul Bley

House Colours: Douglas Reid Paul Bley Ben Withers

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Commendations and Speech Day Prizes:

Headmaster’s Commendations:Jack BakerPaul BleyTommy CivilHaichao LiangJames Scott-FlanaganAdam BrownleesBen WithersSikun ZengDoug ReidJames CattonTaylor WeeksThomas BaucherJames TetlowRyan ZengRoy LeeKier AnsellJames FoxWilliam Laws

Speech Day Prizes:

Attenborough Activity Prize:Sikun Zeng

John Blenkin Art PrizeJames Scott-Flanagan

U6th Further Mathematics PrizeHaichao Liang

Academic Endeavour Awards:

4th Form:James FoxLouis Radley

Upper 5th Form:James CattonJames Tetlow

Lower 6th Form:Taylor Weeks

Upper 6th Form:Sikun Zeng

Joint Head of House reportThe autumn term brought its own set of unique challenges for the pupils of School House, many of whom contributed to the House effort this year. As mentioned in our House newsletter articles, it is because of the support given by many members of the House that we all managed to make it through such a long and challenging term. The boys should all be very proud of themselves and we have tried to summarise the Autumn term in the ditty below:

There was a most important job that needed to be done, And no reason not to do it, there were absolutely none.

But in vital matters such as this, the thing you have to ask is who exactly will it be who’ll carry out the task?

School House had to prove itself to be the rising force, rugby, music, and Yeo cup we had to excel of course.

Who can take us through this time where all seemed not so good. It will not be so easy, which we all understood.

But then again it had to be the Korean and the German. Paul and Roy, Roy and Paul, were pretty damn determine-d.

We thought we could manage, keeping sixty boys in-line, turned out to be the major job that we had been assigned.

It’s been few months since we’ve became the leaders of this place it has been great to lead the House, this will always be the case

I’d like to finish off this poem, I’m running out of rhymes. Enjoy your Christmas holiday, and we’ll see you all next time.

This year was a really interesting one for School House. We had many great successes, such as first place in Senior House swimming, Sports Day and junior rugby. With new sporty members expected to join next year, we can only see these results improving in the future.

Credit goes to Douglas, Jim and Taylor for their success in organising this year’s charity week supporting the “Make a wish” foundation. We managed to raise £1010 for this worthy cause. We sold cakes, we collected money, but most of all….we got sponged!

This year’s Fourth Form had no problem integrating into School House and have turned out to be a really great bunch. School House can look forward to an exciting future in the new building on which they can build on these strong foundations. Best of luck to the L6th and the remaining year groups on the task of steering the House in the right direction.

Paul Bley and Roy Lee Joint Heads of House

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Autumn Term

In September Sutton welcomed 12 Fourth Formers: Oscar Cooper, Martin Culjkovic,

Sam Gallagher, Charlie Jefcoate, Alex Longthorpe, Simon Miles, Bradley Moon, Nick Murkett, Elliot Needham, Aaron Trehan, Henry Trevillion and Alex Waters. Whether they were from the Prep School or from other schools, each one brought their own talents and made a contribution to Sutton life over the year. We also welcomed Alastair Ward-Booth into the Lower Sixth who, whilst keen to support the House in any competition, continued to demonstrate

how Sutton can excel in the debating and Brains Trust competitions. Of all the new Suttonites, Bradley and Alastair must be noted for the personal efforts and contributions; more of this to follow.

The calm of the new school year does not last long and soon we were discussing training schedules for the Yeo cup. Nick Tunnicliffe led the team through many lunch-time running sessions in preparation for the event. Though we did not win, Sutton fielded two determined teams and I was particularly pleased to see that nearly half the team was made up of new Suttonites already keen to contribute.

After the previous year’s victory in the Senior House Rugby Festival, Sutton was in a strong position to do well this year with numerous 1st XV players (Ed Tinney, Will Radbourne, Alex Jefcoate and Nick Train). Ed Tinney led with spirited determination and was very well supported from the touchline the senior team made their way to the final for a second year running. It was a tough match against RPH and despite losing the game I was proud to see them hold their heads up high and act magnanimous in defeat.

Sutton HouseHousemaster: Mr Tom Atkinson

Academic tutors: Dr Stuart McPeake Mr Costa Fafalios Miss Lucie Michell

Head of House: Edward Rowley

Deputy Head of House:

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The junior team played very well against some large opposition, and like the seniors they refused to give up. Thomas Radley managed the team with his usual care and organisation and I was pleased to see the 4th Form making up half the team. Away from Sutton, Will Radbourne, Alex Jefcoate, Nick Train, Henry Felgate and Timi Williams represented the College at the prestigious Rosslyn Park sevens tournament and impressed staff with their efforts and skill.

Naturally the Music Competition crept up on us again just before the October half term. After many rehearsals, the boys were ready and sounding great on the afternoon of the competition. Ed Rowley led the unison performance of Bastille’s ‘Flaws’; conducting 62 boys of varying singing talent was not an easy task yet he remained naturally calm and good natured throughout (unlike some of us)! For the instrumental performance, the boys chose ‘Tank’ by the Seatbelts – a song you realise you actually know once you’ve listened to it! Anthony Braz co-ordinated this element of

the competition and, yet again, Sutton was ready with days to spare. ‘Crazy’ by Gnarls Barkley was the chilling and moving choice for the part-song competition. Elliot Dadey led the group with his ability to hold an audience. Though it was a wonderful effort and another great occasion, the closest to success we came was the instrumental piece. I cannot bemoan this competition in any way as it shows the House at its very best: united and working together. The House was led superbly by those in charge of each part of the competition but I must also mention Louis Dolding, Dan Power, Will Radbourne and Barnaby Dulley alongside Ed Rowley and Anthony Braz who had parts in all three rounds. Their commitment was faultless. Despite the music on the night there were two moments which captured the evening for me personally: Gem Shekerzade and Will Radbourne’s inspirational and hilarious speech to the House before we left, and Will’s playing of his bongo drum in the instrumental round.

Dan Mahoney was joined by Alastair Ward-Booth in the Senior Debating competition. They faced RPH in a preliminary event and beat them to face School House in the first round. Another win meant they faced Alliott House where they lost narrowly. Dan and Alastair worked together very well, presented their arguments with maturity and argued with clarity. I know they will be keen to take up this challenge again next year.

Ed Rowley led the Sutton team into the Brains Trust competition alongside Alastair Ward-Booth, Martin Culjkovic, Elliot Needham and Adam Cawthray Stern. School House was the first team they faced and a calm performance saw Sutton move to the next round to face Collett. A tight match early on suggested the draw might go to the final round yet Collett pulled away in the second half of the match and won overall.

Easter TermUpon writing this report it became clear just how busy the Easter term was! Normally it is thought that the Christmas term is the busiest yet for the Sutton boys this was not the case. Those 12 weeks from January to March saw a lot happen, kicking off with the House Reading Competition where Sutton excelled in all rounds. Bradley Moon won the 4th Form round with his memorised recital of ‘Medusa’ by Carol Ann Duffy. The adjudicator, Debs Newbold, praised Brad for his willingness to read such a challenging poem and perform it with such skill. The intermediate team (L5th and U5th) made up of Henry Felgate, Adam Cawthray Stern, Bryn Richards, Sam Hopkinson and Barnaby Dulley stunned the audience with their humorous rendition of ‘Kung Fu International’ by Jonny Cooper Clarke narrowly missing the top spot. Sutton was represented in the Sixth Form round by Elliot Dadey who read ‘Static’ by Sierra DeMulder. Elliot wowed the audience and adjudicator with a moving and spine chilling performance. He was unlucky to face other talents in his own year group so did not join Brad on the winners photograph. Special mention must also go to Gem Shekerzade and Dan Mahoney for working with the intermediate team through their rehearsals. Joe Spackman also highlighted Sutton’s ability with the written word when he won a first place in his category at the Literature festival in the short story award with his imaginary piece entitled ‘Shinigami’s Realm’. What a talent with words he is!

A small but well trained team from Sutton took to the pool in the annual swimming gala, an event which highlighted new talent amongst the boys. Notable appearances came from Oscar Cooper and Sam Gallagher who came second place in various races. With another second place finish in the Junior 4x1 freestyle relay, there is some new swimming talent to look out for. Liam Burgoine finished five years’ worth of

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commitment to College swimming with a deserved second place in the 50m front crawl. Liam deserves a mention for all he has done for Sutton in the pool, whether it be in numerous House galas or in the 80 club, Liam was always one of the first in the House in a morning with his usual wet hair!

Charity week crept upon us in February and Sutton embraced Valentine’s Day to raise some money for Crohn’s and Colitis UK. With Will Radbourne and Max Trevillion leading the way the boys managed to raise nearly £700 through the traditional cake sales and car washes. Yet selling candy canes with a message was a good money spinner as was the leg waxing! Many members of the House - mostly the L6th – sacrificed much of their leg hair to raise money. Luckily it was a mild winter as there were some bald legs around the House for a while! This week was capped off with Sutton’s Prefect Assembly. Though the Prefects in Sutton didn’t lead

it, Dan Mahoney, Will Radbourne and Gem Shekerzade entertained and educated the College with their account of a day they spent in Cambridge. With funny anecdotes and a serious message it proved to be a great success. They did much for themselves and for the House.

Johnnie Crump took the reins of the Junior debating competition again and was keen to have Bradley Moon beside him. Together they worked very hard; Johnnie in taking on board all he learnt from last year’s success and Brad with his ability to command an audience with persuasion. This is not an easy task yet they made it through the initial rounds and met Young House in the final. The two debaters from Young House were outstanding and it was a very tough debate; the numerous questions at the end might have seemed daunting to the audience but Johnnie managed to answer them with his usual clarity. It was brilliant to see them

win eventually; two wins in two years in this competition has put Johnnie amongst a set of infamous debaters from the past and allowed Brad to showcase himself publically.

The final event of the term was House Hockey. Led by Adam Cawthray Stern and Sam Hopkinson, the Junior team was full of talent and they played with enviable skill. Yet due to a spread of Hockey talent across the Houses and Simon Miles (our Goalkeeper) picking up an injury during a match, the boys didn’t make it to the final. There were notable performances from Adam and Bradley Moon according to tournament referee Mr Brooks. However, with the senior team it was a different story. A win over Hayward meant we were in the final against RPH. This presented the chance to overturn the result of the House Rugby final and after a close first half Ed Tinney managed to squeeze a goal making it a 1-0 victory for Sutton. Well done to all the players and bring on next year!

Summer TermThe summer term meant it was time for the annual sports day for the 4th Form and Lower Fifth. Sam Hopkinson ran tactically in the 400m and Nick Murkett jumped well in the High Jump. In the relays there were impressive runs from Kyle Henchie and Adam Cawthray Stern. Thomas Radley and Jonny Mussard threw well in the Shot Put, and Henry Tinney in the Javelin. Yet other Houses have equally good and even better athletes so this was not our day in the end despite great efforts and strong support.

With a new format in the Junior Cricket competition Sutton fielded two teams from the 4th Form and Lower Fifth and enjoyed a great sunny afternoon. Kyle Henchie and Thomas Radley led the A team with their typical cricketing enthusiasm. Kyle excelled at the crease whilst Thomas completed our victory against Hayward with an impressive 6. Elliot Needham was equally strong and will undoubtedly prove himself again next year. The B team, ably led by Jonny Mussard, also highlighted future potential within Sutton. Jonny himself scored 27 against Collett whilst Alex Longthorpe scored 22 not out. Overall it was a great afternoon and brilliant to see the youngest two year groups working so well together. When the points from both teams were combined, Sutton emerged with second place, only a point away from winning. Will Radbourne continued to play for the 1st XI and Kyle Henchie’s cricketing talents must be celebrated with his elevation to play for the 2nd XI despite only being in the L5th. I look forward to commenting on his successes in the future.

The summer term was dominated by exams and it was pleasing to see the three year groups taking public exams handle themselves with maturity and focus at this stressful

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time. There were notable successes from the U6th from Milo Bonser (AAA), James Duncan (A*AA), Christian Moulsdale (A*A*A*) and Edward Rowley (A*AA). The Lower Sixth returned to school after their exams for the leadership course and A2 courses but notable successes were from: Dan Mahoney (AAAA), Alastair Ward-Booth (AAAB), Louis Dolding (AAAB) and Ben Dulley (AABB).

At Speech Day I said the U6th had “set a wonderful example to younger year groups with their calm presence around the house and their willingness to commit themselves to Sutton”. I meant every word and they shall be missed. I must especially thank Ed Rowley for his superb work as Head of House. He did so much behind the scenes and was particularly good at getting to know all the boys in Sutton. Ed Tinney represented the house as Joint Head of School and seemed natural in that position. I wish the entire year group every success in the future. We also said goodbye to Ollie Malyon, Dan Smith, Harry Noble and Timi Williams from the U5th as they begin new chapters of their lives. I thank them for what they offered to Sutton over the past three years.

Finally I must thank those staff who help me and work with the boys as their tutors. Dr McPeake worked very hard with the U5th for two years as their tutor and I know the 4th form look forward to having him as their tutor in September. Mr Fafalios tutored the L5th for two terms and was then replaced by Miss Michell. Both got to know this talented year group well and we look ahead to GCSE success next summer. I am grateful for all

their hard work and I thank all three for their efforts over the year.

Overall this was a great year in Sutton. The occasional trophy is great but what is greater is to see the boys working together, enjoying themselves and succeeding. This was evident

at many points throughout the year and I look forward to many more such occasions in the years ahead.

Tom Atkinson

House Contribution Cup winnersBradley Moon William Radbourne

Sutton Promise AwardJonny Mussard

House Colours Elliot Dadey

Arthur Evans tiesEdward Tinney

Speech Day awards U6th Subject PrizesEconomics: Milo BonserDrama: Edward Tinney

L6th Subject PrizesHistory: Daniel MahoneyPhysical Education: Jack GreenallBusiness Studies: David Overton

Academic Endeavour Awards:4th Form:Bradley MoonElliot Needham

L5th:Ben ButcherNick CowlesJonny MussardThomas RadleyU6th:Christian MoulsdaleEdward Rowley

The Headmaster’s PrizeEdward Tinney

Headmasters Commendations:Martin CuljkovicSimon MilesBradley MoonElliot NeedhamBen ButcherAdam Cawthray SternNick CowlesJohnnie CrumpKyle HenchieSam HopkinsonJonny MussardThomas RadleyTom ThackerWilliam DanielsLouis DoldingAlex JefcoateDaniel Mahoney

Joel NewsomeDavid OvertonGem ShekerzadeNick TrainMax TrevillionAlastair Ward-BoothRobert BishopMilo BonserAnthony BrazJames DuncanChristian MoulsdaleEdward RowleyEdward TinneyNick Tunnicliffe

Merits:20+Oscar CooperNick CowlesLouis DoldingSam HopkinsonSimon MilesBradley MoonElliot NeedhamThomas RadleyAlex Waters30+Martin CuljkovicJohnnie Crump

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Tee House

An A-Z of the Tee House Year

A is for Athletics: again a fantastic effort and result; the shield is in the cupboard

for another year!

B is for Bunny Buddies: not too different from Secret Santa but with chocolate

gifts for Easter. The House Blankets were also a new initiative and proved very popular as mementos of Tee House, particularly for our leavers.

C is for Charity Tee Shirt: the L5th won the Inter-House competition with £100

being donated to Connect, a charity close to our hearts. The girls’ enthusiasm was evident in all the effort they invested into the project.

D is for Duke of Edinburgh: Tee House girls took part in Bronze, Silver and Gold

expeditions across the course of the year, with many more working towards their volunteering, skill and sport sections. Our Senior and Junior debating teams worked hard and had valiant support from the rest of the House on every occasion.

E is for the egg and spoon race at Easter House assembly. Examination results were

wonderful with the Upper 6th all moving on to their universities of choice. Well done to all!

F is for the Fourth Form, fabulous Birthday parties and French poetry reading - well

done Frankie HC.

G is for grades: excellent throughout all year groups in the House. Many

individuals were commended for their effort and attainment.

H is for hilarity: House spirit has been amazing and the girls have been

very supportive of each other this year. House music this year was fantastic: the instrumental piece was very original and was executed brilliantly by all the members of the orchestra; the part song was very moving and the unison was enjoyed by all. H is also for Hockey: we have lots of very talented players in Tee House, including many representatives of the Lower School years in the JRPC and England training camps.

I is for Inter-House Sport: these events are always competitive yet enjoyable affairs.

Tee House were winners of several cups including those for Hockey, Netball and Athletics.

J is for jingle bells: the carol service accompanied by mulled wine and

mince pies set the girls up nicely with an opportunity to soak up the festive season. Additionally, the exchanging of gifts in Secret Santa was a roaring success, too much food was consumed at the school Christmas dinner and everyone had a wonderful time on the House ice-skating trip.

Housemistress: Mrs Janet Oldfield

Academic Tutors: Mrs Hazel Bailey Mrs Sarah Wyatt

Visiting Tutor: Mrs Suzi Brown

Heads of House: Emily Atkinson Ella Kramer

Prefects: Stephanie Malyon Lauren Rhodes

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K is for King Lion(!): Tee House took a trip to a London theatre in March to see The Lion

King. The evening was thoroughly enjoyed by all with ‘posh’ picnics eaten on the double-decker bus. Kitchen duty has become less of a chore with the addition of a new dishwasher - no excuses now! We tried to improve our general knowledge this year and our Brains Trust team is certainly improving year on year.

L is for the Lower 5th: Come Dine with Tee was a new social initiative which received

rave reviews. The Lower 5th also won the tutor group challenge.

M is for merits: Harriet G was our leading merit receiver. Additionally, Tee won the

Merit Total Plate for the second consecutive year.

N is for Netball: there were fantastic results for Juniors and Seniors. Nutella

(and Marmite) proved to be popular toppings for morning toast this year.

O is for One Direction: a favourite group in Tee House and an obstacle course in

one End of Term assembly!

P is for plays: the 4th Form plays were wonderful as were the L5th, U5th and 6th

Form exam performances. Prizes: take a look at the following list of prize winners over the year. We are very proud of them all as they

have worked extremely hard. P is also for pizza: we all enjoyed several pizza evenings over the year.

Q is for queue: the long queue for toast has been reduced, at last, after

negotiations between the year groups.

R is for Rounders: well played everyone!

S is for Sixth Form: the L6th returned after AS exams to their Leadership Course and

then started their final year in Tee House and BSC. We improved from last year in the Inter-House Swimming gala.

T is for trips: The Battlefield, German, skiing and photography trips all had Tee House

girls (and staff) on them.

U is for the Upper 6th: there were good-byes and tears as they left for university.

Every one of them was mighTEE, and they will be missed by those of us left behind.

V is for victors in Junior and Senior Netball and in Athletics, with Mimi the Victrix

Ludorum.

W is for Whitechapel Mission: a breakfast challenge in March for the L6th. We

were able to take some toiletries and clothes this year so please do let us have anything we can take for next time we visit.

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X is for xcellent TEElegraphs this year: please do read the House newsletter on

the website if you have not seen it yet.

Y is for next year: Mrs Wyatt left us for Norfolk and Mrs Brown became our

Deputy Housemistress. We also welcomed Ms Pryce to the House tutor team.

Zzzzzzz: all in Tee House are tired but happy after a wonderful year.

A warm thank you to our wonderful Heads of House, Ella and Emily, and to our two amazing prefects, Lauren and Stephanie. The TEElegraph would not have happened if it had not been for Holly and Victoria together making excellent editors. However, the House would not have the same vibrancy without all of the wonderful, amazing girls of Tee.

Janet Oldfield

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Tee House celebrations Prizes, Awards and Commendations

Form Prizes4th Form: Harriet Goulding

L5th: Anna Calder

U5th: Elizabeth Farrant Victoria Farrant Sophia Hudson

Lower Sixth Subject PrizesReligious Studies: Annabel Matthews

Psychology: Helena Bladen

Upper Sixth Subject PrizesArt: Stephanie Malyon

Biology (E W Edmunds prizes): Emily Atkinson

Special Awards4th Form Academic Endeavour: Lauren Beaver Amelia Harvey Francesca Heath Clarke

L5th Academic Endeavour: Philippa Otter

U5th Academic Endeavour: Katie Harding Jessica Paxman

L6th College Academic Award (for endeavour and excellence): Harriet Long

Merits 4th Form – U5th

40 +Harriet Goulding

30+Isabelle Abraham Lauren Beaver Anna Calder Elizabeth Farrant Victoria Farrant Amelia Harvey Francesca Heath Clarke Ananya Mozumdar Yolande Notley Philippa Otter Holly Radbourne Katrina Wood

6th Form 30+Helena Bladen

20+Georgina Catchpole Harriet Long Annabel Matthews

Commendations 4th FormHarriet Goulding Amelia Harvey Francesca Heath Clarke Ananya Mozumdar Yolande Notley Ellen Pugh Holly Radbourne Katrina Wood

L5thAnna Calder Eden Duggan Pippa Farmer Lucy Mackaness Bethany Olley Philippa Otter Rosie Smithers Katherine Watson

U5thHolly Collier Niamh Doherty Elizabeth Farrant Victoria Farrant Katie Harding Sophia Hudson Claire Moran Georgie Palmer Jess Paxman Priya Vempali Lizzie Wood

L6thHelena Bladen Georgina Catchpole Ombeline le Mire-Cahn Harriet Long Annabel Matthews Kimberley Oakley Ellen Stacey

U6thEmily Atkinson Chloe Daniels Sarah Grout Annie-Mae Levy

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Young House

A Young House alphabetical journey through the academic year 2013-14.

A is for Abbie Barrett who became the first girl to score 100 goals for the Girls’ 1st

XI Hockey team which was the culmination of three fantastic years’ representation during which Abbie became somewhat of a goal scoring legend, striking fear into opposition’s defences, and helping the 1st XI win several major tournaments. Abbie also passed another milestone scoring over 200 goals since joining the school in the Fourth Form. So in forty inter-school matches alone she has scored in 32 of them, amassing nine hat tricks and scoring eleven in one match against RHS. Well done Abbie!

A is for Aastha Singh, who whilst still in the 4th Form, amassed the greatest number

of Academic Merits in the academic year in the Senior School – a grand total of 52…

A is for attitude, which was extremely positive and supportive, no doubt down

to the Monitors responsible for House Spirit: Louisa Gregory and Abbie Barrett

B is for the Brilliant Bonding Party, which kick started the year and was fabulously

organised by the U6 under the leadership of Ella-Jane Coxwell; everyone enjoyed the usual silly ice breaking games with the added horror of dunking wet faces in a bowl of flour during the apple bobbing races. A fish/chicken or veggie option meal was followed by the Young House paint-a-thon with the winning paintings framed and adorning the main staircase.

B is for Boarders who enjoyed many activities including trips to Thorpe

Park, ice skating and Christmas shopping to Bluewater, as well as Saturday Sports Hall evenings, and film, Mah Jong and pizza evenings. The Boarders’ Committee was ably led by College Head Boarder, Mhairi Newlands.

B is for Brains Trust, which was a bit of a disaster when, as defending Champions,

we crashed out of the competition in the first round to a determined Alliott team.

C is for Concerts including the St Cecilia’s Day Concert, the 4th Form Concert,

the Chamber Music Concert, the Pianists’ Concert, the Ensembles’ Concert and the Choral Concert. Many Young House girls sang, strummed, fiddled, blew and plucked their way through the year including Eleanor Cavill, Rosalind Lee, Louisa Young, Roseanna Cawthray Stern, Halima Edozie-Akinlade, Katie Tesseyman, Janice Wong, Emma Gregory, Alys Harvey, Lucie Sudworth, Lauren Warner, Poppy Brooks, Loredana Gibilaro, Caitlin Hawkins and Kelly Lee.

Housemistress: Mrs Alison Sloman

Resident Tutor: Miss Vicky Ellaway-Bell

Academic Tutors: Mrs Caroline Hinge Miss Rebecca-Amy Holliday

Visiting Tutors: Miss Helen Sheehan Mrs Zoe Kirton

Head of School: Claire Devine

Heads of House: Eleanor Cavill Louisa Gregory

Deputy Heads Ella-Jane Coxwell of House: Lauren Walker

Prefects: Eleanor Cavill Ella-Jane Coxwell Claire Devine Mhairi Newlands

House Monitors: Abbie Barrett Eleanor Cavill Amy Clements Ella-Jane Coxwell Claire Devine Louisa Gregory Annabel Howard Mhairi Newlands Lizzie Reardon Lauren Walker Chloe Wong Louisa Young

Boarders’ Yuki Leung Monitor:

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C is for charity: for our House Charity week we wore silly tights, baked and

sold cakes, baked and sold popcorn during ‘Stars in Their Eyes’, and some girls even went without makeup for 24 hours – brave creatures – in a 24 hour sponsored ‘no makeup’. Our chosen charities were Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Niemann Pick charity; we were able to give £500.00 from the proceeds from the popcorn selling to this worthwhile cause. In the summer term, we were delighted to welcome Judy Kuhl from GOSH to the House and presented a cheque for £1200.00 to her. Many congratulations to Annabel Howard, our Charity Coordinator, and to Melissa Craig and Zoe Purdy, our House Charity representatives, for making the week’s events thoughtful, profitable and fun.

D is for inter-House Debating and we were thrilled when Caitlin Mahoney

and Liz Francis reached the final of the Junior competition, only to be pipped at the post in a close contest by Sutton House. In the Senior Competition, Roseanna and Katie progressed through to the semi-final against Benson House where they had the difficult task of convincing the judges that multinational corporations are the new Imperialists; following a split decision, the debate was awarded to Benson.

D is for Drama – and there was plenty of that in everyday life, darlings, if some of

the squealing from the various rooms was anything to go by! Amongst those smearing on the greasepaint were Ella-Jane, Roseanna and Chloe Wood in ‘Return to the Forbidden

Planet’, whilst Samm Macmillan, Estelle Williams and Lucie Sudworth chewed their nails with angst in the U5th GCSE devised pieces. Caitlin Mahoney, Rachel Cunningham, Poppy Brooks, Beth Murphy and Lulu Simpson became L5th divas in waiting and the 4th Form girls had the chance to strut their stuff in three offerings collectively called ‘Just an Evening of Miss Beth’s Hairspray’ involving Tilly Krinks, Amelia Catton, Annabel Gregory, Rebecca Scott, Aastha Singh, Margot Harvey, Bolade Lapido, Simrhan Khetani, Katie Kerr, Caitlin Hawkins and Loredana Gibilaro – all in various guises and showing promise for the future.

Eis for examinations…Having dealt with Controlled Assessments through the

year, the early start to GCSE exams for the U5th meant that they had hardly any time to draw their breath at the beginning of term before study leave began. The L6th managed their stress levels well whilst the U6th had a long time before their exams actually started. However, the anxiety, the stress and early morning revision sessions were supplemented by copious Jelly Bean eating sessions in the YH office or the occasional melt-down rant against the perfidy of small-minded examiners – followed by more Jelly Bean eating and the occasional weep into a tissue.

F is for ‘fourteen 4th Form’: we welcomed thirteen of the little darlings in

September who immediately made their presence felt in the House, then a late addition in October gave us a total of fourteen: Amelia Catton, Loredana Gibilaro, Annabel Gregory, Margot Harvey, Caitlin Hawkins, Katie Kerr, Simrhan Khetani, Matilda Krinks, Bolade Ladipo, Kelly Lee, Madeleine Locke, Rebecca Scott, Aastha Singh and Zeyno Taylan-Cakir.

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F is also for the 4th Form French Speaking Contest, an annual event coinciding with

the BSC leg of the Abbeville French Exchange, and we were delighted when Simrhan gave a sparkling and assured performance to walk off with first place – très bien!

G is for girls and giggling … there are a lot of these in Young House.

H is for Heads of House and Head of School: the House was exceptionally,

and unobtrusively, well led by Eleanor Cavill and Louisa Gregory who appeared to have everything and everyone under control, including the HsM. And Claire Devine made us all extremely proud as yet another Young House Head of School; well done and thank you girls!

H is for House Competitions: sometimes it felt as though every day involved a

competition; however, I can report that in every competition that a Young House girl participated in, there were friends to support, encourage and celebrate or commiserate with, as well as each Young House girl trying her hardest to be the best she possibly could be. Welcome surprises throughout the year were the Senior girls winning House Hockey; top three places in all sections of the Reading Competition; finalists in Debating. The best, and worst feelings were saved for the House Music Competition with stunning wins in both the Part Song and Unison sections but the lack of a top three place overall……..

H also means House staff and I count myself fortunate that I am able to work

with such a great team who support the girls, the House and gives me the benefit of its advice. Our ranks were enhanced by the arrival of Vicky Ellaway-Bell who, as the new Young House Resident Tutor, had an immediate impact in the House with her friendly, empathetic and professional approach to all things Young. Hannah Edwards became another new recruit to the visiting tutor team, and her addiction to Pictionary rapidly became the stuff of House legends. Caroline Hinge, Rebecca-Amy Holliday, Helen Sheehan and Zoe Kirton completed the ‘A’ team line up with Linda Dickinson waiting on the touchline to lend support when needed.

I means International and as a community we welcomed girls into Young House from

different cultures and backgrounds including China, Hong Kong, Lichtenstein, South Africa, America, Russia and Asia. The International Committee organised another hugely successful and popular boarders’ Cookery Competition with students producing dishes that were mouth-watering feasts – oh! And the Young House cooks led by head chef Mhairi Newlands retained the obscenely huge cup that sits on the piano…

J is for jiving as demonstrated by Katie Tesseyman and Miss Ellaway-Bell, and

Lauren Walker and Miss Edwards at the Brilliant Bonding Party where they jived whilst keeping a balloon between them without dropping it – such skill is rarely seen beyond the Strictly Come Dancing stage!

K is for keepsake: as a memento the U6th were given student cook books and a

special lapel pin when they left the College and Young House.

L is for L5th: a year group that welcomed new arrival Poppy Brooks (plus her Barbra

Streisand obsession) in September. They are a year group with much potential for the future and include: Jade Basha; Poppy Brooks; Rachel Cunningham; Liz Francis; Lili Herbert; Caitlin Mahoney; Beth Murphy; Shona Reid; Lulu Simpson; Cherry Tam; Tash Tesseyman; Alice Turley-Pound and Charlie Wong.

L is also for L6th and Leadership: this diverse group of young women welcomed

newcomers Halima Edozie-Akinlade, Yuan Li, Jia Wang and Janice Wong to their midst in September, and showed how far they had progressed as a group when we enjoyed a memorable Leadership Course in June, following the AS exams. They are: Roseanna Cawthray Stern; Mel Craig; Halima Edozie-Akinlade; Zoe Griffith; Yuan Li; Zoe Purdy; Georgia Solomon; Katie Tesseyman; Jia Wang; Janice Wong and Chloe Wood.

M is for Merits (!), and makeup: as usual and much to our customary chagrin,

having an amazing amount of Merits still only resulted in an overall 3rd place amongst the girls’ Houses. Makeup remained a ‘hot’ topic with some amazing but slightly glowing ‘nuclear’ tans appearing through the winter months.

M is for Mama Mia! The Young House theatre trip was another resounding

success at the end of a busy year and an emotional final day in school for the U6th.

N is for Nachos and Nutella: both basic and essential foodstuffs for the weekend

boarders.

Once a Young House girl, always a Young House girl – ‘nuff said….

P is for The Pink Pyjama Pizza Party, that celebration of bad singing, bad acting and

bad taste under the guise of Young House X-Factor ‘Entertainment’, aided by plenty of pizzas, dubious onesies, House awards, and Secret Santa present giving by Father Christmas himself, with the evening all neatly wrapped up watching ‘The Grinch’.

Q equals quiet, quadratic equations and questions: quietness is usually only

achieved late at night with the girls tucked up safely in their beds. Quadratic equations are not enjoyed by Young House 4th Form girls. Young House girls asked the opposition lots of questions in the various debates.

R means revision and ridiculous: revision became a way of life for the House during

the Summer Term as each year group battled with exam technique, extra essays and early morning revision sessions; it was all worth it however, as the exam results were excellent! It also helps to have a sense of the ridiculous in order to keep one’s sanity, as the Young House tutors found throughout the year…

R is also for the Reading Competition, part of the Festival of Literature, and

we were delighted with the Young House performances as Caitlin Hawkins came third in the 4th Form category (‘At the Theatre (to the lady behind)’ by A P Herbert); Estelle Williams, Samm Macmillan, Lucie Sudworth, Lauren Warner and Caitlin Mahoney came second in the Intermediate category (‘The ABC’ by Spike Milligan) and Claire Devine wrapped up a quite superb five year’s domination of the competition by retaining her Sixth Form crown (‘Teen Speech’ by Kate Tempest).

S is for Speech Day: it was emotional, especially in the House afterwards.

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S is also for Sport and as a House that prides itself on its sporting history and

commitment to the various girls’ teams, it was heartening to see so many Young House girls turning out week after week not just for the ‘A’ teams but for the B, C and D teams in Hockey, Netball and Rounders. As S is also for Swimmin’ we were delighted when Lauren Walker was appointed as Girls’ Swimming Captain, and she did a fantastic job throughout the year: well done!

T is for THE U6th: a year group that were a joy to work with throughout the year,

and who just seemed to embody all the right things that Young House girls should aspire to be. They were not without faults but their sense of fun, friendship and loyalty to each other combined to make them genuine role models. The Young House U6th of 2014 were: Abbie Barrett; Eleanor Cavill; Amy Clements; Ella-Jane Coxwell; Claire Devine; Louisa Gregory; Annabel Howard; Yuki Leung; Rosalind Lee; Mhairi Newlands; Lizzie Reardon; Lauren Walker; Chloe Wong and Louisa Young.

U is for the U5th who carried on being the luvvies of the House, much as they had

in the L5th. The stress of GCSE exams caused a few anxious moments when words were spoken and then regretted, but that’s all part of growing up. We were particularly sad to say goodbye to Jemima ‘Jimmy’ Pottinger and Estelle Williams who left at the end of the year to pursue their 6th Form careers in pastures new. The U5th were: Nicola Calvert; Mary Devine; Rachael Eddom; Alys Harvey; Emma Higgins; Samm Macmillan; Jemima Pottinger; Hayley Smart; Lucie Sudworth; Abby Walker, Lauren Warner; Estelle Williams and Saskia Williams.

U is also for those ubiquitous UGH boots…

V is for va va voom and is definitely required to survive Mrs Hinge’s Aerobics

sessions; some boarders also need lots of va va voom in order to get back to the House in the evenings before the doors were locked.

W is for winners and wow! We were proud to see so many Young House

girls being worthy recipients of academic prizes and Special Awards on Speech Day. The ‘wow!’ factor was seen through the year on special occasions that required Young House girls to do bit of glamming up, such as the Snow Ball, the House theatre trip and the Leavers’ Ball.

X stands for X-Country, Xmas and ‘xcellence: Lizzie and Louisa had the Pearl

Cup runners undergoing an intense training schedule for the new course, although victory eluded us. We celebrated Xmas in typically noisy Young House style with Advent socks, a visit from St Nicolaus and our very own Father Christmas who made an

appearance at the Pink Pyjama Pizza Party. It should be said that Young House girls ‘xcelled at having fun and being able to laugh at the absurd: a vital ingredient in surviving the rigours of the year.

Y is for Young House awards: House colours were awarded to Louisa Gregory, Lizzie

Reardon, Louisa Young, Annabel Howard, Lauren Walker, Katie Tesseyman, Remi Harvey, Chloe Wood, Zoe Griffith, Alys Harvey, Lauren Warner and Lucie Sudworth. The Young House Girl of the Year was Ella-Jane Coxwell. The House Contribution Cup was awarded to Emma Gregory, Lauren Warner and Katie Kerr, and the Millard House Music Trophy went to Eleanor Cavill.

Z is apparently the eighth power of a number, and be warned that this could be

a question in next year’s House quiz!

Alison Sloman

Speech Day prizes

4th Form: Katie Kerr Aastha Singh

L6th Physics Ashpole prize: Jia Wang

L6th Biology Prize (E W Edmunds Prize): Katie Tesseyman

U6th English Prize: Claire Devine

U6th History Prize: Eleanor Cavill

U6th German Prize: Mhairi Newlands

U6th Business Studies Prize: Lauren Walker

U6th Religious Studies Prize: Annabel Howard

U6th Music Prize: Rosalind Lee

L5th Academic Endeavour Awards: Shona Reid Cherry Tam Charlie Wong

U5th Academic Endeavour Awards: Mary Devine Lucie Sudworth Abby Walker

L6th Academic Endeavour and Excellence Awards: Roseanna Cawthray Stern Melissa Craig Chloe Wood

U6th Academic Endeavour and Excellence Award: Louisa Young

Sportswoman of the Year: Abbie Barrett

The James Kew Cup (Most outstanding young sports person of the year): Liz Francis

Schnadhorst History Prize: Mhairi Newlands

Special Service Award: Louisa Young

Paul Knowles Recognition Award: Ella-Jane Coxwell

Harvard Prize for top academic performance in a variety of subjects: Janice Wong

Roger Heath Special Award for those making the most of their time at the College: Abbie Barrett

Headmaster’s Prize: Claire Devine

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Joint Head of School Speech Day address – Saturday 5th July 2014Headmaster, Governors, ladies, gentlemen, family and friends. In 2005 I entered the school as a short, freckly boy. Of course over time people grow, mature and change both mentally and physically. Hence what now stands before you and is soon leaving forever is a short, freckly man. Okay, so my physical appearance has hardly changed. Nonetheless this does not reflect the enormous, deeper diversification that I and many others have experienced over the years at Bishop’s Stortford College. Here you do not feel a need for a change in appearance or personality. What you do find is that you have the opportunities to mould yourself into whatever you see fit - be it an athlete, craftsman, debater, or bookworm - the College is always there to guide you on your way.

A phrase I know the Headmaster gets very animated about is that here “it is cool to work hard”, and this is the case - you are a quite the opposite from ostracised for showcasing the talents and knowledge available at your disposal. And this approach to bettering and challenging yourself is a view shared by the majority in this room today. The simple fact that it is so commonplace only makes it even easier to do so.

Now, I would be lying if I were to say I was a model student throughout my time here, particularly whilst in the prep school: I was an instigator of the unauthorised break-time ‘rave’ in the French classrooms, I was a keen advocate of the fountain pen flicking wars that mothers oh so loathed, and yes (my personal favourite) I was the one who snuck up for a second helping of chips at lunch only to throw them back up onto the feet of a kind, concerned prefect. Still, they say you have to make mistakes in order to learn from them, and though I like to think I did not make too many, I am hugely indebted to the lessons this school has taught me.

I would also like to take the time to thank all the teaching staff who have had the ‘pleasure’ of teaching me, or those that I have simply encountered during my time at BSC. I can say with certainty that the consensus of all my fellow peers towards all those that work here is one of gratitude and appreciation. Not half of what we achieve would be possible were it not for the considerable amount of time and enthusiasm that we receive from them day in and day out. I know for one thing, that I would never have got through my GCSE English exam were it not for Mrs King’s encouraging and inspirational, pre-exam words of wisdom - “you’ll do fine, Ed”. Why even before this very speech I had that ringing through my head.

Perhaps the most remarkable thing that nearly all students will stumble upon at one point during their school career at Bishop’s Stortford College is the discovery of a hidden talent, passion, or interest. For instance, my love of drama stemmed from a shot in the dark when I received my part in the 4th form Greek plays... as Helen of Troy. If that were not embarrassing enough, this was the exact time that my voice box decided ‘cute and squeaky’ was no longer an option and the time to break was now in session. Thus what the audience received was a rather peculiar looking Helen with an erratic vocal range that rivalled the great Michael Jackson (be it of no fault of my own). Although the dress was quite flattering, that is not what I loved about it. Like in all other departments of this school, it was the teachers’ genuine interest in the subject and pupils that made me feel so drawn in, from which my own passion developed. As my parents will tell you, the rest of my family somewhat lacks any thespian qualities (bar the occasional dance floor wiggle at a wedding), but this just epitomises my point - this school offers an abundance of opportunities and has the facilities to match; all we as students have to do is take advantage of what is available to us.

Although I never truly got over the 7am alarm on my clock or the longing for a ‘snow day’ on any Saturday, even in mid June, were I to go back now I would do happily do it all again. I know this has probably become a bit clichéd over the years, however I must say that I am somewhat envious of what is in store for all the younger members of the school in here today. Perhaps that is due to the many fond memories that I have had over the years, or perhaps it is because every day since my dad turned 40 he has never failed to remind me of how “lucky” I am to be the age I am now. Whatever it be, I would once again like to thank everyone in this school, staff and pupils alike, for giving me, and all other leavers in here today, a truly exceptional experience and education, one that I truly will never forget.

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Joint Head of School Speech Day address – Saturday 5th July 2014On my 18th birthday my ‘wonderful’ friends printed a range of my most unpleasant childhood photographs and decided to stick them all over the school, the piece de la resistance being me as a bulbous semi naked two year old covered in blue ice lolly which was kindly attached to the mem-hall lecturn. Having eventually overcome my deep humiliation, I looked over the photos and realised both how much I have changed over the years (thankfully) and the constant presence of the College in my life. Whether it was dressed as a poodle on a lower third French trip or being carried over the finishing line of my first and last Pearl Cup, my personal embarrassments, but also memories, laughs and achievements have all been coloured by my time here.

Aristotle said that ‘the roots of education are bitter but the fruit is sweet’ but I’m going to risk the horror of Mrs Brown and say I think he was wrong. Despite the years of awkward fringes, fountain pens and compulsory PE, I can honestly say that this school has been the making of me. The College has taught me that it is the good people that listen and learn but the great people that share that knowledge, and I cannot really sum up the years of jokes, life lessons and odd pieces of wisdom that this school has imparted upon me. I now know that well-buttered toast will remedy most pain, that the frosby flop is basically a death wish and I’ve learnt the hard way that showers in French boarding schools are often communal. In fact amid the Pythagoras theorems and German conversation starters, I have come to recognise that qualities of a Stortfordian do not lie in qualifications but in character. Where we have spent our days alongside Byron or Bash, we all come to share a humility, respect and genuine curiosity for the world around us. This is a school that embraces diversity whereby we learn to understand change, not to ignore it, to embrace differences, as oppose to fear them. Indeed the range of directions that this year’s leavers intend to travel is testament to this perspective, with everything from future businessmen and doctors to animal psychologists, and I can think of no better preparation for a world that seems to shift and grow ever closer with each new day. It seems to me that many schools strive to change the mind but very few the heart and it is this human focus as oppose to solely academic one that is corner stone of this truly remarkable school.

At the end of every term we sing our school song ‘Heroes’ with resolute pride, if dubious tuning. But it is worth stopping and

considering why we sing that song, at the risk of sounding saccharine, who in fact are those heroes? The Latin department might evoke togas and swords, and comic books add superhuman strength and latex. But I think that song is an apt celebration of the people we see around us. The haggard and slightly delirious D of E groups who brave the elements and unfriendly sheep populations; the sportsmen and women who shake the hands and meet the eyes of their opposition win or lose; the girls, and boys, who don wigs and glitter, with surprising enthusiasm, to entertain an audience; the shy or tone deaf who stand up all the same to support their house and a House Music victory. In light of this I propose the rather controversial motion to challenge our hallowed school hymn. I don’t think the heroes are ‘the famous ones of old’, I think that they are in this hall. They are the teaching staff that emotionally invest themselves into their pupils, and with whom

it has been a privilege to be taught by, and they are the people that, with a lump in my throat, I am about to say goodbye to.

Best of luck to Stephen Smithers and Katie Tesseyman to whom we will be passing on the baton for next year and it promises to be an exciting one with the two of you at the helm. And to my fellow U6th, with about five minutes left as pupils of this school and members of this year group, I want to take this final chance on behalf of myself and Ed to say what an immense privilege it has been to have learnt and grown up alongside you all. I don’t think I will ever meet a more dynamic and genuinely fun group of people and I wish you luck wherever your lives will take you. And so with many thanks to the huge team effort that went into its production, all that is left is to give you this short video as our final farewell. Thank you.

Claire Devine (U6 YH)


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Leavers’ DestinationsIsabella Abrams- Kings College London, Humphries Classics

Kyamran Aliev Hull, Business and Management

Emily Atkinson Cambridge, Veterinary Medicine

Oliver Atkinson Bath, Aerospace Engineering

Emma Baker Nottingham, American Studies and History

Jack Baker Reading, Real EstateAnna Barclay Exeter, Medical Sciences

Abigail Barratt Oxford Brookes, Sport, Coaching and Physical Education

Eben Becerra Bournemouth, Communication and Media

Robert Bishop Sheffield, BiologyPaul Bley UCL, Natural SciencesElena Bonino Loughborough,

Retail, Marketing and Management (2015)

Milo Bonser Bath, EconomicsAnthony Braz Exeter, Mining EngineeringEuan Broderick Herriot Watt, Mathematics

with FinanceJennifer Brown Reading, Real EstateAdam Brownlees Sheffield, Aerospace

EngineeringAnnabelle Bruce Westminster Kingsway,

Professional Chef DiplomaLiam Burgoine Further Study/

EmploymentElliot Calvert Exeter, Physics with

AstrophysicsAnnie Cave Quest Business School,

BusinessEleanor Cavill Cambridge, HistoryRachael Chapman Gap YearThomas Civil Nottingham, HistoryNicholas Clare Bath, EconomicsMatthew Cleaves Further Study Amy Clements Gap YearGrace Compton Exeter, GeographyElla-Jane Coxwell Birmingham, Liberal Arts

and SciencesBenjamin Crossfield Gap YearPatrick Cunningham Bath, Mathematics Elliot Dadey Queen Mary, London,

Comparative LiteratureChloe Daniels Quest Business School,

BusinessIona Davis Loughborough, Industrial

Design and TechnologyClaire Devine Oxford, English Language

and LiteratureAmelia Dimmock Exeter, Geography

(Science)Calum Doherty St Mary’s, Physical &

Sport Education and Sport Science

Natalie Du Preez Nottingham, ArchitectureJames Duncan Gap YearFreya Durham Nottingham, HistoryRoss Durrant Nottingham Trent,

International RelationsTsz Fung UCL, PharmacyEdward Goodman Leeds, ManagementLouisa Gregory Birmingham, English and

American LiteratureSarah Grout Newcastle, Combined

HonoursMadelaine Hallwood Newcastle, Biomedical

Sciences

Amy Harding Nottingham Trent, Accounting & Finance

Laura Honey Falmouth, PhotographyCharlotte Hood Nottingham Trent,

PsychologyAnnabel Howard Oxford Brookes,

PsychologyLuke Jordan Kent, PsychologyElla Kramer Loughborough, PsychologyAlex Lam Durham, Accounting and

FinanceCarson Lam East Anglia, Actuarial

ScienceJames Lamyman Southampton, Ship

Science/Yacht and Small Craft

Rosalind Lee Surrey, International Hospitality and Tourism Management

Roy Lee Imperial College London, Mechanical Engineering

Petros Leonard Manchester Metropolitan, Hospitality Management

Yuki Leung Nottingham Trent, Psychology with Criminology

Annie-Mae Levy Exeter, Animal BehaviourHaichao Liang UCL, Mathematics with

EconomicsFa’iz Liman Brighton, Politics and

Social PolicyHarry Mackaness Reading, Real EstateStephanie Malyon Bath, Civil and

Architectural EngineeringSashini Mariathasan Cambridge, MedicineElliot Martin Bath, ManagementManraaj Matharoo Exeter, Physics Rebecca Menzies British Telecom

ApprenticeshipAlistair Moore Nottingham Trent, Real

EstateWilliam Moore EmploymentMolly Morris Norland College, Early

Years Development and Learning, 2015

Christian Moulsdale Manchester, PhysicsEdward Moulsdale Imperial College London,

PhysicsGregory Murkett Nottingham, Computer

Science and Management Studies

Mhairi Newlands Edinburgh, Arabic and French

Roman Nikulcha Exeter, PhysicsCarys Page Loughborough, Politics

with a MinorChan Park Queen Mary, London,

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Lewis Pegrum Exeter, Mining EngineeringElena Portas Manchester, Biomedical

SciencesPhoebe Poulter Gap YearElizabeth Reardon Warwick, HistoryLauren Rhodes Sheffield, Physics with

AstrophysicsAmy Roberts Exeter, HistoryJonathan Roberts Employment/Further

Training PropertyJoshua Roberts Gap YearEdward Rowley Bath, Accounting and

FinanceEmily Ruane Cambridge, Veterinary

MedicinePortland Samek- Quest Business School, Richardson Business

Henry Sanders Royal Holloway, English and Creative Writing

Robert Sandford Bournemouth, Archaeology

James Scott-Flanagan Exeter, Business and Management

Harriet Sharman Northumbria, Journalism and English Literature, 2015

Thomas Shepherd Greenwich, CriminologyEmily Smith Nottingham, GeographyRosalind Smith Newcastle, Marketing and

ManagementAlexander Spall Reading, Archaeology and

HistoryEdward Tinney Nottingham, American

Studies and HistoryNicholas Tunnicliffe Gap YearLauren Walker Reading, Management and

BusinessEleanor Watts Oxford Brookes, Film

StudiesCharles Welham East Anglia, American

HistoryAlistair Williams Further Study/

EmploymentBenjamin Withers Imperial College London,

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Bruce Wong Birmingham, MusicChloe Wong Leicester, Management

StudiesLouisa Young Imperial College London,

Mechanical EngineeringSikun Zeng Imperial College London,

MathematicsEdward Zhong Bath, Economics

Old StortfordiansCatriona Brickel Cambridge, PhilosophyLaura Howe Bristol, BiologyRobert Keam Reading, Agricultural

Business ManagementAbby Kessock-Phillip Bournemouth,

Communication and Media

Tasmin Lees Sussex, Theoretical PhysicsLucy Livingstone- Brighton, Applied Chambers Psychology and

CriminologyVictoria Paxman Birmingham, HistoryKai Pearson Bath, International

Management and GermanMaliha Rana Westminster, LawJohn Whalley Oxford Brookes, Business

Management/Computer Science

Harry Wilkinson Nottingham Trent, Product Design


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Changing FacesHellos

Lucie Michell Role: Teacher of Geography

David Arkell Role: College Musician, Resident House Tutor

Judith Bichara Role: Teacher of Mathematics

Caroline Davies Role: Teacher of French, Head of French

Hannah Edwards Role: Teacher of PE and Girls’ Games

Victoria Ellaway-Bell Role: Teacher of Geography, Resident House Tutor

Costa Fafalios Role: Teacher of Methematics

Katherine Gregory Role: Teacher of German

Shaun Murtagh-Howard Role: Teacher of Economics and Business

Allan Cood Role: Gardener

Shahdokht Seylani Role: Catering Support Assistant

Leanne Andrews Role: Accounts Assistant

Darren Foucher Role: Head of Gardens and Grounds

Kevin WebbRole: Director of Development

Victoria GriffithsRole: HR Manager

Ryan ThomasRole: Database Administrator

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Rachel KittowRole: Marketing Assistant

Sarah GowansRole: Marketing Manager

James Houghton Role: Gardener

Charlie Bowes Role: Catering Support Assistant

Kathy Tye Role: Estates & Facilities Secretary

Lisa BellRole: Teacher of Geography, Community Service

Caitriona McKnightRole: Teacher of Physics

Sarah Wyatt Role: Teacher of Mathematics

Andrew Hartrup Role: Teacher of History

Marianne Raven Role: Teacher of English

Karen GriffithsRole: Marketing Manager

Christopher Clayton-Smith Role: Sports Coach, PGCE

Thomas Scorgie Role: Rugby/Sports Coach, PGCE

Hannah Southam Role: Sports Coach, Teacher of PE

Stephen Perry Role: Hockey Coach

Jaqueline Day Role: Domestic Cleaner

Sarah Wilkinson Role: Estates and Facilities Secretary

Georgia DyeRole:Administative Assistant

Ai ParamasivanRole: Domestic Cleaner

Samantha GuyRole: Catering Support Assistant

Jessica Whiteway Role: Facilities Secretary/Reprographics

Kathryn McIntyre Role: Management Accountant

Theresa WolffRole: Language assistant

Goodbyes

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FORM PRIZESFourth Form Harriet Goulding

Scott Hextall Katie Kerr Joe Minichiello Aastha Singh Cameron Tooke

Lower Fifth Ruman Basra Anna Calder Frederica Johnston Eleanor McSweeney Maya Nurbhai

Upper Fifth Madeleine Cane Elizabeth Farrant Victoria Farrant Daniel Hood Sophia Hudson

LOWER SIXTH SUBJECT PRIZESEnglish Georgia Crump French Georgia CrumpGerman Matthew Green Latin Niamh Lynch Classical Thomas Burrows Civilisation

History Daniel MahoneyGeography Emma Bates Religious Annabel Matthews Studies

Economics Thomas DawkinsPolitics Thomas Dawkins Psychology Helena Bladen Media Studies David Ballard Theatre Studies David BallardMusic Owen Crawford Art Danielle MoonMathematics Danielle MoonFurther Weilun Xu Mathematics

Physical Jack Greenall Education

Physics Jia Wang Ashpole Prize

Biology Ekaterina Tesseyman E W Edmunds Prize

Chemistry Sofia WeissSpanish Sofia Weiss Design & Alison Tam Technology Leslie Price Prize

Business Studies David Overton

UPPER SIXTH SUBJECT PRIZESEnglish Claire Devine History Eleanor CavillClassical Robert Sandford Civilisation

Geography Grace ComptonDesign & Grace Compton Technology Sir Charles Alexander Prize

Art Stephanie Malyon & Laura Honey

Politics Elliott MartinFrench Jennifer BrownGerman Mhairi Newlands

Physics Sashini Mariathasan Ashpole Prize

Chemistry Sashini Mariathasan Biology Emily Atkinson E W Edmunds Prize

Further Haichao Liang Mathematics

Mathematics Emily Ruane Psychology Rachael Chapman Theatre Studies Annie Cave Economics Milo Bonser Business Studies Lauren Walker Religious Studies Annabel Howard Media Studies Chloe Daniels Physical Edward Goodman Education

Music Rosalind Lee

SPECIAL AWARDSFourth Form Lauren BeaverAcademic Federico CasaretoEndeavour Katie Champion(Presented at Abigail EtchesFinal Assembly) James Fox

Amelia Harvey Francesca Heath-Clarke Henry Hunt Bradley Moon Ailsa Munro Alex Sugden Elliot Needham Ciaran Picker Louis Radley

Lower Fifth Emily BrieerleyAcademic Benedict ButcherEndeavour Nicholas Cowles(Presented at Georgette ElliottFinal Assembly) Henry Harnack

Emily Honey Claudia Lax-Tanner Jonny Mussard Philippa Otter Thomas Radley Shona Reid Cherry Tam Charlie Wong

Upper Fifth James CattonAcademic Mary DevineEndeavour Katie Harding(Presented at Oliver MooreFinal Assembly) Kristie Overton

Jessica Paxman Christina Radukic Ben Raymond James Tetlow Alice Scott-Flanagan Lucie Sudworth Heidi Swift Abigail Walker

Lower Sixth Roseanna Cawthray SternCollege Katharine HoodAcademic Award Sophie Morris(for endeavour Melissa Craig and excellence) Harriet Long Taylor Weeks Chloe Wood

Upper Sixth Christian MoulsdaleCollege Edward MoulsdaleAcademic Award Phoebe Poulter(for endeavour Edward Rowleyand excellence) Louisa Young

Sikun Zeng Anna Barclay

Sportsman of Edward Goodman the Year

Sportswoman of Abigail Barrett the Year

The James Kew Elizabeth Francis Cup

Schnadhorst Mhairi Newlands History Prize

Drama Prize Benjamin Crossfield & Edward Tinney

Findlay Award Emily Smith (for Geography Fieldwork)

Special Service Louisa Young Award (donated by an anonymous Old Stortfordian)

Pettitt Henry Hunt Contribution Cup (Junior)

Attenborough Benjamin Withers Activity Prize

Webb Lingos Sashini Mariathasan Science Award

John Blenkin James Scott-Flanagan Art Prize

Alan Ewart-James Rachael Chapman Scripture Prize

Craig Orchestra Stephen Smithers Prize

Junior Music Lucy Buckingham Prize

Senior Music Bruce Wong Award (Old Stortfordian)

Choir Prize Matthew Green Band Prize Ceo ChengPaul Knowles Ella-Jane Coxwell & Recognition Freya Durham Award

Ferguson Prize Jack WhiteheadHarvard Prize Janice Wong (for top academic performance in a variety of subjects)

Roger Heath Awards:Public Speaking Alastair Ward-Booth (Senior)

Public Speaking Ryan Slowe (Junior)

Piano Prize Alex Lam

Special Award for pupils who have made the most of their time at the College

Carys Page Abigail Barrett Carson Lam

Headmaster’s Prize Edward Tinney Claire Devine

Speech Day Prizes 2014

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