The Weekend 1-2 May
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The boys enjoyed a busy, but bitterly cold, weekend and
there were a huge amount of fun activities on offer. Saturday afternoon saw several teams playing some excellent
cricket in matches against Hall Grove and Woodcote House and the others were
busy in all areas of the school – on the tennis court, in the swimming pool and
in the nets. It was also an early
opportunity for boys to impress Mr Buckner on the athletics track.
The rain poured down on Sunday morning, but having written
their Sunday letters, the boys took the opportunity to enjoy some quick cricket
in the sports hall and water polo in the swimming pool; the seniors were able
to slot in a valuable revision session, too. Fortunately, the showers eased during the afternoon and
several golfers braved the wind to take part in the staff and boys Texas
Scramble Golf competition – Mr Saunders and his team look to be early
favourites for the prize.
Mrs Honor had a keen team of potters down in the ceramics
department and there was more swimming, tennis, indoor cricket and high jump
for all. An enterprising group of
Sixes made flags and charged around the camps playing ‘Catch the Flag’. In the middle of the afternoon, the
boys got a huge surprise when ‘Mick the Ice’ turned up in his van to dish out
ice creams to the boys on chapel ground – despite it not being ice cream
weather, it provided a welcome break from activities and the Sunday film,
Avatar.
Soon afterwards, our eleven new boys enjoyed a delicious tea
with Mrs Barber in the conservatory.
After tea we were lucky to have Reverend Rupert Demery, the Chaplain of
the Lower Chapel at Eton, come to speak to the boys at Evensong.
Next week, before the exeat on Friday, the boys are looking forward to a talk
on ‘The Jungles of Borneo’ by Mr Mathews, who is becoming a housemaster at
Radley in September, and also cricket matches against Holme Grange and Lambrook, an
athletics match against Sunningdale and Lambrook and a golf match with
Daneshill.
More pictures of the weekend are here.
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