Weekend In 1-2 October

The boys certainly made the most of a gloriously sunny weekend and there were a huge number of fun activities to be enjoyed. On Saturday afternoon, many boys were involved in matches against Moulsford and we were very grateful to the others who all helped out for the Open Day, showing parents round and busying themselves with various activities.

We welcomed Rob Foster Esq., an Eton Housemaster, to the Ludgrove chapel on Sunday morning and he spoke very eloquently on the theme of harvest and the importance of performing an act of kindness every day. Before lunch, the sixes trooped out to the putting green to be greeted by a huge mobile climbing wall. They spent the morning scaling four different routes up to the top of the tower and many of them surprised themselves at how far they could climb. Over 120 boys scaled the tower at some stage during the day.

Following a delicious lunch of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, the boys headed outside and enjoyed a number of different activities – one boy claimed to have done 14 different things during the course of the afternoon. The seniors competed in a thrilling inter set triathlon which involved each member of the team swimming two lengths of the pool, cycling twice round the cart track and then running round the pavilion and back to the chapel wall to hand over the baton to the next member of the team. A loyal team of supporters from each set cheered on their team and Nelson just pipped Drake to the winning post.

As soon as the triathletes had left the pool, a team of scuba divers arrived to give over 40 boys a first experience of scuba diving. This proved a great success and we hope that the junior boys will be able to have a go later on in the term. The sixes were later divided into four teams and were challenged to build a camp suitable for sleeping in and after two hours of fun they presented their impressive camps to the ‘judges’. Many of the boys also had their first taste of archery which is now becoming a regular feature as an activity on Thursday afternoons. Several boys attended a squash clinic with a coach from the Queen’s Club, others ventured down to the art department, ripsticked in the yards, enjoyed nine holes on the golf course or played football on the Astroturf. After a busy day in the sun many boys enjoyed relaxing in front of the two films, Avatar and Where Eagles Dare, whilst the sixes enjoyed their regular Sunday night stories with Mrs Barber.

On Monday morning we were back hard at work in the classroom having enjoyed another busy and varied weekend at school.

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Further pictures of the weekend are here.