Universities News
Swimming Success for Sisters
Congratulations to the Middle Sixth
students who have received a range of excellent university offers. As of a week
ago, 470 courses had been applied for. From these applications, 66% had led to
offers, 9% had been declined and 25% are awaiting decisions.
Amongst those offers were nine for Oxford
or
Cambridge:
Rachel
Bu
(Engineering, Trinity College, Oxford),
The Iley sisters (Jasmine Upper Fifth,
Newnham College, Cambridge), Marija
Two) continue to impress in the pool
Emily Fourth Form and Isabel Upper
Emma Cadman (Natural Sciences, Marinovic College,
(Law,
Murray
Cambridge),
with a string of successes in the water.
Edwards
Kathy
At the second weekend of the Essex
Peng
County Championship, Jasmine sits way
(Economics, Murray Edwards College,
ahead of the other competitors on points
Cambridge), Julia Kotowska (Medicine,
and won an abundance of gold medals to
St Catherine’s College, Oxford), Lauren
add to the tally this weekend. She hopes
Keiller (Medicine, Hertford College,
to continue this run of good form and
Oxford), Michael Chamberlain (History &
clinch the title in a couple of weeks.
Politics, St Edmund Hall, Oxford), Lewis
Emily
Wait (Spanish & Linguistics, Exeter College,
Oxford),
Payaam
achieved
a
British
record,
swimming the fastest of all time since
Kapur
records began, in the 50m backstroke
(Physics, St Peter’s College, Oxford).
and clinched the gold medal in the U13
event. And not to be out done by her big sisters, Isabel won gold in the 50m
backstroke in the U12 category. The girls continue with the county champions
over half term and we wish them all the best in aiming for the title of county champions.
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