Golf

The school golf team have enjoyed some excellent success this year. We qualified for the independent schools national finals for the second year running and became area champions by beating Stonar School, Warminster and then a very strong King’s Taunton at Weston-super-Mare Golf Club. The finals were held at the stunning Formby Golf Club in Liverpool and the team, consisting of Jerry Fang, Finn Ellis and Nik Allen, did extremely well to finish twelfth out of 21 schools, improving upon our fourteenth place last year. In the individual competition, Finn Ellis finished fifth, a fine achievement in a field littered with England Under-18 internationals.

Individual Achievements

Finn Ellis: Gloucestershire Under-16 champion and runner-up in the Gloucestershire Under-18 championship.

Taylor Hodgson: Gloucestershire Ladies nett champion. A national schools finalist, having qualified through Avon and then the South West.

Improvers’ Group

Alongside the elite group, we run a recreational/improvers’ group who go to Tickenham driving range. Many pupils have taken advantage of the chance to go and work on their swing and receive some coaching to help them improve. My thanks go to Mrs Kenyon, Mr Mather and Mr Bobby for their help with this group.

Andy Rudge