North House Lent Term 2013
House Cross Country
House Water Polo
House Cross Country! The single most important event in the school calendar. Members of North's running elite spent weeks, sometimes months, or even years preparing for this one single event. When the race itself comes around a sea of young screaming girls gather round to try and get a glimpse of the macho manliness which makes North's Cross Country team a cut above the others. The bulging muscles of Julian Browning, the distinguished features of Toby Rigby and the great build of Patrick Wilson clearly shows that North's team has it all. These gods among men ran on, with only the visualisation of what it must feel like to cross the finishing line. The races were intense and often brutal at times, Tim Ayling often had to fight his fellow competitors hand to hand so to secure his first place position in the intermediate race. I managed to secure a comfortable 6th place in the Senior race. Overall, North fought fantastically but the house sadly only came third overall.
On the day of the House Water Polo the LVth and Ivth form team of North house were confident in what was seen to be an easy win against Cubitt. So much so that we covered ourselves with war paint to intimidate our opponents into submission. The game kicked off well... as we conceded a mighty lob from halfway which flew straight over the bobbing head of Jake Harvey, our “special” keeper. Clearly the paint had worn off. After a thorough team talk it was clear that we needed to recap on what exactly the rules of water polo were as well as how to swim. We subbed in our spare keeper, Freddie Ricks, and hit the offensive side of the game to go on and score two sensational goals and finish the first half 3-2 down. However, the adrenaline seemed to much as our Captain Christian McCagherty got sent out in the traditional North manner by “accidently” causing a Cubitton to become submerged in the water. With one man down, the defence slipped and Cubitt stuck in another lucky goal. We then surged forward in a flurry of immense skill and aggression to fling another beauty into the back of the net. The game concluded with the disappointing score of 4-3 to Cubitt, but to be honest, we just didn't want to show off.
By John Stocks
By Christian McCagherty.