Cubitt newsletter summer 2013

Junior House Golf: G. McIntyre We went into the house golf not really knowing how it would go as we had no idea what our rivals were like. But willing to give it their best shot were Gregor McIntyre, James Vickery, Angus Burns, Cameron Scheijde and Will Gudgeon. It was the best of 5 with each player playing 9 holes. James Vickery got cubit an early 1-0 lead as he won his game but then we went 2-1 down. However, Will won his game meaning it was up to Gregor. Unfortunately, Gregor lost his match on the last putt and cubit were beaten very narrowly by East.

Cubitt Newsletter Summer 2013

House Cricket: K. Suresh The Cubitt House senior cricket team had the privilege of playing on Jubilee in their first house match, drawn against a hyped up Loveday side (justifiably, as we later found out).

On probably the hottest day of the year yet, Cubitt merrily jogged onto the field after putting Loveday in to bat. Loveday were blessed with the coveted school First XI opening pair. However the partnership did not last long as, to Cubitt's delight, Ben Wilson inflicted a slick run out to dismiss the schools top run scorer. A combination of good bowling and atrocious fielding led to Loveday posting a par but not unassailable score. Unfortunately Cubitt's batting was not up to par, and lets just say the number eleven batsmen could not enjoy the sun for too long.

Cubitt met North in the third and fourth placing match. North, to everyone's surprise, decided to turn up to the party and caught an over confident Cubitt side unaware. They posted a total of 150 which Cubitt failed to chase, falling ten runs short.

Junior House Cricket: O. Trower Cubitt went into the house cricket as favourites in the first game against East. Cubitt batted first and did not have the best start as Ollie Trower got out on the first ball of the game. Sam Guinness and Lewis Bedford went on and excelled with the bat along with Charlie Terry coming in and scoring some entertaining sixes.

Cubitt ended with a score of 110 in their 10 overs. East managed to get a good start but Ollie Trower picked up the first wicket, however the highlight was most certainly Jamie Pudge getting 2 wickets in his first over. Cubitt were unable to defend the total and East got it with only 1 over to spare.

In the second game the Cubitt team played North and again batted first. This time Lewis Bedford and Ollie Trower reached a 96 partnership and Sam Guinness came in and hit some great shots ending with a total of 127. Charlie Terry and James Vickery bowled very well taking 3 wickets early on. Ollie Trower came on after the great opening spell and took 3 wickets with a good catch on the boundary taken by Matt Forster. The team finished the game with North only getting in the 90s. Cubitt won and came 3rd overall.

Housemasters Comments: CHDB

Charity Triathlon: J. House

This year the Cubitt Charity Day took the form of an ancient Olympian Triathlon with a modern, Cubittian twist; involving cycling, football and a Wii competition. After reining in a slightly ambitious proposed cycle to the coast and back, we did a 10 mile loop to Bramley. Special mention to the thunderous Rob Harrison for a Block-esque performance completing the route in under 35 minutes, however Rob is yet to do it on a tandem and with 2 kilograms of facial hair. The eight-a-side football competition was played in great spirit with Toby Chesser heroically sacrificing the fettle of his limb in the name of equality and freedom from oppression. His disjointed arm was symbolic of the fragmented society we live in and in the same way the San fixed his arm, we have strived towards repairing humanity, bringing egalitarianism through the charitable activities of the day. Once again I called upon my brothers to step forth and carry the torch of liberty to illuminate areas of tyrannical darkness and as one, they answered resoundingly with gumption and prowess: "We will!"

Cubitt has enjoyed not only another all-round successful year (however one may try to measure it!) but also, notably, a particularly happy and social year; with much laughter and fun being enjoyed by all. This is very much the tone that has been set by our Upper Sixth leavers, ably by Henry Crinage and his team of prefects, who have brought a real commitment, kindness as well as sense of camaraderie and humour to all facets of House life. Their year group has a particularly strong sense of togetherness and support for one another that has been forged here and I am confident that these friendships will stand the test of time; they leave with thanks and our very best wishes for the future.

The other vital ingredient has been our wonderful team of tutor and matrons and their dedication, verve and deep sense of pastoral care has enriched the place and the lives of the boys enormously. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the support of the tutor team, the matrons and cleaners, without whom the house would a far harder ship to steer.

Sadly though, we have to say farewell to two tutors: Mr Stuart Welch is moving to be Deputy Housemaster in Loveday and it truly is Cubitt’s loss to lose a tutor who cares deeply for the pupils and has a real grip on the realities of teenagers lives. Mr Jon Monk is leaving not only Cubitt but also Cranleigh to take up a position at Latimer School after three very successful years at Cranleigh. We wish them both the very best and their presence will be sorely missed. I am pleased to say though that moving the other way to replace them in September are Mr Gordon Neil, returning to Cubitt after a two year sabbatical in West and Mrs Olivia Ravilious who returns to Cubitt after her maternity leav,e via a short stay in East. We are delighted to welcome them back into the Cubitt fold! September also sees us welcome a new member of the Common Room to Cubitt, Mr Paul Lewthwaite, who joins us in the Art department.

Finally, I would like to wish everyone a wonderful summer and hopefully we will see some sun before too long!

House Tennis: W. Slynn Despite some awful conditions, the house tennis was played in great spirit. Cubittians turned out in various forms of fancy dress.

Some shocking performances from myself and Rob Zorab let the rest of the team down. However, due to the fine performances of Alex Clarke, Weston Lord, Chris Linford and Charlie Thomson we finished in second place over all; a great result considering the strength of some of the houses.

House Athletics: L. Chitty

Junior Play: O. Clark

As I scan the results sheet of this year’s house athletics meeting, the first thing I notice isn’t Harry De Blaby or Seb Leman’s dominance of the 800 and 1500 metre events in their respective year groups; nor is it the springy Jake Storey’s double win in the triple and high jump; it’s not even the very appearance of names like James House and Rob Zorab in an event that involves sport; it’s the fact that the only boy in the entire house to actually throw a “legitimate” or “legal” Javelin was Jacob Brookes. Not a single person could actually manage to make one stick in the ground. To be honest, I don’t think I would be too wrong to say that if another of our javelinists had persuaded their weapon to land in the ground, the overall result would be a different story. It really was a two horse race throughout the day, and sadly, we were piped at the post!

The Junior Play, converted for the first time into the Junior musical, saw a number of Cubitt’s finest emerge under the bright lights of the VCT to partake in a joyous evening of revelry and merriment.

Carrying on the fine tradition of Cubitt drama, the three major roles were taken on by eager Cubitians Seb Leman, Cameron Scheijde and Ali Johnston. Seb was outstanding as Bertie Wooster, expertly pulling off an incredibly involved and difficult combination of acting, singing as well as a bit of dancing. Cameron, adopting the title role, exhibited a rare display of deadpan humour that rivalled even Stephen Fry’s portrayal of the famous character, comically supporting the unfortunate Bertie through his continuous escapades. Ali Johnston was hysterical as Bingo Little, leaving the audience in stitches on more than one occasion. Amongst the ensemble were budding thespians Toby Chesser and Oli Trower, whose strong voices were invaluable assets in many of the ensemble pieces. The play itself was a roaring success, and the quality of the performances shows that the future of Cubitt drama is clearly in excellent hands.

Despite many heroic victories we couldn’t quite get our noses ahead of Loveday. There are too many people to congratulate namely, but I will shame one. In spite of endless Sevens training, sadly Will Slynn could not bring home the gold in the senior boy’s 800-metre event, and could only celebrate winning the bronze medal. Finally, two people that I must mention are Freddy Campbell and Charlie Thompson, not for their 3rd place finishes, but for their spikes, who I think were shared between the majority of the house by the end of the day! I think House Athletics 2013 will be remembered amongst Cubittians as one that didn’t quite go our way, and words that many a Cubitt boy has heard in his time at Cranleigh repeat themselves yet again: “WE WAS ROBBED”.

House Badminton : T. Howard & J. Trower With new-found enthusiasm among the warm days of the summer, Cubitt had high expectations for this year’s junior house badminton. With a late substitution of Matt Foster into the first pair (mainly to fulfil his ambitions of sledging against Loveday), and with Finn Cowcher and Josh Horwood representing the second Cubitt team, hopes were high. We drew our first match with North, one game each. The score was the same with Loveday, and having held our own against a team who illegally substituted a player, we were pleased. Finally we dominated East, putting us second place in the competition.

The annual senior house badminton tournament is always a date in the diary for any Cubittian. This year we fielded an upper sixth pair made up of Max Adorian and James Trower as well as a lower sixth consisting of Fin Johnston and Harry Snow. In round 1 we met a weak North team and both pairs comfortably won their matches to progress to the final round, which was not as straightforward. We came up against Loveday and unfortunately Adorian and Trower were unable to produce a victory, losing by the narrowest of margins. Johnston and Snow were also looking at defeat and were one point away from losing until they clawed it back. This win, along with the others narrowly losing meant that on points Cubitt were overall winners of the prestigious tournament.

Senior House Golf: H. Crinage

I think it is fair to say that after numerous hours of what we called "relaxation golf", also referred to as "an excuse not to revise" by Mr B, the Cubitt 6th form were more than prepared for a quick round of competitive golf against East House. Well, at least that is what we thought! The team was selected, Scott Wilson, Luke Chitty, Ben Peers, myself and Rory Savage (May be more?) otherwise known as the northerner, the rugby player (as he might have told you!), one nicknamed "beers", the chef and finally "the one with an actual handicap". I would like to congratulate Ben Peers "Beers" for winning, and the rest of us, for trying. As much as I would love to continue the story, unfortunately this is were our journey came to an end, as we failed to qualify to the second round.

House Water polo: T. Bowden As usual it was hard convincing Cubittians to take part in, possibly our worst house sport, water polo. Soon after arriving we found that we had no substitute players, but despite this lack of players, we started are warm up and began our match against East. This proved to be harder than anticipated. The team comprised of Ed, Fin, Max, Oli, Theo, Seb, and Alex. As the match went on we lost the little confidence we still had. The game went on, we managed to have a shot through a penalty but unfortunately missed! Although we were defeated by about 7-0, it was good fun!

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House Swimming: T. Bowden

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Once again, finding a team to represent the house in this event was next to impossible as our track record is less than perfect. Eventually we managed to find some willing representatives. However as usual we had a number of last minute dropouts due to supposed ‘injury’. Most of the Cubittians involved were, at the least not experienced swimmers, and therefore we did not win a single race. The closest we came was holding first position in the inter boys front crawl relay until an unnamed LVth managed to place us in last at the end of his length. The highlight was however the final race between the heads of houses with our own Henry Crinage representing the house. Overall the event was fun and enjoyable.