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Summer 2015

Summer 2015

Academic Prizes— Tommy Hartley & Josh Wilkinson

JMW

From the Housemaster

Despite the external exams this newsletter highlights just how many other things have been going on in East and Cranleigh. A particular highlight for me this term was the House music evening which provided so many of our musicians to showcase their considerable talents. I was delighted that the evening consisted of such a wide variety of performances and that all acts were so warmly received. As I have said to the boys it is important to try new things and get outside of our comfort zone, House events such as these provide an excellent opportunity to do just that. I wish all those who took external exams every success come results day in August and also that everybody, staff and pupils, have a relaxing and restful break.

Junior House Cricket

Tom Hemming

In the first round we played North house and we bowled first. As a team we played very badly and we bowled and fielded terribly and so North got 130 runs in 10 overs. When it was our chance to bat we got all out for 80 and so lost the first game. Mr Griffiths called it one of the worst performances he had ever seen.

In our next game we were competing with Cubitt for 3rd and 4th place. We batted first and got a total of 117. Sam Lubbock got 29 and played very well but everyone got a few runs. Then when we were bowling we were able to get out Cubitt’s best batsmen out early and bowled them all out for about 70. JJ, Tomo and Mitchell all got 2 wickets. We came 3rd and so did well considering our cricketing talent.

House Swimming

Athletics

Ben Larwood

An eagerly anticipated event finally came upon us, with what seemed to be a great day of athletics despite the weather. East House, of course, was out in full voice and support of their fellow team mates. In the juniors, the boys managed to pull of second place behind Loveday overall, with good performances from all especially the 4x400m team.

In the Inters, we showed pure dominance on the track and field granting us first place. Special mention goes to Rafe Scott for winning the 400m and the High jump. Along with Oli Sharpe and Jamie Bloomfield who proved to be vital assets to our 4x100m relay as they breezed over the line in first place. This was then followed up by the 4x400m who like the juniors won.

Unfortunately, in the seniors, we weren’t quite up to the standards of the juniors and inters. We had decent performances in the field events winning the javelin and coming second in the discus and shot put, but our track let us down slightly. Therefore, in the seniors we came last but a valiant effort from East House meant we came second overall.

Tom Berry

This year we were really looking forward to attempting to hold on to our house swimming title which we won after five years of North house domination. With some amazing swims showcasing the talent which we have in East. Some of those who would really carry the side would include Rafe Scott (LV) Max Fitzgerald (UV) Matt Ludlow (LVI) Tom Berry (LVI) and Nick Going (UVI). With Rafe winning the main event of skins after competing in several other events of which he came first or second in all, this was an amazing feat as others had rested for this three leg elimination event. Max Fitzgerald also held strong to win the Fly and was a useful asset during relays. Matt Ludlow was amazing in the seniors as he brought home another first place for the side by winning his breaststroke and taking a respectable 2nd place in the individual medley. Tom Berry played a key role alongside Matt Ludlow in relays to get a lead in the medley relay and managed to win his 50m backstroke and came second in his 100m free by less than a second. Finally Nick Going had an outstanding day to come in and play vital roles in the medley relay and freestyle relay. So overall we came second to a very strong North side. The fourth Form came fourth, The Fifth form came first and the seniors came second in their respective categories. Well done East lets go one better next year.

Senior House Golf

Rich Eamey

The boys in blue went into this tournament as big favourites due to some of the big names we have in East house. Petit Colin aka Cameron Montgomerie and Tom Hollidge were our two ‘big dogs’, as Hollidge liked to describe the two of them. In the first round we faced Cubitt, Colin didn’t quite live up to his normal standards and lost, but Hollidge came in with a huge smile on his face.

He thumped his opponent 4 and 3. Luckily George Gundry and I (Richard Eamey) came in with 2 more wins to give us the 3-2 victory we were looking for. We then went onto face Loveday in the final, Colin actually decided to turn up this time winning convincingly. Other wins came from Gundry, Hollidge and I whilst George Wilkinson had another bad day at the office losing both of his games. We did however have sympathy for Wilko as he came straight from other commitments.

East House came out victorious. Cheers boys.

Summer 2015

Summer 2015

SAVE THE DATE - Sat Oct 10th 2015 (Quiz charity evening)

Man on the ground award - Zac Long

House Music Evening

Theo Maine-Tucker

The house music evening was a wonderful event for all the house; the first half was classical style and then after the interval the second half picked up and became more contemporary. It kicked off with an explosion of Scottish talent; with Benji Millar on the bagpipes! It was just right to start the show.

Next was Jakub Bartoszewski who played a truly compelling piece of Toccata Bach with great passion on the Organ. After this we had George Wilkinson on the Clarinet; he played us a intense song called Georgia on my mind - Hoagy Carmichael. Next was James Thornton-Wood on the French performing a song from Arnold Cooke called HornRondo, it was truly fantastic. Ed Walshe played the Piano next with a very different song which was Assorted.

David Hill was up next playing the very infamous song Jupiter by Gustav Holst on the Oboe. Then just before the interval we had George Wilkinson on Guitar and Voice performing Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson; it was only the first half and East had showed that they had outstanding talent. The second half went headfirst in with You Raise Me Up by the Lower Vth Assemble that graced us with wonderful singing and acrobatic performance. Then it was a plunge into some fantastic guitar and singing by Sam Halstead with the song Skinny Love. Then we had Harry Simmonds performing the Jazzy, Dancing On My Own on the piano and with Voice. We were then given the amazing group 4 and ½ Musicians performing Hey Soul Sister by train in an extraordinary ensemble with singing, guitar and three ukuleles. After this we were given again the great Ed Walshe with Take Me To Church by Hoozier on piano and singing. The next act was truly amazing and had been put together with many hours of hard work; Harrison White and George Wilkinson gave us a mash up of many songs with George on guitar and singing and Harrison playing the bass. We then had the UVIth Ensemble singing a great tribute and using Adele’s song Someone Like You and parodying it; it was a masterpiece. The evening finished off with a hilarious dance from Game Of Fros to Treasure by Bruno Mars; this dance was great in every aspect including the corny dance moves that made everyone crack up. Overall the night was one of Joy hilarity and true talent from the East boys

Senior House Tennis

Ed Russell

Once again, East put out a strong side involving members from all the top three years. Against cubit first round, it is safe to stay that East got off to a slow start (with one of our pairs relaxing in the house room).

However, against North miraculously not coming last after the first round, the side played better with three out of five wins. Finally, against Loveday, East performed well securing a solid third place in the overall competition. Credit must go to Monty Clarke amongst others, for stepping up having not played tennis for the whole season.

Additionally Oliver Valentine Reid contributed well.

Junior House Tennis

Josh Wilkinson

We went into the competition with a mixed line-up with Tomo and Mitchell leading from the rear. Strawberries and cream were on the menu as Lintots was cleared with our buckets and spades, the stage was set for a big day of tennis… With our attire looking rather debonair; Tomo with his odd socks, Simmonds kitted out with his sweatbands (which were much needed!) and Cal turning up late after too much time in front of the mirror, After nearly being disqualified for turning up late, the tennis began. It turned out to be slightly less interesting than the hype of the build-up.

Our first opponent cam e in green and yellow, Cubitt had a good line-up on paper and showed that on the court by beating as all the way through. The enthusiasm was still there as we came up against Loveday, who went on to win it, we managed to get one match more than before thanks to the concerted efforts of Finn and Simmonds. Finally, we met North in the last round; courtesy of some big serving from my partner Jeff, enthusiastic play from Louis and Baz, and the blinding hair of Jake Subba Row; we managed to win 4 out of 5 and were set to finish 3rd after the final count up.

Summer 2015

Summer 2015 Senior House Cup— George Wilkinson

Junior House Cup— Josh Wilkinson Senior Badminton

Oli Reid

The hugely prestigious East badminton team consisted of first seed pairing Matt Wooten and Jack Quinlan and second seed pairing, Nick Going and myself. Using the first round against North as a mere warm up, we were able to find our badminton abilities for the later rounds, winning against Cubitt and North, despite many of them possessing school badminton team players. Although some may not believe it, we managed to achieve a respectable 2nd place, narrowly missing out to Loveday for reasons unknown.

Niamhs Next Step, 2015 Kilimanjaro climb

Jamie Sherlock

Myself and 4 friends are climbing Kilimanjaro in August this summer, and we are aiming to reach the highest point called Uhuru peak. It is in aid of the charity Niamh's next step.

It is a brilliant charity which helps fight neuroblastoma, an aggressive cancer which affects young children. Any donations will go straight to the charity which will help fund research for a cure so any support will be greatly appreciated.

The link for our Just Giving page is below: https://www.justgiving.com/Peter-Christianakis1 To read more about the charity visit http://www.niamhsnextstep.com/ . The charity began after a family lost their daughter to cancer, they are striving to raise awareness and raise money so this cancer can be researched and tackled.

Junior House Golf

Senior House Cricket

Max Subba-Row

In our first game against north we made a positive start against a strong team and posted a good score (so we thought) of 137. There were good contribution throughout the innings from Ed Russell, myself, George MacDonald and Ben Larwood. In the field we started off strongly with Nat Lubbock and Charlie Hill picking up a couple of early wickets, but a few poor overs cost us and we eventually lost with just an over to spare.

After this we played Cubitt and perhaps took a more relaxed attitude to proceedings. We had a couple of new additions to the game such as Alex Kiely and Richard Eamey who both made telling contributions. Ed Russell and George MacDonald got us off to a flier but it wasn't to be our day and we ended up losing by 8 wickets and taking home the wooden spoon.

Jeff Olsen

It has been great to play in the golf team this year and have the privilege to play with some really good golfers in the year above. I am proud to say that the team has gone unbeaten all season and I was more than happy to play a part in those wins. On a more house based note Tom Campbell and I have captained the house team this year and are very happy to play in the team with such excellent golfers like Will Vincent, Ollie Mitchell and Josh Wilkinson. We managed to defeat Loveday in the first round of the house tournament in a clean sweep with everyone with everyone winning rather comfortably. Then it was the final against Cubitt, everyone had more than tough matches, with I believe 3 games coming down to the last hole; in the end we pulled of a great win and East were the house golf champions. All in all, along with the range of internal tournaments played across the junior school, it has been a great season and I look forward to what next year has to bring for golf.

Charity Head Shave

Ed Griffiths

On Sunday 28/06/15 Piers Nicholls (East IVth) will be shaving his hair in aid of charity; much to the hilarity of his friends and peers. Those of you who know Piers will understand what a serious event this will be for him and as such any support would be greatly appreciated.

These are Piers’ words - “Some people do not have a choice, but I am choosing to shave my head to raise funds for Sebastian's Action Trust. I hope my friends will support me in my challenge. Sebastian was seven years old when he was diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer and died on Christmas Eve 2003 when I was three years old. Sebastian was in the year above my brother at my Prep School, Hall Grove School, and as long as I can remember the Trust has been part of our family and with your help I would like to contribute and show support for such a wonderful charity. “ http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action? userUrl=PiersNicholls

Summer 2015 Cranleigh Sailing Team

Summer 2015 Piers Nicholls

Four boys from East, Piers Nicholls, Archie Grant, Tommy Hartley and Freddie Esplen travelled down to the south coast to a sailing club called Itchenor for the National school’s Championship. The competition was hard with top national sailors competing. Piers and Archie finished 5th overall along with Tommy and Freddie finishing 32nd. The conditions were varied over the two days. On the first day the first couple of races were light and the wind shifting inconsistently which proved hard for everyone. Towards the end of the day the wind started to build rapidly to about 25mph, Piers and Archie took advantage of this as a lot of crews were small and less experienced in this wind so Piers and Archie ended up 2nd in the last two remaining races of that day, after they finished the race they were told they had been disqualified for being black flagged, jumping the gun at Day 2, the final day and a lot to play for, overnight Piers and Archie were 5 th discarding a disqualification. The wind was quite light, around 5-10mph. They started the day off well with two seconds, with Tommy and Freddie counting solid top 20 results. The day finished off with the wind falling to near nothing. It was a great start to Cranleigh sailing.

Canterbury Tales

Ted Walliker

And so it came to pass that the first Junior Play of the term, After Juliet, was a great success – now ‘twas the turn of thespians anew, performing (luckily not the original Chaucerian version) The Canterbury Tales. Having only one rehearsal in the VCT, spending the remainder of our practices in Butts, The Canterbury crew worked phenomenally hard on the Sunday evening before their performance; driven by the almighty force of director, Nikki Plowman and head of tech-theatre, Mark Jenkins.

After Juliet had set the standards considerably high, and so The Canterbury crew had a lot to live up to – luckily, straight from the off, The Canterbury Tales was well received and what little mistakes had been made were disguised by a veil of improvised comedy. From Wednesday to Friday there was much revelry and rabble-rousing on and offstage, resulting in three nights of good-hearted banter; an experience that surely none of us shall forget soon.

As always, there are thanks to be given – to Mrs Plowman for her time and effort, driving a group of 26 teenagers is not a task that even Hercules could have mastered – to Mr Jenkins and his technical crew, for a flawless performance in lighting and sound, giving us the atmosphere for the show – and finally, to all the cast, even me, for the most enjoyable and exquisite experience; well done to those fourth form who had never ventured into the deep dark world of senior school theatre, you did good kid.

Contacts Housemaster: 01483 542040

Mr James Witcombe jmw@cranleigh.org

Deputy Housemaster:

Mr Rob Verdon rhv@cranleigh.org Mr Dan Reed dcr@cranleigh.org

Warden:

Matrons:

Sue and Jen eastmatron@cranleigh.org 01483 542045

Summer 2015

Summer 2015