LOVEDAY HOUSE NEWSLETTER LENT TERM 2014 Housemasters’ Comments
The Loveday House Charity Cycle
As ever, the Easter term has been something of
On a crisp Sunday morning in the month of
a whirlwind with lots of hard work and lots of
March 2014, a medley of emotions were dis-
hard play jammed into 12 short weeks. Un-
played from the four sides of the Loveday
doubtedly, the highlight was the House Charity
quad after being woken up at 6:20am for the
Weekend where the Loveday community pulled
start of a busy morning of cycling. Despite
together to raise in excess of £9,000
some vexations regarding the early start, the
(comfortably a school record) for four very wor-
majestic smell of bacon drifted into the corri-
thy charities, all of which have close ties to the
dors and Loveday was ready to begin the 2014
house. Although I unashamedly bask in the glo-
charity cycle. The route for the cycle ride
ry of this achievement, I can claim little respon-
stretched a total of 15km and to see over 100
sibility for its organisation and implementation.
boys, teachers and parents (many in fancy
The credit for that must go to Stuart Welch and
dress) cycle from start to finish was really a
his team of Upper Sixth Formers – they have
fantastic undertaking. Aching legs and back-
achieved something very special.
As the ‘business end’ of GCSE, AS and A2 courses approaches, there will need to be plenty of revision over the Easter break for the top three year groups (and also for the Lower Fifth with their RS GCSE just around the corner) but this needs to be balanced with a good dollop of fun and some rest.
sides galore, the cycle resolved in a hearty barbecue in the Loveday quad; an apt way to celebrate the day’s completion. Many thanks go
I wish you all a Happy Easter and look forward to seeing you all at the start of the summer term.
to all the people involved: to Mr Wilson for cooking bacon and burgers for the whole house at a time in the morning that makes us all tired just thinking about it, to the matrons
Best wishes, Andy
and marshals for guiding the weary cyclists and providing refreshments along the way, as well as the teachers and parents that took part
in making the day so special. Thank you to Mr
least second place. Out of the possible 150
Logan, Mr Welch and the Loveday charity
points available over the 15 completion prob-
committee for organizing the event, marking
lems, Hugo got a total of 85, Henry 74, and
the route and solving the logistics of the day.
Nat got the highest of the day with a score of
But most of all to the parents, grandparents,
138. Due to the incredibly good effort of all
friends and all of the people that donated to
three climbers, we managed to beat the
the four fantastic charities. On behalf of the
reigning North team by a whopping 31 points
whole house, thank you.
to win.
Money was being raised for charities with
Hugo Fortescue
close ties to Loveday: EnKi, Beyond Ouselves, Surrey Young Carers
and Tildy’s Trust.
Through the hard work of the whole house community the combined total raised on the day (including Gift Aid) was a remarkable £9,131. Certainly a Loveday record and probably a school one. Nick Edwards
Junior House Challenge In the first match we played North, and we beat them comfortably by about 200 points once we got going after a somewhat slow start. In the final we narrowly lost to Cubitt, mainly because we were beaten on the buzzer a few times, which was a real shame. All in all it was a valiant effort by the team, made up of
The House Bouldering
Joe Mellor, Callum Job, Henry Martin and my-
The House Bouldering Competition went very
self and particularly well done to Joe and Cal-
well indeed; Loveday’s team consisted of Hu-
lum for being two very able 4th form mem-
go Fortescue, Nat McAleese-Park, and Henry
bers of the team.
De Villiers. We went into the competition as
Henri Martin
underdogs, the then reigning North team being the favourite, but we were hoping for at
Junior House Water polo Taking part in this event were Freddy Austin, Harry Binnion, Ed Cooper, Ben Gill, Charlie Floyd, Tom Heyes, Hugo Fortesque, Josh Turner, Will Mundy, Percy Walker –Smith, and Callum Job. This was a widely anticipated event for everyone in the house. The team
felt the anticipation as well as the expectation
well and made some great saves in goal, en-
to succeed, as last year Loveday were victori-
suring that Loveday finished second in the
ous. Our first match was against a very physi-
competition.
cal and aggressive North house. The first half
Charlie Forrest
was a disappointment, with both teams missing opportunities. Then luckily in the second
Cross Country
half Ed Cooper scored a great goal for Loveday. However two minutes left to play North scored. They then repeated this in the last minute of the game, to make them win 21. It was a great team effort to all involved and we were unlucky not to win. Ben Gill
Cross Country this year was a close run event with both the Loveday junior and senior teams coming second which led to second place in the overall competition. It was a slightly altered course this year which led to the strong Loveday support at High Upfold providing even more of a morale booster than
Senior Water polo In the first game we came up against a strong and formidable North side. This was concluded by penalties (an intense ‘sudden death’ decider), with the likes of George Berry, James
it had in previous years. In the juniors special mentions goes to Matt Coates, who placed 7th, and Harry Serjeant, who finished 9th. The senior team consisted of many seasoned runners leading to strength and depth meaning that second place was obtained by the vast bulk of the team finishing around 20th place. A particular well done to Freddie Phillips and George Berry who placed 10th and 12th respectively. Overall well done to all involved.
Harris, Alex Hill all successfully scoring goals. This victory was followed by the first and second playoffs with an even stronger East side – we lost 4 – 0. Notable performances go to George Berry, Alex Hill and Bill Bathurst. Both Dan Khalupsky and Nick Edwards also played
House Football
Senior Hockey
Well‌ how to glorify 4th place? Our first game The first game of the day was against Cubitt, pitted us against East, the favourites for the boasting mainly 1st and 2nd XI players, we competition. We kept our shape for the first fought well and deserved the 1-1 draw, Maxhalf and went 1-0 down early in the second ton providing the important equaliser. East half. Big Kola Fadahunsi pulled one back to came second and were dutifully dispatched 4make it 1-1 and then scored another after we 0, goals from Jay, Maxton, Thorpe and Gilbert. again conceded after sloppy play.
After a A truly dominating performance played mainly
tense period of extra time that was inconclu- in East’s half, Phelps the goalie was merely a sive, it was to be penalties. Unfortunately we spectator. The final game against North was a came out 2nd, losing 4-3. So into the 3rd/4th slightly disappointing 2-2 draw, we played well place play off against North. An aggressive and were 2-0 up but some slack defending alteam, we went 1-0 down very early, but hit lowed North to claw their way back. back through a goal from Alex Coates after an Being unbeaten is never a bad thing, we came exquisite through ball from Harry Jervis. From a close second place and were unlucky not to that point we just seemed to fall apart. This have won the competition. coupled with overly aggressive play from the A big thanks to everyone who played, especialNorth team helped lead us to our downfall as ly those for whom Hockey is not their chosen we then proceeded to concede another 3 goals sport! which were easily avoidable. A great effort Nathan Thorpe from the team though overall, and the team can be happy with how we played.
Junior Hockey
Alex Coates
We came into House Hockey with reasonable confidence, with a group of strong A/B players from UV and LV. Our first game was against a passionate East team who had a couple of skilful players, but, on paper they were the weakest out of the other three houses. After dominating most of the game with good performances from Will Warner (cm), and Ollie Pope who scored the goal, we unfortunately drew
Hayes and Nick Edwards who all put in an outstanding performance. Harry Jervis
Term Dates: after a lucky deflection from a short-corner Summer Term 2014 which ended the match as a tie (1-1). Next, we Term Starts played against a very strong North team who had a resilient midfield and was hard to break 5.30pm Tuesday 22 April 2014 - Boarders. Wednesday 23 April - Day Pupils down. Unlike in the first game, we were unable to get a decent flow of possession. We Long Leave - Friday 23 May (3.45pm) – Sunday 1 June (9.00pm) ended up losing 3-0 which was exasperating and put us into a hard position leading to the End of Term – Sunday 29 June 2014 - Speech Day match against Cubit. We started the Cubit game with high intensity and put in a great Michaelmas Term 2014 performance ending the game at 0-0. Although
Term Starts
we did miss some simple chances, we showed up and were all pleased with how we ended
Wednesday 3 September 2014 - Boarders Thursday 4 September - Day Pupils
our hockey season. Matthew Coates
Long Leave - Friday 17 October (3.45pm) – Tuesday 28 October (9.00pm)
Stonesett
End of Term 11.00am Wed 10 December 2014
Going into the competition this year, Loveday was confident in the teams that we put out and were hopeful to take home the tro-
Matron’s Corner
All medications and house bank money to be handed into the matrons on return to Edwards, Cameron Henderson and Angus school. phy. The team captains were Harry Jervis, Nick
Young. Unfortunately, we did not win. We
Please name all clothes that will be brought lost first place to East, who beat us by one back to school after Easter . point overall. Special mentions should go to Christian
Russell,
Harry
Moore,
Thank you! Ollie Megan Gale