EDITORS' NOTE

Interviews

We are proud to say this year has yielded stories in a great variety of areas, making it one of the most diverse editions to date. Articles related to psychology, chess and even ocean rowing accompany Hampton's more traditional sporting endeavours. Yet the common theme of immense talent and hard work emerge from everyone involved.

We would particularly recommend reading the interview with chess prodigy Rajat Makkar on his recent achievement of International Master Title (page 18); the incisive feature about the father and son rugby duo, Michael and Louis Lynagh (OH) 2019 in conversation with previous HSC editor Will Kelleher (OH) 2010 (page 22); as well as the entertaining collection of Social League Sterotypes (page 27). This year, there were also updates on the previously explored sports of tennis, cross country and high-level football.

One of the most exciting additions to HSC this year was the introduction of our video coverage for key sporting events, which marked a departure from our traditional print medium. We created a series of pre-match interviews leading up to the highly anticipated First XI ESFA Cup Final - which were then uploaded to our School's YouTube channel, offering a behind the scenes glimpse for our viewers.

Furthermore, we embarked on a Twitter takeover during the ESFA final, ensuring real time updates, which allowed the School community to be kept informed about every significant moment that unfolded on the field. Over 30 tweets were posted and we received 122,800 Twitter views!

HSC has largely relied on collaborative efforts this year. Therefore, we would like to express our gratitude to Mr Sharkey for supervising the entire process, the Media Office for their assistance in publishing the magazine and, above all, the writers themselves! Their dedication and hard work has been instrumental in bringing this magazine to life.

VISHAL SAHA AND JOSH HOOD

HSC writers, 2022-23:

Rahul Bansal

Arun Crowe

Omer Demiral

Henry Fagan

Arik Kuzmis

Harry McLusky

Alasdair McIntosh

Daniel Mills

Patrick Moroney

Jake O'Reilly

Omer Olcer

Tom Oliver

George Scholes

Tom Scrimshaw

Harry Takla

Manav Vasanth

Alex Watson

From his ESFA 2023 success to representing England, Josh King speaks to HSC about his remarkable footballing career on page 20.