The Dolphin 2015
Lyon House
contingent from Lyon’s Sixth Form involved in the 1st XV. As a result we managed to win both the Senior and Inters Inter House rugby with the Juniors coming second. The challenges on the sports field were always addressed by the boys of the House. Unfortunately we did not rise to the challenge of the Inter House debating competition. I hope that one year this competition with be embraced by the boys of Lyon. Now there is a challenge for the Jamie Vita new Upper Sixth. Before we knew where we were the Spring term was upon us with all that it entails. The highlight again was the House singing competition which always impresses me. Year in year out the House always sets a good standard. We did not hit the highs of the year before but we held our own and produced what I would call a par performance by our standards. In other areas we did well, winning the senior Inter-House hockey and were well represented in school teams. The business of academic endeavour continued with most of the House getting down to some hard work, especially
by Stuart Hamilton
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nce again I write this report after a very busy Summer term. There seems to be less and less time but still we manage to pack in a great deal of activity outside the curriculum. The whole year has been full of activities that have entertained and developed the boys in Lyon. The year started with our usual week of activities in the evenings so the new boys get a chance to meet and get to know more pupils in the House. The highlight always seems to be the evening of acting and the football evening. We did eventually get down to the business of the term and there seemed to be a good work ethic and most pupils got down to their academic work. The annual tag rugby festival was a success in that we entertained the School on a Sunday afternoon and raised some money for the charity Blue Skye Thinking. What was really good to see was that all members of the House pulled together to deliver all their jobs and we even managed to win the trophy for the first time since 2007. In fact the House did well in the first half of term winning both the junior and senior badminton, something we have not achieved before. We then followed this up by
Back Row (left to right): Thomas Dickson, Alexander Artemenko, Chris White, Jordan Adams, Harry Corbett, Milo McCloud, Nathaniel Mainoo, Rufus Wright, Tavish Smibert, Max Behm, Ben Thomas. Third Row (left to right): Yusei Fukazawa, Rhodri Harper, Jacob Ide, Chan Hok Pan Moriz, Harry Woolway, Edgar Leung, Hugo Tyson, Harry McHugh, Mike Stride, Ivo Wright, Oliver Crossfield, Robert Jin, Danil Suetin, Peter Nefedov, James Mitri. Second Row (left to right): Sean Lock, Hugo Taylor, Myles Yeandel, Toby Doig, Edward Bascombe, Tom Williams, Henry McCosker, Thomas Alderton, Luke Hyde, Anton Radalov, Seb Claas, Aaron Zhou, Finlay Rose, Joe Carretta, Toby Rogers, Guillermo Garcia-Valdecasas. Front Row (left to right): Mrs D. Biddiscombe, Edwin Leung Kwok Hin, Mr W.Stainton, Corey Yung Hon Tam, Mr W. Spilsbury, James Laver, Mr D. Cowley, Hugh Edgar, Mr R.S. Hamilton, Mrs E.J. Hamilton, Bastian Maiworm, Mr T. Fletcher, Owen Mansfield, Mr A.J. Marshfield, James Evans, Jamie Vita, Josh White. Below: James Evans
winning the senior and junior football. This was the first time in recent history that we had done this. Much credit for this must go to Hugh Edgar and the senior boys as well as Tom Williams who was good at organising the junior teams. A number of pupils were involved in rugby teams during the term with a large a
those who had endured their mock examinations. The rest of the term was busy for the examination year groups getting their course work done and dusted. The final Inter-House competition this term was the cross country; we did not win anything collectively but there were some excellent individual performances from Henry McCosker and Hugh Edgar. The many examination term started with more examinations in the first half of term. It was a short period of revision before the main bulk of examinations started. The boys of the House were involved in a variety of sports
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