Malvern View Lent 2016

M ALVERN VIEW Issue 24 | Lent 2016

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From the Headmaster

2 When I look back on a term I am always amazed at the diverse range of events and activities which have engaged our pupils, and this term is certainly no exception to that. They have been inspired and challenged by visiting lecturers, masterclasses and academic competitions as well as by tours abroad and physical activities. By reading this publication, you will gain an insight into what it is to be part of the Malvern community and how a pupil’s life may be enriched by being on stage in the inter-

and skills as well as consolidating areas in which they have already demonstrated prowess.

Enjoy the read!

Antony Clark Headmaster

Ellerslie and No.9 win the Clark Cup The Ellerslie girls, and the boys of No.9 were delighted to be presented with the brand new Clark Cup in December. The cups, donated by the Headmaster and Dr Brigitte Clark are to be awarded each term for the top average effort grades in a boys’ House and and in a girls’ House. What a fantastic way to celebrate pupils’ hard work.

Many congratulations to the following Ellerslie girls who are on this term’s Honour Roll: Evyanne Ewusie, Ishika Agrawal, Victoria Phillips, Louisa Zinke, Ella Warren, Antonia Jebens, Cheryl Yuen, Isadora Paes de Almeida Bittencourt, Trinny Salnikow, Tiffany Lee, Anna Ghidini, Becky Gray, Kelly Liu, Emma Tudor, Clare Cocker, Laura Dell’Antonio, Nicole Di Segni and Serena Smith, who has now been awarded Academic colours twice during her time at Malvern.

Also to the No.9 boys who have earned their award by achieving the top average efforts points score: Gus Stephenson, Dino Abduljawad, Jamie Bitenyo-Jones, Charles Izzard, Edward Mayell, Frederick Reuther, Marco Spaziani Testa, Julius Lange, Paul Döhring, Ilya Belikov, Advait Manur, Joseph Murgatroyd, Tristan New and Enrico Ventura.

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Back row: Clare Cocker (EH), Aramide Adenmosun (No.4).

Middle row: Toni Adejuyigbe (SH), Lorenz Freigassner (No.5), Henry de Spoelberch (No.1).

Front row: Ben Williams (No.1). Maria Zuberek (OM No.6, 1913–15) is not pictured above.

Seven top-class offers Seven pupils at Malvern College have recently been offered places at Oxford and Cambridge and this year there is a balance between the Sciences and Social Sciences, with Law, Economics (two offers), Chemistry, Biology, Engineering and Human Sciences all represented. The popularity of both universities remains equally strong, with four places offered at Oxford and three at Cambridge.

A delighted Antony Clark, extending his congratulations to the pupils who have received offers said, “They have

the intellectual agility as well as the academic curiosity and drive to be offered their conditional places.” Mr Clark continued, “I am sure that they will enjoy the challenge associated with life in a fast-moving academic environment, as will our other students who are awaiting offers of

Visits to Oxford and Cambridge A number of our academically ambitious pupils visited Oxford

Hertford College, Oxford

the applications process and the particular challenges of undergraduate study there.

Chris Calderwood (St John’s, Cambridge) led an overnight visit to St John’s and Sidney Sussex Colleges at Cambridge, where our pupils met up with OMs studying there. Their guides, organised by Valeriya Malenko (Trinity), included Will Raby-Smith (Emmanuel), Nancy John (Christ’s), Hani El-Bay (Trinity) and Paulin Nusser (Magdalene). They then had a taste of student living, and dining in college as well as some helpful advice from the Admissions tutors. Andrew Law (Brasenose, Oxford) took a group on a day visit to Oxford that comprised a guided tour of Balliol College and a taste of academic life at Hertford College, where the group attended an academic taster session on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

The pupils dined in college and made the most of their time to question current undergraduates before meeting OMs studying there: Gerald Roseman (Corpus Christi), James Calderwood (St Benet’s Hall) and William Law (St John’s).

Both groups were inspired by their visits which helped to demystify both the admissions process and what student life is like at these great universities.

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Listening to Black Holes It was perfect timing. Earlier this term Dr Ilya Mandel, from

although GW hadn’t been directly detected yet – he thought they would, very soon! A few weeks later, it was announced to the world that GW had been detected. It was very exciting.

We were seeing history in the making.

Einstein came up with the idea of these waves as a result of his Theory of General Relativity. Large, fast moving mass (such as orbiting black holes) stretch and squeeze spacetime, creating these GW. These waves carry huge amounts of energy but we can’t observe them because they don’t interact with anything very strongly. In fact one of Dr Mandel’s research tasks is to predict how often a GW is emitted, so that

D.E.A.R. time in No.5 A new initiative was introduced in the House this term, suggested by Dr Bradley Wells, Head of English and a tutor in No.5.

Drop Everything and R 20 minutes of Hall each evening, for boys in the FY and Remove! No laptops, no music, no text books are allowed, just good, old fashioned reading books are the order of the day. Well received so far, this initiative prompted one of space to catch up with my book whereas before

Tom Newman, Housemaster No.5

the physicists know how often they might detect them in the huge kilometre-long detector in America (www.ligo.org).

We listened to the noise, which could be emitted by two black holes as they circle each other and emit GW. The pupils were keen to know what would happen to someone as they approached a black hole (they would get pulled into a long piece of spaghetti!) and how black holes are formed (huge stars collapse under the force of gravity).

There was a real buzz afterwards as pupils discussed the ideas and things they had heard. We were pleased that pupils from local schools were also able to join us.

Jane James, Teacher of Physics

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Inaugural Blumenau Lecture: Jonathan Dimbleby interesting vignettes about the associated disputes of Blumeneau Lectures, made possible by Old Malvernian Andrew Curran (No.2, 1960–64). Ralph Blumeneau was an inspirational Head of the History at Malvern where he taught between 1958 and 1985.

This inaugural lecture was delivered to a packed Big School where Mr Dimbleby gave a fascinating account of the longest continuous campaign of World War II. He set the military action in political context, and provided

Christmas Lecture series In December thirteen pupils took to the lectern in the Lewis minutes each) to the Foundation Year as part of the new Malvern Science Christmas lectures initiative. This year the topics ranged from ‘Time travel’, to ‘Why we yawn’, an amusing talk on dihydrogen monoxide and an explanation of the ‘Science of ice cream’.

As well as giving the audience short, fun presentations pupils in the Lower Sixth an opportunity to show off their passion about a little bit of science that particularly interests them. The event was really successful and will run in December each year in the run up to Christmas.

Dr Natalie Watson, Head of Science

Winston Churchill. He demonstrated excellent humour and presented his material with his customary élan.

After the lecture, Mr Dimbleby signed copies of his book, ‘The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War’.

Jon Herod, Head of History

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Particle Physics Masterclass Dr Maria Pavlidou showed us a glimpse of the amazing world of high energy physics when she came to spend a day at Malvern in February. We spent the morning as particle physicists, using the actual software and data from organisation for Nuclear Research est.1954).

Sixth Formers analysed data from the particle collisions detect neutrinos (which can’t be directly detected at CERN).

When particles are smashed together, new parties are formed.

They worked out which new particles were being made, and calculated the masses of some of the W and Z Bosons

William Shakespeare OM? Bradley Wells, Head of English Recently unearthed evidence proves conclusively that William Shakespeare was not the sixteenth century Stratfordian that we have all been traditionally led to believe but was, and possibly still is, in fact, a Malvern College pupil. Or so it was proposed by Dr Bradley Wells, Head of English, at the Lower School Masterclass presented recently in the Lewis Lecture Theatre.

After joining other well-known anti-Stratfordian conspiracists in de-bunking the myth that is Shakespeare, Dr Wells went on to draw evidence form the various plays to show that the Malvern College Qualities were secretly embedded in all the texts and that, once the code was cracked through scansion and linguistic analysis, the Malvern connection was clear. The discussion that followed was, as hoped, very lively indeed.

Inspired by the ongoing success of the various academic groups in the College such as the Wheeler-Bennett and the Aston Societies, the College has recently introduced the Lower School Masterclass series. This was a very successful beginning to the series of lectures that will run at least once per term, designed to challenge our Foundation Year, Remove and Hundred pupils beyond the classroom.

(the particles created in a weak interaction) involved. a Higgs Boson and bagged a prize along the way. Several pupils won ‘particle physicist hats’ for correctly identifying the processes involved in the particle collisions. It was a fascinating morning which gave us a real understanding of some of the work going on in High Energy Physics. The of Birmingham for this event, and our IT department who got all the software ready for the workshop!

Jane James, Teacher of Physics

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Harvard pre-College programme selection I am an active member of the Philosophy Club at Malvern and earlier this year my general interest in the subject led delighted to learn that I have been selected for the course and consider it a great honour.

The two week course at Harvard will most certainly be an enriching and intellectually challenging experience.

The programme includes courses in Critical Thinking and Philosophy, and provides time to discuss the material with professors, senior academics and fellow students.

This vital aspect of the course will enable us to further explore philosophical concepts and perspectives and will give us a wider understanding of all that we cover during the two weeks. The course will also provide time for cocurricular activities like public speaking competitions. My Nations at Malvern are great preparation for this and I eagerly anticipate being able to expand my knowledge in various topic areas and learning to improve my key skills.

Given my interest in studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at university, the Harvard Summer School course will enable me to increase my general knowledge and appreciation of Philosophy itself and provide me with a thirst for academic challenges in the future. It will be thought-provoking and hard work but most importantly I hope that it will be a rewarding and interesting experience.

Felix Hoyos (Lower Sixth, SH)

Lucretian Society lecture: Dr Jasper Trevelyan ‘The Life of a Cardiologist in the 21st Century’ Dr Jasper Trevelyan is a cardiologist at the Royal Worcester Hospital trained in general and interventional cardiology.

He has set up the new angioplasty service for Worcestershire and we were delighted that he was able to visit Malvern in November to give a talk to our Sixth Form pupils, staff and Old Malvernians. We were all fascinated to hear about the new techniques and processes that help save lives every day in the NHS. Dr Trevelyan was asked some interesting questions ranging from the impending Junior Doctors strike, to whether the government should put a tax on sugary foods (given the additional strain that the modern western diet has placed on the NHS). This was a very informative evening and much enjoyed by the those who attended.

Dr Cathy Hartog, Teacher of Biology

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Champion Scientists There was great excitement as the new Inter-House Science competition got underway. where two colourless solutions, mixed together, turn dramatically black after a short time; how much time this takes depends on the starting concentrations of the two solutions. Pupils were asked to prepare solutions that would change in exactly 30, 45 and 60 seconds. There was an atmosphere of both rivalry and achievement in the Razak Science Centre, as the pupils battled to be the quickest to get their solutions to work at precisely the right time. School House took victory in this round.

Round two involved preparing and testing biofuels made from a range of cooking oils. After hydrolyzing the fats in the vegetable, corn or sesame oil the pupils used their biofuel to measure the heat released as it burned.

No.8’s biofuel produced the most heat per gram of fuel. absorbing agents present in babies’ nappies. The teams used their Chemistry prowess to discover just how much liquid one nappy could hold without leaking. They were astonished although it was agreed that it would be a questionable parent that would allow a baby to go so long without a change!

After all three rounds, the results of the competition were: 1st place 60 points – No.8 2nd place 53 points – No.2 3rd place 52 points – No.5 My thanks go to the Sixth Form pupils for their splendid organisation, to the science teachers and technicians for their help and support.

Dr Natalie Watson, Head of Science

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Mathematicians achieve Gold We congratulate Alex Tocher (No.5), Oscar Holroyd (No.2), Ilia Belikov (No.9), Pierre Zivny (SH), Clare Cocker (SH), James Hooker (No.5), Aidan Baird (No.5) and Riku Yagi (No.2) all of whom received a Gold Award at the recently held Mathematics Challenge. them in the top 1% of candidates, across the country, who took part. Aidan Baird and Ilia Belikov also opted to take part in the Olympiad with Aidan scoring the highest mark of the four!

Chris Thomas, Head of Mathematics

Gloucester Docks The Geography department visited Gloucester Docks in February and had a very productive day walking a transect into the city and looking at different urban zones to collect data. Later we looked at the regeneration of the docks area and considered how (and why) they have changed over time.

After days fretting over the weather we were blessed with one of the few sunny days this term. What a highly enjoyable day!

Rupert Needham, Head of Geography

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Design & Technology

The Aston Martin Lecture As part of the annual Malvern Festival of Innovation we hosted the Aston Martin Lecture here at Malvern College. Pupils from Malvern studying Design and Technology and pupils from local secondary schools were able to get ‘face to face’ with the brand new Aston Martin DB9 parked at the entrance to the Gryphon Room; inspiration, it was hoped, for these auto engineers of the future.

Dr Bal Choda is a design engineer for Aston Martin. He gave the group an insight into the different roles an engineer can play and just how exciting this can be as he previewed the new Bond Bal Choda explained that young graduates can make a contribution to the design process. Their latest recruit working as part of the design team feels that he has “one of the most sought after jobs in the automotive engineering industry”.

Textiles by Angie Hughes Local textile artist Angie Hughes is working with the Remove pupils at Malvern this term. Angie has talked to us about her a series of lessons demonstrating the range of techniques that she uses in her own work, such as foiling onto velvet, and free machine embroidery. The pupils will have the chance to experiment with the techniques before they create their own piece of work.

This work will form part of their GCSE Textiles coursework and gives the pupils an extremely valuable insight into working as an artist, particularly how designers come up with ideas.

Vanessa Young, Teacher of Design & Technology

Artwork by Angie Hughes

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A driver in the making Fourteen-year-old Liv Holt (No.3) is fast acquiring the skills that might make her a racing driver.

She joined Tyro, a local karting organisation in June 2013 where Quickly on the pace, she soon reached the stage that all drivers meet – she could catch people up, but she needed to learn how to overtake them. This technique acquired, she could concentrate on her lap times (and conquer her aversion to wet weather). In November 2014 Liv took a brilliant second place in a heat having been in the lead for most of the race, in the wet! Since then nothing much is stopping her. School permitting, she is working her way up the class and has reached the top three. Attempting to overtake the best has caused a few spins but at the top of her class she is able to give the best a run for their money. Next season Liv, in her quest for even faster racing, will move to the more powerful TKM class.

“Motor Racing is governed by the Motor Sports Association with strict rules and regulations to ensure driving and safety standards.

It requires a combination of many skills on the track. Judging what is required ahead quickly is a given and the stop-watch remains the motivator for drivers who strive to improve with every lap. Liv is an example of a tenacious young lady with all the requisite attributes of an emerging racing driver,” says Steve Chapman, Protrain Team Manager.

DofE Bronze the Malvern Hills. Tough weather was upon us with very low-level mist, heavy rain and driving wind. The pupils battled their way up the Beacon before navigating their way from the summit and back through the surrounding countryside; at times in visibility down to around ten metres.

Rain returned on the Sunday morning so this had been a real test for them – well done to you all.

Jay Watts, Outdoor Pursuits & Leadership Co-ordinator

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Art

Autumn Sunset at Llyn Hir Jonty Hall Llyn Hir (the Long Lake) sits high within the Cambrian Mountains of Mid Wales between Welshpool and Machynlleth. It is a remote place that Jonty (No.5) adores for its open landscape and broad skies. On this October evening, the wilderness was remarkably still and the hills and Camera settings: ISO 160 / 26MM / 3EV / f/4.2 / 1/40

Pupils in the Hundred explore portraiture Pupils in the Hundred are continuing to research the genre of portraiture, exploring a variety of traditional and digital media sources. This exploration, pursued through photography, drawing, printmaking and digital imaging, will feed the the end of term.

Stuart Callister, Director of Art

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Morgan Motor Car Company visit What a great privilege it is to have the Morgan Motor Company on our doorstep. Our pupils are always interested to visit to see the latest developments in automobile engineering and on this occasion our pupils were engaged in the collection of powerful images for Art and Photography projects. Working to the brief: ‘to take highly considered photographs where formal elements such as viewpoint, were considered in relation to both the cars, the workers and the factory setting’ they spent a fascinating morning looking at the production line at the factory in Malvern Link.

Pupils used this visually rich environment to harness subject matter that would give them a number of starting points for both the GCSE and A Level assignments.

They are now using the images they collected to make drawings, paintings and digital images for their sketchbooks in preparation for their summative exam.

Stuart Callister, Director of Art

From the Archivist The Morgan Motor Company has grown up in the Malvern area and has strong links with Malvern College through master of engineering. Stephenson Peach, whose grandfather was George Stephenson of Rocket fame, helped a young

William Stephenson Peach

Medical Centre. The prototype, a three–wheeler and the forerunner of the present Morgan car, was built in 1908.

Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan (1881–1959), founder of the Morgan Motor Company was an apprentice at the Great Western Railway works at Swindon. He left in 1904 to start his own taxi business in Malvern Link and the rest is history!

engineering workshops at Malvern College, now the College Ian Quickfall, Malvern College Archivist

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Music

Informal Concert A full and varied programme was presented in January in the latest of our Informal Concert series. Kicking things off was Stephen Esiri (No.9) with a lovely arrangement of the wellknown American folk song Shenandoah. Following Stephen were Ilia Belikov (No.9) playing A Beautiful Storm by Jennifer Thomas, Alex Tocher (No.5) playing a lively Hip Hip Bourrée

by Julian Jacobson on the cello, and Joshua Esiri (No.9) playing the second movement of Beethoven’s Bb major Piano Sonata. Charles Izzard (No.9) then played Twinkle Toes – a sprightly piece by Jim Parker.

Our Cello Club then made their customary appearance, performing Albinoni’s Adagio in G minor in an arrangement by our own Suzie Walden. Charlie Bijl (No.2) gave us an assured performance of the second movement of Hummel’s Trumpet concerto, which was followed by Selina Yogeshwar (No.6) who gave us a very musical rendition of Lied der Mignon by Schubert. Annabelle Moody (FY, No.8), making wu by Mingxin Du, played with musicality and assurance.

Selina and Angeliki Andreou (No.4) then sang a duet – Who will love me as I am from Side Show by Henry Krieger.

Isha Kotecha (No.8) has been a regular performer in her time at the College, and she played the very unusual but effective piece, Hypnosis, by Ian Clarke. This was a very We were then treated to Saint-Saens’ Allegro Appassionato

by Freya Westwood (EH) on her cello. This is a well-known piece in the cello repertoire and Freya managed to combine the lyrical with the technical in a lovely performance. Sara Blei (No.6) then followed with the Allegro molto e con brio from Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in C minor. This is a demanding piece but was well-managed by Sara. Rounding off the evening was Lucie Fletcher (FY, No.8) – already a seasoned performer – singing If I loved you from Carousel

by Rodgers and Hammerstein. As ever, our thanks to the performers and their teachers for a lovely evening.

Jonathan Brown, Director of Music

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Unplugged at Malvern College Rogers Theatre A staggering 24 acts took to the stage on an evening in The concerts have run since 2013 and offer our pupils an alternative platform from which to perform their own choice of music. This freedom results in a hugely enjoyable evening

truly inclusive.

We especially enjoyed: Toni’s (SH) rapping; Charlie’s (No.6) self-penned monologue act; the entire Jazz Band; the stage debut of FY bass-guitarist, Nick Horn (No.5); guitarist Bonnie Green (FY No.3); vocalist Guilia Buttiglione (No.6) and the outstanding vocal talent of George Amphlett (No.9); the return of Hannah Michell (No.4) and her acoustic guitar, bass guitar and vocal talents; Lucie Fletcher’s (FY No.8) vocal improvisations; and Cezar’s (SH) cool arrival into the packed theatre! The evening was brought to a close by the staff band who surprised the 200+ members of the audience with two performances that got everyone on to their feet dancing! A great atmosphere, once again!

Mrs Rhian Grundy, Head of Contemporary & Popular Music

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Borneo Expedition Fundraising All male members of the Borneo expedition team, as well as eleven male members of staff, submitted to limb waxing to raise funds for the building materials we intend to use in Borneo to build water towers that will bring clean water to communities who presently are managing without it. An unbelievable ÂŁ2,000 was raised, helped by the staff who provided the main entertainment!

Congratulations to the team and particularly Oscar Holroyd (No.2) and Alex Tocher (No.5) who organised the event.

Jay Watts, Outdoor Pursuits & Leadership Co-ordinator

Training The team heading out to Borneo this summer took a weekend in January to get to know each other better. They were tasked with planning and building a detailed itinerary for the expedition and having a go at cooking for a large

In Wales they learned how to navigate in the hills and to build on those cooking skills. They simply can’t tire out a one-year old Labrador!

Jay Watts, Outdoor Pursuits & Leadership Co-ordinator

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CCF Winter mountaineering in Scotland Over the Half term week a valiant group of six pupils from Malvern were joined by four pupils from King’s Worcester and two from Bredon School in their quest to complete six challenging days of Winter Skills Training in and around the Cairngorms. The Scottish weather provided one of the biggest challenges of all with lots of snow and very high winds causing temperatures on the top to drop to around – 15°Centigrade at times. All members of the party

Cairngorm and the building of a 16 person ‘igloo’ as an emergency shelter.

A most notable experience was the overnight ‘bothy trip’ on the Balmoral estate, where the party stayed in Prince Charles’s outhouse! The return route from the bothy included climbing Lochnagar in freezing but sunny conditions – a perfect end to a great week.

Thanks to SSI Nichols for his organisation, the support of Lindsey Goodrum and to the group leaders Konrad Doyle

were some memorable highlights: some mixed route rock/ice plateau to climb Ben Macdui (second highest mountain

Bert Lacey, o/c CCF at Malvern

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Paddle-sport coaching course pupils up to the Lake District to be trained as Level 1 Paddlesport coaches. This is a tough four-day course which tests personal paddling skills in a range of crafts, as well as rescue skills and the ability to coach beginners on the water.

Throughout the course, participants learnt how to run safe, exciting and progressive sessions for up to twelve beginners.

Congratulations to Mrs. Angling, Hugh Beaumont (OM, No.2), Vladimir Mozhaev (No.5), Rollo Warden (No.5), Hamish Brodie (No.9) and Jonny Wilson (No.1) for gaining their awards and to Laurence Elgar (No.5) who completed the course but will have to wait for his 16th birthday to seems that at the age of 16 years and one month, Hamish may well be the youngest Level 1 coach in the country!

provider, Sean McGrath, commended pupils on their Jay Watts, Outdoor Pursuits & Leadership Co-ordinator

White-water kayaking Mrs Angling braved the cold white-water in various rivers throughout the Lake District to improve their paddling skills.

Learning to paddle in grade two/three rapids, was a steep learning curve for all. The group had to run the rapids safely, plan how to make their approach and provide safety cover for each other in the process. They all performed fantastically well.

Well done to Hamish Brodie (No.9) who, despite getting ‘worked’ several times in the circulating water, held his nerve and rolled his boat up perfectly (a number of times) then

Jay Watts, Outdoor Pursuits & Leadership Co-ordinator

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Farewell dinner A dinner was held in the Gryphon Room on Friday 4th December to mark Lord MacLaurin’s retirement as Chairman of the College Council, a post he has held since 2003.

Amongst the 200 guests attending were past and present members of the College Council, Governors, OMs, former members of Common Room and senior members of today’s Common Room and College management team.

College musicians played at the Reception, and in two solo performances during the course of the evening: Selina Yogeshwar (No.6) sang Durch Zartlichkeit und Schmeicheln and Charlie Tuergenthal (No.6) sang Cabaret.

Antony Clark, Headmaster, spoke eloquently about Lord MacLaurin’s huge contribution to the College over

Portraits Outstanding portraits by Keith Breeden, of Lord Ian MacLaurin (No.5, 1951–56) and of another very distinguished and long-serving Chairman of College Council, Sir Stephen Brown (No.2 & No.6, 1939–42) were unveiled at the dinner held to bid farewell to Lord MacLaurin. They will hang in the Main Reception of the College.

Syd Hill, Secretary to the Malvernian Society

Lord MacLaurin, retiring Chairman of the College Council with new Chairman Robin Black

seven and a half decades as pupil, sportsman, member of Council and latterly as Chairman. The incoming Chairman, Robin Black (No.8, 1971–76), spoke about the excitement and success of recent years, which was largely to do with Lord MacLaurin’s leadership and business skills.

Then Lord MacLaurin spoke passionately about his lifelong association with the College and how he had made a special effort as Chairman to develop the leadership team at the College to its full potential. He was given a welldeserved standing ovation. This was a very special occasion.

Syd Hill, Secretary to the Malvernian Society

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Mark Pougatch (OM) Mark Pougatch (No.2, 1981–86) attracted a good audience of pupils, OMs, current and former members of Common Room and friends of Malvern College to a riveting talk about his memories of happy years at the College and his career in sports journalism and television. Naturally at ease with his audience in the Lewis Lecture Theatre, Mark then answered guests individually at a Reception. Another very enjoyable OM Lecture in this Anniversary Year.

Syd Hill, Secretary to the Malvernian Society

Staff Profile: Natalie Watson, Head of Science Natalie joined Malvern College in 2005 as a part-time member of the science department when her daughters were both young. She has since been able to take on a full-time timetable Head of Chemistry and more recently as Head of Science.

As a post-graduate student Natalie researched the growth hormone thyroxine (that regulates the metabolic rate and is used as an anti-obesity drug). During her time in research she realised that she wanted to share her passion for science with young people, and as well as enjoying teaching the challenging IB and A level courses. One of the things that with 10 and 11 year olds and watching their excitement as they see the magic of chemical demonstrations.

Natalie has two daughters Eve (aged 13) who is a promising swimmer and Hayley (aged 11) who enjoys gymnastics, ballet and singing! Outside the science department Natalie likes to swim and walk or mountainbike over the Hills. She has recently taken up sprint triathlons and Open water swimming events.

Quentin Letts The English Department recently hosted a special talk from renowned writer, journalist, literary critic and social commentator, Quentin Letts. Those pupils and staff who were of Thursday 11th February were treated to a wonderfully engaging, humorous and sometimes provocative speech that covered a range of topics including the changing role of stressed the importance of being sceptical but not cynical as a writer, reader and citizen in this modern world.

Bradley Wells, Head of English

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Roger Gower (OM) OMs will be extremely sad to hear that the helicopter pilot who was shot down and killed at the end of January whilst chasing poachers in a wildlife park in Tanzania was Roger Gower (No.9, 1991–96), who was in No.9 with Bill and Christina Denny. Roger began his career as an accountant but found his vocation when he trained as a helicopter pilot in Florida and he had been working in Tanzania since 2009.

Syd Hill, Secretary of the Malvernian Society

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Drama

‘Grease’ Grease, everyone’s favourite Rock n’ Roll Musical, and this year’s Senior Play, was performed for three nights to a Rogers Theatre packed to the rafters! The cast comprised over forty pupils drawn from the Lower Sixth and Hundred year groups.

A major feature of this production was the set design. each scene. Lighting by Steve Doidge and choreography by Sue Close were superb and key to this successful production, whilst costumes by Heather Fryer were stunning. Director of Music Jonathan Brown and his band of drums, bass, guitar, saxophone and keyboards had everyone’s toes tapping and Director of Drama Keith Packham’s direction made for a punchy, energetic performance throughout.

Flora Cripwell (No.4) as Sandy Dumbrowski and Sebastian Thurlow (SH) as Danny Zuko were outstanding in the leading roles. Their solo singing of the iconic musical numbers was outstanding. The immediate supporting cast brought vitality and interest as the tale unfolded and the most famous production songs like Grease (is the Word).

This was a wonderfully uplifting production – the energy, zest and passionately smiling performances from the young cast were all excellent and the ‘feel good factor’ truly captured. As the audience emerged from the Rogers Theatre into a dark and rainy November evening, it was the thought of Summer Nights that lingered poignantly in the memory. A wop baba lu mop a wap bam boom!

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‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ A vast, all-pervading stage orb provided the moonlit ambiance that illuminated thin strips of rope creating the supernatural forest – a place of unexpected sounds and shadows, unease and confusion; a world of nymphs and fairies where the delineation between the harsh, brutal court of Theseus and the spiritual world of King Oberon and Queen Titania was evoked.

Lovers, Mechanicals and Spirits were all performed with great maturity by a young cast of Remove actors who delivered Shakespearean Congratulations to the cast, lighting crew and production team for a visually stunning production full of zest featuring moments of great hilarity that were much enjoyed by all.

Keith Packham, Director of Drama

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House Drama Competition

No.7

It is no mean feat to embrace the range of skills required to stage a House play. Each House has to choose and cast the play, edit the script, rehearse enough when time is short its number that, in the end, might well make the difference between an ordinary play and a blockbuster. Wholly pupil led, this is not least of it – there is the direction of the actors to consider as well.

We were royally entertained from Friday evening until Sunday by a series of performances that ranged from the clever and imaginative to the hilarious and heart warming; some more polished than others, it is true, but all involved a great deal of industry and creativity.

Clever adaption and quick wit kept us spellbound through variations of The Pirates of the Caribbean, The Vicar of Dibley, Cinderella, and Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. The Mean Girls were also in evidence, as was Disney’s Aladdin, Shutter Island and the Hound of the Baskervilles. The Malcol King and Bugsy Malone were present too and highly entertaining, and Beauty and the Beast brought the competition to a close.

Bravo to all those who poured their hearts and souls into their productions for us all to enjoy.

Awards went to: Best Play – No.4’s Cinderella Best Actress – Cecily Warrilow (No.3) Best Actor – Luc Wilson (No.5) and Egor Volchkov (SH) Best Director(s) – Seb Thurlow and Alex Best of School House, co-directors of Shutter Island Best Technical Design – No.2’s Bugsy Malone.

Best Entertainment – Jointly to No.7’s The Pirates of the Caribbean and to No.5’s The MalCol King Lucy Newman, Adjudicator

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Wine tasting on Burns Night In January, pupils from Malvern College were invited to Malvern St James to spend an evening tasting and evaluating wines. Something of a tradition, this wine tasting evening (that usually takes place on Burns Night) is a really good occasion.

In keeping with the Burns Night theme the menu was Scottish with smoked salmon, haggis and even a rendition of ‘Ode to a Haggis’ by Matt Calderwood (SH).

We enjoyed six different wines from around the world

which complemented the food excellently. As if all this were not enough, the evening ended with a traditional Scottish song and some rather unco-ordinated reeling.

We all had a fantastic time and greatly appreciated the effort of Mr Morris and Mrs Huntley from MSJ in organising the evening. We look forward to hosting the girls at Malvern next year.

Robert Porter (SH)

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Pancakes with Mr Eglin This term we were invited by Mr Eglin to the private side of the House to cook some pancakes!

First we made the batter and all of us had a chance to stir it to make sure it was smooth. I was quite good at it, I

catch prevented it (probably thanks to his cricket skills). turned it over in the pan. Then came the best bit – we all got to eat two pancakes with chocolate syrup or sugar!

Thanks Mr and Mrs Eglin for a great time.

Vineet Pendurthi (FY, No.7)

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A golden occasion

Photos by: Francis Tocher Photographic

Started way back in 1999 by Andy and Lin Murtagh as a way to get the parents of No.5 boys together, Friends of Five hit its 50th meeting in January, some

gathering remains a wonderful occasion and a very special date in the No.5 calendar.

Once a term we welcome, on average, 30–40 parents and a distinguished guest speaker. Over the years we have been entertained by two Headmasters, a Headmaster’s wife (who shared her Desert Island Discs with us), an ex Dean of Westminster Abbey, a Channel swimmer, a member of a team who raced to the North Pole, a former professional cricketer, a clinical psychologist and many, many more. To mark this 50th meeting of the event Lord MacLaurin OM (No.5, 1951–56), spoke about life as it was in the boarding house 60 years ago, as well as about plans for the College’s future. It was a great evening spent in super company and with delicious food. The House the support of the Friends – here’s to the next 50!

Tom Newman, Housemaster No.5

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Ellerslie birthday supper The theme for this term’s birthday supper was ‘Disney-Pixar’, with girls dressed in a variety of imaginative costumes, such as Joy from ‘Inside Out’, various animals, Alice (in Wonderland) and Minnie Mouse! The fork supper food (smoked salmon,

enjoyed Mr Brown’s quiz, complete with ‘Who Am I’ and Disney music rounds. There was much singing and laughter, and the pictures reveal the fun had by everyone present.

Special thanks also to Mrs Cage and Mr Calderwood for joining us and getting into the party spirit, as well as to our catering staff for providing such delicious food!

Emma Brown, Housemistress, Ellerslie House

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Cricket tour to South Africa This Half term the 1st XI touring squad travelled to South Africa. The tour would take us to Grahamstown and then on to Cape Town.

In Grahamstown matches were played against Kingswood High School and St Andrew’s College, our Headmaster’s old school. We were doing well in the match against Kingswood that was rained off near the close but it had been a good start to the tour by the boys, who were starting to get into their cricket stride. We spent a great Saturday at Port Alfred at the beach returning to Grahamstown and to our new hosts for the next match in the series against St Andrew’s College. slow; it was thought that a good score would be about 180.

This was a strong South African side and we never quite got the measure of them. We failed to bat out our overs and, as a result, they reached the target in the 44th over, with in Cape Town so it was an early start and early to bed.

Malvern v Bergvliet High School was a day/night game, something of a novelty for us. We got off to a good start with the bat and Josh Haynes looked in dominant form, driving and pulling with authority. Joe O’Gorman also looked in good form until he mis-timed a pull shot that was caught at square leg. Josh continued to bat well for his hundred, losing partners along the way but Malvern was able to post a good score (275) in their 40 overs. We did better rhythm, Jack Haynes proving the unlikely hero, taking Still in Cape Town, and against Rondebosch High School, This match was a low scoring affair but a cracker of a game.

a decent start. However we then lost wickets and struggled

to get their left arm spinner away. Well done to Mahaaz Ahmed who was the pick of the batsmen making 24 out bowled an exceptional spell and really applied the pressure to Rondebosch who were 7 for 4 and then 25 for 5. Malvern were on top. At 60 for 6 the boys believed they were going to win but alas it was not to be. Rondebosch passed the total 7 down and won by 3 wickets. An excellent effort from the boys against a very good cricket school: a great match.

In the third day/night game of the tour Malvern played Bishops Diocesan College. Josh Haynes won the toss and elected to bat, on another slow wicket. Malvern did not get off to the best start, losing three early wickets, but Jack Haynes and Mahaaz Ahmed built a good partnership and got Malvern back in the game. After 20 overs Malvern were we lost Jack straight after the drinks break but Mahaaz kept plugging away to get a well made 50. Josh White helped add some impetus towards the end and Malvern reached 146 in their 40 overs. This was a competitive score and there was no doubt that we believed we could win. Jack Charters claimed an early wicket but the seam bowlers then struggled for accuracy. Bishops had a very good number three who put the Malvern bowling under pressure. Enter the spinners.

Josh Haynes, Mahaaz Ahmed, Louis Taylor, and Jack Haynes all bowled with control and put a brake on the run rate.

The game was in the balance with 4 overs to go, but the Bishops number six came in and struck the ball powerfully, hitting two sixes and taking Bishops to victory. So close!

Our second all day game of the tour was against Wynberg High School in which Malvern put in another creditable performance. They just missed gaining the draw against this strong side. Malvern lost the toss and were in was beginning to take its toll and the Wynberg batsmen

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Charters then dismissed their opening batsman with an absolute brute of a delivery. But even this did not stem the tide of runs and Wynberg were moving along at 5 runs an over. Josh Haynes then took 3 quick wickets and at 125 for 5 it looked like Malvern may bowl them out for under 200.

Wynberg rallied and with a good 6th wicket stand this pushed the score to over the 200 mark. They eventually declared on 268 for 8 leaving Malvern 70 overs to get the runs. Malvern got off to a good start with Will Annetts using wickets did not stop the Malvern batsmen from pressing on, and good partnerships between Will Annetts and Josh Haynes, and then Advait Manur and Mahaaz Ahmed, put Malvern in contention. Will made a good 48 before he was caught behind off their leg spinner. The ball was really starting to turn and bounce but Malvern were playing well.

Needing 110 to win, with 4 wickets down Malvern tried to push on but lost 4 wickets in the process. The win was out of the question at 198 for 9 but could we hold on to a overs we had to bat and Jack Charters was unfortunately caught. But this had been a very good day’s cricket!

The last game of the tour was at Stellenberg, on the way to Paarl. This was a 20/20 match and as we arrived the whole school was there to greet us! The music was blaring and there was a large contingent from the school watching, all adding to a fantastic atmosphere. Malvern won the toss

and elected to bat. The two Haynes brothers were striking the ball well, picking good options and making boundaries.

The scoreboard was ticking along nicely and a score in excess of 185 was certainly on the cards. Jack was caught for 36, and then wickets started to fall at regular intervals as for 7 after 20 overs: Josh Haynes (72). Although Stellenberg got off to a good start they were never really in contention.

Toby Strong took 3 wickets in his four over spell and 3 wickets came from Joe O’ Gorman, leaving Stellenberg around 40 runs short after their 20 overs. A good win for the XI and a fantastic way to end the tour matches.

There was still the International 20/20 to see, at the legendary ground at Newlands, and this turned out to be an exciting match that went right to the wire. We had one last day in Cape Town when we made a visit to HOKISA, the charity we support, for children who have been orphaned by AIDS. This is a most humbling experience and it was wonderful to see our boys playing the drums and enjoying being with all the young boys and girls.

There were some tired bodies on the plane home that night and every one of us managed to get quite a few hours sleep. It was an absolute pleasure to lead this tour and I was very proud of the boys and how fantastic tourists and a credit to Malvern College.

Mark Hardinges, Master i/c Cricket

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Ferrets’ Race The Ferrets’ Race is run by the Foundation Year each November over 1.7 miles of the Malvern Common. On the day, dark clouds, fog and a thick, misty drizzle of rain came down off the Hills to settle over us, threatening to cause the cancellation of the race. But not a bit of it – the going was so beforehand meant that we were underway.

There was the usual excitement on the start line as the runners lined up for the off – this is a House competition, as well as an individual event and each competitor was keen to put in a good performance. This year, as predicted, was an extremely close race with several and the race did yield some seriously quick times.

He was followed by his House mate Lawrence Hooker, 15 seconds later, and 3rd place went to Augustus Stephenson

Angling (No.6) won the Girls’ individual competition in a time of 13 minutes and 25 seconds, beating her House mate, Georgina Inchbald, by just three seconds. Soon after them came Esther Woods (No.3) to claim 3rd place.

In the House competition, the No.5 boys won convincingly with their six best runners amassing a good overall low score.

The Girls’ House competition (four best runners) was won by the No.6 girls who dismissed the competition with an impressively low overall score. Well done to both No.5 and No.6 who both retain the Ferrets’ House cups for another year.

Jordan Nwachukwu, i/c Cross Country

District Cross Country Conditions were so wet this year that we had to abandon the course on Competitors were drawn from all the local schools, and the best runners would go through to the County Championships.

Malvern did well to have Laurence Hooker (No.5), Augustus Stephenson (No.9) and Oscar Siegert (No.2), qualifying from the Junior Boys’ race and Ariana Davison (No.4), Georgina Denham (No.6), Annika Schulz and Alina Allison (both from No.8) qualifying in the Intermediate Girls’ section. There was further success for Malvern in the Intermediate Boys’ race as Frederick Ashworth (No.5) Fraser Cox (No.7) and James Hooker (No.5) battled it out for 1st place in the Senior Boys’ competition with James taking 1st place and Fraser 2nd. Our Senior girls did very well indeed with Veda Baldota (EH), Claire Grimaldi (No.6) and Abigail Cunningham (No.8) day for Malvern College Cross Country – well done to all of our runners who represented the school with pride and determination.

Jordan Nwachukwu, i/c Cross Country

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Izzy Lloyd: Golf Izzy Lloyd (No.4) has been invited to join the Gloucestershire County Golf Academy 2016 where she will receive training that will help her golf practice and play. The training programme is funded by Sport England through the England Golf Partnership National Training Initiative and we look forward to seeing the development of Izzy’s game over the coming months.

Anne Sharp, Housemistress No.4

Jack Charters: Cricket Jack Charters (No.1), a right-arm fast bowler, was selected to January, qualifying because his mother is Fijian. In the match against England the side lost but Jack took a crucial wicket.

Jack is a regular part of the First XI side and toured with them to South Africa this Half term. He will spearhead the attack here at Malvern in the season to come.

Mark Hardinges, Master i/c Cricket

Alex Warallow: Hockey Alex Worrallo (No.3) has recently been selected for the Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE) programme, as well as the National Age Group Squad programmes are run for selected Year 12 Hockey players and are led by the Performance Department at England Hockey.

Mark Moss, Head Hockey Coach at Malvern College said, “I am delighted that Alex’s hard work is paying off; she thoroughly deserves these opportunities. I hope that the attributes to qualify. In addition, she is a fantastic role model for the girls at school here at Malvern College.”

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European Karate Bronze!

Congratulations to Frederic Reuther (No.9) who won a Bronze Medal for his performance at the KSI European Open Championships in Kimura Shukokai Karaté in Lucerne.

Despite breaking a bone in his hand in a training session three weeks earlier, he was able to compete in these championships albeit heavily taped.

Against the odds, he won the Bronze Medal in his category (Boys Kumité As a result of his brave and accomplished performance, his coach has offered him a place in the Swiss squad that will compete in the World Championships in Berlin in July 2016.

Paul Wickes, Housemaster No.9

West Country Fives Tournament Eight boys competed in the West Country Fives Tournament at Sherborne. In the matches convincingly against Alleynians. In the second round Lucas faced Albert Song, the No 1 seed from Winchester, and Andrew faced him in the next round, the from him than any other opponent on the day. sadly they could not produce their best form against the Winchester pair they had beaten at last year’s Nationals. The other six players all contested the plate again and had some excellent games.

Chris Thomas, i/c Fives

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Colquhoun Trophy: Fives Congratulations to Andrew Tudor (No.9) who won the 2015 Colquhoun Trophy in Sherborne, Dorset in November. The quality of his performance: “In the main competition, the draw pitted Andrew a cracker of a match, with some excellent play and

“.. while there were plenty of long and closely-fought force a mistake from his opponent. Deservedly, he won the was his dominance that he only conceded points in one of the six games he played all day. Clearly a man to watch…”

Paul Wickes, Housemaster, No.9

National Triathlon Another very successful tournament in the world of Triathlon for Freddie Ashworth (Remove, No.5) who won the regional competition to qualify for a place in the National Triathlon Competition in March. Freddie’s running and swimming were strong, and his pistol shooting almost as good.

During the week at school, Freddie works hard on all three

our swimming and running coaches here at Malvern. He is also being coached in pistol shooting by the CCF SSI, John Nichols. Freddie is going to be one to watch in the future.

Tom Newman, Housemaster No.5

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The Pritchard Racket The battle for the coveted Pritchard trophy attracts huge interest and draws out the closet rackets supporters for their annual trip to the Ron Hughes Rackets Courts. This year the who normally play as a pair and who know each other’s game inside out.

Will Annetts (No.9) v Josh Haynes (No.5) close and Will the victor. Two games to love.

It is a very long way back from two games down but a lapse in concentration from Will let Josh in. He moved between the service boxes with real purpose hitting some nice serves with plenty of cut. In the rallies he changed his tack and began to take the pace off the ball and opt for a better width and length. It was working and the score

answer, trailed at 11–2 and the game looked to be Will’s.

Yet Josh, in possession of great strength of character, began to claw his way back into the match. At 7–12 Josh had

hand allowed Will a chance and he stepped up a gear. With a

the width and length that had deserted him earlier in the match. At 13–8 the balance had tipped again. Will looked more assertive, but in a few changes of hand his 13–8 lead became 11–13 and the game was certainly hotting up.

Finally Will took the game by the scruff of the neck serving

11–9. Then Josh found a wonderful return of serve, hit down the line and found himself back in the service box to serve to 12–11. He was now three points away from forcing this match into a fourth game. A change of hand again and Will regained control at 14–12 and match point…. but a loose serve that hit the back wall with power was dispatched by his opponent who was serving to stay in the game. 12–14 became 13–14 as he found a superb angle forcing the ball into the far corner of the court. But then came an error and with the change of hand came match point number two for Will.

Saved a second time but not a third, the point went to Will Annetts and to him the title. With one more year at school for both these boys, the Pritchard Racket 2016 could be a real cracker but one thing is for sure it will be one not to miss.

In the second there was some top-class rallying from both players but Will was the more consistent, especially under pressure. The game seemed to be very even indeed as there were four changes of hand at 3–6. Neither was prepared to give an inch. Will’s serve, however, dug him out of trouble and he began to read the game more clearly. Picking up the pace he moved to 6–3 which rapidly became 10–3. 15–5 at the

It was seriously tense stuff; both boys were tiring, but Josh

Tom Newman, Master i/c Rackets.

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Success at Queen’s It was a good tournament at Queen’s this year for the Malvern College rackets players, culminating Renny Cup. Jack Haynes (No.5) got through to losing to the second seed 2–0.

Will Annetts (No.9) lost 3–0 to the eventual winner in the Foster Cup showing promise for next year. It was a fantastic achievement to get into the Foster Cup in the Lower Sixth.

The highlight of the week was Josh Haynes He won several rounds relatively comfortably to get through and was already thinking of

Tonbridge dug deep and managed to grind out the next three games to win 3–1. It is a great achievement for a Lower Sixth former to get this far and Josh will no doubt have earned a place in the prestigious Foster Cup next year.

Ella Warren (EH) and Issy Dewe (No.8)

Clifton College 2–0. Spirits were high, but they then lost their next two games, missing out accomplishment for them though and they have shown real determination to improve for next year. They had an amazing time and can be proud that they were involved in the inaugural Girls Championships at the bastion of the game.

There was a fantastic spirit amongst all the players on and off the court and we showed great teamwork and support for each other. It is now on to the Doubles at Easter and hopefully an equally good showing from all the players on that occasion too.

Noel Brett, Head Coach: Rackets

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Worcester Warriors selections Both Oliver Allsopp (No.9) and James Scott (No.7) Josh is starting the match in the number 10 position. He deserves this selection and we wish him every success. dominating the line-out and Ollie managing the game from 10 with precision in passing and kicking. Warriors came out with a resounding victory, 44–19. Interestingly, James Page (No.7, 2010–15) was man of the match in this game. Both Oliver and James have done extremely well this term and deserve every success.

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Left to right: Josh Phipps, James Scott and Oliver Allsopp

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Sunday 12th June OPEN DAYS Saturday 14th May

for prep schools Girls’ Cricket Pairs Competition for prep schools

Saturday 18th June

Malvern College – Year 9 and Year 10 entrance only Malvern College – Lower Sixth entrance only

Monday 2nd May

The Downs Malvern

SOCCER CAMP (in association with the Albion Foundation) Monday 4th – Friday 8th April SUPER CAMPS Monday 4th – Friday 8th April and Monday 18th July – Friday 26th August KIDZ CLUB Monday 4th – Friday 8th April and Monday 4th July – Friday 26th August For further information on these camps please visit www.malvernactive.com/courses-camps/juniors/