Sport Athletics: Highlights include Sam Way (g) breaking the school record in the Intermediate javelin and Long Jump, Tom Jewell (b) running 2.04 in the 800m and, Ollie Moffat (c) running 51.9 in the 400m. Theo Strutt (b), Milo Morgan (e), Tom Jewell (b), and Ollie Moffat (c) also won the County championships in their respective events and Sam Way (g), was two-times County Champion. Badminton: The season saw us winning six of our seven matches: bolstered by county and university trainer, Larry Ng. The first pair was Damian Lumley (f) and James Sheppard (c), with support from Charlie Clifton-Brown (a), Joshua Dernie (a), Tom Hradecky (f), and Elliot Wood (e), and Hugh Bowen (d). Cricket: The biggest visit this year to our Cricket Academy Programme was that of the new ECB Director of Cricket Andrew Strauss (b) who shared his thoughts on preparation as well as presenting Mungo Fawcett (b)and the club captain James Todd (g) with their colours. The challenge of finding competitive cricket for all remains a tough one as more and more schools drop teams. A young 1st XI found things tough but the club has enjoyed some memorable success lower down. There were wins at Eton for Midgets 1, 2 and Colts 1,2 which is a rare occurrence and the club won 67% of all matches played. The 3rd XI and Colts 2 lost just once all season and the strength of Midgets cricket bodes well for the future. On an individual note hundreds were scored by Luke Stalder (e), Geoge Innes-Ker (h) and Val Brooke (h). Among the bowlers Will Payne (c) took 5 wickets on 2 occasions, Charlie Purton (h) led the 1st XI attack and took 6-40 against a very talented MCC side and Monty Martin-Zackheim (k), Will Pockney (h), Will Maddock (a), Artie Diamandis (h), James Sloan (c) and Freddie Horler (b) all took 5 or more wickets in a innings. Freddie Horler should also be congratulated on his leadership of the Midget 1 side. They won all of their school games and travelled to Cheltenham missing 4 first team regulars for a T20 tournament and emerged victorious there too. Nick Gubbins (OR, h) has been playing in Middlesex’s 1st team this summer and scored a magnificent maiden List A century against Sussex. The fact that he is regularly in touch with ARW and recently came back to school to have a net shows how much he values Wags’ technical input and he deserves great credit for his tireless work as he moves into his 31st year in post! Cross Country: Hugely encouraging for the future was the number of Shells running, the U15s finishing first in the Vale Championships against tough
14
THE RADLEIAN
opposition (State and Independent schools). Freddie Thackray (a) finished in third place individually. Fives: The Shell Fives Tournament was won by John Peers (a). The matches against Winchester, Tonbridge and St Paul’s have been greatly educational for our players (senior and junior), although there has still been room for some individual success, including Charlie Rothbarth (h), Felix Barbour (f), Freddie Horler (b) and Rupert Curtis (b) against Tonbridge, and Thomas Boulton (h) and Jamie Walker (k) against Winchester.
34. We are strong at the top end of the Colts and Colts 1 had a successful season, despite losing players to the 1st XI. Our 1st XI, under the expert guidance of DJC for the first time, recorded some excellent results against some good teams. The 2nd XI had another good year and won their ISHL league along the way. Block wins against Bradfield, St Edwards, Abingdon, MCS, Cheltenham and Wellington were very rewarding. Lacrosse: Of the club’s eight matches, seven were won, under the
Football: A record-breaking 125 matches were completed: with Colts 1 having a particularly strong season, Tom Eden (d) scoring in nearly every league fixture. Unfortunately, the club overall won only 36 matches, drawing 25 and losing 64. The 1st XI too had a tough year. After another excellent tour to Villarreal in Spain, they lost in both the first round of the LB Cup and the Shield competitions. Colts 2 finished as team of the year: captained by Tom Rutherford (g), they lost only one fixture. Colts 3 were goal machines, with golden boot winner Charlie Davies (d) scoring 13, Hugo Eyre (f) scoring 11 and Robbie Horton (k) bagging 10, ending as the top three goal scorers for the club. Tristan Kleinwort (b) was the club’s Most Valuable Player with four man-of-the-match awards. Golf: Tom Wright (c), James Todd (g) and Fred Campion (J) reached the regional final of the ISGA National School’s event, only to lose a tight match to Bedford School. The boys defended the West of England School’s Championships and returned victorious once more. Tom and Fred were joined on this occasion by Alex Bibby (g), George Innes-Ker (h) and Harry Bartlett (k). Tom, Fred, James and Alex finished runners-up in the scratch section and winners of the handicap section in the South East School’s Championship at West Sussex Golf Club. Hockey: We were fortunate to secure the services of Peter Bennett as our hockey pro. Once again, many of our Shells were introduced to the game. Congratulations to HC’s Midgets 2 for winning their league. Our Junior Colts were exceptional. JC2 and JC3 were unbeaten and secured the ISHL titles at a canter. In total this year-group won 27 matches and lost just four, scoring a phenomenal 129 goals and conceding just
leadership of Captain, Catherine Wilson. St. Helen’s, Stowe, Malvern St James, Downe House and St Mary’s Calne all visited. Rackets: This year has seen a strong influx of Shells playing: including Harry Purton (h), Louis Needham (h), Rory Marshall (j), Tom Sweetnam (j) and Oscar White (g).