NEWS ROUND UP The Guitar Prize, March 8th
Ten guitarists of all different types of guitar battled it out in Silk Hall to take home the Guitar Prize at the end of the evening. The event was kindly adjudicated by the hugely talented, highly-esteemed Neil Fairclough, who went on tour as a bass guitarist for Queen. Felix Barbour played a particularly good piece called Etude No.6 by Leo Brouwer. Following the classical guitarists was George Parsons playing the electric bass. He played the Theme from Seinfeld, by Jonathan Wolff. Finally, the electric guitarists played. John Bruce-Gardner kicked-off this category playing Scuttle Buttin’ by Stevie Ray Vaughan. Max Armfield followed this performance by playing a song by Eddie Van Halen on a guitar he built himself. Luka Jibuti concluded the evening with a piece he composed called ‘All over Again.’ Neil Fairclough selected Felix Barbour as the winner of the classical guitarists, George Parsons as winner of the electric bass guitarists and Max Armfield as winner of the electrical guitarists. Tom Whitbread, A Social 6.1
Jeremy Hunter Talk, March 9th
whole. Mr Hunter then went on to talk about the punishments people were put through if they did not obey the règime, whether from having a Bible or a Chinese mobile phone. The country’s overpowering hatred towards the United States is shown in the use of teaching children in schools to learn verbs with the phrase “We kill Americans”. The talk was incredible and it gave the audience an insight into a very secluded country. Olly Daly, A Social Fifth
Goalkeeping Masterclass, March 10th
Alex Welsh held two goalkeeper training sessions for the Radley College Football Club goalkeepers. Alex works at the Tottenham Hotspur academy, training young talented goalkeepers in preparation for a career in the top flight of football. Alex led a series of training sessions on the playing fields. All the boys concentrated hard, listening to every word. The exercises included some crossing and corner simulation, with Alex assessing the catching and decision-making ability of the players. It was clear just how experienced and technically knowledgeable he is. Over the half hour of each session, both groups were visibly improving and by the end, all aspects of their game had been enhanced in some form. A big thanks goes to Jamie Dalrymple (OR), brother of Mr Dalrymple in the Modern Languages department, for enabling Radley goalkeepers to have this day of professional coaching. This was possible as Jamie Dalrymple actually won this day of coaching in a raffle and kindly donated it to Radley. Alex Dernie, A Social 6.1
Award-winning photojournalist Jeremy Hunter described his visit to North Korea, under the guise of a tourist. The sheer idea of being unaware of the world outside your country shocks me. Mr Hunter described how the North Korean people have been led to believe matters that are simply not true and explained how one man can manipulate and control his people. The règime is the force in control of North Korea itself and forces its opinions and ideals onto the country as a
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(competing with students up to two years older than him) Dan Kirchlechner was joint winner of the Senior Verse. We will be back to defend our titles next year.
Classics Success, March 10th Our three entrants to the Oxford Area Latin Reading Competition at the Classics Faculty in Oxford had good success. Jack Dhillon performed creditably, with Hipolit Hodges declared joint winner of the Junior Verse section
Cricket Academy , March 14th John Emburey (the former England spin bowler) visited Radley as part of the Cricket Academy Coaching scheme. The Cricket Academy has run for a little over ten years and allows the most talented cricketers from across the age groups to train together and get some vital technical work done in the winter in preparation for the season. It was fantastic to see the boys working with real purpose to give themselves the best chance of success this season. F Social Win Debating Final, March 6th
The sixth-form Inter-Social Debating Competition Final took place in the Coffee Shop on the evening of March 16th, in front of a large and partisan audience, with F Social beating B Social, as proposers of the Motion,“This House believes that ‘a leader is best when people barely know he exists’” (a quotation from Lao Tzu). In the Chair was Christoph Wallendahl (just back in time from competing at the Fencing Nationals at Crystal Palace that same day); the timekeeper was Andrew Cunningham and the Adjudicator, Robert Lowe. The winning F team (pictured) consisted of Max Rumsey, Harry Osborne and Conor Mosedale, who also won the coveted ‘Overall Best Speaker’ award; the losing B Social Team was Dan Kirchlechner, Nicholas Erasmus and James Sheppard. Both Conor and Christoph were awarded their Debating Ties after the event.