created an interview situation to assist in our preparations. They asked searching and challenging questions, then offered constructive feedback on our performance. This afternoon was extremely beneficial and has helped to give all five of us confidence when facing our interviews in the forthcoming weeks in order to secure offers to study medicine.
project, intriguingly named ‘The Noise of Ice’, to Antarctica to photograph ice in its many guises. Enzo also spoke eloquently on the devastating impacts of global climate change on this beautiful landscape and the pressing need for environmental protection. Real Tennis Champions, November 7th
The 6.2 medical applicants would like to thank Dr Roques and Dr Russell for their valuable help this afternoon. We hope to be able to inform them of successful offers In the not too distant future. Oscar Perry, F Social 6.2
County Championships, February 2nd Radley had great success in the Real Tennis National Schools’ Doubles tournaments, which take place in courts across the country. The Seniors tournament was held at Queen’s and the runners up in the A grade tournament were Henry Batstone (h) and Felix White (g).
The County Cross Country Championships were held at Radley in sunny but extremely tough, blustery conditions, the course very heavy and wet underfoot. Henry Insley (above left), captaining our committed Junior team, had been narrowly beaten in the Area Championships just a few days before and clearly determined to turn the tables on his rival. In a competition against all the schools in the County, state and independent, he established his front position early on and with typical competitiveness and stamina, pulled away to win convincingly. Henry Insley is Radley’s first Junior County Cross Country Champion for several years and has now been invited to join the Oxfordshire County Cross Country Team for the All England Schools Championships.
3rd in the A grade tournament were Oliver Martyn-Hemphill (f) and Freddie White (g). 5th in the A grade tournament were Leo Boddington (g) and Harry Meek (h). The winners of the B grade tournament were Jack Foreman (e) and Harry Foreman (e) and coming 5th in the B grade tournament were George Eaton (h) and Fergus Ryan (d).
Arran Ryder won the 6.1 section of the Competition with Fuller’s ‘Valentine’; Jamie Farr was second, with an extract from Barry Hines’s ‘Kes’; Oliver Donaldson came third, with a passage from Dylan Thomas’s ‘Under Milk Wood’. In the Fifths category of Declamations, there was a tie for third place between Artie Diamandis (from ‘Silence of the Lambs’) and Rory Betley (with his own composition,‘Just One Minute’). Second was James Innes-Ker, with Leiris’s ‘You will not have my Hatred’. The winner was Arthur Tapner, with an extract from Roald Dahl’s ‘Matilda’. William Redley won the Removes section, with an extract from ‘49th Parallel’; John Fu came second with Thayer’s ‘Casey at the Bat’; third, was Harry Salter with Hughes’s ‘The Rescue’. Oliver Reed-Daunter won the Shell category (with Rosen’s ‘My Dad knows Everything’) – with Thomas Isaacs coming second (with an extract from Durrell’s ‘My Family and Other Animals’) and Jack Dhillon third (reciting Auden’s ‘As I Walked out One Evening’). Richard Beard praised the “very high standard” of the Competition and stressed to the audience what a “valuable exercise” learning poems and passages like these was (“a great skill to have”). British Museum, February 9th
The under 16s tournament was held at Radley and the champions were Ned Gordon (c) and Benedict Yorston (b) (pictured above). In 3rd place came Will Barker (d) and Hugo Carr (b) and in 4th place Milo Daly (g) and Oscar White (g). The under 14s tournament was held at Oratory and the champions were Edward Crowston (d) and Max Wetton (b). The runners up were George Bishop (e) and Jack Sykes (f).
The Classics Department took Shells 3 and 4 on a very enjoyable outing to the British Museum. They are pictured (above) with the Elgin Marbles.
Declamations 2016, February 8th
Classics Reading Competition, February 11th
The Finals of the annual Declamations Competition took place in the Theatre. The Judge was the distinguished writer and OR, Richard Beard.
The annual Classics Department Reading Competition welcomed back Chris Martin who taught for twelve years at Radley before his retirement four years ago. Chris enjoyed a high quality competition. Winners included: Remove Latin and Greek double winner Will Shott and Fifth Latin winner Dominic AnwylJones, and Sixth Form Latin winner Dan Kirchlechner and Greek winner Magnus Smellie.
The Noise of Ice, February 3rd
During Academic Priority Time, a full Coffee Shop enjoyed an enlightening and visually striking presentation by photographer and environmentalist Enzo Barracco. Originally a fashion photographer, working with esteemed colleagues such as Vivienne Westwood, Enzo recently became fascinated with the infamous expedition of Ernest Shackleton. This resulted in a month-long
George Chilvers won the 6.2 Category, with his powerful rendition of Tennyson’s poem ‘Ulysses’; second was Conor Mosedale, with an extract from Bennett’s ‘A Life like Other People’s’; third, Rupert Milne with an extract from Gilligan’s ‘Breaking Bad’.
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