Sport Saint Ronan’s Striding to succeed
Friendly Fencing Fixtures
The Saint Ronan’s Cross Country squad has enjoyed a very
Numbers for the fencing extra have continued to grow and we
successful start to the season, the Senior Boys establishing
were able to give every one of the 12 fencers in the senior
the school firmly amongst our competitors in the West Kent
group a chance to fence in one of the friendly fixtures. Our
area.
third ‘outing’ was the first round of the South-East Inter-School Championships.
Competing at six events over the course of the term, the U13 boys have run up an impressive string of placings: 2nd in the
The season started well with both A and B teams cutting a
Brenchley Relays; 1st at the Thomas Trophy; 2nd at the IAPS
wide swathe through MHS’s defences and winning both
Regionals and 1st at the Dobson. With the U11 boys finishing
matches very convincingly. We didn’t fare so well against
3rd at the Dobson and taking Silver at the Kent Junior
Solefield, traditionally a strong opponent, and both teams lost,
Championships, we have plenty of potential coming through
though very close and honourably.
the ranks. In the Championships the A team were able to win all three Although runners such as James Crawley, James Crombie,
matches against Hilden Grange, MHS and the Ronian B team;
Carlos Nieto-Parr, George Kidd, Archie MacLeod, Kaspar
the B team unfortunately did not win a single match, but fought
Bottle, Lizzie Wooff, Lily Stewart and Hope Rutter provide the
ferociously and scored some beautiful points.
inspiration, it takes at least four to cross the line to establish a position from which we can contend. Credit must be given therefore, to all those who attend regular training sessions, who compete with tenacity and who are instrumental in the
Although all fenced well and to the best of their abilities, a few names stand out: Kate Lazarides for unwavering enthusiasm and grit, Luc Doane for excellent lightness of touch, Bertie Lambert for reliability and injury-beset Emma Beart for holding
success of the squad.
her own in the As, as well as John-Paul Shaw for continuous We now look forward to competing at Somerhill, Northbourne
support. A special well done to first-time fencers: Amelie
Park, Kent College, Hilden Grange, and The Nationals at
Geens, Harry Morrell and Oliver Parker.
Malvern College in the Spring Term. Well done everybody!
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