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Solo1st Francis Bamford, Bradbys2nd Marco Chau, ElmfieldHighly Commended Daniel Baker, Moretons Jonathan Yuan, The Head Master’s

Small Ensemble1st Elmfield (Menuetto:Allegretto from String Trio in Bb major, D 574 Schubert)2nd Bradbys(Sabre Dance, Khatchachurian)Highly Commended TheGrove(GavotteandWaltzfromFive Pieces for two violins and piano Shostakovich) Moretons(AndanteespressivofromPiano Trio, Op 15 in G major Debussy)

Large Ensemble1st WestAcre(ColdplayClassicsMichaelBrown/Tasker)2nd Elmfield(Writing’s on the Wall Sam Smith arr. Chau)3rd TheKnoll(Circle of LifeEltonJohnarr.Sweeney&Grassly)

Large Ensemble, Speech Room, 5 February

On the evening of 5 February,inSpeechRoom,thethirdandfinalclassoftheHouseInstrumentalCompetitiontookplace.Widelyregardedasthepinnacleofthemusicalcalendar(but,that would be forgetting Class 2), this year’s performancesboastedawiderangeofgenresandstyle(andtalent)andwasadjudicated by Paul Harrison, Director of Music at City of London School.Kicking things off cameWestAcre, playing a medley of

ColdplayclassicsarrangedbyMichaelBrown,ledandconductedbyMichael Tasker. This performance features a very strongpercussionsection,withdrummerFreddieFalconprovidingastrongbackboneonwhichtherestoftheperformancerested.Themelodywaslostinplaces,butwhenitcouldbeheardtheexcellent arrangement and energy shown by all the playersshone through. Following them came The Grove, playing Variations on

Paganini’s Caprice in A Minor No 24byAndrewLloydWebber(acatchytitleIknow),arranged,ledandconductedbyLeslieCheng.An ambitious piecewith some impressive individualtalent,particularlyfromtheviolins.However,tuningfromthetrumpetswasalittlesuspectandthetempofeltalittleunstablewhenvarious instruments joined inwith themaincore–butbonuspointsforgettingCodyKwokbackontheviolin.Next came The Head Master’s (self-appointed people’s

championofthenight)playingHawaii Five-O by Mort Stevens, ledbyAmitArmon.Thiswasastriking,high-energyperformance- mostly due to a strong rhythm section, featuring solos byMalhamé(piano)andChoy(electricguitar).Theensemblewouldhavebenefitedfromaslightly tighter trumpetandsaxophonesection,whichletdowntherestoftheperformanceinplaces.

ClosebehindTheHeadMaster’s(directlyaftertobeprecise)cameThePark,playing Diem by Rodrigo and Gabriela, arranged andledbyKazbeckKandour.Averyambitiouspiece,ithadaslightlyrockystart–butwasquicklycarriedupwardbyKandour(ontheelectriccello)andsomeskilledmaracaplayers(don’tlistentothejudge,Ithoughtyouguysweregreat).Thebalancewasn’t quite right between all the instruments, but it was acommendabledisplayofwhatwasquiteachallengingpiece.Filing in next was Lyon’s, with Cantina Band by John

Williams, arranged, led and conducted by Chatto Marks. Astrikingtrumpetsolo(playedbyLambert)startedthingsoffwellbut the transition into themain themewas slightly unstable.After thingswarmedup, theperfmancegotbetterandbetter,withthepiecesportingsomeoftheonlydynamicsintheentirecompetition,andmultipletempochanges(Ipresumedeliberate).OnthestageafterLyon’swastheBradbyslargeensemble,

looking a bitmalnourishedwith only sixmusicians, playingFeel Good Inc.byGorillaz,arrangedbyHaileyFabrick,ledbyJobieWong.Thegroupplayedwell,althoughforsomereasonitsoundedlikethey’dneverrehearsedwiththedrummerbefore…and theperformancefeatured,as the judgeput it,“asurpriseending”.Bradbyswouldliketosaythattheyweresurprisedtoo.NextupwasNewlands,playingThe Great Escape by Elmer

Berstein,ledbyJudeHo.Asolidperformanceoverall,theHousesporteda strongdrummer thatdid agood jobatkeeping theensemble together.Thebalancewasoff in someplaces,withthe flutes getting drowned out by the rest of the band, butit was nice that the tune was given to a variety of differentinstruments,whichkeptthepieceinterestingandenjoyable.

FollowingthatcameTheKnoll,playingCircle of Life by Elton John, led by Keisuke Sano and George Grassly. The tone of the instrumentswassomeof thebest in thecompetition,and thearrangementprovidedaharmonicallyrichperformance.Whilethegeneralatmosphereofthepiecewassetwell,itlackedanyrealdynamics,whichslightlydetractedfromtheoveralleffect.Afterabriefmishapwiththetimpanimusic,Elmfieldperformed

nextwithWriting’s on the Wall by Sam Smith, arranged and led byMarcoChau.WhilstChau’s violin solo obviously carriedtheperformance,thebackgroundinstruments(particularlythestringsandhorn)providedawonderfullysensitivebackground.Apartfromsomeobvioustuningissueswiththebassguitar,itwouldhavealsobeennicetohavegivensomeothermusiciansachancewiththetune.

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Playing right after ElmfieldwasMoretons, withFast Car byTracyChapmann,arrangedbyTao(obviouslyhecouldn’tbeartopartwithHarrowmusic)andledbyDitaJaja.Agreatoverall performance,whilst therewas an uncertain start, therestofthepiececametogetherwell.Itwasgoodtohearfromtherangeofsaxophonistsintheensemble,asthemelodywaspassedbetweenthemverysmoothly.Perhapsamoreambitiousdrumpartcouldhavehelpedkeeptheenergyupthroughoutthepiece,butevenso,ahighlycommendableshow.

UpnextonstagewasDruries,playing Hooked on a Feeling byMark James, and led byRafeWendelken-Dickson. If theGuardian’softheGalaxywerefightingtothis, itwouldhavebeenaratherslowbattle…Butwhilstthetempowasabitontheextremelyleisurelyside,theactualplayingwasgood,withanexpressivemelodyline(byLempriere-Johstononsaxophone)and some very energetic chanting.Andlastbutnot(eh…maybe)leastcameRendalls,playing

Swingin’ Safari byBertKaempfert,ledbyDanielShailer.Shailerled the chargewith a strong trumpet solo to beginwith, andsome energetic playing from the rest of the ensemble. Nextcamesomeimprovisedsectionsfromeachmemberofthegroup.Whilst a fewof thenoteswere slightlyoff-key, itwas still acommendable effort – and the solo byGoodman (on electricguitar)wasparticularlygood.Allinall,theeveningwasverysuccessful.Thewinner(WestAcre) was crowned, along with the runner-up (Elmfield), tomostpeople’sapprovalandMrHarrison’scommentswereveryinsightful,fair,and(mostimportantly)concise.Manythanksgoto the boys and Beaks involved in organising and arranging such animpressivearrayofensembles,andforputtinginallthoselongrehearsalhours(IheardRendallsputinanespeciallyvastamount of time). Our gratitude to DNB and Mrs Singleton for leadingtheadministrativesideoftheevent,andafinalspecialthanks to Mr. Harrison for enduring such a long evening, and foradjudicatingallthreeclasseswithsuchconsistentquality,and enthusiasm.

Small Ensemble

TheSmallEnsemblethisyearproducedanexcellentrangeintalentandmusicalability.WestAcrestartedwith theAllegro from Concerto for two violins Op177 by Vivaldi. Eugene Kim, andThomasKeebleplayedtheirviolinswithspirit,asJoshuaHarrisplayedthepianowithgraceandprecision.Theiruseofexpressive dynamics added to their performance, bringing ittolife.Agreatwaytostartoffthecompetition.Next cameThe Grove, performing the Gavotte andWaltz

from Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano, by Shostakovich. TheoNash,BrianChiangandJosephWraggcapturedthemoodofthepieceandthepowerbehindShostakovich’swritingwiththe required amount of balance between elegance and force,conveyingagoodbalanceofthetwo.TheHeadMaster’s thenplayed theAllegro fromMozart’s

Piano Quartet No 1 K478.Theensemblesoundbalancedwell,andtheycapturedthestyleinwhichMozartmoveswithdelicacy.

The strings played their rather hard parts with fluidity. Youcouldseetheeffort,andconcentrationoftheplayerspaidoff.TheParkwentnext,playingVivaldi’sCello Sonata V, Op14

Allegro. The two cellos, Kazbek Kandour, and Trevor Yip,playedwith finesse, and the piano, Lukas Roberts, balancedwellwith the sound that the ensemble produced. Strong lownotesfromthecellosspokewellandthemelodywasperformedwithstylebyKandour.Lyon’s then headed on to perform the Alla Marcia, and

AndantefromStark’sSerenade Op55.Thedelicateplayingofthe trumpet by Graham Lambert balanced expertly with thelushtoneofthebassoon,playedCorranStuart,andthecello,played by Chatto Marks, and William Tallentire’s clarinetplayingfound its rightfulplace in theensemble.Thebalancewasexcellentandthechoiceofpiecematchedtheplayerswell.Bradbysperformed,somewhatcomedically,Khatchachurian’s

Sabre Dance piano trio. Francis Bamford, JobieWong, andSimon Luo played expertly and with precision, and the funpiece brought a change of tone in the room. The comedicendingofWong reachingover thepianogaveeveryoneabitofachuckle.Thecomplexityofhavingsixhandsonthepianocame offwith ease, and the glissandos fromWong, andLuoweredoneinstyle.AsomewhatyoungNewlands(consistingoftwoShellsand

anUpperSixth)thenplayedmovementsfromCorelli’s Sonata V Op Posth4-6.ThetwoShells,FreddieTaylor,andRafeHogben,showed their capability and played their respectivemelodieswell.The clarinet came through the texture nicely to deliveritsmelodies.Thecello,byHogben,held thebass linedown,givingthepieceafirmgrounding.JudeHohelduphissideaswellontheviolin,givingusdancingmelodies.Theensemblehandledthechangesintempoverywell.Thebalanceworkedwellandnopartwaslost.The Knoll were up, and played the Adagio from Bach’s

Concerto BWV1060a.Thetriodeliveredadelicateperformance,and each instrument came through. George Grassly’s oboemelodies were played with grace, and the smoothness andphrasingof the linesweredonewell.DanielSidhomheldupthelowerendonthepiano,playingthebassmelodiesclearly,whichbalancedwellwithKeisukeSano’sluscioustone. Elmfield then arrived, and played Schubert’s Menuetto:

Allegretto from String Trio. The ensemble of Marco Chau, AlbericMould and Pasa Suksmith played expertly and withclass. The balanced sound and expressive playing gave anexquisitetonetothegroup.Theirperformancewasashowofmasterstringplayingandtheyhandledthepiecewithdignityand poise. The choice of piece suited the trio perfectly andshowedoff everyone’s individual talent.Themelodies shonethroughthetrioandweredeliveredwithtruemusicalstyle.MoretonsplayedDebussy’sAndanteEspressivo,from Piano

Trio Op15.DanielBaker’spianoplayingwasexpressiveandhandled with care. Dita Jaja andAlex Lee played the celloand violin respectively. Jaja’s playing had a luscious tone,whichmatchedwellwithLee’sviolin,whichwasofanequalstandard.Thestringsandthepianobalancedverywell,givingtheensemblethefeelingofplayingasone.Eachindividuallinespokeoutwhenneeded,whichgaveacertaincalmingeffectDrurieswerethepenultimateHouse.Assoonasthefirstnote

noteswereplayed,theaudienceknewtheywereinforsomethinga little different, to say the least. RafeWendelken-Dickson’sversion of Master Of The Tides by Lindsey Stirling brought a sea-shanty-likemelodytotheaudience,deliveredbyRickyLionviolinandPeterPeganovonflute.Thearrangementsuitedtheinstrumentswell,givingabalancedensemblewithaclearsound.The dancingmelodieswent straight to the audience’shearts. The lift and change of mood demanded attention and themusicwasdeliveredwell.Rendallswentlast,andplayedfourmovementsfromCorelli’s

Sonata No 12.Thefirstmovement(Grave)startedquietlyandwas placed delicately with a good balance of instruments.

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AdeoluwaPearse on the piano playedwell and provided theensemblewithasteadyaccompanyingpart.MarkReed’sfluteplayingwashandledwell.MichaelFitzgibbon’sviolaplayingroundedofftheensemble,givingagentlefeelasawhole,asthedifferenttimbresoftheinstrumentsworkedtogether.Theoverall standard this yearwas veryhigh,whichmade

Elmfields fourthwin in a rowevenmore impressive.All themusiciansdidextremelywellandyoucould tell thata lotoftimewentinthisyeartogettingthebestoutofpeople.SecondplacewenttoBradbysintheend,whichwasagooddecision.Theyplayedknowingtheslightlycomedicstyletheyhad,andfinishedbyusingthat.Elmfieldhadanothergreatyearandhadanotherdeservedwin.

ATHENAEUM SOCIETY“Is Anyone Above the Law?” Hari Rattan, The Knoll,

Old Schools

TheAthenaeumSocietywasveryprivilegedtowelcomeHariRattan, The Knoll,toexplorethecaseofDuplessisvRoncarelli,one of themost prominent inCanadian legal history.RattaninitiatedthetalkbyintroducingtherolesofMauriceDuplessisandFrankRoncarelli.Roncarelliwasarenownedandpopularrestaurantowner,aswellasarespectablememberofJehova’sWitnesses.Theonlyproblempeoplehadwithhimisthathewas(very legally)bailingoutpeoplewhohadbeenchargedwithpropagating the ideasof Jehova’sWitnesses.On theflipside,wehaveMauriceDuplessis,Quebec’sAttorneyGeneralwhoproposed thatDuplessis’ actionswere causing public unrest.Whenthepathsofthesetwocrossed,anexplosiveconflictwasinevitable.TherenewalofRoncarelli’sliquorlicencewascloseathandand,inevitably,preventingitwouldseverelyunderminehis political position. When the Liquor Commission soughthelp fromtheAttorneyGeneralon thematterofRoncarelli’srenewal, theyweretoldtorevokeitand,unsurprisingly, theydid.Now the question ofwhowas doingwhat in relation tothelawwasraised.Thetwokeyconceptswhichcanbeappliedtothissituation

arethe‘ruleofman’andthe‘ruleoflaw’.Theruleofmancanbedescribedastheabsenceoftheruleoflaw:inotherwords,a society or place where people act arbitrarily and are notsubjecttoanysetofrules(laws).Theruleoflawisinferablythecompleteopposite:whereasocietyfollowsacertaincodeand set of rules. Some may argue that Roncarelli is seen to be acting outside the rule of law because he influenced thedecision of a separate governmental body, which by law hedid not have the authority to do.Therefore, hewas steppingoutofhisauthority,andinthiswayobeyingtheruleofman.Conversely,othersmayrefertothefactthatthedecisionwasmade and executed by the Liquor Commission and not byDuplessis.There is no concrete evidence to suggest that thedecisionwasmadeundertheinfluenceofDuplessis,especiallyintheeyesofthelaw;therewasnoextortionorexchangeofmoney.Intheeyesofofficialauthority,thedecision’sintegritywas not to be questioned, although in this context it is notunreasonable to do so. These ideas stimulated a very engaging discussion,wherevariousviewsonthismatterwereexpressed,some involving the technicalities of the situation and others looking at it more broadly.Subsequently,amoreabstractandhypotheticalsituationwas

proposed: a person is caught in the act of shaping his handsintoagunandpretendingtoshootanotherperson,expressingemotions of a vindictive and aggressive nature. So, is there anythingtoprosecutehim/herfor?Thediversityofapproachesandconceptssurroundingthisquestionadduptoatrulythought-provokingdiscussion.Amongthemanyrelevantpointsraisedbytheaudience, thefollowingaresomethatneatlyrepresentthedifferentperspectivesfromwhichthisquestioncanbeseen.Despite not actually causing any harm to his/her target, theshooterisdoingashedoesinastateofdeepangerandfury.Therefore,ifprovedthathe/shewouldperformthisactgiventhe real tools, the attacker is an obvious threat to society that should be contained. Paradoxically, others used the very fact that there are severe emotional circumstances to argue against the previousidea.Peopleactirrationallywhentheyareinemotionalstatesofanger,andnooneisanexception.Evenifinthesamesituation,where he/she is given a gun and the shot is taken,itdoesn’tchangethefactthatinthiscasenoactualharmwascausedandtheemotionalstatewastemporary,andthereforenotrepresentativeoftheperson’struedisposition.Thereisnothingtoprosecutefor.Moresimply,peopleareprosecutedforwhattheydoandifhehasnotdoneanyharmthen…?Butwait,thenthewholepointofsendingpeopletojailistopreventfurther

Solo Round, 4 February

SundaywasthedayoftheSoloRound.ThedirectorwasMrPaul Harrison, the Director of Music at City of London School. IndeedasMrHarrisonnoteditwasanenjoyableafternoonofmusicwithhighlevelsofperformanceformalltheparticipants.TheprogrammestartedwithJoshuaHarris,WestAcre,playing

the dramatic and memorable Etude 11Winter wind by Chopin on the piano. Indeed hewas able to show a lot of flair.TheadjudicatorremarkedhowwellpoisedJoshuawas.ThentherewasTheoNash’s (piano), TheGrove, bold PreludeNo.2 byRachmaninov,whichwas a stable performanceoverall.NextJoshuaYuan (violin),TheHeadMaster’s, played an esotericpiece:AllegronontroppofromVieuxtempsConcertoNo.5.Forthishewashighlycommended.Heplayedexcellentlyandwithattention todetail.Nextwas the Intermezzo and Finale from Cassado’scellosuitefromtheexperiencedcellistKazbekKandourofTheParkwhose intonationwas near perfect.KazbekwasfollowedbyCorranStuartofLyon’sontheBassoon.Althoughtherewereafewcrackshereandthere(it’salwayshardforareedinstrumentplayer)heplayedElgar’sRomance in D minor in a very soulful, and expressive way. Another bassoonistFrancisBamford ofBradbys,who endedwinningfirst prize,playedhispiecenearlyperfectly.Heseemed toknowitverywell.Hewonwith a little knownpiece calledLucy Long by Godfrey.Hewas followedbyJudeHo(violin)whoplayedashakybutneverthelessgoodrenditionofMonti’sCzardas, the pieceitselfbeingquiteinteresting.Thiswasfollowedupbytwopianists.ThefirstwasLucasMaiasofDruriesplayingtheverystrikingandimpressionableAllegromossofromKhachaturian’sSonatina for Piano.AlthoughMrHarissoncommentedonhowMaiawasslightlyhesitant,itwasstillveryenjoyabletolistento. Thiswas followedbyDanielBakerplaying thecomplexandimaginativeFeuxD’artificebyClaudeDebussyforwhichhegotacommendation.MrHarrisondescribedhisplayingasmoving.Twoviolinistsplayedafter.ThefirstMarcoChauofElmfieldplayedtheAllegroformBrahm’sNo.3ViolinSonata,forwhichhegainedsecondplace.Heshowedthatheknewthepiecethoroughlyandthiscameacrossinhisconfidentplaying.ThesecondKeisukeSanoofTheKnollplayedtheAdagiofromMozart’sAmajorViolinConcerto.Thiswasplayedfantastically,thoughMrHarissondidnotethatSanocouldhaveplayedwithmore dynamic contrast. Finally Dan Shailer, Rendalls, on the trumpet.HeplayedAllegroConSpiritofromHummel’sEflatTrumpetConcerto.Thiswasaverycomplexandchallengingpiece and the audiencewere impressed byShailer’s playing.Towardstheendtherewereafewslips(Iwouldonlyimaginea trumpet playerwould understand.)MrHarisson, himself atrumpeter, commented that heknewhowhard itwas toplaythisparticularcomposer.Overall,everyoneplayedtoaveryhighstandardanditended

withagoodroundofapplauseforeveryone.Thecompetitionwas tough and the decisionmakingmust have tough for theadjudicatorwhowasgoingtowin.Averyenjoyableafternoonindeed.

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MODEL UNITED NATIONSLSE Conference, 2-4 February

TheModelUnitedNations(MUN)Societyattendedthe2018LondonSchoolofEconomics(LSE)ConferencefromFriday2 to Sunday 4 February. Alex Rutherford, Lyon’s, and Hari Rattan, The Knoll, fearlessly lead the team in the three-dayaction-packedeventwith,NicolasGardner,NicholasGlaze,bothBradbys,AdamWork, Lyon’s,WillTravis,The Head Master’s, Daniel Billings, Lyon’s,HarrisonLayden-Fritz,West Acre,OstapStefak, Newlands,andAriaShirazi,Rendalls,takingpartinfiveseparate committees.The covetedSecurityCouncil (UNSC),founding Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC),contentiousHumanRightsCouncil(UNHRC),dividedEuropean Council (EC) and highly anticipated EnvironmentProgram (UNEP).With the USA,Austria, Spain and SouthSudanbeing representedby theboys, thefieldofpowerwaswellspreadandsawvaryingdegreesofswaywithincommitteesandthechallengeforalldelegatestoattempttogainsupportforfirstaworkingpaperandthendraftresolutionintheirname.

The event began with a talk byMartin Cox, Head of theJohnLockeInstitute,on thepower thatpoliticians’yieldandhow itcanbeused inanon-aggressiveway throughpoliciesthat affect all people in effectiveways.HisvividdescriptionofwhathecalledMargaretThatcher’s‘brutal’dismissalofanentire national workforce with the closure of the pits – wasin his view something “necessary” despite being unable tobedrawnonwhatreasonhewouldgivetotheemployees, tojustify their jobs and livelihoods being eradicated overnight.Nextcameamasterclassinprocedure.Astheboyssatavidly

listening to thebewildering20-page, solid abbreviationpackon procedure and conduct – some realised that it might notsimplybeawalkinthepark,asotherMUNeventshadbeenin the past. The students at LSE did their utmost to ensurethat the course of eventswas as realistic as possible and sothemasterclasswas thoroughly interestingbut foreshadowedthe time,energyand thought that thedelegates (boys)wouldhavetoputintobeabletomakerealprogress.Withthat,thedebatingbegan.Ashakystartbymanydelegates

waswitnessed.Onedelegate inparticular,grapplingwiththechallengeofhiscountry’sgeography,unsurewhetherPolandwasapartofEurope,andanotherdelegatebeingofthebeliefthatthePeople’sRepublicofChina(oneoftheworld’slargesteconomies) had no power whatsoever.As such, the eclecticmixofbothclued-upandbaffledparticipantsmeantplentyoflaughter and enthusiasm from thosewho actually knewwhytheywerethereandwhattheyweredoing!As day two opened and rapidly progressed, debating was

rifewith‘diplomatic’insultbetweencountriesandtheconstantto-ingandfro-ingbetweenboth“RightofReply”and,at theChair’sdiscretion,animmediateapology,thedelegatesgraduallybegantogettogripswiththeproceduresandwaysoftheMUN,andby the endof theday “positive and fruitful debate”wasunderway!Many controversial statementswerewitnessed asdelegatesAdamWork(Austria)andDanielBillings(Spain)tookuptheircurrenteminentleaders’right-wingstanceinallformsofdiplomacy,makingforsuperbwatchingandheighteneddebate

harmbeingdoneandsosomeonewith thepotential todososhouldbesentaway.Asonemay’vededuceditwasanendlessbouncingaroundofvariousapproachesandideas.Anotherhypotheticalsituationwasonewheretherearethree

people:A,BandC.AispointingagunatB,andisdefinitelygoingtoeitherkilleitherBorC.Bhasachoicetomake:willhe/she sacrifice her/himself for C, or will he/she sacrifice Cfor him/herself.Again, this scenario that puts ourmoral andethicaldecision-makingtothetest.Somemorepragmaticpeoplesaid that inbothcases the lifeofapersonwillbeexchangedfor the lifeofanotherperson,andasonewon’tbearoundtoappreciate the moral good if they’ve sacrificed themselves,thelogicaloptionistosacrificeC.Otherssaidtheycouldnotlive bearing the guilt ofC’s death. In otherwords, a deeplyspiritual(andattimesnot)conversationgrewoutofthisidea,onwhichthemeetingconcluded.

The Athenaeum Society had a very interesting and successful firstmeeting of 2018 (somuch so that itwas somehowableto attract members of the senior School) and, judging by the exceedinglyhighqualityofdiscussion,itsfutureisverybright.

SCIENCE SOCIETYWilliam Lintott, The Grove, “Special Relativity”,

Chemistry Schools, 2 February

This week’s Science Society meeting saw William Lintott,The Grove, deliver a fascinating talk that tackled Einstein’sground-breakingtheoryonspecialrelativityandtheinfamousequationthatis e=mc2.Lintottbeganthetalkbyexplainingawaveequation(publishedinJamesClerkMaxwell’spaper‘ADynamicTheoryoftheElectromagneticField’in1864),whichprovidedavalueforthespeedoflight[c =1/(e0m0)1/2],equalto2.998x108m/s.Thisequationshowsthatlightisindeedanelectromagneticwave(oscillationsofbothelectricandmagneticfieldsthatareperpendiculartoeachother),astheGreeklettersepsilonandmuintheequationprovidetheelectricandmagneticconstantsrespectively.Thisequationfor c highlighted that time doesdependonthespeedofthewave.Einsteinfurtherdevelopedonthisworkbycombiningboth

space and time into a single four-dimensional continuum,containing three dimensions and one time dimension. Withthiscontinuum,heproposedthat,whilethedistancetravelledthrough time or space individually does vary with time, thedistance travelled through space-time is invariant. (He statedthat the lawsofphysicsare thesameforallnon-acceleratingobservers.) Lintott went on to explain the mathematics behind this

challenging idea.Sincedistanceandspace-timeare invariantthendistancetravelledthroughspace-time(s) must be a function ofanevenpowerofspace(x)andarethetwoequationsthatcan be formed. Then came e=mc2, which is probably whatEinsteinismostfamousfortheorizing.Basedonthelatterofthetwoequationsthathepresented,Lintottconcludedthat(∆ beingthesymbolfor“changein”).Re-arrangingthisequation,and dividing by mgivesanexpressionformomentuminspace-time which ismc. This demonstrates that in the space timecontinuum,momentumisconstant.Intheindividualspaceandtimedimensions,momentumisequaltoandrespectively.Bothareconserved.Andfinally,ymc can be used to derive e = mc2. ymccanbemultipliedbyctogiveymc2 and this is a conserved quantityequivalenttoenergysoe = ymc2.Subsequently,usingbinomialexpansion,thetermcanbeexpandedtoSubstitutingthis into e=ymc2givesustheapproximationofwhich,forsmallvelocities, can be thought of as e = mc2 + ½ mv2. The second partof thisequation iswellknownas theexpressionused tocalculatekineticenergy.Ergo,whenthevelocityisequalto0,weareleftwiththeinfamousformulaofe=mc2.Thisimpliesthat mass is a state of energy.

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ESU SCHOOL DEBATEKingsbury High School, Round 2, 29 January

The Harrow debating team of Hari Rattan, The Knoll, and Daniel Larbi, Moretons, travelled to Kingsbury High School to

onallfrontswithintheUNEC.AriaShirazi(SouthSudan)andNicholasGardner(USA)madewavesintheUNHRCwithpolicesand resolutions on child marriage that shuck the boundaries ofmodernmorality to their limits!Meanwhile,OstapStefak(South Sudan) andWillTravis (USA) grappledwith climatechange in theUNEPand left thecommitteenodoubtbaffledby Stefak’s 10+-page resolution and Travis’ embodiment oftheTrumpno-climatechangepolicywhatsoeveropinion–asofcourseitdoesn’texist!At the end of day two, a social eventwas planned by the

university,hopingtoencouragedelegatestobesocial.However,afterthedoughnutswereeaten,andabiscuit,packofcrispsandadrinkwereconsumed,everyoneleftand,tothedisappointmentof the LSE students but with nothing to be done, the eventbeganandendedcompletelywithin40minutes!Withthedawnofthefinalday,delegateswerefullyendorsed

astotheirroles.DISECpassedthefirstresolutionwithLayden-Fritz(USA)andacybersecurityandwarfareresolutionpassedwith a large and considerably well-coordinated Europe andSouthAmerica Block Vote in play, resulting from the verybest levelsofTrump-stylediplomacy!RutherfordandRattanquicklyfollowedbyhavingtheirUNSCresolutiononAnti-TerrorMeasuresbeingjointlyadoptedintoUNlegislation,aftersuperbandhighlyapplaudeddiplomaticeffortinavoidinganyofthefive veto powers enacting their rights to halt any resolution.They achieved the nearly impossible for anMUNevent andwererecognisedassuchfortheireffortslaterintheevent!Otherdelegatesnowdrewclosertopossibleresolutions,36

hoursaftertheirfirstintroductions,andtheinevitableblockadeof amendments and vetoes began to appear. Eventually, twofurtherHarrowresolutionswerepassed–StefakwiththeUNEPsuccessfullypassedaclimatechangeresolution,evenwiththenewly appointed USA position of abstention or obstructionembodiedeminentlybyTravis.Layden-FritzpassedafurtherresolutiononthemilitarisationofspaceinthefaceofstaunchoppositionfromdelegatesfromthenationsofRussia,China,IranandBangladesh,andtheverywell-organisedandexecutedshockattemptbyGlaze (SouthSudan) and thedelegates forBrazilandGermanytodotheunspeakableandsplittheEuropeblockandpreventtheUSAfromachievingitsgoal.GlazewasonlynarrowlydefeatedthankstothepersuasivemeasureslevelledattheGermandelegateanddiplomacybeingenactedintheformoftheconcessionofaclauseinthefinalresolutionbytheUSA,UK,Franceand India.However, thechairsof thecommitteecommendedhissuperbeffort–unseenbythedelegatesofSouthSudanthroughouttheentirehistoryoftheUN!Theclosingceremonymarkedtheendoftheeventwithawards

for Best Delegate for each committee and Most Distinguished Delegateforeachcommitteebeingpresented.FollowingspeechesbytheSecretaryGeneralandotherSecretariatmembers,thefivecommitteepresentationstookplace.SpecialmentionswenttoRutherford,TravisandBillingsfortheirsuperbcontributiontotheirrespectivecommitteesandoutstandinglevelsofdiplomacyintheproceedings.GardnerwontheonlyMostDistinguishedDelegate forHarrowandwas loudly cheered to the stagebyhis evidently adoring committee.BestDelegate awardswerepresented to Rattan, Stefak and Layden-Fritz in the climaticendtotheproceedingswithall threeboysbeingawardedtheceremonialwoodengavelsfromeachoftheirdelegations.WiththankstoMPSforboldlytakingonthetaskofabusy

three-dayeventover theweekendandRutherfordandRattanfor their superb guidance and advise.Well done everyone –untilnextyear!

competeinthesecondroundoftheESUdebatingcompetition,accompaniedbySMK.Itseemedluckwasagainstthemfromtheoffasthemotiontheyweregivenwaslookedondisfavourablybythepair.Theboyswereopposingthemotionthat“Thishousewouldprohibitthemediafromusingsoftwaretocosmeticallyimproveanindividual’sappearance.”Upon arrival at Kingsbury, the boys knew the odds were

stackedagainstthem.Onlyoneteamwastogothroughtotheregionalfinaloutofsixpresenton theday.Harrowwere theseconddebateupandfoundthemselvesopposingtheirfamiliarfoe from the first round, Whitmore High School. With thenervesonlyexacerbatedbythewaiting,theboyswererelievedtofinallytaketothestand.

Whitmoreopenedthedebatewithapredictablementalhealthargument.Theystatedthatimpossiblestandardssetbythemediawerecausingdiseasessuchasdepressionandanorexiaandthecureforthiswastopreventthemediasettingthesestandardsinthefirstplace.Intheirrigorouspreparation,RattanandLarbihad concluded that this theme coming up was a cert. Thus,whenRattantooktothepodium,whichwaslastusedbyKateMiddleton incidently, the rebuttal flowed powerfully and theproposition’spointwassoonquashed.Heargued that,whilstmentalillnessesareapertinantproblem,theyarenotcausedbythese standards but by the bullying and occasional comments ofothers thatmakeuswant to liveupto thesestandards.Hefurthermore argued that, whilst he had always wanted to beSuperman, he did not walk around in a state of depressionbecausehehadnotattainedthose‘impossiblestandards’.Therest of his speeched focused primarily on the difficulties ofdrawingadistinctioninwhatconstitutedthemedia,andintheadvantagesofusingsoftwaretoimprovesomeone’sappearance,forexampleon theirweddingday(ifsaidphotoappears inanewspaper).Withthepropostionnotablyshakenbythevolumeofpreparationundertakenbythepair,theirsecondspeakerwasofalesserqualityandpassionthanthefirst.Larbi then took no prisoners in unleashing the full might

ofhissuperioreloquence.Herebuttedconfidentlythenarrowdefinitionofthemediaofferedbytheproposition,arguingthetopicwasfarmorebroadthantelevisionandnewspapermedia,but in the age of the 21st century, social media must be taken into account. His passion shone through in his musings onwhat ‘improving an appearance’ actually constituted. Surelybeautyisdefinedbytheagewelivein,ratherthanwhatisonacomputerscreen.Indeed,200yearsagofemaleswereseenasattractive if theyhada largewaistlineas itwasbelievedthattheyweregoodforchildbearing.HethereforeconcludedthatthesestandardssetwerenotthefaultofPhotoshopinthemediabutoftheageandconceptionsofbeautythatsocietyplacesonits constituents.Hemovedon to state that art is pertinent inthemedia,andnotallowingindividualstheautonomytoalterimagesrestrictstheflourishingofartandculture.Hefinishedwith a refined argument on the alternatives to a total ban ofsoftware, arguing a watermark on the imagewould be a farpreferable,asthatwaytheconsumerwouldknowiftheimagehad been manipulated and the media would still be able topresenttheimage-awin-winsituation?Withthat,Larbigaveacompetentandwell-thought-outspeechsummarisingthepair’sargumentsaswellasansweringpointsofinformationfromthe

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‘THESPITFIRES’ONBBCIwashalfsitting,halfslumping,overmybreakfast,casuallyhalf watching The Andrew Marr Show on the BBC. It wasbrightanditwasSundaymorning,11February,andwithjustfourminutestogobeforethecreditswereduetoroll,AndrewMarrenthusiasticallyinformedhisviewersthattheywereabouttowitnessoneofthemostexcitingyoungbandsaroundatthemoment.IstartedtopaymoreattentionandasAndrewcontinuedforasecondortwo,hedulyintroduced,TheSpitfires...Well,IthoughtIhaddistancedmyselffromHarrowforthe

weekend,whenwhoshouldsuddenlyappearbeforemeonmytelevision,butMrSammyLong,oneofHarrow'selectriciansand,asitturnedout,oneofTheSpitfires,onbassguitar.Ifyouinstructyourcomputerwiththewords,“AndrewMarr

TheSpitfires”youtoo,willbeabletodiscover,preciselywhatthis one Harrow electrician gets up to when not putting theHarrowelectricstorights.Gotoit,withallduehaste,wouldbe my recommendation.

GAFFEANDGOWNQuips from Around the Hill

“Where’syourlaptop?”“It’sfrozensir.”“Well,youshouldn’thave left it outside overnight then.”

“Sir,isQuébecinIslam?

“What happens, sir, after the cells have been implanted intothesuffragettemother?”

“Japanese for Young Peopleeh?Thattitlesoundsratherageist,doesn’tit?DoyouknowifthereisaneditioncalledJapanese for Old Peopleoutyet?”

CORRESPONDENCELetters to the Editors of The Harrovian

Dear Sirs, WinstonChurchillrecallsinMyEarlyLifehowheusedto

trotouthis‘fewbutfaithful’LatinquotesinCabinet,toimpressthePrimeMinister.ButH.H.Asquithwasatrueclassicist,andwincedeverytime.

I like ira furor brevis est.WhenstuckontheM25,orduckingtheflyingpigs-in-blanketsinaspatwithwifey,Itrytorememberthat anger is a brief madness, and stay cool. However, I do believe that anger can be useful. When I

was a comprehensive teacher, and feeling vile on aMondaymorning,nothingcheeredmeupquickerthangivingmyfirstclass an early roasting. Your readers may have occasionally enjoyedahissyfit.Churchilllikedkickingoff.Whentoldtherewas a famine in India, he stormed, “Thenwhy isn’tGhandidead!?”Whenhis servant complained thathewasbossyandrude,hethundered,“Yes,butIamagreatman!”andstalkedoff,slammingthedoor.Adangeristhatwemightrailonmattersonwhichwehave

falseinformation.Asanextremeexample,ouracquaintanceHitlerdidadealofthat.Hisfoamingfurywasthepurestparanoia.Ibelievethismaybehappening,thoughthankgoodnesson

amuchsmallerscale,withtheangerthatgreetstheLeftwardtrendtoteachingatHarrow.Itisafactthatsomebeaksaremoreleft-wingthanbefore,LongDuckerhasbecome‘community’,TheHarrovianis‘inclusive’,andthatsuchtrendsangersome

floor.Following the climaxof thedebateby theproposition,the pair andSMK felt theyhaddone their arguments justiceandhadspokenwithguidedpersuasiveness.Theresultstookanintolerableagetocomeinandtheteamwereonedgewhentheadjudicatorfinallystartedherspeech.InatreacherymirroredonlybyBrutus,avictoryforHarrowteamwassnatchedfromthemwithatrulyshockunderdogvictoremerging.TheHarrowteam were truly disappointed with the result, a robbery inthe eyes of SMK.Nevertheless, inHarrovian spirit, the pairgraciously congratulated the victors and received feedback of theirown.TothisendRattanwaslabelleda“goodorator”,butthiswas little consolation for the the extremelydisappointedteam.Once again it seemed that (alleged) adjucational errorhadmeantthatthepairwouldnotprogressintothenextround.LarbiandRattanwouldliketothankSMKforhissupportinpreparationforthedebate,aswellastheirdebatingcoachMrDolanforhis invaluableadviceandguidance.The teamnowlookforwardtotheOSU,readytofightanotherday.

HERE AND THEREThe retiring collection taken at the end the performances

of the Rattigan Society productionOh! What a Lovely War raised £1161.52 for the charity 14-18 NOW, which is theUK’s arts programme for the centenary of the First WorldWar, commissioning leading contemporary artists to createextraordinary experiences that connect us all with a periodthatshapedtheworld. BasedattheImperialWarMuseum,14-18NOWworkwith

arts and heritage organisations across the UK, so far engaging 30millionpeoplethroughcommissionssuchasJeremyDellerand Rufus Norris’s, We’re here because we’re here, whichsawthousandsofyoungmen,appearinpublicplacesasghostsoldiers, silently and unannounced, to commemorate the Battle oftheSomme.14-18NOWisresponsiblefortouringthetwosculpturesWeeping Window and Wave from the iconic installation attheTowerofLondon.Thisyear,14-18NOWwillpresent40commissionsaspart

oftheirfinalprogramme,whichwillincludeamajorlearningprogrammetoaccompanyanewfilmbyPeterJackson,usingarchive content painstakingly colourised frame by frame toengageyoungpeopleinthehumanstoriesoftheconflict.

Ricky Li, Druries, Firry Yang, The Head Master’s, Pasa Suksmith, Elmfield,andAndrewZhou,Lyon’s,competedinthenationalfinalof theSeniorTeamMathsChallenge.Despiteaslightlyshakystart,theteamralliedwell,performingparticularlywell in the final round, to secure sixth place overall (out of86 teams on the day, over 1300 teams entered the national competition).

Over 140 boys sat the Intermediate Mathematics Challenge beforehalfterm,achieving52Gold,49Silverand30Bronze.Eight boys scored highly enough to progress through to thenext rounds.Brandon Chang, Druries,scoredtopintheShellsand Sam Shi, Bradbys,scoredtopintheFifthForm.ThebestHarrowperformancecame fromDanielZhang,The Knoll, in theRemoveswhoscored128outofapossible135.

Congratulations to Jim Griffin, The Head Master’s, WillShanklandandPierceO’Toole,bothDruries,whohavebeenselectedtoplayfortheUnder-16IndependentSchoolsRugbyXV,theLambs,arepresentativesidemadeupofthebestrugbyplayerswhoarenotinvolvedwithaPremiershipacademy.TheywillplaymatchesagainstWorcester,GloucesterandsidesfromWalesandScotland.

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CHESSTheweeklyChessPuzzlesetbyJPBH.Emailyoursolutionstohimtoenterthetermlycompetition.Answersarepublishedwithnextweek’spuzzle.

Thisweek’spuzzle:Blacktoplayandmatein2moves

Lastweek’sanswer:1.Qg4+Kc6(Notethat1.…Ke8losesto2.Qxc8#)2.d5+Kc53.b4+Kxc44.Qe2#

Fancy playing chess? Drop in to Chess Club, Tuesdays andThursdays4.30-6pminMathsSchools5.Allabilitiesarewelcome!

boysandothers,asshownbytherecentlettersofDougalBarr,HarryHawthorn,bothNewlands, and Sebastian Tallis, Druries. Butcoulditbethatthetrendyandpoliticallycorrectmoves

are encouragedbyHarrow to forestall aCorbyngovernmentassaultonHarrow?Harrowisaconspicuoustarget,beingoneof the very few all-male boarding schools remaining. Couldit be that the trendy leftwards drift is there tomake itmoredifficultforanyLabourGovernmenttoabolish,forinstance,thecharitablestatusofpublicschoolslikeHarrow?AndtheVATexemption? In fact, are the changes are aimed at preservingHarrow?I donot knowwhere the truth lies in this. It is oftenhard

for outsiders, or even staff on the inside, to know exactlywhat is going onwithin a large and historic school. I knowthatotherall-boysschools,likeHighgate,havealsoinstitutedleftwardchangesrecently,e.g.gender-fluidloos.Howlovely.A few years ago, Downside, a rather mouldering single-sexCatholicboardingschool,runbymonks,astonishedtheworldbysuccessfullyadmittingplatoonsofsmooth,suaveandbrainygirls. Academic standards then rocketed. So in all these matters, carefulanalysis,rather thananger,maybeappropriate,muchto my regret. AsimplersolutionmightbefortheHeadMastertoexplain

to everyone exactly what is going on, but he is probablyconsidering complex issueswithhis advisors aswecogitate.InthesamewayaChancelloroftheExchequeroranEnglandfootball manager does not wish to discuss every issue witheverybody, or even any issue.SoItarrypatiently.IwanttoextendmyLatintagfromira

furor brevis est into ira furor brevis est aut libertas bonum. I intendthistomean‘angerisabriefmadnessorafinerelease.’Will the Head of Classics approve of my construction as awise iambicpentameter?Orwillhegive it theH.H.Asquithwince?ego exspecto.

Yours sincerely, MIKESTONE(MORETONS19572)

Dear Sirs,Shehadcared for two thousand jellyfish,fivehundred frogs,threehundredunicorns,eightysnails,manyspidersandasinglerhinoceros. She had also, overmany years, fielded countlessfascinating and ultimately unanswered questions, some ofwhichwere presently clinging like grim death to the lips ofher hysterical mourners... Serviceover, shecleaneddownher station.Her sectionof

thekitchensparkledasusual.Manyandvariedfinedishes,ormore accurately, parts of fine disheswere created there.Herpartoftheculinaryjigsawwasthankfullyneverclearlydefinedand so she never saw herself as a solid edge piece. On theupside shenever thought of herself as a nebulous piece of abiggerpictureeitherandasaresultofthissmalltriumphsheawarded herself an extra jellyfish every Monday lunchtime,justafterthefinalcustomerhadbeenserved,andwithdeliveryguaranteedonWednesday,heronlydayofffromtherestaurant,shecouldnothaveappearedmoreprosaictotheoutsideworldif she had really tried... Themournersbegan togo theirseparateways.Somewere

dressed to kill, somewere depressed as all hell. Somewerenotorganicandothersdissipatedandwouldforeverbebeyondall understanding. She would have enjoyed the turnout. Shewouldhavedoneanything tohavedriftedamongst themonefinaltime.Therewerenoedgepieceshere,noindistinctpartsofabiggerpicture,nosolidforms,nonebulousblueskies,nodry eyes and no dry lives...Shealwaysdreadedallofthecooking.Allofthatfood,all

of that heat, somuch custom.The restaurant was extremelypopularandwasfrequentedbyallsortsofpeople.Allofthemwereouttoimpressandouttodigress.Theyweretheretobeseen and there to be mean. Not a one of them hungry. Hunger had not troubled a single one of them since 1976...

Shealwayshadthishabitofattemptingtodeleteallofherthoughts almost immediately after use.Why keep them.Didshe keep yesterday. No. So why keep them. Every day wasstartedafresh,althoughmoreoftenthannotthenewdayendedupbearingastrikingsimilarity toeverythingshewashopingtoavoid.Thepastwasprovingmoredifficulttoeradicatethanhadbeenpreviouslyimagined.Herfriendsfromaeonsintohertechnological future had been able to offer little assistance.Theywere light years ahead scientifically, but the emotionalandworkadaygrind of existence had long since been buriedand forgotten. Thecrematoriumwasabouttocloseforthedayandasshe

preparedherselfforherjourney,sheponderedherfutureandwhatmay occur this time around. A recent observer and eradicator ofhumanexperiencesandmemoriesandaconnoisseuroffineglassart,sheyearnedforchangesandnotsimplydifferences.Andwiththatonefinalthought,shewasgone......Within the iceand rock sculpturescirclingSaturn, a small

female consciousness became a temporary and very curiousaddition...

Yours sincerely,Neil Porter

SQUASHThe School v Wellington College

Senior1stWon5-1Brando Sodi and Max Sodi, both West Acre,hadstraightforwardwins at 1 and 2. Daniel Billings, Lyon’s, Kareem Jafree, Elmfi eld, and Tom Santini, The Park, all had toworkhardertorecord3-1wins.

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King Henry VIII Relays, 7 February

OnWednesday 7 February, the six fastest runners from thesquadtravelledtotheprestigiousannualKingHenryVIIIrelaycompetition in the War Memorial Park in Coventry, whichattracts schools from across the country from as far north as Penrith.Theracewasaccompaniedbybeautifulsunnyweatherand the2.25-milecoursewas in fantasticcondition,meaningthat spikes were not needed and some very fast times wereclocked.Theteamcame11thoverallwhichwasasolidresult;despitebeingoneplace lower thanlastyear, theoverall timeimprovedbynineseconds.

SpecialmentionmustgotocaptainGeorgeGrassly,The Knoll, whoachievedthetrophyforthird-fastest lapoutofallofthe274boyrunnersinanimpressive11minutes22seconds,whichwasa35second improvementoverhis time lastyear.AngusDenison-Smith,Elmfi eld,andMontyPowell,The Grove, also ranwell,finishing in12minutes42 seconds and12minutes51secondsrespectively.

SWIMMINGGala v Hampton School, Seniors Won 259 – 159

OnThursday,wehostedHamptonSchooltoafriendlymatchinthepool.Harrowhadarecordnumberofswimmerstakingpart,withShellsbeingthemostnumerouscontingent.Allyeargroupsswamexceptionallywell,buttheShellteamaretobecommended for their particular drive and accomplishment.Theyshowedparticulargritanddetermination,notconcedingoneracetotheopposition.

WATERPOLOThe School v Stowe School

OpenLost4-6HarrowputinavalianteffortinthepoolagainstatoughStoweside.Afterthefirstquarter,Stowewereup3-0.However,RafeWendelken Dickson, Druries, managed a half pool goal inthesecondquarter.Hewentontoscoreanother twogoals inthe final quarter.ArchieHogben,Newlands, scored the finalHarrow scoreof theday.Ourplayers showed real teamworkanddeterminationthroughoutthematch.Goals:RafeWendelkenDicksonx3;ArchieHogbenx1

Boys-Under-16ADrew5-5TheJuniorteamstartedthematchwithanimpressivefour-goallead in the first two quarters. Goals were scored byArchieHogben, Newlands, and Finn Deacon, The Park.Stowecamebackwithsomeimpressiveplayinthethirdquarterandmanagedto tie thegame. In thefinalquarter,Stowe took the leadbuttheirvictorywassavedbyalastminutesneakyoneinthenetby Henry Pearce, Newlands.Goals:ArchieHogbenx2;FinnDeaconx2;HenryPearcex1.

CROSS COUNTRYThe cross-country team travelled toWellington on Saturdayfortheannualrelayevent.Afterfinishingsecondin2017,theSenior teamwas eager to do one better this year.The bleakweatherdidnotpreventagreatperformance fromtheSeniorAteamwhichcameinfirstplaceinathrillingracewhichsawgreat runs from Angus Dennison Smith, Elmfi eld,MontyPowell,The Grove,WillMitchell, Bradbys, George Grassly and Carlos Ohler, both The Knoll. Grassly had a brilliant run, beating his owncourserecordfromthepreviousyear.TheSeniorBteamand IntermediateA ranwell with top-ten finishes. The teamcontinue their successful season under the guidance of LSA andtheever-motivationalCJFB.

Radley Relays, 6 February

A small but enthusiastic squad of eight runners travelled toRadley for the annual relay competition. A clash with theKingHenryVIII relaysandHouseSoccer takingprecedence

overrunningfortheSchoolhadratherdepletedournumbers.Arrivingjust15minutesbeforethestartoftherace,therewasnotimetojogthecourseandthefirst-legrunnerssetoffontheirwaywithgreatdetermination.EddieJodrell,Elmfi eld, running for theIntermediates,put inastrongperformanceandDavidGibbons, The Park, ranagoodfirst legfor theSeniors.With100metrestogo,JodrellwasjustaheadofGibbons;thisgaveGibbons a surgeof enthusiasmand speed,notwanting tobebeatenbyaShell,andintheendhejustcreptaheadofJodrell.Thesecond-legrunners,TheoNash,The Grove, and Matthys du Toit, Newlands,gotalittlelostonthecompletelyunmarshalledcourse, but third-leg runnersArchie Powell, The Grove, and Oliver Bater, Rendalls,managedtomakeitaroundthepropercourse. Jamie Pound, Rendalls, brought the intermediate team back inagood6thplaceof13 teams.Therewasanexcitingfinish fromFreddieHeffer,Elmfi eld, bringing the team home inan incrediblesescondplace.Theboysshouldbedelightedwith their performance: theyhave proved that the squad canstill run exceedingly well, even without the boost from ourfastest boys in the VI3s.

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