School Notes Summer 2013

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COMMENT

At the beginning of July, children across the

country can contemplate nearly two months

of holiday.Two months without prep; two

months to relax; two months to learn different

lessons from those that are learnt at school.

Yet we are told by government that we

should live in fear of the Summer Slide andmake sure that children are working throughout

the summer. Many parents adhere to this theory

and engage the services of tutors to keep

their most prized possessions noses at the

grindstone. So what is the right approach?

The summer holidays should be all about

discovery. Children learn about themselves

when they are not at school all day.They learn

how to play; they learn how to make new

friends with people they meet; hopefully they

will discover new books and authors; they will

visit new places; they will discover new interests.

It is important that children learn things at

home and at school but it need not be rigidly

academic during the holidays. Reading regularly

is incredibly valuable. Playing maths games in

the car is a help.Writing postcards is a good

idea. Some children keep a holiday diary

which can be an excellent way of keeping

things ticking over.

Lets remember, though, doing well at school

is important, but so is being a child and building

a bank of wonderful memories that will stay

with them forever.

SCHOOL NOTES Summer 2013

SUNNINGDALE

CRICKET 1st XI

PLAYED 11 WON 2 DRAWN 3 LOST 6

This was a season which promised much and at times the team delivered impressively. There were also

times, though, when we did not do ourselves justice and we missed out on some opportunities for

good wins.

Our first match of the season was against Ludgrove.We were not at our best yet and it is a shame that

we did not play them later on in the season when we would have a had a very good chance of defeating

them.Ampofo ma. and Sperling did make it very interesting for a while but we fell short.We did not

perform well in the field against Eagle House where naive fielding positions and poor bowling and fielding

allowed them to post a large total. Gaba and Sperling batted well, though,to make it respectable. In our

first encounter with Hall Grove we again did not perform and were outplayed by a strong side.

We then began to show what we were capable of.Against Dorset House we bowled and fielded

brilliantly on a tricky wicket.Ampofo was unplayable and Gaba, Sperling and James also took wickets.

We made the runs very comfortably with Hardaker and Ampofo scoring well.Against Bishopsgate we

were much the stronger side but in a weather shortened format we did not have time to bowl the out

despite an excellent 4-13 from James. Our performance againstWoodcote House was one of the bestof recent times.We made an excellent 150-5 with a brisk 42 from Macdondald-Buchanan.When we

took to the field,Ampofo was simply unplayable. He took five wickets in his first two overs and a sixth

in his third to return with figures of 6-17.Woodcote were all out for a total of 37.This was the game in

which all elements finally came together and we proved what a good side we could be.We followed

this up with an equally impressive performance against Hall Grove, a side which had beaten us convincingly

earlier in the term. Our captain led the way with an unbeaten 87 on a ground with an extremely slow

outfield.This would have been a century on many grounds.We posted an excellent total of 137 in 29

overs. Inexplicably, the opposition decided to shut up shop from the outset, scoring only 20 runs in the

first ten overs of their innings and ending up 56 for 3 after 26. It was an excellent performance nonetheless.

Sadly, as we have seen rather too often, we then suffered from a post Common Entrance slump. Our

performances dipped, culminating in a loss to Woodcote, a side we had outplayed in our first encounter.

We must work out how to avoid this going forward.

Colours were awarded to Macdonald Buchanan,Ampofo ma., Sperling and Gaba.

Team: Macdonald Buchanan (capt.), Gaba,Tonkins, Sperling,Ampofo ma., Bonham-Lloyd, Hardaker, James,

Sliva Alvear ma., Silva Alvear mi., Russell, Pernabayev.

T.A.C.N.D & W.B.


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French Day

On Thursday 27th June, croissants, pains au chocolat and hot chocolate started another great French

Day. The boys turned out in a variety of clothes, all in the French colours of blue, white and red. As it

was a lovely day, we played the 'course de garon de caf' and 'petanque' at break, which the boys all

enjoyed. Lunch was a delicious coq au vin, followed by a pudding of 'millefeuille'.

The winners of the French quiz all received prizes.

The winners are as follows:

Form I:Brooks, Form II: Hopkins / Senior mi, Form

III: Senior ma, Form IVa: Malhame, Form IV: Neckel,

FormVA: Felbeck, FormVI: Sikorski

Wilson and Desmond won best costume.

Ibrahim mi and Thomas were winners of the

'course de garons de caf'.

Boam and Hanif were the best 'petanque' players.

And finally, the best costume competition for the teachers was won by Ms Padwick and Mr Brooks.

V.G. & E.J.A.D

SCHOOL NOTES

FORM PRIZES

FormVI Soloviev, Sikorski & Ampofo ma

Form VIa Silva ma & Pernebayev

FormV Lea,Cao & Sviridov

FormVa Merrill & Hardaker

Form IV Pangin,Thomas & J. Kim

Form IVa Delikatnyi, Buxton & Malham

Form III Ampofo mi,Senior ma & Efemuai

Form II Wilson,Hinchliffe & Hopkins

Form I Kuanyshev & van Heusden

In Common Entrance, Gaba was awarded the

Biology prize at Harrow, Lane was awarded

the R.S. prize by Sherborne and Hagg-Davies

was awarded the Modern Languages prize by

Sherborne.

The most Show-Ups was won by

DYACHENKO, MERRILL, SIKORSKI and

SILVA ma.

The Show-Ups Cup was won by SILVA ma.

The Art Cup was won by FRY and

PERNEBAYEV

The Modern Languages prize was won by

HAGG-DAVIES

The Performing Arts Cup was won by MILES

The Swimming Cup was won by

BONHAM-LLOYD

The Waterfiled Mile was won by

CAMPBELL BREEDON

The Dundas Cup was won by

BONHAM-LLOYD

The Junior Fielding Cup was won by

BECKWITH-MOORE

The Junior Cricket Cup was won byM. RUSSELL

The Fielding Cup was won by AMPOFO ma

The Cricket Cup was won by

MACDONALD BUCHANAN

The Fox-Andrews Trophy was won by

MACDONALD BUCHANAN

The Best All-round Sportsman was won

by SPERLING

The All-round Achievement award was

won by AMPOFO ma

The Lesley McColl Prize was won by

HART & CARTWRIGHT

The House Cup was won by GIRDLESTONE

Social with St.Mary's

With some trepidation the leavers made their

way to St. Mary's for an evening of 'barn dancing'.

At first the girls seemed much more ready for a

hoedown than the lonesome cowpokes of

Sunningdale. However, after some supper the

band struck up and the member of staff entreated

the boys to follow Nelson's adage and engage the

enemy more closely. The evening was a huge

success and wonderfully hosted by St. Mary's.

B.W.R.H.

Charity DayThe boys raised 1600 for the Sunita Treacher Foundation.

Old Boys Notes

Congratulations to Hector Ross, Rupert Rankin and Laura King on their engagements, to Henry King

on his marriage, to Emily Lewis (nee Dawson) on the birth of a son and to Toby Campbell and Andrew

Leschallas on the birth of daughters. Jonny Rodgers is studying Civil Engineering at Portsmouth and

Philip Rodgers works very successfully in the computer world. BenjaminYarde-Buller has been reviewing

books for the Spectator. James Puxley and Charles Byam-Cook are Trustees of the Berkshire

Churches Trust and we had a visit from Guy Wheatley who is working in the city. George Jones has

been playing rugby for Surrey and the Welsh Exiles and Christopher Carrelet opened the bowling for

the XI at Stowe. Harry Bannister has been riding at Point to Points and under rules and is sponsored

by the school. He rode his first winner under rules, Fine Parchment, at Cartmel and his first flat winner,

Pivotman at Pontefract. James Matti,Alec Lindsay, Nicholas Kaba and Louis James came to talk to the

Leavers.We regret to announce the death of Christopher Parsons who left Sunningdale in 1947.


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Music

Musical activity this term has been very varied, and I am pleased to say that every boy in the school has

had the opportunity to take part in a musical event whether as a singer or instrumentalist. In the first

part of the term we had our Festival of Song. This was an evening of vocal music split in two parts: the

first half was the solo singing competition, then all the forms had prepared songs and competed for the

Form Prize. In the solo section, H. Russell came first with a lovely rendition of Vaughan-Williams

Linden Lea. The theme for the second half was Songs from the Seventies and the audience enjoyed a

selection of hits from the decade.The winners in this section were formVI with Blame it on the Boogieby the Jackson Five.

Our Summer concert was very well attended and parents enjoyed background music played by the

younger boys as they viewed the art Exhibition. We then moved to

the Hall for the concert which was a mix of ensemble and

solo items, including group pieces by the guitar

ensemble, the woodwind trio, and the

brass group. The standard of

performance was very high, and

mention must go to W. Miles

who played solos on both

the saxophone and clarinet

and a moving arrangement

for two clarinets of the Pearl

Fishers duet with Mrs Leech-

Bendell. The school choir sang

very well, and included the piece

Joyful, Joyful which featured in the film

Sister Act II.

On the following Tuesday, boys from forms I and II put on an Informal Concert with singing and playing

of a very high quality. I was very pleased at how many of them gave solo performances.

The choir have continued to work hard, producing anthems every Sunday in term time, and singing at

other occasions too. This term they were invited to sing at the Christening of Bertie Lewis, held in the

school chapel, and paid a return visit to the Coxhall Manor Retirement Home in Chobham to entertain

the residents. Mention must be made of their tribute to Her Majesty the Queens 60th Anniversary of

the coronation on June 2nd when they sang the arrangement of All People that on Earth do Dwell

which had been written for the coronation in 1953. The alto section,made up of the choir leavers this

term, has been particularly strong and we wish them well going into their next schools and hope they

involve themselves in choral singing in the future.

As we come to the end of the Academic Year (which seems to have arrived so quickly!) I must say a big

thank-you to our Peripatetic Music staff who come in week after week and help our boys achieve so

much in their musical studies.Thanks also to our parents and friends who come to support our

concerts and Sunday services and whose encouragement is so important.

Next term we are welcoming string specialist Mr Mark Kelly who will be joining us to help develop

String ensemble playing at the school and take on some individual teaching, and we welcome back Mrs

Spencer who will be returning after maternity leave to lead the choir.

Declamation Prize

The Declamation Prize was a great success this

year. The standard of vocal delivery was

extremely high and not one boy forgot their

poems. The winner in the junior category was

Delikatnyi and the winner in the seniors was

Cartwright ma. Both these boys not only

recited their poems and prose beautifully butmanaged to inject a high degree of emotion

and poignancy in to the text that helped convey

its full meaning to the audience. It was impressive

stuff. It is also immensely gratifying to know

that the boys have memorised some truly

wonderful pieces of literature that hopefully

will stay with them forever.We were very

grateful to Mr Beharrell for adjudicating so

well. I'm already looking forward to next year!

A.D.V

Leavers ProgrammeAfter all their hard work this term, the Leavers

embarked on a full and varied programme of

activities starting with Spanish taster lessons

and a hip hop dance workshop! They also

went kayaking and raft building at Horseshoe

lake. They learnt about using social media

safely in a workshop run by Mr spencer and had

a very useful questions and answers session

with some old Sunningdalians who recently

started at Public School.

They had an amazing time camping on the

grounds of the Vacquerie in France, where they

cooked delicious barbecues and climbed a hair-raising high ropes courses. Back at Sunningdale

they tried their hand at archery, visited Mercedes

Benz world and were taught print-making by a

renowned artist.

E.J.A.D.

Polo

The Sunningdale School polo team is made up

from 6 boys, with a range of ability. We have

played two matches this term, both of which

have enabled everyone to play, mixing the

teams each chukka. We played Papplewick

earlier this term and drew 3 all, and played

Aldro in the final week of term, riding to a

convincing 7-0 victory. H.G


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U11A

It is fair to say that the U11s have not fulfilled

their potential this season.That said, they worked

extremely hard on the key sills of the game: batting,

bowling and fielding. Unfortunately, cricket will

punish any chink in the armour and quite simply,

we didn't score enough runs.The boys can take

positives though from their defensive technique

(particularly Russell and Ker) but scoring runs

consistently has to be their goal next year.The

boys must realise that in order to progress they

must dedicate themselves to the game and practice

whenever the opportunity presents itself.

M Russell was the standout batsmen all term,

scoring 233 runs, which included a fantastic 86

against Woodcote House.

The boys bowled fairly well as a unit all season

and when they were supported in the field, they

were able to take it to another level.This was

clearly illustrated in the stand out match of the

season against Cothill.The boys were bowled out

cheaply for 76 but they rallied superbly. Hopton

provided the momentum with an inspired spell of

bowling, taking four wonderful wickets thanks tosome good fielding from Beckwith-Moore, Mayo,

Reddyhough and Kim. Goschen,Efemuai and Russell

then bowled well to skittle Cothill out for 49. It

was the most exhilarating U11's match I have

witnessed. If the boys could have replicated the

same intensity in all of their games, I am positive

they would have notched up several more wins.

Fielding has to be the highlight of the season. By

their last game, the commitment from all eleven

boys was brilliant. It's worth mentioning that

Delikatnyi kept wicket superbly all season, partic-

ularly as he has never done it before.

If the boys can ensure that they start the 2014

season in the same vein that they finished this

one, then they can look forward to even more

success. A.J.L. & M.P.G.

U11B

The Under 11 B's season began with a sense of

excitement and a little apprehension. Many of the

boys in the team arrived new to hard ball cricket

and so the lopsided defeats experienced early in

the season taught many harsh, yet valuable

lessons.Throughout the season, the boys applied

themselves fantastically well and gave their all in

order to improve across the three disciplines of

cricket. Crewe-Reed led from the front with the

ball, ably supported by Cluff, Mayo and Bekar.

With others contributing positively to the bowling

and with much enthusiasm in the field, each boy

found a way to leave their mark on the side.With

bat in hand, Crespi proved to be a nuisance to

opposition attacks as he occupied the crease for

many an over. Jegede demonstrated great willingness

in playing his shots, as did Cartwirght mi at the

top of the innings.The boys saved their best until

last, recording a fine victory over Locker's Park.

Defending a meagre 88, made up of Sparavalo's

30 not out,Treacher set about the undoing of the

visiting batting line-up.An excellent bowling

performance in recording figures of 5-12, including

a triple wicket maiden saw his team to victory.Well done boys on a memorable finish to the

season. D.G.

2ndXI

Despite their best efforts the 2XI were unable to win any games this season, narrowly avoiding

a clean sweep with a close draw against Ashdown House. Despite some impressive individual

performances with the bat only once did we put together a lasting partnership and so only

once did we post a total above a hundred. Small totals make the job hard for the bowlers

and although we had some good reliable work horses we lacked bowlers with the killer

instinct for really making life difficult for the opposition.That said if gentlemens cricket was

the name of the game we won every match hands down; the season was, if nothing else,tremendous fun and a great esprit de corps kept us going throughout. Cartwright ma led

well and proved a gutsy opener, other batsmen of note were Lane, Miles and Titov, all of

whom had their moments of glory.With the ball, the find of the season was undoubtedly

Allen, but also Hart, Fry,Cartwright ma, and Lane all put in sterling performances.B.C.

3rd XI

The 3rd XI had a less than successful season, pitted as they were against vastly superior

teams. Some talent was produced by the captain, Boxhall, who both bowled and batted well,

and who managed to keep the team's spirits up in spite of the score. Sikorski kept wicket all

season showing some natural flair for the role. Jaigu was fearless in the field taking some

excellent catches.Well done all. D.C.S


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U9A

PLAYED 9 WON 9

I am delighted to report 9 wins in 9 matches! The

team performed outstandingly well to continue

their run of form throughout the term. They

encouraged one another, complemented each

other's skills and swept aside much bigger schoolson their path to glory! Consistently strong bat-

ting performances from Senior ma, Buxton,Am-

pofo mi and Senior mi kept our run tally high and

penetrating bowling from Senior ma, Senior mi,

Brooks,Ampofo mi and Buxton kept our opponents'

totals low. We were sharp in the field too with Hopkins taking many impressive catches and a plethora

of wicket keepers reducing byes to a minimum. Hinchliffe put in some great performances and we

mustn't forget the batting partners (Lamb, Davies, Coen, Gourlay and Wilson) who were vital to the

success of the team by scoring the vital singles and keeping the ball away from their stumps. A tremendous

season boys and one of which Sunningdale will be proud for a long time!

G.J.S-B

U9B

The U9 B team has improved significantly during

the course of the term as all the boys put a lot of

work into their batting, bowling and fielding tech-

niques. They were almost richly rewarded in their

final match of the term against Cothill,where the

result was decided in the final over of a nail biting

match. Highlights of the season included figures of

2 for 14 against Papplewick for Majed Ibrahim and

the highest score of the season, 21, for Woody

Jackson against a strong Hall Grove side.

U8

The under 8s have had two matches this term,

one against against Brockhurst and one against

Papplewick. Unfortunately despite two hard

fought games, both were lost.The best bowling

figures were recorded by George Field who took

2 for 8 against Brockhurst and William Brooks

who took 2 for 6 against Papplewick.

D.W.

Fathers match

W.B.

Mr Brooks came to Sunningdale from Bruern

Abbey as Deputy Headmaster in September

2006.The ease with which he settled in to his

new role and the school was remarkable. His

boundless enthusiasm and sense of fun made

him an instant hit with the boys who appreciated

his fairness and the work that he put in ontheir behalf. In the classroom he taught Maths

and English.He always said that having not

found maths particularly easy at school helped

him empathise with those boys for whom it did

not come naturally. Mr Brooks was also out-

standing on the games field. He coached the

1st XV rugby team, the 1st XI cricket team and

the U9 football team. His love of sport was

evident and he took great pride in the suc-

cesses of his teams.

As a Deputy Headmaster Mr Brooks was superb.

He helped with seven years of progress, all the

time understanding the vital importance of

retaining Sunningdale tradition. He will be

sorely missed in the staff room as a constant

source of banter and mirth!

He leaves us for Port Regis where we wish him

and his family every success and happiness.

U9 Chess team

On the second lastThursday of term the U9

Chess` team travelled to Dolphin School to

take part in the Under 9 Berkshire ChessJamboree. Gourlay, Van Heusden, Kuanyshev

and Lamb all played well with most of the

matches being closely fought battles. Gourlay

did particularly well,winning one and drawing

two out of his four matches for the school.

Tennis

A great term with 3 great wins over Hall

Grove,Woodcote House and Papplewick. We

had strength in depth and many juniors looking

to take up the reins next year. The Silvas domi-nated in first pair and Gaba/Bonham-Lloyd ably

backed them up in second pair. Sparavalo lead

the juniors with a mixture of Hopton and

Beckwith-Moore to many victories. All this

happened before the untapped talent of Reddy-

hough mi and M Russell appeared on the scene

and won the Junior Doubles title - too late for

school matches but a note has been taken for

next year!

Senior Singles was won by Silva ma, Senior

Doubles was won by Silva ma & Silva mi,

Junior Singles was won by Beckwith Moore

and Junior Doubles was won by M. Russell &Reddyhough mi.

G.J.S-B

Mothers and Sons Tennis

We had a terrific day for this year's Mothers and Sons tennis. It was lovely weather and we had some

competitive tennis. The day was won by Miss Cook and Silva ma who played very well to beat the

Beckwith-Moores in the semi-final. The other semi-final saw some excellent tennis between the

Dyachenkos and Miss Tripp and Silva mi. Well played everyone!

G.J.S-B


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Senior School

100m 1.Ampofo ma 12.73s 2. Sperling 3. Bonham-Lloyd

200m 1.Ampofo ma 28.89s 2. Bonham-Lloyd 3. Gaba

400m 1.Ampofo ma 1.05.66s 2. Bonham-Lloyd 3. Jaigu

800m 1. Bonham-Lloyd 2.42.47s 2. Silva Alvear mi 3. Jaigu

70m Hurdles 1.Ampofo ma 11.9s 2. Sperling 3. Bonham-Lloyd

Long Jump 1.Sperling 4.58m 2. Ampofo ma 3. Silva Alvear mi

High Jump 1. Jaigu 1.39m 2. Ampofo ma 3. Bonham-Lloyd

Javelin 1. Sperling 30.01m 2.Macdonald Buchanan 3. Bonham-Lloyd

Shot 1.Ampofo ma 10.06m 2. Jaigu 3. Sperling

Victor Ludorum: Ampofo ma

Middle School:

100m 1. Efemuai 15.46s 2.Beckwith-Moore 3.M.Russell

200m 1. B eckwith-Moore 31.25s 2. Efemuai 3. Hopton

800m 1. Mayo 2.51.36s 2. Hopton 3. Beckwith Moore

70m Hurdles 1.Moussinet 14.62s 2. Hopton 3. Beckwith-Moore

Long Jump 1.Hopton 3.69m 2.Beckwith-Moore 3.M.Russell

High Jump 1.Beckwith-Moore 1.15m 2. Hopton 3. M.Russell

Victor Ludorum: Beckwith-Moore

Junior School

100m 1.Ampofo mi15.71s

2. Hinchliffe 3. Buxton200m 1. Senior mi 34.34s 2. Hinchliffe 3. Buxton

600m 1. Hinchliffe 2.06.61s 2. Senior ma 3. Jackson

55m Hurdles 1.Hinchliffe 11.11s. 2. Hopkins 3. Buxton

Long Jump 1.Hinchliffe 3.76m 2.Ampofo mi 3. Hopkins

Sports Day

With some luck it was a beautiful, if slightly blustery, day for the athletes at Sports Day.The grounds were looking as immaculate as they ever have and the

stage was set for some very exciting and record breaking performances.Both the senior and middle school Victor Ludorum was incredibly hotly contested

with Ampofo ma pipping Bonham-Lloyd to the post in the last event of the day and Beckwith-More only just garnering his laurels from the snatches of Hopton.


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Athletics

Two district champions.Three national finalists. Eight district runners-up. Undefeated U10 team.

Seniors

vs. Ludgrove lost, vs. Hall Grove won, vs. Bishopsgate won,vs. Woodcote won vs. St.Andrews Pangbourne won.

The team was captained by Bonham-Lloyd, who is not only a singular athlete in his own right, but also exemplified what leadership is about, putting in fine

performances throughout the season for the team. He was ably assisted by Ampofo ma, the fastest boy the school has ever had, indeed he very nearly

holds the record at St. Andrews Pangbourne with his 100m time of 12.88s in the meeting there.We have great hope for him in the nationals. Jaigu

jumped well all season as did Silva mi and Sperling never failed to impress in any of the disciplines he was

entered for. Macdonald Buchanan surprised even himself by winning the districts at the javelin and

was a handy high jumper to boot. Special mention must go to the relay team who were nothing

short of superb coming second in the districts out of 15 teams of mostly much larger

schools by 0.8 of a second.

Juniors

vs. Ludgrove lost, vs. Hall Grove won, vs. Bishopsgate won, vs.Woodcote

won vs. St.Andrews Pangbourne won.

The Juniors were not as strong as the other two age groups

within the school, but nonetheless put in some fineperformances over the season. Beckwith-Moore is a swift

runner who won many of his races at 100m and 200m,

notably against Ludgrove in a time of 14.86. Moussinet

was arguably the find of the season in the hurdles, remaining

unbeaten, and Efemuai, M.Russell and Hopton were all

successful throughout the season.

Under 10 - Undefeated

vs. Ludgrove won, vs. Hall Grove won, vs. Bishopsgate won,vs. Woodcote won vs. St.Andrews Pangbourne won.

The Under 10s were simply wonderful this season, remaining unbeaten in every match. Hinchliffe won the districts in a thrilling race beating the school

record for the third time in one season (1.59). He is most certainly one to watch for the future and many could draw inspiration from the dedicated way

he trains and improves. Hopkins is a very fine hurdler and Ampofo mi and Boam remained peerless in the 100m and long Jump. Honourable mentionmust also go to Jackson, they youngest member of the team and Senior ma and mi for always pushing those within the team for their place.Again, the

relay team performed fantastically at the districts coming third out of ten teams and underlining just what potential they have for the future.

B.W.R.H

Form II trip to H.M.S. Victory

On a sweltering Summer's day where Portsmouth seemed more like Marseille we made our way to

see Admiral Nelson's flagship H.M.S.Victory.The morning was kicked off in some style as we managed

to gate crash the decommissioning ceremony of H.M.S. Edinburgh and listen to the massed band of the

marines play whilst a Hawker Sea Fury did barrel rolls and loop the loops over the harbour only to be

joined by a Eurofighter Typhoon putting on a display of death defying aerial speed.We then boarded the

Victory and were led around the ship finding out amazing things like the dangers of exploding rats and

just how long it took to amputate an arm in battle, about eight minutes.After our tour we went on a

cruise around the harbour looking at ships like the first true ironclad H.M.S.Warrior and the latest

destroyer H.M.S. Diamond. It was a really fantastic trip and few will not have taken at least one special

memory from the day.

B.W.R.H

Magna Carta

Form III went on a trip to Runnymede, a

beautiful meadow on the Thames where the

Magna Carta was signed by the dastardly King

John and also the site of the JFK memorial.

We had a picnic by the Thames and explored

the river bank. B.W.R.H.

Cherries by Fry


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1874

This year marked the first publication of Sunningdale's

new arts magazine, 1874. It was a thrill and a pleasure

to collect creative writing and art from all over the

school and to slowly assemble and create the finished

product. I hope the boys are already thinking about

next year's submissions, only the very best will be

selected! Many thanks to parents who supported and

bought the magazine. Issue 2 will be available at Sports

Day 2014!

A.D.V

Obituaries

R.S.M

Roger Miller came

to Sunningdale to

teach History. An

Old Harrovian,

Rifle BrigadeNational Service

Officer and former

Master of the

Carpenters

Company, who

had fought three

General Elections

on behalf of the

Liberal Party and worked in the tobacco industry

and the world of books. He was a considerable

cricketer at Harrow, Oxford and Sussex. Coming

to Sunningdale was a dramatic change of

career. To the boys he was unpredictable; they

were never quite sure which of their posses-

sions was about to leave the classroom

through the window! But he cared: he wanted

only the best from and for those whom he

taught. He left us to live in France and follow

his passion for horses and, lately, boats.To Tessa

and his family we send our condolences.

HENRY CECIL

Henry and his twin brother David came to

Sunningdale in 1951, they were not academically

gifted,but Henry took 4 for 9 against Woodcote

and had a talent as a goalkeeper, his skill was

acclaimed in a side labelled the worst for 50

years. The twins went to Canford and from

there Henry went to Cirencester. He became

assistant trainer to his stepfather and then set

up on his own. Henry brought Warren Place in

1976 and from there he trained 25 Classic

winners, including the Derby four times and

had over 70 Royal Ascot winners. Perhaps his

best known horse was Frankel, unbeaten in 14

starts. He came back to Sunningdale a number

of times, on several occasions to celebrate a

Classic winner when he would order a cake for

the boys the size of Paulines desk! He sent

his son Noel to Sunningdale.

Science Museum

Earlier in the term the boys from Forms I-IVa went on the annual trip to the Science Museum and as

ever it did not disappoint.The day started off with a general knowledge quiz on the coach up to the

museum which Buxton, Saville Sneath and Senior mi. won with an incredible score of 92% - beating

some rather embarrassed teachers! When we arrived at the museum the boys were divided into two

groups and went off to explore the various interactive zones. Aside from the awesome 'cosmos and

future zones' the highlight of the day was by far 'Launchpad'.An awe-inspiring zone with over 50 experiments

for the boys to try out; ranging from exploding Hydrogen bottles, giant water canons and listening tomusic through their teeth.The day was rounded off with an all singing and dancing 'flash bang' show

which culminated in poor Barbie being shot out of an exploding rocket.A fantastic day had by all and

both boys and teachers alike can't wait for next years trip.

A.J.L.

Windsor Castle Trip

On a glorious Thursday morning Forms III and IVa set out for Windsor Castle to meet the Queen.Well,

not exactly, but we did get to see her state bedroom. Our first port of call was Queen Mary's Dolls

House and then we went to look at the state apartments. After this we watched the changing of the

guard with the Irish Guards taking over from the Scots Guards.We then made our way to St. George's

Chapel, which is not only beautiful but is also the final resting place of many of our greatest monarchs.

We were given a hugely interesting talk about the Knights of the Garter and shown where all of them

sit, we even found out that John Major has cricket balls on his standard. It was also very moving to see

the wreath laid at BaronessThatcher's stall and we left filled with the majesty of such an extraordinary

building.

B.W.R.H.

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