Chronicle April 2016

30 ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE

Squash By Andrew Grounds, Master i/c Squash It has been an outstanding year for squash with the boys’ 1st V reaching the National Trophy Finals day. After wins against West Somerset College, Windsor Boys’ School and Bedford School, the senior boys’ 1st V squash team travelled to Nottingham for Finals day playing Whitgift in the semi-final. In a close, tense tie, wins from James George ( New College ) and Fynn Baring ( Dragon ) meant the tie was down to the final match with Edward Beccle ( Cothill House ) which he narrowly lost 12-10 in the deciding game. In the regular season, there have been excellent wins against Bradfield, Marlborough, Cheltenham, Radley, Stowe and Westminster with telling contributions from captain Horatio Scott Lyon ( Caldicott ) and James Moore-Stanley ( Ibstock Place ). The girls’ V, led by Camille Bonini ( Marlston House ) and Natasha Tisminieszky ( Banda, Nairobi ), won their only fixture of the term against Marlborough. In the junior section, we entered the National U15 cup for the first time which included a win against Windsor Boys’ School but were knocked out of the competition by a strong Highgate outfit. It has been a difficult year for the juniors as they have battled against superior opposition but there has been a large group of Shells attending training which bodes well for the future. Basil Zirinis ( Bede’s Prep ), Ollie Corbett ( Moulsford Prep ), Giles Wordsworth ( New College ) and Hamish Smart ( Northcote Lodge ) all made impressive contributions to the season and I hope to see these players develop in the coming years.

Climbing Club By Liz Boast, Head of Climbing

Stephen Ferneyhough

Oliver Ferneyhough and William Webb at The Reach, Woolwich

The Climbing Club is now a year old and has a strong base of committed members. At the beginning of term, Captain Casper Sunley wrote to OSE Hugh Saffery and John Dart who had both been committed climbers and invited them to become Senior Members of the Club, and both were pleased to accept. Over the course of the year, we developed our own award scheme largely based around the NICAS system, and were pleased to see Jøergen Reinboth ( Ravnanger Ungdomsskole ) and Oscar Inglis-Jones ( St Edmund’s ) complete their Foundation Awards, and Arthur Churchill ( Dulwich Prep London ) his Lead Climbing Award. Independent Schools Climbing Competition In March, a team of William Webb ( Dragon ), Oliver Ferneyhough ( Caldicott )

and Jøergen Reinboth represented Teddies at the annual Independent

Schools Climbing Competition hosted by Westminster School at The Reach, Woolwich. This was our first time in the competition, and it was hard to know what to expect. The boys climbed well and their stamina was hugely tested over five hours as each sought to accrue as many points as possible across the disciplines of lead climbing, top roping and bouldering. Despite a strong field featuring experienced teams (who train three times a week) particularly those from Tonbridge, Harrow and Eton, all three boys pulled out personal bests in the top roping category. William achieved second place in the senior lead category, and Oliver won the junior lead trophy. Huge thanks to Ed Edwards, Steve Ferneyhough, Johan Reinboth and Ben Bishop for their support and help on the day.

The 1st V in Nottingham: left to right, James George, Edward Beccle, Horatio Scott Lyon, coach Ross Gore, James Moore-Stanley and Fynn Baring