Head's Newsletter 8 February 2019

After automatic qualification through the first Round, the Chess A team enjoyed a 6- 0 thrashing over opponents, Wilsons’s, on a glorious afternoon which they are eager to emulate at future fixtures. After winning by default on Board 6, the team of Haotian Wu, Darshan Kumaresan, Sagink Chatterjee, Vincent Trieu, and Vladimir Kalashnikov stormed to an impressive victory, and are now looking forward to their next match against RGS Guildford. The House chess competition finished with the senior Chess taking place alongside the Year nine parents’ consultation. The competition showed off the highest standard seen for many years with over 48 competitors showing considerable skill and strategic nous. Senior Chess was won with a very strong performance by Turing Nightingale House on all six boards; this put them level with Churchill Gordon overall, meaning that this year the House chess trophy has been shared. The strongest individual performance of the afternoon came from Haotian Wu who was unbeaten on board one. CRICKET NEWS The Year 8 Cricket VI won their tournament in the Sports Hall on Monday, 28 th January. The side included Aaryan Ghag (Captain), Harish Narasimhan, Dylan Shori, Ashiken Aathavan, Sam Jenkins and Ben Coats. Monday, 4 th February saw the second borough indoor cricket competition. We were asked by the organisers to put in a second team so both Year 9 and Year 10

entered a team of 6. Both teams won their group and inevitably ended up playing each other in an all-Tiffin final. As predicted the Year 9 team containing 2 boys who represented the 1 st XI last season as U13 players (Datta Vasireddy and Alex Cormack) were comfortable winners. The photograph shows Tiffin A (Year 9) at the front and Tiffin B (Year 10) behind. The Tiffin Year 8 and Year 9 teams go on to represent Kingston in the County finals.

CROSS COUNTRY Ollie Coppellotti in Year 12 was due to run for Surrey in the Inter counties competition in Hampshire last weekend but unfortunately this event did not go ahead. He gained this selection through being top 5 in Surrey at the County Championships held at Reigate on the second weekend of January. This top position also gains him selection for the English School Championships. This is the first time this decade we have had an athlete at the Nationals. Very well done, Ollie.