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ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE
Swimming
By Rebecca Clark, Head of Swimming
Amber Walkinshaw (
Dragon
), Louis Wright (
Caldicott
), Vladimir Farenkov (
Moscow Educational Centre 1239
),
Alexia Demetriou (
Kampala International
), Maddie Catchpole (
Dragon
), Caitlin Scott (
Anglo American School
of Moscow
), Captain of Swimming Casper Sunley (
Cheam
), Matt Thornton (
Wheatley Park
), Frank Wates
(
Cottesmore
), Hannah Monks (
Headington
), Sascha Clark-Jones (
Christ Church Cathedral
) and Alika
Yasyuchenya (
Rosinka International
)
Football
Swimming continued to go from strength
to strength last term, with a particular
increase in girls’ participation and with
pupils from across all year groups
representing the School competitively.
Fixtures this term included:
Abingdon Sprints Swimming Gala
Thursday 11th February
A highly competitive afternoon against
Abingdon, Bromsgrove, Winchester
College, Cheltenham, Oratory and St
Helen & St Katherine’s in which we fielded
boys’ teams in all three age groups and a
senior girls’ team. The U18 freestyle relay
team gave an exceptional performance,
winning their event.
Oratory School Swimming Gala
Tuesday 1st March
This was our first competitive swimming
fixture against Oratory. It took place in
their new pool and proved to be a very
exciting afternoon ending in a draw. Our
U14s swam exceedingly well against
Oratory’s U15s and the senior teams
were well matched. The boys showed
some excellent race technique.
The Bath Cup Schools’ Swimming Relays, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Friday 11th March
Returning again to this fantastic event where
public schools from across Britain compete
for the prize trophies was yet again a real
treat; we were proud to field both a boys’ and
girls’ team this year. All pupils swam their best
and gained valuable 50m experience. There
was a real sense of team spirit and we came
away with some individual and team PBs.
Rick Storey, team manager, sums
up last season’s 1st XI performance:
‘outstanding team spirit in the
face of adversity’. The team played
10, won 3, drew 5 and lost 2.
Highlights included our reliable
Senior Prefect centre back pairing
of Henry Johnson (
Junior King’s
)
and Bastian Tholstrup (
Caldicott
);
dynamic energy and skill from
Maximilian Heil (
St Alban’s College,
South Africa
); long range shots from
Paul Beckers (
Lycée Français Victor
Hugo
); and Golden Boot winner
Oare Ezekiel’s (
Caldicott
) record
of played 8, scored 8. Player of
the season was JJ Postlethwaite
(
Bruern Abbey
).
Dr Anthony Bullard