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ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE
Saturday: Match Day
By Rosie Hart
The prospect of match day has always given me something to look forward to at
the end of the week particularly during my time at Teddies. From playing multiple
sports in Shells to still participating in three main sports in the Upper Sixth, I have
thoroughly enjoyed myself the whole way through. Despite always enjoying sport at
prep school, sport at Teddies has been completely different. I have opened myself
up to a new group of friends and memories that I’m sure will last forever whilst
learning social skills that I would otherwise be without. It is safe to say that I would
not have learned that being in a team meant that you had to take responsibility
for not only yourself but also for others whilst being – or so it seems – the busiest
person on the planet. Sport can be one of the most unifying things and I have been
so fortunate to play with the most amazing, long-suffering and humorous friends.
My memories are many and range from going on netball tour to Barbados to
having an unbeaten hockey season in the Fourth Form. Even situations which at the
time were really not amusing, such as seriously damaging the ligaments in my ankle
on the very FIRST day of a three-week hockey tour to Australia (having managed
to get through 17 years of my life without any real injuries!) will be a tale to tell in
the future. With true Teddies spirit, everyone rallied round and helped me enjoy
one of the best experiences of my life. Captaining the girls’ 1st hockey XI was a
dream come true this term and having a team full of friends from across the year
groups made us a fantastic squad who have fared as well as we have because we
truly bonded in every sense of the word. The sporting part of Teddies has, for
me, enhanced my whole school life more than I could ever have hoped. I was
honoured to have a Sports Scholarship the whole way through and Teddies has
done nothing but help me maximise all my sporting opportunities. I am very envious
of those who have all of their school experiences left to come and it’s so sad to see
my sporting time at Teddies drawing to a close. I can honestly say that I have had the
best time and I would not change one moment of it for anything.
Rosie was previously at the Dragon – and is pictured on the front cover.
In the Swim
Chairman of Governors Mike Stanfield OSE is
at the centre of both pictures: on the left, as
Captain of Swimming at St Edward’s in 1960,
and above at Teddies in December when he
met the current Captain of Swimming, Casper
Sunley, and Head of Swimming, Rebecca Clark,
to find out how things have changed poolside.
Read Rebecca’s autumn term swimming report
on page 30.