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Maths Challenge
An action-packed month
ahead for Wycliffe...
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The Wycliffian Society
Another successful
Wycliffian Day
Music Fills The Air
Music has rather stolen the show this term with a wide variety
of different events following on from the success of last term’s
Gig Night, Teatime Concerts and musical theatre trips.
The Summer Term started with an
all-day Sunday flute and strings
workshop, culminating in a concert
that included a performance of a
Cimarosa concerto by String Group
and our top flautists, Kate Hampson
Collingwood, and Fenella Purkess,
Ivy Grove.
The following weekend saw a
collaboration between our own chamber
choir ‘VOX’ and the internationally
acclaimed vocal group ‘Voces8’,
featuring OW Sam Dressel (19972007). Voces8 ran a workshop, listening
to VOX perform an arrangement of a
Gregory Porter song before giving them
some excellent advice and singing
through the piece all together as a
massed ensemble. Later in the morning
we heard Voces8 sing through Lucy
Parker’s A Level composition, which
she conducted herself. According to
the Head, Nick Gregory: “it was truly
one of the most inspiring and enjoyable
activities I have witnessed in my entire
career in education.”
The Head:
Looking
Back, Then
Forward
In my Speech Day address I
summarised some of the things
that make Wycliffe such a special
place to be: small classes full
of personalised learning with
appropriate support in place for
every child and a commitment
to helping individuals fulfil their
own potential; a highly inclusive
philosophy and approach – day and
boarding pupils coming together
from a wide range of linguistic and
cultural backgrounds and learning
to respect and celebrate difference;
an incredibly broad and varied
Sixth Form academic curriculum
with more than 30 different courses
from which to choose including
BTECs and A Levels; ‘something
for everyone’ at any level outside
the classroom; and the privilege of
starting every day together in Chapel
By Nick Gregory
Head of Wycliffe College
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Sport
Six-a-Side Year 8 Cricket
Tournament
Another highlight of the term was
the hugely uplifting performance
of ‘Zimbe!’ a celebration of African
music sung by a massed choir made
up of the Wycliffe Choral Society
and Prep and Senior School pupils,
conducted by a previous Director
of Music Chris Swain. The Teatime
Concert in mid-May was as lovely
as ever, featuring some superb
performances, many by students
preparing for music exams this term.
After last term’s exam results we
now have four pupils holding
Grade 8 awards – Kate Hampson,
Collingwood (flute), Jack Evans,
Loosley Halls (singing), Frances
Friend, Ivy Grove (violin), Boris
Lourenco Lee, Robinson (piano).
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Powder
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We are also very proud to have a
number of students representing
Wycliffe in County music groups
this year: Jack Evans, Loosley
Halls, Frances Friend, Ivy Grove,
Seva Bilous, Haywardsfield, Boris
Lourenco Lee, Robinson, Tillie
Graham, Ivy Grove, many of whom
will be going on to participate in the
Music for Youth’s Schools Proms at
the Royal Albert Hall in November.
Next year looks to be a busy and
exciting one, with many more
musical events in store, ranging from
workshops and Teatime Concerts, to
performances in the local community
and beautiful candlelit Carol Services.
By Gemma Russell
Director of Music
02 WYCLIFFE TIMES SUMMER 2016 / SENIOR & SIXTH
Maths Challenge
Here are sample questions from this year’s
Intermediate Maths Challenge:
Over 200,000 pupils from across the UK sat the Intermediate Maths
Challenge on the 4th of February 2016, and the top 40% of students
nationally received a Gold, Silver or Bronze certificate in the ratio 1:2:3.
The Intermediate Maths Challenge
is run by the UK Mathematics Trust
and supported by the Institute and
Faculty of Actuaries. It is aimed at
students in Years 9, 10 and 11 in
England and Wales and equivalent
years in Scotland and Northern
Ireland and is sat in schools.
Head, Nick Gregory, having recently
presented certificates to Wycliffe
College pupils who distinguished
themselves in the competition,
commented: “We are delighted that
no fewer than 46 Year 9, Year 10 and
Year 11 boys and girls earned Bronze
or better in the UKMT Intermediate
Maths Challenge. Erin Lavender,
Lampeter and Leo Shao, Robinson
deserve particular praise for securing
Golds that place them in the top 6%
of Mathematicians of their age in
the country.”
In addition to earning certificates, a
further 10,000 of the participants,
including Erin and Leo, were invited
to sit a follow-on multiple-choice
world-wide kangaroo round. Erin
and Leo performed well in this
competition also.
Overall, Wycliffe Mathematicians
earned two Gold, 20 Silver (indicating
they were placed in the top 19% in
the nation) and 24 Bronze (indicating
they were placed in the top 40% in
the nation). Zachary Chan earned a
Silver and was the best in Year 10, and
Atolani Oyewumi who also earned a
silver was the best in Year 9. Atolani
stated “the paper was challenging
but fun and very useful. I am looking
forward to next year’s competition.”
By Mark Dennis
Teacher of Mathematics
One third of the animals in Jacob’s flock are goats, the
rest are sheep. There are twelve more sheep than goats.
How many animals are there altogether in Jacob’s flock?
A 12
B 24
C 36
D 48
E 60
The angles of a quadrilateral taken in order are
00, 500, 200, 400. Which of the following is the
quadrilateral?
A kite
B parallelogram
C rhombus
D arrowhead
E trapezium
The United Kingdom Mathematics
Trust (UKMT) is a registered
charity whose aim is to advance the
education of children and young
people in Mathematics. It organises
national Mathematics competitions
and other Mathematical enrichment
activities for UK secondary school
pupils. Further information about
the Trust and its activities is
available at www.ukmt.org.uk.
parental perspective, that need to be
our priorities for improvement and
change. And I would like to thank
parents in general, in fact, who
have made me feel so welcome and
supported throughout my first few
months here and who have shown a
real preparedness to work together
collaboratively and positively.
key points of which we will share
with pupils, parents and staff in
the Autumn. However, I hope it
will come as no surprise when I
say that I am extremely conscious
The Head: Looking Back, Then Forward – Cont’d from page 1
where our sense of community is
reinforced and nurtured day-in, dayout. When people ask me (as they
often do) about what the ‘vision’
for our future might include, these
constituent elements of a Wycliffe
education feature strongly in the
answers that I give.
We must not make too much of
March’s ISI Inspection visit (how
much can they really and reliably
comment on after a three-day
visit?) but certainly a report in
which ‘Excellents’ outnumbered
‘Goods’ was highly encouraging.
And having external validation
that what we say we do really well
is in fact what actually happens
here in practice was reassuring and
uplifting to read too. However,
what really pleased us most of all
was what they wrote about the
boys and girls of Wycliffe: ‘pupils’
achievement in extra-curricular
activities is often excellent’;
‘pupils’ personal qualities are
excellent and accord well with
the school’s aim that they should
exhibit self-belief and willingly
take responsibility’; ‘pupils are
unassumingly confident, selfaware and emotionally mature
[and] their spiritual development
is strong’. Given my own view and
philosophy about the importance of
education at this time of life as not
being stand-alone but rather being
a stepping stone on a longer-term
path, I was especially pleased to read
the following comment: ‘By the time
(otherwise known as the PASS
Committee) for their dedicated
support of all that we do, notably in
the hours they spend hearing bids
from pupils about how they would
like to invest money in worthwhile
projects and then making decisions
on whether to support those bids. I
would like too to thank the members
So… what does the future hold for
Wycliffe? From a bricks-and-mortar
they leave school, pupils are very
well prepared and positive about
meeting the challenges of the next
stage of their lives’.
Talking of departures, a number
of teaching staff leave us at the
end of this term and all leave us
with our grateful thanks for their
contributions. Also leaving us this
term is the indefatigable Mr. Gerry
Buckley who completes his 22nd
year of service to the College,
combining the most physically
and emotionally demanding
job in education as a boarding
Housemaster with running the PE
department. Continuing with the
theme of ‘thank yous’, I would like
to thank also the members of the
Parents’ Association Senior School
point of view, the very exciting
project in 2016/2017 to transform
the accommodation provided
to boys and girls in Ward’s and
Ivy Grove is of fundamental
importance to the future of the
school and the central role of
boarding within it. We have
of my Parent Panel who have
provided me with invaluable insight
this year into the things we do really
well and also the things, from a
also invested significantly in the
fantastic new surface on the Astro,
a forerunner I am sure of several
outstanding years of achievement
to come in girls’ team sport with an
exceptionally talented group of girls
now heading through the school
across a number of year groups. In
terms of what we might do even
better, considerable work is already
underway on a strategic plan, the
as the College’s new Head of the
responsibility to strike a careful
balance between emphasising
academic achievement as being
of fundamental – but not allconsuming – importance whilst
continuing to realise our aim to
provide a genuinely broad and
balanced education. As we all know,
results do matter greatly but our
academic aim should really be about
a child as an individual achieving as
a minimum that of which he or she
is capable. Furthermore, a Wycliffe
education should be at least as
much about the sort of person that
he or she is on the way to becoming,
the range of experiences and
opportunities that he or she has had
at school and the friends that he or
she carries with them into the world
beyond here.
By Nick Gregory
Head of Wycliffe College
WYCLIFFE TIMES SUMMER 2016 / SENIOR & SIXTH 03
International Fair
On the 8th March, Wycliffe pupils, with the
help of Mrs Wisbey, hosted the College’s
annual International Fair.
This year the fair was the biggest
one to date with 13 countries being
represented from all corners of the
world. Pupils from the UK, Kenya,
Nigeria, Jamaica, China, Spain,
Germany, Romania, Japan, Latvia,
Italy, Thailand and New Zealand all
took part, showcasing the diversity
of Wycliffe’s student body.
event, all the guests who attended
had the chance to vote for which
country’s stand they thought was
the best. With the votes counted
and verified, the top three placed
countries were China in first place,
Spain in second and Nigeria in third.
Pupils, teachers and parents all had
a fantastic time.
Each stall offered traditional food,
drink and even some games from
their respective countries. Some
of the participants even wore
traditional clothing. During the
Destination Paris – Art
History and French Trip
Powder Dash
Congratulations to all the Year 13
BTEC students (Angus Wightman,
William Goodwin, Ben Clarke
On the 16th March, 25 History, Art and
French students left for Calais. Following a
long journey we arrived in Ypres and after
some shopping and a meal we saw the Last
Post ceremony, which is held daily at the
Menin Gate.
After visiting First World War
memorials including one at Tyne Cot
containing graves for some of the
unknown soldiers of the Great War, we
continued on our trip towards Paris.
Our first stop was at the beautiful
Palace of Versailles where we walked
through the Hall of Mirrors and had
the opportunity to see some of the
impressive gardens.
The Art students visited various
galleries including the Musée d’Orsay,
the Pompidou and the Louvre. The
History group visited significant sites
from the French Revolution and
Napoleonic era such as the Invalides,
where we saw Napoleon’s tomb. We
also saw some important landmarks
like the Eiffel Tower. We then walked
up the Champs Elysées leading up
to the Arc de Triomphe where we
witnessed a parade to commemorate
the end of the Algerian War in 1962.
We ended the trip with dinner in a
restaurant at the top of Montmartre.
Everyone had a great time enjoying
the culture and exploring the amazing
city. We would like to thank the
teachers involved for an amazing and
memorable trip.
By Kirsty Turbott
Yr 12
and Jack Shepherd). As part of the
course they needed to organise, plan
and run a charity sports event and
this turned into the Wycliffe Powder
Dash! It was a fantastic success and
over 100 pupils and staff took part.
The BTEC students in the process,
raised £520 for Save the Children. The
BTEC students would like to thank
everyone who took part or helped
with the event and for making it such
a wonderful and worthwhile occasion.
General
Public
Welcome
At Wycliffe College
Saturday 19th November 2016
7.00pm - Midnight
Live music from ‘Coaster’
Price £60, Black Tie
In aid of the Preparatory School Sports Pavilion Fund
Full details at:
wycliffe.co.uk
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IAPS Chess Tournament
On Monday 11th April at 6:30am a group of pupils
Dan Taylor, Archie Bankes, Alex Quilliam, James Palk and I,
assembled at Wycliffe Prep for the beginning of the best part
of a week playing ten tense games of chess.
Our team was the first from Wycliffe
to be playing like this in IAPS. We
were both curious and dreading what
the results of these few days would be.
With a few packets of sweets to keep
us going during the journey, we set
off for the unknown school where we
were to be playing. Accompanying us
was our chess master, Mr. Broadhead,
who had organised the trip.
which was called ‘Sherwood’. We
immediately settled in and began
unpacking.
After a tedious ride of around four
and a half hours, we arrived at Aldro
School. We continued into the school
and were shown to our dorm room,
The plan was that we were to play
four games that day; two games
before lunch and two after. We were
all dreading our first match. Would
we win? Would we lose? What would
the team think of me if I lost my first
match? What if we all lost!
Soon, we all emerged from the chess
hall. One by one we explained that we
all had won our matches. We were all
very relieved that we had at least won
one match that day.
The following day, we were divided
into groups according to our results
of the four matches from the previous
day. Alex, Archie and I all won two of
our four matches so we got into the
‘B’ team. James and Dan won three of
their four matches so they qualified
for the ‘A’ team.
Once we were in our groups,
Mr Archer explained that we
would now play a six round Swiss
tournament. This meant that whatever
your result, you would go through to
play another game until all your six
games were played.
It was Tuesday, we had all played three
matches. I had unfortunately only
won one of the three that day, James,
Archie and Alex won two and drew
one. Dan won two.
After lunch, we went to Chessington,
quite fitting really and we had a fun
time with Mr Broadhead and Archie’s
mum; it gave us a relaxing period to
ease the extreme tension of the chess
tournament. Archie and I stuck to
smaller rides at the start but James,
Alex and Dan drove head first into
probably one of the scariest rides
on offer.
In the end Archie and I summoned
up the courage to go on this ride
before we all left, while the other three
thought it was a good idea to go on
a ride that turned them upside down
then sprayed water right in their faces.
I can’t believe they have the logic
and brain power to play a very good
chess game but are so fixed on being
plunged into ice cold water upside
down when someone says the word
‘Chessington’!
In the evening we played a 5-a-side
football tournament against all the
other chess teams. Unfortunately
Archie had a broken thumb and
couldn’t play so we stole our faithful
goalie, Jude, from another school. Our
tactics were that in theory anyone
good at chess would be bad at football
(except us, of course), which was
partially true – except for the team
that we played in the final…
Unfortunately, on penalties, we lost…
On day three (Wednesday) we all
played three matches again. This time
my luck improved – I won two out of
the three matches, Alex won only one
and drew one, Archie and James won
two and drew one, Dan won two.
We stayed for the award presentation
ceremony. James won his category
(the ‘A’s) and Dan won the ‘B’s and
Archie came second in the ‘B’s.
Overall, we are very proud of what
we achieved as with a small team of
five, we made a huge impact on the
leaderboard. Many other schools
had around 20 per team. Dan
Taylor can now qualify to go to the
championships (the level up from us)
now that he is in the ‘A’s.
Mr Broadhead hopes to bring a chess
team again next year because of our
amazing success.
By Brendan Ind
Yr 8
The Warriors of York Science at Westonbirt Arboretum
Year 5 pupils spent three fabulous days
in York in April this year as part of their
History studies.
They had the chance to become
Vikings for the day at Murton Park
and spent their time in role on a mini
reconstructed village. With beautiful
weather conditions, the children were
easily able to get stuck into the fun of
the experience, enjoying Viking-style
farming, pot-making, bread-making
and battle drill as well as household
chores. They were split into families
and had one slave each – the teacher!
It was a most memorable experience
and brought the whole subject to
life. The pupils also enjoyed the
York Minster visit and the ‘hands on’
archaeological DIG museum. The
children were well behaved during
the three days and clearly enjoyed the
whole trip.
Year 1 pupils
spent a fantastic
day at the world
famous Arboretum
at Westonbirt on
Tuesday 24th May
The trip was linked to our Science
topic of growing. The children spent
time collecting different leaves,
making bark rubbings, constructing
a den out of natural materials for a
teddy and designing natural art as
well as learning about trees and plants
along the way.
We had a relaxed and enjoyable picnic
under a huge oak and then set off to
experience the new treetop walkway.
Although tired by the end of the
trip, everyone thought it had been a
brilliant day out.
WYCLIFFE TIMES SUMMER 2016 / PREPARATORY 05
Queen’s Birthday Parade
On 22nd April, our beloved Queen Elizabeth II turned 90. The Prep
School celebrated by having a parade and a street party-style lunch.
The children paraded around the
playground, waving Union Jack flags
honouring her Majesty. Many of the
pupils dressed in the patriotic
colours of red, white and blue.
Some even dressed up as kings and
queens themselves.
The patriotism didn’t stop with
the parade. The street party lunch
started by everyone singing the
National Anthem before lunch was
served on Union Jack plates, with
Union Jack cups and even a Union
Jack tablecloth!
Everyone had a wonderful time,
joining in with great enthusiasm.
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Wycliffian Day
Saturday 7th May saw our annual Wycliffian
Day where many Wycliffians converged on the
College for a hugely successful celebration.
The new Chair of The Wycliffian
Society, Fred Ford, welcomed all
Wycliffians and the new Head, Nick
Gregory, talked about what it meant
to be a Wycliffian and his desire to
continue the successful culture and
ethos of Wycliffe over the years.
The exceptional weather supported a
full sporting programme of cricket and
tennis. The Wycliffian men’s tennis
once again pushed back the years to
win the trophy.
Everyone was extremely well
entertained by the College jazz
band in the afternoon; thank you to
Gemma Russell for organising this.
The event was rounded off with
tea in Wycliffe Hall.
The Wycliffian Society would like to
thank Catherine Roberts and Mandy
Webb for all of their hard work in
organising and hosting the event;
Judith Johnson and the catering team
for excellent food and hospitality;
and finally to Nick Gregory and the
Yr 13 prefects for ensuring that all
Wycliffians were warmly welcomed
back to the College.
To see pictures of the day go to the
Wycliffian website at:
www.oldwycliffian.co.uk
Wycliffian Day
Saturday 17th September 2016 Programme
10:15am
Registration and refreshments
THE WYCLIFFIAN
YEAR 2016
Wycliffe Hall
10:30-11:00am Music in the Chapel
Wycliffe Chapel
10:30-11:50am Tours of the school by Prefects
Starting from
Wycliffe Hall
and Y13 pupils
Out of the Art
The City of London
Room Exhibition – Club – OW Drinks
Wycliffian Day 2016 Reception
12:00 noon
Senior School U14 match
v Red Maids’ School
Astro Turf
1:15pm
Lunch
Wycliffe Hall
1:30pm
Prep School V11 match v
Rendcomb and Prep School
Second V11 v Hereford
Astro Turf
2:30pm
Opening of new Astro Turf
by invited guest
Astro Turf
2:45pm
1st XI v OW XI Hockey
Astro Turf
During May nine former pupils along
with staff from the Art Department
filled the Atrium with their amazing
artwork. The exhibition took place
over two weekends and was open to
the general public. Pictures of the
art featured are available on Wycliffe
College’s Facebook page.
We hope that many of you will join us on Saturday 17th September and
we look forward to seeing you.
The OWs would like to pay particular
thanks to Edward James, the Club
Secretary and our host, at The City of
London Club as well as Fred Ford,
John Hughes and Catherine Roberts
for organising the event. Thank you.
In order to assist with catering, if you do wish to attend, please contact
the Wycliffian Office on 01453 820439 or email [email protected]
by Wednesday 7th September 2016. Thank you
The Wycliffian Golf Society Spring
Meeting – 10th May
On a very overcast and misty day, 27
golfers and guests met at Stinchcombe
Hill Golf Course. With poor weather
holding us up, play eventually got
underway. The course was in good
condition and the expected rain did
not appear, so everyone got round
without getting drenched.
discussed regarding attracting younger
players and a possible fee increase
to enable access to more prestigious
clubs. Any views on these two topics
to be emailed to the OW Golf at
[email protected]. Full results of
the day’s play can be found on the
Wycliffian website.
Following an enjoyable post-match
meal and an update on the school by
Andrew Golding, Finance Director,
a discussion was held and two topics
The venue for the autumn meeting
will be announced as soon as possible.
Rob Rennicks / Phil Hale –
joint secretaries
The drinks reception held at the City
of London Club on Thursday 14th
April was most enjoyable and a great
opportunity to reconnect with old
friends and to meet OWs of all ages.
Everyone mixed and chatted with ease
throughout the evening, reminiscing
over school days. A small group
continued the night at ‘Bounce’ and
I know everyone who attended is
looking forward to the next London
drinks reception on 6th October
at the Lansdowne Club. It would
be brilliant to see more even more
Wycliffians there.
JULY
Sat 2
Summer Term Ends
Fri 8
OW Lodge Meeting
Stroud 5.30pm
John Hutchen 01453 883384
[email protected]
Fri 22
Cheltenham Cricket Festival
SEPTEMBER
Mon 5
Autumn Term Begins
TBC
Wycliffian Golf Society Autumn
Meeting Phil Hale/
Rob Rennicks [email protected]
Sat 17
Wycliffian Day
Registration 10.15am
TWS Office [email protected]
01453 820439
OCTOBER
Thur 6
Wycliffian Drinks Reception
The Lansdowne Club, London
6.30pm to 8.30pm
TWS Office [email protected]
01453 820439
Fri 7
OW Lodge Meeting
Stroud 5.30pm
John Hutchen 01453 883384
[email protected]
Fri 14
Half Term Begins
Sun 30
Half Term Ends
Greg Mason (OW 2006 – 2011)
The Wycliffian Bursary
The Wycliffian Society management
committee has this year created a
new annual bursary, the Wycliffian
Bursary, open to all Yr 13 students,
to sponsor one winner through their
higher education.
The successful candidate will
become an ambassador for the
Wycliffian Society and play a part
in inspiring future Wycliffians.
The aim of the bursary is:
•
Help a student get to university
who might otherwise not be
able to afford to go.
•
Help a student who might
otherwise have to take a
part-time job to assist with
expenses no longer need to
and, therefore, be able to
spend more time studying.
The bursary will be for £3,000 per
year for three years and, following a
written application and presentation
to members of the committee, we
are delighted to announce that the
successful pupil this year was Miss
Stephanie Bagnall.
We wish Stephanie every success in
her future studies and look forward
to working with her.
NOVEMBER
Sat 19
Masked Ball
7.00pm to 12.00am
[email protected]
DECEMBER
Sat 3
Wycliffe Small Boats Head
Phil Clements 01453 732033
[email protected]
Sat 3
Wycliffian Carol Service
The Chapel 6.30pm
TWS Office [email protected]
01453 820439
Sat 10
OW Lodge Installation Meeting
Stroud 5.00pm
John Hutchen 01453 883384
[email protected]
Tue 13
Autumn Term Ends
[email protected]
WYCLIFFE TIMES SUMMER 2016 / THE WYCLIFFIAN SOCIETY 07
Ward’s Open House –
Wycliffian Wycliffe Archives
Sunday 12th June 2016 Events
The Wycliffian Society kindly
donated funds in order to have many
of the books and records retained
at the school digitally recorded.
However, help is needed to continue
with scanning and recording archive
Friday 22nd July 2016 –
Cheltenham Cricket Festival –
Gloucestershire v Leicestershire
A full day’s hospitality at the
Cheltenham Cricket Grounds for
£50 per person. Tickets still available.
For further information contact
Saturday 17th September 2016 –
Wycliffian Day
Wycliffians are always welcome to
visit the school whenever they wish
and we hope you will continue
to do so. However, due to much
tighter legislation with regard to
safeguarding, we would ask that
in future you bear in mind the
following. This is for your protection
as well as the schools’.
Full programme on page six
Thursday 6nd October 2016
– Lansdowne Club, London –
Wycliffian Drinks Reception
All Wycliffians welcome. Full details
to be issued later this year and will
be available on Facebook and the
Wycliffian website at
Preparatory School
Sports Pavilion
Campaign
Firstly we would like to say a very sincere
thank you to all those who have already
donated to this campaign and tell you that
we have to date raised over £12,000
In order to involve more people we are
forming a working party not only to
raise funds, but to increase awareness
of this campaign. If you would like
to help please contact Catherine
Roberts either by phone on 01453
820401 or by email at catherine.
[email protected].
The OW Lodge have agreed to make a
donation to the fund to include gifting
a customised clock for the outside of
the pavilion.
report to the main school
Reception in School House to sign
in, unless an alternative meeting
place has been arranged with a
member of staff. (This is required
in case there is an emergency
whilst on campus, such as a
fire etc.)
Saturday 3rd December 2016
– Wycliffian Carol Service –
Wycliffe Chapel
Starting at 6.30pm followed by
wine and cheese in the Sports
Centre. All welcome.
visitor’s badge and accompanied
by a member of staff or allocated
pupil whilst on site. This will
enable you to visit the campus
freely.
• Should you wish to visit a specific
House, we would ask you to
contact the TWS office in advance
in order for them to make the
necessary arrangements and advise
the House staff of the visit. If it
is a weekend, this can be done
through the school main office on
01453 822432.
You can contact the Wycliffian Office
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08 WYCLIFFE TIMES SUMMER 2016 / SPORT
Year 8 Six-a-Side
Tournament
Friday 10th June saw the annual hosting
of the Year 8 Wycliffe Six-a-Side cricket
competition at the Senior School.
This year Wycliffe Prep School
entered with possibly their strongest
team to date; having won a County
Cup semi-final just the day before
the boys were full of confidence.
The day started well posting 87 in
just six overs against Dean Close, a
usual semi-finalist, at least, with a
fine partnership from captain Will
Naish (58*) and Hugo Murray.
Dean Close fell well short of the
target and the Prep School were off
to winning ways.
National Junior
Scullery Regatta
On Monday 30th May, Wycliffe college Boat
Club travelled to the Olympic lake at Eton
Dorney to compete in the National Junior
Scullery regatta.
The event was a six-lane, side-by-side
race starting with a time trial which
seeded crews into A and B finals over
1500 metres. This is a high-level event
with many top rowing schools in
attendance. The Women’s Junior 15
Quad of Saoirse Purkess, Fenella
Purkess, Isla Green, Iona Wasdell
and coxed by Nicole Jennings
performed strongly in the time trial,
coming fourth overall. This put them
in the ‘A final’ meaning they had a
chance to win a medal.
With only a few seconds separating all
crews it was clear the girls would have
to put in an impressive performance.
The girls had a strong start putting
them in third position ahead of crews
Cheltenham College B team were
the next team to suffer defeat to this
superb fielding outfit. Strong batting
and bowling performances meant
that Wycliffe were almost certain to
head to the semi-finals with St Johns
left to play.
Wycliffe could not get over the line
against St Johns, despite some solid
batting from Archie Bankes and
Riley Preddie. However, due to a
combined run rate of 10.94, Wycliffe
topped the group and faced The
Downs, Wraxall, in the semi with St
Johns playing Cheltenham A.
Cheltenham A proved too strong for
St Johns and Wycliffe, batting first,
managed 92 off their five overs,
with Will Naish blasting 62 before
being caught in the fourth over.
Fine bowling from Flynn Walton as
well as a run out saw the Downs fall
short by around 30.
The final between Cheltenham
A and Wycliffe saw the finest of
the day’s cricket, with two evenly
matched teams. The rain was
now falling but this did not
stop some excellent batting
and bowling from both
teams. Wycliffe bowled first
and was set 65 to win, with
some economical bowling from
Freddie Christie. Another
match-winning innings from
Naish (51*) and some great
support by Jack Bloomfield and
Ben Bayliss got Wycliffe Prep over
the line in the final over with five
balls to spare.
The bowling and fielding efforts,
explosive batting and whole team
effort has been key to the success of
this brilliant team this year and led
to, possibly, the first ever Six-a-Side
Tournament win for the Prep School.
The 1st XI have one more fixture
this year, the final of the County
Cup. Date TBC.
By Adam Jones
Head of Cricket
IAPS Squash Tournament
Wycliffe Preparatory School only entered three players in the IAPS
Squash Tournament in April but each one of them came home with
a trophy and a title.
Daisy Hartson, in Year 6, aged ten,
stormed to victory in the girls’ open
event, winning without dropping a
single game. The tournament, held at
Millfield School in Somerset, marked
her first title but there could be many
more to follow.
from Greater Marlow and Sir William
Borlase schools.
For the next 1450 metres the girls
fought hard, going from third to
fourth and back again with Greater
Marlow school. After a hard-fought
final all the way from the start the
girls, by one foot and under a second,
managed to beat a strong Greater
Marlow school into a bronze medal.
A huge achievement by all involved,
the best achievement of the year for
Wycliffe rowing.
By Greg Flower
Head of Rowing
Zoe Qualifies for Mitsubishi
Motors Badminton Cup
Year 12 Wycliffe College pupil Zoe Davison
has qualified for the Badminton Mitsubishi
Motors Cup, with her horse Nellie.
This is a fantastic achievement for a
17-year-old. Not only is Zoe excellent
at Event Jumping, Zoe has been
National Champion in several different
sports; IAPS Swimming, National
Triathlon and National Pentathlon, as well as representing Great Britain
at Modern Pentathlon. The British
Modern Pentathlon consists of
swimming, fencing, riding, running
and shooting. Zoe’s dream is to
compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Zoe blogs about the challenges she
faces and her achievements with Event
Jumping. You can ‘like’ her Facebook
page to keep up to date with her
Olympic journey.
Jack Bloomfield, aged 13, in Year 8,
a member of the school’s elite squash
programme, retained the Senior Singles
title he won last year, again without
dropping a game. Jack has had a
phenomenal year, one of the best in
the school’s history. He won the U13
Canadian Open, came third in the
English National Championships and
finished in the top ten of the British
Junior Open for his age.
Jack was in action again to seize the
school’s final title in the doubles
alongside Will Cottrell, who really held
his own over the weekend, especially in
a tight final that was won 3-1. Will, aged
12, in Year 8, has been playing the sport
for less than a year as part of the Wycliffe
Prep School activity programme,
highlighting the school’s dedication
to developing the game at grass roots
level. This was the 48th IAPS Squash
Tournament and the first time Wycliffe
had won three titles at the event.
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