The Oratory School Magazine
Number 172
2013/14
Contents
The Oratory School Magazine No. 172
Editor: Tony Stroker
Photography: Jim Keogh
Print & Design: Pixel Beach Ltd
The Oratory School
Woodcote
Reading
Berkshire RG8 0PJ
Telephone: 01491 683500
Facsimile: 01491 680020
Website: www.oratory.co.uk
© Oratory School 2015
From the Head Master’s Study 3
School Officers
4
Common Room
5
School Notes
6
Examination Results
8
Prize Winners
12
Chapel Notes
14
Drama16
Music20
CCF/Shooting22
Duke of Edinburgh Award
24
Overseas Visits
26
Societies28
Rugby34
Football40
Rowing46
Cricket50
Minor Sports
56
Rose Bowl
58
Valete59
From the
Head Master’s
Study
The ‘Second Spring’ development programme, begun
in 2001, has raced into its final furlongs over this
academic year 2013/14.
First, the rather dull but essential task of rewiring
and re-boilering the major older buildings. Not an
eye-catching work, but fundamental to the life of the
boys. This took place over the Summer break, and
brought to an end the complete overhaul of the main
buildings infrastructure.
Secondly - and most magnificently - the total
refurbishment and rebuild of the Sports Centre.
This had begun originally with the Sports Hall and
connected gyms and continued with the demolition
and digging-out of the tired, old pool. The OS now
boasts the most up-to-date and glorious new Sports
Clive Dytor, Tatler Magazine Head Master of the facilities in the county, if not the Valley.
Year 2013/14
Continued excellence, constant updating – these are
the Oratorian watch-words of 2013/14, as the boys continue to grow from boys into men. Cor ad Cor Loquitur:
Heart speaking to Heart. This rings out as clearly now as it did over a century and a half ago, when this venture
began.
‘Look down from heaven, Holy Father
Steer this little ship of yours.’
Prayer to St Philip, Patron of The Oratory
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School Officers 2013/14
Captain of the School
M. Quirante Gomez
Head Sacristan and Master of Ceremonies:
M. Quirante Gomez
Faber House
Housemaster: R. B. Womersley, BEd
Housemother: Mrs J. Bird
Captain: O. W. A. Pollock
Vice-captain: D. D. H. Lee
Prefects: E. J. Goddard, B. S. Littlefair,
A. Sheikh, O. Ukiri, T. J. Wisniewski
Head Choristers: C. J. Walsh, H. G. Stanton
Deputy Sacristan: A. Nylander
Leader of the Big Band: H. A. Howard-Jones
Captain of Rugby: E.N.F. Lord
President of the Music Society:
F. Gemmingen-Hornberg
Captain of Shooting: O. C. R. Ballsdon
Leader of the Brass Ensemble: C. J. Walsh
Captain of Drama: O. W. A. Pollock
Leader of the String Ensemble: B. S. Littlefair
Captain of Boats: E. N. F. Lord
Captain of Squash: J. A. Little
Captain of Golf: H. H. H. Au
Keeper of Real Tennis: S. S. F. Blount
FitzAlan House
Housemaster: I. P. Jordan, BEd Hons
Housemother: Mrs D. Fletcher
Captain: P. P. Birkholm
Vice-captain: F. Gemmingen-Hornberg
Prefects: C. M. Beveridge, A. Corcoran,
H. A. Howard-Jones, E. N. F. Lord,
W. R. D. Lovett, R. J. Secades
L. M. W. M. J. B. von Waldburg-Wolfegg
Norris House
Housemaster: A. J. Wilson, MSc
Housemother: Mrs J. E. Blount
Captain: A. Nylander
Vice-captains: N. W. Cape, A. Westphalen
Prefects: C. Anderson, A. D. M. Baty, J. Guan,
W. R. Hollin, E. R. Howlett, H. W. J. Jordan,
M.G. Poston, C. J. Rintoul, J. A. G. Stow,
A .F. Wilson
The Corps
Senior Under-Officer: SUO N. W. Cape
RN Section Coxswains: LS H. J. Criss,
LS H. W. McMurtrie
RSM: D. D. H. Lee
RAF Section: SGT M. P. Merritt SGT H. Y. H Ng
Guards: UO W. J. F. Lord, UO J. A. G Stow
Recruits: UO M. Quirante Gomez,
UO H. A. Howard-Jones
Stores/Armoury: RQMS O. C. R. Ballsdon,
C/SGT G. T. Hooley
St John House
Housemaster: V. B. A. Holden, BSc
Housemother: Mrs J. Harper
Captain: M. C. E. Luxmore
Vice-captains: K. H. Cheng, K. Zenin
Prefects: J. W. Bridge, A. J. L. Duff, C. MarquezHerbosch, V. L. Merbecks, B. R. Forbes-Gearey,
M. H. Kim
St Philip House
Housemaster: P. A. Thomas, Ba Ma(Ed)
Housemother: Miss B. Takacs
Captain: S. D. Machin
Prefects: T. A. Grenfell, O. M. H. Martin,
M. F. Teixeira
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Common Room 2013/14
Head Master
C. I. Dytor, MC KHS MA (Cantab) MA (Oxon)
Second Master
T. J. Hennessy, BSc
Chaplain
Rt Revd Mgr A F M Conlon PhD, STB, HEL
Senior Master
P. L. Tomlinson, MFA
Lower Master
M. H. Green, MBE MEd FRSA MRAeS
Assistant Staff
R. B. Womersley, BEd Housemaster
K .Laughton, BA AIL
C. W. Fothergill, BA MA (Ed)
P. A. Thomas, BA MA (Ed) Housemaster
N E. Topham Corps Admin Officer
I. P. Jordan BEd Hons Housemaster
Mrs E. S. Thomas, BA MA(Ed)
S. J. Bosher, BSc DipDes
N. J. C. Jones, BA ARCO Examinations Officer
A. J. Wilson, MSc Housemaster
J. A. Brooke, BA MA PhD
T. N. Danks, BSc PhD
S. C. B. Tomlinson, BSc Director of Games
A. N. Stroker, BA MA PhD
Miss J. Foster
Rev K. E. Macnab, MA
R. A. O’Sullivan, BA
P. E. Poynter, BA FRGS
P. J. Easton, BSc
O. C. Godfrey, BA
S. A. Bowles, BSc PhD
P. W. Brown, BSc
I. A. N. Campbell, BSc
THE ORATORY MAGAZINE NUMBER 172 Mrs S. Green, BA
D. Forster, MA MSc Director of Studies
C. J. Sudding, BEng
C. W. Sykes, MA MBA
Mrs C. Macnab, MA
Mrs E. K. Aldington, Dip Ad
D O.D. Watkins, MSc
J. R. Berkley, BA MA Careers
V. B. A. Holden, BSc Housemaster
Miss S. E. Wethey, BA
Mrs A. D. T. Tuite-Dalton DEA English Lit
J. Aldridge, BSc
A. P. Dulston, BA
M. G. Farnan, BSc
M. P. Syddall, MA Head of Sixth Form
Mrs C. M. Clarkson, MA (Ed) NASENCO
Rev D. J. Elliott, MA
Mrs J. H. Barr, BA (Ed) MA
A. E. Moffatt, BSc
Miss L. A. Bartropp, BSc
J. E. Bell, MA (Ed)
Mrs L. Haddock, BVSc MRCVS
Miss E. Mallet, BA
Mrs B. C. Reid, TEFL
C. E. Watson, BA
D. O’Connor, BSc
P. J. Chaundy, BA
J. A. Ryan, BA MFA Artist in Residence
S. M. Belfield, MA
O. Lewis, BSc
Miss. C. Santos Carro
D .S. Jezzard, MA
G .Howarth, BSc MA Acting Director of Music
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School Notes
Elizabeth Thomas took retirement, after 18 years teaching at The
Oratory School, at the same time as her husband, Pat, decided to
step down as Housemaster of St Philip House in July, 2014. Liz
began teaching French, English and Religious Studies at the same
time as Pat took up his post as Housemaster in 1986 and was very
much involved in making St Philip House become the happy,
thriving and populous environment that has served so many boys
so well over the years. Liz grew up in north London and after
taking a degree in General Arts at Leicester University, started
her career as a Primary school teacher in Hertfordshire before
moving with her husband to The Oratory School in 1986. Her
four children all attended the Oratory Prep School and her son,
Paul came on to study at the OS in 1994. Liz studied for an MA
in Education in the 1990s.
Fr Antony Conlon, Chaplain to The Oratory School from 2001
to 2014, took up his post at his parish in Goring-on-Thames,
which also covers the parish of Woodcote, including the two
Oratory Schools, in July 2014. Father Antony made many friends
during his time as Chaplain and a fuller tribute is made to him
below.
Miss Lucy Bartropp (Biology) departed the Oratory School
to take up a post Collingwood School in Surrey. Miss Carmen
Santos (Business Studies) moved to St Edmund’s, Ware and Adam
Moffat (Head of Rowing) moved down the road to Shiplake
College.
We wish them all well in the future.
Tony Stroker, Editor
Father Antony Conlon
On the last Sunday of the school year, Mgr Antony Conlon
celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving as he returned to parish life
after 13 years as Chaplain to the Oratory Schools’ Association.
400 people representing all sections of life at the OPS and OS
were present: pupils from both schools, parents, colleagues,
governors and a large number of old boys and girls who have
passed through the schools during Father’s time here.
The liturgy was, as usual, dignified and reverent. An impressive
number of sacristans drawn from many years was present in the
sanctuary, the lessons and prayers were read by members of both
schools and a team of Lower Sixth ushers worked smoothly and
efficiently behind the scenes. The choirs from the OPS and the
OS contributed music for the Mass by Schubert, Duruflé and
Viadana. Father was assisted at the altar by his priest colleagues
from the school and the local Deanery. In his sermon Fr
Antony meditated on the concept of heroes of the faith and the
complementary nature of the witnesses of St Peter and St Paul
before Bishop Robert Byrne, one of our governors, gave the
Blessing and Mass ended with the rousing singing of a favourite
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hymn, Faith of our Fathers.
Father Antony will be greatly missed at both schools. Inevitably,
these years saw moments of huge significance. His arrival at the
school from parish life in the City of London in 2001 coincided
with the world-wide trauma of the terrorist attacks on New York.
There were spectacular one-off events such as the Association’s
150th anniversary Mass in 2009 and our Founder’s Beatification
in 2010. There are also the fixed points of the school year such as
the Confirmation Mass, Advent Carol Service and Corpus Christi
procession. There have been moments of intense joy and great
sadness. On another stage, he has also been prominent in the
international work of the Knights of Malta.
However, the largely unsung and unseen side of priestly life
has been just as important. Fr Antony has been tireless in his
support of every aspect of school life with his presence (from
early morning to late at night) at both schools, both on- and
off-site. Among much else, he travelled far and wide with sports
teams, helped organise theatre trips and productions and said
Mass on CCF camps. The annual pilgrimage to Lourdes in the
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depths of the summer vacation has been a seminal experience
for generations of Sixth Formers. Through all these points of
contact, Fr Antony became an important part of the lives of
parents, colleagues and governors just as much as the pupils. It is
perhaps astonishing that he also found time to write the thesis on
the reign of Queen Mary I for which the University of London
awarded him a doctorate.
Fr Antony’s 13 years here have been marked just as much by
the quiet and faithful day-by-day offering of the Mass, recitation
of the Office and hours spent in the Confessional. A recent article
in the Catholic press wrote pessimistically about Confession
and young people. Fr Antony’s ministry here witnessed to a very
different and far more positive reality. He has been a friend to
thousands and it is significant that every year there has been
THE ORATORY MAGAZINE NUMBER 172 a number of requests for baptism and reception into the Full
Communion of the Catholic Church fostered, as St Philip Neri
envisaged, not so much by the hard-sell as by a more subtle
approach. It is fitting that two of the last projects Fr Antony saw
through to completion enrich our worship: the restoration of the
outdoor shrine altar and the building of a new High Altar in the
larger of the chapels.
We are delighted that Fr Antony will not be moving far. In
fact, in ecclesiastical terms he could not be closer as is now
Parish Priest to both schools as Rector of Goring-on-Thames and
Woodcote. We wish him every blessing for the years ahead.
KEM
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Examination Results 2013/14
GCSE Level
(* denotes starred A* grade; • denotes A grade)
Aitken, Ian: Art•, Chemistry, English Language, English
Literature, History, Maths, PE, Physics, RS, Spanish•
Amaechi, Lemchi: Biology, Chemistry, Classical Civilisation,
English Language, Maths
Appleyard, James: Biology•, Chemistry•, English Language•,
English Literature, Geography•, History, Maths, Physics, RS,
Spanish
Ashley-Carter, James: Art*, Graphics, Biology•, Chemistry,
English Language, English Literature, French, Geography,
Maths•, Physics•, RS
Audeh, Alexander: Art*, Biology, Business Communications,
Classical Civilisation, English Language•, English Literature•,
French, Geography*, Maths, Physics, RS
Back, James: Art*, Biology•, Business Communications•, English
Language, English Literature, Geography•, Maths, PE, Physics,
RS, Spanish
Baker-Smith, Max: Biology•, Business Communications,
Chemistry*, English Language, English Literature, French,
Italian, Latin, Maths•, Physics•, RS
Bannister, David: Graphics•, Business Communications,
Chemistry, English Language, English Literature•, Geography,
Maths•, Music*, Physics, RS, Spanish
Baxter, Rory: Biology*, Chemistry*, English Language•, English
Literature*, French*, Geography*, Latin*, Maths*, Physics*, RS*
Bitirim, Can: Art*, Biology•, Drama, English Language, English
Literature, Maths, PE, Physics•, RS, Spanish
Blount, Stephen: Biology, Business Communications, Chemistry,
English Language•, English Literature, Geography, Maths, PE,
Physics, RS
Bond, Frederick: Art•, Biology, Business Communications,
English Language, English Literature, Geography, History, Maths,
Physics, RS
Britteon, David: Art*, Graphics•, Business Communications,
Chemistry, English Language, English Literature•, Geography,
Maths, Physics, RS
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Clayton, Ralph: Graphics*, Biology, Business Communications,
English Language•, English Literature, Geography, Maths, PE,
RS, Spanish
Clementson, Joshua: Biology, Business Communications,
English Language, English Literature, French, Geography, Maths,
Physics, RS
Clementson, Max: Biology, English Language, English
Literature, French, History, Maths, PE, Physics, RS
Criss, Harry: Biology, Business Communications, Chemistry,
English Language, English Literature, Geography, Italian, Maths,
PE, RS
Daw, Edmund: Biology, Business Communications, Chemistry,
English Language, English Literature, French, Geography,
History, Maths, Physics, RS
Del Castano, Jose: Biology, English Language•, English
Literature•, French*, Geography•, History, Italian•, Latin,
Maths•, Physics•, RS•, Spanish*
Duke, Anthony: Graphics•, Biology*, Chemistry•, English
Language, English Literature, Geography•, History, Maths,
Physics•, RS
Dutton, Christian: Art*, Biology, Chemistry, English Language,
English Literature•, French, Geography, History, Maths•, Music•,
RS
Ermakov, Gleb: Biology, Business Communication, Chemistry,
English SL, Maths•, Physics, RS, Spanish
Espana Font, David: English SL, Geography, Italian•, Maths,
PE, RS, Science (Double), Science (Double), Spanish*
Farley, Ethan: Art, Graphics, Biology, English Language, English
Literature•, French, Geography, Maths, Music, Physics, RS,
Fernandez de Pinedo, Daniel: Art•, Biology, Chemistry, English
Language, English Literature, French, History, Maths, Physics,
RS, Spanish*
Fernback, James: Biology, Business Communication•,
Chemistry, English Language•, English Literature•, History•,
Maths, PE, RS•, Spanish
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Flower, Charles: Art, Graphics, Biology, Chemistry, English
Language, English Literature, Maths, PE, RS, Spanish
Forbes-Gearey, Toby: Art•, Classical Civilisation, English
Language, English Literature, French, History, Maths, Music,
Physics, RS
Gemmingen-Hornberg, Constantin: Graphics•, Biology•,
Chemistry•, English SL*, French*, Geography, German*, Maths*,
Music•, Physics*, RS
Gowing, Luca: Art*, Biology, English Language•, English
Literature*, French, Geography*, History, Maths, Physics, RS•
Grant, Benedict: Chemistry•, English Language, English
Literature•, Greek•, History, Maths•, Music*, Physics, RS•,
Spanish•
Green, Andrew: Biology, Classical Civilisation, English
Language, English Literature, French, Geography, Maths, PE,
Physics, RS
Grieve, Joe: Art*, Biology, Classical Civilisation, English
Language, English Literature, Geography, Maths, PE, Physics, RS
Lauder, Frederick: Art•, Chemistry, English Language, English
Literature, French*, Geography, History, Maths, Physics, RS,
Spanish•
Lee, Kinson: Art*, Business Communication, Chemistry,
Chinese•, English SL, Maths, Music, Physics, RS
Lo, Ruben: Art*, Biology*, Business Communication,
Chemistry*, English Language, English Literature, History•,
Maths*, Physics•, RS, Spanish
Lovett, Oliver: Art*, Biology, Business Communication, English
Language, English Literature, Maths, PE, Physics, RS
Maitland Bondonneau, Somerset: Art, Business
Communication, Classical Civilisation, English Language,
English Literature, Geography, Maths, RS, Science (Double),
Science (Double)
Masuke, Agrey: Art, Business Communication, English SL,
Maths, RS, Science (Double), Science (Double)
Maytum, Max: Biology, Geography, Maths
McLean, Cameron: Biology*, Chemistry*, English Language•,
Henshaw, Bassey: Art*, English Language, English Literature,
Maths, RS, Science (Double), Science (Double), Spanish
Hiscox, Alfie: Biology, Classical Civilisation, Drama•, English
Language•, English Literature*, French, Geography, Maths•,
Physics•, RS
Humphreys, Christopher: Art*, Biology*, Chemistry*, English
Language•, English Literature*, French•, History*, Latin*,
Maths*, Physics*, RS*
Ibru, Jonathan: Business Communication, Chemistry, English
Language, English Literature, French, History, Maths, PE,
Physics, RS
Johnston, Samuel: Biology, Chemistry•, Classical Civilisation,
Drama, English Language•, English Literature*, French,
Geography•, Maths•, Physics, RS•
Kavri, Ranjit: Biology, Business Communication, English
Language, English Literature, French, History, Maths, Physics, RS
Kazaryan, Artem: Biology, Business Communication, Drama,
English SL*, French, History, Maths•, Physics, RS, Russian*
Kennedy, Sean: Graphics, Business Communication, English
Language, English Literature, Maths, PE, RS, Science (Double),
Science (Double)
Lale, Henry: Biology*, Chemistry*, English Language, English
Literature*, Geography, History, Latin•, Maths*, Physics*, RS,
Spanish•
English Literature*, French*, Geography*, Greek*, History•,
Latin*, Maths*, Physics*, RS*
McMurtrie, Hugh: Graphics•, Biology, English Language,
English Literature, French, Maths, Music, RS, Spanish
Murphy, James: Business Communication, English Language,
English Literature, Geography, Maths, PE, RS, Science (Double),
Science (Double), Spanish
Newton, William: Biology, English Language, English Literature,
Geography, History, Maths, PE, Physics, RS, Spanish
Ng, Ho Ching: Biology, Chinese*, Drama, English SL,
Geography, Maths*, Music, Physics, RS
Ng, Alvin: Art•, Biology•, Chemistry•, Chinese*, English SL•,
Geography, Maths*, Physics*, RS, Spanish
Nicholls, Tobyn: Biology*, Business Communication,
Chemistry•, Classical Civilisation, English Language•, English
Literature*, French, Geography, Maths•, Physics•, RS
Nicoll, James: Biology, Business Communication, English
Language•, English Literature•, French, Geography•, History,
Maths, Physics, RS•
Peterson, Euan: Biology*, Chemistry*, English Language,
English Literature•, French, Geography•, History•, Latin,
Maths*, Physics*, RS•
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Price, Mark: Biology, Chemistry, English Language, English
Literature, French•, Geography, History, Maths•, Physics, RS,
Spanish•
Rich, David: Biology*, Chemistry*, English Language*, English
Literature*, French, Geography, History, Latin, Maths•, Physics•,
RS
Richards, Taite: Art•, Drama, English Language, English
Literature, French, Geography, Maths, RS, Science (Double),
Science (Double)
Rigler, Ciaran: Art*, Biology•, Chemistry•, English Language,
English Literature•, French, Geography*, History•, Maths•,
Physics•, RS•
Riley, Rupert: Biology, Drama, English Language, English
Literature, Geography, History, Maths, PE, RS, Spanish
Ryding, Richard: Art*, Biology, Chemistry, English Language,
English Literature•, French, Geography, Maths•, Physics, RS•
Sherry, Hector: Art*, Graphics•, Biology, English Language,
English Literature•, Geography, Maths, Physics, RS, Spanish
Sieyes, James: Biology*, Chemistry*, English Language•, English
Literature•, French*, Geography•, Greek•, History•, Latin•,
Maths•, Physics*, RS*
Squires, Alexander: Biology, Drama, English Language, English
Literature, Geography, Maths, PE, Physics, RS, Spanish
Stewart, Christian: Biology*, Chemistry*, English Language,
English Literature•, French, Geography•, History, Latin•, Maths*,
Physics*, RS•
Street, Samuel: Biology, Chemistry•, English Language, English
Literature, French, Geography•, History•, Latin, Maths•, PE, RS•
Swash, Edward: Graphics, Biology, Chemistry, English Language,
English Literature•, French, Geography, Maths, Music, Physics,
RS
Tam, Lok Wai: Art*, Business Communication, Chemistry,
Chinese*, English SL•, Geography, Maths•, PE, Physics, RS
Teixeira, Thomas: Art•, Biology, Business Communication,
Classical Civilisation, English Language, English Literature,
Geography, Maths, Physics, RS, Spanish
Thorne, Yew Wen: Biology, Business Communication,
Chemistry, English Language•, English Literature, French,
Geography, Maths, Physics, RS
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Toaldo, Theo: Biology*, Chemistry*, Classical Civilisation*,
English Language*, English Literature*, French*, Geography*,
History*, Maths*, Physics*, RS*
Tong-Jones, Owen: Chemistry, English Language•, English
Literature•, French•, Geography, Maths•, PE•, RS•, Spanish•
Tyler, George: Biology*, Chemistry*, English Language*, English
Literature*, French*, Greek*, History*, Latin*, Maths*, Music*,
Physics*, RS*
Van Den Berg, Dirk: Art•, Graphics, Biology, English Language,
English Literature, French, Geography, Maths, Physics, RS
Von Und Zu Liechtenstein, Gabriel: Art*, English SL, French*,
Geography, German*, Italian, Maths, Physics, RS
Waite, Kevin: Art, Biology, Chemistry, English Language,
English Literature, Geography, Maths, Physics, RS, Spanish
Wakumoto, Akira: Art, Graphics, Business Communication,
English SL, Maths•, RS, (Science (Double), Science (Double),
Spanish
Walmsley, Alexander: Biology*, Chemistry*, English Language,
English Literature, French, Geography•, History, Maths•, PE,
Physics*, RS
Warren, Patrick: Art*, Biology, Chemistry, English Language•,
English Literature•, French, Geography, History, Maths•, Physics,
RS
Whelpton, Oliver: Art*, Biology, Business Communication,
English Language, English Literature, Geography•, History•,
Maths, Physics, RS, Spanish
Wigzell, Henry: Art*, Biology*, Chemistry•, English Language•,
English Literature•, Geography*, Maths•, Physics•, RS*, Spanish
Woodard, Jack: Art*, Biology*, Chemistry•, English Language•,
English Literature•, Geography*, Maths•, Physics•, RS*, Spanish
Worth, Harry: Art•, Biology*, Chemistry•, Classical
Civilisation•, English Language, English Literature, French,
History, Maths•, Physics•, RS•
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GCE Advanced Level
(* denotes starred A* grade; • denotes A grade)
Anderson, Conor: Art and Design*, Economics, History
Au, Henry Hoi Hang: Art and Design•, Business Studies,
Economics
Ballsdon, Oliver: Graphics, Economics, Geography
Baty, Alexander David McCarthy: Art*, Photography, Religious
Studies
Beveridge, Charles Michael John: Art*, Graphics, Geography
Birkholm, Patrick Per: Economics•, English Literature•, Maths•
Bridge, James: Art*, Photography, English Literature
Cape, Noah Wesley: Biology
Cheng, Kenneth Kwok Hang: Chinese, Economics, Maths
Corcoran, Alexander: Art PREU, Biology, Maths•
Forbes-Gearey, Benjamin Robert: Art•, Business Studies,
Classical Civilisation
Gemmingen-Hornberg, Florian: Biology, Economics•,
German*, Philosophy
Goddard, Elliott James: Photography, English Literature,
History
Holley, Charles: Art*, Graphics•, Business Studies
Hollin, William Robert: Art*, Business Studies, English
Literature
Howard-Jones, Harry: Graphics, Geography•, Music
Howlett, Edward Richard: Art*, Business Studies, Geography
Jordan, Harrison William Joseph: Art*, Economics, Geography•
Kazaryan, Andranik: Art*, Mathematics, Russian•
Kim, Min Ho: Chemistry•, Mathematics•, Mathematics
Further*, Physics
Lee, Darren Dik Heng: Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics
Lord, Edward Nicholas Fraser: Art, Graphics, PE
Lovett, William Robert David: Economics, French•, Spanish
Luxmore, Matthew Carlo Ernesto: Chemistry, Economics,
English Literature
THE ORATORY MAGAZINE NUMBER 172 Marquez Herbosch, Claudio: French, Spanish
Merbecks, Vincent Leander: Art*, Graphics*, Economics
Mew, Harry Thomas: Art*, Economics, History
Moyse, Todd Finlay: Art*, Economics•, Religious Studies
Nylander, Alexander: Biology, Economics, Physics
Pollock, Oscar William Anthony: Graphics•, Drama, English
Literature
Poston, Matthew Guy: Economics, English Literature, French
Quirante Gomez, Manuel: Art*, Italian, Spanish
Rintoul, Cameron James: Art*, Economics, French
Secades, Ramon Jose: Art•, Geography, Mathematics
Sheikh, Amil: Art*, Economics, English Literature
Sherriff, William James Crawford: Art*, English Literature,
Religious Studies
Stow, Jack Alexander George: Business Studies, Geography
Ukiri, Ogheneruno Fiyinfoluwa: Chemistry, French•,
Mathematics
Von Waldburg-Wolfegg, Leonardo Maximilian Wunibald
Maria Joseph Bruno: German*, Philosophy, Mathematics•,
Physics
Wang, Zhengchun: Business Studies, Chinese
Westphalen, August: Biology, Economics, German*
Wilson, Angus Fraser: Art*, Chemistry, Mathematics•
Zenin, Kirril: Economics, Mathematics*, Mathematics Further•
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Prize Winners 2014
First Form: Art & Design, George Wallis; Biology, Freddie
Street; Chemistry, Sam Riseley; Design Technology, Sam Riseley;
English, Ignacio Vargas; English as a Foreign Language, Danila
Shkaev; French, Ignacio Vargas; Geography, Luca Pezzuto;
History, Joshua Palmer; Latin, Sam Riseley; Learning Support,
Harvey Jones; Mathematics, Sam Riseley; Music, Jack Thomson;
Physics, Sam Riseley; Theology, Freddie Street
Second Form: Art & Design, Angus Cloke; Biology, Rufus
MacRae; Chemistry, Bolu Babalola; Classical Civilisation,
Angus Cloke; Design Technology, Bolu Babalola; EFL, Juan
Poza; English, Jack Hoath; French, Daniel Orjiako; Geography,
Oliver Martin; History, Daniel Orjiako; Latin, Sam Machin;
Mathematics, Max Wang; Music, Samuel Goldberg; Physics,
Sam Machin; Theology, Daniel Orjiako
Third Form: Art & Design, Timo Schmidt; Biology, Joel Easton;
Chemistry, Henry Stone; Classical Civilisation, Oscar Davison;
Design Technology, Max Swanston; English, Luke Thomson;
English as a Foreign Language, Matthaeus GemmingenHornberg; English as a Foreign Language, Ivan Ivanov; French,
Charles Gibbon; Geography, Harry Davies; Greek, Luke
Thomson; History, Ryan Sprules; Italian, Ignacio Diaz Rivas;
Latin, Harry Davies; Learning Support, Jonas Lo; Mathematics,
Harry Davies; Music, Thomas Gwillim; Physical Education,
Joshua Bisdee; Physics, Luke Thomson; Spanish, Matthaeus
Gemmingen-Hornberg; Theology, Luca Rossi
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Fourth Form: Art & Design, Thomas Shaw; Biology, Matthew
Robinson; Business Studies, Harry Brown; Chemistry, Harry
Brown; Classical Civilisation, Lucas Huysinga; Combined
Science, Diego Quintana; Design Technology, Crispin Hacking;
Drama, Maximillian Martin; English, Ramon Krah; English as a
Foreign Language, Harry Liu; French, Sam Farlow; Geography,
Thomas Bowie; Greek, Ramon Krah; History, Harry Brown;
Italian, Antonio Carbonell; Latin, Craig Rintoul; Learning
Support, Ben Vandermeer; Mathematics, Alex Diev; Music,
Charlie Dart; Physical Education, Maximillian Martin; Physics,
Darius Beyki; Theology, Ramon Krah; Spanish, Maximillian
Martin
Fifth Form: Art & Design, Christopher Humphreys; Biology,
Cameron McLean; Business Comms Systems, Alexander Audeh;
Business Comms Systems, Ralph Clayton; Chemistry, Rory
Baxter; Classical Civilisation, Theo Toaldo; Combined Science,
Akira Wakumoto; Design Technology, Ralph Clayton; Drama,
Alfie Hiscox; English, George Tyler; English as a Foreign
Language, Artem Kazaryan; French, Theo Toaldo; French,
George Tyler; Geography, Rory Baxter; Greek, Cameron
McLean; History, George Tyler; Italian, Harry Criss; Latin,
Christopher Humphreys; Learning Support, Bassey Henshaw;
Learning Support, Jamie Fernback; Mathematics, Christian
Stewart; Music, David Bannister; Music, George Tyler; Physical
Education, Owyn Tong-Jones; Physics, George Tyler; Theology,
Benedict Grant; Spanish, Owyn Tong-Jones
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Lower Sixth: Art & Design, Sam Yaxley; Biology, Sam Yaxley;
Business Studies, Alex Robinson; Chemistry, Oliver Davies;
Classical Civilisation, Rory Cormack; Design Technology, Sam
Yaxley; Drama, Will Lord; Economics, Sam Yaxley; English as
a Foreign Language, Pablo Suinaga; English Literature, Joseph
Dulston; English Language, Dale Claassen; French, Alex White;
Geography, Oliver Davies; History, Callum James; Italian,
Ben Bucknill; Latin, Oliver Davies; Latin, Paul Dempsey;
Learning Support, Henry Hamilton; Mathematics, Alex White;
Further Maths, Callum James; Music, Harry Stanton; Physical
Education, James Little; Philosophy, Jonathan Darlington;
Physics, Alex White; Theology, Henry Hamilton
Upper Sixth: Art & Design, Vincent Merbecks; Biology, Alex
Nylander; Business Studies, Charlie Holley; Chemistry, Min
Ho Kim; Design Technology, Vincent Merbecks; Drama,
Oscar Pollock; Economics, Patrick Birkholm; EFL, Florian
THE ORATORY MAGAZINE NUMBER 172 Gemmingen-Hornberg; Tolkien Prize for English Literature,
Matthew Luxmore; French, Cameron Rintoul; Geography,
Harrison Jordan; Zygmunt Chlojecki Prize for Italian, Manuel
Quirante Gomez; Mathematics, Angus Wilson; Mathematics,
Alex Corcoran; Further Maths, Min Ho Kim; Music, Harry
Howard-Jones; Philosophy, Florian Gemmingen-Hornberg;
Physics, Leo von Waldburg-Wolfegg; Spanish, Will Lovett;
Marquis Du Parc Prize for Religious Studies, Todd Moyse
Berkeley Prize: George Hooley, Harris Cup: Luke Thomson,
Heath Bat (Cricket): Rafa Jimenez, Olszowski Cup: Yew-Wen
Thorne, Patrick Foster Memorial (Music): Callum Walsh, Diane
Redfearn Cup (EFL): Will Ku, Nikita Basin,Norfolk Prize:
Florian Gemmingen-Hornberg, Dean Prize (Arts): Patrick
Birkholm, Dean Prize (Sciences): Min-Ho Kim, Hodgson Prize:
William Hollin, Head Master’s Prize: Manuel Quirante-Gomez
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Chapel Notes
AVE ATQUE VALE
The academic year of 2013 -14 began for me with an impending sense that it would be my last as Chaplain to the OS. For some time
I had thought that now in my mid-sixties I should move on while I still had sufficient energy and interest to accept another parochial
post. In the event, I offered my resignation to the Governors in October, allowing them plenty of time to find a replacement well before
the school year ended. So it came about that Fr Peter Gee from the diocese of Southwark applied and was eventually selected. May he be
as happy there as I have been. The autumn term had its customary round of daily Masses, lessons, days of recollection and evening extracurricular activities. The latter includes many societies and groups that broaden and deepen the pupils’ knowledge and abilities. The
Windhover Society, of which I have been Falcon for the past decade, produces some of the most interesting and memorable speeches.
This year was no exception. I have enjoyed my involvement with it over the years and thank this year’s Dauphin, Will Kaprielian and the
Secretary Michael Merritt for their consistent support and efforts, in the face of so much competition. The weekly House Masses always
provide an opportunity to speak to the boarders briefly but effectively about spiritual influences in their lives. The ultimate effect on
them is hard to gauge. But it has always been my belief that most if not all derive some comfort and insight from these encounters and
attendance at Mass bestows its own incalculable benefit.
With Fr Ken Macnab ordained a priest last June and Fr David Elliott now into his third year as Head of Theology, the blessing
of having three like-minded priests in the school was immense. Their good humour and the banter between us will be something I
shall greatly miss. I want to record my gratitude and affection for them both. Gary Howarth, as acting Director of Music this term
did wonders with the Schola and we were never without the customary accompaniment of good music for major liturgies. There was
particular appreciation for the music at the Requiem Mass in the Little Oratory in November and the Missa Cantata in the alternative
rite for the Feast of St Cecilia. Likewise the Advent Carol Service which, as usual, brought parents to the Chapel in their hundreds. In
early December I attended my PhD graduation ceremony in London and was accompanied by Sue Waghorn, the Head Master’s PA and
Linda Coupland, Director of Marketing and PR. We much enjoyed the high tea afterwards at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington.
Looking back over the School Calendar for this term makes me realise just how much gets done and the days never drag but seem to be
insufficient.
The team of Sacristans stepped out in style for their Annual Dinner at the Highwayman. Lots of good red meat was consumed
and jolly conversation enlivened the evening. My thanks must to the Head Sacristan Manuel Quirante Gomez and his Deputy Alex
Nylander for their unfailing courtesy and dedication to the ceremonial aspects of the liturgy. The boys who assist with them are a great
team and probably unique among comparable independent schools. The Lent Term gave me the opportunity to join with Ollie Godfrey,
Head of Drama in co-directing the middle school play OKLAHOMA! I had become Chairman of the Hopkins Society (dedicated to
promoting the arts) and embraced the extra challenge. The middle school is lively – to say the least – and with the charming girls from
Cranford School they combined to produce entertainment and drama of the highest calibre. Outstanding performances were given by
all. The addition to the staff of Stephen Burrows this term has had a tremendous impact and both his vocal range as well as his musical
direction have been greatly appreciated. I am happy to record the Chapel musical tradition continues to be in excellent hands. With
some apprehension, I had invited Peter Hitchens the controversial journalist as the guest speaker for the second JRR Tolkien Memorial
Lecture. Peter is notoriously outspoken and frank on many issues of religion and the social and political mores of our age. His talk
was entitled The Strange Death of Christian England. It certainly was stimulating and interesting but the audience resolutely refused to
rise to the bait of provocation and for the most part kept their disparate views to reflection afterwards. The speaker sensed the tension
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but on the occasion felt unable to find the right mechanism to release it. Ash Wednesday came late this year and witnessed a Pauper’s
Lunch experiment as well as the usual ashing ceremonies. For the rest of term we managed to get in the weekly Stations of the Cross and
Confession for each of the senior houses in turn. Custom was brisk on every occasion.
The Summer Term saw the departure of the Head Master on a sabbatical, to include walking part of the last distance to Santiago de
Compostela. Tom Hennessy was in charge in his absence. First, Second, Third and Fourth Form days of recollection all took place
successfully during this term. Harvington Hall for the Fourth is always special treat and, when the weather is good, a great day out.
Likewise the Third Form visit to Prinknash Abbey and Gloucester Cathedral – a functioning monastery followed by the wonderful
church of one dissolved by Henry VIII. Meanwhile, I was asked and accepted to become the Rector of the parish of Goring –onThames and Woodcote. So my last weeks in the school saw me doing three jobs simultaneously, OS and OPS Chaplain and PP of a
parish encompassing 15 villages in this locality. I wrote my last report to the Governors in April and presented it in person to them on
7th May. The following week took us all to the Episcopal Ordination of Fr Robert Byrne, first Provost of the Oxford Oratory and an
OS governor; a great honour for his religious congregation and an additionally important link of the OS to the hierarchy. Invited to
be the Guest Speaker at the Prize-giving ceremony on June 21st, I received a very special gift in the form of complete doctoral robes. I
greatly appreciate both the thought and the intention behind this present. Conscious more and more each day of the finality of every
routine, I braced myself for the last big event in the OS before the end of term. I celebrated Mass on 29th June and afterwards sat down
to a dinner with Governors, Staff, Parents and Pupils, in the same marquee. It was a memorable occasion and will stay with me for years
to come. I want to express my appreciation to Tom Hennessy who masterminded the whole event which went off with great aplomb
and efficiency. Before I had quite finished in July, I conducted the wedding of an Old-Oratorian in Portofino, Italy and on the next
day travelled to Lourdes to lead a pilgrimage of boys and adults from the School. We had a wonderful week of hard work and prayerful
events with 1500 other pilgrims from the Diocese of Westminster. As I conclude this article I am about to be officially installed in two
days’ time at Goring. I have been here full-time since the end of July. I want to record my thanks to, as well as appreciation of everybody
at the OS for the 13 happy years I spent there. Friends all, I am still close to you in proximity but will always remain close in affection.
The OS, no matter what its vicissitudes and varieties of fortune has a rare and precious quality protected by its Blessed Founder. Cor ad
cor loquitur not only expresses its educational vision but also the reality of its perennial survival against the odds. It will always occupy a
special place in my heart.
Antony Conlon (Chaplain to the OS 2001- 2013)
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Drama
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht
This play, parodying the rise of Hitler, was performed by the Oratory School Senior Boys’ Cardinal’s Men in the school theatre from Nov
28th-30th, 2013. It was written by Brecht in only three weeks in 1941 after he fled Nazi Germany and his play is consciously a highly
satirical allegory of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany, whose rise in the early 1930’s Brecht represented in parallel to that of Arturo Uisetting his play in a parallel world of 1930’s Chicago gangsters. All the characters and groups in the play have direct counterparts in real
life.
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The Cauliflower Men of Chicago represented the East German Landowners, played with business-like cunning by Oscar Cheles as
Clark, Guy Train as Flake and George Hooley as Butcher. The Gangsters of Chicago represented the Nazis and were led by Michael
Merritt, as an initially clown-like buffoon, Arturo Ui/Hitler who, after receiving acting lessons from a homeless alcoholic, Sam Johnston,
gradually changes his cowering gestures and gangster swagger into the chillingly familiar fist clenching, arm folding, Nazi saluting
postures of Adolf Hitler. Will Lord was a suitably tough Roma/Rohm, brutal to others but loyal to Ui until his untimely end. Guy
Barribal played Givola, the flower seller/Goebbels, the Propaganda minister with sinister charm and Caleb Stevens played Giri/Goring as
a smiling psychopath. Pepe Del Castano was very convincing as the simpering Dockdaisy, the gangster’s lady friend and as Inna, Roma’s
bodyguard. Will Kaprielian was a stern and silent bodyguard to Ui.
The Men of Chicago represented aspects of 1930s German society and were played by Jack Camilleri as the desperate accountant
Sheet and the firm City Hall investigator, O’Casey. Alec Squires played the City Hall Gentleman Goodwille and the Defender in the
court case, both with great sincerity as did Rupert Riley as a City Hall Gentleman, Gaffles and the sincere but doomed Dullfeet/Dollfuss,
Austrian Chancellor. Alfie Hiscox played the corrupt Town Mayor Dogsborough/Hindenburg as a man who realises his mistake in
teaming up with Ui only too late and Sam Johnston convincingly played the obedient young Dogsborough.
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Taite Richards played the innocent Isaac Cohen and Can Bitirim played the cynical press reporter Ragg and the Reichstag fire
Prosecutor with equal aplomb. James Ashley-Carter played the victim Bowl, the cheerful Butler & the strange Doctor with great
enthusiasm and Titouan Milon gave a very moving performance as the innocent Fish. Oscar Cheles presided as the corrupt Judge.
Last but not least, Mrs A. Ryan gave very moving performances as a desperate, bloodied Ciceronian woman, shot down in a terrorist
atrocity before the interval and as Betty Dullfeet, the sly but ultimately victimised metaphor for Austria, crumbling under Arturo Ui’s
evil, dominant shadow during the takeover of Cicero/Anschluss in Austria. Her powerful performances and expert assistant direction
gave this show a great focus. The musicians started the play in a jazz speakeasy tradition, then playing a mix of serious classical and ragtime music between all the scenes which authentically added to the play’s 1930’s atmosphere. The musicians were: K. Chou, piano; O.
Prichard, saxophone; D. Williams, piano; H. Stanton, clarinet; C. Walsh, trumpet; B. Grant, piano and M. Merritt on drums.
Oklahoma!
On March 13th, 14th and 15th 2014 the Oratory School Middle School ‘Cardinal’s men’ performed in Oklahoma! the classic musical
written by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. Set in Oklahoma Territory in 1906, it tells the story of
decent cowboy Curly McLain, played with great charm by Max Baker, and his romance with farm-girl Laurey Williams, elegantly
performed by Laura Andreson-Guimaraes, which is threatened by Laurey’s disturbed farmhand, Jud Fry, played with surly malevolence
by Joel Easton. A secondary romance concerned the light-headed cowboy Will Parker, played with comic panache by Max Martin,
and his flirtatious fiancée, Ado Annie, played with comic innocence by Georgia Taylor, who is also wooed by Sam Farlow’s charming,
womanising Persian peddler, Ali Hakim. Charles Dart was very amusing as Ado Annie’s gruff, shot-gun-wielding father, as was Izzy
Carter as the giggling Gertie. Mrs Ryan performed with great authority as Aunt Eller, the kindly matriarch of the county.
The rest of the plot of Oklahoma concerns the struggle between the farmers and the cowmen to become friends and help each other
build the brand new state of Oklahoma. The proud, landowning farmers were played by R. Watt, C. Rintoul, O. Clark, D. Bond and
G .Stanford-Beale. The more free-spirited cowboys were played by L. Thompson, H. Davis, D. Anderson-Jeffs, M. Tansey, F. Bale
and M. Gemmingen-Hornberg. The hearty girls were played by Isabella Farlow, Ellie Lee, Iona Gilchrist, Emma Stegeman and Ellie
Brimacombe.
As co-director of this production, I enjoyed the expert assistance of Father Antony, whose detailed eye and sense of period reminded
the cast how to move and speak as their characters would have done in 1906 Oklahoma. Mr Burrows directed an exceptional orchestra
who wove a musical spell into this production. His orchestra consisted of C. Beveridge on flute; H.Stanton on clarinet; Father K.
McNab on trombone; P. Dempsey on bass guitar; Mr McNamara and Mr.King on percussion and Mr. Howarth on piano.
This show would not have been the entertaining spectacle it was without the wonderful, vibrant choreography of Mrs Farlow. Her
outstanding direction, combined with her natural rapport with the cast, helped us to create a truly, visually-exciting production for all
who saw it. Mrs Stanford-Beale, Mrs Squires and Mrs Farley cemented everything we saw with their outstanding costumes, props and
set design, on which they worked tirelessly to create the stunning atmosphere for this production. A huge thank-you to all these good
people!
We were blessed to have such a keen and reliable backstage crew. Gabriel and Kevin Waite controlled the lush lighting and sound
effects, C. Gemmingen-Hornberg expertly managed the front of house as did L. Denizot Elzaburu and C. Claasson with regards to the
actors backstage. Many thanks also go to K. Warren for publicity, L. Coupland for photos and the School Maintenance team for keeping
the theatre safe and tidy to work in. A memorable production for all involved!
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The Canterbury Tales
On Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th July, 2014, the St Philip House boys performed in a modern adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer’s ‘The
Canterbury Tales’ by John O’Connor. These tales are set in July 1385, as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they
travel together on a pub crawl from the Tabard Inn at Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.
The tales and the descriptions of its characters paint an ironic, critical portrait of English society at this time. These characters were
dramatically brought to life by the St Philip House boys.
Amongst the pilgrims, which the whole cast played, the Host and Landlord of the Tabard Inn, Harry Bailey was played with cheerful
authority by S Machin. William, his assistant manager, was played with good humour by J Wallace. The Miller, Robin, was played as
a powerful drunken man by W Bruce-Vanderpuye, aided by his cheeky accomplice, the Cook, G Wallis. The Wife of Bath, (who has
had five husbands!), was played with raunchy charm by R Tansey. The Franklin was played as a good natured Land-owner by J Hoath.
Geoffrey Chaucer, the writer and civil servant, was played with very sharp wit by S Goldberg. The Pardoner was played with cunning
authority by B Babalola and The Reeve, Oswald, was played as a bad-tempered Carpenter from Norfolk by T Harris.
As for the plays within the play: ‘The Pardoner’s Tale’, involving gangsters, gold, poison and murder, was chillingly performed by N
Coker, I Vargos Velasco, M Teixeira, J Webster, O Martin, A Cloke, S Wang and J Poza.
‘The Reeve’s Tale’ was performed with high zest and lots of frolicking by G Wallis, R. Tansey, A. Barribal, J Hoath and T Legg.
‘Chaucer’s Tale of Sir Topaze’, beautifully narrated by S.Goldberg, was commandingly acted by C Kinniburgh, D Shkaev , J Webster,
D Orjiako and B Orjiako
‘The Franklin’s Tale’ was thought-provokingly performed by J.Hoath, I Carsi Ramon-Borja, A.Barribal, R Davies, J Thomson, J
Wallace, H Jones, A. Awoniyi and H Coulibaly.
Lastly, ‘The Miller’s Tale’ was told with bawdy humour by W Bruce-Vanderpuye, M Williams, S Goldberg, J G Palmer and B
Babalola.
Huge thanks go to the Canterbury Tales backstage team, without which this show could not have happened. The costumes and props
were superbly managed by Mrs Palmer and Mrs George. Mrs Ryan offered expert assistant direction. The slides, sound and lighting were
beautifully managed by L. Pezzuto, T. Grenfell & R. Macrae. Mrs Warren managed the programme, posters and publicity with great
skill as did Mrs Coupland with the excellent photos. Many thanks also go to the St Philip House team for all their support: Mr and Mrs
Thomas, Mrs Takacs, Mr Coolwijk and last, but by no means least, the School Maintenance team.
AS Drama
As well as their group play Dealer’s Choice by Patrick Marber, the AS drama students performed in the following: Guy Train as
Vladimir and George Hooley as Estragon in an extract from Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot; Will Lord as Michael, Guy Barribal as
Edward and Caleb Stevens as Adam in an extract from Frank McGuiness’s Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me; Oscar Cheles as Yvan in an
extract from Yasmine Reza’s Art.
Mr O. Godfrey, Head of Drama
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Music
At the Mass of Celebration for Father Antony at the end of the summer term, our Schola were joined by choristers from the OPS
and a number of Old Oratorians also came back to join us. The singing from the combined forces was impressive, providing a
fitting tribute to Father Antony. To my mind, the music for this significant school occasion summed up what it is to be a musician
at The Oratory School.
During the course of one evening, the boys performed a Mass setting by Schubert, sang motets by Elgar, Duruflé and Viadana
and supported the congregational singing as well as singing some complex plainsong. The big band then rushed to the Black
Room after Mass to perform whilst guests assembled. That they can move from singing Latin plainsong to playing some jazz
classics is impressive.
The musical education here teaches boys to perform with energy, excellence and good humour. There have been times during
the year when the boys have poured cold water on my anxious moments before a performance by assuring me that ‘Sir, it will be
fine’. When they tell me this, they are normally correct. There is a wonderful sense of what is achievable and a spirit of teamwork
and adaptability underlies what they do.
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We rarely experience a quiet moment in the Music
Department. We have had instrumental, singing, piano and
inter-house competitions, which happen under the banner
of The Music Society. In addition, there have been frequent
recitals to allow any boy to perform in a friendly, public
setting. We were treated to very fine music-making for the
ensembles concert; this is an opportunity for the big band,
double reed ensemble, string group, polyphony group and
brass ensemble to show what they have done through the
year. There were three performances of the musical Oklahoma
in March. Those on stage sang to a very high standard and
particular mention should be made of the members of the
band, who worked with professionalism and skill. Seasoned
professionals played alongside some of the boys, to great effect.
We also had the privilege of providing music for the CCF
inspection, performing suitable marching music.
It is perhaps invidious to single out one particular
performance during the year, but I feel that special mention
should be made of the concert given in May by musicians
from The Oratory School and Queen Anne’s School,
Caversham. The repertoire for the evening was Schubert’s
Mass in G and Vaughan-Williams’ Five Mystical Songs. Soloists
included Mr Stephen Kennedy (an Old Oratorian) and our
very own Father Macnab. The performance was magnificent
and all performers deserve to be very proud of their efforts.
We place great importance on the regular musical activities
such as Music Society concerts, daily ensemble rehearsals and
the work done by our singers to provide music for the regular
round of Chapel services. The weekly sung services of Mass
and Vespers are significant part of school life and the standard
during the year has been very strong indeed. The boys here
are required to perform regularly to enhance and enrich the
religious and cultural life of the school. They have done so this
year with dedication and skill.
SPB
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The Oratory School Cadet Corps
The first major event for The Oratory School Corps was their Biennial Inspection, which took place in May, with Lt Gen Sir Robert
Fulton KBE, Royal Marines, taking the salute as the Reviewing Officer. A Guard of Honour was on parade, along with a smattering of
tri-service Officers and NCO’s. The Senior Under Officer, Noah Cape, accompanied the Reviewing Officer. During the Inspection, the
Director of Music, Stephen Burrows, together with the school orchestra, played a resounding selection of military tunes which added
to the atmosphere of the afternoon’s proceedings. After the initial Review of the Guard, the Corps dispersed for lunch with the Acting
Head Master, Tom Hennessy. After lunch a wide range of CCF activities, performed by all three services, both afloat and on the land,
were reviewed. The Inspection concluded with a formal Corps Parade where the General gave a brief talk, praising what he had seen
during the afternoon’s activities. It was a great opportunity for the school to welcome the Combined Cadet Association’s President,
showing him just what the Officers and school provides for the Cadets.
It was not long before summer arrived and the Cadets journeyed to Wales for their annual camp. The intention of summer camp is
to create a corps cadre of young instructors. At Sennybridge, the Officers entered into the spirit of things with gusto and were focused
on turning Cadets into junior leaders, following a basic method of instruction course as laid down by the army. This included the
development of lessons varying from weapon care, marching skills and basic leadership. The boys also visited a multi-activity centre at
Llangorse which had plenty of scope for physical adventure! Summer camp is always a good time to relax after the pressure of exams and
for the Cadets to learn more about themselves outside of the classroom environment as well as having the chance to have fun and yet
learn some important lifetime skills.
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In July, our shooting team left for Bisley and once again did the School proud. At the Schools’ Meeting the team retained the Grand
Aggregate Trophy. They came first in the Marlborough Cup, (Charlie Dart & Somerset Maitland Bondonneau), second in the Cottesloe
Vase, The Marling (the B Team), The Inveigh (Yew Wen Thorne after a tie shoot), the Victoria College Trophy, the Silenta Trophy (Yew
Wen Thorne), the Wellington (Cameron Gray), the East & Wessex Cup, The Oratory School Challenge Cup (Tom Shaw), the Falling
Plates, and the Cadet Rifle GP Match. The cadet Champion at Arms was won by Tom Shaw; Maitland Bondonneau came second.
Cameron Gray came 7th in The Schools 100. Some of the team stayed on to shoot the national Imperial Meeting with five members
making prize lists; Yew Wen Thorne and Charlie Dart making the second stage of St Georges. Yew Wen Thorne missed out on the
second stage of the big Queens Tournament by three V bulls. He was also picked to shoot in the AG Bell Cadet Team, which is picked
from the best 12 cadets at the Imperial Meeting and went on to shoot for the UK Cadet Team in Jersey. Thorne shot against his team
mate Maitland Bondonneau, who shot the Jersey open and made the Jersey U19 team to shoot against the UK Cadets.
Every section of the Corps experiences field days out. The Navy Section visited HMS Warrior, the Mary Rose Museum and Action
Stations at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. The RAF Section visited RAF Benson where they flew the Grob Tutor. They were given the
opportunity to handle the controls and even undertake aerobatics consisting of loops, barrel rolls and stall turns.
Two senior Cadets, James McCarthy and Will Lord, volunteered to help at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. The ABF - The
Soldiers’ Charity within Berkshire, holds a prestigious fundraising event known as the ABF Berkshire Country Fair which is held at
RMAS Heritage Day. In addition to helping the ABF sales team, James and Will had the opportunity to tour the extensive grounds and
see the variety of military activities on display. They visited the Memorial Chapel and saw the recently unveiled plaque to Old Oratorian
Captain Andrew Griffiths, who was mortally wounded in Afghanistan in 2010. All in all, another busy year for the School, now looking
forward to 2015 and currently planning WWI centenary activities.
CCF Navy
Officers: Harry Criss, Hugh McMurtrie, Stephen Blount, Edward Swash
This was an exceptional year for CCF Navy, in all meanings of the word. Under new leadership, after Mr Sykes stepped down after
many years as established Instructor, Officers in CCF Navy really had to step up to the mark and display all the qualities of leadership
and initiative that comes with their post. Boys initially planned exercises for their sessions around other academic and sporting
commitments, while new instructor Mr Jezzard orientated himself to the Section and their accomplishments should not be understated.
The small and dedicated bunch that makes up the section acquired many new skills, great experience and had a lot of fun.
Last year our field-day took us sailing in two-man boats at a local lake, preceded by stand-up paddle-boarding, raft-building and
team-work exercises. Early sessions built on leadership and team-working skills with MTA-kits and problem-solving outdoors. We were
supported by regular visits from our Naval Chief, who has supported our classroom-based activities in learning about ropes, buoyage and
chart-work.
On the 20th of March, the Navy CCF Section visited HMS Warrior, the Mary Rose Museum and Action Stations at Portsmouth
Historic Dockyard. The boys were exemplarily behaved and had a very good time exploring the city’s naval heritage. To top off the
afternoon, there was still time for some stiff competition on the climbing-wall and Laser Tag. Edward Swash even managed to break the
all-time record for climbing at the centre - an impressive 18 metres and Lucas Haitzmann came first in the Laser Tag.
The month of May saw our Biennial Inspection by Lieutenant General Sir Robert Fulton KBE, late Royal Marines and former
Governor General of Gibraltar. We gave a demonstration of all the skills learned this term, including dry-training of rigging and derigging a Bosun on the school-grounds, a computer-simulated navigation task into Portsmouth Harbour and the culmination of our
work on leadership and team-building. The General, a Marine himself, followed up his visit with an impressive write-up of the boys and
their presentation of what they had learned and taught each other. The Summer Term was spent regularly undergoing afloat training,
learning to sail according to our varied abilities at Burghfield Sailing Club, enjoying pleasant conditions and a range of craft for the boys
to experience regular time on the water.
DJ
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Duke of Edinburgh Award 2013-14
Bronze DofE
Bronze participants completed their qualifying expedition in the summer term. Final preparations took place on Saturday morning
whilst a thunderstorm raged outside. The boys continued to prepare their bags and finalise their routes even though they might not have
been able to set off. Fortunately, the skies cleared and the teams were given the go-ahead. Four teams navigated and walked on their
routes to a nearby campsite. Whilst doing so, each team had expedition aims that they carried out on route. One group spent most of
the day tackling the difficult navigation posed by being in the dense forest whilst investigating the wildlife found there. Others took a
longer route down to Goring and along sections of the Thames Path. Arriving in camp on a beautiful warm evening, the teams set up
their camp and cooked their dinner. The following morning was in stark contrast to the thunderstorms of the day before: the sun beat
down on the tents, resulting in an early start. The teams spent the next six hours working their way back to school. All 25 participants
completed the two-day expedition: a fantastic achievement! They will now work to complete the other three sections of the Award
(physical, skill and volunteering).
DW
Silver DofE Qualifying Expedition
On Friday the 20th of June we began our Qualifying Duke of Edinburgh’s Expedition. At midday our team, (Harry, Sam, Cameron,
Callum and James), were dropped off in a remote part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. We first walked over a Dam and then up
onto the moor. Our plan to follow a 6 km path across the moor was ruined when it turned out that it did not exist! Instead, using a
compass we followed a precise bearing, walking directly over wide expanses of bog before eventually arriving at our intended location.
Here we had showers before getting some much-needed rest.
We knew that our second day would be the toughest. We planned to walk over four peaks; the highest of which was Pen-Y-Fan, at 886
metres. The entire day seemed to be climb after climb and each got steeper and more tiring; the worst being an extremely steep and long
climb up to the summit of Cribyn. The day ended with all four peaks successfully climbed and a very long descent endured down to the
campsite. The third and final day gave us five hours to complete a relatively short route of just 6km, however the apparently easy task felt
extremely difficult, owing to our fatigue. Despite being short in both time and distance, the final day seemed to be the hardest after a
total of six days walking. Overall, a very successful expedition; we achieved our targets and finished in one piece.
Harry Stanton (L6)
Gold DofE Practice Expedition
On Wednesday, 26th March, Green and Red team set out to take part in our Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award practice expedition in the
Brecon Beacons. The Green team included: Charlie Anderson-Jeffs, Ben Bucknill, Jake Henderson, Oscar and me. The Red team was
Will Lord, Tom Webster, Elliot Stitt-Brouwer, Caleb Steven and Callum James. After walking for roughly 8 hours and all of us feeling
the effects of this, we were delighted to set up camp for the night in Pencelli, where we were scheduled to stay for the next two nights.
In the morning, we faced a challenging day ahead: a 35km walk with a 1000 feet ascent to try and reach our first summit. It is fair to
say that most of us felt we had underestimated the challenge of Gold DofE! After reaching the summit, we all knew most of the hard
work was done and we started our decent down to Pencelli. When we arrived back at the camp site after another tiring day which had
comprised eight hours trekking in the persistent rain, all of us took our last chance to take advantage of the facilities on offer at the camp
site, which had a drying room and warm showers. The third day was going to be the most challenging to date as we planned to reach the
summit of five peaks. Having managed to summit the first peak, the Green team ran into some difficulties with the weather: we were
stuck in a complete white-out snowstorm! It took us roughly 4 hours to get back to camp.
On the final morning, after the Green team took a refreshing shower in their five-star campsite, and the Red team woke to a puddle
at their feet, we both set off from the different locations. The Green team’s route was a simple one; following a canal that flowed through
the town. On arrival, we all collapsed on the bus; relieved that the gruelling weekend was over. At a service station on the way home we
stocked up on enough McDonalds to feed the school for a week!
We would like to say thank you to Mr Watkins, Mr Lewis, Mr Womersley and Mr Holden-Smith.
Eddie Hamilton (L6)
Gold Qualifying expedition – Atlas Mountains, Morocco
We embarked on our two week Gold Duke of Edinburgh expedition by leaving School at 3:00am for a 6:30am flight from Gatwick to
Marrakech. From 22 degree heat in England to 40 degree Moroccan heat was certainly a shock to the system. We spent the first morning
in the Souks and Medina Square, and immediately got stuck into local culture by haggling ferociously. We also had to buy phones in the
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local shops, to provide a means of communication whilst on the trek. We were faced with the difficult task of getting the best price but
eventually we got two phones for 105 dirham - £8.
The following day, we were driven to Imlil, a two hour drive through the treacherous Atlas Mountains. It was here that we all realised
what we had got ourselves into. After a short walk from Imlil, battling the cruel mid-day sun, we arrived in our Gite, a youth-hostel type
accommodation. The next day consisted of a practice expedition - walking for 6 miles; learning how to find a fresh water source; how to
purify and filter water; how to put up a tent on rocky terrain and how to adapt to our walking poles, choosing cautiously where to place
our feet whilst walking on doubtfully-sound rocks.
On day four, we began our trek through the Atlas Mountains, which range across northwestern Africa for about 2,500 km through
Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. After a tough day of trekking for 8 hours, we camped at Azib Magougle, which seemed to be the only
area of flat land we had seen all day. On our second day of the trek, we departed Azib Magougle, and had our first encounter with
Berber people. We saw the local settlements of Berber culture and gradually developed a thorough understanding on their way of living
and their views on life. The Berbers are the indigenous group in North Africa who regard themselves as ‘free people’ and have a history
that predates the arrival of Islam and the Arabs. After an eight-hour walk we arrived at the Assif river, where we camped. The majority
of the next day was a steep ascent and after several hours, thinking the campsite was just around the corner, we then found out we
faced another three hours of trekking. We arrived at the campsite like wounded soldiers, some sunburnt, some exhausted and others
dehydrated by poor management of water intake. However, the worst was over and we were ready to face the final day.
In the morning, we set off with a huge sense of achievement as we finally departed our last campsite. Each day on the expedition, the
two teams appointed leaders of the group. This position demanded great determination and courage to lead a team, whilst getting the
best out of every trekker. The experience reinforced the importance of teamwork and reminded us that it’s necessary to overcome any
adversity that stands between you and success. After finishing the trek, which was both physically and mentally draining, we had to
walk to the Mt Toubkal refuge camp. As you might expect, the accommodation at the refuge is basic, but has the important things you
require, for example, toilets.
On the day of the ascent, we woke up at 3:00am in the morning and started the climb at 3:30am. We were fortunate enough to be
guided by a local Berber, called Yousef, who navigated a safe route. We reached the summit just as the sun was breaking over the horizon.
It was at that moment that we truly realized that we had achieved something. The views from the summit are fantastic, with views across
the entire Atlas mountain range. On a clear day, it’s even possible to see the Sahara desert.
After a couple of days of R & R (rest and recuperation), we drove to the Cascade D’Ouzoud, a 110m high water fall in the province
of Azilal. However, in the evening things took a turn for the worse. What was initially believed to be severe food-poisoning for Mr
Holden-Smith turned out to be appendicitis. He had to withstand severe pain for several hours till he arrived in Marrakech, where he
was treated the following day. However, we tried not to let this blip in the trip spoil our last few days in Morocco and we drove 150km
to Marrakech the following day, where we continued our haggling with the locals in the markets and bought gifts for our family and
relatives.
We’d like to thank Mr Watkins, Mr Lewis and Mr Holden-Smith for their help and guidance in Morocco: without them, the trip
couldn’t have happened. The team bonded significantly over the course of the two weeks and I would definitely recommend the
expedition to anyone.
Jacob Henderson (U6)
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Overseas Visits
Ski Trip
Each year, at February half-term, a group of around 30 boys head off to the small village of Windischgarsten in the Austrian
Alps. Over many years the school has built up a strong relationship with this small but friendly ski resort and our friends at the
Kemmetmuller guest house. At the Kemmetmuller the boys are always keen to find out immediately which rooms they will
occupy. The themed rooms are always popular with an eclectic mix from the Spaceship room to the Cowboy room, the Arabic
to the Asian and the popular Robin Hood room. Each day starts with a traditional Austrian breakfast and a short journey by bus
to the ski slopes. We are fortunate to be looked after each year by Gareth and Nigel, our bus drivers, who consistently go out of
their way to make the trip a success. The resort boasts Europe’s fastest funicular railway which takes skiers up to the base station at
1400m. Despite not much snow in the village, the snow was in good condition on the mountain. The beginners’ group got stuck
in straight away whilst those familiar with the resort headed off to explore the slopes from the highest point at 1870m. The groups
are expertly-led and taught by local ski instructors. After a full day on the slopes we head back to more traditional food and our
evening entertainment programme. This features relaxing swims to ease tired muscles, Austrian curling or a trip to the nearest big
town for bowling and McDonalds. At the end of the week, all the boys race against the clock to find the overall champion. This
is a great event that shows off the improvements that the boys have made during the week. This year’s race was won by Matthew
McDonald.
DW
Foundation Trip to Castril, Granada, Spain
(4th to 11th August, 2013)
Patrick Birkholm, Cameron Rintoul, Mathew Luxmore and Alex Nylander
On arrival in Spain the hotel’s taxi was waiting and whisked us off to the Altiplano, through a beautiful, desolate landscape. It
was soon evident that the heat was going to be intense during the day but the boys had been warned, and were well-prepared. The
next morning’s activity was ‘eco-hunting’ which is archery, but aiming at only cut-out figures of animals. In the afternoon we went
for a mountain bike ride to a lake a few kilometres away. The next morning was spent horse riding, which was a new experience
for the boys. Our route took us past some Roman ruins where 2000 years ago they extracted salt from the rocks for supply to
their local garrisons. Another lake was the venue next day for the kayaking, which was spectacular as we were the only people for
miles and the only ones on the lake. After lunch we went for a walk along the gorge that leads from Castril down the valley.
An early start was required in the morning for our trip to visit the Bronze Age hilltop village of Castellon. A long, hot guided
walk gave a fascinating insight into how people lived in the very harsh conditions and organised themselves socially. The local area
is remarkable for the number of cave dwellings. That evening after supper we had an astronomy session with a local man who was
studying for an astronomy degree. The boys had been cynical about the “stargazing” activity, but when shown Saturn and its rings
through the telescope became transfixed and said it was the highlight of the trip!
After five days, it was time to slow down and we were treated to a lesson in pizza-making by our hostess. The boys managed to
turn this into a competitive activity. They produced some fine food and learnt a useful skill. In the evening we visited the small
but very pretty local church where we had our own short Mass followed by dinner at Emelio’s, which consisted of a stream of
delicious courses.
The boys had decided they wished to go canyoning and so got the money together and we went off to meet our guide. The
guide also had a very “safety first” approach which was very encouraging. The canyoning was fantastic despite the wetsuit seeming
to be three sizes too small. The trip lasted five hours without a break followed by a half-hour walk back to the top. Exhausting,
but the boys loved it.
It was the final day, so we waved goodbye to our hosts and were driven off to the centre of Granada to visit the Alhambra Palace.
It is quite something and, despite the heat and crowds, the boys loved it. Following this, we got to the airport in good time, did a
little shopping and returned safely to England.
The trip was a huge success and the boys had a fantastic time thanks to the excellent staff in the hotel and the guides and
locals who took them on the activities. The boys were impeccably behaved and I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to
accompany such a good bunch who are very good at the card game Cheat (a bit of a worry) but not so good at Hearts. I would
heartily recommend that the Foundation Award trip return to the same spot. Everything is in one place, the hotel owners know
what is required; it is safe, clean and the food is excellent.
CWS
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Premier après-midi à Montpellier
A group of 26 boys from the Fifth and Sixth forms visited Montpellier in October, accompanied by members of the MFL
and EFL Departments. The boys were Claudio Herbosch, Will Lovett, Matthew Poston, Cameron Rintoul, Fiyin Ukuri, Oli
Pritchard, Sam Page, Michael Merritt, Hugh Peggram, Will Kaprielian, Sam Johnston, Cameron McLean, Henry Wigzell, Harry
Worth, Theo Toaldo, Owyn Tong-Jones, Alex Walmsley, Mark Price, Andrew Green, Rory Baxter, Taite Richards, Marcus Ng,
Dirk van den Berg, Christian Dutton and George Tyler.
Each day the boys attended French lessons in the morning, participated in various activities in the afternoon and spent the
evening with their host family, although the Sixth form also spent some time sampling the night life in Montpellier, a lively
university city. The lessons were hard work (3 hours per day!) and the afternoon excursions a reward for their efforts. Ten-pin
bowling and Laser Game on the Thursday were followed the next day by a visit to Nîmes and the magnificent Arènes and on the
Saturday-the highlight for some of the boys-the chance to watch Montpellier play Ulster in the Heineken Cup. On the final day,
Sunday, the boys remained with their host family and had lunch with them before being dropped off in the afternoon for the
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Societies
The Conservation Society
The Conservation Society introduced a new revised programme on a Thursday afternoon. The growth of the society has prompted
a revision of the activities on offer to the boys. During the first few weeks, all members headed to the allotment to tackle the vast
amount of growth over the summer holidays. Raspberries, strawberries and a bumper crop of potatoes were harvested. Later in the
term, small groups headed off to undertake their six week rotating programmes. At the allotment, two groups took measurements
in order to produce a strategy for their redesign. Over the next five sessions they worked to make the allotment a more efficient
and user-friendly space. Another group headed into the school’s woodland to explore and identify possible projects. After initially
finding six different types of mushrooms the group decided to invest in a guide to identify them and other species. Most exciting
of all, the boys started a new cookery skills course using the kitchens at the Oratory Prep School and produce from our allotment.
The potato harvest was used to make shepherd’s pie. This course aimed to teach the boys how to cook tasty meals on a budget.
In the Lent term the society had an afternoon out at the UK Wolf Conservation Trust. The Trust has three large enclosures, an
Observation Room and an Education centre. It has ten wolves living in separate groups, some of them having been hand-raised by
the volunteers. We learnt about the misconceptions surrounding wolves and the need for conservation projects, as their numbers
are dwindling due to persecution by humans and destruction of their natural habitat. The conservation staff empower the boys to
take ownership of their society and were pleased that we had an excellent cohort of enthused and engaged young men who drove
the society forward this year.
DW
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Schools’ Challenge
Seniors: Cameron Rintoul (captain), Patrick Birkholm, Zac Campbell, Charlie Dart
Juniors: Sam Machin (captain), Ollie Martin, Bryant Orkiako, Daniel Orjiako, Jamie Webster
Having returned to this national competition in the previous year, in November 2013 an Oratory team travelled to St Helen’s School in
Abingdon for the regional rounds of this junior version of University Challenge from BBC2. The group stage saw a convincing 580-140
victory over Cokethorpe which led to a semi-final against Magdalen College School: one stage beyond the point which we reached last
year. In a high-scoring match Cameron Rintoul (the captain), Patrick Birkholm, Zac Campbell and Charlie Dart scored a very creditable
320 points although a strong Magdalen team proved faster on the buzzers, going on to face Bedford Modern in the regional final.
In a new development we also entered a St Philip House team in the Primary and Prep Schools’ competition which was held
at Haberdashers’ School in March. Five second form boys represented the Oratory well and enjoyed their trip to Hertfordshire.
Unfortunately they were drawn in the first round against the host school – national champions at both age groups in 201 - whose team
was on lightning form. Still, it proved an excellent and highly enjoyable day out.
KEM
Debating
Debating is one of those skills which enable boys to grow in confidence and develop in ways which help them in other areas of life.
Inevitably, this discipline requires an amount of public speaking but this is only the tip of the iceberg. With an opposition attempting
to put you off your stride through interjections and questions from the floor testing your assertions and pushing your argument to the
limit, it is essential to be able to prepare meticulously and even then be prepared to think on your feet and formulate sentences on the
spur of the moment.
The senior debating society ‘the Adelphi’ was joined this year by a junior debating society ‘the Chesterton’ named after the prominent
commentator and writer GK Chesterton, a notable Catholic convert in the early twentieth century. He evinced the quick-wittedness
required in his life and there are many examples of his bon mots. He did occasionally find himself on the receiving end however. Being
himself a large man he turned to his rather more skeletal friend George Bernard Shaw and opined that ‘to look at you anyone would
think there was a famine in Europe’. His friend rebutted, ‘to look at you anyone would think you caused it’.
These qualities of public speaking, quick-wittedness, and humour were demonstrated well in these societies this year. The Adelphi had
a large number of boys debating this year under the guidance of the Upper Sixth officers Alex Nylander and Cameron Rintoul. Boys
who debated were Callum Walsh, Harry Stanton, James McCarthy, James Little, Dale Claasen, Will Lord, August Waldburg zu Wolfegg
und Waldsee, Alex Jones, Hamish Bowie, Ashleigh Mungur, Paul Dempsey, Oscar Cheles, Jack Keeshan, Ben Bucknill, Alex Robinson,
Tom Webster, Harry Goode, Michael Merritt, Jake Henderson, and Callum James. In addition Clement McLoughlin helped to ensure
the debates ran smoothly and a number of boys were happy to remain in the audience and subject the debaters to questioning.
Topics debated this year included the legalisation of Marijuana, the death penalty, capping UK migration, the limiting of foreign
players in British football teams, the merits of Hitler, and whether the world would be a better place without religion. The breadth
of these topics enabled the boys to broaden their knowledge in a number of areas. Those who debated twice were awarded ties of the
Adelphi Society.
The Chesterton Society had a very high level of debating. If anything these boys need to trim down their arguments and make them
more succinct. Five debates were held: whether the Oratory school should become co-educational, Spain’s claim over Gibraltar, whether
the illegality of drugs is a waste of police time, that soldiers are worth more than footballers, and whether the pen is mightier than the
sword. Boys who debated very well included Christian Stewart, Can Bittrim, Pepe del Castano, Cameron McLean, James Ashley-Carter,
George Tyler, Ruben Lo, James Sieyes, Theo Toaldo, and David Bannister. Junior debating ties were awarded to a few boys who debated
twice and are currently the only boys in the school to hold this tie as it has not been awarded for some years.
DJE
Scholars + 4th Form
Archie Birkholm, Harry Brown, Zac Campbell, Harry Derbyshire, Charlie Jordan, Ramon Krah, Max Martin, Matthew
McDonald, Craig Rintoul, Matthew Robinson, George Stanford-Beale, Ossian Warren
The 4th form Scholars+ group meet once a week to discuss areas of interest from outside the school curriculum. They explore these
topics in a variety of ways, including presentations, debates, written reports, class discussions, and computer-based programs. The areas
of study are driven by the boys who take part and are very diverse; including examining paradoxes, media manipulation, ethics in sport,
and popular myths. We asked ourselves if we agreed with allowing “Plastic Brits” to compete in the Olympics, we found out about
evidence for ghosts, and we puzzled over the Monty Hall Paradox. Currently the boys are undertaking an extended writing project of
their own choosing, focusing on finding and citing credible sources. Regardless of the project we are working on the boys who take part
in Scholars + are encouraged to value and cultivate an inquiring mind, to learn the skills needed to meet this thirst for knowledge, and
all importantly to fine tune their abilities to convey this information to others in a variety of ways.
LAH
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Ballroom Dancing
One of the most rewarding aspects of joining the lower sixth is, as soon as they return in the Michaelmas term, these young men all have
the chance to learn ballroom dancing with the girls at Queen Anne’s School. For the following six months, the girls and boys turned up
to learn and practice four ballroom dances – the Waltz, Foxtrot, Cha-cha cha and the Jive.
All the rehearsals resulted in an impressive experience on Saturday 8th February 2014 when these teenagers dressed to impress, in
black tie and ball gowns, arriving to compete for four trophies to reward the best dancers in each category. After a tense start to the
night, which began with a glass of bubbly and a photograph posing with a potential victorious partner or two, they performed together
on the dance floor. All who were lucky enough to be invited to the ball should be very proud of their ability and progress made in such
a short period of time. There were many natural Fred Astaires and many not so… However, at the end of the evening, the true talent
shone out with three wins overall. Very well done to all the boys and many thanks to my colleagues who accompanied me each week.
Jack Camilleri - 1st place in the Cha cha cha
Callum Walsh - 2nd place in the Waltz plus 1st place in the Jive
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Hopkins Society
Hopkins Society Jazz Dinner
One hundred and forty guests descended on the Oratory on the 5th October, 2013 for a Saturday night ‘Jazz Dinner’ hosted by the
Hopkins Society, which promotes culture and the arts at the school. The guests enjoyed an evening of Jazz played by children from the
Oratory Prep School’s Jazz Band and The Oratory School’s own ‘Big Band’.
The theme for the evening was ‘Jazz from 1930s Chicago’ which was the setting for this year’s senior play, Berthold Brecht’s ‘The
Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui’. The food, wine, music, décor and ambience on offer to the guests helped to conjure up the unique and
special cultural contribution given to the world by Depression-era Chicago.
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Special attraction at the evening was guest artist, former Oratory School pupil, Ollie Weston, now Professor of Jazz at the Guildhall
School of Music (below, 2nd left); and top of the bill was Mark Armstrong, Professor of Jazz at the Royal College of Music, (1st left),
also Musical Director of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and member of the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra.
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It was an unforgettable evening; it was a very special thing for the children to be able to play along with such superb professional
musicians as Ollie and Mark: it is something they will remember lifelong. The music they provided for us was simply wonderful and the
audience loved every minute of the evening’s entertainment.
A charity collection at the Jazz Dinner raised a large donation for the ‘Chiltern Centre’, which is based in Henley, and provides respite
care for families who have children with severe Learning Difficulties. Having had such an enjoyable evening, our guests dug deep and
gave generously to this very worthy cause.
TS
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Rugby
1st XV Rugby
Squad: Lord (c), Goode, Hollin, Quirante-Gomez, Poston, Nylander, Moyse, Howlett, Mew, Lovett, Rintoul, Wisniewski, Birkholm,
Luxmore, Stow, Ukiri, Henderson, Gray, Hollister, Keeshan, McCarthy, Page, Parry, Paul, Darlington, McLoughlin, Pritchard,
Anderson-Jeffs
Played: 11 Won: 6 Lost: 5
Colours: Hollin, Poston, Lord, Howlett, Birkholm, Moyse, Mew
Blazers: Stow, Rintoul, Goode, Keeshan, Wisniewski, Parry, Paul, Ukiri, Nylander, Lovett, Hollister, Quirante-Gomez
How do you measure the success of a season? Probably when I was a little younger it was all about results. As I get older I have come to
value other qualities such as loyalty, passion, camaraderie and commitment. Mr. Barnie Bettesworth (member of the Governing Body)
spoke on behalf of the guests at the Rugby Club Dinner when he talked about the undefinable ‘OS Spirit’ that exists, not just within the
rugby club but within the school as a whole. He wasn’t sure where it came from; his son Paul certainly possessed it when he represented
the 1st XV in the year 2000 and I am pleased to announce that it is still a prominent feature in many of our boys today – not all, but
most!
Often factors outside one’s control can have a big effect on a season. This year serious injuries at crucial times to key players
compromised our statistics. Our record of Played 11; Won 6; Lost 5 doesn’t set the world alight and could have been a lot better or,
conceivably, worse. On any given Saturday the 1st XV are the best 15 players in the school and during this season 30 boys have played
for the 1st XV. I can remember seasons when fewer than 20 have played. Highlights included comfortable wins over Merchant Taylor’s,
London Oratory and Lord Wandsworth College and then there were a cluster of games where there was one score in it either way. The
ones that went our way were a one-point win over Reed’s when defensive qualities in the last two minutes guaranteed victory and a
2-point win over Teddies in an enthralling home encounter.
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Despite the best efforts of the squad we struggled
towards the end of the season. Injuries to Alex
Nylander (broken wrist in Malta); Todd Moyse (knee
ligament damage) and a string of concussions including
Harry Mew and Manuel Quirante meant that we had
to dig deep and we did so, despite going down in our
final three games. OS Spirit was in plentiful supply,
but we just didn’t have the quality to change the course
of these games despite coming close in the return game
v Teddies and also against Magdalen College School.
At half-term the squad travelled to Malta for what
was one of the most enjoyable short tours I have
been on. The hospitality was excellent and the boys
conducted themselves like true ambassadors for the
school. It was nice to re-acquaint ourselves with a
number of Maltese Old Boys including Sam Borg (Rugby and School Captain 2008) Tom O’Sullivan and Luca De Miyo, whom some
colleagues might recall with affection. It was pleasing to hear the Old Boys speak so passionately about the school. Hopefully we will be
able to establish a short tour every second year to Malta.
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A couple of awards were made at the Rugby Club Dinner:
1) Captain’s Cup for the most improved player deservedly went to Will Hollin.
2) The Paul Keddie Shield (Paul Keddie was the previous Master i/c Rugby and Second Master in school) went to someone who led
from the front, every minute, every game: 1st XV Captain, Ed Lord.
The pack rumbled pretty effectively for most of the season; lineout was strong, the scrum less so. Matt Poston, Jack Stow, Cameron
Rintoul and Will Hollin battled bravely throughout, setting the standard for younger players. The back line was decimated by injury
and it was little surprise that we lacked fluency. Ed Howlett had a great season at scrum half; Paddy Birkholm pulled the strings from
fly-half. Todd Moyse and Harry Mew, following a strong showing in the first half of term, were both side-lined in the second, as was
Alex Nylander. Many of this year’s leavers had a wretched time thanks to injury. Will Lovett and Fion Ukiri added pace out wide, but
didn’t see a lot of the ball. Looking ahead, there were promising performances from many L6th form boys and they will need to step up
next year and lead the way. Max Clementson’s introduction into the 1st XV late in the season gave us an insight into the standard of
play in the Senior Colts.
My thanks to all the senior coaches this year and in particular thanks to Mr. Holden who stepped up to the 1st XV. We classically
couldn’t agree about anything. In our home game v Teddies we were awarded a penalty 25 yards out. I yelled ‘take the points’ from the
sideline; Mr. Holden countered this with ‘kick for the corner’; the Captain (in an attempt not to upset either of us, while Mr. Hennessy
just sat in the gator with his head in his hands), did neither and called for a scrum! Mr. Hennessy has been a rock (a big rock) and I
know he has missed the buzz of day-to-day training.
IPJ/VH
2nd XV Rugby (VH)
Squad: Cape, Browne, Darlington, Zenin, Clifton, Yaxley, Quirante, Mansford, Story, Henderson, Davies, Williams, Lord, Pritchard,
Rintoul, Anderson-Jeffs, Holley, Duff, Secades
Played: 11 Won: 9 Lost: 2
Colours: Cape, McCarthy, Story, Henderson, Page, Luxmoore
3rd XV Rugby (CJS)
Squad: Howard-Jones, Robinson, Waldburg-Wolfegg, Westphalen, Waldberg, Cormack, Yaxley, Secades, Marquez Herbosch (c),
Wilson, Bridge, Corcoran, Goddard, Forbes-Gearey, Classen, Hacking, Croisdale, Bucknill, Hamilton, de Rosney , Jordan
Played: 9 Won: 4 Lost: 5
Colours: Marquez, Cormack, Walburg-Wolf, Secades, Yaxley, Godfrey, Howard-Jones
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Senior Colts B Rugby (CWS/JEB)
Squad: Aitken, Back, Bannister, Bitrim, Blount, Bond, Clayton, Clementson, Criss, Duke, Fernandez, Fernback, Grant, Henshaw,
Kennedy, Lauder, Lo, Masuke, Newton, Ng, Ryding (C), Squires, Waite, Warren, Whelpton, Wigzell, Woodard, Worth.
Played: 9 Won: 5 Lost: 3 Drawn: 1
Colours: Ryding, Clayton, Warren, Back
Senior Colts C Rugby (NET)
Squad: Forbes Geary, Riley, Waite, Sieyes, von Lichtenstein, Bond , Whelpton, Tam, Del Castano, McLean (c), Mazuke, Baker-Smith,
Fernandez de Pinero, Paterson, Stewart, Gowing, Farley, Tyler, Humphreys, Flower, Gemmingen-Hornberg
Played: 7 Won: 5 Lost: 1 Drawn: 0 Abandoned: 1
Colours: McLean, Stewart, Waite, Riley, Tam
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Senior Colts D Rugby (SAB)
Squad: Ng, Nicholls, Maitland-Bondonneau, Ginesta, Rich, Ashley-Carter, Duke, Lee, Street, Van Den Berg, Espana Font, Swash,
Kazaryan, Swash, Sherry, Humphreys.
Played: 1 Lost: 1
Colours: None awarded
Junior Colts A Rugby (JA/PWB)
Squad: Martin, Anderson-Jeffs, Watt, Matricardi, Von Matuschka, Probyn, McDonald, Derbyshire, Williams, Macrae (captain),
Croisdale, Huysinga, Ainsworth, Hale, Du Manoir de Juaye, Birkholm, Baker, Jordan
Played: 11 Won: 5 Lost: 6
Colours: Macrae (c), Derbyshire, Williams, McDonald, Huysinga
Junior Colts B Rugby (SMB)
Squad: Birkholm (c), Elkes, Peler, Chukwuonye, Webster, Vandermeer, Griffiths, Thomson, Bound, Barber, Archer, Wilson, Rintoul,
Bowie, Kim, Jutla, Matricardi, Hacking, Cormack, Anidjah.
Played: 10 Won: 4 Lost: 6
Colours: Birkholm(c), Jutla, Bowie, Thomson, Bound, Elkes.
Junior Colts C Rugby (JRB)
Played: 9 Won: 4 Lost: 5
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Yearlings A Rugby (CK/PAT)
Squad: Lo, Chen, Ainsworth, Thompson, Tufnel, Eseka, Davies, Gibbon, Bisdee, Gordon, Bond, Sommerville-Bailey, Silverlock,
Lockhart, Diaz, Monaghan
Played: 6 Won: 3 Lost: 3
Colours: Eseka, Monaghan, Gibbon, Gordon, Bisdee
Yearlings B Rugby (SB)
Squad: Ivanov, Hamill, Howard-Jones, Gwillim, Symonds, Oxley, Haitzmann (c), Sudding, Flanagan, Engbers, Muvvala, Derbyshire,
Tansey, Winch, Fernandez
Played: 12 Won: 4 Lost: 7 Drawn: 1
Colours: Fernandez, Oxley, Ivanov, Haitzmann
Yearlings C Rugby (MHG)
Squad: Basin, Del Castano, Eley, Fernandez, Fox, Gemmingen-Hornberg, Johnston, Ku, Mhyre, Dario-Moi, Moran, Pasini, Perera, H
Radford, T Radford, Rossi, Zollo(c)
Played: 10 Won: 4 Lost: 5 Drawn: 1
Colours: Eley, Fernandez, Ku, H Radford, Rossi, Zollo
St. Philip House 1st XV Rugby (CEW/MDH)
Squad: Machin, Kinniburgh, Orjiako, Cloke, Poza, Coker, Martin, Grenfell, Williams, Texiera (c), Wallace, Bruce-Vanderpuye, Legg,
Paris, Harris, Thompson
Played: 13 Won: 11 Lost: 2
Colours: Teixeira(c), Bruce, Martin, Williams, Wallace, Grenfell
St Philip House 2nd XV Rugby (PJE)
Squad: J Webster (c), Orjiako, Tansey, Palmer, Coulibaly, Awoniyi, MacRae, Barribal, Wang, Davies, Street, Hoath, Jones, Carsi, Vargas,
Riseley, Thomson, Wallis, Pezzuto, Babalola
Played: 11 Won: 5 Lost: 6
Colours: Webster, Palmer, Wallis, Thomson, Tansey
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Football
1st XI Football
Squad: Birkholm, Poston, Anderson, Hollin (c), Hamilton H, Hamilton E, Mew, Williams, Howlett, Lovett, Nylander, Quirante,
Beveridge
Played: 14 Won: 7 Lost: 5 Drawn: 2
Full Colours: Birkholm, Poston, Anderson, Hollin (c)
Blazer: Hamilton H, Hamilton E, Mew, Williams, Howlett, Lovett, Nylander, Quirante, Beveridge
With two notable changes at the top - official links with Reading FC and - for the first time, entering the Two Leagues: The Southern
Term Lent Football League (Saturdays) and The Thames Valley League (Wednesdays) - expectations were high. The added edge from
playing league football was evident in the first match versus Wellington College - where the result is everything - and this was seen even
after Wellington’s last-minute equaliser. We retained ‘The Boot’, which is always pleasing. However, we learnt quickly after dropping
two points and, following some timely sessions with Reading, the lads approached the next game with a new level of focus: St John’s
Leatherhead – 2013 Winners. Played at home on a very heavy pitch, we employed the correct style of football to suit the conditions. We
won the game 4-2. This proved to be the highlight of the season, as St John’s went on to win the league again: our fixture being the only
game they were to lose. With games in the Southern League against Haileybury and Tonbridge cancelled (points shared), our next game
was versus Harrow. Though Harrow are traditionally very strong in this sport, a competitive match fought on the Flint pitches ended up
2-2, OS missing an open goal thanks to the ball being stuck in the mud!
The League finished off with a well-deserved victory over Radley College; 3-2 on a glorious March day. To finish 3rd equal in our first
year was an excellent effort and the school can be delighted with the progress made. Non-league games included the traditional Millfield
and Charterhouse fixtures. Millfield, always a joy to play, won the Bootles Cup (National Cup) and it’s a great experience for our lads to
tackle the best. We lost 5-2, but it was an excellent day. The XI also enjoyed a night match versus John Madejski Academy Development
XI on their 4G pitch, winning the game 4-3.
The Thames Valley League – a local league, set up by the OS - was competitive and we ended up finishing 3rd (out of 6). In 2015 this
is being expanded to 7 schools to include the all the senior XI’s. The side was led excellently by William Hollin and contained a healthy
balance of U6th and L6th players. Reading FC were a great help and allowed us to formalise the style of football we wanted to play and
to put in place some useful strategies that all the boys enjoyed trying to implement. With these talented boys in the system for 2015,
we’ll be looking to build on the successes of 2014.
SCBT
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2nd XI Football (JA)
Squad: Wisniewski, Mansford ,Suinaga, Luxmore (c), Peggram, Croisdale, Nicholls, Wilson, Zenin, De Rosnay, McLoughlin, Ukiri,
McCarthy
Played: 11 Won: 4 Lost: 5 Drawn: 2
Colours: McLoughlin, Luxmoore, Peggram, Nicholls, Suinaga
3rd XI Football (SB)
Squad: Paul (C), Keeshan, Davies, Page, Browne, Clifton, Henderson, Train, Parry, Bastable, Dulstan
Played: 8 Won: 4 Lost: 4
Colours: Page, Davies, Keeshan, Clifton
4th XI Football (VH)
Squad: Nicholls, Hacking, Darlington, Dempsey, Duff (c), Story, Stitt-Brouwer, Forbes-Gearey, Kazaryan, Jordan, Waldburg, Claassen,
Train, Bucknill
Played: 8 Won: 0 Lost: 7 Drawn: 1
Colours: Duff, Forbes-Gearey
Senior Colts A Football (CBK)
Squad: Baker Smith, Back, Price (c), Rigler, Tong Jones, Murphy, Walmsley, Toaldo, Del Castano, Woodard, Lovett, Appleyard, Bitirim
Played: 6 Won: 4 Lost: 2
Colours: Rigler, Walmsley, Toaldo, Price and Lovett
Senior Colts B Football (MDH)
Squad: Stephen Blount, Pat Warren, Rory Baxter, Ruben Lo, Chris Humphries, Agre Masuke, Geoffrey Tam, Ben Grant, Sam Johnston
(Captain), Ollie Whelpton, Cameron Maclean, Bassey Henshaw, Sam Street
Played: 7 Won: 3 Lost: 2 Drawn: 2
Colours: Ryding, Grant, Johnston, McLean, Henshaw
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Senior Colts C Football (PWB)
Squad: Maytum, Riley, Kazaryan, Nicoll (c), Kennedy, Richards, Daw, Farley, Paterson, Aitken, Fernandez, Worth, Lo
Played: 5 Won: 0 Lost: 5
Colours: Nichol, Kennedy, Fernandez, Riley, Kazaryan
Senior Colts D Football (JEB)
Squad: Lee, Clayton, Liechtenstein, Waite, Daw, Squires (c), Van Den Burg, Lale, Gowing, A Ng, McMurtrie, M Ng, Criss, Flower,
Sherry, Forbes-Geary
Played: 3 Won: 0 Lost: 3
Colours: Squires, Lee, Clayton
Junior Colt A Football (IPJ/SAB)
Squad: Jimenez, Buchanan, MacDonald, Derbyshire (c), Quinlan, MacRae, Hale, Jutla, Huysinga, Birkholm, Matuschka, Lopez
Played: 11 Won: 5 Lost: 5 Drawn: 1
Colours: Macrae, Jutla, Hale, Jimenez, Derbyshire
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Junior Colts B Football (KL)
Squad: Baker (c), Martin, Croisdale, Barber, Probyn, Gallagher, A. Jordan, Wilson, Matricardi, Lopez, Woodard, Griffiths, Quintana,
Alverde, Charval-Diaz, Rintoul, Hollister
Played: 10 Won: 3 Lost: 4 Drawn: 3
Colours: Baker (c), Martin, Croisdale, Barber
Junior Colts C Football (SMB)
Squad: Krah (c) Azcarraga, Chukwuonye, Diev, Alverde, Webster, Kashin, Vandermeer, Lo Du Manoir, Griffiths, Rintoul, Bowie,
Quintana, Carbonnel-Miranda, George, Lee, Hollister, Anderson-Jeffs
Played: 10 Won: 5 Lost: 5
Colours: Alverde, Azcarraga, Bowie, Krah
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Junior Colts D Football (DSJ)
Squad: White (c), Robertson, Peler, Lawson, Brown, Elkes, Kaprilian, Li, Lo, Warren, Liu, Campbell, Farlow, Ho, Sudding, Du Manoir
Colours: White
Yearlings A Football (MPS/DR)
Squad: Bond, Mhyre, Silverlock, Davies, Diaz Rivas, Del Castano, Eseka, Pasini, Bisdee, Tansay, Zollo (c), Gibbon, Somerville-Bailey
Played: 12 Won: 8 Lost: 4
Colours: Mhyre, Diaz Rivas, Bisdee, Zollo
Yearlings B team Football (OL)
Squad: Thorby (c), L. Thompson, Cabrera, Sommerville-Bailey, Ku, Juan Pablo, Gordon, Fox, L. Derbyshire, Swan, Winch, Tufnell,
Waskett, Oxley
Played: 11 Lost: 3 Drew: 2 Won: 6
Colours: Thorby, Ku, Fox, Swan, Derbyshire
Yearlings C team Football (DOC)
Squad: Iakolev (c), Clark, Hamill, Lo, Lockhart, Troncoso, Cheng, Denizot, Moran, Johnston P, Engbers, Troncoso-Moctezuma,
Gemmingen-Hornberg, Flanagan, Johnston O, Muvvala, Ivanov, Fernandez
Played: 7 Won: 5 Lost: 2
Colours: Clark, Denizot, Iakovlev
Yearlings D team Football (CEW)
Squad: Bale, Ebrey, Basin, Grenfell, Radford, Radford, Radford, Stone, Stow, Flanagan, Ivanov, Davison, Sprules
Played: 6 Won: 1 Lost: 5
Colours: Stone, Radford T, Ebrey, Ivanov
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St Philip House A team Football (AD)
Squad: Legg (Capt), Wallace, Davies, Williams, Orjiako, Parris, Street, Martin Bruce, Teixeira, Coker, Kiniburgh, Carsi-Ramon, Machin
Played: 10 Won: 0 Lost: 8 Drew: 2
Colours: Legg, Davies, Wallace, Williams, Martin
St Philip House B Team Football (PAT)
Squad: Palmer, Grenfell, Jones, Poza, Machin (c), Kinniburgh, Vargas, Riseley, MacRae, Tansey, Carsi, Hoath
Played: 9 Won: 3 Lost: 6
Colours: None awarded
St Philip House C team Football (PJE)
Squad: Babalola (captain), Awoniyi, Barribal, Goldberg, Wang, Thomson, Coulibaly, Grenfell, Orjiako, Pezzuto, Shkaev, Wallis
Played: 4 Lost: 4
Colours: None awarded
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Rowing
Eoin Hartwright, a pupil at The Oratory School, has
become a World Record Breaker, being the youngest
person to row across the Atlantic Ocean!!
When Eoin was 13 years old he heard famous ocean rower Mike Dawson talk of his Atlantic and North Pacific Ocean rows and ‘could
never get the idea out of his head’. Eoin always struggled academically, but, being a keen sportsman, at 16 he took it upon himself to put
together an ocean-rowing team to cross the Atlantic. It wasn’t an easy road for Eoin; he had many set-backs, but was determined to fulfil
his dream.
Eoin set off in a team of three from La Gomera, Spain, to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean to Antigua, rowing relentlessly
- 2 hours on, 2 hours off - living off purified sea-water and dehydrated food. Just 48 hours into the row there were team complications
and the boat was returned to port. Still undeterred and as determined as ever (and with his mother’s help) Eoin put a new team of 4
together - in a week! The team consisted of his uncle, Simon Hartwright (40), Matthew Collier (49) and Tom Alden (30). Tom is an old
Oratorian who started his rowing career in St. Philip’s, as Eoin did.
The new team, Atlantic Quad, set out on 23rd December 2013 and made the crossing in 43 days, 21 hours!! This put Eoin in the
Guinness Book of World Records as the ‘youngest person to row any ocean (non-solo)’.
Eoin is now back at school studying for his A levels prior to continuing onto University studies in Agriculture. He enjoys talking of
his challenge to companies and organisations as well as inspiring school students and making after-dinner speeches: though he can’t wait
to do another row!
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National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships
Lent term rowing was not easy due to the continuous flooding of the Thames, so lots of training was done in the gym and on
the rowing machines. This provided a great opportunity for some of the boys to enter the NJIRC and a team of 21 pupils left
school at the early hours of one Friday morning and made their way to the Lee Valley Athletic Stadium. When the boys arrived
at the venue and realised the size of the event, spirits soon began to rise and the excitement started to build. There were 2,500
competitors throughout the day and competitors also had the opportunity to meet Olympic Athletes and crews for the upcoming
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. All the boys performed very well in a National event. Gold Medal for the Under 14 Relay
team was a definite highlight!
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Results
1st Year – Coulibaly (39th out of 120)
2nd Year – Cloke (30th out of 147)
3rd Year – Monaghan (5th out of 189)
Gwillim ( 22nd out of 189)
Howard-Jones ( 51st out of 189)
Ainsworth (93rd out of 189)
Sudding (98th out of 189)
Kibble (136th out of 189)
Sunil (143rd out of 189)
Symonds (178th out of 189)
4th Year – Kim (50th out of 181)
Yellowlees-Bound (64th out of 181)
5th Year – Green (4th out of 102)
Clementson (37th out of 102)
Espana-Font (44th out of 102)
U6th – E Lord (10th out of 30)
Holley (12th out of 30)
Senior Relay Team – 4th out of 30
Bound/Bavage/W Lord/ E Lord/
Holley/ Espana-Font/Clementson/
Green
Junior Relay Team – 1st out of 47
Monaghan/Gwillim/Sudding/
Howard-Jones
J13& J14 Squad:
Ainsworth (colours), Barribal, Bond, Cloke, Cooper, Coulibaly, Eley, Eseka, Gibbon, Haitzmann, Howard-Jones (colours), O
Johnston (colours), Khan, Kibble, Lo, Lockhart, Martin, Monaghan (colours), Rossi, Somerville-Bailey, Stone, Sudding (colours),
Sunil, Swan, Swanston, Symonds, Tansey, Tufnell,Webster.
Because of the complete absence of water training in the Lent term, much of the Summer Term had to be devoted to basic
training and we never quite made up the deficit. By the start of the half-term we had a handful of boys who we believed were
worthy of entering, although their first regatta would be the National Schools’, the country’s top event. Two quads travelled up to
Nottingham with one getting eliminated in the time trial and the other managing to claw their way through their time trial and
semi. In the final they were given Lane 1 which meant that they were considered to be one of the slowest crews in the race. The
boys did not know this, however, and rowed like men possessed. Their last 250 metres is one of the best pieces of sculling I have
ever seen and is certainly the best sculling any Oratory School crew has ever produced in my time at the school. With 250 metres
to go the boys were lying 4th and beginning to challenge for third. By the time they crossed the finish line they had moved into
1st with clear water. This was another truly stunning performance and another gold medal! For the remainder of the Summer
Term we went to a variety of regattas where our performances were encouraging but never replicated what had happened at
Nottingham. The J13s raced at Walton and the entire club went to Thames Valley Park Regatta where the OSBC had crews racing
from morning to evening. It was a fitting end to another year and hopefully a firm foundation for the future.
J15 Squad:
Cormack(Colours), Beyki , Anidjah, Ainsworth,Martin, Diaz, Mcdonlad, Anderson-Jeffs, Gwillim, Probyn, Archer, Webster,
Wilson, Daniel, Quinlan, Brunet, Watt, Kim, Hellmuth, Hacking
At the Nationals the J15 age group were represented by a coxed four who put in a strong performance and narrowly missed
making the semi-finals. This year’s group has plenty of potential and showed the speed of their development at Thames Ditton
Regatta, putting in creditable performances against good quality opposition in the J15 eights event. After another term’s rowing to
cement the change from sculling to sweep rowing there is no doubt these future J16s will be a successful racing group.
J16& Senior Squad:
Bavage (Colours), Stevens (Colours), Ed Lord (Captain Of Boats, Colours), Will Lord (Colours), Camilleri (Colours),Mason,
Cormack, Bowie, Tyler, Holley, Barribal, Cape, Cheles, Wigzall (Colours), Green (Colours), Bannister (Colours), Swash, Morley,
Pikin, Rich, Tebbs, Clementson, Clementson,Yellowlees-Bound, Espana-Font, Britteon, Stewart, Sieyes, Gemmingen-Hornberg,
Ermakov, Ashley-Carter, Teixeira.
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J16’s & Seniors:
The J16 group was a small one this year but largely because they were involved in the Senior rowing group. While the weather
played a huge part in the early part of the year by keeping us off the water until mid-March it did lay the foundation to get good
fitness work completed in the gym, however it was all too soon after getting on the water that we were into the 2000metre ‘sprint’
racing season. This year’s 1st eight were a young crew who were making progress with every session they had and following a
successful (and hot!) training camp in Seville the national schools was a chance to see where they stood against the country’s top
junior rowers. The boys from the first eight rowed four pairs, one in the J16 division and three in the senior division all finishing
within a short distance of one another but annoyingly just outside the semi-finals but it was the eight that was the focus. There
were 21 crews in their event and although a 15th place finish was at first a little disappointing, the crew of David Bannister,
Henry Wigzall, Ed Lord, Will Lord, Alex Bavage, Caleb Stevens, Jack Camilleri, Andrew Green and cox Rupert Cormack realised
this meant they need to up the work rate and did so admirably, showing a significant improvement beating various university boat
clubs at Reading Amateur Regatta on the way to Henley Qualifiers. Alas, the crew did not qualify for Henley but with lessons
learned, a steely resolve and eight returning members they have resolved to rectify that this year. The boys that did not make the
first eight finished the year out in style winning at Thames Valley Park regatta, beating The Kings School Worcester in the final.
The crew was Rob Mason, George Tyler, Rory Cormack, Hamish Bowie and a special mention for Henry Stone, their cox from
the J14 squad.
Thank you to all the coaches and support from staff around the school. It is a team effort and there are certainly exciting times
ahead!
A. Moffatt (Head of Rowing) A. Holden-Smith, C. Fothergill. P. Poynter, C. Sykes, N. Languth, M. Robinson, T. Burton.
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Cricket
1st XI Cricket
Squad: Howlett (Capt), Wilson, Anderson, Jordan, Beveridge, Paul, Tong-Jones, Rigler, Appleyard, Humphreys, Clifton, Williams,
Price, Baker-Smith, Gowing
Played: 14 Won: 5 Lost: 9
Colours: Howlett, Wilson, Anderson, Beveridge
Despite lots of promising starts, the results never really happened for the XI. Experience is everything with cricket and, this year
particularly, was a year for most of the XI to gain some. It was only in the last week of term, in Cricket Week, where some of the
younger lads looked comfortable and confident of succeeding. The season started with a low-scoring game versus Bradfield College.
All in all, the game could have gone either way and I think sneaking a victory here might have settled a few nerves, but nonetheless a
pleasing start and a decent platform had been set. The next matches - versus Stowe, Abingdon and St Edwards – meant a tough run and
games against very good sides. We lost all three but, certainly against Stowe with the 2013 school record set against us, we produced a
respectable performance in the first T20 match of the season.
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With the Stowe match being the warm-up game for our groups stages of the HMC T20 competition, we knew if we could string some
performances together then this competition would give the season some direction. As it was, the lads loved the format and the pressures
that comes with it. We won our group and beat Winchester College in the next round, only to come up against St Edwards, Oxford.
In a rain-affected game, we didn’t get enough runs on the board but nevertheless it was a great experience and all the lads got a much
deserved lift. Wins over Shiplake College, Cokethorpe and Pangbourne College soon followed, which, given the circuit we play on, was a
nice leveller. The Eton College game, always played in great spirits, again was rain-affected and despite several attempts, was abandoned.
This year, we had several touring sides visit – three from South Africa and one from Australia. These matches never fail to deliver and
it was such a pleasure to host the schools. We beat Knox Grammar School from Australia but lost to the three South African schools.
Cricket week was much enjoyed – fine weather all week with some excellent visiting XI’s: The MCC, Free Foresters and Incogniti CC’s.
As I started off by saying, experience is everything and this group of lads were excellent in listening and trying to understand our vision
for 1st XI cricket at The Oratory. Ed Howlett, captain, led this XI with maturity and authority. The boys who remain will benefit from
the cricket tour to Barbados as well as the winter programme and we hope to reverse some results from 2014 next summer.
SCBT
2nd XI Cricket
Squad: Price, Croisdale, Squires, E.Hamilton, Jordan(c), Criss, Hollister, Lovett, Rigler, H.Hamilton, Yaxley, Blount, Henderson
Played: 5 Won: 1 Lost: 4
Colours: Yaxley
Junior Colts A Cricket (IPJ/KEM)
Squad: Baker, Birkholm, Bound, Buchanan, Croisdale, Derbyshire, Gallagher, Hacking, Hale, Huysinga, Jimenez, Jordan (A), Jordan
(C), Jutla, MacRae, Rintoul (c), Vandermeer
Played: 15 Won: 5 (inc.1 bowl-off) Drew: 1 Lost: 6 Abandoned: 3
Colours: Buchanan, Croisdale, Derbyshire, Rintoul (c)
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Junior Colt B Cricket (VH/OL)
Squad: Hacking (c), Barber, Griffiths, Williams, MacRae, Jiminez, Bowie, Hollister, Allsop, George, Elkes, Jordan, Birkholm, White
Played: 7 Won: 3 Lost: 4 Drawn: 0
Colours: Hollister, Griffiths, Allsop, Hacking
Junior Colts C Cricket (OCG)
Squad: R.Krah (c), Lo, George, Elkes, Chukwuonye, Myhre, Robertson, Lawson,.Lopez, Carbonell Miranda, Campbell, Zheng, Lee, Li
Played: 3 Lost: 3
Colours: Krah, Chukwuonye, Robertson
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Yearlings A Cricket (MPS/JRB)
Squad: Bisdee (c), Hamill, Thorby, Davies, Silverlock, Winch, Oxley, Gordon, Waskett, Del Castano, Moran, Thomson, Engbers,
Williams (St Philip’s House), Wallace (St Philip’s House)
Played: 7 Won: 2 Lost: 5
Colours: Bisdee (c), Silverlock, Davies
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Yearlings B Cricket (JB)
Squad: Fox, Pasini, Ku, Clark, Bale, Iakovlev, Muvvala, Derbyshire, Myrhe, Zollo, Del Castano, Flanagan, Gemmingen-Hornberg,
Chen, Thompson
Played: 7 Won: 2 Lost: 5
Colours: Fox, Muvvala, Chen, Myhre
Yearlings C Cricket (TS)
Squad: P Johnson (Capt), Iakovlev, T Radford, Clark, Engbers, Derbyshire, J Radford, Basin, Ku, H Radford, Sprules, GemmingenHornberg, Davison
Played: 3 Won: 0 Lost: 3
Colours: Ku, Gemmingen-Hornberg, Johnson, T Radford
St. Philip House A Cricket (MDH)
Squad: Wallace (c), Williams, Machin, Harris, Grenfell, Thompson, Paris, Orjiako, Legg, Teixeira, Wallis, Bruce-Vanderpuye,
Kinniburgh
Played: 7 Won: 1 Lost: 4 Drawn: 1 Tied: 1
Colours: Wallace(c), Williams
St Philip House B Cricket (DOC)
Squad: de Kergolay, Cloke, McRae, Hoath, Kinniburgh, Carsi, Awoniyi, Palmer, Thompson, Orjiako, Street, Babalola, Davies, Wang,
Jones, Riseley, Shkaev, Wallis, Tansey.
Played: 5 Won: 2 Lost: 3
Colours: None awarded
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Minor Sports
Athletics
Some athletes at the 2014 sports day had trained secretly for their events: Max Ainsworth, Simon Kim, George Probyn, and
Daniel Anderson-Jeffs. That training helped them on the day. Besides these, four other athletes competed at the Oxford Schools
Championships this year: Charlie Bastable finished 2nd in the U19s 100m – he was also a part of our great relay team earlier
in the term; Matteo Matricardi finished 2nd in the U17s Discus – he should flower next year – as he is aiming to get into the
Nationals; Charlie Gibbon, who was not expected to finish 3rd in the 800m, but is a determined and gutsy individual; Harry
Davies, who is now Junior champion in both the 100m and 200m and was most impressive on Sports Day. These four boys
received trophies or medals at the final assembly.
AD
Real Tennis
Keeper of Real Tennis/ School Champion: Stephen Blount
National Schools Handicap Doubles: U16’s 4th place/ U14’s 2nd place
National School Doubles: U16’s 4th place / U14’s 3rd place
We have had another exciting year for the Oratory School Real Tennis. With more boys taking up the game and keen to play, this
added to the base of players we have built up over the last few years; we now have a strong group of players to develop over the
coming years. We had lots of fixtures against our local rivals Radley College, which are always tough and in which we had mixed
success. The Radley fixtures are becoming more competitive as the boys’ ability and understanding for the game grows. Some
pupils are now at a standard where they are playing in club matches, club tournaments and more frequently against Oratory club
members, which is great to see.
The highlight of the year for the pupils was a trip to Queens Club to watch some of the British Open Doubles, which gave the
boys a chance to see tennis being played by some of the best players in the world. The School Singles Championship was won by
Stephen Blount in a close match against Hugh McMurtrie, after a very close-fought final. In 2011, we devised a five-year plan
to get boys playing early and then develop them over their time at the Oratory. This is now very much in motion and we have a
turnover of players who will hopefully continue to play after their time at the school is over.
CWS / LT
Squash
Work on the Sports’ Centre has prevented training at home and it greatly reduced the fixtures calendar to a few away matches. In
all of these we met with heavy opposition and could only establish one senior and one junior win. In spite of being consigned to
a metaphorical warehouse, awaiting later and more energetic deployment, we had enough outings for some boys to prove their
worth. My thanks to James Little for being a courteous, helpful, and highly talented captain and thanks also to Sam Street and
Ben Story for what is now clearly a long and reliable period of service to the team. I look forward to the assistance shortly to be
offered by Mr Lewis; this will help to raise the profile of the sport.
JAB
Tennis
First VI squad: Lovett (Captain), Dulston, Story, Kennedy, Train, Lovett, Hacking, Walmsley
The season began hopefully with a good win against Leighton Park, with the strong first pair of Will Lovett (Captain of Tennis)
and Jo Dulston looking formidable. Unfortunately, we were not able to mobilise enough strength in depth to sustain this
momentum throughout the season, and there were disappointing losses against Shiplake, Bloxham, LWC and Abingdon. Colours
were awarded to Jo Dulston.
Junior Tennis
The variable weather meant that the U14 and U15 teams were only able to play one of their scheduled fixtures, which was against
Lord Wandsworth College. The U15’s won and U14 team (which included two St Philip House boys; Sam Riseley and Amaury
de Kergolay) lost.
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St Philip House
Squad: Riseley, de Kergorlay, Webster, Tiexiera, Williams, MacRae,
The season started very well with a victory against the OPS. This was notable in being the first win for a SPH tennis team in
three seasons! Unfortunately the rest of the season was not as successful, with losses against strong sides from Cothill, Moulsford
and Abingdon. All the boys played their part but special mention must be given to the first pair of Sam Riseley and Amaury de
Kergorlay, who won the majority of their matches. These boys also played up for the U14 team, performing to a high standard
against boys who were older than they. Colours were awarded to these two boys.
SAB, PWB, DJE, SOS
Golf
For many years, the school has been a member of Mapledurham Golf Club; however in 2013 we were accepted for membership
to Reading Golf Club. Reading is a top and challenging golf course of over 100 years standing. The advantages are that by playing
a more demanding golf course it will improve the boys’ playing abilities and handicap progression.
In both of the major Independent schools competitions it was encouraging to see the school advance into the later rounds and
in the foursomes team competition we reached the southern area semi-finals. Strong leadership from our captain Henry Au, who
led the team of Alex Nichols, Chris Humphreys, Pablo Suinaga, Eddie Hamilton and Max Teixeira to play with credit and style.
The Shires competition was a tough test of golf for our team. Alex Nicholls, our top school golfer, finished a creditable 11th
from 76 players. The school championship, played at Reading Golf Course, was won by Alex, scoring a gross 68, with Eddie
Hamilton and Chis Humphreys a few shots behind .
The Prep Schools competition, played on our own 9-hole course, drew nine teams from the area to play in this, now annual,
event. The St Philip House team of Teixeira, Hoath, Legg, Williams, Ignacio and Robert Tansey, finished third. The individual
prize was won by Max Teixeira, with a brilliant round of golf. Max again showed his potential, winning the 2013/14 St Philip
House championship.
Jeff Burt
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Rose Bowl 2013/14
Michaelmas term 2013
Cross Country: Seniors: FZ 40/ F 30/ St J 25/N 20 - Juniors: N 40/ FZ 30/ SJ 25/F 20
Football – 5 a Side: Norris 40 / Fitz 30 / SJ 25 / Faber 20
Badminton:
Seniors: SJ 40 / N 30 / F 25 /FZ 20
Juniors: F 40 / N 30 / FZ 25 / SJ 20
Table Tennis: Seniors: N 40 / SJ 30 / FZ 25 / F 20
Juniors: N 40 / FZ 30 / F 25 / SJ 20
Positions at end of Michaelmas Term 2013: 4th – Faber/3rd St John/2nd FitzAlan/1st Norris
Lent term 2014
Basketball: SJ 40 / FZ 30 / N 25 / F 20
Music: FZ 40 / F 30 / N 25 / SJ 20
Debating:
Seniors: N 40/FZ 30/SJ 20/ F 20
Juniors: FZ 40/F 30/N 20/ SJ 20
Handball: FZ 40 / N 30 / SJ 30 / F 20
Junior football A: SJ 40/ FZ 30/ N 25/ F 20
Junior Football B: N 40/ FZ 30/ F 25/ SJ 20
Positions at end of Lent Term: 4th F (395) /3rd SJ (420)/ 2nd FZ (500) 1st N (510)
Summer term 2014
Tennis: F 40/ FZ 30/ N 25/ N 20
5 a side football / rugby: Cancelled
Cricket: FZ 40/ N 30/ SJ 25/ F 20
Golf: N 40/ FZ 30/ F 25/ SJ 20 Sports Day: FZ 40/ N 30/ SJ 25/ F 20
Final end-of-year results
4th
Faber (500)
3rd
St John (510)
2nd Norris (535)
1st
FitzAlan (640)
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Valete 2014
Conor Anderson: Norris, Prefect, Scholar, 1st Team
colours Football and Cricket, 2nd team Rugby, CCF
Navy Colours, Bronze DoE
Hoi Hang Au: Faber, Prefect, Captain of Golf
Oliver Ballsdon: Norris, Captain of Shooting, CCF
RQMS
Alexander Baty: Norris, Prefect
Charles Beveridge: Fitzalan, Prefect, Scholar, 1st
XI colours for Football and Cricket, 3rd XV Rugby,
Colours for Schola and Orchestra, Winner of Senior
Instrumental Competition 2013 and 2014, Culture
Blazer, Music and Ballroom Dancing Societies
Patrick Birkholm: Fitzalan House Captain, Scholar,
Exhibitioner, 1st team Rugby and Football, 2nd
Team Cricket, Music Society, DoE Silver, President of
Debating Society
James Bridge: St John, Prefect, Exhibitioner, CCF
RAF, DoE Bronze, Debating Society, Creative Writing
Society, Buzz Magazine
Noah Cape: Norris House Vice-Captain, CCF SUO
Kwok Hang Cheng: St John House Vice-Captain
Alexander Corcoran: Faber, Prefect, Scholar
Andrew Duff: St John, Prefect
Benjamin Forbes-Gearey: St John, Prefect
Florian Gemmingen-Hornberg: Fitzalan, Deputy
School Captain, Deputy House Captain, Norfolk
Prize 2014, President of the Music Society, Rugby and
Cricket Colours, Sacristan, Schola, Big Band, Brass
Ensemble, Windhover, Adelphi, Philosophy, Italian
Societies
Elliot Goddard: Faber, Prefect
Jiajing Guan: Norris, Prefect
Charles Holley: Fitzalan
William Hollin: Norris, Prefect, Captain of Football
Harold Howard-Jones: Fitzalan, Prefect, Scholar,
Leader of the Big Band, CCF UO
Edward Howlett: Norris, Prefect, Scholar, Captain of
Cricket, 1st team colours, Rugby, Football
Harrison Jordan: Norris, Prefect, Scholar
Andranik Kazaryan: Fitzalan, Scholar
Min Ho Kim: St John, Prefect, Scholar
Darren Lee: Faber House Captain, Exhibitioner, CCF
RSM
THE ORATORY MAGAZINE NUMBER 172 Edward Lord: Fitzalan, Prefect, Scholar, 1st XV
Rugby Captain, Captain of Boats, CCF Army Colour
Sergeant
William Lovett: Fitzalan, Prefect, Scholar,
Exhibitioner, Captain of Tennis
Matthew Luxmore: St John House Captain
Claudio Marquez Herbosch: St John, Prefect
Vincent Merbecks: St John, Prefect, Scholar,
Art&Design Prize 2013 and 2014
Harry Mew: Norris, Scholar, Exhibitioner
Todd Moyse: Norris, Scholar
Alexander Nylander: Norris House Captain, 1st
Team Football and Rugby Colours, 1st XI Cricket, 1st
Team Squash, Oxfordshire County Athletics (Javelin),
Deputy Head Sacristan, OS Foundation Award, Doge
of Adelphi Society, DoE Bronze
Oscar Pollock: Faber House Captain, Captain of
Drama, Scholar
Matthew Poston: Norris, Prefect, Scholar, 1stXV
Rugby and Football, 2nd XI Cricket, Orchestra, Big
Band
Manuel Quirante Gomez: Norris, School Captain,
Head Sacristan and Master of Ceremonies, Scholar,
CCF UO
Cameron Rintoul: Norris, Prefect, Scholar
Ramon Secades: Fitzalan, Prefect
Amil Sheikh: Faber, Prefect
William Sherriff: Norris, Prefect, Schola, Sacristan,
Debating Society, Buzz Magazine
Jack Stow: Norris, Prefect, CCF UO
Ogheneruno Ukiri: Faber, Prefect
Leonardo von Waldburg-Wolfegg: Fitzalan, Prefect
Zhengchun Wang: Fitzalan
August Westphalen: Norris House Vice-Captain
Angus Wilson: Norris, Prefect
Thomas Wisniewski: Faber, Prefect
Kirill Zenin: St John House Vice-Captain
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