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16 April 2018 Abingdon Sport The Swimming Club qualified for the finals of both the Freestyle Relay and Medley Relay at the Bath & Otter Cup at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Pool finishing 9th in the country, whilst also consistently placing top 3 at the annual Abingdon Sprints event. Congratulations to Toby Rock who won Gold at the Taekwondo English Open in the U18 final. The Cross-country Club braved the elements to produce some impressive performances this term. Team results: 2nd Wellington Relays, 3rd Radley Relays, 7th King Henry VIII Relays. 7 pupils were selected to race at the English Schools National Championships in Leeds. Congratulations to Calum Steer (Captain), Fergus Mitchell, David Bunn, Henry Barlow, Matthew Kunov, Alex Pennington and Rowan Miell-Ingram. The Hockey Club had a wonderful season with over 180 pupils playing each week in the Independent Schools Hockey League. The U15s won their ISHL league for the second consecutive year and the U13s and U16s reached the regional finals. Rugby Sevens at Abingdon goes from strength to strength with over 20 competitions entered across all age groups. Highlights were U12-U16 participation at Warwick School, U14 & U16 VIIs competing against top schools at Wellington College, U13s taking part in Berkhamsted 7s and the Lower School performing well at Caldicott Prep. The U16s and U18s put in a strong performance at the Rosslyn Park National 7s and at the Sedbergh Super 10s we reached the semi finals of the Plate. The 1st XI finished in the top 10 of St Georges 6s and 26 boys across all age groups gained county selection. A special mention goes to Max Carter Keall who has played his last season at Abingdon and who represented England U16/U18 during his time here.