Abingdon News No.49

www.abingdon.org.uk 7 Abingdon News Christmas Celebrations Local residents were invited to our annual Christmas tea party with festive music from the Brass Band and Music in the Community group and mince pies and prawn vol au vents from the catering team. Highlights of the afternoon were the raffle expertly run by Aron Lavis and Qasim Naqvi, and the quiz organised by Billy Backhouse and Rory Bishop. Oxford University trained at Abingdon before the Varsity Match, sparing time to coach our 1st XV. MFL Debating Competition Arguing about whether it’s better to be attacked by 20 chicken-sized horses or a singular horse-sized chicken is hard enough in English but proved considerably trickier in a foreign language. However, the eight Abingdon and two Saint Helen’s students who took part in the MFL debating competition at Cheltenham College were able to rise to the challenge! Healthy Pre-Christmas Sales for Young Enterprise The Young Enterprise teams made the most of the festive season with stands at the St Helen’s and Abingdon Prep Christmas fairs. Team “Paix” did extremely will with a range of Christmas items while Team “Water Works” took advanced orders for their colourful, collapsible water bottles and Team “Bamboozle” offered a range of passive mobile phone amplifiers, with a strong sustainability message. Lacrosse The annual St Helen’s v Abingdon lacrosse match saw the girls victorious once again!