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A Great Start to the Rowing Season
Having been the fastest school crew at the Reading Head, and the fastest school
over the course at the Hammersmith Head, the 1st VIII gave a mature and ruthless
performance at the Schools’ Head of the River to win the event on 20 March –
Abingdon achieving a spectacular double when the 2nd VIII won their event too. The
1st VIII then went on to win the National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships in the
seriously impressive time of 18:10 minutes.
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The victorious crews at the Schools’ Head
At the Fours
Head of the River
Fencing
Five Abingdon fencers qualified for the
British Youth Championships at the
Southern Regional Fencing Championships
in January – Ben Schneider, who came 2nd
in the U14 Épeé, Herman Chan, who came
2nd in the U16, and Thomas Chan, Bernard
NG and Kit Bowen who came 1st, 2nd and
3rd respectively in the U18 event. At the
British Schools’ Team Championships, the
U16 Épeé team – Jack Dawson, William
Johnson and Ben Schneider – won gold,
with Jack Dawson later coming 3rd in the
Boys’ Junior Épeé at the Public Schools’
Fencing Championships in which both
Bernard NG and Herman Chan reached the
quarter finals.
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Hockey – the
future looks bright
There were very strong performances last
term from the U14A and U15A teams in the
recently established Independent Schools’
Hockey League – the U14As wining twelve of
their seventeen matches and the U15As eight
of their ten. The U14As played excellent
hockey at the county championships,
which they won without losing a match or
conceding a goal. The U16As also won,
achieving the title in a much tighter contest,
which they won on goal difference.
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Road Relay
Over 500 boys and 130 teams took part in
the 44th Annual Road Relay on 29 March.
The fastest overall team was made up of OAs
Tom Watkins and Alex Muir; the fastest school
runners were the U6 team from Davies’ – Stuart
Jones, Guy Giles, Sam Hughes and Christian
Reedman. The fastest time came from Alex
Muir – 7 mins 51 secs, with Alistair Duff in the
upper sixth recording 7 mins 59 secs.
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U14A
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