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In the first of what is hoped will become an annual event, swimmers from Abingdon School
and the School of St Helen and St Katharine combined to compete against Abingdon Vale
Swimming Club for the Farnell Cup on 18 June. It was a highly enjoyable evening and the
competition was fierce with the Vale emerging as overall winners on this occasion.
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The Griffen Gala
Theo Brophy Clews
Sixth-former Theo
Brophy Clews’
rugby talents
continue to be
recognised by the
England selectors.
Theo, who plays
for London Irish,
was a member of the 26-man U18
squad that went to South Africa in
August to play Wales, France and
South Africa. In the England 23:6
win over France, Theo, playing at fly
half, contributed a penalty and two
vital conversions to the score.
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For the twenty U15 and U14 tennis players who
went to Croatia before the start of last term,
the five-hour daily training sessions seem to
have paid dividends. Overall, both U15s and
U14s had good results over the whole season
and the U15As and Bs were among the few
School teams to beat Eton on 17 May.
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Tennis Coaching in Croatia
ABINGDON NEWS
At the Achilles relays, held on Oxford’s
famous Iffley Road track in April,
Abingdon’s Senior team of Alex Munro,
Tom Fabes, Nat Jones and Christian
von Eitzen, won the 4 x 800m relay, the
second time an Abingdon team has won
this race in the last three years.
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Athletics
Magnus Gregory’s potential in
international kayaking has been
recognised by a
SportsAid
award, to
help with equipment and travel costs.
At the European Marathon Kayak
Championships in Slovakia in June,
Magnus won silver in the K1 and
came sixth in the K2. He has been
selected for GB U18 at the Marathon
Worlds in Oklahoma this month.
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Magnus Gregory
U12A’s Unbeaten
Abingdon’s U12A cricketers completed
an unbeaten season when they defeated
Chipping Norton School in the final of the
Oxfordshire section of the Bunbury Cup.
Abingdon made 181 for 3 – both James
Coombs and Hector Chambers scoring
half centuries – and restricted Chipping
Norton to 124 for 4.
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