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April 2015
Abingdon
News
Congratulations
to Bryan Kwan
and Churk Chung
who have both
won Arkwright
Scholarships, these
are a national award
that recognises
outstanding
potential in Design
and Engineering.
Chess Club
The Chess Club faced some tough
opposition this term in the National
Schools’ Championships losing to the
National Champions Reading. The
Club battled hard for a place in the Plate
competition, which they secured for the
second year in succession. Abingdon
is Oxfordshire’s sole representative in
the finals stage of this tournament. The
Club is top of their Oxford and District
Chess League, won both the beginner
and intermediate sections of the Wiltshire
and Junior Open Chess Championships
and performed well at the Team Chess
Challenge.
In the School’s own individual knock-out
tournament congratulations go to the
winners of the Sixth Form, Middle School
and Lower School competitions, Rafi’i al-
Akiti, Jeff Abraham and Joe Lamond.
Big Physics Quiz
Abingdon’s Young Enterprise teams picked up three awards in the Best Product and Best Customer Service categories at the Cowley
Trade Fair competing with 26 companies from across Oxfordshire.
Young Enterprise
Road Relay
Miss Lusk fired the starting gun for the 47th annual Road Relay in which pupils from every tutor group throughout the school take part.
Amongst the staff teams was the “4 Revs”: The Reverend Dr Simon Steer, Henry Barnes (standing in for injured The Reverend George
Moody), The Reverend Paul Gooding and OA The Reverend Dr Edmund Newey whose time was only about half a minute slower than
his time when he left school in 1990 - very impressive!
Design and Engineering Scholarships
Birmingham University - Twelve third year boys pitted their physics knowledge
against 90 other teams from across the UK, finishing 2nd, 7th and 17th.
