The Bulletin - Kent College

The News Bulletin for Kent College
Head Master’s Letter
Dear Parents
As I write to you during Advent, I am
prompted to think about the coming
of good news. There is certainly
plenty of good news to share in this
Bulletin.
December 2007
Church, the Infant Christmas Play,
Carols at the Farm, the Boarders’
Carol Service and the Boarders’
Supper, the Nursery Nativity and
the Infant & Junior School Carol
Service followed by the Senior
There have been splendid music recitals School Carol Service which ends term
on the 14 December. May I take
at both the Junior and Senior Schools.
this opportunity to wish students,
As usual the sporting activities across
parents, friends and colleagues a
the age range have been many and
successful with Vernon Holme students very Happy Christmas and continued
focusing on their seasons in netball and success in the New Year.
soccer and hosting a most picturesque
Dr David Lamper
and well organised East Kent Cross
Head Master
Country competition, whilst senior
students have played rugby and hockey
against some challenging opposition.
Vernon Holme supported by the Friends
of VH. The Friends of Kent College
organised a Quiz Night for Parents
and Staff versus Sixth Formers. Some
would say that the result was a forgone
conclusion (see inside).
The girls’ 1st XI won the John Taylor
Indoor Hockey tournament and we
are District Cross Country Champions
for Year 7 girls and Year 7 boys and
During the half term break, students also Year 8/9 girls. The girls also did
well in the Netball Under 16 County
took part in a successful Spanish
Tournament.
We are particularly proud
exchange trip and members of 6.2
of
a
number
of
individual successes:
travelled to Cameroon to investigate
Grace
Balsdon
and
Diccon Stubbings
the work of the Methodist Relief
have
each
been
selected
for their
Development Fund (MRDF). Their
England
Under
16 hockey
respective
post trip presentations have
squads
and
Jessica
Smith
came
second
demonstrated the depth of education
in
the
National
Under
17
Grade
2
in such a life changing trip. Students
double
mini
trampoline
championship.
also toured abroad in the recent
Beth Carter, Year 11, won a silver medal
Rhineland visit. The splendid Gym
in cross country at the National Under
and Dance Show included many
17 event and was sixth in the Under 20
students and was well received.
race, and therefore has been selected
The Maths department hosted a
as first reserve for the European
problem solving competition for
Junior Schools with a record number Championships.
of entries and finalists. The Kent
Another success this term has been the
College team took part in the Lego
reintroduction for boarders of activities
League finals at University of Kent
during the week and trips at the
at Canterbury and brought away
weekends, with such variety as a Dali
the first prize for team work and the
exhibition, ice skating, and shopping at
second prize for robot design.
Bluewater.
Members of the community got
together to enjoy a number of social
events including the two firework
displays, at the Senior School
enhanced by the activities of the
Young Enterprise students, and at
This is a most exciting time at Kent
College with activities and events which
look forward to Christmas. These
include the whole school seasonal
celebration of Joy to the World, the
Toy Service at St Peter’s Methodist
Three Junior School
girls selected for
National Children’s
Orchestra
Just as the Bulletin was going
to press we heard that three
girls from the Infant and Junior
School have been selected for the
National Children’s Orchestra.
The girls are: Katrina Fray (viola),
Jessica Meakin and Niamh O’Shea
(both violin).
Head Master Andy Carter
commented: “All of us at Vernon
Holme are absolutely delighted for
the girls. It’s a real achievement
for them and it’s remarkable
for one school to have three
such outstanding players. Their
selection is a tribute to the
tremendous enthusiasm for music
on the part of so many of our
children who have such zest for
school life. It also reflects the
dedication and expertise of our
music teachers who are doing
such a fine job in stimulating and
maintaining this enthusiasm.”
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December 2007
A Life Changing Visit to Cameroon
12 sixth form students and two
staff spent two weeks over half
term visiting charitable projects
in West Cameroon. The trip was
made possible by the World
Aims Project which is run by
MRDF, the Methodist Relief and
Development Fund. The fund
works in partnership with smallscale, locally based organisations
in the poorest countries of Africa,
Asia and Latin America. MRDF
partner organisations work with
local people to seek long term
solutions to a range of community
problems in an effort to eliminate
poverty and increase opportunities
for sustainable development.
Being a Methodist school Kent
College regularly supports MRDF
through financial donations. The
events which are organised at the
school to make money are set up
and run by a Charities Committee.
It was members of this committee
who went on the trip to discover at first hand how the money that they had raised was being spent. The students visited
and interacted in four rural schools in Cameroon. The project which the students had supported was one which taught
students as young as eight to grow and cultivate sustainable crops.
One of the highlights was to see the passion in the faces of the youngsters when they donned the Gillingham football strips
at the end of the day. Gillingham FC donated enough shirts for all four schools to have a home and away strip.
The student group then travelled to the North West of the country where they witnessed two more projects in practice. In
order to get to the rural communities the students travelled along flooded dirt roads for several hours to be greeted by the
recipients of MRDF funds, namely old peoples groups. The project was empowering the elderly and helping them to remain
self-sufficient and in many cases provide for their grandchildren. The children’s own parents far too frequently had become
victims of HIV/AIDS. The community groups ranged in age from 60 to 100 and many of the members walked for three hours
in the heat of the day to come and greet the students.
The experience has left the group feeling very humble at the work that they have witnessed being done in these vital areas.
They certainly appreciate now what they have and are far less likely to take anything for granted.
Mrs Carol Baker
A Busy Christmas Season for the Junior School Choir
and KC Choristers
Congratulations to the Junior School Choir for reaching the Top 20 in the Invicta FM Carol Competition. Invicta visited
Vernon Holme on November 29th to record the choir singing ‘The Holly and the Ivy’ and it was due to be broadcast twice
on Wednesday December 12th. The choir is competing for a chance to perform live in the Grand Final at Chatham Outlet
Centre on Monday December 17th at 3.00pm. All money raised will be donated to the charity Help a Kent Child.
There are now 67 members of the choir and in addition to the above competition they are rehearsing as the Bulletin goes to
press for several other Christmas performances including Joy to the World, a Toy Service at St Peter’s Methodist church on
Sunday December 9th and their own Carol Service at Vernon Holme on Thursday December 13th.
A number of Year 6s in the Junior School choir are also now members of the Kent College Choristers. They have attended
extra evening rehearsals at KC and recently took part in a recording session. The Choristers (now 36 in number from Years
6-9) were also preparing for a busy schedule over the Christmas Season. As well as the school events (Joy to the World and
the Carol Service in the Cathedral) some of them were due to go carol singing at Chilham on Thursday December 6th and at
Thannington Resource Centre on Sunday December 16th in aid of the charity Footprints, Miles of Smiles.
Mrs Jackie Spencer
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December 2007
Booked Up
In June 2007 the
Librarian was invited
to join Booked Up, a
charity encouraging
Year 7 children to
read for pleasure.
Booked Up is run
by Booktrust,
an independent
reading charity that
encourages people
of all ages and
cultures to discover
and enjoy reading.
The English Department organized their Year 7 classes to choose from a
list of titles and the books arrived as half-term began in October this term.
Booked Up also gave a free class set of reading books to the school. The
charity arranges frequent talks online with authors in which pupils can
participate. I hope that this will become an annual event for Year 7, who
very much appreciated their free gifts.
Mrs Carole MacLaren
Castanets Clicking
Charity May Ball
In aid of
Saturday 10th May 2008
at Havisham House, Canterbury
Champagne Reception from 7.00pm
Four course dinner accompanied by wine
Comedy Speaker
Charity Auction
Raffle
Dancing to Live Band – Private Practice
Carriages 1.00am
Tickets are available at
£650 per table of 10
On Wednesday November 14th students of Spanish had the
opportunity to experience Flamenco dancing first hand in a
workshop organised by Mrs Alonso-Harris.
Please contact Jill Anderson
01227 456681 or 07969753338
[email protected]
Alexia, a young Spanish dancer from Madrid, entertained
the pupils with a powerful, impressive dance before inviting
them to try the different steps and twirls to the rhythm of
her castanets. Both boys and girls enjoyed the occasion and
wished it could become part of the Spanish syllabus!
or Rhianne Anderson
at Kent College or 07825778978
[email protected]
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December 2007
A Highly Successful Dance and Gymnastic show
Our gymnastics and dance
show is now a regular and
much anticipated feature of
the autumn term. The show
on November 8th was a huge
success and included a diverse
range of styles from ballet
to modern. Approximately
70 pupils in total took part,
entertaining us with a truly
spectacular evening of
gymnastics and dance.
The show was opened with
a group of pupils from our
junior school performing
‘Can’t Stop The Beat’ from the
popular musical ‘Hairspray’.
Our Year 7 pupils performed to
James Brown’s ‘I Feel Good’,
whilst our lower school dance club experimented with the use of props, for
an impressive performance to ‘Car Wash’. Two Year 7 pupils, Isabella Garcia
and Georgia Martin, worked hard to choreograph a gymnastics floor routine,
demonstrating an excellent sense of timing; whilst Lucy Bourne focused on
contemporary for her routine to David Bowie’s ‘Life on Mars’.
Other highlights from the lower school included Tom Dungate and Tommy
Winding’s breath-taking gymnastics routine and two excellent performances
from Elizabeth Baker and Emily Heywood, in which superb choreographic skills
were evident. In contrast to this Ellie Beckley performed a notable lyrical dance
to ‘Fever’and Sarah Hyams in Year 7 combined contemporary and modern dance
to create a truly inspiring performance.
The Seniors provided us with another showcase of very high quality
performances. Sarah Heathfield, Hannah Downie and Beth Moore,
choreographed their own ‘Rag Doll’ routine, which proved to be a huge hit with
the audience. Hamish Kilburn once again entertained us with a highly energetic
and dynamic floor routine and Russian student Alexa Dyachenko combined
dance and gymnastics to overwhelm us once again with her incredible flexibility.
Carmen Leandro and Felicity Boobyer used scarves as props to create a Latin
performance to ‘Sway’, whilst Rachel Devlin, Moe Satomi Jones, Pippa Lowen
and Natsumi Matsumoto performed a jazz number to Chicago’s ‘All that Jazz’.
The GCSE dance group focused on the theme of Anatomy to create a highly
technical contemporary performance.
In contrast, Tyler Gu, Sky Jia and Aaron
Wu performed an excellent break dance
routine demonstrating very skilful
manoeuvres.
We thank Trevor Stevenson, Ian and the
technical crew for all their hard work in
ensuring the evening ran smoothly. Our
thanks also go to Miss Clare Langlands
for designing the backdrop and to
the members of staff who helped
backstage. We look forward to the
Canterbury Schools’ Dance Festival next
term.
Miss Angela Bennett
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December 2007
More Lego League Success
Once again, we
had the delights of
taking part in the
First Lego League
competition on 28th
November. This year’s
challenge was ‘Power
Puzzle’, in which
solutions to improve a
community’s Carbon
Footprint, including
KC’s, needed to be
proposed. The contest
had four components:
1.Robot performance
in which a series of
specific ‘missions’
had to be tackled
by design and
programming,
in rounds of 2.5
minutes;
2.Robot Design to
carry out the missions
successfully;
3.Presentation of
aspects of Energy
Audit of KC, and
alternative Sustainable Energy solutions proposed;
4.Teamwork …co-operation between each member of the team as a unified entity.
The team name was KCO2, with the Sustainable Energy theme in mind, and the members were:
Alastair Blackwood, Sean Farrell, Quentin Gauzan, Connor Humphreys, Barnaby Lamper, Tony Park, Thomas Sayer, Connor
Humphreys, Sean Farrell.
The Power Puzzle theme was certainly challenging. With the FLL launch only in September, a lot of hard work had to
carried out in a matter of a few weeks. But with the help of the new NXT Robot, purchased from the generous funds of
KC Friends (thank you very much, Friends!!), and a lot of dedication from all concerned, we won the Teamwork Prize,
gaining a big yellow Lego trophy, and 2nd Prize for the Robot Performance, gaining another slightly smaller one. In the
Robot Performance, we managed to get through to the final of the knockout contest, but were pipped to the post by the
Manwood team. Still, we managed to score 270 points in the semi-final round, which was the highest individual round
score for any of the 16 teams taking part
throughout the day. Good new Robot!
So all in all, we were very pleased with the
outcome. The team certainly deserved to do
well. The rule is simple: what you put in, you
get out….or in Lego parlance: what you click
together properly won’t fall apart! The day
was great fun and very exciting, especially in
the robot knock-out rounds, and the judges
were very impressed by Thomas’ wig and
Sean’s Irish jig (this even rhymes). Once again
I have shorter nails and even less hair as a
result! Congratulations team!!
My personal thanks go to Chris Dawn for
all his invaluable support throughout the
preparation.
Mr David Montague
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December 2007
News from the Old Canterburian
Old Canterburian
Remembered
News from OCs
Ralph Handscomb (1940-1946)
After a career encompassing National Service in Germany, the British South
Africa Police, diamond trading in Sierra Leone, Amsterdam and London and
20 years farming at Upstreet Ralph retired to Cliftonville in 1986. He is very
active in a wide range of community activities including being President of
the Margate Civic Society, and also finds time for golf at the North Foreland
Club.
Married Daphne in 1959.
Peter Kennedy (1959-1969)
A keen athlete at school Peter was ‘sidetracked into other sports’ and restarted running in his late 30s. Became British 800m champion this year in
the 55-59 age group and took 7th place in the world masters M55 1500m
final in Italy in September and 8th in the 800m final. Organised the crosscountry event at this year’s annual reunion.
David McNaughton (Left in 1958)
After studying Physics and Mathematics in Rhodesia David went on to a
varied career, including the investigation of cloud-seeding in Zimbabwe,
responsibility for astronomy in the United Arab Emirates and the evaluation
of a complex Islamic theological controversy relating to eclipses which did
not see the light of day in the intended publication as the editor refused it
through fear for his life!
Now living near Almeria and continuing to ‘dabble’ in history, especially the
origins of the ancient Zimbabwean civilisation.
Married Elizabeth (Lilty) in 1967, has three children and became a proud
grandfather in 2006.
Robin Edwardes (1944-49)
Robin wanted to let his old friends know that he would be remembering
them as well as the Old Canterburians who fell in war as he led the
intercessionary prayers at his church in Hawkesbury, Canada, where he lives.
Robin is highly active in motor sport, having recently won the Sports Motor
Car Club’s President’s Rally. He and his brother Ian would be very happy to
make the trip to the UK if a reunion could be arranged for those who went
to Truro.
Michael Price (1947 – 1954)
Michael attended the Reunion Dinner and hoped to pass on a message from
Sidney Haynes, a revered history teacher from 1935 until the mid 50s, now
living in Somerset. He was not able to do this on the day but wanted OCs to
see the message, which reads:
‘…I have the happiest recollections of KC and of Canterbury life which I
enjoyed to the full. The names on your list bring back memories. It would be
good if my greetings could be passed on to those present at the Reunion.’
John Kenworthy (1974 – 1979)
Now back in the UK after a remarkably wide-ranging business career
encompassing cross-cultural and cross- industry experience as teacher,
trainer, mentor and entrepreneur in the Far East, Middle East and Europe.
Earned his doctorate from Henley College and continues to research and
lead in the utilisation of technology for experiential learning.
Married Annie underwater in Indonesia and loves Scuba (warm water only!)
and playing tenor sax.
December 2007
At the Remembrance Day service
in School Chapel on Sunday 11th
November, attended by students, staff, parents
and Old Canterburians, the 98 names of those
from the School who died during the First
and Second World Wars, the Korean War, the
Northern Ireland Troubles and the Falklands
Campaign were read out, and a wreath was
laid at the memorial to Stephen Kirby.
On 14th February 1979, Saint Valentine’s Day,
Lieutenant Stephen Kirby of the Royal Welch
Fusiliers was leading a foot patrol in Abercorn
Road, Londonderry when he was shot and
fatally wounded by a sniper; he was aged 22.
He was the first British soldier to be killed in
the Province that year and had only a few
weeks of his four-month tour of service in
Ireland left.
Stephen joined Kent College as a day pupil
in 1967. In the sixth form he studied History,
English and Economics, before going on to
read History at Bangor University. It was here
that he became a member of the Territorials
and later he took up a graduate commission
with the Army, passing out from Sandhurst
and joining the Royal Welch Fusiliers, Wales’s
oldest infantry regiment. Since its formation
in 1689 it has served with distinction in
many theatres of war throughout the world,
including the campaigns of Marlborough, the
American War of Independence, the Crimean
War, the Boer War and the two World Wars.
Among those who served with the Royal Welch
during the Great War were Siegfried Sassoon
and Robert Graves. In its history the regiment
has won no fewer than 14 Victoria Crosses.
Stephen’s main interest at School was history
and it seemed appropriate to establish
a memorial fund to provide scholarships
enabling students from Kent College to
undertake historical research projects during
the holidays. The trust was launched on
Speech Day 1980 when Lieutenant Colonel
R. Llewellyn, Stephen’s Commanding Officer,
presented a cheque for £500 on behalf of the
Regiment.
In a tribute to Stephen one of his
contemporaries said: “I knew him well as my
classmate for seven years. I knew his shyness
and his sensitivity and I grieve for the waste
of his young life in a war I all too easily forget
about”.
Those who taught Stephen remember him
with great affection, and his memorial
plaque has a place of honour in the School
Chapel.
Dr Gerald Colson
Club
Old Canterburians Dinner
Do you want to
organise an
OCs’ Party?
“You used to have more hair!”
“You used to have less hair!”
Familiar
comments if you
have not seen old
friends for twenty
years or more.
This year the club
targeted pupils
who had left in a
year ending in the
digit 7. The class
of 1987 was the
best represented, if not the best behaved. The dinner itself seemed an incidental
part of the evening, and more fun was had mingling with other guests and
wandering from table to table.
A great deal of mirth followed
as old pranks were recalled and
guests tried to find out what had
happened to the school rogue(s).
Staff were quizzed as to the current
whereabouts of former colleagues
and it was clear that there was a
warmth for what the school had
done for them.
The guest speaker was
Paul Sorensen, former
teacher, houseparent, and
responsible for coaching
some outstanding hockey
teams for nearly twenty
years. In a humorous speech
he spoke with affection of
his time at Kent College
and amused the diners
with stories about pupils
and parents whom he had
encountered during his years
as Deputy Headmaster at his
current school – Cranbrook.
Did you know that if you want to
organise a party or reunion for OCs perhaps on a regional basis or by getting
together friends from your own year
– the School will be very happy to make
finances available (within reasonable
limits!)
Not only that but the school will try to
ensure that either Dr David Lamper, the
Head Master, or Mrs Carol Baker, the
President of the Old Canterburian Club
will come and join you. We can also bring
archive material to your gathering which
would be relevant to those who attend.
You could even think about setting up a
regular Dinner Club.
If you would like to explore the
possibilities please contact Carol
([email protected]) and she will
be delighted to discuss your plans.
New Honour for
John Redwood
The Rt. Hon. John Redwood is one of our
most eminent Old Canterburians and the
School is delighted that he has always
wanted to stay in touch. Mr Redwood
presented the prizes at Speech Day in
2003.
The school excelled
in its preparation
and presentation
of the meal, but
this is something
which comes as a
surprise to no one.
The guests retired
to their homes or
hotels at the end of
the evening, happy
and determined to do the whole thing again. The President is hopeful of so
many people coming that it will not be possible to fit into the dining hall. I am
not sure where we will go to fulfil her wishes.
Mr Alan Frost
He has written to Dr Lamper to let him
know that he has been elected to a
Distinguished Fellowship at All Souls
College, Oxford, a singular honour. He
has also recently published ‘Freeing
Britain to Compete’, the fruits of two
years’ work writing on economic policy
for the Opposition.
The archives – young
blood needed!
Our Hon. Archivist, Michael Over, is
wondering if anyone would like to help
him look after our collection, which is
forever increasing. Ideally he would like
someone living locally who was at KC in
the 70s or 80s so that they would have
a much better knowledge than he has
about the more recent history of the
School.
If you can help please contact Michael at
[email protected].
Photos kindly supplied by Henry Feilden
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Joint Winners for Kent College Maths Problem Solving Contest
The KC Problem
Solving contest
for Primary School
children has
been running for
many years and
the new Head
of Maths at the
school, Mr Stuart
Wiles, has been
keen to maintain
the tradition
started by his
predecessor, Mrs
Jenny Roberts,
who retired in
July.
There was a huge
entry this year. 37
schools in East
and Mid Kent
took part in the
first round, with
1480 first round
entry papers being sent out, and 119 pupils performed strongly enough to be invited to Kent College for the second round,
held at the school on Saturday November 10th. Among the 119 were nine pupils from Year 5, so it looks as though the
competition will be particularly fierce next year.
For the first time there were joint winners: Alex Coulter from Blean Primary and Yumeng Li of Herne Bay Junior. Third prize
went to Jimmy Parton of Tenterden Junior. In presenting the prizes Dr David Lamper, Head Master of Kent College, praised
the very high overall standard of the entries and congratulated all those who had made it to the second round.
Teachers come out on top in Friends’ Quiz Night
A light hearted evening was enjoyed by some 100 pupils, parents, friends and staff who came to the KC Friends’ Quiz Night
on November 23rd. Over £500 was raised for Friends’ Funds, earmarked for renovation work on the Tuck Shop.
The event was billed as a three way contest between teachers, parents and sixth formers. Unfortunately the timing clashed
with an 18th birthday party, which 6.2. students unaccountably found more attractive than the quiz, but two teams from
6.1., one of them all wearing fetching pink T shirts, competed with great enthusiasm and no little success to uphold the
honour of the student body.
Predictably a staff team, Humphreys’ Hotties, ran away with the contest, scoring a perfect 40 in the paper round which
featured Kentish place names and never looking remotely like being headed in the remaining 10 rounds. With quiz
professionals like Stephen Fell and Stuart Williams in the team the result was perhaps predictable! At least it is some
consolation to parents to know what a formidable amount of knowledge is stored in the heads of those charged with their
children’s education!
Thanks go to Susannah Parker for her sterling work in running the scoreboard system, to Karen Turner for her triple role as
MC, marker and organiser of the ‘Tops and Tails’ interval game, and to Mike Conolly for setting and asking the questions.
Sponsored Walk
Cheque Presented
The sponsored walk in Blean Woods during
Activities Week at the end of last summer
term raised an excellent total of £1550.
A cheque for this amount was recently
presented to Mrs Kim de Min, representing
the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Mrs de Min is seen here with a group of
Prefects who handed the cheque over.
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December 2007
The Boys in Blue go Green
Geoff Blackbourn’s Caretaking team in
their blue sweatshirts are a familiar sight
around the school and in recent months
they have spearheaded a major increase
in the School’s recycling effort since
taking over this vital service.
We have moved from the humble days of
just 20 recycling boxes around the school
to over 75 and from one cardboard
bin emptied once a week to two bins
emptied twice a week. In co-operation
with Canterbury City Council, Serco, the
KC kitchen and the boarding houses we
now also recycle plastic bottles and tins
and without their help we would still be
sending all our waste to landfill.
Over 50% of our waste is now being
recycled, not only helping us to do our
bit in preserving the planet but also
saving the school significant sums of
money. We’ve a long way to go to reach
our target of 100% recycled but there’s
no harm in being ambitious!
Our picture shows Geoff, Brian and Richard with one week’s worth of recyclable material awaiting collection by Serco.
Head Master at Polo Farm
Kent College has long enjoyed a close relationship with Canterbury
Hockey Club. Many of our pupils play both for the School and the Club
and the Kent College Cup is played for by members of the Club’s Junior
Section on President’s Day, held this year on November 25th.
Over 120 young players, aged from five to 12, took part this year, split
into 16 mixed teams in four mini leagues. The overall winners were
‘Harper’s Heroes’, named after the Men’s 1st team captain Matt Harper.
They were presented with the Kent College Cup by Dr Lamper.
In addition ‘Fair Play’ awards were given to the boy and girl who best
exemplified good sportsmanship and enthusiasm on the day. Elizabeth
Neal, who is in Year 4 at our Infant & Junior School, won the girls’ award.
Well done Elizabeth!
Head Master Dr David Lamper with Mr Tim Townsend,
chairman of the Canterbury Junior Hockey Club,
and the winning team
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December 2007
Girls’ Hockey
v Cranbrook School
Under 14
Lost 2-3
Under 15
Won 4-0
2nd XI
Won 2-1
Won 4-1
1st XI
v Ashford School
Lost 0-1
Under 12B
Won 4-1
Under 12A
Under 14
Won 8-0
Won 4-0
1st XI
v Queen Elizabeths
Won 8-0
1st XI
Congratulations to Grace Balsdon who has been selected for the England
Under 16 Squad.
v Vernon Holme
Won 2-0
Under 12 C
Drew 0-0
Under 12B
Under 12A
Won 5-1
v Simon Langton
Won 4-1
Under 15
v King’s Canterbury
Lost 0-8
Under 13A
Under 13B
Lost 1-3
In the Under 14 County tournament
the KC team played some excellent
hockey to finish top of their group.
The team than defeated Invicta in the
Quarter Final and Cranbrook School in
the Semi Final before being edged out
1-0 in a very tight and exciting final
against Kings.
In the John Taylor indoor tournament
the 1st team girls played very well
to finish top of their group. In the
semi-final the team defeated King’s
Canterbury 3-1 and in a very exciting
final defeated Tunbridge Wells Girls’
Grammar 6-3 to lift the trophy.
Boys’ Hockey
Diccon Stubbings has been selected
for the England Under 16 squad for
international matches early next year.
Congratulations Diccon.
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Rugby
v Maidstone G.S.
Under 12
Lost 0-31
v St Lawrence College
Won 29-0
Under 12
Under 13
Won 52-14
Under 14
Lost 15-40
Won 33-0
Under 15
Won 27-12
1st XV
v Bethany School
Under 13
Won 44-12
Lost 5-36
Under 14
v St Dunstans College
Lost 5-12
Under 12
Lost 14-17
Under 15
1st XV
Lost 15-52
1st XV vs St Dunstans College
v King’s Rochester
Lost 14-17
Under 12
Lost 12-20
Under 14
Under 15
Lost 16-17
1st XV
Lost 7-10
v Chatham House
Lost 10-26
Under 12
Under 13
Won 27-15
Won 39-7
Under 15
Lost 3-35
1st XV
v Sir Roger Manwoods
Lost 0-17
Under 12 U14s vs Sir Roger Manwoods
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Cross Country
Beth Carter ran in the UK Cross Country Challenge in Liverpool on Saturday November 24th. In this
event the Under 17 and Under 20 women were run in the same 4.4K race. Beth gained a silver medal in
the Under 17 and came 6th in the Under 20 positions. Consequently Beth was put on the reserve list to
compete for Great Britain in the European Cross Country in Spain in December.
Well done Beth!
In the District Cross Country Championships held at St Anselm’s School all our runners performed very well.
In the year 7 Girls race Anna Alvarez came 2nd, Catherine Parker 4th, Eva Barwick 5th, Sarah Hyams 6th
and Georgia Martin 9th.
In the Year 7 Boys race Louis Duprez finished 1st, Harry Fitzgerald 5th, Harry Roberts 8th and Edward Hunt
10th.
In the Junior Girls race Rebecca Weston finished first, Annabel Carter 2nd, Millie Gaskin 5th, Ellie Kerly 7th
and Katherine Pemberton 10th.
In the Junior Boys race Joshua Wilson Holliday ran well to finish 17th.
In the Inter Girls race Beth Carter ran superbly to win comfortably.
In the team events the Year 7 boys, the Year 7 girls and the Junior girls teams all came 1st
and so became District Champions. The Junior boys finished in 3rd place.
A large number of our athletes will now compete in the county championships next
term.
Trampolining
A German view of the Hockey Season
Many of our German students stay with
us for only a short time, but they have
an excellent record in contributing
fully to the life of the School. A major
contribution to School hockey has been
made this term by Alexa Straus and she
describes her experiences here.
Hockey for the 1st XI
In the first training session everything
was really exciting for me, with all the
new people and suddenly using all the
technical terms in English, but I quickly
got into it and enjoyed the season a
lot.
Unfortunately we started the season
with a defeat but the more we
practised together the more we grew
as a team. One of the highlights was
the Kent Tournament. It started with
quite low expectations but we were willing to give everything as we entered
the final. So it was really unlucky that we only came second because King’s
Canterbury defeated us in penalty flicks. Still it shows the great development of
the team, which continued through the remaining matches.
In the National Under 17 Grade 2
Double Mini trampoline championships
Jess Smith took an excellent 2nd place.
She is hoping to compete at the Grade
1 National Championships in June
alongside the Great Britain team.
Not only did I get to know people, I
also learned some new skills and tactics.
All in all I had a great time, playing for
the first team. The coaches, Mrs Baker
and Mr Laslett, contributed to that as
well, as did all the girls of the team who
accepted me from the first match and
helped me a lot in finding my way at KC.
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