Squash Championship's

Congratulations to Harry Chapples on winning the Beaconsfield Under 15 Junior Squash Championships. Along with this amazing feat he came 2nd in the under 17 event. This means that he won all but one game in the whole event, which - you will understand if you play squash yourself - is very difficult to do.

U15: Seed 1: Harry won the whole division/tournament for his age group and didn't drop a single game.  He won all his matches 3-0 (matches are first to three games).

U17: Seed 2: Harry came second (runner-up) in a close final. In other words, he came second in the age group above him.  Harry is 2 years younger than the people who play in that division.

Harry has been awarded a trophy and 30 pounds for the squash pro shop for his win in the U15 tournament, and 10 pounds for the pro shop for his U17 achievements.

Well done Harry!!!!! and congratulations on being put forward for the British Open! 

A New Term

Hello every-body, welcome back! We have a busy term ahead full with exams, sports and house activities, iIncluding the Orchard House Music Night next Wednesday night.

Orchard’s (and England’s) U17 Rugby Player – Tom Howe

During the Easter holidays Tom Howe played for the England U17 rugby team in an overwhelming victory over their Scottish counterparts. On Saturday Tom was in action again when England took on a very powerful French team (who had been unbeaten at 16-Group level last year). It was always going to be a tough encounter and so it proved to be. However, Tom scored a stunning try before helping England secure a 28-24 win with the last play of the game. We look forward to hearing of more of Tom’s rugby exploits in the coming months!

 

Orchard Boys supporting Local Doctor in Fundraising Evening

Dr Unwin has been Shiplake College’s school doctor for many years now and gives up two weeks of his holiday each year to work in the Kimuli Mission Hospital in Uganda; helping those less fortunate than ourselves. In an effort to improve the quality of the medical provision in this hospital Dr Unwin and a number of his colleagues held a fundraising evening at the Well Barn Estate near Moulsford on Saturday evening. The evening raised in excess of £20,000 and this was made possible by the efforts of six Orchard boys – George Le Roy, Charlie Hancock, Joao Dias, James Girling, Henry Le Roy and Tom Waldron. The boys gave up their usual Saturday evening to park cars in freezing conditions, serve food and drink and to generally wait upon the evening’s guests well into the early hours of Sunday morning. Each and everyone of these guys deserve a huge amount of praise for not only giving up their time for absolutely nothing but also for conducting themselves impeccably throughout the proceedings; a real credit to both House and College!

House Music

In-between all the sport, at the end of the Easter term, Orchard boys have still found time to incorporate music into a very busy timetable. The music department put on, as usual, an amazing Spring Concert, showing off lots of talent. All those hours of practicing had paid off and everyone involved was great. We also got a brief taste of what the Headmaster's Junior Choir have been working on, after many hours of rehearsals and many ringing ears due to the harmonious voices of Year Ten. Everyone at Shiplake heard the choir’s recital of ‘Joshua Fought the battle of Jericho’. It was a fabulous evening. Many thanks must go to Mrs Bingham, who we must now say good bye to for a year as she is off to have a baby, and Mrs Balderson.

What's this? Some underage Orchard boys?

It seems Mr Curtis's sons, Jack & Billy, are doing their level best to get into Orchard House by way of wearing green. It won't work boys... you've still got a few years to go yet!