Shiplake Athletics Championships 2013

This past Friday (17th May) saw the annual Shiplake College Athletics Championships being held.  As you can see from the results board below, Orchard were remarkably successful, coming first in the senior competition (by quite some way) and the Juniors achieving a very respectable and battling second place.

Below is a picture of some members of the successful Orchard Seniors Team. (L-R) Piers Chen, Tom Howe, Rob Waldron.

Tom Howe won the Senior 100m/200m/Long Jump and also anchored the Senior 4 x 100m relay team - an excellent day all round!

Squash success

The photos below are of Orchard's Harry Chapples recieving 2(!) winners cups from the sponsor of The Beaconsfield Junior Squash Club Championships.  Harry reached and won the final in both the U17 and U19 boys section. This really is some achievement and is the youngest player to ever win the U19 boys!  Many congratulations to Harry and we hope that your success in your chosen sport continues.

Athletics Standards

The Shiplake College Athletics Standards have been taking place over the past fortnight in preparation for the Athletics Championships which will take place this Friday.  Below are the results for the seniors, juniors and girls:

Seniors

1^st Orchard

2^nd Everett

3^rd Welsh

4^th Burr

5^th Skipwith

Juniors

1^st Everett

2^nd Burr

3^rd Welsh

4^th Skipwith

5^th Orchard

Girls

1^st Burr

2^nd Everett

3^rd Welsh

4^th Skipwith

5^th Orchard

Piers Chen (Orchard Yr13) is one of the favourites to take a few titles on Friday.

Pastoral Parents Meeting

Shiplake College will be holding a pastoral parents meeting on Saturday 11th May for parents of Year 9 pupils.  Please see below the timings for this event:

9.30am                      Lecture to boys in the Old Vikings Room.

11am                         Bob Tait Lecture to parents in the Old Vikings Room.

12.15pm               Meetings over lunch in Houses, to discuss adolescent issues such as parties, alcohol,     smoking, computer games etc. 

House Music Concert 2013

Orchard House held its annual music concert this past Friday 26th April.  A diverse range of acts were on show and the whole event was excellently compered by Head of House Henry Le Roy.  Orchard House alumnus Rob Jones also made the trip down from Nottingham to take part, having sat an exam at University that morning!  Pictures and video highlights will be posted on the blog soon, so watch this space!