College House Tutor, The Rev. officiated ably supported by his Head and Deputy Head Chapel Wardens, Paul and Louis.
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Tower top Comunion.
The last Friday morning Communion of the year was held on the tower of Skipwith.
College House Tutor, The Rev. officiated ably supported by his Head and Deputy Head Chapel Wardens, Paul and Louis.
College House Tutor, The Rev. officiated ably supported by his Head and Deputy Head Chapel Wardens, Paul and Louis.
College House's first official model!
When the Henley Standard needed a male model they decided to see what College House had to offer. The only brief was that the young man chosen had to be shorter than six feet tall, otherwise he would dwarf the female model.
Zac Jones, was told that he would be posing with an aspiring singing star. On Zac’s arrival at the riverside location of the Henley Business School he found that his fellow model was Totie Southwell who had been in the Shiplake Sixth Form during Zac's early years at the College.
After modelling a range of clothing suitable for wearing during Regatta week the Henley Standard decided that the shoot had been so successful that they will feature a full spread of photos of Zac and Totie during Regatta week.
Zac Jones, was told that he would be posing with an aspiring singing star. On Zac’s arrival at the riverside location of the Henley Business School he found that his fellow model was Totie Southwell who had been in the Shiplake Sixth Form during Zac's early years at the College.
After modelling a range of clothing suitable for wearing during Regatta week the Henley Standard decided that the shoot had been so successful that they will feature a full spread of photos of Zac and Totie during Regatta week.
Thursday 6 June 2013
Matrons Race for Life
You can donate at:
http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/shiplake-matrons
GB Trialists
Five members of Shiplake College’s 1st Vlll have been selected for the Junior U18 GB final trials. Dan Barrett, Michael Glover, Max Hearnden, Marek Lapham and Harry Vardigans will be travelling to Nottingham in July, after Henley Royal Regatta, to take part in five tough days of trials.
At the recent GB Junior Small Boats regatta held at Dorney Lake, Eton, all five oarsmen impressed. Marek Lapham and Harry Vardigans, finished 7th in their pair, Michael Glover paired with an Etonian came in 10th, just ahead of Dan Barrett and Max Hearnden in 11th place.
At the Nottingham trials the Shiplake oarsmen will be competing against 21 other pairs for selection for places at the Junior World Championship, held this year in Lthuania, and for the Cope de Jeunesse at Lucerne.
At the recent GB Junior Small Boats regatta held at Dorney Lake, Eton, all five oarsmen impressed. Marek Lapham and Harry Vardigans, finished 7th in their pair, Michael Glover paired with an Etonian came in 10th, just ahead of Dan Barrett and Max Hearnden in 11th place.
At the Nottingham trials the Shiplake oarsmen will be competing against 21 other pairs for selection for places at the Junior World Championship, held this year in Lthuania, and for the Cope de Jeunesse at Lucerne.
Shiplake College Regatta
15 June 2013 – 1.00pm
BBQ lunch by the river: Pimms bar, beers, and soft drinks
teas and gorgeous homemade cakes.
Regatta Raffle first prize £50 cash
Tombola
Ergo challenge
Donations for the tombola gratefully received. Please leave with Sue Bond in the school office.
Monday 3 June 2013
Last week of term...
You will note in the calendar that the following events are planned for the last week:
Monday 24th June 7.30pm Summer Concert (parents very welcome)
Tuesday 25th June 12.00 all to return
13.45 Tug-o-war, Swimming Gala, Final Assembly
House parties
Wednesday 26th June 9.30 Leavers’ Service (parents very welcome)
11.00 Prize Giving
7.00pm Leavers’ Ball
Please note that there is no accommodation for pupils on the night of the Ball. Boys will be asked to vacate their rooms by 3.30pm on Wednesday.
National Schools success
Many congratulations to our senior rowers who travelled to Nottingham last weekend to compete in the presigious National Schools' Regatta.
The 3rd VIII led by Mr Jones qualified for the final from the semi-finals as the 4th fastest crew. Unfortunately they could not improve on this position in the final but it has been great to see this crew training hard throughout the season and more importantly enjoying their rowing and racing.
The 2nd IV was required to race in a time trial to qualify for the semi-final and they comfortably qualified into the semi-final races. The 2nd IV put in a strong performance in the semi-final as they were in 2nd place at the 1000m marker just behind Westminster School. The crew was then able to control the last 1000m and qualified for the final in what is the first time we have qualified our 2nd boat into a national final for some time. Despite a spirited effort all the way down the course in the final the crew could not keep up with a number of schools that had entered their top crew into this event. However, they should be more than pleased with their performance in finishing 6th in the final.
The 1st VIII comfortably qualified for the semi-final finishing in 1st position from the time trial. The semi-final required the crew to be in the top three to qualify for the final and the Shiplake College crew dominated the race to qualify in 1st position. The final was always going to be a fiercely contested battle and it certainly did not disappoint with Shiplake showing huge determination throughout the race. The honours went to St George’s, who also set a new record time for this event with Shiplake just behind them and earning a Silver medal in a time of 6:02.01. The crew had set itself the ambitious target of the gold medal but they should be delighted to have won a well-deserved silver medal.
On Sunday the 1st VIII raced in a Coxless and Coxed Four in the Championship event. Both crews comfortably qualified for the semi-final but the coxless four could not quite show the speed required to qualify for the final. The Coxed Four containing 4 of our GB trialists Michael Glover, Max Hearnden, Harry Vardigans, Marek Lapham and cox James Girling raced beautifully in the semi-final to qualify as the second fastest crew from both semi-finals behind Abingdon School. The final was a high calibre race with Shiplake keeping up with many of the top rowing schools although Abingdon showed the rest of the field how to do it by taking an early lead. However with 2 medals still up for grabs Shiplake fought hard with Hampton School and St Edwards and ultimately Shiplake gained their second medal of the weekend with the crew receiving a bronze medal behind St Edwards who took the silver medal.
The 2nd IV was required to race in a time trial to qualify for the semi-final and they comfortably qualified into the semi-final races. The 2nd IV put in a strong performance in the semi-final as they were in 2nd place at the 1000m marker just behind Westminster School. The crew was then able to control the last 1000m and qualified for the final in what is the first time we have qualified our 2nd boat into a national final for some time. Despite a spirited effort all the way down the course in the final the crew could not keep up with a number of schools that had entered their top crew into this event. However, they should be more than pleased with their performance in finishing 6th in the final.
The 1st VIII comfortably qualified for the semi-final finishing in 1st position from the time trial. The semi-final required the crew to be in the top three to qualify for the final and the Shiplake College crew dominated the race to qualify in 1st position. The final was always going to be a fiercely contested battle and it certainly did not disappoint with Shiplake showing huge determination throughout the race. The honours went to St George’s, who also set a new record time for this event with Shiplake just behind them and earning a Silver medal in a time of 6:02.01. The crew had set itself the ambitious target of the gold medal but they should be delighted to have won a well-deserved silver medal.
On Sunday the 1st VIII raced in a Coxless and Coxed Four in the Championship event. Both crews comfortably qualified for the semi-final but the coxless four could not quite show the speed required to qualify for the final. The Coxed Four containing 4 of our GB trialists Michael Glover, Max Hearnden, Harry Vardigans, Marek Lapham and cox James Girling raced beautifully in the semi-final to qualify as the second fastest crew from both semi-finals behind Abingdon School. The final was a high calibre race with Shiplake keeping up with many of the top rowing schools although Abingdon showed the rest of the field how to do it by taking an early lead. However with 2 medals still up for grabs Shiplake fought hard with Hampton School and St Edwards and ultimately Shiplake gained their second medal of the weekend with the crew receiving a bronze medal behind St Edwards who took the silver medal.
Three and a half weeks to go!
Dear Parents and families,
I hope you all survived half term!
We now enter the last few weeks of term; the most critical as far as exams are concerned and also the most chaotic as far as arrangements and social activities are concerned.
Some boys have expressed a desire to come home after their last exam. This, as indicated in my email before half term, is fine, so long as these arrangements are entirely transparent. I would ask you to discuss plans with your son and let we know of any planned time at home.
We ask that boys taking this opportunity clear their rooms as they go, so as to ease packing and tidying at the end of term.
I wish your sons all the very best of luck in threir exams and look forward to seeing you all at the end of term.
Very best wishes,
Nick
I hope you all survived half term!
We now enter the last few weeks of term; the most critical as far as exams are concerned and also the most chaotic as far as arrangements and social activities are concerned.
Some boys have expressed a desire to come home after their last exam. This, as indicated in my email before half term, is fine, so long as these arrangements are entirely transparent. I would ask you to discuss plans with your son and let we know of any planned time at home.
We ask that boys taking this opportunity clear their rooms as they go, so as to ease packing and tidying at the end of term.
I wish your sons all the very best of luck in threir exams and look forward to seeing you all at the end of term.
Very best wishes,
Nick
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