These boots were made for walking!

Sponsored Walk - Monday 24th September.
The whole school is limbering up for our biennial 20 mile walk along the Thames to raise money for charity. This year we are dividing the spoils between a number of  local charities, including The Chiltern Childrens' Centre.

Please do all you can at home to sponsor the pupils and enable us to raise money for some very worthy causes.

Rugby Double-Header

Tom Howe and OV Ian Brown. Why have they swapped shirts?

Saturday saw back to back games on the 1st XV pitch. The Old Vikings provided the warm up act in a match against Henley Hawks 2nd XV. Despite going down, the OVs put up spirited resistance and it was nice to see some old faces coming out of retirement for the occasion. The match raised money for the Wooden Spoon charity, an English and Irish rugby board initiative which, in its own words aims  "to make a positive impact on the lives of disadvantaged children and young people through a commitment to quality charitable work."

The 1st XV were clearly inspired as they piled on the points against local rivals reading Bluecoat School. A final score of 28-19 flattered the visitors, with our boys dominating from start to finish.

Bronze for Shiplake!

It was only five years ago that Will Satch was a member of College House.  How proud we are to be associated with this Olympic bronze medallist! Despite the early predictions of Sir Steve Redgrave, Will and his rowing partner George Nash powered to bronze medal position at Eton Dorney to the cheers and tears of all at Shiplake. We send Will our heartiest congratulations

The rugby season has started!

A successful pre-season training camp and tournament has been followed quickly by the first set of fixtures against Reeds Grammar School. Unfortunately all three of our senior teams lost but positives have, I am sure, been taken from all matches.Newly appointed captain, Nick Arbuckle (congratulations!) will be looking for an improved performance from the 1st XV on Saturday when they play local rivals, Reading Bluecoat School.

A landmark event took place earlier this week when Tom Howe was selected to play for Wasps A against London Irish at Dry Leas in Henley. Coming off the bench with 20 minutes to go, Tom made an immediate impact on the game with a 40 metre burst, quickly followed by a try. Tom said that it was a fantastic experience and gave him a taste of what it is like to play at the highest level. Tom continues to train with the England U18 squad and we wish him good luck for the season!

Welcome to College House 2012/13!

Welcome to a new year in College House! We have been back over a week now and are back in the swing of things. The boys are enjoying their new surroundings and have settled into their new routine well. The Prefects, Chapel Wardens, Year 7 Mentors and all House Prefects are doing a great job. We hope that parents have received our College House "Welcome Booklet" and will feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.

We hope it will be a successful and extremely fruitful year for all the boys; one to remember and one that will set them on their paths to the future.

Blog Re launch!

After a shameful year of inactivity, the College House Blog is back on line. This author apologises for such an extended period of inactivity!

CCF Field Day

A large number of Year 13 boys lead the recent CCF Field Day. Army, Navy and Air force sections were all in action. Most boys camped overnight and completed command tasks as part of their training. Some Army cadets were lucky enough to get a rid in a helicopter!