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1st XI Cricket PLAYED 6WON 1 DRAWN 1 LOST 4 Like winning the toss and electing to bat to a backdrop of clear skies and people bustling into their seats on the first morning of an Ashes Sum- mer, before reaching 110 for no loss at lunch, the 1st XI got off to a similarly superb start. Dorset House were taken apart early on by the accuracy of Hardaker’s off-spin (4-13) before James and his slow turning leg-breaks entered the fray to soundly mop up the tail with astonishing figures of 4-2.A total built largely around Hardaker’s 43 always seemed out of reach as the season got off to the most perfect of starts.Ashes cricket and the afternoon session….. Match two: Bishopsgate. ‘You’re only as good as your last game’ are words that silhouette every sportsman. Chasing 99 for victory, thanks largely to Hardaker’s 5 wicket haul at a cost of 13 runs, back to back wins seemed very much there for the taking. However, a collapse reminiscent of those of England teams of the 90’s soon followed leaving Goschen and Hanif to cling on defiantly for a draw, still someway behind the victory target. A great reminder to the boys that complacency is an enemy! Against Woodcote House, having restricted our hosts to 122, James and Hardaker set about chasing down the required runs. Perfectly poised at 58-1 to strike deep intoWoodcote hearts, all middle-order resistance vanished as we were blown away for 71.That perfect first morning of the Ashes was now a distant memory. James (28) and Hardaker (25) were the main contributors.A mauling against Hall Grove soon followed, who, like an Ashes team with their tails up, played with supreme confidence and skill and were ruthless in their approach. 179-5 played 41 all out. Cricket can be unrelenting if found on the wrong side of a mis-match. Looking to restore pride, a much improved performance came against St.Andrew’s, Pangbourne. Although losing by 6 wickets in defending 149, many more positives could be taken. Hardaker batted with authority and composure in compiling 48 no, ably supported by both James (24) and Morata (23). Hopton ma. chipped in with a couple of wickets to try and force a tense finish but ultimately a few slip ups in the field contributed to a third successive defeat.That Ashes first session and the expectant continuation had turned into a harsh reality of not quite being good enough when it counted most.A final hurrah saw Ashdown House visit Sunningdale. Batting first, Silva (20), James (30) along with a quick-fire 20 from the ever improving Morata saw us to 93, a total well below par. Early wickets captured by Morata’s off-spin saw hopes of a final day victory rise.However,a third wicket partnership of 41 prior to some ferocious boundary hitting from the visiting captain, brought the game to a sudden and extremely disappointing conclusion. The 2014 season, although curtailed slightly by poor spells of weather, has been the steepest of learning curves for the boys.The joy and excitement surrounding the opening day victory (that fantastic first morning session of the Ashes Summer), set the standards and expectations for the rest of the games to follow. There is no substitute for hard work when looking to build upon success and it’s even more important to learn quickly from both winning and losing. Opportunities presented themselves for further successes to be gained and with a little more application and desire, these could have been seized upon.The boys and ourselves would like to thank MrT. Dawson and Mr N. Dawson for their incredible hard work in preparing the grounds, as well as the parents for their support throughout the season. Team From: Hardaker (Captain), James, Clegg, Morata, Hopton ma,Titov,Hanif, Hatemian-Bernis,Thomas, Beckwith-Moore, Felbeck, Cluff,Allen M.P.G and A.J.L SUNNINGDALE SCHOOL SCHOOL NOTES SUMMER 2014 COMMENT "Success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it." Maya Angelou, 1928 - 2014 The aim of any good school must be to equip its pupils with the skills and attitudes to help them get the most out of school and life in general.We need to make sure that as they move on from here they have learned lessons that will stay with them through the good times and the more difficult moments. They must learn to be resilient; they must not give up at the first hurdle but strive to over- come obstacles that they may face.They must be honest with themselves and others; realistic about their ability and what they need to work on. They need to have courage to try new things and overcome their fears.They must de- velop the self-discipline required to listen, focus and organise themselves.They must learn to be kind; to bear in mind the thoughts and feelings of others. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, they must learn to love life, to be excited about learning and curious to discover more. This is at the very heart of what we are all trying to do at Sunningdale and the reason that these pages are so full amazing achievements and great fun.

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1st XI CricketPLAYED 6WON 1DRAWN 1 LOST 4Like winning the toss andelecting to bat to a backdropof clear skies and peoplebustling into their seats on thefirst morning of anAshes Sum-mer, before reaching 110 forno loss at lunch, the 1st XI gotoff to a similarly superb start.Dorset House were takenapart early on by the accuracyof Hardaker’s off-spin (4-13)before James and his slowturning leg-breaks entered thefray to soundly mop up the tail with astonishing figures of 4-2.A total built largely around Hardaker’s 43always seemed out of reach as the season got off to the most perfect of starts.Ashes cricket and theafternoon session….. Match two:Bishopsgate. ‘You’re only as good as your last game’ are words thatsilhouette every sportsman. Chasing 99 for victory, thanks largely to Hardaker’s 5 wicket haul at a costof 13 runs, back to back wins seemed very much there for the taking.However, a collapse reminiscent ofthose of England teams of the 90’s soon followed leaving Goschen and Hanif to cling on defiantly for adraw, still someway behind the victory target.A great reminder to the boys that complacency is an enemy!AgainstWoodcote House, having restricted our hosts to 122, James and Hardaker set about chasingdown the required runs. Perfectly poised at 58-1 to strike deep intoWoodcote hearts, all middle-orderresistance vanished as we were blown away for 71.That perfect first morning of the Ashes was now adistant memory. James (28) and Hardaker (25) were the main contributors.A mauling againstHall Grovesoon followed, who, like an Ashes team with their tails up, played with supreme confidence and skill andwere ruthless in their approach. 179-5 played 41 all out.Cricket can be unrelenting if found on the wrongside of a mis-match. Looking to restore pride, a much improved performance came against St.Andrew’s,Pangbourne. Although losing by 6 wickets in defending 149, many more positives could be taken.Hardaker batted with authority and composure in compiling 48 no, ably supported by both James (24) andMorata (23).Hopton ma. chipped in with a couple of wickets to try and force a tense finish but ultimatelya few slip ups in the field contributed to a third successive defeat. That Ashes first session and theexpectant continuation had turned into a harsh reality of not quite being good enough when it countedmost.A final hurrah sawAshdown House visit Sunningdale. Batting first, Silva (20), James (30) along witha quick-fire 20 from the ever improving Morata saw us to 93, a total well below par. Early wicketscaptured by Morata’s off-spin saw hopes of a final day victory rise. However, a third wicket partnershipof 41 prior to some ferocious boundary hitting from the visiting captain, brought the game to a suddenand extremely disappointing conclusion.

The 2014 season, although curtailed slightly by poor spells of weather, has been the steepest of learningcurves for the boys.The joy and excitement surrounding the opening day victory (that fantastic first morningsession of the Ashes Summer), set the standards and expectations for the rest of the games to follow.There is no substitute for hard work when looking to build upon success and it’s even more importantto learn quickly from both winning and losing.Opportunities presented themselves for further successesto be gained and with a little more application and desire, these could have been seized upon.The boysand ourselves would like to thank Mr T. Dawson and Mr N. Dawson for their incredible hard work inpreparing the grounds, as well as the parents for their support throughout the season.

Team From: Hardaker (Captain), James,Clegg,Morata,Hopton ma,Titov,Hanif,Hatemian-Bernis,Thomas,Beckwith-Moore, Felbeck, Cluff,Allen

M.P.G and A.J.L

SUNNINGDALESCHOOL

SCHOOL NOTES SUMMER 2014

COMMENT"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do andliking how you do it."

Maya Angelou, 1928 - 2014

The aim of any good school must be to equipits pupils with the skills and attitudes to helpthem get the most out of school and life ingeneral.We need to make sure that as theymove on from here they have learned lessonsthat will stay with them through the good timesand the more difficult moments.

They must learn to be resilient; they must notgive up at the first hurdle but strive to over-come obstacles that they may face.They mustbe honest with themselves and others; realisticabout their ability and what they need to workon. They need to have courage to try newthings and overcome their fears.They must de-velop the self-discipline required to listen, focusand organise themselves.They must learn to bekind; to bear in mind the thoughts and feelingsof others. Finally, and perhaps most importantly,they must learn to love life, to be excited aboutlearning and curious to discover more.

This is at the very heart of what we are alltrying to do at Sunningdale and the reason thatthese pages are so full amazing achievementsand great fun.

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SCHOOL NOTESFORM PRIZES

VI Hopton ma, S Kim

VIa Clegg, Merrill, Hardaker

V Reddyhough,Titov, Zhao

Va Tirado, Beckwith-Moore, de Carlos

IV Goschen, Jegede

IVa Saville Sneath, Senior ma,Hagg-Davies

III Zakhir ma, Zakhir mi

II Kuanyshev ma, Caddy

I Boscawen

The SHOWUP PRIZE was won by Hoptonma (14)

The SHOWUPs CUP was won by J.Kim (33)

Music:

SENIOR SOLO SINGING was won byHopton ma

JUNIOR SOLO SINGING was won by Coen

Athletics:

The SENIORVICTOR LUDORUM waswon by Hanif

The JUNIORVICTOR LUDORUM waswon by Hinchliffe

TheWATERFIELD MILE was won byP.Silva Alvear

Cricket:

The JUNIOR FIELDING CUP was won byBuxton

The JUNIOR CRICKET CUP was won byRussell

The SENIOR FIELDING CUP was won byMorata

The SENIOR CRICKET CUP was won byHardaker

The FOXANDREWSTROPHY was wonby Ker (52)

The MERRILL CUP was won by Merrill

The ALL- ROUNDACHIEVEMENTaward was won by Clegg

The BESTALL-ROUND SPORTSMANaward was won by James

The LESLEY McCOLL PRIZE was won byJ.Kim

GARDENS: Kuanyshev ma, Kuanyshev mi,VanHeusden and Gourlay

The HOUSE CUP was won by Fox

The POSSIBLES went to Legoland andThorpe Park

School TripsForm I & II visited the British Museum in London to learn about TheViking Life and the exhibition wastruly inspiring.FormVA’s trip was to the National Gallery in London and FormVI went to Bath to see thespectacular ‘Roman Baths’. Form III and IVA thoroughly enjoyed their educational and action packed tripto the Juniper Hall Field Center, near Box Hill, Surrey to enhance their classroom understanding of riverfeatures and processes. The location was idyllic and the boys were joined by two intrigued horses and afoal. A superb day was had by all, even the horses! The boys had enjoyed the river trip so much they tookmuch of the river water in their wellington boots back to school!

Camping at SunningdaleThe boys from across all forms have enjoyed somefantastic camping evenings on a number of Saturdaynights this Summer term on the school grounds.Activities have included survival lessons, shelterbuilding, lighting fires, first aid, cooking rations,toasting marshmallows, capture the flag, ghoststories around the fire and more. The weather onall evenings has been perfect for sleeping out,however, first light at around 4.30am has not beenso welcome! Overall the camping nights have beena real adventure.

A.T.M

French DayThe day was started with a delicious breakfast ofcroissants and "chocolat chaud".At break time, theboys dressed in blue, white and red and enjoyedplaying "pétanque" and "course de garçon de cafe"on the front lawn.The French Quiz was won by thefollowing boys: Form I Boscawen, Form II Caddy,Form III Senior mi, Form IVa Hopton mi, Form IVMaldonado, FormVa de Carlos, FormV Neckel andFormVI Hopton ma.

The prize for the best costume for the Juniors waswon byWilson and Desmond and Feldbeck won itfor the Seniors. Ropeid and Deliknatnyi wereawarded the prize for the best moustache.The bestgarçons de cafe were Zakhir ma and De Roussy.The best joueurs de pétanque were Marshall-Leeand Hanif. Mr Smith-Bigham won best costumefor a teacher.

V.G

Charity Day

£1,175 was raised forThe Royal National Children'sFoundation.

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Activities with HeathfieldThis term we organised various joint activities with the girls of Heathfield School, Ascot.The staff andpupils of Heathfield School were incredibly welcoming and we look to do more activities with Heathfieldin the future.

Concerts: The first concert was held at Sunningdale and 24 girls from Heathfield School, arrived andjoined our choir for our first ever joint performance.The programme was chosen by us and end resultwas fantastic!With a short but mixed programme of pieces ranging from Richard Dering's two part motet'Gaudent in Coelis' to a three part arrangement of Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now', the audience loved it,and the singers thoroughly enjoyed themselves.The same programme was performed at Heathfield Schoollater on in the term and this time, the audience were up on their feet and dancing to the finale.

L.F.S

Leavers Drama Day: The leavers had a really fun day at Heathfield where, together with a gaggle ofHeathfield girls, they learnt, rehearsed, and performed a version of Macbeth in under six hours! First ofall, they were taught the basics of realistic stage fighting: how to punch, block, hair pull and slap - theseskills were needed for the huge fight scene at the end.The end result was violent, passionate and with quitea lot of slapstick humour which I'm not sure the Bard had originally intended. Everyone threw themselvesin with great gusto and it made for a very entertaining day.

A.D.V

Kwik Cricket: Kwik cricket with the Heathfieldgirls was a great success with Sunningdale stealingthe honours (very ungentlemanly!) but a lot of funwhen the teams were mixed up.A sweltering daywith a delicious tea (including beautiful fairy cakes!).

G.J.S-B

Old BoysCongratulations to Thomas McCall, Alistair Ennever and Rory McIntyre on their engagements,to Damian Pitman, Alexander Kindersley, Lionel Steuart Fotheringham, William Fraser onthe birth of sons, to Charles Savory and Alexander Turnbull on the birth of their daughters.Sebastien Luxemburg played international rugby for Luxemburg. Freddie Sjsostrum (FreddieStroma) is an actor and model who starred in Harry Potter andThe Half-Blood Prince. Rupert Oldridgeis human beatbox Bass6. Congratulations to Robert Rattray on his bronze statues of twoWindsorGreys unveiled by the Queen in March.We regret to announce the death of Simon Kerruishwho becamea US citizen and specialised in Investment, we send our condolences to his widow and three daughters.

MusicAnother term has passed with a massive amountachieved in the department, and I am pleased to saythat an increasing number of boys are taking lessonsand making good progress.We have had plenty toinspire us this term including a lovely organ recitalgiven by Mark James (organist at St Peter's Church,Ealing) on May 11th. Mark entertained us with awell chosen programme of solos which followedon from the evening chapel service.We held thisterm's Informal Concert on May 13th when weheard pieces played and sung, and this concert gavean opportunity for those boys taking ABRSMexams to give a public performance before havingto play in their exam.

At the end of exams, boys from forms I and II gavetheir own Informal Concert and for many of themit was a superb chance to see how far they hadcome in the past academic year.The end of termsaw the Summer Concert held in the Sports Hallon the last Saturday.All the groups and ensemblesthat meet every week gave a performance includingthe school band, and a number of the Leaversplayed solos of a very high standard.This was a realhighlight of the term, and an event that showed thevery high standards we are encouraging.

The end of the term also is a time for saying 'Goodbye'to Mr and Mrs Spencer. Mrs Spencer has coachedthe choir to levels we never thought we wouldreach, and the standard and volume of new musicwe have learnt with her has been fantastic. MrSpencer has been a fabulous supporter of the choirsinging tenor when needed,and a real encouragementto us all.We will miss them both, and pleased thatthey and Sophie will be moving on to freshchallenges in September.Also I would like to say abig 'thank you' to our peripatetic staff, alwayspositive and encouraging, and their constant sup-port makes the Music department such a positiveand welcoming place.

S.J.L

Old Boys - OscarWilson, Benjy Busk, AlistairClimie, Jock Bowes-Lyon, Henry Franklin

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2nd XI CricketPlayed 5Won 1 Lost 4This term’s 2nd XI had a very unsettled season where the weather and inconsistency conspired tounsettle us from the start. We managed only one win, against Dorset House, otherwise we struggled toestablish any form of dominance with either bat or ball in any game. We had our moments but truth isa team made up largely of cricketers that played with big heart but limited talent was always on a stickywicket, forgive the pun. Allen and Neckel Captained in equal measure and there were some gutsy per-formances from Hanif, Goschen, S Kim and De Carlos but ultimately we simply weren’t good enoughagainst the big guns on the circuit with far larger numbers from which to pool. It was nevertheless, as al-ways, a fun season with plenty of humour and verve to carry us through no matter what our situation.In the last match Delikatnyi dodged the ignominy of four golden ducks and that was good enough for us all!

Team From: Neckel, Allen, S Kim, De Carlos, Crespi, Iglesias, Markous, Goschen, Merrill, Hanif,Delikatnyi, Crespi. B.C

3rd XI Cricket

A season in which the weather, illness, and the

fact that boys have been bouncing up and down

from the 2nds to the 3rds as if it was a game of

snakes and ladders has lead to difficulties. Our

core base has been a little too fluid. So, it's prob-

ably unsurprising that our victory count has

been a little low (although this is written a few

hours before our final match) and our loss tally

depressingly high. Commendations must go to

Crespi (before he was poached by the 2nds)

and Bekar, our two captains who are both ex-

cellent in the field. Markous helicoptered in for

a match and nonchalantly struck 39 not out.

Ayzenshtat, between his English and Maths CE

exams, took 3 wickets in as many overs and Seal

has kept wicket most dependably.Hopefully, our

final game has brought us our first win; if not, it

certainly hasn't been for a lack of effort or de-

sire from the boys.They've been outstanding.

Well done all!

Team From: Bekar (capt),Klein,Seal ,Malhame,

J.Kim, Ibrahim ma,Zhao, Loisel, Sasson,Montiel,

Tear ma

A.D.V

U11B Cricket

Played 8Won 5 Lost 3

A winning season does not come along very

often, especially at Under 11 B level.The results

we achieved as a team reflect the hard work

and determination that the boys demonstrated

throughout the season both in practice and

matches.There are several individual perform-

ances that stood out,which I shall mention later,

but it was the team’s ethic that deserves the

highest praise.

The best bowling figures in a match were

achieved by Marshall-Lee who gained 5 wickets

for only 2 runs.Boer and Marshall-Lee took the

most wickets in the term,6 wickets and 7 wick-

ets respectively. Arthur scored the most runs

this term with an impressive total of 66 runs

and the top batting scores in matches were

Boam, 27 not out against Ashdown House,

Arthur, 19 againstWoodcote House, and Lazaro,

18 not out against Brambletye.

Team From: Lazaro, Treacher, Maldonado,

Arthur, Hawkey, Davenport Thomas, Boer, Za-

khir ma, Zakhir mi, Marshall-Lee, Boam, Lopez

and Hagg-Davies

D.W

U11A CricketPlayed 8Won 3 Lost 3 Drawn 2We were missing a number of key players for our first match butwhen we had a full side we were very difficult to beat. In the secondgame againstWoodcote, six of our first choice players were playingfor the U12s. Early on the team was dominated by Russell andBuxton who starred with bat and ball but as the season continued,more and more players contributed. By the end of the seasonwe were regularly using eight bowlers. In our last match,three boys were on hat trick at one stage!Buxton was the leading wicket taker and he andRussell were a formidable opening pair.Hinchliffe’soff breaks are coming along very well. Red-dyhough bowled very straight and Efemuaishowed real pace at the end of the season.Everybody contributed with the bat at somestage.The leading run scorer was Russell who averaged36, and he was closely followed by Buxton. Thehighest score was made in our last match by Kerwho scored 52* and Senior ma.,with his attackingstyle, had the highest strike rate.There is no doubt that this is a very talentedgroup of boys but what is more important is thatthey have the most fantastic attitude. It has been so much fun coaching them this term.

Team From: Russell (capt.), Buxton, Ker (wk), Reddyhough, Senior ma, Efemuai, Hopkins, Hopton mi,Hinchliffe, Senior mi, Cartwright T.A.C.N.D

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U9A CricketThe U9A team had a great fun season whichshowed promise for the future with three goodwins towards the end of term. The weathercertainly didn't help with regards to both practiceand match experience (4 matches cancelled) butthe boys definitely spurred each other on to bebetter in the field and sharper between thewickets. We had a very satisfying revenge winagainstWoodcote House and enjoyed tight victoryover Brambletye. Boscawen showed outstandingimprovement as a batsman and behind the stumps.Hobbs developed his bowling to be much moreconsistent occasionally with a little tweak to keepthe batsman guessing! We also have a few teammembers who will be eligible for the same agegroup next year!Well done all!

Team From: Boscawen, Crewe-Read mi, Field,Horton, Jackson ma, Jackson mi, J Davies,Wilson,Berridge, Hobbs

G.J.S-B

Cricket tripOn 20th June, we headed off to the Rose Bowl,Southampton to watch a 20/20 cricket match be-tween Hampshire and Gloucestershire.The jour-ney took a long time but it was a fun adventure.Onthe way there, we had our tea and playedgames.The match was very exciting with lots of 4sand 6s! They played music every time a boundarywas hit! Hampshire ended up winning by two runsafter a really exciting finish.There was a funny mo-ment when a streaker ran across the field. Securitychased him but the streaker hid in the crowd andthey couldn’t find him anywhere!We all had a greatnight out watching and learning from the profes-sional cricketers and we look forward to seeingmore matches next Summer.

A.Mountain (Form II)

La VacquerieThis term Forms III and IVA have enjoyed a fantastic week at LaVacquerie.They were kept incrediblybusy with trips to significant SecondWorldWar sites such as the landing beaches and cemetaries.Between lessons they also visited to a cider factory, a farm, several museums, and a market. A greatfun week.

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Following the new entry of drama onto the school timetable forforms III and IVA,Mr Dawson and I decided that a summerproduction involving all of the drama class was called for! Havingput this idea to the class, the unanimous decision was to take onan adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate factory. Despitehaving very little time in the Summer term to pull it together, theboys worked exceedingly hard and the end result was nothingshort of pure imagination.

H.G

Festival of SongOur Festival of Song, the House singing competition,was held on May 22nd and we were pleasedto welcome MrTom Foster, one of the Music staff from St Mary's School,Ascot to adjudicate. Inthe solo classes Coen won the junior solo prize, Hopton ma won the senior solo prize, and inthe house song section Fox were the winners with a very polished performance of 'Let it Be'.

S.LPolo Team: Ker,Treacher, Sikorski, Crespi, Silva,Reddyhough.

Cake made by MrsWilson

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Senior School

100m 1. Hatemian-Bernis 13.03s. 2. Hanif 3. Clegg200m 1. Hatemian-Bernis 28.38s. 2. Beckwith-Moore 3. Hanif400m 1. Hanif 1.10.16s. 2. Beckwith-Moore 3. Clegg800m 1. Hanif 2.45.39s. 2. Morata-Reol 3. Hopton ma70m Hurdles 1. Clegg 12.23s 2. Hanif 3. Hatemian-BernisLong Jump 1. Hatemian-Bernis 4.35m. 2.Titov 3. Beckwith-MooreHigh Jump 1. Hatemian-Bernis 1.29m 2. Hanif 3. Beckwith-MooreJavelin 1.Titov 21.83m 2. Hatemian-Bernis 3. Hopton maShot 1. Hatemian-Bernis 8.15m 2.Thomas 3.TitovVictor Ludorum: 1st Hanif 2nd Hatemian-Bernis

Middle School

100m 1. Efemuai 14.36s. 2. Hopton mi 3. Boam200m 1. Hinchliffe 31.24s. 2. Hawkey 3. Efemuai800m 1. Hawkey 2.41.03s. 2. Hinchliffe 3. Hagg-Davies70m Hurdles 1. Hinchliffe 12.72s 2. Hopkins 3. EfemuaiLong Jump 1. Hinchliffe 4.31m. 2. Efemuai 3. LopezHigh Jump 1. Efemuai 1.05m. 2. Hopkins 3. BoerVictor Ludorum: 1st Hinchliffe 2nd Efemuai

Junior School

100m 1. Crewe-Read mi 14.65s. 2. Boscawen 3. J.Davies200m 1. Boscawen 35.13s. 2. Crewe-Read mi 3. Jackson ma600m 1. Jackson ma 2.02.87s. 2. Boscawen 3. Hobbs70m Hurdles 1. J.Davies 14.42s 2. Horton 3. BerridgeLong Jump 1. Jackson ma 3.51m. 2. Boscawen 3. Hobbs

Sports DayIt took a great deal of nerve to press ahead with Sports Day as the heavens were opening and the Headmaster was to be seen shovelling woodchip in his suitaround the grounds. However, with the wise counsel of Mr. Spencer the brave decision was made, and what a fantastic day it turned out to be. Even after thebiblical soaking the grounds looked magnificent and huge thanks must be extended toA.J.N.D. andT.M.E.D. for making the track and fields the pride of the land.

B.W.R.H

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AthleticsUndefeated U10 team and overall victories in 4 out 5 matches.

SeniorsVs.Ludgrove lost,Vs.Hall Grove won,Vs.Bishopsgate won,Vs.Woodcote lost,Vs.St.Andrew’s Pangbourne won.

This was never going to be the strongest collection of senior athletes we have had, but in many ways theyperformed far in excess of anyone’s expectations.The captain,Clegg ma,hurdled beautifully all season onlylosing once at Ludgrove to the national champion.Hanif and Beckwith-Moore showed much promise andHatemian-Bernis was the find of the season running the 100m in imperious fashion and long jumpingwonderfully.

JuniorsVs.Ludgrove lost,Vs.Hall Grove won,Vs.Bishopsgate won,Vs.Woodcote won,Vs.St.Andrew’s Pangbourne won.

Given that almost all of the team were actually a year young for this age group it is remarkable just howsuccessful they were. Hawkey and Hinchliffe formed a Coe and Ovett rivalry in the 800m with theformer setting a new school record of 2m43.91s. Hopton mi and Efemuai were rarely challenged in the200m and 100m disciplines and both Boer and Marshall-Lee showed much promise.

Under 10Vs. Ludgrove won, Vs. Hall Grove won, Vs. Bishopsgate won, Vs. Woodcote won,Vs. St. Andrew’sPangbourne won.

It was hugely pleasing that this is the second year in a row that our under 10 side have been unbeaten.Much of their success came down to the strength in depth within the squad. Jackson ma leading from thefront with a new school record in both the 600m (1m.59.4s) and in the 200m (33.62s), he was unbeatenin both events all season and came a very close 2nd in the district meeting. Boscawen, Field and J.Davieswere also star performers and give us much hope for the future.

B.W.R.H

Rowing

Sunningdale has made the most ofhaving Dorney Lake in close proximityby adding rowing to the busy Thursdayafternoon list of activities. Those who havesigned up to this fantastic sport have all enjoyedthe trips to the lake and learning to scull insingles, quads and the octuple. Assisting withthe coaching has been MrTerry Hunter (fatherof the GB lightweight Olympic gold medalist,Mark Hunter).

A.T.M

Fathers Match1st XI versus Fathers XI

The 2014 crop of 1st XI players hosted theFather’s XI in a 20/20 match.The Fathers wereinserted and set about registering an imposingtotal of 121. The 1st XI’s riposte was shapedaround a match-winning knock from captain,Hardaker. Supported by Silva, Morata and Ex-tras(!), bragging rights from this contest wentexactly where they should go, to the boys!Great fun was had by all, with a fine cricketmatch following a hearty lunch! We look for-ward to much the same next year.

M.P.G

Mothers and Sons TennisSome fabulous tennis was played at the Mothersand sons Tennis.The winners were Beckwith-Moore and his sister Grace. Preston ma and hisaunt and Dyachenko and his mother were thelosing semi-finalists.

G.J.S-B

TheOratory Golf Tournament

The boys had a very nice day at the Oratory Schoolwhere we were invited to play in a golf tournament,the weather was perfect with a lovely course.Therewas some very good golf played while there wassome average golf but nevertheless everybody hada very pleasant day.The boys who took part wereNeuhaus, Marshall-lee, Desmond, Preston Ma. andBuxton. Buxton was awarded the best shot of theday for a drive straight down the 4th fairway.Thegolfing etiquette was very good.The boys all wrotedown their scores and the best four scores wereput forward to a grand total which was 171.Thegreens were very fast and the fairways wereperfect. Buxton got the best individual score with39. Unfortunately we all came up short in the finalprize.The boys really enjoyed themselves and hada very nice day.

Buxton (FormVA)

TennisIt has been a great term for the tennis team as theyhave won every fixture apart from the first (warm-up!)match.The squad has fed the team in its range ofsizes and age groups such that we have had 15 - 20different boys representing the school.We won aclose match against St Andrew's, Pangbourne andthen had a good win againstWoodcote House.Thefixture against Hall Grove was extremely tightindeed and in treacherous low sun and high windconditions. A convincing win against Ludgrovewas followed by a triumphant 8-1 win overWood-cote House (U12/11) to finish.

G.J.S-B

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Leavers 2014The Leavers of 2014 have enjoyed a very busy, fun and happy timetable to end their journey at Sunningdale.Activities have included: a trip to LaVacquerie, Rowing,Sailing, Mountain Biking, Paintballing, Baking Cake Pops, Cooking, Scrapheap Challenge, Cricket,Tennis, Golf, Swimming, Singing Workshop, a lesson in scaryScience, a trip to Brooklands Museum, a Drama Day at Heathfield, Street Dance, Camping and Survival Tips, First Aid Course, Spanish,Warhammer Battle inArt and a day with activities at Horseshoe Lake.We wish them all the best at their next schools.

Art ExhibitionOnce again I was very proud of all the boys,

their art-work looked fantastic and showed

what they are capable of. There was a wide

range of mediums from papier mache bowls

to decorative elephant heads. The boys love

to be able to showcase their work so thank

you to all of you who were able to come.

Through the keyhole was by Klein, The

Gustav Klimt was by Dawson,The Cow was

by Davenport-Thomas and the Flaming bird

and Tree was by Zakhir mi. Still Life was by

Allen and The Compilation was byVA.

A.C.D

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