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4 September 2017 Be the Best Two upper sixth formers shared their journeys to “be the best” with the Lower School. Charlie Quarterman, recently signed by the Luxembourg-based team Leopard Pro Cycling, and Magnus Gregory, pictured, winner of a Junior Sprint World silver medal in K1 canoeing in the 2016 World Championships, spoke about the effort and dedication they have put in to succeed, the need for resilience when things don’t go according to plan, and the importance of the support of friends along the way. Abingdon News National success in Engineering Challenge The hard work and dedication of two teams of Abingdon students has paid off, quite literally, with the announcement of the winners of the Blott Matthews Engineering Challenge for 2017. The high quality of Team Interport 20’s plan for a realistic, mass-transit system, connecting five London airports to the centre of the City, led to the award of joint first prize and £1000 for James Hogge, Ben Wilson, Joe Nash, Rob MacLennan, Patrick McCubbin, Kurt Lee and Peter Wang. Competing against eight other school teams, Abingdon’s second entry, Team Daedalus, also won the third prize of £500 shared between Alex Moss, Tom Shaw, Josh Washington, Bryce Jersing and Noah Williams. In May, Richard Blott and Charles Matthews, both distinguished engineers themselves, visited the school to meet the teams and present their prizes. A Golden Farewell The Bridge Club thanked 2017 leavers Connor Chippendale and Ethan Lo for their dedication to the club, presenting the boys with a pack of ‘solid’ gold cards. Connor was the longest serving member of the club, having started on the very first day of the club as a young first year. Ethan joined in the third year and has overseen the club for the last two years. Lower school boys in the Lego Mindstorms Club experimented with their first robots, programming them to carry out various tasks around the Lower School Houseroom. Young Enterprise Two fourth year teams picked up prizes for: Best Business Plan, Best Use of Online Media and Best Style and Design at the Said Business School where they were the only 4th year teams competing, at county level, in a strong field of lower sixth groups. Lego Mindstorm