APS News 18

20 September 2018 Abingdon Prep Prizegiving and House News Special Awards: The Governors’ Prize for all round involvement in the School: Harvey. The Savin Cup for academic achievement in the end of year public exams: Tom Wo. The Abingdon Award for most outstanding academic results: Thomas and Tom R. Peer Cup chosen by Y8: Rahul. Vaux Cup for supreme effort: Valentino Subject Prizes & Awards: Art : Xander, Sacha. CDT: Milo, Alex. English: Clem. Geography: George, French: Tom P, Freddie History: Valentino. ICT: Harrison. Latin: Ludo, Tom W. Music: Tom R. Maths: Johnny, Jamie S. RE: Thomas. Science: Jamie W. Post-exam Projects: Harry, Harvey, and Oran. The Music Award: Josef The Drama Award: Hugo Backstage Technical Awards: Harry, Oran, Oliver and Ruairidh. House Merit Cup This was won with a total of 12,673 merits and house points for the year by Griffin! Y8 Special Awards and Subject Prizes Sporting Awards The following awards were made at the end of the year prizegiving ceremony: Prior Cup for Sportsman of the Year: Will. Junior Sportsman of the Year: Finn. Anderson Cup for Cricket: Ben and Dylan. APS Athletics Award: Billy. APS Cross-Country Award: Johnny. APS Football Award: Harry and Charlie. APS Golf Award: Oliver. APS Hockey Award: Lucas. APS Swimming Award: Alex and Christopher. Belvedere Shield for Rugby: Henry. Cricket All-Rounder Cup: George and Amar. Young Blades Fencing Award: Edward. Team Most Improved Most Outstanding Under 8s Michael Zayaan Under 9s Leon Charlie Under 10s Ollie Luke Under 11s Henry William Under 12s Harry Todd Under 13s Valentino Cricket Awards In summer term we celebrate cricketing endeavour. The ‘Most Outstanding Player’ naturally comes from the 1st XI of each year. The ‘Most Improved Player’ can come from any team in each age group. Earlier in the week, the House Captains and Vice- Captains who will lead their Houses towards the trophy in 2018-19 were announced (below).