Abingdon News No.40

Abingdon

Sport

Rifle Club

Henry Waterson and Drew Farwell picked up

a host of medals and trophies at the National

Small-bore Rifle Meeting and both boys were

selected for the GB team for an international

postal competition. The Club also enjoyed

considerable success at the Oxfordshire 50

metre competition.

Swimming

The Cross-country Club

had a good term with

boys taking the first three

places at the Sunningwell

10k and finishing

second and third at the

Longworth 10k. Other

highlights were a very

respectable second place

for both the senior and

intermediate teams at the

Harrow 10 Schools Race.

Cross-country

The U18 basketball team won a very exciting

match against Radley – it was decided in the

last three minutes of play.

Rowing

Basketball

15 players competed in England Hockey’s single system, where talented individuals are identified to attend development

centres across the country. Max Carter Keall is through to the first round of selection for the national U16 hockey squad

and Charles Stoker was selected to attend the National Age Group Squad Academies.

The Boat Club made a positive start to the new season. Senior boys had

an excellent trip to Philadelphia for training and racing and strong results

followed in the Fours Head and for the 8 boys who qualified to attend the

Great Britain Junior Trials.

Hockey Successes

The Swimming Club saw all three age groups qualifying for the English

Schools Swimming Association National Relay Finals at the Olympic Pool and

convincing victories over St Edward’s and Stowe. Daniel McNamara also put

in very impressive performances at the ESSA Inter-Divisional Championships.