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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