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January 2012
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Swimming Records
Just five years after the start of competitive
swimming at the School, four Abingdon
swimmers – Adrian Au, Michael Esnouf,
Nicholas Whitehead and Luke Teh – qualified
for places in the national finals of the 4 x 50
freestyle relay and the 4 x 50 medley relay at
the English Schools’ Swimming Association
national championships. They set school
records for both events on the day.
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Rowing
With 11 boys in GB teams last summer,
Abingdon maintains its record of having
produced more GB oarsmen over the last
decade than any other school. There were
also two OAs, Max Gander and George
Rossiter in GB teams at the Under 23 World
Championships. Both won bronze medals.
At half term, 18 oarsmen went to Philadelphia
to train on the Schuylkill River and to take part
in the Head of The Charles Regatta where the
VIII came 11th out of 77 crews.
At the Fours Head of the River on the Tideway,
the Junior IV came a strong second to Eton
and the Junior Quad crew came 17th out of 47
crews.
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Abingdon news
World Polocrosse
Championships
Henry Christiansen was a member of the
winning GB Pony Club team at the Polocrosse
World Cup last July. Later in the summer he
competed in South Africa as a member of
the medal-winning Junior British Tent Pegging
Team. He has just been awarded a scholarship
by the UK Polocrosse Association to play in
Australia next year.
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SPORT
River-borne in the USA
At the Fours Head
of the River