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Gold at the Mercers Schools’ ‘Olympics’
Abingdon First-formers were overall winners of the Mercers’ ‘Olympics’ held at Dauntsey’s
in May having won two of the three events – the pentathlon and the tennis. In the
pentathlon, Thomas Butcher won the 800m, Matthew Coleman the high jump and
Alexander Moss the long jump, which helped put them in overall first place. In the tennis,
the Abingdon pairs dominated their matches to win the gold medal. The event was
rounded off with a combined 12 x 100 m relay won by the Abingdon squad. n
Rain Didn’t Always Stop Play
Despite challenging competition from the rain, Abingdon teams played some excellent cricket
last season. The 1st XI notched up notable victories against two visiting teams from Australia,
Carey Grammar School and Scotch College, Gregor Hearn scoring a century against Scotch
College. The U15As only lost two matches all season, one of them to Tonbridge in the
semi-final of the Lord’s Taverners’ SE Regional Final. Soumya Bhadra scored 106 in their
match against Cokethorpe. Among the season’s other noteworthy events were the U15Bs
unbeaten record and Seb Hickman, in the U14As, who achieved 5 for 1, including 5 in 5 balls,
in the match against Bartholomew School. n
Tennis
A successful tennis season saw Abingdon’s
senior pairs come second at the St George’s
Weybridge Pairs Tournament – Giles
Waterson and Joel Morris winning through to
the final before losing to Reed’s, and Freddie
Locock-Harrison and Peter Honey getting
to the semi-final before being knocked out
by RGS Guildford. At the Independent
Schools’ Tennis Tournament Abingdon’s
junior pairs – George Jefferys and Ed Green,
and Alex Skelly and Jake Windsor-Lewis –
came second in the final groups after a run
of fine victories.
In the School’s own singles tournament, the
Buckley Cup, Giles Waterson in the Fifth year
won the title for the third year running. n
British Junior
National Sailing
Champion
William Dolin is the British Junior
National Sailing Champion. In
competition with a fleet of 105 other
dinghies, he came 1st in the Juniors
and 5th overall at the RS Feva British
National Championships in Torquay over
the Jubilee weekend and was selected
to represent Great Britain at the World
Championships. n