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Fencing
The British Public Schools’ Fencing
Championship at Crystal Palace in
March saw an all-Abingdon final in the
Boys Junior Epee when Jack Dawson
beat Ben Schneider in a closely fought
match. Ben Schneider then triumphed
in the Boys Epee at the Leon Paul Junior
Series in April. Both boys were among
the six Abingdon finalists at the British
Youth Championships in May where Jack
Dawson won a bronze medal.
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Individual Rugby
Achievements
Abingdon’s rugby players have notched
up some notable achievements: Jamie
Pearson played for the England U16
North side at the BMW Wellington
International Festival in April; Jamie Cox
and Sam Telling were selected for Wasps
and London Irish respectively at the
U15 Academy Festival, and both Tom
Kynge and Peter Moore played for the
Oxfordshire U20s in the RFU County finals
in May despite still being only 18.
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A Champion Tennis Season
It was a good tennis season for the School, which won three titles at the Oxfordshire
Independent Schools’ Tennis Championships last term, the U18, U15 and the U14.
The U18s finished 6th out of 16 in the Independent Schools’ League and made it to
the final of the St George’s Tournament for the third successive year. The U14s have
had a particularly good season, winning all their matches and beating Radley, MCS, St
Edward’s, Eton, Wellington, Stowe, Bradfield and Marlborough in the process. And both
U13 pairs reached the last 16 in the National Tournament.
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It was a successful season for all the
School’s cricketers: 68% of games were
won, 24 boys played for Berkshire and
Oxfordshire and the U15As won the
Bunbury County Cup and represented
Oxfordshire in the regional finals.
During the summer holidays, Aadam
Samiullah (Oxon U15s), Soumya Bhadra
(Berks U16/17s) and Alex Davies (Oxon
U17s) all completed centuries in the ECB
County Cup Competition.
Jack Dawson and Ben Schneider
Jamie Pearson
Jamie Cox and
Sam Telling
Cricket
The 1st XI gained valuable pre-season experience when they took part in the
Emirates Arch U19 International Trophy in Dubai and Abu Dhabi last April.
The season itself saw excellent wins over Radley, Stowe, Oratory and MCS.
The Senior tennis squad at their pre-season
training camp at Queenswood School
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