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ARTS
8 September 2014
SPORT
The Boat Club
It’s tough at the top and the competition is very steep. Abingdon, who have won the Princess Elizabeth Cup at
Henley Royal Regatta for the past three years, this year had to yield the trophy to Eton, who beat them in the
semi-finals. However, at the National Schools’ Regatta at Nottingham in May, the 1st VIII beat Eton to retain the
cup in the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Championship Eights. Two members of the 1st VIII, Tom Digby and
Henry Lambe, were selected to represent Great Britain in the Junior World Championships held in Hamburg in
August. Henry was selected for the VIII and Tom, at the age of 15, for the coxed IV, which won silver. n
U15 County Cricket
Champions
Playing on their home ground, Abingdon’s
U15 cricketers won the Oxfordshire T/20
County Cricket Championships, beating
Bloxham by 46 runs. With a score of
136, including 38 from Tom Guthrie and
26 from Alexander Sayeed, Abingdon
dismissed Bloxham for 94. n
Golf Finalists
Twenty schools won through to the
finals of the Independent Schools Golf
Association tournament, which were held
at Carnoustie last April. The Abingdon
team of Aman Patel, Charlie Normanton
and Alex Curtis finished in a very creditable
sixth place. Aman and Alex won gold
medals for finishing in the top third of
scorers and Charlie Normanton, narrowly
missing out, won silver. n
Blenheim Triathlon
The two Abingdon teams that entered the
Blenheim Triathlon on 8 June achieved
spectacular results being placed 3rd
and 9th out of an entry of 352 teams.
Their times were 1.08.34 and 1.13.34
respectively. Michael Esnouf competed
the swim in 9.13, recording the fastest
non-elite time of the weekend. Alex
Fanshawe, competing in the junior elite
category, completed his event in a time of
1.16.30. n
Tom Digby