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Abingdon
Sport
Boat Club training
on the Thames
Swimming
GB Trials
In November four boys competed
against the top schoolboy rowers in the
country at the first long distance trial for
the Great Britain Junior Rowing Team.
All the boys put in excellent
performances with Tom Digby and
Adam Teece winning the event and
Max Townley and Calum Farwell
finishing in eighth place.
Fencing
Badminton
The third years thoroughly enjoyed
their introduction to sailing course
at the beginning of term.
Sailing
The Sailing Club has had some
excellent results this term with
victories against both
St Edward’s and
Cokethorpe schools.
The badminton team in action
against Bromsgrove
Highlights include a convincing win against Stowe School and a new
county record in the under 15, 4x50m medley relay in our English Schools’
Swimming Association Division. In the Bromsgrove relays the U18 squad
were 1st in the Freestyle final and 2nd in the Medley final and the U15
squad were 2nd and 4th in their finals respectively.
Fencing continued last year’s
impressive performance with wins
against Wellington, Winchester,
Charterhouse and Bradfield. In the
Southern Region Age Group Team
competition, the U14 Epee teams
won gold and bronze and the U18
Epee team also won bronze.
