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Abingdon
News
Chess
Abingdon’s A team defeated Cherwell
School 6-0 in a Region 6 quarter final
of the prestigious National Schools’
Championship. In the Wiltshire Junior Open
Chess Championships, nine boys took part
and all played well. Many congratulations
to Rafi’i Al-Akiti who won the intermediate
section and to Saxon Supple and
Lawrence Putt who were 2nd and 4th in
the beginner section.
Wear a Hat for Brain Tumour Day
Boys and staff sported all kinds of head gear in aid of ‘Wear a Hat Day’ for brain
tumour research. Caps and beanies, an outlandish umbrella and jester hats
were all worn with style and we had a Viking at the helm!
Austin House boarders took enthusiastically to an afternoon of urban bouncing at the
Freedog Trampolining Centre. Following the safety briefing and a quick warm-up, it was
time for most to step up to the challenge of the foam pit... in true competitive spirit, Mr
Ghosh started with some bold front somersaults, quickly followed by some simple ‘bounce
and launch’ from the Golding family. Not to be outdone, the Austin House boys performed
some fantastic mid-air manoeuvres, with Chukuka Okonjo, Dmitry Muravyev and Min
Laohavisit excelling in particular!
MUN awards
17 boys attended the three-day Model United
Nations conference at Magdalen College
School, picking up 11 awards between them.
Congratulations to Scott Elkington, Jamie
Farrow, and William Sheffield who passed
levels 2, 3 and 5 respectively of the ART
Learning the Ropes training course in
bellringing.
Ben Kane spoke to lower school boys,
dressed as a Roman legionary, about the
evolution of the Roman army over the
centuries. After school he spoke to middle
school boys who are studying Rome’s
wars with Carthage as part of their Ancient
History course.
Historical Novelist
Bouncing
Boarders
The CCF came 7th out of 18 teams in the
national final of the Air Squadron Trophy -
an excellent result.
D Day Landing Diorama
The Lower School History Club created
a diorama of the Allied assault on
Hitler’s Atlantic Wall. It shows the British
paratroopers having taken a small Nazi
airfield before the main assault.
Made by: Wilf Searby, Marcus
Bainbridge, Josh Broadbent, Johnnie
Willis-Bund, Tom Russell, Aiden Coster,
Hugo Leedham.
Air Squadron Trophy
Bell Ringing
