The Abingdonian 2019

78 The Abingdonian Following another wonderful set of public examination results, the boys started the year in great spirits and it wasn’t long before the first house competition was upon us in the shape of the House Singing Competition. Following the slight disappointment of just missing out on the podium the previous year, there was a buzz of confidence surrounding this year’s piece. The catchy hit Don’t Stop Believin ’ from the TV series Glee, with a brief guitar solo – what could possibly go wrong?! A huge thank you to Andy Zhang, Oliver Breach, Toby Rowles, John Allen and David Bunn for their help and contributions to this year’s competition. There were some outstanding performances across the course of the year in the inter-house sports competitions. Once again, our U18 team of Matthew Bell, Robert Smith, Thomas Symington and Daniel Wilmot took home full points on the ergo, before the U15 quad of Freddie Badcock, Oliver Muller, Oskar Muller and Jamie Wright completed the rowing double, winning on the water in the Summer Term. There were also great wins on the badminton courts and football field for the fifth years who also finished first across the whole of the year – we look forward to seeing their continued contributions in the sixth form! Overall, the house finished a very respectable second across the whole year with the hope to go one better in 2019/20. I would also like to pay tribute to all of our outgoing Upper Sixth students – they have been a simply fantastic year group. Not only have they been incredibly successful and consistent in their academic endeavours and results, but House Reports Austin House