19 abingdon.org.uk Towards the end of term, Lower School pupils competed in an inter-tutor hockey tournament at Tilsley Park. In the First Year, 1P won both A and B strings, followed by 1C and 1M. Second Year saw 2H victorious in both strings, with 2G 2nd and 2V 3rd. Racing in 2025 kicked off on 25 January with the first major head race of the year - Quintin Head. This gave our crews a chance to test themselves against a lot of the top crews in the country as well as put in some practice in London ahead of the Schools Head of the River. Abingdon had four crews racing with the 1st VIII coming in 6th out of 33 crews and the J16 A boat finishing 2nd out of 12. Quintin Head Hockey fun A regal run Sport Abingdon On 29 January, the senior cross country team ran in the 53rd King Henry VIII Relays. The six leg, 3.7km course is run on mixed terrain around War Memorial Park in Coventry. Abingdon’s team was hoping to improve on its 3rd and 2nd place finishes from the past two years but, against a tough opposition, finished 6th overall. The race goes up in quality each year, attracting overseas' teams and those made exclusively of sports scholars. Radley Relays On 11 February the cross country club travelled to Radley College for their annual relays. There were a number of excellent legs run over the muddy two mile course and it was an excellent final tune up race ahead of the ESAA national cup final in March. The Seniors were narrowly beaten into 2nd by Eton and a very young Intermediate team was 2nd to Coppers Company and Coborn School.
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