Tuesday 1st September 2009
International Olympiad in Informatics: Deryck Chan (ex JH) achieved a bronze medal in the finals held in August.
New Zealand Cricket: Maurice Holmes (ex WW 2003-08) was flown out to Sri Lanka this summer to bowl at members of New Zealand cricket team based on the strength of his nets bowling during the ICC World Twenty20.
Cricketer Cup: Won by OT Cricket Club for a record 14th time beating Repton Pilgrims in the final.
Shooting – Bisley 2009: Paul Lanigan (ex Sc) had an outstanding Summer both at Bisley and Canada:
• At Bisley in July he became the only person to have ever won ALL 4 major Individual trophies during the Schools meeting in the same year. In the Spencer Mellish (Champion of Champions) Paul won the tie shoot. Tonbridge last won this trophy in 1938. He was competing against 650 cadets from all around the UK.
• He represented Ireland Adults in the National Match, at the same time he represented GB Cadets against Canada
• He was introduced to HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, along with the other Junior Internationals, at a special audience at Frogmore House, Windsor
• In Canada Paul was appointed Captain of the Great Britain Cadet Rifle Team against Canada, also the Great Britain U25 team against the USA. Paul’s team won all 5 of their matches against Canada, in the Michael Faraday match Paul was top scorer with the only maximum score of 105/105 at 300, 500 & 600 yds, in the International Match against USA he was joint top scorer with a maximum score of 50/50 at 1000yds.
Paul has now been shortlisted for the Great Britain U19 team to South Africa next Easter.
Shooting – Topham Trophies 2009
Junior: Theo Dodds (WW)
Senior: Paul Lanigan (Sc)
King’s College, London: George Legg (ex Sc 2001-06) has graduated with a first class honours degree in English from King’s College, London. He was also awarded the Levison Prize for the highest mark in his subject and, in addition, won the Adam Prize in Humanities for the student who attains the highest level of distinction in the final year leading to a BA in a Humanities subject. He will now go on to take an M.Phil at Trinity College, Dublin.