News archive for September 2010

South of England Road Relay Championship

Tue 28th Sep 2010

South of England Road Relay Championship

Congratulations to Henry Pearce (FH4) who was an integral part in the Tonbridge AC U17 team who won the South of England Road Relay Championship at Aldershot. The team will ...

Mon 27th Sep 2010

Sports Results: Week 3

Harvard and Yale Admissions Visit Tonbridge

Thu 23rd Sep 2010

Harvard and Yale Admissions Visit Tonbridge

International Admissions Tutors from both Harvard and Yale Universities visited Tonbridge on 21st September and addressed a crowd of 470, all anxious to understand the intricacies of the American University ...

OLYMPICS COME TO TONBRIDGE

Tue 21st Sep 2010

OLYMPICS COME TO TONBRIDGE

As the Australian Athletics team makes its final preparations for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, planning for success at the London Olympics are high on the list for administrators ...

Mon 20th Sep 2010

Sports Results: Week 2

Radio 4 play "Men of Hope"

Fri 17th Sep 2010

Radio 4 play "Men of Hope"

Congratulations to Fred Wheadon (WH4) and Matthew Field (CH4) who auditioned and won roles in the Radio 4 play "Men of Hope", written and produced by Paul Watson. The play ...

Wed 15th Sep 2010

Julia Wood History Essay Competition Commendation

Congratulations to Jamie Woollard (WH5) whose essay on Thomas More was commended as one of the best of over 100 entries in the prestigious Julia Wood History essay competition open ...

Youngest Briton to climb Mount Kilimanjaro

Tue 14th Sep 2010

Youngest Briton to climb Mount Kilimanjaro

Congratulations to George Forbes-Nixon (a Manor House Novi) who became the youngest Briton to reach Mount Kilimanjaro’s 5895 metres summit this summer. George and his father, David, made the ascent ...

Tue 14th Sep 2010

County swimming team place awarded

Congratulations to Patrick Ham CH3 for being selected to represent the County swimming team (100m breaststroke individual and relay). He will take part in the inter-county championship gala in October.

Tue 14th Sep 2010

RAF Flying Scholarship

Congratulations to Jolyon Hutchings FH5 for completing his RAF Flying Scholarship during the Summer Holiday; flying solo and being awarded his Wings. Jolyon is promoted to Flight Sergeant and Head ...

Battle of Britain Day

Mon 13th Sep 2010

Battle of Britain Day

15th September is Battle of Britain Day. This year is a particularly significant 70th anniversary of the decisive moment of that battle, which had begun in July 1940, when the ...

Mon 13th Sep 2010

Foyle National Poetry Prizes

Congratulations to Daniel Webb (SH), Joseph McManners (Sc) and Andrew Wynn Owen (SH) who have all won commendations in the 2010 Foyle Young Poets competition run by the Poetry Society. ...

41st International Physics Olympiad

Mon 13th Sep 2010

41st International Physics Olympiad

Congratulations to Matthew Donora (ex WH 2005-10) who achieved a bronze medal at the 41st International Physics Olympiad in Croatia this summer. The British team achieved one Gold, one Silver ...

UK Champion of Discus

Mon 13th Sep 2010

UK Champion of Discus

Congratulations to Matt Blandford (FH2) who won a Gold medal and is therefore UK Champion of Discus with the best throw this year of 45.62m. (Although the championships are called ...

Mon 13th Sep 2010

First Awarded

Congratulations to Dan Carall-Green (ex WH 2001-2006) who got a First in Greats at Magdalen College, Oxford (second best in the University).

Mon 13th Sep 2010

Sports Results: Week 1

Harvard and Yale come to Tonbridge 21st September

Fri 10th Sep 2010

Harvard and Yale come to Tonbridge 21st September

HARVARD AND YALE – MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN YOU THINK An open public talk for all interested in US universities  Tuesday 21st September 2010 7.30pmTonbridge SchoolKentTN9 1JP The International Admissions officers ...