St Edward's Chronicle April 2018

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CCF Field Weekend

The Field Weekend in March was as lively as ever. Pictured are Michel Mayatskiy mountain biking in the New Forest; Gini Hope and Isabella Sheppard-Capurro about to try the water cannon at RAF Benson; and Cosmo del Mar and Alexander Byas at the Battle of Britain Memorial on London’s Embankment.

Rugby for England Stop press: Cameron King concluded an excellent season on the rugby field with two wins over Ireland playing for England Counties U18 during the Easter break. Below, Cameron wears his first international cap with pride.

Climbing In November, Fourth Form climbers took up their national flags for an end of term competition in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic format, run by Climbing Captain Oliver Ferneyhough. All enjoyed the frantic pace of the speed climbing discipline and then tackled increasingly difficult top-rope routes. Countries represented were: Alexandre Jennison (USA), James Harding (Great Britain), Philipp Yuzhilin (Russia) and Håkon Reinboth (Norway). In March, the Climbing Team took part in the Independent Schools’ Climbing Competition at Big Rock in Milton Keynes, holding their own against the climbing giants of Harrow, Eton and Tonbridge. Oliver Ferneyhough performed particularly well to win the Senior Top-Roping category ahead of some GB junior athletes. Well done to all for some excellent performances and hard work, and huge thanks to coaches Miss Boast and Miss Nelson.