The Carthusian

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THE Volume 43/3 2018

2018 Volume 43/3

CONTENTS Editorial

2

Letters

5

Miscellaneous & Writing

6

Carthusian Interview DMITRY TERTYCHNYY

14

OC Interview CHIARA STEPHENSON

20

Interview THE HEADMASTER

24

Brooke Hall Valete and page 117

27

Brooke Hall Salvete

35

Music and page 120

39

Drama

50

Artifex and page 123

63

Art

71

Design Technology

76

Sport and page 127

79

Expeditions & CCF

99

Obituaries

114

Editors: C Pethick (g), AH Stacpoole, JTT Poon (S), TTS Lam (H), JWG Stocks, HGA le Feber Robertson (S), ONH Chan (S), JK Hodson (W), SJS Troy (G), NL Jewa (S), M Goriaev (B), BSY Wong, (G) Pupil Photographer: Luis Enriquez (g) Editor: Mark Blatchly Design & Photography: Roger Smeeton Sport: Nick Beasant with special thanks to Margaret Mardall (OC Recorder) & Catherine Smith (Archivist) THE CARTHUSIAN, CHARTERHOUSE, Godalming, Surrey GU7 2DX

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wanting will intensify. It will be best to ease their load if possible. As for the world at large, it really would be nicer for everyone if it were

EDITORIAL

nicer for everyone – which, obviously, would mean that all of ‘us’ should (but probably never will) resolve to get by on a lot less. Wisdom is not really transferrable; we all learn the hard way. The hard way should be re-named ‘the way’, or perhaps just ‘the’.

Probably.... Three Ages

Play & Work Forgetfully Wonder ‘I was not so much interested in facts themselves as in the importance

At 20 we are sure we know everything: at 40 that we know nothing,

they had for my imagination.’ – LP Hartley

and at 60 that it does not really matter.

‘Britain, France, Italy, Japan.’ These four permanent members of the

As it approaches the age of maximum certainty – and let’s face it, the

Council of the League of Nations are among the handful of things the

world would be a lot nicer and safer with less of that – this modern

average beak might remember from his schooldays – that, and the

era incarnation of The Carthusian may have to be forgiven a little

entire starting line-up of the Newcastle United team in the 1995-6

sententiousness.

season... and the staggering despondency engendered on 3rd April

These XI things we think we know.

1996 when Stan Collymore crashed a winner past a despairing Pavel

Always to deal as gently and graciously as possible with others – for

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all heat is heat, and it burns indiscriminately.

he should have been revising for his A-levels.

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Is this depressing? After all, ‘a man’s life is no more than to say one.’

give us a Nasty Surprise. As long as this NS was not of our making,

Long after you close your A4 ring binder, store away your tablets,

to be upset by it is to score an own-goal. Own-goals are not even

take down your ‘Keep Mum she’s not so dumb’ posters and tuck in

that much fun during the ‘whirled carp’.

your last chair, most of what has transpired within the hashroom walls

We are the words we use. Schools especially should eschew jargon

will quickly be obliterated from memory.

– but are probably more a prey to it than many other organisations,

Yes – schools promote a love of learning, try to inspire a yearning

because of the numinous nature of education.

for knowledge and understanding, attempt to coax pupils into the

It needs no Bruce Chatwin to tell us that we can work through

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our problems when walking: regular doses leaven even the most

get force-fed on the training courses – but always there lurks that

sedentary work better than visits to a gymnasium, which are

constant dark presence in the room, usually shaped by the question

dispiriting precisely because they show us how unnatural our lives

‘is this going to be in the exam?’ And after said exam there may follow

have become.

a scene of wanton destruction: ‘students’ burning notes, chucking

Our computerised gadgets should serve us, but mostly (so far) they

folders into bins, cleansing themselves of the whole experience – of

have bossed or enslaved us. It may be too late to do anything about

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this. If ‘smart’ phones are so toxic that young people have them

even ‘Britain, France, Italy, Japan’ will be stored for some imaginary

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future pub quiz.

– and not just for the young.

Step into the blue yonder, however, with Mallory Group – and your

We should think for ourselves and have good reasons for everything

education will have a permanent stamp. An expedition to Yearlings’

we do – and not mind explaining them cheerfully to those who

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question. If we embody the virtues we seek to promote, they need

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not be advertised.

– connects you with the hundreds of Carthusians who have camped

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quickly: gathering the necessary facts for safe and useful answers

up Aran Fawddwy... all the while listening to Rog enthusing about

can be boring – but, as with mucking out an old drawer, something

sheep farming, tank traps and lark song. And there won’t be a

unexpected will turn up: could be fun.

single participant who ever forgets the experience. Memories will be

We should indeed love people – but not feel bad that this can be an

treasured and talked about for years to come.

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Perhaps those Carthusians might take their own families camping,

We should avoid insincerity, and beware of charm and charming

all because of a two-day trip back when life was simpler, cares were

people. There will always be a few who seem to want things to be

abandoned and the biggest decisions to be made were whether to

horrible. (They have their reasons.) When they are stressed, this

go spicy or mild at the Dolgellau curry house.

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The same point can be made about those walkers yomping from

analysis’ that can obsess our minds; it nurtures a genuine and lasting

Brighton to Charterhouse in the last week of CQ, or the Duke of

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Edinburgh participants, or the football team scoring a last minute

of the Positive Psychology movement in the United States, have

winner on Agar’s Plough at Eton. We embrace and treasure such

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experiences.

that the most enduring happiness stems from compassion.

The Carthusian does not preach, but it has been prone to making

As Dr Martin Luther King Jr illustrates through the example of the

sweeping statements without any evidence whatsoever – so let

good Samaritan, such altruism is also strong, even dangerous: ‘the

us boldly draw some ill-thought out conclusion to this meandering

true neighbour will risk his position, his prestige and even his life

stream of consciousness. Maybe it’s time to power down the laptop,

for the welfare of others.’ This strength to face adversity is founded

get outside and do something. Otherwise you might not remember

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much in the years to come.

to listen to them – and is the cornerstone of successful leadership PU HU` ÄLSK 1PT 9VOU ^OVT The Washington Post described as

To be experienced, not taught The Value of Kindness

‘one of a new breed of super salesmen,’ even made his millions from sharing such advice with corporate giants like Sony, AT&T and Standard Oil. Valuing kindness is not a new idea, though: thinkers as diverse as

Also: good will, favour, friendliness. (OED)

Aesop, Jesus, Mark Twain and Ellen DeGeneres have celebrated

In Robert Frost’s most haunting poem, the narrator expresses

the power of compassion. And yet it is an idea so easily forgotten in

a sense of isolation more terrifying than death: ‘I have it in me so

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much nearer home / To scare myself with my own desert places.’

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equate kindness with weakness. Schools must surely seek to

the tendency of the teenage brain to introspection.

educate against the risk of solipsism and aggression, and kindness

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is crucial in that endeavour.

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Assessments in altruism? Timetabled altruism hashes? Need we

especially in education. In its focus on others rather than on

such gimmicks? No.

ourselves, kindness leads us away from the isolating ‘paralysis of

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Photograph by Jamie Marmion (B)

kindness U -VUKULZZ HќLJ[PVU VY love for someone or something.

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likely to be kind, if they see kindness modelled by those around them.

can be present and at once absent. And this is how it goes; it’s

Although opportunities to discuss these ideas are important, it is also

good and bad.

easier for pupils to practise acts of sympathy than to ruminate on it

The weather vanes on S, V, G chart upper airs; loftily they always

in theoretical hashroom sessions. To begin with these actions need

disagree. Their towers change shape as walking you look up from

not be directed towards individuals; cleaning the buttery, planting a

Green’s far edge: now squat and massive – now so slender, steeply

memorial garden for the fallen soldiers of Charterhouse and raising

roofed. As tall they stand in evening’s glow (see how it fades from

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palest blue to purple black) these towers appear to sail in force aslant

motivations, which may sprout roots.

the gathering dusk.

It is, after all, in reaching out to others that we realise we are not

Where Big Ground gives on Godge are short, blank, vacant avenues

alone. As in moments of compassion, there is, in the composition

of trees. Leading nowhere, they are nonetheless themselves. Stop

and reading of Frost’s bleak lines above, a shared experience that

where light is seen through Founder’s Tower; its herringbone’s now

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echoed on the new Stinks crowns. These things you notice, if you look: imagining, but rooted here. Rose, wisteria, Bargate stone –

Look Here! Absentes Adsunt

SH]LUKLY HUK VHRZ! [OLZL HYL I\[ ZVTL VM *OHY[LYOV\ZL»Z ÅV^LYZ In Chapel, shadows on the top row wall are shades of those long gone – and shades of us. To look along, across, from mid to end,

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shows spaces vastly bare. We all are lucky to be here, for sure – and

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when we’re gone, we’ll still be here... the more for having dreamed,

distant Godge exotic: a hill town in the south of France, perhaps.

when here, of being not.

The CQ view from Colonel Hughes’s bench – now cluttered by much

Look up the slope on Northbrook: hope for trees ere long to shade

roguish greenery – is rainy forest, dank and dark.

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Morning contrails over Green remind us we are here – busy driving

merry charivari – architectural harlequin of borrowed themes: oof,

from BH to CDR or cutting across the grass because our time is

that detail... also that! And now look east to see the moon behind the

precious, stumbling in sorrowful crouch with ‘smart’ phone held

towers – then south to see the loveliest sight of all: the single beech.

up (praesentes absunt) like a mirror or a tarot card – while others

It’s been here all this while, and much the same – and will remain if

course away so urgently. Be here, or be you somewhere else. We

only in our memory, tyde what may.

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LETTERS

The real value of these phones might be felt in improved communica[PVU ^P[O VUL HUV[OLY OHK [OL` THKL \Z TVYL LѝJPLU[ ¶ ^OPJO [OL` certainly have not. The cameras are pretty good, though. Faithfully, Kernel Brandname

Better than we thought Sports casual Dear Sir,

Sweating it Wrapped in Plastic

I’d just been whiling away the last few hours in Brooke Hall in my

Dear Sir,

usual somewhat louche manner – lamenting the absence of the

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Daily Star and making casual and ill-thought out comments on

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French industrial practices – when I came upon last year’s letter from

healthy option any more?

the longest serving beak [Letters, vol. 43 no. 2], in which he emits

‘Super’-‘markets’ do well to charge us for carrier bags, but why are

disappointment at the number of tracksuited beaks around the place.

most of the things we put in these bags still wrapped in so much

Well I drew myself up to my full height, straightened out my school

plastic? Apart from the horrible thought of ingesting micro-plastic to

supplied shorts, zipped up my blue training top with the pink lining

become, by and by, plastic cyborgs – it generally takes about 12

and turned my baseball cap around the right way. To say I was

minutes to unwrap the shopping when you get home: a miserable

outraged is an understatement. I’d have erupted, but for the strong

mono-xmas experience, if you will.

smell of Deep Heat, which was acting as a strong impediment to

We have all gone mad already – and the adult world has less right

my anger mechanism. Anyway I got together all the ‘lads’ and after

than ever (having made such a mess of things) to criticise the young

some typically unwarranted ‘sports banter’ we decided to commit

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our dismay to paper.

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Feast. And to hear that we’re frowned upon, when we’re trying to talk

Dear Sir,

through our recent golf rounds while munching through a Jammie

Though the latest phone cameras are not just ‘pretty good’ but in

Dodger (washed down with a cup of builder’s tea), is hurtful.

fact excellent, have people got any better at taking well composed

We may look like a weird cult; we may appear to be a clique; we may

pictures?

sit with our legs too far apart. But we all just want an arm around the

Yours, yours,

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Matt Mahler (M)

“We didn’t underestimate them,” said Bobby Robson. “They were a lot better than we thought.” The next time you see a beak in a tracksuit, spare a thought for his lack of alternative clothing options and maybe give his arm a squeeze. Or ask him about that ridiculous penalty at the weekend. There’s bound to have been at least one. Barry McShellsuit and the sports clique

Obsolescence Stating the Obvious Dear Sir, When we all gather in Chapel, we pack about a million pounds’ worth of mobile phones. Never mind the money – how much freer would

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would get worked to death. Born on 29th May 1929 in Ambud, a small village near Satu Mare in Romania into an Orthodox Jewish family, Leslie Kleinman had

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four brothers and three sisters; his father was a Rabbi. The family’s peaceful world was disrupted when Satu Mare was occupied by Hungary in 1940. In 1944 his father was imprisoned in a concentration camp. He remembers his mother’s tears on that day, and how his father was telling him that he would be back. It was heart-breaking to hear that his father was killed in Auschwitz-

Need for Reason

Birkenau, when it was thought that he was digging trenches on the

32nd Sir Robert Birley Memorial Lecture The Role of Judges

eastern front. In April 1944 the family was forced to leave their home for a ghetto, where they were held for a month.

Two days before returning to Charterhouse to deliver his lecture,

At the end of 1944 Mr Kleinman was sent on a death march to

The Rt Hon The Lord Mance (R 61) had been sworn into the new

Sachsenhausen – and then on to Flossenbßrg concentration camp,

position of Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United

where he stayed for approximately three weeks.

Kingdom, having previously held the role of one of the ten Justices of

From there, he and the remaining prisoners were sent on a second

the Supreme Court. The creation of the Supreme Court – the highest

death march towards Dachau. During the march, while they were in

court in the United Kingdom – has been described by Lord Mance as

a forest, all the Nazis disappeared; Leslie Kleinman was liberated by

a ‘back of an envelope plan’; its evolution and the role of its members

American troops. One of the soldiers arranged for him to be sent to

was the focus for his lecture.

an American-run hospital where he spent the next two months; he

The developing responsibility of the Supreme Court conducted within

was then sent to a monastery for a further six months of recuperation.

an informal atmosphere of learned debate, has been the bedrock

During this time he learnt that his sister, who had been selected for

on which the judges have been able to build the authority of the

work at Auschwitz-Birkenau, had died soon after his liberation.

Court. Lord Mance discussed in philosophical terms the nature of

‘For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.’ (Elie Wiesel)

deliberation for those involved in making legislation, and for those who are obliged to interpret it. Having established the context of his work, Lord Mance went on to consider the legitimacy of judges given their unelected status and

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their responsibility to apply the best values of the society in which

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we all live. He observed that it is all too easy to take the side of the

trip to the historic city of Valladolid – the home of successful poets,

majority, and he explained the importance of allowing argument and

authors, and Christophers (Columbus being the most well-known,

counter-argument to explore all perspectives; this is why the Justices

of course). Said to be the best place to learn ‘proper Spanish’, the

need to debate in a collegiate and independent-minded environment.

city gave us plenty of time and freedom to immerse ourselves in its

Indeed – following some excellent questions posed by the Second

culture, though whether or not all our group quite made the most of

Year Specialists who managed to pick up on a range of very

such fantastic opportunities is to be questioned.

interesting nuances in the lecture – Lord Mance shared his pleasure

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in the beauty of logic and reasoning, rather than in the outcome.

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Lord Mance was keen to note that judges are imperfect; he was also

old crying enthusiasts, distracted pilots, etc), and when we arrived

quick to observe that he could not think of a suitable alternative.

we were greeted with fair weather, plenty of MadrileĂąos and pearl-

Those present were unequivocal that the Supreme Court and the

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country as a whole are amply well served by the weight of Lord

were eating tapas and being guided around the city of Segovia in

Mance’s intellect.

the post-siesta sunlight, which by now had lost its ferocity and lay,

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docile and dormant, on the side of La Mujer Muerta: a mountain

Bearing witness Leslie Kleinman

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Getting to know the story of Leslie Kleinman – a survivor of the

we rolled on towards Valladolid.

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During our visit we stayed in a clean, comfortable and conveniently-

Jews died in concentration camps. The conditions were horrible.

placed hotel in the centre – our rooms spread throughout the eight

If you were not killed by the cyanide-based pesticide Zyklon B, you

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boring old English.

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The week’s activities enforced cultural diversity, diversion from our

During the last week of OQ we were delighted to welcome Mrs Jan

usual mischievous antics, and copious amounts of diversiĂłn. Our

Hepworth (Head of Spanish at Winchester College) who brought

daily intensive Spanish ‘lessons’ (apparently hashes aren’t a thing in

joy and intrigue to the annual 2YS Spanish dinner with a fascinating

Spain‌) pushed us to make use of the target language as much as

lecture on La Movida Madrileùa – a cultural movement following

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the death of Franco in 1975, in which Spanish people began to

practice for the LQ mock exams. Over the course of the week we

explore questions of identity, sexuality and morality in the context

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of their new-found freedom in a new and increasingly progressive

museums (of varying interest to the group), the Santiago BernabĂŠu

society released from the shackles of oppressive dictatorship. This

Stadium (top priority for 90% of the pupils) and one ancient-looking,

counter-cultural movement saw the rise of some of Spain’s most

yet still functioning, local cinema. One of the highlights was watching

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the local rugby team – nicknamed ‘Quesos’ (‘Cheeses’) on account

AlmodĂłvar). We explored the surprising remnants of censorship still

of their dairy sponsor – conquer a somewhat unpopular squad from

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rapid changes had on the Spanish people. With a dinner of authentic

was the seat-melting, thigh-scorching, chorizo-frying Spanish sun.

Spanish tapas, paella and wine, the evening could not have been

Furthermore, we had the chance, later in the week, to have a few

more enjoyable. Miss Aguado, Head of Modern Languages, gave a

games of padel, the tennis-squash crossover sport, little-known here

few words of thanks to her fellow Spanish beaks and to her pupils.

in Blighty, that so many Spaniards of (almost) all ages seem to be

We must thank Miss Aguado for her unfailing energy and passion

incredibly good at.

both in the hashroom and in every part of the life of the Department;

Valladolid 2017 was a truly enjoyable trip with plenty of laughs and

we are sure that she will already be planning another excellent series

unforgettable cultural experiences, along with a smattering of hard

of lectures for the year ahead.

work in the build-up to exam season.

Henry le Feber Robertson (S)

Yasmin Broersma (H) & Johnny Stocks (S)

Una Aventura Hispana Spanish Lectures Throughout OQ the Spanish Department ran a fantastic series of lectures for Specialist Pre-U and IB Spanish pupils. The presentations, each about an hour in length and delivered in Spanish by a member of the Department, focused on contemporary issues in the Hispanic world, and on cultural questions of arts and heritage. Each lecturer led us on a highly researched and insightful exploration into topics rarely covered in the hashroom, and truly allowed us to appreciate the beauty and magic of the subject we study. The year began with a whistle-stop tour of Salvador DalĂ­ and Joan MirĂł, two geniuses of the Surrealism art movement. It was full of bizarre tales and stories of their strangest works and quirks. Mr Allen then talked to us about ‘El Boom Literario Latinoamericano’ which took place during the 60s in South America. Key pioneers of the movement include Gabriel GarcĂ­a MĂĄrquez – the Colombian writer whose writing belongs to a genre sometimes called Magical 9LHSPZT HUK ^OVZL [L_[Z HYL Z[\KPLK ^P[O NYLH[ HŃœLJ[PVU I` THU` Carthusians. Next, Miss Alonso gave a heartfelt talk delving into the controversial and cultural topic of the ‘gitanos’ (gypsies) of Spain, ^OV MVY JLU[\YPLZ OH]L Z\ŃœLYLK KPZJYPTPUH[PVU (M[LY [OPZ +Y )H\NUPL[ gave us his take on the current brewing situation in Gibraltar, with tensions at all-time high following the Brexit vote. Towards the end of OQ, Mr Brennan talked about La Guerra Civil EspaĂąola with personal tales and a detailed account of a topic that typically causes confusion ILJH\ZL VM P[Z JVTWSL_P[PLZ Âś UV[HIS` [OL JH\ZLZ VM [OL JVUĂ…PJ[ HUK

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Mewn pob daioni y mae gwobr Dale Fort CQ 18 There isn’t much way to express how beautiful Wales is, except in Esperanto: Kimrio estas bela. ;OPZ ^HZ H ]LY` JVTWHJ[LK IPVSVN` Ă„LSK [YPW! ^L ULLKLK [V SLHYU HSS HIV\[ LJVSVN` HUK Ă„UPZO V\Y 0( PU[LYUHS HZZLZZTLU[ Ă„YZ[ KYHM[ ^P[OPU a few days. Sitting in the classroom and not moving around was kind of boring too; the beautiful scenes of the Dale Fort seaside (near 4PSMVYK /H]LU PU 7LTIYVRLZOPYL ZH]LK H SV[ VM \Z MYVT ZUVYPUN VŃœ [OL lessons. On the other hand, saltmarsh treading was more interesting. Though most of us got trapped in the sinking mud, we still managed to collect all the data required and make colourful graphs. The day before we left, we awoke at 6 am to collect data on the beaches when the tide was low. Dragging our sullen bodies, we

managed to get to our destination. Darkness had not surrendered to the light, yet sunlight had already glittered and danced over the surface. Waves lapping onto our legs, seaweeds drifting in the sea, we were counting samples on the rocky shores. It was satisfying to see Photographs by Peter Bagley

the scattering colours on the sky when it was sunset – with illuminated clouds beneath the ethereal glow. It reminded us that we were, after all, out of school, and should have some time relaxing ourselves. Heading back to School, I was both down and relieved. Down because I was going to miss the fantastic scenes in Dale Fort; relieved, because I would not be facing another IA for a while. Jade Poon (S)

On the subject, not about himself.... Jacob Rees-Mogg

LT

OQ 17

which hurtled at him. Some were challenging; some were loaded. They ranged from the need to get young people into politics to the more expected questions on Brexit. All his answers were backed

On a frigid night in late November Beveridge Society welcomed the

with impressively detailed evidence.

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Mr Rees-Mogg was a far more interesting and accomplished speaker

from the sheer volume of applause, he began to talk about what

even than his reputation had led us to expect. The bar for speakers in

Britishness is and what it means.

the future has certainly been raised.

Marcus Savage (P)

Speakers generally draw on their own life experiences, but Jacob Rees-Mogg took the audience back to the signing of the Magna Carta. Citing such minute detail as the change from ‘freeman’ to ‘free man’, he built the case that British identity has grown from the

The Impresario’s Perils Organising Plugged

legalism of over 800 years ago. On the foundations of his argument

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perseverance, motivation, connections, and, above all, luck. Besides,

makes the British British: a free people, and a mediating people. The

you ought to be talented too.

British did not follow the radical republican models of the continent,

I’ve only aspired to make my life revolve around music for less than a

nor did they choose to entrust their country to a single absolute

year, and yet I’ve already done as much as I can to make it happen.

monarch – but instead chose consent as their governing tenet.

One of the things I knew had to be done was to add a concert to the

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already packed calendar of LQ. I wanted it, other musicians wanted

seemed to pass in only 5 or 10 minutes – and he outdid himself

it, potential audience members wanted it, but nobody seemed

when it came to answering the variety and profusion of questions

bothered enough to do it. Nonetheless, I knew it would be invaluable

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experience for the future.

adrenaline than the last – and contrastingly mellow piano-vocal duets

So I took up the job, and what a job it was.

punctuated the chaos.

Organising a concert from scratch with very little help and experience

Fingers and voices worked wonders – and all this was thanks to the

really isn’t something I recommend you try, especially with dreaded

imagination and organisation of Louis Thomson (S). The atmosphere

GCSEs looming. Sorting and playing in half of the acts, learning

was perfect.

Henry le Feber Robertson (S)

graphic design to make a poster, arranging the stage and lights: I had [V KV P[ HSS 3H[L KYVW V\[Z MYVT JLY[HPU HJ[Z KPŃ?J\S[ YLQLJ[PVU L THPSZ to hopeful auditionees, and a last-minute change to the running order (the drummer can’t perform very well if he’s in the bathroom) only

The Big Apple – city of freedom, hope and fun

added to the stress and fun of it all.

New York OQ 17

I’m already looking forward to doing it all again next year.

Well, in actual fact, Manhattan isn’t that big – and we certainly

Louis Thomson (S)

breakfast destination. In terms of freedom, we were on a School

Rapture Plugged

didn’t see many apples in the unhealthy Speedy CafÊ, our gourmet

Concert Hall

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trip so you can imagine the extent of liberty we actually had – and our hopes of ever being anything close to a successful artist

This year a new competitor for the title ‘Charterhouse’s best pupil-

were crushed by the realisation (in visiting so many art galleries)

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of how many talented and spectacular artists there are already in

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the world.

Carthusians the opportunity to express their musical emotions

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through the wilder Rock genre. Several gruelling auditions were held

stations, our shepherds – Miss Pinkney, Mr Monkman, Mrs Orson

– but on the night only an elite few could step up onto Concert Hall’s

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makeshift stage.

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At nine o’clock sharp on Wednesday 7th February the music began.

and not only in the museums. Having the insight of four such talented

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artists on the actual art itself was helpful: we all learned something

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new about even the most famous paintings.

listeners. Alas, no chairs had been provided. The concert had a

Whether it was the jet-lag or the pure thrill of being in the concrete

vast diversity of incredible numbers – music from Arctic Monkeys to

jungle, we were certainly not lacking in fun – and, as traumatic as a trip

Adele, all of it performed by pupils. Group after group rocked up to

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the stage (pun not intended), each seeming to have more noise and

wouldn’t have preferred anything else.

Margherita O’Connor (W)

The party for the new boys

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Resurrecting Farm Chickens & Bees Soc Charterhouse Chickens & Bees Society has been happy to welcome chickens and bees to the picturesque Gownboys Garden. C & B Soc (masterin-charge: Mr James) has resurrected Charterhouse Farm – defunct for more than 20 years. (S[OV\NO J\YYLU[S` ^L OH]L VUS` Ä]L JOPJRLUZ HUK two hives, we hope to expand. This has been a great experience for all members of our society from IVthMVYTLYZ [V @:Z >L OH]L HSS YLHWLK [OL ILULÄ[Z VM looking after and keeping the chickens and bees, whilst also developing our entrepreneurial skills by selling the produce of Farm: we are selling our LNNZ [V TLTILYZ VM )YVVRL /HSS ÄYZ[ ILMVYL ZLSSPUN to parents and friends of Charterhouse. Morgan Clarke (Remove, W) has this to say: “I decided to join because I was really interested in learning how to look after animals. It has been a great chance to meet new people. The business side also appeals to me as I am interested in entrepreneurship.” Do follow us on Instagram: @Charterhouse_farm. Lydia Fernandez (g – Director of Marketing, C & B Soc)

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For the Fallen Ypres CQ 18

language of Dutch. The Cathedral was like a music box, holding our singing and polishing our notes as we sang.

It is not an everyday thing to go to Ypres and sing. In fact, this trip was

Of course, we were not allowed to stay in the Cathedral forever.

too short for us choristers to appreciate the beautiful monuments in

Under the Menin Gate, where the sky fell, we were performing in

the place. We – a selected small group of singers – were lucky enough

front of a huge crowd: here everyone paid full attention to our singing.

to travel to this small corner of Belgium to sing for the fallen Charter-

Trumpets blew, speeches were made, we sang: it was especially

house soldiers who fought and died in the First World War.

touching when a little boy was led to lay down a wreath for the dead,

St Martin’s Cathedral was a total stun. The high Gothic walls and

including for the 700 fallen Carthusians. This act represented the

majestic altar with hundreds of candles immediately took away our

intention that all generations shall not forget about them. Seeing the

breaths: beautiful. Walking its length past the huge paintings depicting

countless names of the soldiers written all over the wall and dome,

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my heart generated a sense of admiration: pride that our school-

great glass paintings with all sorts of colour – gleamed and radiated

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with light as we stood up and participated in the mass; the people

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chanted prayers and read passages from the Bible in the beautiful

condemn.’

Jade Poon (S)

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Remembrance During this anniversary year of the end of the Great War a team of over 60 Old Carthusians have almost completed a project, started in 2011, of placing small wooden crosses on the graves of the 695 Carthusians who gave their lives – including Durham Hall (Pageites 1911-1914) and Dugdale Astley (Gownboys 1910-1914).

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CA RT H U S I A N INTERVIEW

sports choices in BTT, he sent a polite and precise e-mail of apology predicting to the minute his time of arrival. He has stood on the roof of the world, noting that from up there you can clearly see that the earth is spherical – and marvelling at the sunrise, which is ‘a big stripe of light’ seeming to emanate from the same height.... and noting phlegmatically that, because there was

Dmitry Tertychnyy

a good deal of snow on Everest last month, he saw only two dead

At 5.30 am on Thursday 17th May

Did this Everest expedition make him afraid? “I was frightened,

Dmitry Tertychnyy (g, 1YS) summited

before, during... even now. This mountain has taken a lot of lives.�

on Mt Everest (8,848 m), completing

Confronting the grim consequence of failure was only a reminder of

his Seven Summits Challenge to

what he already knew – that he might be maimed by frostbite or

become the youngest Russian to

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have climbed to the highest point

thought, if I see something again I’ll turn. Luckily the second body

on each of the seven continents.

was on the way down.�

This project was masterminded by

He had two narrow escapes – both on descent, which is so much

Dmitry’s father, and began with the

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ascent of Kilimanjaro (5,895 m alt) in

no snow; in crampons it feels like ice-skating on a road... extremely

2013. Father and son have climbed every step of the way together.

hard to stay on your feet. Then I attached myself to the wrong rope

Dmitry’s success was celebrated in a brief address by Dr Peterken in

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Friday Chapel and greeted with warm and prolonged applause from the

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whole School. As well as wondering at his achievement, Charterhouse

Charterhouse has felt a little proprietorial about Everest: George

must also have felt relieved to hear that he was alive and well.

Mallory (BH 1910-21) died there in 1924, Wilfrid Noyce (W 36, BH

Dmitry Tertychnyy is a modest, unassuming, quietly-spoken

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bodies on his climb.

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to come from snow to summer... and to attend hashes. I feel really

supplementary oxygen in 1988. Dmitry Tertychnyy’s party took the

happy coming back here. Catching up with work is, however, a

same route as George Mallory (BH 1910-21) and Andrew Irvine.

slightly big problem!� He does not feel like a celebrity: “There has

Mallory’s body was found in 2007; Irvine and his camera are still lost.

been more media coverage here than in Russia.� Re-acclimatisation

Did they make it to the top? “I think they did. Most accidents happen

to sea level takes time, just as getting accustomed to altitude does:

in descending. The leader of our expedition – who had summited

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on Everest nine times – said they must have fallen on the rocks,

was down. I still want to sleep all the time.�

where the footing is most dangerous.� Against this touching faith in

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the success of a former Charterhouse beak nearly 100 years ago is

exchange snow for sun. I will also do the Matterhorn (4,478 m alt).�

the hard reality of the three famous steps on the north ridge. Since

Which was Dmitry’s favourite summit of the seven? “Mount Vinson,

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Antarctica (4,892 m alt). Just going to Antarctica – an endless area of

between the ladders you need to use your hands – and one step is

ice and snow – where no-one goes... where there is no garbage, no

14 metres of rock. It would be impossible without the ladders; I don’t

civilisation, is amazing. Everest was -30 degrees C at the summit, but

know how they would have done it, but I believe they did.�

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Disaster nearly struck Dmitry’s party: “We were divided into three

What was it like to stand on

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Earth’s highest point? This ques-

a problem. I left ABC (Advanced Base Camp) at 10 pm, summited at

tion elicits an answer in which

5.30 am and was back at ABC by 1.30 pm. To be up all night is no

Dmitry’s wonder-struck look and

problem: if I can play computer games or watch football at night, I

his gesticulations say far more

can also walk. But the third group had big problems.� Following their

than his words: calmly articulate

progress on the radio at Base Camp Dmitry felt sure that these four

for the rest of this interview, he

people would die: “Stuck on the second step for 90 minutes – where

here repeatedly protests that he

queues to use the ladder build up – they ran out of oxygen. One had

cannot adequately express his

to have a shot of adrenaline to get him down.�

feelings and thoughts in words.

Did he ever think he might fail on Everest? “No. My mum would

“It was an incredible feeling, but

completely trash me if I missed a month of school and did not climb

we were all thinking – how are we going to descend?�

the mountain!� Also Dmitry had the incentive of raising money for

Has climbing the seven summits changed him? “I am more patient.

Global Action Nepal – whose main aim is ‘to improve the quality of

Mountaineering is about patience and stamina. Also I met many

education and to provide basic health to the unreached children of

incredible people.�

Nepal’. On the day of this interview, Dmitry’s summit photo was on

Will he climb Everest again? “With my son... maybe from the the

the front page at globalactionnepal.org.

south. Only 15 people have climbed Everest from both north and

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south.� The southern route is much more dangerous: “But in 20

haul: “Walk, walk, walk... it gets really annoying. Everest is not the

years’ time the equipment will be much better than now.�

hardest mountain: you just need to walk.� Spending 30 days above

What advice has Dmitry for our readers? “They should go to any

5,200 m alt with not enough oxygen, he lost 6kg: “I felt really ill. We

mountain, experience themselves, challenge themselves. If they

always had oxygen when walking above 7,000 m, but not when

like it, they will become mountaineers. On our expedition we had

resting; there was just not enough. I was lucky with my team-mates

a woman of 26 who had never climbed a mountain before: Everest

– men of my father’s age, who treated me as a child. They always

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helped me, telling me stories. You walk, and you think about your life

There is something energetic on these summits. They make you feel

and your problems.�

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Dmitry Tertychnyy was interviewed by Jade Poon (S) & Frederick

sickness. The doctor suggested going down: “I said no. The climb

Foulston (R) in the Daniel Wray Room on Monday 11th June 2018.

over 20 km from 5,200 m alt to 6,400 m alt is incredibly annoying – you can’t imagine how annoying it is. I was not doing that again.� “The danger has reduced in recent years. On this expedition I had a better mask; it didn’t freeze that much. I wore four layers including an astronaut suit. The Sherpas are supermen.� They carry three times as much as their clients, and above Base Camp, where there is half the oxygen we have at sea level, everything seems to weigh twice as much. Dmitry is pleased to be back at Charterhouse: “It felt a bit strange

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Thrills, no spills! Carthusian Weekend ;OPZ `LHYÂťZ JLSLIYH[PVU VM HSS [OPUNZ *OHY[LYOV\ZL ^HZ H YLĂ„ULK refreshed and augmented edition of the very successful formula hit upon by James Kazi in 2017 – ergo it was Kazithusian Day II, the sequel. The central premise – a day focused on Founder’s Court (dropdead gorgeous green & gray with azure sky behind), a marquee on J-ground, two services in Chapel, one for School and one for parents both excellently musicked, with ‘Zakok the Priest’, RVW’s ‘Old 100th’ HUK 6^LU *OHU : WSH`PUN [OL MLHYZVTL Ă„UHSL VM .\PSTHU[ÂťZ Z[ Sonata... and men on stilts carrying 7-ft cricket bats and other men capering about in period bathing-costumes – was unchanged. The day was hot and lovely. There was cricket, art, DT, musical theatre, history, a CCF tug-ofwar, a food court, house gazebos (most fun to pronounce as two syllables, though its Latin component seems to call for three), a mountaineering exhibition celebrating Dmitry Tertychnyy’s (g) recent triumph on Everest [qv], family tennis, unplugged music, declamation, athletics (the 32 x 100 inter-house relay), junior band, the Carmen on the carillon, a plant sale and a groovy string quartet. Orchestra played Wagner, Mahler, Sibelius, Elgar and Richard Strauss – and a close harmony group (which took requests and made humorous impromptu dedications) led the singing of ‘Jerusalem’ at the closing ceremony after a brief address from the Headmaster. All the performers felt like rock stars on the big-screened rock festival stage; some of them probably will be rock stars in due course. New for this year: the certainty that the day would be a smash hit... after all, the notion of a celebratory day of fun seemed (last year) such a daring one. {We have had mouldy C Days in the past, let’s face it. No more.} Also the prelude: a gala dinner the evening before – with ‘the astonishing Acro-Men, our mesmerising mime artist and jolly juggler... aerial performance by artist La Luna’ – and a ‘follow the

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ÄYL» SP[ WH[O^H` [V -V\UKLY»Z *V\Y[ MVY HU HZ[V\UKPUN KPZWSH` VM SPNO[ ÄYL [YPJRLY` [\TISPUN N`TUHZ[PJZ HUK NHZW PUK\JPUN KLYYPUN KV MYVT Flame Oz and Halo. It has previously been observed that Charterhouse is a bit bashful about itself – but this two-day jolly junketing at the start of CQ exeat was immodest and immoderate in the best possible way: a genuine taran-tara for the old place and for its always-young people who are (while here, and when they’ve left) Charterhouse.

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Regeneration East London CQ 18 Investigating the industrial past of this multi-cultural and multi-facetted

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Bart Keijer-Palau (V)

area, not least in the wake of the 2012 Olympics, is interesting to

exploring Hackney and the East Village, to jumping on the Docklands Light Railway to go back in time to the Royal Docks – East London has something for everyone. Though it is steeped in history, this area is on the move; year-in year-out we see leaps forward in development and technology without (hopefully) leaving the locals, who give this part of London its true vibrancy, behind: another great day outside KDB

Charlie Brod (W)

Hugo Thomas (G)

the hashroom, with many more to come I’m sure.

Top right: Long-boats, converted warehouses and street art, Hackney Wick The Thames Barrier Brexit: Not everyone in Hackney Wick is so enamoured with the Olympic legacy. Above: A view of riverside developments as seen from aboard the Emirates Air Line. This image: IVhp pays homage to former employees of the Royal Docks

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Losing proves it... Pancake Race

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and reciting liberally in the shower ad nauseam lead up to a mere

Daviesites won, followed by S, G, L & F.

two-minute performance.

Hodgsonites is the best at pancake racing. This is a known fact,

Everyone loves a good tradition at Charterhouse and this year’s

yet the statistics claim otherwise. On Tuesday 20th February H lost

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the pancake race and came dead last. It was an incredible defeat,

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leaving the H family in grave despair. Pictures of the H pancake being

listening to poetry.

dropped did not help either – yet, there they were on display in the

FÊlicitations to all those who won, and to all those who didn’t: C’est

H main entrance.

la vie!

Jonathan Hodson (W)

As the dreaded evening sky turned blood red, I decided to investigate. 0[ ZLLTLK VI]PV\Z [V Ă„YZ[ HWWYVHJO [OL [LHT VY ZV 0 [OV\NO[ 5VUL of our players would respond. Even with me dancing to the carpet and yodelling to the ceiling, they would not invert their frowns.

Inclusion Plural+

Our star eventually broke. It was a great stroll towards understanding

On 2nd May last year I interviewed Peter Tatchell, a well-known

to learn that ‘someone told [him] to drop it’.

human rights activist, about xenophobia and social inclusion. I had

I sprinted back into my room, went onto my ‘typewriter’ and searched

never interviewed anyone before, especially not Peter Tatchell, whom

for ‘dropped pancakes’ on the www.

I had for a long time seen as the ultimate human rights warrior. I

Who told the star player to drop the pancake?

had also never really used a camera, lavalier microphones, or edited

How else would Hodgsonites lose at sport?

footage – so I was a bit nervous. Popon Sujarirat (H)

him for the competition. To my surprise, he agreed. I was astonished.

Cold Joy Arctic Order

I contacted Peter Tatchell through Twitter and organised to interview

It felt unreal.

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The Beast from the East – a jet stream of cold air from Russia – caused

diversity and social inclusion mounted by the United Nations Alliance

freezing temperatures and snowfall across most of Britain. There was

of Civilizations and the International Organization for Migration), I won

a dazzling display of expensive jackets. Everyone wrapped up like

(to my complete surprise) the Film & Education Research Academy

Eskimos but the cold bit through the many layers, and attacked any

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skin that was showing like a school of famished piranhas.

subject I feel passionately about is something I will never forget; it has

Now the extended winter seemed to foster an air of happiness

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powerful medium for change.

Gabriel Brown (G)

few even sat in it happily, as if upon a sandy beach. The coughing of diesels could be heard as they struggled to get started. Charterhouse SVVRLK SPRL H THNUPĂ„JLU[ PJL WHSHJL WV^KLYLK ^P[O ZUV^ After hashes a crowd started to form on the football pitches. One,

Volcanic Labour Party Conference

two, three – people started throwing snowballs at each other.

Our visit to the Labour Party Conference was an energetically immersive

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students savages. It was great fun, but eventually the snow melted

recognising famous politicians and journalists in the throng. Once in

away along with the happiness.

the centre we encountered a multitude of lobbying businesses that

Daniel Merighi (R)

were clearly intending to declare political support for the Labour Party.

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On the main stage were such established politicians as Angela Rayner (Shadow Education), Jonathan Ashworth (Shadow Health) and academics like Naomi Klein, who spoke eloquently on climate

Yes, it’s that time of year again. The perplexing resonance of Ancient

change and the need for government intervention. As these leading

and Modern Languages Verse Speaking. Per annum Hall echoes

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poetry from across the ages – ranging from Lorca and Virgil to

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Rimbaud. William Haig Brown watches over us and listens to every

felt awkward to be an outsider spectating. Later we split into smaller

syllable. A head-spinning, mind-marvelling, awe-arresting, ear-tingling

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swirl of tones, sounds and music. The zealous crowd becomes a

This was an informative and exciting trip: we witnessed political

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activism at its height.

Benedict Birch (B)

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AN OC INTERVIEW CHIARA STEPHENSON Chiara Stephenson (B 04) is a set-designer working in West End theatre and various forms of pop culture around the world, for example Madonna and Miley – MTV unplugged 2014 and for the singer Lorde at the recent ARIA Awards. She has also worked on projects as diverse as the London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony and Beyoncé’s World Stadium Tour under the legendary Es Devlin. Her most recent solo projects are designing the set and costumes for Glengarry Glen Ross in the West End and The Taming of the Shrew at the Globe Theatre. “I am classic late... late for school!” Chiara comes bustling in full of LULYN` ¶ ZOVWWPUN IHNZ PU VUL OHUK JVќLL PU [OL V[OLY L_JSHPTPUN endearingly “The train... I must have missed it!” with an accompanying peal of laughter. Pushing a hand through her hair to suppress windswept strands rebelliously falling into her face, her eyes are light and alert. She settles happily onto a chair – asking us how we are and what we are doing, emanating an easy warmth and friendliness.

at Charterhouse, as well as studying art and spending much of my

She brightens further when asked about her schooldays: “Being in

time in the glorious art block... I also studied DT (notably being the

Chapel every morning is such a powerful memory. And just being

only girl in the class) and this subject gave me a good technical, and

all together, squealing around Chetwynd, attempting to play sports,

more practical, way of problem solving, which I owe a lot to. Studying

marching to Crack or Club... It’s just such an amazing school;

RS also helped me to stay at least a bit academic, and was also an

we’re all so lucky.” Reminiscing with a smile, she lowers her voice

excellent chance to study the broad theories of spiritual and non-

conspiratorially as she tells us about her year-group. The boys

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gallantly labelled her intake of girls as ‘the drought year’, having rated

things.”

their attractiveness in their pink books during Chapel in week one:

Is her life as an artist rather erratic? “I spent the last seven years

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working consistently for a very successful designer, Es Devlin. My

to be an oasis of strong wonderful characters that soon won the boys

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over entirely. We were a punchy lot, us girls.”

of hands on an opera... but that week turned into seven years! I was

“I wasn’t actually meant to get into Charterhouse as I failed my

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English entrance; but as I sat on a bench outside Chetwynd waiting

and each project was getting bigger and bigger than the last. To be

for my father (who had got lost in Godalming), Mr Souter [quondam

honest I could keep working for Es forever, but over the last few years

Head of Art and Warden of Chetwynd] and I got chatting about art

something inside me became curious to branch out and have a go by

and my huge enthusiasm for it. Essentially I got in because Dad was

myself. Es was very encouraging and supportive of this, which isn’t

late and I was waiting on that bench. My mother now claims his lack

always the way with bosses and jobs.”

of punctuality was in fact a part of some divine intervention... who

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knows?”

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We asked Chiara about creativity: “I get frustrated when people have

Only just this year and into next year I will, all being

this romantic idea that what I do is creative and what other people

well, have that consistency. Being self-employed is

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always going to be a bit erratic: each project is so

way to do a spreadsheet is creative. Writing an essay is so creative.

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I thrive on the buzz of its unpredictability.”

so creative. Creativity is being inventive, and most people are creative

“In theatre productions the director is ‘God’. He

in the way they link certain ideas with others.”

or she gathers a team of people around them who

“Both my parents are artists, so I’ve always been around artistic

they can collaborate with creatively – who will

people. It’s a bit genetic, I think. I didn’t really have a choice. Whilst

realise their vision but also challenge it, and bring

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their own energy and ideas to the table. When director, designer, lights, sound and acting all come together... it’s magic. But I always remind myself that you’re only as good as the last thing that you did. It’s a good thing to bear in mind when starting new collaborations. Resting on laurels is not an option!” Does the director prescribe pictures or ideas from which to draw PUZWPYH[PVU& ¸>P[O HU` KPYLJ[VY [OL ÄYZ[ Z[HNL PU]VS]LZ SVVRPUN H[ H million references. You maybe go to an Anselm Keifer exhibition, or go for a walk in the park that the play references. You just marinate in all the things that might inspire the visual language, till something

obsessed with these new technologies that are constantly evolving

jerks and forms in your mind.” Working on a cult classic, it can be

and providing us with new stimuli... But I also think it’s age-old in

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human nature to be provoked by live performance and interaction

for Es at the Almeida and indeed on Glengarry Glen Ross in the West

with art and culture. It feeds our souls in a way technology cannot.

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I’m exploring this in a project I’m doing for a gallery in Liverpool

right to pay tribute to them in the creative process.”

called FACT, on an exhibition called ‘State of Play’ featuring various

How much access does Chiara have to the big-name stars for whom

international video gaming artists. Gaming art is interesting as it

she has worked? “It varies. You’ll send a couple of ideas and they’ll

explores that line between the real and the virtual which is becoming

tell you to tread there, or head back that way. You feel it out – and

more and more blurred as technologies develop. I think this project

it’s always, always organic. It’s never signed, sealed, and ‘that’s what

is exciting as it explores, embraces and celebrates both combined.

you’re getting’. It all evolves from a back and forth. The more access

Let’s get away from viewing art in a sterile white box of a gallery.

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There is so much more to play with and potential to evoke.”

there’s a strong dialogue there, where both parties feel like they own

Does Chiara scout out the competition, even just as a theatre-goer?

the evolving ideas, then often that’s the most satisfyingly authentic

“Not as much as I should do.” She laughs. “I’m not very competitive...

result. Collaboration is key.”

or if I am, I’m competitive with myself but not with other people. It’s

Current projects in the pipeline include working for Selfridges on

so stressful when you begin caring about how great everyone else is.

an experiential installation called The Flipside, located behind the

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department store: “They want to inject a bit of theatre and atmosphere

know my own ability and keep stretching myself. Obviously you’re

into their retail world. Because we’re all constantly on our screens

aware peripherally of how other people are doing – but I’d never try to

– and everything is now purchased on-line – there is a growing

compete with it. I’m less naturalistic than your traditional set designer.

desire and need to lure customers to the department store with a

I’d sooner react to my emotional response to the play, music or brief

more visceral, immersive experience. I think it’s human nature to be

and its core themes – and then try to abstract it. Because what’s

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misogynistic scrutiny – and is often re-invented as a result, as does David Mamet for plays like Glengarry Glen Ross. But I think it’s interesting to continue putting these dated plays on, if only to heighten the obvious imbalance that still exists, and to continue to challenge it. I don’t seek out those themes in particular though, it’s just a natural emotional response when one comes up against them.” Our interview closes with questions we might have begun with. How did she get into set design? “The good thing about doing an art foundation course is that it helps you think outside the box: sounds like a cliché but it really does. My following degree in Liverpool then gave me a set of the practical skills that I needed. Es just needed ZVTLVUL MVY H ^LLR»Z ÄSS PU ^VYR I\[ 0 ^HZ NVVK H[ THRPUN TVKLSZ and most importantly a hard worker... and suddenly you’re there for seven years. It’s organic. I never had a plan. You never know what you want to do till you try things out, and having a plan can be so disappointing.” What was it like working for Es Devlin? Seven years is a long time. “I worked really hard, often until the early hours, more often than I choose to remember. I made lots of cups of tea for anyone that wanted one and was humble. If I hadn’t been I wouldn’t have lasted seven days. It’s so easy to get arrogant prematurely when you excel at an A-level or at uni, but when you actually go to work for someone all [OL WVPU[ VM YLJYLH[PUN H YVVT WLYMLJ[S` ^OLU H ÄST JHU HS^H`Z KV

they want are humble, passive, hard workers. You have to earn your

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stripes. Another key thing is to constantly be challenged and pushed

warp, and make something live and magical. When I read The

by one’s work – to keep raising the ceiling on one’s own ability. For

Taming of the Shrew for the Globe, my response was immediately

instance, Es made us learn how to use computer programmes on

that it was essentially about the education of women. So I made the

the job. I cried every night on the computer for about a year, because

set like a Victorian chalkboard – a black slate. But I didn’t expect

I found it so hard to learn something totally new, and I’m not a quick

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learner to say the least. But when you’re in a room where everyone

something a certain way, into which you could read as much or as

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little as you like. I react to things emotionally… instinctively. I think

When people are proud they might say ‘yep I can do it’, when they

every human reacts to situations emotionally – and if I can enhance

actually can’t: you see that all the time. You’ve got to ask questions.

a particular emotion or theme in a play or music gig then hopefully

I get very scared when I work with people who don’t ask me

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questions.”

She disarmingly admits that she was not very academic at

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Charterhouse, and asks to be remembered to Dr Peterken, who

feel that she is still learning, still developing?

taught her theology here: “He put me in extra school every week; it

“Everyday. Oh yeah. Everyday is a school day.”

was the only way of getting the work from me as my attention span was appalling and the art block was always so much more enticing

Chiara Stephenson (B 04) was interviewed by Gabriel Spooner

than banco. It’s funny because the best inspiration often comes at

(L) & Holly Gardner (F) in the Daniel Wray Room on Thursday 7th

the highest point of despair – your most stressed point... writing that

December 2017.

essay hours before the deadline, banging your head against the wall when you can’t express your thoughts. With any creative endeavour you sometimes need a bit of trauma and failure to push you in the right direction. Extra school sort of did that for me at Charterhouse. Just when everyone has lost all faith, it’s somehow motivating to prove them wrong.” How does Chiara feel about themes such as the strong woman? “We’re at an interesting time. This subject matter is becoming increasingly prevalent. Shakespeare, for example, comes up against

22 The Carthusian 2018

Malton Inspiration Kirby Grindalythe CQ 18 Day 1: We woke up at 05h30 in order to make a swift departure at 06h10 for a six-hour trip. Many admired the sunrise. At Cranedale H Ă„LSK JLU[YL H[ 2PYI` .YPUKHS`[OL ULHY 4HS[VU PU [OL 5VY[O 9PKPUN of Yorkshire) we had spacious dormitories for six and four. We soon sallied forth to study Malton in pairs whilst having a bit of fun around the town, later returning to the delicious aroma of homebill: soup, a superb leek-and-chicken pie – a perfect start to the weekend. Once we had analysed the data recorded, we retired to bed. +H` ! (M[LY H SHYNL IYLHRMHZ[ HUK H ZTHSS IYPLĂ„UN ^L ZL[ V\[ HNHPU for Malton collecting data with which we could answer questions on urban areas. After lunch and most of the afternoon spent in Malton, we returned to the centre – concluding with a post-supper hash to summarise what we had learned so far, before some welcome free time to end a hot and busy day. Day 3: We woke to the friendly faces of our dorm mates and swiftly got to breakfast for the crispy bacon and sausages. Then, with the Z\U ZOPUPUN PU H[ [OL ^PUKV^Z ^L WYLWHYLK MVY V\Y Ă„YZ[ KH` VM JVHZ[HS HUHS`ZPZ Âś Z[\K`PUN JOHUNLZ PU [OL ILHJOLZ HUK JSPŃœZ ([ /VYUZLH where we measured the beach gradient and sediment, we found an iced-cream shop waiting for us. Homebill was turkey with potatoes; [OLU ^L OHK HU LHYS` UPNO[ PU VYKLY [V THRL [OL TVZ[ VM V\Y Ă„UHS KH` +H` ! (M[LY IYLHRMHZ[ HUK IYPLĂ„UN ^L WHJRLK V\Y IHNZ ([ Flamborough Head we investigated the huge arch stack and stump formation, as well as the many types of weathering and erosion – the OPNOSPNO[ VM [OL [YPW Âś ILMVYL S\UJOPUN VU H ÂşKYLHKM\S Z\TTP[ VM [OL JSPŃœ (that beetles o’er his base into the sea’) and heading back to School and all the geography of the years ahead. Days 1 & 3 – Jack Brown (H); 2 & 4 – Henry Titchener-Hooker (V) debate but drew a football match – and to NATO.

Shock and Choc Economics in Brussels

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Thirty-one members of the Economics Department together with Mr

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and Mrs Reynolds and Mr Tink arrived at Bruxelles-Midi station on

Jeremy Jennings (H 74) – an accountant who has spent most of his

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institutions of the European Union and the views on Brexit from

on the way Britain’s leaders seem to be drifting into a position which

the centre of the Union. We were lucky that our visit coincided with

will damage the economy without being prepared to speak honestly

one of the slightly panicked trips arranged by Mrs May to keep the

about the consequences of the choices we face. The second was a

negotiations on track and/or make the concessions always required

broader debate with Jonathan Faull and Gerald Weldon (a senior civil

by the Commission.

servant with the UK embassy to the EU) in which they considered the

We spent time at the Council, the Parliament (where we had a couple of

options now available in the Brexit negotiations.

hours with our MEP, Richard Ashworth) and the Commission – as well

We also had a wonderful visit to Leonidas: we were shown the

as having meetings with Matthew Taylor, the CEO of SA Bekaert NV (a

factory and then allowed to make our own chocolates.

Belgian multinational employing over 50,000 people), and Sir Jonathan

We came back to London wiser about how the EU operates and shocked

Faull KCMG (D 71), who was Director General for Internal Markets and

at both the poverty of the referendum debate and the government’s

subsequently charged with directing the task force preparing for Brexit.

negotiation tactics. Thank you to the beaks and the pupils: it takes real

On top of this we had visits to a European school, where we won a

cooperation to produce such a splendid educational visit.

JCT

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INTERVIEW THE HEADMASTER

Dr ALR Peterken To begin with we want to know about Dr Peterken, the man: how does he relax? “On holiday I always go to a mysterious place called the Lizard – the most southerly point in the UK... south even of Calais, and very very quiet – to get completely away from School; otherwise it can drive you mad. We bought a 17th-century cottage there about six years ago. I do a lot of DIY and gardening.” Most people sail or surf in Cornwall, but Dr Peterken does neither: “My kids surf, but I just watch from a seaside café.” Dr Peterken’s career began at Charterhouse; he joined Brooke Hall to teach theology in LQ 97. He was Housemaster of Saunderites (2002-08) before being appointed Deputy Head at Cheltenham College; after four terms he was appointed Headmaster. He looks

which is very helpful – because in all organisations there is a theory

back fondly on his days in S: “Housemastering is, in some ways, the

that people think that they’re having new ideas when actually they’re

best job in the world because you are in charge of your own House

only coming up with things that people thought of a decade or more

and you get to know the pupils so well. Charterhouse has a strong

before and didn’t work well then... so why should they work now?”

boarding ethos: people are so loyal and identify with their houses

How much has changed since 2008? “Lots – as you’d hope and

so strongly. I absolutely loved it. I’m still in touch with loads of OCs

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from that period. It’s so nice to see them all now – grown up and

on – so there are a lot of new, young beaks in the School, which

having children, getting married. Being deputy head is so much more

is really excellent. They’ve got lots of good experience from other

about working alongside and managing adults, rather than pupils:

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you become a sort of housemaster to all the teachers, spending all

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your time with adults rather than with the pupils.

environments. There have been improvements to the facilities: four

When he left in 2008, did Dr Peterken think he might return to

astroturfs, for example. We have this amazing new chemistry block

Charterhouse one day? “I can safely tell you that I thought I’d never

being built. There are more girls, which is a very good thing. IB has

come back. I had been here for about ten years and knew that if I

been introduced, which means there are some very interesting

didn’t leave then, I’d probably be stuck here forever. I needed to go

European students in the School. Lots has changed, but a lot is

and get some more experience. Moving jobs is always a challenge.

the same. We still have this incredible 250 acres – all this sky, the

It puts you out of your comfort zone; you loose your reputation,

greenery – and the pupils have this nice sense of friendliness and

and you need to start again from scratch. I wanted that challenge. I

inquisitiveness.”

genuinely thought, ‘I’ll never work here again’.”

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Did Dr Peterken therefore have to think carefully about whether or

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we haven’t got a generic Carthusian. I would hope that all Carthusians

for the School. I felt sorry that the previous Headmaster didn’t last

are resilient, live a balanced life doing hard academic work but also

a particularly long time. My heart wanted to come back to a school

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I know and I’m fond of – in the sense of understanding its values,

I hope that they will show kindness and civility to each other: that is

its pupils. It’s a beautiful school as well – a great place to live – so it

so important. I hope they will also be curious.”

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What is it like to be back? “It’s great. It’s really nice to be new

spirit: “When I was in Saunderites and my wife was going into labour

somewhere but also quite familiar with the place: this is a massive

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advantage. I understand why things are as they are. I have context,

was driving fast, and there was a car following me. This was during

24 The Carthusian 2018

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school, improving it year on year. We do a little bit of that with things

car, and there were a whole load of G 2YSs in the foyer. They had

like food surveys, but I want to extend the principle across the board

been on their way back from an evening dinner somewhere; they

– from things like the peer-mentoring scheme to anti-bullying…

had worked out that my wife must be having her baby, and so they

leading on social events within the School, leading on academic

decided to follow us. I did have to say, ‘Guys, what are you doing?’

improvement and on our co-curricular programme. I want pupil

They said, ‘Oh sorry, we just wanted to know whether your baby

committees set up on all those things – and the monitors, who are at

has been born.’ I did have to explain that babies just aren’t born

the top of the tree, are the people will be heading these committees

that quickly. I said that they were going to have a long night, so they

and driving the improvements. I also want to hear more pupils talking

might as well go home. This is a great place – a great school. This is

in Chapel – standing up and talking about what’s important to them,

fundamentally why I came back; I’m really excited about what I can

and making Chapel really relevant to all modern Carthusians.”

do in the next ten years here.”

How does modernisation sit with tradition? “Keeping tradition is

Dr Peterken’s introduction to teaching was on an Eton choral course:

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“I was 18, and put in charge of a group of students – teaching them

thing ‘because we always have done’ is not the way to go. Also

how to sight-read. I loved it – listening and giving advice and seeing

most public school ‘traditions’ are not actually that old. Walking

them progress. Helping people: I thought, ‘this is great, I love this’ –

around Green on the last day of CQ, for example, is just a leftover

so I did my teacher training, and this job came up at Charterhouse.

from another much larger and more substantial tradition – a week

At 22 I found myself teaching 2YSs who were not much younger

of evening Chapels with concerts afterwards. On the other hand,

than me. I love theology – I loved it at university – and I couldn’t

heritage usefully makes us aware that we are in a long line of people

believe I was able to talk about it all day, and then pretend I was

over the last 400 years who have enjoyed a Charterhouse education;

Alex Ferguson running my own football team. I could also sing in the

heritage gives us the responsibility to educate people to give back in

choir... and do all the things I enjoyed in life (which in a normal job you

future life to society in keeping with our Founder’s motto. This is truly

would have to give up) and get paid for it!

important.”

Dr Peterken taught throughout his headship at Cheltenham. He is

Some ‘traditional’ elements foster unhealthy and unhelpful attitudes:

only not teaching at present because he arrived mid-year – and he is

“If tradition has boys thinking that this is their school and girls are lucky

missing it: “You have to maintain contact with the pupils when you’re

to be here, then we should sweep it away.” In a school with only 160

a head – so I’m going around the houses in the next few Quarters

girls it is perhaps inevitable that Charterhouse is still seen by some

in the evenings, and to lunch, and to go and sit in hashes, and to

as a male preserve – though not for much longer. Beyond the simple

chat to people. I like to be as accessible as possible – to see what

fact of the move to co-education there is a broader philosophical

is going on, be down to earth and approachable. I’m not for hiding

point to be made: after school Carthusians will enter universities and

ILOPUK [OL VѝJL ¶ YLTHPUPUN KPZ[HU[ MYVT W\WPSZ [V [Y` HUK WYV[LJ[

workplaces in which there is no gender weighting. “We’d be doing

my authority. Teaching is great fun, so I’m looking forward to starting

a disservice to all in perpetuating a lopsided view of the world – that

again in OQ 18.”

males are the majority, and that they rule the roost. Look at what has

What will Dr Peterken bring to Charterhouse from his previous

been happening in the news: we’re still facing the challenges of an

educational experiences, as a boy at Eton and as headmaster at

unequal world – boorish behaviour in the workplace, and men who

Cheltenham? Although many Charterhouse headmasters have had

aren’t thinking in a sensible, modern, equal way. All schools have

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a duty to prepare people for the modern world – and I believe that

– seems increasingly remote in concept from the Charterhouse

genuine co-education in which boys and girls co-habit, co-work, co-

of today: “It is a very big school… all boys, and very competitive,

play together in a completely normalised way, is absolutely the right

very high achieving in every respect – and, apart from that, nothing

way to educate people. The co-education project for Charterhouse

like this place. Cheltenham is a West Country school, so it doesn’t

was the clincher that really brought me back here. If that had not

have many pupils from London. The family is more local; it’s slightly

been on the table, the job would not have attracted me personally. I

smaller, fully coeducational… with girls right through from 13, and

passionately believe in co-education.”

has its own prep school – a 3-18 school.”

Co-education is, thus, a great starting-point for a school – but it is

Dr Peterken’s principal mission at Charterhouse is to introduce co-

not the whole answer to preparing young people for an uncertain and

education, but he is wary of transplanting templates from one school

ever-changing world: “We are going to be reviewing our curriculum. I

to another: “We don’t want to turn Charterhouse into Cheltenham

am keen on creating more space for Carthusians to do placements in

College in Surrey. What happens here in the coming years must be a

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sensitive evolution of what we do as a school – a gentle modernising.

to get to top universities, but there needs to be more than that. If you

Pupil leadership is a big area for me. In a modern boarding-school

go out to a dementia care-home once a week, and you are put out of

the pupils have to be really active participants in the running of the

your comfort zone getting to know people there and seeing the sort

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VM KPѝJ\S[PLZ HUK JOHSSLUNLZ [OL` MHJL [OH[»Z NV[ [V THRL `V\ H TVYL complete person. I believe that exposure to things outside school (whilst you’re at school) is really important. I think that our charitable giving is great, but the logical evolution once you start raising money

It is one thing to raise money for the homeless – but to work with the homeless takes the charitable impulse to another level. This practical approach can be applied successfully in the Careers Department. At Cheltenham Dr Peterken introduced a mini-MBA scheme, and is keen to see something similar here: “If I’m employing someone, I want good academics – but I also want to see people who have

With Mallory Group in 1998

for things (which I think we do well) is actually to ‘go and do’.”

HJ[\HSS` KVUL ZVTL Z[\ќ @V\ KVU»[ ^HU[ [V IL NYHK\H[PUN MYVT Favourite work of art: “The Ghent Altarpiece by Van Eyck. I have a

got out there and done something. It doesn’t really matter what that

one-eighth reproduction of it at home on the wall.”

is. It’s just exposure to society, diversity, people.” Customer service

Favourite novel: “The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. I’m very proud

in a supermarket would seem ideal experience: “Sitting at that desk,

of myself because it’s about 1,000 pages and I actually read all of it.”

you have no idea what’s going to happen – who’s going to come in

Currently reading: “A few things. Heyday (a book about Britain in the

with what complaint… how you’re going to handle it: needy people,

1850s) – and I have just started reading a book called Easternisation.”

people who are perhaps lonely. It is a real skill to learn how to do that

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sort of thing.”

sausage and brown sauce – which you can get at the breakfast

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communion in G on a Tuesday morning.”

reaction was, ‘oh god, these’ll have to be edited!’

Quiet night in or big night out: “Now, QNI – I have six children!”

Rugby or football? “Football… another reason why I came back.”

Left or right handed: “Left”

Favourite team: “Glasgow Rangers.”

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Favourite food: “Curry.”

Verites or Duckites: “Oh, ridiculous!”

Country or city: “Country.”

Funniest beak: “MLJB is right up there. Very witty man.”

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Are you scared of NSG? “Of course. Especially when he has his

Pizza or pasta: “Pizza, especially here. Isn’t Lockites car park the

keys.”

pizza capital of Europe?”

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Byrd or Parry: “Impossible! Both splendid. Parry was an Etonian,

something to do with VAT.”

which is slightly unfortunate. I think I’ll go Byrd probably just because

Dr Peterken was interviewed by Alice Stacpoole (V) & Christian Pethick

he’s much more subtle.”

(g) in the Headmaster’s Study on Wednesday 21st February, 2018.

The ice cream stall at Artifex

university at 21 having done nothing but study. You need to have

26 The Carthusian 2018

BROOKE HALL VA L E T E

MLJ Blatchly This vale to MLJB was written on the understanding that as Editor of this magazine he would not interfere with it editorially. The writer solicited from people brief comments which are here included with gratitude, if unattributed. So farewell then MLJB. After 22 years, Mark and Julia are leaving Charterhouse. Next year a witty leitmotiv, masterfully woven into an V[OLY^PZL ZVSLTU WPLJL VM LJJSLZPHZ[PJHS VYNHU T\ZPJ ^PSS ÅVH[ HJYVZZ H JV\U[Y` JO\YJO`HYK ¶ HUK ZVTL :\ќVSR ]PSSHNL ^PSS IL HSS [OL YPJOLY Actually it’s longer than 22 years. As Head of Science, MLJB’s father was a member of Brooke Hall between 1966 and 1972, and the young Mark had appeared on stage at Charterhouse (as Woodcutter’s Boy in The Pilgrim’s Progress) before joining the School as a pupil in 1973. He regards himself as having been not a particularly successful pupil, “always bottom of Calling Over”, although he remembers fondly the

provided the theme for the BBC’s hit series Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,

kindness with which he was treated by beaks, and especially Robin

and some of MLJB’s orchestrations of the music in their repertoire

Wells, who, together with Bill Llewellyn, did so much to foster a love

made it onto the resulting album Rejoice! (K-Tel N 2401) and thence

of the music which would become a centrepiece of his life.

to Val Doonican’s 1980 Christmas show, meaning helpful royalties for

It was a golden age of popular music, too. As Dark Side of the Moon

the next couple of years: “‘Morning has Broken’… music by Gaelic

and Hotel California echoed across Founder’s Court, Charterhouse’s

Melody … arranged by Mark Blatchly...”

response to the widespread unrest amongst young people of

His future wife had arrived at Charterhouse the Quarter after he left;

the late 60s and early 70s could have been either reactionary or

they met at a music summer school. Her grandfather had been the

supine. Headmaster Oliver Van Oss navigated skilfully through,

:JOVVS KVJ[VY (M[LY ZOL ÄUPZOLK OLY TLKPJHS KLNYLL 4HYR HUK 1\SPH

encouraging the School not to mistake liberty for licence, but instead

married in 1985 (“the best thing I ever did”). They lived in Gloucester,

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where MLJB was Assistant Organist at the Cathedral, until 1990,

independence of mind, challenging rather than slavishly following

when he left to take up a post at the Cathedral of Bury St Edmund’s.

party lines. MLJB claims not to have been infused (or perhaps he

/LYL KPѝJ\S[ WYVMLZZPVUHS YLSH[PVUZOPWZ THKL MVY HU \UOHWW` [^V

said enthused) with the power of independent thought until he was

year spell: “I was the wrong horse for the wrong course”. After his

25. Yet at the same time he recalls with friends being obliged to

experiences there he began, via St Faith’s in Cambridge, to gravitate

“make our own entertainment” (they staged Verdi’s Requiem at the

back towards teaching. In 1996 Julia encouraged (“made”) him apply

3SHUK\KUV 7H]PSPVU HUK WLYZVUHSS` ÄUKPUN ZVTL VM OPZ WLLYZ KPѝJ\S[

for a job at Charterhouse.

to deal with; he muses with irritation on a moment after lights-out

MLJB thinks he felt unequal to the job and mumbled during the

when one of the boys in the Gownboys cubes announced in his

interview, but, just before the arrival of new Headmaster John

father’s idiom that if Wilson beat Heath in the 1974 election, “we’re

Witheridge, Clive Carter appointed him to be ‘Director of Choirs’ and

emigrating”. In 2018, to the question “What is your happiest memory

teach singing. Quickly (perhaps because of the mumbling) he was put

of Charterhouse as a boy?”, he replies “failing my Biology O-level”.

in charge of Fifth Form Pioneers, and after successfully constructing

To wind down after his A-levels, MLJB sat in an armchair in Gownboys

a storm drain was promoted to coaching U14Es football. Using the

and read all the novels of Jane Austen from cover to cover. He won

phrase Gross Domestic Product he recalls the order of his rotation

the Christopher Tatton Organ Scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford,

around the boarding houses as a new beak, before coming to rest in

and spent a year at St Paul’s Cathedral as ‘organ student’, living in a

Bodeites, under Housemaster Andrew Wilson.

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In 2002 MLJB became Housemaster of his old House. Jocose

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and bookish, he was an easy man to underestimate, but OCs

co-opted into the English department from 2013, and has recently

looking back regard him as “a brilliant leader for Gownboys”. He is

led the Specialists with memorable insight through Hamlet, a copy

remembered for his kindness, for giving a voice to those who might

of which he is known to keep in the glove box of his car (“in case the

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lights take a while to change”). Colleagues will also remember him

interests, and for expecting back whatever respect and responsibility

fondly for the acronym MMBPYTGHFASWT, which he coined to help

he gave. Feeling that the School in general was somewhat rule-

IVth-Formers remember the order in which they need to think about

heavy, he hoped to approach the task “as a parent, rather than a

creative writing.

policeman”, and settled on just one basic rule for the whole House

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– “do you think that would be a good idea?”. That is not, of course, a

remembered at Charterhouse. He once said his epitaph should be

rule, and the boys (he says) thought he was mad, but he asked them

“an oasis of strangeness and comedy”.

for a month and it began to work. Now thankful for the opportunity

Colleagues dwelling overlong on the

to have “failed” at Bury St Edmunds, MLJB drew on what he had

phrase will recognise the only member

learned about people in that situation for the skirmishes still lying

of Brooke Hall whose socks clash with

ahead. To restore personal equilibrium after the stresses of a long

themselves, who schedules meetings for

day’s housemastering he played Grand Theft Auto, although today

09.23, and who is capable of knocking

he claims the dearth of sanctions in Gownboys was because he

on a door melodically. Or, come to think

couldn’t manage all the accompanying paperwork. Ironic, given that

of it, who uses fourteen fonts in an

the one thing he wishes Charterhouse had taught him as a boy was

e-mail, chops wood topless in winter, or

“to be more organised”, and also (one suspects) not completely true,

paints his own trousers. Others, however,

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may recall him fulminating against the

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trivialisation of academe when the statue

was the one at which he really tried his best.

of the Surrey Scholar was set up in Guildford High Street. The

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WLYJLW[PVU VM I\ќVVULY` PZ HS^H`Z H[ YPZR VM LJSPWZPUN [OL WV^LYM\S

a musician, but his organisational acuity and dependable judgement

distinctions of eccentricity – the resilient, the independent, the

meant continuing with two key roles while still leading Gownboys.

concentrated, the extraordinary.

Editorship of this mighty organ, The Carthusian, has been his since

The music – quite aside from all MLJB’s other achievements at the

2000. Already well-known for his talents as a scribbler (his scholarship

School – easily stands bulwark against that perception. “A brilliant

to Charterhouse as a boy had been awarded not for music alone,

musician” (I quote a former colleague), he could be “extraordinary

but for an outstanding essay on Hardy’s poetry), he paraphrases

to watch” as he conducted Chapel Choir, Chamber Choir, the

Tony Hancock’s suicide note – “Things just seemed to keep going

Burczyck Singers, or directed celebrated productions such as Verdi’s

wrong” – and explains that what has kept him at the magazine so

Requiem, Haydn’s Creation, and Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius. He

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regards music as non-competitive and an orchestra as a superb way

error. Similar reasons continue to attract him to the Fifty-Mile Walk,

to bring people together, so perhaps ironic, then, is the sometime

which he has organised since 2000. “A very poetic event”, he calls it,

solitariness of the instrument in which he is expert, whether expertise

describing 150 pupils on “a ghostly railway” looming out of the small-

means academic knowledge of the organs built by Aristide Cavaillé-

hour darkness, one after the other.

Coll for the churches and cathedrals of Paris, or mastery of what he

All this talk of suicide, poetry and ghosts reminds us that MLJB was

OHZ JHSSLK ¸[OL H^LZVTL OVYZLWV^LY VM [OL THNUPÄJLU[ /HYYPZVU organ”. One OC comments “if you think of Mark, you think of music, ZWLJPÄJHSS` [OL VYNHU PU *OHWLS¹ HUK THU` ^PSS YLTLTILY OPT MVY [OL thunder of an early morning hymn or the exquisite detail of his recital of Marcel Dupré’s Evocation (“the cultural high point of the Quarter”). It may be true that every generation laments the extinction of the eccentric, progressively lost to technocracy and professionalism. In the late 1960s, MLJB’s father remarked to Oliver Van Oss that there were too few eccentrics in Brooke Hall. Van Oss told him not to worry: “we’ve got some coming along nicely”. So whenever you OLHY [OL JHYPSSVU ILSSZ ÅVH[PUN HJYVZZ -V\UKLY»Z *V\Y[ PTHNPUL ^OH[ would have happened if Elgar had scored The Magic Roundabout, and remember the extra-ordinary contribution made over 22 years by MLJB to enriching the lives of pupils and colleagues.

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JMR

IA Hoffmann de Visme

experienced mountain walker – took a wrong turn in the mist and led

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our plans. It was Ivan’s rock-climbing ability and resourcefulness that

a splendid pan-European surname, following an outstanding

extricated us from a tricky corner.

HJHKLTPJ JHYLLY H[ +\YOHT <UP]LYZP[` HUK H `LHY VU [OL Z[Hќ VM [OL

([ [OL LUK VM OPZ ÄYZ[ `LHY OLYL 0]HU OHK [OL ]LY` NVVK ZLUZL [V

Baptist Missionary Society, as the newest recruit to the Mathematics

marry Hilary, a fellow graduate of Durham, who has been a great

Department. He replaced the formidable Donald Stagg, but turned

support to him throughout the intervening years. As well as raising

out to be absolutely his own man: in many ways Ivan could be

a family of three talented children, who are now grown-up, they

described as the complete schoolmaster.

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Like me he began life at Charterhouse with no previous experience

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of the English boarding-school scene, but immediately threw himself

`LHYZ SH[LY HZ [OL ÄYZ[ OV\ZLWHYLU[Z VM [OL UL^S` JYLH[LK -SL[JOLYP[LZ

into School life with an energy and enthusiasm that ought to be part of

which very sadly was not named Ivanites as some of us would have

the DNA of every beak. He took on a football team (although football

wanted. Ivan was an outstanding housemaster, characterised by a

was not really his game), and a hockey team (hockey being very much

complete commitment to the well-being of his pupils and a genuine

his game), and also assumed leadership of the Venture Scout group,

JVTWHZZPVU HUK JHYL MVY [OVZL PU KPѝJ\S[ ZP[\H[PVUZ /PZ Z[YVUN

where he was able to put to good use his considerable experience as

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a rock-climber, mountain leader and accomplished canoeist.

Houses were looked after and supported in an unparalleled manner,

Ivan’s sense of adventure and utter fearlessness led to many

and scores of OCs can now look back on their time in H or F with

memorable trips for this group to destinations such as Lundy

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Island (where they were stranded for the best part of a week by

All of the above was, of course, in addition to Ivan’s being an

bad weather), County Waterford in Ireland, Hadrian’s Wall and the

extraordinarily talented maths beak whose enthusiasm for teaching

Highlands. One Specialist wrote in a report on one his mountaineering

never waned throughout his time at Charterhouse. He has been

trips that a ridge about to be crossed was ‘absolutely vertical – one

a hugely popular teacher, and generations of Carthusians, some

slip would mean certain death, so of course IdV strolled across it

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with his hands in his pockets as if on a Sunday afternoon walk’. This

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adventurous spirit, tempered by a proper regard for health and safety

particularly keen on mechanics, and was a strong believer that a

– no, really! – was an inspiration to many generations of senior pupils

demonstration of motion was worth several equations, resulting in

in the days before D of E and Pioneers, and Ivan’s expeditions were

pupils standing on turntables with outstretched arms carrying weights,

quite unforgettable. On one visit to Snowdon I – being a much less

revolving at ever-greater rates. There are not many beaks who need to

the group halfway up a steep crag which had certainly not featured in

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if not all, a certain apprehension.

Another of Ivan’s modestly-held abilities is as a motor mechanic, and

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he maintained involvement in the School’s motor club throughout

James Kazi joined Brooke Hall in September 2009, appointed

his three decades with us, dismantling Land Rovers, driving World

to introduce the IB Diploma Programme which he had run with

War II jeeps and generally entertaining small but dedicated groups

distinction at Haileybury. No-one, we were assured, was better

of technically-minded Carthusians. At one time he famously owned

equipped for the job and he set about the task – a bureaucrat’s

an ancient Eastern European wreck into which he had transplanted

dream – with an enthusiasm most others could not comprehend.

a two-litre Fiat sports engine, and which could – and did – outrun a

Passion for the IBDP’s academic philosophy was one thing, but a

Porsche owned by one of our erstwhile colleagues.

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All of these varied achievements and enthusiasms paint a picture of a

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THU ^OV OHZ THKL HU LUVYTV\Z HUK ZPNUPÄJHU[ JVU[YPI\[PVU [V [OL SPML

inspection,

of Charterhouse over thirty years of hard work and engagement. Ivan

alignment. The former, under JHK’s attention, was never in doubt

de Visme has been a legendary member of Brooke Hall, and it is very

but the latter required all of his tact and persuasion, not least with a

doubtful whether he could possibly be replaced by just one person.

headmaster who took pride in the sort of tradition and Englishness

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which seemed at odds with the International Baccalaureate. Typically,

Christian Retreat Centre in Yorkshire – a role to which they are ideally

JHK’s preparation left nothing to chance and, despite the anxiety

suited. The Centre’s gain is unquestionably our loss; the School is

his threatening fussiness created, Charterhouse sailed through the

losing one its most enduring and positive characters – a man whom

inspection. From observing the process at close hand it was clear

I am proud to call my friend.

that the inspectors had been not only seduced by his charm but also

SFCB, with MKE

demonstrating

preparedness

and

philosophical

awe-struck by his mastery of the detail.

JH Kazi

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*SPJR JSHJR" JSPJR JSHJR )SHRL` ZOVK LSLNHU[ MYHNYHU[ HUK I\ќLK

Second Master whilst Charterhouse awaited the arrival of the new

to a brilliant sheen, JHK’s arrival ultimately assaults all the senses but

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[OL ÄYZ[ OPU[ VM OPZ HWWYVHJO PZ \Z\HSS` [OL WLYJ\ZZP]L JSPJR JSHJR

explore areas of the School previously untouched by his obsessively

click, clack. It is a sound which signals order, purpose and, for most

manicured hands. It is simply not in his nature to supervise the ticking-

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been widely appreciated: truly a man, like his wardrobe, for all seasons. And to complete the picture of this all-round schoolmaster he sought to defy any perception of him as a non-sportsman by running the Fencing programme for several years, another role to which he brought energy and devotion. Many school ‘wine societies’ have reputations for excessive drinking under a cloak of respectability. The Charterhouse Wine Society, ILULÄ[[PUN MYVT 1/2»Z L_WLY[ RUV^SLKNL PU H WYL]PV\Z JHYLLY I\PS[ a reputation for excessive moderation and primness. Not to be confused with the pupils’ wine society is the Brooke Hall Wine Club, of which JHK has been the cellarer. His authoritative and enthusiastic claret buying will see most of its members safely into retirement, during which their teachers’ pensions cannot hope to fund the sort of sophisticated indulgence to which they will have grown accustomed. It would be inappropriate to make light of JHK’s contribution to the over of someone else’s routine so improvements were expected

spiritual life of the School. He cares deeply about Chapel and ensuring

and delivered. Most visible of these were the public occasions of

that it remains respected for all that it means to Charterhouse. His

Carthusian Day and Old Carthusian Day with the former, in particular,

active participation in worship, not only as an occasional chorister,

receiving an injection of style and fun – characteristics of the man

has set an example and he has been keen to leave matters in an

himself, although one is certainly more obvious than the other.

orderly state for his successor as Chapel Steward.

Despite several promotions JHK has remained fully committed to

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[OL ,UNSPZO +LWHY[TLU[ ^OLYL OPZ W\WPSZ YLJVNUPZL OPT HZ H ÄYZ[

and even parents who have not seen beyond his intimidating

rate teacher. He is popular because he is kind but demanding

competence. There will be a good deal more, however, who will

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cherish his kindness, humanity and sense of humour.

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He leaves to take up a senior position at Westminster. He will certainly

rather more arduous. His dedication to the RAF Section has been

enjoy living in central London where the theatres and restaurants

similarly constant, involving regular local camping, occasional exotic

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L_WLKP[PVUZ HUK ^LLRZ ZWLU[ L]LY` Z\TTLY OVSPKH`Z [YHPUPUN VѝJLYZ

attention. He will enjoy making a great school even better, which is

at Cranwell. His stylish theatrical productions for Artifex have also

just what he has done here.

AJT

JN Parsons John Parsons arrived at Charterhouse as Head of Strings in 1992 from West Berkshire – where he had been string supremo for nine years, transforming the area’s provision of teaching and coaching. JNP had begun at university as a quantity surveyor (working on the Thames Barrier project in 1979) before graduating in music. JNP brought a new level of musical perfectionism and expertise to Charterhouse: throughout his time here Carthusian string players have been taught and coached to standards usually associated with specialist music schools. Whilst JNP has carefully and patiently taught and coached all-comers, his top chamber groups have year I` `LHY YLHJOLK [OL ÄUHSZ VM [OL 7YV *VYKH 5H[PVUHS *OHTILY 4\ZPJ Festival to play alongside the very best in the land. His Chamber Orchestra has played to pin-drop silences and gasps from those RUV^ [OL KPќLYLUJL IL[^LLU NVVK HUK NYLH[ HUK ^OH[ P[ JVZ[Z PU O\THU LќVY[ Though he is a petrol-head with a profound concern for ecology, an enthusiastic advocate for rail over road – and a classical violinist mad

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instrument itself has appeared several times at Charterhouse played by JNP and, in OQ 17, by Aster Chun (g) in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto [qv]. Other memorable events in JNP’s 26-year career here include the major concert in CQ 03 to mark the retirement of 9VIPU >LSSZ ^OPJO OL VYNHUPZLK ^P[O [`WPJHS LULYN` HUK LŃ?JPLUJ` Âś also conducting the Brahms Violin Concerto at the Quatercentenary concert in 2011 with Ling Chen (D 12) as soloist. JNP has maintained links with many OC string players – amongst them Ling who has JVTL IHJR [V [LHJO JVHJO HUK WLYMVYT HUK )LU .YPŃ?[OZ 9 who has come back to play and to judge String Prizes, also Elena Chiu (H 08) who this year has written for him a commissioned piece for string quartet. For longer than anyone can remember JNP has been in charge of keen on Jethro Tull, who used to play keyboard for BH’s bad-boy

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rock group the Ratt Brothers with a whited-up vampire face – there

vitally important job, to which he has brought his legendary genius

is, paradoxically, nothing contradictory about John Parsons. He is just

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PU[LYLZ[LK PU [OL PU[LYLZ[PUN [OL \U\Z\HS HUK [OL Z\WLY Ă„UL! HUJPLU[

John is a man of the outdoors – perhaps happiest up a tricky peak

British motor-bicycles and cars (mostly powerful ones), steam engines,

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Strads, sojourns on remote islands – these are his normalities.

as BH Treasurer was bidding gloriously, though unsuccessfully, for

It took a generation of Carthusians for JNP’s Chamber Orchestra

Mallory’s axe at Christie’s. He also brews a great pint, as patrons of

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Sutton’s Brewery at Artifex and his lucky friends can attest.

of Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis on 18th May 1997 was an historic moment. To hear RVW’s numinous luminosities on the pupil strings of Charterhouse was indeed a ^VUKLY 0U[YPJH[L Z\I[SL KV^UYPNO[ KPŃ?J\S[ Âś [OPZ TPNO[` ^VYR OHK yielded to JNP’s meticulously painstaking approach: his young players – coached in exactly how – made the tapestry sing. JNP has reprised the Tallis Fantasia several times, always vowing ‘never again’ under the burden of making it once more perfect with new players. He has also tackled other masterpieces – notably RVW’s Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, and in recent years (when Chamber Orchestra has reached its apogee) Britten’s Frank Bridge Variations and the Finzi Clarinet Concerto: “Lucky old me,â€? says John. While the orchestral projects have involved the many, thus naturally

Although John has often complained about Surrey (‘the land of the

attracting much attention, JNP has regarded his chamber music

mini-roundabout’) and has often declared a touching fondness for

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West Berkshire, regarding its byways and pubs as en route between

Saunderite Elgar Piano Quintet in 2002. Since then his groups have

here and almost anywhere – he and his family have made themselves

picked the following cherries for our delectation: the Ravel Septet,

at home in GU7, cultivating a wonderful garden at Uskites and being

The MendelssÜhn Octet, RVW’s On Wenlock Edge, the Brahms

involved with church life at St John’s Farncombe. A proud native of

Clarinet Quintet, and (this year, with the best ensemble of his career)

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Shostakovich’s 8th String Quartet.

and Katharine will relish the chance to spend more time visiting their

The key to JNP’s phenomenal success is his own highly disciplined

children Timothy (B 10) and Elizabeth (F 12).

playing. He practises for long hours, especially in the holidays,

Charterhouse has enjoyed a very rich period of music-making

preparing intensely for whatever he is playing or teaching next. He

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has greatly enjoyed playing with the Everard Ensemble, particularly

of excellence that (whatever claims are made for the School) is most

valuing the support of his colleague Russell Millard in these

certainly not native. Charterhouse’s virtuous tradition of amateurism

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has been given a sustained dose of an unfamiliar and bracing tonic:

over the years, JNP reckons Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht as their

John Parsons’s professionalism. It is devoutly to be wished that the

most notable achievement.

memory of his precepts and his achievements lives long here, and

Through his membership of a syndicate that owns a Stradivarius, the

not just on his many recordings.

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MLJB

NP Wakeling “There’s no denying it… the man loves Chaucer!” Such was the unprompted and enthusiastic assessment of Mr Wakeling’s teaching VќLYLK [V TL I` H YLJLU[ 6* V]LY H KYPUR H[ H JYPJRL[ KPUULY LHYSPLY this Quarter. And he wasn’t wrong: wind Nick up on the topic and he will mesmerise you for hours with his vociferous acclaim for Chaucer’s humour, tonal range and downright bawdiness. He is, of course, wrong in rating Chaucer ahead of Bill Shakespeare, though. In his seven years at the School, Nick Wakeling’s contributions to Charterhouse life have extended well beyond inspirational teaching VM .LVќ *OH\JLY 0U MHJ[ `V\ TPNO[ ZH` [OH[ OL PZ [OL VUS` ILHR in living memory to have scored a Charterhouse Half-Century: this is the name of the School’s new reading list, based on pupil recommendations but masterminded by NPW. In combination with fortnightly reading hashes for IVth-formers and the Charterhouse Book Award, this initiative has been very successful in raising the WYVÄSL VM YLHKPUN PU [OL :JOVVS HUK PU [LHJOPUN \Z HSS [V [HRL H SP[[SL more time for ourselves to read and relax. This sense of calm and humanity, bolstered by meticulous organisation and clarity, has always made Nick an exceptional Head of Department. Under his leadership, Pre-U results have been particularly strong and there has been a great renaissance of creative writing in the School. In recent years budding Carthusian authors have been inspired by the ghost of Dylan Thomas on residential courses in rural Wales, have been published in the Charterhouse Review, and have shared their work with a host of visiting writers and storytellers. With NPW at the helm, the English Department has been an increasingly lively,

DP Corran

entertaining and collaborative place to work.

David Corran will be remembered as one of the kindest and most

Before taking over as Head of English four years ago, Mr Wakeling

approachable members of Brooke Hall. He came to Charterhouse to

also ran the School’s theatre trips and it will take some doing to beat

shore up the pastoral team and provided a huge amount of support

his proud record of 70 trips in this role. Certainly, trips to Miss Julie

for both housemasters and pupils. In due course, he was appointed

and Loot will live long in the memory, and the walls of C15 will be IHYLY ^P[OV\[ 57>»Z JVSSHNL VM [OLH[YL Å`LYZ [V JV]LY [OLT Beyond his hashroom, NPW has been a staunch coach of hockey and cricket at Charterhouse. Like Tweedledum and Tweedledee in cable-knit sweaters, he and Mr Troy have trained various cricket teams through thick and thin in recent years, leading the way with [OLPY V^U LUKLH]V\YZ PU [OL UL[Z HUK Z[Hќ TH[JOLZ )YVVRL /HSS»Z opposition will breathe a sigh of relief, as NPW moves to the cricket pitches of the West Country. 7LYOHWZ TVZ[ ZPNUPÄJHU[S` OV^L]LY 4Y >HRLSPUN OHZ WYV]LK H kind and thoughtful mentor for pupils and colleague’s alike. I have not only watched him advise his tutees through the challenges of HKVSLZJLUJL HUK IVHYKPUN ZJOVVS I\[ HSZV ILULÄ[[LK MYVT OPZ ZHNL advice myself, as he guided me patiently through my early years of teaching. I will miss Nick enormously, as I know others will too, but we wish him all the very best as he moves to Devon – to take up his new post as Head of English at Colyton Grammar School, and to begin a family with Laura.

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as the Deputy Head Pastoral and in his time here many innovations started to bear fruit – like training for matrons and housemasters, appointment of new counsellors, and regular consultations with the school monitors and council. He pioneered the restorative versus retributive model of discipline HUK ^HZ RL` PU OLSWPUN HUK HK]PZPUN W\WPSZ VU OV^ [V Ă„UK [OLPY ^H` in adverse personal circumstances. His dealings with youngsters were always civilised – aiming at establishing healthy values that have become even more important in a world where entitlement, social media and the ability to ‘have it all’ blur the lines of kindness, tolerance and truth. David is a fervent Francophile who has always maintained his commitment to his teaching despite his wider role in the School. His warmth and good humour was always evident in the hashroom. He

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team appearances for Tottenham Hotspur, who had the impudence

the development of their language skills. David was an outstanding

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colleague who gave his time generously and shared his ideas freely.

is a friendly place and such feelings quickly evaporated.

He is famous for his love of cycling – and one can only admire the

It was David’s work with footballers throughout the School that will be

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his longest lasting legacy, of course. At once patient and demanding,

terrains. He thus embodies the maxim of the ‘mens sana in corpore

he set the highest standards for those he coached. In my opinion

sano’ in his colourful lycra.

at least, his greatest quality was his innate ability to understand the

DPC was a voice of sanity, moderation and kindness in our

context in which he was working. David always prized good character

community and he will be sorely missed for that. We wish him

and a standard of behaviour above everything else – not something,

many happy Alpine cols.

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D Howells

doubters – but he saw football as part of the educational process

David Howells was full time at

of passing football, which came close, on at least two occasions,

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to winning silverware. Two frustrating penalty defeats – in 2014 and

his association with football at the

2016 – to the eventual ISFA cup winners were maddening because

School started some years before.

of what might have been. A similar fate befell the team in the sixes

First and foremost he was an

competitions in Manchester (2015) and Bolton (2016) where they

important addition to a Brooke Hall

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football team that for some years had

David brought a tremendous sense of class and style to the role.

been struggling to overcome the 6th

He introduced a bewildering number of jackets, shoes and shirts to

XI, such was the lack of depth in an

various events. He was the best dressed tourist in Glasgow during

ageing squad. He came into a side

the team’s night out in 2014, though a brief and ill-fated experiment

that was becoming over-reliant on

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books. In his numerous trips to Gothia, tours to Hong Kong and St

some much-needed quality and organisation.

George’s Park, there would always be a cheeky suit carrier containing

Just as Arsène Wenger extended the career of the hard-living Tony

some sort of jazzy jacket, even for the most basic of curry houses.

Adams, David gave Martin Bicknell a few extra years of mediocrity

David travelled the length and breadth of the country, poring over team

in the heart of a defence that was becoming notorious for lack of

selection and tactics on minibuses, on coaches, and whilst eating

pace and an inability to contest headers against players who were

chicken katsu curry from that noodle place in Warwick Services. He

considerably smaller.

sung himself hoarse on the motorways of England, working through

Of course there were some team members resentful at having an ex-

catalogues of great 80s love ballads, delivering Charterhouse teams

Premier League star in the ranks. Those players who had previously

to football pitches across the land, often with a hearty Holiday Inn

tasted success and won trophies in the Whitley Bay schools’ cups,

breakfast inside them.

as well as dominating the cub football scene in the North-East in

Aside from a few incidents, notably one infamous spat at Ibstock

the mid-to-late-1980s were prone to feeling a little resentment at the

Place, and ‘handshake-gate’, David has smiled through triumph and

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of a Carthusian and wanted his players to play an attractive brand

BROOKE HALL S A LV E T E

NJ Budden Head of French Nick Budden grew up in Haslemere and was educated at Churcher’s College where he was a contemporary of Father Clive. He read French and European studies with law at Queen Mary and >LZ[ÄLSK 3VUKVU <UP]LYZP[` /L MVSSV^LK [OPZ I` JVTWSL[PUN [^V years at the College of Law in Guildford. After a short spell in the City adversity – always looking forward to the next game. I hope, and

as a para-legal, he realised that his true vocation lay in the classroom.

feel sure, that he will continue to be associated with Charterhouse in

He worked in a state school in South London as a head of year and

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then head of faculty before moving back to Haslemere with his family.

place back. After all, some of us did successfully defend the title

He was Head of Languages at King Edward’s School Witley and then

of North Tyneside cup winners in the under-10 and under-11 age

Head of Languages at Bedales School.

groups, in back-to-back seasons. That’s got to be worth something. DJM

RM Castro Mathematics

A Wiscombe

After completing his undergraduate de-

Alex Wiscombe arrived at Charter-

gree in mathematics at Exeter University,

house in 2015 from Brighton College

Rich Castro started work as a mathemat-

to join the Business & Management

ics teacher and assistant housemaster at

Department. During his three years

Christ’s Hospital. There he stayed for 15

here he has shown himself to be an

years, during which time he got married and had three children.

innovative and ambitious practitioner

For his last eight years at Christ’s Hospital he was a housemaster,

both inside and outside the hash-

and for the full 15 he oversaw the Christian Union. In 2012 Mr

room. His hashes have been positive

Castro took the family to Florida for three years, where he studied

and engaging – with good planning

at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando gaining his Master

and the use of recent and relevant

of Divinity in 2015.

material. This approach has inspired

The Castro family returned to the UK, and RMC worked on the

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pastoral team at a local church until his arrival at Charterhouse in OQ

idate their understanding and appreciation of the real-world con-

17. Passionate about study and preaching, RMC also enjoys singing,

text of the subject. Alex was a tutor in Hodgsonites, launched the

]PZP[PUN JVќLL ZOVWZ HUK [OL Telegraph crossword.

Entrepreneurship Challenge for Specialists – seeking out excellent contacts in the business community as speakers and as guides and TLU[VYZ [V [OL W\WPSZ PU]VS]LK 6U [OL ZWVY[Z ÄLSK (SL_ ^HZ PU]VS]LK ^P[O IV[O MVV[IHSS HUK [LUUPZ HS[OV\NO OL PZ [OL ÄYZ[ [V HKTP[ [OH[

NJA Dagnall Biology

the latter is where his sporting interests really lie. His three years at

Nick Dagnall grew up in Surbiton and

Charterhouse have thus been rich in activity and achievement, and

was educated at Winchester College,

we wish him every success when he returns to Brighton College as

before reading biomedical sciences and

Head of Business.

completing an MSc in pharmacology at

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Oxford University. He completed his PGCE at King’s College London

Mr Hingston is married to Serina – with two children, Finley (November

in the summer of 2017.

2013) and Imogen (April 2016). He enjoys hockey, golf, skiing and

Away from the biology lab, NJAD enjoys football (as an old-school

walking.

centre-back), running, and real tennis. He is a keen listener to radio JVTLK` WHY[PJ\SHYS` MYVT [OL Z HUK Z /L ÄUKZ WSLHZ\YL PU baking, chess, reading and the company of friends. He is a Christian – a member of a local Guildford church and of the Christian Union here at Charterhouse.

EB Monroe English Ted Monroe grew up in Northumberland and

J Eastham History & CCF Contingent Commander

was

educated

at

Shrewsbury

School before reading English at Leeds University. After a brief spell in the media he completed an MA in Romantic and Victorian literature at Durham University,

John Eastham was educated at Bolton

before joining Charterhouse in OQ 17. EBM’s literary heroes are

School Boys’ Division and the University of

Byron and Keats – and he hopes one day to retrace the former’s

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MVV[Z[LWZ VU H TVKLYU KH` .YHUK ;V\Y 6U [OL ZWVY[Z Ă„LSK OL LUQV`Z

[OL <UP]LYZP[` 6Ń?JLYZÂť ;YHPUPUN *VYWZ

football and cricket – and he remains a despairing fan of Newcastle

Before his arrival at Charterhouse in LQ 18, Mr Eastham worked in

United.

industry as sales and design executive for commercial centres. About ten years ago he became a mentor in two schools – and went on to complete the Graduate Teacher Programme before joining Bury Grammar School Boys as a teacher of history and head of the army

MB Peacock Head of German

section of Bury GS CCF.

Monika Peacock is a native German

His interests include the great outdoors, cooking – and his guilty

speaker,

secret is that he likes listening to Johnny Cash.

a

who

landscape

originally architect.

trained She

as

joined

Charterhouse in OQ 17 from Plymouth

AL Higgins Biology

College, where she was Head of German. She grew up and was educated in Germany, taking her BA at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. She gained her PGCE in modern foreign

Abigail Higgins studied biology at Durham

languages in Bristol from the University of the West of England after

University before taking her PCGE at

her change in career.

Warwick University. Before joining Brooke

MBP also speaks French and Spanish and is married to Richard,

Hall in OQ 17 (as Abigail Waters: she

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married Simon Higgins in April 2018) she

teacher, and a keen cyclist, runner and outdoor enthusiast.

taught for six years at Holland Park School. Her hobbies include skiing, walking and scuba diving: “Anything outdoorsy really... although I’m not a team sports person. I never liked the ball: always ran away!�

RF Peacock Mathematics Richard Peacock grew up in Kent and

TJ Hingston Head of Science

read physics at Bristol University. After NYHK\H[PUN OL ^VYRLK PU Ă„UHUJPHS ZLY]PJLZ as a chartered management accountant

;PT /PUNZ[VU NYL^ \W PU *HYKPŃœ HUK

for a number of years, before deciding on a career change into

studied chemistry at Lady Margaret Hall,

teaching. Following a gap year spent working in the French and

Oxford. He worked at the UK Patent

Austrian Alps, he completed his PGCE at Bath University; he taught

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mathematics at Cheltenham College for seven years prior to his

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move here in OQ 17. RFP’s interests outside of the hashroom include

His teaching career began at Merchant Taylors’ School (Northwood)

mountain biking, cycle touring and snowboarding.

in September 2009, where he ran the Duke of Edinburgh scheme before becoming Head of Chemistry in 2013.

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NO Sutton Design & Technology

While at Cambridge she became involved with a children’s charity taking children from Liverpool care and foster homes to the Cheshire countryside to camp: “After Cambridge I worked for an architecture

Naomi Sutton joined Brooke Hall in LQ 18.

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with young people, I really wanted to teach.�

for her mother, designing and importing

NOS taught at Radley College for two years before going to Clifton

jewellery and furniture from Thailand and

College as Head of Design, where she also taught maths and history

Bali. She read architecture at Magdalene

of art. While in Bristol she also did a lot of a lot of jewellery design and

College Cambridge: “I tried and failed to fence, but was appointed

also a fair bit of stand-up comedy in clubs and pubs. She still writes

college female football captain (more enthusiasm than sporting

comedy. Last summer she married her oldest friend Daniel; they have

prowess), and won a scholarship to travel around Japan studying

a Finnish Lapphund puppy named Aalto.

Japanese aesthetics.�

Genes, Flies, Whalebones, Prizes Biology at Cambridge OQ 17 On a chill Wednesday afternoon at the start of November, a group of 1YS biologists met before hashes began and hopped on a bus to Cambridge to attend a series of biology lectures at the Cambridge Union, the oldest debating chamber in the world. We arrived just in time to dash into Lord Robert Winston’s fascinating [HSR VU NLUL TVKPÄJH[PVU HUK [OL WVZZPIPSP[PLZ HUK L[OPJZ VM THRPUN super-humans. He spoke at length about how, despite advances,

(FH) – describing ways of treating FH, how statins work, and new

we do not have the ability to wipe out genetic diseases – also how

L_WLYPTLU[HS [YLH[TLU[Z Z\JO HZ TVUVJSVUHS HU[PIVKPLZ" OL Ă„UPZOLK

political views of the day can skew perspective on biological research.

with a mind-blowing fact – that the famous Mona Lisa may have had

Next was a wonderful talk by Professor Glover of the Department

FH as her hands and eyes show a xanthoma and xanthelasma, both

of Plant Sciences on plants and the ingenious solutions plants use

symptoms of FH.

to overcome the problems of life without movement. She explained

After the lectures, we had a short walk to the Cambridge Department

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of Zoology where Dr Tim Weil gave us an excellent tour of the

strategies. After a quick walk past the many spectacular colleges

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of Cambridge University we had lunch on King’s Parade before

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rushing back into a lecture by Professor Steve Humphries on

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JHYKPV]HZJ\SHY NLUL[PJZ Âś ZWLJPĂ„JHSS` MHTPSPHS O`WLYJOVSLZ[LYVSHLTPH

we found ourselves looking up the suspended skeleton of a colossal Ă„UIHJR ^OHSL ^OPJO OHK ILHJOLK P[ZLSM PU ,HZ[ (UNSPH PU [OL [O JLU[\Y` +Y >LPS JVUĂ„YTLK [OL YLN\SHY YLWLH[PUN WH[[LYU VM [OL O\NL vertebra was controlled by the very same segmentation genes that KLĂ„UL [OL WSHU MVY MY\P[ Ă…` LTIY`VZ 6U [OL ^H` IHJR ^L ZH^ ZVTL ZPNO[Z VM NYLH[ OPZ[VYPJHS ZPNUPĂ„JHUJL Z\JO HZ [OL VŃ?JL VM >H[ZVU HUK *YPJR PU [OL *H]LUKPZO 3HIVYH[VY` and the pub where they had announced the discovery of the structure of DNA. The lab has 29 Nobel Prizes associated with it including Thompson’s discovery of the electron, Maxwell’s LSLJ[YVTHNUL[PJZ LX\H[PVUZ 9\[OLYMVYKÂťZ Ă„ZZ\YL VM [OL H[VT HUK Perutz’s studies of haemoglobin. After a quick tour of Trinity Hall by Mr Bagley, we rushed back onto the bus in order to get to Dorking in time for the ‘Safe Drive, Stay Alive’ talk that evening. A big thank-you to Mr Bagley, Mr Coopper and Miss Waters for organising and accompanying us on such a fabulous trip.

Jamie Stapleton (S)

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Statistics 50-mile Walk

The poetry of it CQ 18

Fifty Miles

This year’s walk took place on Wednesday 27th & Thursday 28th

We carried our day-packs, our food, our maps. We carried ourselves,

1\UL! Z[HY[LK MYVT 9VKTLSS HUK Ă„UPZOLK H[ )YVVRL /HSS

sometimes others. We carried our minds and our spirits. We carried

Arch. The weather was hot and dry, but a lively sea-breeze on

the weight of anxiety, the apprehension of injury – the prospect of

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50 miles.

walkers and helpers enjoyed a full moon. The walkers’ elapsed time

At the beginning of this great matter, hills were harsh to tiring legs,

totals covered a relatively narrow range – from 13h10 to 21h15.

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for much of the night. Special thanks are owed to Tessa Robertson

horizon. At times, seas of wheat waving in the breeze washed us in

for organising the major therapeutic checkpoints at Southwater

rustic delight, helped us to forget our feet. We humped up the hills in

(where she worked with Marie Genini, Lu Ingram, Connie Mayo,

a golden blaze of evening and went down with the sun.

Tessa Robertson, Julie Edwards & Mandy Jordan – with transport

We hit the abandoned railway (the Downs Link) with nightfall, our focus

provided by Chris Lightfoot & Nicola Bonner), at Snoxhall Fields (Vikki

restricted to a narrowly torched vision. Not much passed through our

Pearce, Sue Robins & Tracy Lay) and on the Souterbus (Liz Carey &

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Jo Reynolds), and helpers at School (Barbara Kealy, Elaine Downes

walkers, perhaps singing to themselves, as if the melody soothed the

& Alison Boyd). Major marshalling assistance was rendered by Ellery

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McGowan (Rodmell) and Jane Drew & Annette McGivern (BH Arch).

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hut as its friend. It was all light and smiles from the matrons, with

at Tottington Barn (17½ miles). Brian Mennie was available more or

ibuprofen, Nurofen, paracetamol, and aspirin for the wounded. From

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then until dawn we were the servants of Time and Pace. Most groups

and practical help.

had split here; we were all drifters now, no permanence and waving

Noble 2YS volunteers make a particularly useful contribution. This

like wheat in wind. It was an uncontrolled existence for four hours

year Aster Chun (g) & Christian Pethick (g) ‘put a shift in’ (see

after midnight. Legs the puppets of spirit. ‘Group’ meant little to

Meades on Jargon) at Bramley and escorted the last group – while

most. Asking a fellow drifter where it hurt yielded the description of

Zayd Ahmed (B), who had been all night at Southwater, helped on

one’s own ailments word-perfect.

Thursday at BH Arch and then walked the last mile with some weary

But dawn was renewal. The spot of torchlight broadened into

MLJB & JNP

morning. Mourning for those we left behind but tasting an end. That

Ă„UPZOLYZ

end was reached in hours moving quicker than before. The weight we carried lifted a little, and we moved in trains of walkers along the former railway, over the sleepers now put to bed. Now two more stops to Cranleigh. One more. Now the long stretch to Bramley, but just think... when we’re there, we’re essentially home. Come on lads, just through the woods. Alright? Only the hill to go. Resolute strides up the hill like a tortoise, spying lettuce, makes for his prize. Then Brooke Hall Arch. Ties and smiles. And we became the pictures on the wall for posterity. The sleepers deservedly put to bed. Michael Freeman (S, 17h06)

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A Man and his Music The Band Show BTT LQ 18 Glenn Miller once said, “A band ought to have a sound of its own. It ought to have a personality.â€? The mellow opening bars of ‘Moonlight Serenade’ introduced us to the wonderful sound of the Charterhouse Jazz Band, and the band leader’s trademark white tux told us its personality was very much centre stage: it couldn’t be anyone other than Roger Smeeton. Seasoned Band Show goers knew we were in for a treat, and Rog didn’t disappoint. Having set the scene in the Glenn Miller 1940s mood, the show took the audience on a journey through half a century’s music and comedy, from ‘Stormy Weather’ (1933) through ‘Amor’ (1944), ‘Take Five’ (1959), ‘The Pink Panther’ (1964), Monty Python’s dead parrot (1969) and ‘The Piano Man’ (1973.) Solo performances by Will Ellis (R), Oliver Rockall (V) and Michael -YLLTHU : HSS ZOV^LK L_JLW[PVUHS Ă…HPY Âś >PSS HUK 6SP]LY MVY ILPUN

The Electric String Quartet’s interpretation of ‘Summertime’ was

as talented singers as they are instrumentalists, and Michael for

skilfully arranged and built at its own unhurried pace: a complete

navigating his way skilfully through the notoriously challenging 5-4

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time of Dave Brubeck’s ‘Take Five’. Oscar Hanks (B) also deserves

for it. Skilful comedy sketches provided interludes to the music, with

a mention for his brilliant trumpet work in ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ and

the hapless Mr Spiggott (Jamie Stapleton, S) getting it the neck from

Christian Pethick (g) for his smooth trombone playing in ‘Amor’. If

Michael Freeman (better than in the leg) and a slick rendition of the

there was one solo performance that stole the show, however, it had

dead parrot sketch by Ben Lawson (R) and John Reeve (R).

to be Abigail Rutherford’s (R) beautiful rendition of ‘We’ll meet again’

But back to the music: the Jazz Band belted out some of Glenn

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Miller’s best tunes with passion, energy and perfect timing. ‘American

showing in the cinemas it couldn’t have been better timed. Dame

Patrol’ and ‘I’ve got a gal in Kalamazoo’ were an absolute joy and

Vera Lynn was just 22 when she recorded ‘We’ll meet again’ in

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1939, with an exceptional musical career ahead of her. Perhaps we

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witnessed history about to repeat itself.

delight and appreciation of a thoroughly enjoyable show.

Jon Tully

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Stunned The Suicide BTT LQ 18 At a time when we need people to stand up for what is ethically, politically and socially right, the CQ play The Suicide served to focus the mind on the desperate lengths that a marginalised man will go to try to be heard (even to the point of taking his own life) and the causes that his KLH[O TPNO[ Z[HUK MVY ;OPZ PZ UV SH\NOPUN TH[[LY Âś L_JLW[ when it is the satirical play by The Suicide by Nikolai Erdman, the School production which was executed with perfect timing, rapid pace and slick scene changes.Poor

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Semyon Semyonovich Podsekalnikov (John Reeve, R) is torn apart by [OL M\[PSP[` VM SPML ¶ HUK ^OLU OPZ WSHUZ [V ILJVTL H ^VYSK JSHZZ [\IH player fall to dust, he is driven to contemplate taking his own life. Reeve’s portrayal of the increasingly frustrated and put-upon :LT`VU ¶ H THU JH\NO[ \W PU H ^LI VM \UM\SÄSSLK HUK \U^HU[LK WYVTPZLZ ¶ THUHNLK [V WYVQLJ[ OPZ PUULY [\YTVPS [V [OL H\KPLUJL with great conviction. His angst-ridden wife (Holly Gardner, F) and mother-in-law (Natalia Radomska, W) both ratcheted up the hysteria PU [OL 7VKZLRHSUPRV] OV\ZLOVSK [V NYLH[ LÑœLJ[ HZ [OLPY JVU[YVS VM [OL ZP[\H[PVU ¶ HUK VM YLHSP[` ¶ PUJYLHZPUNS` ZSPWWLK MYVT [OLT As if Semyon’s life isn’t complicated enough, he is then beset by a bizarre range of individuals who want Semyon to die for their cause. First he is approached by the intelligentsia, represented by Aristarch ¶ WSH`LK ^P[O H\[OVYP[` I` ;VT 1V`JL . -YVT [OPZ WVPU[ VU :LT`VU ÄUKZ OPTZLSM ILPUN THUPW\SH[LK I` various people representing the worlds of business, the arts, the workers, and even romance. Unbeknownst to Semyon, his

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ULPNOIV\Y (SL_HUKLY 7L[YV]PJO ¶ 1HTPL :[HWSL[VU : PZ THRPUN money from Semyon’s misery by selling Semyon’s death to the highest bidder; Stapleton projected Petrovich’s cunning and deviousness with seeming ease. Semyon is resolved to take his life, though totally confused about the cause to which his ultimate gesture should be dedicated. The second half opened with a wonderful tableau of Semyon’s last meal modelled on da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’. The cast built up the tension on stage as the entire company goaded Semyon into his act VM ZLSM ZHJYPÄJL" :LT`VU LZJHWLZ OPZ WYLKPJHTLU[ I` NL[[PUN ISPUK drunk and passing out. A dramatic change of tone was skilfully managed as the mourners NH[OLYLK HYV\UK :LT`VU»Z ºKLHK» IVK` ¶ HUK H[ OPZ ºYLZ\YYLJ[PVU» ^P[O his impassioned and sincere speech about his right to live a decent life. (M[LY HU L]LUPUN VM MHZ[ WHJLK KPHSVN\L HUK HJ[PVU ¶ TVTLU[Z VM \WYVHYPV\Z SH\NO[LY HUK TVTLU[Z MVY LTWH[OL[PJ YLÃ…LJ[PVU ¶ [OLYL comes the announcement at the end that changes everything... the announcement that left the audience, temporarily, stunned and silent.

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Brooke Hall not funny any more Lack of Talent BTT OQ 17 *HU P[ YLHSS` IL [OH[ *HY[O\ZPHUZ UV SVUNLY ÄUK )YVVRL /HSS YPWL for ridicule? Looking around at my colleagues, I feel that this is a preposterous notion! Bizarrely though, it appears to be so: the Brooke Hall sketch, which has stood for years as a steadfast and much-loved feature of Charterhouse life, disappeared from Lack of ;HSLU[ PU 68 ;OL WHYHSSLSZ ^P[O 6HR HYL JSLHY ¶ I\[ ^OLYLHZ 6HR succumbed to incurable honey fungus, let us hope that this is only a [LTWVYHY` HPSTLU[ [OL SPRLZ VM ^OPJO HÑœLJ[ Z[\KLU[Z VU [OL TVYUPUN that an NSG banco is due. I was particularly looking forward to the Brooke Hall sketch in the hope that it might shed more light on my V^U IHÑžPUN HWWLHYHUJL SHZ[ `LHY HZ H [LSL]PZLK SVIZ[LY ¶ I\[ ZHKS` this mystery remains unsolved! Ivan Tarasov (F), who in his two years at the School has assumed

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the role of resident DJ in Fletcherites, built up anticipation with a DJ

his rap ‘Oh My!’ had the audience out of their seats. Ayo was very

set as the audience took their seats. He ramped up the tempo as

insistent about his need to get paid: I worry, however, that this may

the lights dimmed before providing the background beats to Ayo

not happen. There was a complete change of tone, as Kyara Uchida (G) and Claudia Namor (g) gave us a spine-tingling medley of ‘Wicked Games’ and ‘Riptide’ (Chris Isaak & Vance Joy) gripping the audience ^P[O ÄUL ZPUNPUN *SH\KPH HUK \RLSLSL WSH`PUN 2`HYH Next up was Abi Rutherford (R): we usually see Abi displaying her immense singing ability in Chapel, but her performance of ‘Stone *VSK :VILY» 7HSVTH -HP[O ZOV^LK H KPÑœLYLU[ HZWLJ[ LU[PYLS` (IP was energetically supported by the Ch’ouse band: Jai Chopra (G, KY\TZ 3V\PZ ;OVTZVU : IHZZ HUK 11 =LYL : N\P[HY ¶ HUK HSZV Mr September in the School calendar for 2018). This was followed by 3\RL .PÑœVYK 7 ^P[O H OH\U[PUN P[LT ¶ º0 ^PSS MVSSV^ `V\ PU[V [OL KHYR» +LH[O *HI -VY *\[PL ¶ HUK (SPJL :[HJWVVSL»Z = L]VJH[P]L º(SS 0 (ZR» (Adele) accompanied by Oliver Rockall (V, keyboard). Nestling midway through the programme was Savva Shillin (H). Whereas one knew roughly what to expect from most of the items listed in the programme, the ambiguously titled ‘Sound Performance’ raised more questions than it answered. Using only his extraordinary ability to generate a variety of noises, Savva took the audience on a journey from a war-torn country ravaged by mini-guns, via horseback and helicopter to Lapland. In between we heard from frogs and JV^Z ILMVYL [OL IV` H[ [OL JLU[YL VM [OL Z[VY` ÄUHSS` HJOPL]LK OPZ lifetime ambition: riding on Santa’s sleigh. This act had to be heard to be believed, and had the audience chanting for more. If the Police Academy franchise re-surfaces, then Savva will be a shoo-in for the role of Larvell Jones! The music continued with Oliver Rockall presenting ‘R U Mine?’ (Arctic Monkeys) assisted by Tim Lam (H, electric cello), then º)YLLaLISVJRZ» HS[ 1 ^P[O 1VL` @PW : ;PT 3HT 6SP]LY 9VJRHSS ¶ HSS backed by the Ch’ouse band. Both were superb, with Tim bringing energy and emotive facial expressions in equal measure to his cello playing. An unexpected highlight came when JJ’s guitar strap fell

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VÑœ HUK 3V\PZ OHK [V OLSW YL H[[HJO P[ /V^ [OL` IV[O THUHNLK [V continue playing is beyond me. We then heard a trio of classics. A wonderful interpretation of º>VUKLY^HSS» I` >PSS ,SSPZ 9 IYV\NO[ H JVTWSL[LS` KPÑœLYLU[ JOHYHJ[LY to a well-loved song, making it seem like a totally new piece full of fresh nuances. This was followed by ‘Goodbye Angels’ (Red Hot Chilli Peppers) brilliantly done by Henry Clements (G), Hector Platt (B), Louis Thomson and Noah Rogerson (V). ‘Fix You’ (Coldplay) was next up with Rupert Peacock (G), Michael Freeman (S) and Jai Chopra performing with great depth of feeling.

Ayo returned to bookend the show. If one is to take his word as Gospel, Ayo seems to have spent an inordinate amount of his time ºÃ…L_PU»» /PZ PUMLJ[PV\Z LULYN` HUK L_\ILYHUJL OHK [OL THQVYP[` VM [OL H\KPLUJL Ã…L_PU» I` [OL LUK (Z OPNO ZWPYP[LK HUK LU[LY[HPUPUN HZ this was, I confess to being concerned with Ayo’s lack of a warm-up HUK ^HYT KV^U YV\[PUL OV^L]LY ¶ HUK OH]L YLJVTTLUKLK [V OPT some gentle stretching exercises to minimise the risk of injury. ;OL WYVNYHTTL ÄUPZOLK ^P[O HU LUZLTISL YLUKLYPUN VM º)PSSPVUHPYL» (Bruno Mars): genuinely heartfelt, and giving all the evening’s artists H ZOHYL VM [OL SPTLSPNO[ ¶ H NSVYPV\Z LUKPUN [V H MHI\SV\Z ZOV^ (SS who contributed should be heartily congratulated; they thoroughly deserved their curtain call. Lack of Talent 2017 was a fantastic evening of entertainment, serving as a superb showcase for Carthusian talent.

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Experiments in Coarse Acting Henry Xth Part VII & All’s Well That Ends As You Like It BTT OQ 17 Had Shakespeare never stopped writing the Henriad tetralogies and started mixing his earlier comedies then we might very well have ended up with Henry Xth Part VII and All’s Well That Ends As You Like It: two ‘coarse acting shows’ by the British journalist Michael Green that connect Shakespeare’s language, characters and plots to the absurdist imagination. These irreverent pastiches allowed Carthusians to act out scenes of courtly rivalry and comic pastoral with melodramatic intensity. Henry Xth Part VII was grounded in a dominant vocal performance by Ifeanyichukwu Isichei (H), who relished the role of ruling despot. :\YYV\UKLK I` NLU\ÅLJ[PUN TPUPVUZ 2PUN /LUY` ^HZ YVSSLK VU[V the stage while seated in his throne wearing sunglasses. The choice of set and costume design (Helen Freeman) coupled with Henry’s ailments (‘Oh, my back!’) turned this latest example of British primogeniture into a latter-day Hamm of Endgame. Two watchtowers, front left and front right, served as outposts for the power struggle that followed between rival factions. The Herald (Ahmed Abdulai, D) voiced news of Cuthbert, Earl of Wolverhampton’s bid for top monarch, while the Messenger (Will Adams, G) was repeatedly beaten by both parties for speaking truth to power. Other amusing distortions of Shakespearean theatre included King Henry shedding ‘manly tears’; the Chorus (Morten Younie, H) being undermined by both the spotlights and the Drummer (Ebrahim Shaikh, H) whenever he attempted to introduce the backstory; and Queen Catherine’s IHI` ¶ H Z`TIVS MVY ºHSS [OL SV]L [OH[ ,UNSHUK ILHYZ» ¶ ILPUN [VZZLK mishandled and decapitated in ways that might have prompted Z`TWH[O` MYVT L]LU [OL Z[H\UJOLZ[ YLW\ISPJHU )\[ P[ ^HZ [OL ÄNO[ scene in the forest that provided the outstanding spoof moment. Against the backdrop of comic pastoral, the foppish pretender to

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[OL [OYVUL 1VZO >HPU^YPNO[ 1VULZ / MHJLK VŃœ ^P[O 2PUN /LUY` PU a slow-motion martial arts showdown. An unexpected roundhouse kick was enough to vanquish Wolverhampton once they had each agreed to lay down their weapons. ;OL H\KPLUJL YL[\YULK [V H ]LY` KPŃœLYLU[ ZWVVM WSH` HM[LY [OL PU[LY]HS In All’s Well That Ends As You Like It, the theatrical space was much more concentrated and did not spill out into the auditorium. This was in large part due to strong performances from Duke Frederigo (Jamie Stapleton, S) and Bronchio (Ed Crockford, D), who provided an LŃœLJ[P]L JVU[YHZ[ IL[^LLU [OL [^V THPU JOHYHJ[LYZ ;OL =PJHY 1HRVI Hofmann, g) also performed well, managing to combine sycophantic behaviour with an understated critique of Bronchio’s excesses (‘This course of malice is untoward’). The Nurse (Lilly Weiss-Skjorten, D) had her own preferred method for accosting characters (‘These are the very dugs’), which drew several laughs from the crowd and provided much-needed comic relief from the aggressive antics of the usurping Duke. The forest scenery continued to be used during this second production: this time as a space of personal transition where social ties and pretensions were severed. This allowed the audience to experience the inner psychological turmoil of the banished Duke Frederigo (‘the elements are hateful to me now’). Dry-ice smoke, Ă…HZOPUN SPNO[Z HUK LHY[O ZOH[[LYPUN HJV\Z[PJ LŃœLJ[Z [YHUZWVY[LK the audience into a visually arresting dream sequence. A puckish creature and phallus of mischief began its descent from the vaults of the theatre. Suspended in the air by his harness for the best WHY[ VM Ă„]L TPU\[LZ ;OL .VK 7HU 2VTHU 3H\ > JHSTS` KLSP]LYLK parts of the ‘All the world’s a stage’ monologue from Act II, Scene VII of As You Like It.

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Reconciliation is a must for any Shakespearean comedy, but not for Shakespearean pastiche. Both productions should be praised for the dissonant notes they struck through Shakespearean styles and conventions. Broken clarion calls, bell chimes and rock music PU[LYS\KLZ VŃœLYLK WYV]VJH[P]L YLĂ…LJ[PVU VU [OL [OLTL VM H KP]PKLK Britain. Special mention must go to the sound and lighting operators, Harry Clayton-Jones (G) and Peter Wallace (B); to the scenic artists, Emma Spindler (H) and Gabriela Ribeiro Fagundes (F); and to the stage managers, Rupert Peacock (G) and Maisie Pennant (V), for all their hard work behind the scenes and their management of visual HUK HJV\Z[PJ LŃœLJ[Z

F Hutton-Williams

Unforgettable Journey A-level Drama & Theatre Devised BTT OQ 17 It is extraordinary that a play written some 500 years ago can still

monologue whilst being expertly passed from one cast member to

resonate and inspire a group of teenagers in 2017 but this is exactly

another in an almost gymnastic way. Rapha Redfern (G) brought

what happened when the current 2YS drama & theatre A-level div

huge energy to all her roles as well as great sensitivity when depicting

read Everyman.

a character dying from the disease. Ruby Winter (W) took us through

Taking the idea of death arriving when least expected and applying it to

the journey of a human relationship and Alice Stacpoole (V) drew on

[OVZL HŃžPJ[LK ^P[O TLU[HS OLHS[O KPZVYKLYZ Âś ZWLJPĂ„JHSS` (SaOLPTLYÂťZ

IV[O OLY HJ[PUN HUK T\ZPJHS HIPSP[` [V NYLH[ LŃœLJ[ 4VSS` )H_[LY +

Âś [OL ZP_ W\WPSZ ZL[ HIV\[ KL]PZPUN HU VYPNPUHS WPLJL VM [OLH[YL \ZPUN

and Charlie Fairbank (L) completed the ensemble with a range of

the analogy of a boat trip gradually and inexorably falling apart. With

characters and expertise.

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It was the intention of the cast to entertain and enlighten the

though the seven stages of Alzheimer’s in the most imaginative and

audience about the disease; judging by the rapt attention of the near

engaging way using dance, physical theatre, shadow play, song,

full house during the performance and the enthusiastic comments

audience involvement and much more. The range of theatrical

afterwards, they succeeded. Devising from scratch is an exacting

]VJHI\SHY` ^HZ PTWYLZZP]L HUK KYL^ Ă„UL WLYMVYTHUJLZ MYVT HSS [OL

and daunting task but the whole cast should be rightly proud of what

cast. Each took turns in playing the captain of the ship as well as a

they achieved. The evening truly was unforgettable.

David Ireson

host of subsidiary characters. Claudia Namor (g) delivered an entire

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Talent on tap Stepping Out

BTT LQ 18

As if learning and performing a script was not enough for this game bunch of pupils, they also decided they would learn to tap dance as well! Richard Harris’s Stepping Out ¶ HIV\[ H KPZWHYH[L JVSSLJ[PVU VM ^VTLU IYV\NO[ [VNL[OLY I` [OLPY ]HYPV\Z KPZHќLJ[PVUZ ¶ ^HZ Z\WLYIS` performed by the 2YS Drama & Theatre A-level div as their scripted performance exam. The actors brought to life an engaging collection of characters. Alice Stacpoole (V) was suitably arch as the snobby Vera, Claudia Namor (g) brought all her Latin vivacity to Maxine, Molly

Baxter (D) combined the natural shyness of Andy with her passion for environmental matters, and Rapha Redfern (G) just kept on eating HUK ZLSM SVH[OPUN HZ [OL NSVYPV\Z :`S]PH [V O\NL JVTPJ LќLJ[ ;OL women were all under the watchful eye of their tap teacher Mavis, expertly negotiated by Ruby Winter (W), who really had to learn how to tap dance. 0[ PZ KPѝJ\S[ [V W\SS Vќ [OL QV\YUL` MYVT PULW[ I\[ LU[O\ZPHZ[PJ TLTILYZ VM H [HW JS\I ^OPJO PZ ^OLYL ^L ÄUK [OLT H[ [OL ILNPUUPUN VM [OL play, to the more accomplished and polished performers we see H[ [OL LUK ¶ I\[ LHJO TLTILY VM [OL JHZ[ THUHNLK [OPZ HUK [OL packed house lapped up every minute!

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Their Half-Hour upon the Stage Yearlings Master Time and the Bard at G Live With less than twenty hours of rehearsal time and only slightly more than twenty minutes on stage, this cast of Yearlings must have sympathised with Macbeth’s raging against the relentless progress of time. And yet this modern, stripped back production of the Scottish play, as part of the Shakespeare Schools Festival, was a complete triumph: haunting, passionate and timeless. Like druids emerging, knotted, from the ruins of some ancient stone circle, the entire cast opened the performance, leering at the audience through the half-light and chanting the witches’ incantations in unison. Immediately, the tone was set: there would be no escape from the claustrophobia of this production. The choral delivery of

and Matthew Parnall (G), the most terrifying of the witches. Special

Lady Macbeth’s lines, which drew apt parallels between the queen

mention must go to Charlie Brod (W) too for his assuredly sinister

and the hags, was equally chilling, particularly as the actors washed

portrayal of Macbeth.

their hands obsessively in the dark upstage.

In all this was a startling performance of a well-worn play, and

Throughout the production individual characters, like ghosts,

LUVYTV\Z JYLKP[ T\Z[ NV [V HSS [OL JHZ[ Âś /H`KLU )YV^U : 9VOPU

HWWLHYLK HUK KPZHWWLHYLK IHJR PU[V [OL JOVY\Z Âś LHJO HUK L]LY`

Shingadia (V), Will Adams (G), Harry Church (G), Ben Parkinson (H),

actor lending his own voice and personality to the play: Henry

.P\ZLWWL (WYPSL )VYYPLSSV ) 1VOU +LHJVU 9 Âś HUK 4Y -YLLTHU

Butah (B) was a strident King Duncan; Joshua Drake-Brockman

for their tireless work in preparation for this event. I hope we will see

(G), a murderous Malcolm; Ollie Trill (W), a darkly comic porter;

them all again soon on the boards of BTT.

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CAMS

Artifex and Page 123

Inter-house Kart Derby This was one of the most gripping events of Artifex. Each house had its own karts painted in house colours. A massive crowd had gathered around Founder’s Court. Tension was thick in the air as L]LY`VUL ^HP[LK ^P[O IH[LK IYLH[O [V ZLL [OL UHPS IP[PUN ÄUPZO (UK P[ ^HZ 3VJRP[LZ ¶ VO ^HP[ \U[PS P[ ^HZU»[ ;OL` LUKLK \W ILPUN KPZX\HSPÄLK MVY UV[ YV[H[PUN [LHT TLTILYZ HJJVYKPUN [V [OL Y\SLZ

Oh how we love it! Artifex V Fifth and largest ever, 2018’s Artifex was a great blend of old (Cinema

thus allowing second placed Robinites to seal the win. The course saw karts made by each house wind their way through [OL VSK ZJOVVS [V H KYHTH[PJ ÄUPZO PU MYVU[ VM H ILT\ZLK ;OVTHZ Sutton. This is set to become a Carthusian tradition. Narissa Jewa (S)

on the Ceiling in Chapel: Dunkirk, The World’s End, Baby Driver, The Grand Budapest Hotel ¶ <UWS\NNLK -PYLZPKL ;HSLZ -VVK -PNO[ [er... Fair], Concerts in the Cloisters, and what used to be called the Summer Concert) and new (Garden of Light, Question Time, A Man for All Seasons, Fire in the Booth [not a real one], and a reading of the more than complete Hamlet ¶ HUK [OL ^LH[OLY ^HZ RPUK [OYV\NOV\[ BWLYZVUPÄJH[PVUD ;OLYL ^LYL V[OLY VSK MH]LZ SPRL *O»V\ZL :JVVWZ )VVR +YVW ,ZJHWL 9VVT *VÑœLL :OLK )YL^LY` ,]LUPUN M\U ^P[O JOVJVSH[L JVTWL[P[PVUZ ÄST HUK KLZPNU HUK L_OPIP[PVUZ 8\Pa 7LYJLW[PVU :VJ NHTPUN JVU[LZ[Z ¶ HUK THU` UL^ I\[ I` UV^ familiar and well-loved things: videlicet Charterhouse Chickens & Bees, Musical Theatre Soc, and bubble tea... in which (apparently) `V\ ÄUK ZLTVSPUH ¶ [OV\NO `V\Y [O SL[[LY VM [OL HSWOHIL[ º[OL J\W that refreshes but does not inebriate’) cannot be improved by adding pudding of any sort, and if you had semolina at Primary School

Summer Concert

encountering it ever again, or anywhere, will be too soon.

.SLUU .V\SK ¶ ;VYVU[VUPHU WPHUPZ[ HUK NLUP\Z ¶ ZHPK [OH[

In few, the great Mark Begbie (astride his directorial Peugeot

he did not like concert-goers, did not trust them as a breed, would

bicycle) presided over yet another sublimely joyous festival of

not want any as friends. Looking around the Dome I wondered again

creativity that reminded us what we should never forget even for a

quite what he meant by this. Years ago I thought I knew.

moment: that school is, or should be (to quote Sir Robert Birley),

0 OHK Q\Z[ ILLU [V OVTLIPSS MVY [OL ÄYZ[ [PTL PU X\P[L H ^OPSL HUK OHK

‘such tremendous fun’.

encountered Catering’s excellent new-to-me lamb kofta, and frankly

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looking round the Dome and out at the doorway where passing-trade ear-drummers were having their ears amiably drummed, I thought [OH[ VU [OL ^OVSL 0 JV\SK UV[ PTHNPUL H UPJLY TVYL MYPLUKS` JYV^K ¶

Inter-House gaming

and so what if (also selon Gould) we were all just listening to music in VYKLY [V PUK\SNL PU ZVTL MVYT VM UVZ[HSNPH& /LYL ^L HSS ^LYL ¶ HUK whilst it was pleasantly warm, we had (unlike so many of the whirled carp enthusiasts) kept our shirts on and refrained from baying and war-dancing. As our Director of Music, Mark Shepherd, remarked in a typically LSLNHU[ JSVZPUN ZWLLJO ¶ `V\ JHU LP[OLY NV PU[LY YHPSPUN HM[LY `V\Y A-levels and raise a glass to the notion of education, or you can stay here and do some practice. The concert was book ended by a pair of classic 2YSs who were still here and delighting us: Christian Pethick (g) played the trombone from memory in Guilmant’s Morceau Symphonique, and Aster Chun (g) played Ravel’s ferocious ‘Tzigane’ accompanied by the virtuosic Clive Williamson. ;OL ÄSSPUN PU [OPZ ILN\PSPUN T\ZPJ WPL ^HZ Z\WLY [\ULM\S! +VUPaL[[P (Horace Choi bassoon, G), Wanhua Chu (Charlie Harrison piano, G), * , 3LMLI]YL (\KYL` -\ Ã…\[L - -YHUa :[YH\ZZ 9\WLY[ 7LHJVJR OVYU . HUK [VW X\HSP[` ;LSLTHUU ¶ *VUJLY[V MVY -V\Y =PVSPUZ WSH`LK by Ashley Chan (F), Dickson Tse (R), Richard Lau (V) & Emily Bagley . ¶ HUK [OL KLUZL IYV^UULZZ VM [OL (KHNPV MYVT )YHOTZ»Z =PVSPU Sonata in G (Ashley Chan & Clive Williamson). Is it in Tolstoy or Toy Story that ‘happy families are all alike’, and ‘every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way’? Summer concerts ¶ ILPUN JOPLÃ…` OHWW` VJJHZPVUZ ¶ HYL ZPTPSHYS` HSPRL I\[ HSZV PU that they nod to the dying of the academic year, they have their own SP[[SL TLSHUJOVSPLZ ¶ HUK [OLZL ^PSS OH]L ILLU MLS[ KPÑœLYLU[S` I` LHJO audient, or not at all. Let be.

MLJB

Susan & Wendy tell it like it is, sort of.... Foodcourt We all have to eat, right? Well, in Artifex necessity (proverbially the TV[OLY VM PU]LU[PVU ILJVTLZ H WH[YVU VM [OL HY[Z ¶ MVY 0 UV[L MYVT T` (Y[PML_ Ã…`LY [OH[ OVTLIPSS PZ SPZ[LK HSVUN ^P[O H SVHK VM HY[` Z[\Ñœ as International Food Fair... certainly a change from the chicken, potatoes, pasta, rice, nachos, pizza, curry, Peking duck, haggis, 0YPZO Z[L^ HUK T`Z[LY` TLH[ ^P[O ^OPJO ^L X\V[PKPHUS` ÄSS V\Y I\JJHS Learning to make Sushi

cavities of an evening. 6U [OL KH` PU X\LZ[PVU >LKULZKH` [O 1\UL ^L MVY[PÄLK V\YZLS]LZ

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against the possible disappointments of the IFF with a piece of gum (Susan) and a carbonated drink with an alarming pH (Wendy).

Spiring: Collaborative Sculpture

Upon arrival in Founder’s Court we noted the great variety of stalls:

It is universally agreed that the highlight of this school year has been the

pulled pork, hog roast, burritos, chilli dogs, churros (so popular that

introduction of a burgeoning Charterhouse Chicken & Bees Society.

the queues stretched most of the way back to D), shaved ice (which

This small but steadfast group has been a guiding light of sorts to

PZ Q\Z[ ZOH]LK PJL ^P[O Ă…H]V\YLK Z`Y\W ]LNHU JH[LYPUN [V [OYLL

KPZLUJOHU[LK Z[\KLU[Z Âś [OVZL ^OV ^PZO [V LZJHWL [OL JVUĂ„ULZ VM

people), Vietnamese curry, bad brownies (here ‘bad’ is, we infer,

the grim everyday. And what better way to unite (and possibly even

PYVUPJ .YLLR 2VYLHU Âś HUK *HY[O\ZPHU Y\U Z[HSSZ VŃœLYPUN [OL OVTL

recruit) said wayward youths than by constructing a communal hive?

cooking of the very many countries from which Carthusians come.

It was both spectacularly collaborative and spectacularly centred

Some of us (Wendy) were too busy ‘rehearsing’ (these air-quotes

around two prominent species of Charterhouse fauna. The only

were inserted at the insistence of Susan) to eat; others of us (Susan,

question on my lips is: when will the next hymenopterous structure

for eg) waited in line for 32 minutes enjoying the crack (which is an

be built?

Lia Rockey (G)

Irish term for banter) before Buntering* on scorching chilli. ‘Susan’ (L) & ‘Wendy’ (W) -YVT )\U[LY [OL Ă„J[PVUHS ZJOVVSIV` MHTV\ZS` MVUK VM NVYNPUN himself on tuck

Bubble Shake Shack The Bubble Shake Shack has attracted many customers with its thirst-quenching bubble tea and delicious milkshakes. Against intense competition from Ch’ouse Scoops they came out victorious (in my view) in a war of prices and adornments (toppings featuring famous-name chocolate). ;OLYL ^LYL SHYNL X\L\LZ K\L LP[OLY [V L_JLZZP]L WVW\SHYP[` VY Z[HŃœ PULŃ?JPLUJ` ;OL ^VYZ[ WYVISLT HZZVJPH[LK ^P[O [OPZ W\Y]L`VY VM delicious treats was its opening times: because it was open just before homebill, those with neither self-control nor forethought were full up by ‘dinner’.

Hugh Thomas (G)

The tea stall

The Coffee Shed One might imagine that having a bunch of teenagers handle an expensive espresso machine with little to no experience in order to ZLY]L [OL W\ISPJ OV[ KYPURZ ^V\SK VUS` LUK IHKS` I\[ H[ ;OL *VŃœLL Shed the student-baristas all proved themselves apt at making KLSPJPV\Z HUK WYVMLZZPVUHS SVVRPUN JVŃœLLZ [V YP]HS HU` HY[PZHU OPWZ[LY LZWYLZZV IHY Âś HUK TVYL JOLHWS` [OHU bPUZLY[ UHTL VM ULHYLZ[ YP]HS here}. What more?

Lunchtime concert by the Junior Saxophone Quartet

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Get thee... farewell Hamlet Uncut A cast of about 40 gave a rehearsed reading of Hamlet, one Act per day, during Artifex V. Like ‘the tragedians of the city’ they travelled, giving successive Acts in unusual locations. ;OLYL HYL UV K\Ñœ SPULZ PU Hamlet, but it is nearly always cut. This JHZ\HS I\[JOLY` PZ Q\Z[PÄLK [O\Z! [OL ºJVTWSL[L» Hamlet is an untidy JVTWPSH[PVU VM [L_[Z º]LY` T\JO TVYL OHUKZVTL [OHU ÄUL» P[ PZ º[VV long’ (‘it shall to the barber’s with your beard’), and it is an ‘artistic failure’... this last from the author of The Cocktail Party (with its selfdelighted bon mots, proper-name taradiddles, ‘risky’ single meanings and ‘intriguing’ philosophical riddles. If you still want to cut Hamlet, consider which bits of Petra (the ‘roseYLK JP[`» UV[ [OL KVN VÑœ Blue Peter) you would bulldoze or re-develop because it’s a bit of a mess... a ‘town-planner’s nitemare’. Our Hamlet was better than uncut: Hamlet’s super-rare clauses (from the so-called bad quarto) about punchline comics were included. To L_[LUK [OL 7L[YHWOVY [OH[»Z SPRL ÄUKPUN H TPUP ;YLHZ\Y` Q\Z[ V\[ZPKL Petra and clambering up to have a look. Stars of this show were the venues: the booming glooming racquets courts with Ghost (JPF) in the gallery, and retreating to bellow into JV\Y[ UV ^OLU PU [OL ºJLSSHYHNL»" Ä]LZ JV\Y[ UV SPRL H OHSM I\PS[ time-share; G dining-room, in which every sound was so clear and T\ZPJHS" [OL ^LZ[ ^HSR VM :JOVSHYZ» *V\Y[ ^P[O P[Z ÄUL ^VVKLU IHYYLS ]H\S[" /HSS ¶ ^OLYL \U[PS [OL VWLUPUN VM [OL IYLLaL ISVJR NVTTPZ[LYPH

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that is BTT) plays were always staged. Stars also were the readers: Remove div 1, which this year (now that Hamlet OHZ ILLU [HRLU VÑœ [OL :WLJPHSPZ[ Z`SSHI\Z OHK ILLU QV`M\SS` SL[ SVVZL VU P[ I` [OLPY NYLH[ ILHR 4Y *OHYSPL :WHYYV^ ¶ HUK H JY` VM BH players for the grown-up parts: King Claudius (NPW, JCT, PJR), Queen Gertrude (Jane Drew, EJF), Polonius (CRGH). /HTSL[Z OHK ^L Ä]L [V LHJO HU (J[! +H]PK 9LLZ 4VNN = 1HTLZ Taylor (D), Freddy Foulston (R), James McNeill (L), Michael Freeman : " /VYH[PV [OYLL VM ¶ ,SSPV[ )SHPRSL` : (U[VUPV AOHUN / )LU 3H^ZVU 9 " 3HLY[LZ [^V VM ¶ 2VTHU 3H\ > 1HTPL :[HWSL[VU : " 6WOLSPH VUL ¶ /VSS` .HYKULY - ;OLYL ^LYL JSHZZPJ JHTLVZ! obliging Reynaldo (WRT), ‘churlish’ priest (CAC), a trio of the ‘adders MHUNLK» ZJOVVSMLSSV^Z 9VZLUJYHU[a .\PSKLUZ[LYU ¶ 45: )5 Freddy Clinton (W) & Henry Waldern (V), Romain Perusat (P) & Charlie Reay (R); clowning gravediggers (CAMS & MJD); Francisco, Player 2PUN =VS[LTHUK 6ZYPJ ¶ :HT ;YV` . " HUK HKTPYHIS` WSH`PUN [OL LZZLU[PHS ºPULZZLU[PHSZ» ¶ *OHYSPL /HYYPZVU . 7YVT 2PUNJOH[JOH]HS (L), Morgan McLucas (g), Charlie Turner (G), Morgan Clarke (W), Amil Folawiyo (P), Sam Thomas (W), Eric Kim (H). At the last, sorrowfully embracing his fortune was the oft-omitted Fortinbras (JHK). I think that we all felt this was even better and more enjoyable than it WYVTPZLK [V IL ¶ HUK [OLYL ^HZ ]LY` T\JO MHI\SV\ZS` NVVK YLHKPUN This enterprise was inspired by the only two complete Hamlet YLJVYKPUNZ JVTTLYJPHSS` H]HPSHISL! :PY 2LUUL[O )YHUHNO»Z ÄST H[ Blenheim Palace, and the NAXOS CDs with Anton Lesser & company, HSZV I` )YHUHNO»Z ÄST In the Bleak Midwinter (aka A Midwinter’s Tale) ¶ [OYLL ^VYRZ V\[ VM Z[LW ^P[O [OPZ KYVZZ` HNL ^OVZL KPYLS` [LKPV\Z ÄST MHU[HZPLZ [YPSVNPLZ WYLX\LSZ ZLX\LSZ HYL SP[[SL TVYL [OHU ‘inexplicable dumb-shows and noise’.

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Justice A Man for All Seasons Artifex CQ 18 ‘By heaven, what an evening.’ This production was keenly anticipated, for the team which brought us the triumphant Amadeus two years ago was coming together again: the same directors, the same leading actors, the same setting before Chapel (and the same reviewer, come to that). But this time the protagonists exchanged roles: Jamie Stapleton (S) exchanged the solemn Salieri for that cheeky chappie, the Common Man, and Michael Freeman (S) swapped the joker Mozart for the high-minded Sir Thomas More. ;OL VSK ÄYT KPK UV[ KPZHWWVPU[ :[HWSL[VU ^HZ VUL VM \Z Z^HWWPUN roles at the drop or donning of a hat, but always with a grin breaking the fourth wall, inviting us into the play as our guide, philosopher and

MYPLUK -YLLTHU WSH`LK OPZ 4VYL SH^`LYS` L]LU WLL]PZO H[ ÄYZ[ OPZ diction as clear as his adamantine intellect, but then in imprisonment his moral courage and emotional intensity won us over. That ‘Goodbye, my love’ to his wife before his execution hit us full in the chest. Their supporting cast deserves equal praise: there were no weak links in this production. There was a palpable company spirit among this cast of First Year Specialists, augmented by Remove Nyasha Konorubwe’s (P) stately Cranmer. This is a wordy play, and words were often used as weapons (even ‘Good Day’ could sound like a threat). It is very much to the credit of the players that they delivered their lines with variety of pace and tone but always with understanding. Ben Lawson (R) as Cromwell was demonic: here was H THU ^OV KPK HJ[\HSS` LUQV` W\[[PUN H THU»Z OHUK PU H JHUKSL ÅHTL" Joshua Dinsdale’s (F) Henry owed not a little to Hugh Laurie’s Prince

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As in the case of Amadeus, the acting was accompanied by live music: a band of IVth-formers and Removes under the direction of DGW transported us instantly to the world of the Tudors, and kept us [OLYL YPNO[ \U[PS [OL Ă„UHS N\[ [PNO[LUPUN JSH[[LY VM H KY\T [VVR \Z [V the place of execution. Directors JHK and EJF made brilliant use of Chapel as their set. The choreography of entrances and exits at the west doors underpinned

Regent, until he turned nasty; Iona Harrison (G) played an impatient

alliance and opposition, and then drew us inside to sit by candlelight

Alice who deserved the line, ‘A lion I married’; and Holly Gardner (F)

either side of the court which put More on trial, making us think we

displayed a remarkable talent for physical comedy as the Lutheran

were members of the jury, somehow complicit in his fate.

9VWLY Ă…HPSPUN PULŃœLJ[\HSS` H[ [OL .HVSLY VY ZLY]PUN HZ WYVW [V [OL

So the team has triumphed again, but, alas, for the last time. Next

languid elbow of Rupert Peacock’s (G) Norfolk.

`LHY [OVZL Ă„UL HJ[VYZ ^PSS IL VU [OLPY ^H` [V 3LH]LYÂťZ 3\UJO HUK

3\RL .PŃœVYK 7 WSH`LK [OL WP]V[HS [YPTTLY 9PJOHYK 9PJO Âş+PJRPLÂť

JHK will be at Westminster. But we have been privileged to have

to Cromwell) with an oily weakness to counterpoint More’s

been present at this splendid occasion. It is rumoured that the wife

intransigence; Rupert Peacock’s Norfolk was pompously friendly but

of author Robert Bolt was in attendance: if she was, she would

ultimately self-serving; Rita Gracia Delgado (F) brought a Pollyanna

recognise that this production did her husband’s words full justice.

innocence to the role of Margaret and Lia Rockey (G) charmed as the ambassador Chapuys. SPMA, cardinal in costume and complexion, WSH`LK >VSZL` ^P[O H NY\Ńœ WVSP[PJHS WYHNTH[PZT It is to be noted that many of these Carthusians arrived to get into costume from Hall after reading parts in Hamlet or from the Artifex Dome where they had been playing in the summer concert. Our best performers are very busy indeed during Artifex.

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Strong stuff from Weekites BTT CQ 18 On the Wednesday of Artifex, Weekites presented two comic shorts from Ayckbourn’s Confusions. This project was driven by the LULYNL[PJ LU[O\ZPHZT RUV^ OV^ HUK JHU KV VM 4YZ >HRLSPUN ¶ H Q\Z[S` WVW\SHY > [\[VY ¶ HZ WYVK\JLY PTWYLZHYPV For reviews see page 124

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Art

Portrait of his grandmother by Ben Birch (B)

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Animation by Luis Enriquez (g)

Shepard Spink (P)

Elena Borgognone (L)

George Barlow (V)

Cameron Petrie (D)

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Amalita Vacher (V)

Jil Sinnes (S)

Rob Lee (L) Ben Birch (B)

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Eleanor Choi (F)

Zayd Ahmed (B)

Jessica Li (g)

Runn Hetrakul (S)

For review of House Art competition see page 125

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Eleanor Choi (F)

Archie Woodhouse (R)

Christian Levett (L)

Summer Design Show This year we showed the work of two GCSE divs and one Pre-U div. On the Tuesday of Artifex pupils from Aldro visited. They left excited

Designer of the Year 2018: James McAllister (g) (below)

and, we hope, inspired by the quality on display. Their Head of DT

Commended: Henry Waldern (V)

(Emma Matthews) joined the Head of DT at Clifton College (Vicki

Commended: Daniel Lee (g)

Jackson) to decide on Designer of the Year.

People’s Choice Award: Alex Kazin (H) (above)

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TJA

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Adhiraj Burman (S)

Keir Dawson (g)

Henry Graham (g)

Ross Fordham (W)

Mark Sparavalo (B)

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Alex Moore (g)

Oscar Hanks (B)

Ben Taylor-Payne (L)

Jordan Michael (g)

Max Mazaheri-Sarre (S)

Charlie Howard (G) Jamie Hollingworth (R)

1st XI vs OCs – Luke Shedden (V)

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1st XI vs OCs – James Garrard (F)

Girls’ ISFA Sevens vs St Catherine’s – Anastasiia Kurochkina (P)

2nd XI vs Westminster – William Dovell (L)

ISFA Sixes – Dmitry Tertychnyy (g)

1st XI vs KIng’s Chester – Jay Porter (R)

1st XI vs KIng’s Chester – Alex Ford (D)

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U15A vs Lancing – Frankie Parker (S)

U16A vs Portslade Academy – Finlay McLellan (D)

U15A vs Ibstock Place – Charlie Turner (G)

U16A vs Lancing – Gianluca Capuano (D)

U15 vs Ibstock Place – Marcus Rawlings (S)

U15A vs Ardingly – Sam Thomas (W)

U16A vs Lancing – Tom Wainwright (R)

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U15 vs Lancing – Duncan Petrie (D)

U14A – Louis Savile (g)

U14A – Charles Kelsey-Fry (S)

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U14A – Will Turner (W)

U14A – Tom Fowler (D)

U15A vs Ardingly

Restoration House Match Final The sun dappled the old buildings of the nineteenth-century establishment as a game of football played out that might easily have been in black and white. Or monochrome. It was more agricultural than industrial, more feudal than capitalist, despotic rather than liberally constitutional. After last year’s entertainment, this was an exercise in the mind numbing passage of time. Even [OL JYV^K ZLLTLK KLÅH[LK ;OL JOHU[Z SHJRLK ZLUZL PU[LSSPNLUJL and any discernible sense of melody. All that could be heard were [OL OHSM ÄUPZOLK KP[[PLZ [OH[ ZTHJRLK VM H IHZPJ SHJR VM WSHUUPUN ;OL >LLRP[LZ MHUZ KPKU»[ L]LU THRL RPJR Vќ 7YVIHIS` T\UJOPUN [OYV\NO prawn sandwiches back in the CDR, they were so late they missed the opening goal. A decent ball into the Verites box caused absolute

whistles in the wind, the furtive look in a crowded bar.

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In truth, Verites never really looked like they were going to get the

almost apologetic goal was very much the high point.

equaliser, while Weekites didn’t look like extending the lead. And so

Henceforth the game descended into a mush of nothingness and it’s

time ticked on. And on. And on. Like that fateful day at 10.04pm on

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12 November 1955 when lightning struck the Hill Valley Courthouse,

challenge from Sam Slingsby (V) on the referee, which resulted in

it appeared for a moment that the hands of the Bell Tower clock

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were forever frozen in time. But there was no such excitement on

for the crowd in the shape of a Verites trumpeter, who arrived out

Big Ground. No Libyan terrorists gunning down Doc Brown, no

of nowhere to add a semblance of colour and hint of intrigue, but

Oedipus-like storyline with Marty and Lorraine, no complications in

otherwise it was an appalling exercise in mediocrity. The ball spent

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more time in the air than an Airbus 380 and less time on the ground

we probably wouldn’t have bothered betting on this game.

than Sandra Bullock in Gravity. There was precious little goalmouth

No. Instead we waited for the end, and when, as it always does, it

action either. Admittedly Barlow (V) had more to do than Hodson (W),

arrived, it was a blessed relief on a wintry last Friday of term. Weekites

but that might have been more to do with the former’s garish yellow

win. Back to the old way of things. Rather like the restoration of

top and the fact that he ran the full length of the pitch for an attacking

Charles II or Louis XVIII, the interregnum now seems all but a blur

corner, with a full eight minutes to go. This was a clear indication of

as the brief interlude of Daviesites’s dominance comes to an end.

[OL KLZWLYH[L SHJR VM NVHSTV\[O [OYLH[ VќLYLK I` [OL =LYP[L ZPKL

Well done W and congratulations to the players on both sides for a

Admittedly there were some positive passages of play and the odd

sporting contest. A massive pat on the back for all the spectators

glimpse of quality but these were mere splinters on the woodpile,

that made it through. A triumph of fortitude and faith over football.

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1st XI vs Cranleigh – Tom Walton (V)

1st XI vs Cranleigh – Kai Magee (S)

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1st XI – Will Briggs (V)

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1st XI vs Reigate Grammar School – Charles Short (P)

1st XI vs Cranleigh

1st XI vs Cranleigh – Max Say (B)

SPORT HOCKEY

For match reports see page 132

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1st XI vs Reigate Grammar School – Alex Ford (D)

1st XI vs Reigate Grammar School – Rollo Payne (D)

1st XI vs Reigate Grammar School – Ross Fordham (W)

1st XI vs Reigate Grammar School – Max Say (B)

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U16A vs Reed’s – Gianluca Capuano (D)

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U16A vs Reed’s – Sebastian Lucy (D)

2nd XI vs Cranleigh – Toby Rawlings (S)

1st XI vs Royal Grammar School Reigate – Charles Short (P)

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D vs S Yearlings

U14A vs Eton

U15A vs Reed’s – Freddy Clinton (W)

U14A vs Cranleigh – Charles Kelsey-Fry (S)

U15A vs Reed’s – Marcus Rawlings (S)

U15A vs Reed’s – James Taylor (D)

Pressure Senior House Final ;OL NHTL Z[HY[LK [PNO[S` ^P[O IV[O ZPKLZ L]LUS` TH[JOLK 7HNLP[LZ with some dangerous attacks, but Weekites remaining in the game. A couple of brilliant drives by Ross Fordham (W) lead to a short corner which would see Caspar Woodward (W) smash home the opener in an unorthodox manner. The game remained close with the ball moving from end to end regularly. Weekites’s defensive unit of Louis Ward, Jon Hodson, Aidan Chan, and Harry Gilbey remained strong, keeping their third clean sheet of the tournament. A couple of fast counter attacks by Ollie Sheen and Alex Holmes nearly led [V H ZLJVUK NVHS MVY >LLRP[LZ 7HNLP[LZ HWWSPLK TVYL WYLZZ\YL

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Elliot Clarke (W)

Confrontation Junior House Final

W vs P Senior Final

towards the end, earning a number of short corners which were

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At the start of the game there was close confrontation between

and dominated, with Rupert Evans and Charlie Harrison running

the two teams. Charlie Turner had the pick of the opportunities,

the show. Then Rupert Evans was yellow carded and this allowed

running through on goal set up by Dan Mote, but Gownboys did

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S vs D earlier in the competition

Drake-Brockman and Max Stockmeier made some crucial saves earlier in the game to keep both of the teams in it, but Saunderites just managed to control the game when they were one man ahead, HUK .V^UIV`Z ^LYLU»[ HISL [V JVTL IHJR MYVT H [OYLL NVHS KLÄJP[ The game ended 3-0 to Saunderites after a well fought out contest. 4HU VM [OL 4H[JO ¶ (`\ZO 7H[LS :

W vs P Senior Final

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1st XI vs MCC – George Barlow (V)

1st XI vs OCs – Charles Short (P)

For match reports see page 137

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U15A vs Cranleigh – Freddy Clinton (W)

1st XI vs MCC

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U14A vs Cranleigh – Tom Fowler (D)

U15A vs Cranleigh – Sam Thomas (W)

U16A vs Eton – Alex Topley (D)

1st XI vs Surrey Cricket Foundation – Toby Rawlings (S)

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Freddy Zamboni (V)

OTHER SPORT For match reports see page 144

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Rupert Peacock (G)

Caspar Woodward (W)

James Taylor (D) at Queen’s Club in the Public Schools’ Racquets Championships

Duncan Petrie (D)

Julia Finegan (V)

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Lacrosee vs St Catherine’s

TQ Mallorca LQ 18 Our pre-season tennis tour started at dawn on the Monday, but [OL LHYS` Z[HY[ HUK [^V OV\Y Ã…PNO[ KPKU»[ MHaL \Z (M[LY [YHKP[PVUHS 4HSSVYJHU WPaaH H[ [OL L_X\PZP[L ILHJO VM 7HN\LYH [OL JSH` JV\Y[Z beckoned us to play. We started gently, clearing cobwebs and rust from our games which OHK ILLU WYL[[` KVYTHU[ V]LY [OL ^PU[LY ;OL ÄYZ[ KH` JVUJS\KLK with a quiz at the hotel: our knowledge of Mallorcan history and culture was found wanting, save for a question on Rafa Nadal. From Tuesday until Friday we experienced expert teaching at the 4HSSVYJH ;LUUPZ (JHKLT` VU [YHKP[PVUHS YLK JSH` JV\Y[Z! H ÄYZ[ MVY most of us, and very enjoyable too. We learnt how to split-step, while simultaneously trying to hit the ball and avoid eye-contact with the sun. The coaches put us through our paces with ladder drills and quick sprints. There were also moments of high adrenaline, as the competitive spirits within the squad emerged in match play. Tight results were followed by refreshing breaks in the sea and then quality games of football, in which locals participated. Sweeping the courts and lines after play was strangely therapeutic for some. By the end of the week legs were shattered and hands blistered, although this did not stop the quality of tennis exceeding the expectations of the coaches and the Spanish players at the club. After a fancy meal and an awards ceremony on the last night we left as better tennis players and ready for Tennis Quarter (TQ). We are grateful [V 4Y HUK 4YZ 9L`UVSKZ 4Y :PS]LZ[LY HUK 4PZZ 7V\UKLY MVY [HRPUN [PTL out of their Easter break to take us on this trip.

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Tight to the walls Squash in New York OQ 17

spectacle for the numerous spectators! Gray fought hard in a 1-3 SVZZ I\[ Z\ŃœLYLK H IHKS` Z^VSSLU [VL ^OLU OPZ MVV[ ^HZ [YVKKLU VU Thankfully our middle order saved the day and Say’s 3-1 win ensured

;OL :X\HZO *S\IÂťZ [OPYK [V\Y HJYVZZ [OL ([SHU[PJ [VVR VŃœ VU -YPKH`

an overall 5-3 team victory win. The team were billeted out to various

8th December 2017 with the school’s top eight players, RWTH and

boarding-houses for the evening.

DL on board.

The following day we stopped en route to Rye at a large shopping

From JFK airport we drove to our hotel in Queen’s, Maspeth, our

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base for two nights. Heavy snowfall on Saturday morning meant

Country Day School. Weakened by injuries to Gray and Inch the team

a change of plan so taxis were hired to Madison Square Gardens

JV\SKUÂť[ X\P[L YLHJO [OL OLPNO[Z VM [OL WYL]PV\Z KH` HUK Z\ŃœLYLK H

where a lunchtime fare of college basketball and chips was enjoyed

whitewash. Holliday came closest to winning but was distracted by

ILMVYL [HRPUN [OL TL[YV [V [O :[YLL[ MVY V\Y Ă„YZ[ TH[JO Âś H[

dubious marking to let slip a strong position. Meantime RWTH was

Streetsquash, Harlem, an Urban Development programme. Despite

learning about the US private healthcare system at the local Urgent

some lethargic jet-lagged starts to the matches we came away with

Care centre: in the end, due to all the red tape, Gray’s anatomy would

a 7-1 win. Max Say (B) at no. 6 and Sam Rackind (W) at no. 8 came

have to wait until the next day to be assessed.

through tight matches 3-2 whilst Finlay Boultwood (H) at no. 2 and

Next stop was Wallingford in Connecticut to play Choate Rosemary

Simon Gray at no.3 both fought back from 0-1 down to win 3-1.

/HSS V\Y SVUNLZ[ Z[HUKPUN JYVZZ ([SHU[PJ Ă„_[\YL *OVH[L ^LYL JLY[HPUS`

Harry Holliday at no. 1 started brightly and could have taken a 2-0

in no mood to allow us a repeat of our victory in 2014 despite excellent

lead but in the end he could not match his opponent’s relentless

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retrieving and accurate boasts. Harry later guided us without too

become somewhat smaller after a visit to Beyond Urgent Care, a rather

many detours from Grand Central Station to a previously visited diner

more successful sequel than Urgent Care where, after a half-hour of

which successfully refuelled us.

MVYT Ă„SSPUN HUK L THPSZ L_JOHUNLK HJYVZZ [OL ([SHU[PJ ^L THUHNLK [V

On a sunny snow-clearing Sunday morning we drove via the north

get the aforesaid toe x-rayed. No fracture! So cleared to play.

of Manhattan to New Jersey and onward to Blair Academy our hosts

Back to the squash. Rackind came closest to victory in a 2-3 loss and

for the next match. This proved to be the best contested match on

Say diplomatically lost 2-3 to the Headmaster’s son. Overall Choate

tour against a team much improved since 2014 when we last visited.

were just too strong all down the order. The evening’s entertainment

Jamie Inch at no. 7 won an epic struggle 3-2 but turned his ankle

included a visit to a local movie house.

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A return to New York and Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn was Wednesday

won 3-0. Blair’s top three were strong, producing some excellent

morning’s task – a good deal easier than ordering delivery pizza to

matches. Captain Boultwood’s titanic struggle lasted over an hour

our hotel, which we ended up collecting ourselves a few blocks away.

– after losing the 2nd game 14-16 he summoned up the energy to

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win the 3rd 12-10 only to lose closely in the 4th. A nerve-shredding

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Central Park

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Blair Academy

Charterhouse crest. Their new school squash centre was something

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not even our National Squash centre can match – two all-glass

O`KYHU[ HUK [OLUJL [V 1-2 HPYWVY[ MVY HU V]LYUPNO[ Ã…PNO[ OVTL

courts to go along with four further glass-backed courts. So our top

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four ended up playing white ball squash where the ball dies quicker.

KH`Z I\[ HSS YL[\YULK Ä[[LY HUK ZX\HZO ^PZLY PM H SP[[SL IH[[LYLK HUK

;OL JV\Y[Z Z\P[LK :LI 7H`UL ^OV Z\WWVY[LK I` OPZ MH[OLY HUK

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brother Nick, played with excellent touch to win 3-1. Harry Holliday’s

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encounter vied with Boultwood’s at Blair for the match of the tour

across the Atlantic in two to three years’ time. The tour party: Harry Holliday (F), Finlay Boultwood (H) capt, Simon

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Grand Central Station

award but sadly again did not result in victory despite a 2-1 lead. Despite the missed opportunities he, along with the rest of the team, will have learned a lot about the need to play tight to the walls, to use height at times for recovery and to turn defence into attack from the IHJR JVYULYZ (M[LY [OL TH[JO 7VS` 7YLW OHK SHPK VU N\LZZ ^OH[! pizza for tea. Happy days for gluten lovers. ;OL ÄUHS KH` ^HZ YLZLY]LK MVY ZPNO[ZLLPUN PU 5L^ @VYR! [OVZL ^OV had not done so before made it to the Top of the Rock(efeller Centre) on a beautiful sunny morning. Trump that view. This was followed I` H ^HSR [V *LU[YHS 7HYR ^OLYL LHYS` TVYUPUN ZUV^ THKL [OPUNZ even more atmospheric. Most took to the ice rink. Some, or should I say one, accomplished skater (Enriquez) ditched his camera for a moment to take a quick spin, whilst others stumbled and staggered around with the help of the sideboards. One or two preferred a cup of tea. After a steak lunch free time was had around Times Square before the step-by-step return to Brooklyn (Inch by Inch in a certain

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RWTH

Ready to Jump Parachuting Netheravon

CQ 18

EXPEDITIONS & CCF

At 06h45 on the last Saturday of exeat six cadets went to Netheravon, an army parachuting centre near Salisbury. Upon arrival we entered the hangar and saw teams of people diligently folding up parachutes and re-packing them. We were given six hours of intensive training to cover all eventualities.

the ground a few thousand feet below.

Our instructors showed us the numerous things that could go wrong

Then I was out, air rushing past me as gravity took over.

after exiting the plane in mid-air, and how to deal with them whilst falling

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hundreds of feet. The training included jumping out of mock planes in

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full harness, as well as rehearsing our reserve parachute drills.

landing point.

Nothing could prepare us for what was to happen next. Our instructor

We all landed on our feet, completely exhilarated. We collected our

declared us ‘ready to jump’ and, before we had time to worry about

parachutes and headed back to our lodge to recover for another

jumping, we heard our names echoing though the hangar alerting us

jump the next morning.

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This was an outstanding experience that none of us will forget. Scott Nettelton (g)

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It was our go next.

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is not contaminated by nationalism. Instead, the weekly activities are

disappeared from view.

dominated by aviation-related puns, with some sprinkles of discipline.

Two seconds later I was sitting in the open doorway staring down at

*VU[YHY` [V Y\TV\YZ HTVUNZ[ T` WLLYZ [OL 9(- PZ UV[ H WSHJL VM Z\ÑœLYPUN ,HJO 4VUKH` ^L OVWL [V SLH]L HZ LHYS` HZ WVZZPISL I\[ VU the way, we have so much fun. Our activities are mostly supervised I` [OL RPUK -SPNO[ 3PL\[LUHU[ /L^Z[VUL HUK [OL O\TVYV\Z +Y 5LSZVU They, with our NCOs, are the mediators between the harsh reality of the military and us. >O` KPK ^L ]VS\U[HYPS` QVPU [OL 9(-& 0 HT [OYPSSLK I` H]PH[PVU! [OL HPYJYHM[ [OL WO`ZPJZ [OL WPSV[Z 5V VUL PZ H MHU VM KPZJPWSPUL ¶ I\[ even when we are harassed by the actual military and its barked Z[YPJ[\YLZ 0 ÄUK P[ LU[LY[HPUPUN HZ ^LSS HZ [LKPV\Z! ^OLU HU V[OLY^PZL normal person shouts passionately or obeys enthusiastically, he becomes a fanatic. It might be all for the good of the world. Owen Chan (S)

Ropes & Shooting **- 95 38 ;OL 9V`HS 5H]` ZLJ[PVU OHK H ^LLRLUK VM HJ[P]P[PLZ Z\JO HZ SV^ YVWLZ ]PY[\HS ZOVV[PUN UH]PNH[PVU L_LYJPZLZ HUK H X\Pa ¶ ^OPJO HSS proved to be great fun. >L Z[H`LK PU [OL ;PSL )HYU (J[P]P[` *LU[YL PU [OL 5L^ -VYLZ[ ^OPJO was amazing and allowed us to take part in outdoor activities incredibly easily. The highlight for me was the shooting: we had gasSVHKLK :( YPÃ…LZ HUK ZOV[ H[ H WYVQLJ[VY ZJYLLU ¶ LHZPLY ZHPK [OHU done with moving targets. A fantastic weekend: I cannot wait until the next one.

>PSSPHT ,SSPZ 9

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Mallory Group Peak District OQ 17 4HSSVY` .YV\W [YH]LYZLK [OL TVVUZJHWL VM YLTV[L HUK [YLHJOLYV\Z 2PUKLYZJV\[ HUK HSVUN [OL YPKNL MYVT 4HT ;VY" HM[LY HU LHYS` Z[HY[ ^L still ended navigating by torchlight at the end of a hard day. ;OL MVSSV^PUN TVYUPUN ILPUN 9LTLTIYHUJL :\UKH` ^L UH]PNH[LK HJYVZZ ^PSK TVVYSHUK [V ÄUK [OL YLTHPUZ VM [OL (TLYPJHU ) :\WLYMVY[YLZZ IVTILY [OH[ JYHZOLK [OLYL PU YL[\YUPUN OVTL HM[LY the war. We joined in with the service of remembrance which is held there every year.

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...en haute montagne 3LZ +L\_ (SWLZ 68 ;OL *OHY[LYOV\ZL ZRPPUN [LHT ^HZ NYLL[LK VU HYYP]HS PU 3LZ +L\_ (SWLZ I` JSLHY ZRPLZ HUK NVVK ZUV^ ;OL ÄYZ[ [^V KH`Z VM [YHPUPUN went ahead with the team in good spirits. On the third day the racing began with the giant slalom: the whole team performed well in freezing temperatures and against tough competition. On our second racing day was the slalom: a tough enough event in good weather conditions, let alone when wind chill forces temperatures as low as -20°C and visibility is poor. As the day went on the conditions worsened, the course deteriorated, and THU` YHJLYZ Z[Y\NNSLK [V JVTWSL[L [OL JV\YZL" OV^L]LY [OL [LHT persevered, and many individuals managed to achieve good results. 6U V\Y [OPYK HUK ÄUHS YHJPUN KH` ^HZ [OL WHYHSSLS ZSHSVT! H JVTIPUH[PVU VM NPHU[ ZSHSVT HUK ZSHSVT PU ^OPJO [LHTZ VM Ä]L ZRPLYZ YHJL" HZ ZVVU HZ VUL ZRPLY PZ ÄUPZOLK [OL UL_[ JHU ILNPU ;OL ÄYZ[ [LHT ^P[O HSS ZRPLYZ ÄUPZOLK ^PUZ *OHY[LYOV\ZL OHK [OYLL [LHTZ PU [OL WHYHSSLS ZSHSVT ;OL ) HUK * [LHT ^HZ JVTWL[PUN ^LSS" OV^L]LY [OL` ^LYL pitted against other schools’ A teams and were unfortunately knocked V\[ ;OL ( [LHT OHK ILLU YHJPUN ^LSS ¶ HUK ^LYL PU [OL ZLTP ÄUHSZ SLHKPUN [OL YHJL I` X\P[L ZVTL THYNPU ¶ ^OLU KPZHZ[LY Z[Y\JR 6UL of the Charterhouse skiers hit a bump in the course which acted HZ H Q\TW WYVWLSSPUN OLY \UL_WLJ[LKS` PU[V [OL HPY" \UHISL [V SHUK safely, she broke her leg. This ended the races early. As our injured skier was taken to hospital there was a prize-giving ceremony, which Charterhouse elected to miss deciding that the whole team should be there or not at all. We returned disconsolately to the hotel to await news of our teammate. It is very good to be able to report that she OHZ ILLU THRPUN H M\SS YLJV]LY` ¶ HUK OLY ZWLLK VU JY\[JOLZ HYV\UK School has matched her speed over the snow! >L [OHUR [OL ILHRZ ¶ (1(/ >9) (3> -7/> ¶ MVY [HRPUN \Z Peter Wallace (B)

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a glucose boost, they left our encampment with the same weary

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pace and mien.

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/V\Y HM[LY OV\Y WHZZLK HUK NYV\W HM[LY NYV\W JHTL >L ^LYL NLU[S`

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The area in which our tent was situated had to pass a few important JOLJRZ! [V IL ]PZPISL [V [OL WHZZPUN 9LTV]L ^HSRLYZ ]HJHU[ VM HU`

:[YHUKLK VU [OL LSLNHU[ ZVPS OV\YZ H^H` MYVT *OHY[LYOV\ZL 9VI

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and I clumped ourselves into an old green tent. The wheat had grown

we settled in and manned our post with astonishing bravery.

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vigour. In they came, and out they went: real trailblazers. Green

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seeming more like tired and thirsty wildebeest crossing the Kalahari

miasma of slow-moving gloominess stretched out between groups

than humans two hours into a Sunday walk. Though we administered

of walkers, making our eyelids creak every time we yanked at them.

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Group name Yellow A went missing. I stared the stars down, longing

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for a distant bus towards the end of my discarded Sunday.

awards at Buckingham Palace accompanied by one of our leaders

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which widened the eyes of all his hearers... but, as it turned out, we

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year, which is great news.

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Full Circle

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This has been another very successful and productive year: 38 Silver

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participants have now successfully completed their assessment

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expedition in Snowdonia and should only have their 12-month activity

Snowdonia.

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Next morning, as we stepped out of our tents, we saw that the whole

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We have just achieved the highest Silver and Gold completion rate

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to date: 88%, which is fantastic. I thank all the leaders, assessors,

me and my tent partner it was instant porridge.

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reports throughout the year.

reached the dam for lunch, the route eased out before us. All we

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had to do was walk alongside a beautiful reservoir. We then climbed

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down a winding hill path, boosting our morale by watching the others

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who had taken a boggy shortcut.

our guest speaker.

On the second day our route took us through similar scenery,

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After a quick kit check at Charterhouse, 17 energetic and cheerful

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we walked by Coledale Beck to get to our end point: Braithwaite.

were grateful to be welcomed by the breath-taking scenery as the

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sunlit clouds drifted across a clear blue sky. After a night in the Dale

of having the privilege of a hot shower and a proper evening meal

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soothed the pain of our aching shoulders and swollen feet. This

unfolded our maps and took our compasses to begin our survival in

was an enjoyable expedition: truly demanding yet rewarding. We will

the wild.

never forget it.

Christopher Tsang (S)

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after a long coach journey we found ourselves immersed in an alien

excursion and wild camped next to Seathwaite Tarn. On the second

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It’s fair to say that our limits of endurance were stretched: 50 km

campsite next to Angle Tarn: a lovely spot, with the sun spilling light

carrying everything we needed to survive on our backs over rough

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the gentle breeze, and the scent of fresh grass complementing the

ascent of numerous lofty peaks, and sublime treks through caverns

unequivocal beauties of nature all around.

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H WLYMLJ[ YLÃ…LJ[PVU VM [OL IS\L ZR` HIV]L ¶ PZ H ZTVV[O W\SS ;OL

Bolognese sauce in a Trangia stove for three people all in one go.

odd pounds of gear seemed almost weightless, and the soft murmur

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of fellow kayakers blended perfectly into the wild.

trip I was really enjoying the good company and inspiring landscapes.

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The vigour of mountain life seems to purge the mind of all negativity.

of our number managed to fall in and faced the rest of the day

I’ll remember the expedition as a time of warm sunshine and warm

with water down his sleeves. When we got to the campsite, I was

smiles despite the trials and tribulations of strenuous walking

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on screeching scree slopes. The blood, sweat and tears were all

evening hours after sunset.

worthwhile.

Next morning was nearly 20 miles of paddling, but we made it to

The highlights included emerald plunge pools, chilly dips in azure

a rather draconian campsite that wanted us to camp on the grass

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but not walk on it. I need hardly say say that we weren’t allowed a

day… mmm, those Cumberland sausages: such a welcome relief

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from gloopy porridge and burnt pasta.

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did not in this case, and I had to swim to the shore pulling my boat. After a hectic half-an-hour rescuing another kayaker, who had HJ[\HSS` NV[ Z[\JR PU H [YLL ^L TV]LK VU [V 9VZZ

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horizon, our minds drifted back to the start of the journey. I would call

Symonds Yat: a stunning valley. We were not informed of the rapids,

it a marathon, but it was more like 60 miles than 26.21875.

and so a third capsize was a certainty.

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It was 10:00 as my section gathered on a small concrete carpark

Whilst Charterhouse cadets regularly visit ships alongside in

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Portsmouth, it is relatively rare for them to be able to join an

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boat usually assigned to sea training for naval reserve members

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from Sussex University. On this occasion the ship was assigned to

team through the woodland until we could hear the voices of the

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departments on board and meet up with the ship’s company to

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discuss their roles and careers. A highlight was to drive the ship from

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the ‘open bridge’ with echoes of WW2 Patrol Boat commanders

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enemies on this occasion, leaving time for the Charterhouse cadets

wouldn’t be shooting towards us. We moved two by two through the

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dense woodland, unseen by the enemy until it was too late for them. >L JOHYNLK V\[ VM [OL ^VVKZ ^P[O H YVHY VM Ă„YL HZ ^L HZZH\S[LK [OLPY MVY[PĂ„LK WVZP[PVU HUK PUĂ„S[YH[LK [OLPY [YLUJOLZ ^P[O V]LY^OLSTPUN force in search of a downed pilot. One by one the enemies fell as we W\ZOLK HJYVZZ [OLPY WVZP[PVU +LS[H Ă„YL [LHT OHK UV^ QVPULK \Z PU search of the pilot. When we found him, he was put onto a makeshift stretcher and carried to the helicopter pick-up where we were no longer soldiers. We were just cadets again. The exercise was over. We began to laugh about someone falling and ripping his trousers. >L HSS YLĂ…LJ[LK VU ^OH[ ^L OHK KVUL HUK X\PJRS` JHTL VŃœ V\Y adrenaline highs. We panted and guzzled what water we had left. Now we were just a short march and a calm bus ride back to School

Above: Alex Campbell (D) at the helm of HMS Ranger in the Solent

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of tactical exercise.

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last-minute rehearsal. -PUHSS` ^L HWWYVHJOLK [OL N\U =PJ[VY`! [OL VUS` Z\Y]P]PUN ^HYZOPW [V OH]L MV\NO[ PU [OL (TLYPJHU >HY VM 0UKLWLUKLUJL [OL -YLUJO 9L]VS\[PVUHY` >HY HUK HSZV [OL 5HWVSLVUPJ >HYZ (U`VUL V]LY cm was forced to bend double to avoid concussing themselves on the low ceilings. We were there to sing an evensong marking 250 years since the birth VM ;OL 9L]K +Y (SL_HUKLY :JV[[ ¶ 5LSZVU»Z JOHWSHPU VU /4: =PJ[VY` ^OV MHTV\ZS` Y\IILK OPZ JOLZ[ [V JVTMVY[ OPT ^OPSL he was dying at Trafalgar. This event was organised by the OC Yacht *S\I ¶ HUK LUKLK ^P[O H TLHS VU [OL SV^LY N\U KLJR ^P[O [OL ZPUNPUN /LHK VM 95 ZLJ[PVU >PSS ,SSPZ 9 VU [OL )YPKNL VM [OL -SHN :OPW PU [OL *HW[HPU»Z JOHPY

of sea shanties. The service itself was eventful, to say the least. The hymns and

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replaced by utter exhilaration when I stood on the harbour squinting up

was called for when minutes later another cadet collapsed. Quite

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singing on one of the most famous ships ever built.

commotion is to be applauded.

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What remains with with me is the view: from the upper deck we could

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furiously towelled my hair dry before limping to Oak.

in the sea breeze. We could also see the sun beginning to set and

There was a ripple of excitement as we waited to board the ship.

the ethereal palette of colours painted over the horizon. Out of this

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to come. Without regard for human emotions, the commanders

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JVTTHUKLK \Z [V WH[YVS PU[V [OL UPNO[ 3LM[ YPNO[ SLM[ YPNO[ÂŻ

JV\SK UV[ OH]L HU`^OLYL LSZL Âś YHUNPUN MYVT Z[YLU\V\Z THYJOLZ SPRL

We lay there motionless, stuck into the mud. What seemed like

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[LU OV\YZ OHK WHZZLK NHaPUN PU[V [OL [PU` ZJVWLZ VM V\Y YPĂ…LZ 6\Y

SPTP[ [V PU[LUZL MHZ[ WHJLK ISHUR Ă„YPUN L_LYJPZLZ \UKLY [OL JV]LY VM

left eyes were in deep slumber. We waited silently for the enemy.

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Overwhelmed with boredom and fatigue, we were awoken by insane

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bursts of bullets from in front of us. Short explosions of light blinked at

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us from a distance. Ten hours of waiting dissolved in twenty seconds

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of deafening shooting.

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;OL JVTTHUKLYZ ZH[PZĂ„LK I` [OLPY JVTMVY[HISL JSV[OLZ HUK Z^LL[

inevitably put a big grin on your face that most will not forget.

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0[ KL]LSVWZ JOHYHJ[LY [OYV\NO P[Z \UPX\L IHSHUJL VM M\U HUK KPŃ?J\S[` Âś

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and the competitive element has driven some of the members of the

removing slugs from our clothes. Then, we rested. Kirill Delikatnyi (S)

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The Great Outside

through a range of activities involving night-vision technology, live and

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(J[P]P[PLZ >LLRLUK IYV\NO[ QV`Z MVY THU` ;OL HJHKLTPJ LŃœVY[Z VM [OL

and physical capabilities.

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Surrey. Not only was it a glorious day in the rain, but also the beaks had

cadets have appreciated being pushed out of their comfort zones.

their fun in waiting for and rescuing straggling hikers. The adventurers set

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Joy’s soul lies in the doing

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area, whilst some more adventurous people were driven further out

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Snowdonia for a week of adventurous training. We started the week

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cracks, and bouncing from stone to stone. After a night’s turnaround

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and were soon in the water. It is safe to say that this was a mixed

enjoyed by one culprit. Thankfully the group made it back to School

ability group: some people had a wet car journey back to camp. After

using www maps.

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The day was exciting and educational, and provided an ideal

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opportunity to spend some time outside. It concluded with an equally

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exciting Chapel service.

along the 16-mile route, dodging trees and rocks. It was great to push and test our limits, and to learn more about leadership and teamwork. In the evening, to end this successful and enjoyable trip, we went to the cinema.

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**- ¶ 4HYPULZ 38 This year’s Activities Weekend was special in that it was colder than ever before. This provided welcome new challenges for the section leaders, and allowed everyone to sleep inside. After our initial attack on our own harbour, we were sent out to undertake contact drills with agents dotted all around the training area, as well as to draw maps of the ambush locations that would become important later. After we returned to our harbour, we formed models of the ambush locations using materials we found in the forest around us. Once we had eaten our rations we set out on the two ambushes that we had prepared. This year our ambush location was extremely close to the path, which TLHU[ [OH[ ^L ^LYL ÄYPUN H[ [OL (YT` ZLJ[PVU MYVT HYV\UK [OYLL metres. After the ambush the section was supposed to undertake more contact drills but an armoured column that was moving through the training area put a stop to that, which meant that we arrived at the barracks much earlier than anticipated. ;OL ZLJVUK KH` ^HZ ZWLU[ VU [OL YPÃ…L YHUNLZ 6UJL L]LY`VUL OHK ÄYLK [OL ZJVYLZ ^LYL JV\U[LK HUK [OL ILZ[ [LU ZOVV[LYZ ^LYL JHSSLK \W [V ZOVV[ HNHPU ;OPZ [PTL [OL ÄYPUN ^HZ TVYL HJ[P]L HZ VUL ÄYZ[ OHK [V Y\U T ILMVYL S`PUN KV^U HUK ÄYPUN HZ THU` shots as possible before the target disappeared. All in all this was an interesting weekend with many surprises.

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<UZRPSSLK (Y[PÄJLY /PKLZ 1VPUZ 5V[ [OL 9(I dream the seven skies. >L [OL 9V`HS (PY -VYJL ^LYL IVYU \W [OLYL Skies are all alike: some may be shady and black, but most are deepIS\L VJLHUZ ^P[O ÄZOLZ HUK OLSPJVW[LYZ @L[ ^P[O HSS [OVZL NYLH[ YLTHYRZ [OL 9(- KPKU»[ L]LU NL[ [V IYLH[OL >L IYVRL \W PU[V ZX\HKZ SP[[LYLK HYV\UK H T\ZL\T ¶ H KYLHKM\S I\PSKPUN ^OPJO ZWVRL VM Ã…`PUN I\[ UL]LY Ã…L^ HSTVZ[ SPRL ;LUU`ZVU»Z <S`ZZLZ ¶ [OL WV^LYM\S THU ^OV ZWVRL VM ZHPSPUN HUK ÄNO[PUN I\[ Q\Z[ ZWVRL YLHSS` It was around late noon when we were given breakfast: a box of ZHUK^PJOLZ ¶ VUL HUK H OHSM PU HJ[\HSP[` 4` NYLH[ QH^ [VYL [OYV\NO [OL ZRPU YPWWPUN H^H` [OL SL[[\JL I\YPLK \UKLYULH[O 4` [LL[O JSHZOing like drums, pounded and ruined what had once been pretty consumable. What had once looked perfect, I ruined. Upon leaving the health centre, I swayed to house. I had go to school the next day. So much for the ‘weekend’ in ‘weekend activity’! ;OL YLHS M\UU` [OPUN PZ 0 HT UV[ L]LU PU [OL 9(- -VY ZVTL Z[YHUNL YLHZVU T` ,UNSPZO ILHR ¶ H OHWW` ^LPYKV 0 TPNO[ HKK ¶ THKL TL [`WL HU 9(- L_WLYPLUJL >OPSL 0»T H[ P[ /VKNZVUP[LZ YLHSS` KLZLY]LK [V ^PU /V\ZL :PUNPUN [qv]. I do like the skies.

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Slopes, lakes, cake 4HSSVY` .YV\W @LHYSPUNZ» =HSSL` *8 6U :H[\YKH` [O 4H` 4LZZYZ :TLL[VU )YLUUHU HUK 4J*VTILZ [VVR LPNO[ 9LTV]LZ [V H YLTV[L ]HSSL` PU 5VY[O >HSLZ We arrived quite late: there wasn’t much to do apart from setting up JHTW HUK X\PJRS` JVVRPUN ZVTL ZH\ZHNLZ ¶ I\[ H ML^ VM \Z [OLU went for a dip in the nearby river, much to our regret! 6U [OL MVSSV^PUN TVYUPUN HM[LY ^HRPUN \W H[ HT [V 4Y :TLL[VU shaking our tents, we cooked bacon rolls for breakfast and soon ZL[ Vќ VU V\Y KH`»Z JSPTI 0[ ^HZ H ]LY` LUQV`HISL JSPTI [VV ^OPJO led us across hills, up scree slopes, past very picturesque lakes and up to the summit of Cader Idris. In one of these lakes (again much to our regret) some of us went for a swim, while others were taught I` 4Y 4J*VTILZ OV^ [V ZRPT H Z[VUL 6U H OPNO YPKNL ^L ZH^ H

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TLTVYPHS [V H TLTILY VM [OL 9(- 4V\U[HPU 9LZJ\L ;LHT ^OV ^HZ struck by lightning there. 3H[LY VU ^L ^LU[ [V [OL ILHJO [V YLSH_ had a game of football, went to the arcade, and again went for a swim. ,]LUPUN LU[LY[HPUTLU[ ^HZ H J\YY` UPNO[ H[ [OL YLZ[H\YHU[ º3LTVUNYHZZ» ^OLYL ^L LUQV`LK ZWPJ` J\YYPLZ HUK 9VN L_WLYPLUJLK OPZ ZLJVUK IPY[OKH` VM [OL `LHY! ^L [VSK [OL ^HP[LY that it was his birthday, and he then brought out a cake. We got back to camp quite late, had some marshmallows, and then went to sleep.

5L_[ KH` ^L JSPTILK (YHU -H^KK^` [OL OPNOLZ[ TV\U[HPU PU >HSLZ ouside of the Snowdon area) on which we saw the wreckage of a WSHUL ^OPJO JYHZOLK PU >L [YPLK [V YL \UP[L H SHTI ^P[O P[Z TV[OLY HM[LY P[ OHK ILJVTL [YHWWLK VU [OL V[OLY ZPKL VM H MLUJL" OV^L]LY T\JO [V 4Y 4J*VTILZ»Z KPZHWWVPU[TLU[ ^L MHPSLK 6UJL IHJR H[ JHTW ^L ZL[ VÑœ MVY *OHY[LYOV\ZL OH]PUN OHK H ]LY` LUQV`HISL [OYLL KH`Z [OHURZ [V 9VN -YLKK` *SPU[VU >

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Unrelenting heat Pioneers Brecon CQ 18 ¸/H]L `V\ NV[ `V\Y ^H[LYWYVVMZ&š “Yes, sir.â€? “Good. You never know‌ The weather can change very quickly in these parts.â€? (M[LY HU LHYS` TVYUPUN KYP]L \W [V 3SHUNH[[VJR PU [OL :V\[O )YLJVUZ the Yearling Pioneers group of 2018 were met by gloriously blue skies and warm weather, which stayed with us for the duration of the expedition. It helped immeasurably with kit-checks, food buying and weight distribution, and spirits were high until the rucksacks went on and the Pioneers had to start moving. ;OL ]HYPV\Z HJ[P]P[PLZ W\[ VU I` 7H\S >LII HUK / (K]LU[\YL ^LYL most enjoyable, and all the boys found their place either abseiling down a 25m quarry-face, building a ‘catamaran’ to transport themZLS]LZ HUK [OLPY RP[ KV^U H Z[YL[JO VM [OL 4VUTV\[OZOPYL HUK )YLJVU *HUHS VY N\[[PUN H [YV\[ [V IL JVVRLK VU H JHTWĂ„YL ;OL [YLRZ \W :\NHY 3VHM HUK ;HISL 4V\U[HPU ILJHTL T\JO TVYL testing tasks due to the heat, but the boys acquitted themselves well HUK L]LY` ZPUNSL VUL VM [OL WPVULLYZ HUK Ă„]L )YVVRL /HSS ^LYL able to savour the views over Crickhowell and the surrounding areas. Although tired with weary bodies, the satisfaction at what had been achieved in these last few days was palpable and will stand these boys in good stead for their next outdoor adventure.

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MATHEMATICS McIssac Prize Owen Chan (S) Talbot Prize 2 Thoran Landers (D) Ifeanyi Isichei (H) Walford Prize John Reeve (R) MODERN LANGUAGES Bushe Fox Prize (Spanish) Alice Stacpoole (V) Havelock Prize 1 (French) Thomas Keattch (W) O’Meara Prize 2 (French) Mark Goriaev (B) Talbot Prize 1 Yasmin Broersma Lamouini (H) SCIENCE Eustace Dallin Wade Prize 4 Charles Harrison (G) BIOLOGY Allen Prize Samuel Wareing (G) Bridge Prize Benjamin Lawson (R) Eustace Dallin Wade Prize 3 Samuel Troy (G) Poole Prize Morten Younie (H)

CHEMISTRY Ed How Prize Eldar Chaizhunossov (R) Eustace Dallin Wade Prize 2 Antonio Zhang (H) Mabbott Prize Stefan Mircea (H) Peacocke Prize Rebecca Taylor (D) PHYSICS Allsop Prize Iona Harrison (G) Beeton Essay Prize Alexander Holmes (W) Eustace Dallin Wade Prize 1 Morgan Clarke (W) THEOLOGY Monahan Prize Nicholas Keattch (W) FIRST YEAR SPECIALIST SUBJECT PRIZES ART Tina Zhang (P) BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT Ross Richardson (F) CLASSICS Classical Civilisation Oscar O’Kane (R) Greek Michael Freeman (S) Latin Veronika Voevodina (B) DESIGN TECHNOLOGY Lateefat Sanni (L) ECONOMICS Frederik Markus (P) ENGLISH India Gray (F) GEOGRAPHY Frederik Markus (P) GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS Edward Halford (P) HISTORY Gabriel Spooner (L) MATHEMATICS (Double) Robert Elston (G) Dickson Tse (R) MATHEMATICS (Single) Audrey Fu (V) MODERN LANGUAGES French David Campbell (P) German Alberto Subiotto Marques (R) Italian Anna Montagna (F) Spanish Milo Knatchbull (L) MUSIC Emily Bagley (G) SCIENCE Biology Iona Harrison (G) Chemistry Audrey Fu (V) Physics Frederik Markus (P) THEOLOGY Emily Bagley (G) CALLING OVER TROPHY Gownboys ARTS FESTIVAL PRIZES Specialist Arts Festival Poetry Prize Eleanor Choi (F) Under School Arts Festival Prose Prize Matisse Le Roch Platford (H) Under School Arts Festival Poetry Prize Henry Clements (G) MUSIC PRIZES PIANO PRIZES Ehrman Senior Prize Owen Chan (S) Ehrman Junior Prize Michael Huang (G) VSH Russell Open Prize Juliette Li (B) VSH Russell Junior Prize Gloria Liu (W) Thatcher Open Prize Oliver Rockall (V) COMPOSITION John Wilson Prize 1 Owen Chan (S) John Wilson Prize 2 Timothy Lam (H) MUSICIANSHIP Pennant Prize Christian Pethick (g) Russell 3 Prize Rupert Peacock (G) ORGAN James Prain Prize Owen Chan (S) SINGING Philip Langridge Prize (Senior) Abigail Rutherford (R) Warren Green Prize (Intermediate) Joey Yip (S) Joanna Dawson Prize (Junior) Ilaria Bressi (R)

Prizes

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Blythe

Foot

GM Blythe

HW Foot

Brooke Hall 1969-75 Died 5th October 2017, aged 78

Bursar 1974-98; Clerk to the Governing Body 1981-98 Died Monday 5th February 2018, aged 82

Professor Max Blythe, Head of Biology at Charterhouse in the 1970s,

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the ambitions of heads and teachers: wanting the best for pupils, but

a relatively traditional biology department into an exciting unit with a

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Harry earned people’s respect in the way he managed this potentially

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His fascinating autobiography titled Journey of a Lifetime charts his life

Harry was born in Holt, Wilts – but not long after his birth his father,

starting in Rotherham, South Yorkshire born to Frank and Gwendoline

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This was to be his home for 39 years and the foundation for his lifelong

newspapers of the day talked about the distribution of corrugated iron

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in South Africa Harry went on to Bristol University before successfully

Max attended Wellgate Primary School Rotherham, followed by

applying for the Colonial Administrative Service and being posted back

Rotherham Grammar School where his interest in science gathered

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laboratories as a junior technician and subsequently he followed a

The Governing Body made a good appointment: a man of great personal

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integrity with an ingrained sense of service, keen to play a constructive

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later achieving a BSc with honours in botany at the University of

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about what he did, never drawing attention to himself, preferring to give

Over the summer of 1968 Max began a series of natural history

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based on Max’s novel and innovative teaching practice, would later be

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he fully understood the reasoning he was very supportive despite the

Max’s six years at Charterhouse (1969-75) was a rich public school

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local horses had escaped and left their calling card on the Daviesite

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Max’s enthusiastic development of the Biology Department, of which

To work alongside Harry was a great pleasure: a genuine welcoming

he became Head in 1972, led to the introduction of a visiting biology

smile ensured a good start to the day and with it the knowledge that at

lecturer programme – the peak of which was the visit of Nobel laureate

one’s right hand was an honourable man with the highest standards,

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thinking above all of how to achieve what was best for the future of the

Max’s other career highlights at Charterhouse included becoming

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met and help them if need be – a quality people remarked on also when

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Max left Charterhouse shortly after a ‘magical’ visiting fellowship to

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develop research interests at Merton College Oxford – where he became

management of capital assets and current expenditure from the time

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when the School was building the new boarding-houses to the series

In 1976 Max moved on from teaching to advising, taking up the

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post of Senior Education Adviser and Director of Health Education in

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refurbishment of the Science Department, the Queen’s Sports Centre,

in the Community Medicine Department of Oxford University, and a

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also implemented the generous benefaction from OCs to turn the area

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Oxford Polytechnic, which later became Oxford Brookes University, and

never lost track of the day-to-day spending of the School by keeping,

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During Max’s time in Oxford he became a respected medical historian

If he thought a project was worthwhile – such as setting up the School

and biographer of three major contributors to 20th-century medicine:

Archive on a professional basis – he would lend a helping hand in

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interviews with leading clinicians and medical scientists became the

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Gillian (Cheeko) Blythe, his son John Blythe (a consultant oral and

questions about their approach to their role impressed his fellow bursars

maxillofacial surgeon in London) and Tilly Jemima his grand-daughter,

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professional body – the Independent Schools Bursars’ Association – for

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John Blythe

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a monthly parish breakfast for those who attended the 8 am service but

After Eileen’s death Brian decided to look for a slightly smaller house,

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which resulted in his meeting Gwen (his second wife), as hers was one

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Harry Foot did all he could for Charterhouse, for the local community,

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in 1931 he developed a long-standing interest in archaeology and

During this time, he enrolled at Paisley College of Technology to study for

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Dorchester with a closed scholarship to The Queen’s College Oxford,

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Cavendish laboratory for 3 years studying electron microscopy and was

results were published he was commissioned in the RNVR, and he

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proud Welshman and a passionate rugby enthusiast, he did not appear

he married Eileen and, after two years teaching at Wellington Grammar

to be the ideal match for a football playing English public school, but he

School Shropshire, he moved to Elizabeth College Guernsey as Head of

made a great success of his time at Charterhouse and was greatly liked

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enjoyed participating to the full in the life of the School, and his engaging

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Brian moved to Charterhouse in 1968 to look after the Physics

teacher of physics – deeply interested in the subject and inspirational to

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practical person – designing and building equipment for practical work

many a battle to ensure that his subject enjoyed the prominence and

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support that it deserved at a time when Charterhouse was perceived

Here he was also CO of the CCF for six years, and Eileen was Librarian

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from 1969 to 1985 and both their children – Nicola (D 73) and Lindsey

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When Brian and Eileen came to Charterhouse beaks were discouraged

Lincoln, coached the rugby team for many years, and was always happy

from buying their own houses; they were expected to live in School

to help in other areas, including cricket, golf, sailing, diving, ski trips,

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a holiday home in West Hatch, just outside Taunton, to which they retired

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Brian was a very private person who preferred to remain in the

was a man of outstanding gifts and insatiable curiosity, who spent his life

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seeking to expand his knowledge and understanding of the world: one

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the human psyche and behaviour, as well as the facility to assess them

sing, and I remember shivers running down my spine when he sang

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where he deemed the situation worthy of kind consideration, but it could

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loved a good story and had a seemingly endless supply of them, which

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his demeanour tended to be rather serious, he had a marvellous sense

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The tragic early death of Hywel in 2009 only brought the family closer

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Kingsley and Angela retired to their beloved Swansea in 1997, where

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Kingsley continued to live a very active life, travelling widely, watching

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rugby, playing golf at the spectacular Pennard Golf Club, gardening,

wedding anniversary before Eileen’s untimely death at the age of 72 in

walking and swimming, singing in the Gower Choir, painting watercolours

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This wide range of engagement must have been very demanding, but

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Wright

but he remained cheerful and positive until he died peacefully at home

RA Wright

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Brooke Hall 1969-2003 Died 6th January 2018, aged 74

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One of poetry’s unique capacities is to encapsulate key aspects of

following quotation shows him at his eloquent and curious best:

friendship (‘Old friends are like diamonds precious and rare’) and also

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moments of acute loss (‘Oh for the touch of a vanished hand, and the

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three lines quoted above came poignantly to my mind when, ironically

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on a return visit to Godalming, I received the sad news that Bob had

certainly quickened the pulse but it was the unexpected which swept

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four years, deteriorated markedly after Christmas 2017 and he died

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at encounters with almond eyed sea-lions playing their graceful game

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experience may be traced his life-long devotion to the local football

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Scott

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Dr PR Scott

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Brooke Hall 1974-91; Housemaster of Daviesites 1987-91 Died 28 February 2018, aged 67

Bob was educated at Emmanuel School and Langley Grammar School,

Peter Scott was appointed at Charterhouse to teach chemistry & physics;

worker while he graduated in chemistry at Nottingham University,

after a spell as a tutor in Verites (1976-85) he took charge in Daviesites

three years later obtaining a doctorate in a complex aspect of physical

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He was Headmaster of Bancroft’s School in Essex from 1996 until his

After pursuing a year as a research chemist with British Petroleum, he

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became a member of Brooke Hall in 1969, having been appointed by

A highly valued member of BH with conspicuous drive and the

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determination to uphold important standards, PRS went many an extra

the same year, together with such stalwarts (in other departments) as

beaking mile at Charterhouse with various enterprises such as the LQ

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1YS industrial visits programme at Tideswell, coaching 3YSs for the

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Oxbridge chemistry scholarship papers – and outdoor activities, such

lived) Bob’s rather fragile car ground to a halt on the hallowed turf of

as scout camps at Arthog (walking, climbing and canoeing), Carthusian

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Fortunately we escaped unscathed and Bob went on to become

PRS was not only highly intelligent, with a very orderly mind, but he was

a dedicated and able teacher of chemistry, in addition to which he

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developed a penchant for radiochemistry under the direction of Tom

understand why Carthusians wanted to be in his sets – knowing that

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Head of Science, found Bob to be very supportive, as he was in later

– for I recall some of the weaker pupils saying that he made things so

years when the School initiated a major programme of refurbishment

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was one of those gifted teachers who could inspire the ablest and also

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Peter understood issues very quickly and I remember thinking how very

frequently to be seen in his lab, in safety glasses and white coat, directing

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to express themselves succinctly – for succinct utterance was one of

occasion, however, the experiment did not develop quite as seamlessly

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Peter was one of those valuable people who could be trusted to give

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straight advice – one who did not beat about the bush or avoid problems,

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alarm had been raised and all the pupils, plus Bob, were transported to

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the Royal Surrey Hospital for a 24-hour period of observation, in case

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Peter Scott was very well respected by colleagues and pupils alike; we

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Possessed of a lively, creative, and questioning mind, Bob was keenly

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interested in the academic welfare and progress of his pupils who

his wife Sue, and their daughters Joanna and Catherine, both of whom

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are following in their father’s footsteps: Joanna is Head of Biology at St

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Albans High School for Girls, and Catherine is Head of English at Forest

Oxbridge candidates, not only in his subject, but also the wider aspects

Peter Attenborough

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from the mid 70s said this about him: ‘Bob Wright was a good bloke,

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P Bridgewater

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He came to Charterhouse after 18 years as an engineer with the Electricity

Shuttleworth (BH 1980-2011), who worked with him for 23 years, writes

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movingly about their time as close colleagues: ‘I arrived at Charterhouse

many aspects of the job, including being the Charterhouse postman and

in 1980 and from the outset he was always friendly and encouraging; I

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Services used back in the day! Paul became the DS supervisor and

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helped many a Domestic Services manager in dealing with the day-to-

always wanted to make sure that pupils understood the rudiments of a

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topic, and would question them to make sure this was the case before

Outside of work Paul has a passion for pigeon racing, which started

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departmental meetings he was keen to learn about interesting teaching

has been cleaning the racquets courts for about six years – a job that

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was made more pleasant after the refurbishment was done a few years

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Bob handed on an excellent department to Andrew Johnson who had

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arrived at the School in 1989: ‘Bob was never short of a sage thought and

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Always ready for a smile and a chat, Paul is a true gentleman – and he

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At departmental meetings he moved swiftly through the background

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administration to ensure that as much time as possible could be devoted

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to discussing his latest new ideas on teaching a tricky chemical concept or

Jon Furness-Gibbon joined the English Department from Wellingborough

showing us an interesting practical experiment, many of which have been

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generosity and kindness he made a great contribution both to the

Department Bob was asked by John Witheridge, to direct examinations,

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Outside the hashroom Bob enjoyed a diverse range of activities, with a

performance with his pupils, who greatly valued his readiness to give

particular interest in Brooke Hall’s various sporting teams: football (as a

up time outside of hashes to clarify and develop their understanding of

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known as ‘Poucher’ because of his brilliant catching in the slips and

both Stainers and Verites; and was an ever-willing extra hand in activities

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December to take up a position at Epsom College with our thanks and

cricket teams, including running Maniacs A – ‘a disparate group of 1YSs

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a masterclass in proper, old fashioned schoolmastering’ according to

B Garlick

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One of the pleasures of my time as Registrar was to work with a highly

Brooke Hall cellarer for several years), walking in the countryside, the

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we all got on very well together and enjoyed confronting the challenges

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Bob Wright loved Charterhouse and was thrilled that Philip (V 91, now

and the happiness of this team from the day she started in September

an extremely successful engineer), Oliver (V 92, an academic in cognitive

2008, initially to help Sue Stevens and, when Sue retired, to take over

psychology) and Holly (V 96, a solicitor and married to an OC) were all

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educated at Charterhouse – all three of them with fond memories of Bob

When she applied for an administrative role in Admissions, I remember

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some time enjoyed travel, walking, bell-ringing, and Quaker meetings

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with their alluring emphasis on quietness, simplicity and peace-driven

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holidays free for her children, and she never suggested for a moment that

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Linda and his family, his former colleagues and friends, I prefer to recall

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the complexities of the Tier 4 Visa system, which was invaluable at a

skilful sportsman; the acutely intelligent chemistry teacher and Head of

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Department; and the friendly human being able to converse on many

She administered all the entrance exams which involved her in delicate

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exchanges with members of Brooke Hall who were not as prompt as

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gap, a blankness captured sublimely in Tennyson’s In Memoriam: ‘He

dealt with parents and prep schools on the phone and on paper with

is not here, but far away/ The noise of life begins again,/ And ghastly

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Bridget was not afraid of responsibility, and she knew very well when

John Peters (BH 1969-2004)

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with a wide range of ability: to see RAW managing them was to observe

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Bridget is strongly loyal to Charterhouse and an excellent ambassador

Justin Latter, Applications Support Manager, joined our IT Department

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in January 2009 with the overall aim to manage and support all major

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systems used by a wide range of departments, from Admissions to pupil

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records and the internet and intranet applications, including the virtual

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learning environment and the parent portal – there is barely a pupil,

J Geng

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Jinyan Geng arrived at Charterhouse in September 2017 to teach

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language at Qiqihar University (China), Jinyan came to us with a great deal

Justin left us in April 2018 in order to pursue his fondness for sailing and

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She spent a year in Mongolia working as a volunteer teacher in Hexige Primary school back in 2010 – and, when she returned from Mongolia,

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she decided to start a career as an English teacher; she pursued this for

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In September 2016 Jinyan joined the Confucius Institute at London

undergraduates and teaching our IVth-formers proved quite a

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She very quickly settled into life here, getting herself fully involved in

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both the academic and extra-curricular life of the School, undertaking

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weekly duty nights in a girls’ hall of residence and being in charge of the

CCF, membership of the RAF section was already on his mind when he

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A dedicated and passionate linguist, Jinyan was indeed very successful

to every aspect of School life with which he has involved himself – from

in promoting the study of Chinese within the School and we are very

Academy hockey and U14 football to the Perception Society: he is

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always willing to go the extra mile in an attempt to help those in need

She leaves us to return to China to pursue her teaching career and we

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children at the School, he and his wife Leanne can be found instilling

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the mother of two boys herself, Marie knew instinctively that a safe

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and happy house was one which had clear boundaries, consistently observed, but one which also catered to the diverse demands of the

P Simmons

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Pete Simmons joined the Charterhouse Security Department in 2005

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in her care, and her judgement of their characters, was exceptional,

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and was the product of invariably being out on the corridors or with her

producing Fire Risk Assessments for all of the Charterhouse buildings:

surgery door open, often late into the night, ready to pass the time of

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satisfy the stringent new requirements set out by the Fire Authority in

It was not just the boys and girls in Lockites who have had reason to

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be grateful to her; she always looked out for tutors – particularly those

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Fire Service, he was nicknamed ‘Kiwi’ having retained an accent from a

Marie was not averse to speaking plainly at times, but this was always

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To the Housemasters with whom she worked – SFCB, AJ & ARH – she

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was incredibly unique about Pete’s Fire Brigade career was that he was

greatly missed, and we wish her every happiness as she returns to her

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Dean Hewitt joined the Design Technology Department for OQ 17

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the basements under Verites, hiding a piece of carpet with a dot of

Melbourne in Australia, Dean is a master welder by trade but has been

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alongside her handler and lived out the rest of her life with Pete and his

His comprehensive knowledge of the workshop and his interesting

wife Julie at their home in Hurtmore, continuing to react to the sound of

project ideas were welcome contributions to the Department and his

passing sirens – no doubt thinking that she and Pete should be dashing

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Pete’s father, also called Pete, worked at Charterhouse Maintenance

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He is very much looking forward to a new chapter in his life as house

having emigrated to New Zealand several years ago, provides Pete and

husband, supporting his wife Nati and daughter Hannah – and, of

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Pete Simmons is a true local hero and individual who has always been

Graham isn’t the last of the dynasty, as his sister Elaine Downs (Matron

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PU +H]PLZP[LZ JHYYPLZ VU [OL MHTPS` [YHKP[PVU Annette McGivern Shaun Timney

FJW Thorpe

Some people bring vibrancy, warmth, colour, enjoyment and splendour

Frank Thorpe has been a much valued addition to the History Department

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during the academic year 2017-18 and, among colleagues desperate

Relief Matron in Gownboys under Mark Blatchly and Andrew Reston,

to prove themselves in the highly-charged testosterone environment

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of C-block, his facial hair has been an exemplar of consistency and

happy to help out, Marjon was the sort of matron who had that special

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knack of making pupils feel looked after and cared for, and colleagues

all appreciated his attempts at modelling himself as a Stuart monarch in

that, despite hectic schedules and stresses, all would turn out right in

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the end: she will be very fondly remembered by all who encountered her

standards for himself and for his pupils, both in the history hashroom

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and on Northbrook, where he marshalled and corralled the U16B

the call of duty (always working late until literally everything had been

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attitudes to smell in 20th-century British personal hygiene; he will be

school week; Marjon brought in all of the Halloween decorations it is

doing it at the University of Liverpool, making use of the Unilever archives

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at Port Sunlight in order to explore the development of the soap and

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deodorant industries – examining how far they were driven by public

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injury required her to accompany the future Head of House to hospital, M\SS` NHYILK MVY [YPJR VY [YLH[PUN :\JO SV]LS` [V\JOLZ LWP[VTPZL [OL L]LY JYLH[P]L 4HYQVU (SZV H WYVMLZZPVUHS JOHWLYVUL MVY JOPSKYLU ^VYRPUN in theatre, Marjon leaves us to spend time with her own newly-born

Brooke Hall Births

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ANR

COOPPER, Wilbur Lawrence to Nigel and Samantha Coopper on Saturday 23rd June 2018

G Sykes Forty-four years after Graham Sykes arrived at Charterhouse as a small

FUNCASTA, Elena Alba

boy with his family, he is now planning to retire after many years as Head

to Pablo Funcasta and Sarah Cunningham on 9th November 2017

.HYKLULY Graham grew up living, playing and working at the School: “Charterhouse

HUNT, Isabelle Ruth Souri

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to Andrew and Sarah Hunt on 11th March 2018

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LANGMAN, Etta Elizabeth

The Sykes family arrived at the School in 1974 when Graham’s father

to Philip and Sarah Langman on 27th October 2017

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McDONALD, Florence Elsie Catherine

originally as a cleaner in the ‘new’ Lockites, and latterly as a clerk in

to Catherine and Andrew McDonald on 30th November 2017

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Brooke Hall Engagement

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SILVESTER – POUNDER

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The engagement is announced between James Silvester & Charlotte

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Pounder

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Brooke Hall Marriages

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CAHILL-NICHOLLS

Luckily the Headmaster, John Witheridge, had a real passion for

Benjamin Nicholls to Eleanor Cahill on 28th July 2018 at St Mary the

gardening: Graham was appointed Head Gardener, following in his

Virgin, Ilmington, Warwickshire

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DENNIS

Graham has witnessed many historic events at the School over the

Timothy Dennis to Hannah Punnett on 31st March 2018 at Cain Manor,

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Churt, Hampshire

Births Engagements Marriages

M Stephens

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HIGGINS

“I’ve been very lucky spending over 40 years at Charterhouse as man

Simon Higgins to Abigail Waters on 7th April 2018 at St Mary and St

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Bartholomew, Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire

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watched his dad salvage plants and trees from the old houses before

EVENING RECITALS

Steele-Perkins concert, we were gifted with a glorious demonstration of his masterful ability to perform virtuosic classical trumpet pieces, an extremely engaging and interactive display of how the trumpet has

Tuesday 12th September

evolved from a long pipe to an intricate tool for music-making, which

Stephen Beus (piano)

of course featured a very impressive performance of the Antiques

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Roadshow theme tune on the hose-pipe!

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Mr Steele-Perkins gave a masterclass in what an engaging recital should

then gloriously adulterated Bach – proving himself a master of both very

be; the evening’s entertainment was very well received by pupils (many

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Rupert Peacock (G)

Sunday 25th February

concluded with Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz, which begins tricky and gets

Philippe Schartz, Heidi Bennett & Ryan Linham (trumpet) With Mark Blatchly (organ)

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It was a great delight to see the Brass Prizes Judge Philippe Schartz with

recital – a ‘before our very eyes’ sensation to be compared with Dani

his trumpeting friends Heidi and Ryan (with Mark Blatchly on the organ)

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The highlight was the Chaconne: played with phenomenal speed and

The concert started with Benjamin Britten’s wonderfully atmospheric

excitement, provoking an electric atmosphere in the packed audience –

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the ideas he had presented to a group of piano students earlier that

open air, and Mr Schartz and his colleagues used the space in Chapel

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to perfection – demonstrating the quality of their playing and of this very

Steinway in Hall inspired awe and engagement from everyone; it was

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Gabriel Brown (G)

sonata for three trumpets and organ – written in the trumpet’s clarion

if we had not already been conquered by his astonishing pianism, he

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Tuesday 7th November

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Junior Ensemble Concert

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It was appropriate therefore that Mr Blatchly then took centre stage

Robson built their own sides with something called a youth policy: the

performing a rather beautiful piece of French organ music from the

idea was to invest time and expertise in the training of young players,

20th-century master Marcel Dupré: ‘Placare Christe Servulis’ from Le

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Tombeau de Titelouze

shocked were the fans when Ipswich Town bought Paul Mariner from

The trumpets, accompanied by the Chapel organ, then played an

Plymouth Argyle for the price of a couple of Ford Capris – ie, a small

interesting little arrangement of Henry Purcell’s ‘Sound the Trumpet’

fortune! ‘We’ did not need even one import in order to visit crunchy

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the chamber organ to perform a beautiful, palate-cleansing Pavan by

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Orlando Gibbons – a wonderful composer who was very active around

Take a bow, junior ensemblers: you are the future – and what a bright

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one it is!

Giovanni Gabrieli is a composer particularly well liked by brass players

‘Bobby’ Parsons’s String Orchestra opened with ‘Jupiter’ from The

– and so it was apt that the whole ensemble joined in a superb

Planets (Holst’s masterpiece) and the theme from Game of Thrones (the

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Concerts

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Tuesday 27th February

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Abigail Rutherford (soprano) & Oliver Rockall (tenor) with MLJB (piano)

on an excellent Poulenc wind trio – Gabriel Brown (G, oboe), Horace

The recital started with crisp immediacy with the duet ‘So feirn wir das

Choi (G, bassoon) & Owen Chan (S, piano) – meticulously coached by

hohe fest’ from Bach’s Holy Week cantata, ‘Christ lag in Todesbaden’ with

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(R) then followed with Handel’s ‘As when the dove’ with an elegant line

Adams (G) & Sam Thomas (W) – playing just the few notes they needed

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to complete satisfying performances of ‘Peacherine Rag’ by Scott Joplin

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Handel – ‘Would you gain the tender creature’ – this time from Oliver

‘Bobby’ Wright’s junior brass ensemble – Oscar Hanks (B, trumpet),

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Edward Monkman (G, trumpet), Matthew Parnall (G, horn), Charles

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Harrison (G, trombone) and Martin Young (g, tuba) – brought a concert,

German Baroque gave way to French Romantic with three Fauré

enjoyable as it was brief, to a splendid close with two more themes: from

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The Simpsons and Wallace & Gromit

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followed, with Oli tangibly adjusting vocal timbre with more colourful

Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)

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Having been told by Mr Shepherd that this concert was a ‘must-

Two Schumanns – Clara and Robert – sung by Abi then Oli, might

see’, I am sure that many Carthusians were sceptical about whether

have been described by a former Charterhouse Director of Music as

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They were likely expecting a professional, moderately inspiring recital

Mozart’s ‘Deh vieni non tardar’ saw the curtains of the opera house rise

of a particularly long and slightly tedious piece; however, as with any

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sometimes an impression from a cloth-eared amateur will serve to some

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whole long and convoluted caravan of variations one single span – one

which melts almost indiscernibly behind the singer, creates a foil for the

glorious sweep, drawing all the gestures and sub-clauses together with

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his trademark authority: this was utterly compelling, and drew to a close

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a substantial evening of top-notch violin-playing that, despite its weight,

Quilter’s ‘Love’s philosophy’ broke the desolate spell in the most

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enchanting way with the rapid accompaniment deftly played by Mark

Tuesday 21st November

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Max Kam (clarinet) with Clive Williamson (piano) Christian Pethick (baritone) with Mark Shepherd (piano)

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One of the great treats of schoolmastering, particularly in the Music

a level that allowed us to witness and enjoy singing that surpassed

Department, is the opportunity to follow the progress of young musicians

Finally another duet: Handel’s ‘As steals the moon’ reminded us what

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Friday 9th March

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Junior Ensemble Concert

I well remember the arrival of the young Max Kam in Hodgsonites, and

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what a delight it was to welcome such a hard working young man to the

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Orlando Everitt (g) played Weber’s Country Dance neatly, stylishly and

of the 2nd Clarinet Concerto by the clarinettist and composer Bernhard

from memory; he was then joined by Michael Huang (G), James Woolman

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(D) and David Yang (H) for Sebastian Brown’s enchanting String Quartet

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Charlie Harrison (trombone) reprised his Brass Prizes triumph with some

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movements of a sonata in D minor by Corelli: this was most musical –

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JNP’s String Orchestra played a few of his ingenious arrangements –

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Schubert’s Lullaby and the Kerry Polka (trad) – with the trademark polish

Christian Pethick (g) is a wonderful trombone player and it was for this

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that he was principally known when he started at Charterhouse – though

The junior brass quintet – Tom Fowler (D), DGW depping for the injured

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Jonny Wilkinson (D), Matthew Parnall (G), Charlie Harrison (G) and Martin

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Aster Chun (violin) and Owen Chan (violin) with Margaret Roberts (piano)

singer must present the story of the troubled hero using a wide range of

Aster Chun (g, 2YS) leads Orchestra; beside him on the front desk, and

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Kreutzer Sonata in partnership with the fabulously musical pianism of

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It is worth remembering that it was not so long ago that a music critic

the audience was assured of a precociously mature and secure reading

as estimable as the America composer Virgil Thompson could write in

of this mighty work – and when Margaret joined Owen, a rich and subtle

reference to Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Symphony that it ‘seems to have

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been written for the slow-witted, the not very musical and the distracted’,

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and, moreover, that such music might ‘eventually disqualify him for

thoroughly worked and worked out quality matched the hewn-from-

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assessment of Shostakovich’s work, with other writers hearing ‘a deal

easy – but only because the quality of easiness does not sit well with

of triviality, of vulgarity and bombast’ (Warren Storey Smith), describing

Beethoven, especially Beethoven of this sort – but his command of the

the manner in which ‘Shostakovich always has been singularly irritating’

technical detail, especially in the delicate intricacies of the passage-work

(Cyrus Durgin), with his ‘farrago of circus tunes, gallop rhythms, and

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dated harmonic quirks whose smart cleverness resembles the tea-table

ambitious project – and no doubt he will return to it over the years with

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new ideas and increasing authority, though never with the unanswerable

Much has changed in Shostakovich reception, with his music becoming

authority of youth with its direct, energetic and unquenchable enthusiasm

a regular in the concert hall and on record – a quick search on the

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www produces 4,000 recorded items of Shostakovich’s music – and

played this piece before either: she accompanied, as she always does,

a number of scholars establishing their careers on a study of his

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Aster Chun has been amazing us with his unaccompanied Bach

this reappraisal of the composer’s work to the 1979 publication (four

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years after Shostakovich’s death) of Testimony, subtitled as ‘related to

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composer who expressed his contempt for the Soviet regime in hidden

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messages encoded in his music, a dissident who heroically protested

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time at Charterhouse – and it has been really amazing to learn more

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Brass

Ironically – that word again – the publication of Testimony led to the

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creation of a cult of personality around Shostakovich similar to that of

Our older and more experienced players really enjoyed using the

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as ‘The Shostakovich Wars’ – wars that have been anything but cold,

class there was a great opportunity for many of our less experienced

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arguments, nor room to quote some of the more egregious attacks that

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anger on the topic should give us pause for thought before indulging in

started with an atmospheric performance of Eugene Bozza’s ‘En

the sort of simple autobiographical readings that Testimony appears to

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encourage – quite apart from anything else, music is always received in

by some virtuosic trumpet playing by Oscar Hanks (B) in the Concert

a discursive context, and interpretations that make claim to ‘decoding’

Étude by Goedicke – and then by another study (Derek Bourgeois –

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It should not be taken as a comment on the performance by the Chun

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Quartet – Aster Chun (g), Benedict Wong (G), Henry le Feber Robertson

(‘Rare’) of Johan de Meij’s challenging T-Bone Concerto, and the horn

(S), Timothy Lam (H) – that these thoughts were uppermost in my mind

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The adjudicator Philippe Schartz, currently the principal trumpet of the

sounded, concerns over scholarly debates were banished to whatever

BBC National Orchestra of Wales, said he had enjoyed his afternoon

part of my unconscious brain that stores such ephemera, for this was a

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performance of startling command and maturity, one scarcely believable

swept the board, with Charlie Harrison (G) – who had played the Rimsky-

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Korsakov Concerto – winning the intermediate class, and Christian

Shostakovich’s Eighth Quartet makes extreme demands on its

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and dated harmonic quirks’ now expressions of that most twentieth-

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Singing

this makes a nonsense of the debates surrounding the authenticity of

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the meanings ascribed to Shostakovich’s work by Testimony and its

illustrious Baroque soprano Sophie Daneman, who exuded warmth and

followers, for in its sheer potency it brought forth – in this listener at least –

joy – exhorting the singers to have fun in performance, and suggesting

a direct, somatic response to the moment-by-moment expression of the

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musical interpretations, to discover where they might lead – and in the

the performance was an extraordinary triumph – fully demonstrating the

hope of recreating that unfettered expression when next they come to

reason why these performers were so successful with this work in the

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Pro Corda Chamber Music Festival for Schools – and a credit to the hard

Joanna Dawson Prize (novice) was won by Ilaria Bressi (R) with an

work and musicianship of Aster Chun, Benedict Wong, Henry le Feber

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Robertson, and Tim Lam, as well as a tribute to the pedagogical skill of

Warren Green Prize (intermediate) was won by Joey Yip (S) with her

RCD Millard

direct and appealing ‘Misty’; Louis Renault (R) with Porter’s skilfully

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irritating hymn to romantic irritation ‘I’ve Got You Under my Skin’, Oscar

Old Charterhouse

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and Owen Chan (S) with a straight and authoritative ‘Ich grolle nicht’

On Wednesday 7th December Chamber Choir travelled to Sutton’s

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Philip Langridge Prize (advanced) was won by Abigail Rutherford (R); her

On arrival we were led straight through to the beautiful chapel, where

‘Green’ (FaurĂŠ), though it felt a little rushed, was extraordinarily fresh and

we began rehearsing immediately for evensong: conducted by Mr

captivating – and her ‘Deh vieni, non tardar’ (Le Nozze di Figaro) was a

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by Stanford, and Horsley’s Amen – and as the anthem, the opening

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section of RVW’s Fantasia on Christmas Carols with Christian Pethick

highly commended runner-up performances was exceptional: Christian

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Pethick (g) did the best song (RVW’s ‘Silent Noon’) and Schubert’s ‘Der

Next we prepared to sing the graces and various pieces of incidental

Wanderer’ – and Jade Poon (S), managed to make Mozart’s â€˜Ăˆ amore

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un ladroncello’ sound fascinating and wonderful (which it is not) and

members of the choir were sat dispersed amongst the Brothers; they

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had fascinating stories that they were eager to share with us, and the

This entire class was peopled with golden greats: top-drawer

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Carthusians who make life interesting in all the best possible ways – and

After the main course we returned to the balcony to sing a couple of

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carols: Mark Blatchly’s stunning arrangement of ‘Silent Night’ with Abi

sporty boots gavotting across the next sheaf of pages!

Rutherford (R, soprano) followed by a rousing and energetic rendition of

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‘Carmen Carthusianum’: many of the dinner guests joined in, giving the

dead-accurate choral counter-tenor – was here singing ‘butch’, in ‘Lord

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Artifex Cinema on the Ceiling: Dunkirk

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The pianists – Messrs Shepherd, Nicholls & Blatchly – accompanied

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sensitively on the beautiful brown Steinway: a piano ideally suited to the

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Ah, Singing Prizes! Often described as the most enjoyable of the music

appreciating Christopher Nolan’s timeless (actually time-distorting)

Robert Thingummy

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Tony Z

Strings This year’s String Prizes (my 26th and last) was one of the best, but

Quiz

also the worst I can remember: the best in that Carthusians excelled

Artifex week saw the annual return of the BH vs Carthusians Quiz, which

themselves – and worst in that, although two or three members

pits beaks against students using University Challenge Y\SLZ 8\PaaPUN

of Brooke Hall called in during the day, not one was present for the

for BH were TER (maths), GMK (maths), RNCM (physics) and SKW

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(geography), whilst the students were represented by Henry Rowland

busy deleting unnecessary e-mails and performing other tiresome tasks

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Jamie Stapleton (S) did well in the Paxman role, masterfully keeping the

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Defying their years, BH raced out of the starting stalls and were able

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to build a decisive lead: at the halfway stage the score was 150-25 in

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on by the rapturous reception from the audience when they answered a

Emily Bagley (G) won the intermediate class for her sensitive performance

starter question and bonus round successfully; however, their late surge

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My shot: Musical Theatre Society performance

In the open class (Antonia Butler Prize) Owen Chan (S), Benedict

Always great to see culture performed out of passion: not being told to

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myself included!

great technical control, and Benedict played two movements from

I did manage to put on a performance for this year’s Artifex, but it

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of the camera, praying to keep my cool and to achieve my grades, my

Sonata (with MNS) using her beautiful sound to support a gorgeously

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Culture is to be enjoyed, not to achieve a certain grade and not because

for an emotionally charged and heart-rending performance of the last

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pupils to wear their hearts on their sleeves, to take risks in performance,

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and to communicate with their audience; Tim did this in spades, as

I hear, however, from the piano-player (MLJB ) that Narissa Jewa (S)

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and Henry Bole (H) duetted (from La La Land HUK ZVSVLK THNUPĂ„JLU[S`

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that Illaria Bressi (R) sang a showstopper of immense complexity with

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verve, causing MLJB (the stupid old square) to have to sight-read in an

Bach’s monolithic D minor Chaconne: one of Western art’s great corner

unfamiliar syncopated style to save his life – and that Jade Poon (S) sang

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rare for young people of school age to be able to play this piece at all –

started late, as concerts should (and do in the warm south), and was

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each variation, and all the time, somehow, to keep an eye on the overall

Usually when you are already ten minutes past the advertised start-time

narrative and architecture, is an extraordinary feat of technical, artistic

of a show, the musicians are just having their homebill, someone has

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gone to Mr Blatchly’s Shed to purloin his joannaforte, and someone else

Concerto at the 400th Anniversary Concert in 2011 – and at that point it

has gone to BTT with the same nefarious intent, you wonder if the show

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choose between Aster’s profound and elegant account of the Chaconne

audience with classics such as ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ and to

and Ling’s awesome Brahms‌ Anyway, you get the picture!

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Artifex

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the palate characteristic of those fashionable modern brews whose

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astringency, deriving from cheap and excessive hopping, is just plainly HI\ZP]L [V [OL IV\JOL ^OPJO ^PSS UV[ IL HT\ZLK I` P[ H[ HSS

The Bacchae

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On Tuesday and Friday of Artifex several of the School’s top classicists

strength ratio possessed by all the very best English beers, for eg the

put on a performance of Euripedes’s play The Bacchae, interspersed

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with analysis of its core themes and the techniques the Greek playwright

properly home-made (as in wholesome, honest and crafted from base

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ingredients up) whilst also comporting themselves like exceedingly

The play revolves around the actions taken by the god Dionysus against

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a dissident king, Pentheus: Dionysus possesses the women of the city

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Concerts in the Cloisters

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Thursday’s episode of this daily 17h30 show in South African Cloister

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was brief but enjoyable: Veronika Voevodina (B) and Audrey Fu (F) played Ã…\[L K\L[Z ¶ ÄYZ[ º:WPYP[LK (^H`» I` 1VL /PZHPZOP H JOHYTPUN WPLJL VM ÄST

Escape Room

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The Charterhouse Escape Room has become an established as an

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Emily Bagley (G)

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Chocolate Art Workshop

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room of a restaurant, is it corporate negligence (in which case resort

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to personal injury lawyers) or a madman who has abandoned you thus

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were unable to prevent themselves from entering the renowned Artifex

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Dome for a rather soothing session designing their own chocolate

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Sam Troy (G)

David Campbell (P)

Late Night Mindfulness

Unplugged

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exhilaration of the earlier kart race, it is softly lit pink with glowing fairy-

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mostly romantic ballads that set a tranquillising tone for the night with

listen to the soft voice, concentrating on our breathing and being aware

many getting into the calm vibe of things and using phone torches as

of how we feel that present moment – becoming completely relaxed

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A silver bell rings, dies slowly – and we emerge awake as if from sleep,

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India Gray (F)

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French Music

The highlight of the Carthusian religious calendar is undoubtedly the

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London, New York and a bunch of other places could run it close] –

signature burgers (which are incidentally, far bigger than those purveyed

so naturally what better way to celebrate Artifex than by celebrating

by famous-name fast-‘food’ ‘restaurants’*), spicy kebabs, pork ribs

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(Oxford) expatiated on the great gift of creativity that God gave us when

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he made us in his own image – to which he ascribed our ability to love,

(S) managed to pull all this together despite being asked to take it on

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*...but no knives & forks?

Light Installation

Producing the Goods

On Friday night around 3,000 candles were lit on the ground at Oak – an

Product Design Society

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PD Soc aims to produce handcrafted products in batch production and

came to see both students and beaks lighting up the delicate candles

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This year has been immensely successful: we have produced some

Sam Troy (G)

drawstring bags with the Charterhouse logo, a storage unit, and some

Sutton’s Brewery

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Once again this year JNP supervised some Carthusian brewing for a

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Joseph Earls (F) & Jakob Hofmann (g) – produced the most successful

BTT

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Between Mouthfuls – directed by Nicky Keattch – saw Weekites’s

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special and secret hops, avoided that nasty grapefruit juice attack on

two couples on show, neither of whom had seen each other for three

CQ 18

(Photographs on page)

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positively brimming with antagonism from the outset, with Mrs Pearce

Inter-house Gaming was won by Hodgsonites, the Short Film

asking some searching questions about Mr Pearce’s movements in

Competition was won by Luis Enriquez (g), the Pre-U Art Show exhibited

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Joyston-Bechal) some sort of order, but it quickly became apparent to

The International Food Fair on Founder’s Court – organised superbly by

those of us with experience of such matters, that Mrs Pearce was not

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Ch’ouse Got Talent, coordinated by Ben Lawson (R) & co, returned to

satisfaction as Mr Pearce read through every single item on one of the

the Dome stage with a particularly memorable performance from the

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extraordinary Savva Shilin (H) who received a standing ovation for his

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Polly (Lisa Weigand) and Martin (Charlie Brod) were having their own

The Festival of Ideas had talks on everything from Marvel comics to

travails with the menu, with Polly oddly perturbed by the presence of

Enoch Powell; there was a Question Time style political debate chaired

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as she patiently listened to all of Martin’s tedious work stories from said

We had workshops from professionals in the worlds of tea and sushi,

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as well as a visit from Pippo Khalwa (L 13), known as ‘Peaky’, who

She was fairly coy about where she’d been in the same period, though

performed his rap stylings to a slightly over-excited audience of current

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It was an extraordinarily exciting way to spend the penultimate week of

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the Quarter and a sure sign that creativity and the arts stay strongly at

Once that food had arrived, it was one of the great highlights of the play

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to watch Max Joyston-Bechal attempting to serve vegetables to two

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CREATIVE STINK

clear she suspected that, in the words of the late Princess Diana, there

House Art LQ 18

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House Art took place on Sunday 4th February and was judged by Robert

and began to direct his defensiveness back at his wife and towards the

Dunt (R 89) and Oli Epp (D 14). Mr Dunt attended Bristol University, and

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became a barrister before returning to art college (City & Guilds); He has

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established himself as an artist, and is founder of the YouTube based

with little prodding at all, that Polly (probably to break the sheer tedium

ArtTop10.com. Mr Epp attended City & Guilds and is currently practising

of Martin’s endless work stories) just breezily announced that she been

as an artist; he is exhibiting internationally, with his work going into many

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important collections.

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In the light of several terrible events in the past few years, Saunderites

this bombshell, we then enjoyed the bizarre spectacle of Martin and

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to live in a rather safe and secure environment, but terror attacks (or

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DJM

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At curtain-up Millie (Margherita O’Connor) was discovered gimmicking

our attacker who, disguised, walked past us and the judges, dropping a

the tea-cups on the sort of depressing trestle-table that betokens

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judges: on the other end, a security man warned of a planned attack on

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Vicar (Ethan Cheeseman – every inch the comedy clergyman, inept and

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splendid slapstick business neatly danced by O’Connor and Cheeseman

Ss were seen hiding, while live BBC-style footage was playing on the TV

– and Millie, for her part, was not expecting it to be discovered that she

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was expecting a child by the eponymous Gosforth (Leopold Heinen –

the impact a bomb would have had was visible: Ss covered in blood

every inch the disreputable publican, smooth and amoral) – but all was

and wounds were scattered around amongst the furniture – and the

revealed in the accidental broadcast of her private conversation with

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Gosforth (by said PA system, before it shorted out in its accidental

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Our messages: anyone can be the attacker – and it can happen

attired teetotal scoutmaster, played by Sam Rackind) into the hall for a

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Jil Sinnes

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– and slight hitches in co-ordination between characters and sound

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V was depicted – and the images were combined to make portraits of

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production crew – Gloria Liu, Sam Lewisohn, Dennis Wei, Mr Bagust,

thanks are owed to Alice Stacpoole for her inspiration and Sam Slingsby

Caspar Woodward, and especially Mrs Wakeling who got a huge cheer

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Millie Vacher

Artifex

Mrs Pearce began screaming obscenities at her husband, as it became

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the delicate placement of two runner beans onto a plate just so, while

House Art

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paparazzi harassing the judges – and Tiresias (the blind oracle) wrapped

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defaced and forged, an upscale Monopoly board overlaid with portraits

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of malnourished children to highlight income inequality, and a table

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visual installations were accompanied by a rap mocking politicians’

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charity shop and were re-donated in order to lend a charitable element

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Girdlestoneites explored the theme of community in g, particularly

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Shania Govani

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we aimed to emphasise the individuality and uniqueness of every person

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with sinister overtones, inspired by Tracey Emin’s My Bed: toys were

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environmental crises – we felt the need to show how reassuring the unity

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Jessica Li

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Ben Birch

Lockites chose the theme of individuality – particularly interesting at a time when everyone is striving to be the same type of person,

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around the well and a sheet was hung over the top to block out the

representing the stressful and unsavoury elements of School life: old

light, creating a tent-like area inside the well which ended up becoming

bancos, mock exam papers and an upside-down map of Charterhouse

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Tabitha Ellis

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making 75g sculptures (there are 75 people who work and live in

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Fletcherites) of anything they wanted and painting them in the F colour:

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people to examine the merits of perfect societal conformity: we are often

photos were pinned – all of them linking to the countries from which

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shock, the grotesque and the abnormal, this exhibition attempted to

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attempted to create a sophisticated and adult space (as F is VIth-form

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only) by having a relaxed atmosphere with jazz and lots of plants and

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Daviesites explored homosexual rights, feminism and fear (in the form

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of peer pressure) in a series of interactive installations which were based

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The Brush: Ben Birch (B)

Yearlings participation: (P)

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2YS Prize: Jessica Li (g)

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Clara Popescu, Rita Delgado, Raluca Baicu & Lydia Stewart

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FOOTBALL

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1st XI

throughout the half, however three goals in quick succession saw the

Won 7, Drawn 1, Lost 10

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The heartache of the ISFA Cup exit sparked a run of disappointing

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remained high for a place in the 1st XI, the spirit within the group was

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encouraging and was only boosted by a 2-1 victory vs ACS, Cobham,

next Hudl League game, against Shrewsbury, was a big one, and an

only a day after we had returned home – some of us we still rather

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drew to an abrupt end, Charterhouse found themselves staring down

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remembered for Garrard’s substitute performance, as four goals in the

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that school football is all about, as such an unpredictable, high scoring

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in the annual ISFA National Sixes competition, which was hosted at

was indeed a chance for redemption vs Royal Russell who were not

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only ISFA champions but also beat Charterhouse on penalties in last

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2-0 defeat and in turn, the start of another three game losing streak,

began to build, the team delievered and successfully booked a place in

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grinded swiftly to a halt and all that could be done now was to simply

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(B) and Sam Browne (S) saw Charterhouse pose a threat to Hampton

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season was the way in which so many boys stepped up and permormed

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Bruce (R) for example, demonstrated the ability to be a dependable and

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composed centre half, whilst Alex Holmes (W) showed his technical class

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Tertychnyy (g) and Austin Wilman (W) – all displayed composure and

be a mixed one, winning 7, drawing 1 and losing 10, the commitment and

some touches of real class, and these standards would be replicated

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football were no rarity, in fact, at times it leaves one to ponder what might

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James Garrard (F)

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Won 7, Drawn 1, Lost 5

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A season that promised much for a capable 2nd XI squad witnessed

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were some really excellent wins against perennially strong opposition

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by a six-match unbeaten run through the middle part of the Quarter

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anticipated draw, the ISFA Cup saw Charterhouse face The King’s

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We couldn’t have hoped for a much better start than a 2-0 win over

season thus far and a positive result would almost certainly provide a

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luck but fought hard, though we struggled to contain the Harrow 1st

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Lancing came next, followed by another midweek setback, as we lost

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the rare opportunity of enjoying the game and taking in the atmosphere

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absolute beauty, nestling in the ‘top bin’ of the net, and surely providing

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9-0 win by a team comprised entirely of 1st Year Specialists against a

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Hampton team whom we managed to defeat 3-2 having been 1-0 and

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College, a team performance fuelled by Alex Ford who simply conducted

won prior to going ahead in the last minute, only to concede a penalty

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straight afterwards and conceding an equalizer to the last kick of the

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a Will Dovell (L) hat-trick saw the team walk away 5-1 winners, a result

game and our visitors played some superb football to race into a 2-0

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tripped over the ball having rounded our keeper; at 3-0 that surely would

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was much more uneventful, though we had chances to extend our lead

opportunities frustratingly missed, the 3rd XI were consigned to a cruel

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we ought to have seen out the game, but allowed our visitors to score

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of the season, both long away trips to Sussex on the last two Saturdays

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containing some willing and talented U16s, as injuries took their toll, and

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were never really in the game, succumbing 3-1 to a team content to sit

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at Ardingly the following week, we were handed a harsh lesson by

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The 2017 4th XI was unbeaten in school matches, and their hearts were

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broken in only the last minute by the Old Carthusians who closed out a

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In goal we were fortunate to be able to call upon George Barlow (V)

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for much of the season, whose experience at 1st XI over the past two

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Every player was comfortable on the ball and the team naturally

comprised of Oliver Kristensen (V), Afa Nfor (H), Will Morton (L) and,

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latterly, Tom Mercer (R), who brought great composure to the defensive

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Eton 2-2 in a thrilling match in which Charterhouse came back from

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usually comprised of captain Kai Magee (S), who looked to get forward

marked the 4ths as the most successful Charterhouse team of the 2017

to support the lone striker, the industrious Toby West (R) and Max Say

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(B), whose range of passing often made the team tick; he, like Magee,

Federico Napoleone (V); dominant centre backs Ed Crockford (D) and

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Ethan Cheeseman (W); continental maestros Alberto Subiotto Marques

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played two or three games when not picked by the 1st XI, and was

back and Alex O’Callaghan-Brown (R) brought cross-country endurance

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was another player whom we missed when he was injured or with the

brother, was a Peter Whittingham-esque presence on the left side,

1st XI, with his ability to beat players and put in good crosses with his

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Tom Joyce (G) became the main man at centre forward after promotion

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and then injuries curtailed the seasons of Luke Shedden (V) and David

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Campbell (P), with Rollo Payne (D) and George Morton (L) often used in

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Many of this team will still be at the School next year and higher teams

the lead on many aspects of running the team, not least his expertise

will no doubt be looking at this 4th XI squad with interest!

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on matters of laundry; to Bikram Chadha (S) whose response to the disappointment of having his season ended early by injury was to join

U16A

the coaching team, and also to DGH and DJM for their expert input,

Won 4, Drawn 3, Lost 3

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The season really began in earnest in Gothenburg, Sweden, at my

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3rd XI

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The 3rd XI made a fast start to the season winning three games on the

rallied well when going down and probably wouldn’t have succumbed

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completely had the opposition coach allowed an ‘enforced substitution’

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lesson by the OCs, we returned to our scoring ways for the next four

gave hope and instilled resolve and the resulting goal meant a 1-1

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London as a burly and physical Harrow 2nd XI proved as obstinate

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Westminster (7-0) which was soon followed by a 4-0 win over Lancing

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– Lancing proved a little vigorous and ‘chatty’ at times, it must be said,

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proved much hungrier and, while technically Charterhouse were the

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of the game was an Joe Earls (F) special: dribbling down the line from

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left-back, cutting inside and delivering a swerving shot into the back of

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Charterhouse had been able to dominate and play their kind of football

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played some good football, but the better side on the day won, resulting

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of season the ‘points’ never proving hard to come by, and with Eton and

was well fought and Charterhouse came away worthy 3-0 victors, with

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goals from Daniel Merighi (R) (a fantastic strike from distance), Oliver

on their 1st XI pitch Charterhouse played exquisite football – the prettiest

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Charterhouse did very well to draw 1-1, proving to themselves that

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even when unable to play attractively they were capable of grinding

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side that warmed up to carefully selected pre-game music and worked

for OQ 2017 would stand at three wins, three draws and three losses;

well together throughout, Charterhouse were on the back foot for most

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Louis Ward (W) was promoted to goal-keeper after a solid showing in

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Gothia and proved a raw, unbridled talent who will no doubt improve

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of energy and pressure and, ultimately, were more direct and clinical

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Rana (S), Dare Balogun (L), Angus Thomson (B) and Ross Fordham

away at Ardingly, was one of the highlights for the team and a perfect

(W), all of whom brought their own particular set of skills to the fore:

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Tewiah’s last-ditch sliding tackles, Rana’s heading, Balogun’s strength

bolstered by some U16C players and the reassuring presence of A-team

and skill on the ball when under pressure, Thomson his sheer pace and

Angus Thomson (B) at centre back, pulled together to work as a unit

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Sheen (W) provided a solid fulcrum for the team to operate around; their

from outside the penalty box by AdriĂ Navarro Mirales (H) that separated

combined pace, power, strength and good passing ability meant they

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Gianluca Capuano (D) deputised in these positions when necessary and

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U15A

The three utility players (a coach’s dream) of Tom Wainwright (R), Daniel

Won 6, Lost 7

Merighi (R) and Seb Lucy (D) had extremely good seasons and feature in

After a season to forget at U14A level, it truly was the season when

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over LVS Ascot; a ruthless performance as 8 of the best were put past

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Ibstock Place, as well as two thoroughly convincing victories against

team, Lucy proved on more than one occasion he was up to the task of

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A-team football and certainly up for the challenge, starting as a left-back

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Whitgift in the ISFA Cup, if an equalising goal had stood with 15 minutes

Agboola (P), Nup Hetrakul (S) and Finlay McLellan (D) worked industriously

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for the lion’s share of all goals scored (7, 6 and 2 respectively) during

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Ardingly previously unbeaten the entire season, the boys put in a truly

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amazing performance in a 4-1 victory, against a side that only lost one

reward for his never-say-die approach, while the Hetrakul provided some

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then we might have a very strong 1st XI team in the years to come! JMS

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Won 5, Drawn 2, Lost 3

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Won 5, Drawn 1, Lost 2

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comprehensive victories, and three clean sheets (goalkeeper Jonathan

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Against Westminster, the U15Bs dominated large periods of the game

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early on as a result of an own goal but they soon let in a disappointing

of this impressive display, the team continued to score for fun, beating

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Westminster 8-0 at home, with Sebastian Lucy (D) scoring 4 goals in

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(S) missed an open goal with a diving header following a cross from

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was a closely fought physical encounter and just before the half time

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whistle, Anik Moore (R) injured himself in a well-timed tackle to win back

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the game from his position at a left wing-back which allowed us to score

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to get us through the second half and Winchester scored a free kick and

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The U15Bs were dominant against Winchester but only managed to win

Reay (R) down the wing who scooped it round a defender and crossed

2-1 thanks to two goals from Amil Folawiyo (P) and some improvised

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Hampton and the score would have been worse if it were not for heroics

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Won 7, Drawn 2, Lost 1

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of September and despite never having played as a team before gelled

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James Burns (g) was a reluctant goalkeeper at the start of term, but

goal scorers throughout the season and Cristo Brodie (g) made good

emerged as an outstanding member of our side, winning the coach’s

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Lucas Mayhew (g) showed great leadership and composure throughout

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Porter as he has developed from being a hard working right-back to a

Rupert Hagen (P) started at left back but his season was curtailed

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Won 5, Lost 5

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The season started well for the U15C squad, with 24 goals scored in our

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managed to break through our otherwise solid defence to claim a very

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three matches, the U15C’s main strength came from its defence against

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some energetic goal keeping, were able to heroically thwart multiple

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four matches this season, the U15C team only conceded 3 goals (all

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Overall this season, the team played with passion and progressed well,

force revolved around Will Turner (W) – strong, quick with a good strike,

balancing some very convincing victories against some narrow, well

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a very important player for the formation we played and rightly received

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U15D

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Won 1, Lost 4

that had not played together before we played some nice football and

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back and equalised and at the break the scores were level after a missed

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the second half, Turner scored from close range before he doubled his

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start of the match, we proceeded with a good mind-set and accurately WHZZLK I\[ ^LYL \UHISL [V JVU]LY[ V\Y ZOVV[PUN VWWVY[\UP[PLZ >LPTPUN

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Always a tough place to go due to the size of the pitch and the way

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Eton 1 Charterhouse 2

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The third tough game in a week as we visited Eton in what is always a

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although Eton did take the lead with a hotly contested goal as the Eton

not pretty and to be honest we were below a standard one might expect

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our intensity a little but quality was lacking and it looked like a defeat was

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as Kutyrkin smashed a shot onto the underside of the bar and Fowler

Charterhouse entertained Bede’s in the penultimate game of the season

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some great football eventually culminating in Max Delaney (B) scoring

deep and invited Bede’s to take the lead with a scrambled goal from

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as we might an equalizer would not come and we had to settle for the

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Charterhouse 3 Winchester 1

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and lacked real quality before Savile scored twice in quick succession to

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Won 4, Drawn 1, Lost 5

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through the Quarter and began to show the cohesion, togetherness,

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The early easy wins returned: Lancing (11-1) and Westminster (7-0)

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exchanges were fairly even before Hampton took the lead with a wicked

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away, but particularly against Winchester (1-4), who had not scored

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honest words and hard work on the training pitch brought a good draw

a knowledge that we can compete, Charterhouse searched for another

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and after a great run and pass from Newbegin, Turner scored to send

Hampton (1-6), Aldenham (8-3), Eton (0-3; actually probably the best

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performance of the season – a dogged rear-guard action against slick

misses towards the end for Hampton, but we held on and recorded a

opposition), Bede’s (0-3; a low point akin to Winchester) and a very

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Charterhouse 1 Aldenham 1

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They were supported by a very reliable keeper, Orlando Everitt (g), full

The visitors came with a strong reputation and the early exchanges

back Pete Kunitsyn (S) and increasingly authoritative centre backs Emil

showed why as they passed the ball incisively as we chased and harried

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group of individuals to a cohesive unit, crowned by the clean sheet in

went and when Turner headed in from a corner it was not unexpected

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present CDM and captain, who led from the front and chipped in with

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5 goals, Jamie Richardson (B), Ishan Sahni (W), Ralph Mitchell (H) and

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was not dealt with properly and the equalizer left us hanging on for a

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Football

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Many thanks to CAMS, MPB & SRP for all of their assistance and

titanic 4-4 draw against a minor public school from Winchester, although

to all of the boys – I wish them many happy days playing football at

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PP

(L) formed a reliable and ever more tactically-aware back line, along

U14C

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Won 5, Drawn 1, Lost 4

(B) brought his refreshing and sometimes eye-watering style of robust

Well over 20 boys played across the 10 matches for the U14C team

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this season and almost half of those were also selected for the U14B

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screamers, Joe Mahon (S) achieved a hat-trick against St Edmund’s, and

between squads illustrated real strength in depth among the Yearlings of

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Above all, fun and camaraderie were the order of the Quarter, and many

the coaches have already pegged some of these B and C team players

players substantially and tangibly improved their individual games and

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HOUSE COMPETITIONS

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Housematch Final:

Weekites 1 defeated Verites 0

to their last against Ardingly, this squad proved that they were by no

Senior House Plate Final:

Robinites 3 defated Bodeites 2

means goal-shy and hat-tricks (in some cases more than one) were

First Tics Final:

Saunderites 4 defeated Lockites 2

snatched by several players: Ralph Mitchell (H), Charlie Wyatt (P), Raphy

Junior Housematch Final:

Saunderites 4 defeated Weekites 0

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Junior House Plate Final:

Lockites 4 defeated Hodgsonites 3

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Yearlings Cup:

Weekites

shared in the glut of goals too: one particular long range screamer from (SLJ >PSSPHTZ 7 HUK 7L[L 2\UP[Z`UÂťZ : SHZ[ KP[JO [PTL ZLUZP[P]L LŃœVY[ HNHPUZ[ (YKPUNS` ^LYL WLYOHWZ [OL TVZ[ TLTVYHISL VM [OLZL 0[ ^HZ

HOCKEY

Hockey

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1st XI

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Won 11, Drawn 3, Lost 5

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21 players travelled to Exeter in early January as part of the 1st XI

measured skill of Alec W, Alex Morley (L) and Jaime Burguera Gonzalez

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de Castejon (W) were particularly instrumental in the centre, while the

build on the success of a competitive U16 and U18 indoor season

nippy feet of Tom Bevin (L) and Charlie Bridges (W) – deserved Man

and get back to outdoor hockey and a chance to get to know one

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School mixed with training, tactics, penalty corner practice, and even

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a spot of yoga gave us a great start to the year and we returned with

the B team, Tom Abbott (V), Max Stockmeier (S), Rory Mackie (g) and

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season meant that on returning from Exeter, the 1st XI played a warm

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up match against Guildford Men’s 2nd XI and then were straight into

that his selection was well overdue: he and Max stood, as twin defensive

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troops bravely from the box, Ollie Muir (D) performed brilliantly and

Symonds had several chances to equalise at 1-0 and Kai Magee (S)

maturely throughout the season; in any other year, I have no doubt

made a fantastic goal line clearance from a penalty corner, defending

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another exciting and successful season for the U14C team, with huge

Tom Walton (V) and Raph Boulanger (P) and a third goal from Magee set

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CAMS

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Won 1, Drawn 1, Lost 6

Elliot Clarke (W) and captain Harry Gilbey (W) played well in defence and

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the side battled throughout, but our inexperience showed and Reed’s

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initially overlooked becoming apparent and needing promotion to the Ds;

the season, but showed areas in which we needed to improve moving

awesome training drills and commitment in Ds’ practices leading to some

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players being lured into higher tiers by predatory C/B/A coaches (and

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probably the boys’ agents – PP was certainly observed handling cash in a

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Nonetheless, the squad quickly established a core of players who began

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to learn the ‘U14D way’ of control, concentration in defence, speed on

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from Charterhouse and some good counter attacking from Cranleigh

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neither side could score a third and after seventy minutes; the scores

formation were slightly hampered by the struggle to make legal throw-

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set Charterhouse up for the second round of the National Cup against

gelled superbly as the season went on – the highlight was probably a

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showed through and they took both of the chances that presented

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(The National Plate) games against Eton (2-2), an invitational Shafts XI

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(4-3) and then Tonbridge (2-3) gave the 1st XI a really competitive run of

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Park, KES, Southampton, a draw against Eastbourne, a narrow defeat

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to Tonbridge and a win against Reed’s put us second in the group and

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began a counter attack, passed to Magee in the circle who shot and

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the rebound fell to Ross Fordham who had followed up from his own

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four corners before half time saw Tom Walton score two excellent slip

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display that took the match away from the visitors and demonstrated

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created chances in the second half but the readiness of Charterhouse to

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Canterbury proved only a consolation as Magee scored the team’s

Magee continued his phenomenal scoring run with goals on 47, 58 and

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was followed by a cool 8-1 victory over Reigate Grammar in round 3 of

the pre match pressure and what was at stake, 9-3 was an incredible

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he had improved over the course of the season with a great game on

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April at The Lea Valley Hockey and Tennis Stadium, home of England

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Women’s World Cup later in the summer was a real privilege and the

worked incredibly hard and Magee scored two goals to compliment a

1st XI did themselves proud with a characteristic display of disciplined

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(Northwood) had been runners up in the same competition in each of the

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last two seasons and only knocked out of the National Cup competition

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competition, Charterhouse faced 1st round cup opponents Peter

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fact, the 1st XI had scored more goals (68) and won more matches (11)

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ball into the circle led to a penalty corner and Raph Boulanger scored

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remained level due to some excellent work from the Peter Symonds

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With the heat beginning to take its toll, Peter Symonds scored late on

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First Merchant Taylors’ scored in the 39th minute from open play before

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Charterhouse countered and scored an equaliser within 60 seconds;

for Charterhouse in the heat, but Charlie Short stepped into right half

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Hockey

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reading, all those involved will understand the extent of his commitment

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and ability between the sticks, saving the team on countless occasions

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penalty corner was upgraded to a penalty stroke, which Taylors’ scored

highlight of the season rests with the 9-0 demolition of King’s School,

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Magee, who maintained his record of scoring in every round of the Plate

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3rd XI

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Won 1, Lost 7

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30 pupils put themselves forward for the 3rd and 4th XIs and so, with

tireless in attack, Tom Walton delivered some great balls into the circle

competition for places and a dedicated bunch, I was hopeful of a more

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Opening matches against Reeds, Cranleigh and RGS, Guildford

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demonstrated that while determination will get you so far on the hockey

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pitch, a lack of understanding of the game would indeed hold you back;

never missed a tackle and Will Briggs’ work rate and threat in attack

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for player in terms of skill level, we matched most teams, their better

of the National Plate having lost seven of last year’s squad was a superb

awareness and experience of the how the game should be played

achievement and the team played very well against a talented Merchant

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matches – I don’t think there was a single training session when all the

and U16 squads, we’re determined to keep getting better, enjoying our

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I know that with the players available and regular match practice, they

you to all the players for their tireless commitment and enthusiasm and

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our very loyal and dedicated band of supporters who were with us come

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JSH

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2nd XI Won 3, Drawn 2, Lost 7

U16A

Glancing over the scorecard for this season’s 2nd XI suggests that it was

Won 1, Lost 4

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The 2018 season got underway with the typically tough start against

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but to go on a streak of three unbeaten games in twilight of the season

arguably suited the home team, but we were unable to maintain the levels

shows how, even with perhaps not the most technically gifted team ever

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to grace the Northbrook astros, the commitment of the team cannot

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School in game one of the season, to a 5-2 victory at the end, underlines

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of the squad, a team largely lacking comradery and experience at higher

to go we suddenly found some momentum and, after great work by Tom

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end of the season, despite the tumultuous start, the team played fast-

the balance appeared to have shifted in our favour and an unlikely result

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as a result of his unwavering devotion to the team and consistent voice

some of the Charterhouse team put pay to this, and Cranleigh ended

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up comfortable winners through a number of well-worked set pieces

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their contributions to the team; each individual played their part in 2nd

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XI hockey this year, and without the commitment of all, a season three

went 2-0 up early in the game playing some genuinely good hockey, but

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then allowed themselves to become distracted and gave away a silly

motivational and technical support of manager SDJ and head coach

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of a neat build up play in the second half, although it would have been

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Fynn Atherton (V), Pete Wallace (B), Cameron Petrie (D), Ben Howard

Shortly after this was a mid-week defeat to Eton, where again the poor

(V) and Milo Knatchbull (L) provided a strong structure to the team from

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the back, always pressing to get the ball up the pitch and support the

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Adam Phillips (R), Luke Shedden (V) martialled opposition players and

to later in the season) little hockey had been played over the previous

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The attacking line-up certainly played their part, with an amassing of

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Rawlings (S) were the top scorers this year with 10, 5, 7 respectively, and

were cancelled due to snow and ice, and RGS, Guildford postponed

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though, many of the team can look back at the season with a sense of

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successful season, there are a lot of positives to take away and I hope

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have plenty of talent, and if they can develop the maturity to train and

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MRG/TJH

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Reed’s where a hotly contested local derby ended in victory for the

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hosts with goals from Santi Gutierrez Domenech (B), Gabriel Jonsson

of games when the players went into the match assuming that they

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what could have been regarded as the performance of the season (even

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two games in) as a resounding 3-0 win away at Cranleigh against the

lost 1-7 and, in 2018, their defeatist attitude meant that we were quickly

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particular the forward line who threatened almost every time they broke

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(W) and Morgan Clarke (W) had very solid games forcing Cranleigh to

make assumptions before a game and go into the match believing that

try to break through our centre where Freddy Clinton (W) and captain

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front line or Oba Agboola (P), Hector Platt (B), Louis Thomson (S) and

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the following Monday it was with much optimism that we welcomed

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Marlborough for an Independent Schools Cup match, despite the loss

Hector, at right wing, keeping the defence on their toes by exchanging

of Gutierrez Domenech to injury and a few knocks and bruises from the

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play was to get the ball and use his speed to dash down the wing, hit

towards the end proved our downfall, and while a Sam Thomas (W) short

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corner routine roused hope, Marlborough were simply too strong on the

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onto the ball under pressure and surge forwards through their defence

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Hurst, in quite a rugged match, Parker, Rawlings and Thomas all scored

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and a newly promoted forward player, Rupert Evans (G) also showed

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forward position allowed him to show his skill set with a little less reliance

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is very adaptable, with the ability to play in defence as well as be good

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Someone who never ever gave up on a ball was Dmitry Chizhov (P) at

and ran out 5-3 winners thanks to a Clinton run through their defence to

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although he has a habit of spinning on the spot and delivering a ball

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forwards without looking at where it is actually going, he is reliable in

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defending and, if he can improve his pass completion rate, will turn into

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to snow so we sadly never had the chance to test our skills against

ethic would do wonders to his game! The defensive line up of Alexander

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Cardozo (P), Jamie Marmion (B), Aadit Sanghrajka (D) and Fred Vacher

place, one against Seaford College on a Thursday afternoon when a

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Alexander is the type of player who gets on with the job without any

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To conclude, this group of hockey players has plenty of raw talent with

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tackles are not always accurately timed, he often manages to nip in front

understanding of the game and plenty of intelligence and humility to

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C team; however, his ability to play left back clearly put him within our

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Won 5, lost 3

was a little concerning (24), Fin kept it from being at least double that

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with several wins against tough opposition, and with goal scoring being

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next game against Cranleigh proved more challenging, but Louis Lister

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(V) and some solid defence from Charlie Turner (G), Duncan Petrie (D)

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was quickly to improve, with far greater awareness of the style of play

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up, we took the lead after seventeen seconds through Mackenzie Faull

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Jamie Richardson (B), Player of the Season, scored a well worked goal

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every player who had played throughout the season the improvement

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to be going well, chances being created (Wyatt missed an unfortunate

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open goal) and Josh Drake-Brockman (G) (gk) played brilliantly, as he

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it looked to be going to strokes again but Cranleigh found themselves

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Reed’s but already the seeds of success were being sown; ‘besiege

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travelled away to Cranleigh for a gritty 1-1 draw, in which our captain

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Hurst was bettered by an excellent 4-2 win at Eton; in perhaps our best

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threat moving with tremendous speed up the pitch, setting up a brilliant

praise to William Barraclough (D) who scored 2 goals; yet that was a

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in the 10-0 conquest of Tonbridge, was scored by the indomitable Sam

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Capuano (B) and Frederick Zamboni (V), and the rampaging Anik Moore

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fun coaching a lively bunch of talented lads who have a bright future in

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going to Cape Town in the summer, so still some hockey to play as

NJAD

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U14A

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Won 4, Drawn 2, Lost 2

Team: Josh Drake-Brockman (G), Hameed Belo-Osagie (G), Ed Doljanin

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(g), Tom Fowler (D), Hayden Brown (S), Nic Lamming (L), Max Delaney

successful few sessions of pre-season in the second half of OQ we

(B), Ash Ticktum (P), Charlie Wyatt (P), Mackenzie Faull (H), Orlando

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Everitt (g), Rory Mackie (g), Jamie Richardson (B)

SRP

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U14D

Won 4, Lost 4

Won 1, Drawn 3, Lost 1

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equilibrium at the end of the season: four wins balanced against

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potential goal-scorers seemed, at times, to share another of that deity’s

all three matches were well-contested and ended up in a draw, with

characteristics – lack of vision: we managed to see home only three

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and with another goal here or there, we could surely have snatched

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victories from Cranleigh and Eton, tipping the win-loss tally in our favour

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however, school sport is not all about the results and there has been

ability to communicate and work together as a single unit and this

plenty to celebrate this season, thanks to the talent and hard work of

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important learning experiences, which helped the team’s performance

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pitch and leaving many an opposition player frustrated, dismayed if not

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who usually found themselves one behind the other down the middle of

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the pitch: Luke Hornett (g) was named the most improved player for his

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work ethic and positioning; James Woolman (D) was the players’ player

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for his speed, agility and sleight of hand; Sam Wells (P) was the player

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Pascoe (g) also deserves a special mention, not only for his commitment

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in defence, but also for the threat he posed elsewhere on the pitch,

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about hard work, friendships, a lot of fun and above all, memories that

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with his startling pace; Oscar Barrand (S), with his penetrating through-

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balls; Tom Bevin (L), with his deft touches and natural understanding of

Housematch Final:

Weekites 1 defeated Pageites 0

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Senior House Plate Final:

Bodeites 4 defated Gownboys 0

from their experiences across the season, developing their overall sense

Senior League Winners:

Weekites

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Junior Housematch Final:

Saunderites 3 defeated Gownboys 0

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Junior House Plate Final:

Weekites 10 defeated Hodgsonites 0

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Yearlings Cup:

Lockites

highlighted just how far this group of boys had come over the term, as

Robbie Allen Cup:

Tom Walton (V)

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CAMS

CRICKET

U14C

1st XI

Won 1, Drawn 1, Lost 5

Won 18, Drawn 1, Tied 1, Lost 4

The season started with a tight 0-0 draw versus Cranleigh which was a

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The building blocks were in place following a highly successful 2017

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It was a moral 2-1 victory (win whilst we had a keeper) in spite of the

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Barlow, playing his fourth season of 1st XI cricket led the side well and

and losing! A 2-3 loss where the home side started far too slowly but it

although his bowling never quite reached the level of Singh, he still took

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still returned 33 wickets at 15 and will lead our attack for the next two

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and good luck with their future Carthusian hockey careers!

his best performance for the Cranleigh two-day game where he returned ^PJRL[Z PU [OL TH[JO )HYSV^ :PUNO HUK 4HO[HUP ^PSS SLH]L H THZZP]L

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of roles, listening carefully to advice, and Charlie Bridges (W) distributed

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hole in our bowling next year, replacing their 131 collective wickets will

Westminster: Won by 117 runs

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Charterhouse entertained Westminster on Green and on winning the toss

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far more inconsistent and led to our failings in the Cowdrey Cup, the

just before lunch was a brief pause in the proceedings as Short joined

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shone, scoring 760 runs at 36 but he will be disappointed with the

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with Mahtani spinning a web at the other end, scoring became a problem

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Eton (Cowdrey Cup): Won by 40 runs

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Rawlings (S) played well at times and will need to convert starts into

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bigger innings, David Campbell (P) showed good technique when he

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opened the innings later in the season and like Toby, will need to convert

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knee operation, showed glimpses of talent but will be disappointed in his

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Barlow added a third just before tea the home side were behind the rate

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It was an incredible year, 18 wins surpassing the previous highest of 13;

MCC: Won by 4 wickets

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Charterhouse continued the good run with a 4 wicket win over the

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Short and Harry Gilbey also leave and we wish them well in their lives

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grounds team in turning out great pitches across the School, including a

A couple of wickets from Mahtani slowed the rate a little and eventually

newly laid Green; the caterers for the great contribution in feeding us so

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assistant, Rob Woods for keeping me calm; his knowledge of the game

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consistently until Short joined Singh to produce the best partnership of

Radley (Cowdrey Cup): Lost by 51 runs

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Winchester: Abandoned

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Mahtani and debutant Matteo Capuano (D) began to regain control and

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Wilman and they both played with great freedom and also ran incredibly

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Richardson turned on the accelerator and powered to 98 before he

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Tonbridge (Cowdrey Cup): Lost by 84 runs

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Following on from the Radley defeat it was important to stay in

Harrow (Cowdrey Cup): Lost by 62 runs

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The 4th round of the Cowdrey Cup took us to Harrow on a bright and

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for long periods we couldn’t make the breakthrough and at lunch the

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at a good pace but wickets fell too and at 171-9 the door was open

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reply we were strangled by spin and couldn’t get going, striking just 4

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Hurst: Won by 8 wickets

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OCs 20/20 (Lewis-Noble Trophy): Won by 42 runs

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spell of 4-18 to ice the cake and 55 all out wasn’t going to be too much

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OCs (Carthusian Day): Won by 58 runs

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Wellington (Cowdrey Cup): Won by 32 runs

signs of wear and in Hawkings, Don and Ryder-Smith the OCs had good

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Campbell and Richardson rebuilt before Richardson needlessly gave

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a partnership; Patel and Wilman got us back into the game with an

Dulwich: Won by 7 runs

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Wickets fell consistently as scoring became hard work against a good

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Paarl, South Africa: Won by 24 runs

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Another sweltering day brought more overseas opposition in the form of

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heading in one direction but gradually the home side clawed their way

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fairly shabby as time and time again the batters gifted wickets as we

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both openers, and when Mahtani and Sheen applied the brakes in the

Bede’s 20/20: Match tied

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lusty hits towards the end but Charterhouse recorded the 18th victory of

decided to bat on a used wicket and after 3 balls we were 0-2 and in

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Cranleigh (2 day game): Match drawn

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The end of a long and highly successful season culminated in a drawn

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However, the next 20 overs rattled along at 7 an over and at 160-2,

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from Singh and Barlow made early inroads, but the visitors responded

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a dangerous new ball session; Richardson replaced Wilman and

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(G) got turn with the ball throughout the season taking some important

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wickets against settled batsmen, helped by some excellent wicket

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set about the openers and we had 40 on the board in 4 overs, but

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innings from Peter Wallace (B), Jamie Inch (G) and Joe Seaton (P) should

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with Raph Boulanger (R) impressing with some calm catches in the KLLW [V JVTWSLTLU[ OPZ Ă„LY` Y\U ZJVYPUN ^P[O [OL IH[ ;OL UK ?0ÂťZ

The Road to Arundel – National 20/20 Final

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season rain and sub-zero conditions we entertained Cranleigh and RGS,

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Taking wickets had been the problem for the 2nd XI all season, however,

drawn against Simon Langton with the winners to play either Bede’s or

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out for 44, with Archie Samuelson (g) and Elliot Clarke (W) both taking

by a blistering start from Wilman and Richardson as they took the attack

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season, even though results didn’t always go their way, and should look

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3rd XI

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Lost 3

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The 3rd XI cricket season reads a little bit like General Sir John French’s

again made a quick start but the game changed when Barlow cleared

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Southwark Clergy and Dulwich College do not summon up the horror

hitting eleven sixes in our innings as we ran out comfortable winners with

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A lengthy break followed as we waited a couple of weeks on the winners

of success next year we are going to need to move beyond a volunteer

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note, conscientious objectors will be shot!

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worn pitch our outstanding attack decimated their much-vaunted line \W ([ ^L [OV\NO[ [OL NHTL ^HZ PU [OL IHN \U[PS H SHZ[ ^PJRL[

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Won 3, Abandoned 2

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However, Rawlings played the innings of his season in compiling 30 not

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wayward bowling which posed little threat to the stumps and pushed the

was another hot day and when Barlow and Singh reduced Bedford to

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Richardson, Barlow and Singh ensured a comfortable passage to the

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batted superbly for 50, and with cameos from Patel, Richardson and

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(W) scored 71 and captain for the day Tom Wainwright (R) scored 61 not

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the winning partnership was the running between the wickets which was

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A most enjoyable and entertaining match away at Cranleigh against

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MPB

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2nd XI

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Won 2, Drew 1, Lost 6, Abandoned 1

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Even if results wouldn’t suggest it, it was been a good season for the

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The Cranleigh innings never really got going as they lost wickets

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Mercer (R) lead well as captain at the start of the season, showing great

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What would prove to be the last match of the season against Eton

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showed that games of cricket can be won without resorting to histrionics

a pitch best described as ‘a rolled rice pudding’, Charterhouse were

and unnecessary chirping!

inserted and asked to bear the brunt of un-even bounce, pace and

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many of the team probably thought that 176-2 would be too much, but

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Hurst contained many good cricketers, and the boundaries were very

down to Fordham and Topley to build an innings which they admirably

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seemingly in control, but at this point the desire and focus – which was a

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The Eton innings started well and although it moved quite slowly, there

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to bowl full and straight to dismiss two of their lower-order batsmen and

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overs) which essentially ended any late dramatics as Eton came up ten

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against Winchester (played at home on Maniacs) which started in drizzle

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Although the U15s did not have quite the same startling record of 2017,

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a credit to the School, and played their cricket with energy, commitment,

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the brink by a never-say-die attitude, and even the defeats were close

he did the sensible thing: he used his feet and hit the ball hard and

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the intelligent and considered captaincy of Fredric H Clinton (W), who

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epitomised the determined spirit of the whole squad, and led from the

was perhaps the most satisfying win of the season, given the match

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Thomas (W), promoted to number three for the season, batted superbly

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is certainly something the Masters in Charge should look into over

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days later came a superb victory against Tonbridge, who looked set for a

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ended up very comfortable winners thanks to some excellent catching

we bowled intelligently after the drinks break to restrict them to 172

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necessarily such good performances, with a number of unnecessary

to see Anik WS Moore (R), who picked up two wickets and scored thirty

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this was the almost unbelievable catch by opening bowler Matteo J

four matches in quick succession where we defeated Cranleigh twice,

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and achieved two unlikely ties! Defending 103 in a 20/20 game is not

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Charterhouse lost regular wickets, with only Thomas really managing

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These two proceeded to put on thirty runs in just over three overs for the

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before we took on Cranleigh again in the second round of the Surrey

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time in the season!

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we lost wickets steadily throughout the chase, and once again it was

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score ticking early on in his innings, and then accelerated at just the right

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opening spell – with decent pace – and Whitgift lost regular wickets

141

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Won 10, Tied 2, Lost 5, Abandoned 1

Cricket

Clinton and Rawlings all got between 20 and 30, but none could go on

U15A

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clean hitting and Turner’s combination of aggressive running between

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One bright spot was the involvement of Morgan W Clarke (W) across

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both games – his willingness to initially travel as 12th man and then

Milne (L) and Sunderland was accurate and restricted the opposition

step up and play, again epitomised the spirit of the side throughout the

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bowled by Evans who decided to change from quick to slow bowling

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I say, the team improved throughout the season, some players making

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with potential but to the stalwart keeper/batman of the team averaging

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character of the squad that they put in such a good performance against

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band of supporting parents who rarely missed a ball, let alone a match! It

I was enormously impressed with the tireless in the commitment to the

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U15B

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Won 3, Lost 9, Abandoned 1

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David Rees Mogg (V), an U15 cricketer and never one to miss an

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historical connection suggested that the season should be seen as

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JCT

142

Cricket

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U14A

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Won 3, Lost 9, Abandoned 1

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A wet April had been plaguing groundsmen across the country, league

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cricket had been pushed back, preseason training was being conducted

team did their best and certainly always tried, it was hard to maintain

on Astroturf and the idea of bowling anything short of a good length was

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against Winchester, in which J Rockey (G) and W Du-Cann (R) produced

there was hope that on early season wickets, the U14A bowling attack

a second wicket stand of 67 to provide the basis of the score of 147

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Carthusian day when parents and beaks did their best, but under blue

The problem with being at a boarding school is that the exposure young

skies, the team won a 10 over match despite giving their opponents

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and unfortunately, throughout the season, our cricketing naivety would

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coming to the crease and smashing the bowling aorund with regularity

eyes of our players to what the standard on the Charterhouse circuit

that further infuriated our opponents as he chose the most threatening

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had some time in the middle and our bowlers were able to taste the

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conditions of a slow pitch and overcast skies was F Bott (D), whose

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the domestic calendar we had a run of Cranleigh, Hurst and Eton to

match was won two balls to spare as Wykehamists collapsed from 74

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batting department, shone though and we could not really take anything

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number three (but bowled well at the other players to our credit) and lost

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So leave weekend came and went and we returned to Pitch 1 (our

almost tipped the balance as we almost defended 145 on a small

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the coaches stood around waiting for the drizzle to abate (it didn’t) but in

memorable for an opening partnership of 35 between Cobden-Ramsay

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and Du-Cann and Sunderland bowling consistently and forcing the

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main batsmen to attacking a full-length ball and being comprehensively

up and batted extremely nicely, rotating the strike and punishing the bad

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match was symptomatic much of our season with good players getting

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into a position where they should go on the score a lot of runs; then

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with a change in tempo needed after 8 overs, we set about amassing

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and Lamming were again star batsmen and the ever resilient Will Turner

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better but at the end of the day Lord Wandsworth scored 140/8, we

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Whilst all this had been going on, we had been awarded a ‘walk-over’

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come on a long way since April and he started to show real intelligence

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But sadly, that was the end of the beginning for our fairy tale come

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Hopefully we could show that we had learnt from previous mistakes and

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innings, running well between the wickets and getting value for shots on

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chase every ball 150 yards before you can bowl another ball it is likely to

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be a little below the required rate! To be fair, their number 2 and number

go to CAMS as fellow coach and also to the groundsmen for supplying

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SRP

U14B

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Won 5, Lost 6, Abandoned 1

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The U14Bs enjoyed fairly balanced cricket season; over the 12

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Even this does not tell the full picture as we were fully in control against

well and Sam Wells (P) had by far his best match of the season behind

Winchester when the rain simply became too heavy to continue and we

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unfortunately allowed Hurst to escape from 40/7 and post a competitive

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400 runs between them (Elvin Xtras also made handy contributions),

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wickets, was usually particularly miserly and tricky for the opposition

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were high throughout the season, even at times when results were

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not going our way, and there were always positive aspects that could

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his captaincy across the season and to the boys themselves for an

few wickets fell but every new batsmen that came in applied themselves

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came to Pitch 1 the following Saturday and once more we decided to

the passion, energy, enthusiasm, perseverance and growth that the

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match, the scale of the challenge and the expectations grew but the

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Cricket

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clear communication, dealing with frustrations and of course, rising up

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return of Alex O’Callaghan Brown (R) from injury, the 1YS stepped up

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their performances beat to Wellington and Marlborough, as well as

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rose to the occasion with notable performances from Bart Keijer-Palau

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The U14C bowling attack was robust, spirited and accurate and it was

as a coach to the younger athletes, where his patience and expertise

a delight to see Mungo Waller (H), Rohan Rawla (R), Charlie Church (D),

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in the Triple Jump and Long Jump respectively, with Frederik Marcus

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demonstrated real maturity, resolve and determination to press ahead and

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Toulouze, Landers, Markus, Parham, Rowland and Soussane were all

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U14D

record, Angus Thomson (B) in the Long Jump, Nup Hetrakul (S) in

Won 3, Lost 5

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The U14D team had a thoroughly enjoyable season, despite the

transferred his talent from the cross-country course to the track; his

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1500m race at Tonbridge was gutsy and showed how much he had

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learned about track running this year – he took the front after one lap

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the curtain-raiser at home to Tonbridge which went right down to the

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(V), Daniel Mote (G), Zac Kibble (R), David Maitland-Jones (S), Seb

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D’Souza (B), Matthew Slingsby (V), Bradley Yih (V) and Dare Balogun

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sheet, and although some of the opposition seemed much larger and

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stronger than themselves, they beat some good schools: St Paul’s on

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credit must go to the boys themselves, who have played and trained

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with smiles on their faces and a great deal of humility when the going

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HOUSE COMPETITIONS

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Housematch Final:

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Housematch Plate Final:

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were joined in that event by Joshua Diri (W) who also showed himself to

Junior Housematch Final:

Saunderites defeated Daviesites

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Junior Housematch Plate Final:

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Athletics

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a lot of promise for the future, in particular Hameed Belo-Osagie (G)

Maisie Pennant (V) in the U20 girls 400m, Henry Rowland in the U20

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supported by a team of dedicated and determined 1YS and 2YS, who

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Angus Thomson (U17 LJ) and Hayden Brown (U15 80m hurdles) also

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by Saunderites, who also won the Intermediate Boys’ and Junior Boys’

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U19

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Andrew Chang (D), Will Korolkiewicz (W), Cian Goon (W), Afa Nfor (H),

The Victor Ludorum medals were won by Ines Adeogun-Phillips (F),

Sam Seth (F), Tom Moore (P), Anson Chan (H), Ed Grudskiy (H), Nikita

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Alekseev (B), Dare Balogun (L), Nup Hetrakul (S)

The success of the Charterhouse relay teams, both 4 x 100m and

U16

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Nup Hetrakul (S), Dare Balogun (L), Ed Grudskiy (H), Nikita Alekseev

strength in depth in athletics this year, as well as the determination

(B), Popon Sujarirat (H), William Miller (R), Jeremy Ogbonna (H), Anik

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Moore (R), Amil Folawiyo (P), Kamal Kofarsauri (P), Zac Kibble (R),

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Derek Wong (H), Dennis Wei (W), Eric Kim (H), Jimi Olayinka (H), Alex

my team of coaches: JPF, EPN, CAC, MBP, FHW and FPHW who

Waller (R), Tina Zhang (P)

enthusiastically gave up their time throughout the term, and also Rafer Joseph and Emily White for their expertise with the more technical side

Cross-Country

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Alan Turing, famous for helping to crack the Engima Code could, it turns

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out, also run a fairly mean marathon of 2 hours 46 minutes; the two may

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school and house matches, and without them this would not at all be

I cannot truthfully say that I am an avid reader of the journal Cell

possible: thank you!

Metabolism but, according to research published there, if you encourage

SCA

not humans; but it seems that in humans, too, levels of this protein

Aster Chun (g), whose mastery of the strings of a violin is matched by his

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exercise changes the structure and function of the brain and it also

in the school team since he was a Remove; his energy, skill and good

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humour have made training and matches great fun to take part in and he

indicated that the number of neurons appearing in the hippocampus,

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This season the team was massively bolstered by the new arrivals of

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Gabriel Spooner (L) and Ernest Law (g) – in addition to sometimes

Finnish researchers in the Journal of Physiology, which sounds a bit

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and able to play the team was the strongest I have seen in my time at

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Charterhouse, with the season culminating in a fantastic victory over

jogged miles every day, while others did resistance training (climbing

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when one considers that most of the team were exhausted having only

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Sadly the Harrow tournament was cancelled due to snow and the

would seem that there is considerable overlap with those needed in

‘Beast from the East’, but in other matches the 1st team won in matches

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against John Lyon, Christ’s Hospital (home and away), Epsom (home

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which is a roundabout way of saying that, while we might not have won

against a similarly strong Harrow team when a number of players were

very much this year in cross-country, we have been making ourselves

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more intelligent (not that we have done badly, we are just comfortable in

matches throughout the season and it was especially pleasing to get a

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number of girls out playing competatively – a trend that I hope expands

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the values of character that we explicitly espouse in cross-country of

Leaving us this year are Aster Chun (g), Cian Goon (W), Chris Chan

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(P) and Sasint Kongpatanakul (D); who have always been there to

to the spirit amongst the squad have been the wonderful captains

play when able and whose cheery endeavour and skill will be sorely

Sonia Chui (F), Oscar Kime (V), and the vice-captain Antoine Jennings

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joint captains Dickson Tse (R) and Gabriel Spooner (L) will drive the team

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will not forget Oscar’s face at the end of 10 x Death’s Drop when he was

Basketball

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U19s Won 13, Lost 8

U16s Won 8, Lost 2

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been with us for too short a time, but, in that time, it has been a pleasure

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The squad had to deal with some pretty bitter conditions at times this

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continued their strong run of form from recent years, winning 8 of their

enough to repress the irrepressible Morten Younis (H) but the weather

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Will Korolkiewicz (W) for their superb job captaining the Charterhouse

of Oscar Sunderland (D) who surely will go on to be one of our top

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Basketball Competition was won by Saunderites, beating Lockites in

this trio, we have some other very promising runners coming up through

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Pupils holding Basketball Colours at the end of the year were:

previous year’s Pontifex, duly gave the impression of running being very

Andrew Chang (D), Will Korolkiewicz (W), Cian Goon (W), Sam Seth (F),

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This year the Badminton team was captained by the all-round superstar

Other Sport

a mouse to go out for a run it increases its levels of cathepsin B protein

Badminton

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of every runner’s scores according to that placing and the team with the

in the performances of Robert Elston (G), who has been excellent at

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who won the Plate competition at the U16 National Championships at

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improvements shown by Louis Thomson (S) and Charlie Howard (G)

Michael Freeman (S), Edward Halford (P), Robbie Elston (G), Edward

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is the enthusiasm for the game amongst Charterhouse girls, who have

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They take a group each in training, work the funnel at matches, cheer on

Older hands such as Lindsay Kightley (F) have lent great support to

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this year’s newcomers and we hope that the likes of Lia Rockey (G)

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and Holly Gardner (F) will continue to take the girls’ game here from

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Fencing

heartening to see such enthusiasm for the game amongst Removes

I am pleased to report on another good year for the Charterhouse

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RGS High Wycombe despite Charlie Turner (G) playing in the U16s for

competitions outside of the school and our three day a week training

much of the season, and it has been pleasing to watch the continued

(an expansion on the previous two days) is now fully embedded into

development of the likes of Ambrose Witherspoon (B), Jack Brown (H)

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this year have been our Yearlings – Mackenzie Faull (W) and Tom Fowler

both schools being unable to put out teams and this included the

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curtailed by injury Mackenzie and Rory Mackie (g) did well to reach the

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calendar) did go ahead, so this should now be a regular as we move

much promise shown by (amongst others) Orlando Everitt (g), Will Turner

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often going 45-44 or 45-43 to the winning team and this certainly made

A contributing factor to the popularity of the game amongst especially

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these junior boys has been the successful inter-house Fives competitions

whatever the result, the room quickly returned to the gentle jolly buzz,

run on Tuesday evenings, and thanks indeed are due to organiser

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Robert Elston (G), next year’s captain, for his energy and initiative

excellent performances this season from old hands and new alike but

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Gownboys (Charlie Turner and Charlie Harrison), with Bodeites (Hector

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Platt and Jamie Marmion) emerging victorious from an entertaining

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two matches against the OCs were fought in very good spirits, and were

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very close – no mean feat given how many talented fencers the School

the raft of OCs and other adults who lend such support to the pupils’

has given to the OCs in the previous few years and it is always a pleasure

development (amongst them Mark Platt and Ronald Pattinson) and to

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coach Tom McCahon whose good humour and expertise has been a

As usual, the School took part in the Public Schools’ Fencing

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Competition at Crystal Palace in March and this year had its highest

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Golf

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Charterhouse has enjoyed an active year of golf with 25 matches

fencers this year and many thanks to Mick Johnson for all his continued

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CWM

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Fives

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The resurgence of Fives continues apace at Charterhouse, with plenty of

team led by Will Briggs (V) enjoyed a nail-biting victory over Winchester

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against a range of adult opposition, and increased pupil involvement

goes to Max Joyston-Bechal (W) who won all of his matches played at

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Particularly pleasing has been the enthusiasm of over a dozen new

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Fourths, amongst whom there are some real prospects for the future,

Our competitive golf is on the rise thanks to a comprehensive performance

and the continued growth in stature of the girls’ game at Charterhouse,

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have received expert coaching by professionals from Goodwood Golf

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of schoolboy Fives, and it is encouraging to see successes dotted

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Alongside this we have been keen to maintain our positive relationships

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with schools where Fives is less established and it is a great shame that

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the mercurial March weather put paid to the inaugural Vargas trophy we

In the Charterhouse singles competition, Maxi Zhang (R) won The Peter

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Pethick (g) have learnt plenty from regular Tuesday evening Fives with

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OCs, Brigands and redoubtable members of Brooke Hall, and notched

the Charterhouse Family Foursomes on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in

up victories against pairs from Berkhamsted, Highgate and St Olave’s,

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and Thyme Thirapornsawad (L) who have been enticed down the hill,

The 2018 Charterhouse Prep Schools’ Trophy went to Danes Hill on

come rain, hail and plenty of snow, every Tuesday, including one very

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cold February afternoon, when they partook in an entertaining Yearlings

Lambrook shot the lowest individual score (four over after 9 holes) and it

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The Halford Hewitt celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and is

had experienced Racquets as god intended, in sub-zero conditions, and

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their breath condensing as snow in front of their faces!

well as other events and has been much improved and maintained to a

In the singles at Queen’s at Christmas it was good to see Ayush Patel (Jim

very high standard by our expert grounds and green keeping team led by

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for Alex Topley (Incledon-Webber) and James Taylor (Jim Dear) to add

worked at Charterhouse as a greenkeeper, for his many years of devoted

another notch to their bed posts, though none made it through to the later

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as a recreational sport at Charterhouse with over 100 pupils of all levels

and Alex Topley and Jonnie Capuano (Eric Angus) had early success, with

holding a bag tag, allowing them to use the school course in order to

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the highlight had to be Becca Taylor (D) and Michelle Wong (D) being the

intermediate players have also been able to take individual lessons with

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and James) and father (Hereward) in registering at least one victory at

Racquets

Queen’s – a feat that we hope to see repeated many times with the arrival

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Racquets at Charterhouse so soon; surely another season can’t be over

of Racquets Court Hill, both with his intuitive coaching on the court and

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the quality of the play on the court but, just as importantly, as excellent

popularity of the sport with the OCs which sees Max Vallance hoping to

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follow in the footsteps of other OCs by joining the fellowship scheme in

Second Years we were very lucky to have two impressive young men,

his gap year and the popularity of the sport on OC Day – Saturday 22nd

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sport, in Ben Hollingworth (R) and Max Vallance (G), though in the end

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singles at Queen’s which saw him exiting spectacularly in the second

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round of the Renny with the match poised on a knife edge at one game

As a pair they entertained every week on court with good wins away at

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Rowing

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This year the Boat Club has faced the double whammy of patchy

Foulston (R) played regularly in the 2nd pair with good wins against

attendance and adverse weather conditions earlier in LQ meaning that

Clifton College and Haileybury on away courts and Radley at home,

our regatta participation has been lower than we are used to in previous

but it was unfortunate, just as they were gaining some momentum, that

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Freddy sustained an injury to his ankle which saw him out of action for

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successful pair again were the Colts A in Jonnie Capuano (D) and Alex

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from home whist Marlborough, Radley, and Haileybury left Charterhouse

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cool in the more closely contested matches, they have the potential to

have made great progress this year, competing in Singles, Doubles

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beating Tonbridge at home with his partner Alex Moore (g) in the Colts B

dinner on the 9 June, at which it was good to see so many parents in

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Time passes like water over the weir and this year many of our regular

would normally have been James Taylor (D) and Marcus Rawlings (S),

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Junior Colts B pair of Matteo and Ayush Patel (S) are showing signs

university and realise that they have the technique to row with those

of becoming a potent force and rightfully claimed the scalps of Eton

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had had a regular A pair in Toby Pascoe (g) and Charlie Bridges (W)

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who have already done ‘the double’ over Haileybury and are looking

takes over as captain for next year and hopefully his enthusiasm for the

promising for next season, however, there has also been regular crowd

sport will embolden Carthusians in to taking part and return the Club

of other Yearlings, including George Paxton (L), George Lake Coghlan

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(S), Will Adams (G), Oscar Barrand (S), Rufus Henderson (V), Oil Muir (D)

we thank him for his contribution over the past few years, notably his

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Eton and Haileybury and at home verses Marlborough and Winchester,

willingness to row above his age group in competitions in order to allow

wholly by example, with great skill, endeavour and passion for the game

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JSW from the coaching team, his encouragement, technical skills and

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grateful to him and indeed all the team for the last, successful, season

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Shooting

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It has again been another successful season of the Charterhouse

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Rugby Union

until 31st March, are ‘postal’ matches which means they can be shot on

Won 1, Drawn 1, Lost 6, Abandoned 1

our ranges or local military ranges on our timescales but we have to have

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professionals, the win is everything, no matter the style, or perhaps even

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argued that the Charterhouse XV, with only one win to its name this ZLHZVU MLSS YH[OLY ZOVY[ /V^L]LY Z\JJLZZM\S Y\NI` H[ *OHY[LYOV\ZL

Here are the results from 2017/2018:

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Therapeutic Use Exemption; we pride ourselves on staying the right

bull Targets each cadet shoots two targets) we came 2nd with a score

side of the ethical line and success comes in the nobler form of shared

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commitment to a worthy common cause, wholehearted endeavour and

J Voigt-Noble (V), E Garnier (P), H Waldern (V), A Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-

a bewildering (and longstanding) predilection to the pursuit of (variously)

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eye to consistent improvement, both individually and collectively, and

then running down from 300 to 200m to shoot ‘rapid’, then running from

characteristically for a Charterhouse XV, performances in training and

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Charterhouse rugby, it takes a little time for a collection of volunteers,

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some of whom have not played rugby for some time, or indeed ever, to

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Wright (V), Koh Ishikawa (V) and Zayd Ahmed (B) were rarely troubled

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score of 1550 out of 1600 the Team were: Patel, C Howard (G) J Ingham

to JPF for his continued support in these dark arts, intelligible only to the

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and the back row, generally featuring an abrasive pairing of Anton

meter cards kneeling, standing and prone) we won this competition

Kaem (R) and Rob Parham (B) and the tireless Tom Galliver (B), foraged

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willingly amongst the stricken bodies to recycle possession and maintain

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back 25 years to Ireland’s Simon Geogaghan (younger readers can look

bore year and has 4 phases: Grouping, Rapid, Snap and Landscape

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many memorable tries, invariably with the ball precariously balanced in

closest we have come for many years and if it were not for a dodgy

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season was the centre pairing which emerged of Felix Viet-Jacobsen

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strong, direct runners in the manner of Frank Bunce and able to handle,

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, Markus, Hull, Woodhouse, Nettelton, Waldern

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Clegg (V), Louis Thomson (S), Archie Dodd (D), Adam Schilders (H),

Charterhouse came in the Arthur Clarke Long Range match, with Patel,

Henry Coltman (D) and Callum McFadzean (g) all contributed in the back

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three at various points in the season with youthful and wholehearted

With further competitions to come, all are looking forward to continuing

exuberance, and most still have two further years of Charterhouse rugby

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The undoubted highlight of the season was the win away at Harrow,

Gerhardt (H) and hopes are high that Reay and Ingham will shoot the

not just for the result, our solitary win, but also for the manner of the

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Wittgenstein-Sayn, Waldern and Patel will compete in the Imperial itself;

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as injuries took their toll on Charterhouse and Harrow rolled onto the

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for his strong and stable stewardship of the backs, his good company

The prospects for a successful season were good with four of the

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previous season’s team which reached the National Trophy Finals

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still in situ and strengthened by the arrival of Surrey U17 player Harry

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In the rather chaotically organised National Cup we ended up facing

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two very strong opponents in a group of three, RGS High Wycombe

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there were a number of excellent performances in each contest not least

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from the captain Finlay Boultwood who won v RGS High Wycombe and

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came along as usual after OQ exeat and defeats against Harrow and

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Eton reminded us of our status: however we were picking up games

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the season came at Winchester who boasted a very strong top three

I am grateful for all their hard work and dedication especially during the

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tallest, has also been the best supported player and his father picked up

three: Gray was physically pressurised and occasionally blocked by his

the informal Supporters Award – even trusting the New York transport

opponent and eventually lost 11-13 in a close 4th game; Boultwood

system to get to the match at Poly Prep in the ‘nick’ of time (spot the

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capture a number of excellent action shots which will be on display

contest but Winchester had shown their class in the end and we would

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the team came 3rd in the Independent Schools tournament at Epsom

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The 1st V went on to beat Lancing at home as a warm up for their tour

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It was a busy start to LQ with a warm up match against Wellington in [OL Ă„YZ[ ^LLR Âś ^VU JVU]PUJPUNS` Âś HUK [OL 9VLOHTW[VU 0U]P[H[PVU

2nd V

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A number of 5th formers and 1st years did not continue playing which

mind at Roehampton and that was to gain promotion back to Division

resulted in an initial void at this level but Inch, Sam Rackind (W), Freddie

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Hull (H) and Jon Hodson (W) formed the backbone of a team which

especially as Epsom College, one of the strongest teams in the region,

competed in the U17 cup and in school friendlies ending up with four

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occasions and Rafail Kaufman (D) came into the team in LQ to replace

all the top four had tight contests and picked up games against county

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Inch’s titanic struggle at Lancing where he sadly lost eventually to a

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talented junior 20-22 in the 5th game, the closest match of any played

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before Christmas including Winchester so we knew this was going to be

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performance and others in the US and against the Jesters Jamie was

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awarded the Williams Trophy for the most improved player, though I

the same moment: the next couple of minutes were potentially going to

don’t think he will be looking for a job with the Fire Brigade (see US

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ZX\HZO [V\Y YLWVY[ U15 V

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Our strong U15 squad performed well in the National Cup including wins

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promotion to Division 1 in March was at stake but again Epsom proved

them were Eton in two very close contests once at home (2-3) in the

their class though Boultwood and Gray in particular played superbly

group stages where we actually held a point to win the whole tie and

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once away in the knock out stage where again we lost a very close

promoted to Division 1 in March – and went on to win that too against the

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likes of National Schools Finalists Harrow and Eton! We now have to wait

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until March 2019 to see whether we can remain in Division 1 which will be

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and had an excellent match record – in fact he was unbeaten for the

and dinner with the Jesters in which debutant Inch was given Man of the

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tough matches in the US before Xmas and the past experience of playing

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