House Reports
EDITORIAL
Clifton The 2015/16 season was a good one for Clifton house, with success on the sports fields as well as in the academic arena. We said goodbye to Miss Lambert, who goes to France to teach there, and Mr Wallace who after over twenty years of service to Clifton steps back to a solely DT role. We also said hello to both Mrs Pearson from the English department and Mr Battersby from the Economics department who re-joins the school after eleven years’ absence. Many Cliftonites held positions of authority this year. Sam Lodge was head of house as well as vice-captain of cricket with Tom Spearman as captain. Will Quinn represented the first teams in rugby, cricket, sevens and hockey, picking up an award in hockey. Steven Jones was captain of tennis, an unprecedented achievement for a lower sixth-former and now passes on the baton to Freddie Heijbroek, also of Clifton house. The year started with the commencement of the St Peter’s Challenge, an inter-house competition taking the format of University Challenge. Having lost key members to the side in recent years it was up to new lower sixth-formers Sophie Wilson and Gideon Wakelin to bolster the side captained by Sam Elliot. The team reached the semi-final before losing to eventual winners, Queen’s, but special mention must go to Jess Webster, Ed Turvill, Steven Jones and Ollie Hughes for stepping into the team when required. Next up for the Clifton quiz team was the science pub quiz and as reigning champions expectations were
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high. The team, led by Olivia Watts and Gideon Wakelin, stood up to those expectations and came out winners again, on to next year …
