House Reports
EDITORIAL
Clifton It’s been a typically good year for Clifton house, with success in every facet of school life. We bolstered our tutor group as Mr Smith (head of chemistry) joined from Linton in a swap deal for Mr Battersby. Heads of house Sam Elliot and Amelia Bell impressed both within and outside the house, the former being an integral part of the first team rugby, hockey and cricket whilst Amelia starred for the girls’ first XI hockey as well as on stage. Freddie Heijbroek captained the first team hockey in a joint role with Alex Martin and was awarded the St Peter’s award for his outstanding hockey prowess, which has earned him international honours. The upper sixth boys, George Davis, Paddy Hayes, Angus Barrick and James Hanley – as well as lower-sixth Charlie Tannahill – helped the rugby first team to a hugely successful season that catapulted St Peter’s to fifth in the rugby schools rankings with an unbeaten domestic season. Steven Jones and Freddie Heijbroek’s tennis first team doubles partnership was formidable as it contained both last year’s captain (Steven) as well as this year’s captain. Harry Contreras, Jack Amsden (both lower sixth), Ben Lodge (fifth form) and Chris Wood (fourth form) all represented the school in the first XI cricket team. Clifton girls have had a very successful year with the senior girls winning both house hockey and netball. This was largely possible because of the number of fifth- and sixth-formers within the house who were part of the first X1 hockey and first team netball. The girls nearly completed a hat-trick; however they narrowly lost in the house rounders final, reluctantly taking second. The junior girls also had a good year, with them supporting the seniors in the house hockey, but they just missed out on the netball final and comfortably took third. However Clifton didn’t quite have the same success in racquet
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sports, although they put up a good fight as always. Finally Clifton girls showed their true talent and competitive nature when diving head-first into the swimming pool, pulling another third out of the bag. As a strong academic house, the senior house challenge team that lost last year in the semis to the eventual winners were disappointed that a rare logistical error led to an early exit. Not so for the juniors however: spearheaded by India Harrison and Hebe Turvill, they performed strongly, beating Linton and Dronfield. The senior boys were robbed of a great opportunity to retain a trophy when the senior boys’ hockey was cancelled. The senior boys’ rugby team was knocked out by Linton (the eventual winners) thanks to a masterclass from Charlie Rae, who spent his first year at St Peter’s in Clifton. The junior boys experienced unrivalled sporting success, dominating both cricket and hockey for two-thirds of what
