Elmshurst Update 7/3/08

This has been a busy second half of the Lent term.

In the inter- house cross country Tom Williams managed the junior team that came 5th over all.  
The runners were:
Nat Wilde 15 [highest placed finisher]
Sanjar Kangeldiev,
Charlie Green,
Jeff Wong,
Vlad Yanovskiy,
Victor Brandt,
Ollie Strong

The senior team came 2nd. This was ably managed by James Moseley. Phil Kravtsov came 3rd. George White, Ron Chen, Vadim Chernushkin, Constantine Illies, Phil Bishop, Vincent Wong, Vincent Liang, and Ben Coombs all ran well.

Basketball this season has been at its all time high. We have had wins in U14, U16 and U19 level. We have a number of boys representing school teams, with Nick Garvie at U14 level and James Bell the star of the show at U16 level, being the top scorer. Also Jeff Li, Vincent Liang, Jacky Leung, Kenneth Chan, Vincent Wong, Godfrey Leung ,Ron Chen (second assistant coach) play in the U19 team. U19s are in the County Cup Final and were just beaten in the National Cup, losing by 53-55. Vincent Wong has been top scorer on numerous occasions.

In the interhouse swimming George White captained the team to victory.
George was 1st in the front crawl, breaststroke.
Robin Volk backstroke 1st
Michael Prudden butterfly 1st
George White, Chris Chan, Clarence Fong, Howard Kwan. Medley relay 1st
George White, Chris Chan, Clarence Fong, Michael Prudden. Freestyle relay 1st
This was an excellent result and all the swimmers were commended.

In the 1.2km relay the team finished a creditable 3rd, with excellent performances from: George Smallman, Nat Wilde, George White, James Bell Vincent Wong and Jack Taft.

In the school football 1st team Jack Taft and Tom Smith played in the team that got to the semi-final of the Crusader Cup. This is an excellent achievement.

Junior swimming, the final of the house rugby competition, and inter-house football all take place before the end of term. Josh Drumm- Roberts, Sam Harding, James Bell and George Melhuish have all taken part in major rugby sevens tournaments in recent weeks.

Effort grades have been impressive recently. Below is a list of those boys who got commendations:

Key
Under lined =commendation
*= Head master’s commendation
Name= House commendation.

This represents nearly half of the house.

Elmshurst update February 2008

The first half of the Lent term has been a very busy one.

Ryan Cleary captained the school hockey team that got to the final of the national indoor tournament. The team consisted of the following Elmshurst players: Robin Volk, Constantin Illies and Niklas Bellinger. The team easily won all their pool games and beat Millfield 8:4 in the semi-final. In the final Constantin Illies brought the score to 4:4 against Southgate Hockey Club at full time. Unfortunately Bromsgrove lost the ‘sudden death’ penalty shoot out but finished the best placed school team in the tournament. This was a massive achievement for all the boys concerned, with Ryan Cleary giving excellent leadership and playing on with a broken bone in his hand.

In the Junior Inter-house competition Nat Wilde captained a team that was praised by all staff involved for being the team with the best house spirit. Despite being a team of mainly non-hockey players the boys drew with Walters and managed to beat School House to finish 5th over all. The team consisted of Nat Wilde, Hugh Mcbride, Ollie Strong, Anthony Ng, Sam Kwok, Vlad Yanovskiy, Aslan Zhenetl, Charlie Green, Nick Garvie, Stefan Naumov and Victor Brandt. The following boys were commended for their efforts: Nat Wilde, Ollie Strong, Hugh Mcbride, and Sam Kwok.

The boys have been busy with school football. Tom Smith and Jack Taft have been playing for the school first team. They have played 4 games and won 3. Tom and Jack have both been on the score sheet and Tom was made man of the match for one of the games.  Rory Thomas, Eddie Hui, Michael Prudden and Freddie Green have all played for the school second team that has won 2 out of 3 games.

In basketball Elmshurst have been well represented in a team that has only lost two games in the whole season. Ron Chen is the assistant coach. Jeff Li is the Vice Captain. Vincent Liang, Jackey Leung, Kenneth Chan and Vincent Wong are all regular first team players. Well done to all.

This term has seen Ben Coombs receiving awards that recognise him as the best RAF cadet in the country. This is an excellent achievement and one that is thoroughly deserved. In the recent school drama production Nick Garvie helped out with the lighting and kept his cool even when a power cut struck! On the academic front effort grades were very impressive with the following people being commended.

News from Michaelmas 2007