King’s Ely Junior cricketer Freddie Fairey has recently reached the extraordinary milestone of 1000 runs for a single season.
All Fifth Form (S4) boys at Merchiston Castle School completed a 24-hour Charity Cycle on Tuesday. The boys’ target was to cycle to the Philippines, as a tribute to their Housemaster, Philip Rossiter – ‘get Phil to the Philippines’ was the motivational tag line for their efforts.
A plethora of major scholarships and exhibitions have been awarded to Year 8 children at the historic Exeter Cathedral School – and its reputation for musical excellence also remains undiminished with a staggering 15 music awards being won to the UK’s leading senior schools this year.
Three King’s Ely Junior swimmers made a splash by winning medals at the Cambridgeshire ASA County Development Championships.
Topping the long list of this year’s scholarship winners from Packwood Haugh School in Ruyton XI Towns is 13 year-old Gorn Namchittai who has achieved the exceptional accolade of an academic scholarship (Election) to Winchester College.
Dauntsey’s has enjoyed another stunning athletics season, with eleven pupils being selected to compete for Wiltshire in the forthcoming South West Championships, six of whom were Wiltshire County Champions at the recent County finals competition.