RHS Swimmers give some outstanding performances at the Great East Swim

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More that 35 pupils and staff took part in this year’s Great East Swim at Alton Water and the RHS swimmers gave some outstanding performances. Sean Burgess, Year 13, came 10^th overall in the 1 mile swim with a time of 22.17 and Alexa Cox, Year 13, came 19^th overall in the same category and her time put her 5^th out of all female entries at 23.49. Charlie Tedora, Year 11 came 7^th overall in the ½ mile swim with an excellent time of 11.14 and Harry Fosker, just 13 years old, came 19^th overall with a time of 12.21.

NAME	Distance	Year	House	Time	Comment
Harry Fosker	½ mile	8	Blake	12.21	19th overall
Emily Fretwell	½ mile	8	Blake	17.08
Harry Jones	½ mile	9	Hawke	13.19
Matilda Ager	½ mile	9	Hood	15.33
Henrietta Murrison	½ mile	9	Hood	17.30
Adam Clough	½ mile	10	Raleigh	12.56	21st overall
Tom Heley	½ mile	10	St Vincent	13.00
Jamie Fosker	½ mile	10	Raleigh	13.15
Ashley Fretwell	½ mile	10	Raleigh	14.12
Charlie Ewen	½ mile	10	Collingwood	14.41
Tom Joice	½ mile	10	Collingwood	14.48
Charlie Tedora	½ mile	11	Collingwood	11.14	7th overall
Will Falk	½ mile	11	Collingwood	14.33
Jack Smith	½ mile	11	Collingwood	16.22
Robert Ash	½ mile	11	St Vincent	16.24
Nathan Southerton	½ mile	12	Collingwood	15.01
Joe Curtis	1 mile	11	Hawke	27.35
Sarah Murrison	1 mile	11	Hood	27.40
Philippa Murrison	1 mile	11	Hood	31.27
Arabella Murrison	1 mile	12	Hood	26.53
Adonia Hirst	1 mile	12	Howe	30.44
Victoria Foreman	1 mile	12	Howe	31.18
Francesca Morelli	1 mile	12	Howe	35.59
Sean Burgess	1 mile	13	Nelson	22.17	10th overall
Alexa Cox	1 mile	13	Nelson	23.49	19th overall and 5th female swimmer
Emily Davidson Brett	1 mile	13	Nelson	29.30
Flo Hales	1 mile	13	Nelson	32.01

 

Great East Swim Team getting well prepared for the Big Swim next week

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Thirty swimmers from the Royal Hospital School are taking part in this year’s Great East Swim held at Alton water on Saturday 21 June. The annual event attracts around 3,000 swimmers and involves 1/2 mile, 1 mile, 2 mile and 5k open water competitions. It is part of the Great Swim Series which has five events across England and Scotland attracting in the region of 22,000 participants.

The Royal Hospital School pupils have been taking part in an intensive schedule of training in the School pool with their coach, Emma Cook, to prepare them for this tough challenge and over the weekend some of team were able to experience open water swimming and try out swimming in wetsuits at Tri-farm, a Tri-athlon venue near Chelmsford. They gained some great tips on body position, breathing technique and how to negotiate the various marker buoys around the course. All the swimmers found the experience useful and they look forward to the swim next week more confident and well prepared.

 

Sailing and Raft-Building Fun for New Recruits

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On Saturday 21 September, the Royal Hospital School held a Sailing and Raft-Building taster day for prospective pupils, at neighbouring Alton Water Reservoir.

Sailing Taster at the Royal Hospital School

The more experienced sailors went out in Toppers and RS Teras under the expert guidance of Director of Sailing, Andy Nutton. Enjoying a gentle breeze, they were taken through skills training and top tips, as well as some competitive racing. Those who were less confident, or who were trying sailing for the first time, took to the water in groups, each with their own instructor giving them a chance to try out both helming and crewing.After a morning of experiencing what it is like to be a sailor at the Royal Hospital School and a delicious barbecue lunch on the shore, the 10 and 11 year olds took part in a raft building competition. It was a battle of the sexes and clear from the start, that the girls had far superior knot tying skills than the boys! Unfortunately for the boys their raft barely survived being carried to the water’s edge while the girls’ held fast and they won the race.

The fun continued as everyone jumped off the jetty into the water to finish off a highly enjoyable day!

Sailing Taster at the Royal Hospital School

Autumn Walk in aid of Riding for the Disabled on 4 October 10.15am

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With beautiful views over the River Stour, the grounds of the Royal Hospital School and Alton Water, all are welcome to join this easy-going walk of approximately 1½ – 2 hours in aid of RDA Ipswich, based at Bentley Riding School.

Meet at The Cricket Pavilion of the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, IP9 2RX on Friday 4 October at 10.15 am for Coffee and Biscuits. There is FREE PARKING and DOGS ARE WELCOME (to be kept on leads whilst in the grounds of the School)

TICKETS are £12.50 to include refreshments and a lovely lunch of homemade sandwiches, cake and wine.

CONTACT: MARY 01473 730283 or FRANCES 01473 312046

Please note: neither The Royal Hospital School, the RDA Ipswich Committee nor the RDA accepts responsibility or liability for any loss or injury incurred in connection with this event

Overall Winners of the Suffolk School’s Sailing Regatta

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Yesterday the Royal Hospital School competed in the Suffolk School’s Regatta at Alton Water. They were one of 12 schools to take part and were among 170 sailors on the water. The RHS sailors maintained their cool and made the light and shifty winds work in their favour to bring them in 1st overall, with Ipswich School in 2nd and Farlingaye in 3rd.

Special mention goes to the following pupils for placing in their individual events:

Fast Fleet	Dominick Burke	1st	Nelson
Lasers	Sophie Opielok	1st	Cornwallis
Fevas	Luke Bailey Jake Embleton	2nd 3rd	Anson Anson
Slow Fleet	Hannah Tucker	3rd	Blake
Toppers	Freddie Grogono	3rd	Hawke

Registration Open for Team Racing Clinics at the Royal Hospital School Sailing Academy

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The Royal Hospital School Sailing Academy will be holding a series of Team Racing clinics this Autumn on Alton Water Reservoir. These half-day clinics will use the School’s RS Fevas and Fireflies and teach the art of team racing on the following dates:

• 21st September 2013
• 5th October 2013
• 9th November 2013
• 23rd November 2013
• 7th December 2013

Registrations are welcome from youth teams of six sailors with spaces available for a maximum of three visiting teams per clinic. The sessions are free although teams will need to provide a damage deposit cheque for £100.

RS Fevas

This is a great opportunity for like-minded organisations to get together and enjoy an exciting form of racing at our RYA Training centre. For more information or to register your interest please contact the School’s Director of Sailing, Andy Nutton at anutton@royalhospitalschool.org

Taking a dip at the Great East Swim 2013

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On Saturday 22 June, 45 pupils from the Royal Hospital School will take to the water in the Great East Swim at neighbouring Alton Water reservoir. This annual event attracts around 3,000 swimmers and involves either a 1/2 mile, 1 mile, 2 mile and 5k open water swim. The participants start in waves of 300 every half an hour to ensure a smoothly run event with the highest safety possible.

The pupils taking part have been training hard in the build up to the Great East Swim and are nearly ready to take on this personal challenge. On the day before the race two-time Olympic medallist, David Davies, will be giving them a master-class in the School pool providing some useful tips on distance and open water swimming.

David Davies is a Welsh Commonwealth Games and Olympic distance swimmer. Born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Davies swam for Wales at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games in the 1500m freestyle (Bronze Medallist) and at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the 1500m freestyle and the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim (Silver Medallist). He held the British Records in the 400, 800 and 1500 freestyle (Silver Medallist in 2008 European Championships). He also represented Great Britain again in the 1500m freestyle at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

David Davies

 

RHS pupil, Emily Davidson-Brett, Great East Swim 2012

Good luck to all the RHS pupils who will be participating in this challenging swim. For more information about the Great East Swim please visit their website.

Henry Ager	Year 10	Collingwood
William Anstey	Year 11	St. Vincent
Rebecca Anstey	Year 13	Nelson
Peter Ash	Year 11	St. Vincent
Richard Branch	Year 13	Nelson
Laura Brown	Year 13	Nelson
Matthew Brown	Year 11	St. Vincent
Sean Burgess	Year 12	Raleigh
Georgina Cheng	Year 13	Nelson
Adam Clough	Year 9	Raleigh
Alexa Cox	Year 12	Raleigh
Joe Curtis	Year 10	Anson
Emily Davidson-Brett	Year 12	Hood
Beth Davies	Year 12	Cornwallis
Verity Evans	Year 13	Nelson
Charlie Ewen	Year 9	Collingwood
Will Falk	Year 10	Collingwood
Cameron Farrie	Year 11	Collingwood
Daniel Finding	Year 11	Anson
Victoria Foreman	Year 11	Howe
Harry Fosker	Year 7	Drake
Jamie Fosker	Year 9	Raleigh
Florence Gould	Year 13	Nelson
Flo Hales	Year 12	Hood
Emily Hassall	Year 13	Nelson
Charlotte Heley	Year 10	Hood
Tom Heley	Year 9	St. Vincent
Adonia Hirst	Year 11	Howe
Tom Joice	Year 9	Collingwood
Harry Jones	Year 8	Drake
Tori Jones	Year 12	Cornwallis
Sarah Laurie	Year 13	Nelson
Georgina Moore	Year 13	Nelson
Arabella Murrison	Year 11	Hood
Phillipa Murrison	Year 10	Hood
Sarah Murrison	Year 10	Hood
Andrew Ponsonby	Year 11	Collingwood
Elizabeth Ponsonby	Year 13	Nelson
Oscar Rowe	Year 10	Collingwood
Jack Smith	Year 10	Anson
Nathan Southerton	Year 11	Collingwood
Rebecca Taylor	Year 12	Cornwallis
Charlie Tedora	Year 10	Collingwood
George Venables	Year 11	Collingwood
Alice Vickers	Year 10	Hood

RHS Community Action supports the Woolverstone Project

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At Christmas, it is the tradition at RHS that we raise funds for a local children’s charity that we also support with practical assistance.

The Woolverstone Project is a RYA Sailability Training Centre which provides sailing opportunities and tuition for those with physical and learning disabilities at Alton Water and on the River Orwell at Woolverstone.

The Youth Section meets on Thursday evenings from April to October at the project’s sailing centre at Alton Water. Young people aged 7 to 18 participate in two hours of sailing, with regular attendance numbers around twelve children, who are accompanied by their parents and carers.

They are taken out and taught to sail in the specially designed Access Dinghies. These very stable boats have weighted and hollow centre boards that fill with water when lowered, allowing the dinghies to sail on the heel like keel boats. The crew sit in canvas seats facing forward, steering with a joystick, with the control lines for the sails in front of them.

The physically able children board from and disembark on the pontoon. There is a hoist to enable those with limited mobility to get in and out of a dinghy on its trolley – they are launched from and brought ashore on the slipway.

The RHS support team comprises ten students who assist the adult volunteers and professional instructors with the launching and recovery of the Access Dinghies and those who wish may join in with the sailing. Those not sailing spend their time on shore talking with children who are waiting to sail and with their parents.

In recent years, RHS Sixth Form Pupils who have qualified as dinghy instructors have given their time and extended their experience by teaching the children with disabilities to sail.

The money raised from the RHS Christmas charity day will be used by the youth section of the Woolverstone Project to purchase weatherproof clothing and buoyancy aids. Any additional proceeds will be given to the appeal fund for a new dinghy.

The Royal Hospital School is a coeducational boarding and day school for 11 to 18 years olds set in 200 acres of Suffolk countryside overlooking the River Stour. http://www.royalhospitalschool.org