Francis Break the Stranglehold of Mighty McArthur!

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On Wednesday, the junior boys took part in an exciting Junior Inter-House Hockey Tournament and long-standing winners, McArthur, were challenged for the top spot and pipped to the post by Francis.

Results

A Teams:

Place	Team	W	D	L	Bonus	Total
1st	Francis	2	0	1	1	7
2nd	McArthur	2	0	1	0	6
3rd	Shackleton	1	1	0	0	4
4th	Chichester	0	1	2	0	1

B Teams:

Place	Team	W	D	L	Bonus	Total
1st	Francis	2	1	0	0	7
2nd	Chichester	2	0	1	0	6
3rd	Shackleton	0	2	1	0	2
4th	McArthur	0	1	2	0	1

Competitive play from the U13 Girls Hockey Team

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Last week the talented U13 Girls Hockey team took part in the Eastern Regional finals in Redbridge, Essex.

U13s representing Suffolk at the East Regional Finals U13 In2hockey Tournament held at Redbridge on Wednesday 12 March.

After the opening pool matches, RHS were placed second behind Felsted, having drawing with them on goal difference (the margin being just 1 goal!). In the next round RHS lost 3-0 to Norwich and went on to battle for 5th to 8th position in the finals. The girls won 1, lost 1 and drew 1 ranking them 7th out of a total of 16 teams.

Year 7s kick off Science Week with some badge-making

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As part of the on-going activities associated with Science Week, Year 7 pupils had a badge-making competition with a science theme.

There were some highly creative designs and the following were selected as winners:

First Place	Sam Banks
Second Place	Joe Fletcher
Third Place	Freya Guckian
Fourth Place	Hamish Moore

Two GCSE Projects entered into the Hoopers Design Awards

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This year the Royal Hospital School will be entering the work of two GCSE students, Jack Burge and Paul Stoddart, both in Raleigh House, into the Hoopers Design Awards. The competition is sponsored by Hoopers Architects and is a unique opportunity to celebrate some outstanding GCSE work by Design & Technology students across Ipswich. Overall there are five different awards: Resistant Materials, Graphics, Textiles, Product Design and an Achievement award.

Jack will be entering his table, which is designed for the cabin of a sailing boat, and Paul his model railway carriage. The competition runs from 1-5 July and the boys’ work will be on display for the general public to view at Endeavour House in Ipswich. The judging and prize giving will be carried out on Friday 5 July and prizes presented by the Mayor of Ipswich, Mayor Councillor Hamil Clarke.

 

The Great RHS Sewing Bee

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Are you creative? Fancy a challenge? Did the Great British Sewing Bee inspire you to dust off the sewing machine? If so, then why not enter the Royal Hospital School competition to create a clasp top bag, as used in the final of the Great British Sewing Bee!

There are two types of clasp to choose from and the judging will be performed in four categories: Unusual Materials, Inspired by Nature, A Nod to Craft and Freedom. All entries must be in by Monday 14 October to go on display in the Royal Hospital School Art Department atrium. The results will be announced at The Bag Show on Friday 18 October during a viewing with drinks and nibbles from 6-8pm.

To enter please contact Deb Hitchen on dhitchen@royalhospitalschool.org. Entry into the competition will cost £4 for the clasp and should be paid by cheque (payable to The Royal Hospital School) or cash.

RHS Athletes through to Regional Finals

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Last week, the Royal Hospital School athletics teams took part in the first round of the English Schools’ Cup, at Bury St Edmunds.

The Junior Girls’ and Intermediate Boys’ Teams both finished second, whilst the Intermediate Girls won their competition. All 3 teams are through to the regional finals of the competition.

This week the Inter-schools’ competitions commence with Years 9 and 10 at Northgate.

RHS host Inter-School Team Racing Regatta

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On Saturday 11 May the Royal Hospital School hosted an inter-school Team Racing Regatta on neighbouring Alton Water Reservoir. Twelve teams from 5 different schools, one from Alton Water SC and one made up of former RHS pupils took part in the Junior and Senior Regattas.  The conditions were squally and the temperatures unseasonably chilly; but all of the 72 sailors competed well over the standard ‘starboard S’ course.

RSFevas on Alton Water

Racing in Fireflies in the Senior Regatta got seriously competitive from the start with the top teams of Ipswich School and RHS fighting it out. The race ended with Ipswich scraping the win despite RHS having the upper hand until the last few moments. This thoroughly galvanised the RHS sailors and they then went on to win all of their next 4 races. The race between Ipswich School A and B teams provided spectators with great excitement as the A’s scraped the victory with some rather tactical team racing by Henry Mills slowing down two B team boats for his team mates to pass. It was good to see some former RHS pupils, taking part in the form of the Old Hospolinas, who enjoyed the competition but were undone by more practised, and younger, sailors. We hope they will try their luck again next year and that even more former RHS sailors will take part in this regular event. The Senior Regatta finished with RHS 1 and 2 racing in one semi-final and Ipswich School A and B in the other. After some more close racing, the final was between RHS 1 V Ipswich school A. This was a three race final but this time RHS were far too strong; winning in imperious form 2 – 0. The Regatta finished with 1^st RHS 1 2^nd Ipswich school A 3^rd RHS 2 – Ipswich school B 5^th Old Hospolians and 6^th Alton Water Warriors.

With the wind strength increasing as the day went on, the younger competitors sailing in RSFevas in the Junior Regatta, were finding it harder and harder to keep the boats the right way up. Despite some determined racing and excellent effort, this meant that after 10 races the final was between RHS 1 and Ipswich School. This proved to be a dominant show of strength from RHS with Freddie Grogono and Tom Joice leading from the off and Dan Patten making the ‘move of the day’ by pushing from 6^th place to finish 3^rd.  The Junior Regatta finished with 1^st RHS 1, 2^nd Ipswich school, 3^rd Ipswich High School, 4^th RHS 2, 5^th Orwell Park and 6^th Norwich School.

Thanks must go to all the staff from the visiting schools – without their help the Regatta would not have happened, and of course to all the competitors. Let hope that next year we will be blessed with less testing conditions.

Six RHS crews qualify for DW with excellent prospects

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Six Royal Hospital School crews have qualified for the Devizes to Westminster Canoe Marathon. The gruelling qualifying event involved 32 miles of paddling and 28 portages on the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation, all in under 7 hours.

The results were as follows:

• Anran Chen and Jordan Scott set a new girls’ record of 6hrs 19mins.
• Will Hassall and Adam Hunkin set a new Year 11 record of 5hrs 55mins.
• Matt Cantelo and James Rutledge set a new C2 record of 5hrs 46mins.
• Cam Kerr and Olly Bagley finished 3rd in 5hrs 43 mins.
• Zack Tabor and Ed Bourne were 2nd in 5hrs 39 mins.
• Sophie Murrison and Richard Branch were 1st home in a new mixed-crew record time of 5hrs 35 mins.

The Devizes to Westminster competition sees around 600 kayakers and canoeists take part in a 4-day, 125 mile race over the Easter weekend. This event tests participant’s skill, physical and mental stamina and determination at one of the toughest events in the world. The course is from Devizes in Wiltshire to Westminster in the heart of London and includes 76 locks at which crews must carry their boats out of the water and around the lock. The whole stretch involves around 90,000 paddle strokes – give or take a few thousand – and the junior paddler’s camp between each leg of the arduous journey.

These twelve pupils have put in months of training and preparation under the expert guidance of teachers and veteran paddlers, Lee Menday and Les Thompson, with superb qualifying times and good prospects in the run up to the fiercely competitive event.

2013 Minor County Cricket Festivals at RHS

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The 2013 Minor Counties Cricket Festival dates and participants have been confirmed.

The Under 12s Competition (sponsored by the Ipswich Building Society): Arrival at RHS on Friday 2nd August (afternoon) with matches on Saturday 3rd, Sunday 4th, Monday 5th, Tuesday 6th and depart after the fifth and final match on Wednesday 7^th August 2013.

The following Under 12 Counties are confirmed: Cumbria, Cleveland, Northumberland, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, The Netherlands and hosts, Suffolk.

The Under 11s Festival: Arrival at RHS on Thursday 8^th August (afternoon) with fixtures on Friday 9th, Saturday 10th, Sunday 11th, with the fourth and last match being played on Monday 12^th August 2013.

The following Under 11 Counties are attending: Cumbria, Cleveland, Northumberland, Pembrokeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Suffolk, North Essex District, and new for 2013, Huntingdonshire and Metropolitan Essex District .

The Festivals started in 1999 with the Under 11s and were idea of the former professional cricketer, Don Topley who is now master i/c Cricket at RHS. The more competitive Under 12 Competition, which is kindly sponsored by the Ipswich Building Society, began in 2005.

Don Topley said, “The Festivals are best in the country for these age groups. To have over 350 talented young cricketers playing on the stunning RHS pitches overlooking the River Stour is an inspiring sight. Seven former ‘old boys’ of the Festivals have now gone on to be full-time professional cricketers and five have represented England Under 19s in the last year. And over the past years the participants have enjoyed a surprise visits from some famous faces including former England internationals Mike Gatting, Nick Knight and Darren Gough.

He added, “These events also bring significant income to the local community with so many families visiting and staying around the Shotley Peninsula.”

Former England Cricket Captain, Mike Gatting, with the Suffolk U12 cricketers

For more information about these events please contact:

Don Topley on 07920 164126 or at School on 01473 326200 or Email dtopley@royalhospitalschool.org

The Royal Hospital School is a co-educational 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

Thomas Lazenby, Year 13, qualifies for European Triathlon

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Year 13 student, Thomas Lazenby, has qualified for the 2013 Alanya ETU European Sprint Distance Triathlon Championships in June 2013.

Thomas completed 10 weeks of intense training during the summer holidays; three times a day and six days a week, totalling around 180 hours. This was split between 120 hours of cycling, 30 hours of running and 30 hours of swimming.

The hard work paid off and Thomas secured his place to represent Great Britain by gaining a top four position in the qualifiers. He will be supported by a team manager, mechanic and masseur, all of whom have experience in competing themselves providing great support in the lead up to and during competition.

Good Luck Thomas!

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