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for all that they did
in the lodges and
around the school.
Their replacements
duly arrived in January
and immediately
threw themselves
into the required
life-saving training
course. Occasionally
we receive news of the
achievements of our
former Gappers: we
reported on Ashleigh
Moolman (SF Gapper
2004) when she represented South Africa in the London Olympics,
and we heard earlier in the year that she was voted South African
Sportswoman of the Year 2015. A member of the Bigla Pro Cycling
Team, and now named Moolman-Pasio, Ashleigh was selected for
this year’s Olympics. It has yet to be related whether or not she
came across our OS Olympians, Constantine Louloudis and Laurence
Clarke. Although this magazine is not the vehicle for OS news, this
paragraph cannot be completed without pausing to congratulate
Constantine on his Gold Medal with the men’s rowing four.
After the 189th Meeting of the Board of Governors in June, two
members stood down, having served their appropriate period of office.
Charles Holbech and Tim Radford, who each had two sons at Summer
Fields, respectively brought legal and entrepreneurial expertise to
proceedings and we thank them for their commitment to the school.
Atty Beor-Roberts (“the last word in Country Houses”), partner and
regional chairman at Knight Frank, joined the Board in the Lent Term
and Dr Diana Sichel, a retired paediatrician and former Dragon parent,
at the end of the school year.We wish them well as they familiarise
themselves with the Summerfieldian milieu.
Our charitable activity was significantly
boosted this year by the introduction of
two new events in the Summer Fields
calendar: the Christmas Fair in November
and the Summer Fête in June. Ann Snow
and Daphne O’Connell organised the
former, whilst Sophie Rickner galvanised
all the staff and boys into action for the
latter, at which each form
ran a ‘fairground attraction’
of their own choosing.
Perhaps unsurprisingly,
the most popular stalls on
both occasions seemed
to involve food. The fête
was memorable not just
for the fun and activities
but also for the extraordinarily heavy cloudbursts that punctuated
the day. The combined efforts raised over £6000 for our chosen
charities: SpecialEffect, the Maclaren Foundation, The Art Room and
Cutteslowe Community Association. Many people, adults and boys,
contributed to the success of these fund-raising initiatives – well
done, everybody concerned!
A record sixteen boys qualified for paper two of the 2016 Townsend-
Warner History prize and ten finished in the top 100 (out of over
1000 nationally), compared with four last year. In the marker’s
feedback Summer Fields was identified as one of the top four
schools nationally who “stood out this year for the depth and
quality of their entry”. Everyone in the top 50 received a book token
from the organisers, and the next 50 were each given a card of
commendation. Congratulations to the following boys:
13th –
Luke Eadie
16th –
Claude Barker
26th –
Taragh Melwani
30th –
Fred Prickett
36th –
Andrew Heywood
56th –
Jinsung Ha
64th –
James Scott
73rd –
Joseph Menell
76th –
David Doughty
83rd –
Mem Factor
A fortnight before the start of the new
school year, Alfred Backhouse took part
in the real tennis British Junior Singles
Championships at Queen’s Club and
won the U14 final. Thus he finished
2014-15 as national champion at real
tennis (U14) and Eton fives (U13). To
these titles, during his first year at Eton,
he added U14 Eton fives champion.
Congratulations, Alfred!
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