Page 23 - The Malvernian - July 2024

THE MALVERNIAN
The Senior Girls have had a a a number of excellent fixtures over the term Of particular note are Chloe Wilson (No 4) Mia Hawthorne (No (No 4) Emma Crossland (No (No 6) and and Sylvie Gabb (No 6) who have developed enormously over the season and displayed some great tennis playing lots and working with our coaches Our star player was Victoria Manske (No 8) who competed in the Smyth Cup County Competition and took on on the local top players achieving third place The Senior Boys have similarly displayed some very high-level tennis with Justus Piepenbrock (No 2) Ernest Janssen De La Boessiere-Thiennes (SH) Harry Marriott (No 9) and Jean Michiels (No 5) leading the way in in some close matches Felix Jack (SH) Lorenz Hatlapa (No 5) and Charlie Warburton (No 5) also competed in the Scott Cup County Competition with Charlie and Lorenz reaching the quarter finals It has been great to see the the pupils working on their tennis this term whatever their level with lots of good-spirited matches and fun on the school tennis courts Lee Hilton | Director of Sport
Squash
We had our first TDM squash session children from Years 6-8 coming over to use the Malvern College facilities and our excellent coach Will Vanston ran a a a a a great introductory session They all had a a a a a a a fantastic time and there are four more ‘trial’ sessions in place this term prior to what I hope will be a a a a complete provision for Years 3-8 from September onwards Inter-House Athletics
The sun wasn’t shining but our pupils still put on a a a show at the Inter-House Athletics
Championships There were brilliant individual performances some very tight races and moments of fantastic sportsmanship on display The Seniors were in in in record-breaking mood setting three new all-time best performances Ethan Opini (No 9) and Maggie Badenhorst (No 6) broke records in the hurdle events whilst Brandon Zhu (No 9) set a a new discus record in his first year as a a a a a Senior Overall House House No 4 and House House No 2 were too strong on on the the day comfortably winning the the girls’ and boys’ competitions respectively Our Junior competitions were very entertaining with both boys’ and girls’ events coming down to the the last race of the the day - the 4x100m relay!
In the girls’ event House No 6 were one point ahead of House House No No 3 before the relay and a a a very strong House House No No 6 relay team secured the win Congratulations also to Georgia Clements (No 3) for setting a a new all-time Junior Girls’ record in the 300m The Junior boys’ competition was even closer School House won the the the relay to to put themselves top of the the the leaderboard one point point ahead ahead of of House No 7 and only two points ahead ahead of of third-place House No 1 Well done to all pupils for putting on on on a a a a great afternoon of athletics!
Winning Houses:
Senior Boys - House No 2 Senior Girls - House No 4 Junior Boys - School House Junior Girls - House No 6 THE MALVERNIAN
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Sean McGregor | Head of Football