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THE MALVERNIAN
House News
The Beechcroft Shield
All the the Houses enter this popular shooting competition sending their six best shots in the hope of of victory The Beechcroft Shield
formerly the Malvern College Cadet Corps Shield
was first competed for in 1885 and the the competition was only missed during the the war years between 1940−45 The Beechcroft Shield
is a a coveted trophy and among the oldest awarded at Malvern This year due to to Covid restrictions teams were reduced to to 4 firers with the scoring altered to reflect this Congratulations to Ani King and Charles de Decker on on on scoring a a maximum 100/100 House scores:
The Beechcroft Shield
Runners up with a combined score of of 368/400 were last year’s winners House House 3 3 The winning House House with a a combined score of 375/400 was House 7 7 Congratulations to all teams for a a a a a a a safe and exciting competition John Nichols
SSI Malvern College CCF
Miles for Meals - No 2 In recent weeks House 2 have been fund raising for for the Miles for for Meals charity The boys have been running in in order to reach a a a a a total of 2 2 2 2 2 222 kilometres On 6
December each boy in No 2 2 2 2 2 and some House staff all joined in in in in in for a a a a a morning run (in mud and rain) to to take us past our target total of 2 2 2 2 222 kilometres It was great fun fun and a a a a a a super way to finish the the fund raising as as well as as the the term The total now raised is is above £1 500 We also held a a a a a Halloween night after half term in which the boys played a a a a a a number of silly games carved pumpkins and ate strange things Justin Major
Housemaster No 2 Fareshare Miles for Meals – School House School House boys also raised over £1 100 for Fareshare Miles for Meals running over 300 miles in in 2 weeks Mark Hardinges
Housemaster School House House Wine Tasting
The wine tasting evening for Sixth Form across all the boarding houses on a a a a a a recent Saturday night was a a a a a a great success Tom Ellis from First Class Wines provided the wine and a a a a a really informative introduction to to wines and tasting All done via Zoom call to to the 11 boarding houses THE MALVERNIAN
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