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SPORT

boYs’ tennis

This was another season where the were also beginning to find their feet and Harry would have again walked the
results often did little justice to the and managed an impressive win against boards. Two of their three sets went to tie
closeness of the games. Our first match their opposite numbers in a titanic tie- breaks, of which they won one. Will and
of the season against MCS was an eye- breaker (9 - 7). Against Pangbourne, Will Timo also enjoyed a winning tie-break.
opener and we struggled to win games, and Timo again showed their mettle – A great match to finish a season that
let alone sets, on the grass of Oxford. Will winning a hard battle against their 3rd ultimately proved frustrating because of
Dowling, our captain, did his best to carry pair but sadly falling just short in a match lack of strength in depth. DFM
the team but we were comprehensively that could have gone either way against
out-gunned, as were our 2nd VI led by their 1st pair. We were hopeful that 1st vi: Played 6, Drew 1, Lost 5
Timo Fischer. Next up was Princethorpe Shiplake would give us the opportunity
and a match played under increasingly to notch up our first win of the season 2nd vi: Played 5, Lost 5
leaden skies for the first hour until the but again, on the day, we fell short on the
heavens delivered on their threats and vital points. The match will, however, live 1ST vi SQuAD 2ND vi SQuAD
the heaviest hail storm in recent years in the memory of those who witnessed Will Dowling (Capt) Archie Hood
out paid to the possibility of our only Harry and Sam’s demolition of their Ollie White Freddie Prior
win of the season as we abandoned the opposite numbers (6-1) – a result made Timo Fischer Joshua Johnson
match in the lead. Our visit to St Edward’s all the more impressive as our 1st pair Harry Haynes Joshua Chandler
proved a little more successful – for our had just lost to this same pair (0-6). Sam Lowe Christopher Clemow
Joshua Driscoll
Clement Knowles
2nd VI at least, who narrowly lost but And so to the final boys’ match of the Archie Hood (res. Denis Popov)
won three good sets, with Joshua Johnson season against Bromsgrove. If spirit Freddie Prior
and Christopher Clemow proving to won matches, our second pair of Sam
be the most resilient on the afternoon,
winning two of their three sets. Our away Mixed Tennis
match at King Edward VI was cancelled
again because of dramatic storms. Might
those of a literary bent be tempted at
this stage to make some comment about
pathetic fallacy, I wonder? All such
thoughts were banished, however, as
the weather for our next fixture against
Warwick proved kinder, even if the
opposition showed no such mercy. With
Timo having been moved up to partner
Will, our new first pair enjoyed a win
against the Warwick 3rd pair (6-4). Our
2nd pair of Sam Lowe and Harry Haynes

atHLetics

This season saw Bloxham compete in Form) jump 1.58m in the high jump and the biggest success of the season was
a number of athletics fixtures for the Olivia Finch (Fourth Form) constantly having both girls and boys of all ages in
first time in recent history. The students producing brilliant performances across one team battling for the same cause.
found themselves on the road for all three or four events at every meet. But SB
the meets, travelling to Bromsgrove,
Marlborough (on three occasions) and
more locally to a couple hosted at the
Drayton track in Banbury. Our pupils
matched up against those from Harrow,
Abingdon, Kingswood, Stowe, St
Edward’s, Haileybury, MCS, Cheltenham,
Wellington, Highgate, Bromsgrove and
Marlborough to name a few.
Notable performances from the season
saw Seb Hughes (Third Form) run the
100 metres in 11.12s, Peter Elliot (Third
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