Dear Parents and Carers

The astronomical charts would suggest that Howard and Seymour would again fight out this year’s competition. Capably led by quiz luminaries Sulamaan Rahim and Nathan McClelland; after many years of friendly rivalry, could they mould their respective houses into championship winning units? Which house would cast a shadow over the other one?

In November, first blood went to Howard who snatched the senior honours with a 35-33 victory over Seymour in the final decider, mainly thanks to the lightning buzzing of the captain. In the intermediate section, Howard suffered a gravitational wobble against Beaufort but then recovered to beat Tudor and Seymour and steal a lead of two wins going into the final series of fixtures.

It was the Junior competitors over the past three weeks who needed to wrap up the victory for the Blue Wave. A defeat to Seymour in the first fixture, thanks to magnificent buzzing from Ajay John, threw Howard out of orbit and meant that the Golden Ticket could still snatch overall victory, a second victory for Seymour over Beaufort meant that they could still finish up winners, however a win for Howard against Tudor meant that the championship could only be shared. It came to the final fixtures to determine the Junior honours, Seymour were denied by the odd point to Tudor in the last round and Howard’s strength totally eclipsed Beaufort. After a mini crisis, the Blue Planet had again emerged from the darkness to share the Junior title with Seymour and Tudor.

This left the overall standings as follows:

Beaufort and Tudor – joint 3^rd Place – the penumbras

Seymour – 2^nd Place – the umbra

Nathan will have to take umbrage as the corona goes to Howard

Apologies for the astronomically bad puns, but it was the week of the eclipse.

GNH

Seymour

This term’s results have been disappointing for Seymour. Fourth place in two of the year’s big events, Swimming and Rugby, left the boys downhearted. However, the boys that competed in these events gave 100%. The other houses, unfortunately, were too strong. On a more positive note, Seymour managed to come away with one win in the chess for the first time in a number of years. This meant that Seymour finished joint third in the Chess competition.

The best result came in the Quiz. With the Intermediates and Seniors having already competed, the Junior team battled hard to come out with two wins out of three. This placed us securely into second position overall. A great effort from the Quizzers. With two more events still to finish the term the boys need to fight hard then look ahead to the summer term. With a determined effort they could gain some silverware and bring Seymour back into the championship.

TJW

Tudor House

Well what can be said about this term, I will say this that the lads of Tudor house have once again done us proud! This term started off very slowly, with the only hi-lights I suppose being my long and dreary house assemblies. Eventually when the January exam season was out of the way, then the house activities got under way with gusto. The Chess and the concluding of the House Quiz from last term got underway. The Chess team ably led by Oliver Whitfield, once again showed their dedication to the cause, by doing battle over three evenings in late January and early February. The players achieved a joint third in the overall Chess.