OLD EASTBOURNIAN Old Eastbournian
ANNUAL INTERHOUSE COMPETITIONS STEEPLECHASE Pupils from every house and year group ran a course on the nearby South Downs, ending at the Wish Tower on the seafront.
FIVES Dexter Bell and Archie Stephens won the U18 southeast regionals doubles plate competition beating Tonbridge in the final, while Daisy Dunkley won the U18 singles plate and then, with Daisy Barrow , won the doubles plate competition . The U14 girls won the doubles plate following an all-Eastbourne final. FOOTBALL The College ran four senior teams and two U16 teams. Kayla Ginger played for Brighton and Hove Albion and Hungary U19 .
HOCKEY Sam Bordass , Eliza Jones and Ella Panayiotou played for the EGTA in the England Talent Academy festival at Nottingham. Sam Bordass , Bertie Cooke , Sophie Fellows , Will Fellows , Rosie Hill and Tom Lucas were selected into the East Grinstead England Talent pathway squad , and Serena Patel was selected into the East Grinstead Talent Academy feeder squad. The boys 1st XI scored 78 goals from 17 matches at an average of 4.5 goals per game. Sam Bordass broke the boys 1st XI goal-scoring record by scoring his 30th goal in the final game at the Bath Festival against national cup semi- finalists, Solihull. NETBALL A record 19 netball teams played including five U14 teams. The 1st VII netball squad won nine matches and had a fourth place finish at the Sussex Cup , SISNA . The U15As gained valuable experience at SISNA finishing fifth. Lottie Hinton , Lucy McDonald and Imo White were selected for Super League squads, and recent leaver Lily Harley played for Leeds Rhino Super League team.
ROWING Former pupil Carina Graf competed in the winning Cambridge Women’s Blue Boat for the second successive year in the annual Varsity Boat Race . Carina is studying a PhD in developing new techniques for neuroimaging, and came to speak with sports scholars at the College. RUGBY After reaching the RFU National Schools Bowl final three years ago and a quarter final last year, the 1st XV had another successful run to the last 16, while the U15 team reached the quarter finals of the National Schools Bowl . Jack Greig was offered a contract with Ealing Trailfinders , the current rugby championship title holders. Former pupil Piers O’Conor became a centurion for Bristol Bears premiership rugby team.
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