17th May 2022
Winchester Weekly
Societies
Creative Writing Collaboration
The Creative Writing Society recently celebrated the culmination of their collaboration with Winton Community Academy.
The project began in February with online sessions and Teams meetings. The writers then worked on their stories over the Easter break, and this final session was a chance to meet in person and share the results. A positive work-ethic and passion for the art of creative writing was displayed throughout the months spent on the exercise.
Look out for the anthology of writing from this project that will be published in due course.
Learning
Young Debaters
At the end of the Easter holidays Alex and Victor (pictured, both MP, Hopper's) participated in the final of the International Competition for Young Debaters, achieving a remarkable seventh-place overall finish.
The competition sees pupils under the age of sixteen from around the world compete in British parliamentary-format debates. This year’s final was held at the Oxford Union, where Alex and Victor managed to beat tough, domestic competition from St Paul’s Girls’, Brighton College and Queen Elizabeth Boys’ School, as well as international schools from countries including Korea, China, and Australia.
Finishing seventh at this prestigious international competition is an exceptional result to cap off a very successful debating season for the College. Other highlights include Matthew Howard (V Book, Chawker's) and Rtiwik Mittapalli's (V Book, College) perfomances at the final of the Oxford Schools’ Debating Competition, and Alex Prvulovich (VI Book 2, College) and Hugo Cartwright (VI Book 1, Kenny's) breaking into the top fifty at the final of Cambridge Schools’ competition.
Parents' Events
The Headmaster on 'Div'
Sporting News
Cricket
On Saturday, Lords travelled to Marlborough College for their John Harvey Trophy game, which coincided with the two teams competing for the Dancy Cup.
The Dancy Cup, introduced in 2020, is a new annual fixture between Winchester and Marlborough that commemorates the life of John Dancy OW, former Winchester don and Headmaster of Marlborough. First contested last year and won by Winchester, we successfully retained the cup this time with a 58 run win, thanks to runs from Henry Nicholls (V Book, Furley's) and Zain Malik (VI Book 2, Hopper's), and 3 wickets taken by Callum Whillock (VI Book 2, Chawker's) and Malik.
This success concluded a good week for our cricketers as they also progressed in both the National T20 Cup, and National Cricket Paper U17 Cup, before winning against Bradfield, also for the John Harvey Trophy.
Rugby
Congratulations to Sixth Form entrant Will Matthews (VI Book 2, Kenny's), who played in his first match for Hampshire U17 Rugby vs Sussex at Hove on Sunday. Will was in the starting team at outside centre (13) and played very well.
Outreach
Winchester Maths Summer School 2022
After two successful years online, Winchester Maths Summer School returns to its residential format for 2022. The course is open to Year 12 students from maintained sector schools who are considering studying maths at university.
The course has a unique, exciting atmosphere, and provides pupils with the opportunity to explore the subject with a small group of like-minded young people. The teaching will be delivered by Winchester’s specialist maths teachers, supported by undergraduate and graduate students from leading universities.
Installation of The New Dean of Chapel
The Licensing service for our new Senior Chaplain, the Reverend Dr Hester Jones, took place at Evensong on Thursday 12 May.
College Chaplain, the Reverend Ross Maidment, said "Hester has already made history by being licensed as the first female Dean of Chapel at Winchester. I am sure that with her enthusiasm and zeal for this new challenge, along with the many gifts she brings to the role, Chaplaincy will flourish under her leadership."
Charities
Open Gardens
We will welcome members of the public into the College for the National Garden Scheme on Saturday 28 May 11:00 - 17:00, and Sunday 29 May 11:00 - 16:00.
Visitors will be able to enjoy four of our most beautiful gardens: Moberly Court, War Cloister, Bethesda, and the Warden’s Garden. Adult admission will be £10, children are free, with proceeds donated to the National Garden Scheme's charities. Tickets can be booked in advance or purchased on the day.
Find out more and book on the link below.
Win Coll Soc
Celebrating Sport
12 - 18 June
Next month will see the return of Wykeham Week, and this year we will be celebrating sport at Winchester.
Win Coll Soc has a 36-hour fundraising challenge to raise £250,000 towards the new Sports Centre's equipment fund. We are looking forward to it being open in 2023! Watch out for information about how to get involved over the coming weeks.
Take a peek behind the scenes of the build in the video below.
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