Elizabeth College _____ _______________________________________________________________________ From The Principal Principal’s List Trinity Term 2015 At the Island Schools Athletics Championships the Year 8 and Year 9 teams won the Boys Championships for their year with the Year 10 team becoming Overall Champions. Paired with Blanchelande College, the team were the combined boys and girls champions. The following have been selected for the Guernsey Team for the NatWest Island Games in Jersey: Alastair Chalmers (Yr 10) Athletics, Max Thornton (Yr 13) Triathlon, Jordan Trebert (Yr 13) Badminton and Cameron Chalmers (Yr 13) Athletics. The U15 Relay team of Alastair Chalmers (Yr 10), Toby Glass (Yr 10), Justin Maynard (Yr 9), Joshua Newsom (Yr 10), Lucas Rive (Yr 9) and Alex Rowe (Yr 10) won the Liberation Day Relays. Teddy Gordon Le Clerc (Yr 11) won the U17 400m title at the Hampshire County Championships in 51.55s. Cameron Chalmers (Yr 13) broke the U20 Guernsey 400m record in 48.34s and represented Great Britain at the Loughborough International Athletics Meeting. James Parr (Yr 13) and Max Robin (Yr 12) were chosen as personal escorts to HRH The Countess of Wessex at the Liberation Day service. Alastair Chalmers and Magnus Chisholm (both Yr 10) have been selected for the Guernsey Football U15 team for the Youth World Cup in Gothia, Sweden. Alex Bushell (Yr 13) represented the T20 Guernsey Cricket Team at the European Division One Championships in Jersey. Nairn Guilbert and Daniel Le Messurier (both Yr 10) were selected to play for the Guernsey Island Cricket 1st XI against the MCC. The 1st XI (away), U15 XI and U13 XI all beat Victoria College at cricket. In a field of 53 competitors, Rowan Fitton (Yr 9) won bronze in U14 épée at the British Youth Fencing Championships. Gabriel Haynes (Yr 11) became Men’s Foil Champion of the Channel Islands at the recent championships. Matthew Le Vasseur (Yr 10) has been selected to represent Great Britain at the Laser 4.7 Boys Youth Sailing World Championships in Holland. Sam Culverwell (Yr 9) won his age category and came 3rd overall across all age categories in the Southern Region 10 mile Cycling Road Time Trial Championships, and has qualified for the National Championships. Jake Haines (Yr 7) is the Guernsey U13 Junior Closed Squash Champion. Dan Galpin, Charlie Reeves and Andrew Jensen (all Yr 12) were members of ‘Pamplemousse’ which won Company of the Year at Guernsey’s Young Enterprise Awards. /… Page 2 Principal’s List Trinity Term 2015 Ross Senior (Yr 11) won the St John Commanderies Cadet of the Year award. In recent Music examinations, Joel Tucker (Yr 10) was awarded Grade 8 with Distinction in Euphonium, Harvey Falla (Yr 9) was awarded Grade 6 with Merit in Cello, Callum Hockey (Yr 12) was awarded Grade 6 with Merit in Drum Kit, Samuel Hodgson (Yr 10) was awarded Grade 6 with Merit in Trumpet and Benjamin Fletcher (Yr 11) has passed Grade 5 Music Theory with Merit. Jonty Inderwick (Yr 12) has been selected as a Lieutenant Governor’s Cadet for 2015-16. The Junior Mathematics Team of Sam Culverwell, Hugo Thompson, Henry Partington and Sebastian Hazzan (all Yr 9) won the Channel Islands Schools UKMAT Mathematics Challenge and came 51st nationally in the Team Finals in London. Jamie Hardie (Yr 13) won a national essay competition for his Classics essay for the Omnibus magazine. Dominic Rice (Yr 13), Matt Armstrong (Yr 12) and Matt Creber (Yr 9) were all capped for Hampshire Rugby in their respective age groups. Harvey Adams (Yr 8) won the People’s Choice award at the 25th Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards for his tree planting project at KGV. GJ Hartley July 2015 .