Muster 2/6/2015

Hesperus Muster

Praise

• Luca van der Wyck has been selected for the Berkshire u15 Rugby squad.
• Luke Towers received two Bronze medals at the National Schools' Regatta.
• Harry Farrant passed his driving test during half-term. He only had five lessons!
• Rory Findlay is progressing towards the GB wakeboarding squad.

Notices

• The swimming pool is open on a Tuesday and Wednesday night from 20.30 - 21.30. Due to restrictions on numbers you will need to let me know at evening muster if you'd like to swim. It will also be open for full boarders on a Sunday.
• Pangbourne would like to hold a charity event on the last Sunday of term - ideas to me please.
• The Falklands Island Memorial Service takes place next Sunday - CCs are expected to attend. Any boarders are also encouraged to help with car parking and serving lunch following the service.
• Please only order Dominos pizza on a Wednesday night. If boarders have my permission pizza can also be ordered on a Saturday.  
• The Headmaster is inspecting Hesperus tomorrow morning. Please make sure the house looks its best.

Merits

The following received Merits during the week prior to half-term:

Harri Doyle
Finn Ellison
Jack James
Nathan Wang
Hamish Farrant
Nick Riley x2

Student of the Week will be announced once I see the Forms 3 and 4 average effort grades from the recent grade cards.

Please maintain high standards: Appearance, Punctuality, Attitude, Effort

I spoke with Forms 3 and 4 about the upcoming exams and the need to be ambitious and achieve their best. The exams are important, particularly in terms of gaining confidence and momentum ahead of next year.

SDCH

National Schools' Regatta - Rowing Report

Apart from the J14 year group, boats from our other squads competed at the National Schools’ Regatta, which involved a record number of over 4000 junior rowers this year.

 Both our J15 boys’ and girls’ top crews made it safely through the time trial into the semi-final of their events. On the Friday, racing in a single scull, Felix Wahlberg reached the semi-final and did very well to be ranked twelfth in a large field. On the Saturday, The boys’ four, despite a strong finish, could not recover from a slow first half so missed out on the final but the girls’ crew of Charlotte Bateman, Rosie Hare, Millie Morrison and Evelyn Harper, coxed by Tori Whelan, excelled to qualify for the final. In the final, they didn’t have the best of starts and found themselves playing catch-up but were placed fifth and not far off fourth as a result of a terrific push over the final 250 metres.
The girls’ first eight narrowly missed a place in the final but this was a most encouraging performance in their development, with all bar one returning for next year, when they should be serious medal candidates. The boys second four raced in School 1^st Fours and were in second place at half-way in their semi-final but faded so missed out on the final, as did the second eight, who were their strongest stroke sider down through injury. The boys’ first four of Rory Harris, Andrin Gulich, Luke Towers and Felix Lammers, racing as a quad, were second in the time trial, won one of three semi-finals, then won bronze in the final, following a tremendous race for the line.

On the Sunday, the girls’ first four of Tegan Foister, Alex Dunn and Katie and Nina Giambrone, progressed safely through the time trial and semi-final, though a boat-stopping crab in the time-trial had put them on the back foot, lane-wise for future side-by-side races. With the lanes redrawn due to an unfair cross-wind, they did well to reach the final. The boys’ top four re-rigged their quad as a coxless four in an attempt to medal in both sculling and sweep-oared boats at the regatta. This they duly did, following a very exciting final in which they and the two halves of Westminster’s triumphant eight left the rest of the field trailing in their wake. While both bronzes they achieved were only a fraction of a second off silver and a boat length off gold, this was a highly impressive medal haul against the very best in the country.

Yesterday (Sunday), despite a cool and breezy day, a variety of family and other crews took to the river at a well attended Boat Club Barbecue, and thanks are due for both this and the excellent catering at the National Schools’ to a whole host of parents. The main challenge for the senior crews in the second half of the term will be Women’s Henley and Henley Royal, with our junior crews trying to add to their silverware at other local regattas. In the meantime, we look forward to our 60^th Anniversary Boat Club Dinner next weekend, with special guests the Henley winning ’63 crew and our guest speaker, reigning Olympic Gold Medallist, World Champion, and recently crowned European Champion, Heather Stanning MBE.

 MW

Muster 19/05/2015

Hesperus Muster

A quick muster today as the 3 Form are in Llangorse and the majority of the 5 Form and L6 are in exams.

• Good luck to Adam Cook for the AS Drama performance this afternoon.
• The Food Committee minutes were published - no more pork belly!
• Merits - see the list below
• We finish for half-term at 13.20 on Friday. Please leave rooms really tidy.
• It is Darcey and Elspeth's party this afternoon. Mrs Cane-Hardy has ordered pizza for you to celebrate!

Good luck for exams this afternoon and have a good week!

We finished muster by selecting shirt sizes for the new house shirts which are being ordered soon.

SDCH

Merits

Hesperus	Merit
van der Wyck, Luca	1
Doyle, Harrison	2
Xu, Kunze	1
James, Jack	1
Chapman, Edward	3
Riley, Nick	1
Heathwood, Christopher	1
Nash, Tom	1
Hird, Tom	1
Perring, Tom	1
Slevin, Finn	1
Pearson, Rory	1
Farrant, Harry	1

Rowing Report on Bristol Avon Regatta (Sat 16th May 2015)

The boys’ Under 14 and girls’ Under 15 squads raced at Bristol Avon Regatta on Saturday. In the morning, one of two boys’ octuples manned by Messrs Van der Wyck, Chilver-Stainer, Beebee, Rossiter, Bissett, Hyde, White and Pearson, coxed by Thompson, beat Monmouth in the final to win their first tankard. The girls were on course in an eight to match such success but damaged their steering on a log and piled into a tree, having been a length up on an older crew from Millfield.

In the afternoon, the girls split into two fours and beat Avon County and Millfield en route to meeting each other in the final, with the crew of Bateman, Hare, Morrison and Harper, coxed by Whelan taking the silverware. The boys ‘A’ quad lost to a good Monkton crew in the first round but the ‘B’ crew won two rounds before being beaten by the same Monkton crew in the final.

MW

Muster 12/05/2015

Hesperus Muster

Most of the 5 Form and Lower 6 were missing this morning due to exams.

Praise

• Well done to Luke Towers who won a Bronze Medal with the GB J18 VIII in Munich on Sunday.
• Good wins for the 1XI, 15A and 14A against Stowe on Saturday.
• Harry Farrant made an excellent speech at the Hesperus dinner on Saturday. Thanks to Chris H, Tom H, Rylan L, Nathan W, Hamish F, Louis W and Kenny X who served.
• Kenny Xu performed in the lunchtime concert yesterday.
• Seth Grieve played well at a Berkshire Rugby trial last week - good luck!
• Congrats to Tom Nash who won the Pangbourne Golf tournament and completed a triathlon last week.
• A number of Silver and Bronze Duke of Edinburgh certificates were handed out.

Merits

See the post below

 Feedback from House & School Council Minutes

• The big issue is Wi-Fi
• Thanks to Lewis Denham and his maintenance team for sorting the middle and top floor showers.

Notices

• This weekend: Cinema trip on Saturday, Trip to Oxford on Sunday, Swimming pool open on Sunday. Mr Paynter is on duty in Hesperus.
• Uniform: Please ensure sleeves a rolled up to elbow when in  shirt-sleeve order. Top buttons must also be done up. Generally are uniform is excellent - please maintain these standards.
• Scholars are having their photos taken after congers on Saturday - please make sure your No. 2 uniform is perfect.

Good luck with exams and have a great week.

SDCH

Total Merits

	Form
Div	3	4	5	L6	U6	tot per division
H	150	85	45	60	13	353
S	162	105	57	46	14	384
I	126	117	35	52	33	363
Q	141	80	51	56	25	353
PJ	115	80	53	43	8	299
ST G	113	64	50	57	28	312
	807	531	291	314	121	2064