Head's Newsletter 10 May 2019

The U17 team was 4 th overall with Ollie Coppellotti placing 45 th individual. The U13 team fared the best with Oscar Luck 30 th individual and the team 3 rd overall. Ollie also deserves congratulations for representing one of the strongest counties, Surrey, in the national English schools’ races in Yorkshire before Easter. The Surrey team were placed in the top third.

ROWING TSBC entered the National Junior Sculling Head on 18 th of March with both boys and girls crews. Always a strong field with usually over 50 boats per category, TSBC raced in some highly unfavourable conditions for light-weight rowers but were placed mid-table with some good rowing against much bigger competition. The Year 9 boat was the result of the day, coming an impressive 13 th overall up against the biggest national clubs and private schools. The Year 10s didn’t quite achieve their potential at the Sculling Head but went on to come an impressive 2 nd at Kingston Small Boats Head by a mere 2 seconds (photo below). Seniors and Year 9s came 4 th in their categories in a strong field.

Pictured below is Yoan Kuzmanov in Y13 who, with his team, Richmond Volleyball, won the National Volleyball Championship Under 18. Yoan was the team captain. A marvellous achievement!

CROSS-COUNTRY Congratulations to those who ran for Kingston Borough in the London mini- marathon event held over the last few kilometres of the adult course, the event Miss Rawlinson, teacher of Economics, covered in an impressive sub-4 hour time, running in aid of Mencap. Tom Armstrong was the first Kingston athlete home in 26 th for the U15 team with Alistair Brendon also running well.