Head's Newsletter 14 December 2018

rugby teams so far this season with 103 out of 186 year 7s playing a competitive match this year over 7 teams. This can only pay dividends when they get to the senior end of the school. The Senior Squad have been building on each performance and have a record of played 15 won 7 lost 8 at the end of the term, which, considering the amount of injuries the squad has endured, is an impressive achievement. Performance of the season so far was in the Daily Mail Trophy game against Gordon Rugby Club where the 1st XV won a thrilling encounter 34 – 29. Two individual success stories of the season so far are Seb Asbridge who is representing Surrey U18s a year young and Huw Morris who is not only representing Surrey U18s but also Wales U19. A truly impressive achievement. (photo of both below)

Tiffin rugby has had an enjoyable and fruitful term. New Saturday block fixtures against Halliford and Royal Albert and Alexandra proved resounding successes with balanced fixtures across the board. The U12s are starting to find their feet with notable performances from Marcus Beran, Jacob Landau and Chibuikem Anaele who are developing into fine players. The U13s continue their unbeaten season including 14 wins, 1 draw and 2 tournament wins. Each year Tiffin nominates up to two promising players for Harlequins Development Player Programme. Schools are able to nominate a maximum of two players yet Tiffin have been allowed to nominate five. This demonstrates the strength of this squad and huge credit goes to the boys. Special mention must also go to the B, C and D teams in this year group, without whom the A team would not be so successful. The U14s have had a good season so far, the B team leading from the front and continually pushing for places in the A team. The U15s have enjoyed a couple of Natwest Vase fixtures against high calibre schools such as St Paul’s, on high calibre pitches at Rosslyn Park and Championship side Ealing Trailfinders. The U16s have had a mixed season but had a very notable performance against St George’s Weybridge where they won in a thrilling encounter for the first time in four years. Special mention goes to the U16 boys who have represented the 2nd XV on various occasions and also Matt Cormack who has solidified himself in the 1st XV backline. Almost 400 boys have represented the