Head's Newsletter 14 July 2017

first two home for Tiffin, and both did exceptionally well to finish the 9.7km course in under 40 minutes, placing in the top 100 of what was a very strong field.

first round match would have made a brilliant final! To win the Reigate 6s competition for the first time since its inception went a long way to assuaging this disappointment. In between, results have been fair to middling for the sides from U13 to U15 with no one side able to find any degree of consistency despite some impressive individual performances. The three centuries have all been hit by 1 st XI players. Prasham Sivagnanasundaram of the U14s has taken a vast number of wickets, probably double the number taken by the next best bowler, Alex Cormack of the U12s finishes the season with 308 runs and a remarkable average of 102.67. Much discussion will take place in the next few weeks in an attempt to reverse the fortunes of senior cricket but the problem is not one of lack of talent but of a healthy work-life balance between cricket and examinations. Kingston Regatta was raced over the 8th & 9th July. Many hard races with great effort from our J15s (pictured) and J14s who picked up valuable race experience in some very tight racing. Our senior boys flew the flag, racing in adult events and winning Novice singles (Arthur Morris), Novice doubles (Adam Crowther & Alex Cavenagh) and an emphatic victory in IM3 doubles for outgoing captain James Lawn and his partner Jake Lane. KINGSTON REGATTA

The final relay of the year took place at John Fisher, and the Seniors narrowly missed out on gold. We were not disheartened and put out a strong team at Coventry, and ended up placing in the Top 20 schools in the country, an unbelievable result. TIFFIN CRICKET This has been a bitter-sweet for school cricket lurching between the extremes of the unbridled enthusiasm of the brilliant U12 sides to the bitter disappointment of the school’s senior sides. Cricket for the Under 12s was played throughout the Easter term and it was obvious from the outset that this was an exceptional group of players and their results at A, B and C team levels have borne this out. The A team was unfortunate to come up against an equally talented RGS side in the first round of the Surrey Cup and this proved to be the only match they did not win in the entire season! This solitary The Knole Run. (above from left: George Neville-White, Chris McDonald, Humphrey Allen, Alistair Brendon, Eric Williams, Louis Bullinger, Matt O’Donovan, Jack Hartrey; seated: Tom Jackson who wrote this report)