Head's Newsletter 15 December 2017

TABLE TENNIS

Fishbourne Palace is one of the UK’s best-kept Roman villas. Our intrepid group of 180 year 8s spent an informative and enjoyable day learning about how King Cogidubnus, the British client-king lived in his luxurious palace. The boys spent a day discovering the technology used to create the villa itself, learnt about the impressive gardens and history of the palace while taking in the beautiful mosaics – some of which are among the most well-preserved in the country. An exciting and enjoyable time was had by all and the staff and parents all praised the enthusiasm of the boys.

Further success for the U13 Tiffin Table Tennis team who, on the back of their first tournament win at Coombe Boys’ School, headed to Wilson’s school for the South London Table Tennis Team Championship. The team, consisting of Ashrith Behara, Harshil Shah, Oliver Cheung and Aarya Karthik, faced tough opposition in the first round against Hampton School. In his debut match for the team Aarya was outstanding, not dropping a single game against his opponents. Impressive victories from all players resulted in a 6-2 win for Tiffin. Tiffin were superb in their semi-final against St Olave’s, dropping just one game enroute to a commanding 8-0 win. The team faced their toughest challenge yet in the final against an experienced Wallington side. Brilliant wins from Ashrith and Harshil got Tiffin off to a flying start and after 5 sets, Tiffin were leading 4-1. Wallington dug deep and fought back to win the next 2 sets, leaving the match at 4- 3. The final set between Harshil and Jacob proved to be the most tense of the competition and went right to the wire, with Jacob clinching it in the 5th game and tying the match at 4-4. Tiffin were victorious on games, winning 16-15, proving just how vital was each individual contribution.

DANCE On Monday 11 th December we hosted the London Youth Games competition. The participating schools were: Coombe Girls, Hollyfield, Tiffin Girls and Tiffin School. Our Year 9 boys performed superbly and received great feedback from all participating schools. They will perform their new piece in January at the Richmond College Theatre.