Head's Newsletter 22 October 2021

DANCE WORKSHOP

On

Wednesday

6th

October

Tiffin

Junior Dance Company participated in contemporary dance workshop with James Auden Kay from Traceworks Dance. Students were taught contemporary dance technique with travelling sequence and learned set choreography.

The company will work with James once a week till the rest of Autumn term on a performance piece which will be presented at the Secondary Schools Dance Competition in January.

TIFFIN CHESS TEAM

The Tiffin Chess Team participated in the first over - the - board tournament in 2 years. The A team achieved a commendable score against opponents from RGS Guildford, Hampton and King's College School: 3/12 points, a 200% increase since our last tournament! A fantastic win from Sagnik Chatterjee in Round one and Tong Wu in the second, demonstrated a dominating team performance against tough opponents. Thanks to the draws from Vladimir Kalashnikov and Samvrit Subin, Tiffin managed to secure a respectable score. On the B team, Humza Qadir was able to secure a win in the first round and was well on his way to a second but was caught out by the infuriating rule of touch move in the second round. Gavin Tsui was also able to secure a win for the B team, well done. Thanks to all who played and special mention to Ron for holding his best against absurdly strong opponents, one of whom is the strongest U18 in the country. The Ivan Gromov league which features both Tiffin A and Tiffin B in the same online league - both playing against other schools ’ A teams, has seen a solid start for the A team with a 3 - 3 draw against Brentwod school A and a narrow 2.5 - 3.5 defeat to local rivals KCS Wimbledon A. However, remarkable performances have been pulled off by the Tiffin B team who have clinched two narrow 3.5 - 2.5 victories against Altrincham Grammar School A and Eton College A and remain unbeaten in an A team league.