Head's Newsletter 8 July 2016

our success was much greater the previous day in the St George’s College Pairs! UK Ultimate Frisbee Schools Championships On Saturday 2 July 10 boys from Year 10 went to Birmingham to compete in the UK Ultimate Frisbee Schools Championships. The boys had only been playing for 3 months and were easily the least experienced team there, with most of the others having played since they were in Year 7. Nevertheless they performed exceptionally well and ended with a record of 2 Wins, 1 Draw and 4 Losses and a 19th place finish overall (unluckily losing out on a higher place finish due to points difference).

Charterhouse, securing 7th place of 14 for the Tiffin pair. Overall, it was a very enjoyable and successful day of tennis with special thanks going to Mr Taylor for organising the team and supporting us throughout the day. Surrey Tennis League Finals Report (by Josh Frost Y12) On Thursday, 23 June Tiffin’s top tennis team travelled to St George’s School to compete in the Surrey League Finals. Unfortunately for them they were up against some tough competition, namely Reed’s, St Paul’s, and Whitgift. Our first match was against Reed’s who, luckily for us, only had four players (as a large portion of their team was off trying to qualify for Wimbledon) giving us a 3 – 0 head start. Surprisingly their second pair managed to beat Ed and Will, who had managed to overcome the Reed’s first pair In a gruelling set which went to a tie break. This unfortunately meant that we only won one of our 6 matches against Reed’s ending in a 5 – 4 loss to Reed’s. This put us into the 3rd and 4th play off against St Paul’s, who we had previously beaten quite handily. To our dismay, today was not our day. Will and Ed won all of their matches, but our second and third pair didn’t manage to beat their equivalent opponents. And thus the truly tired Tiffin Tennis Team travelled home, with the only consolation being that they were the 4th best tennis team in Surrey. Great job for getting that far to the 6 boys: Ed Hubner and Will Sharp (Pair 1), Matt Stevenson and Jamie Glancy (Pair 2), Josh Frost and Tomos Croxon (Pair 3). Additionally well done to Matt Hinks, who had competed in the earlier stages of the competition, but was unfortunately ill on the day. Luckily,

Special mention goes to Shun Tagawa for being voted most improved player in the team, and Henry Brooking for being voted most valuable player in the team, though everyone played incredibly well and improved a huge amount over the course of the day.