Framlinghamian 2023 - Flipbook - Page 179
CELEBRATING THE SCHOOL YEAR
always positive. It was genuinely lovely
moment of the year:
hockey to watch.
1st XI Captain Jayden Borges scoring the
fabled six sixes in an over against the
With the Under-15s winning the silver
Gents of Su昀昀olk and an unbearably tense,
medal in the national Independent
last second win, 33-32, for the netball 1sts
Schools’ Hockey Cup it is clear a new
against Ipswich School. That last one was
generation is emerging, determined to
particularly enjoyable.
emulate the success of their illustrious
Ted Moore’s drama department was
predecessors.
a wellspring of bold and dark passions
We were again named in the Top 100
this year. The senior production of
Schools by The Cricketer Magazine, the
Lorca’s Yerma brought the repression
only school in East Anglia to have been
and visceral heat of 1930s Spain to the
included in every list since its inception.
HPT…. A notable achievement on a chilly
The Girls’ 1st XI made it to the national
December evening.
quarter-昀椀nal of The Hundred competition.
Our U16 rugby sevens team had a
Innovatively staged in the round, with a
memorable season, winning their group
spare, stony set and atmospheric sound
at Rosslyn Park and progressing to the
design, it was a compelling and intense
quarter-昀椀nals, eventually losing narrowly
experience for the audience, seated
to Whitgift, a huge powerhouse of a boys’
within feet of the performers. Lyla Endean
school with an enviable rugby pedigree.
was a mesmerising Yerma and Arlo North
But they were made to work for it and our
her taciturn, misunderstanding husband,
boys competed with huge commitment
Juan. It was a courageous, enlightened
and skill.
and nuanced production.
Gwen Brown won two silver and two
Last week’s Year 9 & 10 production of
bronze medals representing England
Dracula was equally ambitious, if in a
at the World Kickboxing and Karate
di昀昀erent way. With a cast numbering
Association World Championships. Ollie
over 20, and with many more involved
Williams and Sophie Lorimer shot for
backstage, this was very much an
England at Under-18 in the British Schools’
ensemble piece, which is how it should be.
Small-bore Ri昀氀e Association event. Jesse
At this comparatively young age, the
Phillips was selected for the England
arts should open up participation to as
U18 Touch Rugby squad. Zoe Tanner
many as possible. Vibrant, energetic,
competed in the British Junior Open
and suitably vicious and gothic, with a
Squash competition and now ranks in
compelling Oscar Ward as Jonathan
the top 10 in England and in the top 50 in
Harker, it made for a terri昀椀c evening’s
Europe.
entertainment.
Two nominations for my personal sporting
Our LAMDA programme is 昀氀ourishing
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