OSCARS NIGHT CELEBRATES BEDE’S FILM AND MEDIA TALENT

Bede’s annual Oscars ceremony is always one of the highlights of the year, with stu-dent film, media and design work screened and awards given to students before a rapturous crowd in the Miles Studio.This year’s Bede’s Oscars was a tremendous success with the student entries reaching a new high in terms of technical complexity and ambition. Films were shot in London, Florida and Barbados as well as a very suc-cessful ironic horror film set, of all places, in

Stud boarding house!Students tackled dialogue recording and sound design particularly well this year and special mention must go to Ivan Friedman and Will Morgan for their artfully scripted and beautifully shot revenge thriller. Luc Foster’s road safety film was mysterious, cunning and ultimately shocking while Alex Mirzoeff Campbell and Joe Robson made a visually stunning and provocative film about alcohol abuse and homelessness which will live in the memory for years to come. Other highlights included Ben Broyd’s tender and thoughtful film about the cycle of bully-ing and Tilly Corbett’s heart-breaking short about childhood fantasy, absent parents and the redemptive power of The Rolling Stones.Ekaterina Bladhukaeva got the biggest cheer of the night for her perfectly choreographed street dance video – well done Ekaterina!Special thanks go to Ben Laws from Camber-lot House who stepped in at the last moment to run the lights and did a superb job. See you all next year!

Richard WilliamsHead of Film and Media Studies

LOWER FIFTH ENGLISH CLASSES VISIT THE GLOBE

Bede’s Lower Fifth English students recently braved London crowds to take in the Globe’s much-anticipated production of The Merchant of Venice. With arguably one of Shakespeare’s most intriguing and enigmatic characters, the money-lender Shylock, at its heart, the play presents as unsettling an exploration of prejudice and mistrust as any on the English stage. To claim that one might enjoy a production of this uneasy ‘comedy’ is to ignore some of its most powerful moments. We witnessed, in the deeply sympathetic performance of Jonathan Pryce, an aged man weeping for the loss of his daughter being routinely mocked. We heard awful, anti-Semitic jibes: ‘dog Jew’, ‘villain Jew’. For anyone doubt-ing the idea that a Renaissance play could provoke a contemporary audience, this gave pause for thought. Much-needed light relief did come else-where, and it was a huge and pleasant sur-prise to see the cast bring to life some of the less traditionally ‘comic’ parts of the play, creating big belly laughs from the material. As with so much of Shakespeare, nu-ances, puns and double entendres only fully emerged in performance, and students cer-tainly left more aware of the huge possibili-ties of the text than they were beforehand. This is the bard as we are meant to experi-ence him: loud, live and, sometimes, lewd; we had a superb time, and returned to Upper Dicker energised and excited about embark-ing on the next phase of our Shakespeare studies.

Matt OliverHead of English

Issue 17 22 May 2015

EXPLOSIVE ‘PUNK ROCK’ PERFORMANCES LEAVE EXAMINATION AUDIENCE STUNNED

The recent Lower Sixth Theatre Studies ex-amination saw pupils performing a dizzying range of monologues before the audience was asked to stand and move into Studio 2, which had been transformed into a Sixth Form Common Room, for the Lower Sixth production of Punk Rock.Written by Simon Stephens, the AS production was set in traverse, which meant the audi-ence were sat on chairs either side of the set, as though to create two walls of the room. The play explores bullying and teenage pres-sure in depth, with the final scene showing the ultimate catastrophe of a school shooting. These themes of violence are ones which are to be handled with care and the Lower Sixth students pulled this off perfectly - a task which is particularly difficult when moments of vile behavior are paired with dark comedy. The parts in Punk Rock are all challenging

and it was clear that each actor had done extensive preparation and characterisation work to personify such complex personalities on stage.A particularly challenging role in the play was Chadwick Meade, played by Hannah Roberts, but Hannah’s performance was sensational. Elsewhere, Harvey Cole played ‘Bennett’ the school bully, who had the ability to turn the whole of the audience against him. His devot-ed and in some ways naive girlfriend, Cissy, was played excellently by Sofia McDougal whose superb performance stood alongside those of Joe Robson, Alice Potter, Ismael Aziz and Grace Stableford in ways which meant that the audience was completely engaged and in the moment. Challenging themes were approached with sensibility, sensitivity and maturity and, as an ensemble, the Lower Sixth group were completely spectacular. With the play ending with such an explosive last scene, there was a buzz of adrenaline amongst the audience that was only empha-sised as my fellow pupils and other audience members exchanged thoughts and opinions about what they had just watched.Everyone I spoke to only gave positive feed-back, and I can only agree; congratulations to Harvey, Hannah, Joe, Ishmael, Sofia, Alice and Grace. You were all phenomenal!

Daisy BennettUpper Sixth, Charleston House

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CONSERVATIVES WINBEDE’S MINI-ELECTION

Bede’s students turned out en masse to put forward their selections for the School’s “Mini-Election” on May 7th with hot-button political topics being discussed all across the campus.With voting taking place in the Bede’s Recital Room at break time and during lunch hour, it took a matter of minutes for a queue to form which stretched from the ‘Polling Booth’ out of the Recital Room door and beyond.At 4.30pm, the student body assembled in Stud Yard. With votes counted and counted again, the candidates stood before the school as Dr Maloney read out the results.With winner Chris Bowe (Conservative) earning 138 votes, followed by Ollie Marks (Green) at 113 and Anna Moody (Independ-ent) at 109, all the candidates were given hearty applause before Chris gave his ac-ceptance speech.

Further down the list, Harry Thorpe (UKIP) came in fourth with 89 votes, Sean Deans (Liberal Democrats) came in fifth with 18, Cameron Christie (Labour) came in sixth with 13 votes and Sam Hannah (SNP) came in seventh with 12.Head of Politics Mr Parker said of the whole enterprise, “The Bede’s election was a big success. The candidates worked incred-ibly hard, going into the day and boarding houses outlining their views and encourag-ing other students to support their party. Congratulations to Chris, but well done to all.”

BEDE’S TEAM CLAIMS RUNNER-UP SPOT AT UK SPACE DESIGN COMPETITION FINALS

At the beginning of the Easter holidays, eight Sixth Form students from Bede’s travelled to Imperial College London to take part in the national final of the UK Space Design Competition.We faced a space design challenge on a much larger scale than the qualifying round, competing in a company of 50 students from schools across the country.We were introduced to the competition in a lecture room with the 200 other students that had made it this far. Everyone was excited and nervous in equal parts about the challenge that we were about to be given!The brief, unlike for the qualifying round, was extremely complicated, with very specific minimum requirements for all four areas of engi-neering covered each company, operations, structural, automation, and human.The overall idea was to design a cycler orbiter that would go between

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Earth and Mars to transport 9000 people. This included a community of both permanent and temporary residents making the journey to Mars.We had 19 hours to complete the proposal and hand it in as a 35 minute long presentation.Everyone worked through the night on all aspects of the brief, with only a few short hours of sleep between us. On Sunday morning, we were all absolutely exhausted, but we felt proud with what we had achieved.Despite all of our hard work, we were not successful this time, com-ing very close to victory in a very tight finale. We were told that we came second by one vote, narrowly missing out on first place!This was very disappointing to hear, however we feel that the week-end brought an enormous amount of success for the Bede’s team and demonstrated our prowess on the national field.We gained invaluable skills that can be applied to future endeavors, and passionately believe that this is something we can pursue as a school for many years to come. It is our aim to see Bede’s representation at UKSDC survive as a tradition that long outlives our time at the school, and next time we hope to involve as many members of the Bede’s community as pos-sible.That is why, next year, we will encourage not just one but two teams to enter, one submitting a video entry and one moving through the regional heats in early September.We feel that the school community can build on this year’s successes and will be shooting to go all the way in 2016!

Ben LawsLower Sixth, Camberlot House

UPPER SIXTH BID FAREWELL AT STUNNING LEAVERS’ RECITAL

Bede’s musical year hit a melancholy note earlier this week as the school said a fond farewell to a number of virtuoso performers, many of whom had undertaken A Level examinations earlier that very day.Student Hero Anna Moody, who will this summer take part in her second Verbier Festival, opened the concert with a stunning perfor-mance of Sonatensatz by Brahms; never has the school seen such a talented and sensitive viola player and she, like her peers, will be sorely missed.Next, fresh from his Grade 8 examination, Matthew Street offered two beautiful performances – first of Les Rose d’Ispahan by Fauré and second of Sea Fever by John Ireland. His rich tones and generous re-cital was then followed by Laura Adebisi’s light-hearted and evocative renditions of How Could I Ever Know by Lucy Simon and I’ll Follow My Secret Heart by Noel Coward.Dulcie Calvert-Verbruggen and Dan Grimston took to the stage next,

performing their magical take on Homeward Bound by Simon and Gar-funkel, and this was followed by one of the evening’s highlights in the form of Alistair Brazier’s rambunctious and characterful performance of Master of the House by Alain Boubil and Claude-Michel Schonberg.After a breath-taking recital of Durufle’s Ubi Caritas care of the Chamber Choir, Sian Walsh, a soprano of remarkable depth and poise, took to the stage to stun the room with performances of Als die Alte Mutter by Dvorak and Love’s Philosophy by Roger Quilter.Leader of the school orchestra Olivia Prince-Smith, who will leave Be-de’s this summer after eight years in the Trust, next played Resigna-tion by Charles Dancla and, throughout the room, audience members were hard pressed to supress a veritable wellspring of emotion; as an exceptionally talented singer and multi-instrumentalist, it is hard to imagine the school without her next year.Sally-Ann Wild next claimed the room and demonstrated how multi-faceted a young singer can be with a powerful and emotionally resonant rendition of Immer Leiser Wird Mein Shlummer by Brahms.The final performance of the evening saw the handing of a baton in many senses, with Anna Moody once again taking to the stage to per-form the first movement of Quartet in G Minor K. 478 by Mozart with her younger sister, Ruby, currently in the Lower Fifth.Although many of these exceptional young performers will still be seen onstage at Bede’s Fest and at Prize Giving before the end of the year, this was a concert not to be missed.We wish each and every one of our brilliant Upper Sixth musicians all the best in the future; we will never see your like again, and thank you for all of the joy and moments of true beauty you have brought to Bede’s across your time here. Adieu!

Louise MorrisDirector of Music

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FIRST YEAR GEOGRAPHERS GET CREATIVE

As part of the First Year project on Tecton-ics, students were asked to undertake a number of different tasks - some of which really caught their imaginations!The idea from Mrs Buckler was that we would challenge this year’s First Year students with a variety of projects unlike any other subject - projects which reflected the variety of learning styles that we pursue in Geography.Students were asked, amongst other things, to explain how to become a volcanologist, and to research every component required in order to plan a holiday to an exotic volcano.One of the most interesting tasks was to build a volcano to illustrate the various features and types of eruption. In many cases students chose to build a composite volcano much like Vesuvius and Etna found in Italy.The largest of the models came from Joachim Vestergaard of Knights House who managed to produce an erupting volcano and treated us to a demonstration during his grand reveal!

The variety of materials used was quite out-standing, from papier mâché and cardboard to cake, plaster of paris, sand and even balsa wood!Volcanoes of all shapes and sizes came in and have added a lot of fiery colour to our classrooms - something for which Mr Walsh, Mrs Buckler and I are extremely grateful.Classes were treated to presentations on the formation and eruption of Mount Etna, of which there were many fantastic speak-ers with Jazz Wardle and Joseph Walmsley making particularly detailed and entertaining speeches.Overall the projects have been received well by the students; they were challenging, entertaining, difficult in places and overall ended up eliciting some fantastic, imagina-tive outcomes!

David KingTeacher of Geography

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BEDE’S PUPILS TAKE TO LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE

The Sailing activity this term has enabled Bede’s pupils to try out sailing for the first time, whether they are keen take Sailing up as a hobby or are looking to compete for the School Sailing Team. During the time we spend each week at Spray Watersports in Eastbourne, Bede’s sailors are able to learn new skills from the instructing staff and put these newfound skills to the test in small, race-like competi-tions.Due to poor weather, we have not been able to sail on the sea this first half of term, however Spray Watersports is perfectly po-sitioned beside a large lake, which is where all of our sailing has been takin place so far this term. The lake is no less interesting than the sea, as the wind will never settle and gusts sweep through the lake. This makes staying upright in your boat quite a challenge! So far this term, the sailors and I have prac-ticed dry capsizing, single-handed sailing and some race starts. Possibly the best and funniest moment of my time in the Sailing activity this term has been watching fellow Dicker House member Chris Waller attempt his dry capsize; it took him around 10 minutes of struggling just to capsize the boat!The Sailing activity at Bede’s does not end on Thursdays however, as Deis House’s David Watson and I discovered; Spray Water-sports offers courses and qualifications from Levels 1-4, as well as an on-board sailing session, every Saturday. We are hoping for good conditions after half term to enable us to sail on the sea as well as participate in some races against other schools. If you would like to join us, please email Mr Lewis!

Jake SimmonsLower Fifth, Dicker House

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UPPER SIXTH BUSINESS STUDIES CLASSES ASOS HQ IN LONDON

Thirty-five Upper Sixth Business students recently set off for an action-packed A Level trip to London.The day was focused on giving us first-hand experience of how large public corporations run and also helping us to prepare for our final Business exam.We arrived at our first venue, Westfield Centre, London by 10am and sat down with a large number of other Sixth Form students for a morning conference covering a range of topics from corporate culture, the economic climate, leadership and manufacturing in the UK.Throughout the conference we were able to discuss key topics, take part in interactive quizzes and also study real life companies such as Uber, Siemens, Amazon and Thomas Cook.The sessions were hugely beneficial and the discussions were all linked to key topics that we had studied in an extremely informative and engaging manner.

As soon as the conference had finished, we boarded the coach and made our way to ASOS PLC, based in Camden.ASOS is a company that many of us use on a regular basis, so there was a real interest to get behind the scenes and understand how they operate.We arrived at the head office, which employs more than 1,500 people, and you could feel buzz and energy.Although ASOS do not normally host school visits, they had agreed to talk to us and they had prepared a bespoke talk delivered by both members of the design and purchasing team.The speakers had genuine passion and it was really interesting to put into context many of the things that we had studied including how suppliers are sourced, the importance of criti-cal paths in the fast paced design industry and also the importance of segmenting and understanding your market.The visit finished with a tour around the vari-ous departments and we got a real feel of the culture of the company.The day was a great success and an experi-ence that will not only help me in my forth-coming exams but has allowed me to have a genuine insight into commerce. I would like to thank the teachers that organ-ised the trip - it was extremely valuable and was very much enjoyed by us all.

Sam GrantUpper Sixth, Camberlot House

ETP ATHLETES DELIVER FINAL PRESENTATIONS

One of the many challenges the sports scholars who make up the Emerging Talent Programme (ETP) at Bede’s have to face is being able to engage in public speaking. Any sports person of any note will under-stand how they present themselves on and off the field of play is very important. With this challenge in mind Miss Julie Salmon and Mr Alan Wells ask the ETP scholars to prepare a presentation based around the development of their chosen sport and identify the characteristics of the sportsperson they find most inspirational.If researching and preparing a presenta-tion isn’t challenging enough the thought of presenting to your peers can be genuinely daunting. Learning how to conduct and project yourself publically is so important and this may be the first opportunity for these scholars to face such a situation. Delray Rawlins, fresh from his ICC world Cup qualifier playing for Bermuda felt it was a very good experience, a steep but enjoyable learning curve and one he would like to re-peat in the future. Kellie Larkin’s reflections on her inspirational football player drew attention to a young Arsenal and England international footballer, Leah Williamson, while two other scholars, Tommy Trenamen and Kai Maxted, both presented on football and tennis respectively.These presentations are just one facet of the Emerging Talent Programme, with dietary requirements, physical preparation, under-standing game psychology all being compo-nents of this very valuable programme. As another year of the ETP winds to a close, we can safely say that this cohort are well on the way to leading careers in sport; I can-not wait to see how each of these individu-als develops in the forthcoming months and years.

Andrew HibbertDirector of Sport

CROSSWAYS GOLF TOURNAMENT RAISES FUNDS FOR BLIND VETERANS

On a sunny Sunday in May, the first Cross-ways House Charity Golf event took place at Holtye Golf Club. The day was a fund raiser for the Crossways House charity, Blind Veterans UK, and the event was well supported with teams made up of Bede’s teachers, pupils, parents and friends. The atmosphere was as fun and sunny as the day itself! The teams played a Texas Scramble format (where the team all play from the best ball each time.) The format worked really well with the teams all playing the course together. Fantastic hats were adorned by Team Mpandawanda, and some superb play from this teacher team (Mr Mpandawanda, Mr Jones and Mr Oliver) saw them take third place.Elsewhere, the day was ably supported by Crossways girls Beth Giddings and Adelaide Coffey who were brave enough to play so that a ‘Guess The Number Of Shots’ competition could help bump up the pennies on the day! The girls also ran the putting challenge and were a great help in every regard.The only team made up of Bede’s Senior students fared very well, scooping many of the prizes; Phil Hickson, Tom Gibb and Hamish Squire won nearest the pin, longest drive prize and second prize between them.The team who emerged victorious on the day was “Team Mills” which was led by Mr Mills,

with his brother and an old school friend. They achieved a fantastic score of only 2 over par, managing to win overall by two shots on their handicap.Well done to all, and keep your eyes peeled for news of the next Crossways Charity Golf Tour-nament which will be taking place in October at Willingdon Golf Club.

Allan HalfordHead of Golf

Bede’s Senior SchoolUpper Dicker, HailshamEast Sussex BN27 3QH

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CAMBERLOT HOUSE CONTRIBUTES TO NEPAL EARTHQUAKE FUND

Every Wednesday in Camberlot House we invite someone from the house, be it a First Year, a Sixth Former or a Teacher to speak about a topic that they find impor-tant to them. Recently, Mr Jones and Mr King spoke to us about a topic that had been drawing our attention since April 25th: The Nepal Earthquake.There are few events that devastate a country as much as that earthquake has devastated Nepal. After Mr. Jones showed us a video of the effects of the Earthquake on a pool, simply to reflect the power and mag-nitude of the earthquake, Mr. King explained the process of why an earthquake happens, and why this was so terrible for Nepal. There are few occasions apart from roll call when the common room is silent. Looking around the room, disbelief and grief were common expressions in the boys’ faces. Very few of us had ever been in a natural dis-aster, be it earthquakes or hurricanes, but the power of human beings to feel empathy towards the suffering of others is what helped us to try and understand what people in Nepal felt at the moment. Once the talks were over, Mr. Jones brought out several dozens of hot dogs for everyone, and placed a donation box next to them. The donation was not mandatory, but the boys had been touched by what we had learned and were happy to help in any way we could. We may have only raised a few hundred pounds, but it is moments like this, re-gardless of the size of gift or total amount collected, that little by little ease the pain of disasters such as this one can be eased.Everyone in Cambo wishes the people of Nepal the very best; we cannot imagine how challenging life must be for you all.

Josh SimonassiLower Sixth, Camberlot House

JONNY REPORTS ON A SUCCESSFUL DUKE OF EDINBURGH BRONZE EXPEDITION

Over the past year a number of Lower Fifth pupils have been tak-ing part in the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award, which consists of 3 months of volunteering work, 3 months of skill work, and 3 months of physical work. The aim of the program is to teach young adults teamwork and to make them into fit, independent and respectable citizens. The volunteer work teaches compassion, the skills work teaches participants to develop themselves, and the physical part is to show the importance of fitness.I’m not sure what the gruelling 2 day trek is for, but it better be something good! We spent several weeks getting ready for this last part - the assessed expedition - which consisted of 16 hours of walking over 2 days, pitching a tent to sleep in and cooking both our supper and breakfast without disturbing the peace.During our preparations we undertook two practice expeditions, one in Ashdown Forest and one on the South Downs near Chichester, with the focus of these being camp craft, fitness and resilience - qualities we all needed along the way!

During those practise expeditions we had to cross around 500 metres of thick mud, climb over a barbed-wire fence and survive a hair-raising moment when one of the groups was chased by a very large herd of cows!Once our Mock Exams ended earlier this half-term, the time had come for the real thing: our three groups decamped to the stunning New Forest and hijinks predictably ensued. My group were once again forced to skirt away from anything with four legs, Kirsty fell into a bog but came out smiling and Ashti would every so often flail around because of the hundreds of midges hungry for blood!After completing the Bronze Award successfully, I have to say that I have enjoyed it very much and would deeply recommend the whole experience to anyone. Congratulations to the other groups that passed, and roll on DofE Silver!

Jonathan KeeganLower Fifth, Stud House

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CELEBRATING 29 YEARS OF GO KARTING CLUB

The Bede’s Go Karting Club is now in its 29th year, with several chil-dren at the school today being sons and daughters of those early Go Kart Club members!Founded and run by Mr Read, Bede’s Transport Manager, the club sees a race take place every half-term, weather permitting, with the sum-mer months being amongst the busiest for the group’s members.Throughout the rest of the year, pupils learn the fundamentals of how engines work, about the different elements of petrol-powered small vehicles and are challenged to construct and maintain the Bede’s fleet of racing machines.This, of course, includes Go Karts as well as, in recent years, two electric cars, two hover crafts, a trike and several motorbikes.Mr Read is understandably proud of the Go Karting Club, which has become, over the decades, a Bede’s institution.“We have gone so far as to compete in the Green Power Endurance Races at the Goodwood Racing circuit, which included a first place victory for Bede’s and several top ten finishes,” Mr Read explains. “Little did we realise when we built our first very slow and basic kart back in 1986 that Go Karting Club would continue to thrive for so many years!”Aside from the Green Power Endurance Races, the club’s members have taken part in many competitions as well as several static shows.Most recently, the 2015 Go Karting Team took part in a race at Filch-ing Manor’s Campbell Circuit, named after Donald Campbell CBE who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s.“The conditions were dry and sunny for our recent race, which pro-duced some very quick times,” said Mr Read.“The top podium position went to Lower Sixth Form boarder Dmytro Ialaguzyan from Stud House, who achieved an impressive 29.5 second lap time. 2nd place went to First Year boarder Mitchell Pledge from

Dorms House and 3rd went to First Year day pupil Joseph Wild from Deis House.”With four weeks left of the Summer term, Mr Read is hoping that the interest in Go Karting Club not only continues for the rest of the academic year but also for many more years to come.“I believe it is of real, tangible value to enable young people to under-stand how petrol, diesel and electric vehicles work,” said Mr Read.“It is practical engineering of the most accessible kind, and who doesn’t like the idea of building and maintaining their own little rac-ing car?”

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BEDE’S ACADEMY TOURS PORTUGAL AND VALENCIA

During the Easter holiday, 33 students and 4 staff took part in a 6 day training camp in Portugal before a 4 day tournament in Valencia Spain. The training camp in Portugal was very test-ing, with the players training all day, every day in very hot conditions. As the players adjusted to the climate, both of our two sides played 3 matches apiece against local competition. The Seniors fared well during these matches, winning two and drawing one.The Juniors meanwhile struggled in their games, losing 2 and drawing 1. As with any tour there was some down time for the boys, with fun excursions to play bouts of ‘Football Golf’ and opportunities to visit the local water park, but before long the tour party was off to compete in the Valencia Cup, which is held annually in the Valencia stadium.The Seniors produced a poor performance in the opening group game, losing their first match 2-0, whilst the Juniors were unlucky to go down 3-2.That afternoon saw both teams played their second group match, with the Seniors re-

sponding to their earlier disappointment with a 3-0 win while the juniors lost 4-1 to a very strong Barcelona side. The next morning saw the final group games, in which the Seniors won whilst the Juniors lost their third out of three group matches. The Semi-Final match of the Senior competi-tion saw a very tight game which could have been won by either side; unfortunately our competitors claimed a 1-0 victory, knocking us out of what had been a challenging but thoroughly engaging competition.The whole tournament provided a huge num-ber and variety of educational experiences for the boys; it taught them a great deal. All in all the tour provided the Bede’s Football Academy players with an enor-mous number of amazing experiences, and although we did not come home with the Valencia Cup the players all have a huge amount to be proud about - not least in how our team spirit and camaraderie set us apart, ensuring that those teams we met will remember Bede’s long into the future.

David CaryerHead of Football

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BEDE’S UNBEATEN IN BARBADOS TOUR

Bede’s Cricket Academy enjoyed a pre-season tour of Barbados over Easter - a tour which saw pupils enjoy a day snorkel-ling with sea turtles, another spent train-ing at the Franklyn Stephenson’s Academy and three matches against competitive sides from which Bede’s emerged victori-ous.The squad, which consisted of a mixture of boys and girls from Bede’s Senior School and four of Bede’s Prep School’s Sussex County players, began with the pupils checking into their hotel and almost imme-diately starting a game of Beach Cricket!

The next day was spent training at The Wanderer’s Cricket Club, with subsequent matches against St Leonard’s School, Lodge School and The Wanderers Club all going Bede’s way.“All in all,” said Mr Wells, “the week was a fantastic experience and served as great preparation for the season. Thanks to all the staff and students who attended, not least Zac, Ryan, Alastair, Tom, Harry R, Harry W, Ben, Bertie, Oscar and Ariana, as well as Prep School players Scott, Ollie, Daisy and Joe.”

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NATIONAL TITLE WITHIN REACH FOR U18 GIRLS AND BOYS

Both the Girls U18 and the Boys U18 First Teams won through to the next round of the Aegon National Tennis Championship after a number of victorious showings last weekend.The Girls played away against Eastbourne College and a business-like performance from Holly Thompson and Elise van Heuvelen saw the team triumph 6-0; we now look forward to a home tie against St Edmunds, Canterbury.The Boys meanwhile went 4-0 up at Lancing College when the tie was conceded as Lancing could not win the best of 6 matches. The Boys will be home in their next tie against Kings, Canterbury, which will take place after half term.These latest victories fit into a wider picture of success for Bede’s Tennis Academy which has, in recent weeks, included victories at the Sussex Schools U18 Cup, the U19 Aegon Nationals and the Boys’ Sussex Independent Finals at both U18 and U16 Level.Towards the end of April, the Boys’ U19 B team beat a Christ’s Hospital A team 6-0 in the Aegon Nationals, putting them through to the next round, with good wins from debu-tants Alex Targett, Henry Hughes, George

Sillett and Charlie Farrant.The Girls’ U19 B team had a very difficult draw against Sevenoaks and were beaten 5-0 at the same stage of the competition.Alex and Henry then missed the Sussex County Independent Schools Finals as both were representing Sussex U14 against Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire.Thankfully, Lower Fifth Dicker House pupil Kai Maxted stepped up to impress in the U18 competition - as did the last minute call-up and Lower Sixth Dorms House boarder Sebastain Ros Merino, who made his Bede’s Tennis debut with some stylish grass court play which enabled Bede’s to retain both titles.Finally, 21 teams took part in the Boys’ and Girls’ U18 Sussex Cup, which was held at Bede’s in early May. The Bede’s teams were triumphant in both competitions, with the girls beating Moira House in the final and the boys beating Cardinal Newman.The attitude and commitment by all of our players has been superb this term – long may it continue.

Julie SalmonDirector of Tennis

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SHAI HOPE MAKES TEST CRICKET DEBUT

Bede’s alumnus Shai Hope was handed his Test Cricket debut as part of the West Indies’ final 11 for the third Test against England earlier this month.The 21 year old batsman was given his cap by legendary West Indian cricketer Clive Lloyd at Kensington Oval before the first day’s play, during which Shai was instru-mental in the run-out of Moeen Ali and took a catch to end Ben Stokes stay at the the crease.In an unaccustomed position, Shai opened the batting on a challenging day for batsmen, when six wickets fell in the first session before lunch.Unfortunately Shai was another victim of record-breaking England supreme James Anderson.Shai’s Test debut came after an outstand-ing season for Barbados Tridents in the inaugural Professional Cricket League during which Shai scored 628 runs at an average of 44.85.Acknowledging that he could never have made the journey alone, Shai has been full of praise for his parents, family, friends, teammates and coaches, including Bede’s Director of Cricket and ex-England Interna-tional cricketer Alan Wells.Mr Wells said of Shai’s accomplishments, “We are extremely proud of and happy for Shai. Everyone at Bede’s is following his progress closely and is wishing him the very best for the future.”

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The May Day bank holiday saw over 150 guests attend the opening of the M-J Pavil-ion and celebration match between Bede’s First XI and the MCC.The day started with a champagne reception which was attended not only by the family of late Bede’s alumnus, Test Match Special broadcaster and MCC Chairman Christopher Martin-Jenkins but also Bede’s parents, governors and alumni including Sussex CCC players Luke Wells, Callum Jackson and Fynn Hudson-Prentice. Ex-Sussex and British Universities cricketer Robin Martin-Jenkins, son of the commentator known to the nation as ‘CMJ’, signalled the start of play by ringing the M-J Pavilion bell, remarking, “My dad would have loved today, a quintessential British scene and he, more than anyone else, valued the importance of school cricket and would have been proud to know that such a great facility has been built in his name.”When play began, the MCC batted first and declared their innings on 191 for 7. The wick-ets were evenly shared and the Bede’s team quite happy at restricting them to a total they felt was within their reach.Bede’s lost a couple of early wickets but ral-lied with a good partnership between Phelps

and Hodgson.Unfortunately the partnership was broken when Phelps fell for 54. However, all the time captain Hodgson was at the crease Bede’s always looked likely winners.As is often the case in cricket however, one wicket can change the game. Hodgson fell when just 40 runs were needed off 11 overs. Wickets then fell at regular intervals and the MCC ran out winners by 11 runs with just 8 balls to spare.During a break in play marking the end of the first innings, speeches were given by Chair-man of the Bede’s Board of Governors Major General Anthony Meier and Dr Maloney.Following this, the official unveiling of the M-J Pavilion was undertaken by Judy Martin-Jenkins, widow of the late Christopher.Mr Alan Wells, Bede’s Director of Cricket, commented “This is a proud day for the whole school. This is a facility which will be envied by schools throughout the county thanks to the generosity of the Martin-Jenkins family.” Dr Maloney said of the day, “It was a great pleasure to share such a memorable occasion with so many familiar faces from the School’s past and present - all of whom have helped earn Bede’s a reputation as one of the finest cricketing schools in the country.”

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PAVILION OPENING HONOURS CMJSWIMMING BEDIANS TRIUMPH AT SUSSEX CHAMPIONSHIPS

Bede’s students Ben Kebbell, Cole Corn-ford and James Grimmond all took part in the Sussex County Swimming Cham-pionships last weekend and qualified to represent the South East Region in the coming weeks.Lower Fifth, Dicker House boy James swam in multiple events and achieved qualify-ing times for the Regional Championship in three freestyle events (50m, 100m and 200m) while Upper Sixth, Deis House boy Cole swam in several meets in the lead-up to the recent County competitions. As a result of Cole’s numerous accomplish-ments, has been promoted to UK Division 1.Upper Fifth, Dorms House boarder Ben meanwhile managed to not only achieve qualifying times in the 50m backstroke, 200m freestyle and 200m Individual Medley but also win the bronze medal for the 200m butterfly.

Ben also swims in Division 1 and is now looking ahead to both the South Zonal Championships in London, during which he will be competing in the U16 50m back-stroke, and the Island Games, during which he will be representing the Isle of Man.Good luck to all the Bede’s swimmers in their upcoming competition, and congratu-lations on such a successful year so far.