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This week, the spotlight has very much been on the musical talents of our boys. Last Saturday, it was my privilege to watch the Asian Cultural Show at Northwood College. The boys performed a quite stunning fusion of both modern and traditional music to a rapturous audience. Beeshman Mahen on the guitar and Ajay Jeevan’s extraordinary vocal range were two highlights amongst many that will stay with me. On Thursday night, I enjoyed my first Autumn Concert hugely. The exceptional quality and variety on display was striking and I should like to congratulate all those who took part in such a memorable performance. This week has also been a notable one for our sportsmen, as we welcomed Dutch hockey legend Teun de Nooijer. This was the first time Teun has ever coached at a school in the UK and it was an incredible honour that he chose MTS - I am sure the boys will never forget the words of encouragement he gave. A word of thanks also to OMT Sameer Kassam for his insightful talk to our Panglossia society on his study of languages and his work in the Middle East. Finally, to all those in our community who will be celebrating the Festival of Lights, may I take this opportunity to wish you, “Chag Chanukkah sameach”. Scissorum 1561 Merchant Taylors’ School Issue 43 Merchant Taylors’ School Weekly Newsletter 01 November 15 2013 From the Head Master Asian Cultural Show see page 4 Autumn Concert see page 7 Hockey legend at MTS see page 2 Grease tickets are still available contact [email protected]
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This week, the spotlight has very much been on the musical talents of our boys. Last Saturday, it was my privilege to watch the Asian Cultural Show at Northwood College. The boys performed a quite stunning fusion of both modern and traditional music to a rapturous audience. Beeshman Mahen on the guitar and Ajay Jeevan’s extraordinary vocal range were two highlights amongst many that will stay with me. On Thursday night, I enjoyed my fi rst Autumn Concert hugely. The exceptional quality and variety on display was striking and I should like to congratulate all those who took part in such a memorable performance.

This week has also been a notable one for our sportsmen, as we welcomed Dutch hockey legend Teun de Nooijer. This was the fi rst time Teun has ever coached at a school in the UK and it was an incredible honour that he chose MTS - I am sure the boys will never forget the words of encouragement he gave. A word of thanks also to OMT Sameer Kassam for his insightful talk to our Panglossia society on his study of languages and his work in the Middle East.

Finally, to all those in our community who will be celebrating the Festival of Lights, may I take this opportunity to wish you, “Chag Chanukkah sameach”.

Scissorum1561

Merchant Taylors’ School Issue 43

Merchant Taylors’ School Weekly Newsletter01 November 15 2013

From the Head Master

Asian Cultural Show see page 4

Autumn Concertsee page 7

Hockey legend at MTS see page 2

Grease tickets are still available contact [email protected]

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Hockey Legend at MTS On Monday, a number of MTS pupils were lucky enough to be coached by international hockey star Teun de Nooijer.

De Nooijer has represented Holland in a world record-breaking 453 test matches scoring 219 goals in a career spanning over the last 18 years. In that time, he has won a huge number of titles both for his home nation, Holland and individual titles including World Player of the Year three times. Teun is a two time Olympic Champion, four time Champions Trophy winner, World and European Champion. He has also been crowned champion of the Hoofdklasse League in Holland as well as winning the European Hockey League for his boyhood club, Bloemendaal in his fi nal season.

This was the fi rst ever time that Teun had coached in the UK; an amazing experience for the boys and a real honour for the school. Teun brought with him two of his four Olympic medals; one of his two gold medals from Sydney and his silver medal from London 2012 that the boys enjoyed wearing. His focus during their sessions was on keeping fl ow to the game; something Teun was exceptionally good at in his playing career. He spent time with each group looking at receiving skills to maintain momentum on the ball, allowing easy elimination of defenders. All boys had a fantastic time, getting a large amount of memorabilia signed by the one of the world’s greatest players as well as improving a range of skills. Teun was impressed with the standard of the boys and wished them luck in upcoming hockey season.

This year De Nooijer retired from all forms of hockey except the Hockey India League, where he was the record breaking signing for Sahara India Pariwar side. The tournament will take place in January this year and is the only national and international title Teun has not won (last year they fi nished 3rd). The staff and boys at Taylors’ wish him the best of luck in achieving something that not many sportsmen or women will ever get close to achieving; being a champion in every major competition in their sport.

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Asian Cultural Show

MTS and Northwood College joined forces once more last weekend for the annual Asian Cultural Show. The 2013 show marked the fi rst time proceeds from the show would go towards the Raphael Centre and the Purkal Youth Development Society, the school’s new Indian charity partners. Held at Northwood College over two evenings (Friday 8th and Saturday 9th November) the show delivered a festival of dance, song, food and drama in three action packed hours. The ACS Committee never fail to impress with their enthusiasm for and dedication to the show throughout. Organising sound and light, catering, security, marketing, sponsorship, rehearsals and the acts were just some of the hectic activities performed by committee members in the run up to the show at a particularly busy time of their academic careers – most impressive! There was so much in the show to enjoy; Monic Chotai’s acting tour de force, Maneet Patel’s piano skills, Ajay Jeevan’s soaring vocals, Beeshman Mahen’s virtuoso guitar solos, Tej Thakkar performing magic tricks on Dr Stubbs and the Head Master, Akshay Dhamecha’s dance masterclass spring to mind amongst so many other highlights. Assisting in and helping the show come to life was a highly rewarding experience and there is little doubt that next year’s committee have much to live up to when the show returns to the Great Hall next year. Finally, a huge ‘congratulations and well done’ to the Committee Chairman Rupinder Gidar who was a calm and organised presence throughout the evolution of the show.

Rupinder writes:

“Keeping up with the Kumars’ was a show to remember, fi lled with unending laughter blended with our Asian heritage. The star actor, Monic Chotai, playing a middle-aged father named ‘Hardick Kumar’ gave a virtuoso performance deemed by many to be the highlight of the night. His acting was complemented by some impressive music acts and powerful dances from the Northwood College girls to create a show brimming with colour and energy. The backstage team (supported by Pro System Services) ensured that the show ran smoothly and the sound and lighting was truly memorable. A huge thank you has to go to the teachers involved, especially Mr. Mackridge at MTS and Mrs. Smart at Northwood College for their help in ensuring the show’s success. Northwood College Chairman, Vidusciya Ravindrakumar also deserves a thank you for her dedication to ACS. I hope those who watched it enjoyed the show”.

Many thanks to all the boys who served on the ACS Committee 2013:

Rupinder Gidar (Chairman), Amar Patel (Vice-Chairman), Monic Chotai, Savan Shah, Akshay Dhamecha, James Patel, Ali Tayeb, Shiran Amin, Anand Gill, Kunal Dasani, Romi Gupta, Akshay Bhandari

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Die Meistersinger von NorthwoodOn Thursday evening this week, music returned to the newly renovated Great Hall with a fi esta of music and song.

The Concert Band kicked the concert off with a medley of Duke Ellington’s music, closely followed by performances from the Sinfonia, the Wind Band, the Vocal Ensemble and the Swing Band.

Highlights of the second half included an abridged version of Vivaldi’s Gloria performed by a 150 strong choir; a beautiful piece of music performed by the Chamber Orchestra, composed by Arvo Paert; and the grand fi nale of Richard Wagner’s Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.

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MTS boys collect Arkwright Scholarship Awards in LondonMany congratulations to the following boys who were awarded Arkwright Scholarships this year. This continues the school’s outstanding tradition in this national competition, in which we have won more awards than any other school.

Erk Bayar Frederick Collings

Sam Baumal Jonathan Clivaz

Josh Zatland

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PanglossiaSameer Kassam OMT (2005) returned to MTS to talk about his experiences studying Spanish and Arabic and how they have helped him in his career as a specialist in global governance. He talked about trying to establish democratic norms in the Iraqi Parliament, the many challenges working in the country poses to NGOs, and how his language skills helped him secure, and then prosper, in the job. He was also able to recount several entertaining stories from his travels in countries like Libya and Syria. Being so close to events on the ground meant Sameer was able to impart some of his considerable knowledge of the Middle East region and the political turmoil resulting from the Arab Spring. The MFL department would like to thank Sameer for such an insightful talk and giving so generously of his time.

The Life of an Investment BankerThe Marshall Economics Society hosted their opening event on Thursday with a talk by Mrs Sharda Dean on “The Life of an Investment Banker”. The Exam Hall was packed with budding economists as Mrs Dean gave an insightful and enjoyable talk on her experiences as an investment banker, starting off with a brief overview of what investment bankers do and their pivotal role at the core of modern banks. She then told us about her own background and the various banks she had worked for after graduating from the London School of Economics, such as Merrill Lynch and BNP Paribas. She then explained what

an average day as an investment banker would be like, with a description of long hours, hard work and stressful meetings. There were a few gasps when Mrs Dean told us she often left for work at 6am and returned home at around midnight as she emphasized how hectic the life of an investment banker really is. However, it wasn’t all doom and gloom as we were told of some of the joys of investment banking such as working with great colleagues, having a job in a fi eld you are truly passionate about as well as being fi nancially secure.

Senior Geography Society“Surviving the Tsunami” - Geographers share their Experiences of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami

The Senior Geography Society hosted Tahir Khanzada and Ali Tayeb, two Upper Sixth Formers, to share their experiences of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. The event was superbly planned, with the boys using video clips, quizzes, mini-lectures, photos, and personal accounts to bring their challenging experiences to life.

The 26 boys who attended were enthralled and moved by the human side of the disaster, which was intelligently presented by both Ali and Tahir. Their accounts included details of the local people who helped them escape from the worst impacts of the tsunami, and the apocalyptic landscape they encountered after the event.

While natural disasters are often covered in Geography, it was great to see students taking their own experiences of the world into the classroom, and helping younger students understand the real importance of studying these powerful events.

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Lower Sixth Formers excel in Modern Languages Debating competition

On Wednesday, Lower Sixth Formers Dillon Nathwani and Oliver Cheng went to Mill Hill to compete in the “joûtes oratoires” between north London’s top independent schools. All debates are conducted in French along with the adjudication process. They were in a tough group and although they fi nished second out of four schools it was the winner who went through to the semi-fi nals. They were only beaten by eventual winners Wycombe Abbey and deserve every credit for giving such an excellent account of themselves when their opponents were nearly all a year older.

House Maths WhitewashOn Tuesday, White House won the fi nal of the House Maths Competition with a confi dent victory of 28 points to Andrewes 16 points. The winning team was Munraaj Mangat (3rds), Luke Parry (4ths), Athishan Vettivetpillai (5ths) and Kumar Vadgama (6ths), beating James Brennan (3rds), Mohammed Manji (4ths), Kieran Patel (5ths) and James Roberts (6ths) from Andrewes.

Congratulations to both teams who had already beaten stiff competition to get into the fi nal.

Also congratulations to Ashutosh Khatri and Sarthak Garella who formed part of the White team in previous rounds but were unable to make the Final.

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Autumn Art in New York Head of Art Chris Otley writes: “Over half term, 22 artists from the Fifth and Sixth Form went on a cultural trip to New York City. We kicked off with a trip to the International Center of Photography, which set the scene with an exhibition focusing on the JFK assassination, and another on Lewis Hine’s 1930s NYC - including the construction of the Empire State Building. The Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum provided astonishingly complete overviews of twentieth century Modernism, while also off ering up major crowd-pleasers by Georgia O’Keeff e, Edward Hopper, and Frank Stella. We spent time at the vast Metropolitan Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art, noting the sharp contrast in their curatorial decisions, despite the overlap in some of their holdings. The Natural History Museum off ered a change of pace with its anthropological collections and stunning, world-famous dioramas - taxidermy at its very best. Further contrast was off ered by a visit to a streetart gallery in Dumbo, where the gallery director explained the pressures and tensions in running a commercial space for this kind of art.

New York City is of course an architectural wonder: we climbed

the Empire State Building; watched the crowds in Grand Central; checked out the beautiful art deco interior of the Chrysler Building; wandered the brownstone terraces of Brooklyn and enjoyed the extravagant halloween decorations covering smart Upper East Side houses. Later, we strolled the length of the High Line Park (a converted elevated railroad), stood on the turf of the new Yankee Stadium and took the train through industrial New Jersey to watch the NJ Devils ice hockey match against the Canucks. We ended the trip by paying our respects at the 9/11 Memorial; the depth of the huge fountains on the footprint of the Twin Towers proving a powerful focal point for remembrance.

Throughout the trip, between ‘burgers and ‘shakes, the boys sketched and photographed the art, skyscrapers and people they encountered. It was a fantastic week of immersion into the city that never sleeps and we’re looking forward to seeing its impact emerge in the boys’ work in the MTS Art studios. My thanks go to the boys for their enthusiasm and humour, and also to Mr Husbands, Mr Ramsay and Mr Leech for their assistance in the smooth running of the week.”

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Flying down to RioTwelve amigos and three professores had their passports stamped in Brazil over the half-term.

After a ten-and-a-half hour fl ight to São Paulo, followed by a further two hour fl ight we arrived in Salvador (Bahía), the colonial capital of Brazil. We dropped our bags in Pousada Redfi sh and headed for D’vinetta restaurant for live music. We had our fi rst of many mango, passion fl ower and pineapple juices, and then headed to Barra beach, to the lighthouse for a beachside dinner. Thanks to our friendly guide Maria we were stuff ed with food and much information; we could see this was going to be an action-packed trip (we had not slept for over 36 hours).

In Salvador we had some great ice cream, visited the Igreja do Nosso Senhor do Bonfím, San Francisco and walked around the old bairro of Pelhourinho and Mercado Modelo, where we shopped till we dropped or till the shopkeepers were tired of bartering with us. This is where we all got kitted out in our Brazil shirts, hats and sarongs.

Then it was off on a seven-hour road trip to Lençois, where we fi rst glimpsed the cool man Eric, who was to be our trekking guide. He insisted on us being “Responsible for our own actions, m-a-a-a-a-an!” His mantra was, “Everywhere is only fi ve kms away” and he loved caually to toss off other great pearls of wisdom. Over the seven days he took us trekking to Pai Inacio (where Eric jumped off the cliff and reappeared behind us), to Fumaca waterfall, around Capão Village, zipwiring in Pratinha, snorkelling in Poço Azul cave, canoeing in swamplands and diving into rock pools. He also showed us the many uses of sarongs and reminded us to look after the environment. We had fantastic pizza in Capão Village and a pasta night with virgin caipirinhas in Pousada Verde, but the best moment was crawling onto a rock and looking down 400 meters into the Fumaca waterfall valley while Eric held our feet!

Then, we headed back to Salvador for a boat trip in Salvador Bay, live samba music and dancing with Karole and her friends (this was at 10am). Brazil never stops and nor did we! We had a great day swimming on two islands, eating fi sh and chips, shrimp and fried chicken (“¡Frango! Mais frango!”). In the evening we went to a theatre to see a local show which included a display of Capoeira, where a performer did twenty-six non-stop cartwheels.

Then we fl ew to Rio and, after checking into our hotel near Copacabana beach, we headed out to Leblon and Ipanema beaches and the Copacabana beach market.

The next day we got into Jeeps and headed off to the Botanical Gardens, up

to Corcovado (the statue of Christ the Redemptor) and onto the cable car to Pão de Açúcar (Sugar Loaf), where we all were “Jaws” but could not fi nd Roger Moore. The views were spectacular and will stay with us for a long, long time. Then back to Copacabana beach for our Halloween party and nocturnal beach football match.

Somehow we packed our bulging bags and got on the TAM Airways fl ight to Heathrow the next day, but not before more swimming, a beach quiz and topping up our suntans.

¡Muito obrigado, obrigado, obrigado aos professores e tchau Brasil, tchau Brasil … até 2016, when the next trip is due - book now to avoid disappointment!

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EPQ study day at Herts UniversityOver 50 boys from the Lower Sixth visited the University of Hertfordshire this week for a study skills course as part of their preparation for the Extended Project Qualifi cation AS level. Lecturers from the University explained that the qualifi cation was an excellent way to prepare for Higher Education and that the top universities see it as crucial. During the day the boys were able to use the resources from the university’s impressive Learning Resource Centre and it is now available to any boys who wish to do research either by visiting the campus or online.

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Rugbyvs St Paul’s 1st XV - 5-43 – Lost Tries: Kalpakiotis

A spirited final 25 minutes, gives this team some real promise going into the rest of the season. When MTS raised the tempo of the game, they became a dangerous attacking side.

MOM – Kory Sun

2nd XV - 5-41 – Lost Tries: Riley Two late tries distorted the score line somewhat and against a strong side, MTS 2nd XV struggled to get on the front foot. Managing the game is important and something we are aiming to develop. Saad Malik scored another good try and Tim Riley’s second appearance of the season (after injury) was full of commitment and no little skill. Easier tests await.MOM – Tim Riley

3rd XV - 12-31 – Lost Tries: MacKinnonThe Golden Army dominated the middle 40 minutes of the match but a sluggish start and a tired finish saw the game slip away from them. However this was a gritty, gutsy performance of which all should be proud.

4th XV – 0-38 – LostThe team created several chances and defended well for long periods but also missed too many tackles, turned the ball over too much and deservedly lost to the more skilful, physical side.

MOM – Scott Hircombe

U16A - 0-38 – LostA great game and we were beaten by a better team. The boys never gave up and put St Paul’s under a lot of pressure in the second half despite the score line.

MOM - Olly Fox

U16B – 0-26 – LostThe reduced time game did not work in our favour as there was no time to recover from the sort of errors that often occur after disembarking from a coach at an away game. Nevertheless, we defended with gusto and make some excellent line breaks. The support wasn’t always there when we needed it but the commitment on the pitch was, as always, excellent.

MOM - Will Hunt

U16C – 0-27 – LostA courageous display, particularly with an aggressive second

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half defensive effort, but were overcome by St Paul’s imposing physicality in a game heavily affected by the wet conditions.

MOM - Angus Hamilton

U15A - 0-31 – LostA spirited effort that saw MTS defend superbly for large chunks of the game. The players did themselves proud in the contact area and now must focus on attack to make up the ground for next year, something that this side is fully capable of.

MOM - Joe Salkeld/Jake Hall

U15B – 5-32 – Lost Tries: Yeh A poor first half left the result in little doubt but in the second half much better rugby was played and MTS managed to put St. Paul’s on the back foot.MOM - Eddie Yeh

U15C – 10-62 – Lost Tries: StubbsWell-contested against a strong side. Improvements what had

previously been areas of weakness.

MOM - James Stubbs

U14A – 0-27 – Lost

The A team was able to play its match, albeit in a shortened format and, for reasons still to be determined, played with uncontested scrums.

The team’s second half performance was really excellent and there was much ‘courage in adversity’ on display. We have a squad capable of beating this opponent next season.

MOM – Luke Parry

U14B - 0-19 – Lost

The boys responded well to some last-minute changes in the team due to illnesses and injury but lost to a strong St Paul’s side. The team spent the majority of the match defending with great spirit and, despite the score line, left the field smiling and proud of its spirited performance. Many thanks to the C team players who stepped up when their school needed them.

MOM - Sameer Aggarwal

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Hockey

v Berkhamstead U13A - Won - 10-1 MOM - Max JohnAn excellent performance in which Max John scored four goals and Talha Zaman scored a reverse stick hit from the edge of the D. The boys showed that they had learnt a great deal from being away on tour, a very encouraging sign for the upcoming matches.

U13B - Won - 10-0 MOM - Tommy DeanThe U13B side were able to maintain a clean sheet with Tommy Dean taking the man of the match award thanks to his last-ditch tackling at the back. The boys were clinical in the opponents D and showed the strength and depth coming through in the younger age-groups.

U12A – Won - 4-2 MOM - Feyishayo OgunyemiThe U12A performed well and were able to adapt to different positions effectively. Feyishayo was man of the match adapting well to the role of defender, proving a rock at the back.

U12B - Won - 5-1 MOM - Cameron Byrne It was extremely pleasing to see the boys implement their newly-learned skills and displaying fantastic team-work with every individual working hard for each other. Well done boys!

THL ResultsSt Martin’s v St John’s – 4-3Northwood Prep v Merchant Taylors’ – 3-4MOM: Tom SteeneU12 St John’s v Merchant Taylors’ – 7-3St Martin’s v Northwood Prep – 2-6

v HaileyburyU13A - Won 9-0 MOM - Tom SteeneTom Steene led from the front scoring four goals. It was great to see the boys working together so effectively seemingly getting stronger as a group game by game.

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U13B - Won - 5-0 MOM - Dylan Cohen The U13B team set a high pace to the game which benefited us greatly. Dylan Cohen took the Man of the Match award thanks to his superb hat-trick and enthusiasm for regaining possession.

U12A - Won - 2-1 MOM - Finn EdwardsA solid performance against a Haileybury team with one or two excellent players. Goals from Ed Poole & Finn Edwards gave MTS the lead but a number of crucial saves from Bert Edwards have MTS the win.

U12B - Won - 5-0 MOM - Tom SzostakThe U12B team put on a great performance against the Haileybury team. The overall effort from the team was high with the boys working just as hard to maintain a clean sheet as they did when looking to score goals.

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Football vs St Columba’sThe Ground Staff were the stars for football this week, creating a new pitch by the Cricket Pavillion to enable the three games to go ahead. On the pitch, there were three tight games against St Columba’s where unfortunately Taylors’ just lost out in each.1st XI - Lost 4-3 Goals - Brown, Guffick, PrinjaTaylors’ took an early lead through the cool finish of Brown, who was forever causing trouble with his attacking running. Uncleared corners resulted in MTS going 2-1 down, before Dattani kept us in the game with a brave spell of closing down attackers one-on-one. The central midfield trio of Hircombe, Prinja and Saraogi closed down the opposition much better in the second half, but St Columba’s managed to get their 3rd goal, before Taylors’ pulled one back when Guffick’s corner was handled and he stepped up to dispatch the penalty. St Columba’s regained a two goal advantage as the game became stretched. St Columba’s then had a chance to score a fifth which was well saved by Dattani and Taylors’ went straight down the other end and Brown unselfishly found Prinja who scored a deserved consolation with practically the last kick of the game. 2nd XI - Lost 3-6 Goals – Canetti (2), Hanson-IkonomouTaylors’ 2nd XI played very well against what was a very strong St Columba’s College team, though the result did flatter the away side somewhat. In the first half, Taylors’ found themselves under a lot of pressure and were undone by some

SquashMany congratulations to our U19 Squash Team for winning all the National Schools Championship matches held this term thus far. They defeated Bedford School and Berkhamsted by 4 Ties to 1 and recently secured a 3 to 2 victory over Comberton Village College. Team Captain, Shaher Khan, has shown strong leadership qualities in spurring the team on when spirits flagged. Henry Howe, Oscar Khoo, Luke Brady, Rhodri Jones and James Roberts have all demonstrated great skills this term - well done! We would also like to welcome a new member to the team, Ricky Thaker, who won in his debut tournament against Comberton.

clinical finishing by the away side. Canetti’s superb, curling corner that found its way in off the back post was clearly the highlight of the half. In the second half, the midfield found another gear and put together two fantastic goals: first, Bilakia, Sookias and Canetti combined numerous times to set Yiannis free to score a superbly taken one-on-one; then, to round off his brace, Canetti’s thunderbolt from 20 yards gave Taylors’ a lifeline at 3-5. Sadly, the damage had already been done and, despite ending the game as the stronger team, Taylors’ conceded a penalty in the final couple of minutes but the boys should be proud of their performance.3rd XI - Lost 0-1Taylors’ 3rd XI went down 1-0 in an evenly contested match against St Columba’s College. The match was decided by a controversial penalty when captain Will Paul was adjudged to have handled in the area. In truth, the game was a scrappy affair with little in the way of clear-cut chances for either side. Taylors’ dominated possession but were wasteful in the final third of the pitch and struggled to create goal scoring opportunities and test the opposition goalkeeper on a regular basis. Nikhil Shah came closest with a fine effort ricocheting off the crossbar ten minutes from time. Pleasingly, sixteen boys were able to represent the school and gain invaluable match experience.

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Grease Things are really coming together in preparation for this term’s musical ‘Grease’! A few tickets are still available from Simon Frais, MTS Music Administrator. Please contact [email protected]

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Michael PalinCurrently this event is sold out; however, the School is making every eff ort to transfer the event to the Great Hall; should this be possible 200 more seats will become available: watch this space!

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Scrummers’ Supper Dance The Scrummers look forward to seeing all their guests at 7pm sharp on Saturday night for their Annual Supper Dance.

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Red Sea in February? Final call!Last call for the Diving trip during the spring half term (Saturday 15 Feb- Saturday 22 Feb 2014). Mail [email protected]

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Burns Night Only 4 weeks left for you to buy your discounted tickets!

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Switch off fortnight The school is participating in switch off fortnight, a campaign that gives young people the opportunity to promote a more sustainable lifestyle through conserving energy. The fortnight runs from November 18 to December 1.

Switch things off when you’re not using them. Devices to standby & lights off . It’s as simple as that.

Please get your son on board to help us stop energy waste.

We’ve already done an audit of how many lights and computer monitors are left on in unused classrooms.

We’ll do another audit at the end of the fortnight and post the results on the Sustainability Committee board.

Third Form Lunchtime ConcertTuesday November 19Recital Hall 1:45pmThe entire Third Form will present a programme of instrumental and choral music.

Third Form Lunchtime ConcertThursday November 21 Recital Hall 1:45pmOur Upper Third Form presents an eclectic array of music for your delectation.

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