STONYHURST newsSUMMER TERM 2010

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Outstanding inspection reports

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Welcome from the Headmasters

F R O M T H E H E A D M A S T E R A N D R E W J O H N S O N , B ASTONYHURST COLLEGE

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Stonyhurst College, Stonyhurst, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 9PZ

Telephone: 01254 827047 Fax: 01254 827131 Email: headmaster@stonyhurst.ac.uk

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June 2010

The summer term is short but swift. Public examinations take

centre stage for many, but as you will see from what follows, there

has been a rich and varied programme at Stonyhurst nonetheless.

The term began with the publication of our excellent inspection

reports, which certainly do justice to our distinctive ethos at the

College and SMH. Election fever then took hold: Higher Line,

many of whom were about to vote for the first time, heard local

candidates present their manifestos and had a chance to ask

their own questions. At SMH there was a Tory win in their

very own General Election.

Great Academies was a particularly enjoyable celebration of

Stonyhurst’s achievements, both individual and collaborative,

with excellent drama, music and displays and the biggest

ever Rhetoric Ball. The SMH Parents Weekend showed us

off at our best with the prize giving, the play, the athletics,

the barbecue and Mass celebrated in St Peter’s.

We wish our leavers, who will continue to be part of the Stonyhurst

family, every happiness and success in their future lives.

Andrew Johnson Lawrence Crouch

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Stonyhurst College and Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall have received outstanding inspection reports this term. Excellent pastoral care, outstanding extra curricular success and the high quality of pupils’ personal development were just some of the accolades received. Everyone attached to the school is thrilled by this exceptional outcome. Mr Andrew Johnson, the Headmaster, said, “I am very proud of this report, which is a tremendous achievement, and product of the hard work of Stonyhurst staff and pupils. We aim to be the best we can be in all we do and encourage our pupils to strive to achieve their utmost. Thanks must go to everyone involved in this achievement.”

A Rhetoric pupil (year 13) is quoted in the report saying, “…staff and pupils form a family. We can turn to almost anyone for support….this openness to people’s differences allows people to flourish in what they want to do in a comfortable and loving environment.”

All UK independent schools have a full inspection conducted by the Independent Schools Inspectorate every six years. Inspections cover the full range of a school’s educational provision, and the inspectors form judgements on nine different aspects according to an objective set of criteria.

Below are some quotations from the reports.

The College’s most distinctive feature is an outstanding, all-pervasive spirituality, which promotes reflective self-awareness and increased moral fibre, leading many pupils to relish opportunities to turn their faith into action.

A broad curriculum, flexibly adapted to enable pupils to achieve their full potential, makes an excellent contribution to pupils’ achievements and learning…

Extra-curricular success is exceptional.

The quality of pupils’ personal development is excellent…

The pastoral care of the pupils and arrangements for their welfare, health and safety are excellent.

To read the report, please follow the link: http://www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/uploads/std2904_report_stonyhurst_final_04_2010.pdf

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A ‘Home Clothes Day’, weekly cake stalls, an Art competition, fun run and Playroom Dinners are some of the fund-raising activities organised by a committee of pupils from all Playrooms, to help a Zimbabwean boy who needs costly, major surgery for a rare medical condition.

Kundai Mangoma is a pupil at St Peter’s, Kubatana, a Jesuit school in Zimbabwe with which Stonyhurst has a long-standing partnership. Kundai suffers from a condition which causes tumours to grow all over his body, most of which are small and harmless.

A huge growth on the right hand side of his face, however, is life-threatening. Kundai has breathing difficulties and cannot see out of his right eye; the disfiguration of his jaw and facial bones gives him a lot of pain and makes it difficult to eat and speak.

Mr Warrilow, Head of Religious Studies, first met Kundai in 2007 when staff and pupils went to Zimbabwe. He was struck by Kundai’s bravery and vowed to help him get the medical attention he needed. (Kundai’s parents are unable to pay the medical bills as they lost all their life savings during the recent economic turmoil.) With help from Stonyhurst, Kundai has since undergone two operations to begin removing the tumour from his face.

In February this year a group from Stonyhurst visited St. Peter’s and met Kundai once again. Although his appearance seemed little different, 90% of his tumour has been removed and Kundai now feels stronger, has more energy and can breathe more easily.

Whilst in Zimbabwe, Mr Warrilow, Mrs Crossley, Sophie Le Breton and Natalie Crouch met Kundai’s surgeon who told them about the next stage in Kundai’s recovery, a third major operation, which should fully restore his sight and change his appearance significantly. This operation is scheduled to take place in Harare in late August and will cost approximately £5000.

We are delighted to report that the Kundai Committee has just succeeded in raising all the money!

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DramaA weekly cake stall in full swing

Sophie Le Breton, Natalie Crouch,

Mrs Crossley and Mr Warrilow with Kundai

and his family in Zimbabwe

The Fun Run gets underway

‘Daisy pulls it off!’Great Academies saw the Academy Room transformed into Grangewood School for Young Ladies. A jolly good audience had a ripping time watching a workshop production of ‘Daisy pulls it off!’ by Denise Deegan. Plucky scholarship gal Daisy Meredith, played by Madeleine O’Dwyer, and ‘good egg’ Trixie Martin (Mary Flanagan) overcame the wealthier pupils’ rotten pranks to find missing treasure and Daisy’s long-lost father. Spiffing!

Photograph shows the cast of ‘Daisy pulls it off!’ In the front row are, second from left, Madeleine O’Dwyer, who played Daisy, and Mary Flanagan, centre, who played Trixie. Both girls are in Lower Grammar.

A level Theatre Studies students devised and performed an adaptation of ‘The Little Matchstick Girl’ for their practical exam in May. The group also wrote and composed songs which were performed live throughout the piece. It was a highly engaging and moving performance, showcasing the students’ many and diverse talents to an appreciative audience.

A striking performance

DramaStonyhurst’s National Theatre successThree Stonyhurst students have been awarded places in the National Youth Theatre: Catriona Graffius and Jordan Riley, both in Poetry, for acting, and Helena Bold-Davies, in Rhetoric, for stage management. Competition for places with the NYT is very high, so they have done extremely well to gain places on these prestigious courses.

Stonyhurst has an excellent track record for getting students into the National Youth Theatre, with 12 places being awarded over the past 6 consecutive years.

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Mr Laurence Wood is retiring after an impressive 37 years of teaching the ‘cello at Stonyhurst. Mr Wood trained at the Royal Northern College of Music and played with the Halle Orchestra for 34 years, under the direction of some of the world’s greatest conductors, including Daniel Baremboim, Bernard Haitink and Sir Mark Elder.“It would be hard to imagine such a varied experience with any other orchestra” said Mr Wood. “I’ve performed with Claudio Arrau, Dame Janet Baker and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, as well as playing jazz with Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Lane, and have travelled all over the world, from Australia to the Hollywood Bowl.”

Mr Wood is popular with all ages of pupil at Stonyhurst, from 7 to 18: “My teaching philosophy is based on friendship” he said. “You have to encourage them to be interested in you as a musician, and find the style of music that will inspire them most. It’s important to have fun too!”

Mr Wood finishes on a high note, with 3 of his long-standing protégés having reached Grade 8 in their Associated Board of Music examinations. We wish him well in his retirement and thank him for the warmth, wisdom and musicianship which will have made a lasting impression on hundreds of pupils at Stonyhurst.

Mr Wood bows out after 37 years

MusicSchola Cantorum

welcomes in the month of MayChoral music and croissants made a fine start to the May bank holiday

as a large audience gathered for an 8am start in the ‘Top Ref.’ Schola Cantorum sang a varied programme, which included Benedictus from Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man Mass, Faure’s Cantique de Jean Racine, concluding with a

very lively version of Hail Holy Queen from the film Sister Act!

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Weld House is almost completed! It will be ready for the start of the new term in September 2010. The builders are due to leave the site in July and then our own workmen will move in to add the finishing touches and landscape the surrounding area. An official opening ceremony will take place on the 22nd September.

The Thomas Weld Society Lunch will take place on 18th September. We put on this annual lunch to thank those who have pledged to remember Stonyhurst in their will. Throughout our 400 year history, Stonyhurst has been fortunate in benefiting from gifts of all kinds from friends, parents and OS, all of which have helped make the College what it is today.

The Development Office is happy to welcome a new member to our team: Miss Anne Mason is looking forward to a new and challenging role within the department.

2010counts 3 saints, 22 martyrs, 7 archbishops and 7 recipients of the Victoria Cross among its alumni has an impressive tradition of providing principled leaders.

In his speech, the Headmaster gave a report on the year, highlighting its many successes and varied activity before relating Stonyhurst’s “dynamic present” to its origins in 1593. He said that the College today forms “a wise, tolerant, diverse and very ambitious community, where we seek to ensure everyone is encouraged to give of their best, is supported in the formation of their faith and is helped to discern what God wants of them, just as Robert Persons’ pupils were, 400 years ago.”

Great Academies speeches concluded with the Heads of the Line: Caroline Shorthouse summarised what her 12 years at Stonyhurst had given her: wonderful and enduring friendships, academic success and many opportunities but above all, the ability to empathise with and help others. John Messent reminisced about his early days in Lower Grammar and gave an amusing and affectionate pen-portrait of his first playroom master, whose exacting and eccentric regime had provided him with an excellent grounding for life. Caroline and John then thanked Lord Guthrie for presenting the prizes and gave him a framed print of Stonyhurst.

Great AcademiesFormer Chief of the Defence Staff, General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank was the guest speaker at Great Academies this year. In his address to pupils, parents and staff, Lord Guthrie said that he had a strong sense of Stonyhurst’s 400 year history and its distinguished tradition of leadership and service. “People are crying out to be led”, he said, and added that a school which

Heads of the Line, John Messent and Caroline Shorthouse with the Headmaster Mr Andew Johnson and Lord Guthrie

Hustings at StonyhurstFour Ribble Valley election candidates took part in an enlightening lunchtime hustings at Stonyhurst, four days before the general election in May. The session, before a large audience of Higher Line students and staff was chaired by John Messent, Head of the Line and President of the Politics Society. Mr Allan Knox, a Liberal Democrat, Mr Tony Johnson for the Independent Alliance, Mr Stephen Rush, UKIP and Mr Nigel Evans the current Conservative MP all gave an opening presentation of 1 minute before taking questions, and each concluded with a brief statement. Unfortunately, Mr Paul Foster, Labour, was unable to attend. Our thanks go to the candidates for coming to Stonyhurst and to Mr Ridout, Head of Politics.

From left to right: Mr Stephen Rush, Mr Tony Johnson, Mr Andrew Johnson, the Headmaster, Joanna George (Vice President of the Politics Society), Mr Allan Knox and Mr Nigel Evans

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Stonyhurst College CCF Junior Company deployed to Swynnerton Training Area in May. After a cosy night under ‘Bashas’ (improvised shelters), the Cadets undertook four activities: Patrolling, Paint Ball Lane, Obstacle Course, Command Tasks and Weapon Training. The activities were conducted by Army Recruitment Team 10 under the command of Capt David Neville RA, and everyone had a tiring but rewarding time.

Junior Under Officers dine out with style The leadership of the Junior Under Officers of the Cadet Corps was rewarded with a formal dinner in the Bayley Room this term. The Contingent Commander, Major Barber thanked the JUOs for their unceasing support over the past four years and made a number of presentations: the Commanding Officer’s Prize for Effort and Commitment was awarded to JUO Sam Hall of Coury Platoon, and the Sword of Honour for Outstanding Performance went to JUO Harrison Collins of Andrews Platoon. The Corps then offered its thanks and best wishes to Major Andrew Goodall as he departs for Rydal Penrhos, and to RSM David Phillips who is standing down after ten years’ service.

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Sam Hall, Freddie Liddell, Caroline Shorthouse, David Mann, Rebecca Waring, Harrison Collins and Eleanor Lamb

Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall celebrates its musical talentStonyhurst St Mary’s Hall held their annual music competition in May, with young musicians aged between 8 and 13 playing and singing to a visiting adjudicator. Almost 50 performances were given, on a range of instruments including piano, flute, ‘cello, oboe and French Horn, organised and accompanied by Miss Rosanne Allen, Director of Music. Four exotically named rock bands, Nuclear Pig, Def Shepard, The Antarctic Monkeys and Pink Headbands then rounded off the event, before adjudicator Mr Keith Brown, Director of Music at Yarm School, Cleveland, commented on every single performer. “The quality of music teaching at St Mary’s Hall is clearly of a very high standard” he said, “and I was immediately struck by the warmth of your support for each other and your enthusiasm.”

Photograph shows the winners of each class (Left to right):Alice Wright (ensemble and violin), William Bell (percussion) and Ellie Whittle (ensemble, piano and string solos), Genevieve Turner (piano and woodwind), Iona Graham (vocal solo), Arthur Chitnis (trombone), Edward Johnson, Gabriel Strain, James Alton and James Watham – ‘Nuclear Pig’ band winners, Miss Allen, Director of Music and Mr Brown, Adjudicator.

Gifted & TalentedShakespeare, word puzzles and poetry were some of the topics chosen to inspire 80 talented children from Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall and all over the North West, at a Gifted and Talented Day held at the school. Pupils aged 9 and 10 took part in a range of English activities designed to stretch and challenge them, including creative writing. After studying ‘Spring’ by Gerard Manly Hopkins, who lived at St Mary’s Hall in the 1870s when it was a Jesuit seminary, they walked through the same woodland which had inspired him before writing their own poems. They also learnt about the history of the English language and did some exercises in Anglo Saxon!

“Stonyhurst’s philosophy is to engage with an individual’s talents, so it was a pleasure to work with so many bright, engaged and enthusiastic children from across our region,” said Catherine Robinson, Head of English at Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall and organiser of the day. ST

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SMHMarathons for William

Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall teachers ran the Edinburgh Marathon in May, in memory of William Magowan. William was a very popular boy in Rudiments (Year 8), who tragically died from asthma last October.

The eight runners, who put in many hours of training, ran in two teams, raising money for Asthma UK.

Hodder House runners also chose Asthma UK for their Mini-Marathon charity this year. The sun shone and parents and pupils cheered as the children, aged between 3 and 7, completed the mile-long course around the school grounds.

Pictured above: Oliver Timmins and Nicholas Grimshaw, closely pursued by Tom Bosonnet and William Goodall.

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From left to right: Mr Chadwick, Mr Walter, Mrs Morgan, Mr Turvey and Miss Evans. (Mr Watson, Mr Clarke and Mr Shaw also ran.)

Prep and Lower Prep discovered the joys of camping and living in the great outdoors when they took part in an Outdoor Adventure Camp in June. Major Andrew Barber, Contingent Commander of Stonyhurst’s Combined Cadet Corps, assisted by senior pupil NCO’s, put them though their paces with an obstacle

course, observation trail and orienteering, as well as teaching them how to build survival shelters.

“This was a big adventure for them” said Mrs Eastwood, who organised the camp. “They learnt lots of extremely useful skills as well as having a brilliant time.” After an evening walk, everyone gathered round the camp fire for hot chocolate, before retiring to their perfectly pitched tents!

Woodland adventures!

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‘Clean team’ visitSMHPupils at St Mary’s Hall Stonyhurst became expert hand washers and ‘germ detectives’ as they received infection prevention training from staff at BMI The Beardwood Hospital Blackburn. The hospital’s ‘Clean Team’ taught the children how germs can be easily spread from person to person, and that washing their hands thoroughly with soap can prevent this.

To show pupils how cold or ‘flu germs generated from a sneeze or cough can be passed on, children used germ gel and then shook hands with their friends. Inspecting their hands under UV light revealed how the germs had been transmitted. All in all, good clean fun!

The SMH Rugby and Hockey Tour to Italy was a brilliant success. Both teams played three matches against well-organised (and sometimes rather large) opposition and acquitted themselves extremely well. There was time for relaxation, too and they visited Florence, Pisa, Lake Garda and Pistoia on their travels.

Tour to Italy

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Hodder House set up camp for the day, with music-making around a (pretend) camp fire, woodland art and a barbecue lunch.

When the country went to the polls in May, so did Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall, with the Tolkein Library becoming a polling station for the day. Gabriel Strain (Labour), Giles Gabbutt (Conservative), Edward Johnson (Liberal Democrats), Tommy Agnew (Independent) and Emily Ainscough (Green Party) proved themselves fully acquainted with all parts of their chosen manifestos in presentations made to the school and to the actual Ribble Valley candidates themselves! Nigel Evans MP was so impressed with their speeches that he stood to congratulate the junior candidates on their performances. The mock election was a decisive victory for the Conservative Party, making Giles Prime Minister of SMH.

The pupils later attended the Houses of Parliament as guests of Lord Alton. During their campaigns he had addressed the pupils, stressing integrity and service as parliamentary requirements. The pupils were met at Westminster by Lord Alton and Nigel Evans MP and sat in the Commons during a debate on the Queen’s Speech and later in the public gallery of the Lords.

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at Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall!

The actual Ribble Valley candidates listen to their junior representatives. From left to right: Allan Knox (Liberal Democrat), Nigel Evans (Conservative) and Stephen Foster’s aide (Labour)

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The Politics Society visits WestminsterJoe Reed (Politics student) writes...

Mr Ridout, Mrs Shipley and Mr Andrews took 16 Politics students to Westminster, setting out from the Lions at 7am to catch the train to London. Mr Ridout handed out an armful of various newspapers as we boarded the train, which arrived at Euston 2 hours (and a late breakfast) later.

From Euston, we took the underground to Westminster and after passing through security, the party gathered in Westminster Hall, the oldest part of the Palace. We then met Lord Alton in the magnificent Central Lobby (where the BBC’s political correspondent Laura Kuenssberg was conducting an interview).

Lord Alton took us into the House of Lords and gave a brief description of its workings and history, along with that of the Commons. To catch the Speaker’s Procession (which signals the start of the day’s business in the Commons), Lord Alton then led us back down to the Central Lobby.

After a long wait for tickets we queued for Prime Minister’s Questions, which was an impressive display of the political contest (with much jeering on each side of the House) held between the leaders, with other MPs having the opportunity to put questions to the PM.

From there, we had lunch on the Terrace, where we were joined by two new deputy speakers, Lindsay Hoyle MP and Nigel Evans MP, and two Tory MPs,

Stephen Barclay and Edward Leigh. We then departed for Mr Ridout’s much discussed ‘mystery destination’...

After a short walk, we arrived outside 10 Downing Street for photos, before crossing Parliament Square to the Supreme Court, where we caught a glimpse of life in the new highest court in the land.

Following that, we retraced our steps back to Euston for tea and the journey home.

Grateful thanks are due to Nigel Evans MP and his fantastic staff, Lindsay Hoyle MP and his team, Edward and Mary Leigh, Lord Alton, Stephen Barclay MP, Mr Andrews, Mrs Shipley and of course, Mr Ridout.

Hayley Stokes and Rebecca Powell form another coalition

Stonyhurst SportFour Stonyhurst hockey players have been selected to play for Lancashire. Jessica Pye (Poetry) was selected for the U17s, Clare Lupton (Syntax) for the U16s, and Emily Smith and Helen Finn (both Lower Grammar) for the U15s.

Emily and Helen played in the Lancashire U15 1st team in early May, and won the North of England County Tournament. The team scored a total of 36 goals, conceding only 3; they beat Yorkshire 7-0 in the final game and now go forward to play the winners of the Southern County Tournament, watched by National coaches.

Stonyhurst hockey players selected to play for Lancashire

The Senior Football squad, captained by Declan Walsh, undertook a highly successful end of season tour to Malta over the Easter break. Five fixtures were played, and the team were triumphant in the four fixtures against local opposition. The age and treachery of the combined Staff/OS XI were a bridge too far and

produced the only reverse (3-4). The squad also celebrated Mass in Tal’Ibragg

church and visited Medina, Gozo and particularly enjoyed the sights

and sounds of Paceville and St Julians. Results:vs Melita FC – won 2-1 (Walsh, Lowe)vs Pembroke Atleta – won

3-0 (Ranera, Lowe, Iheme p)vs OS/Staff XI – lost 3-4

(Sullivan, Fernandez, Walsh)vs Lija L’Iklin – won 6-2 (Lowe 2, Fernandez, Walsh, Ranera, Bennett p)vs Marsa FC – won 1-0 (Lowe)

FootballSenior Squad Tour to Malta

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yU14 Easter Rugby Tour to ItalyThe U14 Rugby team enjoyed a very successful Easter tour to Italy, staying at Lido di Jesolo, near Venice. Training sessions on the beach paid off as they won 3 of their 4 games.

The tour also included cultural visits to Venice, the chance to watch some professional rugby at a match between Treviso and Viadana and a trip to the Gardaland theme park. Everyone enjoyed the excellent hospitality of the Italian rugby clubs and huge thanks go to Mr Thomas and Mr McGinnis for organising the tour, and to Mr Ansell for acting as translator!

Results:Stonyhurst vs Montebelluna RFC – won 17-14Stonyhurst vs Valdobbiadane RFC – won 26-10Stonyhurst vs Piave RFC – lost 12-21Stonyhurst vs Paese RFC – won 38-14

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Rugby

Stonyhurst win Athletics match at CastertonStonyhurst’s U15s and U14s athletics teams won a match at Casterton this term, with the afternoon scattered with victories. In a triangular contest between Ampleforth, Casterton and Stonyhurst, both our relay teams won, with double victories achieved by Anne-Marie Connolly, Claudia Mastrobuoni (both in Lower Grammar) and Taylor Walker (Grammar).

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U14A CricketIt has been a busy term for the U14A cricketers, who can scarcely believe that rain has only stopped play once all summer! Having returned from a volcanically-extended rugby tour of Italy, the boys did extremely well to get off to a winning start with absolutely no training, holding some wonderful catches on the way to bundling out Kirkham for 69. A close game against a strong Ampleforth side went down to the final over, our visitors from across the moors coming out victorious on this occasion. The seam attack of Tom Morgan, Owen Davies, Alex Johnson and Cameron Till bowled out Rossall for 41, easily defending our score of 136-9, and these bowlers have developed considerably with help from our professional, Nathan Rimmington from Queensland. The team has also enjoyed success in the Lancashire U14 Schools Cup, reaching the third round and recording wins against St Augustine’s, Billington and Bowland School. The boys are now looking forward to an end-of-term tour of England led by Mr Kaaber (Master i/c U15 Cricket & Head of PE) with matches against Downside, St Peter & Paul’s, Lincoln, King Edward VI, Southampton and Hampshire Collegiate School.

First XI CricketThe First XI has enjoyed its best season for years, winning 5 of its 8 matches. Ampleforth was a famous victory, and we also beat Kirkham, The Old Boys, Rossall and Giggleswick. We lost to QEGS Blackburn and the MCC and had very much the best of a draw with Merchant Taylors.

Distinguished batsmen, both scoring centuries, include Tim Le Breton (Syntax) who was 101 not out against Giggleswick, and Joe Hopkins (Poetry), 112 not out against Merchant Taylors. Some very fine bowling has been provided by Jamie Coulston and Tim Le Breton.

Netball weekend The U14 girls went to a PGL activity centre near Swindon for a netball weekend, and played against schools from across the country with over 400 girls involved.

There were 12 teams in the U14 age group which were split into 2 groups. On Day 1 the Stonyhurst team played 5 matches and won all easily, having scored the highest number of goals out of all teams. During the afternoon they had a break from netball and were involved in a range of activities: zip wire, climbing, jacobs ladder and initiative tasks.

On Day 2 they played a further 4 matches and went on to play in the final: their opponents had won all other age group categories at the tournament and were fierce competition. The Stonyhurst girls played some outstanding netball to win 10-4.

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Faith School partnershipPupils in Grammar who have volunteered as mentors to the children of Faith Primary visited the Liverpool school this term. As well as spending time with the younger children, they visited St Francis Xavier Church and the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King.

31 hearty souls rose at 4.30am on a summer Sunday to climb Longridge Fell for Dawn Mass. Lower Grammar boys were out in force, breezily encouraged by their Playroom Master Mr Hunter. After a long climb, everyone emerged through the early morning Ribble Valley mist for Mass, which was said by the Chaplain, Fr Twist.

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