In last week's Summer Garden Party, we said goodbye to parents of leavers – but also welcomed those whose children will be entering the Lower Sixth next year. We also looked back on the past three terms, via an exhibition of photographs and student art.
Thanks to our team of student helpers who ensured that the event went smoothly, and to Felipe Fazenda, Josh Vizor and Kathryn Poon who provided a musican soundtrack to the evening.
Last Friday's Sixth Form Ball was an enormous success. As you'll see from the photographs, students and staff alike were finely attired – and the venue was decorated in accordance with this year's theme: red.
For the first time, the event included a seated dinner – allowing our Extracurricular Activities Coordinators Johny and Jo to announce and present the sport awards during the final course. This year's prizes went to:
Josh Govett (Football)
Kate Herbert (Netball)
Vladimir Mikheev (Rugby)
George Meagher (Hockey)
Laura Broadbent (Ladies' Football)
In addition, the following students were presented with special awards:
Jack Burke (Most Committed Sportsperson)
Joel Collins (Sportsman of the Year)
Sarah Pearson (Sportswoman of the Year)
Netball Team (Team of the Year)
Finally, thanks to everyone who helped organise the Ball, especially to Kat Baljasnikova and Emma Minshull for their work as student representatives during the planning and run-up to the Ball, and to Gemma Clarkson and Rory Cleaver for helping to set up on the day.
Also to musicians Samuel Barrett, Gidon Fineman, Ben Pugsley and Josh Vizor, who deftly provided a nonchalant soundtrack to the first part of the evening ...
... and, of course, to Po, our Events Coordinator – who did everything from DJ-spotting to menu selection; table-plans to poster-design.
Continuing our run of staff vs student matches was last week's table tennis tournament.
Victory was seized by favourite Ben Calnan (above), who lost only one game in the entire tournament. He took away a pair of Wimbledon tickets as his prize. In the (all-student) final, Ben beat Bella Radenovich (who is therefore this year's female champion).
On the staff side, Principal Sami Cohen was on good form – but was beaten by Ben in the semi final.
Two of our teachers – Clare Cameron (Business Studies) and Melanie Ward (Music) – are in the last stages of preparation for this year's Womens' Henley Regatta held on 19-21 June.
They both competed last year with City of Oxford's Tier 2 – but this year were offered the opportunity to try for a place in the more competitive Tier 1 squad. Impressively, both made it into the Eight: Clare at stroke and Mel at 6.
As you might expect, Melanie and Clare undertake a fairly grueling training programme: Tier 1 trains six days a week with double early morning outings on Saturday and Sunday – so there haven't been many lie-ins for the past few months!
Last weekend saw the squad's final race preparation at Reading Regatta (at which the photo above was taken), and they're looking forward to some tough racing – including being drawn against one of this year's favourites, Vesta, in the second round.
So if you fancy a trip to Henley this weekend, we're sure Clare and Melanie would welcome your support!
Yesterday afternoon saw the titanic clashes that are the annual d'Overbroeck's staff vs students netball and basketball fixtures.
Both matches were closely contested. In the netball, staff battled back from a three point deficit at half time, finally securing a narrow victory – the final score, 19-15 to staff. Especially considering the height difference between teams, the students played superbly.
In basketball, it was students that triumphed: despite the guest appearance of a basketball professional on the staff's team, the students dominated the game from start to finish. Nevertheless, the staff battled valiantly to ensure a more than respectable scoreline: 35-26 to students.
As ever, this was an extremely enjoyable occasion – and we look forward to more staff vs student fixtures in the coming weeks.
Our A2 Art and Photography students have just finished their final exams – offering the perfect opportunity to capture images of some of their work (above are just three of many). So, armed with the College camera, we took some photographs and have assembled a virtual gallery of artwork for your viewing pleasure.
As ever, the art produced by our students spans an enormous range of styles and media. There's much superb work here, and we very much hope you'll enjoy browsing the gallery.
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