News & Diary
Winchester Weekly – 10th March 2026
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The stage is set.
Once again, the College Canvas will host another battle between Commoners and OTH.
This time, the Girls VIs will be vying for the Ali Pot. The last two meetings have seen OTH come away the victors, but will the Commoner team carry the momentum over from the XVs win earlier in the season and raise the Ali Pot for the first time?
Find out on Saturday 14th March at 15:30.
Congratulations to all those who competed in the Finals of the King’s Silver Medal for Latin Speech, and a huge well done to our four winners: Charles (K), Edwin (Coll:), Nye (Coll:), and Oliver (Coll:).
A special mention goes to Oliver, who was awarded the prestigious King’s Silver Medal for Latin Speech, a wonderful achievement.
Alongside the winners, the Finals brought together talented competitors across four categories:
Junior Greek (Homer, Odyssey 21) Ratan (Coll:), and Benjamin (Coll:)
Junior Latin (Virgil, Aeneid 1) Bertie (D), George (G), and William (I)
Senior Greek (Three passages from Sophocles) Rory (Coll:), and Nikheel (A)
Senior Latin (Three passages from Virgil) Oliver (Coll:), and Henry (Coll:).
Well done to every pupil who put themselves forward for the Heats, and in particular to all those who made it through to the Finals. The standard of recitation was a testament to the hard work and dedication of all involved.
Congratulations should also go to Assey (G) who won JP Recitā, and to Kutanga (F) who was awarded Prox Acc!
The annual Kenneth Clark Prize final takes place this Friday 13th March.
Named in memory of Lord Clark (OW), all members of VI Book compete in their Div classes throughout the year for a place in the final, presenting on a work of art or building for 10 minutes.
In front of an audience of the Governing Body, past Wardens, art historians and art dealers, as well as pupils and staff, the Kenneth Clark Final is one of the highlights of the academic programme.
Please join us at 18:45 for a piano recital, before the talks begin at 19:00, and see if you agree with this year’s adjudication by Jo Baring, Director of the Ingram Collection.
Last week the golf scholars experienced a detailed biomechanical analysis and physical screening by an expert performance director and leading physiotherapist from the company, Athletic Shoulder. Dr Ben Ashworth and Anna Poiser, who work with some of the world’s best golfers, cricketers, tennis players, football players and athletes came to Winchester to provide an insight into the work they do with leading athletes and also run some tests to determine areas of strengths and weaknesses amongst the pupils. The golfers used force plates to determine power output and determine any asymmetries in hip, glutes and torso flexibility and then Ben and Anna identified interventions and exercises the boys can perform to address these areas going forward.
Later in the afternoon Ben and Anna worked with a number of our cricket scholars, especially the bowlers, to look at exercises that can improve shoulder and back health. With the overload of forces and stress that go through the body when bowling our visiting experts were able to provide some essential education on how best to improve flexibility and range of movement which ultimately create robust and resilient athletes. It was an outstanding afternoon and a wonderful opportunity for our pupils to work with some of the leading practitioners in their field and is an example of the additional provision offered to our sports award holders.
Thursday 12th March is School Archives Day – a national initiative which aims to raise awareness of the wonderful archives held in our schools and the work that school archivists do in looking after these collections.
To mark the day at Winchester, we are sharing some of the photographs held in the College Archives. Posters showing how our buildings have changed are on display around the school and all the photographs for every location can be seen at the link below.
