News & Diary
Winchester Weekly – 7th October 2025
WEEKEND ARRANGEMENTS FOR BOARDERS (11TH – 12TH OCTOBER)
Details for this weekend can be found below. Please access the Parent Portal via the link below to inform us of your child’s plans for this weekend by 23:00 on Thursday 9th October. Log in, select ‘Interactive Forms’ and ‘Weekend Sign-Out’ to complete the form.
LEAVE-OUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR BOARDERS (17TH OCTOBER – 2ND NOVEMBER)
In preparation for Leave-out, all parents of boarders should complete the Leave-out Arrangements form, which is also accessed via the same route on the Parent Portal; under ‘Leave-out Arrangements’. Please complete the form by 13:00 on Friday 10th October.
Leave-out will begin at 13:05 on Friday 17th October and end at 21:15 on Sunday 2nd November. Pupils may return to the boarding houses from 16:00 on Sunday 2nd November.
To access these events, please ensure that you are a registered user of the Winchester College Society website and are logged in.
Parents Drinks (all parents welcome)
Parents are invited by Winchester College Society to join us for drinks at either New Hall, Winchester on Thursday 16th October or at the Cavalry and Guards Club, London on Thursday 12th February. Please choose which event you’d like to attend and register accordingly.
Futures Fair – 15th November
The Futures Fair will be held on the evening of Saturday 15th November, from 18:00 – 20:00. We would love to hear from any parents or Old Wykehamists who are happy to talk about their own careers or the sectors they work in to VI Book pupils. We are looking for expertise from all sectors, but if you have experience in Humanities, Languages, Geography, Psychology, Art, Scientific Research or are an Entrepreneur, we’d love to hear from you. If you are also able to borrow any marketing materials from your employer that would add to the sense of occasion.
Parents Quiz – (all parents welcome)
Our Parents Quiz returns for 2026 on Friday 27th February. Gather your teams and get ready to buy your tickets for an evening that promises to test your general knowledge. Yuriy Evdokimov, a current parent is back by popular demand and will host the evening. The tickets are sold by table, which seat 10 people each and the cost includes your food and drink for the evening. Save the Date. More information to follow.
Win Coll Soc in India
Winchester College Society will be visiting India during November 2025. A very generous Winchester family is hosting a reception for us in Delhi on the evening of Monday 10th November. If you are expecting to be in Delhi on that date, whether for business or other engagements, they would love to extend the invitation to you. Please contact Winchester College Society on [email protected] if you would like to join us.
Parents are very welcome to join us for College events. Upcoming events, including the Autumn Lecture Series (link below) are typically highlighted in the Winchester Weekly newsletter.
The next lecture is with art historian, writer and television presenter, Dr. Bendor Grosvenor. Perhaps best known as the co-presenter of the BBC series Britain’s Lost Masterpieces, Dr. Grosvenor specialises in the Old Masters and British pictures and has discovered a number of lost paintings by prominent artists.
Below, you can find links to our lecture series and music diary for the upcoming term.
This past weekend saw each house take to the stage in this year’s House Singing Competition.
Adjudicator, composer and arranger, Peter Gritton was clearly impressed by the high standard of each house’s entries. The Julian Smith Cup for the best performance of a classical song was won by Cook’s with C. V. Stanford’s beautiful partsong The Bluebird. Schuster Pot returned to Trant’s for the third time in four years with a home-grown arrangement of Copacabana by Morgan, and a fine solo by Rebecca. Bobber Pot was won by Beloe’s with an energetic performance of ELO’s Mr Blue Sky, conducted by Oli.
An enthusiastic audience in the hall was joined by many on the livestream for this popular event.
Congratulations all!
Over the weekend, the Royal Marines CCF section travelled to the Commando Training Centre in Lympstone, Devon, to take part in the 40th Pringle Trophy; the annual inter-school Royal Marines cadet competition. The competition tests leadership, teamwork, problem solving, ‘green’ skills, knowledge & physical abilities through a series of exercises inspired by the rigorous Royal Marines training programme.
The team of Jad (D), Alfie (C), Hugo (F), George (B), Charles (I), Enoch (I), Fergus (B), Charles (F) and Ray (C) delivered an outstanding performance, achieving 2nd place out of 16 schools. They also won the iconic Endurance Run and Assault Course exercises, which utilises the same course that forms part of the Commando Tests which Royal Marines must pass to be awarded their green beret. Hugo was also awarded the Royal Marines Spirit Challenge Coin (chosen by Royal Marines commandos) for volunteering, without hesitation, to fill a gap in another team to allow them to complete the assault course, having just finished his own (winning) run of the course.
Congratulations boys!
The new edition of Spirit Lamp, the school’s creative writing and arts magazine, has been launched.
This year’s magazine is a bumper edition at 44 pages long and includes the competition winners for the English prizes, as well as a wide-range of other poetry and short stories alongside artworks from each boarding house in the popular ‘House Pages’ section.
You can read the magazine in full at the link below.
Golf
The golf season continues to go from strength to strength, as the College 1st team took on a game Charterhouse team in the Swifts Schools Foursomes cup.
With regulars Harry (I) and James (A) unavailable to play, in stepped Harry (E), Aryaveer and Ben (both B). Captain Seb (G) and Sander (A) took the first game that went to the last hole. In match two, Kevin (G) and newcomer Harry (E) remained calm under pressure from the Charterhouse side, taking advantage of their opponent’s errors to win comfortably.
Finally, the Toye’s rookie duo of Aryaveer and Ben produced the headline result of the day. Playing against older opponents, the pairing delivered a calm measured & performance. Despite a couple of loose shots, they conducted themselves fantastically and ran away to a confident 3&2 victory.
Football
The U-16A football team travelled to Priestlands School for a Hampshire Schools’ County Cup match. Facing a physically strong team meant there wasn’t much time on the ball for the Winchester side, but a combination of excellent link up play and discipline meant the score was even at 2-2 at half time.
The second half saw the Wykehamists up the intensity and reduce the mistakes, putting the pressure on Priestlands, eventually winning the game 6-3 thanks to a hattrick from Osamede (G) and goals from Ludo (I), Skylar (B) and Will (H).
Congratulations to all!
