1st February 2022
Winchester Weekly
The Warden on Afghanistan
Wednesday 9 February
In a rare public address on Afghanistan, our Warden, Sir Richard Stagg, gives a talk on the country where he served as British ambassador.
Sir Richard Stagg is a former pupil and former parent. He is Chairman of Rothschild and Co in India and a Director of the JP Morgan Asian Investment Trust. He is also Chairman of Afghan Connection, a charity which supports education and cricket. Until 2015, Sir Richard was a British diplomat. His last two postings were High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to Afghanistan.
Drinks from 1830, talk at 1900 in New Hall
Parents welcome - please register and book online to attend.
From the Director of Sport
Sports Report
Mr Mark Burley's Sports Report for Week 3 is now available, including:
FOOTBALL v St John’s Leatherhead (a)
RACKETS v Clifton College (h)
FIVES U18A v Oxford University (a)
HOCKEY 1st XI v Wellington College 1st XI (a)
RACKETS v Marlborough College (a)
BASKETBALL U16A vs Wellington College (h)
SQUASH v Charterhouse (h)
FIVES National U25s Championships at Cambridge University
German Culture
V Book and VI Book 2 German language students visited the Goethe-Institut, a German cultural centre, in South Kensington last week.
Pupils learnt about a German anti-Nazi resistance group in WW2 through the film Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, and took a tour of the centre's extensive library, with the opportunity to peruse some German literature. To complete their cultural experience, everyone enjoyed a typical German lunch in a nearby restaurant.
Geography Society
Who Gets Power and How it Changes Us
This evening we are honoured to be hosting Dr Brian Klaas, Associate Professor of Global Politics at UCL, and host of popular podcast Power Corrupts. Dr Klaas will be speaking about the hidden and often nefarious forces that shape our world.
Alongside his academic research and podcasting, Dr Klaas is a weekly columnist for the Washington Post, author of four books and a regular commentor for media outlets such as MSNBC, CNN, BBC News, Sky News, NPR News, etc.
Parents are welcome to join this evening at 1900 in New Hall - please register and book online.
Fives
National U25s Championships
Fresh from their success at the West of England Schools’ Fives Championships, Marcus (Toye's) and Shiloh (Freddie's) put on another fantastic show at the National U25s Championships at Cambridge University, run by OW James Smith (E, 2009-2014) and featuring OW Tom Watkinson (I, 2010-2015) as number 2 seed in the singles.
Playing against others up to seven years older, the boys met in the singles Plate Final, with Shiloh coming from behind to win 2-15, 15-13, 15-7. The boys also made it to the doubles Plate Final, facing the Cambridge University 1st pair, playing on their home courts, and yet the schoolboys won 15-8, 15-4. Congratulations!
Dr Jamie McManus, Master-in-charge of Fives
Chess
Our chess B and C teams took on RGS Guildford D and B respectively last week. RGSG is a very strong chess school, but our B team won their match 4-2, and along with our A team, are now in regional stage round 2. Our C team fought hard and played well but went down 2-4 to RGSG’s B team.
Winning performances were from: Xerxes Gulabani (Turner's), Adrian Leung (Phil's), Robert Butenko (Kenny's) and Gabriel Szeto (Freddie's) in the B team, and Freddie Yu (College) and Vanya Mikhaylov (College) in the Cs.
Also in the Cs, Edward Bence (Chawker's) deserves a special mention, as he played on the top board and narrowly lost a tense and well-fought game against the strongest opponent on the day, while Jake Wing (Beloe's) also lost narrowly after being ahead.
Dr David Follows, Master-in-charge of Chess
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