15th March 2022
Winchester Weekly
A Remarkable Career
Dr Tim Hands, Headmaster of Winchester College, yesterday announced his retirement in August 2023 after a remarkable career spanning three headships and the Chairmanship of HMC.
Challenge for Cadets at Commando Centre
A team of nine Royal Marine Cadets from Winchester overcame a weekend of gruelling challenges to take second place overall in this year's Pringle Trophy competition. A total of 18 school CCF teams from across the country took part in the two-day event at the Commando Training Centre near Lympstone, Devon.
Codebreakers secure First Prize
A team of budding codebreakers has taken joint first prize in the Cipher Challenge competition, an annual event organised by the University of Southampton's School of Mathematical Sciences, now in its 20th year.
Three Wykehamists were joined by two others to form the team 'Byte Our Dust', and successfully saw off competition from 6,250 other school pupils to claim joint first prize. They were awarded one of the two team prizes of £1,000 in cash to share between them, theirs sponsored by IBM.
Congratulations to team captain Chris Brain (Coll), Oscar Mitcham (Trant's), and Christopher Leung (Coll), all in VI Book 2.
Golf
Micklem Trophy Competition
Golf Scholar and first year pupil Arthur Hampel (Toye's) shares his impressions of competing in the Micklem Trophy at Woking Golf Club, facing much older, more experienced players.
Sports Report
A bumper edition from Mr Mark Burley, with news of wins in Football, Hockey, Basketball, Fencing, Fives, Rackets, Squash and more.
Outreach
Maths Summer School Returns to Winchester
Throughout the pandemic, the Maths department has managed to maintain its outreach work with local schools and families, with a raft of weekly support sessions continuing through difficult circumstances.
We are delighted that the annual Winchester Maths Summer School can take place in person this year. The residential Summer School is for Year 12 students from maintained sector schools who are considering studying maths at university.
First Years Speak Out
This year’s JP Recita took place on Friday evening and was judged by the Headmaster. Well done to all: the overall standard was very high (we say that every year, but it was certainly true of these performances!). Congratulations to the following:
1st place: Trevor Lam (Toye's): 'God’s Grandeur' by Gerard Manley Hopkins
2nd place: Monty Saunders (Cook's): 'Remember' by Christina Rossetti
3rd place (joint): Alexander Boys-Smith (Freddie's): 'Pied Beauty' by Gerald Manley Hopkins, and Arthur Duckworth (Trant's): 'Ascension' by John Donne
Inspiring Environmental Action
The pupils of local prep school Cheam School, near Newbury, have recently embarked on their own Eco-Schools project, to drive change and improve environmental awareness in their school, local community and beyond. They asked Winchester College for a motivational speaker who could talk knowledgeably about sustainability and the empowerment of young voices, and on Tuesday 8 March, Sixth Form pupil Dev Sharma visited Cheam to give a talk and answer questions.
British Mathematical Olympiad Success
Congratulations to Will Thomson (VI Book 2, College) who earned a Distinction in Round 2 of the British Mathematical Olympiad. Will has been invited to attend a six day training camp at the end of this month at Trinity College, Cambridge, to prepare him and others to represent the UK in the International Mathematical Olympiad, in the event that they are selected.
Harvard College Conference for Yasu Suzuki
Yasu Suzuki (VI Book2, Hopper's) was selected to join the Harvard College Project for Asian and International Relations held over Leave-out, as one of very few secondary school delegates. Yasu enjoyed talks from prestigious speakers such as Condoleezza Rice, John Sullivan (current US ambassador to Russia) and Janine Small (Global President of PFIZER emerging markets), as well as meeting young leaders from across the world. Congratulations, Yasu.
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