Friday 23 March 2018

Young Enterprise successBY GRACE

In October 2017, the young enterprise program was introduced to the Lower Sixth year group by Mr Tong. This pro-gram is intended to teach students how to set up and run a business and has helped to develop some vital entrepre-neurial skills, including how to cope in a high pressure environment. Nine students decided to launch a tutoring business. Within the first month we had created a simple but scalable business model called ‘One2One’, a tutor-ing business based upon our ethos of ‘students supporting students’. Our tutoring started in earnest in early December, and since then the company has steadily grown. We have now got over 20 clients on our books and have completed over 130 hours of tutoring. Throughout the process, the team has learned some valuable lessons that will almost certainly serve us well for our working lives. In order to maintain the level of profes-

I was delighted to attend the Annual General Meeting of the EPA last Thursday to talk to parents about some of my visions for Emanuel and also to accept on behalf of the school a very generous donation of £18,000 to-wards the school’s bursary campaign. This will support a ‘fully-funded’ child in the school for one year and we are delighted with this news. It means that we will now have 17 fully-funded pupils with us from September 2018 and our aim is to achieve 20 by 2020. Emanuel is a charitable organisation and through-out our time we have depended on benefactors to strengthen our educational offer. It is wonderful that an increasing number of well-wishers are choosing to help us ensure that access to an Emanuel education is open to as many children as possible; being part of our aim to generate social mobility through learning. I would like to personally thank the committee and trustees of the EPA for their support. By Emily Symmons (Development Manager)

sionalism needed for success in the com-petition, we organise weekly meetings with a board of directors. This is where we discuss the latest developments and improvements required to make the com-pany successful. It also helps us prepare for the various rounds of the competition itself.

Having negotiated the first round of the competition in March 21 at the HAVAS building in Kings Cross against teams from other South London boroughs, we were put forward to take on the winners from other parts of Central London at the offices of BLP solicitors on London Bridge.

Thank you to the Emanuel Parents Association

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Emanuel Twitter feedYou can now follow Emanuel on Twitter. Please visit @Emanuel_School to follow us for regular updates, announcements, results and news.

More than 80 students, parents, coaches and OEs recently gathered at the ESBC Boathouse for the naming of the new girls eight, named for and aptly christened by Richard Marriott, or “Sir Richard” as some were calling him that evening. Other guests included the Headmaster, finance director and director of sport.Though Richard is still very much involved in coaching at Emanuel, the new Hudson eight was named in honour of his distinguished service to the School and Boat Club. A highlight of his career was coaching the 1981 1st VIII to an overall win at the Schools Head and to the final of the Princess Elizabeth Cup at Henley. Interestingly, the current boathouse manager Steve Austin was stroke of that crew! It is a testament to Richard’s influence on Emanuel rowing that so many current and former pupils showed up to honour him. After being doused in champagne, the boat was officially launched by members of the girls senior squad, who treated spectators to an impressively controlled row past the Boathouse. Thank you to the Catering Department for some excellent drinks and nibbles, and to our parent supporters for providing the wine. DMC

We were delighted with the success of our first ever careers and networking event held last Thursday. More than 60 pupils, parents, alumni and staff gathered at the offices of Ernst and Young at London Bridge. Thank you very much to current parent Julian Young for his generosity in hosting the event. Headmaster Robert Milne outlined some of the development, careers and in-frastructure ambitions for the school and Julian Young gave an insightful speech into his career in finance. The evening was

a great opportunity for current students to gain an insight into the reality of work-ing in the financial sector and the range of opportunities available to them. It was also a chance for parents and alumni in the industry to network. We are hoping to hold one of these satellite events each term so if you are able to host an event please do get in touch with the development office: devel-opment@emanuel.org.ukBy Emily Symmons (Development Manager)

YOUNG ENTERPRISE SUCCESS: Having taken on the judges’ advice from the first round, we upped our game for the Central London finals. It was immediately evident that the standard was a lot higher for this round as there were some very high profile schools we were competing against such as Dulwich College, South Hampstead High School, Frances Holland, and Putney High. We realised that it was going to be tough. However, the judges, including representatives from PwC; Disney and Barclays Bank were extremely impressed with the scalability and meticulous planning of our busi-ness. They awarded us first place for the ‘Best Interview’; ‘Best Trade Stand’ and, most importantly, ‘Best Overall Company’, meaning that we qualify for the next round of the competition, where we will be representing central London at HSBC offices in Canary Wharf. We are now just one round away from the national finals of the competition, the winners of which will represent the country in Croatia at the European finals in August.This is a huge success for One2One and we are looking forward to the next round. Personally, what has made this experience so enjoyable, is the lessons learnt from run-ning a professional company and how to remain on track and focused whilst develop-ing our teamwork skills. RST

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The ‘Richard Marriott’ launches

City and Finance Satellite Careers Event

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This week’s cake winners This week’s cake winner is the U15 girls cricket team (left) for winning their opening tournament of the season. Congratulations also to the winning Year 11 Howe House ergos team, who won last week’s delicious cake prize.

A unique event was held at Emanuel last Thursday, when three experts from the YouTube London office visited the School to deliver a masterclass. 20 boys and girls, from a wide range of year groups, attended this interactive workshop. Lucy from Year 11 said "It was very inspiring and enjoyable. They explained to us 10 main things that you can focus on to construct a channel.". Daniel, Justine and Charlotte from You-Tube were very impressed with the enthusiasm of our students, who had plenty of interesting questions and suggestions to make. A huge thank you to YouTube for providing this very special opportunity. By James Skinner, Media Coordinator

ICT updateBY LUCAS (YEAR 10)

Our computer science class made a trip to D-Block last week to learn more about how CAD software can be integrated with a 2D laser cutter output device. We witnessed how quickly and accurately this machine works and noted its various safety features. In the future the School will probably get a 3D printer as well!

Top tips from YouTube experts

Last month, the novelist Ben Kane came to talk to Year 9 Latin and Classics students about life in the Roman army. His hour-long presentation was full of interesting facts and hair raising stories - hygiene was clearly not a priority in those days. The punishments in the army were extremely severe, worse than a signature! For falling asleep on duty, the pun-ishment was being beaten to death by your fellow soldiers. Ben takes part in re-enactments and brought along all the kit expected of a Roman soldier and some of the students got to try it on. The shield (pictured) was extremely heavy. Ben has also written several books about the Roman army which have been Sunday Times best-sellers. It was an excel-lent talk which was thoroughly enjoyed by all. PSA

When in Rome...

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House Points Totals At 11 May

Junior Senior OverallClyde 204 Howe 275 479

Drake 197.5 Nelson 228 425.5.5

Lyons 225.5 Marlborough 228 453.5

Wellington 234 Rodney 230 464

Weekly House point totals

This summer 22 Emanuel students will be taking part in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with two very different productions - Noel Coward’s Still Life and Roald Dahl’s The Twits. The Fringe is a notoriously expensive venture, and has broken many an aspiring comedian or fresh faced theatre company, so our pupils are very wisely raising funds beforehand, one such venture being last week’s Edinburgh Cabaret. The Fiennes Theatre was turned into a cabaret venue, complete with a well-stocked wine cellar and waiters. The show was very much put together on the day, however the acts themselves showed real talent and considerable polish. Highlights included Will telling

tales about a lady of a certain age discovering the joys of D.H. Lawrence in Skellern and Stilgoe’s Joyce the Librarian, Ottie’s superb performance of I didn’t plan it, from Sara Bareilles’s Waitress: The Musical, and of course Mr Dibden, Mr Williams, Grace, Michael and the wonderfully deadpan Felix with Monty Python’s infamous History of the Jape. The staff and students were ably assisted by Mr Gregory and Mr Liebeck on piano and the show looked and sounded great thanks to the hard work of Miss Kerstein and her technical team. Look out for more Edinburgh fundrais-ing events later in the term. RJA

Tickets are selling fast for the Summer Ser-enade this year so anyone wishing to come along to this event would be well advised to buy now to save disappointment. The event takes place on Friday 25 May at 7pm in the Hampden Hall and is a high calibre yet relaxed evening with drinks and canapés provided. Come and enjoy many of the main ensembles performing a wide ranging and varied programme of music for your enter-tainment. You can book tickets through Eventbrite by copying this link to your web browser: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-serenade-tickets-45677002143 Ticket prices are as follows and can be debited to your school account: £15 per adult, £10 per child, £45 per family of four, and £100 per table of eight. • Should you experience difficulty with your order, please contact Andree Fitzgerald on andree.fitzgerald@emanuel.org.uk

Edinburgh Fringe Festival update

Summer Serenade

PHYSICS OLYMPIADA select group of Year 10 stu-dents recently travelled to the Royal Society to hear a lecture to introduce them to the British Physics Olympiad. The lecture, by Prof John Zarnecki, the outgoing President of the Royal Astronomi-cal Society, gave us a flavour of his 35-year career in experimental space research, in which he was in charge of the Cassini-Huygens missions to Saturn's moon, Titan. Prof Zarnecki also underlined the need for enthusiastic and imagi-native physicists and engineers to become the next generation of space explorers. MPD

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SPORTCricket

U13A v LATYMER UPPER FINAL SCORE: WON BY 162 RUNS BY JACOBWe won the toss and chose to bat and achieved a good score on the board. Tom and Ollie gave us a slow steady start and got a 50 partnership for the first wicket. Ollie fell to a good catch scoring a respectable 21. Then Jacob came to the wicket and the run rate went up, with Tom then reaching his 50, a well worked innings. With Tom retired Matthew came in and shortly after Jacob passed fifty too. Then Hal came in and he left promptly after being run out for nine. The inning finished with a few more wickets falling but Andrew, Max and Hughie pulled us through to a score of 198-7 off our 20 overs. Our bowlers came out aggressively and Ben and Emily took five wickets be-tween them in the first six overs and left them in a hole. Max and Zach came on first change and maintained the pressure and kept the runs down. Jacob and Mat-thew came in and took three quick wick-ets before Tom and Ollie took the final two with great spin bowling. Our fielding was sharp. They were all out for 36. A good day out and we look to improve.

1ST XI CRICKET – A WEEK OF T20SBY ROBBIELast Wednesday the 1st XI had the first T20 game of the season against Ibstock Place school. We batted first and got off to a great start with Nancy scoring the first 50 of the season and Will sticking with her to score 36. Some tight bowling from Ibstock to finish the innings meant that we reached 149 after our 20 overs. Although we got off to a similarly good start, Ibstock pulled the game close as their top order stuck in. However, a crucial wicket was delivered by Sacha coupled with some good death bowling which secured our victory by 8 runs. Although our Saturday fixture was cancelled, the weather held enough for Sunday’s HMC National T20 competition to go through. Whitgift were our first fixture of the day after an early start and proved themselves to be a top outfit. De-spite some solid bowling from Sinan and Zac, Whitgift reached 207 at the end of their overs. Unfortunately, Whitgift proved equally as good with the ball and despite some resilient battling from Shahab and Will we reached 71 for 5 after our 20, 130 runs short of our target. Following a quick stint off the field we were back on for our second game against Epsom College. A solid opening partnership between Sinan and Nancy got our innings off to a good start but we stumbled again with the bat, and only reached 91 from our allotted overs. Epsom got off to a hot start in the powerplay which allowed them to take minimal risks in the latter part of their innings. However, we stuck at it and took a few wickets before Epsom could knock the runs off with 6 over remaining. Al-though it was a tough day against strong opposition, we took some positives away and hopefully we can raise our game to a similar level in our remaining games.

1ST XI v WORTH SCHOOL FINAL SCORE: LOST BY 6 WICKETSBY SINANIt was a 35 over game. Captain Rob-bie won the toss, putting us into bat first. After a tricky first period, we found ourselves 50-4 when Will and Zac came to the crease. An excellent 50 partnership saw us recover well in the middle phase of the innings, posting a final total of 119 with Zac reaching 39. At the halfway point we understood that we needed a perfect fielding and bowling performance to de-fend our own total. We came out into the field with huge enthusiasm and energy and were able to keep the run rate down, whilst taking an early wicket during the first 15 overs. Despite our early success, an excellent partnership meant that Worth reached our total in 26 overs for 4 wickets. Although our fielding was excellent, we didn’t have enough runs on the board to give ourselves a good chance at winning the game.

U14A v WORTH SCHOOL FINAL SCORE: WON BY 23 RUNSBY WILLThis was a 30 over per innings match and the winning margin of 23, in the end, looks a relatively easy victory. At a few points it seemed as if we were going to lose, but our bowlers really saved the day. Emanuel batted first and faced a side that fielded extremely tightly. Their position-ing was great and their throwing at the stumps was very accurate. Their opening bowlers were very consistent and hard to score quickly off. After an early wicket fell, Anthony and Luke recovered well with a very important partnership, both hitting sixes. Anthony’s was so big; it was fielded by the wicket keeper on the next pitch. Anthony unluckily fell just before his 50, ending up with 48. Shortly after this Luke scored our first 50 of the season. Once again Matthew came in playing strongly on the off side, got us to 152-3. If Worth’s batting was as strong as their fielding, then we were probably 30 runs short. Anthony struck early, removing one of their openers cheaply. But then they dug in and were only one wicket down for

50. Our luck turned again when we took three wickets in two overs – another mid-innings vital breakthrough by Matthew and leg spinner, Aajan - one bowling, one stumping. But suddenly Worth’s score speeded up with their huge hitting No 6 – 18 off one over. Worth had a big advantage until Anthony came back on and removed him and then destroyed the remaining batsmen, ending with two wickets off the final two balls, leaving him on a hat trick. However, our fielding needs a big improvement for our next match against Alleyn’s.

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GIRLS’ CRICKET U12A v KINGSTON GRAMMAR SCHOOLFINAL SCORE: LOST BY 29 RUNSBY ISABELLEThe girls played with energy, ignoring the bad weather and slippery conditions. The team scored one wicket from Lucy-Rose, bowling fast and accurately. Isla stood out for her outstanding bowling, creating a shock for the batters unlucky enough to be batting at the time. A highlight of the game was Fleur’s batting. She scored many fours and made an excellent pull shot which flew past the fielders. We made some risky runs ending in a few run outs but also made some great progress as the match went on shown by Meg and Isla made some strategic runs. When it was our turn to bowl we had great wicket keepers. Isabella and Lily and Prudie did some spectacular fielding

GIRLS’ CRICKET U12B GIRLS v ALLEYN'SFINAL SCORE: WON BY 40 RUNSBY LILY The sun was shining for our second win of the season. Well done to Jemima and Bea for great fielding with two great catches. Ella also made a terrific runout. Millie was made some great bowling, taking a wicket.

GIRLS’ CRICKET U12C v ALLEYN’SFINAL SCORE: WON BY 12 RUNSBY MARTHA Our fielding skills, especially by Alice, Pia, Charlie and Cara, were strong. Katherine and Martha’s bowling was superb and Francesca and Libby fielded very well. Our batting was great as a team and we man-aged to score many fours and sixes. Anna came to the fixture with a hand injury but still managed to keep us in the game with her catching skills. Our first game to the season was a success. We look forward to playing Putney High School next.

U13B v NORTHCOTE LODGEFINAL SCORE: WON BY 3 WICKETSBY ETHANOur second game of the season was against our closest rivals geographically.We sbowled first with Thomas claiming two early wickets and Jamie keeping the run rate down to 23 runs off the first 10 overs. Cassius bowled extremely well claiming an impressive 5 wicket haul. Towards the latter stages their tail end hit a lot of runs with them finishing on 74. The wicket takers were Cassius, Thomas, Ethan and Ben. There was some stunning fielding including Nathan’s diving catch and the reliable Ben’s catch at cover. We then went into bat needing around four runs an over. We started off positively with Ethan and Otto creating a good platform, however Otto got out playing a big shot. Jack came in as they started to apply more pressure. Ethan was then run out and then there was a collapse, as one bowler got three of our players out in one over. Then we had an incredible comeback with Nathan hitting 20 not out and Ben 14 not out. Nathan needed one off the last ball as he tapped and ran. The fielder was about 10cm away from the stumps with Nathan only down half the pitch but the fielder some-how missed and we won the game.

U13B v DULWICHFINAL SCORE: LOST BY 31 RUNSBY ETHANWe expected a competitive game and that was exactly what we received. We won the toss and decided to bowl first. We got off to a great start with opener Ben claiming a wicket on his second ball while Jamie slowed their run rate. Ethan took a wicket and Jack a run out with an incredible direct hit. They started to develop a partnership, which was eventually broken by Ben with an important breakthrough. Ethan pro-ceeded to take two more wickets and a run out to demolish the middle order. All of Ethan's wickets came from some great catching from Ben at cover. Jack got our final wicket when Nathan took another outstanding diving catch in the deep. They finished their innings on 102 which was a good score. The openers Otto and Ethan started off well but there was a collapse despite some great shots being played. Otto,

U12B v NORTHCOTE LODGEFINAL SCOREL: LOST BY 38 RUNSBY COLEMAN It was a well-fought match, although our boys didn't produce the result we wanted. The opposition set a solid but achievable score of 103 runs in their batting innings with only two wickets taken [bowled by Marley and a run out by Luca]. Northcote Lodge were the stronger side on the day; bowling with a fast pace and accurate aim, they cleared up everyone in our team, winning by 38 runs. Although a loss this time, our team spirit was high and we were encouraging towards each other.

GIRLS’ CRICKET U12A v PUTNEY HIGH FINAL SCORE: WON BY 42 RUNSBY ISABELLAIt was a sunny day, and a great afternoon for cricket. We started this 10 over game fielding. Putney’s run rate was low due to our tight fielding, great bowling, com-munication and encouragement for each other in the field. Apart from the last over Putney scored mostly single runs or no runs. All together we got 7 wickets through catches, runouts and wickets by Prudie, Lucy-Rose, Isabella and Lily. We started batting knowing we had to beat a score of 31 runs, we scored many 4s and our run rate was very good. We only took 1 wicket and we had no runouts. Final score was 273-231. Player of the match was Meg.

Cricket Jack and Nathan all got out in quick suc-cession while Ethan joined them a few overs later.Zeeshan and Ben started to build a partnership with quick singles. But Ben was denied when their bowler took a stunning catch down low. Jamie hit a large six but got out a few balls later. The tail end folded rapidly and we were all out for 75. We bowled and fielded well but it was our poor batting that let us down.

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It was a highly successful day of athletics at the Borough Championships. As usual the standard was high, particularly in the popular 100m and 200m sprints which ran numerous heats in the morning before the afternoon finals. There were some great individual performances and many season and personal bests set. The most impressive performances of the day came from Ed, Izzie and Will who won their finals by considerable distances. Georgie equalled her PB in a fast 1500m to continue her contest with Poppy from Putney High. Our squad of 25 came home with 24 medals, including: GOLD MEDALS for Ed 800m, Izzie 200m and Will 200m. SILVER MEDALS for Jay 400m, Georgie 1500m, Lauren 800m, Charlie high jump, Barney javelin.BRONZE MEDALS for Eve 800m,

The start of the summer term has been a rather hectic time for ESBC, with well over a hundred pupils racing in four different regattas over the course of two week-ends. With a complete mixture of abilities and events, there has been plenty of great racing, with lots of successes and disappointments to show for all the hard work that has been going in.

HAMMERSMITH REGATTASENIOR BOYS: The Senior boys row-ing squad opened the regatta season on Saturday with a win for the J16 4+ at Hammersmith Regatta. The crew raced Fulham Reach RC ‘A’ crew in the first round and quickly took the lead, stretch-ing to some two lengths as the crews approached Hammersmith Bridge. The Fulham crew, rowing on the inside of the bend, put in a strong burst to nar-row the margin down to a length, but were unable to overcome a determined Emanuel crew. The boys then had to pad-dle straight back to the start for the final. After what seemed an interminable wait in very cold conditions they then found themselves racing the Fulham Reach BC ‘B’ crew who had overcome Latymer Up-per School in their heat. Conditions in the final were very bumpy with 4 or 5 cruisers churning up the water immediately ahead of them. However, although the row was very uncomfortable the result

Athletics

Charlie 100m, Annabel 300m, Jay shot put. After a long day of competing our relay squads held enough in reserve to

collect a host of medals with our Junior girls third, Inter boys and girls second. Congratulations to all that competed, it was a thoroughly enjoyable day. PAK

Rowing was never in doubt and the Emanuel boys ran out clear winners. RRM

The senior boy’s squad had two other crews competing. The J18 4x found them-selves pitted against last year’s Henley finalists in the Fawley Cup, Claire’s Court in the opening round, and unsurprisingly were comfortably beaten despite putting up a brave fight. The J164x fared bet-ter and reached the final of their event, only narrowly losing by a canvas to a composite crew from London Oratory and Fulham Reach in the final - a very encouraging result for this inexperienced crew. RRM

J15 GIRLS: The two matched crews for the first race of the summer put in a very decent performance against Latymer Upper and Lady Eleanor Holles. Drawn on the unfavoured Surrey station, very much out of the stream, they both held their opposition early on, then managed to claw out a lead in the later stages of the race. The crews for National Schools Regatta now know they have both these schools in their sights and look forward to racing them again. SG

J15 BOYS: With no J15 single sculls event, Gabriel had to race J16 instead. Unfazed by his older opponent from Latymer in the first round, Gabriel shot off confident-ly from the start and quickly started to power away. He gained a lead of just over a length and though the Latymer sculler

pressed hard in the closing stages of the race, Gabriel held on to win by ½ length. Unfortunately in the final he came up against another Latymer boy who was just too strong and experienced and this combined with steering too wide around the outside of the Hammersmith Bridge bend, resulted in a 5 length win to Latymer. Nevertheless, an encouraging result in his first side-by-side event of the season and excellent experience for the future. Unfortunately the two Emanuel entries in J15 quads were drawn against each other in the first round. The ‘Clint’ crew of Ben, Billy, Matthew, Ben and Luc had shown superior technique and endur-ance, but had been beaten by the ‘Wylie’ crew of Fred, Henry, Charlie, James and Albi over a sprint course just days before, so tensions were high. Unfortunately a mishap in Wylie during the first few strokes meant that the anticipated battle never really materialised and though they made an admirably quick recovery, the result was never in doubt. ‘Clint’ went on to win by 3 lengths, though like Gabriel in the single, they came up against superior opposition in the final, this time from Guildford RC with good track pedigree behind them. The Guildford quad were simply better in all respects and although Emanuel raced well, they could do noth-ing to overturn what was eventually a 5 length verdict on the line. Nevertheless, good experience for all in the run up to bigger and better things. DMC

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J14 GIRLS: Hammersmith was the first op-portunity for the Y9 girls to race a regatta, and we had two octos and two quads racing. The first octo to race had a good start and immediately started going away from their opposition from Sydenham. Under pressure Sydenham started to fall apart, leaving the girls with an easy race to win. They turned and headed back to the start for their semi final. This time they lined up against a crew from Latymer Upper whom we knew would be much tougher opposition. The start was a little scrappy and the two crews moved away with very little distance between them, but Emanuel successfully got their bows in front along the island and held their position, pulling away to a three quarter length lead with a concerted effort coming into the finish. Next off the start was our other octo, again racing a Latymer crew, who looked exceedingly well drilled and had been square blading to the start. This time our start was rather untidy, and the Latymer crew took an early lead. The girls worked hard to keep with them, but Latymer pulled away and made the best use of the stream, opening up a two length gap by the finish. After finishing their race our other octo turned again to head back to the start to race the Latymer crew that had just won. This time the Latymer crew took an early lead with a much better start and pulled away, leaving the girls trying to close the gap, but they were just not strong enough and Latymer took the win. Our two quads were racing just a short time later, and the story was similar for both of them. Nerves got the better of both crews and after messy starts they were both behind. Neither managed to pull back and their oppo went on to win. Despite the lack of success on the day the girls all learnt a lot about racing and I am sure will put the experience to good use as we go through the summer. AE

JUNIOR SCULLING REGATTALast Saturday two of the senior girls com-peted at the Junior Sculling Regatta at Dorney Lake. Chloe and Katy competed in the WJ17 doubles event. With 15 crews entered and only 12 places available in the finals, the girls had to first race the 1750m time trial in order to qualify. The girls performed strongly qualifying for the B final. In the side by side race, our double flew out of the start blocks taking an early lead over several of the crews, however as the opponents found their racing rhythm

they pushed through our lightweight double to leave Emanuel finishing in sixth

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J15 BOYS: The Year 10 boys entered three boats into this prestigious national regatta - two doubles and a single. In J15 doubles, Tate and Matthew possessed a little more power than Ben C and Ben T, though with the latter showing greater consistency and endurance it was set to be a good battle, particularly with all the pre-race banter going on! In the time trial, the two Bens were quicker by 6 seconds, but both boats qualified for the C final. In the final, Tate and Matthew stormed off the start and had opened out a length of clear water on the other 5 boats by the 500m mark. They continued to hold this through to half way, when the ‘wheels started to come off’ (not literally!) and the other boats started to inexorably come back at them. As in training, the technique and endurance of Ben C and Ben T came up trumps and they moved through to finish about 2 lengths in front. A fine race by both crews, though 4th and 5th in the C final was not quite what we had hoped for beforehand and illus-trated the work still to be done. Meanwhile Gabriel in J15 singles had a solid time trial to finish 10th out of the 18 entries and make it into the B final, together with a sculler from South Africa. After a rather nerve-wracking start he got into his stride and was pushing hard in third place at the halfway point. The mental and physical effort of the 2k course started to take its toll on the competitors and one of the other scullers folded and stopped. Gabriel also started to lose a bit of cohesion in the last quarter but determinedly managed to hold off the South African sculler to the line and finish in 4th place. A fine result in his first major race in a single scull. DMC

J14 GIRLS: The Year 9 girls squad split in two last weekend, with one octo tackling the Junior Sculling regatta raced over 2km at Dorney. The girls had a rush to get to the start on time for the time trial and finished 9th after a slightly unsettled row. This meant they were racing their side by side race in the B final. They started well and by half way were in the lead. With very determined rowing they stayed in front and drew away in the closing stages to win the B final. This was a big step forward in their racing and a great way to end the day. AE

CHISWICK REGATTASEN BOYS: Following Chiswick Regatta it is good to record that 15 boys from the Senior boys squad have won pots in the past ten days. Daniel was sculling in the Open Single Sculls Tier 2 and had convincing victories in both the semi-final and final to win his first sculling trophy. Tom stepped into an otherwise J16 crew to score equally convincing victories against Vesta RC in the semi and St Paul’s in the final of Open Men’s eights Tier 2 to give some members of the crew their first ever pot. Unluckiest competitor of the day was Ollie who despite winning two races in the J16 singles sculls was also going great guns against a St Paul’s boy in the final when he caught a mini-crab 200m from the finish, allowing his com-petitor through. Despite recovering well and rapidly closing the gap Ollie just ran out of course. RRM

J15 GIRLS: The Y10 girls raced a quad and a double at Chiswick regatta. Both crews put in a spirited performance but met stronger opposition and came away empty handed. SG

J15 BOYS: With five boys out racing at Eton Dorney, we had only one entry in J15 coxed quads at Chiswick. The crew com-prising Fred, Henry, Charlie, Joe and Albi had an early race at 8.55am against King’s School Canterbury, with the winners meeting either American School Lon-don, Dulwich College or Fulham Reach BC. In the heat against KSC, the start was shocking with blades washing out left, right and centre. Nevertheless they recovered quickly to power through and hold their position over the second half of the course to win by 2 lengths. he start in the final against ASL was equally messy and as Emanuel recovered, a tight race ensued over the first half of the 1000m course. The relentless pressure eventually took its toll on their opposition however and in the final stages Emanuel build up a comfortable lead to win their first ‘pot’ of the season. DP

J14 BOYS: The J14 boys had a very suc-cessful first regatta. Sadly, both crews were just beaten by a very strong crew from Tiffin. However, they beat everyone else in their heats and the A crew made it through to the final, which is a great sign of things to come. MLR

J14 GIRLS: Meanwhile the rest of the squad not racing at Eton Dorney were

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racing over 1k at Chiswick regatta. In our first race the octo had a comfortable vic-tory over Sydenham. This was closely fol-lowed by the two quads racing. The first had an untidy start and fell a little behind, but remained determined all the way up the course, following their opposition from Barn Elms very closely right up to the finish line. In the other semifinal the girls had a much better start and pulled ahead of Tiffin, racing well all the way to the finish to win. Their final was against the same Barn Elms crew. The girls were a little down off the start but raced with ex-cellent rhythm and determination to draw ahead through the middle of the race, until the Barn Elms girls' greater strength took them through in the closing meters. It was a very close finish and these girls should be very pleased with an excellent race. The next race down was the final of the octos against Putney High, who had come through two rounds to get to the final. Again the girls were a little behind off the start, but settled into a good stride and gradually worked their way into the lead. At this point Putney High veered

across the course and despite warnings from the umpire collided with our crew. The umpire chose to restart the race, and again Putney got their bows in front, but could not maintain the lead in the face of great determination from the Ema-nuel crew. With a huge sprint to the line the girls got their first regatta win, to be rewarded with lidded pots, a great prize in any rower’s cabinet. AE

WALLINGFORD REGATTASEN BOYS: At Wallingford Regatta, Tom, Guy, Leo, and Ollie doubled up in J16 coxed four (with Joe as cox) and then, competing out of their age group in the afternoon, in J18 quad. The coxed four found them in a heat with St Paul’s A, Hampton A, and KCS A, in each case the better half of their championship eights. Sufficient to say the Emanuel boys did not make the final in either event but were by no means outclassed, and can be justly proud of their efforts. They will be back at Eton Dorney in less than three weeks’ time and will have gained much from the experience.

SEN GIRLS: Two girls coxed fours raced at Wallingford Regatta last Sunday. After an early start the J16 girls crew of Zara, Maddie, Sophie, Tiphanie and cox Grace had a fantastic first race. Taking an early lead they found themselves in a battle with Marlow RC in the final 500. The girls showed true perseverance and deter-mination to hold their lead and achieve the fastest time in their event for the day. Moving into the final, the girls stayed determined but unfortunately with a brisk head wind they found themselves out powered by the bigger crews. Finishing 4th in the final behind Kingston RC and Marlow RC. In the afternoon the J17 girls raced in the J18 girls coxed four event. The crew of Orla, Kathleen, Lucy, Izzy and cox Georgie competed against tough competition in their heat. Demonstrating good speed off the start but struggling to maintain it in the second 1000m, they finished in 4th place behind Putney High School and missing out on the final. With two weeks until National Schools, the crews remain hopeful and even more determined to train hard.