K I NG S G AT E PA R K
Determination to succeed
From a sporting as well as an academic perspective, Wykehamists have
always been a driven bunch.
From the countless boys who have gone
on to represent their universities and counties
in the sports they enjoyed at the School to
Olympians past and present, Old Wykehamists
seem to share a dedication to sport that singles
them out for success.
Winning both gold and silver for tennis at
the Antwerp Games in 1920, Max Woosnam
(F, 1906-11), our greatest sportsman and most
successful Olympian yet, certainly had it.
As do the latest entrants to Win Coll’s sporting
hall of fame: George Nash, winning gold in
the men’s coxless four at the Rio Olympics;
formidable batsman Dan Escott, who made
1,096 runs in a single season for Lords before
going on to play for Oxford University; the
World Cricket League’s most successful all-
rounder Ben Stevens; world number one ranking
fives player Will Ellison; Jack Sharp who left Win
Coll in 2016 with four black belts in martial arts
and a prestigious place to train under Master Joe
Thambu, a top master in Australia, during his
gap year; and Tae Uahwatanasakul, who as well
as being an accomplished soccer, basketball and
futsal player also played for Lords in his fourth
year. And to think he hadn’t picked up a cricket
bat before coming to the School.
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“I was extremely privileged
to have had the sporting set
up that we did at Winchester,
both in facilities and world-
renowned coaching.”
BEN STEVENS
(E, 2005-10)