facilities such as three Olympic-sized
swimming pools, a newly refurbished track,
a mini golf course and a private water sports
lagoon. The constant sun and summer
temperatures meant we certainly enjoyed
our escape from the UK! Throughout the
trip we partook in multiple running and
swimming sessions per day, and also tried
other new activities to complement our
training, such as Stretch and Relax, Pilates,
Absolute Abs and Yoga. No one did this
better than Vita de Munck, Clara Tyler, Lexi
Marza and Isabella Bristow who managed to
try out every single activity the resort had
to offer – quite an amazing feat! Of course,
we did have time to enjoy the other, more
relaxed activities Club La Santa provided
such as beach volleyball, windsurfing and
racket ball as well as celebrate the New Year
together with some music, dancing and
fireworks.
A few stand-out achievements from the trip
were: Ingmar Gunn winning the aquathon,
duathlon and coming second in the triathlon
against some stiff competition from the
much more experienced athletes at the
resort; Gregor Watson coming second in the
kayak race; Charlie Lindsay coming to every
single swimming session despite having a
fractured leg; and, of course, all of the Lower
and Middle School runners who matched
every session the Upper School athletes did
throughout the trip.
Cri cket tour to G renada
On the first Monday in July we all boarded
the plane for Grenada, West Indies. The
squad consisted of 15 players, ranging from
Upper Sixth to Year 10, and the coaches, Mr
Hulston, Mr Holden and Mr Smith.
Throughout our time in Grenada we
explored the island, visiting the capital St
Georges, snorkelling, visiting a 200-year-old
rum distillery – the rum was 80% alcohol
and tasted more like poison – and swimming
next to a tropical waterfall.
The main challenge of playing cricket in the
Caribbean is the heat. It was not necessarily
the scorching sunshine, but the humidity,
especially in all your batting gear, which
made you feel you were in a sauna. It did not
take us long to find out that the Grenadian
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batsmen were ultra-aggressive and not afraid innings, despite some spirited fight from
the team. The final record was two wins and
of smashing a good length ball over the
four losses.
ring field. In fact it meant that most of our
wickets were caught on the boundary.
Bowler of the tour was Peter Wright with
These unfamiliar conditions meant it took us figures of 24.3-2-70-9 and Batsman of the
a while for our tour to really get firing, as we tour was Nick Bett with 190 runs at an
average of 38. Nick also passed 1000 runs
unfortunately lost our first three games. We
and 50 wickets for Sevenoaks School 1st XI.
were, however, incredibly fortunate to play
three games at the Grenada National Cricket
Overall, it was an absolutely once-in-a-
Stadium. We then managed to follow up
lifetime experience to play cricke t in the
these three losses with back-to-back wins,
Caribbean, one I will simply never forget.
due to gutsy batting performances from
Alfie Marr-Johnson, Year 10
Rory Easton (59), Nick Bett (48) and Patrick
Nickols (66*) and a much improved bowling
and catching display.
Our sixth and final game was nail-biting but
we just fell short with the bat in the second
SPORT
CROSS COUNTRY
LANZAROTE TRAINING CAMP
On 29 December 2016 a group of 39
runners, swimmers and teachers landed
in Lanzarote, excited for the coming week
of sport.
We were to stay at the incredible Club La
Santa, a sports resort where top Olympic
athletes come to train and which boasts
SEVENOAKS SCHOOL 2016-2017
We would like to thank Mr Holden and
Mrs Glover for organising the trip, Jon for
planning every swimming session and
Mrs Lewis, Miss Shah and Mrs Glover for
giving up their holiday to help out with the
sessions. We can’t wait for the next one in
two years’ time!
Sabrina Sinha and Matthew Emmerson
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