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The Trusty Servant late 1950s , when the school outgrew the space , although occasional Saturday services took place in the 1970s and 80s . The Advent carol service left the Cathedral in the 1990s when noise from the increasingly commercial market outside became disruptive . In recent years , the school has assembled there for a service at the beginning of each academic year , for Founder ’ s Obit ( combined with the beginning-of-year service from 2013 ), and an end-of-year service until the late 2000s .
Inversion of the Natural Order The College Win Co Fo team won the VIs Festival , but their scientific generalknowledge experts only came eighth in Wilson Pot . It is the first time that the men of Chamber Court have achieved the former , and only the second that they have failed to win the latter . Clearly the scientists were resting themselves for the
Olympiads , in which four Collegemen were invited to the national selection rounds .
Achievements Dominic Rowland ( C , 01-06 ; Maths ) composed question 5 of the British Mathematical Olympiad paper 1 . Nick MacKinnon ( Maths ) composed question 3 of the BMO 2 – and the mark-scheme for it was written by Richard Freeland ( Coll , 09-11 ): ‘ The sum of the cubes of the first n natural numbers is always a perfect square . Show that the sum of the cubes of the next n natural numbers is never a perfect square .’ Answers on a post-card , please !
Claire Webster ( Classics ) and Stephen Anderson ( Classics , 80-15 ) contributed sections on Herodotus and Xenophon to the new OCR AS and A2 Greek Anthology ( Bloomsbury ).
The U18 Fives players retained their national title . Tom Kidner ( E , 13- ) is only the second schooboy in 55 years to win and retain both the West of England and National singles titles . Tom partnered Kieran Mackison ( also E ) to win the doubles .
The basketball team won the Wellington Invitation , the premier independentschools competition .
Joseph Oluwabusola ( C , 16- ) has been selected for ISFA U15 England soccer side .
George Baxendale ( E , 13- ) collected a Queen ’ s Award for Voluntary Service ( the group equivalent of an MBE ) on behalf of the Winchester Churches Night Shelter , at which he and several other Wykehamists volunteer . This is only the second Queen ’ s Award to be received in Hampshire .
Old Wykehamist News
Appointments
TH Breitmeyer ( A , 73-77 ), President of the Country Land & Business Association .
General Sir Nick Carter KCB CBE DSO ( H , 72-76 ), Chief of the Defence Staff from September 2018 .
Lieutenant Colonel CE Gilmour MBE DL ( I , 60-64 ), Vice Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland .
AM Eaton Hart ( H , 80-84 ), District Judge deployed to the Western Circuit , based at Plymouth County Court .
WMA Land ( Co Ro , 03-12 ), Headmaster of Harrow School from April 2019 .
R Sunak MP ( H , 93-98 ), Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Housing , Communities and Local Government .
The following have recently taken silk : EGR King ( Coll , 88-93 ), AJK Potts ( Coll , 89-94 ), SNK Singla ( E , 90-95 ) and R Vallat ( Coll , 86-91 ).
Art
From 17th March - 16th May , Glimpses of Eternity was an exceptional exhibition of 35 paintings plus sketches created by ACJ Creswell ( G , 70-75 ) during his residency at Westminster Abbey 2011-17 . This is the first collection of paintings to be made of the Abbey since its foundation and was acquired by The Dean & Chapter of Westminster in February 2018 . See www . alexandercreswell . com
BR Fitzpatrick ( C , 06-11 ) has recently returned from an apprenticeship at a studio in Florence to set up his own studio in the Chelsea Studios on the Fulham Road , practising primarily in portraiture . He would like to connect with other Wykehamist artists . See www . brendanfitzpatrickart . com
The Bach Choir has recently issued a recording of two works by Sir George Dyson ( Master of Music , 24-37 ). The works were his Choral Symphony and St Paul ’ s Voyage to Melita . The Choir includes four OWs : ME Pellew ( K , 55- 60 ), CM Dancy ( C , 61-67 ), CW Tulloch ( B , 61-66 ) and NE Morris ( G , 03-08 ).
Awards
AM Reid ( I , 61-66 ) has been awarded an MBE for services to the community in Winchester .
MP Roller ( I , 11-16 ), who is in his second year studying PPE at Exeter College , won the Clive Taylor Prize for sports journalism at a dinner in London . The prize money will be used towards travel costs this summer to report on the County Cricket season .
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