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gathered together for dinner in College Hall to celebrate the recent significant successes in School and OW Fives: Win Coll is the 2016 West of England Schools and also under-16 Rugby Fives champion for both singles and doubles; and Will Ellison( C, 00-05) is ranked first nationally. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed a tremendous evening. The OW contingent: David Barnes( A, 54-60), James Bristow( D, 96-01), Andrew Horsewood( D, 01-06), Ben Hale( F, 02- 07), Nick Baines( F, 06-11), Matt Hale( F, 08-13), Ben Chua( E, 09-14), James Smith( E, 09-14) Bertie Robertson( F, 10- 15) and Tom Watkinson( I, 10-15).
OW Football Club
JS Gray( I, 04-09) records: The first-ever OW football tour proved to be successful as we returned unbeaten from the Czech Republic with our heads held high. A group of 13 men, spanning almost a decade of school years, had been selected and, after a Friday evening exploring Prague, we faced our opening fixture against Stodulky FC. If any men were struggling for energy, tour organiser Tom Guest( C, 97-02) – to whom much of the credit must go – soon shook us well awake. He seized the ball on the halfway line, cut inside from left and produced a 35-yard curling effort that nestled in the top corner to leave the opposition stunned. Some penalty area pinball allowed an equaliser but in the second half, encouraged by skipper Pete Fuller( Coll, 04-09), the OWs began to play the ball around and Taro Kiley( H, 98-03), Billy Fitton( C, 05-10) and Tom Bouch( C, 06-08) all ensured that the European debut was a victorious one.
On Sunday against Jinocany, the OWs created an inordinate number of chances but in the end could only manage a 1-1 draw, Pietro Emo Capodilista( F, 03-08) claiming the honours for the away team.
Football aside, the trip was punctuated by men doing their very best to fill up their custom-made ekker rolls, with Dr James
Top row( l-r): Peter Fuller, Alex Portz, James Gray, Tom Bouch, Rupert Mercer, James Rann, Thomas MacThomas. Bottom row( l-r): Pietro Emo Capodilista, Charlie Court, Taro Kiley, Tom Guest, Billy Thurston, Billy Fitton.
Rann( Coll, 97-02) leading a particularly enlightening tour of Prague’ s Old Town.
Destinations are already being explored for next year and any OWs wishing to be a part of the trip or the Club on a regular basis should email Pete Fuller via peterfuller23 @ gmail. com.
OW Golf
The annual competition for the Sinister Pot was held at Sandford Springs Golf Club on 11th October, somewhat later in the year than usual because of some of the participants requiring replacement parts. Captain of the Sinisters was CD Brims( K, 63-68). Captain of the Dexters was GC Scott-Malden( D, 62-67). Also playing were JN Scott-Malden( Coll, 63-68) and AJC Normand( F, 76-81). The match ended in a win for the( left-handed) Sinisters for the third successive year and a discussion was held as to whether this entitled them to keep the Pot in perpetuity. A hot was not held due to the fragility of certain players’ hips and knees.
OW Rackets
Will Morse( K, 01-06) records: Three Winchester pairs entered the 2016 Noel Bruce, with OW I and OW II making it to the 1 / 4 finals for the first time since digital records began.
OW II then faced Wellington I and produced a scintillating display in the first 3 / 5ths of the match to lead by 2-0 against a pair that included an ex-doubles world champion, but in the event failed to make it through.
The OW I pairing of Jun Portz( current world doubles champion) & Jun Bailey saw off Malvern and a strong Haileybury side. They then dealt with Harrow, winners of the NB on numerous occasions, with Bailey making a mockery of his time away from the game with a
Christian Portz
Mike Bailey
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