dictates the game with his superb dribbling but energises the team with hunger in defence . The shooting guard , Adrian Hong Choy ( D ) dominates opposition with his ability to shoot and drive . The power forward , Kene Obienu ( G ), is a remarkable rebounder and player under the board . Finlay Saeger ( E ), shooting guard , is the team ’ s top scorer thanks to his skill and athleticism . The centre , Sebastian Steiner ( F ), is an offensive threat with his post moves and controls the defence with numerous blocks and rebounds . Robbie Chow ( K ), small forward , has mastered the art of the crossover and combines it with explosive drives . The third years Joe Chang ( K ) and Max Campbell ( G ), point guard and small forward respectively , have played for the whole season with the seniors and are developing into phenomenal players . The junior teams are progressing well . The teams have a mixture of talent and athleticism . Although the results have not gone their way , the teams are learning how to play together . In the coming years , their dedicated practice will result in a strong senior team .
Hockey
Last summer , the wider British public were captivated by the sport of field hockey . In Brazil , eleven women were desperately trying to realise a dream that had evaded them for years . Back home in Britain , 9 million ordinary people were sitting on the edge of their seats to watch one of the most exciting moments of the Rio Olympics . The full-time score was 3-3 , and the outcome would be decided over penalty ‘ shuffles ’. Once again , the goalkeeper Maddie Hinch stepped up and saved all four Netherlands penalties , with a skilled finish and a penalty stroke securing the Gold Medal for Great Britain , inspiring a whole generation of young hockey players . We hoped to match this in the season ahead . Watching this match at home last summer made me realise that passion , combined with a few exceptional individual performances , is a dangerous combination , especially in a game as fast paced and changeable as hockey . Unfortunately , there have been some hindrances to our season . For understandable reasons , we don ’ t have our own full sized pitch , so we have to use the university pitch at Bar End . The distance and lack of training time means it has been a shaky start for the
Winchester 1sts . What has struck me this season though is the determination shown by the players , who know that when they walk onto the pitch they are already at a disadvantage , but play to the best of their abilities for the whole game . This approach has led to respectable results against betterresourced teams , such as a 2-2 draw against Bedales . There are also many young players coming through the ranks and , with the right development , our future teams could be very competitive .
║HOME & AWAY Luke Williams ( B ) & Omar Lingemann ( A )
At the very start of the Christmas holidays , Monsieur Vieilleville and Madame Cadoret took a group from VI Book to Bordeaux on a French exchange . The group were exposed to the fine culture Bordeaux is so famous for , visiting wine chateaux and old towns and having tours of both its medieval and modern history . As well as this , the boys joined their exchange partners at school , getting a unique insight into the French lifestyle while improving their language skills . The trip was a success and the boys were grateful to their dons for taking time to organise it .
Ray , Lila , Griffin and Claire , four American exchange pupils from Germantown Friends School in Pennsylvania , arrived at the start of term for a three week taste of Winchester College . Although they didn ’ t stay in any of the houses , they immersed themselves in the boarding culture by eating in College , Toye ’ s , Kenny ’ s , Freddie ’ s , Furley ’ s and Phil ’ s . Not only did they participate in many of our lessons , but also in our sporting , dramatic and musical events . They particularly enjoyed watching Winkies for the first time and learning some of the rules . As Ray put it , Winkies was ‘ absolutely mad ’. They also had a day trip to see Salisbury Cathedral as well as a weekend outing to London where they visited St Paul ’ s Cathedral . They were very popular members of the school during their exchange and I know that they will be sorely missed by everyone .
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