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ows, the
did edge ahead of Oxford University who were shooting
we had won since 1971. Afterwards, around 25
alongside. Top scorer for the ow’s was Andrew Maltby [S
current College team, as well as current and past supportive
2002–2007] with a score of 94 out of 100.
parents, gathered at the traditional barbecue at the Inns of
The match against College was as always an extremely
Court. It was the first meeting since the tragic death of
close affair, with both teams fielding 8 shooters. The match
our Secretary Luke Winkworth [L 1995–1998], after a long
ow’s having
and courageous fight against cancer. Bisley will never be the
to shoot for their Counties as it was the Inter-Counties
same without him, although in true Winky style, he made
weekend. Ed Welford (Hampshire), Peter Halford [M 1970–
sure his memory will live on by donating a ‘lottery’ trophy
1975] (Kent), Ben Ebbetts (Bl 2002–2007)(Berkshire) and
to be given out to the score on veterans’ day that is closest
Richard Hebblethwaite (London) all did their best to be in
to one pulled out of a hat. The inaugural winner was Mike
2 places at once ! Both teams shot to a very high standard,
Townsend, who matched the score of 50.2 that was plucked
and the ow’s just edged out College by 753 points to 745.
out.
was made somewhat complicated by some
The trophy was awarded by Lyn, Luke’s mother.
Mike Townsend [Bl 1959–1962) won
A very healthy 10
ows com-
the Harris Trophy by top-scoring in
Marlingham, which runs concurrent
with a score of 97.8.
with the Grand Aggregate.
ow Squash Club was slightly less active in
2007/8 than it has been in previous seasons,
with fewer members actively involved and
slightly fewer fixtures played.
Our
London did take place and entertaining evenings were had
by those able to attend.
Nick Pellew [Bd 1972–1977] managed to get together
a pretty strong team for the Londonderry cup and they
A number of members were unavailable due to injury
or being away from London and at times match managers
gave the Old Whitgiftians a reasonable challenge in the
2nd round despite losing 2-3.
struggled to raise the sides that they wanted. This resulted
For the club to be more active in 2008/9 we need as
in slightly weaker teams being fielded and slightly worse
many players as possible to make themselves available to
results being posted.
match managers. The fixture list and contact details are as
That said, a dozen mid week evening matches in
were able to enter 2 teams in the
the highest score for a current pupil
T
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for the first time in many years, we
Wilson took the Parkinson Cup for
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the competition with 98.9, and Angus
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007 was a disappointing season with no wins
in a 3 sets to 1 victory for the visitors. This was then
to report, although on the plus side two new
followed by a 2 pair match against the Public Schools Old
fixtures were played. In the D’Abernon Cup,
Boys Tennis Association, who produced a strong team
The Public Schools’ Veterans
A team came 8th, and the B team
Match turned out to be one of the
came 11th. Squadron Leader Stuart
the annual public schools old boys’ tennis competition,
for this inaugural fixture, including the captain of the Old
most memorable in recent years.
Williamson shot in the victorious raf
the ows were seeded straight into the quarter-finals after
Bromsgrovians team, who had battered us only the week
For the third year in a row, we had
team in the Inter-Services match; Tom
reaching the semi-finals last year. Due to unavailability,
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