the wellington college year book 2010/2011
the wellington college year book 2010/2011
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cricket
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sport
ear ow, The Sports Clubs
and Societies are the biggest
group of ows pursuing
common aims, yet we are
woefully short of one major
part and that is lady members. Wellington
is now producing ows who are very good
at their respective sports at school level yet
the ow representation in these sports is
negligible. We have Shooters and Golfers, still
at Wellington who are either representing the
uk or winning major International Trophies
so it would be great if some of the future
stars who are currently at Wellington would
have the appropriate Sports Club or Society
to join. To name but a few missing clubs or
societies, we have no Lacrosse Club, no
Netball Club, a minimal Hockey club and yet
all these are sports where Wellington excels
at school level. As I write this I’ve just heard
that College has reached the finals of National
t20 Tournament by beating Millfield, so why
not a Ladies’ section of the owcc ?
After this impassioned plea, a quick roundup. All current ow Sports Clubs or Societies
are flourishing and provide bags of fun, and
serious and not so serious competitions and
matches. We always need new members especially new ows where we run a scheme
across all Clubs and Societies until you are 25,
where no membership subscriptions are paid
and financial help is given to represent your
society or club in matches or competitions.
So it’s a great chance to carry on playing the
sports you enjoy. We held a very successful
dinner at College in March to talk about ow
Sports to a group of this year’s Sixth Form and
we got a very enthusiastic response across all
sports, so if you are interested in ow Sports
contact me or any of the relevant secretaries (see page 140). John Goodeve-Docker [A
1964] and Biz Nimmo [C 2010]
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the
time of writing
owcc have played three
games, but sadly as
yet no tick in the ‘win’
column.
Unfortunately,
the traditional season opener against the
Old Malvernians was cancelled, meaning
that a tricky encounter at the Hurlingham
Club provided the first outing of the season.
The match manager, James Broderick [S
2001], turned out a good side but 210 on a
flat wicket in sw6, despite fifties from both
Richard Gotla [S 2005] and James Coyne [O
2003], was never going to be enough, and the
home side chased down the total for the loss
of only 3 wickets.
With the traditional two-day game now
firmly in the past (owing to an ever demanding
examination timetable and a shorter available
playing time on Speech Day itself ), owcc
took on the boys in the sunshine on the eve
of Speech Day. In their allocated twenty
overs the ows reached a respectable 149 but
with no batsman allowed to make their mark
thanks to excellent fielding and bowling by
the College team. In spite of the best efforts
of owcc the boys made relatively light work
of reaching their target, leaving the older
Wellingtonians heading for the nets before
resuming efforts for a longer 40-over game on
Speech Day itself.
Despite the practice and a sound start
(120-3), the nets did not translate into results,
and the ows ultimately mustered only 145.
This was well below par and a strong wccc
side (who have lost only to Radley so far this
season) batted well in their chase, reaching
their target with time to spare. The ows have
much to do next year to justify the fixture …
Happily owcc awarded two new prizes on
Speech Day itself immediately before play on
the pavilion steps. The first, for an outstanding
performance by a 1st xi player, was awarded to
Angus Boobyer [Pn 2011] — against Whitgift he
scored a maiden 1st xi 100 and followed this up
by taking 5 wickets, including a hatrick, an unprecedented double we believe for Wellington.
The second and equally important
was awarded to a senior Wellingtonian
cricketer who has made an outstanding
all round contribution to College cricket.
Josh Huckin [Pn] scored a fifty against
Harrow for the 3rd xi in the first game of
the season and earned promotion to the
2nd xi. His infectious enthusiasm made
him a deserved recipient of this award.
The scheduled first-round of the Cricketer
Cup was rained off but the ows were too
strong in the second match winning by 168
runs with Hugo Shephard [Bn 2003] making
124* and Alec Barkett [Hl 2009] taking 5
wickets. That was it though for this year
because in the second round Eton were too
experienced and won decisively by 58 runs.
Luc Durandt [Hg 2008] and Ed Young [Bd
2007] have not only played first-class cricket
this summer, but also scoring their maiden
first-class hundreds. Luc’s was for Durham
mccu against Warwickshire when he scored
131, while Ed Young (who also has a contract
with Gloucestershire) scored a superb 133
against Lancashire for Oxford mccu. Many
Luc Durandt and EdYoung
sporting their MCCU badges.
Interestingly, the MCCU logo
was designed by an OW,
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