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the wellington college year book 2010/2011 the wellington college year book 2010/2011 T 128 Goalkeeper Simon Bayliff made an instinctive save and victory was in sight. To close it off, Lachie Trentham [Hl 1997] converted our own p-flick and the day was a resounding success for the now weary ows: 5-2. As ever Rob Easton has put in a request for a special mention. Apparently he provided an enormous amount of assists preferring to give up his many self-made opportunities to score for the sake of his usually less prolific peers. Well done Rob for such sportsmanlike behaviour. Jerome Alexander [C 1993–1998] T he original plan was to play College 2nds and 1sts but with only one team available from the pupils it left the aged ows plenty of reinforcements on the bench. In order to stretch out the match and make the most of our situation we played three thirds again which seemed potentially in our favour given the ows have been unbeaten in that format so far. In the first third the ows started fresher than a set of newly-starched linen. As has been the case in the last few years we took an early lead and held on to win the first period 3-0. Goals came from Tom Curry [S 1998], Mac ‘The Poacher’ Nicoll [O 2002] and Will Newland [Hn 2009]. So, 3-0 up we were heading into the middle third when College came back to win the period 2-1 with Maughan [C 2003] putting in the only goal for the ows. The final third saw more drama, not least of all from Rob Easton’s [A 1995] dummy aerial ball — what a dummy ! College clawed another goal back to add to the pressure on the fatigued ows. Then a foul was committed right in front of goal by none other than Ricky Page whose newly found commitment to the ha Fair Play Award culminated in him triggering only 86% of all whistle blows on the day. A rumble around the umpire ensued that El Hadji Diouf and Emmanuel Adebayor would’ve been proud of. Not even Jon White [S 1987 & CR] could do his best from having a crack at the authority figure that was our very own injured Hugo Shephard who decided on a p-flick to College. Despite the remonstrating the decision stood. hockey Back Row Simon Bayli? (non OW] Dan Reid [Hg ????] Lachie Trentham [Hl ????] Cullum Alexander [C ????] Ricky Page [Pn ????] Nick Kinder [Hl ????] Tom Curry [S ????] Henry Maughan [C ????] Wykehamist Mike Bailey, was a finalist in the British Open Doubles and the Canadian Amateur Doubles and, to add icing to the cake, the next generation of ows will be enhanced by Nick Hopcroft [Bd 2011] who won both the Public Schools’ Singles title (the Foster Cup) and, with his partner Angus Boobbyer [Pn 2011], the Public Schools’ Double championship. Millie Pughe [Hn] won the Girls’ under-16 title. In the Noel Bruce Cup the ow first pair of Coyne and Cockroft lost in the semi-finals to the Malvernians and the second and third pairs were represented by Tysoe and James Fuller [Bn 2006], Mark Penna [Hl 2003] and Charlie Pickard [Bl 2010]. Rod Shephard [Bn 2006] also featured strongly in the age group events at Queen’s. James Coyne [O 1998 –2003] rackets team bill wau gh [ o 1986–1991] c u llu m a lexa nder [ c 1990–1995] jon white [ s 1982–1987] lac hla n tr entha m [ hl 1992–1997] m ac nic oll [ o 1997–1902] nic k kinder [ hl 1993–1998] r ic ky page [ pn 1993–1998] rob easton [ a 1990–1995] rowly bourne [ c 1997–2002] Front Row BillWaugh [O ????] Mac Nicoll [O ????] Rowly Bourne [C ????] Rob Easton [A ????] Jerome Alexander [C ????] he Year will go down in History as an annus mirabilis for both ow and Wellington Rackets. Peter Mallinson [Pn 1977], Chairman of the Tennis and Rackets Association from 2003, handed the reins to another ow, William Maltby [Bn 1977), in October 2010. William distinguished himself by winning the Over-50 singles Real Tennis title, the Bridgeman Cup, in March 2011 but it was on the Rackets Court that Wellington past and present enjoyed unparalleled success. Tim Cockroft [A 1985], playing with Harrovian Alex Titchener-Barrett, won the World Doubles championship after two three hour matches in New York and at Queen’s and the same pair were finalists in the Amateur Doubles. The scores in the two World championship matches were 15/7, 15/17, 11/15, 15/8, 14/17, 15/10, 15/10 and 17/15, 18/13, 15/5, 8/15, 13/18, 15/5. James Coyne [O 2003], playing with Etonian Will Hopton, won the British Open Doubles, the British Amateur Doubles, the us Open Doubles and also won the Canadian Amateur Singles title. George Tysoe [L 2003], playing with tom curry [ s 1993–1998] will newla nd [ hn 2004–2009] henry m au gha n [ c 1998–2003] dan reid [ hg 1990–1995] a ndy boateng [ s 2001–2006] + guest keeper, simon bayliff brother –in–law–of–wau gh. Peter Mallinson [Pn ????–????] Chairman of the Tennis and Rackets Association since ????, handed over the reins to William Maltby [Bn ????–????] Tim Cockroft [A ???? –????] 129