Wellington College Yearbook 2010/2011 | Page 88

the wellington college year book 2010/2011 88 the wellington college year book 2010/2011 Copenhagen Shield 89 n ota b l e i n d i v i d ua l ac h i e v e m e n t s A number of students have been awarded Sports Colours for their efforts but a special mention must go to the following students who have achieved the honourable status of being awarded triple colours which reflects remarkable success and sustained commitment in three sporting activities. c l a u d i a s t e v e n s o n — h o c k e y, n e t b a l l a n d t e n n i s l u i s a r u b i o — h o c k e y, n e t b a l l a n d t e n n i s a n g u s b o o b b y e r — c r i c k e t, h o c k e y a n d r a c k e t s j o - j o b l u n t — c ro s s - c o u n t ry, t r i at h l o n a n d h o c k e y Although we strive for maximum participation and a life time investment in sport for all we are also incredibly proud of our high achievers this year. The following individuals have taken their performance to the next level and have been rewarded with international honours. Switzerland having achieved phenomenal success. On an individual basis Joseph Rossi placed first, taking the gold medal for combined slalom and giant slalom in his age and race category and finishing 24th out of 168 racers. Silas Curtis put in a particularly impressive performance too placing 26th (out of 168) and beating many boys older than himself to achieve this position. These individual performances, combined with fast times from Austin Curtis and Ruari Hutchinson in giant slalom and slalom respectively meant that overall the team placed 9th out of 33. squash: The Wellington Squash team made Wellington history by coming third in the Nationals Squash Tournament, a clear indication that squash is firmly on the upgrade at College. They continued their good form by also winning the prestigious Roehampton Public Schools Tournament. The College squash team have never before achieved such outstanding success and have now placed themselves on the map as one of the best school squash teams in the country. triathlon: Wellington did extremely well in Great Britain selection races for the World Age Group Triathlon Championships in Beijing in September. Two of our pupils qualified: Jo-Jo Blunt and Harriette Johnson coming first and third in their age group. Patrick Garratt will almost certainly qualify as he was within the required time and finished fifth. Steve Shortland, Director of Sport rugby j a k e o l da k e r england u16 (2010), england u17 (2011) s i m o n s e x to n england u16 (2011), england u16a (2010), london & se u16 (2010 & 11) charlie wicks england u16a (2011), south west u16 (2011) kieran ball england u18 clubs and schools (2011), england u16 (2009), ireland u18 (2010) madison hughes u s a u 1 8 ( 2 0 1 0 ) , u s a u 2 0 wo r l d c u p s q u a d ( 2 0 1 1 ) buchan richardson s c ot l a n d u 1 7 netball hannah joseph england u19’s (2010) shooting harry orpen-smellie h a s b e e n s e l e c t e d f o r t h e at h e l i n g s , t h e g b c a d e t r i f l e t e a m to c a n a da i n a u g u s t 2 0 1 1 . h a r r y o r p e n - s m e l l i e a n d l e o s u t to n b ot h s h ot f o r b r i t i s h s c h o o l s a n d e n g l a n d s c h o o l s a t e a m i n s m a l l - b o r e . at h l e t i c s morgan lake g r e at b r i ta i n u n d e r 1 5 ’ s ( 2 0 1 0 ) , e n g l a n d s c h o o l s ( 2 0 1 1 ) s q ua s h nick hopcroft e n g l a n d u 1 9 s q u a s h i n t h e e u ro p e a n s c h a m p i o n s h i p s i n s w i t z e r l a n d ( 2 0 1 1 ) golf heidi baek f u l l e n g l a n d wo m e n ’ s e l i t e s q u a d . w i n n e r u . s . j u n i o r m a s t e r s alex peters f u l l e n g l a n d wo m e n ’ s e l i t e s q u a d