the wellington college year book 2010/2011
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Head of College. The rivalry with The
Beresford also intensified this year as to the
dismay of the entire House our Christmas
Tree disappeared one cold night in December
and all that was left behind the following
morning were the decorations and lights neatly
folded away back in the box in the foyer. As
Dr Boscher said upon discovering the scene
the next day, ‘That saves me a trip to the tip?!’
It is impossible to talk about the year
without mentioning the appointment of
Mike Denhart (ow) as live-in Assistant
Housemaster. Mike has become a wellestablished, well-liked and well-respected part
of the House and his contribution this year
has been invaluable. Finally, we come to the
most important person in House and the two
people who will be most sorely missed next
year, Dr Paul Boscher and his wife Brigitte.
Paul and Brigitte have run The Talbot since
2000. They oversaw the passage from the
Old Talbot building to the new one in 2003
and they have seen eleven years of boys grow
into men. Paul and Brigitte are loved across
the school by all pupils from all Houses who
know them and it is certainly not uncommon
to hear boys from other houses say, ‘I wish
Dr Boscher was my housemaster’, such is his
popularity and the respect with which he is
held throughout the school. He is respected
by the Common Room as a fierce intellect
and a brilliant teacher and he is respected by
the pupils for being a kind, eccentric, fun and
wise teacher and Housemaster. The boys and
their parents gave them a fantastic send off on
Speech Day. Paul and Brigitte have come to
define The Talbot in their time here and it is
with great sadness that we say goodbye. We
can only hope that this last year has been a
fitting end to the Boscher legacy?! Illias Thoms
We’ll
never forget
her advice to us,
‘Get involved with
a gutsy approach
and immaculate
behaviour?!’
the wellesley
Well, where do we start? This
!
year has been an outstanding
one for The Wellesley. Starting
right at the beginning of the year, the House
went to see a production of Joseph And The
Technicolor Dreamcoat. The evening left us
all hoarse as we were singing at the top of
our voices. Then to top it off, we ended up
stuck, as the bus had not returned? After a
!
few ’phone calls by Miss Gillan, they showed
up and we arrived back at school safely.
Over the course of the year, the House has
a very busy social calendar. The annual meal
at Don Bennies is a prime example of this.
The restaurant was completely full of girls;
you could hardly hear yourself think because
the noise levels were so high. We’ve also had
a quiz night where parents and pupils in The
Wellesley battled it out for the top prize. It
was such good fun?!
The Wellesley is undoubtedly a House
which is well known for its house spirit at
inter-house events and we didn’t fail in this
respect again this year. In the inter-house Art
competition, the House was full of drawings,
which everybody participated in. In fact, all
of the junior and inter girls in the House
produced something for it. For the whole
House piece, we built a tree in the middle of
the common room and each hung our passion
or obsession from it. It was a great bonding
event and one the House will never forget.
The Wellesley never fails to bring great
enthusiasm to all events, whether we are
winning or not. Almost winning inter-house
netball for the juniors (only losing due to the
number of goals scored), we managed to get
everybody to join in, whether it was by playing
in the team or running the stall. We also
put up a great fight in the other inter-house
competitions, especially Inter-House Triathlon
and Swimming.
The Wellesley never fails to impress.