edian Alur Old Club News - King's College, Taunton

OA Sport OA Sport
Sport continues to be very successful at King’s with many individuals and teams winning trophies and accolades. OA
teams participated in Rugby, Tennis, Cricket, Golf, Hockey and Football fixtures. We receive regular updates on OAs
who are doing well in their fields and we also want to hear about any achievements in sport from OAs.
OA Hockey
This year’s OA Hockey fixture saw a thrilling match
with some exceptional hockey played by both sides.
Although the current King’s first team has a lot of
young talent, the experience of the OA XI was clear
and they were too strong for them. The OAs won 3-1
with goals from Tim Rainey, Bertie Broughton and Tom
Haigh. James Yeabsley and Will Hardwick had great
games for the OA side, with Hardwick making some
exceptionally quick runs down the left-wing, showing
some fine stick skills. The match was very competitive
from push-back to the final whistle.
OA Tennis
The OA Team consisted of Christophe Hardy, Giles
Cooper, Nick Grime and Jon Side. There were four games
of singles for each player and two doubles matches. The
experience and power of the OAs was too much for the
King’s boys and the OAs won 5-1.
OA Football
After OA victories in the last two meetings, the King’s
1st XI competed well to secure a well-deserved win
against strong OA opposition. Ed Nash OA always
looked threatening and could easily have added to his
single goal. Further OA goals by Peter Hale and Will
McKegney were, however, no answer to the seven
rattled up by the 1st XI - there were goals for James
Huxtable, Taylor Buller, Finn Spencer, Olly Mason,
Anton Burkhard-Meier, and a brace for Omar Hamaoui.
We would like to thank Laurence Underhill OA for
funding the new OA football shirts. The team will wear
the new shirts at the OA Football event in 2012.
OA Golf
Paul Griffiths, Gareth Gie, Paul Richards, Phil Lewis, Mark Evans, Robert Excell
The Pelican Golf Society continues to enter competitions
representing King’s College OAs. On Sunday 5th June the
players attended the regional qualifying event for the 2011
Grafton Morrish Public Schools Golf Tournament, held at
Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club in East Sussex. Despite
a valiant effort from the side (especially from Phil Lewis
and Rob Excell), the side was unlucky not to qualify for
the finals. The side also entered the Public Schools Putting
Tournament at Royal Wimbledon Golf Club. The Golf
Society is looking for some players with low handicaps to
play in the competitions. Please contact Martin Evans if
you are interested (mevans8993@btinternet.com).
Cricket continues to go from strength to strength at King’s and we are happy to report on the progress of three
of our young OAs who are playing for Somerset.
Jos Buttler, Craig Meschede and Alex Barrow left King’s
within the last two years and all three have played for
Somerset this year. Their most notable scalp was the
world’s leading batsman, Sachin Tendulkar, who was
caught by Buttler off the bowling of Meschede. Jos Buttler’s
performances in the T20 matches played by Somerset
caught the eye of the selectors and we congratulate him
on being chosen to play for England in the recent T20
match against India.
The OA XI
If you want to see an OA participating in the London
2012 Olympics, Maddie Hinch is one to watch!
Maddie is a successful hockey goalkeeper who plays
for Leicester HC and is currently in the Great Britain
squad. Maddie made her senior tournament debut
for Great Britain against Korea and is training hard to
secure her place for the London 2012 squad. The GB
squad has 30 athletes based at Bisham Abbey sports
centre and from October the squad wll be finalised
for eight months of preparation.
Hugo and Ross Turner
Alex, Jos and Craig
The OA XI came back to the school on Parents’ Day
2011 to take part in the annual OA XI vs King’s 1st XI
match. King’s batted first and made 281 and the OAs
fell short by 35 runs despite a valiant 72 from Alex
Barrow. The OAs also played two T20 matches against
Somerset Stragglers and Millfield.
Maddie in action, saving from close range
The Turner twins, Hugo and Ross, have taken on an exciting challenge to
race 2,935 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in a 29-foot rowing boat, with
a prospect of raising £200,000 for Spinal Research. Hugo and Ross, who left
King’s in 2007, are departing from the Canary Islands on the 4th December
2011 and should arrive early in the new year. Upon completion of the race
the crew will set two new world records:
Youngest four man crew to row across any ocean in the world.
First twins to row across any ocean in the world.
This is a tough challenge, both physically and psychologically, and if you
want to sponsor them or follow their progress please visit their website:
www. theatlantic4.com