T H E N E W S L E T T E R Spring 2009 - Charterhouse

T H E N E W S L E T T E R Spring 2009
C H A RT E R HO U S E

Unparalleled Success
Since Ian Hamilton began coaching the
1st XI alongside Robert Bogdan,
Charterhouse hockey has gone from
strength to strength. With the maxim
“pace of the ball” ringing in their ears,
teams over the past decade have succeeded
each other in breaking records.
Michael Cardinal’s (V00) team of 2000
was the first to go unbeaten against
other schools; Josh Allen-Back’s (g02)
team of 2002 was the first to win ten
matches in a season and beat the mighty
Kingston Grammar School 8-1; Nick
Hatton’s (L03) team in 2003 reached the final of the Surrey
Cup only to be beaten on penalty strokes; the next year, Nick
Wood’s (g04) team also lost in the final of the Surrey Cup but
went on to qualify for the national championships, beating
favourites, Millfield, in a pulsating quarter-final before bowing
out in the semi-final to Kent College. None of the teams over
West Regional. They were 1-0 up on Millfield in the quarter
final of the national championship with just a dozen minutes
left, but eventually succumbed 1-3. A mere two days later they
took on Dean Close, who went on to reach the final of the
national championships, and beat them 2-0 in the semi-final
of the Boarding Schools Cup.
In the final, an exhausted XI could not raise their game to
beat Cranleigh and went down 0-1. They had played Millfield,
Dean Close, Radley and Cranleigh in just six days and all
reserves of energy were spent. Nevertheless, this has been an
outstandingly successful season for the Charterhouse team,
and has raised the bar even higher for those who follow.
the past ten years has lost more games than they won.
Set against this impressive background, Ewan Mitchell’s (H)
team this year could justifiably lay claim to primacy: the 1st XI
of 2009 won the Surrey Cup and went on to win the Southa
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Heather (S) and David (V) Gay
Twins, Heather and David Gay, have both won places to
Oxford; Heather to read chemistry at Magdalen and
David biochemistry at Trinity. David has played 2nd XI
hockey and football and represented Charterhouse at
cricket and cross-country, whilst Heather is captain of
girls’ squash and has represented the School at hockey,
tennis, cricket and netball. They are both members of
Sanger Society (chemistry) and David is in Mallory Group.
Heather won the Joanne Dawson singing prize and took
part in the musical Blondel last year. David won the 2nd
Year Specialist Biology and Single Maths prizes and
Heather the Chemistry prize.
Samuel Robin (P)
Sam played in the A teams for all major sports throughout the
Under School and now plays 1st XI football and hockey. He went
on the U16 football tour to Sweden and the 1st XI hockey tour to
Barcelona. Sam is head of the CCF with the rank of colour
sergeant, and has twice been in the winning Charterhouse Royal
Marines team in the Pringle Trophy, a prestigious event competed
for by all the Royal Marine CCF contingents in the country. Last
year he played King John in Tim Rice’s musical Blondel. Sam is a
Research Essay prize winner and head of Pageites.
Barnaby Wynter (G)
Barney was head chorister at Chichester Cathedral
before coming to Charterhouse this year. He has
distinctions in Grade 8 for trumpet and piano and in
Grade 6 for double bass. As one of the four finalists of
the IAPS Young Musician of the Year, he was invited
to perform as soloist with the IAPS National Concert
Band. At Charterhouse he recently won the open Brass
Prize and was highly commended in the open Piano
Prize. Barney sings in various choirs and plays in the
Brass Quintet and the Jazz Band. He represents
Charterhouse in the swimming team.
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Above:- Charterhouse cricket coach Martin Bicknell of Surrey and England discussing tactics with
Alec Stewart, manager of the Bicknell XI vs 2nd XI footballers.
Below:-Scientists involved in the annual Charterhouse/Hill School challenge in Pennsylvania visited
research centres and places of interest in New York and Washington DC.
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Luke Liddle (G)
Luke is Head of School. He is a foundation
scholar and a member of the
Headmaster’s Essay Society. As a
footballer he has toured Sweden and
Bermuda with Charterhouse and holds a
Level 1 FA coaching badge. Luke is head
of the Charity Committee and was the
driving force behind two charity dinners
and a concert, which have raised £25,000,
mainly for a hospital in India. He recently
went to India to see the Charterhouse
ward under construction, and it is now
open. Luke launched the School’s fairtrade
policy and spoke in Chapel about
slavery in the 21st Century. He runs
Monday afternoon football coaching for
Godalming Junior School. Luke was
secretary of Mallory Group and was in
the first group back on the fifty mile walk.
Below:- Piano quintet Candy Chan (D), Bryan Chu (D), Adrian Chan (L), Cheryl Chan (R) and
Justin Choi (R) (with John Parsons) were finalists in the National Chamber Music Competition
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Left:- Bach’s St John Passion
Below left:- The Band Show
Above:-
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Photograph by Oliver Epp (D)
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St Mark’s Square, Venice – Carthusians on their way to sing High Mass at the Basilica
elow:- Marines exercise Bottom:- Historians at the Berlin Wall
Photograph by Georgia Davies (G)
Above:- Changeling 2 oil on canvas
Charterhouse Director of Art Peter Monkman has been shortlisted in the top three
out of 1,901 entries for the BP Portrait Award for this painting, which is part
of a series of paintings of his daughter Anna. The exhibition of the best
portraits will go on show at the National Portrait Gallery in June.
Below:- My Father by Dominic Callaghan (V)
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Above:- Bethany Redmond of Broadwater School with
her wood block print in the Charterhouse/Broadwater
exhibition in Studio. We hope that this exhibition will
mark the beginning of further collaboration between
Studio and local schools.
Below:- Daviesites on the Yearlings Walk
Above:- A new medical centre for rural communities
in South India was opened in
February and the first phase has been named
The Charterhouse Ward because the £24,000
for the building was entirely raised by
Carthusians.
Left:- Georgia Gilmore (G) and Katie Aylard
(V) with local children whilst working on the
project during the recent Chaplaincy trip.
Brooke Hall Profile
JF Tully
Jon Tully becomes Housemaster of Daviesites in September.
He teaches physics at Charterhouse, is master-in-charge of
cross-country and Officer Commanding the Royal Marine
Detachment of the CCF. He served as an engineer officer on
the liners of the P&O Cruises fleet and was then sponsored
by the Royal Navy to read naval architecture and ocean
engineering at London University. He sailed for London
University and was awarded a BEng with first class honours
in 1990 .
On leaving the sea, Jon’s career turned to the City, where he
spent seven years as a shipbroker, specialising in the negotiation
of contracts for the construction of commercial vessels.
In 1996 he was appointed a director of the H. Clarkson PLC
and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers.
While working in the City, Jon joined the Honourable
Artillery Company as a Territorial Army soldier and gained
qualifications as a physical training instructor and combat
paramedic. He saw active service in Iraq in 2004, attached to
1PWRR in Al Amarah. He also helped establish the environmental
conservation company, Greenforce, leading reef
survey expeditions to Fiji, Malaysia and the Bahamas.
Jon is married to Jenny, who is a business management
assessor. They met at university and share a love of hillwalking,
riding and sailing. He is a keen cross-country runner, Royal
Yachting Association skipper and qualified mountain leader.
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Blue Remembered Hills
On the Razzle
Kes
Lack of Talent
Photograph by Henry Chow (W)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Photography and design by Roger Smeeton 01483 414816
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