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RUGBY SCHOOL 

NUMBER 16 AUTUMN 1999 

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Alastair Price, Alastair Hockley and John Mahon make sure of a Kilbracken victory 

A LA CART 

Teamwork and fun permeated the third annual 

Rugby School Pushcart Race in the summer. Each 

House rose to the challenge of designing and 

manufacturing a cart to carry a driver and crew 

member, pushed by two others. Now an annual 

festival, the event not only enhances design skills 

but also raises money for good causes; the Houses 

raise sponsorship for the number of laps of The Close 

completed within the two hours. Kilbracken won 

the boys’ event this year, and Bradley was the 

winning girls’ House.

News from RUGBY SCHOOL AUTUMN 1999 

The amusement starts with time trials in the 

morning and continues with the event proper during 

the Sunday afternoon. Most of the School turns out 

to support, often sporting all manner of ingenious 

water cannon, ostensibly to relieve the heat of the 

afternoon but less than surreptitiously adding to the 

discomfort of the crews. 

Standards are set to rise next summer, and so 

Sheriff House’s 1997 record lap time of 2 minutes 

15 seconds could be in jeopardy. Currently three 

GCSE Design projects have been inspired by the 

event and their finished products will be competing. 

Another threat to the record could be the raising of 

the game by introducing an inter-school fixture. Phil 

Byrne, Head of Design and Technology, had the 

original idea and is pleased by the way it has 

developed. He said, “Nine Houses have been on 

the podium during the three years, so it is an activity 

which allows inspiration and enthusiasm to translate 

into success.” 

SECOND NATURE 

Rugby’s aim of every pupil having their own 

laptop computer has had a flying start with most of 

this year’s 13-year-old new pupils owning or leasing 

the latest portable. Sarah Fletcher, Director of 

Studies, said, “Pupils send prep to staff across the 

network, and internet browsing, e-mail 

conversations, Powerpoint presentations, 

spreadsheets and Word are becoming second nature. 

It is a very exciting development, which will 

encourage the pupils to develop independent 

methods of study, equipping them with skills for 

present and future.” 

Sheriff House use their laptops for a journalism project 

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News from RUGBY SCHOOL 

AUTUMN 1999 

The Head Master marginally off the fairway at Royal St George’s 

The Head Master writes ... 

It is good to be on the fairway. Laptops, so far 

secure, are delving into all sorts of pathways; 

virtually all of the thirteen-year-olds have them 

and in future all will have them. 

Administration, demonstration and 

presentation all benefit from these but the real 

interest lies in the way in which they will 

change elements of our own teaching so that, 

without waste and random wandering, boys 

and girls will explore their own ideas in a 

guided but unfettered way. 

We have some fine new guides to join a very 

strong Senior Common Room. Fourteen new 

full-time staff are ready for half-term as I write 

this - and what a good start they have made. 

They have settled more quickly than the new 

astroturf surface - but they are less affected 

by the weather. The Science Schools 

programme heats up slowly but according to 

formula and the organ-builder has started to 

rumble, though far away from here. The 

refurbishment programme for the boys’ 

Houses is nearing completion; Kilbracken no 

longer has carpet on its walls. 

The Choir has just sung Evensong at St Paul’s, 

a cricket team departs for Barbados at 

Christmas, and song and dance are about to 

bring The Boyfriend to the stage. Above all, 

people seem very happy. Swing slowly, pause 

at the top and follow through. 

M.B. Mavor 

October 1999 

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INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE 

Rugby’s A-level students achieved a pass-rate of 

98.4% this year. This compares with the 1999 

national average of 88.5%. Two out of every five of 

the Rugby entries reached the top grade, the exact 

figure being 39.6%. The School’s 157 candidates 

also had a fine A-B pass rate with 69.5% of all 

subjects gaining the top two grades. 

Subjects doing particularly well were Art, 

Physics, English and History, all of which had a 

grade A rate of at least 50%. Other subjects with a 

smaller entry also scored at least 50% A grades. They 

were Arabic, Classical Civilisation, German, Music, 

Spanish and Theatre Studies. Individual excellence 

was evident: as many as 31 of the 157 candidates 

achieved three or more A grades. 96.8% of all 

candidates achieved at least three A-level passes. 

Sarah Fletcher, Director of Studies, is delighted 

with the overall picture, saying, “These results reflect 

a tremendous amount of hard work on the part of 

pupils and staff. We are, of course, delighted for 

those with outstanding grades but we are equally 

pleased for those who set themselves personally high 

targets and managed to reach them.” 

Meanwhile, Rugby’s 127 GCSE candidates 

achieved a pass rate (at least grade C) of 98.5%, 

nearly twice the national average. This includes a 

record for the School of 24.4% A* grades and as 

many as 65.1% of all grades being A* or A. The 

harder yardstick of individual candidates gaining all 

A* or A grades saw over a quarter of all the pupils 

(26%) not dropping below an A in any subject. 

NORTH FACE 

Much of the Lawrence 

Sheriff Street façade of the 

School has just received a 

complete renovation and 

cleaning under a scheme 

jointly sponsored by the 

School, Rugby Borough 

Council and Konver funds 

from the European Union. 

The painstaking work 

took six months to 

complete and much repair 

was done on the Victorian 

brickwork. The result is a 

complete transformation of 

Lawrence Sheriff Street, 

just in time for the huge 

influx of visitors in 

connection with the Rugby 

World Cup. 

The newly restored and cleaned Lawrence Sheriff Street façade 

(The banner ‘Rugby welcomes the World’, erected by Rugby Borough 

Council, is in honour of Rugby World Cup visitors) 

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Music Scholar Francesco Crivelli has 

brought together many skills to produce his first 

compact disc: Francesco Crivelli: Piano and 

Orchestral Music. 

MAKING TRACKS 

The 15-year-old boarder at Michell House 

has put together a 19-track CD, of which 14 

tracks are his own composition. Not only has 

the accomplished pianist performed all the 

music on the CD, including synthesising 

instruments on a computer, he also did the 

recording and the design of the cover. He is 

now engaged in marketing his work, with £1 

from each sale of the 500 CDs going towards 

Cancer Research. Already more than 200 have 

been sold. 

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Fran says he enjoys every aspect of music, 

adding, “There is so much variety; music is 

adaptable to all kinds of situations. After 

composing these pieces, some friends suggested 

about a year ago that I put them all on a CD. I am 

very pleased by the way the whole project has 

turned out.” 

Fran has been playing the piano for three years 

and composing his own modern classical music 

for the last two years. After overcoming the initial 

difficulties of writing music out by hand, he is 

now contemplating a second CD - following his 

GCSEs in the summer of 2000. 

As well as playing the piano, Fran has been 

learning the bassoon for the last 1 1 /2 years. He hopes 

to study Music, Mathematics, Further Mathematics 

and Chemistry at A-level, followed by reading Music 

Francesco Crivelli 

at the Royal Academy or Oxford or the Julliard 

School in New York. After that he envisages a career 

in composing and business in his native Portugal, 

but in the Algarve rather than his present home of 

Vila do Conde, on the coast to the North of Porto. 

SIXTH FORM CURRICULUM 

Consultations and discussions continue apace in 

connection with the national developments 

concerning the future of A-levels. Sarah Fletcher, 

Director of Studies, said, “The new Government 

directives will have a major impact on our sixth form 

curriculum from September 2000. As a school we 

support the notion of giving breadth and variety of 

choice to everyone in the sixth form. We are also 

clear on the need to deliver Key Skills through the 

curriculum and aware of the requirement to respond 

to university demands, anticipating that AS-levels, 

for example, will feature in university offers.” 

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POETRY IN NOTION 

As Australia’s foremost poet, 

Les Murray visited England in 

June to receive the Queen’s 

Medal for Poetry at Buckingham 

Palace. A few days later, his 

poetry reading to Rugby pupils 

in the Temple Reading Room was 

a moving and memorable 

experience. 

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He read a selection of his own 

verse in an entertaining and wellattended 

evening presentation. 

With the deceptive appearance of 

a typical outback figure, Les 

Murray is extremely well 

informed about culture and 

politics, speaks fluent German 

and is highly regarded 

worldwide. 

Barrie Cunningham-Batt, 

Head of English, said, “He’s a 

poet who’s going to last - a name 

to be reckoned with on the 

international literary stage.” 

Les Murray with Vanessa Maurice-Williams, Tom Groundes-Peace 

and George Hardwick outside the Temple Reading Room 

Marshall House buys sleeping bags to send to Kosovo 

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COMMAND PERFORMANCE 

An Army career beckons for 

17-year-old Edward Harden, 

following his success in gaining an 

Army Sixth-form Scholarship. This 

assures Edward of a termly grant 

towards his education at school and 

university, prior to entering Sandhurst 

for officer training. Edward won his 

scholarship in the summer after a twoday 

assessment at Westbury, in which 

he took written examinations, 

underwent tests on the assault course 

and was given command tasks. This 

is equivalent to passing the RCB, the 

Regular Commissions Board. 

Edward Harden 

Edward studies Geography, 

History and Politics at A-level and 

hopes to read Modern History and 

Politics at university. Then he joins 

the Army full-time, for an initial 

period of four years. David Ray, 

Commanding Officer of Rugby’s 

Combined Cadet Force, said, 

“Edward prepared carefully for his 

Scholarship and he fully deserves his 

success. He will make an excellent 

Army Officer.” 

GOLD RECORD 

Record numbers of pupils in the School are rising 

to the challenge of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold 

Award. While 32 members of the LXX were doing 

their Gold expeditions in Brittany and Corsica during 

the summer, a record eleven successful Gold 

achievers were being presented with their awards 

by the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Edward at 

Buckingham Palace. They were Mari Barlow, 

William Dodsworth, Annalise Drake, Edward 

Ellwood, Jonathan Gaunt, Richard Jackson, 

John Robson, Anna Steeper, Alexander Valentine, 

Mark Watson and Nicholas Wilson. Colette 

O’Mahoney, who organises the Scheme within the 

School, was with them and said, “It was a wonderful 

day at Buckingham Palace - a proud and moving 

occasion for the parents as well as for me. Each 

year the level of commitment of Rugbeians who sign 

up for the Gold Award is great. The present 

contingent is showing great promise.” 

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AMNESTY ALIVE 

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Pupils of Stratford School with Rebecca Cowling (left of tree) 

Rugby pupils learned of the work of Amnesty 

International in a lively and successful presentation 

by 20 boys and girls from Stratford School in East 

London. In music, video, slides, drama and 

narration, the visitors gave a clear demonstration of 

the need for more international understanding and 

action in order to repair political and humanitarian 

wrongs. During the rest of the Rugby Sunday, the 

group had a programme of activities and meals 

around the School. Keith Maclennan, the School’s 

Amnesty representative, said, “Lisa Warshaw, the 

Stratford pupils’ teacher, has kindly asked us for a 

return visit.” 

Jerry Lewis with Rugby’s economists at the IMF Headquarters in Washington 

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TIME FOR ACTION 

An action-packed week in Kent during the last 

week of July for three boys and three girls from 

Rugby was judged a huge success by all. Andrew 

Bown, Felicity Cloake, Harry Lloyd-Davies, 

Alexandra Matts, Anna Metcalfe, and Max Valentine 

were this year’s volunteers. Each led 

a group of half a dozen youngsters 

from London in a wide range of 

activities including orienteering, 

canoeing, horse-riding, dry slope 

skiing, discos, fancy dress events, 

shows (each group puts on a play) 

and a mystery tour. The camp is held 

at St Mary’s Bay, New Romney on 

a site owned by the Rugby Clubs and 

allows children from inner city areas 

to enjoy a week by the coast. 

Accommodation is mostly in chalets, 

while meals are prepared in the 

Cookhouse and eaten in the Dining 

Room. 

David Ray, Secretary of the Rugby Clubs, said, 

“This year’s camp went extremely well. The weather 

was excellent, our pupils were good value, the 

London youngsters were fine and fun - it was a most 

happy and enjoyable week.” 

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There are four separate weeks 

of camps, and Rugby pupils 

traditionally help out at the first, 

Minors’ Week. The Rugby pupils 

act as mentor, bank manager, parent, 

doctor and friend, with plenty 

of professional help at hand. 

Anna Metcalfe and Alex Matts at the Rugby Clubs camp 

FANTASTIC INSIGHT 

Access to venues of world-important decisions 

was granted to Rugby’s LXX Economists on their 

trip to Washington earlier this year. One of the 

high profile locations was the Headquarters of the 

International Monetary Fund where they met the 

United Kingdom’s representative, an Executive 

Director of the IMF. They also went to the Federal 

Reserve, meeting with a senior economist in the 

boardroom. Jerry Lewis, the Economics master 

accompanying the group, said, “Wherever we 

went, we were given special treatment. For 

example, interest rates for the Federal Reserve 

have implications for the global economy and yet 

they gave us their time and attention.” They also 

met with the administrator of the Senate Finance 

Committee. Mr Lewis added, “It was an excellent 

trip, which gave the pupils a fantastic insight into 

economic decision-making at a level which would 

really be unavailable to student visitors in the 

United Kingdom.” 

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STEPPING OUT 

The former Russian republic of Kazakhstan 

inspired three Rugbeians who visited Almaty and 

Pavloda earlier this year with Steffen Sommer, Head 

of Modern Languages. A-level Russianists Amber 

Clutton-Brock, Thomas Coulson and Jari Stehn 

experienced a 50-year time shift as they visited the 

huge steel industry complexes, moved lock, stock 

and girder from Moscow to Kazakhstan by Stalin 

during the war, standing, just about, just as they were 

in the 1940s. Equally well remembered, but not 

particularly relished, was the Kazakh lunch of camel 

fat soup, sustenance of sorts, followed by meat a- 

plenty, a resource of the Steppes enjoyed by poor 

and poorer alike, while admiring the 6,000 m peaks 

of the Central Asian Tian Shan mountains. Jari is 

optimistic that this generous nation will overcome 

the economic wilderness and use the vast natural 

mineral, oil and gold deposits to their long-term 

advantage. He said, “We could see at first hand the 

problems of a developing country. It was interesting 

to see the economic theories I study at School being 

put into practice.” 

Their subcutaneous week in Kazakhstan was 

preceded by a very different week in Moscow, 

comprising culture and sightseeing with students 

from the Moscow Institute of International Relations. 

Moscow itself was contrast city, the opulence of the 

Kremlin, Red Square and St Basil’s Cathedral 

emphasising the greyness and poverty of the 

countless huge blocks of flats, each containing about 

500 dwellings. Here citizens often cannot afford 

the basics; their Zaporoshyes and Ladas, if they are 

lucky enough to own a car, still keep their distance 

from the Mercedes, BMW and Zil limousines 

purring down the broad avenues. Jari said that their 

hosts were marvellous and couldn’t put themselves 

out enough for their guests. “The only awkward 

moment was when the soldiers turned us out of Red 

Square at the time of a paint-bomb demonstration 

against the American Embassy during the Kosovo 

crisis. That was rather unnerving.” Memorable 

meals, visits to the Bolshoi and Moscow State 

Circus, and other cultural forays, however, ensured 

that the three Rugbeians rated Moscow highly. 

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Jari Stehn, Steffen Sommer and Vera Fabretschnikova, European Affairs Director at the Moscow 

Institute of International Relations, in the ballroom at the Bolshoi Theatre



POT LUCK 

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Lucinda Orr with her great find 

An important Roman artefact has been found a 

few miles from Rugby in an early day “service 

station” on Watling Street, now the main A5 trunk 

road. Lucinda Orr, one of the Heads of School, was 

on her usual Thursday afternoon dig at Tripontium 

when she came across a bit of a large pot in one of 

the stoke holes. Intrigued by the curved shape, she 

kept on excavating layer by layer to unearth one of 

the biggest pieces to be found in more than 40 years 

at the site. 

Lucinda’s discovery took all of ten minutes, but 

the pot holds all sorts of interest. She said, “The 

etching around the rim is not rare, but this particular 

pattern has not been seen before. The Roman owner 

had probably thrown the pot away because the rim 

was chipped. The break is a different colour from 

the other cracks, which have been caused recently 

by people walking on the earth above the pot. 

Otherwise it might well have been complete.” More 

fragments of the pot have since been found, and the 

aim is to reclaim the whole piece. 

Tripontium was the last settlement before High 

Cross, eight miles to the north-west. Lucinda said, 

“We’re digging in the bathhouse. This is near the 

mansio, a large coaching inn, which was discovered, 

excavated, photographed and has now been covered 

up again - the best way to preserve it. Yet to be 

found is the basilica, which would have been the 

largest building in Tripontium. Each week we 

discover things that haven’t been seen for nearly 

2,000 years, such as blue glass jewellery, oyster 

shells, roof tiles and all sorts of pottery. It’s very 

exciting and interesting.” 

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SCHOLARSHIPS AND FOUNDATIONERSHIPS 1999 

Congratulations to the following pupils, who won 

Scholarships and Foundationerships for entry to the 

School in September 1999 

Scholarships: Nancy Burns, Marshall House, 

Rugby School; Thomas Cartlidge, Mowden Hall; 

Anthony Jackson, Beaudesert Park; Edmund 

MacLennan, Caldicott; John Maguire, Bilton 

Grange; David McDonald, Emscote Lawn; Lydia 

Prior-Jones, Spratton Hall; James Wallis, St 

Anselm’s; Alexander Warren, Winchester House 

Major Foundationerships: David Waters, 

Marshall House, Rugby School; Rhiannon Williams, 

Marshall House, Rugby School 

Minor Foundationerships: Giles Eperon, 

Crescent School; Edward Kilvert, Bilton Junior 

School; John Maguire, Bilton Grange; Bhavini 

Mistry, Crescent School; Kimon Pallikaropoulos, 

Crescent School; Craig Ridgley, Bilton Grange 

Northampton High School; Sarah MacLean, Rugby 

High School; Helen Mortimer, Queen Mary’s 

School, Thirsk; Katharine Pottinger, Wycombe 

Abbey School; Sarah Taylor, Downe House; Kate 

Ware, Llanidloes High School; Hannah Willis, 

Tudor Hall; Eleanor Wilson, South Hampstead High 

School 

Sixth Form Music Scholarships: John Bradley, 

Bristol Grammar School 

Jeremy Smith/Talbot Kelly Sixth Form Art 

Scholarship: Kate Ware, Llanidloes High School 

Leigh Thomas Bursaries: James Lloyd Jones, 

Olchfa Comprehensive School, Swansea; Kate 

Ware, Llanidloes High School 

Millennium Scholarship: Natalie Weeg, Ramot 

Hefer High School 

Music Scholarships: Andrew Bell, Beechwood 

Park; Alexander Bennett, Emscote Lawn; Nancy 

Burns, Marshall House, Rugby School; Danielle 

Hayward-Bradley, Marshall House, Rugby School; 

Bryony Tinn, Winchester House 

Marshall House Bursaries: Naomi Brandon, 

Crescent School; Rebecca Frost, Leicester Grammar 

School; Charles Thompson, East Haddon C. of E. 

School 

Jeremy Smith/Talbot Kelly Art Scholarships: 

Torquil Crawford, Brambletye; Peter Dalton, Heath 

Mount 

All-rounder Bursaries: Joy Basford, Great 

Houghton; Jessica Gallagher, St Anselm’s; Emily 

Johnson, Bilton Grange; Christopher Johnston, 

Beechwood Park; Sam Long, Spratton Hall; Oliver 

Murray, Swanbourne House 

Sixth Form Scholarships: Kate Donald, 

Wycombe Abbey School; Alexander Durst, 

Lawrence Sheriff School; Ian Gallagher, Daventry 

William Parker School; Catherine Gwilt, 

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LORD’S TAVERNERS’ COUNTY CUP 

Rugby’s Under 14 Cricket team have won 

their way through to the Lord’s Taverners’ 

national cricket competition next year by 

winning the County Cup. They beat Solihull 

School by four runs in the county final, with 

Josh Adams taking 4 wickets for 27 runs and 

Captain Sam Greaves taking 3 for 7. This 

was the climax to an excellent season in which 

they lost only one match. Most successful 

bowler of the season was Oliver Benzie, who 

took 27 wickets in all. Matt Coley, their 

coach, said, “Clearly our strength in bowling 

was an important factor in the success of the 

season, but all the team were enthusiastic and 

a pleasure to coach. It was very much an allround 

team performance with particular credit 

to Sam Greaves, the Captain.” 

Sam Greaves, Under 14 Cricket Captain 

AQUATIC ACTION 

Sailing, water-skiing, mountain-biking, 

wind-surfing and banana-boating were just 

some of the exciting activities on offer 

during the F Block watersports trip to the 

French south-west. Based in a campsite on 

the shores of the huge Étang de Cazaux et 

de Sanguinet near Arcachon on the Atlantic 

coast, the 24 boys and girls and three 

members of staff spent a week making the 

most of the aquatic opportunities. They also 

took in Aqualand and scaled the Dune de 

Pyla, the highest sand-dune in Europe. Jerry 

Lewis, who organised the trip, said, “It was 

a pleasure to take this group of pupils 

abroad. They entered whole-heartedly into 

all the activities that the holiday had to offer 

and they were good company too!” 

Ian Ross ready for the off in France 

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TRY, TRY AGAIN 

Parliamentarians used to the Speaker’s bark of 

“Order, order” heard commands of a different kind 

when they subjected themselves to the referee’s 

whistle for the opening round of the Parliamentary 

Rugby World Cup on The Close at Rugby School. 

Teams from the legislatures of six nations took part: 

the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Japan, New 

Zealand (including several former All Blacks) and 

South Africa. 

Michael Mavor, Head Master, said, “As a former 

Rugby player myself, I was delighted to watch from 

the Stranger’s Gallery that is the touchline. 

Inevitably there was a side-step or two - but there 

was also a great deal of honest endeavour”. 

Tony Clark, 17, this year’s Captain of the 

School’s First XV, said, “It was a great privilege to 

see distinguished politicians from all around the 

world taking part in a game which has done so much 

to foster international relations. That they did so on 

our very own pitch is a double honour; and I learned 

a trick or two!” 

David Ray, Master-in-charge of Football at the 

School for 21 years, was closely involved with the 

planning of the event. He said, “The Parliamentary 

World Cup is now a well-established part of the fouryearly 

competition. We were delighted to host the 

1999 event and we enjoyed the packing down of 

Lords and Commoners, elevation of the peerage in 

the line-outs and political parties joining in a 

common cause.” 

The French parliamentarians after their game against New Zealand 

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RUGBY LEGENDS 

Three legends of Rugby football have visited the 

School in recent weeks. England’s Will Carling 

enjoyed lunch in School Field and felt the weight of 

his plaque, about to be set in the Rugby Pathway of 

Fame. 

Naas Botha, outstanding fly half for South Africa, 

officially opened the Rugby Pathway of Fame, 

coincidentally on the same day that the Tongan team 

for the Rugby World Cup toured School and town. 

Finally, Ireland’s Willie John McBride, larger 

than life, met Rugby’s 1st and 2nd XVs, saw round 

the School and had tea with some of the Under 15 

team, as well as going to see his own plaque in the 

Rugby Pathway of Fame. 

The three visits were organised by Rugby 

Borough Council and Rugby Tourism, and the 

Rugby Pathway of Fame is a series of 56 plaques 

for tourists to follow around the town. 

Willie John McBride 

Will Carling 

Naas Botha 

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A Rugby School leaver 

is set to continue a 

superlative career on the 

Hockey field. Andy West 

added the Captaincy of the 

England Under 18 team to 

his accomplishment of 

playing in the National 

Premier League for the 

second year in succession. 

He was also Captain of 

Rugby’s First XI. 

During the Easter 

holidays, 18-year-old Andy 

took time off from his A- 

level revision to lead 

England in the Home 

Nations tournament in 

Cardiff and then the 

European Cup in Belfast. 

England won the European 

Cup after beating Holland in 

the Semi-final and Spain in 

the Final. Andy was top 

scorer in the European Cup, 

putting away four goals 

(despite his right-midfield 

position), and he was named 

Player of the Tournament. 

Andy’s other special 

achievement is playing for 

Beeston in the National Premier League. Beeston, near 

Nottingham, is the nearest National Premier League 

club to his Northampton home. He said that he has 

benefited from being part of this successful adult side, 

“Playing at Beeston has improved my speed and 

strength. The games are a lot faster than those in the 

European Under 18s, for example, and I’m playing 

with and against full England Internationals.” 

Andy has been selected for the Great Britain 

Development Squad (for the 2000 and 2004 

Olympics), held in Spain and England. He has 

HOCKEY DISTINCTION 

Andrew West 

already played for Great 

Britain Under 18s, when 

they came out 7-1 winners 

over Spain. 

Andrew Marshall- 

Taylor, Master-in-charge of 

Rugby’s First XI, said, 

“Andy has been an 

outstanding player for the 

school. His technical skills 

and high levels of fitness 

and commitment have 

contributed real quality and 

flair to the Rugby School 

side. All the sides we came 

up against viewed him in a 

different league. Just as 

impressive was the way he 

managed to juggle all his 

Hockey commitments 

without asking for special 

consideration on the 

academic front and 

managing, in addition, to 

participate in other school 

teams. It is a tribute to him 

that his five years at the 

School have passed so 

smoothly as far as his 

organisation of time is 

concerned.” 

Andy remains totally committed to Hockey, 

saying, “I have set myself a lot of Hockey goals 

throughout my life and I am determined to achieve 

them. Although this has meant extra discipline 

in my A-level studies, often working at different 

times to the rest of the School, it has made me 

more focussed. I have also had to keep fit which 

involved lots of time in the Gym. Playing Hockey 

has meant I’ve made many friends of all ages, 

and there has been pride and excitement at leading 

the England side out and playing in front of so 

many people.” 

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News from Rugby School is edited by Graham Hedges, Director of Communications. 

Correspondence should be addressed to him at Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV22 5EH. 

E-mail: comms@rugby-school.warwks.sch.uk

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