SUMMER 2012 ISSUE No. 150 - Shrewsbury School

School News
RSSH AFTERWORD – THE NEW HUNT PAVILION
By far the most exciting moment of last term was the unveiling of
the new design for the Hunt Pavilion. Previous suggestions had
been made for the RSSH to move to Blenheim or Versailles – but
the Hunt considered these as inadequate given the scale of its
aspirations. So instead the renowned Architects Fraser & Wade
were employed to come up with a solution. After many months of
talks with the Governors and some quite violent scenes with the
bursar (until an OS RSSH Russian Oligarch was discovered), a final
design was drawn up.
It has been said that when the news reached Buckingham Palace
Her Majesty the Queen could only utter ‘I want one’ to Charles’s
‘bravo’, and muttering about the Chelsea barracks. The new
Huntingdon Hall with interiors based on The Hall of Mirrors, sprint-
I NTER-HOUSE ATHLETICS REBORN
Thursday 3rd May saw the School's first Inter-House Athletics event
for nearly twenty years. Almost every member of the School turned
out at the track on London Road for an afternoon of track and field
events, as well as a tug-of-war competition.
After the School demolished its own track in the mid-90s, a
whole-school event like this hasn't been attempted, given the
logistical challenges of ferrying everyone down to an external venue
and back. Nonetheless, the day was a great success, despite trying
weather conditions, and it is hoped that this will once more become
a regular feature in the Summer Term Fasti.
In the Junior category (3rd form only), there were some terrific
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rep stairs from The Paris Opera House and halls from Holkham,
according to Mr Middleton was ‘becoming increasingly necessary’.
However the Architects deny any allegations of the boys’ popular
request for a harem wing being fulfilled, this being considered
discourteous with the move to full co-education in 2014. Instead a
fleet of Rolls Royces with adapted Silver Hunt Runner statuettes will
be among the new first class facilities. With corridors spanning the
length of a Benjy - to be timed by white gloved butlers, Radio RSSH
and a series of life size Michelangelo-style statues of the 1st Eight.
Huntingdon Hall will indeed be a fitting emblem to match the
splendour of the Hunt as the oldest club in the world, in its new
position as the 2nd best in the country, whilst training some of the
most talented runners of their generation.
Rory Fraser (Ch)
Rory Fraser’s award-winning design for the new RSSH pavilion. Discussions about a pssible location are ongoing
talents on display which suggest that Shrewsbury can look forward
to several years of success in Athletics. Nick Entwisle (SH)
dominated the sprints, winning the Hurdles and 200m and coming
2nd in the 100m behind Max Paronage (S). Gene Ratanadaros (O)
won the Long Jump and came second in the Triple Jump, as well
as earning second place in the 800m behind Oscar Dickins. Oscar
also ran in the 1500m, coming second behind Ben Remnant (Ch),
who won in a very impressive 4:51.5. Tom Breese (PH) showed
great athleticism with a first place in the Triple Jump, second place
in the High Jump and third place in the Long Jump. In the throwing
events, Giles Holroyd showed great promise in the Shot, winning