Congratulations to ice hockey player Thomas Flannery, awarded a silver medal after competing with the Basingstoke Bison U12s in the National Finals. Flannery and the team had enjoyed a brilliant run up to the final but were sadly beaten on the day by Sheffield.
After just one year of competing in ILCA 4 dinghies (formerly Lasers), Kaitlyn Wyatt, a student at Gordon’s School has been chosen to represent Great Britain in the ILCA 4 Youth World Championships in Portugal, this August! Kaitlyn has been sailing competitively since 2018 and is ranked in the top five female ILCA 4 sailors nationally. She achieved her selection after a weekend in Weymouth in which she competed in the final of seven ILCA 4 qualification events. It was the largest ILCA 4 qualification event ever held in the UK and featured the largest female contingent. Kaitlyn finished as the leading female sailor with an invitation to represent GB at both the European and World Championships. Sadly her GCSE exams mean she is unable to compete in the Europeans, but the 15 year old will make it for the world championships! Congratulations Kaitlyn and best of luck!
Gordon's golfers combined to put on another winning performance at the Schools' Golf Competition recently held at the Beau Desert Golf Club, coming away with first place in the team event; a first, second and third place in the stableford and a joint first place in the gross competition! Congratulations all!
Gordon’s hosted its third Model United Nations Conference, welcoming eight other schools from across the country for two days of debate and discussion. With five separate committees including the security council, many different issues were discussed including ‘The Question of Lethal Autonomous Weapons’, ‘ the Iranian Nuclear Programme’, and ‘children impacted by the US border crisis/question of Haiti refugees’. Gordon's delegates representing the USA team lifted the second highest prize, that of Highly Commended Delegation.
Inspiring netball students and scholars, not just with their coaching but question and answer session afterwards, two of the game’s giants, Felistus Kwanga, Captain of the Zimbabwean national team and Peace Proscovia, captain of the Ugandan national team. Both play for Surrey Storm, partners of Gordon’s and delivered a masterclass on shooting and defence. Peace told the girls: “Believe in yourself. Know why you are doing something and have passion - it will take away the fatigue. Pursue your dream fearlessly”.
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Great results for our rowers on Sunday at Dorney’s Olympic Lake in the Ball Cup. Cloudless skies coupled with vociferous support from other students spurred James, in a single, on to a brilliant row in the heats and a first place in the final! Emilia and Immie also made their final, fighting the other crews right up to the line for a fifth place out of 15 in their category. Congratulations all!
They've done it! The U16s have won through six rounds of the ESFA national competition to reach the final and will take on Brooke House College at Stoke City FC in what is set to be a thrilling game. For all the action, watch ESFA TV from 6pm tonight (click here to view). Best of luck to the squad. #BleedGreen!
Congratulations to our Ten Tors teams for not only achieving the 35 mile cross country challenge but breaking a school record in the process! The Year 10 students made the event in 17 hours - the best time in 24 years! Two teams from Gordon's joined over two thousand students for the Army's 60th Ten Tors event over two days. Their participation was the culmination of months of early morning training to ensure they were at the peak of fitness. Misty conditions made their orienteering skills even more important as they set off carrying all they needed to complete their route and stay out overnight safely. Both teams reached checkpoint 7 on the Saturday evening meaning they had just three tors to conquer before the finish the next day. First over the finish line was Gordon’s A Team at 11.24am with the B Team hot on their heels at 11.36am.
Talks and workshops on everything from music to film, to graphic designing, photography, drama and technical to name but a few, are here today for a Creative Arts Careers Day that has something for everyone. Delighted to also welcome students from St John the Baptist School, Woking and Woking High to the careers day.
Just hours to go until the Gordon's Model United Nations Conference 2022, which will see 70 students from eight schools engaged in healthy debate and discussion over the next two days. Best of luck to all those taking part this year.
A stunning array of art and photography on display in the Gym as tonight sees the opening of the GCSE Art and Photography Exhibition. All welcome to come and enjoy the artistic talents of the GCSE students from 6pm to 7.30pm tonight.
Delighted to have been shortlisted for The Times Boarding School of the Year Award. The award, which will be announced in June, recognises innovation, imagination and efforts to develop children in ways that go beyond academic achievement and the league tables as well as maintained continued excellence. Gordon’s is one of eight schools across the country to have been nominated. Thank you to all in our community for your support and hard work in helping to make our place on the shortlist possible.
