Gordon's golfers triumphed again in the ISGA Matchplay Finals, retaining their position as National Champions for the second consecutive year. Sarah Mardani, recently crowned Surrey County Champion, topped the individual scores with a -6 round of 65 while the team scored 136, -2 shots better than the second placed team. Congratulations all!
Back on the water after four months and Isla recorded some powerful performances in the recent National Sprint Regatta in Nottingham, the first national sprint in over two years. The event, which attracted over 200 kayakers from 42 clubs, saw her take 2nd place in the 100m, 3rd in the 500m and 7th in the 200m. Congratulations!
Clean-sweep for Victoria House in the Inter-House Football. The girls in pink won every category in the Inter-House competition held on Saturday! China came second with Kensington third. In the cricket China came first followed by Victoria and Augusta. Congratulations all on some fantastic performances and great sportsmanship in blistering temperatures!
The long-awaited return to competitive tennis saw some thrilling rallies being served up by a talented team playing against LVS. The boys drew 3-3 and the girls won by 4-2.
Nailbiting few days for Gordon's rowers - past and present. Gordonian Sam Bannister was rowing for GB in Sabaudia in the World Rowing Cup III in the Men's Four, winning silver. Meanwhile, students in our current rowing squad were competing at the home of the 2012 Olympic rowing venue at Dorney Lake in the National Schools' Regatta and the Junior Sculling Regatta. This was their first opportunity to test themselves on the water against some of the best junior scullers in the country and for some, the first time they had raced in a true six-abreast competition at such a prestigious venue. Although there were no winning medals, everyone raced above their expectations and gained valuable experience. Congratulations all!
Of all the Inter-House competitions, the battle for the Longmoor and Talbot Cups are the most hotly contested. Weeks of polishing parade shoes, pressing Blues and endless rehearsals on the Parade Square at lunch and break times. Those taking part yesterday afternoon have hardly marched over the past year and for the younger years it was one of their first opportunities to take part in a drill alongside the rest of their House on the Parade Square. All Houses gave admirable performances for judges Lt Col Martin Hanlon and Captain John Hughes, School Staff Instructors from the CCF at Christ’s Hospital. Congratulations China on your hat-trick of wins and Sandringham, who last won the Talbot Cup in 2016.
Gordon’s biggest ever competitions were launched this week, in support of the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. How would our students resolve one of these important issues? Two incredible prizes up for grabs for the winning entries – an all-expenses paid trip to Costa Rica to take part in a conservation and development project for the KS4/5 Wynter Bee Global Citizen Award and a Red Letter Day experience together with sponsorship for a Costa Rican student for the KS3 Headmaster’s Global Citizen Award. For full details click here.
Jubilation as 119 students in Year 9 complete their expedition for their Duke of Edinburgh's Bronze Award at the weekend. The group, which represented the largest contingent to embark on the award from Gordon's, battled wind, rain, a flat battery on a wheelchair and a suspected broken ankle to complete the challenge in the Surrey Hills on Sunday. Congratulations all!
Nine of our students ran out for the Harlequins Academy on Sunday in their game against Worcester Warriors with a fine 45 vs 22 win. Two of our students made their way the score sheet with tries from Year 12s Ashworth at prop and winger King scoring on his debut. For more about the Gordon's/Harlequins partnership programme, click here.
A concert by the Pipes and Drums today is expected to have raised hundreds of pounds for the NHS. The concert, suggested by students as a fundraising exercise, was a huge success and enjoyed by viewers all over the world via Zoom. Dressed in their ceremonial Blues, the band were a spectacular sight on the Parade Square where they performed in wind and rain!
Coming soon to Gordon's, the official launch of the school's biggest ever competitions. The Wynter Bee Global Citizen Award for KS4/5 will see the winner embarking on an all-expenses paid trip to Costa Rica to take part in a life-changing conservation and development project. For students in KS3, the Headmaster's Global Citizen Award, has a Red Letter Day experience of your choice for the winning entry. Look out for more details next week on these exciting competitions and how to enter them.
Commuters along the Bagshot Road outside Gordon's have enjoyed the daily sounds of the Pipes and Drums rehearsing in the car park for their concert on Friday. Today they were treated to Amazing Grace as they made their way to work. Tickets for the virtual concert, which will see the Pipes and Drums in full ceremonial uniform on the Parade Square are still available via the Box Office (click here). The event will be transmitted via Zoom with all proceeds to the NHS.
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