King’s College
Rugby
Under 18s reach Rosslyn Park semi-finals 21/03/2013
The Under 18 Sevens squad rounded off one of the best
ever seasons at King’s by reaching the semi-finals of the
Rosslyn Park Sevens Tournament, finishing runners up at
the Bryanston Sevens and being crowned West of England
champions the first time in the tournaments 35-year history.
Their outstanding season has included victories over
Colston’s, Millfield and Wellington College earlier in the
term. The side has been superbly led by Rhys Davies, whose
kicking and defensive displays have been outstanding.
Laurence May has proved an unstoppable force in both
attack and defence, scoring a number of tries with his
devastating side-step.
Will Potter has been the quickest player by far on the circuit Charlie Snow and Blaine Tottle who made a number of
and scored two stunning tries in the West of England Final. bone-shuddering tackles.
Michael Peek, fresh from his success with the Under 18 This has been a tremendous way to round off Pete
National Independent Schools team the ‘Lambs’, has been McKegney’s last term in charge of rugby, and the end of his
in imperious form at the breakdown, ably supported by amazing 40-year relationship with the game at King’s.
Cricket
King’s cricket is in a wonderful place at present. Over the past 5 years the 1st XI have
lost no more than 6 games. We have been ranked the top Wisden school of the year
twice in those years (2009, 2013) and we have come runners up and in the top 3 in the
previous 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. For a school of our size we put out more
cricket teams than any other school in the country including 4 senior teams and 4
junior teams all of whom are chomping at the bit to play.
Our success is not only demonstrated by our results and the number of participants
but also the group of OAs who have gone on to play professional cricket in recent
years. The last 5 years have produced no fewer than 5 professionals starting with “the
boy wonder” Jos Buttler who is currently a full England one day international (and
probably will be for many years to come). Following in his footsteps at Somerset are
Alex Barrow, Craig Meschede and James Regan and not to forget Charlie Morris who
has recently signed a professional contract for Worcestershire CCC. We are also hoping
that a number of our current youngsters and 1st XI will continue to progress into the
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professional set up, like their previous role models.
Tennis
King’s tennis teams made an immediate impact in their first year at the Independent
Schools Championships held at Eton College. This saw some of the best individual and
team performances of the year and special praise should be given to Jess Kennedy and
Pearllan Cipriano for reaching the Quarter Finals of the Loveband Trophy (Under18
Girls) in which they defeated a pair from Queenswood School in the last 16.
Jordan Clayton led the boys team to their first win in the boys Under 18 Youll Cup
against Cranleigh School. He managed to win a deciding singles match when the
scores were tied at 1 rubber each.
The Under 14 Junior Girls Team was outstanding and won virtually all their matches.
Both Aegon boys and girls Under 15 teams have beaten all before them apart from
Jess Kennedy and Pearllan Cipriano
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