9T 3K Charity Run

Today saw a number of students from 9T complete a 3K sponsored run in order to raise money for our charity the Ellenor Lions Hospice.  There was some fantastic running from a number of the boys, in the end 3rd place went to Ross Dell, 2nd place went to Daniel Earnshaw and picking up the Gold medal was Will 'Maverick' Pope.  Well done to everybody, particularly the medal winners; there are a number of photos from the day below:

There are more photos to come including a group photo of everybody!!

8Telford 3K Charity Run

Today saw all of the members of 8T complete a 3 kilometer charity run during their lunch time.  The boys have all been busy collecting sponsorship money for the last couple of weeks.  Tomorrow the sponsorship forms and money are due to be collected, so only then will we know how much has been raised.  The form were set a goal to try and raise over £200, I am confident that this goal will be surpassed having heard a number of boys talking about the amount of time and effort they have put into this.

The run itself was completed in the most horrible of weather conditions, it was wet, sticky and foggy; however this was not enough to dampen the spirits of the boys who all completed he course in very good times.  Special congratulations must go to the quickest 3 runners Jamie Weaver who finished 3rd picking up Bronze, Emmanuel Bammidele finshed 2nd picking up Silver and the race winner and Gold medalist was Ryan Frisby who finished the race in little over 12 minutes - a great time.



Senior Rugby Competition

The Senior House Rugby competition started today, unfortunately only one of the two scheduled games went ahead.  Telford just managed to get a team together; however our opponents were unable to field a side which meant that we received a walkover victory.  It is good that we have started the competition with a win albeit in a disappointing fashion.  What is clear though, is we need alot more boys to step up to the mark to play, both Brunel and Darwin fielded enough players for a 12 a side match.

The fixtures are listed below, boys bring your kit it is a great laugh and plenty of people come up to watch the game.  It doesn't matter if you are a rugby player or not; quite clearly some of those on display today were not rugby players and they had a great time playing.

Thurs 18th Oct 1.00 pm B v D S v T

Fri 19th Oct 1.00 pm D v N B v T

Mon 22nd Oct 1.00 pm B v N D v S

Tues 23rd Oct 1.00 pm N v S D v T

Thurs 25th Oct 1.00 pm N v T B v S

Telford 7 - 15 Newton

Unfortunately 7 Telford's excellent winning run came to an end yesterday lunch time as we were defeated by a very strong Newton side.  Despite never giving up, it was the sheer physical size that told in the end, and Telford were unable to deal with 2 or 3 of Newton's key players.

I was very pleased to see that despite going down by a coupple of scores the team never let their head's drop, and continued playing to the very last minute.  Some pride was restored by the evasive George Pope, who went on one of his trade mark solo darting runs to touch down under the posts, the conversion was added.

Well done to Newton they were deserved winners, but well done to us on finishing a very respectable 2nd place in what was a very competitive and well supported tournament.

Telford Take Early Lead in House Points

Telford have got off to a cracking start with teir rewards for hard work in lessons.  To date we have collected a mosterous 2124 house points, an impressive 110 more than our nearest rivals Brunel.  This is a great start to the year, this early momentum must be maintained though.

Our charity collection is starting to pick up steam too, so far we have raised just under £50, however year 8 soon have their charity 3K run which I hope will easily bring in over £200.  I really hope as a House we can smash our £1000 target that we set in the first House Assembly.