Maddy Austin is currently 4th in the country in her age group for the 800m and we are hopeful that she will be selected for English Schools in July. Currently, she has not only been... Athletics | Thursday, 17 May 2012
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 On Friday 11th May 2012 the Vivian Cox Theatre became the site of Will Stocks’ (LVI, North) playwriting debut. The whole process began in January when Will won the Cranleigh Playwriting Competition. He then spent... Drama | Tuesday, 15 May 2012
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Congratulations to Maddy Austin who broke the school record for the Senior Girls 800m with a time of 2.19.3 mins, and to Bea Stephenson who broke the school record for the Senior Girls Javelin with... Athletics | Tuesday, 15 May 2012
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 Cranleigh’s 1st XI enjoyed an emphatic 10 wicket victory over Tonbridge School on Saturday 12th May. After winning the toss and electing to field, Cranleigh opening bowler Shane Thomson clean bowled the Tonbridge opener with... Cricket | Tuesday, 15 May 2012
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 The House Athletics went ahead despite the wet conditions, but with one or two of the events having to be scratched for safety reasons. All the athletes gave their usual impressive and gutsy performances, and... Athletics | Friday, 11 May 2012
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 On May 3rd, sixteen VI Form students attended a lecture at The Lights Theatre, Andover, to hear the inspirational speaker Simon Yates, a trip organised by the School's Tom Avery Society. Yates is possibly best-known... Outdoor Education | Thursday, 10 May 2012
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 The dank weather in these early weeks of the Summer Term has made for a frustrating time for Cranleigh School’s cricketers. To date, all matches other than two for the 1st XI have had to... Cricket | Tuesday, 8 May 2012
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 The School rugby season finished in spectacular fashion with both Henry Lamont and Henry Taylor (both UVI) playing at the London Floodlit sevens. This is a famous sevens tournament held at Rosslyn Park and includes... Rugby | Friday, 4 May 2012
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 After the wettest April for 100 years and the coldest for over 20, it seemed optimistic to have a spring concert, let alone a summer one, on Wednesday 2nd May. But perhaps that was known... Music | Thursday, 3 May 2012
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 Sad news reached the School a few days before the competition that Mr Cyril Dashwood, benefactor of the Dashwood Piano Prize had passed away, only a few weeks after presenting the 2012 junior prize. He... Music | Tuesday, 1 May 2012
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 Cranleigh riders braved the wind and rain on Sunday to compete in the first Arena Eventing National Qualifier of the year at Berkshire College. Despite the atrocious weather it was a hugely successful day, orchestrated... Riding | Tuesday, 1 May 2012
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 Each year a number of Cranleigh students audition for a place with the prestigious National Youth Theatre (NYT). All auditionees worked hard preparing a monologue piece as well as working on their ensemble workshop. This... Drama | Thursday, 26 April 2012
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 It is testament to the high level of vocal skills of Cranleigh Voices, the School’s premier vocal ensemble, that not only was the choir of twenty-four pupils and staff invited to deputise for the Canterbury... Music | Wednesday, 25 April 2012
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 In decidedly iffy weather conditions, large numbers of parents, pupils and staff from Cubitt, East and South turned out in force for their respective House charity events on Sunday April 22nd. Cubitt opted for... Charity | Tuesday, 24 April 2012
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 Training for the summer Duke of Edinburgh Gold Expedition to Morocco took place in Snowdonia, north Wales, from April 15th to 18th. The task was to replicate, as best we could, the conditions we would... Outdoor Education | Tuesday, 24 April 2012
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 Cranleigh riders have hit the road to the National Championships at top speed following a successful day at the Surrey Championships on Sunday 22nd April. Despite four of the dressage team having to perform their... Riding | Tuesday, 24 April 2012
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 With record numbers doing the Bronze DofE Award, organising 84 LVth for their practice expedition proved more complicated than usual. However, with three separate campsites, 10 members of the LVIth undertaking their Gold Award and... Outdoor Education | Monday, 23 April 2012
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 Many spend their gap year earning money to then travel, gaining a huge amount from the experience. Others find that getting involved in some sort of community project, whether here or overseas, can not... Charity | Monday, 23 April 2012
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 The Sixth Form English students were lucky enough to hear a remarkably interesting speech made by Dennis Silk on ‘Siegfried Sassoon and the Great War’ just before the end of the Lent term. Mr Silk... Academic | Friday, 20 April 2012
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 Due to the fact that nearly one third of the year group has signed up for Gold this year we have had to organise a number of different expeditions to accommodate all the candidates. This... Outdoor Education | Thursday, 19 April 2012
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 Cranleigh School’s summer of cricket got underway on Monday 16th April with two matches against Christ‘s College from Christchurch, New Zealand. The grounds looked magnificent thanks to the work put in by Head Groundsman Denis... Sport | Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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 On the penultimate day of the Lent Term, a party of 31 LVth pupils departed for Holland for a four-day junior hockey tour. The trip was organized by SLG, and accompanied by DRB, CEN and... Hockey | Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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 The bare statistics for this extraordinarily ‘British’ event are 125 miles of paddling over four days, from Devizes in Wiltshire to Westminster Bridge on the Kennet and Avon Canal and River Thames, negotiating 77 locks... Outdoor Education | Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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 Something was wrong: very wrong. It wasn’t raining as we loaded the minibuses after assembly at the end of term and it still wasn’t raining as we drew up in Barmouth for the traditional fish... CCF | Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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