The Cundall News

Issue 309                                                                                       Thursday 19^th March 2009

Headmaster's Show-ups

Headmaster's Commendation

Pre-Prep Stars of the Week

Nursery:         Beth McEvoy, Ben Melling                   Reception:      Ben Ogden, Georgina Tribe

PP1:                Tilly Hall, Barnaby Kirby                      PP2:                Niamh Wilson, Amy Austin

Pre-Prep Playtime Awards

Tom Hollinrake, Mikey O'Neill, James Dawson, Freddie Falkingham

Uniform

• If anyone needs a new blazer for September orders much be with Helen Jamieson by Monday 23^rd March.
• For all those who still need their blazers to be braided please bring your blazer to school on Friday 3^rd April between 10.00 a.m. - 12 noon cleaned and named plus cheque payable to Cundall Manor School Shop for £20 (new style navy blue blazers only).  ALL PUPILS MUST BE IN BRAIDED BLAZERS BY SEPTEMBER.
• Uniform order forms for pupils entering Upper School in September are available to collect from either the School Shop or the office.
• Pre-Prep and Main School girls' summer uniform orders are ready to collect from the School Shop.
• Boys' cricket whites will be ready to collect from the School Shop next week.
• Boys' summer polo shirts will be ready to collect from the School Shop during the Easter holiday - date to follow.

Welly, Walking, Riding & Sport Boots Swap/Sale - This Saturday

The boot swap/sale will take place at the pavilion whilst the House Football is taking place.  Please bring your boots down to the pavilion on Saturday morning, tied together in pairs, size clearly marked and in good condition.  Any surplus footwear will be donated to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity.

THIS SATURDAY MEMBERS OF THE UPPER SCHOOL WILL BE RAISING MONEY FOR THE INDIAN CHARITY ASRA BY SELLING BACON BUTTIES (£1.50), EASTER BASKETS (£6.00-8.00), RAFFLE TICKETS (£1 EACH FOR THE CHOCOLATE EASTER BUNNY) AND WILL ALSO BE WASHING CARS - YOUR SUPPORT IS MUCH APPRECIATED.

DOMINO CASCADE 2009

The tension mounted and hands were shaking as over 100 pupils participated in Cundall's first every domino Cascade.  The quality of the domino displays was exceptionally high but in the end it came down to who had nerves of steel.  William Shaw and John Brading snatched the title with "Freshwater Boot Fish" and, with less than a point in it, Team Alpha and Domino Busters were very worthy runners up.  Well done to all who took part - the team work displayed was in a true Cundall spirit.  Special congratulations go to all the finalists.  They were as follows:

Golden Bullets:         N. Cavadias, A Sladden, S Drinkwater, R Webster, B Grandison

Good Team:             C Wild, J Banks, C Worthington, E Bottomley

EDF:                         M Garrett, Q England, A Hunzinger

Domino Demons:      D Stokes, Ja Brading, M Ford

The Mighty Boosch:   W Shaw, Jo Brading

Teletubbies:             L Taylor, N Crouch, J Snyman

Domino Busters:      W. Shelley, C Gloag, T Bell, M Ramsden

Team Alpha:           J Sowerby, O Proctor, L Hernaman, J Wilson, T Kayll

Team 100:              W Sheppard, T Roberts, We Emsley, N Dikinson

Super Human

   Monkeys:              J Dicken, J Musgrave

2009 Latin Reading Competition

The culmination of weeks of rehearsal and lots of laughter came to fruition on the evening of March 11^th when two intrepid Minimus teams, imaginatively named by Miss Kuit as group A and B, set off to Leeds University to perform in Latin the story of Pyramus and Thisbe in the primary section of the almost internationally acclaimed Latin Reading Competition. Charlotte's roar succeeded in scaring away the opposition from other schools. Despite the lions refusing to wear their tails on the night and Edward having to be helped into his tunic by a judge, both groups gave impressive performances. I am glad I didn't have to judge them. Was Jonty's roar really more scary than Charlotte's? Did George and Edward kiss (through the wall) more saucily than Freddie and James? Both Matthews narrated perfectly. Both walls gave a solid performance. After a nail biting wait, (or was that just because no refreshments were provided?) the judges awarded £30 worth of book tokens to group B.

My thanks must go to both groups for their hard work and good humour, who represented our school so well:

Group A: Matthew Garrett, James Gordon, Freddie Fawcett, Jonty Banks and William Barker;

Group B: Matthew Ford, Edward Kettlebrough, George Bentley, Charlotte Saxby, Alfred Mitchell and Alice Foster in both groups. 

Many thanks also to all the parents and pupils who came along to help and support.                                       PK

Does anyone have a surplus of catmint?  We would like to plant some at the front of the school.  Please contact Mrs Fife.

Friends of Cundall

The Friends would like to invite Pre-Prep pupils and parents to an Easter Party.

Friday 27^th March - 12 noon at the Helperby Village Hall

Begin the Easter holidays as you mean to continue with a glass of wine and lunch, where the children are fed and entertained by a magician.  Older siblings also welcome.  Tickets available from the School Office at $4.00 each.

PS. Look forward to seeing you all at the sell out Curry Evening on Friday!  Thank you for your support.

School Fees Lottery - Deadline Monday 23^rd

All school fees lottery tickets must be sent in to the Bursar's office by Monday 23^rd March.  The first prize is free school fees for a whole term.  Second place is a fabulous dinner for four at the Boars Head at Ripley with runners up pizes of £200 and £100 to spend at the school shop.

The draw will be on Tuesday 24^th.  Don't forget you've got to be in it to win it!!

Concert - Handel's Messiah

At St Oswald's Church, Sowerby on Saturday 28^th March at 7.30 p.m. the Mowbray Singers will be performing Handel's Messiah.  Ruth and Dan Sladden will be singing the soprano and bass solos.  If you enjoyed the November concert of the Fauré Requiem or if you missed it but heard good things about the performance, why not go along to hear this timeless choral favourite piece?  Tickets are only £7 and can be purchased from Ruth, or from Castleprint (Market Place, Thirsk) or at the door.  Under 16s are free!!

Karate

On Saturday 14^th March, the school Karate Club held its third grading for Orange belt (7^th Kyu).  The pupils had to demonstrate kicks, blocks, punches, combinations, paired routines, kata and fighting.  All worked hard throughout the morning, and everyone gained a first class pass from the senior federation instructor.  Congratulations to: Edward Hall, Josh Hall, Ryan Hawkridge, Toby Bell, Alexander Blott, Louis Taylor, Lewis Hernaman, Harry Halsall, Sam Gell, Thomas Hoggan, Matthew Ford and Mrs Sara Hall.  We now have a lot of work to do for Green Belt in July.                                                                                             DR

Easter Holiday Tennis Courses

Monday 6 - Thursday 9^th April

Tuesday 14^th - Thursday 17^th April

3-9 Years - At Cundall Manor School

9-13 Years - At Thirsk Tennis Club (Middle of Thirsk Race Course), TASSC, Newsham Road Thirsk

Please contact Mary Rose on 07958 930173

Rugby

This week was another busy and exciting one in the rugby sevens season. The highlight was undoubtedly the Under 11 success at the Durham School Sevens. In the sixteen team, tournament the Cundall boys topped their group and successfully progressed through the knock out stages to the final against Terrington. In front of a large crowd the team produced a fantastic performance winning 35-0.  It was an excellent team performance and the first time the school has won this prestigious event.

The success of Thursday had taken its toll on the boys and a mixture of injury and illness meant depleted teams for St Martin's Ampleforth and St Mary's Hall. Commendable performances however saw the Under 11s win the bowl and reach the semi final in the respective events.

The 1^st VII in contrast had a difficult week. Still ravaged by injury the boys did well to reach the final of the plate competition at Durham with victories over Grindon Hall, Mowden Hall, Hurworth House and Newcastle School for Boys before defeat against Terrington in the final. Then on Saturday found life tough at Mowden being unable to get out of their group.

Next Monday is the highlight of the season as the 1^st VII travel to Rosslyn Park to play in the National Sevens Tournament, hopefully we will have time to regroup and welcome back some players from the treatment table before then.

Football

In football the 1^st XI continued their 100% record with an impressive 3-1 win at home to Bramcote in which Harry Halsall scored twice. Only Red House next Wednesday can now prevent Tom Wilkinson's men from going through the season unbeaten.

The 2^nd XI and U11B also recorded wins against Bramcote 2-0 and 2-1 respectively. Whilst the 4^th and 5^th XI found life difficult against St Martin's Ampleforth on Saturday.

This Saturday sees the annual House Football competition where all Prep School boys will do battle for their Houses.   

U13A Hockey Tournament at Durham School

On Thursday 12^th March there were 2 tournaments taking place for the U13 girls.  One at Durham School, by invitation only and one for the Hambleton and Richmond Area Trophy. 

I was delighted to be able to field, from a total of 21 girls in Years 7 and 8, a team for each tournament.  The U13A team went to Durham where they had an enjoyable tournament coming 3^rd out of eight teams with Dame Allen's (Newcastle) and Durham high taking 1^st and 2^nd place.

The girls as always showed great determination and played with a high level of skill.  Well done girls.

U13B Hockey Tournament at Richmond School

On Thursday 12sth March the U13B hockey team took part in the area tournament held at Richmond School.  Despite playing the A teams form the other 8 schools they performed with grit and determination to gain a very respectable 5^th place.  Well done.

U11 Hockey Tournament

The U11s played at St. Martin's Ampleforth in a round robin tournament of 9 teams on Saturday.  Their lack of work on Astro Turf surfaces showed and it was through their hard work, particularly form the defence, that they were able to come 2^nd and were all presented with medals

U10 Netball v Terrington

The team seemed to be affected by the incredibly sunny weather and were a little slow to get started.  Once we got into our stride the girls put together some nice passes with Charlotte Hoggan, Alice Foster and Charlotte Saxby working incredibly hard.  Verity's accurate shooting led us to a 13-11 win.  Well done to the whole team.  

                                                                                    JS

U9 High 5 Netball Tournament at Terrington - won

The U9 girls played some excellent netball managing to win all five matches.  A total of 14 goals were scored in the semi-final and final without one being conceded.  An excellent afternoon of netball.  Well done girls!       IR

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