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Category Archives: Whitgift School
Council’s Mr & Mrs act that defies proper declarations
The move by Croydon Council to take over the running of the Fairfield Halls has thrown a supertrouper spotlight on some of the interests, and potential conflicts of interest, of leading members of the borough’s Establishment. After all, with senior … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Care Homes, Charity, Croydon 8/8, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, London Mozart Players, Margaret Mead, Old Palace, Riots Review Panel, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Hall, Localism Act 2011, London Borough of Croydon, Margaret Mead, Meads
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Okoye looks to spin his career for the lure of NFL draft
By Ian Lamont Hearing Lawrence Okoye, the British record-holder in the discus, describe gridiron as “football” was somewhat strange – especially as he seems to want to raise its profile in Britain, where the word has a completely different meaning. … Continue reading
Fisher battle through to second day at Rosslyn Park 7s
RUGBY ROUND-UP: John Fisher School‘s senior rugby squad faces a daunting morning today, as the National Schools 7s go into a second day at Rosslyn Park, kicking off at 11am with a game against Rydal Penrhos. The schools 7s season … Continue reading
Posted in John Fisher School, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Schools, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC, Whitgift School
Tagged Britain, Coleg Llandrillo Cymru, Croydon, England, John Fisher School, London, Solihull School, Wimbledon
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RPO to perform world premiere at Whitgift School
Whitgift School is to stage a musical world premiere next week, with former pupil Tarik O’Regan‘s Fragments from a Heart of Darkness being performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. O’Regan wrote the piece for the South Croydon independent school’s chamber … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Music, Schools, Whitgift School
Tagged England, Music, Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, South Croydon, Tarik O'Regan, Whitgift School
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Historical assets ought to be foundation for Croydon’s future
CROYDON COMMENTARY: A charitable foundation with assets of more than £200 million could be doing more to make the most of the borough’s historical heritage, says DAVID CALLAM The Whitgift Foundation is seeking commercial sponsors for a festival in June. … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Charity, David Callam, Education, History, Old Palace, Property, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Croydon, Foundation, John Whitgift, London, South Croydon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Daly takes next step with call-up to full England XV
Former Whitgift School pupil Elliot Daly has been called up to the senior England squad ahead of this Saturday’s Six Nations rugby international at Twickenham against France. Daly, 20, got his first call-up to the senior England Saxons team – … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Robshaw, Elliot Daly, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC, Whitgift School
Tagged Alex Goode, Ben Foden, Billy Twelvetrees, Croydon, Daly, England, Manu Tuilagi, Whitgift School
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Alas Smith and Jones, as Whitgift are knocked out of cup
RUGBY ROUND-UP: A try one minute from time set up Hampton for a conversion kick that knocked Whitgift’s first XV out of the Daily Mail Cup at Esher last night, denying them a place in the last eight of the … Continue reading
Posted in Rugby Union, Sport, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Daily Mail Cup, Esher, London, South Croydon, Whitgift, Whitgift Centre
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England Saxons call up for former Whitgift player Daly
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Elliot Daly yesterday became the latest product of Whitgift School to get a call-up to England colours, when the 20-year-old Wasps centre was named in the Saxons squad. The Saxons are effectively the England B squad, with its … Continue reading
Alas for Fisher, Smith and Jones see Whitgift through in cup
RUGBY ROUND-UP: It was the big rugby showdown that lived up to all the hype. Not England v the All Blacks at Twickenham, but last Wednesday’s South Croydon thriller, Whitgift v John Fisher in the Daily Mail Cup won by the … Continue reading
Convincing victory lifts PJF to fifth in league table
RUGBY ROUND-UP: All good things must come to an end, and after a sequence of six wins, Warlingham suffered a bitter defeat on Saturday, going down 20-13 at home against Aylesford Bulls in their London Div 2SW fixture. “It was … Continue reading
Fisher and Whitgift one game away from cup clash
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Local focus is on schools games this week, with Whitgift and John Fisher in Daily Mail Cup action on Wednesday. Both schools have proven themselves as capable of producing among the best under-18 XVs in the country, Fisher … Continue reading
Whitgift loses out on staging Surrey cricket in 2013
Croydon may have staged its last county cricket festival, after Whitgift School confirmed to Inside Croydon that they would not be holding any Surrey matches in 2013. This will be the second year that Surrey County Cricket Club has failed … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Cricket, Schools, Sport, Surrey CCC, Whitgift School
Tagged County cricket, Croydon, David Lean Cinema, Oval, Surrey, Surrey County Cricket Club, Whitgift School
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Locals file complaint to Archbishop over neglected properties
The South Croydon Community Association, a group of concerned residents and businesses in the South End area, has lodged a formal complaint with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Charity Commission about the Whitgift Foundation’s management of its estimated £90-million … Continue reading
Posted in Fairfield, Michael Neal, Old Palace, Simon Hoar, South Croydon, South Croydon Community Association, Trinity School, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Foundation, South Croydon, Steve O'Connell, Stile Harold Williams, Tesco, Whitgift Foundation
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Discus date with destiny for Okoye, the Olympic opportunist
It is a year since the wheels fell off for the discus-throwing juggernaut that is Lawrence Okoye. At 6ft 6in tall and 21-stone, Okoye was in only his first full season as an international discus thrower, and he had known … Continue reading
Whitgift pair lined up to play for England in World Cup final
Two former pupils from Whitgift School in South Croydon could be playing in a World Cup final on Sunday, after the England under-20s side beat France 33-20 in the semi-final of the Junior World Championships being staged in Italy. England, … Continue reading
Posted in Rugby Union, Sport, Whitgift School
Tagged All Blacks, Elliot Daly, England, London Irish, rugby, South Croydon, Stadio Plebiscito, Whitgift School, World Cup
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Croydon cricket fans face 40% price hike for T20 match
Cricket fans in Croydon are outraged at being charged up to 40 per cent more than standard prices for Surrey’s Twenty20 fixture to be staged at Whitgift School next month. The match between Surrey and Sussex on the evening of … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Sport, Whitgift School
Tagged Brighton Road, Croydon, Essex, Oval, Sky Sports, Surrey, Sussex, Whitgift School
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Praise for sporty Whitgift School – from the Daily Mail
Interesting. South Croydon‘s Whitgift School is being held up as a paragon of sporting, and educational, excellence in the Daily Mail. The reporter is Martin Samuel, four times the Sports Writer of the Year, who the Mail indulges once a … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Education, Schools, Sport, Surrey CCC, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Danny Cipriani, England, London Borough of Croydon, Martin Samuel, Melbourne Rebels, Surrey, Whitgift School
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Daly at the centre of Whitgift’s second Mail delivery
Rugby remains the ultimate team game, but after yet another outstanding points-scoring performance to help his schoolmates to a second Daily Mail Cup victory, few would argue that Whitgift School centre Elliot Daly is a senior international player-in-waiting. Whitgift School … Continue reading
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Palace hero Wright has Twickenham final date
Ian Wright, the Crystal Palace, Arsenal and England goal-machine, is switching codes this week. Wright will be at Twickenham on Wednesday shouting, “Come on my son!”, as his youngest boy, 16-year-old Stacy Wright, runs out on the hallowed turf to … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Rugby Union, Sport, Whitgift School
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Whitgift’s Daly is in the tries again against Scotland
England’s senior rugby team made hard work of their victory over Scotland yesterday. They might have done well to follow the lead of their junior counterparts at Newbury on Friday night, when Whitgift School sixth former Elliot Daly scored three … Continue reading
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Whitgift “win ugly” to set-up Twickenham final return
“It was an ugly win,” said Pete Nicholls, father of the Whitgift School’s Under-18s captain, Tom, after Saturday’s Daily Mail Cup semi-final. “But a win’s a win.”
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Whitgift’s youngsters miss Twickenham final by one point
There were tears all the way home for at least one player, as Whitgift under-15s lost their Daily Mail Cup rugby semi-final on Saturday by just one point, going down 16-15 against Truro School in the match played in Coventry. … Continue reading
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Whitgift at the double for Daily Mail Cup semi-finals
Whitgift School has teams in the semi-finals of both the under-15 and under-18 age groups of the national schools rugby competition, an extraordinarily rare feat. [Updated Feb 11. See below]
Posted in Rugby Union, Whitgift School
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