Tag Archives: Whitgift School

Butcher: England should put their ‘batting brute’ Roy in at No3

Posted on July 10, 2019 by

Surrey’s Jason Roy should be in the England Test team’s top order for the Ashes series and has a hugely important role in tomorrow’s World Cup semi-final against Australia. That’s the view of Mark Butcher, the former Surrey and England … Continue reading →

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Whitgift History Festival, South Croydon, Jun 26-27

Posted on June 22, 2019 by
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The evil of racism has no place in football says Hudson-Odoi

Posted on May 11, 2019 by

A full international at the age of 18, Callum Hudson-Odoi has this week opened up about the bigoted abuse faced by him and fellow England players such as Raheem Sterling, and what it’s like to go to school in South … Continue reading →

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Whitgift turn on the rugby style in latest Twickenham triumph

Posted on March 22, 2019 by

Whitgift regained the English schools’ rugby title at Twickenham yesterday, as the South Croydon independent school’s first XV won the NatWest Schools’ Cup final 32-22 against defending champions Warwick School. It is the third time that Whitgift have won the … Continue reading →

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Whitgift are denied a final double by Wellingtons’ non-boot

Posted on March 13, 2019 by

RUGBY ROUND-UP: It was ecstasy and agony at Allianz Park for Whitgift School last weekend as they came within a clause in the rule book from getting both their teams through to Twickenham finals later this month. The South Croydon … Continue reading →

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Private school’s sports staff enjoyed £30,000 party at The Ritz

Posted on March 3, 2019 by

EXCLUSIVE: Whitgift School has charitable status and the generous tax breaks that go with it, yet they spared no expense for a piss up at one of the flashiest venues in the West End. By GENE BRODIE, education correspondent Whitgift … Continue reading →

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Whitgift School’s Olympic hero Okoye is arrested in Alabama

Posted on February 11, 2019 by

Lawrence Okoye, the former Whitgift School pupil and discus finalist at the  London Olympics who went to the United States to seek his fortune as an American football player, was arrested in Alabama last week on soliciting prostitution charges, placing … Continue reading →

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