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• Hockey – Year 10 vs Wandsworth College

  Wed 08 Feb 2023

  On Wednesday afternoon, the Year 10B team played against Lords Wandsworth College.  The game was close throughout the first half with lots of possession in midfield and neither side making many chances.  Windsor were trying to play hockey with right way with some good play at the back by Leve Nagy, Ben Bailey, Ben Mongey and Max Cunningham, feeding the ball into the wings but sadly not coming off.  Kian Afroog was a constant threat in midfield but was overrun by the opposition.

  As the second half started and the opposition tired, Windsor gained the upper hand. After several chances, a goal mouth scramble fell to Ben Swanborough who put the home side ahead.  This was soon 2-0 with Year 9, Harry Miall, seeing his shot saved on the line and Hussan Ali tapping home from close range. As the game came to the end, Ben Mongey moved into midfield and created several more chances but sadly Windsor could not take them.
  Overall a good performance and a 2-0 win.

   

  Man of the Match - Ben Mongey

  

• TVLP Concert

  Wed 08 Feb 2023

  Our concert with Thames Valley Learning Partnership was a huge success, and our hall was full of students from across Windsor, Slough, Eton and Ascot. The hall was packed full of people and the music was all a very high standard. We had choirs, soloists and ensembles – and such a range of styles and genres. Our Boys’ Choir and Guitar ensemble performed as well as the Big Band.  The evening ended with a joint choral performance of “Shine” by Take That, and we had Year 13 band Euphoria performing the backing for the students. It was a great end to a wonderful evening and a suitable end to the term.

  

• Football - Year 9 vs St Bartholomew’s School - County Cup

  Thu 02 Feb 2023

  On Thursday afternoon, the Year 9 football team played away at St Bartholomew’s School, in Newbury, in the County Cup second round. Since being absent from any games or training since last year, it was going to be tough to get going again.  The game began with a slow start from both teams.  After the first ten minutes St Bartholomew’s settled into the game quickly and went ahead with a great strike. However, as the half went on Windsor started to find their feet playing into the strong wind.  From several attacks they gained a corner, Archie McWhirter fizzed the ball in right over the goalie and on a plate for James Evans to head the ball in. Windsor gained confidence from this goal which led to another corner from Archie McWhirter and once again James Evans headed the ball into the back of the net to give Windsor Boys’ the lead. With chances happening left, right and centre Windsor were pushing for a third goal but some poor decision-making in front goal kept St Bartholomew’s in the game. Time was ticking as the opposition were getting agitated forcing them to make some changes.  In the last minute of the game Miguel Dinis played a brilliant ball over the top of the defence and Josh Hill was one on one with the keeper and cleverly went around the keeper with a composed finish to end the game with a 3-1 victory taking us into the next round of the cup. It was a well earnt win but Windsor made hard work of it and will have to perform better if they want to go further in the cup.

   

  Man of the Match – James Evans

  

• Football - 1st XI vs Lord Williams’ School

  Tue 31 Jan 2023

  On Tuesday, TWBS 1^st XI took on Lord Williams’ School. The boys started brightly with a fast opening goal from Ben Florida-James and good defensive work rate that put the opposition under pressure.  Tom Coomber converted a free kick from 30 yards to extend the lead which was soon followed by another fantastic strike from Luke Phillips.  A flourish of goals from Will Gillies and Oli Bach late in the first half took TWBS into a strong position of 5-0 going into half-time. With the introduction of James Miller as striker in the second half, TWBS gained a new found energy up front and James was unlucky not to convert. Lord Williams’ scored a sloppy goal but TWBS hit back with a chip from outside the box from Tom. The score finished 6-1, the team can be very happy with how they played with fantastic composure and passing from everyone, especially in the second half.  

  Many thanks to Mr Jeffery, Mr Woods and Mr Breen for organising the game.

   

  Player of the Match and Match report writer - Tom Coomber

  

• Night at the Musicals – Monday 30th January 2023

  Mon 30 Jan 2023

  What a way to end the first month of 2023! On Monday we had 46 students performing to a packed Studio Theatre. We had songs from a wide range of musicals, and there were some that were new to me! But we also had some classics, and it was great to hear students singing solos and duets. It takes a lot of courage to stand up and sing in front of 120 people.  Each and every student who sang did themselves and their school proud. The talent on display was just incredible and I am hugely grateful to the students from both TWBS and WGS. We have a bright future ahead with an amazing cohort of Year 9 students and I am excited to watch them develop.  Thanks to Miss Walter for helping me with rehearsals and Mr Thomas for supporting me on the night. If you came along, thanks for joining us.

   

  Mr J Manwaring

  Director of Music – Windsor Learning Partnership

  

• Berkshire Schools Cross Country Championships

  Sat 21 Jan 2023

  A great result at the (very cold!) Berkshire Schools Cross Country Championships at Newbury Showground on Saturday 21^st January with winners in both the U15 and U17 races.  Thibault Mingret (Year 9) had a clear victory in the U15 boys with Alex Calver coming a very respectable 26th.  Ben Dewar (Year 11) had more of a battle in the U17 race, with a final 300m sprint securing a win.  Jack Perkins ran his first race in the UK and did well in the U17 inter-boys.  Finally, James Hookham ran in the U19 race, coming 13th over a distance of  7.09km.  A tough race!

   

  Ben and Thibault will run for Berkshire at the England Schools Cross Country final in Nottingham in March.

   

  Many thanks to Mrs Dewar for being Team Manager on the day.

  

• Swimming - ESSA Berkshire Qualifying Round

  Mon 26 Sep 2022

  On Monday 26th September Mr Breen took nine swimmers to St George’s School in Ascot to take part in the English School Swimming Association Berkshire qualifying round. Two teams were entered, one into the intermediate division and one into the senior division. Both teams took part in two events, the 4x50 freestyle relay and the 4x50 medley relay.  

   

  The senior team, James Murphy, Jonah McIntyre, Toby Davies and Tomasz Peczak, raced in medley relay and then Aaron Wilks replaced Jonah for the freestyle relay. Both teams won the events with very fast swims from the whole team, beating the large numbers of private schools that they were competing against.

   

  The intermediate team, Oviyan Mandal, Tom Crossland, Finbarr Eaton and Darius Sofizadeh also competed in both relays and like the senior team they all put in some very quick swims which meant they won both events by a long way.

   

  Hopefully both teams put in quick enough times to be able to qualify for the national finals that will be held in November.                        

   

  Jonah McIntyre, Ford

   

   

• Year 9 v Salesian School

  Fri 23 Sep 2022

  Last weekend Windsor played Salesian school at their first home game of the season. Unfortunately, Salesian arrived without a full team, so we helped them out by taking it in turns to play for the opposing side. The game started out quite slow and it was about twenty minutes before we scored our first try. After that, we started to pick up the pace and dominated the second half scoring try after try, only missing two out of eight conversions. The game ended early as Salesian had no chance of coming back. The game finished at 66-0 to Windsor, a big win for our first game. Well done to all those who played and to those boys who helped out the opposition. Thanks for the coaches for their hard work and for helping us as a team.             

   

  Match Report by Aidan Manwaring (9 Woodland)

   

  

• Cricket

  Fri 23 Sep 2022

  As the cricket season draws to a close, it is worth reflecting on the outstanding achievements of some of our young cricketers after a summer which saw a number of personal milestones and great representative achievements.

   

  Two of our cricketers achieved great things with Berkshire (coached by ex TWBS cricketer, Tom Lambert). Charlie Dunnett (pictured left), who left us in the summer, scored an incredible 300* for the Berkshire U18s, a team that went on to win the ‘double’ over the course of the season. Josh Jayasingh was also an ever present in this team, and scored an unbeaten 100 against Suffolk in the National Cup quarter final.

   

  Tegh Banse (pictured right) also broke a club record for Stoke Green in a partnership of 385, scoring 200* in a league match, bringing up his 200 with a six off the last ball of the innings.

   

  Congratulations to the boys on these achievements, and to all those who have played cricket over the course of the summer.

  

• Rugby U15B v Isleworth U15A

  Sat 17 Sep 2022

  The U15B team stepped out to a nice sunny morning on Saturday 17^th September. With only eleven players available after a number of late dropouts due to illness and other issues, this was always going to be an uphill struggle. However, all the boys put in an amazing performance, trying their hardest against a very strong Isleworth’s A team. A number of trys were conceded, but with twotrys for Ben Swanborough and another for Christian Jeremiah the boys can hold their heads up high. It wasn’t enough for the win but we come again next week stronger than ever.

   

  Other notable mentions include debuts for William Griffiths, Isher Dhillon and Leo Murrel who are all a credit to the team and we hope will continue progressing and improving.