Talbot's House

The roundup of this week's events are below in our storify story with the awards underneath it.
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In merits:

Henry, Fuga and Darren got 3 which meant we had a new king of merits this week (though Darren maintains Mr Montgomery had given him on in evening before the celebration). it was Jonny with 4 for the week.

This week's top bloke was Justus awarded because he finally scored a try for the school this week which was (according to justus) an epic length of the field effort that is probably the best try ever scored...

The man of the week goes to Assan who represented the school at the pride in bedfordshire awards, where he met the Chief Exec of the Harpur trust, produced two artworks to be auctioned off for movember and gave an insightful and isnpired mini speech about his reasons for taking part in Movember.

The play was an absolutely fantastic performance and it was great to see Benno, Alikhan and honorary Talbot's man Harry B involved.

Next week sees the house Christmas play taking place and our trip to the theatre on Wednesday - there's never a dull week in Talbot's!

Another weekly (and a bit) update from the house...

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Last Thursday (November 13) the fourths and removes when on a bowling trip. After getting shoes fitted and repeatedly bragging about past victories, we got underway. For the most of us, the quality of the bowling started out pretty poor. But after our 3^rd or 4^th try, strikes and spares were began to be bowled. The overall winner of the first round (by a considerable margin) was Henry, who capitalised on his previous experience, scoring just short of 100 points. We then stopped for a well-earned dinner break, consisting of burgers, scampi or nuggets with a side of chips.
After this short break in the action we got underway with round 2. With confidence on our side, our scores began to increase. At the top of the board margins narrowed and there were frequent position changes. Several places were fought down to the very last bowl with an increasingly tense atmosphere. But yet again, Henry was the overall winner with a very respectable score of over 120! 
On behalf of all the boys in the house, I'd like to thank Mr Gracie for taking us and organising the trip, and Mr and Mrs Trigger's excellent advice.

Frank.H, Remove form 

Term motors on fast, but there is always time to celebrate all the good things that happen (even of  this is written on the Saturday after the night before). We have produced a storify summary of the week below, let us know what you think via a comment or on twitter. If its popular, we'd love to start doing more.

In addition to the info above, Jack was awarded minor colours for his efforts for the 2nd XV this week -  a fantastic achievement.

In the pool, Jonny and Philip represented the school tremendously both securing wins in their races in Thursday's meet.

They are both in action this Sunday in a home water polo fixture along with Nihat and Assan.

In Rugby, two of the men of Talbot's were promoted to higher teams this week, Alex.G from the U15D to the U15C and Lennart to the U14C, having started in the E team! Alongside him in the U14s, Leon played for the A team away at Radley.
In the U15s Adrian, Jonny and Frank.L were in the D team whilst Sasha.P, Teepee and George played for the B team, including an epic try which was scored as a result of the three of them combining - a genuine team Talbot's try! Frankie played for the U15A. In the U16s, matthew continued in the D team whilst Bob and Alex both scored for the U16C, who Nihat was also playing for. This left no men of Talbot's in the B team, but Ben.K lead the U16s to another victory, adding further to his ludicrous try tally this term.
In the seniors, Nico played and scored for the 5ths whilst Ed turned out for the 4ths. Charlie, John and Justus played for the 3rds, with Charlie saying Justus was particularly good. Jack was in the 2nds whilst Rufus was part of the 1sts, the only team to win away today at Radley.

It was great that Philip and Leo went out to watch lads from the house in action too.

This week's lunchtime concert was for 5th form music students and Matthew, Hodges and Kritt all performed well, watched by Jonny who went along to support.

In the awards of the week, Henderson was pipped into 2nd place in the room of the week by John in room 1!



In the merit comp the following were awarded merits in the past 7 days:

1: Leo, Rufus, Tom, Fuga, Duncan, Hodges, Kritt, Jun, Sasha, Henry, Leon
2: Charlie, Ben.M
3: Bob
4 and king of merits: Darren

This week's Top Blokme was chosen by the options to be Michael as a result of his performance in the open mic night for charity in Wednesday and his being offered a place at warwick Uni.

This week's man of the week was Nikita who not only secured 5 merits but also was tremendously helpfula tm bowling with William.

Though all of the above are great, the absolute highlight at Friday Celebration this week was finishing off with the opportunity for lads in the house to nominate others to get a sweet prize for great stuff they have done. The list was enormous and highlighted the depth of appreciation the guys have for each other. This is a house where we value everyone and it was awesome to see it in action in such a tangible way. Bring on Exeat next!....

After a well deserved break over half term the Talbots family are back into the swing of things again this week. There have been a number of block tests and deadlines and there are a number of fixtures this weekend so everyone is immediately in the zone.

Firstly big congratulations to Jack for passing his driving test on Monday-well done!

This evening saw a number of boys visit the Bedford Blues fireworks display which was enjoyed by all and others at the opening of the Art exhibition in the school foyer. Matron also hosted a film afternoon where Waterboy was the movie of choice (what happened to Forest Gump?)


Tomorrows fixtures for the senior boys are as follows-Rufus is playing Warwick at home for the 1st team. Jack for the 2nds, Charlie, Michael, John and Justus for the 3rds. In the U16s, Ben continues to captain the A's with Alex, Bob, Nihat and Duncan in the C squad. For the U15 A team Frankie will be playing, U15 B Sasha P, Teepee and George and U15 D Alex G, Frank.L, Adrian and Justin.. Lennart is playing for the U14D again at home against Warwick with Leon in the A team.  Good luck to you all.

Top bloke of the week goes to
Rufus for his major colours award in Rugby and being nominated for independent schools lambs trials

Man of the week goes to
Jack for passing his driving test (finally?) and completing an unbelievable eating challenge with over a kilogram of different exotic meats at the options meal!

Room of the week goes to
Grindlay and Room 2 jointly - well done Ben.M, Alex.C and Tom

Merits this week go to:
1: Lennart, Nihat, Jun, Matthew, Bobby, Fuga
2: Dan, Sasha.K, Alikhan, Duncan, Ben.K
3: Henry and Alex.C
4: Darren - who is King of Merits for the 2nd time

Breaking News: Tom told us after the celebration meeting that he has been invited to trial for the England U18 Hockey squad a year young. We're not surprised they'd invite such a legend and wish him luck.

The coveted Man of the Week golden stag trophy

Top Bloke Rufus earning his colours