Talbot's House

Alikhan in action

Thursday night saw the annual St Cecilia's concert. As ever, it was of an excellent standard and was enjoyed by all who attended. From amongst the men of Talbot's, Ben.W, Adrian and Alvin played in the second orchestra whilst Alex.S and Alikhan played in the school band. You can re-listen the whole thing from the live stream below:

This evening saw a return to Bounce with a mixture of fourth, remove and lower sixth boys. it was teenagers night would you believe which meant the lights were out and the music was pumping. There were also members of the wider house family in the form of teams Whiteman and Gracie which made for the occasional hazard as our men sped across the trampolines. Particular highlights were Curtis' flips and the hurricane simulator which gathered a lot of attention. As ever the flips into the foam pit and competitions to see who could do the biggest slam dunks were also prominent. As ever, a great night out and an excellent change of scene for everyone at a busy point in the year.

Last weekend we were celebrating the amazing efforts of Ben, Tizian and Samuel in the choir's trip to sing at the royal Albert hall. If you haven't seen it yet, they come on after about one hour and twenty minutes in the programme which you can find on iplayer HERE.

This week has also seen the main school production for the term; Journey's End. See our other blog post for the inputs of Lennart, John, Benno and Danny to this.

The weeks fly by when you're busy and having fun. this week has seen the house wine, made from the grapes in our orchard, get bottled up in demijohns to finish fermenting until it is ready early next year. Benno, Harun, Duncan and Luke have been to the fore in this.

Luke also represented the school in the senior team Maths challenge; quite an achievement.

This week saw the culmination of the marathon event that is the house fives. St Peter's fought hard to claim overall victory by one point, gaining some valuable house points in the process. This is a great joint house team effort but Nihat and Dom.K have featured heavily throughout so well done them.

In Rugby matches against Radley this weekend, the following are playing:

U14: Brady continues to be the rock in this season's successful D team while Dan.R will boss things from 9 in the B's
U15: Dan.S is a cornerstone for the D team whilst Lennart looks to make an impact in the Cs and Leon will try to overturn last year's A team loss to Radley
U16: The D team have our most representatives this week with J.Lo, Adrian, Samuel and Big Frank in the side, the C team includes Dom, the B's call on George and Sasha.P in the pack and George.S looks for tries in the A team.
In the seniors, Kighty and Charlie will hope for performances that may allow them to push for places in the 1st team squad in time for the national final while John captains the unbeaten 3rd XV which includes Ed at centre. The 4th team still has Nihat and Alex in it for some reason (wake up Mr Huddlestone) and Matthew 'the Rugby legend' plays for the fifths alongside Duncan.

In merits this week, the following have been awarded:
1:Dan, Adrian, Frank, Luke, Dom, Ben.M, Benno
2: Igor, Henry, Duncan, Hodges
3:Tizian, Samuel
8 and king of merits by miles is Harun!

There are two rooms of the week this week which are: Henderson and 17 well done to Jonny, Sasha.P, George.C, Dom.B, Samuel and Adrian.


Top bloke is Sasha.K for organising the house competitions and fetching the new playstation!

Man of the week is John for his incredible set which demonstrates all of the house values amazingly!

Lennart in action

As with many of the great things at the school, the current school play has some men of Talbot's right at the heart of it.

Lennart is cast as the German army officer and apparently has a very effective accent....

Benno and Danny have been involved in hosting at the front of house too.

These have been slightly overshadowed this time though by John's work with the set. As part of his EPQ he has designed and overseen the building of the entire set which has many intricate pieces that make it true to real trench life and reflect some of the best innovations in stage techniques. He gave a presentation on Wednesday prior to the opening night that impressed all (including 20 men of Talbot's) who were there to hear it.

This evening there is a live broadcast of the play so those of you who have not been able to make it can see Lennart and John's set in action. you can watch it in the window below:

It was hard to believe we had only been back to school for 5 days as we all met together. Everyone is back into the swing of things quickly and as ever, the lads are keeping very busy and achieving much.

There were two major achievements to be celebrated:

Firstly, Tom was called up to the England U18 Hockey squad for the second year in a row afetr leading his regional team to victory in the trials the weekend before.

Secondly, Sam, Ben.W and Tizian were all part of the choir preparing to perform at the royal Albert hall for the British Legion remembrance service.

Aside from that, Leon represented the house in the the junior badminto competition where we came third and Jonny, Fuga and Sasha.K were part of the ever improving water polo team's game against BMS.

The following were all selected for Rugby matches against Warwick:
U14 B Brady, U14B Dan, U15D Dan, U15C Lennart, U15A Leon. In the U16s the C team included J.Lo, Dom, Gulli and Sam (though he couldn't play of course!). George, Teepee and Sasha were in the B team with Sasha reminding the house he was starting this week! George.S was selected on the wing for the As. Alex.S made it into the 4ths with John and Ed part of the 3rd team's quest for an unbeaten season. Ben.K was picked for his first game of the season in the seconds alongside Harty boy.

The following merits were gained since the last Friday celebration:

1: Benno, Dan, Alikhan, Harun, Ben.K, 
2:Jonny, Ben.W, Edwin, Sam
3: Jonas, Duncan
4:Alvin
5: Stephen, Simon
7: Oscar
11 and King of merits was Luke!

This week's room of the week went to henry and Frank - great effort lads.

Top Bloke, chosen by the house options, was Tizian for his ongoing emrit accumualtions and being part of the choir for the big performance on TV.

Man of the week was Tom, not for his international callup, but the way he handles such things with humility and grace, still helps others and had been particularly charitable!