Held at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield from 2nd to 4th May, the British Youth Fencing Championship Finals brought together all of the fencers who had qualified from their regional events, including Salopians James Hinwood, Scott...
On Thursday 7th May, Shrewsbury Chemistry Department opened its doors to Packwood Haugh School pupils for an afternoon of science enrichment and fun.
The 1st VIII recorded two encouraging wins at the Bedford Regatta on Saturday 9th May by winning both the premier race of the event, Elite Eights, and the J18 Eights event.
The David Harrison Prize is open to all year groups and takes the form of a presentation on any mathematical topic, which is given to an audience of Third and Fourth Form mathematicians. It has been won this year by Tom Dodd (Rb, UVI), who has...
After working on boosting her fitness levels by doing additional training with the Hunt, Abby Attenborough (MSH UVI) has made it through the final selection process to represent Wales in the Women’s 2015 U19 Lacrosse World Championship, which takes...
There has been more success on the cricketing field over the weekend, this time for OS Ed Barnard (PH 12-14), as he returned the remarkable bowling figures of 8 overs, 6 maidens, 3 wickets for 3 runs, playing for Worcs second XI against...
The Girls’ U18 Basketball team played their first ever match on Thursday 7th May against Thomas Telford. They played brilliantly, with each member of the team contributing to a fine victory 41-33.WAH
Senior IVsOver the course of the last three weeks, the Houses have slugged it out on the Severn. Going into the final day of the Senior IVs, it looked set for a showdown between Rigg’s and Churchill’s, with both Houses undefeated and on maximum...
The pursuit of adventuring has been the subject of some discussion in the media recently and Shrewsbury School has certainly produced its fair share of dauntless characters over the years. Will Hodson (Rt 1990-95) is about to undertake the...
Charis, Jess and Maddie exercised their right to vote on the 7th May, taking time out of their revision to visit the polling station. A proud moment for all three (and their Housemistress!).
This was another sad week for School House and Churchill’s Hall. And on the 7th May 1915, the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk, with the loss of 1,153 lives.
It was four years ago, at a sparsely attended lunchtime concert, that I was first alerted to the extraordinary talent of Galin Ganchev, whose daring, dazzling performance of Beethoven’s “Waldstein” sonata is still fresh in the memory. Other...
Last week saw a win for the 1st XI against the Free Foresters, an almost complete sweep in the matches against Bromsgrove on Saturday and a convincing win for our newly formed Under-15 girls’ team in their first ever school match on Friday 1st May.
OS Rory Fraser (Ch 10-14), together with a few friends, is taking a show to the Edinburgh Fringe this August. It's a comedy sketch show, called 'Kind Hearts and Cormorants', and the troupe name is 'Flightless Birds'. Performances will...
Five Shrewsbury Crews raced over the weekend at the Wallingford Regatta. The pick of the results came from the 1st VIII who won their heat in an impressive fashion, beating Abingdon's, Radley's and Hampton's 1st VIIIs in the process.
Rob Cross (S 08-13) caught up with James Taylor (R 03-08) a couple of weeks ago, just prior to James' appointment as England Captain for the one day international against Ireland. Rob is the Sport Editor for Exeposé - the University of Exeter's...
This week, the U15 Girls' Cricket Team.
On Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd May, the School put on two stunning performances of Mozart's opera, the Marriage of Figaro. And it was School House boy Alfred Mitchell (LVI), who took the lead. Impressively balancing his time between working for AS...
The performances of Mozart's 'Marriage of Figaro' (Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd May), with all the solo parts being sung by pupils, demonstrated everything that is best about music at Shrewsbury School - as Richard Hudson confirms in his review.
Here are the 13 Churchill’s Third Formers ready to pile into the minibus for a Sunday at Alton Towers earlier this term, a Sunday forecast to be wet and cold, but turning out to be warm and cloudless. While the boys subjected themselves to hours of...
On the 29th April, the immensely talented partnership of Darren Chin (UVI) and Andrew Chan (V) dominated the inter-house badminton competition, comfortably beating all the opposition pairs to bring the trophy back to School House for the second year...
Very many congratulations to Michael Johnson (S 55-60), who recently competed in the European Vets' M70 5km Cross-Country Championships, in Torun, Poland. Michael ran a great time of 20.32.5, helping the GB team to a gold medal. A fantastic...
This week, in training for the Shrewsbury Half Marathon with the Hunt.
Well done to John McFarlane (SH 96-01), who ran the Pyongyang Marathon, North Korea on 12 April. John not only managed to visit the most closed nation on earth, but to rub shoulders with everyone from the military types to the average mothers and...
James Taylor will captain England for the first time in their one-day international match against Ireland on 8th May.
As holders of the trophy, we were keen to defend our title. However, recent changes to the rules meant that our top two rowers (who row for the School’s 1st VIII) were not eligible to represent us this year, making the task significantly more...
Shrewsbury School has been given a Built Heritage Award by the town’s Mayor, Councillor Beverley Baker, at this year’s Mayor’s Awards ceremony - a tribute to the care that has been taken with recent building projects such as the Yale Boat House...
Following in the footsteps of the Shrewsbury and Atcham hustings held last week, nine candidates this week put themselves forward for election in the lesser-known seat of Shrewsbury School.
Amy Mobley scored the winning goal in the final of the England Hockey Women's Second XI Plate Competition on Saturday 25th April, securing the first ever victory in the competition for her home club, Oxford Ladies.
Congratulations to Theo Clarke (S UVI) who has won a place at the top architectural school in the UK.