On Sunday 29th March, a team of four J16 oarsmen won the English Indoor Rowing Championships held in the velodrome at the National Cycling Centre, Manchester.
Many congratulations to Harry Al-Adwani (SH UVI), who has been cast as the male lead in the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) summer production at the St James Theatre in London. This is a very impressive achievement.
In the National Schools’ Championships at the end of the Lent term, Third Formers Daniel Humes (I) and Nina Lange (G) became the first ever mixed pair to win the Beginners Tournament in the 26 years of the competition.
Please see Marcus Johnson's end of term letter to parents.
The Annual Middle East get together of the OS Golfing Society took place on 21st March on the Earth Golf Course, Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai. The course was designed by Greg Norman and is known for its fiendish bunkering! ...
Congratulations to the J15A crew, who won the bronze medal in their event at the Schools’ Head at Hammersmith in the final week of the Lent term.
The 1st VII competed in the Rosslyn Park Schools' Rugby Sevens Tournament, which took place in the first week of the holiday.
Oldham’s fielded two large squads in this year’s 1st and U15 House Rugby Sevens competitions. Both tournaments were played concurrently on the last day of term.
Held at the Athenaeum Club, the Launch Dinner for the ‘Friends of the Shewsy’ was a warm and purposeful evening. The aim of the Friends is to support the Youth Club in all they do, and it was grand to see a mixture of former Club members, former...
The final day of the Lent term saw various Inter-House competitions, including the historic Steeplechases event (in its modern incarnation a five-leg relay involving boys from each year group in the House) and the Inter-House hockey.
In the final fixture in the Midlands Independent Schools’ League at Bromsgrove on the last Saturday of term, the Hunt retained the Colts league title for the third year in a row and placed second overall in the Senior Boys league.
The finalé of the Lent term is the annual Inter-House Steeplechases which in its modern incarnation is a cross-year group relay race over 2.5km legs. Rigg’s Hall and Emma Darwin Hall would go into the 2015 races defending the respective...
Please see Will Hughes' end of term letter to parents
A group of 23 students from the School's Model United Nations team were given a rare chance to experience life as members of the European Parliament when they took part in the Euroscola conference, held in the European Parliament building in...
Below are links to the presentations that Toby Percival gave to the Fifth Form and their parents regarding revision for the GCSE exams. http://prezi.com/s6uwm41wa3hw/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share http://prezi.com/...
The National Junior Sculling Head is a massive event, at which over 2,000 competitors from nearly 100 schools and clubs compete in one of 14 different events at the venue that hosted all of the rowing events at the 2012 Olympic Games.
This week, the 1st VIII.
Three School teams made it through to the County Schools Rugby Finals. The U15 lost in closely contested game against Church Stretton School but the U14s and U16s were both successful in their finals against Adams' Grammar School and Church...
This week we remember the first Member of Staff to lose his life in the First World War.
Awarded to pupils during the final School Assembly of the Lent Term.
Many congratulations to Marco Lee (I LVI), who is the Senior Foil National Champion for 2015. This is the first time the School has had a national fencing champion.
An excellent performance from Shrewsbury’s 1st VII at the Stonyhurst Rugby 7s Tournament on Wednesday.
On Thursday we welcomed memory expert and media personality David Thomas to the School. World record holder turned educator, he spent the day with the Sixth Form and Fifth Form students - ideally timed for just as they all embark on the start of...
At half past eight on Sunday evening, the audience in a packed Alington Hall stood to acknowledge the truly sensational feat they had just witnessed. For the second day running, Galin Ganchev had just completed a magisterial performance of...
An important announcement was made at the School today. In 2011 Shrewsbury School Governors discussed and agreed a development plan for the School, known as ‘2020 Vision’. A key element of that plan was the decision to build on the success of...
A review by Fintan Simmons (Ch V).