Recent Salopians will believe that Rigg’s is ‘the rowing house’, and that that has always been the case. Not only will PJM point to the many other strengths of Rigg’s Hall (running perhaps, or bagpipe playing), but prior to taking the...
Rigg's have not only dominated this year's Bumping Races, winning all three divisions, but have now made history by achieving the Headship for a seventh successive year - a feat unprecedented in the School's history. The following report is by Rob...
Dear Riggite rowers, My voice has just about returned to normal after three days of Bumps support, and my heart rate has now returned to more normal levels, beating not with the nervous energy of the final three days of term but now beating...
A review by Martin Knox of a memorable evening.
As we have just witnessed a wonderfully sunny and ice-cream-filled Sports Day, I thought I would end the year with a look at Shrewsbury Athletics.
25th June 1915. As the 1st and 2nd VIII set off for the Henley Royal Regatta 2015, it is particularly poignant to read about Private Hughes, who rowed at Henley in both 1912 and 1913 but was killed in France on 27th June 1915, aged 19. He is one...
Field Day was great fun for 21 of the current Fourth Form. It was a long drive to Llanberis but worth the effort. The day started with a morning of Stand-Up Paddle Boarding - a bizarre cross-over between surfing, windsurfing and kayaking. The...
On Monday 15th June, the Fourth Form Physics set 4SPHS1 convened for their lesson not in their usual lab P3 but in the far more scholarly surroundings of the Ancient Library, with School Librarian and Archivist Dr Robin Brooke-Smith and with noted...
Our charity fundraising efforts during the past year have raised a whopping £35,999.08 - for 28 different charities... and still counting. Thanks to everyone on the Charities Committee and to everyone who has given, eaten, sponsored, cooked,...
Air Vice-Marshall Sir Michael Simmons (DB 1950-55), one of the architects of the Richard Hillary Essay Medal Competition, visited the School last week and met this year's winner of the Competition, Loren Kell.
Two rounds were contested today – featuring a mighty 44 row overs out of 72 results; no one got away lightly today! Churchill’s II, School House III and The Grove II all remain in contention for ‘blades’ tomorrow. Racing starts at 2:25pm...
A lasting legacy to the School by Ed Carroll (Ch UVI).
The traditional Bumps Supper at Rigg’s remains a formal affair with a sit-down slap-up meal of steak and chips followed by ice-cream, all prepared by the Sixth Formers.
Fifty-four Third Form pupils and six members of staff spent a memorable three days last week in Belgium and Northern France, visiting the World War 1 battlefields of Ypres and the Somme.
Longstanding traditions like The Tucks, House Singing, and the Bumping Races hold a special place in the hearts of Salopians and Old Salopians alike. Both groups are joined together as they repeat the rituals that have remained relatively...
Last year, the School House Inter (Fourth and Fifth Form) 4 x 100m relay team set an impressive school record (47.61s). Given the outstanding talent of those four boys, it was widely thought that the record would stand for some time. However, the...
For the past few years the Library has held a Third Form book review competition. It is an event I really look forward to. It is such a pleasure to read the students’ enthusiastic and often brutally honest reviews. I am always interested to see...
Many congratulations to Alasdair Pollock, who will Captain the Cambridge cricket XI when they play Oxford at Lords this Saturday 27th June. This is a terrific achievement and even more noteworthy for the fact that Alasdair (I 10-12) will be...
Photos from Sports Day, Junior House Tennis Finals and the Leavers' Supper
Many congratulations to the teams of Sixth Formers who spent the last few days of the term on their Gold D of E Expeditions. One group travelled by kayak from the west to east coasts of Scotland, from Fort William to Inverness, and two more groups...
Following their convincing victory over Haileybury Hermits the Saracens move into the second round of the Cricketer Cup, where they will play Bradfield Waifs. The next match will be on Sunday 28th June here at the School. The Waifs are last...
Many congratulations to the Senior Girls' Quad, who have made history by becoming Shrewsbury fist ever girls' crew to qualify for the Henley Royal Regatta.
On Saturday 20th June, we held the annual School House Soirée, which was a musical extravaganza featuring almost half the boys in the House.
The second annual Modern Languages Reading Competition took place on Tuesday 16th June and involved over 30 contestants reciting poems or prose extracts. Having won in all three languages last year, the School House boys were the ones to beat, but...
A number of Old Salopians from professions as diverse sports management, press relations and government affairs, corporate video, graduate recruitment and journalism joined a parent and two external speakers to spend an afternoon with Lower Sixth...
Journalist and Shrewsbury School parent Aidan Hartley has not only flown in from Kenya to run in the Shrewsbury Half-Marathon on Sunday, but has also written about the Hunt in his 'Wild Life' column in this week's edition of The Spectator magazine.