This is the first opportunity for our new House system to work. We now have divided into two Skipwith teams, Skipwith Eggar and Skipwith Wells-Furby.
Reasons for the names:
John Eggar was the Headmaster from 1963 to 1979.
During his time here:
Numbers rose from 152 to about 315
Facilities improved greatly, with new classrooms and the
agreement put in place to use ‘new field’ for sport
The first cricket pavilion was opened
The Sports hall was built, which opened in 1980,
following a successful appeal for £130,000
The Headmaster’s house was built
Hans Well-Furby joined Shiplake in May 1960.
He was the Deputy Head and used the Office now occupied by the Skipwith Housemaster. He had a reputation for being fairly fierce...
Hans wrote the book 'Wish and fulfilment, The story of Shiplake College'
Due to the size of Skipwith, with a total of 112 students, we have split into these two equal halves for sport in an act of fairness towards other houses with less students to choose from. The reaction to this has been mixed from our boys, who see it as a significant disadvantage but the reasoning behind it is to enable more inclusion and potentially fairer games. We will have to see how it works out and the boys must play with pride and belief. It is important to point out that these halves are not random, nor are they meant to be 'A' and 'B' teams. They have been specifically chosen to be as equal in sporting ability as possible.
The positive is that our highest placed team will score points overall towards the Baldry Cup.
I hope the boys play well. Parents are invited to attend the Junior Rugby on Saturday 27th September, which begins at 13.30.