Capsize drill for the rowers

Several of the Hall boys practised their capsize drill in the pool this weekend.  The boys who all hope to be rowing out in the open soon had a great morning judging by the photographs and are looking forward to weeks of rowing in the summer sunshine!

George looking confident!

Lawrence in need of a boat

Hywel - Welsh Hockey captain!

In the last post before  the Easter break, we reported that Hywel had been selected for the Welsh u18 hockey squad.  We are very proud to announce that Hywel was in fact made captain of the team and led them to a fine 3 - 0 victory over Switzerland.  This is a fantastic achievement - well one Hywel, we hope to see some photos soon.

Happy Easter

The final week of term was as busy as ever and you will see from the photographs below that there was plenty to celebrate for Hall House.
The school's senior seven aside rugby team made it all the way to the Roslyn Park sevens semi finals which is a superb achievement.  As with the West of England rugby sevens tournament, several Hall boys were once again involved in this: Jack, Oscar, Parimal, Owen.  It's worth noting that we did beat the eventual champions during the group stages, which as the Headmaster pointed out in the final assembly, really means we won it!
The House Cross Country on Thursday afternoon was a great event in which the vast majority of the House was involved. In  the year 9 and 10 race we were very proud to have second and third place from two of our year nine students: Tom and Rupert.  This was an exceptional achievement considering they were a year younger than half the field running.  Despite having two counters in the top three, Middle were too strong for us as a team and they were the winners. We were second with Upper in third.  In the Senior race, the boys went one better and did win the competition.  Harry from Middle was first but then we had runners come in at second (Jonathan), third (Tom), fourth (George), fifth (Oliver), ninth (Alec) and thirteenth (Hywel).  A great effort not only from these boys but also everyone who ran.
Congratulations to Hywel who has once again been selected to represent Wales at hockey.  He has been an integral part of the very successful school first team this season and was also awarded the Idris Cup in the final assembly. This cup is given in recognition of being the outstanding player of the season at Kingswood.  Well done Hywel and best of luck training with the international team this Easter.
Also during the final assembly, Colts colours for hockey were awarded to Lucas, Calum and Jeremy with full colours going to Parimal and Hywel.
Finally, Hall and Fonthill enjoyed a fun packed House entertainment in the sports hall on the final night of the term.  A quiz followed by a variety of games including Mr Harding's version of curling involving a pool ball and the centre circle in the sports hall (!) meant the Spring term culminated in a great evening. 
Enjoy looking though the photographs below and have a great break.

The boys head off in the Senior Cross Country

Tom coming in followed by George and Ollie

Tom second in the year 9 and 10 race

Rupert third

House entertainment

Practise run of, "Over/Under" in House entertainment

Hywel - awarded colours for Hockey, Idris Cup winner and Welsh international
 

The Great Chorus! concert

The Great Chorus concert was performed in the Sports Hall last night.  An amazing evening which culminated in a standing ovation had a number of Hall House boys and their parents involved.  The highlight from our perspective was the performance by the professional orchestra of 6th former, Matt's A Level compostion, "Four Minutes"- an extrmemly moving piece of work.  Lots of boys from the House gave up hours of their time to rehearse but the time spent certainly paid off in what was a truly memorable evening - see how many of our House you can spot in the photographs!

Sunday afternoon rehearsals for the Great Chorus

Matthew receives raptuous applause for the performance of his composition

The Great Chorus!

Maths challenge and Dof E

Well done to the following boys who received certificates from the Headmaster in this morning's assembly: Jamie (Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award), Easton, Founder, Tommy and Charlie all for doing superbly in the National Maths Challenge. Everyone in Hall House is proud of these boys and their excellent acheivements.

Easton, Tommy, Charlie and Founder proudly show off their certificates

Jamie with his Dof E certificate

Hall House win the Senior House Hockey!

Well done to the senior boys hockey team who today won the House hockey competition by beating Upper 2 - 1 and Middle 2 - 0.  The boys all played well and and our Head of House, Orion allegedly  scored an awesome goal against Middle! (see the photos below)  Great work lads all of Hall is proud of you and good luck in the House cross country next week.

Paramel takes on the Upper defence



Orion's goal agaisnt Middle

New Hall House latest photos

Here are the latest set of photographs that show how the new boarding house is coming along.  Thank you to Anja Haubold, one of the architects , who sent them to us today.