It has been another exceptional year for racquet sports at Bradfield with the growth in popularity of squash leading to impressive results and achievements on the court.
Three of our Junior teams, the U16 boys and the U14 and U16 girls’ teams, qualified for the National Schools Squash Championships Plate Finals which took place in Birmingham in March. Our Faulkner’s girls went on to take the Bronze medal while our U16 girls secured a superb second place in their championships.
Competing against much more experienced teams, the Faulkner’s girls were delighted to achieve a bronze medal and our congratulations go to the squad of Annabel (LI), Isla (LM), Anna (LM), Bella (LI) and Charlotte (LM). The U16 girls’ team managed to go one better, achieving a silver medal and our congratulations go to Lola (K), Flora (J), Jess (M), Willa (J) and Bronte (J) who made up the squad. The U16 boys’ team of Ethan (D), Jack (F), Olly (D), Andrew (E) and Robert (LH) couldn’t quite emulate the achievements of the girls, but they finished in a creditable sixth place on the day.
The Lent Term also saw the culmination of the Bradfield College Squash Championships with both the Warnford-Davis Cup for boys and the Davison Cup for girls up for grabs. This year’s boys’ finalists, Otis (A) and Crofton (C), played a closely contested final with the latter going on to win the trophy for the third time during his Bradfield career. Earlier in the term Charlotte (M) won the girls’ championship and both winners were presented with their trophies by Clare Davison, the wife of donor and OB John Davison (E 54-59) for who one of the Cups was named in honour.
Like Crofton, Clare’s husband John was also a three-time winner between 1957-59 and she was thrilled to be able to present the Warnford-Davis Cup to this year’s victor during her visit to the College.
