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Giggleswick v Tourists
Our Rugby, Hockey and Netball teams had three good wins over Australian touring sides from Calrossy Anglican School, Tamworth, NSW. Calrossy was one of the schools visited by Giggleswick on the 2012 Quincentenary Tour to Australia and we were delighted to be able to return the great hospitality they showed to us. Thanks go to families who had the touring pupils to stay in their homes.
Results were as follows: Rugby won 22 - 19, Hockey won 5 - 1 and Netball won 19 -11. Click here for full report.
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English Schools' Fell
Running Championships
Star of the day was Euan Brennan in the Year 8 & 9 race, who came flying down the last hill of the two mile course to finish 5th overall and first Year 8 boy across the line. With support from Tom Humphries and Niven Smith, the team managed to finish third in the country, our best ever team result in this event.
In their first outings for Team Giggleswick, Connie Rockliffe-King made Sean Bargh work hard for the honour of being the first Giggleswickian home in the Year 7 race, with team support coming from James and Harry Snowden.
Not everyone made it to the finish in one piece as various ankles, still a bit weak from too much summer holidaying, fell prey to the uneven surface. Honourable mentions also go to Eve Hutchinson, Marie Lothian, Charles Smith and Emily Shaw who all made it to the start line but in many cases were afflicted by mishaps on the route and finished further down the fields than they might have expected, and Maddy Rockliffe-King who made the St John's Ambulance team test the off-road capabilities of their shiny Land Rover!
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1st XV through in Cup
The 1stXV won their Nat West Cup Round 2 match v Ermysteds by 14 points to 7.
They will play Round 3 v Hutton Grammar School at home. Date and time to be confirmed.
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Congratulations
Congratulations to Georgina Thursby (Yr 11 C) who has been selected for the Cumbria County Netball Academy.
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Chapel Choir Sing Evensong at Blackburn
50 singers headed to Blackburn Cathedral to sing the service of Evensong. With Jason Lowe on the organ and Tricia Rees-Jones conducting, they sang magnificently to a small but very appreciative congregation. The evensong service is packed with music; not just an anthem and a hymn but more unfamiliar musical territory such as Anglican chanted psalm, Versicles and Responses (with fine solo intonations from Isaac Hamilton-Wheatley) and settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, territory they navigated with aplomb.
The choir enjoyed the generous acoustic of the cathedral, the revolving star of the cymbelstern stop on the organ and the well-deserved visit to McDonalds on the way home! Thanks to parents, friends and staff for their support, especially Miss Williamson and Mr Ladds for travelling to Blackburn to support us.
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From the Chaplain
What would you be prepared to risk for something you feel strongly about?
The Chapel hero this week is Esther; Esther risked her own life to stand up for her beliefs and her people and she succeeded. Jesus said "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends".
We gave give of ourselves in many ways, this Sunday the school will be holding its annual Harvest celebration. All of your generous gifts are shared with the local community and with Keighley Women's Aid and nothing goes to waste. Supporting the charities chosen by the students charity committee is just one of the ways we can all lay down just a little of our own lives to help others. Yours in Christ
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Giggleswick School Parents' Association
GSPA held the first meeting of the year last Friday (27 September) and the Minutes of the meeting are now on Parents' Web. The Management Committee will meet every Exeat Friday in the Hobson Room and all parents/guardians are welcome to come along.
A note for diaries please - GSPA will be providing refreshments at the School Bonfire and Fireworks on Friday 8 November and will be looking for donations of cakes, buns, toffee apples, cinder toffee etc to sell on the night. Time to practise your Great British Bake Off skills in a good cause - more details nearer the day.'
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Coming up at The Richard Whiteley Theatre in October
Giggleswick School, Settle, North Yorkshire, BD24 0DE
Tel: 01729 893180. Website: www.giggleswick.org.uk/rwt
Sunday 13th October at 7.00 pm
Preview of Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare Schools' Festival
Tickets Free
Before their performance at The Carriageworks in Leeds, pupils from Years 10 & 11 present their take on Shakespeare's great tragedy in an abridged version designed and produced by the pupils themselves with assistance from Mr Warburton and Miss Stoll. Running time approx. 40 minutes. Tickets for the performance at The Carriageworks can be obtained from: http://www.leeds.gov.uk/carriageworks/Pages/Whats-on
Thursday 17th October at 7.00 pm
The Gig Lectures
Clive Hallam-Baker: The Battle of Flodden Fields and the Giggleswick Connection
Tickets £8/£6 U18
In the second of our series of lectures, OG Clive Hallam-Baker brings to life this historic battle between the Scots and the English which took place 500 years ago. Using weaponry, pictures and tales of local people, this will be a fascinating evening.
Parents - don't forget to book your tickets for West Side Story!
Tickets and information: www.giggleswick.org.uk/rwt
01729 893180
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