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A very excited Alfie M is busily preparing to compete in a pony race at Cheltenham races on the 9th April. He is trying his hand at racing for the first time and is being coached by Andrew Tinkler who is a top flight professional jockey.

Alfie is a regular North Cotswold pony club member who has several ponies and competes regularly in a range of activities such as dressage, show jumping and hunter trials. He has represented Kingham Hill at Gawcott and Winchester hunter trials so far and plans to do some more competitions in the near future.

Good luck Alfie!

A very excited Alfie Martindale is busily preparing to compete in a pony race at Cheltenham races. He is trying his hand at racing for the first time and is being coached by Andrew Tinkler, a top flight professional jockey.

On Thursday 2nd May Rotterdam rugby cub visited Kingham Hill School and Chipping Norton Rugby Club. Roger Arthur, who is a Kingham Hill old boy, is now a coach at the Rotterdam club and so it was important to make links with them. They arrived at midday for lunch and were then given a tour of our school. The Kingham Hill rugby coaches alongside their Dutch counterparts then held a variety of rugby training sessions aimed at integrating the two sides.

After much fun and games the two sides travelled to Chipping Norton Rugby Club to play matches at U15 and U17 age group. Kingham Hill School has very strong links with Chipping Norton Rugby Club with many staff members playing for the senior sides and many more pupils playing for the junior teams. An U15 side compromised of mainly Kingham Hill players beat the Rotterdam touring side convincingly with a great deal of power and flair. The U17 match was contested by CNRFC’s U16 side that have been unbeaten this season and also won the County Cup. Chipping Norton were too strong for the visitors so many of the Kingham boys went and played for the Dutchmen and helped level the game by scoring two tries, although the numerous scores already converted meant that Chippy were strong winners by the time the final whistle blew.

On the pitch good friendships were made and what the Rotterdam players lacked in skill they certainly made up for in enthusiasm and the after match celebrations went on until late evening with ties, banners, shields and tops being swapped in friendship. We can safely say that strong links have been made, friendships have been forged and a great day in the sun was had by all!

N Stannard

On Thursday 2nd May Rotterdam rugby cub visited Kingham Hill School and Chipping Norton Rugby Club. Roger Arthur, who is a Kingham Hill old boy, is now a coach at the Rotterdam club and so it was important to make links with them.