Category: From the Archives
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From the Archives: Oxbridge Blues
The following is taken from the Autumn 2008 edition of the Hampton Sports Chronicle, edited by Max Ward. Oxbridge Blues By Andrew Holder-Ross An Oxford or Cambridge Blue is the highest sporting honour that can be bestowed upon a student at either university. To achieve such an accolade, one must have competed in a Varsity…
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From the Archives: Hampton storm Schools’ Head of the River
The following article is taken from the Spring 2013 edition of the Hampton Sports Chronicle, which was edited by James Perkins OH (2014) and Luke Dunn OH (2014). Both have gone on to careers in the media: James is a Social Media Officer at FullFact; Luke is a Social Media Executive at Crystal Palace FC.…
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From the Archives: Malin-Hiscock speaks to the Telegraph
During the 2015/16 season, Hampton’s 1st XV reached the quarter-finals of the Natwest Cup, as well as winning the prestigious St. Joseph’s College tournament for the first time. The team’s captain was Roman Malin-Hiscock, who was interviewed in the Telegraph ahead of Hampton’s heartbreaking 10-9 quarter-final loss at Warwick School. How has your season gone…
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From the Archives: ISFA Cup ends in disappointment as Millfield sink young Hampton
The following is taken from the first edition of Hampton Sports Chronicle, in Spring 2005. By Joshua Freedman Millfield 3-1 Hampton, ISFA Final, 2005 And so six years become seven. Hampton School will be wondering when the void will end. For eight minutes on March 14, it looked as though it would do just that.…
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From the Archives: Natwest quarter-final heartbreak for 1st XV
The following article is taken from Hampton Sports Chronicle’s Summer 2014 edition, which was edited by Matt Roberts and Jake Goodwill (both OH 2014). By Tom Berry, Joe Burdis, Jake Goodwill, Hugo Green and Alex Griffith-Jones (OH 2014/2015) 3rd Round – Wimbledon College 0-31 Hampton 31 As covered in the last issue, Hampton faced Wimbledon College in…
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From the Archives: HSC writers sample the world of work
FourFourTwo – Jules Delay (OH 2012) Three of the HSC’s regular contributors have all taken a real life interest in sports journalism: a passion and career path for a surprising number of postgraduates every year. We all enjoyed work experience with different companies and have detailed our findings to provide an insight into the world…