Tag: Henry Fagan
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Cross Country Season Review
By Henry Fagan The Hampton Cross Country team has flourished this year, from defending champions, shattered personal bests, and several debuts by the future of Hampton distance running, Mr Clarke couldn’t have asked for more in his final season coaching at Hampton. The first race was early in the calendar, with the team trekking all the way to Wimbledon Common…
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Solomon leaves his mark at Richmond Schools’ Championships
By Henry Fagan On Friday 2nd December, Hampton’s U20, U17, and U15 teamtravelled across the river to Richmond Park to compete in the Borough Championships, with the aim of qualifying for the Middlesex Championships after the new year. For those familiar with Richmond Park, the course was two loops of Sidmouth Wood; a 2.2km undulating route. Despite the rain the previous few days, the…
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Athletics Team Success at Harrow
By Henry Fagan Almost exactly a month after the last athletics meet at Harrow School, the Hampton athletics team travelled to Harrow to compete against the top schools in the local area. Unlike the rather windy conditions of their previous visit, this time conditions were very still, with fast times predicted around the 400m track.…
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Records Broken at Achilles’ Relay Track Meet
By Henry Fagan On 6 May 1954, Sir Roger Bannister broke the four minute mile at the Iffley Road track in Oxford. This was deemed one of the greatest sporting achievements ever. Only one member of the Hampton community has ever reached this mark: Mr Clarke. Almost 68 years later to the day, Hampton’s Athletics…
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Successful Athletics Season Opener
By Henry Fagan The first Saturday of the summer term saw Hampton athletics team kick off their season with a bang. Mr Mills, Mr Clarke and Mr Chaveneau managed a team for all categories: the “Open” category (consisting of Sixth Form pupils), the “Intermediate” category (comprising of Fourth and Fifth Years) and the “Junior” category…
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Strong performance for Hampton athletes at English Schools’ Cross Country Championships
By Henry Fagan Two years ago, on Saturday 14 March 2020 (the date of the last championships), five Hampton athletes competed in the English Schools’ Cross Country Championships in Liverpool. Two years and three lockdowns later, three Hamptonians travelled to Kent to to represent Middlesex in the 2022 edition, and to challenge nearly 2,000 other…
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Mr Clarke: Running Things
By Henry Fagan Mr David Clarke has taught at Hampton for nearly 40 years but how many Hamptonians know about his illustrious running career? Having competed internationally for Great Britain in cross country, road running and track and field, he is still an avid runner, a stalwart more locally for Hercules Wimbledon Athletics Club and…
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Hampton’s Squash teams continue to improve in tournaments
in PostsBy Henry Fagan On Wednesday 2 March, whilst most were enjoying their pancakes, Hampton’s Squash B team travelled to their home ground to play the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School in a Squash tournament. Each team comprised of five competitors who were seeded from one to five. Each athlete would then compete against their opposing rival…
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Hampton lead Team Richmond to victory at Middlesex Cross Country Championship
By Henry Fagan On Thursday 27 January, a team of twelve boys from Hampton took part in the annual Middlesex Cross Country Championships at Harrow School, representing the borough of Richmond, competing against eight other London boroughs. The Hampton boys fielded participants in each of the four age categories with some very impressive results. In…
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Osborn Zhu: Future Olympic fencer in the making?
By Henry Fagan When did you start fencing? When I was seven years old in China, I started to play around 30 minutes per week compared to now where I do three hours per week. I became interested in fencing when I watched the 2012 London Olympics when a Chinese foilist [a type of fencing]…
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End of term cross country Christmas handicap race
By Henry Fagan On the last Friday of term, instead of the usual cross country club training, Mr Clarke decided to test the abilities of the cross country athletes by organising a handicap race around the Friday loop. The route was a 2.8km loop, starting and ending outside Hampton School, which goes around all three…
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Squash team display fighting spirit in recent tournaments
By Henry Fagan Hampton have found success in many different sports this past year; however Hampton squash players have yet to tap into this winning form. There were two squash tournaments since the half term break, with the A team match falling on 17 November, and the B team match occurring on 24 November. Each…
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Hampton success at Tiffin School’s Judge Cup cross country relay
By Henry Fagan On a Wednesday afternoon in November, 12 Hamptonians made their way to Tiffin School’s playing fields to each compete in a 2.8km race against several other local schools. The weather was cold yet dry, and the course only had a small number of hills, making it perfect for fast times. The format…
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Cross country team excels at Richmond School Championships
By Henry Fagan On Thursday 18 November, the cross country team with members from year groups across the School travelled to Richmond Park to compete in the annual Richmond Schools Championships. The team was made up of 36 athletes, each eager to qualify for the Middlesex Cross country team. The event took place across the…
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Hampton show grit and enthusiasm at cross country Haskell relay race
By Henry Fagan The second cross country meet of the term took the ever-growing Hampton cross country team to Guildford to participate in the annual Haskell relays. Each of the three teams comprised four members who had to run two miles of a difficult course, adding to a total of eight miles. There was a…
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Hampton show promise against a strong opponent in golf
By Henry Fagan On 13 October, Mrs May took the Hampton golf team to Fulwell golf club – Hampton’s “home ground” – to play Reed’s school. It was sunny yet slightly wet underfoot – ideal conditions for a win for Hampton’s second match of the season. The opposition was strong due to Reed’s prowess in…
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Hampton show promise at King’s Trophy Cross Country
By Henry Fagan In early October, seven boys and their coach, Mr David Clarke, travelled to Wimbledon Common to take part in the King’s Trophy Cross Country race, competing against boys and girls from schools across the South of England. It was our first competitive meet since the pandemic and the Hampton boys were raring…