School House
The Russells are a quintet - Jamie, Meggie, Poppy, Rosy and Harry - plus two: Pidge, a mouldering Border Terrier and Kitty a rather excitable ‘Heinz 57 Variety’ puppy. Jamie teaches History, plays the bagpipes and flute and enjoys the great outdoors. Jamie has come to schoolmastering via the Army and business, and having been a boarder himself he also brings that experience to bear in his role as Housemaster. His aim is simple; to create an environment where the boys can flourish. To that end, in conjunction with the staff and the boys, he strives to create a happy, hard-working and cultured community that involves itself in all aspects of the College.
A cut above the rest
Wednesday 30. of June 2010
Dave Burley brought to an end his family\'s 80 years\' barbering service to Malvern College by trimming a few of the SH barnetts in the penultimate week of the summer term. Mr Russell\'s presented less of a challenge than, say, George Homfray\'s or Gad Shawcross\'s or indeed the uniformity of the Remove and 100 chaps - Jake Cripwell, Henry Salmon, James Philip, Felix Riedl-Riedenstein and Dan Williams. Nonetheless, it was a privilege for them all to be the last in a very, very long line of Malvernians to have had their haircut by a member of the the Burley dynasty.
Dave\'s father and grandfather cut boys hair at the College - his grandfather started before the War and Dave started in 1964 as a 16-year old under the watchful eye of his father (and the boys in the House, many of whom were older than him).
The House gave Dave a great send-off - cake and Full House Colours - at the birthday barbecue held especially to coincide with his valedictory snip. He is acknowledged by the SH boys as a very fine Christian gentleman, and he retires with our warmest thanks and good wishes.
SH pulls it off…
Friday 28. of May 2010
It appears that recently School House has developed a bit of a reputation on the cricket field, having cruised our way to victory in the Senior inter-house tournament last year and having four of the XI in our numbers. So when I was asked to play in this year’s House team I was no more surprised than I was petrified. The prospect of facing the First’s opening bowlers was not one I was looking forward to.
We were no longer the favourites this year, but we had gained a bye into the semi-finals to find ourselves facing No.1. We batted first and sent out Charlie Lacey and Arthur Jones to make their mark. In the eight overs that followed they had the No.1 beast tamed. Without losing a wicket we went out to bowl, intent on making our way to the final. Our unorthodox style of fielding, using any body part possible to stop the ball, paid off and we won a decisive victory.
Next we had to face No.5 in the final, who after beating No.2, seemed like an unstoppable machine. Once again we batted first and our first team players (two Laceys, two Jones’) impressively knocked us into a competitive position in the match. But as they were forced to leave the crease Will Jones was left to hold together the middle order. The batting was still effective yet somewhat erratic- it seemed that the middle order either hit a boundary or was out… and after eight overs we found ourselves on only a seemingly measly 49. We knew that early wickets and a tight field were essential for victory and once again the team responded. On the third ball of the match the ball was powered to the boundary but James Wooton was prepared to prevent a four. With impressive skill he headed the ball into hands before whipping it in for a quick run-out. This, it turned out, would be the match winning wicket. With expert bowling from Charlie Lacey, James Philip and Will and Arthur Jones, coupled with a prudent and efficient field (thanks to the excellent joint-captaincy of George Lacey and Will Jones) we were able to snatch a victory in a duel that could have been won by either team right up to the final ball.
Charles Bridge (L6)