Lewes Old Grammar School pupil James Brandon, 12, won the U13 East Sussex Individual Schools’ Championships at Sussex University in late January, and will now go forward as the East Sussex representative at the National Schools’ Individual Championships Final in April.
James is currently ranked 58th in the country for his age group, even though he only started playing competitively just over a year ago. After the event, James said “I am so proud of my achievement. It was an honour to play, and there was some strong opposition. I had a tough match in the final, and I look forward to playing him again soon.”
James also played in the U18 National Junior League recently. He won all ten of his matches, and with his team having won all but four in total, they hope to be promoted to division two next time.
He has also played at Horsham in the National Cadet League (U15), where his team remained in the top division, despite forfeiting a third of their matches just before Christmas when they were a player short! They’re still hoping to be in the running for fighting it out for third or fourth place overall on the forthcoming final day in March.
Outdoor Learning now at LOGS Outdoor learning puts LOGS pupils at natural advantage Hands up – who wants to go wild at school? Well, our junior pupils have the headteacher’s permission to do just that. Morley House students will abandon their desks for one day a week next term to visit an outdoor classroom at Plumpton College. Run by Forest
BBC Radio 2 – 500 Words live final at Hampton Court Palace After being a first-round judge for the last four years, I was lucky enough to get a ticket for the live final in the ballot. The competition (which is supported by the Oxford University Press) has been running for 8 years and attracted a record-breaking 135,000 entries this
Student Wins Orwell Prize for Insightful Account of Muslim life Yasmin O’Mahoney has won the George Orwell Literary Prize for her passionate account about modern day life as a British Muslim. She was awarded the national Prize for her essay ‘Different?’ on Tuesday at Pembroke College, Oxford after competing against 178 writers aged 13-18. The final round of the Prize
