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Whitgift loses out on staging Surrey cricket in 2013
Croydon may have staged its last county cricket festival, after Whitgift School confirmed to Inside Croydon that they would not be holding any Surrey matches in 2013. This will be the second year that...
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Old Boots, Midwives and a showdown on a wet Wednesday
RUGBY ROUND-UP: With a game that would grace the last eight of the national schools competition, Whitgift School are due to take on John Fisher in the fourth round of the Daily Mail RBS Cup this...
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PJF march onwards after dominating win over Midwives
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Purley-John Fisher moved to within three points of the promotion places in London and South East Div3SW thanks to their 42-10 derby win over Old Mid-Whitgiftians on Saturday. In the...
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Daly takes next step with call-up to full England XV
Former Whitgift School pupil Elliot Daly has been called up to the senior England squad ahead of this Saturday’s Six Nations rugby international at Twickenham against France. Daly, 20, got his first...
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RPO to perform world premiere at Whitgift School
Whitgift School is to stage a musical world premiere next week, with former pupil Tarik O’Regan‘s Fragments from a Heart of Darkness being performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. O’Regan wrote...
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Okoye looks to spin his career for the lure of NFL draft
By Ian Lamont Hearing Lawrence Okoye, the British record-holder in the discus, describe gridiron as “football” was somewhat strange – especially as he seems to want to raise its profile in Britain,...
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Cultivating culture is year-round project, not just three weeks
CROYDON COMMENTARY: In a previous column, DAVID CALLAM argued for a festival celebrating the borough’s heritage. But next month’s Croydon Heritage Festival misses the target in a number of important...
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Whitgift wing Yarde poised to go all the way for England
IAN LAMONT on the international call-up for a rugby player made in Croydon Another benchmark for sport in Croydon will be made tomorrow, when Marland Yarde runs out in an England shirt at the Velez...
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Hot dogs help keep Haling Park friends in the shade
This year’s Friends of Haling Grove Dog Show saw pets from across South Croydon dragging their owners to the annual contest in the park on Saturday, the hottest day of the year so far. The Friends of...
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Old schoolmates Daly and Yarde get England rugby call-ups
Marland Yarde and Elliot Daly, who played together in the winning side in the national schools’ cup final at Twickenham when at Whitgift School, today received call-ups to the England rugby squad for...
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Surrey starting to come together as storm clouds clear
The death of a promising young batsman, the departure of his friend and club captain, the sacking of the county coach, and the arrival of two legends of Test cricket… It has been a year of trauma for...
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Surrey cricket looks to revive Croydon festival in 2014
First-class cricket could make a return to Croydon next summer, Inside Croydon can reveal. As the fifth and final Ashes Test between England and Australia gets underway at The Oval, today, Inside...
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Whitgift and Fisher get to renew their rivalry in NatWest Cup
RUGBY ROUND-UP: We did say it would be close. By the final whistle at Plough Lane last Saturday, Whitgift School‘s first XV had hung on to a 25-24 victory over John Fisher, but only just, as Lewis...
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South’s double helps Whitgift march on in the cup
RUGBY ROUND-UP: The match of the week locally undoubtedly took place in South Croydon yesterday afternoon, when Whitgift School beat John Fisher 29-6 in the latest round of the NatWest Cup national...
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ECB demands rule out Whitgift cricket festival for 2014
Hopes that county cricket would return to Croydon in 2014 after a three-year hiatus will be dashed tonight when the England and Wales Cricket Board publishes its fixtures list for next summer. Surrey...
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Boris, the NFL, libraries and precious crockery: iC’s 2013
As we approach 2014 and all that may have to offer, here’s the 10 most-read iC articles of 2013 – an eclectic mix of politics, exclusive news stories, sport, arts reviews and controversy. With more...
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Trinity face trip to the champions to stay in national cup
RUGBY ROUND-UP: For the second successive year, Whitgift have been knocked out of the national schools’ rugby cup by Hampton School, losing 11-6 in a hard-fought contest in South Croydon yesterday...
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Rigourous? Gaffe-in Barwell gets in a spell of trouble
Oh dear. Michael Gove, the education secretary, will be displeased. Standards must be maintained, after all. Will he order gaffe-prone Gavin to stay behind for detention, or tell him to write 200...
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Surrey blame ‘struggling facilities’ for Whitgift cricket decision
Doubts over whether county cricket will return to Croydon were renewed this week when the annual meeting of Surrey members was told that “struggling facilities” were the reason for the county club’s...
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Cipriani’s England recall shows he is back on the right track
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Two old boys of Whitgift School were named today in the England side to face New Zealand in Auckland on Saturday, with a third player with strong local connections, former Warlingham...
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