McKinley wins Junior Cross Country

McKinley House dominated the younger age groups in this year's Cross Country Championships. The standout runners in the Juniors were Jake Curran (Under 13), Thomas Clarke (U15) and Lachlan Winterbottom (U15). All three boys finished in the top ten and will represent TSS at the GPS Cross Country Championships, as will Hugo McMicking (Open). Thomas was the highest placegetter with a second place in the Under 15 event. Chris Turnbull (U15) came sixteenth. In the Seniors, Hugo McMicking (Open) came eighth, Sam Ferrier (Open) came thirteenth and Angus Trewin (Open) finished fourteenth. The Seniors finished seventh out of the twelve houses and McKinley placed a very close second behind Biddle House overall - the margin being only one point between first and second! McKinley is now placed a close fourth behind Turnock, Biddle and Walker in the House Shield, a similar position to last year when we finished strongly to be House Shield Champions.

.Silver Medal for McKinley in House Drama

McKinley House finished second out of the twelve Houses at this year's House Drama Festival, with Sam Ferrier and Edward Alexander starring in the lead roles of Fred and Bill in 'Sitting on top of the World' by Allan Mackay. Sam won a goblet for his performance while Edward and Hugh Berry (in the role of Goliath) were awarded certificates of merit for their acting. Other fine peformances were given by Sid Russell, Hugo McMicking, Rory Torv, Max Christensen and Ty Turner.

Top Half Finish for McKinley in House Swimming

McKinley House finished fifth out of the twelve Houses at this year's House Swimming, held at the TSS Pool on Tuesday 13th February 2008.  Our senior swimmers finished third and our juniors eighth.

Top performers were Chris Walker-Hebborn (Open), Vitha Tickner (Open), Lewis Harvey (Open), Lawson White (U16), Max Christensen (U16), Thomas Clarke (U15) and Andrew Digby (U14). Of these boys, three stood tall in the blue ribbon events: Chris Walker-Hebborn won the Open 50m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke; Thomas Clarke won the U15 50m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly and 50m Breaststroke; and Andrew Digby won the U14 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly.

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