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Old Mount Kelleians Newsletter
Issue # 6
December
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OMK Day &
Dinner - Saturday 12
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We are
delighted to announce that this year's guest
speaker at the OMK Dinner will be Addison
Gelpey. A highly entertaining and
charismatic auctioneer, valuer and
fundraiser, Addison has had numerous
appearances on television and has raised
thousands of pounds for charity at auction. This
promises to be another fantastic dinner and it
will also be an opportunity to launch our
Bursary Fund. Bookings open in the New
Year. |
Bookings Open in
the New Year
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OMK Magazine 2017
The next edition of the
OMK Magazine will be published in early May - to
coincide with our launch of the Mount Kelly
Bursary
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Mount Kelly
Shortlisted
for
Awards
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Mount Kelly
Pupils aim for
Oxbridge Entry
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Mount
Kelly is delighted to announce that we have
been nominated for three TES (Times
Educational Supplement) Independent School
Awards 2018. These are 'Boarding School of the
Year', 'Senior Leadership Team of the Year' and
'Financial/Fundraising Initiative of the
Year'. The winners will be
revealed at the TES Awards Ceremony on 8
February at the Grosvenor House
Hotel. |
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Three
of our pupils have been selected for Oxbridge
interviews this academic year. Josie Francis has
an interview for Geography at Mansfield College,
Oxford; Edward Jenks for Natural Sciences at
Peterhouse College, Cambridge; and Benjamin
Dunlop for Economics at Pembroke College,
Cambridge. They have taken part in a series of
workshops and events in preparation for these
interviews, and we wish them the best of
luck. |
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Good
Luck |
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National
Champion Title
for Flora
Duffy | |
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Lewis
Pugh swims Antarctic Seas
and lobbies Theresa
May | |
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Congratulations
to Flora Duffy (04-08) who retained her Athlete
of the Year title this year and was once again
victorious in the XTERRA World Championship
off-road triathlon elite series in October.
With this win, she becomes one of only two elite
triathletes to win four XTERRA titles,
she is the first female to reach four
titles - and the only elite athlete to win this
championship over four consecutive
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OMK
and UN Patron of the Oceans, Lewis Pugh (MH
class of 80) completed a one kilometre swim
in near freezing waters in November to highlight
issues facing the world's oceans - wearing
nothing but his speedos! Now a
famous endurance swimmer, Lewis was
successful in completing
the first-ever swim in the
Antarctic waters around South Georgia, home to a
huge diversity of marine wildlife. Lewis
regularly raises awareness about issues
facing the ocean and in December was
instrumental in gaining Theresa May's support
for further investment into the prevention
of plastic pollution in our
seas. |
| Congratulations
Flora! |
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Follow his journey |
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| Sporting Success in Rugby,
Hockey, Netball &
Swimming | |
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| Refurbishment
Programme and Link
Bridge | |
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Sam
Martin voted
Best Robotics
Undergraduate | |
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This
term Mount Kelly has competed in Squash,
Badminton, Rugby, Netball, Football and Hockey
fixtures and has set a MK record for the number
of fixtures played. The 1st XV had
an outstanding season with highlight
wins against Torquay Boys Grammar, Queen's
College Taunton, Downside and West Buckland. The
side also had a fantastic run in the NatWest
Bowl National Schools Cup reaching the 1/4
final, but narrowly lost out to St George's
College, Weybridge. The 1st XI
have lost only one hockey game, with big
wins against Wellington, Plymouth College,
Exeter School, West Buckland, Truro and
Blundell's. The 1st VII qualified at the
national netball tournament district stage and
went on to represent West Devon at the county
round of the national schools tournament - good
preparation for the season ahead. Our
swimmers have had some great results culminating
in the squad being crowned the Top Senior School
in the 60th ESSA Secondary Schools
Team National Championships, taking home
the coveted shield and a haul of trophies and
medals!
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A large
variety of refurbishment and renovation projects
across the Foundation took place over the
summer. At the College, these have included the
refurbishment of the Library (pictured),
Conway House, the exterior of the Main
Building and a designated pedestrian crossing on
Parkwood Road. At the Prep, Collingwood, the
Conservatory and the Stable Yard have been
redecorated, lockers have been provided for all
pupils, and the Pre-Prep has benefited from a
full redecoration and new carpets. We are
pleased to announce that planning permission has
been granted for the footbridge over the
River Tavy linking the Prep and College; work
will commence in the new year. This bridge will
allow easy and quick access between the two
sites, further integrating the Prep and
College.
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Congratulations
to Sam Martin (06-11) who beat 6,000 of the
brightest minds in Europe to win the prize of
best computer science student for his low cost
robot in The Undergraduate Awards 2017. Sam
designed his robot, nicknamed Sprinkles, whilst
studying Computer Science at Cardiff
University. It cost under £100 to
build: "I wanted to prove that you don't need
super-duper hardware or a PhD in electronic
engineering to make a robot from scratch and get
it to do some pretty amazing stuff." Using a 3D
printer, with a Raspberry Pi single-board
computer on board, Sprinkles moves through its
environment firing a laser, at an angle, to
produce measurements that create 3D maps and can
be used in a wide variety of applications,
including exploring collapsed buildings
and mapping the land and sea from
above.
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Sport |
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Refurbishment
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| Hong Kong Drinks
Reception | |
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Bristol
Drinks
6 February
2018 | |
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Head
Master, Mark Semmence, and Chairman of
Governors, Rear Admiral Chris Snow,
recently enjoyed meeting OMKs, parents and
former parents when visiting Hong Kong in
late November. A drinks reception,
hosted in conjunction with Mount Kelly School
Hong Kong, welcomed Friends of Mount Kelly and
provided the ideal opportunity to
celebrate Mount Kelly International opening
in September. |
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Saturday
2nd December saw the much-anticipated annual
ladies' hockey fixture against the
School's 1st XI. The School side dominated the
first part of the match, scoring twice,
but the OMKs soon warmed up and
challenged the pupils to a closely-fought and
competitive second half. Despite some great
playing, the School's 1st XI won this year with
a score of 2-1. Thank you to all our OMK
players, some of whom had travelled large
distances to be there. The next OMK sports
fixture is Saturday 3 March - men's hockey and
ladies' netball from
1pm!
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Following
on from last year's extremely successful drinks
reception in Bristol, we have secured the same
venue - Somerset House in Clifton - for Tuesday
6th February. We very much look
forward to welcoming OMKs who live in and around
the area from 6pm for drinks, a catch up with
school news and an opportunity to meet up once
again with old friends and former staff. Head
Master, Mark Semmence, will be there as will
former staff Anne Williams and many
others! |
| Our
Overseas Community |
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A
close win for the School Side |
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us know you are
coming! | |
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