Ref’s Q & A – Anastasia Chitty
Anastasia Chitty (OD 2007) left the Dragon for Canford School and is now at Pembroke College, Oxford. Her rowing is developing very well and we hope to see her on the water at the Rio Olympics....
View ArticleAlby Shale Sets New World Record
Alby Shale (OD 2004) recently set a new Guinness World Record of 26 hours for the longest individual cricket net. The challenge came about in order to raise money for the Rwanda Cricket Stadium...
View ArticleLeadership in Sport
The Ref’s View: Following the recent cricketing horror show Down Under, a lot of questions have been raised in the media about the leadership of the squad. The amount of discord became increasingly...
View ArticleNot Such a Man’s World
Two years ago, a talented young girl named Maia Bouchier graced the finely prepared wickets of the prep schools’ circuit for the Dragon 1st XI cricket team but not since the days of Antonia Fraser, who...
View ArticleThe 4 Minute Mile
3 minutes 59.4 seconds. That’s how long it took Sir Roger Bannister to run one mile on the 6th May 1954. In so doing, he became the first human being ever to run the distance in under four minutes –...
View ArticleLooking Back, My Favourite Moments
As I prepare to hand over the keyboard to a new “Referee”, I thought I would pen one final blog and share with you my top ten sporting moments at the Dragon over the last sixteen years. I have probably...
View ArticleIntroducing Our New Referee
We’d like to introduce our new referee, Patrick ‘Patch’ Foster. To help you get to know him a little better Mr Pickup recently sat down and asked him the following questions: So, Patrick, it’s great to...
View ArticleAn Interview with Maia Bouchier
Cricket has seen some dramatic changes over the last few years with the introduction and role of T20 cricket above all, but one other area of the sport that has developed hugely over the last decade,...
View ArticleFinn Dunleavy – An Old Dragon With Ambitions to Reach the Very Top in Hockey
Hockey as a sport can at times ‘slip under the radar’ and is not in the spotlight as much as some of the other sports played here at the Dragon. However, for many Dragons, it is a real passion and some...
View ArticleHemisphere to Hemisphere
Meet the Dragon’s new Assistant Teachers, whose sporting credentials speak for themselves This week I managed to catch up with our new crop of Assistant Teachers who have travelled across the world to...
View ArticleAn Interview with Steve Parish
A Dragon Year 4 pupil guest blogs for The Referee this week. Bentley has big dreams to buy his very own football club one day. He meets Steve Parish, the Chairman and Owner of Crystal Palace Football...
View ArticleGeorge Munsey – A Career in Cricket
Guest blogger Kingsley Went recently caught up with Scotland International cricketer George Munsey (OD 2006) to find out what it was like to play in the recent ICC World T20 and what George has...
View ArticleLeadership in Sport
The Ref’s View: Following the recent cricketing horror show Down Under, a lot of questions have been raised in the media about the leadership of the squad. The amount of discord became increasingly...
View ArticleNot Such a Man’s World
Two years ago, a talented young girl named Maia Bouchier graced the finely prepared wickets of the prep schools’ circuit for the Dragon 1st XI cricket team but not since the days of Antonia Fraser, who...
View ArticleThe 4 Minute Mile
3 minutes 59.4 seconds. That’s how long it took Sir Roger Bannister to run one mile on the 6th May 1954. In so doing, he became the first human being ever to run the distance in under four minutes –...
View ArticleLooking Back, My Favourite Moments
As I prepare to hand over the keyboard to a new “Referee”, I thought I would pen one final blog and share with you my top ten sporting moments at the Dragon over the last sixteen years. I have probably...
View ArticleIntroducing Our New Referee
We’d like to introduce our new referee, Patrick ‘Patch’ Foster. To help you get to know him a little better Mr Pickup recently sat down and asked him the following questions: So, Patrick, it’s great to...
View ArticleAn Interview with Maia Bouchier
Cricket has seen some dramatic changes over the last few years with the introduction and role of T20 cricket above all, but one other area of the sport that has developed hugely over the last decade,...
View ArticleFinn Dunleavy – An Old Dragon With Ambitions to Reach the Very Top in Hockey
Hockey as a sport can at times ‘slip under the radar’ and is not in the spotlight as much as some of the other sports played here at the Dragon. However, for many Dragons, it is a real passion and some...
View ArticleHemisphere to Hemisphere
Meet the Dragon’s new Assistant Teachers, whose sporting credentials speak for themselves This week I managed to catch up with our new crop of Assistant Teachers who have travelled across the world to...
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