Sam Guest
Congratulations to Sam Guest as he has been awarded his Blue belt, 8th Student Level at the Kung Fu School,Crawley. Sam is about to embark on the Brown/Blue belt over the half term break. Three more to go until he has his black belt in the Kung Fu Juniors. ‘Mighty oaks grow from small acorns’. Well...
4-Counties Match – 12th February 2012 – Maidenhead
An exciting and decisive win for Sussex Chess on Saturday. The inappropriately titled ‘4 Counties Match’ comprised Sussex, Berks and Bucks. Sussex romped home with a stunning victory on 42 points as against Berks, 2nd place with 28 and Bucks with 20. The Copthorne Prep school ambassador, Daniel...
Another strong Copthorne performance at the South of England Junior Chess Championships, Yateley:
Freya Finnegan secured her third half-norm (in three tournaments) in the U11s, putting her in a strong position to qualify for the England Chess Team. Yelena Finnegan and Madeleine Liu both scored 3 points in 6 matches against tough opposition whilst Adam Smith’s 2 points were hard-earned in...
Copthorne Prep come 2nd in Crawley Chess Championship – January 2012
The Copthorne Prep Chess team came 2nd out of 20 local schools competing at the prestigious Crawley Chess Championship on 28 January 2012. A huge well done to Amardip, Zevon and Daniel for playing so well and bringing home the award. They were all fine ambassadors for the school.
U11A Netball v St Aubyns – Won 18-4
Copthorne got off to a flying start today despite a few changes this week, with Micki captaining the side and winning the first centre pass. Freya had a great game as centre and was all over the court, linking well with Tori, Chloe and Prisha. The defenders who consisted off Micki, Harriet and Georgie...
Georgina Guest
Georgina has been awarded a Merit for her LAMDA Grade 4 Musical Theatre. Results came over Christmas so big thanks to the school for supporting her necessary absence. She is very excited at her upcoming title role in Alice in Wonderland at the Hawth in March. Helen Guest
Freya Finnegan – Chess
Congratulations to Freya Finnegan who secured her 2nd half-norm (and therefore invitation to the England Team trials in April) at the EPSCA Rapidplay Chess Championship in Liverpool.
Yr 4 Copthorne Chess
Copthorne Year 4 pupils played a big part in Sussex U9 chess victory at the weekend in a five-counties tournament. Four Copthorne players made the journey to Berkshire and all contributed points in a clear win against strong opposition: Yelena Finnegan Board 2 – 1.5 points Madeleine Liu Board 5...




