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Into The New Millenium 2

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Although sporting achievement had always been highly valued, it became almost common place during these years with amazing achievements in many areas.

1990 brought the first in a remarkable sequence of cricketing triumphs when the Under 11 team became National Champions. In the years that followed the Under 11’s won the Hampshire Championship nine times in eleven years; the Under 13’s were County Champions five times in seven years whilst the Under 12’s have achieved three Championships in three attempts. Other notable cricketing milestones include Pangbourne College being dismissed for one run and in 1998 Richard Evans scoring 200 n.o. in 23.3 overs, and this in a County Championship Quarter Final! Old Boys Ross Hunter and William Evered have both gone on to represent England schoolboys.

 
1959
 

Football has also flourished. In 1999 the team competed in the inaugural national Prep Schools Championships and finished fourth. They also won the prestigious Charterhouse Tournament for the second consecutive season.

Girls’ games have gone from strength to strength and from the humble beginnings of 1990 we now see Netball teams which regularly win Regional honours and compete at national level. The same can be said for Rounders where the school has produced six England players in the last four years. Alexandra Danson went on to represent England in Netball and Rounders!
In Athletics eleven pupils have reached National Finals in the last two years and in the summer of 2000 Christina Carding became British U13 record holder in both Discus and Shot.

The Chess teams dominate the local leagues and are making their mark in the national Tournaments. Matthew Elstrop, Sam Williams and Christopher Gee have all played for England and in 2000 every member of the Under 11 chess team was also a county player.

 
1999
 

The commitment to purposeful growth was further evidenced in February 1999 with the purchase of Manor Lodge, the large house adjoining the school. The House has been remodelled internally to provide superb accommodation for the Nursery and during 2000 the garden was extensively altered to provide a much larger Nature Area whilst the original area was converted to an Adventure Playground for the older children. The ‘Newton’ science laboratory was totally stripped and underwent a complete refurbishment to provide a learning environment fit for the new century.

As we look into the new millennium we find a thriving school of 520 children making a mark in many fields. The site of Yateley Manor has a history stretching back into antiquity but the School which now occupies this site faces the future with optimism and enthusiasm and nearly fifty years on the words of Her Majesties Inspectors have been proven correct:

“…The outlook for the School is promising.’
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In March 2002 work on two major projects began. An extensive development of Wyndhams opened in January 2003, providing entrance and library areas in addition to more classroom space. In May 2003 a new indoor swimming pool opened, on the same site as the old, “with room to race ... and gleaming tiles, enclosed by glass walls”.

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