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GOLD DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD TRAINING EXPEDITION IN THE YORKSHIRE DALES
Tues 25 – Sat 29 March 2008

14 students and 3 staff travelled to the Yorkshire Dales in the week after Easter to complete a training expedition for the Gold Award. The group was fortunate to have missed the exceptionally snowy weather of the Easter weekend, but conditions remained challenging throughout, with heavy rain and high winds for much of the time. Please click here to open the full report in Adobe PDF format, and here to open a link to photographs taken during the expedition training.

	Trent College 1st X1 v M.C.C Thursday 8th May 2008 Trent gained a creditable draw against a very strong MCC side. Batting first the MCC amassed 278 for 4, largely due to a thrilling counter attack from former New Zealand Tests star Chris Cairns, and former Leicestershire player Scott Boswell. Please click here to open the match report and here to open the photographs.
	Young Hockey stars have an amazing season It has been an amazing hockey season for many Trent boys, especially for those in the Trent U14 and U13 teams. The U14’s reached the final of the National Schools U14 Cup, played against Kingston Grammar School on Thursday 24th April. Matt Shuttleworth captained the side in a superb match which unfortunately ended in defeat on penalties after a thrilling 3-3 draw. The Trent U13 team went on to win the Midland Minis, a 7-a-side competition, last weekend (Sunday 27th April) when they edged out Beeston on penalties in the final. This means that the team goes forward to the National Finals also to be held at Beeston Hockey Club on Sunday 18th May. Click here to read the full report and to view the photographs.
	Young Engineers - Gold Crest Award On Thursday 24th April 4 of Trent’s aspiring young engineers celebrated a day at Loughborough University’s Henry Ford College. The team of Harrison Mycroft, Ben Slater, James Dexter and Adam Pinkstone designed a leakage test rig for aircraft hoses manufactured by Meggitt Polymer Solutions in Shepshed. The team completed a detailed project report and a thorough presentation to a board of industry experts qualifying them for the EES award and the Gold Crest Award (Science and Technology). “We were asked to design and make a test rig for a range of hoses to enable Meggitt Polymer Solutions to record the leak rate of the hose under certain test pressures. The current system is labour-intensive and the company wants to reduce the time taken for the testing process, enabling the hoses to be certified more effectivelt,” said Harrison Mycroft. The scheme is part of the Engineering Development Trust, which aims to stimulate young people’s interest in science, engineering and technology.
	Trent 1st XI Pre-Season Tour to Cyprus 3rd - 7th April 2008 The concept of a 1st XI pre-season European tour was born in 2007 with a group of cricketers who had been to Australia the previous winter and were keen to extend the touring principle in order to prepare well for the 2007 season. Despite the weak opposition in Malta that year the tour did enough to endure that the outstanding team of that year were ready to extend their successes and indeed they remained unbeaten through the 2007 season. Please click here to open a report, and here to open some photographs taken during the tour.
	YEAR 9 TURKEY EXPEDITION TRAINING IN THE PEAK DISTRICT Monday 7th – Tuesday 8th April On Monday 7th April, 14 Year 9 pupils and 3 members of staff travelled to the Peak District to carry out training for the forthcoming Turkey expedition in May. The group travelled in two minibuses to Thornbridge Hall in the Peaks where they carried out several team building exercises run by the two leaders who will be accompanying them to Turkey. Some pupils, whilst finding it challenging, particularly enjoyed the low ropes course where skill and team work were required to get over all of the obstacles in the way. Click here to open the full report and here to open the photographs.
	DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S BRONZE AWARD Qualifying Expedition in the Peak District 9th & 10th April 2008 48 pupils in Year 10 have completed the expedition section for their Bronze award in the Peak District. The venture requires the groups to cover about 24kms over 2 days, carrying all their own kit and camping out overnight. The pupils were lucky that the recent unsettled weather cleared up, giving them two dry days for their expedition. The only drawback to this was an extremely cold Wednesday night. Please click here to open the full report, and here to open the photographs.
	Arley House School Trent College has taken over the running of PNEU Arley House School, a small Independent Preparatory School, which is situated in the rural village of East Leake. It is Trent's ambition to grow Arley House in terms of pupil numbers as an additional feeder school into Trent at Year 7. The school will continue to be staffed by the existing Headmistress and teachers the current Trustees of Trent College will assume the roles and responsibilities of the Trustees of Arley House.
	GOLD DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD TRAINING EXPEDITION IN THE YORKSHIRE DALES Tues 25 – Sat 29 March 2008 14 students and 3 staff travelled to the Yorkshire Dales in the week after Easter to complete a training expedition for the Gold Award. The group was fortunate to have missed the exceptionally snowy weather of the Easter weekend, but conditions remained challenging throughout, with heavy rain and high winds for much of the time. Please click here to open the full report in Adobe PDF format, and here to open a link to photographs taken during the expedition training.