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18/07/25

Ms. Pinney has been busy sharing some well-deserved treats today. pic.twitter.com/3tp0e8UUXA

17/07/25

Group B update: ETA back to the academy is 50 minutes.

17/07/25

Group B update: thankfully both buses have left camp! ETA back to the academy is 3:30pm.

17/07/25

Group B update: bushcraft time! 🌴 pic.twitter.com/UH0pTshXN8

17/07/25

Group B update: 5am get up for some students this morning.. safe to say staff were extremely pleased to hear their voice as an alarm! Good morning from camp pic.twitter.com/jCPxekmzsZ

16/07/25

Group B update: good night from Mr Yerou, Ms Richardson and camp! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/WmZWPpfb8y

16/07/25

Group B update: Rootd’s got talent! As you can see the bar is extremely high… pic.twitter.com/9bq9aE92kj

16/07/25

Group B update: staff have 0 voice… but students have plenty of energy this evening! pic.twitter.com/hZPyJZGymJ

16/07/25

Group B update: dinner ✅ talent show time! pic.twitter.com/GDbgEDiZTm

16/07/25

Group B update: dinner time 🥘

16/07/25

Group B update: the teachers staff room… pic.twitter.com/nZXdoVVeR6

16/07/25

Group B update: action shots from this afternoon! pic.twitter.com/LfdWUCSHKP

16/07/25

Group B update: shout out to Hannah T who made it to the top of the rock! pic.twitter.com/3yKdX6l6BC

16/07/25

Group A update: coach 1 ETA 10 mins. Coach 2 ETA is 4:45pm. Parents should have received a text if their child is on coach 2.

16/07/25

Group B update: Harry J in action! 🧗 pic.twitter.com/8SSClzgZct

16/07/25

Group A update: one coach will be arriving back to school at approximately 3:30pm. The other coach is still on its way to the site and we will not be leaving until 3pm approx. This means half the group will be back an hour later than planned. Please look out for a text

16/07/25

Group A update: one of the coaches is on its way back to the academy. The other is still arriving to camp so half of the group will be delayed.

16/07/25

Group B update: Ms Carvall’s group about to take part in archery 🎯 pic.twitter.com/LwsmxVMg1u

16/07/25

Group B and A update: lovely to have both groups together for lunch.. group A will be leaving shortly after (approximately 2pm).. group B will be setting off to start their activities! pic.twitter.com/OLMNlzohjN

16/07/25

Group B update: the sun is shining ☀️ pic.twitter.com/5osYaiFnRO

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Posted on July 20th 2016

Erik Yordanov Out Moves Rivals to Become Federation Chess Champion

HABE students put in an outstanding performance at the Harris Federation chess tournament hosted by Harris Academy Morden.

Harris Beckenham emerged triumphantly from the Harris Federation chess tournament at Harris Morden on Wednesday 12th July 2016. HABE came away with a champion, a semi-finalist and three other students with varying levels of chess experience who performed admirably in their first chess tournament. Year 10 student Erik Yordanov stole the show however with a dramatic victory in a very tense final against a Harris Merton student following an all-Beckenham semi-final against year 8 student Ayaz Ghani.

The format of the event meant that the team was split up to face students from other Harris academies in different groups, with only the winner of each group going through to the quarter finals. Rhylie Hobbs-Davidson, Herbie Stewart and Harvey May battled resiliently through a gruelling set of five 20 minute matches in the group stages. They were then on hand to provide support and encouragement to qualifiers from the group Ayaz and Erik who managed to come out of their groups on top and eventually faced each other in a tense match in the semi-final.

The most dramatic moments came in the final when Erik managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat against Harris Merton’s year 7 chess prodigy. With the tournament already running over time and many hard-fought matches already having taken place, Erik might have been forgiven for conceding when he lost his queen and many of his other pieces, eventually ending up with just his king and with no way to fend off his opponent. Erik was not phased however and showed amazing resilience and resourcefulness to force his opponent into a stalemate situation and consequently forcing the board to be reset (much to the despair of the tournament organisers!) Erik then went on to win in style by ruthlessly forcing his opponent into checkmate.

Overall the day was a great success. Erik and Ayaz can be very proud of their trophies and the whole team represented the academy magnificently. We look forward to defending the title next year!

Mr Lindsay-Charlton

 

 

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