Month: June 2019

During the day, all students in Years 7-10 and 12, had the opportunity to spend an hour visiting the stalls and speaking with exhibitors.  A wide range of Careers were represented; these included, but were not limited to, Law, Medicine, Environmental Planning and Veterinary Surgery to name just a few. 

In addition, representatives from the universities such as Exeter, Bath and Plymouth, alongside other training and education providers, were on-hand to speak with the students.  There was a fantastically inquisitive buzz about the day thanks to the hard work and approachability of all those who volunteered to share their expertise with our students.

After a year of disrupted training, Torquay Boys’ Grammar School and National Trust Ten Tors teams prepared for this year’s event with some rather unfamiliar weather forecast. Indeed, with training walks having been scheduled to hit all five named storms that fell on weekends through the training season, students and staff could not believe their luck under glorious blue skies last weekend. Luckily, our students were not thrown by this and performed extremely well over the course of the weekend. Our formal dinner at Betty Cottles Inn prior to the event was well received by the students and helped to re-enforce the ethos and culture of the school and Ten Tors teams. It was fantastic to see last year’s 55-mile students come back to help organise the weekend. In particular, their help in cooking breakfast for this year’s walkers was much appreciated. Huge credit must go to the students themselves of course, who succeeded in coming through this gruelling challenge with enthusiasm, resilience and admirable team work. Despite our disrupted training season, the students were extremely steady and strong. The three 35-mile teams all arrived back on Sunday before 10:15am, with the 45-mile team back at 1:36pm and the 55-mile team, the first team back over the line, at 11:06am. Whilst we do not treat this event as a race, the fact that the teams were so steady proves that the students themselves showed excellent team work and leadership. Congratulations to them all! Thanks must also go to the staff and volunteers from both the school and National Trust and particularly Pete Davies who has headed up the National Trust’s teams this year. Between all these individuals, hundreds of hours have been volunteered from their free time over the course of this year to allow the students the opportunity to engage with such an enriching event.

The 35-mile Scout team (Joe Cunliffe, Euan Jones, Lawrence Gardner-Jenkins, Henry Hunter, Hugo Hedges and James Robinson), reached their 8th Tor on Saturday, leaving just 17km for Sunday, completed in 2hrs 35mins, making them the 4th team to cross the line (just behind the school 35-mile team!).