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Fifth Former Receives ,nternational &ricNet &all up In September, Peter Nedeljkovic received news from the Serbian Cricket Federation that he had been selected to represent Serbia in the European Cricket Championships (against Italy, Denmark and Sweden) in Malaga and in the T20I bilateral series vs Gibraltar. He was selected to play internationally after performing well in Serbia’s UK tour last summer, taking 11 wickets in six T20 matches. Peter had this to say after the matches: “The tournament was played at the amazing European Cricket Championship ground in Malaga. I bowled in all the games with good pace and took my first international wickets, which felt amazing. It was such a special experience, and I will never forget it.” Peter was even interviewed for the European Cricket Network, which you can watch via the link:

Music Successes Music Scholar Hugh Suggett was recently invited to join the prestigious and highly selective London Schools Symphony Orchestra. His first concert was on Wednesday 10th January at the Barbican Hall. Hugh has also, alongside Ben Cooper, been selected for the National Youth Concert Band. After two highly competitive rounds of auditions, Jack Barratt was selected for the National Youth Guitar Ensemble, which meets monthly throughout the year in three regional groups before coming together each Easter. He is part of the Foundation ensemble, in which he will stay for a year or so until he progresses to the more senior Camerata.

French Drama Competition In March four Lower Sixth Formers – Oscar Williams, Jacob Rose, Benjamin Ward and Gabriel Wellmann – represented Merchant Taylors’ at the ninth Independent Schools Théâtre Francophone competition at King Alfred School, performing an extract from the lesser-known Florian Zeller play Une heure de tranquillité . It is a comedy that demands a great deal of actors who must moderate their delivery in accordance with the (often rapidly) changing cadences of the script. The boys displayed great composure and skill as they exploited the subtext and humour of the play. Particular credit goes to Oscar Williams, whose outstanding lead performance saw him win the coveted award for Best Actor. The MTS quartet can be very proud of their overall performance in what was a very strong field, with teams from schools including Eton, St Paul’s, KCS Wimbledon, NLCS, Sevenoaks and Tonbridge. Many thanks to Ms Danis and our French Assistants, Mathilde and Chaima, for their help with rehearsals. Mr J. M. S. Rippier