Jamie Harrison (Evans, 2009) made his first senior appearance for Durham at the weekend, as they got their Clydesdale Bank 40 campaign off to a winning start.

His selection followed Graham Onions’ call-up for England for the first Test against the West Indies.

Harrison’s first appearance was encouraging. The left-armer was among the wickets in his first over as Durham defended their total of 222 for nine – trapping England’s Craig Kieswetter lbw for four as both sides did their best to cope with a fierce cross wind.

Just nine runs were on the board when Harrison struck for the second time, the Sedbergh School old boy again tying Somerset in knots as Trego was given leg-before without score.

Harrison told The Journal: “There has been a lot of pressure from fans wanting to see us do well, and it has been hard because despite the results we have done everything we can in training.

“Getting that first win under our belts is a massive bonus, and hopefully we can use it to get a real roll on for the weeks and months to come.”

This coincided with Sedbergh School’s success at the weekend, with a clean sweep v Manchester GS. Follow Sedbergh School cricket news Twitter Feed @sedberghcricket.

For the full report:

http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/north-east-cricket/2012/05/14/winning-start-as-durham-celebrate-61634-30961814/

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Jazz, Blues and Booge-Woogie duo Jeff and Anne Barnhart – or “Ivory & Gold” – return to Sedbergh School on Thursday 17th May, playing in the Thornely Studio at 7.30pm. Money raised from ticket sales will go towards a new piano in the Thornely Studio.

Anne Barnhart plays the flute and Jeff Barnhart is on piano and vocals. They have played to packed houses on six continents.

Jeff is one of the most highly regarded jazz pianists in the world today. He enjoys playing duo piano with jazz luminaries such as Ralph Sutton, Neville Dickie, Louis Mazatier and John Sheridan. He also plays ragtime with Mimi Blais and Brian Holland. He has been featured as both pianist and vocalist on over 50 recordings.

The duo has played at Sedbergh before and returns this Thursday evening. 

Tickets £10 (no concessions).

www.sedberghschool.org/boxoffice

Enquiries: 015396 20445

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Upper Sixth musicians performed to an audience of 160 at the annual Headmaster’s Concert on Sunday afternoon. This was the first time the concert, which has been a highlight of the School Calendar for more than 30 years, moved from Powell Hall to the new, state-of-the-art performance venue, the Thornely Studio.

Guests, mostly family members of 2012 leavers, met for Champagne and strawberries before the concert and were treated to High Tea afterwards. The event gives leavers the opportunity to perform in front of friends and family, governors and staff.

Mr Seymour said: “Putting the programme together is really a case of choosing pieces that suit the children and the level they are at. It’s important to create a flow for the concert – not only for variety and coherence, but it has to be a programme that doesn’t lurch from one piece to the next.  For me, the highlights were John Chen’s (W) eccentric performance of Schubert Impromptu Op.90 No.2 and Lucy Steven’s beautiful rendition of Vaughan Williams’ Silent Noon.”

The quality of performance reflected the achievements of the pupils. Sam Duffield, who sang Rachmaninoff’s ‘In the Mysterious Silence of the Night’ has a place in the National Youth Choir, and both Head of School Immy Schofield (R) and Sarah Taylor (R) play for the National Wind Orchestra of Great Britain. Both have a Flute Diploma, which is a big step beyond Grade 8. Sam plans to spend his Gap Year near Lucca, Italy, and will attend an Italian language school in Florence. He also hopes to sing while he is there and apply to Music College. Immy Schofield leaves for University of North Carolina on July 20th, taking up her Morehead-Cain scholarship.

Other highlights were Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.4 and the Chamber Choir sang Billy Joel’s ‘And So it Goes’ with real sensitivity.  Plans to enter the Choir of the Year are underway for 2012-13.

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Another excellent weekend for Sedbergh saw us win all four matches v Manchester GS for a second consecutive clean sweep.

The 1st XI put in their best all round performance of the season as they restricted their opponents to 149-9 from their 50 overs and knocked off the runs for the loss of only three wickets with 20 overs to spare thanks to a 90 run partnership between Jack Jessop and Graham Francis.

The 2nd XI comfortably chased down Manchester GS’s total of 161-8 with overs and four wickets to spare after an 87 run opening partnership between Angus Blair and Jonathan Marshall. In the Manchester innings Ross Maloney’s five wicket haul was the highlight although everyone bowled economically on a good batting pitch. A1 had a comfortable win by 186 runs thanks to a second century of the season from opener Joe Braham and 91 from Will Greenwood as the home side posted 267 from their 50 overs, proving far too many as the home bowlers shared the wickets as MGS were bowled out for 81.

The closest game of the day saw B1 narrowly beat Manchester by 9 runs on a slow pitch, largely thanks to an aggressive innings from Harry Radcliffe and then very tight bowling as B1 bowled out their opponents for 118.

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