Eastbourne College
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Eastbourne College is a British co-educational independent day/boarding school for children aged 13-18, situated on the south coast of England. The College's current headmaster is Simon Davies. The College was founded by the Duke of Devonshire and other prominent Eastbourne citizens in 1867 and has been growing ever since.
The College is located in the Lower Meads area of Eastbourne, in a mainly residential area, most of the school buildings are on a central campus area but many others are scattered in the immediate vicinity.
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[edit] Sports at the College
As at many other independent schools, sports are taken very seriously at Eastbourne College and throughout the years it has produced many successful teams. Sports are played at the many facilities around the college and at various locations around the town acquired by the college. Mark Lock plays rugby for London Wasps and Hugo Southwell for Scotland. Will Green played for Wasps when he won the premiership along with Mark Lock before moving onto Ireland.
[edit] College Houses
- Blackwater - A girls' day house
- Craig - A boys' day house
- Gonville - A boys' boarding house
- Nugent - A girls' boarding house
- Pennell - The premier boys' boarding house
- Powell - A boys' day house
- Reeves - A boys' day house
- School - A girls' boarding house
- Wargrave - A boys' boarding house
- Watt - A girls' day house
[edit] Famous Eastbournians
- Eddie Izzard
- Edward Speleers, landed the role of Eragon in the 2006 movie adaptation of the Inheritance trilogy
- Mark Lock, Will Green, Hugo Southwell, rugby players.
- Sir Hugh Casson, Architect
- Frederick Soddy Chemist and Nobel Laureate
- John Wells, satirist, co-author of the "Dear Bill" column in Private Eye
- Woodrow Wyatt, politician, journalist and diarist
- Aleister Crowley, occultist, mystic, hedonist and sexual revolutionary, played for the Eastbourne College chess team in 1892.
- Michael Praed, Actor
- Michael Fish, Weatherman
- Ed Giddins, Cricketer
- David Richards, General Commanding International Forces in Afghanistan
- David Howell, International Master of chess
- Tom Butler Manuel, International Football Player
