Colston's Collegiate School

Colston's Collegiate School is an independent co-educational school in Bristol, England. It was founded in 1710 by the philanthropist, Edward Colston as Colston's School. Originally an all boys boarding school, day-boys were admitted in 1949 and girls were admitted to the sixth form in 1984. In 1991 it merged with the girls' school Collegiate School, Winterbourne and was given its present name. The school is particularly renowned for its phenomenal record in rugby union, where it has won the Daily Mail Cup at U18 level seven times, which included six years on the trot between 1995 and 2000 before deciding to withdraw from the competition. It re-entered the competition for the 2003/2004 season, where the school succeeded for an unprecedented seventh time. Full internationals to be nurtured by the school include Olly Barkley (England), Duncan Bell (England), Andy Lloyd (Wales) and Alan Morley MBE (England and British and Irish Lions) who is the current world record holder for tries scored in first class rugby. The school has over a dozen old boys playing in the Guinness Premiership at the current time, with even more playing in the English first division.

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Bristol - England - 1710 - Edward Colston - 1984 - Winterbourne - Rugby union - Daily Mail Cup - 1995 - 2000 - 2003 - 2004 - Olly Barkley - Duncan Bell - Wales - MBE - British and Irish Lions - Guinness Premiership

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Notable alumni include the Tory MP Robert Syms, law professor Anthony Gordon and the engineer Christopher Alwyne Jack Young.

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Robert Syms - Anthony Gordon - Christopher Alwyne Jack Young

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