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Leading independent day school for boys age 4-18 years. Founded 1591. Floreas Wakefieldia 🦉
Northgate, Wakefield, WF1 3QX
Joined October 2014
On their way to Twickers!! The QEGS community are behind you all the way @RugbyQEGS . play hard, play fair . but most of all enjoy every moment! #MadeinQEGS #hoot #blackandgolds #rugby #yorkshire
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We are all very proud of the @RugbyQEGS boys! Showed real #Yorkshire grit and determination. Well done to @WarwickRugby who gave us a great game @SchoolsCup 29-7. 🦉 #rugby #MadeinQEGS #hoot #blackandgold.
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Thank you Mr Craig for everything you have done for our boys, staff and parents during your decade long reign at the helm; QEGS simply won't be the same without you!. We hope you enjoy a long and happy retirement 🎊 . #FarewellMrCraig
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Huge congrats to our @RugbyQEGS Ist XV . looking forward to a sea of black and gold at Twickenham next Weds for the @SchoolsCup final. Well played & be proud of your performance @NSBSport.
GAME OVER! @QEGSYorkshire have done it. They're back in the big dance. They'll face @warwickschool next Wednesday at Twickenham. They've overcome a spirited @NSBSport side today 19 - 12.#SchoolsCup.
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Motivational talk & coaching to our boys from former Rugby League/Union legend @Jason15Robinson. Play to your strengths, dare to be different & embrace your mental strength. Wise words indeed from the 2003 Rugby World Cup Winner! #RugbyLeague #Rugbyunion #EnglandRFU
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🦉 With the new football season just around the corner, we'd like to congratulate star student Scott on signing his first year scholarship contract for @leedsutdacademy ✍️ ✨ . #madeinqegs #proud
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Off to Allianz Park for the SF of @SchoolsCup. Great 29-0 result for @RugbyQEGS v @KingsMacRugby. #madeinQEGS #onematchfromTwickenham
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The QEGS community offers its deepest condolences to the Royal Family on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. For a lifetime of duty, love and service we thank Her Majesty the Queen and we mark her passing with profound sadness. Rest in peace Your Majesty.
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The end of term on Friday saw the retirement of Trevor Barker, a QEGS legend who had been at the school for 40 years! His drive and passion for school sport has shaped everything that @QEGSSport is today. We wish Trevor all the best in his retirement! 🦉🏉🏑👏🏻 #QEGSlegend
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The Black and Gold army is on its way to Twickenham! Safe travels everyone🖤💛
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YORKSHIRE!! Years of hurt are over. Finally winners at HQ. QEGS pride. Great effort boys.@SchoolsCup @Inattheside
http://t.co/fzMlHeAASK.
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Our Junior School boys were so inspired by @captaintommoore that they all recorded a special version of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ remotely to celebrate his birthday 🎂✨. Happy 100th Captain Tom from QEGS Junior School 🎉🥳. #HappyBirthdayCaptainTom #GMB #YNWA
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Watch the @SchoolsCup final live here!!! Wherever you are, get the ‘Yorkshire, Yorkshire’ chant going . loud and proud!!! #MadeinQEGS
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Following another fantastic week of hard work, England and Manchester United's all-time top goal scoring legend wanted to share this special message of support for our boys and staff 👀.⠀.Thank you for the lovely message @WayneRooney 🙌
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Today we proudly celebrate our 429 year history and all of the Old Savilians who have become part of it 🎊. Give us a ❤️ if you're proud to have been #MadeInQEGS 🦉
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It was an energetic start to the morning as the boys took part in @thebodycoach’s #PEWithJoe session in the JS Hall 😅
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Old Sav Harry Duke became Yorkshire’s second youngest century maker in List A cricket as he helped secure a stunning Royal London Cup win yesterday! . Well done Harry 👏 .#MadeInQEGS 🦉
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Thank you Mrs Gray for all you have done for boys, parents and staff (past and present) here at QEGS 🤗 You will be dearly missed by us all!. We wish you a long and happy retirement 🎊 . #FarewellMrsGray
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Congratulations to our 1st XV rugby team who played brilliantly at @stpetersyork yesterday! .The boys drew 27/27 & went through on away rule following a fantastic drop goal from Oliver Wigglesworth, a great game which flowed from start to finish! #hoot #MadeinQEGS🦉🏉
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🦉Our Junior School boys were in fine voice this afternoon and made sure that the whole of Wakefield could hear them as they sang 'Floreas Wakefieldia' in our end of term assembly 🎶. Sound ON 🔊
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Calling all Black & Gold supporters!! Pls come & support the @RugbyQEGS 1st XV as they aim for the prestigious @SchoolsCup double at #twickenham a week today. Supporters arrangements from school to be communicated shortly! #madeinQEGS #hoot #rugbyfamily
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From playing at the fields on College Grove to playing in front of 23,000 @Twickenhamstad✨🏉 . We're extremely proud of former QEGS Head Boy Joseph whose great run and first try assist helped Cambridge storm to a #VarsityMatch victory 🏆 .Congratulations from us all at QEGS 👏
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Junior School staff had a little surprise up their sleeves for our Year 6 Leavers at Speech Day!🎤 👈 Watch until the end 👀
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Here they are! Our U15 @QEGSHOCKEY team who won 2-0 yesterday and go to National Finals at @unibirmingham on Tuesday 20th March! 🏑🦉.#MadeinQEGS
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Our ski trip boys have arrived safely at the airport & will soon be on the way to #Italy! Have an amazing time boys! 🎿 ⛷
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Our Head Boy, Swapnil is pursuing his dream of a career in Medicine at the @uniofleicester, having been awarded a prestigious Centenary scholarship at the start of his studies 👏 . Congratulations Swapnil 💫
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Yay!! Huge congrats to @qegscc U13s on making it to the Bunbury Cup National Final winning by 18 runs. So unlucky @WheatleyPark - a really tight game!
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It’s the last day of the academic year and our Governors have a special message for all our amazing staff…
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From QEGS to the #imaceleb jungle✨.Our whole school community is proud of you, @miketindall13 👏.#MadeinQEGS 🦉
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Our catering team have been busy today collecting perishables from our kitchens for donation to St Catherine's Church 💫. #wakefield #communityspirit #TogetherStronger
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Thirteen takes and filter or two later (as promised). our 1st XV #rugby team for 2018/19! @RugbyQEGS #hoot #blackandgold #MadeinQEGS #getmybestside 🦉🏉📸
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Our Year 13 boys have enjoyed a fantastic day at Buckingham Palace receiving their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Awards 💫🏰. We think they deserve a ❤️ don't you?👏
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It's #alevelresultsday2019 🎉 .Good luck to all our boys receiving their results today 💫. Give the boys a ❤️ to wish them luck!
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📸Great to see members of our previous @SchoolsCup winning team here to support the next gen 🖤💛
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Happy weekend all the way from @Madonna_ski! .First day on the slopes & definitely not a bad way to spend a #Sunday morning!
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427 years to the day since our wonderful school began!.A fantastic Founders' Day service took place on Friday in @WakeCathedral, with another fabulous address by @RevLeahVS.Here's to the next four hundred and twenty seven! #MadeinQEGS 🦉
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Thank you @miketindall13 . and here’s hoping the elusive U18’s trophy finally makes it’s way home to Wakey!! #MadeinQEGS #hoot #blackandgolds
@QEGSYorkshire just like to wish the U18 lads good luck in their game at Twickenham. Enjoy the day and bring home the trophy!!!.
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Boys and staff gathered together for a special socially distanced surprise assembly for Mrs Gray today 😃
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🦉Today we celebrate 430 years of history. Happy Birthday QEGS 🎉.#FoundersDay #floreaswakefieldia
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#OldSav and Head of DT @MarlboroughMCM - Andrew Mason, has successfully manufactured a range of face shields for front line doctors and nurses at the local hospital in a bid to help in the fight against Covid-19 💫. #MadeInQEGS #Proud 👏
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We are delighted to announce another strong set of A Levels with 60% of results in the top grade brackets 💫 Not only is the school celebrating a 98% pass rate, but a remarkable 16 boys have achieved the highest grades possible with A* and A grades in 3 or more subjects 👏
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The #blackandgold barmy army is finally on the road to #Twickenham. super excited and proud to be supporting @RugbyQEGS. Oh, and full of Yorkshire voice . watch out @WarwickRugby supporters!! Here’s to a great match and a great day! #MadeinQEGS #hoot #Yorkshire
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🗣BIG NEWS.@RugbyQEGS has been shortlisted for @NextGenXV School Team of the Decade award 🏆✨. 📰 Read all about it here:
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North Champs! @QEGSHOCKEY U14s in the @EnglandHockey Schools Finals #nationals #investechockey @LeeValleyHTC on 25 April. Ace effort boys!
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Today, we also bid a fond farewell to another QEGS legend, Mr Craig 🌟 . 3 cheers for the Headmaster 👏 👏 👏. #FarewellMrCraig
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Congratulations to all our boys & staff who completed @Great_Run in aid of @cftrust this afternoon! #GreatNorthRun2018 #GNR2018 #MadeInQEGS #TeamCF🦉
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Meet QEGS alumni @dhrupadkarwa 👋 .Since leaving QEGS, he's gone on to become Co-Founder and CEO of @HaikuJAM, a tech startup on a purposeful mission to boost well-being through creativity and technology!.Dhrupad returned to QEGS today to share his story 📖
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It was fantastic to see staff and students from our junior and senior sections come together for a whole school photograph this morning 📸✨
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Congratulations to Head Boy Edward, who will be heading off to @Cambridge_Uni to study History, having gained 3 A* grades in English Language, Politics and History as well as an A* in his EPQ 👏 .#MadeInQEGS
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Delighted to be continuing our long-standing relationship with @WTrinityRL. A very positive healthy link between the two rugby codes, and fantastic that our youngest boys in Centenary House will be benefiting from coaching initiatives too!
Congratulations to @QEGSYorkshire on becoming an @ETP_RL Player Development School! @WTrinityRL are excited to be working with you both in the short and long term 🏉. #RugbyLeague #TrinityDNA #ItsInOurDNA #CoreSkillDevelopment
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🗣QEGS Announcement.We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Richard Brookes as the next Head of QEGS from September 2021 💫. 🦉#WelcomeDrBrookes. Read the full story here:
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Huge congratulations to the U15 @QEGSHOCKEY squad on reaching the quarter finals of the National Independent Schools Cup - to be played next Wednesday. Big day for QEGS sport!!.
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Once again, fantastic A-levels for our boys!.Almost three quarters of results were A*-B and 21 boys achieved A*/A grades in ALL subjects! .Congratulations to all our boys & the best of luck in your future endeavours! . #alevelresultsday2018 #MadeinQEGS #hoot 🦉
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NEWS FLASH⚡️. Old Sav Harry Duke is in line to make his First-Class debut for @YorkshireCCC tomorrow against Glamorgan 🏏✨ . Congratulations Harry, we all wish you the best of luck! 👏 👏 👏 . 🦉#MadeInQEGS #proud #GoodLuckHarry
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Today we proudly celebrated our 428 year history here at QEGS 🦉🎓✨. Our Junior School Choir led celebrations with a rousing rendition of 'Amani Utupe Na Ustawi'🎶. #MadeinQEGS #FloreasWakefieldia
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Junior School Ski Trip - Italy 2017. Altitude high, journey long, behaviour exemplary #arrived #safe #skitrip17
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We'd like to congratulate Y11 star Scott Godden for his selection for the Welsh U16 Football Squad to play against England U16s today at St George’s Park ⚽️ ✨ . Good luck Scott 💫 👏 .#MadeInQEGS 🦉
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Good luck to our very own Harry Duke and the England #FutureStars as they take on the West Indies in the @cricketworldcup ✨🏏 . #U19CWC | #ENGvWI | #MadeInQEGS
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#alevelresults2019 .We are incredibly proud of all our students, and there were some outstanding personal performances 💫 Meet some of our A Level star students set to attend some of the UK's top universities, including @UniofOxford and @warwickuni 👇
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Have you ever seen a dinosaur running a marathon to raise money for sunshine coaches for children across Yorkshire? 🤔. You have now. 👀😂. Proudly supporting @VarietyNorthern 🤝
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@RugbyQEGS' consistency up with the country's finest' writes @TheRugbyPaper's Brendan Gallagher as he continues his series looking at rugby's great schools 🏉✨. 📰 Read the full article below 👇
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First day on the slopes for the Junior School boys. Looks a little brighter than a rather wet Sunday in Yorkshire!! #SkiTrip2017 #Italy
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Congratulations to our junior and senior section staff for completing the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon and for raising lots of money for the @mndassoc in the process 🏅 👏 .#QEGS #Care #Contribute #Aspire
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Tonight’s the night! Our Junior choir are sounding fabulous in rehearsals & they can’t wait to perform at @YorksChildren Awards this evening. Well done boys, we’re so proud of you! .#MadeinQEGS #fridayfeeling 🦉 🎵
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It's #AlevelResultsDay2022 🎉.Boys, we're incredibly proud of you all and we wish you the best of luck today!.#MadeInQEGS 🦉
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It's GAME DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's have iiiit! 🏉🦉.Twickenham here we come!.#hoot #twickenham #MadeinQEGS #blackandgolds #roadtotwickenham @SchoolsCup.
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Here are some of our recent 💯 merit award winners 💫 . We think they deserve a❤️don't you? 😊. #proud
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Congratulations to @QEGSHOCKEY U14s who scooped third place in the Yorkshire Cup this week 🏑🏆 Well done boys 👏 . We think they deserve a ❤️ don't you?
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It's great to be back 😊 .A beautiful morning and back to business for boys at Senior School☀️
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Yesterday evening our #ski trip boys enjoyed a torch-lit walk through the forest before heading back to Jumper Restaurant for pizza! Skiing conditions at @Madonna_ski are perfect, following all the fresh #snow on Monday! 🎿⛷️ #MadeinQEGS
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Hands up who's rooting for @RugbyQEGS #blackngolds in their @SchoolsCup QF away @warwickschool tomorrow, KO 2.15. All support very welcome!
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It's fantastic to have our Y10 and Y12 students back in school today!. The boys are enjoying a socially-distanced lunch together with staff in the sunshine🥗🥪 ☀️
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QEGS has been named in the Top 20 independent sports schools in the country by @schoolsportmag🎉. Well done to all our sports teams and staff💫.@QEGSrugby @QEGSHOCKEY @qegscc 👏
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🗣Headmaster David Craig congratulated the boys for their exemplary determination and resilience in the most unsettling of academic years 💫. #MadeInQEGS 🦉
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Have a safe & very happy flight home @RugbyQEGS. Be SO proud of your performance. @SchoolsCup #MadeinQEGS
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1st XV @RugbyQEGS through to last 16 of @SchoolsCup beating RGS Lancs 18-0 (A) Awesome performance! @carnegierugby
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The U15 Hockey team have won 2-0 vs. @CGGSNews in the @BoysISHC this afternoon!.National Finals in Birmingham next Tuesday! #MadeinQEGS 🏑 🦉.
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Ollie named a @BritishCycling GB Team Apprentice. Amazing! Edging nearer his dream of following in the pedals of @chrisfroome #Yorkshire
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VICTORY! The U15 Hockey boys had an amazing game finishing 4-0 Vs Reed! Now on to the final Vs @WhitgiftSport. 🦉 #Hoot #finalsherewecome #hockey #MadeinQEGS #BringItOn.
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Last week saw QEGS host its first ever Drive-in Concert 🎶 🚗 🚙 . Well done to all our boys for their outstanding performances✨👏. Special thanks to our new partner @sandalbmw for supporting the event 🤝. Check out some of the highlights👀 . 🎥 cc. @realwillfrance
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🦉We're all set for a fantastic year ahead! .Welcome back to all our students and staff 👋
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Blue skies, sunshine and snow in Folgarida! What better way for our Beginners to spend a Monday morning! #SkiTrip2017 ❄#LifeisSnow!
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Meet Michael, a go-getting undergraduate,.Will, an innovative philanthropist,.Gareth, a trailblazing creative,.Nick and Tom, two pioneering co-founders. Their success stories may be different, but they were made in the same way; they were #MadeInQEGS 🦉✨
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The U18 @RugbyQEGS SF of the @SchoolsCup will take place on Tuesday, KO 1 pm @AllianzPark. #madeinQEGS #hoot #onematchfromtwickenham
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From the jungle to Wakefield. Watch @miketindall13 roll back the years on his return to QEGS! 🦉Watch the full episode here 👉:
Even Tins had some dodgy school photos! 📸. In Grass Routes Ep 1, we take Tins back to his old school - Queen Elizabeth Grammar. 🔎 Search Good Bad Rugby on YouTube to watch now!. GBR Grass Routes is brought to you by @ContiUK, title sponsor of the schools cup. #GBR4 #SchoolsCup
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Poles up for who's having an ace time on the slopes!! Conditions look just amazing #SkiTrip2017 #qegletsonsnow
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