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On a Saturday in mid-January, 58 of our Second Form pupils embarked on their midwinter adventure.
Adventure News
![DW countdown begins]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1673946821/dauntseysorg/nbrinaxwcwxwrt6mr1on/DWTraining.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1673946821/dauntseysorg/nbrinaxwcwxwrt6mr1on/DWTraining.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1673946821/dauntseysorg/nbrinaxwcwxwrt6mr1on/DWTraining.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1673946821/dauntseysorg/nbrinaxwcwxwrt6mr1on/DWTraining.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1673946821/dauntseysorg/nbrinaxwcwxwrt6mr1on/DWTraining.jpg","width":1536}])
The countdown is now on for the 2023 Devizes to Westminster race.
![DSPA Travel Scholarship 2023 Winners]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1668594562/dauntseysorg/lrw0s4abwrvqjpbyy6gu/TravelScholarship.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1668594562/dauntseysorg/lrw0s4abwrvqjpbyy6gu/TravelScholarship.jpg","width":466}])
After a fascinating evening listening to Sixth Form presentations, the DSPA have awarded next year's Travel Scholarship to two deserving adventures.
![Jolie Brise retains the Aurora Trophy at the ASTO Tall Small Ships Race]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1664359882/dauntseysorg/trqv4x7vdfzwtej7xnuz/IMG_6129.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1664359882/dauntseysorg/trqv4x7vdfzwtej7xnuz/IMG_6129.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1664359882/dauntseysorg/trqv4x7vdfzwtej7xnuz/IMG_6129.jpg","width":768}])
This past weekend, Jolie Brise took to the seas to take part in the ASTO Annual Small Tall Ships Race.
![Third Formers enjoy a week of challenge at Moonrakers Camp]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1655467801/dauntseysorg/tddo2ayx5gugt2dwlpsr/EF512EA5-C9F3-42D5-B904-C0CA80748FF2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1655467801/dauntseysorg/tddo2ayx5gugt2dwlpsr/EF512EA5-C9F3-42D5-B904-C0CA80748FF2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1655467801/dauntseysorg/tddo2ayx5gugt2dwlpsr/EF512EA5-C9F3-42D5-B904-C0CA80748FF2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1655467801/dauntseysorg/tddo2ayx5gugt2dwlpsr/EF512EA5-C9F3-42D5-B904-C0CA80748FF2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1655467801/dauntseysorg/tddo2ayx5gugt2dwlpsr/EF512EA5-C9F3-42D5-B904-C0CA80748FF2.jpg","width":1440}])
Third Formers have had a trip of a lifetime in Wales this past week as the culmination of their Moonrakers programme.
![Second Form Challenge Week]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1654616170/dauntseysorg/e5xyfqis30rot5i2qdy1/Challenge1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1654616170/dauntseysorg/e5xyfqis30rot5i2qdy1/Challenge1.jpg","width":400}])
The new term has got off to an adventurous start with the Second Form Challenge Week.
![Trek to the Stones success!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653917786/dauntseysorg/jdg3rbblaxbdlv106x7b/Trek1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1653917786/dauntseysorg/jdg3rbblaxbdlv106x7b/Trek1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1653917786/dauntseysorg/jdg3rbblaxbdlv106x7b/Trek1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1653917786/dauntseysorg/jdg3rbblaxbdlv106x7b/Trek1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1653917786/dauntseysorg/jdg3rbblaxbdlv106x7b/Trek1.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653917786/dauntseysorg/jdg3rbblaxbdlv106x7b/Trek1.jpg","width":2048}])
Congratulations to our 73 Fourth Formers who completed their ‘Trek to the Stones’ adventure last weekend.
![Moonrakers Take the Plunge!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1652362590/dauntseysorg/jwwxfzdua6tcdjdxkmmm/SubAqua.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1652362590/dauntseysorg/jwwxfzdua6tcdjdxkmmm/SubAqua.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1652362590/dauntseysorg/jwwxfzdua6tcdjdxkmmm/SubAqua.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1652362590/dauntseysorg/jwwxfzdua6tcdjdxkmmm/SubAqua.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1652362590/dauntseysorg/jwwxfzdua6tcdjdxkmmm/SubAqua.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1652362590/dauntseysorg/jwwxfzdua6tcdjdxkmmm/SubAqua.jpg","width":1605}])
In a new addition to the Moonrakers programme, our Third Formers have been in the pool for their first sub aqua try-dive.
![Tom Cunliffe comes to Dauntsey’s with tales of the high seas]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1652357602/dauntseysorg/whbdr0tzhwcko2tb4lqi/Cunliffe.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1652357602/dauntseysorg/whbdr0tzhwcko2tb4lqi/Cunliffe.jpg","width":448}])
It was a great pleasure to welcome yachting journalist, author and broadcaster, Tom Cunliffe, as our Sailing Club Dinner guest speaker.