Cock House Cup
All houses compete for the Cock House competition, a scholastic and athletic annual contest.
Events in the Cock house cup include, but are not limited to:
- Rugby
- Football
- Cricket
- Tennis
- Hockey
- Swimming
- Athletics
- Music
- Art
- Creative Writing
- Chess
- Merits (for academic success)
Bridge – named after Rochester's Medway crossing – won the Cock House cup from 1999 to 2006. Castle, named after the city's medieval fortification, tied first place for the Cock House in 1999. Gordon, named in honour of General Charles Gordon has won more times than any other house. Pitt house, named after William Pitt, the 1st Earl of Chatham, was founded in 1916. River, named after the Medway that runs nearby, was founded in 1993. Thetford, named after the Math's sister school in Norfolk, won Cock House in 2007.
Read more about this topic: Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Famous quotes containing the words cock, house and/or cup:
“Who’ll be chief mourner?
I, said the dove,
I’ll mourn for my love,
I’ll be chief mourner.”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. Who killed Cock Robin? (L. 33–36)
“The house had gone to bring again
To the midnight sky a sunset glow.
Now the chimney was all of the house that stood,
Like a pistil after the petals go.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“There is not enough exercise in this way of life. I try to make up by active gymnastics before I dress when I get up, by walking rapidly in the lower hall and the greenhouse after each meal for perhaps five to ten minutes, and a good hand rubbing before going to bed. I eat moderately; drink one cup of coffee at breakfast and one cup of tea at lunch and no other stimulant. My health is now, and usually, excellent.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)