1966 The Taranakian Vol. 55 No. 1 December

December 1966

THE

TARANAKIAN

THE

TARANAKIAN THE MAGAZINE OF THE NEW PLYMOUTH BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL I

VOL. 55. No. 1 DECEMBER,

1966

COMMITTEES and MASTERS-I N-CHA RGE r, Astronom y.-Mr. J . D. Whei<:n, B. A. Barnett, N. R. O'Conno T. D. W he lan .

Institutions

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L. Rodrigue s,

Athletics .-Mr. R. D. J . McCaw. Badminto n a nd Ta bl e Te nn is.- Mr. W · A . 0' Ncill , R. Pu rser (Club Captain) Ball Supply. -Mr. N. G. Wri g ht.

Head Boy. -P. M. Ho rrocks.

Head Day Boy.-J . D. Ridl a nd .

G. H. Duncan , School Prefects.- C. R. An yan , D. J. Bra sh , G. Dem psey, A. Parkes, J . G. Enn o r, A. F. Julian , J . N. Lobb, R. P. Mc Neil , N. G. Smith , J . Pri estl ey, P. H. Rowe, J . P. Russe ll, W . J. Russe ll, M. ke r, J . H. B. W . Ste nin g, G. C. Stockwe ll , K. R. Tay lor, R. J . Tuc Tucke tt, R. P. Will is, B. A. Wilson .

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Book lssu e.-M r. R. W . Baunton, R. J. Tucker, G. H. Sykes Cadets. -Mr . D. D. Archiba ld.

R N Class Set Library .-Mr. E. M. Me ul i, G. K. Hutchinso n, · · Pa ul in, B. A. Russe ll , A. F. Todd.

Chess.-M r. E. J. J enings, P. Hawkes (Secretary ).

Cricket.-M r. G. J . Burridge .

Drama.-M r. J. D. Whe lan, Mr. P. J . Gordon.

DAY BOY HOUSES . R. Halliburto n.

CENTRAL HOUSE (Colour: White). Housema ster: Mr . W , Giddy, Jones, Clouston unton, Assistant Housema sters: Me ss rs. Ba H. Tuckett.

Lon g, Mackre ll, O ats, Pen n y, Sincl air, Te tt. Head Boy: J .

EAST

Housem aster: Mr . J . J . Stewa rt.

HOUSE (Colour: Sca rlet).

Sca les, Assistant Housema sters: Messrs . Arc h iba ld, Ba rni tt, Clark, D. J . Bras h.

Watt, Wa tson, W he lan, W ilson, de W ie le . Head Boy:

Mr. E. Me u li.

WEST HOUSE (Colou r : Red and White). Hou semaster: Bl a nch, Gush, ck, Alco am, h ra Ab rs.

Mess : sters Housema Assistant H. Dun ca n.

Hill , Hu ggett, Sheat, Slyfie ld, Wrig ht. Head Boy ' G .

BOARDI NG HOUSES D. J. McCaw. PRIDHAM HOUSE (Colour: Green). Housema ster: Mr . R. He ad Boy: Ross.

A. A. .

Mr ray, tt Ra B. .

Mr : sters Housema Assistant Prefects: M. Blue, G. Brown, T. Ca rey-Sm ith, R. C. R. A n yan.

R. T. Smith , Fea th e r, A. H. G ibbs, N. J o hn so n, T. Pa te rson, R. Smith , C. Stockwe ll.

M. C. Ca rro ll .

CARRJNGTON HOUSE (Colour: Blue). Housema ster: Mr. HEad 8oy: r. lde Na T. .

Mr , on rd o G P. Mr. : sters Assistan t Housema H. J ames, P. M. Ho rr ocks. Prefects : W . A. De nton , R. B. Eva ns, V. ith , K. R. S. B. Ma nn , D. E. Maste rs, G . E. Mo rri son, M. G Sm raylor, J. c. wa. he r.

Housema ster: Mr. J . S. Ha the rl y.

MOVES HOUSE (Colour : Maroon).

Ne ill. Head Boy: J . P. Ru sse ll.

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W Mr. aster: Assista nt Housem we r, J. D. Prefects : W. K. Blu nde ll , B. M. Dav idson, J . B. Go J . C. Muir, Hammond s, A. F. J u lian, P. L. McDo nald , A . M. Morton , S. Samason i, G . E. Stee l, S. S. White, D. F. Wig ht.

Assista nt HouseNIGER HOUSE.-H ouse master: Mr. G. J . Burridge.

Prefects : R. Head Boy: R. W illis . ma ste r: Mr. L. R. Bu blitz. rd.

Oalziell, C. Gam lin, M. Grant, D. So me rton, P. Wo o dwa

Gymnasiu m .-Mr. D. D. Archibald .

Hockey. -Mr. R. A. Raymer. b Indoor Ba sketbal i.-Mr. B. E. Rattray, J. M. Wa lsh (C 1u Capta in). l~tera ct.-J . G. En nor (Presiden t).

Clouston (Examine r).

Lofe-Sa ving. -Mr. A. J. Sheat, Mr . B. Rattray, Mr. J . A.

Libra ry.-Mr. B. F. Long, Mrs. W. Mcla ugh lin (Li b rarian) Mu s ic. -Mr . T. J . Na lde r.

Orchestra .-Mr. T. J : Nalde r. l d Photogra phic.-M r. P. J . Go rdon, D· J · R'd o an (Chairman ), N. J . Charters (Secretary ).

Pound .-Mr. N. G . Wr ight .

Row ing .-Mr. J. J . Stewart, G. Smith (Captain) .

Rugby. -Mr. A. Clark.

School Fa rm .-M r. J. J. Stewa rt.

S.C.M. -Mr. B. H. Ba rnitt. ) Shooting .-Mr. 0. J. Oats (R ewa Rewa, Mr . E. J. Jennings (School Range) .

G D liburton Hal R. W. .-Mr. Room ry Statione . Arnold, D. M. Davidson , · , J . N. Lobb, J . D. Rid land.

Soccer.-M r. D. D. Archibald .

Swimmin g.-M r. W. A. O'Nei ll, Mr. B. E. Rattray.

Mr L R B bl't "Taranak ia n."-Mr. W. R. Halliburto n, Mr. E. M. Meuli ' . . . u IZ H J M B · row n, N. W. M. Ca rter, P. C. S. Carter, V. L. Crow: · · A. D. K.. J . Johnston , V. W. Liew, G. A. Opie, P C. Rob ertson, W Spoers, D. T. Somerton , P. M. Swee tman , D. 0. Thomas, · R. W ol lcox, W. R. Wolson, P. N. Wilson .

Tenni s.~Mr. R. G . Sinclair, P. Wilson (Cap ta in).

Tra mp in g .- Mr . W. A. O'Neill, J. Harris (Captain). " Whistle ."-Mr. Long , P. Wilson (Editor).

PREFECTS B. W . Sten ing.

M. G. Smith, G. C. Stockwe ll, A. E. Ju lian, G . P. Dempsey Backo R. J . Tucker, R. P. McNeil, J . G. Ennor, ley, J. N. Lobb, N. A. Parkes, P. H. Rowe, Midd le o W. J. Russe ll, K. R. Tav lor, J. Priest Russe ll, P. M. Horrocks (Head ), J. D. Rid land, R. P. W ill is, Fronto G H. R. Duncan , C. R. Anyan, J. P. J . H. Tuckett .

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EDITORIAL NOTHER year has passed.

For ;ome it has been en joyable and fruitful, for others it ha s been unhappy and wasted. For many it has been merely another cycle with the end of the year coming with no progress from the end 路 of last year. This futility of result is also to be seen on a globa l scale, for the s9litting of the world into a series of wa rring factions has prevented progress.

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The most important split is that of ideologies.

Through extreme pressure from the bloc leaders, U.S.A. and Russia-China, nearly a ll nations have had to decla re their allegiance. Lately, this has occurred pa rticularly in South-east Asia, where Communist and Capitalist nations now border each other in many regions. This proximity has led to the bloody conflicts of Korea and Vietnam, where civil wa rs have escalate'd to include many nations.

These wars are the ones which have least public support. In each country which has sent troops, there has arisen a large and persistent dissenting group, some members being prepared to go to any length to cause troop withdrawal. They have ce rtainly made their point, for the tradition of the glorious military life has died in the mud of Asian jungles, with the napalm, the silent horror of jungle warfare, the endless fear of booby-traps and the torturing, maiming and killing of innocent bystanders. However, the element which favours involvment can point to the relentless advance of Communism in Asia, w hich is in many ways parallel to Nazi Germany's advance before World War 11 was officia lly declared.

Its greed did not abate, and the Communists show littl e sign of halting . This issue has driven a wedge into the usually solid core of united public opinion and caused a direct policy difference between our two major political parties .

The ideologies themselves are splitting under stress. This is particularly obvious in the dispute between the two lead ing Communi st Powers, China and Russia. This difference, which has rapidly degenerated into a mere slanging match, is basically th at of a fervent first generation opinion against a more practical and sophisticated doctrine. In fact, Russia seems to be moving further and further from the left and towards Capitalism.

This brings startlingly to mind the end of George Orwell 's satire, " Animal Farm, " whe re the party leaders are found to be indistinguishable from those of another doctrine. The West is a lso showing signs of a split, with Britain not supplying troops to Vietnam, Canada moving out of the British orbit, and Australia being prepared to carry out considerable trade with Communist China . One is given a strong impression that America is at present buying many of her allies.

The splitting of ideologies is being intensified by colour problems .

The British Commonwealth was nearly destroyed by the Rhodesia n colour question, the older Commonwealth members urging caut ion wh il e the black nations generally wanted force. Similar ly, many of the blacks seemed to regard the Kingston Empire Games as a competition between b lack and

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been torn by race riots. Altho ugh t he w hite. The United States has a lso d h case for fu ll immed iate integration is we ll known, few . con_si e r t e . lists' op inion Many of t hem ag ree t hat mtegrat10n IS mora ll y seg rega t 1ona · . d d For examp le ri ht, but point to the dangers of a p recipita te m epen_ ence. . 11 ' g o wh ich agg ressively soug ht independence, IS now econom l~a y Cong ·' d and whi tes are being ca ll ed back to take nearly a ll key pos itions.

-'§~:~u~he po liiica l leaders have w hite men as their most important de~ut l es . f{- ~ t . e of occurrence has historica l precedent.

The Ame n can eg ro, T., H . YGut not. he I ed after the Civil War, was forced to become a part ~fe~t vi~iou s sysfem of share-cropping. While no intellige~t pe r;on dean support the .th~ory of seg regation , many_ rea li se that. lm me lat~ l ree om w ithout ed uca tion , as vis ualised by id eal1sts, IS also msupp orta e.

The problem of vast ly differing aff lu ence is often found betw;~.n co lou rs There is a genera l lack of action about th e food shortage..

IS is due . e ither to apathy beca use of lack of real isation of the enormity. of th e problem, or to a lack of di rect ion , as is· suffe red by t~e massive us A foreign a id cheques . Th e sca le of the prob lem 1s staggenng . Ever~ s~c~nd one person dies of hun ge r. lt has taken the ent~re his:ory o mank i ~d for world popu lation to reach its present fig ure; in o_n l_y 3 y:aa7 it wil l be doubled. The populatiqn increase of Ch1na ." . 40 mill1on a Y ' which means each year that an. additional popu lation nearly equal to that of England has to be clothed, fed, educated and found work ann u~lly.

As Lo rd Cobham p ut it : "For the first time in the world's story we are up aga in st the hard inescapab le fact that unless someth ing ve ry unexpecte~ occurs we a re going to starve to death w ithi n the next hundred yea r~. h All other problems must dwindle into inSignificance when compared Wit this.

Yet another division is found between worker and e_mp loyer. The need of trade uni ons has been , obvious, but the total d1sre~ard for a country's we lfare exhibited by a few and the absolute inflexibility of the rule book has ·lessened pub li c support. Although many gnevances are iu st ified, a sma ll number a re · merely trivial.

Th world is divided religiously. · Official state po licies vary fr~m repress~on to suppo rt and involvement. Even among sup~orters of rellg,~n there is the division into the ma in religions. Inside smg'e countnes the e are many disbe li evers.

The Chr istian Church is split i~to the vanohs sects, and even th~se 1'11aY have dostrinal differences, l1ke that of t ,e New Zea land Presbyterian Church .

One of the most tragic divisions of a ll is occorring in a previou~l y united a rea. Political views are entering sport a nd cul t ure . For ~xamp ~' Russia refused to meet U.S.A. in ath letics because of Vietnam, an te nn1 s players of t he same country scratched rather than play . So_uth Afn can~ The British Musicians' Union forbids its membe rs from smgmg m . Soul Africa.

Divisions are even en teri ng in10 th is Schoo l.

Never bef ore have there bee n so many to w hom t hi s Schoo l is me rely a veh icl e. for obtain~0 exams House head boys are often unknown, su pport of th e . F~rst . . is nea;ly confined to boarders, and respect for the School as an mslitutlon is not present in many cases.

School resum ed o n the 1st of Fe bruary with a tota l school ro ll of 1052, down on that of th e prev ious yea r.

Th e largest drop in form numbers was recorded in th e fourths, a drop of some fort y boys. This was somewhat counte r-bala nced by th e large rise in the six th form roll, which shows that more boys are stayi ng at school longer and seeking highe r education.

Of the total roll, there we re 45 in the Upper Sixth, 162 in the Lower Sixth , 302 in the Fifth Forms, 263 in the Fourth Forms, and 281 in the Thirds . Since 1964, th e total roll has dim ini shed consi derab ly. This could be due to many factors, t he ma in one being the increase in ro lls of the other seconda ry schools in New Pl ymouth.

The application of th e new system of cadet training was furth er illustrated this yea r with an e mphasis on o utdoor adven ture training for senior boys, instead of the ge nera l weapon trai ning and dr ill instruction.

Barracks Week saw Mr. Carrel l's A Compan y romp ing around in th e Ka itake Rang es. Their trainin g included a couple of nights under th e stars, and the building of overn ight she lte rs. Similarly, the Air Trainin g Corps, under the g uidance of Mr. O'Neill, had a simila r exercise, tho ugh not so enduring, b ut nevertheless instructional.

The School Cadet Battalion made an impressive sig ht on Anzac Day .

Though the number of dri ll days ha s been cut down considerabl y, the School was h·ighly commended f or its stead in ess on parade . A c red itab le performance was g ive n by both senior and iuni or cadets a like.

On returning after the May holidays, we welcomed the a lterations to t he class rooms of the ·Main Block. These renovations to t he interior were much needed: it seems that these are the first f u ll-scale alterations for something like forty years.

New blackboards, the covering of the wopden pane lling with hardboa rd, strip lightin g and th e comb ination of a variety of colour schemes give t he room s a more p leaoant and somew hat individual atmosphere.

The advent of Saturday morning athletics saw much keen competition and cred itabl e pe rformances. Th anks go to Mr. McCaw fo r his neverend ing e nthusiasm . Thoug h the . fac ilit ies for ath letics are limited, this ha s been no hindrance to t he competitors.

This yea r, the incorporation of the Hansard Cup Sports w ith the Gala Day broug ht many p robl ems . lt is a rg uabl e whethe r the sports were at the right time for ath le tes and w hether it was a suitable occasion fo r the sports. With th e date set for 1st April, the athl e tes had to hold form far longer between competitions and to ma intain it for two weeks afte r the official closing date of the athl etic season . In t he week p recedi ng the sports, t he First Group Rugby trials were held . This brought further problems . Neve rthe less, w ith so much time a nd effort spent on preparation and organisation for the Gala Day, and w ith such a successfu l res ult, the decision on this incorporation was worthwhile.

For 1966, the mea ns of transport of both maste r and pupil has changed from that of th e previous year . The number of masters t ak in g up the MOd and "Rocke r" craze of having motor-bi kes and motor-scoote rs has increased conside rab ly. The g'img is led by a bearded master straddling a n under-powe red t wo-stroke machine, w hich is somewhat antique.

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· Thus we are faced with the challenge of a · ne':"' and complex wo rld which accepts no princip les un Iess pe rsona JlY ven fi1e d · Many may bed doin g nothing for it, b ut over a ll the re is progressi~n. Spo~_ts a~ts academic

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hold Challenge, the greatest spu r for ach ievement, is certain ly p r_ese n~ Can .we so lve the problems left on the debit side of our global hentage.

- P. N. Wilson.

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In the lu xury lin e, we have noticed an in creas in g number of new ca rs abo ut th e School. A more affl uent master has replaced his '65 Falcon w ith a more· Eng li sh 3-litre Rove r. Another, in showing off his sporty bright g reen auto, is a ll eged to have said it had twin diffs ! Another more

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conse rvati ve drive r has discarded his beaten-up Vauxhall and replaced it with a shi ney new w hite Austin 1800. it seems that some masters go deeply into debt in keeping up with the a ri stocracy.

Desp ite a littl e opposition from t he Uppe r Sixth Form , th e Wedn esd~y afternoon of Art and Craft for the Lowe r Sixth prove d extreme ly beneficia l to a ll. Whethe r it be delving for a fa ult in a motor-ca r engme, or po~. ' · s ·m 1 ' t h a s bee n highl y successful.

Th1s tra y mg ones emot 1on eo ou r, 1 . instructional work ha s fi lled large gaps, especia lly in th e . m~c\an l ca l a~~ engineer ing sections. The continued practice in future s1xt arms Wl undoubtedly bring be neficia l resul ts.

This year's Rugby clash against St. Pat's, usuall y played a.t. Ha v:e ra , was tran sferre d to New Pl ymouth as the curtain-raiser to the Bnt1sh LlonsTaranaki match. it h ad been traditional for the School to travel to Hawera by train. In recent years, this had been replaced by a se~ 1 es of b uses, owing to expense and breakage on the train. Previous to this first col lege encounte r, the First XV had had a successful season, los ing only one match in the Junior Open Competition. A gene ral feature of th e game was close mark in g by two evenly-matc hed sets of backs, and th1s accounted fo r the lack of tries . The score, 9-9, was an indication of the run of p lay.

The major event on the winter sporting ca lendar this year was undoubted ly the Taranaki Secondary Schools' Rugby tour of New South Wa les. Th e School was we ll represented, with ten out of the 25 players coming from our First XV and Mr. Ca rrell act in g as team coach. The highlight of the tour was the 15-8 w in ove r the combmed Sydney H,gh Schools. On returning to New Zealand they were beaten 16-9 by the Auckland Seconda ry Schoo ls' team in a curta in-ra iser to the Fourth Test, Lions v. New Zealand .

The School Drama Club, though lack ing in numbers, comp.leted a relatively successfu l year's work. Two productions, "Poison, P.a.sslon and Petrifaction" and "An Idea for a Play," were entered in the Bntlsh Drama Leag ue's compet iti on. The experience gained by those who took p_art was va lu able· it was obvio us tha t much swea t a nd toil had bee n put mto the prod ucti~n of these p lays. The prod ucers, Mr. Whelan a nd Mr . Gordon, are to be thanked for their enth usiasm. it is hoped that a ma1or p roduction be included in the Drama Club's programme for next year .

Considerable changes have taken place over the past year in :he grounds and bu il dings.

All ma in b lock classrooms, with the e~cept lon of Room 8, have been renovated . New b lackboards have been .msta ll ed end each classroom given a new coat of pa int, wh ich maste rs are Jea lous ly protecting. Accord in g to last year's " Taranakian," strip lighting, linoleum floo rs and acou sti c treatment we re planned. These have not ev;ntuated but what improvements there are have removed th e classrooms fo rme r dingy look .

The kitchen is now fully eq ui pped with modern eq uipment,. as we ll as be in g fu ll y staffed.

Considerab le improvement in the va n ety and q uality of food has taken place.

Pri dham now boasts two new shower-rooms.

Howeve r, t he toilet handles do not seem to be ab le to withstand normal wear and tear.

Probably the greatest change in the grounds is the demolition of the house in fr ont of the din ing room .

With this done, the assembly hall is

now in sight.

A she lte r has bee n The tuck-shop is now once more opera t'mg. d added; this gives added p rotection f rom the rain for those who descen on the tuck-shop afte r lunch and at interva ls.

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Conc rete steps have been instal led on the track which leads to the Gully, behind t he old a rmou ry. These are a considerable improvement on the old , muddy track. Howeve r, the native bush in this area has been thinned out. it is to be hoped that t hi s w ill be rep laced.

A road from Ca rrin gton House to the Gymnasium is being formed.

So far t wo concrete curbs have been made. One misguided third former left hi s autograph upon th e curb. Does he wan t to be remembered forever?

Th e baths have been repa inted and lanes marked. These w ill prevent competitors g oing off course, o r it is to be hoped that they wil l. The Memor ial Block has been repainted. The number of TV aeria ls has increased .

At irregular interva ls during the yea r Niger House ha s unde rgone a semi facelift A drying room and a com mon room have been form ed from the woodshed and ve randah.

During th e comin g summe r holidays the back portion of th e hou se, contain in g the toi lets and locker room, is to · be pulled down and rebuilt.

STAFF CHANGES Since the last publication of the "Taranakia n" several membe rs of ;he staff have left us. We w ish them well in their new positions.

Mr. J. S. Webster, th e Headmaster, left to become Pres ident of t he Post-Primary Teac he rs' Association for one yea r from August, 1966. We are sure he w ill be as successful in hi s new position as he has been here.

Mr. I. S. Jones has gone to Waitara Centra l School as First Assistant.

Whil e here he ta ught Geography, Socia l Stud ies and English, and took an interest in out-of-school activ iti es, especia ll y Rugby.

Mr. F. C. Blakely has returned to the United Kingdom . He ta ught German, French and !Latin and took an active part in coaching Soccer.

Recent letters from Mr. Blakely indicate a certain home sickness for New Zealand.

Mr. M. B. Holt has accepted a teaching position in Austral ia. taug ht English and Latin at this School.

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Mr. M. G. Thompson has accepted a lectureship in English at Canterbury University. He taug ht English at a ll leve ls and sixth form History.

He a lso showed a keen interest in drama, cricket and football.

Mr. A . Williams accepted a position with Adult Education with Otago

University.

He taught English and History and took an interest in Drama.

Mr. D. G. Barton returned to h is fishing lodg e and a life of leisure

at Taupo. He taught Bookkeeping and Commercia l Practice at fifth form level a nd Math s. to lowe r forms. Mr. Barton took an interest in School Rugby.

Mr. E. J. lnsull accepted a position of responsibility at Waitaki.

He ta ught Bookkeeping and Commercia l Practice. He took an interest in the Second XV. Mr. P. C. Thomason accepted a teaching posit ion at Colenso Co ll ege, Hawke's Bay. He taught Physical ·Education and Social Stud ies to the lower forms. He took an active part in athletics and football.

Mr. D. G. Whaley left at the end of the first term to return to Ire land.

Whi le at Schoo l he taught Phys ics at sixth form level and ·M aths. He has since married a New Plymouth girl, Miss J . Waswo.

Mr. R. W. Jones left at the end of the first term. He ta ught Chemistry and Maths . at sixth form level and also General Science. He also showed a keen interest in Saturd ay athl etics and was a g reat help in field events.

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Mrs. Nowa k resigned from her posit ion as Headmaste r's Secre ta ry in

Al th o ug h her stay at Scf:ool was not long, we ho 1oe it was pl easant .

Mrs. A . E. J. Andrews has left he r job as Nurse in th e School Hos pita l and is stay ing in New Pl ymo uth . We are sure the hospita l has m issed he r good work. We have not iced that Mrs. Andrews st ill tak," an interest in t he Fi rst XV games.

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hows" and "wheres," and an introd uction of radio and telev ision, the The club has had to face many intb radio construction and repairs. problems this yea r; the lack of activity is d ue to t his. it is hoped t hat next year a permanen t room fo r t he Rad io Clu b w ill be set up in t he old armoury to house equipment and intr icate appa ratus.

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We extend a welcome to th e fo ll ow ing maste rs w ho have jo ine d th e staff d u ring t he year: Mr. Alcock, who came to us fro:n t 1cc United Kingdom to teach Ma th s. and Sc ience, and has shown an inte rest in cric ke t.

Mr. F. J. Abraham, w ho came from Wave rl ey a nd is teac hin g Geogra ph y, Socia l Studies and Eng lish . 'He has shown an inte rest in sports, in cl ud ing cricket, and in cadets .

Mr. M. A . Batty, who comes from t he Un ited Kingdom to teach Fre nch,

Ge rman and En g li sh. has shown an

He has take n up th e tas k of orga ni s in g cri cket and

interest in other activ iti es.

Mr. L. R. Bublitz, an O ld Boy of t his Sc hool, who has come to us from Un ive rsity to teach General Sc ience and Bio logy. Th is is h is first appoin tme nt. He has t aken a keen inte rest in sportin g acti vit ies.

Mr. P. J. Gordon, who has had teaching expe ri ence in New Zea land and t he Uni ted Kingdom . He teaches Eng lish and Frenc h, an d is p laying an act ive pa rt in the Drama Club.

Mr. L. R. Hill, w ho has had expe ri ence in t he Pri ma ry Se rvice a nd has come here to ass ist Mr. Wright in his depa rtmen t.

THE NEW ST EPS TO THE GUL LY IN USE

Mr. B. Rattra y, who has come from Dunedin to teac h ma inly Physical

Ed ucation .

He has shown interest in swimming.

Mr. I. A . Ke rr, w ho came to us f rom Patea, is an expe rie nced Com-

merc ia l teacher and is taking over t he Commercia l Depa rtmen t. Mr. Ke rr is a lso keep ing the books for the Assemb ly Ha ll Fund.

Mr. W . J. Morton, an O ld Boy w ho has come to us f rom th e b usiness wor ld to teach Comme rcia l. Practice . Mr. Morton joined the staff d uring the year.

Mr. A . A. Ross, who has been re lieving s ince the second te rm. He has been teaching Eng lish to lower fo rms.

Mr. He rdm an, who has been rel ieving in the t h ird term and has bee n doing a lot of work for the School in va rious fie lds, incl ud ing Vocat iona l Guidance.

Miss Ma rfell , who has come from t he New Plymo uth Pu blic Hosp ita l to take over the Schoo l Hospital and va rious inst itut ions in associat ion with t he boa rd ing estab lishment, incl uding the din ing room. Her ro le as Ma tron is new to th is Schoo l, and we w ish he r eve ry success in he r t ask.

V IS ITO RS

In Apr il of this year members of the Southern Comedy Players visited the Schoo l and performed in th e New Plymouth War Memoria l theatre.

Their programme, mainly entertainment, inc.luded: "The Importance of Being Earnest," "Pygmalion," portions of Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice," and Dickens' "Pickwick Papers ."

In June, one of the most illu strious O ld Boys of the Schoo l visited us. Sir Rona)d Syme, the present Professor of Anc ient History at Oxford University, returned to his home country, giving lectu res at New Zealand Universities . Sir Ronald attended this Schoo l for three yea rs, remaining m 6A each year. In 1918, he won a Jun ior University Scholarship, coming fourth in al l New Zea land. He rece ived th e Du x Pr ize in 1920, fo r th e An second time, and topped the Junior Unive rsity Scholarship list. important world figure, Sir Ronald has not lost interest in his old School.

He is the donor of the School's Senior Latin Prize, which he sta rted donating when he left Schoo l. Without do ubt, he is a n O ld Boy of 路 whom t he Schoo l can justly fee l proud .

We wou ld like to convey our deepest sympathy to Mr. Slyfield, who has been absent from the staff ow in g to ill -hea lth . We w ish hi m a quick and comp lete recovery and wo u ld like to see h im back with us.

The Otaki Scholar for 1966, Dav id Pittenbreigh, Head Boy of Robert Gordon College, Aberdeen, visited the School in early Ju ly, and was the guest of the Headmaster. Du ring his stay he mixed well with the boa rders His programme included a tour of New and had meals with them.

Plymout h, a radio .interview, a trip to the mountain and a to ur of Ta ranaki farm and dairy factories.

This year saw the introduction of the School's Radio Cl ub under the jur isd iction of Mr. T. Mackrell. Its aims are to teac h boys the fundamenta ls

Also in July, we had the privi lege of welcoming two Membe rs of They were Mr. and Mrs. Parliament and their wives to the School.

over in the Hospita l when Mrs. She has been doing good work d ur ing the year.

Mrs. Williams, who came to take

Andrews left.

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15

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NOTES

SCHOOL

NOTES

Harrison and Mr. and Mrs. Dick. (Mr. Harrison is M.P. for Hawke 's Bay and Mr. Dick for Clutha.) The aim of their visit was to familiarise themselves with the problems of Taranaki, and in particular New Plymouth .

They came to the School to familiarise themselves with the problems of a boarding school.

In the middle of the second te rm , we we re entertained by the New Zealand Players Drama Quartet, unde r the directorship of Al<:n de Malmanche.

Their programme, which received much applause, included "A Resounding Tinkle/ "The Glass Menagerie" and portions from "Tom Jones" and 1

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Becke t.

11

The touring British Lions Ru(J I::y teom arrived in New Plymouth on July 1st.

This year, it was decided that the leading Rugby schools throughout New Zealand should "adopt" members of the team.

The idea was originated by a Palmerston North businessman, who kept the football cuttings of the 1956 Springbok tour and, rather than burn them , gave them to Jeremy Nel, one of the Springbok side. These cuttings were so much appreciated that in 1965, each boy in the Palmerston North Boys' High School First and Second fifteens was associated with one of the touring Springbok side. Thus, going a step further this year, thirty-two schools, rather than individual boys, have each been associated with one of this touring side. The idea was that every two or three weeks, a parcel of cuttings from local and other newspapers would be sent to the player's family and a school named by the player. Our "adopted" Lion was C. H. Norris, the 6ft. , 15st. 1Olb. Welsh prop forward. He is a Phys.

Ed . teacher at a Cardiff High School. While in New Plymouth, we were very fortunate in having the team practise on the Gully ground. Also, Mr. Norris attended an informal gathering of our own and St. Pat's First Fifteens after the match , on the Saturday night.

CONGRATULATIONS

We extend our congratulations to Graeme Dempsey on his outstanding swimm ing performances earlier in the year. His run of successes started at the New Zealand Championships held at Napier in March. He gained 2nd in the 220 ya rds, 3rd in the 1650 yards, 4th in the 110 yards and 440 ya rds freestyle in the senior men's events.

Last year, at these championships, Graeme co llected three senior freestyle titles.

In the School swimming sports, he broke four senior records. Graeme attended the North Is land Inter-Secondary Swimming Sports along with four other prom1smg swimme rs . Here, he won the 100 ya rds, 220 ya rds (a new record) and senior freest yle, and came second in the 440 ya rds open freestyle . Graeme also collected four cups and a trophy in the Flannagan Cup Harbour Race. With these performances to his credit, he has been the School's most outstanding swimmer .

A promising young swimmer who made his debut at th e School swimming sports was Francis Hill. He was selected to attend the North Island Inter-Secondary Schools swimming sports, where he won the 100 yards junior breaststroke in record time.

No doubt, in years to come, we will see much of this young swimmer.

We must congratulate Alister Jordan and Graham Duncan, members of the First Cricket XI. Alister was se lected for the Taranaki cricket team, and Graham for the North Taranaki team.

S. Kardos, the School's senior tennis champion, was selected for the Taranaki junior tennis team in April. Stephen has prove n to be a capable player and has improved considerably ~ince he won the junior title a few years ago.

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The School extends its congratulations to Bruce Wilson a School Prefect and President of the School Interact Club, who was sel~cted to go to the Un1ted States on a Rotary Student Visitor's Programme.

Bruce is staying in Flori?a , ~t Palm Beach , as a guest of a prominent Rotarian .

He left for. Flonda m July, and will return in August next year.

We congratulate twelve members of our First Rugby Fifteen who were selected for the Taranaki Secondary Schools' team to tour New South Wales.

They were : G. Duncan (captain), D. Green, H. Gibbs H. Tucke.tt, K. Ta y!o r, R. Willis, E. Ruakere, R. Feather, R. Fields, P. Horr~cks, C. N1~lson and N. Parkes. We are proud of the fact that Mr. Carrell ; our F~rst. XV coach, accompanied the team . The tour resulted in a great success m all respects.

Members of the School First Soccer XI who played for the Taranaki A team were J. and E. Priestley. For the Under 16 Taranaki team seven members of our School socce r teams we re selected. These incl~ded s.

Kardos, R. Hannan, N. Collie, G . Scales, I. Keller, J . Hope and E. Priestley Our School First ~I has had one of the most successful co ll ege season~ ye t, w1th three wms and a draw. Our congratulations are extended to all members of the team.

We. must congratulate B. Purser and P. Wilson, who we re in the Taranak1 1Un1or Badminton team which was successful in w inning the New Zealand Jun1or Inter-Provinc ia l Badminton Championship. . Congratula.tions are extended to four boys from the School, T. CareySmlth, B. Morns, J . Mace and P. Manning, w ho competed in the Henn essy Cup ski race on Mount Egmont.

Despite its in expe rien ce, th e School team came fourth m the race.

B. Morris gained fastest time in the School team , just a couple of seconds slower than the winner. lt is hoped that next year the team wi ll do even better, as many boys show a good deal of promise.

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NOTES

We must congratulat e D. Bras h an d J . Thorne, who came fi rst and second , respe cti ve ly in t he yo ut hs' sect ion of the Wa ng anui Gy mn astic Champ ion ships.

We exte nd ou r cong ratu lation s to Lynto n Bridg e r on w innin g t he Ta rana ki Secondary Schoo ls' Stee plecha se, and a lso o n an outs ta ndin g crossy countr y sea son . Lynton has shown him se lf to be a ca pa b le cross-countr runn e r.

Cong ratulation s a lso to W. Ga rnham fo r a n outstand ing season in fi e ld eve nts, w ith the b rea king of tw o record s among h is successes.

NOTES

WE NOTI CED .. _ A fe w con sp icuou s day b oys survey in g t he " tal e nt ."

Som e amusi ng da ncing steps in th e juni o r cl asses (B.H.S. sh uffl e !).

The ba nd loo king at ease in th e ir new " unifo rms ."

Seve ra l p rom is ing ba ll room da nce rs in the se n ior cl ass .

A sudde n " powe r fa ilu re" d urin g the fin a l class, much to th e conste rnation of the a uthoritie s.

We wo uld like to t ha nk Mrs. Lag o re a nd the mat ro ns z nd maste rs w ho supervi sed th e se e nj oya b le eve nings.

THE SOCIAL SCENE FIRST TE RM March 19t h, Sports Da y : Th e ha ll was o rga n; se d d uring t he morning by seve ral non-athl etic p refects from Moye s an d Ca rrin g ton. Deco rati ons ly cons iste d of a vast ar ray of colo urf ul poste rs and th e stag e, vag ue nd resem b ling a ba mb oo jung le, was strew n wit h va ry in g od dme nts of ba on eq u ipment, etc. Th e dan ce started late, as the g irl s fai le d to a rri ve an ti me, ow in g t路o a pow e r cut . Mr . Lo ng proved to be, as usual , ext re me ly ab le M.C. and the d ance p rocee de d we ll.

Afte r suppe r we we re trea ted to an inte rlu de of folk mus ic p rovided lso

by Mr . Wha ley a nd t he Gree n broth e rs. They we re we ll rece ived, as a lt we re th e ba nd, w ho we re makin g th e ir fi rst ap pea rance f o r the yea r. t he w as rumo ure d tha t by som e sk il ful b ludgin g f rom oth e r ban ds, . " Baro ns" we re able to p rov ide e nou g h gea r to make a n aud ib le sound Witho ut an y fu rth e r power cuts, th e dan ce e nded on a n e nj oyab le note, at 11 .30.

WE NOTIC ED - - .

Athl e ti c f ati g ue amo ngst th e boys !

appea rin g

no

handicap

to

t he

"g unning"

e leme nt

Some d isco rda nt noises fr om t he sound system of t he band.

G irl s' screams and a poli ce s ire n we re a lso hea rd, be lie ved to have bee n on ly soun d effects.

but these

a re

Ap ril 2Jrd, Carrington-W est Dan ce: Thi s was he ld as a p ub lic dance lar to ra ise mon ey fo r the forthc om in g Asse mb ly Ha ll. lt was not as p opu as a nt icipa ted, alt hou g h t he two b ands, " Th e Shad oracks" (now th e " Rev ised le Ed ition ") a nd " The Ba ron s" (Schoo l Dance Band), p rov ided so me e n joyab the soun ds. Many t hanks to both bands fo r dona ti ng thei r se rv ices fo r eve nin g.

Nume rous boa rde rs a nd on ly a few of th e opposi te sex !

La rge g roups of bogg lin g m ini-s kirt!

b oys eye ing a g irl wea ring a revea ling

Ce rta in maste rs dis p lay in g th e ir sk il l at danc ing.

SECO ND TERM Dancing Classes: Dancing cl asses comme nced on the seco nd Satu rday of th e te rm, b ut th e band fa il ed to ma ke an a p pea ran ce unti l 11th june. te The cl asses were ru n by Mrs. Lago re and he r pian ist, a nd attracted q ui a good atte nda nce.

TB

THE

NEW

LOOK O F TH E KIT CHEN

f HIRD TERM Se pte mber 16th, 2XP Disco Dance : This wa s organised by t he Inte ract Clu b in con ju nct ion w ith 2XP and the New Plymo uth Rota ry. The ch oice n of record s a nd th e compe rin g we re extreme ly good, althou g h once agai th e re w e re insufficie nt gi rl s f or t he arm y of boa rd e rs th at w aited expecta ntl y a round t he wa ll s.

WE

NOTICED __ .

Seve ra l e mba rrassed boa rde rs d onyms d urin g t he live broadcast!

w inning

Ma ny coup les spe ndi ng most of the an nounce r w ith a long mic ro ph one cord.

ciga rettes eve nin g

and

tr yi ng

giv in g to

p se u-

avo id

an

A f ew coupl es "sq uare" da ncin g after nu me ro us ex ha ustin g b racke ts of be at music .

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NOTES

Saturday, 15th October: Prefects' Party-"a night to reme mbe r!!!"

The party started at 7.45 a nd proceeded conservatively until introductions had been carried out. A sp le ndid supper was provided and there was a large stock of records with a noticea bly "Stones" bias . it had been rumoured that an irate da y boy was able to fol low the party 's progressthree blocks away ! Th e eve ning concluded at 11 . 15 with the a rr iva l of one of the sub- ma trons.

We

NOTICED A "sad" lack of authority present.

The doors w ide open to al low the night a ir to pen e trate the ha zy conditions.

Few of th e male participa nts wield in g tea towels during th e evening.

The evening was enioyed b y a ll and it was hoped to hold another funct ion of a similar na ture at the B.H.S. However, we we re unabl e to do so beca use of the busy programme at the end of the year.

Saturday, 12th November, G.H .S. Ball : The big social event of the yea r. A few of the boys were invited, ma in ly by acquaintances from the previous prefects' party. The ball proceeded at an enioyable but rather sedate pace, and those who atte nded were introd uced to the Headmistress.

The ball concluded at around midni ght.

WE NOTICED 1

Bow ties are ' in !"

B.H.S. shuffle was conspicuous to the bal lroom ent husiast.

Eve ryone enioyed this novel experience tremendously .

Soc ia l act ivity, as in previous yea rs, was aga in an important part of board ing life. it is our w ish that in f ut ure yea rs iuniors wi ll be able to have dances as we ll as seniors, and th at more emp hasis be placed on socia l activit ies.

MR. V. E. KERR Recently many Old Boys were shocked to hear of the death of Mr. V. E. Kerr, known affectionately to them as " Yank." Mr. Kerr was one of the most prominent masters that the School has ever had.

Mr. Kerr was born in Otago and educated at Otago Boys' High School. After his secondary education he attended first the University of Otago and then Victoria University College, and in 1922 obtained his B.A. The following year he obtained his M.A. Apart from this School, Mr. Kerr held only two other teaching positions : from 1918 to 1919 he taught at Woodville District High School and, from 1919 to 1923, at Nelson College.

The remaining 36 years of his teaching career were spent at New. Plymouth Boys' High School.

Mr. Kerr was more than just a teacher to the School, fo r he took a part in practically every School activity.

For many years he coached both cricket and tennis teams. He was interested also in the cultural side of School life and, after his retirement, devoted quite a lot of his time to watching School music performances. In the Cadet Battalion, Mr. Kerr reached the rank of Ma ior and was the Officer Commanding from 1930 to 1940.

However, his greatest pride was the School First XV . His devotion to the game was almost fanatical and it was while he was coach of the First XV that the School produced some of its really great teams.

As Mr. Kerr was determined in football , so was he determined to stick to his ideals around the School. He would not tole rate untidiness or laziness-these were regarded by him as crimes. However, when he had eliminated these faults, his humour and xeal seemed to affect the boys and give them the will to do better.

The Schools extends its sympathies to Mrs. Kerr and her family .

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21

BREAK-UP

CEREMONY

BREAK-UP,

1965

The Break- Up Ceremony was again held in the New Plymo ut h Opera Ho u se. Mr. L. M. Papps, the guest speaker, was on the stage w it h his wif e and th e rest of t he offic ia l pa rt y: Mr. an d Mrs. E. P. Ade rm a n, Mr. and M rs. A. G. Ho nn or, Mr. a nd Mrs. L. M. Moss, the Head ma ste r a nd Mrs. We b ste r, th e members of t he Board and Staff wi th the ir wives.

M r . Webste r gave his repo rt on the School's year and Mr. Moss gave hi s Ch a irman 's Report . Mr. Ali e n came with a teleg ram conta inin g t he news of th e Gove rn me nt g rant for th e new Assembly Hall.

Mr . Papps gave an am usin g add ress, te ll ing 路 of some of hi s own expe riences at Schoo l. He p resented the Academic Prizes and Mrs. Pa pps p resented t he Sports Pri zes. .

Du ring the ce remony, the t h ird, fo urth and sixth for ms sa ng " Let All t he Worl d in Every Corne r Sing," by E. T. Ch~pman; and t he th~r d fo rms sang " J es u, J oy of Man's Desi r ing," by J. S. Bac h, and "0 Ho ly Ni ght," by Adams. The School O rchestra played "Air from The Wate r Mus ic Su ite," by G. F. Handel, and t he Band play.ed " Dam Bu sters' March."

Th e ce remony I conc lu de d w hen t he who le assemb ly sang th e School So ng and t he Dismissa l Hymn.

1965

Singing Prize: G. J . Hancock.

Art Prizes: Senio r: G. R. Bay ly.

Jun ior: G. A. Ho tte r.

Reading Prizes : Rea din g in Asse mbl y: J . D. Ridl a nd.

G. J. Ha ncock.

Fifth

Form

Bu ilding

Se nio r Rea din g:

Juni o r Read in g: G. C. Ali e n .

Prize (p resented

by Spea r

and

J ackson,

Ltd.):

J. l. Dick ie.

Fifth Form Workshop Theory (p rese nted by Kidd, Ga rret!, Moore a nd

Wrig ht): K. J. J o hnsto n.

Daily News Centenn ial Prize (5th Form Eng lish) : G . A. O p ie.

Best M aori Student (presen ted by t he

Depa rtment of Maor i Affai rs):

D. Tuirira ngi.

Tabor Scholarships: Eng lis h : R. P. Willi s.

Scie nce: W. J. Stewart.

Mat hematics: W. J . Bl anche tt.

La ng uages : D. J . Bras h.

Heurtley Memoria l Prize (Origi na l Verse) : R. S. Cru sh.

Special Prize in Upper Sixth Geography: A. E. J o hn s.

White M emorial Prize (Sen io r Lite rature): T. St . G . King.

Be ndall M emorial Prize (Se nior Hi story): W. L. Prest idge.

PRI ZE LIST, 1965 FORM

Senior Latin Prize (p resented by Sir Ro na ld Syme): W. L. Prestidge .

PRIZES

3 5: K. M . Cronin.

3 R: W. W . Wi lliams.

3 G2 : B. R. Donald .

3 Gl : D. C. Larsen , 3 P4 : W. F. J uli an .

3 P3: R. 'D. J o h nston.

3 P2 : M. P. Wagst aff.

3 Pl : B. J . Gi lbert.

4 CB : M . A. Bayli s.

4 CA: G . Broadmo re.

4 GC : P. A. Col lins.

4 T2 : B. A. Barnett.

4 T1 : J . C . Fincham.

4 P4: K. C. G . Cameron.

4 P3: P. l. Jackson.

4 P2 : G. N. Sca les .

4 Pl : R. E. Webber.

SPECIAL Re x

Senior French Prize (prese nted by th e Fre nch Leg ati on): W. L. Prest id ge.

5 EB2 : B. A. Roeb uck.

5 EBl : K. J. Jo hnston . .

5 ,GC : B. J. Ed\in.

5 GS :' C. J. Penwa rde n.

5 GH : R. D. Ang us.

5 GM: J. B. Gowe r.

5 PR: B. . W. Scoff, J . C. Hos ie, G . B.

Shaw 1st (eq ual).

5 .P3 : T. D. Whe lan .5 P2 : D. T. Some rt<>n.

5 Pl : G. A. 路Op ie.

6 B: R. S. Neville.

6 C: C. P. Due .

6 F: R. P. Wi ll is.

6 52: B. R. Scott.

6 51 : W. J . Bla nchett.

'

P. 0 . Veal e M emorial Prize (C hemistry in Upper Six t h) : J. G. Blanc hett.

W aiter Crow ley Weston Memorial Prize (Scie nce in Uppe r Sixth): E. B.

Goodwin.

John Brodie M emo ri al Prize (Compos it ion in Upper Sixth): R. J. Mul es .

Headm aster's

Prizes (Upper App lied: I. S. Frame .

Six th

Mathema tics):

PRIZES

R. J .

Mules.

Deputy Head Boy's Prize (F . J . Egg le to n Me mo ria l Cup): P. D. Ande rson.

General Ex cellence ~ D r. E. F. Fookes's Cup) : T. A. Jo hnson.

Hea d Boy's Prize (presented

by t he Auckland O ld Boys' Assoc iation and Cup presented by Mrs. Brookma n): T. A. J o hn son .

Proxime Accessit (lan Mac Leod Me mo ri a l Pri ze): W. L. Prestidge a nd

I. S. Frame (equa l).

SPORTS

Oowding M emorial Prize {3 rd and 4th Fo rm Essa y) : C. H. Frase r.

PRIZES

ATHLETICS

Wa t tie

Noakes Cup (Ju nior Steeplechase): B. J. Gil be rt.

R. J . Newland.

Junior O ra tory (Trop hy p resented by L. M. Moss, Esq ., O.B .'E.i: M. E.

Mo ran Cup (Senior Hig h Ju mp): G. J . Hopk ins.

Lawrence. t Senio r Debating (C u p presented by Well ington O ld Boy's' Assoc iation):

Carrington Ho use (M. G. Smith, R. P. Wi ll is).

Acting Prize : W. L. Prestidge.

Music Pri zes : Se ni o r {p resented by H. Collier and Co.): W. J . Bl anchett .

General Competence: W . L. Prestidge.

Co lli e r and Co.) : G. B. Spence.

Pure:

Dux Prize (Bu ick Cup) : R. J. Mules.

Canon Strong Memori al Prize (J unio r Lite rature) ; C. H. Frase r.

Wilkie Memorial Prize {Progress in 4tb 路 Form Ma th em atics):

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Dr. George Home Memori al Prize : R. G. G. Hay ton.

Ju nio r (presented by H.

Osborne Cup (Fastest Time, Junio r Steep le ch ase): P. J. D. Simpso n .

Noakes Cup (120 Yards Sen ior Hu rd les): G. J.

Hopkins.

Ben nett Cup (1 00 Ya rds J un io r Champ ionshi p): P. F. J ones.

Harman Cup (440 Ya rds Juni o r Ch am pion ship): J . A. McQueen.

Herbert Smith Cup (I ntermediate Steep lec hase): L. A. Bri dger.

Easton Memorial Cup (Fastest Time, Intermedi ate Steeplechase) : L. A.

Bridger.

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BREAK-UP,

BREAK-UP,

1965

1911 Cup (Senior Steeplecha se): P. E. Sole.

Bryce Cup (Fastest Tim e, Senior Steeplecha se): P. E. ~ole.

F. Phi llips.

Bothamley Cup (440 Ya rds Intermed iate Champions hip): R. .

Rattenbury A. hip): Champions Old Boys' Shield (440 Yards Senior Marsh Cup (Intermedi ate Hurdl es Champion sh ip): C. B. Neilson.

Keller Cup (In termedia te High Jum p): R. L. Feathe r.

Cartwrigh t Cup ( Intermedia te Long Jump): 0. A. Mills.

Jo lly.

Gilmour Cup (880 Yards Inte rmediate Champion ship): J. D. Grieve Cup (One Mile Intermedia te Handicap): T. J . Hutch inson.

F. Phillips.

Challenge Cup (220 Yards Inte rm ed iate Champions hip): R. F. Phi ll ips.

R. hip): Champions Beckbessin ger Cup (1 00 Yards Inte rmediate Birks.

K. ship): Champion Senior Mason Memorial Cup (880 Yards Fookes Cup (One Mile Senior Champ ion ship): P. E. Sole.

CADETS So le Cup (Best Cadet): J. N. Lobb.

CRICKET Pa rkinson Memorial Cup (Best Bowle r): J . F. M. Morrison .

HOCKEY

n.

Simonson Cup (Most Improved Junior Pl aye r): J. D. Bowma BADMINTON lsaacs Cup (Junior Singles): B. R. Purser.

Cook and Lister Cup (Senior Singles): B. R. Purser.

Kerr Cup (Rugby Football): West (G. Duncan).

Bates Cup (C ricket): Moyes (J. Morrison).

Challenge Cup (Old Boys' Race) : G. Wright.

Hansard Cup (A thl etics): Pridham (N . Coddingto n).

Burnbank Cup (Swimming ) : Carrington (A . Nielsen).

Stevenson Cup (Tennis): Ea st (G . J. Duff).

SWIMMING

.

Sykes Memorial Cup (Senior Champions hip): G. P. Dempsey Rhodes.

J. D. ship): Champion te Intermedia ( Challenge Cup

Holder Cup (Soccer): East (G . J . Hopkin s).

Hayton Cup (Rowing): Carring ton (M. G. Sm ith).

Fox Cup (Junior Champion ship): D. E. Knapma n.

Smith and Easton Cup (Life-Savin g) : I. Morrison and G. Morrison.

O'Halloran Shield (Inter-Form Re lay): D. E. Knapma n.

Bryant and Hedley Cup (Rowing, Junior): Pridham (J. E. Worth).

Coleman Cup (Rowing, Novices): Carrington (N. J. Wilscn) .

DAY

Hoskin Cup (School Champion ship): D. J. Brash.

Challenge Cup (5th Form Champion ship): J. Thorne.

Archibald.

Peter Saunders Memorial Cup (4th Form Champion ship): R. D. .

Herbert Smith Cup (3rd Form Champions hip): N. D. Woodward

SHOOTING McLeod and Slade Cup (Under 14 Champion ship): D. M. Burgess.

Loveday Cup (Under 15 Champion ship): R. G. Gibbs.

Hamblyn Cup (Under 17 Champion ship): K. C. Phillips .

Lady Godley Cup (24) (Junior Class-frring ): D. D. Mason.

Lady Godley Cup (110) (Senior Class-frring ) : T. R. Watt.

Searle Cup (.303 Short Range Champion ship): J. C. Aver y.

Kelly Cup (.303 Long Range Champions hip): J. Priest ley.

McDiarmid Belt (School Champion ship): J. Priestl ey.

TENNIS Candy Cup (Senior Singles): G. J. Duff.

Herbert Smith Cup (Junior Singles): W. S. Ga rnham .

McKeon Cup (Intermedi ate Singles): S. N. Kardos.

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COMPETITIONS

INTER-HOUSE

Old Boys' Cup (1 00 Yards Sen ior Champion ship): P. J. Rowe.

Rowe.

Herbert Smith Cup (220 Yards Senior Champions hip): P. J .

GYMNASTICS

1965

BOYS

v.

BOARDERS

Pease Cup (R ugby, Draw): Boarders (M . Weinberg) .

Birch Cup (Cricket): Da y Boys (G . Duncan).

Beetham Cup (Tennis) : Day Boys (G. J . Duff).

Dempsey Shield (Swimming ): Da y Boys (D. L. Lean).

EXAMI NATIO N

RESULTS

1965

es .

Tara nak i Sch ol arship: I. S. Frame, E. B. Goodwin, R. J. Mul B'l l' Hig her Schoo l Certificate : M. D. Alien , P. D. Anderson , J • K• 1 mg, G. K. Brownhill, Birch, J . C. Black, J. G. Blanchett, S. J. Blinkhorne , C. P. R. Crush, M. H. Chapman, J . R. Clearwate r, N. P. Coddin gton , S. E. B. J. A. Donkin, C. J. Douch, B. C. Ellis, J . M . Fisher, I. S. Frame, . Hay ton, Goodwin, R. D. Green, T. W. Gullive r, G. J . Hancock, R. G. G G . J . Hopkins, A. E. Johns, T. A. Johnson, I. R. Larsen, G. H. Lin es, P. R. Mawson, Nielsen, W. L. Prestidge, W. H. Sloan, M. B. Voyce, J. J. Wakelin, V. B. Wa lker, P. D. Whitwell.

~ · H. Ke ller, T. St . G. King, R. J. Mul es, J . Nicoll, A. J. L. J. Somerton, M. J . Till, G. J. Wallace, I. G . Welch,

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EXAMINA TION

RESULTS,

University Entrance: P. B. Anderson, C. R. Anyan, J. B. Basset!, W. J. Blanchett, M. G. Blue, M. W. Boyd, D. J. Brash, G. C. G. Brown , D. S. Bruce, A. J. Buchanan, D. 'R. J. Carter, R. J . Carter, N. 0. Cave, C. E. Collie, D. M. Davidson, G. P. Dempsey, R. M. Doull, C. P. Due, G. J. Duff, N. F. Earley, V. W. Hal es, J. D. Hammonds, G. J. Harris, S. G .

Hodder, P. W. Hogg, D. I. Honeyfleld, P. M. Horrocks, N. L. Johnson, A. F. Julian , D. L. l ean, J. A. linton, S. B. Mann, N. E. Masters, P. L. McDon J id, A. R. Mills, A. M. Morton , J. C. Mu ir, R. S. Neville, A. J. Olsen, N. A. Parkes, R. S. Phi/lips, J. Priestley, A. J. Rattenb ur'f, P. J. Rowe, J. P. Russell, W. J. Russell, B. R. Scott, A. J . Seager, G. D. W. ~'m;1,cn, R. J. Ske ll ern, M. G. Smith, P. B. Smith, T. K. C. Smith, B. Stening, P. F. Stening, L. W. Stewart, W. J. Stewart, G. C. Stockwe ll , I. R. Thurlow, T. R. Watt, M. B. Williams, R. P Willis, B. A. Wilson, N. J. Wilson, P. N. Wilson, B. S. Wisniewski, R. J. Wolfe.

Endorsed School Certificate: J. P. Alien, P. B. Anderson, C. R. Anyan, J. C. Avery, N. Baldwin, G . F. Barnham, J. G. Bassett, N. W . Bennett, M. L. Belts, K. Birks, W . J. Blanchett, M. G. Blue, D. J. Brash, G. C. G. Brown, D. S. Bruce, A. G. Buchanan, R. J. Bull, T. W. Campbell, T. K. Carey-Smith, R. J Carter, R. l . Cato, D. Chuen, ~- E. Collie, D. M. Davidson , W. A. Denton, G . P. Dempsey, R. M. Doull, l . J. Earl, N. F. Earley, J . G. Ennor, R. B. Evans, R. Everiss, R. D. Fox, A. A. J. Gibbs, J. T. Gillbanks, D. I. Green, T. D. Gray, M J. Hall,. J . R. Hamerton , J . D. Hammonds, J. G. Harris, M. A. Hayton , D. I. Honeyfield, P. M. Horrocks, R. I. Hurley, C. H. Joe, N. L. Johnson, G. W. Jones, B. A. Jones, A. F. Julian, R. B. lander, G. J. Lawrence, D. L. lean, J. N. lobb, R. E. McCallum, P. L. McDonald, R'. P. McNeil, R. N. W. Mcleod, S. B. Mann, G. L. Manning, A. J. R. Marshal!, N. E. Masters, A. R. Mills, R. M. Miln , P. F. Mitchell, A. /.~. Morton, J . C. Muir, G. C. Munro, N. S. Neville, A. J. Olsen, N. ;., Parkes, M. W . Peterson, D. C. Pettigrew, J. F. Porter, J. D. L. Ridland , P. H. Rowc, J. P. Russell, A. M. Schu ltze, A. J. Seager, W. J. Searell, D. N. She-,n, A. L. Sim, R. J . Skellern, K. R. Sly, M. G. Smi th , P. B. Smith, P. Sole, C. J . Soundy, B. W. Stening, P. F. Stening, L. W. Stewart, G. C. Stockwell, K. R. Taylor .

R. W. Thomson, R. J . Tucker, J. H. Tuckett, T. R. Watt, B. E. White, M. B. Williams, M. G. Williams, R. P. Willis, B. Wilwn, N. J. Wilson, P. N. Wilson , B. S. Wisniewski, R. J. Wolfe, P. C. Woodwerd.

School Certificate: E. S. Anderson, l . R. Anderson, R. D. Anderson, R. D. Angus, G. D. Arnold, J. S. Auld, J. K. Bailey, J. Banas, W. B. !Jatchelor, N. J . Batten, G. R. Bayly, M. B. Belton, P. G. Bertrand, M J . Bilb e, W. J. Blunde/1, S. G. Bossley, M. I. Brain, M. A. Brandon, L. A. Bridger, R. M. Broad, F. R. Broadbent, H. J. Brown, T. L. Brown , W. L. Brown, M. K. Bryant, D. W. Burbidge, G. S. Burson, G . T. Burton , J . L. Bur·:on, P. T. Burton, P. J . Campbe/1, R. H. Campbe/1, W. P. Cante/1 , N. B. Carmichael , N. W. M. Carter, P. C. Carter, R. J . Cash, A. R. Caughley, N. J. Charters, D. V. Christiansen, J. A. Clark, D. H. Clough, G. C. Clouston, B. P. Cole, R. E. Co llin s, C. H. Cook, V. L. Crow, R. A. Dalziell, S. W. Darke, J . W. Davidson, R. 0. Davies, C. J. Dean, ·R. N. Deare, J. L. Dickie, G. J . Donkin, L. I. Donnelly, G. H. R, Duncan, R. Drent, D. H. Earley, B. J. Edlin, L. H. Edwards, S. J. Elliot, H. W. Evans, B. C. Evetts, N. R. Fanthorpe, R. L. Feather, A. J. Forsyth, M. J. Fullarton, C. R. Gamlin, G. E. George, R. H. Gernhoefer, D. G. Gibb, A. H. Gibbs, J . B. Gower, M. J . Grant, R. I. Handl ey, R. J . Haughton , E. K. Hee r-

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EXAMINA TION

1965

RESULTS,

1965

degen, P. R. Heke, S. A. Hemmens, A. M. Herbert, W. W. Hill , J. C. Hosie, P. S. Hutchins, B. D. lsaac, R. L. James, V. H. James, P. D. Johns, K. J. Johnston, J. D. Jolly, S. N. Kardos, M. S. Lan der, C. A. La wrence, A. W. l awson, I. A. l ay, N. lester, D. F. MacDona ld, G. S. MacKay, M. G. Main, D. E. Masters, C. Matthews, R. J . McC/uggage, J. D. McDonald, A. T. Merriman, D. A. Mills, B. A. Mist, B. J. Moffett, A. M. Monaghan, B. A. Morris, G . E. Morrison, J S. Munro, A. V. Murray, N. A. Murray, P. B. Newing, C. A. Oliver, G. A. Opie, R. L. Papps, A. T. Paterson, D. J. Patten, G . J. Penwarden, R. D. Peters, K. C. Phillips, G. C. Prichard, R. Priest, D. L. Pringle, J . G. Pringle, S: M. Radd, W. Rama , M. H. Reed, G . W. Reid, M. M. Rich, A. G. Riddle, G. F. Ries, P. C. Robertson, G. A. Robson, B. A. Roebuck, B. Raper, E. Ruakere, S. Samasoni , P. J. Saunders, B. W. Scott, K. J. Sharpe, G. B. Shaw, J . C. Sisley, A. J. Smith, R. T. Smith, R. Smith, K. W. Sole, D. T. Somerton, A. D. Spiers, L. G. Spilman, G. E. Steel, N. J. Stephenson, G . L. Stone, D. W. Stonier, E, H. Sutherland, P. M. Sweetman, D. 0. Thomas, U. Tiaon, G. J. Treeby, M. N. Tremlett, G. J. • Van rPraagh, B. J. Warren, J. C. Washer, J. G. Waswo, E. A. Watson, 1_- A. Webber, M. C. Weinberg, T. D. Whelan, B. E. White, S. S. White, D. F. Wight, B. I. Wilding, K. J. Wi lks, R. G. Willcox D. B. Wilson, H. K. Wilson, W. R. Wilson, M. J. Wood, P. W. Wood:

BLAZER

AWARDS,

1966

Th e following boys qua lified for School Blazers this year:School Pre fects: C. R. Anya n, D. J. Brash, G . Dempsey, G. H. Duncan, J. G. Enn or, P. M. Horrocks, A. F. Julian, J. H. Lobb, R. P. McNeil, N. A. Parkes, J . Priestley, J. D. Ridland, P. H. Rowe, J . P. Russell , W. J. Russe/1 M. G. Smith, B. W. Stening, G. C. Stockwell, K. R. Taylor, R. J. Tucker: J. H. Tuckett, R. P. Willis, B. A. Wilson .

Rugby: I. J. Campbell, G. H. Duncan, R. L. Feather, R. S. Fields, A. H. Gibbs, D. I. Green, P. M. Horrocks, A. V. Murra y, C. B. Nielsen, N. A. Parkes, A. T. Patterson, P. H. Rowe, E. R. Ruakere, K. R. Taylor, J. H. Tuckett, J. C. Washer, R. P. Willis.

Cricket: G. Duncan, D. Gree n, A. Jordan, G. Morrison T. Patterson , ' G. Prestney, H. Tuckett, R. Fox, B. Purser, I. Trevathan.

Soccer: C. Col lie, R. Fox, C. Hull , S. Kardos, I. Ke ll e r, G. Mackay, J. Priestley.

Hockey: G. Ennor, D. Hill , I. Kirk, M. Patterson, M. Rowe.

Rowing: M. G. Smith, J . P. Russell. ' Tennis : S. Kardos, P. Wilson .

Gymnastics : D. J. Brash, J. Thorne .

Athletics: G. Arnold, I. Campbell, P. Rowe, P. Sole, W. S. Garnham.

Swimmi~g:

N.

Edmonds,

J.

Jolly, 0.

Mills,

G. P. Dempsey, D. J. Rhodes, G. N. Sca les.

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FIRST XV

C. B. Neilso n, A. T. Paterson .

Back: I, J. Campbell , D. I. Green, H. A. Gibbs, J. C. Washer, N. A. Parkes.

Middle : J. H. Tuckett, E. R. Ruakere, A. V. Murray, P. H. Rowe, (Captain), R. S. Field, K. R. Taylor .

Front: R. P. W illiâ&#x20AC;˘, P. M. Horrocks, R. L. Feather, G. H. R. Duncan

SPORTS

RUGBY

The 1966 season proved t o be a most successful one for School.

Twenty-eight teams from School again formed th e backbon e of junior competition in North Tar anaki .

The standard of play was as good as ever, the Hou se game s prod ucing some good footba ll , a lthough there was a proporti on of scrappy a nd unti dy Rugby, due to la ck of polish rather tha n lack of e nthusiasm .

The Gu ll y and McNaught Fie ld were supp lemented by the Race course p laying fie lds, w hich , as ever, remain esse ntial to our we lfare . ·In f act, wit hout them w hat would we do? The improving playing surfaces and the showering faciliti e s prov ided by the Northern Junio r Rugb y Management Committee make these grounds ever more desi rable from School's point of v iew.

Particularl y p leasing was the de t e rm ination show n, an d the success ga ined throughout the grades. The First XV wo n the Junior Open Grade , w hile th e 4th Grade A's came top eq ual in their compet ition.

Other winners were Central 7th Grad e (B Division) and 9th Grade A, w ith seve r al othe r teams being we ll p laced.

This year, in a n upset result the Day Boys narrow ly, b u t deservedly, defeated the Boa rde rs b y three points to nil to take the Pease Cup in a t ight, hard-fought match .

Twelve of the Schoo l First XV re prese nted the Taranaki Secondary Sc hools' team which to ured New South Wales during the August holida ys .

They were: G. Duncan (ca pta in), D. Green, H. Gib bs, H. Tuckett, K. Ta y lor, R. Willis, N. Pa rkes, C. Ne il son, E. Ru ake re, R. Feathe r, R. Fie ld a nd P. Horrocks . . In association with the Lion s' tour, membe rs of th e First Group took part in a New Zealand-wide sc heme, w he reby a school "adopted a •lion" and supplied him, his w ife or nea r rel a ti ve and his old school, with paper clippin gs a nd other items as mementos of th e ir New Zealand tour. The Sc hool suppo rted Howard Norris, the Welsh prop, and members of th e First Group were p ri vi leg ed to meet him a nd wit h anot her member o f the team, Mik e Gibson, have a d iscuss ion on th e different aspec ts of Rugby in New Zea land and the Brit ish Isles.

The School ex presses its thanks and appreciation to the many peopl e w ho he lped promote and run Rugby within the Schoo l.

Spec ia l than ks go to the Taran ak i Rugby Union , the No rth Taranaki Junior Manage ment Committee, the Refe rees' Associat ion, t he St. John Amb ulance, the Taranak i Joc key Club and to al l th e kind peopl e w ho bill e ted v isiting tea ms and w ho bi lleted Schoo l players visiting other ce ntres.

THE

FIRST

XV

With six players of co ll ege match ex per ie nce ava ilabl e, the First XV faced this season w ith a sp rinklin g of p rove n members in both backs and forwa rds. With on ly lock R. Feather returned, it appeared th a t it wou ld be diffic ult to find a hard core of the necessa ry size a nd ability. However, this did not prove to be so with J. Wash e r, R. Fi e ld and A. Murray a ll deve lopi ng into fine tig ht forwards.

Again thi s yea r the forward pack was a hea vy one, a definite advantage in the ru gged club games.

Th e h First XV lost but o ne club ga me, a nd drew another, in w inning the Junior Open Grade competition .

In the First XV's fir st real test it went down to a strong Headma ster's XV by 17-11. Thu s the team did not look to the St . Pat's matc h with any ai r of over co nfiden ce.

In a close . hard-fo ug ht match Sc h oo l drew

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SPORTS

SPORTS 9-al l with St. Pat's., but then crashed to a letha rgic 14-6 defeat by Wanganu i Coll egia te. Schoo l recovered wme of its prestige with a convincing 16-3 Win over Te Aute. The last co ll ege game, against Auckland Grammar, resu lted in a 16-9 defeat for School, thus comp letin g a record of one wi n, one draw and two losses in co ll ege fixtures.

This year forward mobility was a prob lem, and although holding their own in set p lay, School were bften beaten in th e loose, thus the backs we re more often on defence rather than being permitted to demonstrate their undoubted attacking potential. v. HEADMASTER'S XV (Pl ayed Gully Gro un d, June 4th) . lost 17-11.

In the first major game of the season t he First XV we re defeated by an experie nced Headmaste r's XV in wet conditions. The Sc hoo l team Was slig htl y weak~ned t hroug h in jury of four regular players, in cludin g captain G. Duncan, but nevertheless put up a good fight against their heavier and more experienced opponents. Alth o ugh the weathe r conditions were against b right open Rugby, both sides attempted to move the ball through the backs, making evident the safe handling of the First's backs.

Th e teams were :Headmaster's XV: J. Morrison, D. lean, G. Earl, S. Wa iter, W. Wi ll iams,

T. N. Wolfe, R. Rowson, A. Gardner, G. Hayes (capta in), M. Bridger, J. Wa ite r, T. Rillstone, B. Wil li s, P. Anderson, B. Gardner .

School : D. Green, I. Campbell, H. Gibbs, P. Rowe, K. Taylor, H. Tucke1t, N. Cameron, C. Neilson, R. Feather, J. Washer, G. Morrison, A . Herbert, W. Blundell, R. Field, N. Parkes.

COLLEGE

Drew 9-9.

lions-Taranaki clash .

In a tense game before a large crowd, School drew 9-9 w ith St . Pat's.

A general feature of the game was the close marking by two even ly matched sets of backs, wh ich perhaps accounted for the lack of tries.

The forward strugg le evolved sli ghtly in favour of St. Pat's who managed to 路 gain more possess ion. Terr itoria ll y, however, the teams were even ly matched. of

Play

School won the toss and e lected to kick off. E. Ruakere's long kick went wel l in side St. Pat's twenty-five and the v isitors immediate ly found themselves in tro uble. After taking the bal l o~ the bounce the St. Pat's flanker attempted to run ac ross field and clear, but was downed in a good attacking tackle by K. Taylor.

A ruck fo ll owed on the five-yard mark, but the St. Pat's forwards gained possess ion and the first five, P. Fowler, clea red to re li eve the pressure.

Both sides found t hemselves fight ing to get on top b ut neither ga ined dom in ation of the other.

Full-back J. Karam p ut St. Pat'~ into t he lead with a good penalty, after E. Ruakere's two unsuccessful shots at goal, for School. Soon after, Ruakere equal ised, br inging 路 the score to 3-3. Ruakere's next shot at goa l was a long one, which fell just short of the posts and was to sta rt off a series of movements which sent School reeling back to their own goal line . Half-back P. Tray took the ball and immediately ran right, towa rds

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School : D. ~reen, P. Rowe, H. Tuckett, H. Gibbs, K. Taylor, R. Willis, G. Dun:an (captam), N. Parkes, E. Ruakere, R. Feather, J . Washer, C. Ne il son, R. Field, P. Horrocks, A. Murray.

St. Patrick's: J . Ka ram, J. Hickling, l. Wa ll ace, M. Robins, G. Bowker, P. Fowler, P. Tray, J. Doogue, G. Nicholls, B. Bourke, J. Lile, P. Roe, M. F1sher, W. A lli son (captain), C. Mea. WANGANUI

COLLEGIATE

(Played at Col legiate, July 21st).

Traditionally this match has been played at Hawera, buj this year it was transferred to New Plymouth to become the curtain-ra iser for the

Run

. Early in the second half Ruakere kicked anoth e r good penalty to b nn g. the score to 6-6. With good ba ll from the line-cuts the St. Pat's back~me ran the ba ll on many occas ions and it was on ly the determined tacklmg of K. Taylor and H. Tuckett which kept St. Pat's from breaking through. lt was about twenty minutes after t he sta rt of the second spel l that Ka ram kicked his third penalty goa l to br in g the points into St. Pat's favour, 9-6. Sch,oo l attacked relentlessly but could not penetrate the hard markmg St. Pats backs and it was only a few minutes before f ul l t 1me when Ruakere kicked his t hird penalty goal to make the final score 9-9 .

The teams:-

v.

GAMES

v. ST. PATRICK'S COLLEGE (Silverstream) (Pl ayed at Rugby Park No. 1, July 2nd) ..

Schoo l's forwards.

But suddenly the play was switched when P. Fow ler came :acmg across field, behind Tray, to receive a reverse pass and b reak mto the clear. The surprise of the movement caught Schoo l complete ly off balance, a ll owing the St. Pat's man an a lm ost clea r run down the s1de of the field . However Willis, on cover defence tack led Fow le r on School's twenty-five, on ly to sp ill the ba ll loose, enab ling a St. Pat's p layer to scoop it up and head for the other corne r. D. G reen was there to pu t him o ut just s hort of t he line. A s ill y mistake here cost Sc hool a pena lty which ful l-back Karam kicked, bringing t he half-time score to 6-3 .

lost 14-6.

In_ a game where our team appeared to lack determination, Wanganui CollegJate had a deserved 14-6 victory over the First XV. From the sta rt the School pack lacked fire and let the Collegiate pack get on top .

Although evenly matched in set p lay the School forwards were too slow to the loose bal l, al lowing Col legiate to get to the ruck first and Schoo l frequent ly found t hemselves on defence.

Run

of Play

Collegiate kicked off and School had the advantage of the sun and a sl ight breeze. lt. wa; in the first ten minutes t hat School lost the game, by a ll owmg Coll eg iate s pack to get on top. The first points came f rom a pen~ lt y kick by E. Ruakere and Schoo l went into a shaky three-point lead.

Co ll eg Jate poured back on to attack and from a li ne-out the ball was pass:d to fi rst five M. Natusch, who kicked a good field goa l from outs1de the twenty-five.

Mainta ining the pressure, Coll eg iate's fu ll-back, G. Hunter, was unsuccessful in his second attempt ~~ goa l from a penalty.

School t hen launched a se ri es of dangerous forward rushes but we re not ab le to b reak through the solid Coll eg iate defence.

The half-time 5core was 6-3 .

School was first to gain points in the second half when E. Ruakere kicked h is second penalty; a magnificent shot from 44 yards o ut. The only try of the game came soon after, when Col legiate's centre, A. McDonald, kept weaving infield, avoiding School tack lers. Just when his movement appeared finished , Co ll egiate's captai n, R. Wy lie , received t he ball and barged over for the try, b rin ging the score to 11-6 Hunte r being unsuccessfu l with the conve rsion . '

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CARRINGT ON SENIOR RUGBY (Winners Eack , G. E. Morr ison, 0. A. Mi lls, Midd le, R. J. Kidd, D. E. Masters, Front ' R. P. Wi llis, P. C. Woodward ,

Senior House Competitio n) M. G. Smit h, C. B. Nei l,on.

J . C. Washe r, J. C. Hosie, V. H. James. ll K. R. Taylor, P. M. Horr ocks (Capta in), J . l. New lcve, J. B. Campbe

SPORTS Soon after Hunter landed his second pe nalty goal, makrng the final score 14-6.

School 's backs were hampered by lack of clean ball and therefore had fewer opportunities to move. Kicking was prominent in both teams and on many occasions the Firsts were forced back by the powerful kicking of Collegiate's first five .

The teams were:School: D. Green, I. Campbell, H. Gibbs, H. Tuckett, K. Tay!or, R. Willis, G. Duncan (captain), T. Patterson, E. Ruakere, C. Neilson , J. Washer, R. Featl·. er, R. Fields, P. Horrocks, A. Murray .

Collegiate: G. Hunter, W. Jerram, A. McDonald, D. Smith, B. Moore, M. Natusch, A. Riddell, M. Stephenson, P. Earle, J. Valiance, R. Wylie (captain), J . Paton, C. Gilbert, N. lhaka, P. Gibbons.

v. TE

AUTE

COLLEGE

(Played at Rugby Park No. 1, July 30th).

Won 16-3.

After the loss against Collegiate the Firsts approached the Te Aute However, we turned on our best college pergame apprehensively . formance , convincingly beating Te Aute 16-3.

The match-w inning force for School was its forward pack, which almost completely dominated the line-outs and loose play. The determined tackling by the backs and the general sound play by the team os a whole did not give Te Aute any opportunity to use their fast backline.

Run of Ploy

From the kick-off School moved on to attack, bust! ing Te Aute into mistakes. School's first points came from a try by No. 8 N. Parkes, which resulted from a quick ruck near the Te Aute goal line. G. Duncan ran the blind and fed to Parkes who beat several players and scored in the E. Ruakere missed the conversion . Shortly afterwards, winger corner.

P. Rowe left the field with hamstring trouble after being tackled over I. Campbell replaced him . Te Aute then equalised with a the line. penalty to make the score 3-3. Maintaining the pressure , School went • further into the lead when a stray pass near the Te Aute goal line was Ruakere converted to pounced on by flanker C. Neilson, who scored. make the half-time score 8-3.

Te Aute came back strongly in the second half but were thwarted by determined tackling and robust forward play. School then counter· From a grubber gick by five-eight R. Willis, Tuckett effected attacked.

The ball rolled loose and Parkes was l here to the attacking tackle.

Ruakere again converted-13·3. pick it up and score near the posts.

The final points came from a try in the corner by winger I. Campbell after an orthodox back movement.

The teams were:School: D. Green, A. H. Gibbs, H. Tuckett, P. Rowe, K. Taylor, R. Willis, G. Duncan (captain), N. Parkes, E. Ruakere, C. Neilson , R. Feather, J. Washer, R. Field, P. Horrocks, A. Murray, I. Campbell.

Te Aute College: H. Karaka, K. Keepa, G. Skudder (captain), P. Goldsmith, A. Snee, T. Goldsmith , J . Tumataroa, E. Moses, J. Huriwai , R. Emery, M. Solomon, J. Kapua, C. Te Hau, T. Mackey, J. Melbourne .

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SPORTS

SPORTS v.

AUCKLAND GRAMMAR

(P layed at Grammar, August 29th). Lost 16-9.

Owing to some members of the Grammar First XV leaving f or Austra lia on the Saturday, the game was held on the Friday afternoon.

Although the Firsts had six points up in the first 20 minu tes, Grammar came back playing determined Rugby and dominated until the latter stages of· the game. Out-played by the fast, powerful Gramma r forwards, the School pack could not gain possess ion, so the School backs had few oppo rtuni ties to move the ball.

With the feast of ba ll the G rammar backs were able to open up the game · and School found diffic ult y - in · containing them.

Run of Play Grammar kicked off and were slow to settle down. Schoo l, p laying steady Rugby, took advantage of the situation and forced Grammar into mistakes. From a penalty E. Ruakere kicked a goa l, giving School th e first po ints. He repeated th is performance a few minutes late r to g ive School a six-point lead. Grammar then sett led down and five minutes later after a powerful forward rush, Gramma r's Islander lock dived ove r for a magn ificent try which was converted, br in ging the- score to 6-5.

Sch ool now found themselves defending despera tely and from an off-s ide offence a pena lty was awa rded, the goa l being kicked by Grammar's fullback, making the half-time score 8-6. lt was Grammar again who scored the next points w he n from a scrum on the twenty-five, half-back M. Gemmel ran the blind, dummied to School's full-back D. Green, and went over for a s uperb try which was converted.

Although School fought back desperately, they could not break the hold G rammar held on the game and five minutes later, from an ente rprising back movement, winger I. Johnson put Grammar further into the lead-16-6. From this point on Schoo l made a come-back and it was Grammar w ho had to defend. After seve ra l determined run s deep into Grammar's territory, School were rewarded · with a try.

From a t ighthe ad under Grammar's posts the ball spun out the backline and H. Gibbs crashed over to make the final score 16-9.

v. KING COUNTRY SECONDARY ~Cii OOLS XV.

(Won 18-12.)

At the req uest of the Kin g Country Rugby Union the First XV was in vited to play the King Country Secondary Schools team as a curtainraiser to the Taranaki v. King Country match.

Playing enterprising, determine"d Rugby in the final quarter of th e mo:tch School 18 (four tries and two penalty goals) came from behind to defeat a battling King Country Seco'r :dary Schools XV 12 (four tries).

Schoo i o;ce n ~d the scoring after seven minutes when Gree n succeede-d with a long pu,Jfly goal. After 15 minutes King Country pushed School back o:nd sco ~ d from a breakdown in Schoo l's backline.

King Country increased this 1r.ad from a backline movement for a try. Both conve rsion attempts faile <'.. Parkes scored just before half-time from a scrum. The conve'r sion attempt failed , leaving the score at 6-6.

After half-time King Country scored again from a scrum. Th e conve rsion faiJed. Green kicked another penalty after 16 minutes to even the score . King Country scored one more try when a clearing kick by Duncan was charg ed do w n.

Once again th e conve rsion attempt ·cailed.

Soon after this Parke s sent Campbell in for a try by a move from the back of the sc rum . Green's conversibn misse d. With eig ht minutes left Campbell scored from a backline movement 'when Green gave the overlap.

The conversion again failed . ; On full tim e a penalty by Green curved behind the posts and th e From the subseq uent King Country clea ring kick did not find touch. ruck Duncan g ra bbed th e ball and dived over for a try; making the frnal score School 18, Kin g Country Secondary S_chools 12.

The teams were:School: D. Green, I. Campbel l, J . Jam es, H. Gibbs, K. Ta ylor, H. Tuckett, G. Dunccn (capta in), N. ' i>arkes; G. Morrison, C. Neilson , R. Feather, J. Washer, R. Fie ld, P. Horrocks, A. Murra y.

King Country Secondary Schools: T. Daley, A. Wesl~y, M. - Bradley, D. Strange, D. Blackburn , R. Kydd, J. Ngatai, Goodman, D. McGinty, S. Gordon , A. Condon , T. O'Brien , S. Lowe, T. Tinker, G. Whiteman.

o:

THE

SECOND

XV

This year the Second XV did not have . a very successfu l yea r, w innin g only three and drawing one of their games in the Secondary Schoo ls grade.

However they redeemed themselves by beating Hami lton ·s.H.S. 12-6 and Old Boys Third Grade 11-3 fo r th e Gordon Rope r Memorial Sh ield in the la st two games of . the season·. v . HAMILTON B.H .S.

(Won 12-6.)

Thi s year the Seconds played the game at Ham ilton, travel ling over there by bus, accompanied by Mr. Burridge.

Run

of Play

Losing the toss, School pla yed the first half with the sun behind them .

From the kick-off Schoo l attacked, the res ult being that Bail ey opened the scoring afte r five minutes with a pen a lty from the 25-m ark.

Maintaining the pre ssure Brian Mist set th e b acks up from a clean ·;·ake in the lin e-out for D. Patten to score in the co rner. A. Bail ey f ai led to conve rt. Howeve r, D. Patten was hurt in th e process, 2n d a lthou g h he

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CARR INGTON JUNIOR RUGBY (Wincers Junior Bac k: M. Gamlin , J . Sisley, D. Munro, G. Middle: J. Mail man, D. Rhodes,

H. Brown,

House Wri~ht,

A.

Competition) G. Gatenbv.

Perrott,

P. Jones, S. Moore.

G. Fron t: S. Jones, B. Bovd, R. Hart, N. Wilson (Captain). J. Glenn, T. Phillips,

Baxter.

SPORTS played on for a few minutes he was taken off, after Hamilton had scored, with severe concussion . He was replaced by B. Williams ..

Shortly before half-time B. Mist kicked a good pena lty from a lmost the same place as before to make the score 9路3.

After five minutes in the second half G. Smith was taken off w ith a spra ined ankle, and was replaced by G. Brown, who went to hooker, putting G. Gardiner to prop and N. Johnson to lock.

After 20 minutes of li ve ly play Hamilton landed a penalty, bringing the score to 9-6, where it remained until a few minutes from full time when B. Mist kicked a tremendous 45-yard drop goal, making the final score 12-6 to Schoo l. v. OLD BOYS THIRDS.

(Won 11路3.)

In a scrappy, but hard match, played in wet weather at the Old Boys' Club, the Seconds defeated the Thirds 11路3 to retain the Gordon Roper Memorial Shield.

(Day Boys 3, Boarders 0.)

(P layed on Gully Ground, Monday, September 26th).

DAY BOYS v. BOARDERS.

In a dominated the game not allow Run

of

hard forward game the more experienced Boarder pack was by a vigorous Day Boy side to take the honours 3-0. Although had its bright moments the close marking of the backs d id for an open game.

Play

The Day Boys kicked off and in a short forward rush had the Boarders immediately on defence.

From the resulting five-yard scrum, half-back G. Duncan was held U;> over the line.

From the next scrum the ball was passed through the backline and it was only a knock-on under the posts which stopped the try, enab lin g the Boarders to clear.

Getting over this poor start the Boarders slow ly recovered and it was only desperate cover defence which prevented them from scoring. Although the conditions were perfect E. Ruakere could not land any penalties for the Day Boys and the first half ended with neither side having scored.

In the second half the Boarders again found themselves hard on路 defence and it was not long before Ruakere landed the only points of the game from a penalty in front of the posts. Although the Boarders came back strongly they could not break the hold which the Day Boys had on the game. From a forward rush R. Willis received the bal l but the Day Boy cover defence caught him just short of the line. Th e match ended with the Day Boys back on attack.

The teams were:Day Boys: D. Green, P. Sole, H. Tuckett, G. Broadmore, B. Mist, J. Forsyth, G. Duncan {captain), E. Ruakere, J. Bailey, R. McNeil, C. Erb, N. Parkes, R. Fields, Gardiner, A. Murray.

Boarders: A. Batley, H. Gibbs, V. James, I. Campbell, K. Taylor, R. Willis, J. Newlove, G. Morrison, C. Neilson, J. Washer, R. Feather {capta in), T. Patterson, C. Cook, P. Horrocks, N. Johnson.

The annual matches between Wanganui Collegiate and the School'~ Under 15 and Under 16-!- teams were played at Schoo l in perfect weather condition s.

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SPO RTS

SPORTS UNDER t~!

(Playe d on

' · COLLEGIATE

r: ;lly

Ground August 13th).

Lost 11 -3.

In the first half the play was very even witi-1 both packs fighting for suprem J< y. Although this was the first game togethe r for the Schoo l team, they :olayed well and were unlucky not to score on severa l occasions.

The half-t ilr·e score was 0-0 .

In rh·., earl y stages of the second half Collegiate rea ll y piled on the pressure •u score three tries, one of which was converted. School then pulled themselves together and took the upper hand in the last pJrt of the game.

D. Munro scored a try, the attempt at conversion being unsuccess~u l. Schoo l kept up the pressure but were unabl e to ga in any more roints. The flna I score was 11-3.

J unior Competitio n Results First . Ro und: Pri d ham beat Moyes 14-9, Ca rrington beat Ce nt ral 43 -3, East beat West 30-6.

Win ners' Division : Car rin g ton beat Ea st 19-6, Ca rrin g ton beat Pridh am 13-0.

Lo;e rs' Div is ion: Cen tra l beat Moyes 11-8, Ce ntra l bea t -We st (by defa ult).

Fin a ls: Ca rrin gton beat Cen tra l 6-3.

Carrington J unior Team: N. Wilron (captoi n), M. Gam li n, J. Sisl ey, 0 .

Munro, G. Wrig ht, C. Gate nby, J . Ma ilma n, D. Rhodes, H. Brow n, A. Pe rrott, S. Jon e s, R. Moore, G. Jones, C. Boyd, J . G le nn, T. Phillips, G . Ba xte r.

A LOOK AT THE GRADES . . . Secondary Schools: As in p revio us year• t he re we re t wo te am s in this d iVIS IOn : th e Second XV and t he inter-sec. ;:,'s. Thi s yea r the B's d id not

UNDER 15 v. COLLEGIATE. (Won 12-6.)

The team was successful in the game against Collegiate. They won 12-6. The team combined well with F. Hill scoring nine of the twelve points: a try, a pena lty and a field goal, with M. Perrott scoring a try.

Hill and the F! e ming brothers played we ll in the backs. S. Morris and G. Wrig ht w ere prominent in the forward s.

HOUSE RUGBY This year th e competition was run on a system whereby a team had a second chance if it lost the first game. The Senior division produced some e xciting games w ith the play generally being of a high standard.

Seniors: The first round winners w e re Carrington, Moyes and West, who p layed off for the final.

In a fast a nd exciting game Carrinqton defeate d Moyes 11-0 and went on to bea t West 9-0, which put them into th e final.

In the lose rs ' d ivision Central defeated East and went on to plo y Pridham.

Th e finals w e re between Pridham and Carrington, who originally played each othe r in the first round.

Although Carr ington w on convincingly 13-5 in the first round, it was a different story in the fina ls.

In a hard forward battle which was occasionally ' broken by a burst of open play, Ca rrington came out the eve ntual winners 9-3, to hold th e Kerr Cup for '1966.

Senior Competition Results First Round : Carringtor) beat Pridham 13-5, Moyes beat Centra l 16-0, West beat East 6-3 .

Winners' Division: Carrington beat Moyes 11-0, Carrington beat West 9-0.

Lose rs' Division: Central beat East 9-3 ,' Pridham beat Centra l 17-0.

Finals: Carrington beat Pridham 9-3 .

Carrington Senior Team: P. Horrocks (capta in), B. Cam pl: ell, 0. Mills, V. James, P. Wood w ard , K. Tay lor, R. Willis, J. Newlove, G. Morrison, C. Ne ilson , J. Washe r, G. Smith , D. Masters, J. Hosie, R. Kidd.

Juniors: Alth ough the standard of most te ams was high, there was a ce rtain lack of intere st shown by som e Day Boy teams, but this did improve in the later games . Carrington were th e eventual winners and in the final they defeated a determined Central side 6-3.

In doing so they brought Carrington the )1onour of winning both House Rugby compet iti ons .

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THE AUSTRA LI AN CONTI NG ENT have a . good b ut th e team the f ~ r wa r ds S. Wh1te a_nd

season, ' being outc lassed by t he First XV's of othe r schoo ls ma intai ned a good spi rit in a ll t heir games. Prom in e nt i~ were P. Butte rwo rth , D. Th omas and L. Ande rson, w hil e G. R1es p layed good. games in t he backs.

· Fourth G~ade : As in_ .o th,e r yea rs t he A's had a successful seaso n, los in g o nl y on ~ ?f 1ts com pet1t 1on games, e ndi ng up to p eq ua l with fn g lewood a11d r e t~ m1 ng t he c h a ll ~nge sh ie ld. Thro ughout the season the A's sco re d 200. P. Oint.s a'!d cor;e_ded .on ly 56 aga inst them . in the forvyar d s J. J o ll y and J . Ru sse ll ma mt•med a good supp ly of li ne-out ba ll wh ile 1. G ibso n, G. , Den: psey and W. Stewart we re p rominent in gene ral fo rward p lay .

At hal f-b ac k J . "! ew love was cons istently sound, g iving good se rvice to B. Ca mpbe ll a nd J. Aul d w ho we re t he pick of t he backs, w hil e at f ull back Morri s yvas a lway_s depenqab le. · The B's had qu ite . a successful season, -w inni ng e leve n a nd losi ng fou r of the · fi ftee n games· p layed . • it ·was on ly t he compet iti o n eo-wi nn e rs tha t man aged to defea t th e m, th us p laci ng them fo urt h in the com petition .

Playe rs of note we re J . Wa lsh at ha lf-bar;k , who made a g ood link be-

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SPORTS tween the forwards and backs, while R. Kidd played consistently hard in the forwards, and with Julian as captain the team proved hard to beat.

The C's had a reasonable season, gaining ten competition points.

Although some games were disappointing the team, led by B. Mann , always p l ayr ·~ with plenty of determination . Reliable members throughout the season '"··e re J. Munro at prop and M. Davidson at half-back. fifth Grade: This division fielded five teams, two Day Boy and three Boarder.

Although no School team won the competition, they were generally we ll p laced.

This year the top Boarder team, Gold, came second eq ual in the compet ition, being defeated onl y by Waitara and Francis Douglas . For the first time in twelve years Gold defeated the top Day Boy team, Black.

N. Wi lson and D. Munro were prom inent in the forwards, while B. Morris and I. Trevathan combined well in the backs.

Yellow did not have a successful season, winning on ly two and drawing one of its 13 games. Throughout the season A. Perrott and S. Morris played well in the forwards while J. Fleming, B. Boyd and J. Mailman p layed good games in the backs.

Green unfortunately was placed in the A division and was outcla ssed in most of its games. Most players, however, improved throughout the season and those that stood out were P. Robe rtson, H. Houston, J. McQueen in the forwards and J. Gleen in the backs.

Although not as strong as in previous yea rs, Black still fie lded a strong team, which performed creditably. With the loss ~f Prestney, the forward pack suffered but C. Erb and K. Cameron turned mto a har~ c?re in the pack. Main, the captain, led the team we ll and the combmat1on of F. Hill , B. Anderson and G. Park was a formidable line-up. .

This year, School White had a reasonably succe.s~ful season, a~d came fifth out of ten in the competition. After a prom1s1ng start, Wh1te went down to the four top teams, but then managed to build u p its points during the remainder of the season. Wh ite was captained by G. Rowe and had some consistently good p layers in both backs and forwards: ~ ­ Brash , G. Donkin , I. Nea le, A. Mills, N. Wilson and N. Woodward . Credit is due to Mr. Baunton and Mr . Giddy for maintain in g the high standard of the team .

Sixth Grade: There were five teams in th e Sixth Grade this year, West and East combining to form one team known as Red. The Moyes team did not have a very good season, a lthoug h they did show signs of improvement towards the end of the season. Prominent players we re R. Forward and B. McDougall in the forwa rds and D. Head in the backs.

The Carrington side had a reasonab le season, being placed ha lfway in the competition. The forwards, led by G. Munro and supported by . I. Morrison and C. J e nsen , were a strong opposition. G. Jones, the capta1n, and P. Gower played determined games in the backs.

For Pr idham t he season sta rted shak il y with two defeats, b ut the side soon mou lded into a stronger and more capable team. With a narrow win over Francis Douglas 3-0, they gained the competition shield . . B. · Handyside an d W. Rich played well in the loose . with N. Ca rte r bemg th e best in the tight. R. Hutchinson and W . Flemmmg had steady seasons in the backs.

In a season of mi xed successes Central p la yed ten games for three wins four losses and three draws.

Forwa rd strength was prominent thro~ghout the season with K. Holyoake and G. White being the m~st outstanding.

With the arrival of M. Sel lars at first five the backhne received a much needed boost. At full-back R. Fearon played sou nd ly.

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SPORTS Red proved a successful comb ination, coming third in their com· p et ition. Al l members contr ibuted to the success of the team. C. Cottam p layed for the successful Under 15 team aga inst Wanganui.

Several p layers represented the School in the sixth grade reps.

Seventh Grade: As in the sixth grade the re were five teams, West and East combining to form one Red team .

The Pridham team, a lthough not having a successful season, a lways p layed with determination.

Players who impressed were D. Wil son, P. McCol l and S. Robertson .

The Central team, under the coaching of P. Rowe, had a most sue· cessfu l season, scoring over a hundred points and conceding on ly fifteen against them , and in doing so won the B Division competition. They lost only one match, to Spotswood, w hich unfortunatel y was for the com'petition shield. I. We ir, as captain and first five-eight was a great asset in the team. Other backs who shone were N. Henry, S. Priest and S. Durdle, w hile in the forwards 0. Johns, S. Owens and R. Caughley were solid p layers, always quick to the loose ball.

Carrington sevenths showed improvement through the season to come third in their competition.

Impressive in the fo rwards were M. Johnson, G. Stockley and S. Phillips while in the backs A. Tichborn e at full-back played soundly and G. Boyd at first five-eight was a solid runner and a good kicker.

The Red team had a reasonab le season, finishing well up in th e competition . Although slow to find their feet they finished w ith some g ood wins . In the backs G. Maitangi, M. Pierce and R. Hunger formed a good combination, w hil e N. Mist at full-back was a safe handl e r and a dependable kicker.

In the forwards H. Tuffery and J. Gamlin played good games at breakaway.

Three p layers were selected to represent North Taranaki in the rep. te am against Central Taranaki. These we re V. Mist, H. Tuffery and R. Hunger, but due to an injury V. Mist was unable to play.

Eighth Grade: This year there we re th ree Schoo l teams, Carrington, Ce ntra l and East not being able to field one.

West e ighths had a good sha re of wins, losing only three and d rawing one of its twelve games . The highest scorers were D. Leathby , R. Welch and T. Land .

In the forwards G. Matangi and M. Walsdorf p layed hard games .

A very successfu l season found the Pridham team second in the competition, be ing beaten only by Spotswood.

Some large w ins we re recorded, most of which resulted from good back play. F. Ayson and R. Harris were prominent in th e forwards whi le in the backs the combi nation of D. J ackson at half-back and 0. Worth at first five proved formidab le.

The Moyes eighths came third in their division, showing most promise of the Hou se lower g rad e teams, and playing some ente rprising Rugby.

The inside back combination of K. lsaac, H. Morrison and M. Shirley p roved the strong point of the team.

Ninth Grade : This year School had two teams in the competition , both p lay ing in the A division and being coached by Mr . Barnitt.

The A team had a good season, drawing three and winning the rest of their games to win the competition and hold the shield . Outstanding in the forwards were P. Sellers, J . Glover and M. G ilbert, wh il e in the backs T. Fie lds, L. Putt, G. Jackson and P. Hill played wel l. · The B team however did not have a successful season but nevertheless showed plenty of spi rit and determination . The lightness of the team made it difficu lt aga in st other heavier sides. Of the forwards S. Hall and P. Brookfield stood out whi le P. Harg reaves, D. McCutcheon and G. Cartwrigh t were the most outstanding backs.

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CR ICKET XI M. G. Williams, Back: E. R. Ruakere , M. Hill , A. B. Jord a n , R. D. Fo x, B. R. Purser, I. F. Treva than . ), A. T. Paterson , Front: G. R. Prestne y, D. I. Green , J. H. Tuckett, G . H. R. Duncan (Captain G . E. Morrison.

F I~ Sf

SPORTS CRICKET ORGAN ISATION

The First XI played in the senior competion and the Second XI in t he second grade competition .

Both these competi tions are restricted to the Northern Di vision.

Al l other School teams play in the Seconda ry Schools' Co..;,petition.

The Third XI and th e Fourth Form A team played in the A Division , w hil e th e Fourth Form B and C teams and th e Third Form A tea m pla yed in the B Division.

This year a Third Form Leag ue Cricket Competition was started. Four teams took part in matc hes w hich were p layed afte r schoo l and supe rvised by maste rs.

Coaches for 1966 were: Mr. Meuli, Mr. Carrell , Mr. Giddy, Mr. Batty, Mr . Cla rk, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Bublitz, Mr. Burridge, Mr. Hill , Mr. Baunton, Mr. Gush, Mr. Alcock and Mr. Stewart. All of these coaches are to be thanked for the time they gave to help the boys and for the knowledge of the game which t hey imparted to the boys.

Gear: The gea r room has supervised all of the distribution of gear .

Each team has been provided w i-th two sets of gea r-one a practice set, the othe r a ma tch set. Althou gh the Schoo l is at present we ll supplied, the problem of replac ing gear w ill become more difficult, financially.

A numbe r of new bats and pads we re purchased this yea r as we ll as th ree new nets. Pl a ns are we ll un de r way for th e creation of f urth e r permanent pitches. Two of these pitches a re intended for th e "pigge ri es" site .

The Second XI now uses the " visitors" side of the Moyes Pavilion during the week. This en hances the status of the team.

FIRST XI

The 1965-66 season saw the First XI finish with two draws and an outright win . The Nelson match was drawn, with the honours going to Ne lson . The Well in gton match was won o utri ght a nd the Collegiate ma tch was drawn, wit h the honours going to Sc hool.

Eight boys returned from the 1965 First X I squad. The additions â&#x20AC;˘ to the sq uad we re both batsmen. The numbers in the sq uad have been re duced to ten . Mr. Carrell and Mr. Meuli both play for th e First XI in club matc hes, one boy from th e sq uad being played in the Second X I on Sa tu rdays. Two boys are brought up from the Second XI to fill the vacant posi tions in the College match te am. The pe rmanent sq uad was : G. H. Duncan (capta in), R. D. Fox , D. I. Green, A. B. Jordan, G. E. Morrison, A. T. Patterson, G. R. Prestney, B. R. Purser, E R Ruakere, I F. Trevathan and J . H. Tuckett.

A. B. J ordan left after the first term and was replaced by E. R. Ruakere .

The 1965-66 clu b season was completed successfull y by the First XI , w hich fin ished third in the compet iti on.

There was much expe ri ence in the ba tting line-up.

If the opene rs fa il e d the re were plenty of capable batsmen lowe r in the o rde r who could retrieve th e situation . No really high individ ual scores we re recorded, a lthough H. Tuckett scored 81 in the Collegiate match.

A num be r of 40's and 50 's we re recorded, but the batsmen see med to lack th e concentration to carry on and sco re centuri es.

The bowling attack was centred a roun d A. Jordan, th e School open in g bowler. D. Green p roved a very ab le opening pa rtne r to Jordan . Hi s

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SPORTS

SPORTS

3owling

bowling im proved g reatl y, co nside ring he was in the team as a batsman and not a bowler . To ca p off his bowling performances he returned a T. Patte rson supplied the medium fin e six for 26 agai nst Wellington. pa ce backing to t he two opening bowlers, w hile G. Dun ca n, R. Fox and G. Prestney supplied th e spin attack.

The fielding showed a great improvemen t, reaching a climax at Wellin g ton . G. Duncan was brilli ant in the cove r position and G. Prestney took some brilliant catches in slips.

A. Jo rdan played for Taranaki during the 1965-66 season as a med ium pace bowle r.

G. Duncan played for North Ta rana ki in the annua l North-South match.

COLLEGE GAMES

v . NELSON

COLLEGE

(Pla yed at New Pl ymouth Novembe r 25th and 26th, 1965.

Result: Dra w.)

Nelson won th e toss and dec id ed to bat on a ha rd , fast wicket .

Whitehead, the captain, and Brown opened the batting. Brown was soon out and Airey joi ned Whitehead in a long partnersh ip that prove d a foundation for the good tota l of 278 . Whitehead, refusing to play across the lin e of flight, produced some sizzling d rives in hi s innin gs of 115.

Th e other batsmen cap ita lised on thi s start and ca rried Ne lson on to a good total.

Setts and Morrison went in to bat at abo ut five o'clock in the afternoon .

Morrison was soon dismissed fo r three. Belts we nt o n to score a va lu ab le 21 runs befo re he was bow led. Top-scorers for Schoo l were H. Tu ckett (36) and T. Smith (3 1), G. Prestney (16) a nd G. Dunca n (17) provided usefu l support. School we re a ll out for 157.

T. Po lglase took the bow lin g honours with six for 63 off 39 overs.

Sc hoo l were asked to follo w on. Th ey bega n th e ir second innings at about three o'clock and batted thro ug h until stumps. J. Morrison and M. Betts figured in a br ig ht opening partnership of 50. T. Patterson scored 46 not out, an innings ful l of powerful shots. At stump s Schoo l we re five down for 1 50.

The honours of this ga me must go to Nelson , who held the upper han d throughout most of the ga me. Ne lson's gr ip on the game began to loosen in Schoo l's second innings, whe re the batsmen batted more confidently than in the first innings.

NELSON COLLEGE First

lnnin gs-

Whitehead, c. Duncan , b. J. Morrison Brown, c. Setts, b. J. Morrison Airey, b. Jord an Whiteman, c. J. Mo rrison, b. Jord an C. Morris, c. J . Morrison , b. J ordan M. Huges, b. Dunca n M. Kembe r, l.b.w ., J. Morrison C. Potts, c. G. Morrison , b. Duncan C. Toogood, not out T. Polg lase, c. Tu ckett, b . Jord an J. El lis, l. b .w., b . J. Morrison Extras (Byes 6, Leg Byes 3)

J. D. D. T.

Tota l

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115 1 64 8 0 6 17 6 17 12 23 9 278

A. M. J. T. G. G.

for

School

0.

33 23 35 11 2 16

Jordan Betts Morrison

Smith Prestney Duncan

M. 12 13 8 3 4

R. 78 34 90 27 8 32

W. 4 4

2

SC HOOL lnningsMorrison, c. Whitem a n b. Po lg lase ' Be1ts, b. Morris Dun can, b. Po lg lase G ree n, c. Morr is, b. Polg lase Patte rson, c. Elli s, b . Polg la se Tu ckett, c. Airey, b. Potts ..... .

Sm ith, b. Polgl ase Prestidg e, b. Morris Prestney, c. Hu ges, b. Polglase Morrison, not out Jordan , l. b.w., b. Morris Extras (Byes 6, Leg Byes 2)

First J. M. G. D. T. H. T. W. G. G. A.

Tota l

3 21 17 9 9 36 31

Second Inn ingsc. Potts, b. Whitehead c. Hu ges, b . Polg la se l. b.w., b. Whitehead c. Whitehead, b. Airey not o ut b. Brown not out

37 41 8 0 46 9 5

4

16 3 0 8 157

4

(Byes 4) Total

(for

5

wks .) 150

Bowling for Nelson College

First !nnings-

C.

Morris Pol g lase Potts Whitehead Airey Hu ges Brown Kembe r Whiteman Toogood

v.

WELLINGTON

C.

T. C.

J. D. M. D. M. T.

0.

29.3 39 11 5 3 1

M. 9 14 6 2 1 1

R. 53 63 23 6 4

w.

3 6 1

Second In ningso_ M. 16 3 15 8 7 2 9 2 4 2

R. 43 36 10 19 18

W.

2 1

8 1 5 6

COLLEGE

(Played at Wellington, March 15th and 16th.

Res ult : Outright W in.) and Fox opened the Tuckett batted. l Schoo . After w inning the toss ba ttmg. School sur vied a rather shaky start-two wickets down 'or 14 t hree down for 30-and went on to score 172 in the first innin gs'. Thi~ led th e way for an o utright wi n by 76 run s with 30 min utes to spa re. . Green and Patterson scored 41 each in a partnership of 80 runs w h1ch consolid ated th e School innings . Green pla yed the role of shee t a nchor an? was at the Wicket for 142 m inutes. Prestney provided useful suppo rt With 28 run s. Th e Wellington opening attack was erratic . Spinners Row ley and McLean a nd left-a rm medium pacer Oram did most of the bow ling . Oram turned in the best figures .

Wellington were a ll out for 101 in the fi rst innings . Jordan, fo ur for 30 off 20 overs, well supported by Green, form ed the basis of the School attack . . Sc ~ool h_e ld th e initiative and scored a quick 147 before declaring With nme Wickets down. R. Fox scored an attractive 57 in 77 minutes and G. Duncan a quick 29 run s in 28 min utes.

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v. WANGANUI COLLEGIATE (P layed at School, March 21st and 22nd, 1966.

Wel li ngton we re left 195 minutes to score 219 ru ns. At tea Wellington with two for 57 looked like hold ing out for a draw. D. G reen had ot her ideas and in a flne spell of bow ling after tea ran through the Wel lington batsmen to finish with the figures of six for 26 off 13 overs.

School maintained an aggressive attacking field throughout the match.

The fielding was of a very high standard, and this was a big factor in the victory: SC HOOL First InningsH. Tuckett, c. Dent ice, b. Ki rkham R. Fox , l.b .w., b. Or m rod G. Duncan, b . Kirkham T. Patterson , c. Windley, b. Mclean D. Green , b. Ora m G. Prestney, b . Ora m G. Morrison, c. Hil l, b. Oram A. Jordan , c. Windley, b . McLean M. Williams, b. Oram B. Purser, b. McLean I. Trevathan , not out Extras (Byes 8, Leg Byes 5, No Balls 4)

2 7 11 41 41 28 0 15 9 0 1

Second Inningsl.b.w., b. Rowle y st. Hill, b. Row ley st. Hill, b. McLean st. Hil l, b. Rowle y b . Mclean run out b. Row ley l. b .w., b . Row ley st. Hill, b . Row ley not out not out (Byes 7, Leg Byes 1)

7 57 29 9 4 0 2 0 3 16 12 8

17 (for

Total

172

9

wks.) 147

Bow lin g for Well ington

Second InningsR. M. 0.

W. R. M. 25 3 7 1 40 3 G . Ormrod 20 2 6 2 29 3 M. Kirkham 43 10 0 17 6 J. Rowley 30 5 4 42 15 M. Ora m 20 5 3 25 6 J. Mctea n 0 2 2 J. Lorentz WELLINGTON COLLEGE Second InningsFirst Innings27 b. Green B. Windley, c. and b. Fox 0 b . Prestney J. Lorentz, c. Tuckett, b. Green 3 b. Green R. Wilde, b . Green 9 b. Green G. Gaskin, b. Duncan 23 l.b.w., b. Gree n H. Hill, run out 23 c. Jordan , b. Green P. Dentice, c. Purser, b. Jordan 5 not out M. Oram, not out 0 b. Green J. Mclean , c. Duncan, b. Jordan 0 l.b .w ., b. Jordan J . Rowley, c. Fox , b. Jordan 4 b. Patterson M. Kirkham, c. W il liams, b. Jordan 0 b . Patterson G. Ormrod, b. Green (Byes 10, No Bal ls 1) 7 Extras (Byes 6, No ~a i ls 1) First Innings-

0.

13 10 10 26.5 17 3

First Innings-

0.

A. Jordan D. Green G. Dun can R. Fox r. Patterson G. Prestn ey

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20 15.4 9 3 5 3

M. 10 9 3 1 2

R. 30 29 17 6 11 2

for

Draw .)

w.

0 ('

6 0 2

4 12 16 41

Wanganui collapsed early in their innings and were four for 26. They The last 30 minutes were partiall y recovered to be s ix down for 60. really tense, the seventh wicket falling a few min utes before stumps and School dropped too many catc hes, the eighth in Jordan's last over. however, to deserve an outright win.

A. Jordan, in a determined spel l of bowling, returned the figures of five for 37 off 15 overs .

School came out of this match with all the honours, but just couldn't make victory complete.

0 4 12

0 1 17 2 11 122

Total

101 Bowling

Result:

G . Duncan won the toss and School batted . The wicket was slowed by rain which had fallen the previous day. Th e School innin gs started bad ly, with one wicket down for 16 and two down for 38.

H. Tuckett and T. Patterson retrieved the position w ith a partnership of 111 run s. Patterson was the more aggressive of the two, taking 10 1 Tuckett took 244 m inutes to score 67 runs, includin g nine boundaries. minutes for his 81 runs, which provided the foundation for the School's first innings tota l of 26 1. D. Green, with a quick 17 inc luding one six, and A. Jordan w ith a hard-hitting 32, contributed able support.

Th e bowling honours for Wanganui went to R. Wylie, with four for 73 off 32 overs.

Wanganui began wel l, with P. Bunny and R. Andreae both scoring freely, and were one for 64 in 75 minutes at stumps.

On the second day Bunny was unabl e to find th e form he had shown on the first da y and added on ly seven runs before go ing out. Wylie, with a forceful 49 runs in 56 minutes, and an unbe a te n 32 by Ridde ll , were the only other Wanganui batsmen to score a substantial number of runs .

With wickets falling ste adi ly, Wanganui we re a ll out at 2 . 10 p.m. for a tota l of 187. Jordan was th e most successful bowler for School w ith four Duncan bowled unchanged to finish with two for for 72 off 29 overs.

57 off 30.2 overs . A number of catches went begging and the fielding generally was not as good as at Wellington.

School c hased runs in their second inn ings and raced to 106 for four in 85 minutes with Fox, Duncan and Green al l contrib uting 30. Wanganui were left the formidable task of scoring 182 runs in about two hours.

Schoo l

W. 4 3

Second lnningsM. 0.

5 18 6 13

1 1 0

6

0

6

3.2

2

R. 49 26 13

w

12 9

2

1 6 0

CR ICKET ON

McNAUGHT FIELD

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SPORTS SECOND

SC HOOL Second Inning s -

First Inning s H. R. G. L D. G. G. A. M. B. I.

81 10 24 67 17

Tuckett, st. Hyme n, b . Dru ce Fox, b . Wyl ie Duncan , l.b .w., b. Wylie Patterson, b. Rainbo w Green, b. Natusch Prestne y, b. Natusch Morrison, b. Orton Jo rdan , c. Wylie, b. Natusch Wil liams, b. Wy lie Purse r, b . Wylie Treva than , -not out l:xtra s (Byes 8, Leg Byes 6, No Bal ls 3)

3 8

b. Wylie run out c. Symon, b. Wy lie c. Riddel l, b. Millward not out not out

l 30 30

0 30

8

(l eg Byes 6, No Ba ll s l)

17 261

7 l 06

(f o r 4 w ickets)

Bowling for Wanganu i

0.

R. Wylie J. Mil lward M. Natusch Rain bow T. Druce - - Orton

32 17 ll.l 27 19 7

M. ll 6 5 4 6 4

WANGANUI First Innin gs-

0.

W. 4

R. 73 26 19 66 60 3

15 9

3 l 1 0

Bun ny, b. Green Andreae, c. Prestney , b. J ordan Natusch, run out Wy lie, b. Duncan J. Symon, b. Jo rdan A. Riddell, not o ut

55 14 0 49 13 32 0 4 0 15 0

D. Priest, run out

- . Orton, b . Jordan T. Dru ce, c. Tu ckett, b. Jordan J . Millward, run out Ra inbow, b . Duncan Extras (Byes 4, Leg Byes 2, No Balls 1)

0.

48

29 11 9 30 .2

M. 11 2 4 12

4

12

3

9

W. 2

(No Balls 2)

R. 72 32 21 52

for

not an

Despite th e fact th at many of the players were boa rders, wlco we re not available through th e holiday period, the Second X I sti ll managed to fie ld a team at all times . Team spirit was a major feature of thi s team, an d a lthou g h t hei r ba tting and bowling have n ot been cons iste nt, the fie ld in g h as been of a hi gh standard.

Many fine individual perfo;mances have been w itnessed.: a so lid 76

by R. Fox against Old Boys, a match ana lys is of 12 for 96 by Errol Ruakere in the same match, very acc ura te bow lin g by J. Hosie, and a n a lways reliable M. Hill beh in d the stu mps.

The te am for the 1966-67 season is : M. W illi ams (captain), J. Hosi e, M. Hill , P. Stewart, L. Reeves, G. Stee l, C. G aml in , H. Gibbs, P. Morris an d J. Newlove.

Others who played f or th e Seconds in the first term a re: R. Fea th e r, E. Ruakere, C. Nielsen, J . Forsyth, R. Webber a nd K. Johnston.

E.

Mr. Giddy wo ul d like to th a nk al l past and prese nt players fo r their co-opera t ion and diligence over the past season.

15 0 28 0 7 24 10 1 0 1 2

The Second X I began wel l th is season, scor in g an o ut rig ht win over Kia Ora by an innings and 6 1 runs. Purser (104) and Hill (3 7) provided the majority of t he runs. J. Hosie took fo ur for 38 and six for 14 wit h wme fine bow ling .

THIR D XI

The Third X I combined with th e Fourth X I d ur ing the third te rm • beca use of the in suffic ient numbers for two te ams .

The team had a mixed success, b ut scored seve ra l good wins.

The batti ng depended on early order batsmen wh il e most of the bow ling was done by Batley e nd Johnston. The team was: A. Batl ey, A. Morton, R. Papps, K. John ston , J . Bailey, K. Phil lips, R. Webber, P. Lawrence, D. Blue, L. Edwa rd s and R. Gibbs.

FOURTH

(8 wic kets dow n)

88

School

w.

0.

4 1

15 6

2

1 6 1

M. 7

Rua ke re was promoted to the First X I in the third term.

Mr. Giddy, coach of the team, played f o r them in al l of their cl u b matc hes and provided t he expe ri e nce needed to raise the gene ra l sta nd a rd of t he t eam.

7

Bo w ling

Jordan Green Pa tterson Duncan Prestn ey Fox

l

R. 45 33

c. Tuckett, b . Green b. Jordan not o ut b. Jord an b. Jo rdan c. Purser, b. Prestney c. Morrison, b. Prestney l.b.w., b . Jordan not out b. J o rd an

189

A. D. T. G. G. R.

M. 4

CO LLEGIATE Secon d Innin gs-

P. R. M. R.

was

Stratford Hi g h School First XI beat School on the first innings in the ann u a l match las t yea r at Stratford. Sc hool we re hopi ng to ave nge th is loss in t he game w hich thi s year is played at School.

32 2 0 0

To: a I

XI

The reco rd of the Seccnd X I for th e 1965-66 seawn im p ressive one: Played 10, won 2, lost 7, drew 1.

R. 37 22

w.

22 5

2

5 1

FORM

CRICKET

Thi s year there we re three t eams in t b. e Inter-Seconda ry Sc hoo l Compe titions, th e "A" team p laying in the A g rad·e competi o n , wh il e the "B" ond "C" teams played in the B g rade. The "A" team h ad a ve ry successful season, a nd some fine personal performances we re recorded: M. Tufle ry was a ve ry consistent batsm a n and tlce res t of the team backed him adm irab ly. The team was: M. Tuflery (captain ), B. Ross, R. Hill , P. Wi the rs, B. Bolton, R. John ston, M. Wa lsdorf, W. Kydd, A. Mur ray , G. Hutchin son, A. Ske ll ern and R. Forward.

The "B" t ea m met w ith mixed success, having good and bad days.

R. Du e ll batted and bowled cons istent ly all season. · Th e team was: R. Du e ll (capta in), E. Willis, M. Pearce, S. Morris, H. Sa letogia, R. Carmichae l, S. Gra nt, A. Rutherford, E.

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SOCCE R X I J . Priestlev, V. W. Li ew, G. S. Mackay.

Back, W. J . Rus.ell, I. A. Keller , R. D. Archiba ld, C. D. Hull, (Captain), R. D. Fo x, C. E. Collie, E. Priestley.

Front, N. J . Col lie, R. N. Hannan, G. N. Sca les, S. N. Kardos

r1 RST

SPORTS New land and M. Lawrence. The "C" team was not very successful , but they tried hard. The team was: F. Ayson (captain), L. Wi lson, I. Carmichael, P. Gower, R. Nuttall, P. Nuttall, J. Olson, W. Fleming, T. Rawlinson and A. Smith.

THIRD

FORM

CRICKET

Th is year there was one team p laying in the Inter-Secondary Schoo ls Competition. All other th ird formers who played cricket played in the third fo rm league competition .

The "A" team performed cred itably throughout the season, Ch r istensen and Morrison being the mainstays of the team. The team was: H. Morr ison (captain), M. Christensan, D. Bruce, B. Smith, L. Robertson, P. Stewart, G. Matangi, M. Johnston, A. Young, G. Putt and P. Hall.

The third form league competition was p layed on the Gu lly after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

These games were supervised by masters and four teams took part. Points were allocated to each 'team, depend ing on its success. The rules were: There was divided batt ing time, and the batsmen must retire at 20. Eight-ba ll overs were bow led with a maximum of four overs per boy.

In th is way nearly all of the boys can bat and bowl.

BATES

CUP

A ll Houses put forward teams to contest the Bates Cup. The first round games saw East defeat Carrington, West defeat Moyes and Pridham defeat Central.

In the second round Pridham defeated West wh ile East had t he bye.

The fina l between Pridham and East, played over a who!e afternoon with divided batting time, saw East run out the winners quite -convincingly.

East were clearly superior to all their opponents in these matches, having six First X I players in their team.

SOCCER The First XI was far stronger than last year's team, with more exper ienced and fitter players.

In the local compet ition Schoo l came second to Waitara, whose g reater experience enabled them to beat the Schoo l side.

From last year's team, eight players returned: C. Hul l, G. Mackay, I. Ke ller, J . .Priestley, C. Collie, R. Fox, S. Kardos and W. Russe! l. Russell unfortunately received a broken leg ear ly in the season and could not play during the remainder of the year. The vacant posit:ons were <:apably filled by I. Scales, R. Archiba ld, R. Hannan, E. Priestley, V. Liew and 路 N. Co llie .

The first college match, against Mt. Albert, was played at Auck land in fine weather, but on a very heavy field. Despite the slippery surface both teams played first-class football . A good indication of what the game was like is given by the score, 4-4.

School scored first when R. Fox hooked a pass from V. Liew into the net, but on ly minutes later a defensive error by School gave Mt. Albert an easy goal.

After th is the match was even, the half-time score being 1-1.

The second half began disastrous ly for Schoo l, when a Mt. Albert forwa rd sco red from a goal-mouth scramble, and ten minutes later Mt. Albert scored again, with

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SPORTS

a low hard shot, giving goalie Hull no chance for a save. At this stage Mt. Albert seemed to have control of the game; however, good work and determination by School's backs put their forwards back on the attack.

R. Hannan then side-tapped a corner kick into goal fo r School. E. and J. Priestley, I. Kel ler and G. Mackay continual ly fed their 路: orwards w ith good passes, even though the fie ld was muddy, and their efforts were rewarded when R. Fox scored with a hard shot along the g round. Mt. Albert stormed back and scored again with a high shot. Seconds before fu ll time R. Fox beat a defender to score with a beautifu l low shot. Thus the game ended in a draw, 4-4.

The School XI then p layed Wellington Col lege at Western Park, New Plymouth, in fine weather. The match was a curtain -raiser to a game between Moturoa (the home) team and Miramar Rangers, the top N.Z . club team . School won its match comfortably 5-1. School went into the lead with a long shot from inside left Fox, who neatly fin ished an attacking movement. Wellington, however, equa lised minutes later with a long low shot to make the half-time score 1-l.

In th e second half School combined better even though it had lost goalie Hull with a finger injury. He was replaced by I. Keller, who played well for his first time in goal. School, now with ten men, attacked . early in the second half and R. Fox put School into the lead . School's lead was increased when E. Priestley, through skill and determination, scored a sensationa l goal.

Wellington we re now under constant pressure from Schoo l's forwards and a Wellington defender put the ball into his own net. The two Priestley brothers were p laying supe rbl y. Just before full time R. Hannan kicked a swinging shot from the side- line which curved into the goal, making the full-time score 5-1. Those worthy of merit are: J. Priestley , for his qood covering; S. Kardos for his good defence work; I. Kel ler for his performance in goal and R. Fox for his accurate goal shpoting.

School played Wanganui Boys ' Col lege on the racecourse in fi ne weather. Wanganui were not nearly as strong as last year and School were the easy winners, 5-0. After leading 2-0 at half-time, R. Fox and E. Priestley were the sole scorers of the match, which was dominated by School's polished movements . Wanganui could not break the solid defence of School's backs led by S. Kardos, and Schoo l's forwards took advantage of Wanganui's mistakes which cost them valuable goals .

This year School p layed Spotswood Col lege at Western Park. School took this game a little too light ly, which nearly led to a defeat. Sr::otswood scored first with a high shot over goalie Kel ler's head into the goal.

Spotswood dominated the play, but quick attacks from School's forwards gave them the lead at half-time, the score being 2-1 . Spotswood played constructive football early in the second half and through a good move scored an equalising goal. Only near ful l-time did School put everything into the game and R. Fox with a low shot made School the winners by 3-2.

College Matches: Played 4, Won 3, Drawn 1, Lost 0.

Against 7.

Goa ls For, 17;

Competition Matches: Played 17, Won 9, Drawn 1, Lost 7.

Goals For, 66; Against 28 .

Schoo l, once again, featured we ll in Taranaki teams.

"A": E. and J. Priestley .

Under 16: S. Kardos (captain), I. Ke ll er, J. Hope, E. Priestley, R. Hannan, G. Scales and N. Collie.

Under 14: G. Redman, D. Boddy, K. lveson , R. Weston and D. Hannan

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Individual team 's results were:Second Grade: The two teams fielded found the competition standard high, as they were playing mainly first Xi's of other schools . The teams from School were even, and played good socce r between them, showing that both teams had a keen interest in the games. However, both teams finished poorly.

Third Grade: Th e two teams ente red d id not have a very successfu l season owi ng to lack of exper ience, but both did we ll , winn in g a number of matches. Again both teams were even, finishing in the midd 1e of the competition .

Fourth Grade : The "A" team did very we ll this season, finishing runners-up to Francis Douglas. The "B" team, although as strong as ;路he "A" team, d id not do as we ll, finishing in the middle of the competition. it is obvious that the standard of Schoo l's junior players has increased.

This year the Inte r-House competition was held on the racecourse with all Houses except West fielding a team. The actual standard of play was good compared with previous years, even though most of the players were Rugby players.

The games were enthusiast ical ly watched by the boarders as the matches p roved to be interesting if not am using. In the first round Pridham won by defau lt, East bea t Moyes 7- 1 and Carrington beat Centra l 3-1. Pridham beat Ca rrin gton in the second round 4-0, but were defeated in the final by East, last year's ,;.inners, 5- 1. East regained the Holden Cup .

HOCKEY The 1st Hockey X I had an enjoyable year, if not one that was marked by brilliant successes. The team for the most part of the year consisted of Garth Stone in goal, Murray Rowe and David Burgess as backs, halves Graeme Ennor, lan Kirk and Chr is Hayman, and forwards Jim Baker, Bill Hill, Mike Peterson, John Bowman and Doug Hill .

Bruce Wilson had p layed left wing before going to America when he was replaced by Bil l Hill.

Our main reserve was Bryan Evetts, who changed round with Burgess. The captain was Mu rray Rowe and our coach was Mr. Raymer.

As in last year we played in Taranaki Men's Hockey Association . our record book of wins not being few goa ls scored for us, we came points scored aga ins! us.

the Senior Reserve Divis ion of ihe The first round this year passed w ith marked at a ll . Howeve r, despi te the through with the lowest number of

The second round started really well. Our first game was Patea, at Patea, and we had a makeshift team including one masters, Mr. Batty, who played a great game . From the start form and massacred them, finally winning five to .one. However, rest of the year our losses contin ued uninterrupted.

against of the we hit for the

Our first college game was against Wanganui Col legiate. We trave ll ed to Wanganui in a mini-bus, safe ly d ri ven by Mr. Raymer, on a co ld winter morning. After a good meal and a look round their school, we went out to p lay the Co ll egiate team on a groun d that was mostly firm, but a ll down one side was very g reasy.

From the start Collegiate dominated p lay. They gave a fine display of well contro ll ed and di rected hockey.

Their passing-between the front line especially-was immaculate and the ir back play was almost as good . We can only congratulate them on a we ll-deserved 6-0 win .

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FIRST HOCKEY XI Back, D. M. Burgess , C. J. Havm an, G. L. Stone, J. G. Ennor, I. J. Kirk.

Fronto J. D. Bowman, W. W. Hill, M. A . Rowe (Captain ), M. W . Peterson; D. R. Hil l.

Absento B. A. Bake r, B. C. Evetts .

SPORTS Our second college game their turn to visit us and our that Wanganui played about characterises our game. The

was turn the final

against Wanganui Boys' Col lege. lt was to beat them. We were pleased to find same style of rather scrappy play that result was a pleasing 4- 1 victory.

We again took part in the August tournament, this time it was based in Papatetoe . The Schoo l team was billeted w ith boys from St. Kentigern College, and in the utmost luxury-two or three cars and a couple of TV sets being t he o rder of the day . Our manager for th e trip was Mr. Batty.

On our first day, the Monday, we lost both our games-both times by 3 to 1. lt was unfortunate that the ring wing, Jim Baker, was injured in the first half of the first match and was unable to play for the rest of the tournament.

Despite this we won both our games on Tuesday, beating Melville and Lindisfarne 3 to 1 and 3-nil. Both games we re 'fa irl y tough and ,gave us a great morale boost.

For our final match on Wednesday morning the tide once more turned -this time almost lite rally . We arr ived at the ground where it was pouring with rain, a stiff wind was b low ing, end the ground we had to play on was one quarter under water. After five minutes we were as wet as Neptune-firstly from rain, and second ly from sp lashing round trying to hit a ball in four inches of wate r. We lost 2-ni!, the most miserable game ever played. However, the final two and a-half days of holidays in Auckland were thoroughly enjoyed.

Individual members of the team have gained distinction this year . The most outstanding p layer was the captain, Murray Rowe, who was a Taranaki and Western Districts Colt-an excel lent effort for a fifth former : Other members, lan Kirk, Mike Peterson, Jim Baker, Garth Stone and Doug Hill , were selected for the Taranaki Secondary Schoo ls' Representative team. Our most outstanding new player was Bryan Evetts who, though only a first-year player, put on some creditable performances as a back for the First XI. Though we have not had a highly successfu l year this year, we have all enjoyed our hockey and, with a little more combination, have the possibility of a successful season next year.

SWIMMING The Annual School Swimming Sports were held on Friday, February 18th, in the School Baths.

Some excellent swimming was seen with many exciting finishes .

The senior championship was won by Graeme Dempsey, the intermediate by Tony Snowsill, and the junior by David Knapman.

David Rhodes was never far behind in the senior freestyle events, and C. Rofe took second place in the intermediate championship.

During the day six new records were establ ished- four by Graeme Dempsey (senior), and two by Francis Hill (junior).

Dempsey's records were set in the 440, 220 yards freestyle, 100 yards medley, and 33 1-3 yards open butterfly. Hill set new records in the 100 yards medley and the 50 yards breaststroke .

David As was expected the juniors provided the most interest.

Knapman had no t rouble in winn ing the 100 and 220 yards freestyle but it was Grant Manning, a very promising sprinter, who won the 50 yards freesty le. Andrew McDougal l, of Moyes House, will be a serious cha ll enge to these swimmers next year if his present rate of improvement continues.

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SPORTS

SPORTS Intermed iate-

] 00 Ya rds Freestyle: R. Snows ill 1, S. Whitta 2, C. Rofe 3. Time, 63 .5sec.

220 Yards Freesty le: R. Snows ill l , P. Manning 2, c. Rofe 3. Time, 2min. 52.2sec.

440 Yards Freestyle: c. Rofe l, P. Manning 2, R. Snowsill 3. Time, 6min. 12.2sec. lOO Yards Breaststroke : T. Murray 1, I. Morrison 2, B. Williams 3.

Time, 1 min. 31.2sec.

100 Yards Backstroke: P. Manning 1, R. Gordon 2, C. Rofe 3. Time, 1 min. 18.4sec.

100 Yards Medley: T. Murray 1, C. Rofe 2, R. Gordon 3.

Time, 1 min. 2l.Osec.

Interne :diate Dive: I. Ke ller (32 .8), R. Eva ns (3 1.7), G. Millar (26.2).

Junior50 Yards Freestyle: G . Manning 1, A. McDougall 2, F. Hill 3 . Time, 27.7sec. lOO Yards Freestyle: D. Knapman l , G . Manning 2, F. Hill 3. Time, 1 min. 0.9sec.

220 Yards Freestyle: D. Knapman 1, F. Hill 2, G. Manning 3 . Time, 2min. 28.4sec.

50 Yards Breaststroke : F. Hill 1, K. Froggatt 2, I. Hay 3. Time , 33.8sec.

(Record.)

100 Yards Med ley: F. Hill l , D. Knapman 2, K. Froggatt 3. Time, 1 min. 10.2sec. (Record.)

50 Yards Backstroke: D. Knapman 1, G . Mann ing 2, K. Froggatt 3.

Time, 34 .0sec.

Junior Dive: M. Carter (27.3), G. White (27.1), D. Jackson (25.7).

New Records Senior220 Yards Freestyle: G. Dempsey.

Tim e, 2min. 16.1 sec.

(Previous record: 2min. 18.9sec.)

440 Yards Freestyle: G. Dempsey.

Tim e, 4min. 48.5sec.

(P re vio us record: 4min. 52.5sec.) lOO Ya rd s Medley: G. Dempsey . Time, lmin . 7.9sec. (P revious record: 1 min. 8 .2sec .)

33 1-3 Yards Butterfly (Open): G. Dempsey . Time, 17.6sec. (Previous record: 18.0sec.)

Junior--

WHAT GOES UP Championsh ip

Events

Sen io r100 Yards Freestyle : G. Dempsey 1' D. Rhodes 2, K. Sma 1e 3 .

~ ;~:\:reestyle: 6

Time,

G. Dempsey 1, D. Rhodes 2, K. Smale 3. Time , 220 2m in. 16.1 sec.

(Record .)

5 1 440 Yards Freestyle: G. Dempsey 1' D. Rhodes 2, K. ma e 3 . Time, 4min . 48.5sec. (Record.) . lOO Yards Breaststroke : T. Carey-Smith 1' G. Mormon 2, G. A rno Id 3 .

Time, 1 min . 32.1 sec.

D Rh d 2, G. Morrison 3.

100 Yards Backstroke: G. Dempsey 1' . o es Time 1 min. ll.5sec. 路 3 Time , 100 Yard~ Medley : G Dempsey 1 D. Rhodes 2, G. Momson .

1 min. 7.9sec.

(Record.)

33 1-3 Yards Butterfly (Open) : G. Dempsey 1' D. Knapman 2, F. Hi 11 3 .

Time, 17.6sec. (Record.)

Senior Dive: J. Thorne (28), W. Denton (26.4), J . Hosie (22.5).

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50 Yards Breaststroke : F. Hill. lOO Yards Medley: F. Hill.

1 min . 17.1sec.)

Time, 33 .8sec. (Previous record: 37.6sec.)

Time, 1 min. 10 .2sec.

(Previous record:

Age Races 33 1-3 Yards (Und.er 13): G. Florence 1, A. Martin 2, M. Jones 3.

Time, 20. 9sec.

50 Yards (Under 14): C. Frost 1, A. Guthrie 2, W. Gibson 3. Time, 30.5sec.

50 Yards (Under 15): D. Wilson 1, S. Grant 2, D. Wilks 3. Time, 30.6sec.

50 Yards (Under 16): W. Garnham 1, G. Brash 2, N. Wilson 3. Time, 29.8sec.

50 Yards (Under 17): A. Gibbs 1, B. Hart 2, I. Campbell 3. Time, 29.7sec.

50 Yards (Over 17): D. Masters 1, V . Liew 2, K. Taylor 3. Time, 29.5sec.

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SPORTS 5PH of the day.

The relays were again the most exciting races close second. a 3G2 with y, rela form ped handicap the in took the honours tive yea r in a ra ce Central won the Hou se re lay for the second consecu which p roved to be the most exciting of the day . re peated last yea r's In the Day Boys v. Bo arde rs relay the Da y Boys margin. large fairly a by won perform ance and second (74), and Central won the overall Ho use points (91 ), East was (71). third was ton Carring INTER-SECONDARY SCHOOLS' SWIMMING SPORTS Sports we re held The tenth Tarana ki Inter-Sec onda ry Schools' Swimmi ng itions were pe rfect and in the School Baths on Saturday , March 5th. Cond d by the twelve an extreme ly high standard of swimmin g was produce . resented rep schools placings in all of School dominat ed the boys' events and gained Hill , D. Rhodes and A. the 22 races. Th is inclu ded fourteen titles. F. the junior, inte rmediate McDoug all a ll broke reco rd s, and School teams wo n

TARANAKI

and . senior re lays.

2-3 ya rd s inter· Other boys who perform ed well were: G. Sca les (66 rd s intermed iate freemediate breaststr oke); R. Snows ill (50 and 100 ya Froggatt (66 2-3 y ards style); D. Masters (50 ya rd s senior freestyle ); K. Manning (66 2-3 yards junior backstro ke and 50 ya rds butterfly ); and P. with a total of 18 .7 interme diate backstro ke). la n Ke ller won the diving witnesse d at this meet. points, and his perform ance was by far t he best yet of the coaching Much of the success of the School team was a result the tim e and effort he

by Mr. Rattray. We would like to thank him for and the other membe rs put into it. Thanks are also due to Mr. Archiba ld meet. One hundred of the staff, who di d a fine job in conducti ng the and it was only w ith and twenty-s ix races were swum d urin g the day in the set time. efficient organisi ng that it was possib le to do this NORTH

ISLAND

INTER-SECONDARY SWIMMING SPORTS

North Islan d InterSchool sent a team of five swimme rs to the at Palmers ton North Seconda ry Schoo ls' Swimmi ng Sports, which were held eme Dempse y, David on Saturday , March 12th. The team consiste d of Gra s Hill. An extreme ly Knapma n, Kevin Froggatt , Grant Man ning a nd Franci at this meet, as most high standa rd of swimmin g is a lways maintain ed l and atte nd this meet. of the national junior champio ns are still at schoo won races, the whole Althoug h on ly Graeme Dempse y and Francis Hill team swam well against this stiff oppositi on. the 220 ya rds Graeme Dempsey won the 100 yards (55 .1sec.) and ya rds open freestyle . senior freestyle , and gained second place in the 440 set a new record for His time of 2min. 12sec. in the 220 yards freestyle this event, breaking the existing record by six seconds. in record tim e.

Francis Hill won the 100 yards junior b reaststro ke oke .

He was disqua lified in the 220 ya rd s junior breaststr s junior freestyle , David Knapma n reached the finals in the 220 ya rd place. but did not gain a good times in their Grant Manning and Kevin Froggatt both swam finals. the r fo ify qual to failed heats but up his time to The team wou ld like to thank Mr. Sca les for giving the meet. take t he team to Palme rston and for his support at

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SPORTS

NEW ZEALAND SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

at Napier from The National Swim min g Champio nships we re he ld included immers sw ven ele of team i l< Tarana The . th Febr uary 22nd-26 , Francis Hill and threed boys from School. They were Graeme Dempsey same success as in th e Dav '. Knapma n . The team did not meet with the r at the champs a d p rev1 ou s yea r because for some it was their first yea h all me:nb~rs Althoug seniors. as r yea first their in g othe rs wen.' swimmin g times laid down b swam cred 1tab ly, som e did not reach the qualifyin y the se lectors ,as it was hoped they wo uld . boys' D~vid Knapman fa il ed to reach the finals in th e 110 yards junior

ke but ne ve rthe le ss f ree stye a nd the 110 yards junior boys' backstro per- . h"1ps. · Ch amp10ns fo rmed well f o r his first year at th e National boys' 220 y d Francis Hill took third place in his heat of the junior ar s I ke but was unable to improve o n h.I S t "Jme .Jn t h e fima s and was b reaststro I d made the again Hill oke breaststr boys' junior yards 110 the uf1np aceb · In ma 1s ut was unpl aced.

Graeme Dempsey , competi ng ·, n h"IS fi1rs t yea r as a senior ' gained fo urth place in the 440 and 110 yar d s f reest y 1e, third place in the 1650 freestyle . ya rds freestyle , a nd second place in the 220 yards FLA NNAGAN CUP ki on Saturda The annual Flannaga n Cup swim was held at Port Tarana swim and none of thy~ Ma_rch 13th . Conditio ns we re ideal for the 2~-mile cruisin between sw imm ers was tr_oubled (fortun ate ly!) by a shark reported g the wha rves d unn g the race . ,

sw imming

from

the

scratc h

mark,

overcam e

a

Graeme Dempsey Thi s is t he hand , ~ap of 24 min utes to w in th e race w ith fastest tim e . Althoug h the mark. :st t1me the race ha s been won fro m the scratch

fi time th e race has d1stance of . th e course varies slightly, this is the first been won m under one hour.

Old time Mr. Rattray, a !though unpl aced, recorded tenth fastest we re: w. Clow (second Boys of the Schoo l who finished we ll up in the race · place). p lace and second fastest time) and R. Hawker (fourth

LIFE-S AVING departm ent of The Sc hool has had quite a reasonab le success in this sw imming, gaining the followin g awa rds:Award of Merit: D. Rhodes.

Sly, K. Sma le, B. Benson Bronze Cross: C. Van Praagh , C. Rofe, K. Horrocks , D. Knap m an.'

M. Grant, B. Hart, G . Arnold, C. Soundy ' G · Drent , p . coul d be shown Howeve r, it is felt t hat more enthu siasm and interest by boys in this very worthwh ile training. who gave a great The School wi ll miss the services of Mr. J. lnsull , the School. dea l of t1me and effort to orga ni sing life-savin g in

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FIRST ROWING EIGHT Back, L. R. Anderson, R. J. Kidd, H. W. Evans, A. F. Julian .

Front, P. M. Horrocks, J . P. Russell, M. G. Smith, N. Wilson, G . T.

Hook e r (Cox).

SPORTS

ROW ING The 1965-66 season opened with litt le change in the membership, with just over frfty boys row in g. This was not affected in the new year, with new boys replacing those who had left .

During the season the roof of the shed received a fresh coat of paint and now looks very res p ectable . The flood at the end of last year did some damage to the shed and we a lso lost some good gear, especially oars. None of the boa ts were seriously damaged, mainly due to good w ork by the boys who went out and removed them from the shed. Our second eight boat, the "Harriet," was badly damaged when the club lent it to the Cl ifton Club fo r an exhibition race during the Waitara Rive r Carn ival. The boat was hit by the wake of a speed boat and the hull w as sp lit in seve ral p laces. lt is un likely t hat it w ill be repaired.

A recent ly overhauled single scul l was damaged during the Christmas holidays when a rope securing it to a rafter gave way and the bow was shattered. lt was decided that it was beyond repa ir and the boat was " comm itted to the deep." New seats and rigge rs were ordered for the " Nola," a fo ur, but on ly the seats arrived. These have been insta lled.

The riggers, along with a new eight for the club, have not arrived but w e have been assured that both will arrive in January next year in time for the regattas.

The inte r-House rowing, he ld in the t hird term of 1965, resu lted in w ins for Ca rr ington in the senior and novice races with Pridham w inning the junior race .

The senior race resulted in an easy win for Carrington

w hen Pridham had boat trouble halfwa y down the course, and so retained the Hayton Cup for yet another year.

The Pridham junior crew was awarded the Bryant-Hed ley Cup and the Carrington novice crew the Coleman Cup for their respective wins .

The annual encounter with Wanganui Collegiate was cancelled this season because of the flood but a four did row in the Jury Cup regatta at Wanganui a week after the break-up. The crew was L. Anderson, P. Horrocks, B. Evans, G. Smith (stroke), w ith a borrowed cox . Racing with borrowed gear the crew did we ll to come third after a bad start.

The next regatta was held on February 25th at Wanganui and although only the frrst eight and four rowed, a bus-load of spectators were taken.

The crews were : First Eight: A. Julian, H. Evans, L. Anderson, N. Wilson, R. Kidd, P. Horrocks, J. Russell, G. Smith (stroke) and G. Hooker (cox).

First Four: R. WHicox, V. James, L. Stewart, W. Denton (stroke) and S. Radcl iffe (cox).

The frrst four did well to be placed in their race. fi nished fourth in a strong freld . Although they did. not w as quite a pleasing effort for their frrst race together. to thank Mr. Nalder for accompanying us on th is trip supervision the trip would not have been possible as Mr.

The frrst eight gain a place it We would like for without his Stewart was ill.

The eight was not able to compete in the Maadi Cup regatta at Dunedin and a trip to Wellington was arranged fo r the frrst eight and fo ur for a regatta he ld on March 12th (Taranaki Anniversary week-end).

The regatta was held on the Oriental Bay course. Because boats had to be brought from Petone, the regatta ran about three and a-half hours late.

As a result, much idle time waiting for races was spent sun-bathing . The cre ws were unchanged since Wanganui except that G . Hooker coaxed

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SPORTS SPORTS eight ro wed in the first fours' race both crews. The stern four of the finish in fifth place. Th e first four, to back drifted start but after a good a bad day and were placed s ixth had race, fours' rowing in the second in a boat borrow ed from Petone ng raci ht, eig The in a field of seven. the fie ld but came up well after ind beh length a Club, was started ha lf it held to the half-m ile mark. which lace p a good start to reach second er, and finishe d frfth, with howev n, positio this They were unable to hold We would like to thank . winner l a eventu Wanga nui High School the y Mr . Ly nch for the use of their the Star Boat ing Club and especiall sheds and gear . club attend ed was the Karapi ro Th e last regatta of the yea r that the were taken to th is regatta ; a crews More 26th. regatta , held on March junior eight, as well as the a and four fourth form four, a fifth form first eight and four .

Th e crews were :A . Pe rrot, B. Boyd (stroke ) Fourth Form Four: R. Horroc ks, F. Geck, x). and C. Lye (co y, D. Munro , A . lnman {stroke ) Fifth Form Four: S. Brown , G. Gatenb (cox). fe Radclif and S. . Gl enn, C. Jackso n, G. Wrigh t, Junior Eight: S. Jones, G . Corrig an, J (stroke) and G . Hooke r (cox).

T. Philips , C. MacKe nzie, D. Goodw in ged, apart from S. Radclif fe The first e ight and four were unchan replaci ng G . Hooke r as cox of the four.

Form four com ing third eq ual The junior fours did well, the Fourth second in th ei r heat. They aced pl being Form in their race and th e Fifth four was unplac ed in its first The er. howev , were not placed in the final Memo r ial Eights, the son Thomp the day, In the main race of the race. rs going to Wanga nui Colleg iate. first eight did not gain a place, th e honou for the club .

This race marke d the e nd of the season thank Mr. Stewa rt for the time to like would In conclu sion, the club es. activiti its and he has devote d to the club

ATHLETICS ever, with a larg e numbe r of Athleti cs this year was as strong as . Saturd ay mornin g meetin gs, events field and track both in part boys taking t itors . compe School by ted presen re well again, were compe ted at Stratfo rd, was The inter-s econda ry Sc hool t eam, which the team as a who le didn't excel, gh Althou years. us previo in than larger mance s, with marke d improv ement s there were some frne individ ual perfor . efforts school on their on School Sports Da y in freld There were three record s bettere d events , previo us to Sports Da y. track in d bettere s record two and , events it is becom ing to break a record , lt difficu how seen be can it this From mance s set by the athlete s of becaus e of the hig h standa rd of perfor . years previo us

SPORTS DAY he ld on the Gully Groun d under Th e 63rd School Athl etic Sports were took part in the sports, watch ed h umid condit ions. About 500 compe titors Times were compa rativel y tors. specta of r numbe e averag belowa by of the 97 events . most in keen was tition compe but slow,

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d, three record s were broken Althou gh no track . record s were bettere which was he ld before discus iate ed interm the In .

1n the field events held by N. Edmon ds, record g existin the broke am Sports Da y, W. Garnh us record by 12ft. previo the ng betteri 162ft., of w 1th a tremen dous throw shot put event, ediate interm the in came Day The first record on Sports own record set his ng betteri by s succes r anothe w hen W. Garn ham had am also won Garnh in.

8~ 47ft. of throw a last yea_r, by 5ft. 7~in. with of 41ft., only 2ft. outsid e the the sen1or shot put e vent with a throw record set by J. K. Lay in 1955.

Edmon ds retaine d his form to In the sen ior discus champ ionship , N. Martin , by 3ft. }: in ., with a throw brea k the 1960 record , held by D. W. of 142ft. 5in. witnes sed in the champ ionMany fine individ ua l perfor mance s were there were many close finishe s . and day, the hout throug events ship I. Hunge r won the 100 and In the junior champ ionship , P. Lister and versati le athlete in winnin g a is he proved l Hil F. 220 yards respec tively; e s; the 440 was won by hurdl metres 80 and jump the long jump, high in the junior 880 . win cing convin a had R. Forwa rd and 路D. Larsen last yea r's record breake r in the . . In the interm ediates , A. Hutton , s; M. Wi lliams and W. Kibby JUnior hurd les, won the 120 yards hurdle ell won both hop, step and ~on the 100 and 220 respec tively; B. Campb the high jump and D. Wilson won JUmp and long JUmp; P. Jones claime d just In . the interm ediate 880 B. William s the 440 yards champ ionship . sprint to win this event. manag ed to hold off P. S1mpso n 1n the Feathe r and 0. Mills won the In the seni_or champ ionshi p eve nts, R. . n won the 120 yards hurdle s路 Johnso N. tively; respec JUmp long h1gh and 440; A. Gibbs and N. Parke~ the g winnin in good too proved I. Camp~ell and jump a nd ja ve lin ; P. H. step hop, the in events tive won the1r respec in both 880 and mile events and 220; and 100 the in ful Rowe was ~uccess win both these events . to Sole P. off hold to ed G. Arnold JUst manag Sports Da y, the inte rmedia te In the three-m ile event held before record time of 16min . 42sec. good very a in n Simpso event was won b y P. and G. Arnold , the former Sole P. en betwe race In a keenly contes ted la st yea r's time by 14sec., his ng betteri , came out the eventu al winner sett ing a new record of 16min. 27sec. .

" Parlov " relay was introdu ced.

This year a new eve nt ca lled the has to comp lete th e req uired baton the only which in relay This is a ial, with sprinte rs runnin g potent best its uses team.

The laps. numbe r. of g the longer distanc es. runnin s runner stance 1 long路d and es short d1stanc distanc e men and ran with ed bother teams no Day S~orts Ho~ever,_ on event was won b ediate interm p four-la The . mstead the~r_ spnnte rs y event. six-lap senior the won also who Carnn gton, which sted th e Old Boys ' Race, The largest field for s~me years conte A. Wilson , who ran off the wa~ eventu ally won by sc1ence master Mr. lost any of his speed hadn't he that d showe l1m 1t mark. A. Ratten_b~ry off scratch . g runnin second close a g from last year by ga1nm anothe r win in having by s Boarde rs contin ued their run of succes the Day Boys v. Boarde rs relay. who helped to make the sports Specia l thanks are due to all master s provid ed when three heats in one was sight l unusua One s. succes a such run at the same time to keep of the 220 yards handic ap events were the progra mme up to schedu le.

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THE SC HOOL

AT HL ET ICS

TEAM

SPORTS HANSARD

CUP

This year a long-standing School tradition was changed when the Hansard Cup athletic sports was he ld after Sports Day. The change was made so that the sports could make up the morning programme of the School's Gala Da y.

With a total of 81 points, Carrington House won the Hansard Cup for the first time in many yea rs, w ith a fine team effort. .

The best athletes from the School's six Houses competed in sprints and longer distance events.

The meeting commenced with a parade of athletes, with eac h team having th e ir own respective banner. Teams were led by the School flag . Th e parade was ve ry impressive and it was pleasing to see a good turn-out of House uniforms.

Although there were some keenly contested races, no records were broken.

Good performances were recorded in the juniors by: D. Larsen , 880; P. Lister, 440, 100; A. McDougall ~ 80 metres hurdles; G. Manning, 220.

Intermediates: G. Johns, 880; D. Wilson, 440; W. Kibby, 100; W. Garnham, 120 ya rds hurdles; P. Jones, 220.

Seniors: E. Ruakere, 220; C. Neilson, 100; I. Campbell, 440; P. So!e, one mile; L. Bridger, 880; and G. Burson, 120 yards hurdles.

In the rela y events, Moyes won both the junior ond ~enior, while Carring1on won the intermediate relay.

Overall the meeting was well run, and there were very few delays.

Thanks go to a ll the boys who he lped mark out the track and estab lish the score board; to Mr . McCaw, for organising the par ade; <: nd to all the other masters who helped run the meeting.

Th e final results of the individual House points were: Carrington 81, Moyes 73, West 70, Central 52, Pridham (last yea r's winners) 25, East 29.

TARANAKI

INTER-SECONDARY SCHOOLS ATHLETIC CHAM PIONSHIPS

Over 450 competitors from 13 Taranaki schools took part in the 14th ann ual Secondary Schools Athletic Championships at the Stratford School grounds. Although the weat her was fine there was a strong wind. Only two records were broken and seven record; were either broken or equal led in sprint events, but were not allowed because of wind assistance.

This year School fielded a large team of nearly 40 members. Th ere were many good performances and some boys per{ armed cons iderably bette r than th ey did on Sports Day. School once again led the parade of athletes, and the ieam lo~ked quite impressive this year wearing their new singlets, which were all the same colour.

Successful School competitors were:JuniorsG. Manning was 2nd in the 220.

A. McDougall was 2nd in the 80 metres hurdles . 路.

D. Larsen was 2nd in the 880. 路 F. Hill performed well to win the high jump and the 80 metres hurdl es and was 3rd in the long jump.

P. Lister was 1st in the 100 yards.

I. Hunger was 2nd in th e 100 and 440.

IntermediatesA. Hutton was 2nd eq ual in the 120 ya rds hurdles .

W. Kibby was 2nd in the 100 ya rds .

W. Garnham won both the discus and shot put events with a good th row of 49ft. 1 in . in the shot put event.

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NEW EVENT

PLYMOUTH

FIRST

SENIORChampionship 100 Yards 220 Yards 440 Yards 880 Yards One Mile Three Miles 120 Yards Hurdles Long Jump High Ju mp Hop, Step and Jump Discus

Shot Put Javelin

BOYS'

HIGH

SECOND

P. H. Rowe P. H. Rowe I. Campbell G. Arnold G. Arnold P. Sole N. Johnson 0. Mills R. Feather A. Gibbs N. Edmonds W. Garnham N. Parkes

THIRD

I

SPORTS

HEIGHT, DISTANCE TIME

U. Tiaon

I. S. S. L. P. R. G. A. D. J. P. P.

S. Samasoni

U. Tiaon

11 .0 sec.

24 .5 sec.

54.4 sec.

2min. 6.6sec.

4min. 54.5sec.

16min. 27sec.

16.9 sec.

18ft. 3 ~ in.

5ft. 3in.

38ft. 2in.

142ft. 5in.

41ft. Oin. 116ft. 3 ~ in.

W. Kibby

W. Garnham W. Kibby G. Park G. Wright G. Rich A. Miln W. Mahura

11 .2 sec.

25.8 sec.

57.7 sec.

2min. 12sec. l6min. 42sec.

17.1 sec.

17ft. 4~in .

W. Garnham

L. Makaola R. Archibald

4ft. lOin. 36ft. 5in.

162ft. 5 ~i n.

47ft. S ~ in.

I. Redman V. Mist

11.7 sec.

26.9 sec.

J . Gilbert

2min . 18.5sec.

13.3 sec.

16ft. 6~in.

4ft. 9in .

C. Neilson E. Ruakere P. H. Rowe P. Sole L. Bridger G. Arnold H. Gibbs I. Campbell J. Baker 0 . Mills W. Garnham

Pole Vault Decathlon INTERMEDIATE-

SCHOOL

Campbell White G. Bossley Bridger Sole Anyan Sm ith Gibbs Brash Baker Lindsay Lindsay

1966 SCHOOL RECORD

10.2 sec., K. T. Williams, 1964 22.9 sec ., R. C. Johns , 1959 51.5 sec ., K. T. Wi lliams, 1964 2min . I.Ssec ., L. J . Purdy, 1962 4min. 39.4sec., J. M. Miller, 1960 16min. 27sec., P. Sole, 1966 14.5 sec., R. C. Johns, 1959 21ft. Sin., A. G. Mclntyre, 1937 5ft. nin., D. W. Martin, 1960 43ft. lO~in., P. A. Johns, 1962 142ft. 5in., N. Edmonds, 1966 43ft. O ~ in., J. K. Lay, 1955 175ft. Sin., J . K. La y, 1955

10.4 sec., K. T. Williams, 1962 23.8 sec., K. T. Wil liams, 1962 54.4 sec., M. D. Morris , 1962 2min. 7sec ., L. J. Purdy, 1961 16min. 42sec., P. Simpson, 1966 15.4 sec., R. C. Johns, 1956 20ft. 8 ~ in., C. C. Kjestrup, 1937 5ft. 2~in., P. A. Johns, 1959 40ft. 2in., J. K. Lay, 1953 162ft. 5 ~ in., W. Garnham, 1966 47ft. S ~ in., W. Garnham, 1966

Championship

100 Yards 220 Yards 440 Yards 880 Yards Three Miles 120 Yards Hu rdles Long Jump Hi gh Jump

M. P. D. B.

Shot Put Decathlon JUNIORChampionship 100 Yards 220 Yards 440 Yards 880 Yards 80 Metres Hurdles Long Jump High Jump

GRADED

S. Moore

Wilson Williams

J. McQueen P. Simpson

P. Simpson

T. Halli burton G. Robins D. Wilson (J. Burton (W. Fleming A. Miln P. Lindsay P. Lindsay

A. Hutton B. Campbell P. Jones

Hop, Step and Jump Discus

Willi>ms Jones

B. Campbell W. Garnham W. Garnham

P. lister I. Hunger F. Hill larsen F. .R. H 11 F. R. H 11 F. R. H 11

I. Hunger G. Manning

I. B. A. P. D.

Hunger Gilbert McDougall Lister Linds•y

K. Mossman D. larsen

R. J. Nuttall

EVENT$--

Senior 100 Yards A B

c

220 Yards A B

c

440 Yards A B

c

880 Yards Handicap One Mi le Handicap Intermediate

100 Yards A B

c

220 Yards A B

c

440 Yards A B

c

D E F 880 Yards H and icap A B One Mi le Handicap

H. Tuckett J. Banas R. Dalziell K. Taylor R. Dalziell M. Bilbe C. Stockwell G. Burson M. Blue P. O'Ne il (40) J. Jol ly (10)

J. R. P. G.

R. Moore

R. Waddell T. Dyer

J. Flem ing A . Spiers R. Moore

K. Osbaldiston A. $piers D. Honner J. Newlove T. Phillips W. Fleming

Priestley Feather Woodward Opie

G. Burson

M. G. K. G. D. P.

Brain Opie Twaddle Brown

Hine (30) Horrocks (sc r .)

P. Morris

M. John B. Nowell D. Head A. Guthrie D. Mason

John Osba ldiston Alsop Waddell Stallard Morris Nowe ll

S. Priest M . Perrot

B. Wil l i<lms

P. Simpson

G. Johns

D. Harris

J. Re id L. Wilson P. McColl

K. McCauley K. Mossman G. Martin

c

W. Williams K. McCauley I. Mc lntyre I. lrwin· J . Bowman

880 Yards Handicap A B OTHER EVENT5Day Boys v. Board ers 6 X 110 Yds. Relay O ld Boys' Race

M. K. P. R. B. K. B.

M. Rich

E. Morrison J. Fleming D. Munro

c

220 Yards A B

B. Mann M. Brain C. Stockwell T. Patterson J. Muir D. Thomas B. Wilson M. Bil be M. Belton (20) A. Julian (20)

J. R. L. I. J. B.

Gatenby Gibbs Crow McCullou g h Davidson

Sta llard

Junior

l OO Yards A B

G. Burson

I. Mclntyre C. Due R. Forward A . Mossman

J. Alexander R. Florence

J. Western B. Boyd C. MacKenzie

D. Harris

G. Martyn S. Robertson w. Smith

D. B. L. B.

A. Rattenbury

A. Raymer

Wilson Abraham Boyd Ross

Boarders

A . Wilson

11.4 11.7 11.8 25.5 26.1 27. 1 57.4 59.0 60.0

sec. sec. sec. sec . sec. sec. sec. sec. sec.

2min . 9.2sec.

5rnin. 6.6sec.

11.6 11.8 12.2 25.5 27.5 27 .2

sec. sec. sec. sec. sec. sec. lmin . 0.4sec. lmin. 2.3sec. lmin. 1.4sec. lmin . 2.2sec. lmin. 7.1sec. lmin . I.Ssec.

2min. 18sec.

2min. 16sec.

4min. 57.2sec.

12.2 12.8 13.2 27.7 28.3 29.2

sec. sec. sec. sec. sec. sec.

2min. 26sec.

2min. 23.9 sec . lm in. 13.4sec.

11.4 sec.

10.9 sec ., K. T. Williams, 1961 24.8 sec., K. T. Williams, 1961 57 sec., P. H. Rowe, 1963 2min. 15.5sec. , C. M. Martin, 1965 12.6 sec., A. M. Hutton, 1965 17ft. 5in., T. N. Wolfe, 1956 4ft. ll ~ in., P. C. Bielski , 1963

SPORTS

SPORTS STEEPLECHASE Senio rs -

E. Ruakere was 2nd in the 220.

G. Burson was 2nd in t he 120 ya rds hurd les.

J. J o ll y was 3rd in the 880.

W. Garnham also won the senior shot put event.

I. Campbe ll was 2nd in the 440.

P. So le was 2nd in the mile.

R. Fea the r was 2nd in t he hi g h jump d ue to a count-back.

N. Edmonds won the discus event w ith a t hrow of 135ft., on ly two inches o utside the record.

P. Lindsay and S. Samasoni were 2nd and 3 rd respective ly in the open boys' javelin event.

In the 4 x 110 ya rds relays, School we re 1st in the ju nio rs, 1st in the intermediates, and 3rd in the seniors.

The annua l School Steep lechase was held on Thursday, the 29t h of October, under excel lent weather cond:tions. The new Intermedia te and Junio r cou rses of 1if and 2-j. m il es resoective iy we re th e sa me as last year's, but the Senior cou rse was s lig ht ly chang e d, b ringing the dis t ance down to app roximately three m il es. .All races started f rom the top ground as usual, facing the main gate.

From here, a ll th ree courses wen t o ut th ro ug h t he ga te down t he Hig h The Junio r and Schoo l hil l, u p Penda rves Street and ove r Fo rt Nige r.

Inte rmediate went f rom the bottom of Fort Niger, over the o'd farmCoronat' on Avenue course, the Intermed iate doing an extra block before com in g dow n Coro nation Avenue. The Seniors still fol lowed lest year's course t hat took them from the bottom of Fort Ni ge r past the Ve h icle Testing Sta t io n to Pukenu i Street. They then went a long th is sho rt street to Lemon Street and up the High School hi ll to the Top Ground. Instead of going ac ross the gully and on to Hobson StrP.c t as they did last year, the course led t hem do路Nn past Carrington House to the gym t nd then jo ining on to the Ju nior farm-Co ronation Avenue cour~e .

The track over the farm wa s dry and firm, which ftvoured 路:ast t ' mes.

In the J uniors we saw B. Cracker (West) win the race by six seconds Cracker, who from C. Crabbe (Pridham), who ga ined tn easy oeccnd. had a handicap of 80 seconds, also took fast est time.

G. Johns (East) ran an excellent race in the lnter med :ate event to w in, a second ahead of the second place -getter K. Wood (Central). These two sp rin!ed for the last 30 yards, but fitness told a nd J ohns managed to pu ll ahead of Wood and win by a yard. Johns now ho~ds the record for this event, cli pping 10 seconds off last year's time of 12m:n. 49sec ., held by L. Bridger.

In the Senior event L. Bridger (West), off a ha ndicap of 120 seconds, won this three-m ile race, 62 seconds ahead of the second man home, Br idger also ga ined the { as test time of 17m ' n. ?sec.

I. Nea le (Centra l).

Carrington

won

the

House

Points,

ga ining

most

points

from

the

Sen ior event.

Detai led res ul ts;JUNIORS (1

THE

SENIOR MILE

(HANSARD

CUP)

t

miles):

B. Cracker (W ., 80sec .) c. Crabbe (P ., 130sec.)

E. Sorenson (E., 130sec.)

J. Gilbert (W., 11 Osec.)

B. Gilbert (W., 40sec.)

P. Alien (E ., 70sec .)

T. Fields (E., 40sec .)

M. Johnston (Car., 90sec.)

K. Treson (Cen., 60sec.)

L. K. Mace (W., 60sec.)

2 3 4 5 6 7 7 9 10

Foll owed by : C. Frost, D. Hannan, M. Belcher, S. Hall , D. Wilks, A. Wells, M. Jones, P. Smith, A. Baxter.

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CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM Back (Junior): K. H. lveson, B. D. Cracker, B. J. Gilbert, D. Wi lks, T. Field.

Middle (Intermediate): M. G. Pearce, K. D. Wood, A. L. Guthrie, G . P. Johns, P. J. Simpson .

Front (Senior): L. A. Bridger, D. E. Masters, P. E. Sole (Captain), H. J. M. Brown, I. R. Neale.

SPORTS Fastest B. D. B. T. K. A. L. C. P. S. R.

Times: Crocker (W., 11 min . 3sec.)

Wilks (W., 11 min . 8sec.)

Gilbe rt (W., 11 min . 14sec.)

Field (E., 11 min. 19sec.) lveson (Cen ., 11 min . 40sec.)

Baxter (Cen., 11min. 44sec.)

K. Mace (W., 11 min. 45sec.)

Frost (E., 11 min. 46sec.)

Ali en (E. , 11 min . 48sec.)

Hall (Ca r., 11 min. 56sec.)

Gilbert (W., 11 min . 56sec.)

INTERMEDIATES (2! miles) G. Johns (E., 30secJ K. Wood (Cen ., 50sec.)

M. Pearce (E., 80sec.)

A. Guthrie (M., 80sec.)

P. Simpson (M., 50sec.)

T. Rawlinson (P., 70sec.)

M. Brown (Car., 70sec .)

B. Stallard (P., 60sec.)

M. Shaw (E., 40sec.)

G . Wright (Ca r., 70sec.)

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10

Followed by: R. Hanna n, R. Forward, K. lsaac, C. Mackenzie, R. E. Anderson, M. J. Gray, P. C. Robe rtson, B. Mclellan , C. Morris, J . P. Bowman.

Fastest G. K. P. M. R. P. B. R. M. A.

Times: Johns (E., 12min. 39sec.) (Record) Wood (Cen., 13min.)

Simpson (M., 13min. 13sec.)

Pearce (E., 13min. 34sec.)

Guthrie (M., 13min. 35sec.)

C. Robertson (P., 13min. 35sec.)

Williams (P ., 13min. 39sec.)

Anderson (Cen ., 13min . 43sec.)

Shaw (E., 13min. 47sec.)

Monaghan (W., 13min. 53sec.)

SENIORS (3 mi les) L. A. Bridger (W., 120sec.)

I. R. Neale (Cen., 120sec.)

H. Brown (Car., 1OOsec.)

G. Ries (Car., 120sec.)

P. Sole (Cen., 20sec.)

A. Cumm ing (Cen., 90sec.)

D. Maste rs (Car., 40sec.)

M. Baylis (E., 120sec.)

G . Morrison (Car., BOsec.)

P. O'Neill (Cen., 100sec.)

1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4

5 6

7 8 9 10

Followed by: R. Fenwick, L. Ohlson, C. R. Anyan, M. Hall, B. Evetts, K. Phillips, M. Grant, J. Jolly, G. Opie, R. Willis.

Fastest L. P. D. H.

Times: A. Bridge r (W., 17min. ?sec.)

Sole (Cen ., 17min . 25sec.)

Masters (Car., 17min. 55sec.)

Brown (Car., 17min. 58sec.)

1 2 3 4

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SPORTS I. G. A. G. R. P.

5 6 7 8

Neal e (Cen ., 18min. 9sec.)

Ries (Car., 18min. 36sec.)

Cumming s (Ce n., 18min . 18sec .)

Morrison (Car., 18mi n . 49 sec.)

Anyan (P., 19min. 5sec.)

O'Ne ill (Cen., 19min. 12sec.)

9

10

Total House Points: Carrington 1135, East 987, West 969, Central 891, Pridham 864, Moyes 644.

th e te ams ' event easi ly, and was t he most successf ul team from th e School that day . The Sc hool also wo n the teams' agg regate eve nt, w hich takes into account a ll three teams.

Detai le d results of th e Ta ranak i pions hips (in divid u al resu lts):JUNIORS

Post- Primary

Cham-

(1-l- miles): D. Wilks (12min.

B. B. T. Teams'

23sec.)

Cracker (12m in . 30sec.)

G ilbe rt (12min. 33sec.)

Fie ld (12min. 36sec.)

Event: 3rd.

INTERMEDIATES (2-!- m iles): P. Simpson (15mi n. 2sec.)

G. Johns (15min. 6sec.)

K. Wood (15min. 52sec.)

M. Pearce (15m in. 57sec.)

Teams ' Eve nt: 1st.

SENIORS

Cross-Coun t ry

(3 mi les): L. Bridge r (17min . 28sec.)

P. Sole (18min. 6sec.)

D. Masters (18m in. 18sec.)

H. Brow n (18mi n. 59sec.)

7 10 11 12

2 3 8 11

1 4 6 10

Teams' Event: 1st.

Aggrega te School Results : New Pl ymo uth Boys' Hig h Schoo l, 1st.

STEEPLEC HASE W INN ERS (left to right ): B. (rocker (Juni or); L. A. Brid ger (Senior}; G. Johns (Inter media te ).

TARANAKI

INTER-SECONDARY

SCHOOLS'

CROSS

COUNTRY

The 8th Inte r-Seconda ry Schoo ls ' Cross Country Champ_ionships were he ld this yea r at Francis Do u g las Memorial Co ll ege, New Plymouth, o n Saturday, the 8th O ctobe r.

Eig ht y-si x runn e rs from nine Ta ron ak i schoo ls competed . Th e courses we re mcire demanding than o ur ow n, as they we re en tire ly on grass, made very soft a nd s lippery by torre.ntial rain.

In th e Junior ra ce of one a nd a-ha lf miles, none o f our runners managed to fill major places. However, D. Wi lks was our first ma n home in seventh place. B. Cracker was tenth, B. Gilbe rt e leve nth, and T. Fields twe lfth, the team com ing th ird in the teams' eve nt.

The Intermediate team did ex treme ly we ll, both as indiv iduals a nd as a team.

P. Simpson was second around this 2-!-m ile course, eig ht secon ds behind the winner, N. Kar~lus, of Francis Dougl as . G. Johns , w ho featu red we ll in our School Steeplechase, was close behind Simpwn (4sec.), to take third o lace. Th e other two me mbe rs of the team, K. Wood a nd M. Pearce, t;ok e igh'th and e leventh pos itions respect ive ly .

Thi s fine performance enab led our intermediate team to t ake its team eve nt.

Another fine performance was seen by the Senior team, wi th L. Br idger w innin g the event nine seconds ahead of a Hawera runne r, who ran w ith him for most of this three-mil e race. Our next runn e r h ome was P. So le in fourth place, and twelve seconds behind him D. Masters in sixth place.

H. Brown, our fourth team mem ber: was t enth.

This senior team took

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GYMNASTICS Th is yea r School d:d not e nte r a team to defend its title wo n last year at We llington in th e Na ti ona l Seco nd a ry Schools' Champ ionship, b ut again proved its general su pe riorit y against loca l competition in the These took p lace on Ta ra n a ki Inte r-Seconda ry Schools ' Championsh ips.

Octobe r 15th and we re held in the Schoo l Gym for t he fir st time since th eir inception in 1962.

Pl aces won w e re :Jun!or

Boys

P. G . Manning: 2nd Free Sta nding e nd Hor izo nta l Bar, 3 rd Vault.

Intermedia te Boys B. Tay! or: 1st Free Stand ing, 2nd Ho ri zontal Bar .

D. Hill : 1st Horizontal Ba r and Va u lt .

P. Manning: 2nd Va ult.

R. Watson: 2nd Fre e Standing .

R. Archibald: 3rd Free Standing.

Senior Boys D. Bra sh: 1st Free Standing a nd Va u lt, 2nd Hori zo nta l Bar .

J . Thorne: 1st Ho rizonta l Bar, 2nd Free Standing a n d Vau lt. lt is obvious th a t Schoo l was dominated in the Inte rm ed iate a nd Senior grades b ut ave rage onfy in t he Junior grade, ga in in g only three out of a possib le n ine places.

Thi s shows a risin g sta nd a rd in othe r Ta ranaki schoo ls; Schoo l gym nast s must train ha rde r if we are to reta in our pos iti on among the best gym n astic sc hoo ls in New Zea la nd; those showing prom ise should join the Y.M.C.A . where top c la ss coac hi ng is g ive n .

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GYMNASTI CS TEAM Mannin g, D. R. Hill .

Back, R. J . Robson , T. C. Mace, P. G. Midd le, B. Taylor, J . M. Thorne .(Captai n), R. D. Archib ald.

Brash J. D. Front, P. Mann ing,

SPORTS The final event of the gymnastic year, the School Champ ionships, was Severa l new in novations he ld in the School Gym on November 5th. appeared in the competition, the most important and successfu l being t he introd ucti on of the trampoline as an even t. The Sc hoo l p rocu red t wo t rampolines ea rl ier th is year and their success was shown by t he high standards set in most grades. The third and fourth formers pe rformed compulsory exe rcises while voluntaries were used in the fifth fo rm and ope n champ ionships.

Th e resul ts were:Thi rd Form (possible 50): P. G. Mann ing 40.7, P. Fagan 39.6, B. Mu rray 36.9.

Appa ratu s Winne rs: Free Stand ing: Mann ing 8.9, Mu rray and Faga n 8.5.

Beam: Fagan 8.0, I. Hay 7.9, Mann ing 7.7. Cross Horse: Ma nn ing 8.8, Fagan 8.4, Murray 7.5. Trampo line : Manning 6 .3, Fagan 6. 1, G. Bint 5.8.

Long Horse: Manning 9.0, Fagan 8.6, Murray 8.3 .

Manning and Fagan had a close competit ion -for first place. Man ni ng took the honou rs with a consistent all-round performance. Howeve r, the sta nda rd was not as hi g h as in p revious years.

Fou rth Form (poss ible 50): B. Taylor 43 .2, D. Jackson 39.2, A. McDougall 38.7.

Appa ratus Winners: Free Standing : Taylor 9 .2, S. Wh itta 8.5, McDouga ll 8. 1. Beam: Tay lo r 8.8, Murray 8 .5, Jackson 8. 1. Cross Horse : Taylo r 8.0, Jackson 7.6, W. Brown 7 .3 . Trampoline : Taylor 9.4, R. Robson 8.8, Jac kson 8.4. Long Horse: McDougall and Murray 8 .1, Taylor and Brown 7.8 .

The results show that Taylor was in a class of his own, and was neve r challenged, w inning four of the five apparatus. The standard was fa irl y h ig h in t hi s g rade.

Fifth Form (possible 50): D. Hill 40.7, P. Manning 39.2, R. Watson 38.5.

AT

THE

INTER-SECONDARY

GYM

CHAMP IONS HI PS

75

TENNIS TEAM . Pete rs o n.

Back : W . S. Ga rnham, R. B. Do na ld , A. E. Mi ln, M. W Front : P. N.

Wil~on

(ca ptain). S.

N.

Kardos .

SPORTS Apparatus Winners: Free Standing: Hill 9.1, Watson 8.9, Manning R. Archiba ld 7.6.

Beam: Watson 7.6, Archibald 7.4, Manning Trampoline: Manning 8.9, Hill 8.7, Watson 8.1 . Cross Horse: Hill Manning 8.6, Watson 8.1. Long Horse: Hill 7.7, Manning 7.3, Watson

and 6.8.

8.7, 7 .2.

Hill gained a we ll -deserved win in this grade, not far ahead of Mann ing and Watson.

This compet ition showed more depth than the third and fourth form ones but was not up to the high standard of those of the last two or three years .

School Champion ship (possibl e 40, best four out of seven apparatus): D. Brash 35.6, D. Hill 3 1.5, B. Taylor 31.4, P. Manning 27.6, R. Arch ibald 27.3.

Apparatus Winners: Free Standing Exercise: Brash 9.1, Hill and Taylor 7.9. Horizontal Bar: Brash 6.2, Taylor 6.0, Hill 5.8. Roman Rings: Brash 9.2, Taylor 7.0, Hill 6.0. Cross Horse Vault: Brash 8.7, Hill 8.0, Baker and Taylor 7 .8. Long Horse Vault: 路 Brash 8 .6, Hill 7.8, Baker and Taylor 6.8.

Trampoline : Ta y lor 8.4, Brash 8.0, Hill 7.8. Parallel Bars: Brash 8.5, Taylor 7.3, Hill 7.1.

This competit ion for the School Championship had promised to be a close and exciting compet ition between J. Thorne and Brash, two of New Zealand's top high school gymnasts, b ut with the withdrawa l of Thorne due to iniury, Brash was able to win comfortably, gaining six of the seven apparatus titles by considerable margins.

Hill and Tay lor, the fifth and fourth form champions, had a close battle, with Hill coming from be hind on the final even t, the cross horse vau lt, to edge out Taylor for second place by .1. Both showed conside rable potential and should develop into good gymnasts.

The overall standard of the competition was the highest seen in the championships for some years .

Ths evening was clim axed by a demonst ration by Mike Ranger (Schoo l champion in 1962) and Bryan Jur y, who both recently represented New Zealand in the World Gymnastic Championships in Germany. Mike performed on the parallel bars and pommel horse, and Br yan on the Roman rings and horizontal bar .

Our thanks go especia ll y to . Mike and Bryan, and also to th e iudge s and organisers, who ens ured that the championsh ips we re a success.

TENNIS This has been a successfu l year fo r tennis at Sc hool. Although only one full college match has been p layed up to this time, members have achieved impressive results in tournaments.

Particularly pleasing is the very large number of keen iuniors. They are being catered for by a coaching group. For the coaching of this g rou p and the School teams and the time spent on organisation, Mr. Sinclair deserves the thanks of a ll School tennis players.

Th e First Team played wel l in its only col lege game, against Hami lton 路 B.H.S. The School team, whic h won by ten matches to six, consisted of S. Kardos, P. Wi lson, M. Peterson, W. Garnham, A. Miln and B. Donald.

The Second and Third teams had successful and en ioyab le matches aga inst Spotswood College .

(The first match included g irls from the Schoo l's Commerce Department.)

The School Championships we re again p layed in the first term because of exams in the third term. Entries we re good, especia lly from the Third Form .

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SPORTS SPORTS

W. Kidd and In the sen ior do ubles, B. Williams and V. Liew played ill iams won them G. Morrison . Good combinat ion between liew and W th e eve nly-conte sted match. ing. M. The junior singles and do ubl es also prove d to be entertain won the doubles .

Wa lsdorf won the sing les and L. Wheeler and M. Walsdorf

Junior Champio nships res ults:Senior Singles: S. Kard os d . P. W ilson. 6-0, 6- 1.

Intermed iate Singles: S. Kardos d. B. Donald, 6-2, 6-1.

Junior Singles: G. Dyer d. K. Railt, 6-0, 6-1.

Third Form Tournam ent: D. ~ eddy d. S. Robertson , 6-2, 6-0.

The results were:-

Ea st House The Steve nson Cup for inte r-Hou se te nnis was w on by in th e frnal. The for th e third time in fo ur yea rs. Eas t d efea ted Central East team was: S. Kardos, P. Wilson, G. Dyer and T. Dyer.

The winning Day Boys defeated Boa rders by frve matches to on e . . team w as S. Kardos, P. Wilson, B. Don a !d a nd G. Dyer playe rs At the Ta ranaki Seconda ry Schools' Champio nships, School a ll re ac hed the performe d well. P. Wil son, S. Kardos and M. Pe terson narrowly lost semi-frna ls of the sin g les, w hil e J . Clarke and K. Cameron the do ubles frnal. made a In the Taranaki Under 19 Champio nships Wil son a nd Kardos win the doubles clean sweep . Wilson won the singles, they combined to and Kardos and partn er won the mixed doubles.

- P. N. Wilson .

BADMINTON, TABLE TENNIS clubs pla yed As in past yea rs both the Badminto n and Tab le Te nnis ' Neill. Specia l th': Gymnasru m . The clubs we re unde r th e charge of Mr. O efficiently. mentron must be made of hi m for running the clubs so for those providing thus s, Thursday and Mondays on played clubs The p lay on Thursday s boys who had football or other practices on Mond ays to s. and vice versa . The clubs a lso played on Sunday afternoon pl ayed off eoth the table tennis a nd badminto n to urnam ents we re These to urnain t he Gymn as ium durin g th e la st wee k of the second te rm. ments we re conducte d by Mr. O ' Neill. in both the This year, a large num be r of contestan ts pa rt icipated v.ere a large Badmin ton end Tabl e Tenn is tourname nts . Because tbere

.

Badminto n Senior Singles: B. Purser beat V. Li ew, 15-2, 15路1 . and V. Liew, Senior Doubl es: B. Purse r and P. '(Vilson beat M. Blue 15-1 , 15-8.

Jun ior Singles: G. Dyer beat K. Raitt, 15-5, 15-0. and G. Junior Doubles: K. Johnston and G. Dyer beat R. Burton Ske ll ern, 15-5, 15路4 .

Table Tennis Senior Singles: V. Li ew beat J. Fastier, 2 1-13, 21-13. a nd G .

Senior Doubles: V. Liew and B. Willia ms beat W . Kidd Morrison , 24-22, 21-19.

Junior Singles: M. Walsdorf beat L. Wheeler, 18-21 , 2 1-11.

Pearse and Junior Doubles: L Wheeler and M. Walsdorf beat M. G. Morrison , 25-23, 19-21, 21-10 .

1n

num be r of co ntes~ants,

compet it ion

was

ke e n,

wh ich

resulted in a

h:gh

sta ndard of play.

nst V. Licw, In th e se nior bad m inton singl es, B. Purse r p layed ega' Tho ugh Purser dom:notc d the and thi s proved a n inte resti ng match. was won by match, Liew fo ugh t back strenuous ly. Ultimatel y, the match Purse r. nts was !n the se nior badminto n doubles, the num be r of co ntesta In the frna ls lim'~ed. However, this did not affect the standard of p lay . .Lie w. Tf:e frrs; B. Purser and P. W il son pl ayed agai nst M. Blue and V , in the second game went to Purse r and Wilson quite eas il y. However lt appea re d that game, B!ue and Liew improved and took a good lead. recove red end Blu e and Liew would w in th e game, but Purser and Wilson proved the ir super iority by winn in g the game . standerd of In both the jun 'or badminto n singles and do ubl es the ts, a ll sh~w ing p lay was wel l above that expected . Th e junior contestan beat K. Raitt, determ ination, provided some interestin g matches. G. Dyer Ske ll e rn in th e w hi le K. Johnston and G. Dyer beat R. Burton and G. si ng'es and do ub les respectiv ely.

Liew. Th e In the sen ior table tennis singles, J. Fastier played V. match was won by V. Liew.

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TRAMPING This yea r ha s been quite a good one for by the usua l membe rship of about 120. Mr. in-charge , assisted by a committe e of J . G. Burton (Sec re tary), C. Ma cKenz ie {Treasurer), R. J. Mace.

the Tramping Club, shown O 'Nei ll was again masterHa rri s (C lu b Captain), G. J. Ca rter, R. Archibald and

Mt. Egmont, The frrst trip arranged was to have been to th e summit of 's Falls. A but bad weather forced us to do a low-leve l trip to Dawson two b us-l oads month later we d id reach the sum mit v ia East Ridg e. With fl y in g rocks of us and another large party from Hawe ra on the ridge, Stratford Pl ateau made th e trip decided ly hazardou s . We returned to th e trip with by way of the Lizard and Tahurang i Hut. In April, a combined run from North seniors from our cl ub and that at th e Girls' High wa s was abo ut th e Egmont to York Road on the abandone d railway . This only trip of the year blessed w ith frn e wea the r. mouth Road Other day trips went to Brame's Fall s, Dover Road-Piy v isited the juniors of rty pa a year this Again ve.

Di ake L tracks and ran two ski trips White Cliffs du ring the senior exami nations. We a lso and weather conto the Manganu i ski fre ld , both ma rred by bad snow who gave us d itions. Our thanks g o to the Stratford 'Mountain Club, of t he Stratford membe rship concessio ns on the tows, and also Mr . Mace, yea r.

Mountain House, for his help to the club th roughout the ste r a sma ll Two week-end trips took place during the yea r; at Ea with Mr . O'Neill. group of senior boys v isited the Tongariro Nat ional Pa rk Nga uruhoe was The weathe r was, as usual , unpleas ant, b ut a climb of Mt. Mt. Tongariro in on gs" bearin ur o lost " lso a We . broke it before made In July twenty-fr ve juniors attended a week-end Bushcraft the murk.

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SPORTS Instruction, carried o ut Course at the Club Cottage on Carrington Road. by senior members, included ri ve r crossing, cooking, navigation and bushcraft. lt seems from the efforts路 in fire-fighting and cooking that boarders are not necessarily more enterprising or skil led than day boys.

Two senior trips-a snowcraft course Falls-had to be cancelled.

and a trip to the

Waitonga

One feature of the year was the number of boys seriously interested We entered a team- T. Carey-Smith (captain), B. Morris, J . in skiing.

Mace and P. Manning-i n competition with teams from all over the North Morris was placed fourth in all times it was placed fourth.

Island. and his was on ly two seconds outside the winner's. Several 路other boys in the club ski regu larl y. A schools' trip to the Ruapehu Fields in August, organised by a local firm , was well attended and enjoyed good condi tions.

Club nights were held on the last Wednesda y of each the first Mr. Mace gave an interesting talk, with even more slides, on his exper iences as a guide at the Hermitage, Mt. the second a film of the Taranaki Alpine Club 's 1966 Trip to Valley was shown, followed by a well presented programme on

by Messrs. Barham and Guild of the Taranaki Caving Club.

On term. interesting Cook. On the Huxl ey speleo logy

Tlote only disappointin g feature of the year was the lack of senior boys to help leading trips. Th e only full members were the committee and N. Carter and D. Hill, elected late r in the year . However, as keen yo un g members come through the club, the situation should improve.

INDOOR BASKETBALL School indoor baske;ball te<:ms this year had varied succeoses. Two teams were fielded thi s year, both under the coaching of Mr. B. Rattray, for who spent a lot of time with the teams. All players are gratefu l l, his help . Th e "A" team (J. Walsh, captain, B. Dee, G. Shaw, W. Searel F. Hi ll and I. Keller) were placed fourth in tne North Taranaki men's "B" grade competition . The team had a varied season but seemed to lack the final burst at the end of each game which cou ld have meant victory.

The compet ition was won by Spotswood Co llege for the second year running . F. Hill showed a remarkable im proveme nt as this was his first t season at the Sf'Ort. J. Waish ond G. Shaw both played wel l th roughou the season, scoring most of the team's points.

The "B" team (B. Tay lor, captain, M. Wagstaff, R. C2Ughley, P. Dalton, ry P. Saunders, D. Knapman, A. Hoskins and G . Philp) were not placed ve we ll in the local men's " B" grade competition . Th e team, all newcomers t, except B. Ta y lor and R. Caughley, showed an outstanding improvemen with M. Wagstaff the most polished player in the team. At the moment in the team lacks height, therefore being at a considerabl e disadvantag e are the men's grade. Next yea r, however, as most of the B team players returnin g, a good team will represent the School.

This year the School sent a team to the North Island Secondary Schools' Indoor Basketball Tournament . The team was J. Walsh (captain), G. Shaw, B. Dee, I. Keller, W. Searell, M. Wagstaff, F. Hill and B. Taylor.

The first game, against Taw a College, was won by the School 14-10.

School then lost to Gisborn e 23-10, thus being relegated to the knock-out School beat Kapit i 16-14, but then suffered two defeats, compet ition. one by Hutt Valley Hi gh 18-32 and one b y Motueka High School 6-16.

The tournament was a good experience for the School team, and it is hoped that next year School will improve on these resu lts.

School was also rep resented by the team in the Taronaki Secondary Competi1 ion was very stiff, and 1:w Schcols' tournam e nt at Hawera.

In the first gam e, School team won only one of their three games.

School was beaten by Ons!ow College 3-22 , ond the second g ame Hawera A beat School 12-54. The only win at the tournament was ove r Francis Douglas College 20-15.

Work has just been completed at the School Gym en back-boa rd s r and goals . Th e School teams should improve beyond recogn:t:on, as ove the last two years facilities have l:een poor .

Next year, with so many keen and enth usi astic young players, the club should have a good season, ev~n though several of t he more experienced p layers are leaving this year .

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1966 saw the cadet programme operating under the new directive the for the second time. The complicatio ns seen last year, with most of boys covering a g reat dea l of the same syllabus twice, were eliminated this yea r with the "boosting" of the Schoo l Battalion strength by about 200 new cadets from the fourth form. As last year, third formers and most fifth -yea r boys did not participate in cadet activities.

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Once aga in , a high standard was maintained at al l parades, with most boys doing th e ir utmost to add to the s uccess of the parade . Howeve r, marchin g about the schoo l, in platoons, stil l leaves a lot to be desired.

Th e battalion strength la y in six infantry companies and an Air Training Corps Squadron.

A Compa ny, compr ising stage three cadets, spent a good dea l of time in th e bush around Egmont National Park, learni ng th e basic skills of jungle wa rfare, surv iva l off th e land, first aid and jungle navigation. B and C. Companies, comprising stage two cadets, rece ive d in struction in open wa rfare, Bren g un and signals as well as practice in the basic subjects, which a re tau g ht to the stage one cadets of th e re ma inin g three compan ies. These a ll showed a high standard in their bas ic tests.

We were unfortunate this yea r to lose seve ral of ou r officers, b ut have been fill ed more than adequate ly by other membe ~s their positions We welcome these new officers and we know that their of the staffh. . th e <chool w ill be en joyed for as lon g as they serv1ce to t e corps m

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choose to remain at the School.

In general, th e effic ien cy of t~e battalion is in crea sing, but more co-ope ration f rom cadets is the on.y thing w hich w ill lea d to grea te r efficiency in the unit.

A.T.C. SQUADRON , No. 12 The A.T.C. cons isted of t ·No sen ior fl ights and a basic tra.n ·ng flight attached to F Company . Thi s yea r's act 1v1ties cons 1sted of a camp at Koru a shoot w ith .303's and a trip to Ohakea Pa, va riou s lectures on aviation,

Thi s yea r, as in t he la st two yea rs, we were swampe d with nomination s for ca d e t courses. Twe nty of twenty-seven nom inee s to the Junior N.C. O. course, held at Linton Camp in the Augu st holidays, qua lified. Two cadets atte nd ed the Warrant Officers ' course at Papakura in January. On e of these qualified as W .0 .1 and was R.S.M. this yea r, w hile the other qualified as a W .0.2 and was C.S.M. of E Company this ye ar .

Th e hig hli g ht of a cadet's se rv ice in the corps is attendance at an Officer-Cadet course.

In the past a g reat deal of kn ow ledge has been ga in ed by a ll those who have attended, and it ha s made opportunit ies to crea te fri ends hips a ll over New Zea land . Th e last course was held in Jan uary at Papakura. The School made three nominations to the course.

Two of these q ualified, one passing out as the top North Isl and ca det.

The third nominee made a cred itab le show in g on this course, which atta in ed a hig h standa rd. This left the Schoo l w ith three officer-cadets, one of them for the second year. The next course wi ll be held in Janu ary, 1967, at Burnham.

for fort y cadets. .,ght-Se rgeant lnge rsol, Area Instructor, and N.C .O.'s of the squadron Fl h d Also Pilot-Officer are thanked for th e ir he lp in running_ t e sq ua ,;on. adventu re training O ' Nei\1 is thanked for hi s helpful instructiOn, especla y m and in t he organis ing of the trip to Ohakea.

Fl in -Officer Scales, the 0 ffilee r Comman d .mg, ·IS .•thanked for his · y g the squadron as he is reti ring from h1s pos1t1on of O .C. He se rv1ce 1o is replaced b y Fli g ht-Li e' utenan t A b ra h am, D.F.C. , w ham we w1s h eve ry success in command of No . 12 Squad ro n.

Dave Thomas is also welcome d to t h e pos 't'o l ' n of S.W.O. a nd we w is h him luck in th is position.

CADET

BA TT A LION

Command ' ng Officer: Wing-Comma nder D. D. Archibald.

Adjutant: Li e uten ant J . J . Stewart.

HEA!JQUARTERS Map Reading : Flight-Li e ute nant R. W. Baunton.

Range Officers: L.1eute nan t E. J · J e nnings ' Li e utena nt 0. J . Oats.

R.S.M.: W.0.1 J . G. Ennor .

Orderly Room : Cadets D. Horn e r, K. C. Phillips , J. Pri estley.

Armoury: Cadets A. Batley, P. M. Sweetman.

A COMPANY

Officer Commanding : Captain M. C. Carre ll.

Second-in-Command : Lieute nant G. J . Burrid ge.

Platoon Commander: Cadet-Officer B. Wilson.

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C.S.M .: W.0 .2 P. Be rtrand.

No . 1 Platoon: Sergeant J . K. Bailey, Corporal G. R. Gardiner.

No . 2 Platoon : Sergeant D. S. Bruce, Corporals V. H. Jcmes, S. A. Hemmens.

Platoon : Sergeant S. N. Kardos, Co rpo rals R. Field, L. G. Spilman, No. 3 J . Walsh.

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B COMPANY

F COMPA NY

Officer Comma nding: Major A. N. Wilson.

Second -in-Com mand: lieutena nt A. Clark.

Platoon Comma nder: Cadet-O fficer J. N. Lobb .

C.S .M.: W.0.2 M. G. Smith.

Officer Comma nding : lieutena nt A. J . Sheaf.

C.Q .M.S.: Staff-Se rgeant J. Russell.

No . 1 Platoon : Sergean ts M. J . Grant, G. B. Shaw, Corpora l C. J. Calder.

No. 2 Platoon : Se rgeants G. D. Arnold, D. J. Patten, Corpora l G. McCork indale .

No. 3 Platoon : Sergean ts H. Brown, D. Masters , Corpora l G. Alien.

C.S.M.: W .0.2 G. H. R. Duncan .

Second- in-Com mand: Flying-O fficer E. J. Abra ham , D.F.C. Platoon Comma nder: Pilot-Office r R. A. Raymer .

No.

Platoon : Se rgeant G . Bannan, Corpora ls G . Scales, P. Lindsay .

No. 2 Platoon : Sergean t J . Harri s, Corpora l c. Fraser.

Sergean ts

No . 3 Platoon : Corpora ls

A.

B. William s,

N. Carmich ael, R.

Mannin g,

Bone, N. Godfrey , R. Cash.

C COMPANY Officer Comma nding : Captain W. R. Hallibur ton .

Second-i n-Comm and: Cadet-O ffice r D. J. Ridland .

C.S.M.: W.0.2 N. J. Wilson.

No. 1 Platoon : Sergean t P. Smith, Corpora l N.

A.T.C. Officer Comma nding : Flying-O fficer I. B. Scales.

Second- in-Com mand : Pilot-Officer W . A. O'Neill.

Rauputu .

No. 2 Platoon : Sergean t M. La nder, Co rporals D. Harris, D. W. Mossop .

No . 3 Platoon : Sergean t K. Sharpe, Corporal s R. Archiba ld, K. Hol yoake, R. Webber .

Squadro n S.M.: R. McNeil.

A Flight: Flight-S ergeant D. 0. Thomas , s,ergean ts G . Mackay , M. A. Gamlin, Corpora ls H. J amieson , N. 0 Connor .

B Flight : Sergean t L. Bridger , Corpora ls M. Smith, J. Durdle.

D COMPANY Officer Comma nding : Captain R. G. Sincl a ir .

Second- in-Com mand : Lieuten ant E. M. Meuli.

Platoon Comma nder: Second- Lieuten ant B. E. Rattray .

C.S.M .: W.0 .2 K. Page.

No . 1 Platoon : Sergean t R. Caughle y, Corpora ls s. Radd, T. burton.

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No. 2 Platoon : Sergean t J. Wickste ed, Corpora ls B. Baker, K. Camero n.

No . 3 Pla toon : Sergean t B. Cole, Corpora ls P. Hutch ins, K. Skipper .

E COMPANY Officer Comma nding: lieutena nt R. D. J. McCaw .

Second- in-Com mand: Second- Lieuten ant L. R. Hill.

C.S .M.: W.0.2 P. N. Wilson.

No. 1 Plato on : Sergean t W. R. Wi lson , Corpora l W. Chadba n.

No. 2 Platoon : Sergean t N. Henry, Corpora ls S. A. Ovens, Caugh ley, P. J . Ray .

No. 3 Pla toon: Sergean t P. A. Collins, Corpora l M. A. John.

No. 4 Pl ato on : Sergean t D. Harris, Corpora l B. D. Shal lard.

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SHOOTING TEAM Back: J. K. Bailey, D. M. Sheen, R. M. Doull, J. C. Washer, J . C. Avery, M. B. Belton, D. W. Horner.

Front: I. A. We):>ber, G. T. Burton, J. S. Munro, J . Priestley, D. S. Bruce, 0. A. Mills.

CADETS SHOOTING i second ary schools availab le 1965 Re sults : There were only two Taranak as some schools had given up to compe te in the annua l Area 8 shoot Uninclude d inthe compe t it ion. cadets, so two Wanga nui schoo ls were post,on ement of tfle shoot on fo rtu nately incleme nt weathe r caused the interfer ed with the remain der two s uccessi ve Saturda ys, and as examin ation ed. of t he schoo l year, the 1965 shoot was cancell , A. G. Riddle, J. Priestle y, Russell W. H. D. Th e team was: J. C. Avery, gton, R. B. Evans, P. B. Newing , D. E. Masters , K. D. Be lton, N. P. Coddin . S. Munroe .

C. S. Chapm an. Rese rves: R. M. Doul l, J were: The Press Shield teams A . G. Ridd le, P. A. Jones, D. W. A Tea m : L. C. Spilma n, J. C. Washer , Waswo , I. A. Webbe r, K. C. G. J. , Morton M. A. lton, Horne r, M. B. Be 100. of ut o 83.6 e, Phi llips. Team averag R. J . Fearon, 1<. M. Ho !yoake, B Team : P. B. Newing , J . S. Munro, Gibbs, R. J . Newl2n d, R. J. H. A. Lowe, H. S. Evans, W. H. J. L. Glenn, 100. of out 1.9 8 rage, ave G ibbs. Team Shootin g Award s for 1965:.303100 out of 115.

Lady Godley Senior (Ciass-f!ring): T. R. Watt, out of 50.

Sea rl e Cu p (Short Rcnge): J. C. Avery, 46 out of 60.

Kel ly Cup (Long Range) : J. Priestle y, 60 Pri e stley, 105 out of 110 .

McDiar mid Belt (School Champ ionship ): J.

.2282 out of 85.

Lady Godley Junior (Class-firing): D. Mason, 80 out of 85.

Hamb lyn Cup (15 to 17 years): D. Burges s, 59 o ut of 75.

Loveda y Cup (14 to 15 years): R. J. G ibbs, of 75 ~ yc ors) : K. C. Ph ii !ip, 74 out 1 (under Cu!O Slade and Leod Mc 1966

syste m l he .303 cl as sinC3tion As a result of the change s in the cad et i o the mai n range ~ t range 25-yard the firing has been moved from Rewa Rewa. rounds grou p in g a nd ten â&#x20AC;˘ The new frring scheme consist s of frve e d end te n round s sna;o tim rounds n te rds, ya ro unds app li cation at 100 rounds a ;o pli :a t: c n at 300 yards. at 200 ya rds, and two sighter s 2nd frve e ach r o ~ n d en the m: n The target is in the sha 10 e of a ma n, with a ~ o s s i b!e of 35. Th's ;v;ng g miss, a off round each bei ng a hit and as no one has sco ce~ , system old e th than t difficul appear s to be more 25. above above 30 and only a few not ye t bee n he:d. The The Inte r-Secon dary School .303 shoot has J. C. Avery, R. M. Bailey, K. J. y, Priestle .

J : is event the r team chosen fo Burton , J. S. Munro, J. P. , Washer C. .

J ton, Bel B. M. Dou ll, D. M. Sheen, 0. A. Mills.

I. A. Webbe r. Reserve s: D. S. Bruce and Shootin g awards to hand for 1966:.303out of 100.

Sea rl e Cu p (Short Range): J. Priestle y, 96 out of 60.

Kel ly Cu p (Long Range): J. Priestle y, 59 Priestle y, 155 o ut of 160 .

McD iarm id Belt (Schoo l Champ ionship ): J. . 22ide, 71 out of 75 .

Hambly n Cup (15 to 17 years): B. A. Handys picked. been yet not have teams Shield The Press

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MUSIC of the p hotograp hs.

This year the major emphasis has been directed towards assembl y singing. As a result assembly smgmg has been greatly improved, t wo and three-part hymns being attempted with good results toward; the end of the third term. A boost to assembl y singing was the welcome introduction of a small band of woodwind and brass in the second term.

Tuition has continued this year with a bias towards wind instruments.

Mr. Ha ll has coached brass 2nd Mr. Fields most of the woodwinds, with a large number of boys prog ressing on these instruments. Other instrumenta l classes have been senior and junior guitar classes, with a number of boys learning from Mr. Nalder on Tuesdays, and drummers ' lessons on Thursday afternoon. A junior violin class has also been held.

Th e Orchestra this yea r, because of a lack of experienced stringed players, was formed into a Chambe r Orchestra . lt consisted of ten membe rs , having

two

or

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violins,

oboe,

two

clarinets,

horn,

piano

and two basses. This group practised on Frida y at 3.30 p.m. for most of the yea r, except at exa m tim e. Attendances varied but were rare ly complete. This group played various pieces, concentrating mostly in the third term on Handel 's " Oboe Concerto in B Flat. " This gave group members a good chance of expe rie nce in pl aying in a chamber orchestra .

The Ba nd this year practised on Wednesday even in gs and cadet days .

There were three main g roups: an Intermediate Brass Band, Senior Brass Band and Assembly Group .

These groups and drummers combined to play on Battalion Parades for the march past.

The Assembl y Group , consisting of the best players from the senior brass band and woodwind g roups, gave a good lead to assembly singing.

The usual difficulties thi s yea r have been expe rie nced with inadequate practice times, after school practices confl icting with sport and exam preparation.

Another problem was the la ck o f wind instrum e nts, with a large number of boys w ishin g to lea rn these instruments . There ha s been a n ab undance of violins a nd 'ce llos but a lack of students and teache rs on these instruments .

The future of music looks good if the large con tinue to be used in the Band and Orchestra.

numbe r of

than

in

past years.

The photos this year have been more ~umer~us The ir q ua lity was excepti onally high, whde t ~ " Th d ifficulty of creat mg a ser~es

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cov:rs was overcome . for this work is due to Malcolm Davidson.

As t exceput p to f

The cred it

in past years, there has bee n a lack of lette7 ~o ~he i~~;~~; for an occas ional flurr y.

Most boys seem t~ a_c e f orwar d their point of view on a ny controversial. Issue. d ·

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The ed itor ia ls we re mf ainhly concer.ned d eg ul ar part o t e magazme.

~i~: ~~~~~~ ~:~~e:~e~~ fe:~~;:

ormethe a House r was note s, to w h"IC h th e boarding regular contributors .

I houses, in pa rticu ar, were .

parti;~~;;~ ';~e~:~o:t:~am Ot~er promin~nt

. ed th e bas is of th e "Whistle," Rugb y bemg sports were cricket, athletics, tramping, soccer, hockey, ten nis and rowmg. " h" h · dw as TowerThe wsame 1c Probably the most popular f eat~re agam th " Bell School. n oted many of t he humorous occasions aro un e I d Thanks 1 1 . h · ·r as the most q uo e · of a ll types of j_okes. lt is only this liberal attitude w hich a llows th e co ntmuatiDn o

mast~~se 1:n~~~m ~ 0 ~~~:~i~mch:e~~~l p~:~e'~;:nce

abou~

;~:m.

the column .

Andrew Morton Thanks a re a lso du e to Bruce Stening, Joh n Basset!, We d John Muir w ho handled finance and dist ri b ution to Old B_ot. h : ' uld a lso lik: to thank Charters and Guthri e for their _h elp P ho 1oo h s an d the Taranaki Newspapers. Comme rcial Prtntmg sta ' w ose g rap • co-operat ion has greatly helped p ub 1lcatlon.

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However the vast majority of th e credit for th e "W histle " m l du stha~~ wo u " Cornto Mr. Long' , wit h out w h ose organl"sation the. magazme Th "Whistle deteriorated greatly in bo~h quality ~~d ~ua~t~:~·rely ~hanking him for mittee wishes to take this opportunl y o his efforts .

le arn e rs

Our thank s g o to Mr. Field and Mr. Ha ll for the valuable tim e they have given to coaching brass and woodwind, and to Mr. Nalder for his continue d time, patience and e ffort to further this form of culture in th e School.

"WHISTLE" Th e " Whi stle" has had another very successful yea r.

In this, the "Whistle's " e leve nth year of publication, there have been fiftee n issues, averaging just over twenty-si x p cges.

Subscription from b oarders and Old Boys was ve ry h ig h, although the number of da y boys subscribin g was again disappointing.

Although the ,.;agazine covered much the same subjects as in pa st years, there was a widening of topics included, and most of the sma ll er clubs had at least one report of th e ir activities. In addition, a popular innovation was the printing of the list of competitors in the Swimmin g Sports, Ath le tic Sports and Steeplechase.

Again this yea r, th e magazine has been produced on coloured paper.

This seems to have con tributed to th e q ua lity of th e printing, particularly

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SCHOOL FARM This year th e Farm was run, for the first t ime, by a comm ittee of four boys, replacing the agricultural class.

Much work was spent on imp ro vi ng the flock of breed in g ewes, of which seventy we re culled at the beginning of the yea r a nd re placed by forty o lder ewes, bought at a sale, and thirty yo ung ewes bred on the farm. A setback was suffered w ith the loss of ten ewes through eczema, but a good lambing percentage, once aga in , ha s he lped conside rabl y.

At the present t ime we a re runnin g 11 3 ewes w ith lambs, fifteen cattl e, of which te n have recen tl y been purchased, thirty-eight ewe hogg ets a nd twenty-two wether hoggets. Anoth er seven teen ewes have recent ly been culled.

The goose-grass has also been given some close atten ti on and is now fast disappearing, as a re many other weeds.

Th e swamp ru ning through t he midd le of th e farm was and a number of stumps removed this term, wh ich has he lped a better appearance.

A few more improvements will be needed next year; above installation of electricity to give the farm a shearing plant of its previously we have had to use the racecourse shearing shed.

drained to give all, th e own, as

We hope that the succeeding committee has a successful yea r next year and we wis h them the best of luck.

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ACTIVITIES

The Gal a Da y he ld during the first te rm gave members a chance to have a display, which was he ld in Room 8 . Th e re were disp lays of paintings, drawings, photographs, mode ls, books of the moon, sun, planets, stars, radio-tel e scopes, etc. Two te lescopes, a 3in . aperture re fractor and a 4in. aperture reflector, were mounted outside . These proved popu lar with people who wanted to see the mountain or th e town close up . The displa y proved to be of interest with over 500 people visiting it. Even thought th e re was no fee for e ntry a sma ll amount (£7) was donated by the vis itors . This was give n to the Assembly Hall Fun d.

In the second term instruction classes we re held at lun ch time. Boys with specialist knowledge we re able to impart it to attentive members.

The Greater and Lesser Magellanic Clouds we re seen with th e New Pl ymouth Astronomica l Society's 6 in . refr actor tel escope, as was Hersche l's " Jewel Box ." Unfortunatel y weather p roved to be rath e r inclement during this term and f ew objects were observed .

On fine nights members were shown the night sky and soon became familiar with the constel lations . On nights of poor visib ility films were available, and short instructive talks were g ive n by members themselves on variou s aspects of astronomy.

Demonstrations were given on the correct methods of making telescopes.

During the third term members ha ve been ca rry in g out resea rch by making drawings of th e p lanet Saturn for Carter Observatory. A hig hlight of the te rm 's observational acti v iti es was to be th e ecl ipse of the moon on October 29th.

Several boys hope to obtain th e " Astronomica l Observer's Certificate " before the e nd of the yea r.

SCHOOL DANCE BAND 1966 The Schoo l Dance Band, under the name of the Barons, was formed at the beginning of the yea r. The g roup consists of N. Rauputu (lead and rh ytham guita r), J. Baker (rhythm and vocals), C. Stockwe ll (bass guita r and voca ls), and R. Smith (drums) .

After seve ra l attempts the band managed to muster suffic ie nt equipment to commence practice. At this point, the group would li ke to thank other New Pl ymouth bands who have lent them their amplifiers and drums at va riou s stages of the year.

Dancing class during the second term made up t he larger proportion of the band's programme fo r the yea r, a lthough they a lso played for the School dances. The boys woul d a lso like to thank Mr. Nalder for his kind assistance througho ut the year, and John Hammonds, their "technica l adviser," who saved many an emba rrassi ng situation by fixing fa ulty eq uipm e nt, which had a nasty habit of b reak in g down at a cr ucial part of a socia l. Only one of the g roup is returning next year, N. Rauputu, who hopes to form a new grou p in 1967. We w ish him luck.

We are indebted to Mr. Whelan, w ho is an exec utive me mber of th e New Plymouth Astronomical Society and a member of the Roya l Astronomical Socie t y, for al l th e time and interest he ha s devoted to our activities.

LIBRARY Each year for th e past t hree years, beiween £500 and £600 has been spe nt on abo ut 650 new books annually, in e nl arg in g th e Libra ry, a nd we now ha ve a total of abo ut 11,000 books. This yea r, th e buyin g has bee n conce ntrated on junior fiction and on obtainin g books for poor readers, as we ll as en la rging our reference material.

Efficiency is the basis of success, and wit h abo ut 250-300 books comi ng in and going out daily, we thank Mrs . Mclaugh lin for providing us w ith a very efficien t library of w hich we may be justly pro ud . We a lso thank boys and staff who ha ve donated books during th e yea r.

These are· a lways grateful ly accepted, and this yea r a new set of e ncyc lopaed ias was received from Britannica In c.

ASTRONOMY

Th e prob lem of space grows more ac ute each yea r, b ut the difficulty is where to go. This prob lem w ill have to be overcome soon, as the present building is obviously too sma ll.

W ith a membership of 75 this year, th e Astronomy Cl ub was assured of good support for its activ iti es.

Fortnightl y meetings we re held at t he New Plymouth Observatory . wheneve r weather pe rmitted. The p rog ramme for the year was arra nged to give coverage to a va riety of topics .

This yea r the Chess Club is functioning successfull y. Howeve r, membership is mainly confined to a n e nthusiastic group of 3P 1 boys, and as yet we have not been able to e nte r a ny teams in outside tournam e nts.

During the first term members we re ab le to observe the planet Jupiter, the moon and two doub le sta rs-alfa Centauri and alfa Cru cis. A mu lti ple sta r was observed in Orion.

New members are we lcome.

For the nominal fee of 1/ · one is e ntitled to a yea r's chess. Thi s money goes towa rds purchasing new sets.

Th e club meets each lunch-hour in Room 18.

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CLUBS

PHOTOGRAPHIC This year the club has a large membership . The committee, which was e lected at the first meet in g, consisted of J . Ridland (P res id ent), D. Thomas (Secretary), N. Charters (Treas urer), R. Newland, P. Laurence, B. Benson and D. Steven. Support for the cl ub was strong at the beginning of the year, but it seemed to wane.

The clu b gave some darkroom tuition for yo ung er members and the darkroom was used stead il y throug hout the year, although cl ub chemica ls were not available .

The main cl ub project this year was a movie about the Schoo l; this will be carried over into 1967.

INTERACT The Interact Club started this year with a good display of interest and we have had an average of about 25 at our meetings. This year's President is B. A. Wilson, the Vice-President J. C. Ennor, Secretary R. D. Fox, Treasurer W. J. Russel l, and Directors R. J. Tucker, G. D. Arnold, D. J. Rid land and M. A. Hayton. Bruce Wilson was fortunate enough to win a Rotary Student Visitor's Programme Scholarsh ip and left in July to spend a year studying in Palm Springs, Fl o rid a, U.S.A. The club has not been all that it could be this year and we have After consu ltation with been lax compared with some other years.

Rotarians, 路 however, we are hoping to set t hi s right and have a high ly successful year next year.

This year the club has helped clear some land for the I.H.C., and helped in the Braille Week collection. The Directors gave talks to both Fitzroy and New Plymouth Rotary Clubs on what we have done this year and on some of our goals. The club this yea r is a lso to clear a more eas ily climbed track part-way up Paritutu. Members of the club have also corresponded with overseas clubs, and we have sent sma ll g ifts to those interested in New Zealand. We have made donations to St. John Ambulance and the School Assemb ly Hall Fund.

Next year some of the members of the cl ub wil l be taking part in a conference o rganised by the New Plymouth Rotary Club to further We have a lso p lans for f urther work on international understanding.

Paritutu . We hope that next year we can be of more service than we have this year .

This year has been disappointing for those concerned with the club. lt was or igina lly hoped that a major production would be attempted, there being no full-scale musical this year, but because of lack of support the idea was abandoned. lt was then decided to present of which would be entered in the idea a lso fell flat, again because of cou ld be prod uced for the festival: Poison and Petrifaction."

a festival of three one-act p lays, two British Drama League Festival. This lack of supp ort, and on ly two plays "An Idea for a Play" and " Passion ,

" An Idea for a Play" is a kind of mora lity, where the characters are symbols who aim to influence Humanity. The cast was: Humanity (Doris

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Carr); Virtue (J eanette Mc Donald); Vice (John Banas); Science (Murray Patchett); Education (Campbel l Ca lder); Atom Bomb (David Schultze); The prod ucer was Producer (Nige l Charters); Religion (Kev in Sharpe).

Mr. J. D. Whelan.

"Passion, Poison and Petrifaction" was written by G. B. Shaw. An examp le of ear ly 20th centur y me lodrama, this play involves six main characte rs who find themselves in impossible situ ations which form the backbone of the play. The cast was: Lady Magnesia (Elizabeth Garlick); Ph yllis (Jeanette McDonald); Lord Fitzlollemache (David Thom as); Adolphus (John Banas); Cop (B ruce Barnett); Landlord (A ian Mantan); Doctor (Graeme Aldridge). The producer was Mr. P. J . Gordon .

Although neither of these p lays received a p lacing, John Banas was mentioned as having perf ormed well.

The two producers, Mr. Whe lan and Mr. Gordon, are in charge of the cl ub, and we owe them much gratitude for having pe rsevered against lack of support. Th anks go also to the back-stage boys.

Last year House p lays were neg lected, and it is hoped that they wi ll be successfully produced this yea r. East Hou se is producing " The Other Merchant of Venice," w ritten by home members of the House as a skit on Shakespeare's comedy. The cast is: Gramaphonio (Ga ry Hutchin son); Portion (Lisbeth Robinson); Baldy Bassanio (Nigel Cha rte rs); A Haro ld (John Banas); Duke (Pete r Burton); Shylock (Kevin Sharpe); O th ers (John Banas).

The producers are J. Banas and K. Sharpe .

Moyes House is p rodu cing "The Advantages of Paternity" by Horton Giddy, a comedy taking place during the Russian Revolution, where a rather carefree capitalist general finds himself in embarrassing circumstances . The ::ast is: General Gagunin (Chris Cook); Colonel llyitch (Greg Arn old); Orderly, a young oaf (John Muir); and Brunov, a "Red" sold ier (J ack Gower) . The producer is David Wight.

The cl u b is opt imistic for next year in hoping to stage a major prod uction first term, and House p lays and B.D.L. Festival plays second term. lt is hoped that this yea r's House plays wi ll arouse some interest and support, and that these t hree groups of product ions wil l be successful.

Look ing forward further still to the new hall, w h ich w ill house good amenities for the clu b, we hope that there w ill be a supported p lace for this club in the School .

STUDENT DRAMA

AND

CHRISTIAN

The first was to invite We have attempted to cover three fields.

Ministers to speak on questions about the Ch ri stian faith and life in the twentieth centu ry, in wh ich we were interested . We thank them a ll for their contrib utions.

Then we have been most fortunate in having missionaries to tell of thei r work and show colour slides. They were f rom New Guinea; Mr. Shore from the Sudan United Mission; Miss Scott and Miss Harries of the Lebanon Evange lica l Mission; Mr. (arson from the Moslem area of Northern Nigeria.

The one event which packed the Memorial Ha ll to overflowing was the U.S. Teenage Team w ith their sparkling music, humour and message.

Mr. David Cooke, S.C.M . Schools Secretary, spoke on the work in New Zealand and overseas.

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Thirdly, films took us a round the world, showing peop les and problems being tackled by many agencies. We li st some sources as an expression of thanks: Journe y lnt路o India , Speaking About Missionaries (Church Missionary Society), New Faces in Africa, Indonesia Toda y (Bible Society), Epistl e to the Koreans, Road to Endor (Re ligious Film Society).

Others came from Shell Oil, Corso and the N.F.L.

In rows, like fo rgotten phalangeal monoliths they sit; Noises of meaningless profundity, fetichistic symbols risi ng into the clear thin air Dissolve into a crepuscular haze like a vague traumatic presence As,

h ~a ds

bowed, they

sing.

Each year S.C.M. and Crusader camps are organised, but only a few have discovered how e njo yab le and worthwhile they are.

W. J. Blanche!!, 6A l.

THE HUNT

CHAPEL NOTES

The bug le blows, Echoes and echoes.

Baying hounds, Frisking horses, The hunt is on.

This yea r the Hi gh Schoo ls ' service at St. Mary's has cont inued to be held at 9.45, wi th a Communion service in its place on the first Sunday of eve ry month. An inc reas in g number of 20th century hymns and psalm sett ing s are being sun g.

Friday night Scripture classes have continued on an optional basis for fifth and sixth forms.

With the introduction of reading instead of extra prep as the alternative, nearly a ll seniors have decided to attend the classes.

A shortage of men prepared to take classes has resulted in three large Anglican g roups, compared with four in previous years.

In addition th e re are three Presb yte rian, one Methodist and; for th e first time for many yea rs, a Roman Catholic class.

O'er O'er O'er The The

He dodges and twists, Stumbles and trips, Tumbles and falls .

Th e bugle ca ll s, The hunt is over.

Among visiting speakers to the classes, Dean Chandler, the Rev. Father Whistler, C.R ., and Mr. A. W . Yortt, S.M. , have been three of the more prominent.

Presbyte ri ans have also had visits from members of the Chil d Welfare Department and Alcoholics Anonymous.

Two new forms of Communion service have been used in St. Mary 's this year: the Beaumont Folk Mass and the Revised Liturg y. A "beat" gro u p has proved popular with many Anglican boys, as was an American 'teen g roup earlier rn the year at the Presbyterian se rv ice.

Two Confirmation Services were held again this yea r, the first for day boys on 16th Jul y. Those confirmed were: R. L. Aim, B. R. B. Abraham, M. W. Baker, H. M. Caughley, B. B. Cook, B. D. Crocker, C. W . Ha rris, D. L. Johns, M. W. Jon es, P. D. Lord, P. I. Lord, P. G . Manning, D. B. Marsh, D. J. McFarlane, G. W. O'Brien, C. D. Pau li n, W. B. Quickfal l, W. E. C. Scoll, B. E. White, G. A . White.

The boarders and some day boys who had missed the first Confirmation were confirmed on 29th October: F. R. Ayson, B. J. Bason, M. L. Brown , D. B: Bunn , G. F. E. Butler, P. L. P. Brookfield, R. D. Burton, G. P. Boyd , P. R. King, M. J . Christensen, C. R. Coulton, D. A. Davidson , C. D. Due, 路 M. A. Ellis, J . R. , Fleming , C. W. Gatenby, R. L. Goile, S. L. Grant, P. K. Gower, R. Ha wes, R. M. Horrocks, K. C. lsaac, H. B. Johns, M. S. Johnson, K. A. Johnslon , M. E. Lawrence, J . C. Lewis, A. C. Marr, K. D. Mossman, E. L. Newland, B. E. Needham, P. J . Phillips, B. D. H. Price, I. Pritchard, S. H. Purdie, M. J. Sherley, A. B. J. Sm ith , A. H. Smith, -M. Stevens, W. W. Williams, A. R. Wolfe, J. G . Woods, A. A. Young.

Supper was provided in th e School Lounge for those confirmed, their parents a nd friends after the se rvice, and sincere thanks are due to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander for their kind hospitality.

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hills and dales, hedges and rails, moorlands and fields, hounds a t h is heels, quarry speeds on.

A

PRIVATE

R. MacLean, 3Gl.

SMOKE

Puff, Puff, Smoking Under my bed In my room, Door locked, Si lence .

Footsteps!

Coming Up the stairs.

Mum! Quick, Unlock door, Open window, Wave away smoke, Sit down, Open book, Read.

Door opens'' Hi Mum!"

G. Rudsdale, 5P2.

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PICTURES

THE

IN

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

FIRE

Off I go, down to Let fathers practise Th ey a lways try to Let th em do w hat's

Th e old man sat in th e faded chair, sta rin g with g lazed eyes into the shimmering light of the log fire.

The flames set shadows dancing on the unlit wal ls, and from their light one cou ld see the lines of poverty on th e loose skin of the man 's face. The fire suddenl y g lowe d brighter, the wood crack led in pain and a trapped insect cowe red in te rror. Th e old man sighed.

How often ha d he seen such scenes in t he worl d o utsid e ! The images d ied, to be replaced by fo ur b ronzed horse men.

Th ei r bodies g listened a ta w ny ye llow .

Eve ry night the y came : the figures of Greek legend : Deat h, Peace, Love and War. Every night t hey re mind ed him of his g rim past .

The man wa s s lee ping now, but st il l th e fla mes seemed to dance before him.

He was marchin g once again at th e head of a Ge rman co lu mn. Th e arrogant goose-step of the Nazis ra ng t hro ugh o ut the room.

The old man stirre d in his chair, opened his eyes and caugh t th e moveme nt of spitting spa rks.

He closed his eyes, and the spa rks t urned into spitting g un s. He saw the shells falling among innocen t houses, and th e laughter of hi s comrades pounded at his ea rs . He hea rd the logs f allin g in th e grate and saw in hi s dream th e crum bling buildings . Once aga in his eyes flicke re d open a nd rested on th e trapped insect. As he stared it seemed to g row in his mind a nd slowly transform itse lf into a mob of frightened peop le . Then to his horror, he saw the sold iers, {allowing his examp le, cutting down men, women and children .

He je rked upri g ht, sweati ng a nd shaking. The fire was almost out, but sti ll his tortu re co ntinued. Th e smoke tw irl ed about and seemed to form th e face of th e devil . lt appeared to be mock ing the old man, and then it d isappea red as sudden ly as it had appeared. Once agai n he was a lone. lt was the cold which awakened t he old man. lt was not yet dawn, and yet the room seemed strange ly lig ht.

He shivered, not from the cold but from the mem ory of his dream. He rose stiff ly from hi s cha ir and moved slow ly towards th e wi ndow. Stiffening in terror, he began moa nin g uncon troll ab ly. Before him , th e sky was b lood-red , and across its flaming sea rode th e four b ronze horseme n.

A nucl ear war had e rupted.

M. G. Wil li ams, 6F.

WEEK-END

Friday n ight and home from school, A wee k's work done , a nd now to foo l, Straight off to town th e sights to see, Straig ht off to town to make whoopee.

Saturday comes a 11 too fast, You think yo u'l l make this week-end Jump o ut of bed, get dishes done, Rush outside to jo in the fun.

last,

Your father ca ll s, " Hi there, son, I do n't be lieve the law ns are do~e!"

But bikes are mounted, w hee ls are spu n, Blow the lawn s, I' ll ta ke th e f un !

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the beach , what they preach; spoil o ur fun , to be done .

thrill is past, it 's getting late, think of father at the gate; know the price that you must pay indiscre tions of today!

A. G. Ba xter, 3Gl.

THE

HOMECOMING

OF

ODYSSEUS

The fighting still ed, t he battl e won , As he to whom all honours fell Turned his ships to the hom eward sun To reap the joys he loved so wel l.

Od ysseus was filled wi th hope His peace ful home land then to see, To quit at last hi s wa rrin g-boats And love again Pene lope.

But not for him Pe ne lope's love Nor sight of his forgotten child; Th e greatest powe rs in realms above Had w ill ed hi s journ ey long and wi ld.

Th e yea rs fe ll slowl y in hi s wake, Each danger passed by in its turn Hi s courage strong lest he forsake The tender urge hi s prize to earn.

Then dawned an old fam ili ar sight, The lands he wa ndered as a boy, At la st he knew the lthacan nig ht, He thanked th e Gods in tearful joy.

But now his joy aga in was checked, Athene w ill ed a nothe r plan ; Not to appear at home di rect But clad in rags, a beggar man, He wandered through hi s love ly land, In meadows green ' nea th skies of blue And no one knew this beggar man.

And th en, his home ca me into v iew.

To Pen e lope's bidding, thus he came To the portals of hi s palace fair , Claiming not his rig htful name; He had to meet her unaware . 路 Between the pillars, soft he gazed Upon a sad and sorry sight And a ll his hopes were t hen betra yed He turned to go into the nightFor suitors thronged the lofty hall They saw and mocked his low-cl ad f rame.

His wife wo ul d not beli eve his ca ll ; Odysse us disclosed hi s name.

To prove , on him sh e set a task W hich none b ut he could te ii" Pull now this bow, no more I ask,

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The n I s ha ll know you we ll ."

But do ub t e nclosed he r t roub led m in d As t ho ug hts came ru sh ing f rom t he past, A nd when she looked, a sca r she foundO dysse us was home at last.

The bow that in h is yo uth had t ried Dema nded payment of his sorrows; Hi s son fo ug ht brave ly by his side As suito rs fe ll before his arrows.

The fig hting sti ll ed, t he ba tt le won, As he to w hom a ll hono urs fell l et drop h is bow, its d uty done Th at he mig ht live his fut ure well.

And, yes, he Iived a Iife of joy From wa r a nd pe ri ls t hu s set free; A fat he r a nd a lov in g boy; Odysse us and Pene lope.

WHERE

OF

And

TO

GO?

comm un icat ions are

poor;

Doctors could 'scape the d reac;led phone .

The shifting rive r courses, Can p lough gouges t hrough ho uses .

ISLAND

DA Y

As I sit a nd look out on t hi s wate ry world, I see the sma ll d rops of ra in as they beat down in a neve r-ending to rrent. The ground is soft and soggy and strewn with large p udd les of wate r. After many days of rain, t rees and b ushes take on a sullen look of despair, as if they hav" given up hope of seeing another sunny day and feel ing the warm sun on thei r now list less b ranches . As I press my face aga inst the window and look out on t he d rab sce ne, a hand ful of ra in is flung aga in st t he wi ndow. Dusk app roac hes, b ut no sig n of any le t-up in t he weathe r is visib le, and I go to bed hoping that tomorrow wi ll b ring some change .

R. F. Collins,3 Gl .

MID-SUMMER

s ubconscious penetrati on of vib rati ng f rag ile loc ust dome quicken in g p ul satile lu st sens ua l awa reness of ta ut hard b rass surface concentrated time eleva ted sensi tivity to harsh electric tens ity br ight crack ling spark combust ib le atmosphere past lark drops and upsoa ri ng instantaneously in poiscentred waves sh rink ing hype rbo lica ll y into sci ntill ating distance t he grass is warm and soft ni g ht and t he moon rap id pro jects cloud vap id flat grey d imensionless shadows rims of viscid vitrescence W. J . Blanchett, 6A l .

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WANT

Whe re d o yo u wan t to go?

To East Pakista n, W he re the la ndscape takes on a ve rdan t look,

The raging sea relentless ly batte rs the island's sandy shores.

Rocky cliffs, now rent by rifts, crumble beneath t he monster's paws, And w it h a lurch eac h rocky pe rch of sq uaw kin g ga nn et, mew in g g ull Ca ll s out for rest in t ired protest, answe ring crash w it h echo d ull.

Then from th e shores th e sea withd raws and menaces w ith countenance b lack, And hu ngrily, with greatest glee, anticipates his next attack .

N. Copeland, 6C. WET

YOU

Whe re do yo u w ant to go?

To the l owe r Ind us Va ll ey, Where the ba rren sandy deserts, Are st reaked with patches of salt.

And the delta is a mang rove-fri nged waste.

J . Banas, 6F. EROSION

DO

CONTRIBUTIONS

Whe re do yo u wa nt to go?

Skip across t he continent and . , .

Your musc les b ul ge whi le t rees fa ll , In the Pac ific North-west Coastlands, And t rees a re common As clouds and fog .

Whe re do yo u want to go?

W hy, Austra lia is a f ast deve lopi ng Coun t ry, where every day new l a nd fee ls footfalls of fast-moving folk , Bu t land is sti ll sta lked by sto ne-age people.

A boome rang w hist les .

Silent ly an animal dies.

Raw ,;,eat fi ll s famis hed faces, How long wi ll it last?

You have had it a ll Is it not t ime to go back?

Where d rainage on the p lains fo rms A parallel patte rn wit h snowfed rivers Arising from gorges along wi t h sha ll ow .

Rain-fed st reams rising in the foot hill s.

Chr istch urch, t he city w ith a cathed ral: Whe re bicycle races are he ld in a river, And students demonstrate ; They have nothing to do But! If satisfied-stay.

C.

N. Dui gan, 5G H.

PRO PAGANDA

In my you ngest years I used to knee l by my a unt's 路 ho use on a rail road field and yank the g rass out of the g round and rip savage ly at its roots and g reen sta ins g rew on my ha nds, . but glancing back to t he empty patch w he re t he g round was tu rned u pside down and t he roots lay dead beside t he tree I'd say, " I'm sure t he grass don't give a damn, anyway it' ll grow again and w hat's a patc h of g rass anyhow?"

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ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

In later years although still young my head like a mixed-up path revolved for I was flung to the world with no-one to lead me and show me how and people I met and people I heard and things I read were the only things I understood so I listened to what people said and soon I believed them myself for my mind was young and longed to revolt against things I was taught and what I thought right.

But so strongly did I believe like a searching wind that all night long keeps hunting, howling all around for something new to toss and turn I'd leave my friend s for this new strain like I'd wiped my hand to wash the stain.

For hours on end I would listen to the words of the man with action in his voice and I would sense a kind of choking feeling like smoke creeping slowly over me and swallowing me up for my mind was young and full of revolt like the minds of many .

So I followed these men and gave them my faith for so blinded by hatred I did not stop to think of the other point of view, like a sheep I followed-to the slaughter for it was only then I realised I'd followed the words not the cause and what I believed in was not really me but the fancies of someone counting on me to follow and believe and not stop to think of whether I' m doing what I really want.

I realised then whal' was happening to me so I made up my mind to keep my eyes open and not to be blinded by what people said nor try to stop them but to think to myself, "I was young once and anyway everyone has the right to think and who's to say what is right or wrong but the people themselves? " For what I had done had taught me a lot and like a man who's been bitten once I learnt to accept it only if I could touch it for it's only then I'd understand and say, " Yeah, this is real."

G. P. Dempsey, 6A2.

lOO

ARMAGEDDON

(Or, "See You

in

AVERTED

the Gobi, Moby")

Recent calculations have shown that should the present population explosion continue unabated, by the year 3450 humanity will weigh as Although this much as the earth ;tself ·t&e~e&k-ef Ret0/11!5). fact may appear to offer a gloomy future for our descendants (and there are going to be plenty of them), it is truly a blessing in disguise. Scientists have speculated for a long time that sooner or later an asteroid or meteor of considerable siz must strike our earth.

Mankind, despite his great technical advances, will be powerless to prevent such a· catastrophe. However, by A.D. 3540 or thereabouts, Nature will have provided man with an efficient means of preventing such a collision .

In order to avert such a disaster, it will be necessary to transport the bulk of the world's population to some large open space of ground.

The Gobi Desert (· at1 ., would be admirable, since most people in the 36th century will be Asians anyway.

Nevertheless, the remaining population of the other major continents could be transported quickly and efficiently by hypersonic jet airliners, which should be in service by 3540.

Of course, it would not be practicable to move everyone to the Gobi; obviously some folk would have to be left behind to tend their countries.

However, this should only involve prison-wardens (and inmates), hospital staff and zoo-keepers.

Every other physically fit human being (provided he can produce a note from the doctor) would be obliged to make the journey.

Once the world population has assembled at the Gobi, the plan can be put into action immediately.

In actual fact, this plan is simplicity itself, for it operates according to the law of the conservation of momentum. it will require the whole population to launch themselves, in unison, into the air . Thus when everybody strikes the ground at approximately the same instant, a considerable momentum will be imparted to the earth .

This should cause the earth to move with a certain velocity, and hence out of the path of the approaching asteroid. it is obvious that it would be both illogical and inhuman to expect everybody to jump at once; for this reason, the population will be divided roughly in half. Thus, while one half is regaining its breath in p'reparation for the next jump, the other half will already be in the air, and descending rapidly. The advantage of this method is that the resultant velocity of the earth will be a good deal smoother than if everybody jumped together.

The ; uce;;;. of tyvve~ture depends, to ~ grea t...·extent, on the footwear y f"'the popuJp·t lon. There is [.v.tle doubt tbafbar~e feet and rubber· s.~a shoes, w ' If' low co-efficie .$' of re~titu ~' would verely ha per )11 e efficienc of the operation Thus it is 8visa~le t everyone ossess eather-soled sh s, since y e f er is co iderably m e elastiy • a pair o than ry er or bare fe .

1 \../ Since the whole operation will depend on the conservation of m'omentum, there is a little elementary mathematics involved ..) If we let the mass of the earth equal M, then the mass of the moving humans will be half this, or -!M.) Now, everybody will be called upon to jump to a height of at least two feet; this will cause the population to strike the ground with a velocity of about 11 .3 feet per se~~d~-h-orthe-lll.QJilJlltum ~M4<;>G--I&-4Ae e"''l' v.ill be 5.6§ M tJnits-: "' "'' , the mass of the earth will be 1~· M, since eve.'1body (except a few stragglers) who was airborne will now have landedJ By equating the momentum of the earth

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to that of t he people, we find that the fa rth w ill ha ve attained a velocity of approximately 3.76 feet per second. \_Th is, a ll owing for slide -rul e e rror, is 2.57 miles per hour.\ If th is speed is maintained, it should be possible to move the earth 246 miles out of its orbit every week (allow ing e ight hours ' sleep per night and no jumping on Sundays).

The length of time for which th is jump ing w ill need to be ma intained wil l obviously depend on t he size of the app roac hing asteroid a nd t he genera l wi ll ingness of th e popu lation . Howeve r, if it is necessa ry to move the ea rth complete ly out of its orb it (a distance of 7920 miles) to avo id disaster, it coul d be accompl ished within 32 weeks . Th is would allow most of the jumpers to get home and be settled in again before Christma s.

On the other hand, if the earth has to be moved further than this 7920 miles, an a lternat ive method w ill have to be developed; more than_ e ight months of cont inuous and concentrated jumping would be too much to ask of anyone.

The success of this whole ambitious venture depends on a number of factors. Th e feeding of such a huge mass of people would be a headache, to say the least; it is doubtf ul whether any rep utab le catering organisation would undertake such a mammoth task . To avo id standing in long queues al l jumpers will be wel l advised to prepare cut lu nches for at least a week in advance. For the rest of the ju mping period the pop ul ation w ill be fo rced to subsist on w hatever food the Asian governments see fit to provide. This wil l p robab ly include a handful of rice per person per day and a ration of specia ll y imported Mexican jumping beans.

pr - ~m will be t he_/{ln;ven distrib u ~ of the world: s Anot~er e concentration Va ll humanityu .:.:.'::"''le point could ~se population. the ea~ o deve lop a cons rable wobble . . /wever, this w~{r'obably rcom e shou ld the eed arise. be r The provision of ente rta inments for the jumpe rs will be another major problem; train-spotting and bird-watching competitions will hardl y keep them amused for long . For this reason, al l intend ing jumpers will be well advised to bring p lenty of reading material and / or kn itt ing (in addition to the cut lunches) to keep themselves p leasa ntly occupied during â&#x20AC;˘ rare moments of leisure.

Naturally enough , we hope t he earth wil l neve r be p laced in such a predicament as the scient ists have envisaged. But if the need arises, we now know that disaster can be avoided. Thus it behoves each and eve ry human being to come to the rescue of our planet in tim e of a n eme rgency, and everyone should be physically fit for such an eventuality.

Perhaps the incorporation of jumping endurance events into th e Olympic Games may encourag e mankind to keep fit for an eme rgency of this ~N.B. -Any person who disagrees with the above theory, w he th e r on politica l, mathematical or moral grounds, should send his ob jection to: The

Secretary, Gobi Desert Tourist Promotion s Inc., Great Wall Street, Ho Fung Spong Province, China R.D . 2

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by no later than 30th June, 3540 A.D. R. J . Wolfe, 6A l.

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ORIGINAL Very old teacher, Died on a Sunday, b ur ied a long with name; Oh , what a shame, Nobody liked himWhy did he ca rr y o n?

I am as th e rocking-horse w hich moves Onl y in the imagination; The horse stays confined But may seem fre e When ridden by a roving mind Which heeds no t walls a nd boundaries I am not free.

Of men.

Very young teacher, Wearing a face that he keeps in a jar by th e door, But he is poor ; Oh, those lon e ly teachersWhere do they all come from ?

P. G. Hoskin , 5P2.

A child has my freedom Which I lost piece by piece As childhood fell like leaves In the growing gust Which buffeted the autumn tree And bared my mind to its return to dust .

I see too much to be free .

BEACH

The g rowing mind is like a falling tide; Young and full , it freel y moves, unhampere d, A . soft and shining thing of beauty lt falls away W1th no wrong in it.

Reve~ling dangers, rocks, stark sand~, and gradually Th e 1mage of be auty in the growing eye fades.

Th e The Th e Th e

child's eye sees only th e best, yo un g man wis hes he could see less, adult wants not to loo k at all old man forgets as his senses' pall.

G. C. Stock we ll , 6A 1 .

"THE

CLOCK

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ONES

I can't get over lonely teachers: Look at them wo rking, Marking their papers in the night so no-one will hea r, No路one comes near; Oh, those lon e ly teachersWh ere do they a ll come from?

Respectable teacher, Born in a yea r it is better to forget, Worked very hard ; Oh, those lonely teachersWhy do they carry on?

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The Saturda y morning sun was a ball of light a nd heat high in th e Beneath it green waves, peaked w ith wh ite foam, December sky. crumbled and slithered shorewa rd to the hot emb ra ci ng sand wh ich gurgled noisily and spluttered as it absorbed the cool liquid sea. Here and there a twisted ga rland of seaweed washed back and forwards in foam-flecked surf, and above it all seagulls wheeled and dived in their never-ending sea rch for food.

Furthe r up the beach, in the lee of the low, tussock-cl ad sandh ills, we re several groups of boys and g irl s in br ight beachwear, and in the The hot sand beside them lay their long custom-bui lt surf boards. bronzed figures lay, sat or stood on the sand, a nd all we re talking .

Speech flowed like w ater from a tap until one surfer sat up and silenced them all:

Pieces of wax appeared in a dozen hands as boards we re given their protective coating and then carr ied hurriedly across the hot sand to the cool water of the Pacific .

Paul He ke, 6B l .

LONELY

SCENE

"Surf's up- l ook at t hose rights!"

Th e clock of life is wound but once, And no man has the powe r To tell just when the hands will stop, At late or earl y hour.

Now is the only time you own; Live, love, toil, and with a will路 Place no faith in tomorrow, fo~ The clock may th en be still.

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Once in the surf, the riders paddled firmly but quickly through the white water, perched precariously on their pride and joy, their " board Then they massed once more, outside the break, and rebumps. " Even out commenced their favourite vocation besides surfing-ta lking. there in the rolling swell the talk and laughter continued, interrupted only by the odd surfe r break ing away from the group to catch a g ree n hump that increased in speed and size as it sped to extinction on the sa nd y shore .

Once caught in the wave's momentum, the rider stood up and From the beach , sh uffled q u ickly and easi ly to the front of his board. there was a strange beauty and grace in his movements, as he sta ll ed at the foot of the wave-face, then punched through a closing section, and all the while th e wave was chew ing at his hee ls in a perfect right Dropping down th e face, he stalled, then shot forward as the sl ide. water cascaded over him in a complete cover-up. Then he stal led once more and relived the ecstasy again and again, un til finally the whole remaining face of the wave reared up and crash ed down, taking surfer and board with it.

C. L. Rodrigues, 5P l .

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New Assembly Hall, Classroom Block

CLEOPATRA

The School desperate ly needs a new assembly hall and classroom and administrative b lock. The present hall was bui lt in 1919, as a gift from the people of New Plymouth, after the original Schoo l bu rn ed down, but it was designed for 400·500 boys. When t he whole Schoo l assembles in the hall it is badly overcrowded, and to lessen the danger in such cond iti ons, assemb ly was cond ucted first on th e top g round in the summer Third and months, and was later split w hen the wea the r wo rse ned. fourth formers a lternate ly assemble in th e Memorial Theatre, which relieves the overcro wding to a ce rtain extent, but there are still almost twice as many peop le in the hal l as it was des igned fo r.

Rustling of silk and dipping of oars, Tapping of feet on cedar-wood floors, Silver and gold around to see, Stars and moons trapped wondrously.

Cleopatra! This for thy joy!

Swaying of sails and g listening of pearls, Si lken- haired youths and languorous gi rl s, Stars of the night and sil very moon.

Sweet stra ins of music, a love-laden tune.

Cleopatra! Th is is thy love!

Snatches of music and g limpses of gold, Views of a painting, a pageant of old, Love and hot passion, unbridled and free, Poison and death and tragedy.

Cleopatra! This is thy life!

K. Smale, 5P2.

INTIMATIONS

OF

TEMPORARY

IMMORTALITY

Endless embryos shutt led off assembly lines, Mou lded to meet life's specificat ions, Young children, pressed into the rhythm of the times, Geared to conform-no modifications.

The growing mind caught in the rush And crush of the qualifications race, Armed with degrees and personality of mush , Precision ·trained nothing behind sm ili ng face .

Successful man with wealth at his beck, Machine-made sophistication .

Yet an ingrown sense beyond his reek Warns of emotiona l devastation.

In sign ificant corpse rotting in opulent tomb, Leaving a lesser legacy than ovum in sterile womb.

W. J. Stew art, 6A 1.

At the moment t here is nowhere to put on plays, concerts and other cu ltu ral activities. The Memorial Theatre is too sma ll, the present hall has no real stage and the gym is unsuitable. Thi s is having a detr imental effect on the cu ltural life of the Schoo l, which is important in deve loping character . More classrooms are also nee ded, since there a re three blocks of prefabs . in the main schoo l, which spoil th e appea rance of the grounds and are unpleasant to work in.

To meet these needs, as most peop le inte rested in the School we ll know by now, a new block and assembly hall wi ll be bui lt. A telegram g iving Governmenta l app rova l for the project arrived during the b rea k-up ceremony last year. The Government has prov ided a g rant t ha t w ill build the classroom and administrative b lock, and a hall th at would meet only Rather than bui ld t hi s so rt the m inimum requirements of the School. of structure, it has been decided to go a ll the way and construct a hall that is worthy of the traditions of the School; one that will bring credit to it. The School and the Old Boys' Association have undertaken to raise the balance of about £40,000 necessary to build such a hall.

The new hall and block will be an impressive structure , as can be seen from the architect's impression. Th e original design of the hall was in the fo rm of an octagon , but the design has since been changed into th e form of a modified fan . This design will give the best combination of appearance, efficiency of entry and exit, and utilisation of space. The stage will be at the focus of the fan, so t hat all seats w ill be orientated towards the stage. Seating will be in two levels, w ith the g round floor seat ing 1000 and a balcony sweeping over the hall, a ligned to the stage, with seats for 500. Thus with a total sea ting capac ity of 1500, it w ill be the largest public hall in New Plymouth, and wi ll be made available for public use .

There will be four entrances to the hall, two on the Coronation Avenue side, one in the corner of the hall near Wakefield Street, and the other on the school side of the building. The main entrance is to be into a spacious foyer 41 feet across, opening into the hall, the Headmaster's office and the class room·administrative block . Catering faci lit ies will be provided by a catering room .

The ha ll is designed around the stage as its focal point, wh ich is how a hall sho uld be designed . I am glad to say it w ill not be another of th ose shoebox structu res, which seem to have a stage added down at one end as an afte r-thoug ht. Th e stage itse lf will be of a good size, th irty feet in depth. With such a stage the hall w ill be useful to both the Schoo l and the town.

The class room·administr ation b lock will have three floors and will inc lu de man y facilities that the School has done wit hout up till now .

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There w ill be a headmast er's office, a fi rst ass istant's office, a sc hool office, a vocationa l g uidan ce office a nd other offices for purposes such as interviews; at present t here is nowhere fo r parents and masters to ta lk, or for any o th er kind of inte rview. The re w ill a lso be an advanced physics and an advanced chemistry labo ra tor y, five large mode rn cla ss room s, a maste rs' t:ommon roo m and

a prefects' common

room.

Old Boys and present boys may wonder what is going to happen to the present main block, beca use to t hem it is the centre of th e School and a lways wi ll be . But they may rest ass ured; it will be here for at least anothe r fi ft y yea rs.

In the course of this year the classroom s a ro u nd the hall have been given a "face-lift ." The old wa inscot aro un d th e rooms has been ripped out and rep laced b y ha rdb oa rd ski rting, new lower blackboa rds have been in stal led so that the o ld teaching platform s have been scrapped , and the rooms have been given a coat of bright paint, whic h helps to maintain morale.

New doors have a lso been installed with inset windows , through which p row lin g masters can observe un supervise d classes, a nd lin o cove rin g on th e floo rs is p ro posed. Th ese renovatio ns modern ise the classroom s and bring th em more into line wit h most of Taranaki' s other secondar y schools, al th ough Rooms 14, 15 and 16, the remnants of t he origi na l schoo l, a re still in da il y use. When the new block is comp leted, there wi ll be a shift of the centre of the sc h ool to it from the o ld b lock.

Of the £40,000 which has to be raised, th e School has und e rtake n to raise £5000 and the Old Boys' Associati on has undertak en to raise £35,000 . The School has already earned almos t £3000, and per ha ps the target wi ll be exceeded next year. Most of the money came from the ve ry successfu l Gala Day, th e first one the Schoo l has ~eld for ove r twenty yea rs, and the work-day scheme, held at the begin ning of the Aug ust holidays.

The Schoo l was given an extra day off, in which eac h boy attempte d to earn a po un d for the fun d.

Some boys were un ab le to earn t hi s amount, b ut most managed to ea rn somethin g, and there was a 100 per cent. response from boarders .

The gala day will become a yearly event unti l t he hall is paid off. Lack o f expe rience in running the event was counte racted by enth usiasm this year, but next year's eve nt shoul d be even more of a success w ith this yea r's experienc e.

In addition to these two ma in p roiects othe r money-ra ising activ it ies, such as Moyes' portab le radiogram raffle, have been conducte d during the year. .

Th e Old Boys' Associati on is very pleased with the response to its appeal . Although stil l in its infancy, the f und stands at £8000 already . it is pleasing to see t hi s evidence of the Old Boys' loyalty to their Schoo l.

The appea l is being cond ucted by th e third f orm represent ative system; represent atives from third fo rms t ha t have passed through the Schoo l are contacted by the Sch oo l and given the necessary literature and informat ion to conduct the campa ig n . They, in t urn , co ntact th e ir forme r classma t es on behalf of the organisat ion and col lect do nations, which they return to t he fund. An e normou s amou nt of work has gone into the appeal, especia ll y by the maste rs and Old Boys o rga n ising it, and the e nthusiasm with w hich it has been received is remarkab le.

A star t has been made on t he proiect, in t hat the house that was in front of the d ining room beside · the south block has been shifted. The other house on the corn er of Wakefiel d Street wil l have to be moved to make room for the new block, w h ich w ill extend from Wakefield Street to t he south b lock.

The starting date of work proper on the block depends on th e success of t he appea l, but it is ho ped to ha ve the p roi ect complete d fo r an Old Boys' reunion in 1968.

The success of the appea l at th is stage indicates t h at these ho pes will be realised.

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SECRETARIES

. ) D. De nh am, P.O . Box 686, Ne w New Plymouth (Parent AssociatiO n : Pl ymo uth.

Auckland : Don Ca lde r, 8 Em p ire Road, Epsom.

Waikato : R. Geck, Swans Road, Te Kauwhata .

Hawke's Bay: Roger Bate, c/ o Sim pson, Bate an d Wane, Queen Street, Hastings.

King Country : R. Price, Pi o Pio. 157 ' South Taranaki: M. Walker, c I o T. Wa lker a n d Son, P.O. Box Hawera .

-. S J W anganu1. · · Kurta ' 18 Tor o Street, Wanganu i . tt 17 Durham Cresce nt, Palmersto n Nort h.

Manawat u: D. Hugge , n.

Wellingto n : A. Johnston , c I o p .0 . Bo x 1298 ' Wellingto . . . R Hayt on cl o Otago Uni ve rsit y, Duned 111.

Dune d m . . ' .. p Dent 11 7 Pill Street, Sydney, Australia.

A usI ra I1a . . , OL OLD BOYS' ASSOCIA TION (INC .)

NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHO ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBE R, 1965 Gentlem en,-! have the h onour t o present the followi ng Annual Report and Balance Sheet for the year 1965 .

- ' . held o ur Annual Cabaret in the Girls' Hig h Social ActJvltJes : We aga~n . ht f the Ann u al Headmas t er's XV v.

Schoo l Assembly Hall on 1 e nJ g d 0 popular and although a small Th " ·n prove mos 1 School First XV· IS a ga l . . c rease ' in the number of 0 Id loss was sustained , there was a p 1easll1g 111 Boys present. leasant hour in the loun ge of the Ta sma n In Decembe r we spent a p 11 h has transferre d to Waitaki Boys' • Hote l when we farewelle d j,m ~~~Id ~keo again to reco rd o ur app recia tion Hig h School on promotio n. 1 .' d dministe ri ng the Ge ne ra l Purposes to Jim for hi s efforts 111 startll1 g an a Trust Fun d .

Fund : Thi s fund is stil l steadi ly growing and now General Purposes t" g to £ 96 181 11 was ha n ded to the 111 sta nds at £2592171 3. lnco~e amo un .d portable amp lifying system for h o has used '' to provJ e a Hea d master w 1 1611 h · the School. Th e tota l now an d e d 1o the He admaster is £27 1 .

S 1 f both of these have been maii10 id Boys'. Ties andl Badl gbes~ tha e~x~cutive urges a ll financ ial Old Boys tained a t a satisfacto ry eve u. e to obtain one as won as possible. s wi th conside rab le relief that we hea rd at New Assembly Hall : it wa . d d · · to rep lace the e nt's long awa1te eclston prize-givi ng, of t h e G overnm block Th is has been promised d 1 ovide a new c ass room · Assemb Iy Ha 11 an p r t h 11 ·s quite inadequa te for a se h oo 1 1 fo r a num b e r o f ye ars as the presen • • ' 11 Olda Boys to support the AssocJatJ on s of this size. I strongly exhort ~ I ovide an Assembly Hall worthy coming appeal so t hat wel cand e p I1~op:ny other in New Zea land. of the name of o ur Sch oo an eq ua

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85th Jubilee Celebra tions: The Executiv e fee ls that despite a ll the prepara t ions tha t have already been made to hold this Anniver sary at Easter 1967, it would be desirab le to postpon e it for one year.

Thi s wo uld enab le Old Boys to see the progres s made with the new build ings.

A notice of motion to this effect has been given .

Branche s: All Branche s are in good heart and again member s of your Executiv e made eve ry effort to , attend their meeting s. We we re able to visit Aucklan d, Hawke' s Bay, South Taranak i, Kin g Country , Wangan ui, Waikato and Welling ton and I should li ke to thank these member s ·co r the ir time and interest .

Constitu tion : Our existing Constitu t ion, though amende d seve ra l t imes since it was drawn up, was in need of rev ision and .the Exec uti ve have given conside rable time to it this yea r. A new draft wil l be c ircula ted to financia l member s and branche s in the new year, and if accepta ble, it is hoped to adopt, it, in general meeting .

Ge nera l: Your Executiv e met on e leven occasion s and may I thank them most s in cerely for their loyal and enth usiast ic support .

We have been unfo rtun ate in !osing the se rvices of two member s during the year, Warwic k Lobb, who left for a tr ip ove rseas, and Jim ln sul l, who has moved to Oamaru . To both of them we extend o ur best w ishes.

You will notice that it is propose d to nomina te Mr. J. S. Hatherl y as an Honorar y life Membe r of this Associa t ion.

John has given loyal se rvice over a ve ry great number of years and I am su re you wi ll agree that few Old Boys are not aware of his interest .

On Satu rday, Ap ril 2nd, the School is having a gala day combin ed w ith the Hansard Cup Sports. This wi ll be a ma jo r effort by the boys to raise money fo r the new Assemb ly Hall and they are seek in g yo ur su pport in supp lying produce , etc. , as we ll as being present to make the day a success.

I shoul d like to thank Mr. Webste r for his kind offer of the buffet lunch in the Boarder s' lounge after ou r Annual General Meeting , and for his continu ed intere st in the Associa tion ' s affairs.

Thanks a lso to all Old Boys, Parents, Staff and fr ie nds who have helped the Assoc iation during the ye ar.

A. N. WILSON , Preside nt .

OLD

BOYS' TRUST

FUND

Preside nt's Report : This marks the Fifth Annive rsa ry of t he Trust Fu nd, and the Stateme nt hereund er shows the position as at the 30th Septem ber, 1966 .

The Capita l Fund has increase d f rom £2396 / 15 / · last year to £2556 / 15 / 6 this year.

Income from investm ents for the ye ar to 30 / 9 / 66 amount ed to £101 / 4 / 3 and this sum has been handed to the Headma ster . Th is makes a tota l income of £373 / 0 / 4 handed over to date. la st year's income went towards providin g the School with a t rampol ine.

The Executiv e thanks you for your support and trusts that it will be able to continu e .

A. N. WILSON, Presiden t.

D. R. DENHAM, Trust Fund Secretar y.

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TRUST FUN!) STATEMENT As AT 30th SEPTEMBER, 1966 Capital Fund: £2556 / 15 / 6.

Income Accoun t (amoun t han d e d to t he Headma ste r): £101 / 4 / 3.

Investm ents :

100 5/- Ordinar y Shares in Newton King Ltd. (Nomi n·a·l· Valu e) ····· ···· ····· ... .. ...

500 5% Govern ment Stock at Cost 400 5!ro/c Taranak i Harbou rs Board Debentu res 200 5!ro/, Taranak i Harbou rs Board Debe ntures 0 200 5iolc Taranak l• Ha r b ours Bo a rd Debentu res 150 5i o; New Plymou th City Council Debentu res 200 5 o/c o New Plymou th City Council Debentu res 300 5i% ~ew Pl ymo uth City Council Deben',~ ;es f T C. life Policy Govern ment life No. 422865 , ' e o .

Smart, plus Bonuses to date Cash at Taranak i Savings Bank

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

£491 14 £90 1

0 6

£2556 15

6

£25 £500 £400 £200 £200 £ 150 £200 £300

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BRANCH ASSOCIA liON S WANG ANUI . the ear At the fi rst at Waverle y on Two function s were held d unn g y . h sive talk on the Assemb ly J une 18th, Mr. W. E. Alexand er gave a dcodmpr ede~y Mr T P. Maclean , an .

Ha ll Fu nd Appea I· Th e s econd was. a resse d fo llowed the. lions-W anganui.Oid Boy and well-kn own sports whnter,B at~ Mr Alexand er and Mr. Wilson .

C 0 t h on August 1Ot · · Kmg ountry ma c .. attende d, along with many mem b ers and out-of-t own VIS itOrs. k h been transfer red to the Courth o use, Durin g the year J. E. Ettershapn bats Officer · 0 B Haw ken has been · h D B Gray is ro a IOn ' · · Wangan ul, w ~re . f. h Waitota ra County · Anderso n Council , ond Grelg appoint ed Cha~rman o t e is still p laying senior football .

J S Hath erly; Officers of the Branch are as follows : Patron, M A ~:to." K: R. Smart; p ' d nt K H Gibbon s; Vice-P resident , D. Burtond; u ' C' Croad, H. S. res I e ' . .

S J Ku rta. Commit tee, G . An e r son, .

Secretar y-T reasurer , . · d ' H Dyke, B. C. Flight, l. T. Hone, l. orroc k s, B. J Rountrie , F. R. Rutherf or . and A. A. Wa lker .

HAWKE'S BAY New PI mouth High School Old Boys' The Hawke' s Bay Branch of the . y than is customa ry in t he yea r Associa tion h as en .loye d a more active S hoof Rugby match is he Id .m New Te Aute .v. c alternat e yea rs w hen the · d at . o su estions which were VOICe .

Plymou th . Thi s year, m respons e t gg of the Te Aute match m on th~ even 1ng la st year' s reg u 1ar re- un ·on ~ f 11 t ed in admirab le surroun d'mgs, Hasting s, we organis ed a nd succes_s u ;f ss:~urd ay , the 8th October , 1 9~6, at the Hasting s Clu~ ~n t_he t e~~n~~ich o ur wives we re invited.

Desp ite a Re-unio n and Ladles Nigh Id B and t he ir w ives attende d. The fairly short notice a ~umber of 0 D~~~n cocktail s prior to dinner, o ur eveni ng took o n an mforma l dno~e. t' ~eadmaster, Mr. W. E. Alexand er, Presiden t, Sob Ayling, welcom e t e ac mg

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and hi s w ife, and also Mr . and Mrs . Lauri e Gidd y, from the School. Durin g the eveni ng both our g uests spoke briefly and Mr. Alexen der screene d an interes ting se r ies of sli des depicti ng the growth of th e School and its p lan s for futur e deve lopme nt. He even man aged to mentio n the need for funds and th e part p layed by O ld Boys in connec tion with the new Assemb ly Hall and we are sure that some of his words entered sympat hetic ea rs! Thi s appear s to be a grand project in which Old Boys wi ll fee l pr iv ileged to take part. The eve nin g took t he form of cocktai ls a~d dinner w ith th e usu al trimmin gs and tim e fo r a tal k togethe r w hich was pe rh aps the more valuab le for what preced ed it and wen t with it!

Th e followi ng are a few persona l notes: Mauric e Munro (1939 to 1944) is no w in Fiji practisi ng Archite cture.

Alan Grant is in practice as an Opticia n in Hasting s.

Russell Dreard on is a Veterin ary Surgeo n at Waipuk urau.

Ray Hancoc k is w ith the Social Securit y Depa rtmen t in Hasting s.

Gra ham Ramsde n and Barny Bannis ter both farm in the Wood vill e area.

Ray Da lziell is a Station er and Bookse l ler in Hasting s.

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OTAG O . hel d in the The Annu a l Re-unio n Dmn er bwas we re present R.S.A. Dining Room on an d am ong them was Frid ay, 17th June. Twenty mem tsl .

1921-2 2.

Don McDou ga ll , who attende d Se oo In . . he ld and . th e .

Annual Meetm g was .

Follow ing the dmne r t h e 22nd R .

J C !dwell· Secreta ry-Trea surer , . followi ng officers elected : Preslden:,ake~ t~e me~ting ad journ~d to t he Hayton .

After photos had been f Pres ide nt's flat With the necessa ry re res hments where t he last g uest ' . remain ed un t il t he early hours .

Persona l

News d · the Annual urmg Congra tul ations were extend e_d to th e fo ll owi ng Meetin g.

Bill Bussell : Ph .D. Rex Bosson : Married and B.E. Dave Loten : A son .

John Caldwe ll : Engage d. p . Honeyf oeld : Engage d .

AUCKLAND The Auckla nd Branch held two f unction s during the yea r. Th e numbe r w ho atte nded was down on previou s years, but t he e nthu s ia sm of those presen t offset this.

The A.G.M . and "Smok o" was he ld ea rly in Jun e . Alaric W ilson made a specia l trip for the occasio n and represe nted the Schoo l and th e Parent Associa tion .

He broug ht us up to date with news fro m both

orga ni sat ions .

The ann ual re-unio n was he ld th e Saturda y followi ng th e Gramm ar game in the No. 1 Stand at Eden Pa rk . Those presen t en joyed some exce ll e nt ca te ring and conviv ia l compan y.

Ala ric Wilson , Colin Ali e n and Dan Watkin s t rave ll e d north to be presen t at t he re-u n ion.

Persona l Notes Old Boys on t he staff of th e Childre n 's Dental Clin ic in cl ude Dick Logan (Prin cipa l), Rob Ca lder and Paul Chicke n .

Nigel Diggle is the Ske ll e ru p rep resen tative fo r th e Auckla nd provinc e.

Gordon Murray has re tired from Da lg e ty Loan as an ad m ini strat ion officer and is at present tourin g the Isla nds.

Slash McGias ham has moved t o Fiji for a stay of some th ree years .

Tom Miller, w ith his w ife and family, is no w domici led in Turkey .

George Swann, a tower of streng th in Associa tion effairs in Auckla nd for many yea rs, ha s been transfe rred to We llin gton .

Harry Calder has return ed from a trip which include d Canada and the Un ited Kingdo m.

Jock Gray is managi ng directo r of a very success ful home imp roveme nt firm based in Newma rket.

Tom Logan has bee n promot ed to of the Den t a l Depart ment at the Naval Don A . Smith is the Br itish Counci l recentl y visited th e United Kingdo m on

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Comma nder and is now in charge Base, Devonp ort.

Educat ion Office r in De lhi a nd ha s leave .

MANA WATU

current list, a lthough these a re not al l We ha ve 137 membe rs on o u r ~~nancial membe rs, unfortu nately .. " d f April attracte d quite a goo d : A Branch Socia l he ld at t~e e n o f O ld Boys and their w1ves . gath ering o .

Id in th e lounge of t he Empire Hote 1 Th e Annua l Genera l Meetm g, he .

D Denham and Paul Catchp ole in Octobe r, was also a success f ul e~~nmg. and onexp lained the appea l f un d. attende d fr om the Pare nt Assoc l ~ IOn ve some highlig hts of cha nges, th e Dick Baunto n , from the present sta ' _gat d develo pme nts such as the new p resent School and its staff, _and p ~ olec \ d s wh ich added much rea lity 1\ssemb ly Hall, illu strated w ith eo our s I e , and humou r . cri cket match against local Nelson We a re looking forwar d to a return d uch en·loye d znnua l contest I. h Coll ege Old Boys, w 1IC has been a close an m b G y Youngs Shailer Collier , · als have een u Among our more rece n t amv ' J h AI M Kay Bru ce McDiar mid, o n c Murray Mitchel l, N el"I Koon"e , Johnf Scott, ' B. 5 . tt d C m Elliott Jack Lawren ce, . eo ' - C on , a Cooper , Laune roxs , John Wlux orClem Bou lton 'and !a n Eva. B. Hodgso n , M. Saxton , K. ay,

OLD

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IN

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NEWS d Anthon y Johns has been awd alrdfe . ty's Gold Me a or Royal Hu mane Socle I d of a yo ung gi rl fata!ly ma u e b y a

both the George Meda l and The h" co urag e in go ing to the rescue IS hark at Oakur a Beac h , near )'Jew s

Plymou th . .

McKeon ha s been awa rded an M.B .E. He served in MaJor Stanley R: h was later station e d With the occupa tion the Pacific area d udn nhg t e wat;y· served in Ma laya. Ma jor McKeo n is at . J an an as recen . forces In . ap Z I f present With the R.N. . n an try Regime nt in Napler . at the comple ted his Ph .D. in Agricul tu re Wayne Sander son has Un ive rsity of Wiscon sin .

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Rober t Hende rson is compl eting a Ph .D. in Geolo gy and hus award ed a Fulbri ght Schola rship for furthe r stud y in the U.S.A .

BOYS'

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CLIVE CASSIDY been

Nigel Hayto n, who has a B.E. with Hons., has been award ed a schola rship by the Englis h Electri c Comp an y of N.Z. Ltd ., for trave l and two yea rs' study in Britain .

Richar d Hodge s has com pleted his B.Ag.S c. and has recent ly toured Califo rnia and British Colum bi a with the N.Z. Unive rsity footba ll team.

He is at presen t manag ing a peat develo pment f a rm near Camb ridge.

W. S. (Bill} Wakel in is a t presen t study ing at O xford Unive rsity e n a Rhode s Schola rship. He was award ed an O xford Blue {o r Ru gby short ly afte r his arrival and now pla ys for O xfords h ire.

Died on Decem ber 7th, 1965, in Hawk e's Bay. VIC

KERR Died on Septem ber 22nd, 1966.

Aged 68.

MAR RIAG ES RODERICK B. HEDLEY to BEVERLEY TISDALL, at Mt . Eden.

RICHARD CROX SON to SUSAN AULD, in Glasg ow.

KEN COMBER to DIANE HOLYOAKE , in Wellin gton.

RICHARD HODGES to MA RGARET ROBIN SON, at Camb ridge.

OBITUARIES

R.

G.

(Paddy }

WEBB

Died on Decem ber 8th, 1965.

He was for many vears Headm aster of Te Aute Colleg e and an enthus iastic Old Boy. Many fellow Old Boys joined mourn ers in a movin g servic e which overfl owed the accom modat ion of the Te Aute Colleg e Chape l.

ROB CALDER to W IN PEER LESS, in New Plymo uth.

ROBERT MAHY to SUSAN BO DMAN , at St. Ma ry's Churc h, New Pl ymout h .

BIRTHS McCA W.-To Bob and Glenis ; a son.

DAVID MENZIES

CALD ER.-T o Don and Wend y; a son.

Died on Janua ry 3rd, 1966, at the age of 83 . He was a woodw ork teache r at the Schoo l for 21 years and was a noted musici an .

WAKE LIN.-T o Rober t and his wife; anothe r son.

ALLAN

MAHY .-To Bob and Sue; a daugh ter .

FURRY

PRYKE .- To lan and his wife; a son.

Died in Wang anui, aged 56.

KENNETH

(Strath}

EWING

Died as a result of an accide nt in Tauran ga at the age of 70. While at Schoo l he won the All-ro under Cup and the McDia rmid Belt for shooti ng .

He served during the First World War with the 15th Reinfo rceme nt, Wellin gton Regim ent.

WILLIAM

(Chum}

BECKETT

Died as a result of an accide nt in New Plymo uth on July 20th, 1966; aged 73 years.

DEXTER WEBB Died in tragic circum stance s in Wellin gton on Septem ber 20th, 1966.

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