The Cantuarian December 1989 - August 1990

THE CANTUARIAN

DECEMBER 1989

THE CANTUARIAN VOL. LIV NO. I

DECEMBER, 1989

CONTENTS PAGE

THIS AND THAT

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FOCUS

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MUSIC AND DRAMA

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TALKS

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CHAPLAIN'S NOTES

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VISITS

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HOUSE NOTES

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THE SOCIETIES

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SPORT

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ACTIVITIES

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O.K.S. NEWS

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THE CANTUAR IAN

Editors: Jennifer H . Barbour, K.S.; Toby J. N. Brown, K.S.; Nicholas J. E. Flower, K.M.S .; Charlotte J. Mendelson .

Art Editors: Katherine B. M. Colquhoun, A.S.; Bonnie J. Thompson, Photographic Editors: Michael O. Gillespie, Simon C. Tester.

Senior Editor: T. Thomson, M.A., D.Phil.

K.A.S.

Leaving school?

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thing you need is at lecture C)

on econom.tcs~

Ae lase ehe big bad world beckons.

What's morc, you'll have enough

problems trying to get a job without a bank manager giving you a hard time on rhe ins and outs of money management.

Well you won'e gee ie ae L10yds Bank.

Bue whae you will gee is free banking, (provided your account stays in credit).

A cheque card, issued at rhe manager's discretion, a Cash point card which you can use at over 1900 dispensers.

And a range of savings accounts.

Call in ae you r local L10yds Bank branch.

We'll give you a wealch of advice certainly.

But a talking to? Never.

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THE THOROUGHBRED BANK. Lloyds Bank Pic, 71 Lombard Street, London EC3P 385. L10yds Bank Pic is a member of IMRO.

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The death occurred in November of Mr. Nic holas Freeman, O.B.E ., O.K .S., from 1977 until recently Conservative .Leader of the Royal Borough of Kens ington and C helsea Council.

In December we were saddened by the news of the untimely death of Raj Mahtani (LX 1981 -84).

He died of an asthma attack. The School was represented at his funeral by Mr. John Parker, who had been his Tutor.

We regret that we did not report the death of Mr. Hugh Pitts, one of the most sen ior and devoted O.K.S., when it took place nearly two years ago, as, through an unfortunate chain of circumstances, the news did not reach us. Mr. Pitts' relatives have now very kindly placed in the school archives a highly interesting manuscript diary 'extracted from a day to day diary made by me while at The King's School, Canterbury. The original was lost in the Japanese invasio n of Malaya in 1942, and regained on my return to that country in 1946. It had been much damaged by exposure to weather, and the wear and tear of time. I have reclothed the dry bones of the narrative in some cases with my own comments and elaboration from memor y, as in some parts the writing of the schoolboy has become indecipherable'.

The death occurred in October of Mr. Bill Entwhistie, the photographer, who had a long professional connection with the School. Some months ago he arranged for hundreds of King's House groups and portraits to be transferred to the school arc hi ves. He was planning to endow a prize to encourage 'cand id camera' photographs at King' s, but very sadly he died before arrangements were completed .

Requiescant

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Miss Priscilla Chadwick, Head Teacher of Bishop Ramsey Church of England School, gave this year's sermon at the Commemoration Service (the first woman to do so). The sermon was privately printed by the School, and copies can be obtained from the Headmaster's Secretary.

At Mattins on September 10th the Dean admitted Dr. Paul Humberstone to the office of Lower Master in succession to Mr. Paul Wenley.

Mr. Richard Barton has taken up his appointment as Headmaster of Junior King's School in succession to Mr. George Robertson.

The Second Calvin and Rose G. Hoffman Prize for Distinguished Publication on Christopher Marlowe has been awarded to Dr. Kurt Tetzeli von Rosador, Professor of English at the University of Miinster. He will deliver a lecture at the School on Friday, 9th March .

'Fill the Public Schools with Silk'

Mr. David Cameron has taken over as Head of Art. H is education began in Australia and was continued in Glasgow, from where he went to Manchester College of Art and Design. His wife is ajunior school teacher, and they have two children, a very elderly black cat and a doting Great Dane .

Mr. P hilip Fox has moved from Duke of York's, Dover to be Head of Computing. He was educated in South Wales, and after gaining his first degree at Cardiff he won a University Scholarship to pursue research in the field of Astrophysics. His wife is a modern languages teacher and they have a young daughter. His interests are cricket, rugby and squash.

Mr. Simon Marshall has joined the Classics Department after completing his first degree and P.G.C.E. at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge . He is the resident Tutor in Broughton.

His extra-curric ular activities are rugby and Elizabethan choral music, not necessarily at the same time. He will be spending his holidays from Broughton in 'solitary reverie, etc.'

Our new Director of Music is Mr. Stephen Pinnock, who comes to King's from Ardingly College. His schooldays were spent at Dover College, and his further education took him to Leeds and then to Cambridge. His wife is a doctor, and is hoping to join a practice in the area before long. They have two children, and spend much of their free time under sail, when it is not troppo tempestuoso .

Mr. Paul Teeton , a graduate of Rhodes University in South Africa, has joined the Economics and Politics Department and become resident Tutor in Tradescant. He has recently been teaching at St. Edward's School, Oxford. Another keen rugby player and choral singer, he declares that his early impressions of King's are 'excellent' .

The History Department is now in the hands of Mr. Graham Wood, the latest of the Common Room's distinguished South Circular natives and a graduate of St. John 's College, Oxford. After some fifteen years teaching at Oundle he decided to change jobs because his house needed redecorating. He enjoys cooking, bridge, acting, and playing cricket badly. He finds King's 'quite like the other schools I have taught in only more so'.

The Religious Studies Department, which lost The Reverend Peter Boyden in July and could not replace him until January, has prospered thanks to the temporary services of Mrs. Janice Reid, who has also been looking after Mr. Brian Turner's tutorial pupils in Mitchinson's during his sabbatical term. We are enormously grateful to Mrs. Reid for stepping in and coping with everything with unfailing enthusiasm and good humour.

Pillars and Props

For the fourth time in 150 years, the School Library is on the move - and for the thi rd time the 'new' library is an older building than the 'old' library.

The present building was opened as the 'New Upper Schoolroom' in 1855 and re-opened as a library in 1938. By the beginning of the Easter Term the books will be housed in the former library of St. Augustine'S College, opened in 1848. The St. Augustine's Foundation has moved its own books to Oxford, but has left us with a full y furnished library that should meet our needs for some t ime to come. The Librarian hopes to provide a more detailed account of the move, and of the history of the School Library, in a future issue.

Go, little books

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The Norman Staircase and part of the 'Old Library' and Memorial Court were depicted in ominent photograph in the Observer on 5th November. The captIOn underneath read: ~c~~terbury (above) is one of many ~niver~ities and colleges offering study courses, B & Band If-catering during the summer vacatIOn. Rmg JamceJenkms.on 0227 470402 for the 1990 Study ~ lidays at British Universities brochure'. ProspectIve apphcants should have noted that the na~e of the photographer was John Wildgoose.

The Librarian would like to thank Canon Derek Ingram Hill, O.K.S., for a selection of books history and heraldry; John Goudge, O.K.S., for a copy of his translation of Gerard de Nerval's Christ aux Oliviers; Dr. Timothy Hands for a copy of hIS Thomas Hardy: Distracted Preacher?; Professor and Mrs. Christopher Graham for Oxford: Word~ and Watercolo~rs by Elaine Wilson and Valerie P~tts, presen.ted on the occasion M the openmg of th~ new BIology laboratories; and the Hellemc FoundatIOn for the superbly Illustrated Patmos. Treasures of the Monastery.

We are also grateful to Robert Kirkpatrick, who was able to provide us with a copy of Alaric Jacob's novel Seventeen, which gives an account - graphIC, but purely fIctIOnal, of course of life in the Mint Yard in the 1920s.

The Prince of Wales' A Vision of Britain: A Personal Vi~w of Architecture. has attracte.d a good deal of attention recently. We notice that the only VISIon of Canterbury m the book IS of the new Luxmoore House - coincidentally opened by the author's grandmother.

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Dr. Mallion has been at the ring-currents again. The results of his latest findings, entitled 'Ring-Currents i~ Corannulene, a. prototype patternmolecule for Buckminster-fullerene, appear m Studies In PhYSical a,,:d Theoretical Chemistry, Volume 63 . They were revealed at a conference m Dubrovnik and published in Amsterdam. The author describes the art}cle as his ' latest little bagatelle' . He also contributed to the Journal of Molecular Stru~ture WIth a revIew of Messrs.

Cyvin's and Gutman's latest little bagatelle, Kekull! Structures In BenzenOid Hydrocarbons.

Dr. Hands explains his gift to the School Library of a coPy of his book Tho.mas Hardy: Distracted Preacher? by the lamentable fact that not many copIes had been spottedm dassrooms or studies. He is pleased to report that eighty-eight copies were sold m Japan wlthm a month of publication.

An exhibition of the work of the late Geoffrey Whiting opened at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre on 18th November. His pupil and successor as School Potter, Jack Kenny, has had some work accepted for an open exhibition to be staged in February at the London gallery 'Contemporary Ceramics' .

Distracted Teachers?

Calvin and Rose G. Hoffman Scholarships have been awarded to Ewan Kerr (LN) and Vassos Georgiadis (LX).

Giovanna Ferrari (lately MR) has been awarded a prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry for the highest mark in the Oxford and Cambridge Board A Level Examination.

Nicholas Flower (SH) has been awarded the major national prize for classical sixth-formers.

Despite having no formal training in ancient history, he won the Jowett-Sendela~ Ess~7 Competition, for which the title set was' "Sparta - a cIty to be admired but not ImItated .

Is this your view also?'

Christopher Creissen (SH) and Shailen Jasani (MT) won the Brett Cup in the Canterbury Schools Speaking Competition organised by the Rota~y Club I~ the Sen~te Chamber at U.K.C. Their topic was 'Revolution'. ~aura Singer (SH) and Vlct,?na Mllner-Wllhams (GR) came second in the Senior Competition WIth a talk on sex-condltlOmng from birth.

From Sparta with Love

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On 16th December a Dinner-Dance was held at the Rose Room, Twickenham in aid of forthcoming rugby tour to New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji . On~ hundred and fifty people attended. Speeches were made by the Headmaster and guests of honour Mr. Alex Hemming, former President of the Kent R.F.U. and Mr. Pete; Yarranton, Vice-President of the R.F.U., and Chairman of the Sports Council. An auction of various objects and 'promises', led by Mr. Charles Ross, was a spectacular success, yielding a substantial contribution to tour funds.

The brochure for this tour - which takes place in July 1990 - is now out, including interesting articles and some clever portraits of the masters by Edward Pentin O .K.S., and is on sale at ÂŁ2 - please contact Mr. Simon Anderson if interested.

Twickers World

According to the French Roman Catholic newspaper La Croix, Charles Powell, the Prime Minister's 'redoubtable' private secretary, is a possible successor to herself. This, according to La Croix, sets him at odds with the new Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd, with whom he has to work most of the time. The paper views with alarm the entry in Who's Who ascribing to Mr. Powell the hobby 'ecrire des thrillers sanguinolents'.

James Hamilton-Paterson's Geronlius, mentioned in the last issue of The Canluarian, has been awarded the Whitbread Prize for the Best First Novel. His was not the work which caused a much publicised row between the judges, provoking the headline 'Whitbread's prize leaves judges bitter'.

Ysenda Maxtone Grahame (SH 1978-80) was photographed by the Observer outside the former Chelsea home of her grandmother, who, under the pen-name Jan Struther, created the character Mrs. Miniver, whose daily life preoccupied readers of the court page of The Times in 1937.

The photograph accompanied her review of the recently republished stories.

Tim Ware (MO 1974-78) and Nigel Turtle (MO 1973-78) did their first sponsored walk , on behalf of the Cathedral, when they were at King's. On 11 th November they set out from John O'Groat's on a sponsored walk to Land's End in aid of the Children's Cancer Research Fund, planning to cover the 850 miles by 23rd December.

Tom P hillipson (GL 1980-84) must be unique among O .K.S. to have won the Damart Competition . His Graduation Collection exhibited at the Central St. Martin's College of Art and Design was entitled 'A Menswear collection loosely influenced by uniforms of the Napoleonic wars'. He is now based in London, Milan and California.

Julian Kennard (MT 1983-88) was attributed in the 1988 leavers list to the History of Art Department at Reading University. He is in fact reading Law. We apologise for the error. He also tells us that he is now a fully qualified Department-of-Transport-approved 'skipper'.

Julien Foster (GR 1984-89) won first prize in the Charterhouse Poetry Competition for his poem 'Crab Fishing'.

Bitter Water into Sweetness

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FOCUS INSTALLATION OF SCHOLARS AND LOWER MASTER, SUNDAY, 10th SEPTEMBER 1989 From the Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 20, verse 35: 'In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" '.

This morning the Lower Master and the new Scholars have been admitted to our Foundation.

They are of course representatives of the whole community, the Lower Master of all who teach, the scholars of all who learn. Together they have a common purpose, the furtherance of knowledge that through education received here the world might be a better place. And in case you feel that rather a grandiose sentiment, one has only to remember that Marlowe and Harvey have gone before you, to name your two most distinguished predecessors.

Scholarship is not of course to be confused with that kind of knowledge which wins titles as Brain of Britain or Mastermind. The fact that you know which is the only book in the Bible which does not mention God, or who are the only two Biblical characters to hold birthday parties, does not make you a theologian. To be that you must learn ancient languages, study texts, wrestle with historical and philosophical problems, master the doctrines of the Church, learn about other faiths. So it is with other subjects. Scholarship always demands long, hard and disciplined work, and it is work for others. Of course some scholars do reap considerable material rewards. But they are few and far between. Scholarship is not dedicated to material reward but to the satisfaction of good work done, work which will bring benefit to others whether in arts or science.

The scholar gives his time and energy that the fruits of his research may make our lives both richer and more comfortable in mind and body.

So it is with those who teach. In my last Commemoration Day speech I referred to teaching as a sacred vocation. It is a way of life, a giving of oneself both in and outside the classroom.

No one would pretend that either scholar or teacher enjoyed no reward. For it is a fact that in giving one receives. But it is not always easy to go on giving when contemporary values epitomised in Murdoch's tabloids and television philosophy seem alien to all one holds most dear.

That is why it is so important that the ancient traditions which you have witnessed have again been performed this morning. Our Foundation is committed to the very best that man can produce in art, literature, music and science, all those things that have been present in this incomparable and ever-changing building through the years of our Foundation. And that very best can only be achieved by a ruthless giving, giving in classroom and prep, giving in rehearsal and performance, giving when it is easy and giving when it is hard, giving when to go on giving seems impossible - even of no value, giving which above all must never be reduced to what is popular, utilitarian or cost-effective.

For what scholarship and teaching challenge is that most devilish of all sins, greed. It is found in all sections of our community, no institution is immune from it - the desire to acquire whatever the consequences and no matter the cost to others. But scholarship and teaching are about generosity - giving of oneself in the pursuit of perfection whether in experiment or verse, in design or composition, and encouraging others to that pursuit. Teaching and scholarship are about vision - giving the recipient a vista beyond anything hitherto dreamt of. I shall never forget that Master who opened up for me the novels of Jane Austen nor the clergyman who introduced me to the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. They have made my life what it is, enlarged beyond anything I could ever have made of it myself. Alas it was not until University that I realised that true teaching consisted in making the pupil question, not feeding him with facts to regurgitate. For at whatever age, the pupil should be part of the process of academic discovery .

Nor is a teacher worthy of his profession unless he learns from his pupils, however young.

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In certain schools it is fashionable to sneer at the pupil who enjoys his work . I hope that will never be the case within our Foundation. By our ceremony today we have indicated the centralit of scholarship within our community. I have called teaching a sacred vocation and aCknowledge~ its cost. But striving for the best is always hard going. It is easy enough to give people what they want: costly to struggle to give them something which will enhance their vision, make them more than they could ever have dreamt possible.

T here are strong forces around us, as there have always been, who would want to deflect us from our constitutional purpose. But before God we have again pledged ourselves that this Foundation has a wider vision than self- interest. In our many charitable actions this academic year, we shall seek to help those less privileged than ourselves. But our greatest giving must be to confirm the purpose of our creation - the purposes of teaching and learning. The Lower Master and the Scholars act as an example of what is expected of us all in their public dedication to our common endeavour whose end must be that others receive. Of course, we shall not always succeed. We should not be afraid of failure, rather of never trying. Some failure will not be of our making, for not all have the luck to avoid tragedy. But better to be a defeated, even humiliated David Gower than to enjoy the riches of self-interest in a country which treats the majority of its citizens as non-persons.

For what in the end characterises this Foundation is its Christian basis. That does not necessarily make us superior or better than other schools. But it does mean that our perspective may be different. Because we have pledged ourselves to scholarship in this Cathedral, it means that we acknowledge that there is only one judge of all we do and think, Christ himself. We cannot therefore ignore contemporary moral issues. Life is not divided into convenient departments which we may enter or not as we choose. All life is under God and all therefore of concern to those whom he has created. It is to him that we shall have to give account both for our teaching and our learning and all else. Our purpose must then be to discern what is his will for his creation and to realise its execution. Therefore not all study is profitable: what we undertake must be directed to hastening in that kingdom for which we daily pray. And when we do pray, pray as Christ prayed, giving himself to God rather than seeking from him , then we find that so many of our basic assumptions are so much dross : that if we had the will and the charity we could hasten that kingdom and not our own self-interest. Like any caIling worthy of its name, teaching and learning require sacrifice - even a proper kind of martyrdom. Our foundation, centred around Becket's shrine, embraces such martyrdom, conscious that there is no other way than the journey of self-offering. As a community our future has never looked more exciting: but its realisation can only be achieved through the pain of standing up for what we believe in, in the abandonment of self.

Esther is the only book in the Bible which does not mention God. The Pharaoh who imprisoned Joseph and the Herod who executed John the Baptist gave birthday parties. I could have asked a third question, had you not already been told the answer. Name a saying of Jesus recorded in the Bible but not in the Gospels - my text from the Acts of the Apostles: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

A. C . J . PHILLIPS.

8 OPENING OF NEW BIOLOGY LABORATORIES (M.P. H .D.)

OPENING OF NEW HOCKEY PITCH Our new artificial grass hockey pitch was opened on Saturday, 30th September. The opening was marked by a match between the girls' XI and a strong O.K.S. team. The Kentish Gazette report follows, but for us there was a special pleasure in that seven former hockey captains accepted the invitation to play, although in the end Katie Woodcock (1985) broke down on the motorway and Alex Cochrane (1986) was unable to get back in time from abroad.

However, present were Amelia Power (captain in 1979), goalkeeper Francesca Watts (captain in 1983) and three of our finest centre-halves. Most distinguished of these is probably Tracy Smith, our first captain in 1977, who showed all the class of her club and W.R.N.S. experience, but Sarah Holden (captain in 1984) and Marijke Volger (captain in 1981) also showed the benefit of good experience gained at Durham and Loughborough respectively, likewise last year's captain Annabel Davies who played for a Kent side .

The continuity of girls' hockey here was further represented by Sarah Strutt (1979), Judith Reed (1984), Julia Warrander (1986), Melanie Bones (1986), Catherine Goodman and Katy Knight (1988).

We hope that the success of this year's match, in which the school team played well, will give a good basis for this to remain as an annual event on this Saturday. The O.K.S. team will be run by Amelia Power and we hope that this new pitch at King's will give the current teams the skills to challenge the best of O.K.S. sides.

J.A.W.

King's celebrate opening of new artificial pitch Hockey at King's School, Canterbury, took a big step forward on Saturday with the official opening of the new artificial surface on Birleys Playing Field at St. Stephen's.

To mark the occasion, the current girls' 1st XI met a strong Old King's School side that included six former captains in a special challenge match. The old girls' experience told as they ran out 3-1 winners . .

Especially strong at centre-half for the old girls was the school' s first captain, Tracy Smith, who has since played for Winchester and the W.R.N.S., and whose quality was evident throughout.

Smith scored one of the goals and centre-forward Sarah Holden, captain in 1984 and a Durham University player since, scored another. The third came from Melanie Bones.

The school replied through Liz Ames.

Also at the match was another former captain, Amelia Power, who was confined to a wheelchair after a swimming accident in Australia. She has taken on the task of organising an old girls team for an annual match.

Both girls' and boys' hockey at King's will benefit greatly from the new pitch, which has already been used for county junior trials and a Canterbury ladies' match.

Boys' hockey at King's recently produced its first international in last year's first team captain Martin Le Huray, now playing for Canterbury, and five members of the current school teams have just been selected for Kent sides in their respective age groups.

(By courtesy 0/ the 'Kentish Gazette'.)

9 GIRLS' HOCKEY: PAST AND PRESENT (Ken/;sh Gazelle)

OFFICIAL OPENING OF NEW BIOLOGY LABORATORIES The weather on 3rd November remained fine, only three chairs sank into the Mint Yard turf and no more than two fifth-formers were unable to answer questions posed by visiting dignitaries - in short, the official opening of the new Biology laboratories went off without a hitch.

The expansion and refurbishment of th~ Biol~gy laboratories was occasi,?ne!i by t~e increasing numbers of pupils choosing to study thiS subject, and was timed to comclde with the fourhundredth anniversary of the entry of William Harvey, the most well-known biological O.K.S., into the School. Harvey went on to discover the efficient circulation of the blood (there's definitely no truth in the rum our that he was inspired by the school lunch queue!) and it was one of his successors, Christopher Graham, Professor of Animal Developm~nt at Oxford , who performed the opening ceremony. In front of an assembled company which mcluded the Headmaster, members of the Common Room, sixth-formers , the architect responsible for designing the new suite, representatives of Barwick's the builders, a hundred or so. pigeons of u,!cert~in paremage and one of Mr. Dobbin's dogs , Professor Graham descnbed his days as a bIOlogist as Kmg's .

He contrasted very clearly his own experiences of undertaking no practical work until his finalyear University examinations with today's G.C.S.E. students, for whom weekly practical work holds no fears . Professor Graham then unveiled a commemorative plaque and a stylised heart (hint: what did William Harvey discover?), an event which was relayed to the waiting crowd via a video link, courtesy of the C.D.T. department.

The visitors were then treated to a tour of the department, the highlight of which was a bespectacled gentleman's enquiry of a skeleton ' how long have you been at King's?' and the same gentleman's insistence that he elicited a more-comprehensible answer than when he asked the same question of Toby Cox. The party retired to the Common Room to enjoy a finger buffet made particularly memorable by the guests' attempts to manipulate crumbling strawberry tarts and converse sensibly at the same time.

The guests drifted away, and life in the department returned to normal. .. Toby Cox eventually W.R.P. replied 'Osmosis ' and William Harvey turned once more.

THE LUXMOORE FETE IN AID OF 'UMBRELLA' The Luxmoore fete on Sunday 5th November proved to be a highly successful event in which the majority of the house took part. Mrs. Simpson (the Dean's wife) opened it at 2 p.m. and was then escorted around each stall by the Head of House, Andrew Darley, and the organiser of the fete, Lucy Workman . From that point onwards, no stall was ever in need of a customer.

Outside the front door, Josephine Loo and Charlotte Neser let the public 'G.uess the Number of Balloons in the Aphid' (H.E.J .A. 's notorious green Renault 5), and alongside, Alex Mames and Ollie Henry drew our attention to 'Splat the Rat'.

Into the Games Room where Max Warner and Miles Edleman had set up a darts game, the winner of which was the person with the highest score; Guy Stevens and Nick Clarke let us 'Rolla-penny', Mark Gaskain , Chris Ziegler, Simon G~thrie a,!d Robin Norris let us 'Spin-the-Wheel' and 'Shave the Balloon' , and Simon also organised vanous computer games to be played for a small fee .

Outside in the Hall our hand steadiness was tested against the clock by Ben Ousey, and Nick Georgiadis and Christ~s Rodopoulos asked us to 'Guess the Number of Sweets in a Jar' . Upstairs along the Intercity Nick Workman and Steve Davies had constructed a golf course to test our skills at, and Polly Smeed and Justine Plant were selling various delicacies such as chocolate Rice Krispies, cakes (made very kindly by Mrs. Tennlck), and preserves/chutneys (made very kindly by Mrs. Beddoes).

Katherine Fogarty and Anna Cops on asked usto 'Guess the Weight of a Cake', and TQyin Fadeyi and Chris Warner, as well as selling the vldeQtapes Qf the LuxmQQre Centenary MusIc Hall Qf last term, also. prQvided us with an infQrmatiQn bureau where change was given .

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. In the T.V. Room, Loui~e Davies and Jo Price had arranged 'Bingo', while on the top floor, the House Library, AnYlke Oshun koya and Mahesh Dalamal invited us to have our fortune told by the art of palmistry. Even the Headmaster risked discovering his own uncertain future ...

In the Junior Hal!, refreshments were for sale, organised by Harry McDonald and Christian Bottomley, along with the p~ovision of variou~ coin game~, and outside in the landing, James Cheeseman and Dela Alakaja had also organised games mvolvmg throwing coins.

Meanwhile Richard Gosling and Seun Oshunkoya were selling raffle tickets around the house and, outside, 'Soak the Tutor' was happening with Marcus Riccoboni and Matthew Pink attemptmg to soak Mr. Holland, and in turn being soaked by the public.

Andrew McNaught, Vassos Georgiadis and Christian ~ostans had set up 'Bomber' alongside, and throughout, Seun Oshunkoya, Dan Rycroft and Juhan Woodward busked outside playing saxophone and trombones respectively. ' In

Finally, at 3.45 p.m .. there was a Grand Draw of the raffle and the prizes were distributed.

Thus, the fete ended with everyone. in go,?d spirits as it had clearly been a success. Later, we were to learn that ÂŁ259 had been raised with the help of the concert in the evening which was W' to be donated to 'Umbrella', a local charity L .

UCY

ORKMAN.

GEOFFREY WHITING RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION, ABERYSTWYTH

This ex~ibition was a very spedal event for me. I ~ad known Geoffrey since 1978 and had worked with him. for ,?ver a year m 1985-86. HIs senous commitment to his art immediately struck one, y~t his tOpiCS M conversatIOn wo uld range from the arrival of Brent geese in their wmter migratIOn to dlscussmg a poem he had just found. He did not like needless chat though ' , and when working liked no chat at all.

Having got to Aberystwyth after a six-hour journey, I surveyed the feast of pottery on show. !here were,over 150 of Geoffrey's P?~S rangmg from some of his earliest attempts which were mterestmg If not beautiful to exqUisite bottles, jugs, vases and jars made over the last three decades.

The exhibition w~s opened by Mr. David L~a~h. He gave an informed, heart-felt speech which o.ft.en had us laughmg m agreement. He remml.sced about the day in 1951 when Geoffrey first vIsited the Leach Pottery at St. Ives. They were Impressed by his austerity and conviction. David Leach warmed to him and they became fast friends. However both David and Bernard Leach were to come under the rapier-thrusts of his criticism. Geoffrey often spoke against the vogue of 'specla,1pots': 'So-and-so IS very busy: he's making pots for an exhibition as well as his usual work . ...

Geoffrey viewed all his pots as requiring the same care or love. He steadfastly refused to exhibit until he was absolutely ready. He had less than a dozen solo exhibitions in his life.

He stood ?penly against the tide of 'a."ant-garde' modern potters, who wish to bemuse, amuse an~ often disturb the vlew~r. He considered the domestic pot to be the bed-rock of pottery.

It IS thro!'gh great repetitIOn that the nature of clay can be gleaned and some element of partnership entered upon.

Geoffrey used a. simple clay body, high in iron pyrites. He wanted its warm 'earthy' quality to show m. the finished P?ts. He did not take the easy route with his clay or with his method M fmng, fmng a 120 ,:ublC ~O?l. kiln with coal and wood. Such an ordeal occurred four or five times a year and even good firings had around 200/0 of seconds (pots below selling standard).

But the best pots from each .finng were masterpieces, wood-ash from the fire-boxes often adding an u,:,ant~clpate~ but beautiful effect - the touch of the fire frozen on the form. The stress of thiS flr!ng regime, which ofte,! lasted thirty-six hours, took everything out of him , emotionally and phYSically. In some mtanglble way thiS approach is visible in his pots.

His reticence to exhibit (a 'nece~sary evil') and his strong conviction as to the importance of domestic pottery at Mforda.ble pnc~s have resulted in his being overlooked by many outside the pottmg community. ThiS exhibitIOn IS a major step in redressing the balance.

J.A.C.K. II

MUSIC AND DRAMA FEN THURSDAY, 29th JUNE - SUNDAY, 2nd JULY, IN ST. MARY'S HALL Mr. Dobbin told us in Assembly that Fen was the ideal play to carry around the Green Court in the appropriately pseudo manner. I was told before King's Week began that the ti~kets had not been selling very well - perhaps parents were daunted by the tho'!ght that thls was an intellectual play - but on the occasion I went, the hall was full. When I tned to attend a second performance, there was not even any standing room.

An array of menacing electric pylons dominated the bleak Fenland landscape in the brilliantly painted backdrop . The floor had been daubed a mottled brown and the whole stage was divided from the rest of the audience by chicken-wire. I hked the way m which members of the cast sat with the audience when not on stage. Naive though it may seem, I did not realise this at the start of the play, and half expected the Headmaster to admonish the members of school in the front row who were wearing illegal standard change.

Jon Ibbott opened the play. As a camera-bearing Japanese, he gained many laughs, but I was disappointed that Caryl Churchill did not use him further in the rest of the play. He was one of the few males in the play in fact; altogether the cast list consisted of thirteen girls and five boys - is this school, like the Fens, turning into a female-dominated society?

Sophie Colyear-Walker had the difficult part of Val (and her ghost) to play. In particular, I remember her enveloped in a black cloak, shrieking. Her death was also very well staged; a stroboscope was used to superb effect as she fell, and th~ 'ghost' scene w~s also extremely ~ood, as she sidled around the stage, an eerie green hght shmmg. CongratulatIOns to the techmclans for providing the wonderful lighting.

Outstanding in the play were, I thought, Gemma Paterson and Justine P lant. Gemma played a part extremely unsuited to her character, that of Angela, the 'wicked step-mother' figure. Justine as Becky responded well to Angela's cruel taunts as she cowered pitifully, and sometimes put up a pathetic resistance. Particularly striking was the .scene i,n which An~e la reads and mocks a poem by Becky: Angela's line, 'I don't want you to hke me , had a hornbly smlster rmg to It. On a more general note, I thought the interruptions were well-tackled . I have seen plays in which these were done with little spontaneity, but this was not the case in Fen. At one point, there were at least four people on stage talking busily about their own affairs.

Caroline Williams did well as a city type, Miss Cade, with a suitably affected voice. I also enjoyed Vicky Ingham's interpretation of another 'outsider', Ma\garet: she kept a well-meaning smile on her face as she tried to exhort the Fenlanders to rehglOn. I was very impressed by the fact that four generations, from children to a doddering ninetyyear old who were all played by seventeen- or eighteen-year-olds could appear on the stage at the same time without seeming false - a problem that would not be encountered on the professional st~ge. With the expressions called for such as 'My sugar', Rhian Chilcott was an obvious choice as May, the grandmother. She played the wise old wom~n excellently, chattenng to her grandchildren and remonstrating with her daughter. Serena Wilson had a small part as Ivy (the great-grandmother), but she put a lot into her role, as she shuffled around the stage.

Misty Gale cannot avoid mention, as the local 'wit~h' . I ~hought, her ~en land accent was especially good - and she created suspense very well m tellmg her story.

The climax of the play came off beautifully, Justine's hysterics still ringing in my ears.

Congratulations to all involved in this production especi~lly director, Ms. Exelby. Fen was a thoroughly enjoyable production with excellent charactematlOn and atmosphere throughout.

JULIEN FOSTER.

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THE GRANGE HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY, 15th OCTOBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL The Shirley Hall; Mr. Pinnock beaming in second row from front; Headmaster playing it safe in second row from back; in the centre, Mr. Anderson plans rugby teams.

As Mr. Woodley welcomes his triangular congregation to another Grange concert, his mention of a raucous a,;d surprise item to come at the end confirms the anticipation of his audience, already suspectmg that they have come to the wrong place for Ashkenazy, that they are in for an evening of varied entertainment.

The programme opened with a competent but rather flat (in tone, not pitch) performance of Purcell's Music jar a while by Victoria Milner-Williams, and this was followed by Chris Pattman with part of Haydn's trumpet concerto. Despite the familiarity of the work, this performance was enjoyable, with any slight mispitching not detracting from the whole. The third item was an arrangement of Scott Joplin's Ragtime Dance for what could only loosely be termed a wind quartet. The tune was well held by Eloise Simeons on flute and William Bryant on clarinet.

What with their confident playing, and the cello churning out the continuo, the middle parts were somewhat lost. This was nonetheless a good performance and was made all the more amusing by its bizarre ending - and a special mention should go to the player of the first foot part which was so crucial at times.

The next item was the first with real sparkle. William Bryant played a movement from Crusell's clarinet concerto in B flat, managing the faster sections with great skill. His tone throughout was rich and warm.

Following this was Thomas Del Mar's performance of the famous last movement of Mozart's Fourth Horn Concerto. Although perhaps a little more volume could have helped at times, his clarity of tonguing and quality of sound made this a second brilliant performance.

The next two pieces were vocal: Victoria Milner-Williams singing the Flanders and Swann arrangement of the previous piece with great confidence, and then the Grange girls performing, in several senses of the word, Big Spender by Dorothy Fields and Cy Coleman, ably helped by a suave and underworld-crawling Piers Trussell.

Oliver Hinton began the return to serious music as Mr. Anderson calmly returned to his rugby teams after the excitement of the previous item. By the end of this sensitive performance of To the Spring by Grieg the last winger was in place and ready to hear Eloise Simeons' flute solo, Vocalise by Rachmaninov. Although the flute was at times a little sharp this whimsical . piece generally came across well.

After a brilliant performance of Yesterday by Gemma Paterson and Victoria Moffatt with Sophie Landale on the piano, Thomas Del Mar turned to give a really good rendition of Chopin's Mazurka in A flat. His playing was always fluent and made very good use of dynamics.

The concert was officially closed by Richard Dibley and Chris Pattman playing the Post Horn Gallop. Once it had got going this was a good performance, especially with the post horn being played from the gallery.

While those who had forgotten Mr. Woodley's announcement made to leave, Mr. Scott took to the stage at the head of a trio betraying all the signs of dipsomania. Oliver Hinton, James Osmond and Simon Roberts sang (in the loosest sense of the word, falsetto and full drag) the Three Little Maids chorus from The Mikado and as we left the hall after a generally competent concert, I overheard someone saying in a gruff sort of voice: "Quite the funniest thing I've seen for ages!"

NICK FLOWER.

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BAROQUE RECITAL SATURDAY, 4th NOVEMBER, IN THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL

The first concert to be given in the refurbished Memorial Chapel took place by candlelight, and proved to be an ideal context for chamber music, The Chapel was as full as it could comfortably be, though with some seated on the floor perhaps not as comfortable as it could be! However the programme which Clarence Myerscough and Stephen Pinnock had chosen was not too long for the hardy floor men and women, consisting as it did of three sonatas for violin and harpsichord - Purcell in G minor, Bach in E minor and Senaille in E minor.

We hope there may be a future for short concerts of his nature, perhaps at lunchtime. There must be some people left who would prefer it to Neighbours! Thank you for a civilized soiree .

R.P.S.

LUXMOORE HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY, 5th NOVEMBER, IN THE SHIR LEY HALL

House concerts have proliferated in recent years. This has been at the expense of school chamber music activity, but has had the effect of giving more people experience of what is involved persuading and organising a heterogeneous lot of musicians to play and sing. It was inconvenient for musicians to belong to Luxmoore in the Dover Road days, but since the long walk has ended more have been able to join the house, and now Luxmoore is regularly heard.

It was Guy Fawkes night, so Fireworks Music was appropriate and provided a good vehicle for the Luxmoore Sound (3 strings, 3 wind, 6 brass) , handled with a clear, decisive and unostentatious beat, with indicated entries, by Daniel Rycroft. Conducting is not as easy as it looks. Alex Skarbek always plays convincingly, and in his piano solo, totally inappropriately named Raindrop Prelude (Chopin), the music came across as the deeply serious piece it is.

The lower regions of the double bass are not much used for solo work, and the Gavotte and Musette of Bach played two octaves too low came out as a mumbled grumble when not sounding like an underrecorded bagpipe. However Andrew McNaught, playing solo for the first time, showed that he can play fairly accurately. The Brass group tackled the intricacies of A. Gabrieli's Ricercar del Sesto Tuono without undue mishap and plenty of dynamic contrast. Luxmoore brass has been good for several years now.

The Messiaen piano piece had a title with some point. Jasper Beauprez brought a sensitive touch and feeling for quality of sound to La Colombe. A pleasing tone, even on high notes, characterised Polly Smeed's playing of a movement from Saint-Saens' Oboe Sonata. Though it came across rather on one dynamic level, I appreciated its apparently effortless fluency .

The girls then sang Elizabeth Poston's arrangement of The Water 0/ Tyne. Their tuning, te~ture and tone were very good and Jennie Barbour (from Broughton one should add) Jomed m to direct proceedings. The Faure song Apres un reve is a favourite cello party-piece, but, like The Swan not as easy to playas it sounds . Jasper captured the mood, even if the pace he chose (crotdhet = c.60) was a difficult one to sustain. Try singing it at that speed without taking too many breaths! Mr. Matthews helped out with this and the other solo accompaniments. The Acrobat is a trombonist's warhorse, and this spirited canter was expertly ridden by Daniel Rycroft.

There followed an excerpt from The Thwarting 0/ Baron Bolligrew, produced by Louise Davies and Andy Darley. Before commenting I would like to insert three minor moans. The Shirley Hall does not have the right sort of lighting for playing music or being watched playing music.

Until stronger and more attractive lights are available it would help to have a standard lamp or two. Secondly, instructions had obviously gone out to cut to a minimum the time between items but on this occasion so little time was allowed that one was scarcely able to read one's progr'amme let alone discuss the performance or what was to come. It was slightly hectic!

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My third point is to question the need for Dramatic Extracts in these concerts. Certainly today's concert was long enough without a non-musical addition. Also the acoustics of the Hall militate against effective communication by less than the top actors. I was in the front row, but only got the general drift of the Bolligrew episode. How did we cope when all House Plays were in the Shirley Hall, with no forestage to speak of? Congratulations to those actors who managed to enuncIate clearly and even convey character in this puzzling piece.

Two light-hearted items rounded off the evening. Julian Woodward's arrangement of Don't let the rain come down for male voices and bongos was splendid . The performance went with zip and zest, Baba Epega's voice and style being particularly noteworthy. Finally Alex Skarbek (piano) was joined by Sholto Byrnes (double bass) and Julian Moore (drums) in some modern jazz numbers, including one by Sholto, much enjoyed. The musical ideas did not receive excessively protracted treatment or outlast their power to hold one's attention . These pieces knew when to stop.

R.P.S.

LINACRE HOUSE CONCERT SATURDAY, 11th NOVEMBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

A pleasingly large audience was welcomed by Mr. Thane to a Shirley Hall set, not for some avant-garde theatrical performance, but for Kiss Me, Kate and tastefully hung with curtains from Linacre itself. The Linacre Orchestra then began the proceedings with a fine rendering of the stately, almost Handelian largo of the Entry of the Priests from Gluck's 1767 opera Alceste.

This was followed, in a programme sensitively organised around contrasts, by a short, novel string arrangement of the traditional Scarborough Fair, well played by Richard Gipps and Ben Craddock on violin and Ewan Kerr and Alexander Layfield-Cripps on cello. We were then transported back across the Channel by the first of the instrumental duos of the concert: SaintSaens' lyrical Sonate, Op. 167 for clarinet and piano, played with fine feeling by James Frost.

He had some problems with note clusters, but his breathing and phrasing were sound. The first vocal solo of the evening came from Matthew Whiteley, who sang the first of Vaughan Williams' Songs 0/ Travel, a setting of Robert Louis Stevenson's poem The Vagabond. Matthew rendered this with a sense of style well illustrated in the all-important crescendos of this popular piece.

Contrasting with this vigorous song was a more meditative item: a piece for flute and piano

by Gordon Jacob entitled By the River. Scott McLean handled this mellifluous pastoral piece well, given the difficult breathing required. Now came what one felt was a highlight of the evening for many of the audience: a very assured account by young Michael Peat on the recorder with piano continuo, of the Largo and Giga from Arcangelo Corelli's Sonata in A Minor. Michael's evident knowledge and love of his instrument came to the fore in his clear playing of the many trills and in his rendering of the lilting rhythm of the second movement. Now after one of the short intervals of carefully orchestrated furniture removing lugubriously presided over by Jon Penner, came the first of two 'in-house' compositions: a trio for saxophone, clarinet and piano co!,!posed b:( Richard Gipps and performed by Richard himself, Rory Campbell and Anthea WIlcock. Thl.s was a ple~e to be played around midnight, slightly angular in its jazz elements, With a hauntmg, serpentme melody. We were reawakened after this lulling piece by Elizabeth Bird and Anne-Laure Bryan rendering, in piano duet form, George Gershwin's inimitable I've Got Plenty 0/ Nothing, taken from his Porgy and Bess. The strangely-titled Watermark composed

by Enya was next played on the recorder by Nicholas King. This was a languorous piece, clearly written to show the more lyrical side of the instrument. Lennon and McCartney's Yesterday, that graveyard of house chom, was sung by the treble Peter Kenyon. What his voice lacked in power, he more than compensated for in the catch in his voice so appropriate to this lament.

This was followed by three contrasting a cappella pieces sung by Zoe Harmsworth, Eliza Lumley, Ewan Kerr and Matthe~ Whiteley. The first was the traditional I will give my Love an Apple, the.second a rather CO~IC arr~ngeme~t of Bobby Sha/toe, and The Frog in Spring which, with Its TWiddle wlddle. .. refram, provIded a marvellously comic ending to the first part of the concert.

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The second part began, not in flamboyant mood, but with an arrangement of Claude Debussy's La Fille aux cheveux de lin, played on the flute with a fine sense of phrasing by Mark Handley.

Next came the second 'in-house' composition, this time by Ewan Kerr. It took the form of a Nocturne for cello and piano, with Zoe Harmsworth proving a redoubtable performer on the cello, ably accompanied by Ewan himself. The piece was, in fact, remarkable not only for its solo and accompaniment but also for the mature way in which the composer had sought to interweave both instrumental parts . Eliza Lumley contributed a performance of Silent Noon

by Vaughan Williams, a haunting piece that obviously so entranced the audience that they even began to applaud at a pause before the final few bars! A second highlight for the reviewer was the account of the Finale from Haydn's String Quartet in B Flat, Op. 33 no. 2, also known as the Joke Quartet. This was admirably well led by Jonathan Sampson, imported specially from School House for the evening, and played with the necessary unstoppable vigour by Eliza Lumley, Richard Gipps and Zoe Harmsworth. The fragmented diminuendo ending of this did what Haydn set out to achieve: take the audience by surprise. Next Matthew Whiteley gave us a dynamic rendering on the French horn of Arnold Cooke's rousing if quirky Rondo in B Flat. As part of the grand finale of the concert, the Linacre sixth-formers performed with the necessary panache on the part of the ladies and yet with a remarkable amount of reserve on the part of the gentlemen, the classic Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend, with good choreography, including quite startling acrobatics from Eliza Lumley, produced by Charlotte Reece, Sophie Colyear-Walker and Andrew Hone. As if to reassure us all that the girls' dress regulations had not been too overtly flouted by their costumes in Diamonds, we were treated to the House's rendering of Fats Waller's Ain't Misbehavin '.

All in all, this was a concert with something for everyone and one which clearly demonstrated that Linacre is indeed fortunate in having in its ranks lively talent at all levels and in being able to draw on the expertise of Anthea Wilcock. The musical future looks set fair for the Theta Lambdas who may now have to thank M.D. 'new boy' Stephen Pinnock for his sterling services as accompanist by according him honorary membership of their house.

T.T .

TRADESCANT HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY, 12th NOVEMBER, IN ST. MARY-AT-LAMBETH, LONDON

The Tradescant House Concert was held this year at the Museum of Garden History in London.

The whole evening was a triumph, not only for Tradescant House itself, but for Mrs. Rosemary Nicholson who has established the Tradescant Trust and is responsible for the magnificent renovation of the church next to Lambeth Palace.

Without any doubt the lion's share of the praise must go to Quentin Thomas whose organisation and flair laid the foundations for a magnificent evening. His energy and enthusiasm were a credit to the House and School and should be an inspiration for others.

To say that the programme was varied would be an understatement. One only has to think of the superb performance by Clare Goldwin of the Meditation from Thai's by Massenet which was beautifully phrased and accurately in tune and compare it with the finale of the whole concert which was a medley of tunes including: Wish me luck as you wave me good-bye and We'll meet again. Both items were poles apart in taste but equally acceptable and much appreciated.

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ETUDE TRANSCENDANTE (M.P.H.D.)

It was an evening of many memorable performances. I was particularly glad to see a piano duet on the programme and greatly enjoyed the Piano Sonata for four hands by Poulenc which was played by Shiao-Yng Chan and Anna Forsyth. The Barbershop Group who sang My Sweet and My Blue Heaven were much appreciated. I often wonder if such items ought to feature in King's Week. Giles Hogben gave a splendid performance of Aus der Heimat by Smetana which was preceded by Take Five by Dave Brubeck and a performance of The Yellow Brick Road by the House Choir. This was contrast indeed!

One of the most novel events of the whole evening was Rocktrap by Schinstine. I have to confess to having never heard this piece before. It provided excellent entertainment value and was appreciated by the audience . I don't think a single note was actually sung by the group.

It was all clapping and sound effects. Barnaby Stevenson, Anna Forsyth and Julian Sturt all distinguished themselves with some well projected vocal items. The Irish Ballad by Lehrer sung

by Julian Sturt was an excellent end to the first half of the concert and the audience greatly appreciated some of the words. The stanza referring to killing your baby brother and making an Irish stew out of him did much to enhance the convivial atmosphere of the interval which followed!

One of the things which impressed me about the whole evening was the fact that many of the works chosen were extremely ambitious. One only has to think of the Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano by Malcolm Arnold played by Barnaby Stevenson and Quentin Thomas and the Scherzo in B Flat Minor played by Shiao-Yng Chan (which although lost its way once, was carried off with great aplo.mb) and the Allegro from Mozart's C Major String Quintet to realise that the pupils really stretched themselves.

As an evening, it was House Music at its best. We enjoyed technical feats, originality, humour, good company and even if one or two items had the odd suspicious moment perhaps the occasional blemish can be forgiven for what turned out to be an evening of outstanding success. I enjoyed every minute of it.

S.D.P.

GALPIN'S HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY, 12th NOVEMBER, IN THE SI;IIRLEY HALL T he audience in the Shirley Hall settled down to enjoy an excellent evening's entertainment from the talented (and not so talented) members of Galpin's. The programme started, somewhat heavily, but topically, as it was Remembrance Sunday, with two Wilfred Owen poems, recited clearly and expressively by Matilda Mitchell and Dominic Burdess. The second item on the agenda was MacDowell's Shadow Dance, performed by Chris Jepp, pianist extraordinaire, which lightened the mood of the occasion in style. Next, the Flute Trio - Chris Jepp, Robert Craig and Robert Clayton - performed two pieces by Finger and Franck's Intrada, sustaining the quite lengthy effort very well . The Galpin's Early Music Consort provided some melodious singing, with two contrasting songs: Allegez may by Josquin, and When myoid man by Lassus, most tuneful, although a couple of the singers seemed somewhat unenthusiastic.

The surprise items on the menu were the high point of the evening, starting off with Jo Grimes, the budding pop star of Galpin's, singing Walking in the Rain, written by a Galpin's Old Boy (keeping it in the family, so to speak), and accompanied by Dave Everist. Jules Moore's drum solo must be described as a virtuoso performance - the drumsticks flew so fast that it was amazing he could keep hold of them. Next, Christian Webb, James Waters and James Aitchison sauntered onto the stage ... in their pyjamas, and struck nonchalant poses on the sofa. Seldom have I heard such a laid-back rendering of Love me tender as that of Chris (Elvis reincarnated) Webb, and the back-up vocals were particularly impressive. t7

THE YOUNG ONES (T.R.H.)

Galpin's, of course, could not give a concert without including their great success of the year - Living Together, by Alan Ayckbourn (Winner of the 1989 House Drama Competition, as we were told in the programme, in case we had missed the vital piece of information). The play went with barely a hitch, especially considering that it had been resurrected from the ashes of the competition after nearly a month. Katie Comer and Sarah Daley had a swift repartee going artistically interspersed with realistic snores from Norman (Andy Curlewis) in a drunken stupor: George Bruxner, as Tom, in his tasteful waistcoat, provided an excellent foil for the tensions of the others, giving a seemingly effortless impression of stupidity. As for Dom Burdess, his apoplectic leaping about on the stage made one fear a cardiac arrest.

After the interval we were honoured with a selection of songs from Grease. The singing was very good, especially the solos from Dom Burdess and Alex Mitchell, in spite of having to Cope with a few technical problems with the microphone. The chorus were marvellously passionate if not very rhythmical, and the whole thing was entertaining. A dramatic mood swing led u; to James Waters' moving Valse Triste on the piano, which froze the audience's laughter at the previous item. Next, the Galpin's House Orchestra gave us a variety of pieces, fast-moving and enjoyable.

The Barbershop Quartet, consisting of Chris Jepp, Mark Dobell, Dave Everist and James Waters sang some old favourites, with most lofty and romantic sentiments, and suitable accompanying gestures. The fur stole and other props added particular finesse to the performance.

The Galpin's String Quartet (Jonathan White, Tom Jennings, James Waters and Briony Crozier) gave a number of studies by B. Barrell and J. G. Distler, in very impressive style. A great deal of rehearsing had obviously gone into this, as into most of the programme.

To conclude, Galpin's took the stage en masse to sing Noel Coward's London Pride, and the Eventide Hymn (Monk/Lyte) to round off the evening in suitable fashion. The front row sang with enthusiasm, though there seemed to be suspiciously little life behind them. Everyone enjoyed joining in Jerusalem at the very end - a rousing finish to a splendid evening. Thank you, Galpin's!

RACHEL DINWIDDY.

KISS ME, KATE THURSDAY, 30th NOVEMBER -

SUNDAY, 3rd DECEMBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

The musical is the Ameripan art form par excellence. In it we can usually forget complexities of character and moral am biguities. The guiding principle of American life is applied to art style and energy conquer everything. Recreating the slickness and sleaze of the northeast United States in one of England's more genteel contexts is no easy task. However, Stephen Pinnock had a jolly good go. Much of the Porter score is highly challenging behind its melodious fa~ade and this was managed by careful phrasing and control. The razzamatazz of Broadway was more than accurately reproduced, even if this did mean that some of the wit of the songs was partly lost as the metronome went bananas. Many songs would have benefited from a touch of Cowardian poise, as excellently demonstrated by the two diminutive gangsters as they brushed up their Shakespeare. The orchestra was lean and taut, but more of the jazz dialect of Too Darn Hot in the back-stage numbers would have provided a greater foil for the operetta style of the Shrew scenes . The quality of the voices was good, perhaps too good, as the raw American accents evaporated into the mists of an English summer's morning.

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SHAKESPEARE AS YOU LIKE IT (Michael Gillespie)

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With Kiss Me, Kate the director's job is as problematic as the score . But whereas the music has instant hum appeal the book is thin and almost a sideshow. The Taming oj the Shrew is stripped to the bone and the back-stage bitching functions on a sub-soap-opera level. Fortunately, Andrew Dobbin had first-class help in James Knight's Fred Graham and Bronwen Aldridge's Miss Vanessi. They sparked off each other, helping to ignite the otherwise asbestos non-musical interludes. The comedy of the Shrew scenes was nicely judged as the actors ploughed through the words of the Bard whilst retaining American mannerisms and speech patterns. Clear favourites on the closing night were Vicky Temple's quite irrepressible Lois Lane and especially the sinister aforementioned gangsters hovering around the central action with that lethal combination of demonic charm. The rest of the troupe and chorus were intelligently deployed. During I Hate Men, the cardboard cut-out poses struck me as a director's way of pointing out that these were the sort of characters you cut off the back of your cereal packet.

The dancing and its musical backing were almost too exuberant to be contained by the Shirley Hall's 'pinny' of an apron stage. The balletic skills of members of the 1st XV were slick and compelling as well as being a potential menace for future opponents.

Musicals are about cooperation and logistics. The success of this production lay in the way everything dovetailed together and the whole was greater than its constituent parts. We will all have left with our personal favourite number or impression but all will have been united by S.M.W. a common sense of exhilaration and pleasure.

CONCERT 'N' COFFEE BY THE SECOND ORCHESTRA SATURDAY, 9th DECEMBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL The programme began in true military spirit with the Concert march Valiant Knight by Charles Woodhouse, providing a stirring opening to the evening. The second item was Farandole from Bizet's suite L 'Ar/esienne. From the first recurrent theme, the dance moved to its exciting climax, displaying to full effect the brass, wind and percussion sections of the orchestra. This was followed by the Sleigh Ride of Mozart, employing much larger forces than the composer might have envisaged, whilst preserving the true character of the dance. The trio sections were very sensitively contrasted, and the piquant solo trumpet notes accurately portraying the part of the toy trumpets were well projected by Robert Heddle and Matthew Hillier. Next we were treated to some Scottish folk music, delivered with all the authenticity one would expect from Mr. McConnell. All sections contributed enthusiastically, with the strings responding well to the strong leadership of Chris Creissen from the front desk.

Interval entertainment was provided by the 'Younger Generation' Jazzmen with the dynamic bass player Chris Creissen leading. Individual soloists offered somewhat interesting breaks and by and large the ensemble is following in the King's Jazz tradition.

T he King's March by Jean-Baptiste Lully soon found its feet after the slightly tentative string introduction. This short piece then developed a full and satisfying richness of sound . Melodies from the Messiah demonstrated how the greatness of Handel's music will shine through any combination of instruments. Mr. McConnell gave us the full majesty of two great choruses, and the more intimate spirit of the solo aria 'He shall feed His flock'.

In the Corelli Sonata for solo descant recorder and orchestra, Michael Peat displayed his true musicianship and uderstanding of the style of the period. The pure quality of his sound enabled him to project across the thicker textures of the accompaniment.

Christmas Festival by Leroy Anderson, a skilfully arranged collection of some of the most loved, traditional carols warmed the heart of every member of the audience, completing the concert in the perfect spirit of the season. Mr. McConnell and his orchestra can be more than satisfied with the excellence of their performance throughout this most enjoyable concert.

As usual, the evening ended with coffee and refreshments, and the proceeds of a collection (ÂŁ135) went to this term's School Charity, Canterbury Umbrella.

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SHELL DRAMA COMPETITION The scenario is not a particularly encouraging one - the Shells of each house produce their own short play with no finance or the customary illusions of the theatre. Twelve productions of Unman, Wittering and Zigo done around a few battered old desks might seem to be the most likely outcome . In fact, the productions were largely characterized by a great variety of pieces chosen and in imaginati ve use of limited resources. Within an hour and a half we were whisked from the 1920s drawing room to Chicago and on into Narnia. Disbelief was willingly suspended by the energy of the performances and the breadth of the cameo roles.

The two winners were remarkable in their rustling up of both place and mood. The Nicholas N ickleby of Galpins' was a half-lit tableau onto which Dominic Cocklin's Squeers descended with a compelling violence. Tom Jackson's eponymous hero hovered nicely between complicity and rebellion until Smike's horrifying flogging/crucifixion caused him to turn on his master.

Tradescant did something quite different. Bugsy Malone is a bit of an old chestnut in school drama but there was some wonderful type-casting which breathed new life into familiar slapstick routines.

Perhaps future House plays could involve more juniors as they are at present largely sixthform affairs.

S.M.W .

TALKS DEMONSTRATION AND DISPLAY OF HANDBUlLT POTTERY MISS SARAH WALTON, CRAFTS COUNCIL MEMBER Thursday, 21st September 'If change is natural, then my work is in a healthier state than it has been since I started' .

(Sarah Walton).

Miss Walton has been a potter for seventeen years, for the first fourteen of which she worked exclusively on the potter' s wheel, making domestic items that were subsequently salt-fired at her workshop in Sussex. Since 1985 she has worked increasingly by hand, without the use of the potter's wheel. This is a courageous new beginning for such a renowned domestic-ware potter.

She has concentrated on large-scale bird-baths. Outdoor sculpture is an area which she feels has been sadly neglected by contemporary artists .

Her asymmetric forms are inspired by mountains and boulders and have a soft, weathered look - pale stones eroded by a great passing of time.

She brought with her three very fine examples, as well as a collection of medieval-looking jugs, all of which came out of the most recent salt-firing.

Before the demonstration began, Miss Walton meticulously prepared the clay she had brought, which was a very coarse white stoneware . In the crowded workshop she then began building.

She worked ' inside-out' , first making the internal supports which were radiating fins of clay, then making the top ' basin' and outside curve together. These walls of clay were built with rolled coils of clay added on side by side until the inside curve of the basin met the outside curve of the wall at what became the top edge of the form. At this completed construction phase the bird-bath was some two feet ac ross. Throughout the building stage Miss Walton explained many of her ideas and views. She stressed the importance she puts on the various effects of light on form s.

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The fun then began when handfuls of thick white slip were smeared over the pot. This was cardully brushed and textured, and the shape of the pot altered. Miss Walton explained that mCldental gestures can give welcome results that can be incorporated into the piece and lead to further developments.

She ,,:ent on to explain other alterations that she carries out: cutting slices out of the form and addmg on lugs. One of the examples she b~ought had a wonderful lobed edge, complemented by glaZing that gave the Impression of wet hchen growing in the recesses and on the rim.

Often the form. had to be v iewe~ from s~veral yards away to appreciate it properly. During the alteratIOns MIss Walton explalped: 'It IS not a question of imposing your own conscious Ideas onto the pot, but of letting It talk to you as it develops from your original idea'.

The dem.onstration ended with the finished bird-bath, ready for drying and subtle alterations, having all ItS supports cut. away. It was then gently squashed flat and the clay broken up for re-use. Only the very speCial pots are kept and fIred. MIss Walton keeps only two bird-baths a month.

It was a quite unique experience to watch such playful actions produce such a simple and honest form. The performance was videotaped and the tape can be borrowed from the Pottery department.

J.A.C.K.

EDUCATION: TWENTY YEARS ON MR. CHRISTOPHER EVERETT, HEADMASTER, TONBRIDGE SCHOOL Friday, 29th September Mr. Christopher Everett, ~oon to become head of the Daiwa Foundation, spoke on the pr,?posals of the gov~rnment s White Paper. Confessing himself a Conservative, he went on to Illustrate the pr~ctlcal effect of the reform. Several headmasters, including Mr. Everett, and our.o.wn, had been mvolved m consultatIOn over the Bill. Mr. Everett was therefore in an excellent position to analyse the reforms.

Reform was long overdue to resolve the crisis in education . However Mr. Everett was not ~ntIrely s!-lre as to whether the ]Jresent proposals were in the right form. For instance, the introductIOn of a NatIonal CUrrIculum meant that public schools had to lose some of their mdlVldual.speclahsatlOn. As for '~pting out', Mr. Everett suggested that it would be a success as long as It was done carefully. UltImately these reforms seemed unlikely to fashion an education service to be proud of, but they certainly went some way towards doing so.

Mr. Everett was an exce ll~nt speaker to start this term's talks off and I hope that this augurs well for the new talks traditIOns under T.R.H. Thanks also to the Headmaster for his excellent summing-up.

GODR IC JOLLIFFE.

NUCLEAR POWER MR. MALCOLM GRIMSTON, UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY Tuesday, 3rd October M:. Grimston spoke to the Harvey Society on this contentious issue as impartially as any public relatIO ns empl?y~e ,of UKAEA could possibly have done. He started off on the safe ground of modern sO~letles need forenergy. Energy is needed for our agriculture, health and food and water Industnes, not to mentIOn almost all of au.' ' luxuries'. The energy consumption per head IS a good mdl~ator of the difference between nch and poor countries. In rich countries it is eqUivalent to SIX tonnes of coal a year, In a poor country it is less than one hundredth of a tonne.

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Mr. Grimston then admitted that the ideal would be to change attitudes and to increase the efficiency of our use of energy, and welcomed the Friends of the Earth target of reducing energy wastage by a half.

Looking at the ways of producing the energy needed by a growing population Mr. Grimston talked on the pros and cons of each. Fossil fuel is a resource which is being used up rapidly and it produces acid rain and carbon dioxide gas which leads to the greenhouse effect. Were we not burning it, however, we could use it as a source of chemicals for many industries, especi~lly the pharmaceutical and plastics industries. Renewable energy sources, e.g., hydroelectnc, WInd and tidal power, produce no waste and will not run out. They are at present underfunded and Mr. Grimston sought more money and research and many more local schemes. However, a disadvantage is the scale of the stations needed to produce large am~:lUnts of power. and the related environmental impact of such large developments. Nuclear power IS the thIrd optIOn. The energy content of the uranium in the world is at least seven times that of the coal that remains and no other use is known for it. Tackling the more well-known objections to nuclear power, Mr. Grimston presented the following facts. The natural radiation in Cornwall is one hundred times greater than the emissions from Sellafield. In all, less than 0.1 "70 of our man-made radiation is produced by the nuclear industry. Mr. Grimston brought along a block ofglass abo.ut the size of a saucer, which represented the volume of hIgh-level waste produced In supplYIng an individual with energy for a complete lifetime This will be b,!ried deep in .rock~, in vaults desig~ed to remain intact for two million years, although the waste wIll be less radIOactIve than the ongmal uranium after eight years. Accident prevention is obviously crucial and Mr. Grimston explained why a Chernobyl-type runaway reaction could not happen in the U.K. and how the power stations are built to almost excessive safety standards.

In concluding his talk, Mr. Grimston said that w~ had to choose bet~een different risks: If we continue to use fossil fuels we run the nsk of runnmg out of fuel, leadmg to energy starvatIOn and possible war. We also run the risk of the green!lOuse effect, with its well-known effects of global warming and rising sea levels. The alternatIve vIable large-sc.ale means of producmg power is the nuclear industry in which we should concentrate on lessemng the nsk of the awful JAMES EDDISON. potential to do damage.

THE WHITE PAPER: WORKING FOR PATIENTS? DR. MARION HILDICK-SMITH FRCP, PRESIDENT, BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY FOR THE HEALTH OF THE AGED Wednesday, 1st November The Government's recent White Paper for the National Health Service attracted much attention from the media and public alike, so it was to a well-filled Synagogue that Dr. Hildick-Smith gave her informative and topical lecture. It was an excellent opportumty to hear some of the arguments of people who would themselves be affected by the changes that appear so strongly to be resented.

Dr Hildick-Smith showed herself to be both very well informed on the proposals as a whole, and i~ possession of strong arguments against them drawn from her own speciality : geriatric medicine. It was obvious that she cared very much for the people wIth whom she worked, and , . , was genuinely concerned for their future, as well as for her. own.

The main aspects of the proposed changes that were dealt with were the so-called optmg-o~t of hospitals, and the introduction of private firms to run s~ct!ons of the NatIOnal Health ServIce to finance the self-funding of hospitals. Although Dr. Hlldlck-Smlth seemed to ~gree that by allowing hospitals to specialize in one particular t~eatment, standards would be raIsed, she .also explained that this would cause a fall In standards m other ~reas of treatment, as well as entallmg discrepancies in funding if patients fr.om outSIde the. ho~pltal's area were tre.ated. D~. Hlld!ckSmith also gave several examples of situatIOns m which It would be yery difficult or Impossible for patients to go to a hospital other than their local one, owmg to transportation and accommodation difficulties.

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Dr. Hildick-Smith placed great emphasis on the support, and indeed affection, that she and many of her colleagues feel for the National Health Service; the fault lies not in the system but in the lack of funding for the system. That the National Health Service is catastrophically underfunded was the overwhelming message of the talk. Britain does spend less than her European neighbours on the Health Service, yet, at the moment, it is one of the most efficient. In the United States, a full thirty percent of the health budget goes on administration, whilst here it is only a fraction of that. Whilst the White Paper 'Working For Patients' gives the National Health Service no more money, it does ensure that a far greater proportion of the money available will have to be spent on administration. For the prospective medical students in the audience, this was the rather depressing conclusion to an excellent talk.

Many thanks to Dr. Hildick-Smith for her talk giving the inside story on the proposed changes, and also much information on the Health Service itself.

TOBY BROWN.

NEVER SUCH INNOCENCE: POETRY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR DR. MARTIN STEPHEN, HEADMASTER, THE PERSE SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE Friday, 10th November For a society so obsessed with the First World War, with nearly thirty books on this subject being published every year, it is not surprising that we have projected, if unconsciously, our own viewpoint onto the war. Dr. Martin Stephen set out in his talk to examine the oftenoverlooked side of the war, and to highlight some of the lesser-known poets. Why should we focus on such events as the Battle of the Somme or symbols such as the poppy, and why, in particular, for a society that had experienced so many wars, should poets of this war enjoy such a unique status?

For the first half of the talk Dr. Stephen set the poetry in an historical context, pointing out how we tend to see the war in terms of its futile waste of life: 'Lions led by idiots' (sic). Yet, in the light of this view, he questioned why so many pacifists such as Owen and Sassoon chose to return to the front when honourably excused from duty - it was clearly more then a case of 'Play up, play up, and play the game!' One veteran he spoke to remembers the war with sadness yet pride, as a time of tremendous excitement and freedom. What it represented to the segregated working classes was not the horrific slaughter we infer today, but for many an escape from the appalling poverty rife in pre-war England - they .were not shocked by what was gomg on. Dr. Stephen pointed out that it was the upper classes who were horrified by the war, and it was they who wrote the well-known poetry. One interpretation of their poems he offered was: 'My God! They're shooting at me!'

With this background in mind, Dr. Stephen went on to discuss the poetry in his book, oddly starting with the unusual 'To Any Dead Officer' by Sassoon, a poem uncharacteristic of its time for its satirical and bitter tone (which, incredibly, Sassoon rattled off in five minutes one evening, yet it remains one of the finest poems of the war). However, most soldiers who wrote of the war did not write of the horror and death, but of the things which mattered most to them at the time: sweethearts, tea, cigarettes and rum; in fact, a tremendous volume of poetry and prose was produced in the war, often scribbled in letters or diaries, the majority of which not surprisingly was of very poor quality. What Dr. Stephen chose to focus on particularly was the humour in much of the poetry. To the men who fought the war, in particular in the R.F.C. where at some points the mission survival-rate was virtually nought, death was part of the everyday occurrences, and it was laughed at rather than feared. This can be seen in the many comic poems about the R.F.C.'s deathtrap ZC plane, or one soldier' s description of it 'raining mutton' after a flock of sheep had been hit by shells. Dr. Stephen was especially interested in noting the shift from the best-selling Brooke-influenced poetry of pre-1914 towards a more personal, eye-witness view of the war, with particular reference to poets such as Edward Thomas who, as he does not fit the current popular view of the war, is largely unread.

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One question raised on the subject of conscription brought several points to light: of the five categories of men, from single men to those married with children, all five of them were eventually made liable to conscription, by weight of public opinion as much as by military pressure, yet the statistics show that the danger of being hurt was surprisingly low: anyone in uniform had a 1111 chance of being a casualty. Where the problem really arose was in what Dr. Stephen called 'The Vietnam Syndrome' - non-soldiers fighting a war and discovering for the first time what it was really like. However, the bitterness so attached to the war only truly emerged with the influenza epidemic of 1920 (in which more people died than in the First World War), when many felt cheated by the deaths of their loved ones who had escaped the war. The men who joined up had a clear sense of right in what they were fighting for, and, despite the disillusion they suffered, they were, in the end, fighting to prevent what happened in 1939.

Thanks to Dr. Martin Stephen for not giving in to schlepping through the standard, grim lecture on First World War poetry, but instead opting for this unusual viewpoint of the war.

I felt the weakness of the talk lay in the fact that the viewpoint adopted was itself as biased as the one it brought into question , and that the argument was too tied up in a Marxist classstruggle, implying perhaps that there really was 'never such innocence', even then. Nevertheless, it seriously brought into question the modern text-book view of the war, suggesting ironically that in an age where we are determined not to gloss over the truths of the past, we have in fact actually gone too far in the other direction. The poems chosen by Dr. Stephen were both amusing and unusual, and achieved the almost impossible task of offering us something new about First World War poetry. Its strength lay in its fresh and direct approach to it, and made one reconsider TED GEORGE. one's own thoughts and views on the poetry and people of the time.

AN OFFBEAT LEGAL CAREER: INTEREST NOT PROFIT BENEDICT BIRNBERG, B. M. BIRNBERG & CO. Thursday, 23rd November That Mr. Birnberg has devoted his life to action on behalf of those he considers to be unjustly accused and in need of defence, was obvious from the start of his talk. He specialises in people who either cannot afford a good defence, or who are not given the opportunity to defend themselves. His work has taken him from this country and Europe to South America and Africa.

As may be inferred from the title of his talk, Mr. Birnberg's work is not of the glamorous or lucrative type: many of his clients cannot afford to pay their own legal costs, and have only state Legal Aid. Because of this, as Mr. Birnberg himself admitted, his career is not one many people can aspire to: far from making a fortune, it is very expensive for him to travel to where his skills are needed.

Although it may seem strange that a man should choose to deal with seemingly trivial public order cases from which no money can be made, it should be remembered that it is these cases, not murder trials, which test both new legislation and a lawyer's skill . Many of these cases do start simply in the Magistrates' court, but some go on to be judged in the House of Lords itself.

The other major part of Mr. Birnberg's work, besides that of defending the right to peaceable protest and demonstration, is civil liberties and human rights. His work in this area has ranged from bringing an appeal to have Ian Brady removed to a secure mental hospital, to trying to prevent torture in South America, and securing the release of people who had 'disappeared'.

As well as giving an account of his own career as a defence lawyer, Mr. Birnberg was also able to talk informatively about the legal system in general, and particularly on the justice of defending a guilty man. He explained that owing to the combative nature of our legal system, it is the prosecution counsel's duty to secure a conviction, whilst it is the defence counsel's to see that his client is not punished for something that he didn't do. Mr. Birnberg also talked of the legal reforms he would like to see.

Mr. Birnberg's talk was an interesting account of a very eventful legal career, which showed that neither are all famous lawyers earning a very high salary, nor are all interesting cases criminal ones. His talk also went a long way to balancing the decidedly conservative nature of previous talks this term. Our thanks go to him and the other speakers this term, and also to Dr. Hands TOBY BROWN. for organising the Sixth Form Talks.

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CHAPLAIN'S NOTES On the corridor leading to the classrooms in Lattergate a poster has caught many people's imagination. It shows a Christmas Day scene in the nave of Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome.

The nave is full of tables and clearly a meal is taking place. As you look more closely you can see that this is not a banquet for the fashionable inhabitants of Trastevere but rather a Christmas lunch for the homeless - it is the Church attending to the poor of the area with a Christmas meal inside one of the oldest Christian buildings in Rome. Those serving at the tables are the people who usually expect to be served and those receiving food are those whose usually have to beg. The caption of the poster - Natale a S. Maria in Trastevere - tells its own story. At Christmas the servant becomes the master, the child becomes the King, and the needs of the world are met with generosity and love.

On the last Sunday afternoon of term we gathered in the Crypt of the Cathedral to celebrate the life of the School Social Service team. Through the efforts of volunteers, members of the wider King's family were encouraged to attend a service for Christmas . There were representatives from Umbrella, Mustard Seed, The L' Arche Community, SI. Augustine's Hospital, Cued Speech, Age Concern, The Cyrenians, the local primary schools which we visit and many other people whom pupils have met during the term. Through carols, readings and prayers, we celebrated the coming of Christmas and we were able to give thanks for the network of generosity and love which holds together the strands of our school life set within the City of Canterbury.

Not only have we tried to act out the meaning of Christmas, we have also been encouraged to think carefully about belief and faith. Whether through Mattins with the whole school, or in a small meeting of the Chapel Council, there has been much talk of theology, the reasons for the Christian faith and our response to ethical questions. The Headmaster preached at the beginning of term (his text Job 2S. 12-2S) and also answered questions at an Open Forum. Staff and pupils have taken part in Year Group Prayers held in the Crypt of the Cathedral and School Monitors led worship for a week on a topic which they selected for consideration, 'The nature of life after death'. The Memorial Chapel has been used every lunchtime for Confirmation Classes and in addition to the daily Eucharist services, several House events have been held there. Stephen Preece has followed the long tradition of Linacre Head Sacristans. Not only has he been utterly reliable, but also he has increased the numbers of those who are trained to be servers and sacristans . This group met for a Candlelit Pilgrimage one evening in the Cathedral with devotions led by Canon Peter Brett.

T here will be more events echoing the Trastevere festival !lext term. We expect to host a Lent Visitor from the Diocese of Madagascar, our Confirmation Candidates will continue the link with St. John's Parish in Margate as they further their training and there is talk of a Shrove Tuesday Mardi Gras before a Solemn Ash Wednesday . 1 am most grateful for the assistance given by The Revd. Peter Johnson in all Chapel events and I wish to thank members of staff and pupils who help with the presentation of talks and services. I wish you all a Very Happy Christmas and I send greetings for the New Year.

Mattins Preachers 10th September The Headmaster 24th September The RI. Revd . H.M. Montefiore Sth October Angela Tilby 12th November The Revd. Peter F. Hullah (Remembrance Sunday) 19th November The Revd. David L. Burgess 10th December The Revd. James S. Jones

Sunday Sixth-Form Talk Speakers 17th September Dr. Jack Dominian 1st October Sir John Vane 15th October Dr. El-Essawy 5th November June Lennox 26th November Professor B. Bergonzi 3rd December Trevor Hall

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Speakers at the Lower School Services 17th September The Revd. Peter F. Hullah 1st October John McCabe 15th October Jo Collinge (Oxfam) 5th November Councillor Tom Steele 26th November The Revd. C. J. F. Scott 3rd December Mrs. Jan Turner

Collections and Donations flOOO Canterbury Umbrella (including £259 from the Luxmoore Fete) £50 Christian Aid Feed The Minds £50 £100 Oxfam (Ethiopia Appeal) Crisis at Christmas £50 The Church Urban Fund £50 Help The Aged £50 Total £1350 In addition donations have been made from the collection at the Carol Service to Christian Aid and the Lord Mayor of Canterbury's Christmas Gift Fund.

P.F.H.

VISITS RECITAL AT FINCHCOCKS On Sunday, 1st October, at the kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burnett, a King's Chamber Group was taken to Goudhurst by Mr. Stephen Pinnock and Mr. Robert Scott to give a recital with other young performers at Finchcocks Festival.

Finchcocks is approached through beautiful parkland. The fine Georgian manor house contains Richard Burnett's magnificent collection of early keyboard instruments. The Festival provided an opportunity to meet musicians from Chetham's, Purcell and other music schools. The recital programme spanned four centuries and ranged from Nadermann to Faure.

The King's Chamber Group was Michael Chesterman violin, Quentin Thomas viola, Zoe Harmsworth cello, Sholto Byrnes double bass and Myles Bowker fortepiano. They played the first movement of Schubert's fast-flowing Trout Quintet in A major which is based on a German lied. The Viennese fortepiano used for this piece was made by Conrad Graf in 1826, during Schubert's lifetime.

MYLES BOWKER.

6A VISIT TO SHELL RESEARCH (SITTINGBOURNE) THURSDAY, 5th OCTOBER On arrival we were given a lecture on what Shell attempts to achieve at the Centre, the main area of interest being in the development of agrochemicals and biotechnology. Roughly 40,000 molecules of 'possibly useful compounds' are synthesised here each year, of which only a handful will ever come close to production- a fairly staggering thought. We were then given a tour of the site and shown a number of operations being carried out, ranging from methods of facilitating the dispersal of sprays to culturing bacteria for enzyme production. The tour also encompassed demonstrations of some of the highly sophisticated analytical instruments used in the labs.

One of the obvious purposes of the visit was to encourage us to join Shell. The chances of this were increased by the excellent lunch we were given . High-powered management was much in evidence, however, and quite often we felt the victims of executive assertiveness training a most unpleasant experience! We all enjoyed the visit greatly and hope some other people will be given the opportunity next year.

BEN HARDY.

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lIouse ~otes The house or 'hice', as it is affectionately known, has flourished under the spiritual (N.L.P.) and pastoral care of Angus (Goose, Mungus etc .... ) and Err .. you know who.

Sadly for the school, it is rapidly becoming apparent that it can accomplish nothing without School House. Take for example Kiss Me, Kate - four principals, the stage manager, the stage crew, lighting, members of the chorus, much of the orchestra and of course the director all hailed from these hallowed portals. We were also ably represented in the King's Parliament, with Sholto Byrnes (SLDPQZZzzz .. ) and Jon O'Mahony (Con. Lanfranc) proving eloquent and convincing (well almost). We also supplied many of our great and good to the school civil service.

The contributions from the house were in evidence on the sporting front, providing four captains of sport (Shafik Saba gaining First Colours). We furnished the School XV with five players, Jon O'Mahony, Dave Hamilton and Jim Waddell being regulars and proving (were it needed) that an Englishman's home is his 'Castille'. The junior members of the house enriched their' A' teams in considerable numbers. Congratulations are also due to Matt Odgers who played squash for the 1st V and gained team colours, very impressive for a Remove. Jon Holding displayed some cheeky coaching behaviour for the 5th XV. In the House Hockey Mr. Phillis' club-wielding disciples claimed the senior hockey grail, crushing Marlowe, and in the junior league we shared the honours with Galpin's. Our sailors were hampered, however, by freak meteorological conditions (i.e., ones they couldn't win under). We also exhibited great skill and subtlety in the house drama.

Socially this term School House has led the field . What you read on the following pages are but pale imitations. 'Reecently' Jon has been enjoying life as has Arlene who spent a large part of term Waddelling around. Having been awarded a flying scholarship (R.A.F.) Simon Cole flew into a purple haze though this was diagnosed as Scarlet fever. A certain rather large member of Galpin's 6a was left somewhat Mistyfied with the feeling that he had 'gone with the wind'.

Ben's Daley deliveries soon ceased so he decided to shine new light through new windows. Laura Singer and Flo van Notten took turns Manning the Grange. Half-term was abseward (well for Hugo Langton) but How-den was it that Doive enjoyed himself so much? But enough of this idle Bunter (B.Y .) Congratulations are also due to Alex Hardy on spotting a Type 31 Deltic.

On a more serious note we would like to wish our six Oxbridge candidates the very best of luck.

This term, however, we said farewell to Rosemary after many years in the house, but Pat and her gang will continue to keep us in check. Miss J. managed many a marvellous medical miracle and kept us well. Final thanks to Mr. Dobbin and N.L.P., without whom none of this would have been possible and to Mouldy and Spay'd without whom considerably more would have been possible. Oh and by the way six (6) inches of rain fell in Grantham - Ben.

SCHOOL HOUSE

THE SYNDICATE.

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a The end-of-term warfare for next term's studies having been resolved, the Grange settled into its Christmas armistice. AI Lacy did not return this year, having left for the Dreaming Spires of Cambridge. So Tony Hancock was left as the 'black sheep' of the house, leading the Neighbours-watching committee and managing the infamously successful House League football team (from his bed) .

On the sporting front we have been as successful as ever: 'Kingpin' Chum and 'Mamba' Marquis played in every 1st XV match, joined at times by 'Bunter' Roberts, 'Daffy' Stobbs, 'Babyface' Metzger (who won the T. V.-watchlng award from Bola) and somehow AI Woolston dealt his way in for a match.

We won the senior basketball cup (thanks to Bola and his nimble-handed fifths , Pattman, Tester, Jackman and Cox). So we now hold both junior and senior cups.

The House Concert was a great success; Tom Del Mar, Will Bryant, Eloi'se Simeons and Vicki Milner-Williams brought the house down, (there is still talent after James Lawrence).

Academically Chris Buchholz and Vicky Ingham deserve good luck in their applications to Oxford, and 'Bunter' congratulations for his successful radical attack in King's Parliament. Our resident thespians were well represented in Kiss Me, Kate, with seven of The Grange's best taking part, and we were proud to present the only 'serious' production in the House Play Competition , thanks to the skillful directing of Piers Trussell.

The 'Kingpin' was hard at work as Saturday Night Fever transformed our 6b into a different breed of men: Osmond's secret formula (What's his secret?) led him into a few hairy episodes, between which he relaxed with a 'Beano' in his hands, and sparks flew in Voigt I and Macdonald where two turbulent romances raged. Del Mar seemed in Peril, while Landale was dealt a cruel blow, Piers' interest in rapping was enhanced by Eric B, and EI6ise gave the Vice-Head - well, support and companionship, I suppose . Simon dreamt on, but has been made deputy instead, (while 'Dr. Death' Beechey knows he is the real King of The Grange .)

Unfortunately Graeme is moving, and taking that long road to the school with Steve 'Truck in' Tester, (watch out for workmen) . Akins fifth-form cortege were predictably mischievous when not serving their master, but that's fifth form for you.

Many thanks go to Mr. and Mrs. Woodley, who gave up a great deal of time to make a long term run smoothly, and to Miss Delafons for dealing with those hoarse, burning throats with her elixir cough medicine. Thanks also to the Linen room ladies and to those who keep our studies habitable.

D.O. AND B.B .

THE GRANGE

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'Courage, tenacity, wit and flair are the essences of life.'

(Horace Walpole).

Thus, in a brilliant phrase, Horace captured the spirit of 'Pole. An intellectual flowering was experienced in 'Pole this term with J olers taking Oxbridge along with myself and Bij learning the Rotulus. The protuberant proboscis discussed economics with George 'Odd Bod' (the painter), whilst swapping Maths preps (Venn Diagrams) with Jon early on. Jim and Karen continued their physics preps in greater solitude.

I alone retained my bachelor status although Lanfranc suffered greatly from overpopulation, as did Benny's study for different reasons. The House play, which, directed by Tamsin (who, incidentally, beat me in arm wrestling) was quite superb and deserved the amused chuckles it received from the gathered punters.

Dames gasped wistfully as Kery and Chrees head-hunted for the I st XV, although Kery gasped equally Wistfully in his Ec.lPol. lessons . Jolers stumbled through another season amusing all present. I warn Trad off the hilarity of watching Jolers merely attempt to walk, let alone talk!

Also, Oarsmen want a mention (why? They can't read .. .).

Thus ends the final Chris tmas term of Walpole as we know it. Thank you Sue for putting up with me, and also the rest of the 'Magnificent Seven'. Thank you Miss Burr for keeping us our usual buoyant selves and finally thank you Mr. and Mrs. Vye for everything.

AM IT DAS.

MEISTER OMERS

Having been paternally instructed by the Bard, Kheng-Wei Yeoh, to avoid tedious cliches, we will temporarily forget his advice and celebrate the beginning of' A New Reich' under Mr. Miles.

Still ignoring Mr. Yeoh's admonition, we'll begin 'on the sporting front', where Richard Hume and Rahul Singh were in junior A teams for Rugby, whilst at the all-important level M.O. had numerous representatives in all the senior teams.

Alex Ellison achieved 1st colours for Fencing, and Oily van den Broucke and Brian ' Sun 2nd colours. They also had considerable individual success in regional and national competitions. At house level, where it all matters, Messrs Apps and Yeoh maste r -minded a seemingly implausible transformation in league Soccer fortunes, turning initial defeat

by Marlowe 0-11 into thrashing Galpin 's 7-0. Magnificent failure came. in the Basketball when we were edged out in round one by bitter rivals, The Grange, but we survIved that onslaught In the Semor Rugby Sevens to lose by a narrow margin in the well-fought final against Broughton .

M.O. preserved its reputation as the Cul tural Capital by dominati ng Kiss Me, Kate with memorable performances from CamIlla Palmer, John Tegner, Alex Drisk ill-Smith and Alastair Hine. However, paradoxically, we failed to secure the usual house drama award ... Many thanks anyway to the directresses Kate Colquhoun and Andrea Ward.

The top corridor was as usual frequented by many non-house members and females, Eastry being especially magnetic - in fact, to such an extent that certain refugees fr om Linacre had to be made honorary members of a well-known fan club, along with the other Eastry 'softies'.

On a quiet October night, however, the whole 'Establishment' took a cruel and well-executed battering when Peter 'Marine' Apps stormed Linacre - only to be routed by the ever-vigilant Linacre authorities .

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'On the romantic front', Ed managed a lucrative promotion from the ranks of mere fan club member to No. I Fan. And that is the M.O. romantic front - sorry, it's too long a list to mention everything. Oh, but we can't leave out Peter Apps and Edward Cargill finally discovering which way, or how, the wind blows. Answer: with gale force.

All in all, it has been a very successful term owing to the brilliance of the monitorial body.

Many thanks to Mr. Miles, who has been particularly keen and dedicated in his new post (24-0).

Many thanks also to Matron for her equally appreciable dedication, and also to the cleaning ladies, who are fundamental to our success.

THE MONITORS.

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MARLOWE

'Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some

have greatness thrust upon them'. I don't know if they really were born great, but congratulations must go to Charlie Haswell for playing hockey for Kent and Nick Prince for winning just about every skulling event he entered, while Katherine Byrom got a distinction for her Grade 8 flute.

Meanwhile, many others strove hard to achieve their greatness. Adam Watts, Nick Jamieson and William Davies reached the dizzy heights of the 3rd XV, Andy Ridings played for the Colts 'A', and several juniors also represented 'A' teams - Damian Simpson, Tom Filby and half the Fifth Form made their daily pilgrimage to Westbere, joined by Jo Broadley, Marlowe's first serious oarswoman. The league hockey team reached the final (and lost) and the league football team, consisting mainly of 'The Lads' from the 'Lads Only Study' was unbeaten. Hayley Petts captained the girls 1st XI (once). Anna Patten played for the 1st Vll and Claire Panayides for the 2nd Vll (well done Claire!). Giles Darby played hockey for Canterbury and got his name in the paper, and the Marlowe girls made up half the 2nd Xl. There were also those who chose to represent the school in a more cultural way. Jane Tennick and Toni Bond sang in the chorus of Kiss Me, Kate, while Damian and Laurence Epps played in the orchestra. The House Drama was very successful (directed, produced and starred in by Adam - so he claims!) and special mention must go to Laurence for his 'Wally Batty' accent.

Half-term saw a couple of our monitors become 'just good friends' with certain members of Luxmoore. Claire certainly made her Mark and I can't think of a pun about Giles and Polly, so I won't bother. However, we were all upstaged by our Removes, notably Heron 'Emma' McConnell and Richard 'Kiss Me, Kate' Henderson.

Unfortunately there are also those who don't quite make it to the top. William Wisbey tried hard and did manage to complete his sculling head and Dave 'Pin' King played one or two games of football and decided that was enough exercise for the term. It was certainly far too much effort for him to make it to Prayers.

Congratulations must also go to Anna for getting her Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award, to Adam for being selected to go to Norway on a Royal Marines Potential Officers Course and to William Wisbey for playing chess for Kent.

Finally, I would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Reid for keeping us all in order, the tutors (is it true that Mr. Hartridge and his wife have got matching 'his and hers' overcoats?) and Joe for keeping the house tidy.

NICK JAMIESON.

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LUX MOORE

Luxmoore's penultimate year began as an epitome of style: a quarter of the 1st XV, virtually all our 6a in Kiss Me, Kate and even Felix contributing to the House Concert - on the triangle! The term has run relatively smoothly, with official convictions totalling less than one-sixth of one of our triangle counterparts. Only the fifth-formers have made their painful presence felt and are fuming at receiving their just desserts.

6b have been boringly perfect, to distinguish them from their predecessors' mammoth socials. The Shells have settled in well although they remain hyperactive when they should be going to sleep and House-training them is proving difficult.

On the sporting front, the 'All Blacks' of Alex 'Blusher' Skarbek, Babs 'T.S.B.' Epega, Fauzi 'Iceblock' Fahm and , Toyin Fadeyi are 1st XV regulars. Jo Price, Neil Lawrence, .

Andy Darley and Ben Wyatt are the core of the 3rd XV. Six of eight fifth-formers played in the Colts' A' with Richard Gosling close behind. Dele' Jaffa' Alakija and James Cheeseman excelled in the UI4s - but sadly could not beat Linacre's oneman team in the sevens. The UI5 Vll failed in the first round too, maybe because they had to borrow one from Grange, one from Walpole and perhaps because Broughton (,Yes, we've practised for ten weeks') were the opposition.

Luxmoore's 6b gained exceptional G.C.S.E. results last summer: four new scholarships were duly granted. James Cheeseman arrived with an exhibition and Marcus Riccoboni with a special science prize. Vassos Georgiadis won a Calvin and Rose Hoffman scholarship. The House drama competition entry The Thwarting oj Baron Bolligrew, produced by Louise Davies and Andy Darley, was much better than usual but still left something to be desired (perhaps some acting ability from Felix). Baron Bolligrew was resuscitated for the House Concert which, as a whole, was an enormous success, reviewed by Mr. Scott elsewhere. The concert was the culmination of the 'Luxmoore Day' which also involved the Luxmoore Eucharist and the Great Luxmoore Fete. The day raised ÂŁ259 for Umbrella, the school's charity of the term. The Fete was an enormous success. The range of stalls was highly commendable - the ultimate was the use of the. House Library as Mahesh and Erik's fortune-telling den. Thank you Mrs. Simpson for offiCIally openmg the fete. The term has been a 'goody'. Kiss Me, Kate would have suffered without Luxmoore actors, singers, dancers, musicians, stage crew, props and commandos. '

Luxmoore's happy atmosphere continued and the monitors were even able to leave 6b in charge for a couple of hours while Mr. Aldridge rewarded them for their labours. Meanwhile on the social scene, Luxmoore's position of superiority was still evident. Most of 6a earned a rumour or even a true fact to be spread about them. Felix found himself addicted to all sorts of 'Tarr' while Andy was 'Vicktorious' in using the Head of House's lUXury flat. Alex travelled to 'Hel'n: back before resorting to uncovering the intellectual depths of a comic in happy hour. Jo 'graffiti' Price, Neil 'Prudent' Lawrence and Mark 'Please, will someone go out with me' Weston did not want to be mentioned - tough! Fauzi worked in the fridge, night and day; and Lucy collected her child benefit. Enough of the private jokes - 6b must be mentioned for trying: 10/10 for effort but Ben Wyatt alone was successful. Harry tried his hand at Ornithology and Toyin's Fahmacy caused the ralsmg of eyebrows. Even the Shells were 'Batty' about a certain purple.

I am sure there is a cure - Lucy? Thus a good term's fun was enjoyed by all.

Thanks must go to the cleaning ladies, Mrs. 'Jean of Arc' Beddoes and of course to Mr. and Mrs. Aldridge who fortunately have coped with us and stayed sane.

ANDY DARLEY AND ALEX SKARBEK.

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Throughout this term Galpin's has maintained a high standard in all facets of King's life.

In sport, the house was represented by, amongst others, Phil Rogerson playing for the 4ths, Andy Curlewis and Angus Hulme for the 3rds; John Rhodes, Joe Grimes and Max Williams for the 2nds; and 'Bess', George Bruxner, Neil Cole, Dom Cocklin , Tom Jackson, Alistair McGregor and Julian Lewis-Jones, all for their respective 'A' teams. An outstanding performance was shown in the Senior House Hockey, in which Dom St. John Parker, Neel 'Demi' Jasani, Marcus and Steven Connolly, and Jools 'Yes I am so cool' Moore, made it to the semifinal. The juniors did even better, drawing 3-3 with School House in the final. Congratulations also to Marcus, Steve and Dom, on being selected to the 1st XI Hockey Tour squad to Holland. Unfortunately the house soon discovered it could no longer play football, but in the House Rowing it was good to see Tim Davies and George Bruxner win the Junior Double Sculls, while we were steered into fourth place by the dynamic Davies duo in the House Sailing Competition .

Our House Concert was well up to the long-established standard of Galpin's with much help from James Waters, Chris Jepp (who's Laura?), Mark Dobell and Dave Everist, and we won the House Drama Competition for the third time in four years (it must be that sofa!). Thanks to Vicky Temple (for directing) and to Andy Curlewis, Dom Burdess, George Bruxner, Sarah Daley and Katie Comer for their superb acting; the whole evening was a great success and nearly ÂŁ120 was raised for the Poppy Appeal.

Meanwhile, in bet";een acting for the house, Vicky and Dom also took major roles in Kiss Me, Kate, while Jools Moore and Dave Everist played in the band, and Simon Triggs and Ed Griffin were in the chorus. Tom Ellis 'brushed up' on the Shakespeare.

On the social scene, half of 6a kept the home fires burning, while Katie Comer decided to get the MAXimum out of life. Dom St. John Parker's love life took a nose-dive, and Pete Elliott turned green! Simon Triggs spent his Thursday afternoons learning to dance; Ed Griffin went further and took up MORRIS dancing. Meanwhile, Jools lost out as Dave 'Purple' Everist took a STEP-Higher on the social ladder. Andy seemed totally ilLOUminated in the second half of term, and Dom Burdess continued to look a little under-NORRIShed. Vicky T. found one aspect of life very PENNERtrating, Matilda 'Mash' Mitchell discovered the fruitions of YOUNG love and 'Daisy' Daley started up a lengthy conversation with a HARDY lad, but found talking to a WALL-IS more interesting.

Finally, as ever, thanks are due to all the ladies who strive uncomplainingly to clear up our mess, to Mrs. Bennett for keeping everything ship-shape, and to Mr. and Mrs . Duesbury for taking us through another successful term.

THE MONITORS.

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As Mr. Thane's ulcer developed through the term, Linacre got on with the job. House spirit increased so much that it started to get taxed and 6a have been banished to the gallery after their singing was designated a major health hazard.

While Linacre's sport is not always involved with a ball or a muddy field, the key UI5 rugby cup once more crossed our threshold, without the telOm losing a point in the last two years.

Quentin Webster, after reaching DDD cup size and 18 cap size, got into the Kent and London rugby sides. Linacre was cruising the football until our star forwards Simon Maggs and Dave Sargent got shown the red card and suffered a two-match suspension . V.A.L.B. captained the girls first hockey team and J.H.R. worked up a real sweat as captain of the school General Knowledge team, admirably backed up by James Crawfurd.

Pelham Higgins (Cell block H) has been swimming with Canterbury . Myles Orsler captained the U14A rugby side while Ollie Carter captained the victorious UI4Cs. Pete Kenyon won his squash team colours, while James Crawfurd won his Fencing colours .

The house concert was superbly managed by Matt Whiteley and superbly backed up by Eliza Lumley, Zoe Harmsworth, Richard Gipps and Ewan Kerr. (All have been signed up by Stock, Aitken and Waterman.) The house drama was also well reviewed and a special mention must go to A.N.W.H. and Sophie Colyear-Walker (together at last) and to Jim Rawlings and Steve Carey (always together). Andy Hone won the Maths Olympiad, and Ewan Kerr picked up a scholarship for his essay on Marlowe. While most of the school panicked over Oxford or school exams, Linacre set about completing their education.

The B.M.A. have designated Tabby a high risk group but as long as she doesn't touch Nobby Sargent she will be all right. Dave B. after his call from nature managed to bag a Bird after she had flitted from one extension study to the next. Helen Blakebrough was a staunch rugby supporter and Charlotte nosed a bit further forward. Tor and Pecky remained under sedation to complete fifteen months. Ollie and Alex, our Hip-Hop Shells, picked two of the natives outside the cinema. These boys are starting young these days. The eastern block crumbled as our favourite colonial Jon Penner joined the T.A. as a squaddie and started to spread the word in Galpin 's.

Penner is undergoing reverse evolution. The rest of 6a kept their dignity and their doors open, but who is the night stalker of Linacre? Answers on a postcard.

It remains for us to thank Mr. and Mrs. Thane for steering us in the right direction; Mrs. Farrel for tending the sick and Rich; Mary and her ladies for their unending efforts around the house; and finally to Justin Roxburgh for keeping us all laughing during the term.

HAMILTON.

BROUGHTON

With many fine achievements under the proverbial belt, Broughton is bucking the trend of transient empires. Indeed, this empire, as every other, relies on the dedicated participation of every man and women within it ...

On the sporting front our three Kent hockey players Tom Baker, Andy Woolnough and Henry Hawkins have played regularly at weekends. We have also supplied two 1st XI hockey goalkeepers, Tom 'S.E. Squad' Baker and Rob Cooling. Such is the talent in this (artificial?) field that you may well have to be a Kent hockey player to make the Broughton House team in the years to come. Giles Barnaby, Rick 'Pee Pee' Rinaldi and Bill Harris have represented the 1st XV and at one stage Broughton members made up half of the 2nd XV pack alone.

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Broughton had the Senior Cup wrenched from its clutches were bitterly disappointed, as team spirit made up for a lack of 1st XV players. T he same could be saId of M.O., . whom we met in the final - it was a closely-contested and cleanly-fought match! MeanwhIle, TIm (meat-head) Bagshaw and his nimble lads romped home to victory: 54 points for, 0 against - not bad, as other teams looked equally good on paper.

In the Junior House rugby sevens tournament, Broughton were one of the few houses to field unadulterated teams against opposition such as Tradpole and Gra nmoore. Linacre proved they do actually have one good rugby year by beating the under ISs in the semifinal, with our under 14s getting to the final and then failing to repeat their previous crushing performances, losing to someone or other.

However, a Broughtonian has strength in depth and breadth: we came a creditable second place in the inter-house sailing regatta - well done Hugh 'Herriot' Hawkins and Philippa Katzzz.

Turning to traditionally less important matters we are fielding no less than seven Oxbridge cand idates with Jos Martin deserving a special mention (he says) for his fine performance in the internationally famous National Maths Contest(?) . The big prize must go to the visiting Head of House for making a twenty-minute Oxford interview last five days!!

This term has also witnessed a handful of new arrivals: Mr. Marshall has installed himself in the Temple suite, much to the delight of the Bailey girls. Our first Matron stayed for only half a term, probably after searching for the floor in Paddy Dwyer's study. As a result, we were lucky to get the popular Mrs. McGuire, most certainly the only handgliding authoress matron in the school!

Meanwhile around the house there has been much action, except where Joby and Sheena are concerned. Bill 'Owen will I go out with a 6a' Harris finally got lucky, but Paul 'they keep falling at my feet' Pacaud has Baird with little success. J.-T. has had various hairbrained schemes over the term while Ed Beerbohm went to see Kiss Me, Kate four times because David and Jacob Lacamp performed so well. Moving onto this year's Boring Relationship of the Year Prize, Giles 'n' Selina have tied for first place with Rick and Liz D'aimes. Henry, Joby and Dick 'I'm as hard as I look' Francis have maintained their street cred, through thick and thin . The Removes managed to flood and fuse most of the house while the Shells decided to hold a House Shout that lasted all term! (We can see why their parents want them to board) .

Above all this has been a happy term, marred only by the lack of Tony, the St. Augustine's Mr. Fixit, who has had a heart operation. We all hope that he recovers fully and comes back as soon as possible, for his friendlin ess , sk ill and cheer have been sorely missed.

Finally, hearty thanks must go to Mr. Marshall , Mrs .. McGuire, the cleaning ladies and of course Mr. and Mrs. Graham for gUldmg us through a rIdIculously long term wIth such patIence and kindness.

JA MES Li NFORTH. The end of a term, the end of a year, the beginning of an era TRADESCANT - it's your 'Q'.

The maxim that 'quality is better than quantity' seems inadequate as one looks at the long and winding road to success that Tradescantians have followed this term. But there are priorities to be observed.

Our thanks must be expressed to: Mr. and Mrs. Dix for all their organisation, vigilance and support in providing the backbone to all our wins and gains; Miss Brine and the wonderful cleaning staff for the maintenance of our ' freshness' ; the St. Augustine's caterers (and Bard) for filling our tanks with hearty contentment; the porters for our security; all the Tutors; Tony (we do miss your hands, and hope you' ll be back amongst us soon) ; the gardeners ... I think that's all .

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as they persisted in calling hi m 'Sir' for the first two weeks. When motivated, their talents were demonstrated (though the extraneous smells and cacophonous noises are things still looked on with distaste, but the introduction of 'smelly feet satis' helped). Tommy G's grandfather invented Marmite a nd Dan Katz is related to a n Iranian Poet Laureate (research into useless information

by Crispin) . Both cruised into the U I4 As, as did Dan Williams and James Dean into the Bs. To prevent offence I'd better mention other stars: Leon Katz and Dan Quin (wi th occasional appeara nces from Nick Komninos) represented the U 15 As, whilst the Colts Bs were provided with John's 'grunts', 'piercing' Chris, Andy at the 'heart' of operations, and the hunky body of Simon Dowse - did Pik-Kuen profit from Simon in this sightly luxury, or from Francis ... or both? Please note that we only have room to mention the As and Bs. The Bard flew into the Ists, Johnny Johnstone the 2nds, Simon H. and Paddy into the 3rds. Jon Mennell resorted to sk ipping, and Tim Niven to playing with the children at the Payne Smith School.

Our Rugby UI5s got to the finals, our U I4s the semis, and our U I6s await success at the end of term. The Football League team were defeated just once; the Senior Hockey reached the semis; and the Senior Basketball. .. well what does one expect if the entire sixth-form are not even informed? Individual achievements saw Chris Waddler perfect a lO-over-par in Golf; Matt, who came out of breakfast one morning to discover his study had moved to the front terrace (could have been tricky, what with his victory with Hsien), became the school 's No. I Squash player and the first 6b Tennis captain in living memory. Nick Shepley was chosen for the Holland Hockey tour and for the Kent Tennis Squad, having led his UI5 team through to the S.E. semifinals and winning his game in that. He also gained First V Colours for Squash.

But what is Sport? Stud y is our first concern, and the evidence is perfectly evident. Just under a th ird of the school's candidates for Oxford are from Tradescant; Simon Hart got into the school Academic Challenge Team; a nd Q.P .T. won an Organ Scholarship to Hertford College, Oxford, the school 's first for four years. Ted , desperate for a mention , directed a fine clip from Hobson's ChOice, and our first House Play next term is awaited with much excitement . (Ted also managed to hold First Team Colours for Fencing.)

Our House Concert in London (at the headquarters o f the Tradescant Trust) brought a few wo rries as the date sped ever closer, but all was under control (even when Q.P.T. handed the 'Rocktrap' over to Shiao- Yng and found himself sacked an hour before the event). It was described by several of the older generation of staff as being one of the best House Concerts ever. It was certainly a day to remember. Some of the six Music Scholars performed during the term in numerous concerts outside the school's curriculum, and with musicians and actors combined , we managed to provide over a sixth of the participants in Kiss Me, Kate, with Caroline Weller producing a hot and steamy display.

And finally - tough if yo u're bored - the social life. The seven excellent monitors by rumour became five, but in practice became eight (welcome aboard, Richard). Francis nearly made a ninth, but the loss of a chess-piece sadly prevented this. They displayed a fin e body of power, as Barry's Third Reich was slaughtered to oblivion . Simon Hart's sub-conscious appetite for burnt toast at 1.30 a.m. resulted in an unscheduled fire-alarm practice, and Albert won fame and glory with four full teaspoons in the Tabasco Competition (even if he did spend the next day in the San). Simon Mohr does not wish to be mentioned . At last the decision to buy a video provided great entertainment for most, but not all, as Simon and Tommy D. made their own version of Ghostbusters, and along with Giles their motto seems to be, 'When the going gets cold ... strip off', as they ran around the lawns after dark. Simon is also nominated the King of Tastelessness (for his shirts, ties a nd braces) ... furthermore, duck-billed platipi are VERY interesting. What would we do without him? Hardy felicitations to William Greenleaf and Nick Shaw, who departed earlier on, but a warm welcome to Hamish the Aussie. Mr. Teeton's arrival has also been greatly appreciated, and the increasingly popular song, 'I've never met a nicer South African' seems pretty appropriate. Welcome!

Thank you for your attention. If you were bored ' you should never have let me begin'.

BUSTINGS: a 'modest' 9.

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MITCHINSON'S

As Christmas approaches, Mitchinson's can reflect on what has been an extremely active and successful term. On the sporting front, the prime athletes have now reached their peak and an exciting year was in prospect. Mark Northeast has successfully captained the 1st XV, with Ed Burt also playing, often with one eye shut! Tom Parker and Phil Woodward have played for the 2nds, and Bruce Ashcroft was a proud captain of the 3rds. Martin Jackson ensured that the Geoffrey Young , Trophy stayed in Mitchinson's for a third successive year, with a red-hot round at Princes. The Bowker brothers conquered the waves at Dover, to claim victory in the inaugural House Sailing Competition. The girls, not wanting to be left out, assure me that Emma Hulburd, Elisa Hudson, Pippa Adamson and Beth Tapp all made star appearances in the 1st XI Hockey.

The younger members of the house excelled themselves by winn ing the UI4 Rugby Sevens, returning the Wenley Cup to the house after its three-year absence.

The House Leagues provided much-needed, occasional exercise for the lazier members of the house. The football team had a mixed season, thanks to the efforts of Jim 'whats a header?'

Greggio, Martin 'I played the ball , sir' Jackson, and of course, Alan. The hockey team, under the somewhat vague captaincy of Dave 'I pick the team' Quin, played some good games, but never quite good enough. How did we lose to Trad? Also, congratulations to Hugh Clayton, who is now Captain of Shooting.

Non-sporting achievements were also widespread. Academically, Charles Davies, Sebastian Rosato and Simon Bowker all became King's Scholars. This brings the total to five in 6b. Roll on the Academic Challenge! Shailen Jasani triumphed in the Public Speaking Competition, which is more than can be said for his changed exercises. Simon Bowker proudly gained a sixth-form R.A .F. award, while a group of budding thespians (Greggio?) took an enthusiastic part in the House Play Competition. They performed Pravda, directed by Duncan Cox, which received significant merit from the adjudicator. The Shells are performing The Rea/Inspector Hound, under the capable direction of Jacquie Martin. Oh, and I nearly forgot, Bronwen had a small part in Kiss Me, Kate, with many others from Mitchinson's helping the production.

To say this has been a busy term socially must be almost as large an understatement as saying we have only a couple of monitors! 6b had no trouble settling in, (how could they with Amanda?), and certainly made a big impact, especially Liz and Elisa with 'J.B.' and little 'J.P.'. Sarah revealed an improving taste in cars, starting with a Cooper, but upgrading th is to a Morgan later in the term. Ben meanwhile felt the fu ll 'Power' of love. Pippa and Sebastian gave each other moral support, and so Crispin, feeling lonely, disappeared across the Mint Yard. 6a have shown a maturer and more experienced side. Duncan and Beth - yawn, yawn etc., while Mark and Helen fluctuate from week to week. Tom became even more 'Comer'tose than normal, and Plughole was 'divorced from' - Anne so 'Beck'oned elsewhere. Woody was in hot demand after half-term, but found one 'Hul of a big Burd', while Bronwen had love 'expelled' from her life. Jon however chanced upon the older woman, who certainly gave him something to 'Shout' about. Finally there were several 'little' purple patches that are best left untold .

All that remains is for me to welcome Mr. Fox as a tutor, and Mrs. Reid, who is on loan during B.T.'s sabbatical. Also thanks to Pam and Gloria for their hard work during the term.

Finally, thanks to Dr. Maltby who has steered us through another successful term, highlighted by the enjoyment had by all at the sixth-form dinner. For many the lethargy of Oxford bodes still, and the holiday is awaited with eager anticipation.

JON HUDSMITH.

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THE SOCIETIES The writing campaign has continued this term. Early on we wrote congratulating Hungary on its humanitarian act of opening its borders with Austria and expressing the hope that other Eastern bloc countries would follow similar lines - the daily news reports tell the rest.

AMNESTY

A week of assemblies was devoted to the plight of Prisoners of Conscience. The Urgent Action Scheme

runs each week with bulletins highlighting urgent cases of torture or imminent execution and requesting that letters be sent to the relevant authorities. Anyone wishing to take part in thi s letter-writing campaign can ask for the bulletins from Amnesty to the school group . Keep writing!

MAR IANNE DOCHERTY I ANDREW HONE.

It has been a privilege and a pleasure to conduct the Chapel Choir. For any new Director of Music the first year must be a series of 'opening nights'. I cannot pretend to have been anything other than apprehensive when on the first day of term we had not auditioned our new members and were sc heduled to sing an anthem in the Cathedral five or six days later for the admission of the Scholars. I had chosen 0 Thou, the celltral orb by Charles Wood.

The ordeal taught me one thing about being here . I knew , from the moment they sang the first note, that King's pupils rise to an occasion.

CHAPEL CHOIR

From that initial experience I felt I was amongst friends. I have found the Choir here to be energetic, musical and above all, happy and committed . My thanks goes to all the pupils who have attended about thirty rehearsals with such good sp irit. Michael Harris has equally served us we ll. Not on ly has he been a much-valued colleague and friend but has been an outstanding school organist. It is very assuring for any conductor to have good players. In M.D.H. we have had someone who is totally reliable and unflappable.

Many of the accompaniments have been very demanding and on every occasion he has been superb. We are all grateful.

Many colleagues on the staff have given freely of their time. For this I am also appreciative . It would be wrong to single out people, but in Anthea Wilcock we have had more than just a choir member. She is a gifted compose r as well. Her Advent Carol performed at the Carol Service has been popular with everyone. It is an excellent piece and I am sure that within the next five years it will be on the music list agai n.

One o f the new highl ights was a new departure for King's. It took the shape of 'The Sc hool Anthem'.

We sang the Libera me from Faure's Requiem. Congregational Practice can be a notorious challenge for a Director of Mus ic but I have found the pupils here wonderfully suppo rtive. They filled the nave of the Cathedral with a so und that resounded through the vaults . I am encouraged to go for a 'School Anthem' again.

We have tackled a wide range of repertoire, from the sixteent h to the twentieth centuries. I know that I have made great demands on people. The kind ness and co-operation I have had has been the best welcome to King's that I could have wished for. I am indeed grateful.

10th September - Mattins 0 Thou, the central orb (Wood)

24th September - Mattins 8th October - Mattins 12th November -

Remembrance Day

19th November - Mattins 10th December - Mattins Carol Service

The King shall rejoice (Handel) Give us the wings oj jaith (Bullock)

At the round earth's imagined corners

(Hewitt-Jones) Lift up your heads (Mathias) Libera me (from the Requiem) (Faun;) This is the record oj Johll (Gibbons) Advent Responsory (Palestrina) Saviour eternal (Anthea Wilcock)

Sussex Carol (arranged by Sir David Willcocks) The Shepherds' Cradle Song (arranged by Charles Macpherson) Nolil nouvelet (arranged by Stephen Jackson) Nativity Carol (Mathias) S.D.P .

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There has once again been no Senior chess team this term, as it seemed very unlikely that such a team would have much success: there has, tho ugh, been more interest in the Chess Club - a we lcome development - with numbers several times mak ing for double figures, and there have been a number of keen Shell boys .among them, so prospects for the future seem a litt le brighter. One, Kieran Murphy, has already played In the School's Under 16 team: the necessity for him to occupy top board made it a little too .tou;&h. a start, though. As far as m~tches are concerned it has been a poor season, with both opponents mfhctmg heavy defeats on us: the ~Irst match was particu larly disappointing to watch, since several losses were apparently the resu lt of a wish to sel f~ destruct (misogy ny is one thing; giving, away your Queen ~very ~ame IS another): f.!0wever, t~ e sec~ n d match, against Simon Langton, was a little more enco ur ~gmg, with. play by the Kmg s tea~ bemg a little more tenacious (though not much more successful!), and with a l ast~mmute reserve, Peter Whlulesea, becoming the only King's player to win a competitive game during the whole term. I can only hope that the renewed interest in chess will lead to better results over the board before too long.

RESULTS CHESS

Kent Schools' Le(/gue (Under 16)

v Borden Grammar School (A). Lost 0.5-4.5

v Simon Langton Boys (H). Lost 1-4

A.R.A.R. T he term's events started with a lecture by Dr. Dav id Corke, Senior Lecturer in Ecology at the Polytechnic of East London, entit led 'The Home o f the World's Rarest Snake'. The snake turned out to be less than exciting (except of co urse for its rarity!), but its home is a small island close to St. Lucia i!1 the Caribbean a."d this habitat seemed idyllic from the many excellent sli des that we were shown. Certamly Dr. Corke will not be short of volunteers if he ever requires any assistance with his fie l d~work!

T he second lecture, on 'Nuclear Power', given by Mr. Malcolm .Gr i m~t? n , Director of Talks at the United Kingdom Ato mic Energy Auth ori ty, is reported separately, as IS a ViSit to the annu al Open Day at the Shell Research Centre at Sittingbourne.

Our own Dr. James Bridge gave a stimulating lecture on 'Atomic Structure', in which he explored .the wave/particle duality of the electron and demonstrated most. ably the tremendous value of m.athem~ttcal models to those interested in the study of the structure of particles. Some members of an attentive audience have since shown their interest by asking a number of searching questions around the Chemistry Department, some of which have received adeq uate answers!

It is hoped that topics for lectures dur ing the next two term s will include 'Fibre Optic Commun icat ions', 'The Roles of Scientists and Engineers in Industry', 'D rug Abuse' and' Alternative Medic ine'.

C.J.R.J. HARVEY

T he Jazz Club has had a rather quiescent ter m, largely ow ing to the fact that its Musica l Director, Sholto Byrnes, has been inyo lved in Oxford Entr.ance, The <;: I ~b did, however, take part, together with the ChOir conducted by Mr. Mlchael.Harns, m a Musical Entertainment held at the Simon Langton Girls' School on Saturday, 11th November. ThiS C~n~ert was in aid of the Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association's Retreat Home Fund. A quart~t conslstmg of Sholto Byrnes (bass), Alex Skarbek (piano), Jules Moore (drums) and James Waddell (gUItar) played several pieces, amongst them some by ~ l ex Sk.arbek a':l~ Sholto Byr~e.s. I am very grateful to Mr. an.d Mrs. McConnell for their inva lu able assistance m orga llls1l1g and provldlllg the t,ran spo~t to a~~ from thiS engagement. Mr. McConnell a lso very kindly provided a platform fo~ a ne~ secon? trad.ltlOnal ban~ formed this term by some Remove boys, under the leadership Chns ~relssen; thi S cons ists CI~ns Creissen (bass and musical direction), Tim lV!arson. (trumpet), Gi les TenOlck (trombone), Alastalf Hme and William Bryant (clarinets), Matthew Belhere (plano) and Matthew Odgers (dr~m.s) . ~hey perfo~med two numbers in Mr. McConnell's Christmas Second Orchestra Concert exactly as a frmge b~nd sm:l1.larly started by Remove boys did at the Christmas Concert of 1986. That band went on to be the Club stradltlonal band at the King's Week Concert two years later and It would be lllce to thm k that history might repeat itself in this regard .

As usual, I should like to thank Mrs. McConnell for her loyal suppo rt in making recordings and, this term, for kindly loaning fi lming equipment.

R.B.Ma. JAZZ

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The school now has an enthusiastic club practising Shotokai Karate. This is described as a 'soft' style of Karate, as its emphasis is on relaxed mobili ty rat her than on body tension.

b lack-belt instructors ran a beginners' course at the school on 14th September. Mr. Colin A team Thrussle (Nldan) coached half-a-dozen pupils, with the help of Mr. Lee Gould (Shodan), and two brown~e1ts . Mr. Thrussle repeatedly de~o~strated how a punch or kick was easily avoided, even from two attackers sllTIultaneously. He taught the prmc lples of self-defence to the pupils, explaining that a particular technique such ~~ a bloc~ was easy to I~~rn, but that the c?rrect applicat ion of it required a certain mental and physical cond itIO n. ThiS. body cond ~tl on could b~ ach ieved by ~ractis ing various exe rcises, such as shadowing a partner and tTymg to rema1l1 at a safe distance from him or her. Pupils were surprised at how difficult this 'essence of fight ing' was to attain.

Fr<;>m these exercises M,r. Thrussle went on to teach several techniques, which culminated in learning the first Karate Kota: Talkyuku Shodan.

It is unfortuna tely true that Shotokai Karate rarely co nforms to begin ners' expectations most of which

a~e based on fantaS ies such as T!Ie Karqte Kid. '!'his d ifficu lty was easily overcome by th os~ who practised wu h Mr. Thr ussle. He proved ImpOSSib le to Illt and was always able to counter in many ways' sweeps to the leg, punch.e~, finger strikes, kicks and even throws. He showed extreme control and yet a 'relaxed, almost gentle abilIty to negate aHacks.

B~ginners are always welcom~ to the school's club. Karate is an enjoyable, exciting and confidence~building pastime. There are t~ree practJc~s. a week, a':ld pupils are encouraged to attend at least one every week.

Som~ ?f the cou ntry s top pract itIo ners are mvlted to¡the school to teac h us, and once or twice a term we VIS it them .

J.A.C.K.

PATER . about architect ure -

We have been hibernating, inspired by the promise of two lectures and a theatre trip next term . Our on ly venture was to London for a conference on G reek Civilisa tio n: we learn t useful things abo ut tragedy. religio n and ep ic, but not much excep t how not to show sli des, M.J.T.

There has been a.takeover of Polsoc this term, with Liberal De mocrats fill ing both the posts of Cha Irperson (myself) alld Mas ter [n C harge (M. J . Yye, Esq .), whi le T he Speaker (The Revd. P . F. Hullah) is suspected of Lib . Oem. tendencies.Many thanks ~ re due to J .S.R . (also a Lib.Dem.), the departing Master In Charge, who set up Polsoc. The current P.M. (J im Robertson) has found himself even more beJeagured than 'she who must be obeyed' and despite sterlin~ .performances br hi mse lf, his Home Secretary (Jon O'Mahony), and Chancell or (Nicky Hill), the OPPOSllIOl"! team of Amlt D~s, BUl"!ter Roberts (both Labour) and myself, defeated the motion that 'This ~ouse bel!ev.es the cou n t ~y IS safe m Tory hands', Somehow we d idn 't quite manage to organi se a debate III the Soc l et~es Room thl'i term, bu t thanks to the initiative of God ric Joll iffe we d id have a ta lk by the C.N.D. Chairperso n, Bruce Kent. The term ends with a truly 'unassailable' oppos ition lead but as the cliche goes, 'a week is a long time in politics.' ' POLSOC

SHOLTO BYRNES.

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T his ter m shooting at King's has ta ken on a new lease of li fe . On the fu ll-bo re rifle side we entered a team of fo ur - Hugh Clayton (ca pt. ), Giles Campbell, Alex Ho ma n, Dav id Lewis, George Bru xner (reserve) - at Cadsa m, an an nual eve nt for the Southeast region.

The competition was over a wee kend at Ash ranges in Surrey a nd some ve ry good res ults we re o btai ned.

In the gall ery competition the team came ninth out of I J 8 teams, and o vera ll the team was well-placed .

But the team was most successful on the side-s hows, co mpetitio ns for cas h pri zes. Everyone in the team won cash, but Giles Campbell improved hi s bank balance considerab ly. Alex Homa n seemed to fi nd hi s forte, firing the L.S.W . - a li ght machine gun . All in all we had a ve ry successful and enj oyable wee kend.

On the small-bore side of the club there has been a lot of interest, and the cl ub has grow n in size. Th is term has been spent teachin g and training people in ri fle and pistol shoot ing, ready for a number of co mpetitio ns and matches in the Lent term. A group had started shoo ti ng for their Duke of Edinburgh's Award - good luck to them.

Finall y, thanks to R.S .M. Booth for all the tim e he has spent coachi ng eve ryo ne.

SHOOTING

HUGH C LA YT ON.

We have had two tastings thi s term . The fi rst involved low-a lcohol wines and beers.

We tasted the complete range and came to the conclusion that they were undri nkable.

T he beers were too chemical and harsh, except fo r Smeth wick bitter which had a pleasant smooth flavour, and of the lage rs Kaliber fared the best , even if its body was not ent irely rounded .

The wines we tasted were utterly disgusting. They were all too sweet, cloy ing and fru ity , lacking that sharpness and buoyancy that wine should have. Of these Eisberg was the most realistic and Paul Masson Light was pleasan t to drink because it was li ke fizzy grape juice.

Our second tal k was hosted by Mr. Alistair Eadie, Chairman of the Wine and Spirits Associatio n. He brought with him a selectio n of wh ite wines ranging fro m the driest crisp Sa ncerre to the sweetes t, overpowering Beaumes de Venise. He took us th ro ugh th e range, showing how th e dryness changed with the grapes, the pic king time and fe rmenting method. Und oubtedly the highlight of the even ing was the tasting of the Chateau d'Yqu em 1961 (one of the best vintages) whic h was deli cio us.

WI NE SOCIETY

A ND REW H ONE.

T O ABSENT FRIEN DS (James Osmond) 40 YES , PRIM E MI NISTER (Simoll Tester)

Rugby Football THE SCHOOL XV Those that know the tr ue nature of the game of rugby football at a ny level will look beyond mere match statistics in assessing the nature or any season and the standard orany tcam. Yel, as the adage goes, ' If winning is not important, why keep the score ?', and in terms of malches won and lost, this has been a poor season.

In fact, this team has st il l, in a sense, been relatively successful. A success rate of only nine out of thirty-six games in the junior school for the 6a yea r was considerably improved upon , and more games were won in onc season than the comb ined total that both the years forming the side had managed as Colts. Yet, without doubt. the record does not wholly renect the worth of this side - it CQuld, and should, have been so much better.

There has been a surreal qua lity to much that has gone o n this seaso n: on no occasion did the team look poor on the contrary, it frequent ly played in a n impressive way. All matches were ha rd- fought; we were outp layed by o nly three opponents: defeats aga in st the very best of sides were by margins that were cons iderably less than those suffered by other teams agai nst the same opponents, whilst others were clearly an unfair outcome after our almost tota l domination of the ga me ... Or wcre they? If one looks through the course of the season, there is a common thread that li nks each performance to all the others: in almost all games, we dom inated possession in serum a nd lineout, and were overwhelmingly domi nant territorially. However, to quote Jim Greenwood, 'possession is on ly a potential advantage'. It was apparent that even in our victories , the sco re scarcely reOected Ihe degree of our monopoly of the game, and therc had to be so much endeavour for so little reward. Meanwhile, it was a common feature for very li tt le opposition pressure to lead to a score. Little surprise then that we wcre to lose in those games where the opponents gained a reaso nable share, or more, of the game.

So why might this be? A well-known rugby correspondent li kes to think of rugby players as falling into two categories - 'piano sh ifters' and 'piano tuners', and for optimum performance. the latter are essent ial. Whilst perhaps we were a learn containing plenty of the former, the vita l other requirement was lacking - o ne certainly looked in vain for the ¡virtuoso'. Some things did not help the cause - while the front five played in every game, and the back row was scarcely disrupted, it was never possible to se lect the same back line in any two matches. Staggeri ngly, in almost every game. the threequarters picked themselves by virtue of being the only seven fit to play, and sixteen different players appeared behind the serum. It was hard ly surprising, therefore, that the back line struggled to develop any real cohesiveness.

Perhaps this is bad luck, but given the theory that suggests that you make you r own luck, it may be a pointer to the missing ingred ient that wou ld have turned this team into winners. One could not deny an elemen t of misfortune in the su bsiding of the capta in under the effects of illness, however, or that the team was also remarkably you ng: freq uent ly there were as many as ten players in the team of lower sixth age (although fru stratingly four of these will leave a t the end of this year). This should be a bonus for nex t season, especially after the New Zealand tour, a nd seven wi th fir st team ex perience wi ll return next year.

Of the matc hes themselves. a nd the team? The memories , it has to be said, a re chie ny of some mag nificent play by the pack, in every game except K. C.S. Periods of sustained pressure, and relentless dri vin g play, techn ically perfect, were commonplace; even the power ful St. Paul' s pac k had to concede second best in the scrummage, where the fro nt row o f Epega, Das and C hum set the very best of pla tforms. Das led the pack. and in the absence of Northeast, the team, in exactly the right manner, elicit in g the best from a ll , and shrewd in his decisio ns. He also lost hardly a ball aga inst the head all season, though of cou rse he might thank the two either side of him to some extent! The selection o f the two props for the County XV was no surprise; Chum was a tower of strength in the set piece, and Epega was probab ly man of the season. Not only did he serum mage with immense power, but also appeared in the open with ball in hand to devastati ng effect. He was easil y our most potent weapon, feared and respected by every team we played, and an inspiration to the team. His disp lay against Kent College was awe-inspiring. Behind th is front row, Hall and Marquis at lock formed an admirably st rong and stable unit: their work in the lineout, in their differing styles , was magnificent at times, their scrummagin g could be formidab le. a nd they worked hard in the loose. Marquis also began to use hi s power and speed to more effect in the open as, at last, the idea of 'body angle' sa nk in. There was no better front five in any team tha t we played.

The middle five are the 'spine' of the team; the most frequent combination contained a ll , and at least four, boys of lower sixth age, and nobody of any realist XV experience. Play tended to reOecl this. Each player in his own right had much to offer, and played adequately, and occasionally well. Unfortunately, con fid ence was lacking, and the blend was too often not qu it e right. At nanker, Burt and O'Mahony were, technically, clones: absolutely tireless, relentless harriers of their opponents, showing no fea r. Physically (as the scars show!), and mentally, they gave their all ; perhaps, however, this was at limes to their disadvantage, for it was a style of play that was fine when the opposi tion were mak ing mistakes , but when they were not, energy was possibly wasted. Also, although Burt frequentl y made penetrating bursts at the line, neither could claim to be a nanker o f the ball-p laying mould, off whom one might be able to develop play. as compared to some opposit ion back rows, fo r exam ple St. Pau l's. Two players appeared at NO.8. Waddell played reasonably well , but perhaps lacked the explosive power a nd physical presence requi red; his excellent qualities of decisionmaking at close quarters and tireless wo rk rate were better suited to the blindside n a nker role that he switched to later, and he will be a tower of strength next seaso n. So too will Harris, who impressed as a workhorse in the loose, tackled hard, and played well at the base of the serum, but may still be better suited to the second row. At scrum-ha lfMo uzourou did as weJl as one might expect of a converted hooker, perform ing with courage and sk il l, reining in for the most part 41

THE SCHOOL XV (Richard Ben"ell) Standing: D. T. Hamilton, A. J. W. W. Skarbek, J. R. A. Waddell, C. D. K. Hall. B. A. Marquis, M. I. G. Wilkinson, J. S. O'Mahony, E. W. Burt.

Sil/ing: B. A. J. Epega, A. R. Rinaldi, D. K. Y. Chum, K. M. Mouzourou, M. G. Northeast (Capt.), A. Das, A. F. A. Fahm, W. J . C. Harris, O. A. Fadey i.

the impu lse to get involved at close quarters. He will ~e t.he firsllo adm!t, however, thai his posit.iona l s ~ill s were nOt quite sharp enough - though if we choose. to use hnn ~n this role agam next seaso n, the ex~ene n ce Will have .been invaluable. Hamilton at ny-half was enigmat iC; the deft pick-up, the odd fl ash of sharp accelerat ion, and the occasIOnal booming touch kick only hinted at the talents at his co m~ and. ~or the most pa rt, he w.as unable to take til(; leading role that is usually required in his position - at l ea~t unti l the ta !1 end of the sea~o n . It IS ~ve n mo r~ fru st ratmg that, although of an age to return for his final year, he Will not be com mg back to put II\to pract ice the thmgs he has learnt.

The outside backs were too often selected by default. At cent re, Skarbek played most games, st rove for the best, and handled well; he was part nered, in the main, by Fahm and Wilkinson. The former improved considerbly as the season progressed, and was our most penetrat ive inside back; the latter ran straight, b!lt failed I~ play e n~:)Ugh games to develop from flanker, Of the wingers, Ri.n~ldi played mor~ than I!lOSt, and was. certamly effective as a direct, st r~mg runner, He shared with others. however, a dislike for the tacklmg duties that are so Im portant to the play of any back hne, Too often , a mome nt 's hesit at ion by one player was the un ~oing of the whole team. It is also true to say Ihal there w,as, unsurprisingly. a lack of contin uity in much that the backs did. and tl.lcre ~cre too few moments to savour: ~h e cxccptlon to the crit icisms about defence was Fadeyi, who was un fortu nate III 1l1lSSlllg scveral matches through IIlJury. HIs try agai nst Colfe's showed what a potent weapon was missing fron~ our armou ry in attack, and hc put in many crucial tack les at key moment s in defence. Sad ly, the undoubted attac klllg talent s of Messrs Andrews, Ogedegbe and Young were even more tri mmed by ill-timed injury and/or illness, It is appropriate that we come last of all to full - ~lac k, and the captain! No rth e~s t. At the beginnil~ g of the .sea.son he commanded the stage, and set the tone for the flOe sl.art to the campaign: sure III the tac.k,Ie, ~afe. m tou ch ~md lll g, and clu sive and forceful in his running. Such was the pity , then, that he fe ll prey to a deb lh tatmg Ill ness which had such a pronounced effect on his play, even before it w.as diagnosed. We are .al1 disappointed that the season ended in th is way for him , for he deserved a better memory.of It. Perhaps, after al.I, It may. have been bet ~er had he been fully fit all the time . King's rugby has much to thank him for, and I hope he:: IS full y fit ~o lead the s l~e t? !'lew Zealand , Aust ralia and Fiji in the summer. With so many o~ those who played thiS season gO.mg .on ,that tnp, It IS to be !loped also that the lessons learned will be put into pract ice, so that we ca n do ourselves Justice m the most demandm g of rugby theatres. At the end of a long season, the usual th an~s are c~te n ded to all those :who c.ontribute to the s p~rt in the school (with apologies fo r any omission s~: the ~oach es (sixteen thiS year), the ref~rees, mcludmg our own expandlllg 'society', the San sisters for manning the First-Aid station, the ground staff ~a lso expa~dl1lg!)! and of course, our supporters.

The future of rugby is currently in good hands. and I hope the future IS now a li ttle bngiller ; after all, when was an Under 14'C' XV almost undefeated?

R.C.W. Team jrom: Mark Northeast·, Edwa rd Burt, Desmond Chum·, Am it Das·, Babatunde Epega·, Olu Fadey i, Fauzi Fa hm, Christopher Hall·, David Hamilton·, William Harris, Bola M~rqui s·, Kery Mouzourou, Jonathan O 'M ahony·, Richard Rin aldi, Alexander Skarbek , James Waddell, Isa mbard Wllklll son, Also played: Giles Andrews , Peter Davies, James Lin fort h, J ~)Ila~ h an Moss, Anthony Ogedegbe, Nicolas Papageorgiou, Simon Roberts, Joachim Stobbs, Alexander Woolston, BenJam lll Yo ung. ·Cofollrs.

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Played 13, Won 5, Lost 8. Poi nt s for 86, Points against 133.

Chislehu rst & Sidcup G.S. (H). Won 8-0 v K. C,S. Wim bledon (A). Lost 0-23 Sevenoaks (H) . Won 10-9 \I East bou rne (A). Lost 0-10 Duke of York's (A) . Won 15-6 v Felsted (A). Lost 3- 10 SI. Paul 's (H). Lost 3-17 v Dul wich (H), Lost 3-6 Berkhamsted (H). Won 10-0 v Tonbr idge (A) . Lost 10-17 Kent College (H). Won 16-0 v Epso m (H). Lost 0-19 \I Colfe 's (A). Lost 11-16

2nd XV The season ended with a disappoin ting set of results, although it would have to be said that there were a number of very close, competiti ve games and in fi ve of them we were within a ~ry a,nd ~o nvers ion of victor¥. The seas~ n also petered out rat her tamely, wit h our last two home games bemg mOJal VictOrieS, If nOI real ones, agamst Cra nlelgh and Colfe's .

On paper, al the start of the season, we appeared t<? have,a.set of ex pe ri e n ~ed and talented backs and so an open, attacking style o f rugby was encouraged, However, owmg to IIlJury and ~ !'1lullitude of other reaso ~ s , the three.- qua.r~er line changed around with alarming frequency, robbing us of any real stability. ~h e fo r ward~ \ve r ~ picked o n their ~b lh ty to take part in a fa st, mobile type of game and although they therefo re .remamed competiti ve III th ~ loose , the!r lack of weight was sometimes a problem in the set sc ru~. Howeve r~ ?y I.ea rnlll g to p ac.k d,?w n I O\~ and ILght, and .wlth the excellent hookin g skills of Max Williams. we remamed competit ive If not.dommatmg III t.he tight. Lack of h el~ht also gave us problems in the Iineout and although we worked hard to combat tillS, clea n posseSSiO n was more of a ran ty here.

We were at our best in the hard dry and sunny conditions that existed in the first half-term and wit h close to full· strength teams we bcat Duke of Yo rk's, Kent College and K. C,S, Wimble~o n with a distil,ICt se.ns~ of, style, sco ring some quite memorable tri es. Indeed it was a hallmark of the Side that, depnved of any real heavies, tn es were a real team effort and almost all were a cut above the ordinary.

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The steady trickle of injuries became a nood just before the Eastbourne game, and led to a mid -season depression that only really ended in thc ma tch against Tonbridge. The nadir of this trough was .reached against Dulwich where not a si ngle 2nd XV back who had started the season aga inst Sevenoaks took to the field. The result was as depress ing as it was predictable - but at least we played. We also had the problem that, committed to open rugby, we had to defend more - a policy which with weakened sides against stronger opposition did not lead to later success. Our lightweight players never really tackled destruct ively enough to make our defence effecti ve. However, at least games remained bright and breezy. and even in defeat we were never a bore to watch.

The highlight of the season, as ever, was against Tonbridge where an exciting, pacey and sk ilful match had a goodsized crowd on their feet right to the fin al wh ist le.

Particular thanks must go to Peter Davies , who excelled as both player and captain . Indeed his half-back combination with Simon Roberts was often delightfu l to watch, and we were never the same side when either he, Sim on, or bot h were absent or playing for the 1st XV. Ma ny thank s also to Ed Linforth who kept the forward s going throughout.

The senior players gave the side a civility I much appreciated. I shou ld also lik e to thank R, C. W. fo r his help and advice throughout the seaso n, and tha nks to those who refereed us al home (D.J.R., R.B. Mi. and J .S, R.).

Since this will be my final term coaching rugby at King's, I thought I would indu lge myself in a postscript. Despite the inevitable fru strat ions from time to time, I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to work wit h the boys, furtherin g not only the fut ure of this great team game bu t also sta ff/pupil relat ionships outs ide the classroom. Of all the many posit ive things I will remember about rugby at King' s, the high standard of sportsman ship and fairness present at the school will always be uppermost, especially set aga inst a background of decli ning sporting etiquette in general.

N.A.L. Thejoffowingpfayed in jour or more games: Peter Davies (Capt.), Giles Andrews. Christ ian Dwyer, Jonathan Grimes,

William Harris, Jonathan John stone, Edward Linforth, Wayne Manning, Jonat han Moss, Paul Pacaud , Nicolas Papageorgiou . Thomas Parker, Sim on Pattullo, Joh n Rhodes , Sim on Roberts, Kola Sonaike, Joachim Stobbs, Ak in Tubo ku -Metzger, Max Williams, P hilippe Woodward, Alexander Woolston, Benjamin Young.

Thejoffowing also played: Simon Bowker, Edward Cargill, Fauzi Fahm, Hugh Hawkins. Oli ver Hinton, Neil Lawrence, Jocelyn Martin , Ant hony Ogedegbe, Benjamin Peachey, Jonatha n Penner, Jonathan Price, RESULTS

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Played II , Won 3, Lost 8. Points for 104, Points agai nst 122.

Sevenoaks (A) . Lost 10-15 \I Eastbourne (A). Lost 0-4 Duke of York's (H). Won 28路4 \I Felsted (A). Lost 8- 14 St. Paul's (A). Lost 3路20 \I Du lwich (A). Lost 4-26 Berkhamsted (H). Lost 4-7 v Tonbridge (H). Lost 9- 12 Kent Collcge (H). Won 24-4 v Epsom (A). Lost 0-)6 K, C.S. Wimbledon (H). Won 14-0

3rd XV We have enjoyed a good seaso n this year, as our record shows. This inclu ded being unbeate n at home. Our main strengt h has been with our forward s who were both strong and mobile compared to most of our opposit ion. Some of the fo rwards should do well nex t year in higher teams. The backs were cert ainly no burden, scoring eight of our twen ty tries , but their main strength was in defence.

Our first match was against Sevenoa ks where we won with a convincing victory, tries being scored by Rhodes, Price and two from Ashcroft. This was one of the best openings to a season by the 3rd XV fo r a number of years, wit h the general standard of play being high. Chisleh urst and Sidcup were our next opponents , when we had to lise ten-man rugby to win , with our backs playing a purely defensive role. Darley and Ashcro ft scored . with Peachey managing a penalt y goal. The SI. Paul's match was close but we lost to a better路organi sed side, although our in valuable Peachey regained some honour with a penalt y goal. In a relat ively uninspiring match against Berkhamsted, we beat a disorganised side despite their strength in the forwards. A much better performance was given against K.C.S. Wimbledon, with Martin, Ashcroft and Turner scoring well-orchest rated tries, On the eve of half-term we faced Eastbourne in awfu l weather conditions and, despite spending much of the time in the opposition's half, lost narrowly against a weaker team as a result of poor fini shing.

Direct ly after half-term we travelled to Felsted, In the fir st half the length of the trip took its toll, yet we fought back and were unlucky not to have done better. We were very pleased to have had an ex-society referee at Felsted who kept the game flow ing and produced the' best from bot h sides. Against Du lwich we upheld the school's honour by being the only team to win (although Veit ch gave away a penalty try wit h a high tacklel). Our superiority in this match was therefore not reflected by the narrow margin of victory , Then we played Tonb ridge away ... You need look no fu rt her than the results to ascert ain that thi s was by far the worst of our performa nces (and we deserved to lose by a very large margin!). Once agai n, again::.t Epso m, in a very close and tough match. we were the only school team to win. Cranleigh were a disappoi ntment as they arri ved late and therefore decided not to play! Our fina l match against Colfe' s allowed us to end the season in st yle, as we began it, with a very handsome wi n (and with the help of a few non路3 rds players).

ED CARGILL. BRUCE A SHCROFT AND ANDR EW DARLEY.

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Team from: Ed Cargill (Capt.), Bruce Ashcroft (Vice-capt.), Simon Bowker, Andrew Da rley, Simon Hart, Hugh Hawkins, Oliver Hinton, Angus Hulme, Nick Jamieson, Neil Lawrence, Paddy Lenox-Conyngham, Jos Martin, Wayne Ma nning, Ben Peachey, Jon Penner, Jo Price, Joh n Rhodes, Spencer Santry, Ja mes Turner, Charles Vei tch, Philippe Woodwa rd.

Also played: Peter Davies, Will iam Davies, Hugh Clayto n, 10 Johnstone, Ed U nfort h, Jonathan Moss, Paul Pacaud, Nic k Pa pageo rgiou, Simo n Patt ullo, P ie rs T russell, Aki m Tobuku -Mctzgcr, Bob Wallace, Max Will iams, Ben Wyatt, Ben You ng.

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Played 11, Won 7, Lost 4. Points for 128, Points aga inst 10 1.

Sevenoaks (A). Won 23-3 v Felsted (A). Lost 7-14 Ch islehurst & Sidcup (H). Wo n 11 -0 v Du lwich (H). Won 7-6 SI. Paul 's (A). Lost 3-8 v Tonbridge (A). Lost 6-6 1 Berkhamsted (H). Won 12-4 v Epsom (H). Won 6-0 K.C.S. Wimbledon (H). Won 21-0 v Cranleigh (H). Abando ned Eastbourne (A). Lost 0-4 v Colfe 's (A). Won 32-6

Colts 'A' XV T he playing record would suggest that this was not a particularly successful season, but the fig ures do not do justice to the effort and determination displayed throughout the season by all of the boys in the squad.

A train ing injury to Joby Andrews meant that we took the fie ld for the firs t game against Scvenoaks with Steve Davies at scru m-half where he stayed, putting in some admi rable performances for four games. In attack the pack was formidable a nd was rewarded with two pushover tries (Harry Ross iter) and a sparkling piece of endeavour from Quenti n Webster who gathered a loose ball from a scra ppy lineout and fo rced himself and three hangers-on over the line for an outstanding try. Unfort unately T im Bagshaw was injured in this match and the team played the next two fixtures without its captain .

T he tea m put in a very spi rited perfo rmance against Duke o f Yo rk's wit h sou nd perfor mances fr om Simon Crossley and Christian PaUm an and the odd nash of class from Olu seun Oshunkoya. Andy Rid ings had an out standing game in the lineoul. Sad ly this game Icft Harry Rossiter unconsc ious through exhaustion and th is very promising player, under med ica l adv ice, did not play agai n.

St ill smarting fro m last season' s 0-26 defeat at the hands of SI. Paul's we took the field determined to take the game to the opposit ion. Early in the first hal f a slick backs move released Oluseun Oshunkoya from a set piece and he set off on a majestic run of over forty met res to score. We led by 4-0 fo r three-q uarters of the game owing in no small part to the impressive d isplay of full-bodied tackles from Vassos Georgiadis and a fau ltless fu ll-back display from Simon Crossley. We conceded two tries late in the game while we were disrupted through injury but it was a st irring performance.

In the game at Berkhamsted we performed techn icall y correct ly in every department but fa iled to score, and at K.C.S. Wi mbledon we completely outplaycd the oppos ition and there were fi ne tries from T im Bagshaw and Simon Crossley.

Against Eastbourne we played o n the 1st XV pitch for the first time knowing that they had beaten us 6-22 1asl seaso n.

T he weather was atrocious bu t Henry Hawkins controlled the whole ga me from Oy-half usi ng the conditions to advantage.

He scored an excellent try by kic king ahead, deep into the opponents' half, arrived just moments after the full- back had reached the ba ll , collected the result ing fumbled ba ll and went over in the corner. T here were two other occasions when tries went begging through minor unfo rced crrors in the backs. Tom Ruffell kicked an excellent pena lt y against a st iff wind to return a very satisfying score of 7-3.

Agai nst Felsted there were errors o n both sides. Our most expensive was a dropped ba ll over the line when a try looked certain. Henry Hawkins and his two centres Tom Ruffell and Steve Davies put in very good performa nces and Ben Ousey (a player with enorm ous potent ial) worked tirelessly. fh is game produced the most outstandi ng try of the season. Christ ian Pattma n (right wing) caught a fa ilcd touch kic k at our 22 metres li ne and set off on a very positive run , sidestepping time and time again to his left until he fi nally lin ked with Oluseu n Oshunkoya (left wi ng) just inside their half. The ball was then ca rried at pace towa rds the corner but as cover came ac ross a fin e outside pass enabled Steve Davies to touch down for t he try. Arsallan Bessarat displayed his awesome power with some fine drives and Tom Ruffell 's excellent penalty kick of for ty metres levelled the score in the dy in g min utes o f the game.

Du lwich had a for mid able side and we, disr upted through inj ury, held on th roughout the fir st half wit h no poin ts being scored. In the second half t he inevitable happened and, but for sound defence in the centre, them wasting overlaps on several occasions, and Graeme Tester's three try-savi ng tackles, we could have gone down by 40 or 50 points. Marcus Hami lton ret urned to the side at NO.6 and put in a sound performance.

The match against Tonbridge produced a fine game of rugby. We outplayed them in all but the scoreline and our opponents seemed embarrassed to finish victorious. Epsom brought a very st rong team which included five Surrey players who brought out good performa nces from many of our players. Oluseun Osh unkoya in particular totally negated the power o f a fine Surrey winger.

The fin al game of the season against Colfe's was a fi tt ing end to the season. We totall y out played them in the forwards and tack led very well in the backs. T here was just one lapse whe n we conceded a try from a loose situation in front of our posts, but we capita lised on our superiority with four tries from the back row, Vassos Georgiadis scori ng two tries and a try each fo r Tim Bagshaw and Ben Ousey. Luke Klugman and Ch rist ian Postans, two players who came to the side late in the season but who show great pote ntia l, both put in fi ne performances.

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Four of our players played well in the first Kent County tr ial and were selected for the second. Andy Ridings and Andy McNau~ht went no fur!her, but .the experience greatly affected their play throughou t the rest of the season where they ~yo rked tlrel~ss ly and s~ tlfully. Tim Bagsh~w and Quent in Webster went on to be selected to play fo r Kent in the twO fixtures o f t l~IS term agalllst Eastern Coun l1es and Surrey. Kent was victorious in both ma tches. Quent in Webster, after a furt her tnal, ha~ been se lected to play for the Lo ndon Schools, a divisiona l side whic h meets Mid lands Sout h in the nea r future. I WIsh them both we ll in the futu re fixtures for bot h county and division a ft er Christ mas .

I am ~e~y pleased with the way players developed t!leir individual sk ills during this season whilst ma intaining a magnificent tea~ Sp lfl t. Some plarers are no~v ready t? play first team rugby and ot hers must pat ient ly continue to work hard at their ga me next year III preparatIon for fir st team honours in 6a.

Many thanks to Mr. Phillis for coachi ng the 'B' XV and to Mr. Mil ford fo r refereeing all of our home matches.

I wis h he could have done more.

K.E.LM.

Team from:' T~m Bagshaw (Capt.), Henry Hawkins (Vice-Capt.), Arsalla n Bessarat, Simo n Crossley, Steve Davies, V~s~os Georgiad iS, Marcus Ham ilton, Andy McNaught, Ol useu n Oshu nkoya, Ben Ousey, Ch rist ian Pattma n, Andy Rldlllgs, Tom Ruffe ll , George Skelton, Graeme Tester, Quenti n Webster.

A lso played: Luke Klugman, Christ ian Postans, I·larry Rossi ter.

R ESULTS

P layed 11, Won 4, Lost 6, Drawn I. Points for 79, Points agai nst 82. v Sevenoa ks (H). Won 15-3 v Felsted (H). Drawn 10-10 v Duke of York's (A). Lost 0-4 v Dulwich (H). Lost 3- 16 v SI. Pau l's (H). Lost 4-8 v Tonbridge (A). Lost 7-10 v Berkhamsted (A). Lost 0-6 v Epsom (A). Lost 0-16 v K.C.S. Wimbledon (A), Won 10-0 v Col fe's (A). Wo n 23-6 v Easlbourne (H). Won 7-3

Colts '8' XV . T his season was almost a c?,?plete turnaround from last, when they finished up wit h a deficit of 210 poi nts . •Almost' that they reduced the defiCit to 54 and shou ld on ly have lost to three sides but did not - they lost eight.

As is the fa te of 'B' sides, we. lost pl.ayers to the ·A'~. Son:e proved t,O? good and stayed there (Tester for example). ~y tha nks to K.E.J.M. who tn ed va h an~ l y to keep cltsruptlo n to a mlllimu m. Th is comb ined with our own injuries, Ill ness and nat.u r~1 wastag.e meant.t hat thi rt y-two people played for the ' B's. Not surp risingly, it was very diffic ult to keep any contlllu.lty, p ~r lt c u l ar l y m the bac ~ s .. We lost two ~ ey people for over half a season d ue to in jury. Pearce, a prop, bro~ e a f~ n ger ) ust when ~ e was. begmn lllg to show Ius true va lue. Doust was, while he lasted, superb at inside cent re, 100p1l1g wl lh skill and passmg QUIckl y. He and Postans made a very dangerous pa ir of centres. We can not blame t h ~se two losses for some dismal perfor mances (particu larly against Felsted , Du lwich , Berkhamsted and K.C.S. Wimbledon) . For some reason they let themselves down o n the pitch. T hey never really got going. , Tllr~e matches stand out in ~y mind. In t ~esc we showed sk ill , detcrmi na'tio n and tremendous spirit. If we had played like th iS all season then ... Aga1l1st SI. Pau l s they turned a 0-44 score to 6-10. For much o f the matc h it was level. rt was only in the last few mi nutes that St. Pau l's scored the clincher. Dogged tackli ng and hard defence by all for all gave St: Paul 's no chan.ces to score. Hart and Fraser on the wings were quite superb. T he opposi tio n coach said that every It m,e they got their h a~ds on the ball a score was li ke ly. Feria's kicking for goal was very impress ive. He was ab le to kIck from the touch hne and gave us a vital extra two points.

We played Eastbourne in a how li ng gale and dri vi ng rain . We played into the wind in the firs t half. We played the best rugby of the whole ~eason in the worst cond itio ns. The backs put in a tremendous perfo rmance of fas t passing, h e l p~d by sO ~le good serv ice from the base of the scr u ~ by Norris, whom we also lost during the season owing to inj ury.

Dunn g the fIrs t hair we ~la d co un~l ess cha nces of sconng but we were not able to convert pressure into poi nts. As we tu ~ncd round, the ~lIld died and ram st.opped. We had no advantage. Gosling (pack leader and sometime captain) worked skllfu ll y and fe roc l<?usly all seaso n. HIS m ~ture approach helped the side enormously when things were not go ing wel l.

Hart scored a claSSIC bac ks try to ta ke us II1 tO the lead, much to the delight of all on the touc hli ne. T he whist le took a long ti me to sound - bu t when it did the joy on the team's faces was unforgettab le. It had all worked.

We seemed to save our.best rugby f~ r the t~ams that beat us most convincingly in the previous seaso n. Last year they we~t , down t<? !onbndge 0-50. Thi S year 11 was 3- 18 and wit h fou rteen men for a thi rd of the match. Aga in , it was a bnlhant ly spirited performance., De Haa n and Matt H(;)\vard in the centre did very well , and as the seaso n progressed became usefu l centres. Howa rd parlicu larly has a good pa ir of hands. Klugma n was brought back for this match and per f~ r',11 ed O ll ~ of his skin, winnin g. fi ve st rikes a~ai n ~t the head in th e first half. He played too well and went up to the A s. DaVie at seco nd row co nt1l1ued to be. Vital In the loose. I have not seen a more consistent or better ripper IllS rugby at nanker , He was fast, he tack led and was supportive of the o f the .ball all seas<?n. Parker played most backs III att~c k . HIS use o f b.each balls etc. III the \~a r m-ups was particularly innovative. Grant played so well in this match that 11 made us all thmk why we had not picked him earlier.

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Paxton stood o ut in this match, and every match, as the most effective back. Hi s penet ra tive runs were unsurpassed by anyone in the team, He cou ld set up a dangerous attack from hi s in-goa l area! T he tea m unanimously voted him p layer of the season, Dowse as prop was very so lid! A lthough he never reall y got up steam, the side wou ld have been very much weaker without h im . His advice on team matters was mature and very often taken. W illiams, the ot her prop stood in for over half a term - he cou ld nOI be d escribed as a replacement, more a firm member of the team, H~ was firy and showed a use ful a bility to drive on in the loose. Homan p layed well in t his ma tch and never let us down.

Kerr was ta ken off in this game with suspected concussion. His determined running and firy tackling were missed.

I wou ld like to tha nk Posta ns (Captain - when not in the 'A's), Gosling and Dowse, They gave valued advice and learnt muc h about wha t to co nsider when select ing a team; H.R.O.M . and G.D.W. who were so understanding about replacements (they needed to be); t he grou ndsmen; P.F.H. who refereed; and the parent s for t heir suppo rt.

N.L.P. Team: C hrist ian Posla ns (Capt,), Toby Cox, Maxwell Davie , J oshua De Haan, Si mo n Dowse, Cra ig Feria, Richard Gosl ing, John Grant, Andrew Hart, Matthew H oward, Alexander Homan , Ewan Kerr,Luke Klugman, Robin Norr is Jonathan Parker, Thanai P axto n, C hristopher Pearce, Well ington Willia ms . ' Also played: Gregory Armstrong, George Bruxn.er, Richard Francis, David Goggins, Marcus Hamilton, Daniel Howard , Zabeer Khan , Hugo Langton, Albert Power, Nicholas Roden , Thomas Ruffell , Graeme Tester.

RESU LTS Played 10, Won 2, Lost 8, Draw n O. Points for 61, Points agai nst 11 5, v Sevcnoa ks (H). Won 17-7 v Duke of York' s (A), Lost 10-12 v Bcrkhamsted (A). Lost 0-22 v St. Paul' s (H). Lost 6- 10 v K, C .S. Wimb ledo n (A). Lost 0-10 v Easlbourne (H). Won 10-6 v Dulwich (H) . Lost 6-9 v Felsted (H). Lost 6- 10 v E psom (H). Lost 3- 18 v T o nbrid ge (A). Lost 3- 18

Colts 'C' XV Such was the enthusiasm for rugby that a Colts 'C' XV proved viable fo r all but the last fi xt ure of term. Some thirt y boys played fo r th e team in di fferent matches and the la rge squad for th e fir st half of term full y exercised the two coaches. Practices were held regu lar ly on Tuesdays. Wednesdays a nd Fridays, Addit ional fixtures were arranged against Sir Roger Manwood' s U I6 'A' XV, which was especially constituted fo r t he game, and Maidstone Grammar School U 16 'B' XV. Results of the officia l fi xtures appear below. T he capta incy passed fr o m Da n Howa rd, on his 'promotion' to the 'B' XV, to Hu go La ngto n, who played fl y-half, but Well ingto n Wi lliams captained against Sir Roger Manwood's 'A' XV. C hislehurst and Sidcup felt obliged to abandon their match, as we were too strong for t hem . T he powcr of th e team lay in the forwa rds, and t he best games were against St. Pau l's (which we should have won!) and Berkhamsted .

By t he very end of th e season, the claims of o ur 'A' and ' B' XVs o n good 'C ' XV players had dra ined the pool of its talent , but we hope a ll of these players will be back to play for senio r teams next year.

H.R.O .M., G.D.W. Team from: Hugo Langton (Capt,), Gregory Armstro ng , Rory Campbell , Toby Cox, Matthew Craddock, Maxwell Davie, Anthony E pps. Mark Fell, Richard Francis, John Grant, Si mo n G undry, David Hodgson, Daniel Howard, Matthew H oward , Myles J ackma n, C hristop her Jepp, Jonathan Jevo ns, Zabeer Khan, Luke Klugman , J ames Loder-Symo nds, Benjamin May , Nicho las Roden, Thomas Sweeney, Wellington Williams, Ma tthew Willis-Jones, Nicholas Work man .

RESU LTS Played 5 , Won I, Lost 3, Drawn I. Points for 3D, P o ints against 106. v C hislehu rst a nd Sidcup ' B' XV (H). v Berkh amsted (A). Won 14-7 (abandoned by C and S at ha lf-time) v Tonbridge (A). Lost 0-33 Dra wn 4-4 v Epsom (H) . Lost 0-38 v St. Paul's (H). Lost 12- 14

46 PEAK OF PERFECTION (Michael Gillespie)

Junior Colts '8' XV T he Junior Colts ' B' had a ra ther sch izophrenic term: we did not lose a match before half-term but we 10s1 them all afterwards (on paper a nyway!).

Our first malc h, against Scvenoaks, was going to set the pace for the first half of term. This was very much a forwards' game and it was therefore not surprising 10 see one of OUT props (Hugo Stevenson) scoring the first try from a penalty awarded five metres away from their in-goal li ne. For ou r second try, the ball was passed on the blind side a nd, with so me well-timed support fr om Ben Cossens, ended in James Lamont's hands and over the try line. O UTsecond match, against Du ke of Yor k's, was played on a glorious day and the ball had the opportunity to go down the line many a time. We scorcd twelve tr ies but on ly managed two convers ions. A fortn ight later. against Derkhamstcd, it was a totall y different story. The opposi tion was rather rough and our g ut sy inside centre. Jamie Rayner, can vouch for it: a broken collar bone from a hard tack le was going to put him off games for the rest of the season ! We drew , coming o ut head high but wi th the bitter taste of a violent game lingering in o ur hearts. O ur next encounter, against K.C.S. Wimbledon, was a very exc iting game. At half-time, we were level with one try each , and at full time, after a fa irly even amount of possession for each side. we managed to score one more try than they did, thanks to our pack who won most of the rucks and mauls. Eastbourne was to be our last victory. After a rainy start, which did not help us much , we ran the ba ll dow n the line very successfu ll y. Ou r pack, as usual, was very strong and we managed a beaut iful 'push over' try, gro unded by Michael Cotton. O ur tack lin g was adequate but they managed to break thro ugh oll r defence once to score. After half-term, things started to deteriorate: injuries and illness made us lose some of our usual players to the 'A's, amongst them our scrum-half Daniel Quin . Our new team was then confronted by a very powerfu l side: Felsted. T heir very fast backs o utran o urs, result ing in fO ll r tries and one conversion against liS. Tonbridge was a much closer game fo r us. H ugo Stevenso n, thanks to a powerful d rive from ou r scrum, scored our try when the opposit ion was already ten points ahead. We could have drawn the match if we had grounded the ball correctly, rather than dropped it. after a certain amount of time spent in their 22. Du lwich just outra n us, but the game was much closer than the score implies. Epsom took us by surprise when they scored in the fi rst five minutes of the game. Their side was not particula rly big but they cou ld run a nd we had forgotte n how to tackle, except fo r o ur full -back , Andrew Woolnough, who ended up with a knock on the nose. O ur try was initiated by Oll r captain , James Evans, who, after ou trunning three or fou r Epsom players. passed to Michael Cotton who formed a maul and scored from it. O ur last match , against Cranleigh , was a moral victo ry: they dominated us and scored their two tries in the first ha lf but the second half was undoubtedly ours. Our kicking was excellent and, event ua lly, Michael Cotton scored afte r David Handley had a try disallowed. Unfortuna tely, the ga me was ma rred by the opposition being constantly offside in serums, rucks a nd mauls without any act ion by the referee!

I would li ke to thank all the boys who played, B.J.D. and D.J.R. for their expert refereeing, and the parents who braved the elements every week to bring us such tremendous support home and away.

M .P.H.D .

Team/rom: James Evans (Capt.), Viv ian Bennett, Robert Cooling, Benjamin Cossens, Michael Cotton, Miles Edlmann.

David Ha ndley. Robert Heddle. Alastai r Hine, Nicholas Johnstone, Nickolas Komninos, J ames Lamont, Alexander Layfield-Cripps, Douglas Mullen, Matthew Odgers, Daniel Qu in. J amie Rayner, Christos Rodopoulos, Edward Sayer.

Rahu l Singh, Hugo Stevenson . Robcrt Weston, Andrew Woolnough , Christopher Ziegler .

RESUL.TS Played 10, Won 4, Lost 5. Drawn I. Points fo r 102, Points against 82. v Sevenoaks (H). Wo n 8-0 v Felsted (H). Lost 0- 18 v Duke of York's (A) . Won 52-0 v Du lwicll (A). Lost 0- 16 v Berk ha msted (H) . Draw n 0-0 v Tonbridge (H). Lost 4- 10 v K.C .S. Wimblcdon (A). Won 14¡8 v Epsom (A). Lost 4-18 v Eastbou rne (H). Won 16¡4 v Cranleigh (A). Lost 4-8

Junior Colts 'C' XV For the whole term we have go ne im o batt le under our 110m de guerre of THE PATHET IC SH ARKS. We fa iled to live up to our name befo re half-ter m by winn ing every match in some style. After half-term, the power of labels and the written word was scienti ficall y demonst rated by our inabil ity to win a thi ng, despite a couple of near misses.

However, thi s season has been most enjoyablc. The team funct ioned as a workers cooperative and we democrat ically rotated the posit ion of captain amicably - a role model fo r the new emerging Eastern Eu rope. Such ma nagement was made possible by enormous enthusiasm on matchdays (less so on co ld , drizzly Tuesdays) a nd a team spirit not seen since the Norma ndy landings. We were only o nce short of players (ill ness). and never short on advice or const ruct ive crit icism from the many world experts on tactics and the finer points of the game who inexplicably failed to gain county colours this season. We have had many laughs a nd won more than most - little more could be hoped for at th is S.M.W. unglamorous level.

Team from: Philip Aldrick. Robert Cooling. Ant hony Cornish, Christopher Creissen, Geoffrey De Burca. J ulian Faulkner. Henry Gage. Nicholas Georgiadis. Matthew Gourmand, Simon Guthrie, Richard Henderson, Alasta ir Hine.

J ulian Kingsla nd, Christopher Lobb, Hans Madueme, Timot hy Marson, Douglas Mu llen, Robin Norris. Christos Rodopolous, William Rosato, T homas Ruffell , Alexa nder Scarlett, Max Warner, Michael Webb, Christopher Ziegler.

47 PHEW! (Simoll Tester)

U14 'A' XV A 4-4 draw away to Sevcnoaks was an encouraging Sla rt and gave much hope of a successful season ahead. However as the results below revea l. the potentia l was realised on too few occasions. Th is may be due to the fact that thirty-two boys played for the ' A ' team in the sixteen matches, a nd few had played in the same team before. It is obviously difficult I

to have a settled side but, as the results of the 'B' and 'C' XVs show, there arc so me advantages in a squ ad approach.

Early season enthusiasm plus th e force ful presence of the captain and No.8, Myles O rsler, led to comfortable victories against Duke of York' s and Kent College, before losing by a late penalty to St. Paul's away on an ext remely hard pitch, after Cocklin on the wing had crashed over for a memorable try fo llowing good forward support play and Bishop at wing-forward providing the fin al pass . Again a late pena lty decided the match a t Berkhamsted but this time it was in our favour and was calmly conve rted by EI-Mesmari who was beginning to show his speed and strength on the wing.

As ha lf-te rm approached the team had two lacklustre performances agsinst K.C.S. Wimbledon and Eastbourne, and despite a growing understanding between Grant and Hay a t ha lf-backs there was a problem with the defensive tackling in the back line.

The week's rest a llowed for the batteries to be recharged and the team then had it s best performance away to Felsted.

Alakija, ever a lert and elu sive, scored twice in the centre a nd E I-Mes mari looked very da ngerous in his new position o f full-back. T he solid front row of Lucas, Adams a nd Katz were becomin g an effective force especia ll y in th e loose play, and with Chum a nd Singer at second row the scrum and Iineout were consistently improving. It was the more discipli ned loose play of our forwards plus the tackling of EI-Mesmari a t full -back tha t ensured a victo ry away to SI. J oseph's in the Kent C up. Four days lat er the opposit ion of Dulwich was more formidab le and despite excellent cove r tackling from the back row of Murch, Orsler and Bishop a nd some bone-crunching tack ling from Cocklin on the wing, we lost to a more aggressive a nd determined pack. It was to the side 's cred it that they scored their best try of the season despite being 16-0 down, when Spencer kept the ball in play on the right wing, opted to join up with the rest of his backs and the ball was swiftly moved by Devera ll along the whole back line with EI-Mesmari in at full -back to provide the overlap for Cocklin to score in the left-hand corner .

Despite a few enforced changes in the side there was little the newcomers of Hume a t prop and Jackso n in the second row cou ld do against a for midab le Tonb ridge pack who in true All Black style scored fi ve forward s tries.

A chance to lift flagging morale ca me at Sevenoaks in the semifi nal of the Kent C up. This was the most disa ppointing game, as the side did not do itse lf justice and only began to look threateni ng in the last twenty minutes. However as the boys had to rush out fr om lessons , have a packed lun ch on the journey a nd recover fro m the shock of the min ibus scrap ing a wa ll while avoiding a colli sion with a lorry, it's not su rprising that they were ten points adrift in the fir st seven minutes!!

A not her unfortunate incident happened at Epsom where their No.8 swallowed his tongue after a tackle a nd was rescued by Mr. Devera ll , after which the game was abandoned. Along with an earlier incident on Birley's in which a tree surgeo n was tragicall y killed, the seaso n was ta king on a worrying look. Fatigue a nd 'flu plus the spate of cold foggy weather all contributed to a slump in morale and it was becom ing more difficult to generate ent husiasm, especiall y on the away trips such as to C ra nleigh. Here, it was only after Drinkwater had to go to hospital with a bro ken collarbone plus stirring words from Orsler at half-time that the team rek indled their spirit and tra nsform ed themselves into a different side scoring a well-deserved try after good stJpport work in the for wa rds by Chum a nd fi nally O rsler . If on ly that courage and determination had been much more in ev idence for every match, the result might have been better, as the forward s' driving showed in the last match against Colfe's. But as often happened the ind ividua l efforts were often not matched by team supp ort.

With so many players moving between team s, it is difficult to mention them a ll a nd some names will occur in the ot her team reports, but Macey and Lewis-Jones served us very well at half-backs in the final games.

My sincere thank s to all the boys who played or helped in any way with the rugby this term. I am indebted to Myles Ors ler who has been an excellent captain. He expected nothing short of total commitment from his team, leading by example, being the top scorer with forty-three points , and a lso completed a ll six teen matches, as did Robert Adams a t hoo ker. I was especially impressed with the way Myles wo uld orga ni ze the players in practices and before each match.

I wou ld li ke to thank my tea m of staff, Mr. Teeton and Drs. Arnott and Hands for their tireless e ffort s a nd support.

I hope Mr. Teeton wi ll loo k back favourab ly o n his first rugby team wit h us and that the success of the 'C' and '0' XVs gave much pleasu re to Dr. Arnott and Dr . Hands. Finally a big tha nk you to all the parents who have so loyally su pported us th is year, in all weat hers and a ll over the Southeast, especia lly the Cock lins, Murches a nd Mr. Drinkwater and Mr. Deverall with their timely assistance with the injuries.

S.E.A. Team: Myles Orsler (Capt.), Robert Adams, Deli Alak ij a , Thomas Aldridge, James Bishop, Grant Ch um , Dominic

Cocklin, James Deverall , Will iam Drinkwater, Kipp EI-Mesma ri , Thomas Grant, Gi les Hay, Richard Hume, Vesiri IbTU, Thomas Jackson , Daniel Kat z, Kevin Lucas, Ja mes Murch, Luke Singer, Jay Spencer.

Also played: Oliver Ca rter, Michael Davies, Ben Goggin s, David Hanson, Julia n Lewis-J ones, Giles Macey, Ryan Man nering, Alastair McG regor, Lawrence Potter, Ben Rolfe, Andrew Wilson.

48 PUTTING THE BOOT IN (Simoll Tester)

RESULTS Played 16, Won 6, Lost 9, Drawn I. Points for 159, Poi IllS against 179. v Seven oaks (A). Drew 4-4 v Felsted (A). Won 0·20 v Duke of York's (H). Won 36-10 v St. Joseph's Blackheath (A). Won 0-10· v SI. Pauls (A). Lost 4·7 v Du lwich College (A). Lost 4-16 v Berkhamsted (A). Won 7·10 v Tonbridge (H). Lost 0-32 v Kent College (H). Won 19·6 v Sevenoa ks (A). Lost 4-16· v K.C.S. Wimbledon (H). Lost 4-11 v Ep<:om (A). Losing 0-22; match abandoned v St. Mary's Sidcup (H). Won 30-0· v Cranleigh (A). Lost 6-26 v Eastbourne (H). Lost 0- 12 v Colfe's (H). Lost 8-10 ·U14 Kent Cup matc hes.

U14 '8' XV From approxim ate ly 11 0 boys three sides had to be chosen. Throughout the season new talent was recognized and utilized. A negative aspect of th is was the fact that it was seldom that the boys were ab le to playas a homogeneous unit. Five of the games were lost by a margin of no more than four points.

The first game against Sevenoaks was an indicator of the bad luck to fo llow. On numerous occasions we possessed territorial advantage and yet failed to take advantage of the fact. On so many days we lacked those finishing touches which wou ld have brought victory. The boys overcame this in itial disappointment and went on to beat both Duke of York's and Berkhamsted. Thereafter fo llowed two games in which the result could have gone either way. Unfortunately both results went against us. K.C.S. Wimbledon and Eastbourne were lucky to reco rd victory against us. In true King's form the team rallied to crush a plucky Felsted side. The backs and forward s combi ned superbly to produce a truly impressive display of runni ng rugby. The next week we travelled to Du lwich where another heroic effort was recorded.

However Lady Luck was not to be on our side. We went down by four points, the difference in points being two conversions. Tonbridge lived up to their reputation of producing rugby of an invincible sta ndard. This was the only match in which we were well and truly beaten. It says a lot for the boys that they were able to drag themselves out of the mud of defeat to give Epsom and Cranleigh more than a ru n for their money, the difference in scores being just four points.

But now to some of the players themselves. In th e front row James Cheeseman performed particularly well especially in taking tightheads at crucial times. The exact composition of the front row changed from week to week, owing to injuries amongst the 'A' props. T homas Jackson , Vesiri Ibru, Ben Rolfe and Luke Singer all performed their task in the second row very ably. Andrew Wilson at No.8 was an inspiration to the whole pack. He has a very promising rugby future ahead of him. Daniel Wi\1iams and David H anson on the flank s were tigerish in attack but need to mature a little when it comes to tight play. Elliot Ashurst was a very able replacement in the loose forwards in times of injury.

It was a pity that the right backH ne combinatio n was not fou nd until late in the season. As a result a large number of boys played in back Hne positions. Giles Macey at scrum-half was the find of the season. His promotion to the ' A's late into the season was well deserved. Charles Doust (capta in) in the fly-half berth grew into an exciting running flyhalf. He will need to develop kick ing skills though. In the midfield Lawrence Potter and Thomas Aldridge pulled more than their weight. It was a pity that this pai r were not discovered earlier. At wing a whole army was to represent the team . Scott McLean, Adam Biss il , Jay Spencer, James Dean and Robert Swanson put in useful contributions. At full back Ryan Mannering was to prove as safe as houses. He is a st rong runner with a useful boot on him.

In conclusion I wou ld li ke to extend my thanks to Mr. Anderson for his support and guidance. To the loyal band of parents who followed us across the countryside, thank you for your support. To you boys, well done.

P.T. The/ollowing played in three games or more: Thomas Aldridge, Elliot Ashurst, James Bishop, Adam Bissi l, James

Cheeseman, Michael Davies, James Dean, Charles Doust, David Hanson, Richard Hume. Vesiri Ibru, Thomas Jackson.

Ryan Mannering, Scott McLean, Alex O'Keefe, Lawrence Pouer, Ben Rolfe, Luke Singer. Jay Spencer, Robert Swanson, Daniel Williams, Andrew Wilson, Julian Wooderson.

RESULTS Played II , Won 4, Lost 7. Points for 11 6, Points against 124. v Sevenoaks (A). Lost 10-12 v Du lwich (A). Lost 12· 16 v Duke of York's (H) . Won 32-0 v Tonbridge (A). Lost 0-38 v Berkhamsted (A). Won 12- 10 v Epsom (A). Lost 8- 12 v K.C.S. Wimbledon (H) . Lost 8-12 v Cranleigh (A). Lost 0-4 v Eastbourne (H). Lost 4-12 v Colfe's (H). Won 10-6 v Felsted (A). Won 28-0

49 BARS AND STRIPES (Jot/alhall Mellnell)

U14 'C'

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By any standards this has been an exceptional season: one heartily contested draw; one narrow defeat, but otherwise a run of victories, many against schools previously unbeaten by King's at this level, and sometimes by substantial margins.

Half-back was the fulcr um of the team's success. T he three serum-ha lves, the perky Macey, dim inut ive Dean and shrewd and acco mplished Lewis-J ones, all proved upwardly mob ile, progressing to the 'A's o r 'B's via the opPo~i tio n Iry line. T heir outside partner, the capta in Oliver Carter, eluded most defences. His sidestep was excellent, but it was perhaps more the sight of the ball being waved one-handed and aloft like some potent tribal token that left the opposition bemused and flat-footed.

The arrival of Bissill from the 'B's gave the back line more attacking force: when, against Tonbridge, greater defensive sense was requi red, he was not - to his credit and public opinion's confoundment - fo und wanting. Curzon and Kenwright on the wings defended well , whilst the best of the cent res were Odell , Vidal, Ba ll and Wooderson.

Singli ng out fo rwards is difficult. T he pack leader, Maines, was perhaps the most improved player of the season developing from a Shell short of tactical experience ('Do with it as you will' was his call for one penalty in an early fixture wh ich he captained) into a Second Row of unusual size and aggression. Moore, Mu rphy, Mill ard and Kenney fo rmed a reliab le front row: it was a shame that inj ury prevented Adams from competing more regularly fo r one of their places. In the back row, Goggins won much ball at lineouts, Macdonald-Bell developed in speed a nd aggression Summers did buffa lo impressions in the loose and Cameron made many telling contributions, not all of them running commentaries. It was a shame that ill ness prevented McG regor from more cont ributions, for these were never short of the barnstorming.

The season gained momentum as the prospect of victory against Tonbridge gained probability and proximity. In the trial run, against Bet hany, the backs pract ised moves which looked effect ive, but flattered to deceive. The Tonbridge fixture was a forward-domin ated game, and the pack performed to a completely new level with a commitment that was exceptional. One mau l towards the end, more flyi ng than rolling, with Tonbridge driven back twenty-five metres to within ten metres of their try li ne, a long a touchline occupied by whoopi ng King's parents and disbelieving Tonbridge coaches arriving hotfoot from other matches, will long stay in the memory of the coaching Docto rs. Young Miss Eleanor Arnott is thought to have been demanding reminiscences of it as her winter bed time story, showing exq uisite ma nners in d ropping off to sleep just before the point at which we fai led to score from the last-min ute penalt y in which the fo ray resulted.

But then that's the way with stor ies. Some of them just refuse to end happily. The clean sweep was narrowly and undeserved ly missed in a scrappy but pass ionate fixture at Epsom where the team showed commendable commitment and restraint.

T he substa ntia l upt urn in C team result s in recent yea rs owes most to Mr. Anderson's unselfis h generosity in coaching the whole year rat her tha n exclusively his ow n tea m. Likewise Mr. Teeton 's decisiveness and effi ciency in form ing a nd preserving a B sq uad allowed the C team to develop an identity and cohesiveness which teams at this level ca nnot always enjoy.

We wish all members o f the team much enjoyment of the successful rugby they will surely go on to play in fut ure years. They have been an enjoyab le, am using and rewarding bunch , never mo re so tha n at their end of term party, where the pena lt y call 'toasted tea cakes' mutated in to the more ta ngible and seasona l for m o f the hot mince pie.

D.M.A., T.R.H. Team: Oliver Carter (Capt.) , Robin Ball, Adam Bissill , Barry Cameron , Alista ir Curzon, Benjamin Goggi ns, Francis

Kenney. C hristopher Kenwright, J ulian Lewis-Jones, Alexander Macdona ld-Bell, Alexander Ma ines, Edward Millard, Theo Moore , Kieran Murphy. J ames Odell, Fra ncis Summers, Julian Wooderso n.

A lso played: Stephen Adams, E ll iot As hurst, Simon Cook, Michael Davies, James Dean, Maurice Fakou ry, Marcus Foster, Dav id Hanson, Neil Hop kins, Frazer H ughes , Peter Jenner, Giles Macey, Alastair McGregor, Scott McLea n, Bened ict Monk, Christopher More, T imothy Nealo n , Lawrence Potier, Daniel Ryan, Henry Sclater. Robert Swanson.

Christopher Tayler, Will iam Vida l, Daniel Williams.

RESULTS

P layed 8, Won 6, Lost 1, Draw n I . Points fo r 182, Poin ts against 38. v Felsted (A). Won 22-4 v Sevenoaks (A). Won 40-6 v Bethany (H). Won 44-0 v Duke of York's (H). Won 36-4 v Tonbridge (H). Drawn 4-4 v St. Pau l's (A). Cancelled. v Epsom (A). Lost 4-8 v Berk hamsted (A). Won 18-8 v St. August ine's (H) . Ca ncelled. v K.C.S. Wimbled on (H). Won 14-4

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U14 'D' XV History was made last year when the school fielded an U I4 '0' team for the first time. History was made this year when there was again a fixture. and King's WOII. II was excellent to be able to give a game to several boys who had been unab le to play representative rugby because of the C team's high standa rd this yea r. Part icularly honourab le mentio ns must go to Drever, Emanuel, Riccoboni, Ryan, a nd the two converts from the non-contact group, Boardman and Hillier, the latter ru nning in our third try from forty metres out, an achievement somewhat unusual for a lock forward.

The U14 'D's thus ended the season as the only unbeaten side in the school and therefore the most successful; but no practised reader would expect a Calltuariall sports column to report statistics wit ho ut a sense of perspective.

D.M.A., T.R.H. Team: Robin Ba ll (Capt.), Michael Boardman, Barry Cameron, Alistair Curzon, James Drever. Harry Emanuel,

Maurice Fakoury, Oliver Henry, Matthew Hillier. Alexander Macdonald-Bell. Benedict Monk, James Odell, Marcus Riccoboni. Daniel Ryan, Augustus Wilkinson .

RESU LT

v Duke of York's (H). Won 12-6

Girls' Hockey 1st XI After the successes of last season, this term's hockey was a great disappointment, and it was particularly frustrating for the senior players. Too many matches were lost that could easily have been won - mainly because the opposition were allowed to dictate the standard of play. Hence some superb hockey was played against the O.K.S. and against Cra nleigh, but too often defeats were the result of a fa ilu re to domi na te weaker opponents.

Ind ivid ual players nonetheless performed well , and the new pitch on Birleys was a great encouragement to the development of skills. Maria nne Docherty in goal particularly grew in confidence, as did Emma Hu lburd at fu ll-back. alongside the more experienced Nicola Bains. The half-backs were the strength of the team. Hayley Pelts, at centrehalf, was a lmost always the dominant figure on the fie ld and undoubted ly the player of the season. Cam illa Lacamp, the best of the new players, a lso showed exemplary determination as well as considerable skill on the left, while Elizabeth Wilson covered much gro und o n the right.

The fo rwards were the major disappoint ment. Elisa Hudson revealed great sk ill on the right wing, but did not have much support. Liz Ames, Zoe Harmsworth, Rebecca Wi lliams and Pippa Adamson a ll had their moments, and it was a pity that Florentine van Nallen missed most of the season through il lness, but we were all too reliant on Victoria Batty, centre forward and captain, to score the goals. In the end, too many solo runs proved counter-productive, although a hat-t rick against Sevenoaks provided the only convinci ng victory and a reminder of last year's glories.

Birleys has brought greater enthusiasm to the hockey, a nd greater support to the matches. Next term, perhaps. it will bring the team the results that their individual abilities deserve.

J.A.W. Team: Victoria Batty (Capt.). Philippa Adamson, Elizabeth Ames, Nicola Bains, Marianne Docherty, Zoe Harmsworth, Elisa Hudson, Emma H ullburd, Camilla Lacamp, Hayley Pells, Rebecca Williams, Elizabeth Wilson.

Also played: Elspeth McGregor, Elizabeth Tapp, Florentine va n Nolten, Nicola Venn.

RESULTS

v Cranbrook (A). Lost 1-2 v Dover College (H) . Lost 2-3

v Sevenoa ks (H). Won 3-0

v Ashford (A). Lost 1-3

v Sutto n Valence (A). Lost 0-1

, v v v

v SI. Edmu nd's (H). Won 2-1 v Cran leigh (H). Lost 0-1 v Kent College, Pembury (A). Lost 0-3

v Eastbourne (H). Lost 0-1

D.K.S. (H). Lost 1-3 SI. Lawrence (A). Won 1-0 Simon La ngton (H). Lost 1-2 Ke nt Coll ege (H). Lost 0-2

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2nd XI T here were many girls who see med to be very keen to play hockey for the 2nd X I, Right from the start we were ab le 10 put up a consistent team but towards the end of term, owing to illness of players, various other girls were brought in to play. The matches against Epsom, Sl. Lawrence and Kent College. Pembury were cancelled. owing to illness of their teams.

It too k us six matches before we were able to score a goal, but at last Pippa Adamson lifted morale (if only a li ttle), by scoring the first goal against Cranleigh (thankfully), by Cam illa Palmer and Rebecca Williams. so not leaving us in d isgrace. Our o ne draw (a lt hough 0¡0) was the highlight o f the term .

Despite these results, team spirit and good humour were paramount, making the team a very good one in character even if not classy in game . Quite often we fou nd o urselves playing against Under 16 teams from the other schools, and they tended to have played a lot together. Without generall y wanting to mention individuals, it should be said that Jo Broadley made a very good goalie, and we are most grateful to her for stick ing it out in that position.

ANNE.LAURE BRYAN.

Team: A nne-Laure Bryan (Capt.), Philippa Adamso n, Anto nia Bond, Joanna Broadley, Alexandra Brown, Louise Everitt, Georgin a G rant , Jeein Lee, A ndrea Lewis, Elspeth McGregor, Camilla Pa lmer, Nicola Venn .

Also played: Lucy Cavendish, A nna Patten.

Squash At the halfway stage of the season the 1st V have won half of their six matches. It is of course a considerable disadvantage to play every match away from home , so metimes after a long journey, and we were fur ther hindered by Miles Thomas being available for only two matches a nd by the captain's loss of fo rm. Edward J ones-Thomas was never fully fit a nd had to d rop down the o rder after half-term. Despite this set back he remained supporti ve and missed only one match when he crippled himself in weight training! Matt Willi fer found it tough at the top but he won against St. Lawrence, Ramsgate and on ly just lost at Mi ll H ill when his racket broke at match point. He d id very well to win half hi s games.

Matthew Odgers was the most improved player in the side, as shown by his resu lt s against Kent College early in the term a nd Mill Hill towards the end of term. In the earlier fi xtu re he just won in five games at 4th st ring ; in the later fixt ure he sailed home at 2nd st ring, losing only twelve points in the match ! His cross-cou rt drives to the corners won him many point s and he developed a dead ly d rop shot during the term. Peter Kenyon at 4th string twice lost matches he could have won , but he played regularly, learned to ta ke the ball early, and improved a ll the time , win ning his first ga me for the 1st V in the last match of the term. Duncan Priston at 5th string had an epic win to clinch the SI. Edm und's match, but he played on ly o nce as Nick Shepley made rapid strides at the end of the season. Fina lly we must thank the Kent and Canterbu ry club for making their courts available on Tuesdays and Fridays th rough the term.

The following gentlemen played d uring the term: Edward Jones-Thomas in 5 matches, Matthew Willifer (6), Matthew Odgers (6), Peter Kenyon (6), Nicho las Shepley (3), Miles Thomas (2), Duncan Prist o n (I), Christopher Tolhurst (I).

R.P.B.

Tennis After their success in winning the U nder-IS Kent League last term, o ur team of Nick Shepley, C hris Newbery, Peter Kenyo n and Nick Workman was draw n to play with winners of the West Sussex League, Downland's School, in the South-East semifinal. Fortunately the match was at home and this helped us to a comfortable 6-0 victo ry. The final was held at the well-known national centre, The Ball Park, at Eastbourne. This was a tremendous experience for everyone, as the superb carpet cou rts and decidedly 'up-market' sur roundings made even the seaso ned competitors feel a sense of occasion. Ou r opponents were from St. George's School, Weybridge, noted for its consistently high standard of tennis, and , after a hard struggle, we were eventua lly beaten 4-2. Nick Shepley a nd Chris played at the top of their for m to win the two lead ing singles matches. but un for tunately neit her Peter nor Nick Workman could ra ise his game enough to trouble the other two SI. George's players. Although we were a head in o ne of the doubles for a while, it never really looked as if we could pull the match out of the fire. Congratu latio ns to all four boys, however, for gett ing so far. We a ll hope that their example will be followed again in the years to come.

C.J.R.J., S.E.A.

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The Boat Club Before I begin wi,th this t~rm's news. ~ brief report ~n the Nation~1 Championsh ips at Strathclyde Park. These were held after last ter.m s deadhne and so did not appear III the August Issue. A quad was entered with a back-up unit of IWO. We were dnven up by Mark Stafford and S.tu Hender~on (owner of the 'Flying Jellymou ld'), with the boat on Ihe .Bedfor.d S.chool t~a l ler (t hanks). After a crushlllg defea~ III the open event (hardly surprising considering they were agaillst semor IIlternationais), they pulled out the stops and gamed a credi table bronze in the juniors'. Many congratulations.

Crew: Bow: St u Henderson; 2: Tom Filby; 3: Ben Long; 4: Ed Beaugie. .The te.rm began .with a quad completing the arduous Boston Marathon. a row of some thirt y.one mi les a long the RI.v~r Witham. ThiS was .followed by a long period of training as a result of missing the Maidstone Head because of IT!1~I~US problems. Th~ first H ~ad of the term was Reading, where Nick Prince brought home the bacon in the Jl4 diVISion. qther compet lt?rs achieved ~reditable placings, especially the gi rls, who were both high up in their divisions.

The next fixture was the dou~le dose weekend at Pa ngbourne and then the Docks. This provided more glory for Nick who won b~)( h days. ~h.e sent~r q uad ca rne second at Pangbourne despite certain weaknesses. The Docks a lso gave some expenence of pa mng WlllCI.l proved t h~t Ben .Long, Ja mes Brell a nd Tom Filby were a ll evenly matched. The next head was Hampt~n where Nick won agam, as d id the Chloe Webb and Liz Ayling's 2+ (coxed by Will Swa nson), ~ost ot~e~ people domg reasonably well. We wc:re unable to attend the final Head at Walton owing to fog, a slightly dlsappom~mg e~d to the term. Much of the act ion has, however, been seen on the lakes . The 6b girls have come to Westb~re III t.helr droves to be entrusted to Peter Willis' care. He has taught them a great deal and hopefully we will be seemg a girls' VIII next term.

The ice is now threateni ng to .take over the lakes for the holidays, a nd so rowing has been somewhat impeded. Many thanks to the ".lasters for lookmg after us and to Peter Willis, the boat man, who is at presen t buildi ng a girls' 4 + as well as keeplIlg the show on the road.

BEN HARDY.

WILL

SWANSON AND JAMES BRETT.

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Sailing Sa il ing at the.Westbere lakes was severely hampered for the first part of the term by a combinat ion of very low water ie.ve ls and a ~en t able bloom of de~se weed, a d irect result of the unusually fine summer. Several members of the club d id try to sail o n n umerous occasions bu t dagger boards slic ing into weed and rott ing fish eventually deterred even the most hardy. .H owever. at the insistence of Mitchinson's, an Inter-House regatta was o rganised, the first of its kind, and subsequently sa iled on 15th October at the Dover Watersports Centre.

A n extremely enjoyable day w~s had by an, wit~ very compet!tive racing, in ideal cond itions, throughout the day.

A!I .houses entered t ~vo helms, which was encouragmg, a lthough It was unfortu nate that the Luxmoore team had been mlslll forme d by their elders . . EaCh. hel",! sailed Topper~ twice ro und a large triangu lar course in the harbou r, and then la te in the afternoon in ' mcreasmg wmds, the first five helms fr om each race sa iled in the 'fina l'.

The expert i~e and ' Ioc.al ~nowl.edge' of the Bowker brothers was evident, with them tak ing first and fOllrth places ' thereby ensunng a convlllcmg wm overa ll for Mitchinson's.

Marlowe had ~een joint leaders. aft.er the fi rst 'heats' and looked set to give Mitch in son's a rea l batt le in the final but Toby Brown s boat started takmg In water, and as he sa nk lower into the briny, his chance of victory went with him.

It must be r~~orded t.hat the ladr helm s, lona Mart in (Grange) and Phili ppa Katz (Broughton), proved to be formidable oppo nents, salling to fift h and th ird pla~es respectively in the fina l, whilst G6tz Triebel (Walpole), held the distinction of the only. but very spectacular , capsize of the day.

It is planned to ~old this competition at least once each term, and Mitchinson's have kindly offered to contribute to the cost of a SUitable trophy.

Our than ks to the staff of the Dover Watersports Centre for their excellent assistance on the day . t;Jext t~rm there will b~ saili n~ theo~y, vid eos, lect ures, film s and instruction fo r a ll abilities, unt il ha lf term , after w!l1ch , wlt ~ the weat her Im provmg, (fmgers crossed), we will com mence sailing again at Westbere althoug h wet suit s Will be adVisable" '

A "yo"e interested in sailing should watch the Club notice board in the Undercroft or, better still, see me.

P.T.F. 53

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Fencing This has been o ne of the most successfu l terms in the history of the Fencing Club, with many outstanding individual results. and a good effort from the club in general.

The term started rather shakily with a narrow defeat by King's Rochester ('the one we were going to win so easily').

Next on the agenda was the away match against K.C.S. Wimbledon, which was won with ease. The rein statement of the friendly match agai nst Tenterden Swords was, in retrospect, perhaps not such a good idea since we were beaten by a fair margin ! The Kent schools 3路weapon team compet ition was dom in ated by O Uf 1st team, who didn 't lose a single fight.

In the ind ivid ual competitions, results were equally impressive. Oli van den Broucke won the Kent UI6 fo il, while John Berry and Shafi k Saba came third and fifth respect ively in the U 18. (Alex Ellison appeared to have been distracted by a certain young lady - Stacey.) In the Kent Junior foi l, Alex Ellison justified his pre-match confidence with a convincing win. The success continued with James Crawfurd and Oli va n den Broucke taking first and third places in the SouthEast U I6 foil , and Karen Roehm earning a bronze meda l in the girls' U IS event. She also won the county U IS title, with Lucinda Norris coming fourth, and Charlotte Reece sixt h. Shafik Saba found his form for the Kent U IS sabre, wh ich he won with style, whi le Jon Berry was unlucky to fi nish only sixth. After a close fina l, James Crawfurd won the UI6 event from Oli van den Broucke.

It ought to be menti oned at this stage that James Crawfurd is ranked third in England at Ul5level, and Alex Ellison eighth in the U17. Alex also ca me third in the county men' s foil , at his first attempt. A special mention must also go to all the girls who have started fencing, with great success. It should be sa id that any other girls who wish to take up fe nci ng are always welcome in the club.

We take this opportunity to thank Mr. Jennings for his seemi ngly end less organ isation, Paul Romang for his excellent coaching, and Dr . Bridge for his co ntin uous weapons repa irs.

Colours awarded: 1st colours: Jon Berry, James Crawfu rd, Alex Ellison, Shafik Saba.

2nd colours: Jim Martin, Karen Roehm, Brian Su n, Oli van den Broucke.

Club ties: Bjorn Hall , Raymond Man, Lucinda Norris, Charlotte Reece.

JON BERRY, SHAFIK SABA AND JAMES CRAWFURD.

Badminton Yet again King's U19 had an excellent and nearly unbeaten season. Miles Thomas became a regu lar player, to add Nigerian to the Chinese! Indian! Anglo-Saxon team, and we beat Kent College , St. Lawrence and Sevenoaks, but then our captain Jos deserted the shuttlecock for the oval ball and Miles injured his knee .

Matt Willi fer and Nick Shepley took up the challenge , led by Mahesh and Ken, and held their own for severa l matches with some very determined play.

At the Dover College Tournament we were almost back to full strengt h (alt hough more practice would have helped!) and amply justified our being seeded second. defeating all schools except the irrepressible Gravesend. Both our pairs made it through to the semifina ls, playing well. Particular mention must be made of Nick Shepley for his excellent performance against much older opponents.

T he UI6s, despite losing their two matches, are most defin itely showing encouraging signs for the future . Josh De Haan and Geo rge Skelton have shown that they have the makings of a good pair, and who knows how much better they wo uld become if they took fur ther advantage of Pat Davis' coach ing sessions? Chris Newbery and Mike Webb are beginning to look like a use ful pair, and the futu re of Badminton seems to be sa fe with them.

Team: Jos Martin (Copt.), Mahesh Dalarnal路 , Nick Shepley, Miles Thomas, Matt Willifer, Kheng-Wei Yeah路.

Also played: Bob Hellings, Peter Medawa r.

U16: Nick Shepley (Capt.), Josh Dc Haan, Chris Newbery, George Skelton, Mike Webb.

Also played: Francis Au路 Yeung.

R ESU LTS

Played 7, Won 7, Lost O. Dover Co llege tournament: UI9 Played 6, Won 5, Lost 1.

UI6 Played 2, Won 0, Lost 2.

R. J .M., MAHESH D ALAMAL AND KHENG-W EI Y EO H.

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Cross-Country As usual in recent years, the Autumn term has been given over to non-competitive running: fitne ss. or at least exercise, fo r its own sake. It has been rewarding to sec the mark ed improvement of individuals over the term. After all, almost anyone can bu ild up his or her persona l fitness by tak ing regular exercise , and if the risks of the rugby field do not entice, what better way is there to do so than exploring some of the footpat hs around Canterbury? (Do not seek an answer to this quest ion from some of the less committed members of the Club in Mitchinson's ... ) We have used a vari ety of rou tes which attempt to leave the polluted air of the city-centre behind: a loop around and up Golden Hill (near Harbledown), up and over the University hill, out towards Patrixbourne among what were orchards, and up to Scotland Hills. Trips to the pleasant woodland of Blean forest were rather fewer than we would have liked owing to the lengthy demise of the school minibus. Alistair Clarke, Ben Enso r, Luke Feathers. Damian Jones, Mikael Maim, Jon Mennell and Justin Roxburgh all gai ned in fitnes s as the term progressed, while among the juniors James Dean , James Grindley, Andrew Groves, Jamie Rayner, Nicholas Shaw and Robert Sturgess all developed their speed or at least staminaadm ittedly from widely differin g starting points! Of the Shells who joined in after half¡term, Michael Boardman and Darren Kingston part icularly proved how effective a litt le regular runni ng can be, by winning the Shells' Thursday Activity runs. Peter Fearn, Charles Heise and Matthew Hill ier were not far behind - M.O. seem to have a fo rmidable InterHouse junior team already.

A select band entered two demandi ng public races, and fa red quite respectably : James Eddison. W.R.P., Ian Overton and Syed Shariff ran in the 'Julie Rose ' 10 km. road race at Ashford, while only James Eddiso n, W.R.P. and C.T.H. were st ill on fo rm the following week to fini sh in the top twenty-five at the Chil ham Cast le 5-mile cross-country race.

But perhaps the hardest course awaits us all - the Chri stmas holidays - which tend to undo even the keenest at hlete's hard training. T hose who also have a Classical training might see similarities between cross-co untry and the task of that weary ancient Greek, Sisyphus.

C.T. H .

Inter-House Basketball Once again, the Senior Competition provided entertainment in good measure. and no little excitement. especially in the fina l. The traditionally strong favourites, Grange and Walpole, met in a high-quality match that see-sawed constantly .

Walpole, thanks to So naike. bui lt up a fourteen-point lead without reply, but were graduall y overhauled by Grange. with Marqu is, Tester and Pattman to the fore. With Sonaike fo uled off, Walpole could not respond, and despite a late surge, had to concede second-best on thi s occasion, failing to take the trophy in their last year as a boys' house .

They can howeve r be justly proud o f their record in this compet itio n over the last few years.

My thanks as ever to all those who organised the teams for the houses, and to S.E.A. for his help with refereeing.

R. C. W. R ESULTS

1st Round: Walpole 44, Linacre 14; School House 18, Marlowe 4; Mitchi nson's 21, Grange 52.

2nd Round: Walpole 42 Tradescant 12; Luxmoore 40. School House 27; Galpin's 10, Broughton 20; Grange 40, Meister Omers 20.

Semifinal: Walpole 35, Luxmoore 24; Broughton 17, Grange 33.

Final: Walpole 34, Grange 42.

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ACTIVITIES C.C.F. NOTES ARMY SECTION The section returned in September with good memories of one of the best-attended summer camps ever. Over half the sect ion went to Longmoor, in Hampshire. in Jul y. In brilliant weather they went through a very fuB programme of ricldcraft (helped by the Gurkhas). shooling on Ihe electronic range, orienteering, and day and night exerci ses.

The A.P,C . squad training this term was much assisted by the fact that quite a number of the junior cadets had been to camp. In fact Cadet Dupuy had done so well that he was awarded the exceptional honour of being the only nonN.C.O. allowed to wear the C.C.F. tie. The objective was to pass everyone through map and compass p rOficiency, and to prepa re for the ficldc raft test next term . The fir st part was completed by a nav igat ion test in Wh itehill Wood a t the end of November, and everyone passed. The fo llowi ng week the squad spent six hours on Scotland Hills, carrying o ut a day light recce, a nd then going tactical fo r a patrol in darkness (and ex treme cold!)

Fie ld Day was designed to fit into this paltern of train ing, with an ambit ious orienteering exercise over several miles of forest. This was good pract ice for the A.M.S. squad and N.C.O.s, who later enjoyed a n excellent night nav igat ion exercise at Acrise. From this group a section was chosen to represent the Army in the trad itiona l inter-section night exercise, on Satu rday, 25th November. Th is took place in Arctic temperat ures, and was very testing as it covered about nine miles of grou nd and quite com plex navigational tasks. The result was a reversal of last year' s, with the Army coming in one point behind the R.A.F. O n the last parade of term the squad completed a Combat Fitness Test on Scot land Hills with full webbing and weapon, having done the Assault Course test the week before. The results make me optimistic about the stamina which is going to be needed for next term's night exercise competition with SI. Edmund's, a nd the practice fo r the S.E. District inter-school pat rol compet ition in May. We look forward to hav in g a large intake of recru it s from the Shells next term.

My thanks to the N.C.O.s, to Miss J ., a nd to Mr. Booth whose enthusiasm and commitment a re so vital 10 the Sect ion (and my apologies to him for organ isi ng two night exerc ises in quick succession in the freezing cold, wh ich gave him a bad bout of nul.

Ca mp dates: Easter Camp, 29th Marc h - 5th April, Lake District.

Summer Camp, 6th - 15th Jul y, Warcop, Cumbria.

M.l.V.

NAVAL SECTION THE SHELL NIGHT EXERCISE O n 30t h September twenty-five Shells assembled at the Old Synagogue for the start of 'Operat ion Pressgang', a night exercise organised by the Nava l Section of the C.C.F. After being given o ur groups which were called 'Superb'. 'Vcngeance¡. 'Eagle' and 'Belfast', all named after ships Mr. McConnell had served on. we gat hered o ur equ ipment, including two very heavy polcs, a nd set ofr. The a im o f eac h group was to get to the camp sit e as quickly as possible and to this end each group's departure time was staggered by ha lf a n hour. Each gro up reached the camp . the fas test being Vengeance (although Superb swear they heard motor bikes). A special ment io n should go to Belfast whose so le member (Dele Alakija of Luxmoore) managed to reach the target in the dark!!

With ou r tents organised, a few Shells were put on cook ing duty whilst the rest played Britis h Bulldog. After supper (which contravened all known chemical warfare treaties) the groups were given a small problem (small?) which was to get to an 'inj ured' person a nd take him back to the ca mp o n a stretcher made of our coats and those heavy poles.

Superb had , of course, the heaviest person (or was it a whale?) and thus the slowest time. At the end points were awarded for the speed of the rescue, the co mfort of the ride and the quality of the spli nt (for the vict im had a broken leg!).

Superb and Vengeance came fir st equal.

A furt her exercise in the early hours of the morning succeeded in losing one of the proverbial 'nock'. The other ninetynine were cast aside until Max Davie was safely found. After a 'k iller' breakfast the Shells all made their way back to school. All safety precautions were taken by the Naval secti on and they organised a very good time. The overall winners were Vengeance .

THEO MOORE AND M ILES ORSLER.

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OFFICER POTENTIAL (Simo" TeSler)

C .C.F. NAVV FIELD DAV AT H.M .S. KENT Despite a latc departure from school on 11 th OClober. we made good time and arrived in Portsmouth just in lime to go to bed. The next morning at six o'clock the door of our metal cell was opened and we were greeted with a cry of 'Getup, you lucky peoplc!'Aftcr great discussion in the Sect ion we have rcached the conclu sion that we were 'lucky' because we did not have to sleep there every night whereas our Morning Call did. The conditions were 'lacking in comfort'.

Gi les Chandler was a litt le School¡s ick but he managed to co ntrol his desire to return to his social life quite well, whereas Hugh Milward kepI in touch with his by phone.

At about 9.30 we SCI off for power-boat manoeuvres which, when some people were at the helm, seemed to differ vastly from the instructions given. The morning went well and around lunch-time we set off lip the river towards Porchester Castle and, despite one of the boats throwing o ut a constant belch of thick black smoke, this was a pleasant trip. The walk around the cast le, parts of which date back to Roman times, was enjoyed by all.

In the afternoon we returned to H .M.S. Kent a nd a small splinter group set off saili ng in a small yacht while the rest co ntinued to power up a nd down in the motor boat.

We set off for Can terbury in the late afternoon and most of us fell asleep after what was a thorough ly enj oyable and ex hausti ng day. Thanks must go to SILt. McConnell who works hard to keep a dwindling sect ion on its feet, and we hope his effort s will be rewarded by more recruits joining what is a very enjoyable activity. Thanks must also go to Wg. C md r. Wen ley who drove us and helped to make the day a success.

CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON.

ROY AL AIR FORCE SECTION At the beginning of term Myles Bowker was promoted to Sgt. and became Head of Sectio n, Simo n Bowker and Simon Cole were promoted to Cp l. and Victoria Milner-Williams and James Turner were promoted to J/Cp\. We must congratulate Myles Bowker for completing his Flying Scholarship successfully and he is now the proud possessor of a private pilot's licence. Congratulations a lso to Nicholas Turner and Simon Bowker for going solo in gliders and being awarded their gliding wings. During the term James Turner, Simon Cole and Simon Bowker attended the Officer Aircrew Select ion Course. The former two were se lected for Flying Scholarships and the latter for a Sixth Form Scholarship.

It is now possible for girls to apply for Flying Scholarships, a point worth noting for our two new female cadets Naomi Allen and Anna Brand.

We started the term's activities with a day's gliding at R.A.F. Manston - an enjoyab le experience for everyone who attended. Field Day was spent at R.A.F. Manston flying the C hipmunks of No. I Air Experience Flight. We a lso visited the Air Traffic Control Cemre, the Spitfire Museum and a controlled aircraft fire at the Firemen's Training Centre .

We shou ld have had two further afternoon trips to No. I A.E.F. but one was cancelled owing to weather conditions a nd the other was reduced fro m nine cadets to six owing to a shortage of fly ing hours for the Chip mun ks.

We had several drill sessions in preparation for a combined parade and several training sessions for examination candidates. I am happy to report that Cdts. Anna Brand, Naomi A llen, Rodney Jackson, Gary Towlson, Robert Clayton , Nicholas Forrest and James Bridges all passed the Part II examinations and JICpl Victoria Milner-Williams became the first girl to pass the Specia list Subject Exam inations. There were two afternoons of ri fl e shooting during which Cp!. Simon Cole gained his marksman's badge and Cdt. Anna Brand gai ned a 1st Class badge, missing a marksman's badge by just three points. Another afternoon was spent firing pisto ls. The H overcraft has been in action and it was put through it s paces o n the Green Court for the Shells' introduction to the R.A.F. Section.

The activities for the lerm were completed by a st rong leam from the R.A.F. (Myles Bowker, Simon Bowker, Nicholas Turner, James Turner, Simon Co le and Br ian Sun) defeat ing the A rmy and Navy in an InterwSect ion Night Exercise Competiti o n. I wou ld like to thank all members of the R.A.F. Section for making this such a successfu l term.

D.l.B.

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THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME T he Scheme was designed to bring Ollt hidden ta lents and to give young people the opportunity to show initiative and be of service to the community. Twenty-eight Remove boys have joined the scheme al the Bronze level this year a nd thirteen of the sixth form are now working towards their Gold Award.

Activities undertaken for the scheme are varied and include a wide range of sports, rine shooli ng. caring for animals. first aid, river conservat ion. footpa th clearing, photography, language and a course at the police station. For all levels of the award it is necessary to plan and undertake an expedition.

T he headmaster was recently able to present a Bronze Awa rd to James Eddiso n, a nd several other boys have now co mpleted their course a nd will receive the award in the near future.

Mrs. Wakeham a nd Mrs. Behrens are now co-ordi nating the scheme in the school and Dr. Lamb will undertake exped ition training ne)(t term.

At present there is great enthusiasm among the participants and hopefu ll y this will mean a large number of awards at the end of this academic yea r.

BRUCE DARLASTON.

EXPEDIT ION REPORT Part of the bronze award scheme is the successfu l completion of a two-day expedition on foot, campi ng overnight and submitting a written accou nt of the expedition afterwards. It is perhaps the most demanding of the scheme, requiring significant advance preparation and training along with the a bilit y to co-operate with others. This has proved the stickin g point for many who have taken on the Duke o f Edinburgh's scheme at the school. The last report on this sect ion appeared in August 1988, and so it seems appropriate to provide an update.

Two groups have successfull y completed exped itions since that date. In Ju ly 1988 a group of fifth-formers (currently in 6a) - James Eddison (SH), Simon Cole (SH), Neil Shah (SH) a nd Godric Jolliffe (W) - comp leted a two-day trek south of Canterbury. In Ju ly 1989 a group of Remove boys, all from School House - Michael Gillespie. Ian Milward, Max Dav ie a nd Henry Shelford - spent two days navigating around unfamiliar countryside west of Ashford. The exped ition report of the first day by Henry Shelford is reprod uced below to give something of the navour of such an enterprise.

N.A.L. The practice and expedit ion were squashed together in the small space of term where anything goes, the end. On Monday, having packed and made kit lists, I bought such extras as weight and money could end ure such as Kendal Mint Cake!! (important for energy).

On Tuesday I started the day wit h a la rge brea kfast a nd by nine o'clock I was waiting fo r the trai n with my 'comrades'.

Changing at Ashford fr om Can terbury, we headed for C haring. At 9.50 the train arrived at Cha ring and we met Dr. Lamb and the assessor, Frank Cast le. Here we were forget ful enough not to have weighed our packs. Fortunately when they were weighed they were correct. The journey began at 10.10, len minutes late.

It went smoot hly for a short time and twenty minutes later, we were forced to go through a corn fi eld, which was too large to go round. Unfortu nate ly Max did not have waterproof trousers. But, becau se of a good choice in trousers, he dried off quickl y. Coming out of this field at a road, we fo und Oll r path, with a roll of wire netti ng in frollt, barring a n overgrown path. At the end of this path was a walkers ' gate, giving the ga me away. Members of the exped ition who doubted my navigating wiped th e smile off their faces! T he path which should have taken us to Calehill house drive wasn 't there , so again we had to head straight through because the fi eld was too large. When we got to the drive we met Frank Castle, and because of the lack of paths we were already behin d in time . We walked back with Frank to his car, as he described Litt le Chari Church which was very old in an old village of beautiful houses. This small village had a large church which had about ten memorial sto nes or cremation stones, the earliest bein g 1966, although the church was finished and unvei led on 12th J une, 1955. From the outside the Church seemed a disgusting showpiece of modern bu ilding. Fortu nately the building was locked. so after our little rest we realised that it was cornfields agai n and took the road. It was 11 .30 when we set off from Litt le Cha rt Church.

At about midday we had a five-mi nute storm, in which Max jumped around and sang Singing ill the raj" . The short lived storm died and we cont inued into Pluck Icy by road, which meant we caught up the time we lost. Pluck ley Church was very beautifu l. I managed to force myself to write somet hing in my book, perhaps insane, perhaps meaningful. You can judge: 'So quiet, yet fu ll of life.'

Michael chose again to save time, a shorter route down to right of P luck ley Thorne (East). We had lunch a t Chamber Green Church: which was another ugly piece of modern building. but with no ~ravestones. The ~mly th ing wh ich denoted it was in use was a service sheet pin ned to the door. We left at 1.10, twenty nllnutes ahead of time, after a too generous allowance for lunch.

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With Michael navigating, I could look arou nd and noticed, as we passed the station, that most houses had windows wh ich had a rounded top, very odd. The route to New house Farm was uneventfu l, but at about 1.40 Michael became confused and decided to head back to Newhouse Farm and start afresh. Fortu nately Michael realised where we were a nd we headed on again. At 1.50 we again stopped and Michael scouted ahead, whi le we suffered a shon, hard rainfall.

We protected ourselves by hiding behind our backpacks, bending down. We found the route and arrived at 2.15, half an hour ahead of time. Dr. Lamb had said we would be a lot later, so we were very smug.

The wind took a sharp path round the field, so we chose a sheltered spot, where the sun would come up in the morning and dry our tents. We also found a suitable spot to dig the latrine. Everyt hing was falling int o place. Michael came back a fter collecting some wa ter, by which time Ian and I had got the tents up and were collecting firewood. At 3.30 Dr. Lamb arrived .

He had brought with hi m a spade, milk and a large amount of water in a jerrycan. Had we taken the milk with us, it wou ld have gone bad in the warm weather. We also phoned Frank Castle to lell him our position. as in a la rge field we would have been difficult to find. Dr. Lamb left at 4.30 after having some tea and five minutes later we finished the latrine and Michael and Max went to tell the farmer we were here. We soon had enough wood and the hearth was made, so we wouldn't damage the fie ld. From then on we played cricket with a tennis ball and an old st ick.

At about six o'clock the assessor a rrived and after talking, short ly left. Dy 6.20 the cricket had stopped. With everyone arou nd at 7.20 we sta rted the fire and I went scouting round to see if there was a near water supply, such as a cattle trough. I was fortunate enough to see my fi rst fox carrying a dead rabbit. I did not discover a trough but at eight o'clock dinner was ready ( a fi ll ing soup, bacon, a pasta and Italia n sauce). Defore bed we covered up the fire.

HENRY SIiELFORO.

SOCIAL SERVICES As usual working in primary schools has been very popular this term. Andrea Lewis reports: Eight fifth a nd sixth formers have been helping at Parkside primary school on Thursday afternoons. In the infant section we have helped them with painting and other craft work and also started teachi ng them elementary Maths and the alphabet. We have helped the 10/ 11 year olds with their Matlls, English and Science work and become involved with their outdoor activities.

This has included teaching them Hockey a nd helping the younger ones organize piggyback races and other games. The teachers apprec iate our help since the majority of the classes have about thirty members and it can be difficuilt to give them all equal atte ntion the whole time. We have been in contact with a different sector of the community and seen an aspect of the ed ucational system which has been an interesting experience. Most of us will be continuing next term.

Sarah Jackson and Jonathan Berry, who have been helping out at Ki ngsmead primary school, write: Since the school is sit uated near the army barracks there are many pupil s whose parents are in the a rmy. As a result there a re always new child ren a t the school since new fami lies move into the area a nd ot hers move ou t. We generally listen to the pupils read or assist them with their everyday school work. However, with the introduction of the new school curricu lum di fferent act ivities such as 'collect ing objects connected with autum n' at the local woods, making bread and const ruct ing motorized models are also included. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Kingsmead School for allowing us to come to them every week and we hope that we have been of some help to them.

P hilippa Katz who has been swimming with mentally handicapped children from St. Nicholas' school tells us: The pupils we swim with are 13-19 years old and have mental ages between 5 and 8. They enjoy swimming as it is somet hing they can do at their own level. Some cannot yet kick their legs or put their faces int o the water while others ca n swim 100 metres or more in the big pool. I really enjoyed being with the children as they were so cheer ful and all the staff from the school whom I met were very friendly and helpfu l.

This term two activ it ies have started very successfully: the first one which involved five boys consisted in helping to make a proper riverside walk along the Stour: pla nting trees. bulbs. cleaning the river, weeding . .. The cou ncil has been so impressed with our pupils' effort s that th ey invited the local paper to take a photograph of them in action!

The second activity was helping at the library, being trained to deal with the public, and working on a computer.

Members of the Social Services have also been very dedicated in visiting lonely senior citizens, menta l pat ients and the people from Umbrell a a nd Mustard Seed. I would li ke to thank T radesca nl for sending pupils on Sundays to help with transport at Age Concern fo r most of the term.

Finally many thanks to Mr. Woodward, Mrs. Tennick, Mr. Tennick. Dr. Maltby a nd Mrs. Pickering for helping wit h all these activities and to the Revd. Hullah for organizing such a successful Community Carol Service.

D.O.

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O.K.S. NEWS PRESIDENT'S NOTES All members of the O.K.S. Association would like to join with ,me in taki~ g this opportunity of welcoming the new u il s who started at King's this term, and we hope that yOli wll] both enJOY and be successful at the school. p p " " "" k" 1 1 1 This summer has been particu larly active for many O.K.S., \Y~th specia l ~portmg ~ct l ~ltles t~ ,lOg pace t lrOU~ l out the count ry. As reported ea rlier in this issue, the new 'ast ro-turf hockey. pilch was ChT,lsle,ned In Septc!nber With an exciting opening game resulting in a victory for the Ladies O.K.S. X I agamsllhe School s girls t ~1 XI. Mia Power (S~ 78-80) helped o rga ni se the game a nd was delighted with the outcome and we hope to repeat this success regularly In the future!

The O.K.S. fe ncing team also won their match against the school during Kingsweek, despite some technical difficulties, after IUllch!

Golf continues to be amo ngst the more active societies within the O.K.S. a nd fixtures are both frequent and challenging.

O.K.S. Barrie G uard (Choi r School 48-55; M 55-58) has w ~itte n to repo rt tha t whilst work ing ~H~ the film 1871 in Po rtugal recent ly fo r Cha nnel 4 (screened in the autumn), he discovered tha t two o f the e l ev~n mu slclan~ were O.K.S., Le. Alexander Stewart (W 78-82) on the vio lin , a nd Nicholas McNa ir (SH 64-69) o n the plano. We Wish them every success a nd what a small world we live in.

Con' ratulat io ns a re very much in order to Roberl Horlon (LN 52-57), Deputy C hairman of BP G roup PLC , w~o is due ~o take up the C hairma nship in March, and already a Governor of the school for several years - a splendid achievement and fine example to us all.

News from the K.S.C. Masonic Lodge (No. 5733) reports th~t .Peter B r o~kle bank (44路50) has bee.n appointed Master and John Stonehouse (SH 44路50) Lodge Secretary in June; DominiC U nd ~r hlll (LN 75-80) and Frederick Romang became new members and we wish them many happy years of Freemasonary m the Lodge. The. Lodge enab les members ~o forge closer li nks with the school and includes O.K.S., Governors and Master~ amongs.t Its me'!lbers. Further detai ls from either John Stonehouse o n Hitchin 52249 or Keith Lewis (SH 46-49) 16 Darymgton Drive, Pernvale Park, Greenford, Middlesex UB6 8BN.

FUTURE DATES FOR YOUR O.K.S. DIARIES: O.K.S. A.G.M. and Annual Dinner - 23 rd March 1990 to be held.at T he Brew~ry, Chiswell Street, C it y of London.

We are looking for a record turnout , and further details can be obtamed from Ahso n H unler (TR 78-80) 0342-850532 (home) or 01 -654-432 1 (office), O.K.S. Careers Day, Canterbury - 12th March 1990. Further details J o hn Parker, King's School.

O.K.S. London Suppers - held quarterly. Further details Michael Brown (SH 44路49) 01路603-9662. .. . . .

Speech Day - 5t h July 1990.

T h 0 K S H db o k is due to be sent o ut in J anuary 1990 (ten years since Ihe last edi tion) a nd It .mcludes a list of ov:r 6:000 ~a;:S a nod addresses of O.K.S. members. Please, use this most impo rtant communication veh icle to the full.

The associat ion is always delighted to hear from a ll O.K .S ..with their news and vie.ws and hopes t h ~t our activ it ies continue to nourish to the mutual benefit of us a ll ; for more IIl format lon do not hesilate to contact eit her myself or Mike Hodgson (Hon. Secretary), St. Martin 's School, 40 Moor Park Road, Northwood HA6 2DJ . 09274-25740.

Good Luck for 1990.

PETER VALPY .

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AUSTRALIA LETTER from ALLAN BLAXLAND Bill Fea ro n (OR 34·39) held an O.K.S. dinner in August 1988 for O.K.S. living in the Canberra area at which it is believed that Christopher Ballard (GR 76·81), Ph ilip Tatchell (W 61-65) and Adam Marchant (OL 76-79) were present.

Adam Marchant is aware that Dayid C url (MA 75-79) is be lieved to be 'exploring' somewhere in the Northern Territory, but no definite address ex ists.

Derek Fea ron (GR 40·41) a lso in Melbourne, writes to say that he is enjoyi ng his retirement, and finding it busier tha n his worki ng life. He did, however, find time for a visit to Tasmania in 1987.

Peter Weat herhead (SH 37-42) now retired to Emerald in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges to the east of Melbourne, has been photographi ng nowers for his bota nist wife in Kashmir, and hopes to be doing the same soon in Turkey. He is a lso supporting the U ni versity of the T hird Age at Monash University.

Also in Perth. Colin Porter (MO 44-48) retired from his position as Director of Conservat ion and Env ironmelll last year and ha s since been doing part · time consulting work for both the Sta te and Fede ral Governments as well as for private industry. He can st ill be seen in his sc ulling boat on the Swan River, and has a lso started coaching at Guildford G rammar School , where his son is an oarsman .

Far to the East, in Melbourne, Victo ria. P hilip Snoxa ll (LX 46·50) co mpleted a circumnavigat ion of the world in 1987, visiting New Zea land, the United Sta tes, England , Greece, Hong Kong a nd Malaysia. In the process he met up with his brother Derek, his so n Justin, a nd co ntemporary A lista ir Pollok , all O.K.S. Philip is st ill at Monash Un iversit y, where he has been working fo r the past 22 years. His children have now all entered the work force, a nd he is enjoying his new role as a grandfat her.

After eig hteen years wit h the Austra lian Tourist Commission, Peter Hard ing (LX 50-55) co ncluded his service as Acting Genera l Manager Planning and Acting Managi ng D irector. He was fortunate to be declared red undant in 1987 when the Commission was removed to Sydney, N.S.W. Fortunate, because a new eareer as a consu ltant in tourism and personal investment has opened up on the Mornington Peninsula to the sout h of Melbourne. Peter is also aware of the presence of Colin Von Bibra (LX 50·55), and R. H. Ferguson who is in Wynnum, Qld., running a travel cent re.

Peter's brother, Dr. John Harding (LX 48·53) escapes to the glorious sun of Australia whenever his Nationa l Health sessions in Bournemouth have earned him the fare.

Roger Sulfon (W 50-56) is now the Executive Manager, ANZ Group - Private Banking· Austra lia , to give him his full title. The concept of private banking is new 10 Austra lia, and Roger has been heading up this new ANZ act ivity since mid-1987. He has also bee n in co ntact with a few of the Australian Hockey team members against whom he played in the 1964 Tokyo O lympics, but has decided to give up his golf penna nt competit ion in favour of youth. Whilst in Perth recent ly, he spoke with Ian Potier (W 52·57) and both would li ke to know the whereabout s of Robert Minns (W 54-59) who is believed to be in South Austra lia.

A t the Bay City In sura nce Consultants in Franksto n, Victoria, can be found Marlin Payne (MO 55·60) whose career in this fi eld cont inu es apace. Martin's two children are now at secondary school and are proving to be consistent ly good in both the academic a nd sport ing spheres .

A llan Blaxland (GL 55-60) is still plying the air routes of the antipodes, as a Captain wilh Australi an Airlines, fo rmerly T ra ns Australia Airlines, wit h whom he has been fo r the past twenty yea rs. H e current ly operates the Boeing 737-300 aircraft, which comes with the la test night management computers a nd electron ic instrument a ti o n, a quantum leap in techno logy a nd capability. The aircraft has plenty of power and fue l, making it an ideal type for an elderly, g rey· haired Capt a in . He is also the Flight Com mander of an Air T ra ining Co rps Flight in Melbourne, a time·consuming but very sa tisfyin g com mu nity act ivity.

O n the Diplomatic front, Richard Peek (LX 59-6 1) has been for the past three years Deputy High Commissio ner at the Aust ra lia n High Com miss ion in Kuala Lum pu r, Ma laysia. This is one of A ust ralia's larger overseas missions in an area where the cou nt ry has a broad and complex set of nationa l interests. Richard is abou t to be a cross.posted 10 the Australian Embassy in Pretoria for a further three-year post ing, a nd would look forward to hearing from O.K .S. in South Africa.

Finally to New South Wales, where Malcolm You ng (SH 57·62) is still practising as a barrister at the N.S.W. Bar and is find ing things very busy. He is planning a short holiday in England in June with his wife and son and hopes to visit Canterbury. Malcolm's brother Gra ham (SH 57·68), is with the Shell company in Melbourne . lain Rae (LX 61-65), N. T. Fire Service, has been living on his yacht in the harbour whilst plann ing his new waterside home, although its completion may have to wait a while as the thought of a year's sabbat ica l cruising the Pacific is very tempting.

Dayid Smith (GR 6 1-66) held a temporary teaching appointment at Wes ley College, Melbourne in 1976177 after which he returned to the U.K. to teach at Marlborough College before emigrati ng to Aust ra lia in 1980. He taught at Melbourne Grammar School (Head of Comput ing) unt il 1987 a nd now runs hi s own compa ny whic h writ e ed ucational software and deals with computer hardware.

From Perth. Western Australia. comes the news that Peter Cranfield (LX 62·67) is st ill in volved wit h the min ing in d ust ry, where he has been a ll his work ing ca reer. This has taken him to Malaysia, Tha iland and Ind onesia as well as Aust ra lia. He is cu rrently bringi ng o n st ream the fi rst of Indones ia's new gold mi nes in Centra l Kalimantan. His two children a re of high sc hool age, and visit South-East Asia during their holidays.

To m Milliken (W 72-76) and Nic holas Wells (W 73·77) are in Austra lia but have no k nown addresses.

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Jonathan Dale (GL 72-76) is in Commercia l a nd Industrial Real Estate in Pert h, and has enrolled as a pan-time student at Curtin University to read Valuations as part of the Bachelor of Business degree. He is st ill jumping out of perfectl y se rviceab le a ircraft, and has now 900 j umps towa rds his goal of 1000.

A ndrew Civil (W 76-80) is in Sydney with his wife working for the Girvan Corporat ion as se nior project coordinator.

NEWSLETTER from CHRIS ANDRY, EASTERN U.S.A .

In January o f thi s year I sent out a questionnaire to ninet y O.K.~. Over a per.iod of five m(:mt hs I have received fo rty-seven replies. Sadly nearly nineteen O.K .S. had moved on from their abodes leavlllg no forwa rdmg address. However, the ot her twent y-eight se nd their news: Alan Clemctson (MO 37-42) married with four children is currently Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Tulane Universit y New Orleans. He was last in touch wit h Peter G rllilt (MO 38 -42) in Tasma nia, a nd has recently published a three-vol ~llle set of book s entitled Vitamin C. Christo 11her Stoneman (S H 4 1-42) obta ined a Law degree at the University of Vi rginia and now practises in Bur lington, Verm ont.

Derek T. Wc:Uherili (W & LX 42-46) married with three so ns and a da ughter a nd currently works for Arthur Gu illness!

Has been an ex-pat for thirty-th ree yea rs and is eager 10 contact any O.K .S. in C hicago, New York Cit y o r Ph iladelphia.

Peter Kno ller (MO 44-49-54) married with two chi ldren is a co nt roller al McCall's Inc. and lives in J oh nsonvi lle , Sou th Carolina. Peter Hamli n (M A 5 1-55 ) married with o ne so n, John, (TR 70-80-84) and five slep-children. President of Un ipress Corp and spend s much lime boat.i n ~ in Ta ~11pa,. Flor id a. ~e l son G ra.burn (~ 50-55) current ly Professor of A nthropology at the Un ivers ity of Ca liforl11a IS mamed Wit h two cluld ren and IS travell ing to Osaka, Japan to take up a Professorship a t the Nat io nal Museum of Et hnology.

Alan Rodgcrs (LN 53-54) married wit h two sons , is a.lawy~r a.nd ~lIc.ndcd.the ~ing's Ball il~ 198~. Adrian '~ood f Woodhouse (GL 54-55) is an Avial ion Consultant to flnanclalll1 stll utlons In Anzona. Mamed With two duldren IS involved in Princeto n Alumni affairs and last saw Richard Lane (GL 5 1-56) with hi s famil y whi lst they were visitin g Ar izona. Woody has kindly offcred to act as the Westcrn U.S. O.K.S. sec retary - 225 1 E.Santa Rosa Drive, G il bert, AZ 85234.

Ia n McDona ld (GR 53-57) writ es from Washington D. C. where he is a Di vision Ch ie f of the International Monetary Fund.

Ian Bacon (MA 53-58) is married with two tcenage children and curre ntl y a businessman in Cleveland, Oh io in volved in property development with an impressively la rge acco unt!

Mark Sinclair (LN 66-67) is a partner at Ernst and Whinney and act s as a Director of Human Resources for the Sout hwest in Da llas, Texas. Married with two ch ildren, he is very act ive in comm unity affairs, as well as acting as treasu rer for vario us po litica l campaig ns. He saw David G lenney (LN 63-67) in I-lo ng Kong in 198 1.

John Ma (L N 67-68) marri ed wit.h two small children, is undertakin g degrees at Sta nford a nd Berkeley. He wo rk s as a P roject Manager and Co nsultin g Engineer, keeps up his tenni s ~nd proposes a ph oto·directo ry o f O.K.S. ---: any take rs? Guy Darker (G R 63-68) married with two small da ughters, IS V.P. and Cilief Actuar y for Jackson Nat io nal Life a nd saw Steve Ashforth (G L 63-68) in J oha nnesburg in 1983/84.

Ne il Seotl (staff 52-69) co ntinues to teach a t Hotc hkiss School. Spe nt a yea r in New Z~a l an d O!l a teacher .excl.la nge .

Bradford Williams (LN 69-70) is currently President o f the Outer Cape Tra vel Agency and IS Organist a nd ChOir Director for Ihe First Congregational C hurch in Wellfleet. The last O.K.S. Orad saw was Alistair Groom (LN 7 1) .

John Saucrman (MO 7 1-72) fi nished his MA at Brow n Un iversit y and now teaches History in Trenton, New Jcrsey .

H e co ntinues to si ng a nd act a nd li ves up the road from To m Hoddcnbcrry (MO 74-75).

Beverley Barnard (MA 70-74) is in East Boston. Recently married and is a mortgage banker.

Tom Roddenbcrry recently married and works for a pharmaceut ical compa ny in New Jersey ; is enthusiastic about organ izing an O.K.S. dinner in New York City_ George H. Perkins (W 75) took a B.A. at Harvard, an M(\arch at. Columbia , a!ld is now an ~ rchitec.t. He cO!ltinues to play thc clarinet and saxo ph o ne. Ana tole Kim (W 75-76) IS a ca~d l o l ogy fellow III Dallas. He IS mamed to Elizabeth a nd has taken up target-shooting. He is committ ed to hi s fellowsill p for the next two years and can be reached at (214) 956·7 127.

Ca rol Seotl (MA 77-78) received a B. Sc. in H ydrology and Enviro nm ental Conservation from the Universit y of New Hampshire and is at present working as a surveyor for a mining compa ny staking claims in Nevada.

Randal Haworth (TR 72-75-79) is a resident in general su rgery in New York at the Cornell Medical Centre. An ne Winebrenner (GL 80) read English at Yale and now teaches.

Edwnrd Shclswell-White (B 80-81) is a manager of financial and Co mmunit y Affairs and Presidentia l Airways in Birmingha m A labama and expressed int erest in meeting O.K.S. in his travels. Edith Erv in (GR 82-83) went to Harvard and now walks the corrido rs of power in Washington wo rk in g for an un · named 'public interest grou p'.

John Hamlin (TR 74-80) is stud ying for a Doctorate ill Law at the University of Florida and in his spare time ca n be found jet-s kiing under thc tropical Flor idian sun.

Lawrence Lo (W 85-88) writcs that he misses King's greatly and plan s to attend Georgetown University.

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SOUTH AFRICA LETTER from JOHN MOSS Pict ure the scene: a sixty-s ix¡year-old O.K.S., sitting up in bcd, eat ing breakfast from a tray prepa red and brought to him by his former House master who, standi ng Jeeves- like at the foot of the bcd, enqu iries if more coffee is desired!

Th is improbable scena rio was being acted out last October when I was able to mak e a fleeti ng visit to Ca nterbury my first in four years - and John Corner was kind enough to put me up for the night. I had picked up a cold en route to the U.K. and had been firml y instructed by J ohn to remain in bed next morning unti l he had fed me.

This visit enabled me at last to meet the Headmaster and Mrs. Phillips. I was sorry to miss Stephen Wood ley in The Grange, but lucki ly J udy Wood ley was in and ab le to bring me up to date with Grange news.

While in London I had a teleph o ne co nversation wit h A lan Wilson (GR 31-35-40) who was about to set off on a visit to Aust ralia and finall y, before ret urning to South Africa, 1 spent two days with my contemporary, Philip Ballantyne (OR 36¡40).

The worst of neeting visits is that one d ocs not have time to visit all the friends o ne wou ld wish and I have to apologise to a number of O.K.S. who were good enough to corres po nd with me but whom I j ust d id not have time to co nt aci o n this visit. They include Rill Young (S H 29-33-38), John Goudge (SH 35-40), Pnull-lohner (W 37-4 1) Malcolm Spark (GR 37-4 1), Jim Breese (SH 37-42) a nd Kem Gross (sta ff 45 -69). On returning 10 South Africa I fou nd a letter from Ge rald C larke (SH 35-4 1) ad vising that he would be visiting Durban ill February.

The o nly O.K.S. I have seen here in South Africa has bee n Bob Nash (GR 33-38).

I reti red as Deputy General Director o f the Natal Perfor ming Arts Cou ncil in August after twenty-th ree years bu t I am glad to say I a m frequently being called upon in a free la nce capacity. I have just been engaged 10 take part in a production of Th e Cherry Orchard playing the role o f Feers - a character who is supposed to be eight y-seven years old.

These a re int erest in g tim es in Sout h Africa as, with Ihe new Government of F. W. de Klerk, those famou s winds of change a re freshening and seem set to reach gale force. It wou ld take a rasher man than I to predict the outcome but we are certainly li ving in exciting times and I have hig h hopes for the future.

In closing, may I express the wish that if any younger O.K.S. come this way they will get in to uch as I shou ld be so pleased to see them.

O.K.S. NEWS G_ C . Sclatcr (192 1) and Margaret celebrated their Golden Wedding o n 25th November 1989.

A. de C. ClIssans (1941) elected a Brother of the Hospital of SI. Cross at Winchester which has another O.K.S. already in residence.

G. F. G. Russcll (1945) retired in 1987 as Su perintending Va lucr, West Mid lands after thirty years ' se rvice in the Va luation Office (I nla nd Revenue). H e was awarded the O.B.E. in 1983.

R. J. MrDonald (1964) has been posted as District In spector of Basildon Tax District after six years in the Inland Revenue Special O ffice in Br istol.

M . RobieUe (1962) is now Di recteur de l'Ed itio n de I' Information Specia lisce , Inslitut de l' Infonnatio n Scientifiq ue et Tech nique, Centre Nat iona l de la Recherc he Scientifique, in Nancy.

N. Hayes ( 1967) appointed Edi tor of G ra nada TV programmes 'World in Act ion'.

A. Waltham (1972) has spent a few years as an accou ntant and is now loo ki ng for a change. H is wife, Rachel, is a cell ist (like his brot her Chris who plays in L 'Orchestre du Capit olc de Toulou se in So uthwest France) and she recently gave a chamber music concert with Andrew Ly le ( 1969) a nd Stefa n Bown (1969) in Godmersham. Rachel is also secretary to the opera si nger Jessye Norman. Andrew and Rachel have two ch ild ren Jack (4) and Kate (2). T hey live in Goud hu rst where Nick Martin (1972), local wi ne merchant, and G uy Dorman (1972) are neighbours.

D. Vlaslo (1974) qualified as a music teacher in 1987 and took up an appointlllent at Carme l College in Walli ngford.

Hou semaster of th e j unior boys' ho use and has now become Carmel's Directo r of Music.

K. Srinavasa n ( 1974) works for Financial Express, Bombay as special correspondent in charge of fi nance and energy; he is much intcrested in civil liberties and democratic rights issues. He would be delighted to meet any O.K.S. passing through Bombay.

J . Lowe ( 1977) is a barrister in Berm uda.

M. Law (1978) runs the Piccad il1 y Dance Orchestra - whi ch appeared on Wogan - has made at least one a lbum:Lel YOllrseljgo, has had live radio interviews , appeared at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Ritz Hotel in Piccadilly, and played at the Gala Receptio n following the charity performance of Anything Goes whic h was attended by Princess Margaret - the first Roya l Performance for the P .D.O. Tracy Sm ith (I978) is a W.R.N.S. Officer working at lhe Ministry of Defence in the field of o perational a na lysis.

Katheri ne Rob inson (1979) is teaching C hemistry in the Brit ish Schoo l of Brussels.

Amelia Powe r (1980) is working for hel" bro ther-in-law who has a herbal med icin e practice, and at the Cathed ral Gift sho p.

Sara h Strut! (1980) has com pleted an M.A. in Swahi li; now working in London and applying fo r jobs in East Africa.

Sa ra h de Rougemont (1980) is doing traditional upholstery.

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Dr. I. H. Litllejohn (1 982) is at present anaest hetic senior house officer at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford.

Marijke Volger (1982) is working in the P. R. Department at the Internationa l Tennis Federation, Baron's Court, London.

Felicily Unwin (1983) is teaching in Bristol.

J . E. S. Weston (1984) having graduated from SI. And rews, is work ing for Jardine Mathesons in the Far East.

R. Philpott (1984) is training for his accountancy qualificat ions whilst T. Brooks (1984) is to be congratu lated on gain ing his Master of Science degree.

Lisa Va1py (1984) having enjoyed Bristol University, is in her seco nd year at Kleincroft Benson.

Francesca Waus (1984) is a clinical medical student at Oxford , Melissa Bashaarat (1984) is market research executive for Simon Godfrey Associates.

Diana Coleman (1984) takin g a year's language course in Cannes.

M. E. Burges-Watson (1985 ) hav ing graduated from SI. John's, Ca mbridge, is working for Barclays dc Zoete Wedd.

J. R. G . Job (1985) is combining being a Lay Clerk of Bristol Cathedral with working for a firm of stockbrokers there.

R. K. Reading (1985 ) is a trainee systems engineer with Elect ronic Data Systems, and will be based in General Moto rs Va uxha ll plant at Luton foll ow in g a training course in Dallas.

Sarah Holden (1985) graduated from Durham in 1989.

JudUh Reed (1985) grad uated from Cambridge and is now doing a Fin als Co urse at Guildford College of Law. Ab igail Willis (1985) grad uated from Cambridge in 1989 (now a tempora ry matron in Lattergate).

J. R. Brown (1986), having graduated from Reading in Land Management, is working for Speyhawk pic.

C. E. Butcher (1987) has attained his private pilot' s lice nce.

Julia Warrander (1987) is in her fi nal year at SI. Hilda's College, Oxford, readi ng Geography.

Melanie Bones (1987) is working for Outram, Callin an & Co., Management Co nsu ltants, Westminster.

A. Linforlh (1988) is at Manchester University, together with Tom Epps and twelve other 1988 O.K.S. leavers. (No comment is fort hcoming from the Uni versity).

J. Kennard (1988) Correction. He is reading Law at Readi ng and not History of Arl.

ENGAGEMENTS Lloyd - John H. W. Lloyd (1970) to Sa rah Wallace.

ScoU-Morey - Thomas Cain Scott-Morey (1976) to An ne Coleman.

Williamson - Tessa J. V. Williamson (1985) to Si mon Hougha m.

MARRIAGES Brockman - The Reverend Ralph W. D. Brockman (1959) to Ki -Ja So ng on 19th August 1989.

Campbell - Jean Campbell (1 976) to Tim Clarke.

Ferguson - Alexa nder A. Ferguson (1977) to Melanie Woods on 1st July 1989. Peter Hall (1977) was best ma n and guests inc luded John Marks (1975), John Lowe (1977) , John Kent (1977 and Stepha nia Ahn ansi (1979).

BIRTHS Lovell - to Jonat han Lovett (1971) and Lisetta , a son , To mos Turberv ille, on 19th October 1989.

Ackers - to Jeremy Ackers (1975 ) a nd Jane, a daughter, Phillippa, on 20t h February 1987.

DEATHS Poole - The Reverend Canon Joseph Poole (1928) on 16th July 1989.

Baker ~ Robert G. A. Baker (1931) on 31st August 1989.

Meadows - Howard Meadows (Staff 45-54).

Freemlln - Nicholas Hall Freeman (1956) on II th Novembe r 1989. Peter Va lpy writ es: We are deeply saddened to repo rt the sudden deat h of Nicholas Freeman, O.B.E. (1956) , Mayor of the Royal Borough o f Kensington and Chelsea, at the age of 50. For all his fine work within the Royal Borough he will be greatly missed by so many.

Mazzarella - Francis T. A, Mazzarella (1959) on 2nd October 1989.

Gibso n - Christopher Jude Gibson (1974) in November 1989.

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VOL. LIV NO.2

CONTENTS PAGE

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THIS AND THAT FOCUS

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MICHAEL POWELL: AN APPRECIATION

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WHERE SHALL WISIlOM BE FOUND? : A SERMON

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THE CANTUARIAN INTERVIEWS

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MUSIC

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IlRAMA

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1I00K REVIEWS

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TALKS

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VIS ITS ANIl TlIII'S CHAPLA IN'S NOTES

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HOUSE NOTES

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IMAGINATIVE WIIITING

105

THE SOCIETIES

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SPORT

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ACTIVIT IES

146

O.K.S. NEWS

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T HE CANTUARIAN

Editors: Jenni fe r H. Barbour, K.S. ; Toby J . N. Brown, K.S.; Nicholas J . E. Flower, K.M.S.; Charlotte 1. Mendelson.

Art Editors: Kat heri ne B. M. Colquho un , A.S. ; Bonnie 1. Thom pson, K.A.S. Photographic Editor: Michael O . Gillespie.

Senior Editor: T. T homson, M.A., D.Ph; \.

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The deat h occurred in February o f The Venerable Lancelot Mason, O.K. S .

(19 15- 16), sometime Archdeacon of Chichester, and son of the distinguished scholar-ca non of Canterbury, Ca non A. 1. Mason. He was appointed to a residentiary ca no nry at Chichester after three years as Archdeacon , and his outstanding administrat ive skills and formidable willpower were bro ught to bea r to resolve that Cathedra l' s finan cia l crisis. When he retired in 1973, he was serving on ninety committees . He was a ppointed M.B. E . in 1984 .

An approximate contemporary of Lancelot Mason, Michael Powell was a pupil at King's from 19 16 to 1919. The death of thi s distinguished film director was a lso announced in Februa ry.

T he man y tributes which have been paid to him acknowledge him as one of the most inn ovative directors in th e histor y of the British cinema . An appreciation of him is found elsewhere in this iss ue .

The death has also been announced of Mr. Henr y Hutton , wh o recentl y presented li S with the Facsim ile edition of the Domesday Book.

Requicscant

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Mr. Geoffrey Cocksworth took up his appointment as Head of Religious Studies in January. His theological studies began at Exeter Univesity and continued at Cambridge and, more recently, at King's College, London. He comes to us from Hampton School, where he has been teaching Religious Studies, coaching cricket and running the P.E. and Games Departments. Though a keen cricketer, he is daunted by the prospect of bowling against the East Kent winds and has half an eye on the third-man deck-chair, symbolic, perhaps, of the civilised tranquillity of Canterbury after the frenzy of West London.

Common Room

The Librarian would like to thank Colin Martin (1924-28) for Felice Hansch in Sport 1922-1934 and Malcolm Spark (1937-41) for The 194718 Wallaby Tour; the one that nearly got away. We are grateful for such gifts from O.K.S . authors, and are hoping to put on an exhibition of O.K.S. books in the new Library during King's Week. We should also like to thank Mrs . J . B. Sidebotham for a copy of the 1783 edition of An Historical Description oj the Metropolitical Church oj Christ, Canterbury; containing an account oj its antiquities ... , Professor Kurt Tetzeli von Rosador for Shakespeare and his Contemporaries (edited by E. A. J. Honigmann) which contains his winning entry in the second Calvin and Rose G. Hoffman Memorial Prize competition, and Mrs. Elms, Mr. P. Pollak, Mr. J. P. Mackay-Miller and Mr. Alan Clark for other gifts.

Library

Dr. Mallion has contributed a Special Paper to the Journal oj Mathematical Chemistry. It presents a previously unpublished document by the late Profesor C. A. Coulson, in which he formulates the London theory of magnetic susceptibilities of conjugated molecules in terms of his own contour-integral method. Dr. Mallion describes this as "light relief from the organisation of G.C.S.E. Orals".

Our Academic Challenge team won the South East Region Schools Challenge Competition.

Peter Davies (MO), James Robertson (LN), Simon Hart (T), James Crawfurd (LN) and Geoffrey de Burca (MO) defeated four schools to reach the final against Tonbridge, whom they beat by 620 points to 440. Their triumphant progress towards this success was threatened only by questions on Spanish bullfighting, the National Curriculum and the spelling of fuchsia.

Adam Pett (MR) has won a prize of ÂŁ50 and a framed plaque for writing a story about selling life insurance to a tree.

Mens Sana...

The Daily Telegraph of Saturday, 27th January carried a substantial article on the potential threat to A Level standards posed by G.C.S .E. They chose to print above this article a large photograph of the Dark Entry with four familiar silhouettes (alas no longer to be found there). "Whither the A level in our schools? " shrieked the caption. "An offensively pointed pinnacle of excellence or a rounding down into a smooth, homogenised mass?" It looked as though the question was being posed by Mr. Gerald Hattee, and that William Henderson-Deeves was unable to provide the answer.

Per Ardua?

Ad Astra

Michael Chesterman (MT) has been invited to play in the National Youth Orchestra in 1991.

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On 9th January, Mr. David Gower (LN 1970-75) unveiled the foundation stone of the Recreation Centre on Blore's Piece. During the summer of 1989 he became the first man ever to pass the total score of 10 000 runs for England. His score of 10,143 is made up of 7,383 runs in Test'Matches and 3,030 in one day internationals.

Tom Baker (B) has played for the South-East of England Under 18 Hockey team. Henry Hawkms (B) has played for the Under 17 team which he captained in their match against the East of England. At County level, Charles Haswell (MR) has played for the Under 18s and the School has had two representatives in the Under 15 side, Andrew Woolnough (B) and Roger Gardner (W). PhIlip van Notten (GR) scored the goals that gave the 1st XI its first victory in twelve years aga mst Ke nt College. The 3rd XI ac hieved an epoch-mak ing unbeaten season. ... In Corpore Sano

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The activities of our O.K.S. literary luminaries are continuing. James WrIte Angles HamIlton-Paterson (W 1955-6 1) has followed his prize-winning first novel .

Gerontlus WIth a smaller work entitled The Bell-Boy. Set in the fictional holy cIty of Malomba, the novel pokes fun at the commercialism of fake mysticism and the vulnerable mnocence of supposedly sophl ~lIc.ated Westerners who go East for Enlightenment. The bell-boy of the NIrvana Hotel IS an optImIstIc entrepreneur who studies and manipulates the gullibility of a supposedly superior race.

Ysenda Maxtone-Graham (SH 1978-80) is currently working on a book about the festivals of the Christian Year. In January she published an article, 'Life seen from Fulham', in the Telegraph Weekend Magazi~e in the series 'The View From Here'. Watching schoolgirls playing hockey on the Barn Elms pItch near her. home, she em"athises with the unhappy, ungamesey left-back, st randed at one end of the pItch, but know 109 that the ball with all its terrifying ImplicatIons IS bound to come back again soon, because "balls just do". But never let it be said that the all-weather hockey pitch and the Library represent mutually alien cultures at King's.

The Librarian is no stranger to girls' hockey.

Alexander de Waal (MR 1976-80) has published an acco unt of the findings of his fi eld-work in the Sudan following th~ almost total failure of ~he 1984 harvest. Famine That Kills, published by the Clarendon Press, IS a study of the strategIes by which various com munities faced with the crisis of drought, have sought to maintain and develop their culture and way 'of life. The work has been greeted as a major scholarly contribution to the debate about effective faminerelief. It is reviewed elsewhere in this issue.

Kat~ Pahl (GL 1979-80) has recently joined the Ed ito rial Board of Critical Quarterly.

Comcldentally, the English Department has decided to end the School's subscription to the magazme on the grounds that It has become " lefty, introspective and sex-orientated".

Justin Marozzi (MR 1984-89) appeared in 'Pseuds' Corner' in a recent issue of Private Eye - but as a contributor, not as a subject.

Less familiar, perhaps, to the majority of readers than the above names is that of William Weston. He attended The King's School from 1562 to 1565. He .. wrote an autobio!\rap ~ y in Latin which was translated into English in 1955

by Father PhIlip Caraman. He was ImprIsoned for his anti-Protestant activities and records that "days were fi xed for cases of conscience, controversies Hebrew and Greek classes disputations and lectures". He survived four years of solitary confi~ement in the Tower of Londo~ and was eventually exiled to Spain.

Another turbulent priest has been portrayed recently on the London stage by Oliver Ford Davies (LN 1952-57). In David Hare's new play Racing Demon at the Cottesloe Theatre he played a decent middle-~ged priest working in an inner-city parish whose liberalism is not tolerated by a reactIOnary BIshop of Southwark who transfers him to another parish. One reviewer observed that the role of Lionel could easily have become a caricature of the modern liberal cleric in less skilled hands than Oliver Ford Davies'.

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Two former members of staff have achieved prominence in contrasting spheres. John Baggaley, now Headmaster of Silcoates School in Wakefield, has been appointed Chairman of NationaII.S.I.S. Maurice Trapp is coach of the outstanding Auckland rugby team and the leading provincial coach of the All Blacks.

In January he was invited by the Rugby Football Union to tour this country to impart his knowledge. The sports correspondent of the Independent clearly thought that the R.F. U. might do well to persuade him to come back to England permanently.

Alistair Clarke (MT) has been successful in his application to be selected for Outreach 'Operation Raleigh', a charitable organisation which sends school leavers overseas on various projects. He will go to Chile for two months after leaving school.

Eight musicians from the School gave a short concert at Christ Church College in March.

The aim of the recital, directed by Mr. Scott, was to demonstrate a number of instruments to an audience of children and to talk to them about the rewards of music making.

The community care organisation Umbrella has been able to go ahead with its plan to build a centre in Canterbury, and has acknowledged the contribution of the School, and notably of the pupils of Luxmoore, towards this project.

Blazers, Badges and Boaters by Alexander Davidson examines the dress codes Dress Sense of more than 400 schools "ranging from the rust-coloured breeches of Hill House and the 'penguin' outfits of The King's School, Canterbury to the 16th century-style red cloaks and bonnets at Red Maids' School Bristol". Some new ideas here for Standard Change. For, as the author says, uniforms are vital: "If children don't have one they will just form their own traditions - like the children at ••• who wear outdated punk outfits" .

R. D. F. Bream (SH \950-53) has been nominated High Sheriff for Ups and Downs Leicestershire.

Andrew Presland (MR 1977-82) new I.T.N. reporter Trevor MacDonald to Bucharest with a film crew to cover the overthrow of the Ceausescu regime. He was due to fly another crew back to London, but was prevented from taking off by heavy snow . The following day came the official announcement that the dictator had been overthrown. As part of the celebrations, Bucharest Airport staff refuelled the executive jet free of charge.

Sixth-fonn English sets have been wrestling with the poems of Seamus Explication Heaney. Anna Patten (MR), having sought in vain an explanation of one de Texte particular poem from the English and Classics staff, decided to consult the author. In due course a reply arrived from Harvard University. "The pronoun 'he' ", the letter explained patiently, "covers two personages . The first one, in the first verse paragraph, is a silent man who has recently died. The fact that he wore a hat and carried a stick associated him with Hermes, the god of markets, market-places, roads and crossroads and travellers . He was also, incidentally, the guide who led the souls to the land of the dead. The stone walls are associated with the 'herm', or pile of stones which seems to have represented the god at crossroads and marketplaces in ancient Greece. I once read that this herm also signified a moment in the god's story when he was trapped in a pile of stones: they had been cast like some ancient ballot-papers in a vote that cleared him of some now forgotten crime. I'm afraid that's the best I can do for you and your class."

24th February was the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Canon Fact and Fiction Shirley.

T,he Times reported that a Mass of Thanksgiving for Anthony Phillips was to be held at the Catholic Church , Everingham Park, Yorkshire, on 11th January at noon.

We congratulate Mr. Martin Vye on being selected by the Liberal Democrats Son of Walpole as their prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Canterbury at the next General Election.

Reflected Glory

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THE ACADEMIC CHALLENGE TEAM (Ken/ish Gazette)

FOCUS THE DEVELOPMENT FUND T he Appeal is now underway, though it will not be officially la unched until Speech Day. A Finance Council has been formed under the Presidency of Robert Horton O.K.S., Chairman of B.P., and the Chairmanship of Michael Herbert O.K.S. It consists of a number of O.K.S. a nd parents and they are in the process o f setting up regional committees of O.K.S., parents a nd J.K.S. parents .

The campaign is being managed by Everald Compton International, an Aust ralian firm which has undertaken a number of appeals in this country, principally of cathedrals but also of some colleges. T he Campaign Office has been established at the school under the management of Andrew Day who did an exchange year at Gordonstoun before going to the University of Queensland. Recently he has been Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Queensla nd before joining Everald Compton .

The campaign hopes to raise £3 million and the main projects are the Recreation Centre at Blores, an additional boarding house for girls, the development of a small theatre in the present gym , a sixth form centre on the ground floor of School House, an extension to School House to be built over the gym and a C.D.T. Centre for the Junior King's School. The Recreation Cent re is already being contructed . T he foundation stone was laid by David Gower O.K.S. in January and it is hoped to complete the work for the beginning of the Michaelmas term 1990.

T he centre will contai n a 25m heated indoor swimming pool; six squash courts; a sports hall and gym for indoor sports a nd activities; an area for cricket nets; three outdoor netball courts; a nd a fully eq uipped fitn ess centre. There will also be a club room.

The Governors have already obtained a site in Broad Street for the girls' boarding house which, because of demand , will have to be completed by September 1992. The other work will depend on sufficient funds being obtained . Donors are being offered the chance of linking their gift to a specific item in the building programme. Such nominated gifts range from £25 ,000 to £250,000 a nd donors will be commemorated.

O.K .S. parents and friends of the school will be app roached later for their help with the appeal, but should anyone wis h to offer their services now to the fund -raising campaign, they should contact the campaign ma nager, Andrew Day, at the school. The office is at 25, The Precincts and the telephone number is 0227 475557/8 .

A.C.J.P.

THE SCHOOL LIBRARY 'Great changes a nd wonderful met us at the beginning of this term,' proclaimed The Canluarian in March 189 1. The School Library had been moved . Ninety-nine years later, a similarly great a nd wonderful transformation has occurred: the SI. Augustine's Library, which had been opened in one Year of Revolutions, was finally to close in another, a nd was to reopen as at least the fifth King's School Library. Th is seems an appropria te moment, therefore, at which to review the history of the School's books and their various homes.

It is generall y assumed that the School Library was first established in 1702 by David Jones (Headmaster 1700- 13). Before then, scholars proba bly used the Cathedral Library, or the books of Headmaste rs or Lower Masters. (The remarkable collection of John Gresshop - Headmaster 71

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in Marlowe's day - is listed in William Urry's Christophel' Marlowe and Canterbury.) It is not known exactly where this Library was, but it must have been lodged somewhere in the Almonry building (on the site of the present Mitchinson's House) where the. school lived .fron: 1573 to the 1850s. Several books from the eighteenth-century lIbrary are still m our possessIon, mcludmg some twenty presented by Jones him~elf, as well as gifts from other Headmasters, ~uch as John Le Hunt (1721-31) and Richard Momns (1734-47), fro~ Old Boys such as James SImmons and John Sawbridge and from friends of the School, mcludmg ArchbIshop Temson. Unsurpnsmgly, this Library co~s isted almost entirely of Classical works - 'no very alluring mental pabulum for consumption out of school!' ~ommented Woodruff and Cape - and although ther.e was more to it than 'the few books gIven by Lee Warner, and two or three LeXIcons kept m the presses' that George Gilbert recalled, it was not until the 1830s that the scope of the collection was broadened to include 'general literature' . By 1848, therefore, when the books were moved to a new home across the Mint Yard, the Library was just beginning to assume a recogmzably modern form.

This move - into ' two old houses' offered by the Dean and Chapter (above the Armoury, in what is now part of Galpin's) - was part of the general reorganization under George Wallace (Headmaster 1832-59). His reforms included the building of the 'New Upp~r Schoolroom' (1855), Harry Austin's neo-Norman structure in the South-East corner of the Mmt Yard, as a prelude to the abandonment (and eventual demolition) of the old Almonry. The construCtion of School House and the Headmaster's house in the 1860s, and then of the Alford laboratory and other buildings around the Mint Yard, eventually led to a further move for the Library.

In 1891, the books (and the shelves) were taken to the Parrr Library - 'a room of some dignity and beauty' - which had been converted,. WIth the assIstance of the Parry Memonal Fund from two recently-built classrooms on the fmt floor of what IS now the BIology block.

This ;"as also used as the sixth-form classroom (as the 'old library' had been for some years) and contained the School Museum - 'in no sort of order, and altogether presenting a most dismal appearance'. A year later, the museum was moved to 'the newly acquired room over the old gateway' (now the Durnford Library), w.here pupils could inspec! t~e 'Ta~il papyrus books two cases of coleoptera, African assegal, arrows and other cunOSltles .... ThIs new arrangement closely followed on from the decision to open the Library from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, to allow boys to 'go there to read in peace and quiet' - a disconcertingly radical reform! The acquisitions of this period certainly suggest that the ra~ge of works available was now fairly broad: G. A. Henty and R. D. Blackmore appeared alongsIde Newman, Froude and Dicey. It is unfortunately impossible to discover exactly which books were in the 'W' section 'recommended for reading on Sunday'.

When opening the Parry, the Archbishop of Canterbury had said that it was 'unnecessary to dwell upon the advantages to be derived from books, since boys nowadays often preferred reading to field sports'. Hugh Walpole, at lea~t, was one ~uch p,,:r~gon, and It, was mto the Parry he remembered creeping 'to endeavour to fmd so!"ethmg excltmg to read. It looh mVltmg enough in old photographs with substantial shelvmg and an Imposmg array of claSSIcal busts _ whaiever happened to th~m? - but forty years on, Walpole recalled that 'nobody seemed to take any interest in the wants of a small boy in that Library'. Perhaps that was why he agreed to present his own collection of fine books and manuscripts to the School, and to open the new Library, in 1938.

This last move back across the Mint Yard was into the former Schoolroom, suitably furnished and well equipped. This room has hardly changed in fifty years, although the Library itself expanded into the Durnford (furnished as a memonal to Anthony Durnford, Captam of ~chool 1937-38). However, since the war some 25,000 books have been added to the collection including generous donations from Bruce Money, Canon Standen and Phlhp Lawless, among others, as well as the separately housed Maugham collection - and this growth created problems, despite the efforts of Librarians, and especially of June Wood, to contam them. There was ':''?t enough room for the books, nor for the pupils to work quietly and effectIvely. By 1989, a cnsls

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The opportunity.to acquire the St. Augustine'S Library arose at an ideal moment, therefore.

The School had moved into the SI. Augustine's site in 1976, creating new houses in Broughton, Tradescant and Bailey, but the St. Augustine's Foundation had retained the Library. Eventually, however, they decided to move their books to Pusey House in Oxford in the autumn of 1989.

The School was then offered the building, complete with all its shelving and furnishings, on condition that it was used as a library. There was no hesitation in accepting. At the end of the Autumn Term, the books had been packed and at the start of the Lent Term, they were all in place in their new home, and ready for use.

The Library was built by William Butterfield and opened, along with the rest of St. Augustine's College, on 29th June, 1848. Boggis' history of the College describes it as follows: 'Across the court from the Hall is an imposing structure of ecclesiastical character, which would easily contain twice or even thrice as many volumes as the 19,000 which now nearly fill the shelves that have been provided here, since the internal measurements of the Library are 77 'II feet by 38'11 feet, and the ridge of the roof is 63 feet above the level of the terrace - though this last dimension includes part of the height of the undercroft. Unlike the other portions of the College this is built of worked stone, and as the old building had been quite destroyed - for this occupies the place of the great hall of monastic days - a fresh departure was a necessity, though the new edifice was set up on the former foundations. As therefore it was impossible to reproduce the original features, other examples were sought which might be considered to be contemporary with the Gateway, and the windows of the hall of the archiepiscopal palace at Mayfield in Sussex served as models for the Library windows, those of the staircase being copied from the porch of Howden collegiate church in Yorkshire.'

Internally, the Library has been modified since Butterfield's day. The roof has been lowered .- sadly masking the beams, but no doubt reducing the heating bills - and the shelves have been refurbished through the generosity of dioceses around the world. It remains, however in all respects, an ' imposing structure' that the School has taken over. ' In opening the School Library in 1938, Sir Hugh Walpole remarked that 'the books have a fine home, but it is not enough that the books should be on the shelves, and that the boys should be there. There must be a vital contact to bring them together'. Today, there is an even finer home, the boys - and the girls - are there, and there is ample opportunity for such a vital contact. The School now has a beautiful and worthy Library, with a truly scholarly atmosphere - at least until the computer screens finally take over.

P.G.H.

CONFIRMATION PREPARATION DAY It was with some trepidation that we learnt we were to spend our confirmation preparation day in Margate. We all had our own pre-conceived ideas about what our day wou ld be like; but nothing had prepared us for the discoveries ahead!

After a brief introduction to the Parish and its activities within the community we joined the elderly of the area for the Wednesday Lunch Club . During a substantial and delicious meal we learnt what it was like for people who have lived in Margate all their lives. The 'bed and breakfast' industr y which was once Margate's life-line has declined. However, the poverty of the area, which became increasingly appa rent as the day progressed, did not seem to have stunted people's enthusiasm, optimism and gen uine friendliness. They were curious about our attitude to religion and social life, especia ll y compared to their own adolescence in wh ich they had to invent their own entertainment.

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Feeling very comfortably full, we then set off for a tour of Margate's less renow ned areas such as the housing estates, defunct 'bed and breakfast' boarding houses and dilapidated schools.

T he idea of this tour was for us to see the level of the average resident's lifestyle and inevitably, count ourselves lucky, although there was a surprisingly large number of satellite dishes on the housing estate! The poverty of Margate and its residents, however, was very disturbi ng, especially when we later learnt that many of the area's problems , particularly housing, could be solved with existing Government resources, if only the Government would agree to release these resources.

Next we split into two groups, visiting either Margate hospital or the Charlotte Centre for the mentally ill. Those visiting the hospital were shown around by the zealous hospital chaplain who spared her visitors nothing in showing them the intensive care ward with its patients on the brink of death. Meanwhile those of us in the Charlotte Centre met people who at first sight seemed to be living what seemed to us a kind of death. There were mentally ill people who had been returned to the community to try to resume normal lives again . Valerie Brewer, who manages the centre, after showing us an art and craft lesson in progress, told us a little about how the centre manages to survive. She virtually started the centre personally and all her helpers are volunteers. Not only do they provide an informal, therapeutic place for the mentally ill but they also run therapy groups for tranquillizer addicts and the depressed.

On a very different note we joined members of St. John's Parish for tea in their house. Their hospitality and amiable welcome relaxed us and left us to talk freely about life as a teenage r and how religion affects us in our daily existence. It was clearly evident that St. lohn' s has a very close-knit community, as our hosts described their ' house groups' in which they meet in homes with many other members of the church and discuss their feelings and views.

Finally we returned to the Parish church for a summing- up of the day by Canon Norman Baldock in which we discussed Margate's problems and our duty as Christians to take action abo ut such dilemmas. Not only was it an interesting, unusual day. but it was fulfillin g to see how religion can bind people together. It more than adequately prepared us for our confirmation on Sunday, 11th March. On behalf of all the confirmation candidates I would li ke to thank everyone involved in organising these days.

SARAH¡IANE DALEY.

THE ROMANIAN REVOLUTION -

DECEMBER 1989

As seen by an O.K.S. eye-witness -

1989 looked set to end with Romania unaffected by the changes that had swept through the rest of Eastern Europe. The XIVth Congress of the Romanian Communist Party in November, thought to be a possible occasion for some form o f protest, passed without incident. The iron grip of her megalomaniac dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, seemed unbreakable.

Then, out of the blue, in mid-December trouble flared up in the western town of Timisoara.

The authorities decided to remove an outspoken Hungarian pastor, Laszlo Tokes, but the word got about and his parishoners gathered outside his church to protect him. On Saturday, 16th December the Securitate broke up the gathering wit h their customary brutality and arrested him.

The news spread quickly and people started to assemble spontaneously in the centre of town to protest. Army and Securitate troops were deployed to contain the demonstrators. That evening, Ceausescu, urged on by his demonic wife, gave orders that live ammunition was to be issued and that the demonstration was to be suppressed with whatever force necessary. T he following day, Sunday, 17th December, a massacre took place with the Securitate playing the principal part, though the role of the Army and its senior Generals is still the subject of much speculation and debate. That evening Ceausescu ordered the closing of Romania's borders to foreign tourists, stranding, amongst others, a party of English schoolchildren at Bucharest airport. The next day, Monday, 18th December, he left on a previously announced visit to Iran. T hough no official annou ncements were made about the events in Timisoara, rumours soon started to circulate 74

that up to 10,000 people had been killed . On Wednesday, 20th December Ceausescu returned and !Dade an address tothe nation on television abo ut Timisoara, blaming the disturbances on foreIgn agents and hoohgans, fu lly supporting the actions of the security forces in suppressing them, promlslllg that they would shoot agalll lf necessary and making veiled threats to the Soviets not to intervene. He then summoned the Soviet Charge d' Affaires and gave him a more specific warn ing to that effect.

T he following morning, Thursday, 21st December, supremely confident of his hold over his people, he ordered a mass demonstration of popular support in the centre of Bucharest.

Thousands of workers were bussed in to pay homage to their leader. Whilst he was speaking the ritual slogans chanted back ~t designated moments were suddenly drowned out by angry shouts of protest. Ceausescu heSItated, tned to resume speaking and then withdrew from the balcony of the Central Committee building . Placards and portraits were thrown down and the staged demonstration quickly turned into a mass protest against Ceausescu. T housands more floc~ed into the city to join in . T he security forces deployed in strength , wit h armoured personnel carners (A.P .C.s> and some tanks, .to contalll them. There were sporadic bursts of firing . Dead bodIes were seen III the streets. By mght fa llthe demonstrators had been forced back into a small area around the University and the Intercontinental Hotel. At eleven o'clock there was an outbreak of heavy firing which continued for some while .. The)ubilant shouts of the demonstrators changed IIlto screams and people fled III terror III all directIOns. Tanks moved in to help clear the area.

By one o'clock It was all over.

The next morni~g an eerie calm prevailed. Securi ty forces were out in greater strength. A.P.C.s were. deployed ,at IIltersectlOns arou nd the centre of town. Everywhere there were signs of the prevIous mght s.carnage - bullet scars, shattered windows, blood spattered on walls and the mam street outs Ide the Intercontlllental Hotel awash with it as a fleet of water bowsers tried to hose down the a rea. Then people started flocking back into the centre, defiant and angry .

It was n ot over after all . There was sporadic firing, but this time only in the ai r and without enth USiasm. Then suddenly, late r in the morning, soldiers started to climb out o f their tanks a nd A.P.C.s and emerge from behind their riot shields to the join the crowds.

Ceausescu flew off in a helicopter from the roof of the Central Committee building with his eVIl ~ Ife and a couple of close supporters. Demonstrators broke in and appeared on the balcony wavmg Romaman fl ags WIth the Commumst symbol cut out of the centre. Crowds flocked into the central Palace Sq uare in front of the bui lding in jubilation. Some headed off to the T.V. Centre, man y chngmg to A.P.C.s. When they arrived the uniformed Securitate guards melted away. It really was over now, we mistakenly thought.

By five o'clock the atmosphere had changed completely. Word had gone round that the Secuntate were planmng a coun ter-attack. H uge cro wds had gathered outside the T.V . Centre and were arming themselves with anyt hing they could lay their hands on - spades shovels bIts of bed frame, Molotov cock tai ls filled from cars' petrol tanks. Road blocks w~re set up on all the mam routes mto the area, usmg buses, trucks, bulldozers and anything else suitable they could lay their hands on.

At seven o'clock the battIe started. In the area of the British Embassy, not far from the centre of town, a smper opened up, q~lck ly fo llowed by massive firing from the direction of Palace Square .. W hll~t dIscreetly observmg, the author was fired on by the same sniper and, executing a dlgmfled w l t hdr.a~a l to the Embassy, by several more. Securitate sharpshooters had taken up posItions III bulld~ngs throughout Bucharest, a nd in other tow ns, and were firin g at random on anyone mO~ lIl g m the street below. The poorly-trained Army responded with massive firepower, causlllg tragIc damage to the. old Royal Palace, housing the national a rt collection, and the Central Umverslty LIbrary, whIch was gutted, amongst many other buildings around Palace Square, and to many homes, including the British Ambassador's residence, around the T.V. Centre.

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The fighting raged for several days with almost continuous machine-gun and rifle fire interspersed with the occasional thud of a tank firing its main gun . Throughout the nights o f 22nd and 23rd December the sky was laced with tracer fire agai nst the glow from the fires burning in the Royal Palace and University Library. The British E mbassy , surrounded by snipers in neighbouring buildings, was warned by telephone of a possible threat and staff moved out to the American Embassy. For several days attempts were made to arrange the evacuation of families and non-essential staff by air but fighting at the airport prevented aircraft from landing.

Eventually on Christmas Day they left by road to Bulgaria, a slightl y hazardous operation as fightin g was still going on in various parts of the city and movement was severely restricted by road blocks manned by revolutionary vigila ntes all over the place.

A crucial event in the struggle was the arrest, trial and execution of the Ceausescus. There was growing concern throughout 23rd, 24th and 25th December as conflicting annou ncements were made about their whereabouts . Finally, on the evening of 25th December, a communique was issued saying that they had been tried and executed. A short extract from the trial was put out on T.V. in the earl y hours of 26th December, but neither their execution nor their bodies were shown. Doubts were not quelled until a fuller extract was broadcast later in the day showing their dead bodies in gruesome detail.

Thereafter the fighting gradually died down and the sounds of gunfire throughout Bucharest faded. On 29th December most of the tanks around the T.V . Centre and in Palace Square were withdrawn to barracks. Road blocks were reduced in number and eventuall y disappeared. By New Year's Eve the fighting was over and the post-revolutionary political wrangling was under way .

Much has happened since. There have been demonstrations, strik es, a virtual mutiny in the armed forces, the storming of the seat of government, rumours about Securitate regrouping in the mountains and in underground bunkers, allegations that the Revolution was brought about through a carefully-planned conspiracy by those now in power who were trying to maintain a Communist system under a different guise, accusations that leading fi gures were implicated in the suppression of the Timisoara demonstration or were former members of the Securitate and, throughout, endless political wrangling. As I prepare to leave after thirty-three unforgett able months in this beautiful but much troubled country, the debates in the Provisional Council for National Unity continue day after day in preparation for elections in May, in which over fifty parties will take part. Only thereafter , with an elected government in power, will the process of democratising and rebuilding an economy shattered by fort y-three years of Communist misrule really gain momentum.

Sa traiasca Romania libera!

LT. COL. W. J. CHESSHYRE. R. E. (GR 56-6 1).

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MICHAEL POWELL: AN APPRECIATION Michael Powell, the great British film director, died at his G loucestershire home on 19th February, at the age o f 84. Born at Bekesbourne in 1905, he came to Ki ng's as a scholar in 191 6. HIS love o f Canterbury IS apparent in his autobiography, as well as in A CanterbUlY Tale, and It was With great reluctance and a sense of aesthetic loss that he moved to Dulwich College in 1919. Nearly seventy years later, after re-visiting the city, he sent the School a copy of 200,000 Feet on Foula and wrote that he was 'glad to be able to repay King's School for some of the ideas and dreams she gave me'.

He began his film career wit h Rex Ingram in the south of France, and then returned to Elstree, wherehe did some uncredited work on Hitchcock's Blackmail. In the 1930s, he learned his craft as a director through a series of 'quota quickies'. (Four of them - Rynox, Hotel Splendide, The Fife RaIsers and The NIght 0/ the Party - have just recently been rediscovered and are s?on to be screened, for the fi rst time in fifty years, at the National Fi lm T heatre .) Like many fi lm-lovers, however, he was deeply disappointed at this 'terribly dreary ten years period of sound when the words were just pouring out' .

The Edge 0/ the World (1937) gave him the chance to show his visual flair for the first time but it was his partnership with Emeric Press burger from 1938 to 1957 that enabled his taleni to flounsh. Bet~~en them, they produced some of the most original and creative works in the history o,f the Bntlsh cmema. The Life and Death a/Colonel Blimp, A Canterbury Tale,! Know Where I m Gomg, A Maller 0/ Life and Death, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes and The Small Back Room were all ren:'arkable films. Only Carol Reed, Powell's contemporary at school, could even approach the quality and va~lety of thiS output from wi thin the British film industry, and on l~ Alfred Hitchcock, whose fmest films were made in Hollywood, could claim a more dlstmgUlshed career.

The 1950s were a disappointment in many ways,. altho ugh there is something of interest in The Tales 0/ Ho.(/mann, and 10 l// Met by Moonllght- the story of Patrick Leigh-Fermor's war time explOits 10 Crete. Then, 10 1960, came Peepmg Tom . At the time, this was condemned almost umversal.ly. Even Alexander Walker regarded it as 'just a clever but corrupt exercise in shock tactics which displays a nervous fascination with the perversion it illustrates'. T he reaction Virtually brou!\ht an end to Powell's career. In retrospect, it is easier to see the film' s significance, and to rela te It to Psycho, but It was not until well mto the 1970s that it was finally recognized as a masterpiece - and even, perhaps, as ' the greatest British Film'?

In the last decade of his life, Michael Powell's reputation soared. Martin Scorsese's enthusiasm helped a revival of interest in his films; the British Film Institute recognized his ac hievement by makmg hln:' one of ItS ong l~ al life ,fellows; ~nd Powell's autobiogra phy - A Life in Movies :- was a fascmatmg productIOn 10 Its own n ght. T he continued failure of the British film mdustry, despite several ,:,uch-trumpeted revivals, has made his own success seem correspondingly more and more ImpreSS Ive .

Michael Powell's best film s often have strange stories, unusual characters a nd puzzling plots. !"fe has ~e~n accused by cntlcs of lapses of taste, pretentiousness, superficiality and sentimentality.

Kitsch, Indeed, has been a favourite des~ription fo; much of the Powell-Pressburger output.

Yet thelr.attempts to break away from the literary traditions that have so often limited mainstream Bnt l ~ h cinema are !II ways Inte resti~ g and so.metim ~s dazzlingly successful. Powell's reputation as a fla mboyant ftlm maker of IdIOsyncratic bnllla nce' and as 'our greatest film romantic' is sec ~re. Many of the King's School' s most distinguished former pupils have been artists in storytelling. Michael Powell - one of the most distinguished of all - continued this great traditi on In the twentieth centu ry through the magical art of the cinema.

P .G.H.

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WHERE SHALL WISDOM BE FOUND?: A SERMON PROFESSOR FRANCES YOUNG, EDWARD CADBURY PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Sunday, 14th January 'God has made him (Christ Jesus) our Wisdom'. I Cor .1. 30.

I confess I sometimes wonder if we are really interested in wisdom these days .

T he ancient world certainly was; those books of the Old Testament known as ' wisdom -books' - Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes - belong to a literary tradition common to the Ancien t Near East, which takes up and records a variety of attempted answers to the question where shall wisdom be found : (i) There's proverbial wisdom, passed from father to son, summing up the 'commonsense' of the culture - how to survive, how to get on in life: basically 'You'll do O.K. if yo u li ve according to conventional morality. Dishonesty doesn't pay. The righteous prosper and the wicked come to a bad end'. There's the suggestion of sanctions built into the way life is, and lesista nce to the attitude that you're O.K. as long as you don't get caught.

Yes - there's a fair bit of that kind of wisdom around in our society, though one wonders if the 'anything goes' attitude hasn't got the upper hand ... (ii) There's the assumption that wisdom is to be equated with professional skill, with the 'knowledge' of the culture, its technology . This is represented for the a ncients by mining, which was elaborately described in Job 28, a kind of celebration of the discovery of gold , silver, iron, and the techniques of getting it out of the earth: Man's hand assaults the flinty rock and lays bare the roots of the mountains. He tunnels through the rock; his eyes see all its treasures. He searches the sources of the rivers and brings hidden things to light (Job 28.9-11).

So we find admiration for the science of the day, for the ability to effect marvellous things.

Yes - there's a fair bit of that kind of wisdom around in our world. We're so used to it we don't marvel at it any more, but take it for granted ... (iii) There's particular respect for the skills of learning - reading, writing, then a professional scribal skill rather than the commonplace activity of most people. This gave access to a n international body of knowledge. It's associated with the scribes at court, Secretaries o f State, wise men advising kings about diplomacy, spreading mathematics, astronomy, geography, theories or ' myths' about the cosmos and its origins, reflections on fate, destiny, the huma n lot , the best way to live, etc ., etc. Discoveries like the Egyptia n Teaching of Amenemope and the Babylonian Theodicy, written in cuneiform on tablets in the British Museum, show that the wisdom-books of the Bible belong to the 'higher culture' diffused throughout the Ancient Near East and it is not surprising that they are associated with Solomon's court, for he was the first Israelite king to have a real 'Oriental Court'.

Yes - that kind of wisdom is around in our society - we think it's what education and academic achievement is all about...

But even when you've got all that, the dramatist who produced Job as ks: 'Where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?' Some essential quality seems to be missing from the commonsense morality of our culture, from its technological success, from its vast accumulation of know.ledge: what is it? ' where is it?

The book of Job - even more the book of Ecclesiastes - shows how 'wisdom' can't rest there, it must lead to questions. They show how wisdom has in itself the seeds of do ubt and scepticism: what is the point of it all? what does experience actually teach? is it consistent with the commonsense view? why do the wicked prosper? why does an innocent li ke Job suffer?

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Vanity of van ities, says the Preacher, all is van ity. The fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts . All are from the dust and all turn to dust again . A ll is vanity. (Eccles.1.2;3.19-20). (l often wis h people had remembered that text in the controversies over Darwinism in the last century! The Bible recognises we're just animals after all!) But the question being raised here is: What is the point of it? In the face of the deep mysteries and questions of life, where is commonsense morality, where is technology, where is all that accumulated information, in li braries or stored thro ugh the medium of silicon chips?

It's as tho ugh the ancients are telling us that there is no wisdom in the uncritical pursuit of success whether scientific, technological, material, economic on its own. There is no wisdom in the knowledge-explosion, in skills and professionalism on their own. Wisdom has an elusive quality. It can't be reduced to simple proverbial adages, to rules or techniques. It involves a special kind of judgement a nd discernment, a kind of divine grace that comes from a sort of inspiration . Wisdom is the most priceless possession, yet beyond human contrivance. It's a mystery how yo u get it. It belongs to God and comes from God . T he book of Proverbs describes it in terms of a goddess-like fi gure of beauty and order, God's help-mate in creating a world of order and beauty .. .

Of course, our day and age is not ready to hear that message. It's partly because we're not yet sceptical enough to be wise. We live in a world of dogmatism about the return to old values, moral simplicities, a world which demands that criminals pay and the unfortunate must, of course, be criminals, a world that berates religious authorities for not upholding rigid standards of right and wrong and dogmatic certainties, a world that measures morality by success and failure the old wisdom which simply cannot stand up to the test of critical examination .. .

We're not yet sceptical enough to be wise. We live in a world that glorifies technological prowess and success - or else condemns it, reacts against it, denies the value of science, descends into irrationalism a nd romantically turns to alternative life-styles and alternative medicine as if they provide salvation! We're not yet sceptical enough to be wise, because we're caught either in utilitarianism or emotionalism, and the hard wisdom of tough critical debate, questioning, reasoning is out of fashion in our a nti-intellectual, anti-academic society ...

And maybe it's partly that we are not ye t sceptical enough to recognise the limits of human wisdom , the inadeq uacy of the wisdom of this world which cannot rise above commonsense morality, technology, a nd utilitaria n and materialist values that can be quantified . ..

Thirty years ago as a Classics student at Bedford College n earned about the way the tragedians o f Classical At hens explored hybris - the human pride and sin which over-reached itself, challenged the gods , and always ended in nemesis, the disaster of fate ...

On the fringes of the earl y church there was a movement called Gnosticism, and the Gnostics spun a myth about the Fall of Sophia ( = Wisdom) : she longed to grasp the unknowable, to know, to have intercourse wit h the ul timate, infinite abyss beyond comprehension; but she failed, a nd for her act of hybris - pride - she was cast out of the spiritual realm. She gave birth to a n 'abortio n' from wh ich ultimately this awful material world sprang . Human wisdom, the myth seems to say, struggles to challenge the gods a nd as in a Greek tragedy, its pride is cut down, it falls, having over-reached itself - with disastrous consequences.

In a sense the highest ac hievements of human wisdom are the nuclear bomb and the greenhouse effect : in such successes there is a built-in nemesis, the destruction of fate, the ingredients of disaster. We love to celebrate our so-called 'autonomy', humanity come of age. Could we perhaps learn from the ancients who in many and va rious ways had the wisdom to explore huma n vulnerabilit y, the mysteries of destiny, and told stories of Adam's Fall, recognised the fragility of goodness, the easy corruptibility of human wisdom? ...

So where is wisdom to be found? and where is the place of understanding?

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that its redemption is possible. For Paul affirms that Christ is the fu lfilment of God's wisdom - of that beauty and order built into creation of which human wisdom was meant to be a part .

But he also suggests that Christ is a challenge to that fallen human wisdom which can see no further than success and domination, skill a nd mastery - in our terms. God's wisdom is foolishness! Yet embodied in the life and death of Christ there are values which provide the answer to our search, to our scepticism, an answer utterly contrary to OUf assumptions and successvalues. For the fruits of his Spirit are love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control... Without these academic achievement or any other achievement is vanity of vanities.

And this puts all other human values into perspective. My eldest son Art hur is twenty-two - he should have graduated last year. But he is helplessly and hopelessly handicapped - no self-help skills, no speech, no unaided mobility, very little understanding. Yet I shall never forget a moment when we were staying with a Christian community on the East coast. Each morning a nd evening we humped his wheel chair across the fields to the oldest place of Christian worship in England, a stone chapel on the sea walls. It's impossible to keep Arthur quiet, so silence was difficult to create, but one evening the leader suggested we create silence by singing Psalms: and suddenly Arthur became the Christ-figure in our midst .. .

I'm not suggesting academic achievement is worthless - that would be to deny my whole life and its commitment. But without the fruits of the Spirit of Christ, the crown of divine Wisdom, it falls dangerously short of realising its full potential.

To those whom God has called, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. God has made him our Wisdom. Amen.

CJhe Cantuariatt qnterview~ STEPHEN PINNOCK DIRECTOR OF MUS[C Stephen Pinnock was born in Redhill. He then went to Dover Grammar School and continued his studies at the universities of Leeds and Cambridge. He began his teaching career at Whitgift School before accepting a post at Chetham 's, and while there he was first assistant organist a nd then organist at Manchester Cathedral. [n 1981 , he became Director of Music at Ardingly, from where he came to King's as our new Director of Music last September.

What do you see as the place of music in schools? [ think it's very interesting, because when [ first started teaching in the early seventies , music in schools didn't occupy the important place it does today . There was a sense in those days that it was very much a 'Cinderella' subject. Now that we are at the beginning of the 90s far more people are doing music. The number of boys and girls coming forward to learn a musical instrument has probably quadrupled. It may well be connected with the increased leisure time people have, but much of it must be due to sheer progress. [n terms of its importance in schools and how it assists education , [ think music is a very disciplined art. [n order to become a super violinist, for example; you've got to put in a great deal of practice and it requires musical perception, which is obviously an important thing to foster. [ think that the whole climax leading up to a concert and the adrenalin pumping on the day is a very important educational concept: you have a target for which you aim and in order to get there you have to work hard . That can only be a good thing.

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Do you think King's provides a good starting-block for those wishing to go on to become professional musicians? Or is it better to go to a specialist music school like Chetham's? [ certainly wo uldn't say that specialist music schools are bad, but my feeling is that you can achieve just as much by going to a school where there is very good music and where it is encouraged . If you have a first-class teacher who inspires you, and you've got the talent and put in the time to practice, there's no earthly reason why you shouldn't do as well as if you had gone to a specialist music school. Therefore I would aim for King's to be as good a launchpad for the professional musician as the specialist music schools.

What are your plans for the immediate future at King's?

One of the things that we 've got to get right is the fact that the music in the junior part of the school - the Shells, Removes and Fifths - isn't what it ought to be yet. There ought to be much more in the way of junior strings, wind bands, chamber music and orchestras. I'm not saying that what goes on in that area now is bad - [ think it's much more a question of increasing the number of opportunities. If we can get that right, plus a good intake of music scholars, we' ll be fine. It is of fundamental importance to get the right people coming for music scholarships here. The Symphon y Orchestra and Choir also need to be improved. They are good, but not good enough!!

Do you think co-education will help that?

Yes, because if yo u look at the specialist music schools and the Associated Board music examination entries, you find that nationally more girls do music than boys. I'm not sure that anyone can say why. Chorally it must be good news, and I think becoming a co-educational school increases the chances of having good instrumentalists too.

Do you have any further ambitions for the choir and orchestra?

As I say, [ think that the choir and orchestra at the moment are good but not nearly as good as they ought to be. I don't mean to say that there aren't some very fine musicians here at the moment - there just aren't enough of them. In one's first yea r, one is very much taking stock and getting to know people a nd traditions. For instance, [ want tours to happen. The easiest to ur to arra nge is a choir tour and I think that will be the fi rst tour that we will do.

How is being Director of Music at King's different from your previous job?

At Ardingly I was Director of Music of the junior school as well as the senior school, so my job covered two areas. Ardingly is a less academic school than King's, so King's attracts cleverer pupils. The amount of talent here is greater, so the number of people doing music and the musical scope is cons iderably greater. That, I think in a sense, is an attract ion of the job. More scope a nd , above all , I needed a fresh challenge. '

Why did you apply for the job?

Because, as I've said the scope is greater. Also, I' d been Director of Music at Ardingly fo r eight yea rs and I thought it was time for a change, for them and for me . In many ways of course, the jo bs are the same; you're still dealing with young people, the G.C.S.E. and 'A' level exams.

But here, of course, we've got the cathedral and King's Week which Ardingly didn 't ha\te.

Are you looking forward to King's Week?

Enormously. I think any Director of Music who pretends not to be apprehensive about his first King's Week is not being honest, but I think we've got a super programme and I believe that it will come together. The great thing about working at King's is that the pupils want it all to go well. I rely on them a nd in them I put my trust.

Do you have interests outside music?

Oh yes! Yachts and boats! We've got a small boat of our own. I've got the R.Y.A. day-skipper certificate and am sitting the coastal-skipper this summer. One day I'd like to own a small yacht, but the great thing about yac hting is that yo u can spend as much or as little money as yo u want.

I find it tremendously relaxing and I forget all about other responsibilities when I'm at sea.

Any final ambitiol/s?

My ambition at the moment is to make the music of the King's School, Canterbury the best school music in the countr y.

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MISS HELEN SHARPLEY 115 Banbury Road is quite a walk from the centre of Oxford. However, if you are ever passing you might like to stop by and have tea with Miss Sharpley.

Helen Sharpley was living at King's back in the 1920s; not as a girl pupil ahead of her time, but because her father, Hugh Sharpley, was the Headmaster of the Junior School from 1919 to 1928. Before 1928 the school did not have the use of Milner Court, and J.K.S. was housed in its entirety in the building which is now Walpole. Although she was in London for much of her father's spell as Headmaster, Miss Sharpley remembers vividly the unusual Walpole brass door-k nockers: they were a favourite emblem of Junior King's boys at the time, and a talkingpoint among explorers of the Cathedral and the School. Hard as it may be to imagine, the Shirley Hall was a grassy space in those days. A fence probably separated Junior School boys in Walpole from the Grange. Perhaps surprisingly, this may have been a security measure: King's in the later 1920s was often thought of as a school for philistines. Presumably Walpole does not feel in need of any outside protection now! Like the Shirley Hall, the Memorial Court was not yet built in Miss Sharpley's time, although she well remembers the Norman Staircase. One theory suggests that it was built as an auditorium on the Bradfield model: perhaps Colours Courts are a modern development of what was once a King's Greek Play?

Lessons at J .K.S. in the 1920s took place inside Walpole: the building was large enough for a small school needing only one or two schoolrooms and large dormitories instead of the present rabbit-warren of studies. Miss Sharpley pointed out the differences between photographs in the current King's prospectus and classroom life in her own day: computer desks and language labs have replaced slates, inkwells and fires in the grate, although traces of chalk dust still creep into corners and, to her surprise, wing collars have returned. In a curious way, perhaps the next great change facing Walpole will also complete a cycle: Miss Sharpley will certainly be interested to see girls installed sixty years after her own departure.

JENNIE BARBOUR AND NICK FLOWER.

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MUSIC THE MARLOWE HOUSE CONCERT SATURDAY, Jrd FEBRUARY, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

The pervading atmosphere for the concert was established by the Marlowe Band's Gaudeamus 19itur for which Brahms had appropriately adopted a well known medieval student song: Let us rejoice, therefore, whi le we are young! The Band tackled a varied programme equally vigorously and competently: a march by Beethoven and a lively Cha Cha Sorella by Harold Walters. Continuing the scholarly precedent, it concluded with the Rondo Militaire, arranged

by I. Phillips, imposing a disciplinary element on the proceedings. The large audience appreciated this rousing start conducted by Mr. McConnell.

Sebastian Dawson-Bowling's spinet solo provided a rich contrast to the programme, mastering an impressive range of themes with skill, sensitivity and diversity, including the Pavana and Galiardo by William Byrd, The Primerose by Martin Pearson and A Gigge - Dr. Bull's My Selfe by John Bull. The dulcet soprano tones of Hayley Petts and Antonia Bond, accompanied

by Katharine Byrom (piano), proved that they did Know Him So well (Tim Rice), whilst a surprise item, the debut of Benedict Reid (piano), revealed that talent was not confined to the 'seniors'.

Damian Simpson's trumpet solo - the Trumpet Concerto by Arutunian (accompanied by Stephen Matthews) - was, needless to say, a high point of the concert; it incorporated both musical agility and technical mastery to the beguiling effect which we have come to expect. This was perhaps a difficult act to follow, but the string orchestra's repertoire underlined that spirit of 'rejoicing' which characte ri zed the concert as a whole, and was typified by Hoe Down (H. Burgoyne), conducted again by Mr. McConnell.

Elvis lives! proclaimed the two comperes (Lawrence Epps and William Davies) who serenaded the packed audience with an adve nturous version of Love Me Tender from the Shirley Hall gallery, accompa nied by intermittent chords from Lawrence's ukelele. Similarly light-hearted was the trio on one piano (Peter Cairns, Katharine Byrom and Hayley Petts) whose energetic teamwork on Two French Tunes brought a continental flavour to the softly-lit stage, to be duplicated in the delightful and delicate, yet confident performance on the flute of Faure's Cantique de Jean Racine and Sicilienne by Katharine Byrom and Jane Tennick (accompanied by Stephen Matthews).

Half the House launched enthusiastically and necessarily unashamedly into a rendition of The Hippotamus Song by Flanders and Swann, which had the rec~ptive audience 'wallowing' in delight and which was, inevitably, accompanied by Katharine Byrom. This House Concert, full of contrasts, featured Jimmy Hendrix's Hey Joe as the audience, still toe-tapping, underwent a Mad Experience (James Briscall and Robin Harvey, guitars, Simon Dobell, drums and vocal).

Katharine Byrom (piano) deserves special merit for her virtuoso performance of Cava tina by Stanley Myers and the Rondo Toccata by Paul Harvey. Cavatina's lulling depths of enchantment and delicacy were thrown into sharp relief by the flurried turbulent activity of the Rondo which exemplified to the full Katharine's scholarl y musical adaptability and dexterity. The programme was concluded by The Big Six (Hayley Petts, Antonia Bond, Jane Tennick, Nick Jamieson, Peter Cairns a nd Giles Darby, accompanied by Katharine Byrom) whose Scarborough Fair by Simon and Garfunkel was both harmonic and atmospheric. The Masochism Tango by Tom Lehrer inflicted no sadistic pain on the audience's ears; rather, it proved to be the most visually exciting item and featured some original choreography which paralleled the lyrics to an alarming degree.

The direction of Hayley Petts, Nick Jamieson and especially Katharine Byrom did much to characteri ze the concert as one of both diversity and spirit - one which was participated in by a vast majority of Marlowe. Not only did it bring pleasure to the audience, but it raised a substantial sum for the Church in Madagascar. Particular thanks must go to Mr. McConnell a nd Mr. Matthews for their invaluable help which they gave in the preparation, conducting and accompa nying of many of the items and also to Mr. Reid for his hosting of the evening.

ANNA PATTEN.

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THE LIBRARY INAUGURATION CONCERT SUNDAY, 4th FEBRUARY, IN ST. AUGUSTINE'S LIBRARY Some twenty musicians began the concert with the Symphony in D by Boyce . The instruments in the upper register maintained a somewhat steadier pace than the others, wi th the cellos hold ing their own impressively in the second movement. T he gavotte offered a strong temptation to galoppe, not entirely resisted at first, but the work ended with confident ensemble playing.

Debussy's flute solo Syrinx is a well-known and demanding piece. Jennie Barbour showed an impressive control of both intonation and dynamics, particularly so in the lower register of the instrument. She was joined by John Tegner, Peter Apps, Barnaby Stevenson and Rebecca Seward for a performance of Elgar's Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, some of which appeared to be lodged in the oboe reed and the bassoon plumbing, making the tone sound more strangled than soothing.

Sebastian Dawson-Bowling played a spinet piece which, so the audience was informed, had earned him his music scholarship. Its title: A Gigge - Dr. Bull's My Selfe. He played it with ease and skill. He was followed by Jonathan Sampson, who played Telemann's Fantasia in B flat for violin. Despite Jonathan's assertion in conversation afterwards that he felt more at home in a slow movement, I felt that the Largo was rather pedestrian, whereas the Allegro, ostensibly more demanding, was played with an impressive control of stirring dance-like rhythms and with forcefu l dynamic contrasts.

This vigorous performance was followed by a string quartet playing a Reflection by Stephen Matthews. The apparent vacillation between moods of hesitancy, gloom and purposeful brightness clearly mirrored the life of any thoughtful teacher. Four other strong players took over to play the Trio Sonata in F by Purcell. They achieved a beautifully mellow tone in the Grave section, and th;s clearly inspired them to give a highly accomplished account of the final Allegro .

Peter Apps returned to play two contrasting oboe quartets. It took him a while to pitch the opening notes of the Mozart piece in relation to those the strings were playing, but that done he achieved a superb tone even where fierce changes of register were involved. The complex rhythms of the Gordon Jacob piece were extremely well handled. Where loss of control would have been virtually beyond repair there was admirable mastery of the frantic staccato notes from the oboe and the pizzicato from the strings.

Mr. Michael Harris then conducted a number of choral works. Perhaps madrigal singing is not a spectator sport, and perhaps the Grainger setting of the Londonderry Air is an acquired taste, but the Seiber Hungarian Folksongs, again taxing any performers because they are both difficult and well-known, were simply electrifying . They combined expressiveness, vigour, variety of tone and excellent rhythmical control.

The concert ended with a brass ensemble playing six Renaissance Dances by Susato, directed

by Mr. Stephen Pinnock . The horns and trombones showed rather more conviction than the trumpets, but this was a fanfare which asserted the inauguration of the Library in stirring style.

D.P.H.

MEISTER OMERS MUSICAL EVENING SATURDAY, 10th FEBRUARY, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL Although a storm was raging wildly outside the Shirley Hall, the atmosphere was immediately warm, friendly and appreciative from the audience within . After an introductory welcome from Mr. Miles, the concert opened with a flourish, as Charles Doust, Matthew Hillier, Richard Hulme, Darren Kingston and Rahul Singh played a Fanfare specially composed for the occasion by Mr. Pinnock. This was performed from the Gallery and displayed good tuning and clear articulation.

The Meister Omers' Chamber Orchestra then played Three Renaissance Dances edited by Mariassy, both arranged and conducted by Mr. Miles. These light and attractive pieces were well executed by the orchestra, who picked up the changes of tempi and dynamics very musically, and there were many pleasant contrasts between woodwind and strings, as well as clean starts and endings .

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The brass then joined the Orchestra for a Selection from Mary Poppins arranged by Kostel, re-arranged and conducted by Mr. McConnell. T his delightful set of well-loved songs was given a mainly slick rendition by the orchestra, and was much enjoyed by the audience.

Jamie Rayner braved the platform as solo jazz pianist in his performance of On the Sunny Side of the Street by McHugh. After one or two hesitancies, he got into the swing of it, and his obvious love of this music was apparent. It was his first solo piano performance in the school _ so, good for him!

Two oboists, Edward Cargill and Peter Apps, then took the stage in a performance of Tell me, Fair Ladies from The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart. The pleasant transcription was nicely phased, and although the tempo was fast and lively, both oboists displayed a well-controlled tone .

Some more Mozart fo llowed in a performance on the flute by John Tegner of the Andante from Concerto No.2 in D, K.3 14. A lovely cantabile style and variety of dynam ics were prevalent here, a nd the big sigh of relief from the performer after a flourishing cadenza, all added to the drama!

Alexander Drisk ill-Smith's re ndition of the Sonatina for Piano by Jo hn Ireland showed tremendous mat uri ty of understa nding in this complex twentieth-century piece. Great stamina was requ ired to perform a piece of such length , with its haunting style constrasting with passages of considerab le virtuosity . An outstanding performance from someone who is only in the fifth form, and one of the highlights of the concert.

A Spanish Ballad for two guitars transported us to sunny climes. Spencer Santry expressively played the top li ne with evocative vibrato, which a lso included a lively flamenco section, accompanied capably by Brian Sun. A lovely rendering of Star Vicino by Rosa was next in the programme. Camilla Palmer sang th is simple yet effective song with a pure vocal quality which impressed everyone .

The second high lig ht of the concert feat ured Peter Apps and his oboe solo Morceau de Salon

by Ka lli woda. This cha rming piece had the operatic flavour of Rossini, and launched off into a set of fast and complicated virtuoso variations, finishing with a magnificent high top note. No wonder Peter has a place at Trin ity College of Music with playing like this! The expertise of Mr. P innock as accompa nist should de fi nitely be mentioned at this point.

A ha unting number, reminiscent of the group [ncantations, was played by John Tegner on flageolet a nd Spencer Santry on bass guitar. Attractive glissand i on the flageolet rendered a stylish performa nce o f The Lonesome Fisherman by The Furies . The folksong idiom was contin ued in the next 'surpr ise' ite m, when the Shirley Hall was sudden ly dar kened. The audience turned theil attention to the gallery, where the candlelit figure of Kate Colqu houn sang a fo lksong My Lagan Love. T his beaut iful song was sensitively accompanied by Andrea Ward on solo fl ute, but m uch of it was unaccompanied, and Kate remained in tune very well.

A Jazz Improvization by Peter Apps (piano) and Spencer Santry (bass guitar) took us into a smoky blues atmosp here . The slow-fast-slow sections displayed some versatile running passages on the gu itar, and a natural fee ling for harmony on the piano .

A Barbershop Quartet consisting of Peter Apps, Alastair Hine, John Tegner and Rahul Singh provided muc h entertainment with De Animals A-Comin! and Slow Motion Time arranged by Bartho lomew and Hopper. One couldn't help but notice the pleasing quality of Alastair'S voice, and the group's characterization of various animal antics (notably Peter's monkey!) called for an encore of the former song.

Finally, the House sang Little Polly Perkins, conducted by Peter Apps and accompanied by Alex Driskill-Smith . Contrary to the usual title of the 'House Shout', Peter extracted much expression from his singers - good phrasing and dict ion, pauses, contrasts in dynamics, and even falsetto from the gentlemen!

Everyone was the n cord ia ll y invited to dri nks a nd thus fin ished a concert whic h was notable for its variety and the cha nce for everyone to participate, which is what House Concerts are a ll abo ut. Specia l ment ion should be made o f Peter Apps, whose enthus iasm and ve rsatility had obviously influ enced everyone. Mr. Miles shou ld feel happy that in his firs t year as Housemaster of Meister Omers there should be so m uch talent around.

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LUNCHTIME CONCERT WEDNESDAY, 14th FEBRUARY, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE Sonala in D (First Movement) Alexander Driskill-Smith and Gotz Triebel (Piano duet).

'Non so pio' from The Marriage of Figaro Victoria Milner-Williams (Soprano) .

Elegie Matthew Whiteley (Horn).

Justarum Animae The Anonymous Eight.

Reflection Catherine Neill (Viola) E liza Lumley (Violin) Nicola Venn (Cello).

Cassie Knight (Violin) 'Bester Jiingling' from The Impresario Bronwen Aldridge (Soprano).

Kleines Klavierstiick Michael Chesterman (Piano).

The Fields are full Eliza Lumley (Soprano).

Sonatine (Last Movement) Ben Young (Recorder).

Mozart Mozart Poulenc Lassus Matthews Mozart Liszt Armstrong-Gibbs Leigh

THE MITCHINSON'S HOUSE CONCERT TUESDAY, 6th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL After an interesting welcome with More Worms from Ronnie Barker via Bruce Ashcroft, the concert began with a rhythmic if rather extended rendition of Colonel Bogie in a very full House Orchestra arrangement by Ben Cooper. T he Gentlemen's Choir followed, giving a spirited but rather hurried version of Officer Krupkie from Bernstein's West Side Story. Malagueiia by Sara sate was executed with great feeling, Michael Chesterman's violin playing being lyrical and exact. Ben Cooper's arrangement of Alan Vincent's song Dreamworld set the Ladies' Choir quite a challenge, but their voices blended well.

Baggy Trousers by Madness, arranged by Myles Bowker, was shouted with gusto - in contrast with the string quartet of Charles Davies, Michael Chesterman, Amanda Just and Ben Cooper in a near faultless rendition of the first and last movements of Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.

The Men's Choir then sang the Burt/Ashcroft arrangement of the Monty Python Lumberjack Song with great clarity.

A break for the news tariff delivered by Martin Jackson, Ed Burt and Bruce Ashcroft provided comic relief, leading to Tarantella by W. H. Squire, a highlight of the evening with Ben Cooper (cello) accompanied by Myles Bowker in a tremendous performance. The younger members of the House sang an amusing blues number, The Mitchinson's House Duty Blues. Ben's arrangement of The Teddy Bears' Picnic for three clarinets and bass continuo was great fun.

Surfing U.S.A. was presented by the Gentlemen's Choir complete with shorts, shades and surfboards. Ben Cooper sang Bobby McFerrin's Don't Worry, Be Happy, which unfortunately suffered from an imbalance in amplification.

T he Band then gave reasonable renditions of Billy Joel's Uptown Girl (good vocals from Jon Hudsmith), The Strangers' Golden Brown (vocals Bronwen Aldridge), and Run to You by Bryan Adams (vocals Elizabeth Jemmett). Chuck Berry's Sweet Little Twelve was played by twelve hands on two pianos and keyboards - an amazing feat of pianistics and acrobatics.

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The now annually-expected appearance of Mr. J. R. Parker brought rapturous applause and after attempts to playa piano concert, sing an aria from Tasca and generally achieve stage presence, an amusing version of Let's call the whole thing off was performed with the help of Beth Tapp and Myles Bowker (piano). The House Choir rounded off a successful evening singing the old standard, Flanders and Swann's Hippopotamus Song.

I enjoyed a good evening of entertainment, with some memorable performances.

MATTHEW FORBES (MT 84-88).

WALPOLE HOUSE EVENING OF MUSIC AND LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SUNDAY, 11th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL With the exception of Chris Hall's planned recitatio n for which he was unable to get back from rowing in time, the programme assembled by Godric Jolliffe and Gotz Triebel as a last concert before the Great Change went through without organizational hitch, and with a lot of musical flair. Perhaps ex-Walpole members can be borrowed for future Walpole artistic efforts.

String Quartet movement Stephen Matthews Cassie Knight and Tim Marson (violins) Kate Neill (viola) Nicky Venn (cello) .

Evergreens Kola Sonaike (piano).

Sketch Aaron Jarrett.

Waldstein Sonata (l st movement) Beethoven Gotz Triebel (piano).

Sonata in F (1st move ment) Dvorak Cassie Knight (violi n).

Rondo alIa Turca Mozart Sebastian Groeger (piano) .

Tchaikovsky Chanson Triste Nicky Venn (cello). f got rhythm Gershwin Karen Roehm (clarinet) Godric Jolliffe (guitar) Gotz Triebel (piano) Dave Goggins (drums).

Several Songs Walpole Girls' Choir.

Concerto in C for 2 pianos (2nd movement) J. S. Bach Nicky Venn and Gotz Tr ibel (pianos).

John Kander Cabaret Walpole House Song cond ucted by Kola Sonaike, accompanied by Gotz Triebe!.

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Praeludium from Ludus Tonalis Quentin Thomas (Piano).

Verdi

'Recordare' from Requiem

Anna Forsyth (Soprano) Jennie Barbour (Mezzo Soprano).

'Voi che sapete' from The Marriage of Figaro Hsien Leow (Soprano).

Flute Sonata (First Movement) Elo'ise Simeons (Flute).

Mozart Poulenc Walton

Drop, Drop Slo w Tears The Anonymous Eight.

Horn Concerto No . 2 (Last Movement) Matthew Whiteley (Horn).

'0 God, have mercy' from SI. Paul Nicholas Flower (Bass).

Sonata in F minor Op. 57 Appassionala (First Movement) Myles Bowker (Piano).

Mozart Mer.delssohn Beethoven

THE SCHOOL HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY, 18th MARCH , IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

The concert opened with Leopold Moza rt's Toy Symphony, a gentle and amusing piece which combines conventional orchestral instruments with toy ones. The standard of playing was good and kept together well by Nick Flower who gave people their entries and played the 'cuckoo'.

This was followed by the first movement of a Suite for recorder by Gordon Jacob , played by Ben Young. His soft and pleasant tone was ideal for this lyrical, delicate but slightl y sad piece.

A wind sextet was next, playing Anilra's Dance by Grieg. The unusual scoring made it sound like an insidious fairground with its almost mechanical feel and funny harmonic twists. The same gro up went on to play two Instrumental Miniatures by Stravinsky. These showed up well all the colours of the wind family and contained a beautiful horn solo.

Poulenc justifiabl y appears to be in fashion at the moment, appearing in both the cha mber concerts this term and in Tradescant's House Concert before Christmas. Here Chris Creissen played the first movement of the oboe sonata, one of the composer's last major works. I enjoyed this piece immensely. Next was a brass trio (Nick Flower, George Skelton and Alex Hardy), playing Farewell 10 Ihe Foresl and Lifl Thine Eyes (from Elijah) by Mendelssohn . The performance was in tune and confident but the uncon ve ntional scoring made me feel uneasy .

This was followed by Ben Young who accompanied himself in a no-cuts version of Telegraph Road by Dire Straits. I couldn't hear any of the words, which was irritating, but enjoyed the bluesy bits between the verses.

Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy airs) was written by Pablo de Sarasate who was a Spanish composer and violin virtuoso. The first section had a stern opening followed by an indulgently sad theme with much double-stopping and some very fast passages, including a descending chromati c sale from the top o f the violin. Jonnie Sampson played this with professional accuracy and his ow n wa rmth and affinity. After the melancholy second section came the finale which was very fast and virtuosic. I was impressed by the fluency of this part especially in the left hand pizzicato sections and where he was playing harmonics. It must be said that there were one or two slips, of tempo more than tuning, but in every other way it was a truly professional perform ance.

After the interval came the first movement of William Boyce' s Eighth Symphony for Strings.

I had already heard this piece at the library inauguration concert. I found School House 's smaller88

scale versio n very enjoyable, wi th a well-tuned and brilliant sound. T he next item, the Sanelus and Kyne from the Byrd four-part Mass was sung a semi tone lower than printed for which Nick Flower apologized - School House is short of tenors and sopranos. Although the tenor was too lo~d, all the m ~ re notIceable for the lUCId polyphonic construction of this piece, especially 111 the Kyne, It w,as s~11l ~ very enjoyable "erformance. Tuning was sound . Nick Flower then p l~yed Glazunov s R~vene for horn and plano. I became especially aware of his pure tone in tillS gentle and soothmg pIece. . Cam illa Sweeney played the next item, which was the fi rst movement of a Flute Concerto 111 G by Quantz. She played well, though she had tuned her flute just a fraction flat, but this was only really noticeable on the hIgher notes . To be honest I didn't like the choice of piece surely one o f the more predictable and repetitive of Quantz's three hundred flute concertos: ThIS was followed by a compOSItion by Sholto Byrnes called The Sandoval Sensation, here performed on plano, (lultar and ma raca by Sholto Byrnes, Jim Waddell and Ben Young respectI vely. It was a hvely and well-constructed piece which I greatl y enjoyed . The concert f1l11shed WIth the House Song ~ondu.cted by Nick Flower and accompanied on the piano by Sholto Byrnes. Volume was ImpressIve WIth a good body of sound from all seventy-six members of the house. The same pIece was deservedly awarded third (equal) place in the House Song competition on the foll ow1l1g day.

I enjo yed this concert very much. It was the fifth School House concert I had attended and the standard of playing was as good as ~ver, and I was impressed by the admi nistration, such as the s"lendld programme pnnted on f!fm card. Presentation was stylish and slick. Finally I feel credit IS due to Mr. Stephen Matthews who accompanied all the solo items in the programme.

JAMES WATERS.

HOUSE SONG COMPETITION MONDAY, 19th MARCH, IN THE SH IRL EY HALL Adjud icator: Sue Wanless, Director of Music, The University of Kent

3rd = School House New York, New York Conductor: Nick Flower Accompanist: Sholto Byrnes Galpin's Women Conductor: James Waters Accompanist: David Everist Raindrops keep falling on my head The Grange Conductor: Gemma Patterson Accompanist: Quentin Thomas 3rd = Marlowe Oklahoma Cond uctor : Hayley Petts Accompanist: Kate Byrom Linacre Ain'l Misbehavin' Conductor: Matthew Whiteley Accompanist: Miss A. N. Wilcock 1st Meister Omers Polly Perkins of Paddinglon Green Conductor : Peter Apps Accompanist: Alex Driskill-Smith Walpole Cabarel Conductor: Kolarele Sonaike Accompanist: Gatz Triebel Luxmoore The Problems of a Simple Man;

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Music: John Kander Words: Fred Ebb Paddy Roberts O.K.S. Burt Bacharac h Rogers and Hammerstein Waller and Brooks Harry Cli fton Jo hn Kander Music : R. Booth Words: M. Palin a nd T. Jones

Broughton Tradescant 2nd Mitchinson's

The Bare Necessities Conductor: Edward Linforth Accompanist: Alix Baird Spring is here Conductor: Barnaby Stevenson Accompanist: Quentin Thomas The Hippopotamus Song Conductor: Ben Cooper Accompanist: Myles Bowker

Terry Gilkyson Tom Lehrer Flanders and Swann R.P.S.

ROCK STEAD Y II TUESDAY, 20th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

This year's 'Rock Steady' had a lot to live up to. It attracted an audience, many of whom were recalling last year's success. I think I can safely say that the concert fulfilled all expectations.

It started with Hot House Flowers' Sorry. This was well done, but perhaps an unfortunate choice for the start of the concert. I would have preferred a more well-known piece. Shadows in the Rain ensued, which definitely got the crowd going. Alex Skarbek did very well to keep the piece in tune and in Sting's style. Daniel Rycroft then followed this by showing us that he had perfected his Jim Morrison style with The Doors' Light my Fire. Baker Street was next and was filled with life by a combination of Lawrence Epps' saxophone, Alex's singing and Spencer Santry's guitar.

The next part of the concert consisted of jazz, brilliantly arranged by Sholto Byrnes. The highlights of this section to me were the lively Worksong, the mellow Killer Joe and the clearness in Alligator Boogaloo. I don't think this section was fu lly appreciated by the audience, It was very daring of Alex and Sholto to put it in, but the feeling I gained was that the audience was there for Rock and Roll. Having said that, I do not mean to take anything away from the musicians who performed each piece perfectly.

The Rock and Roll was back with Bullet in the Blue Sky . Jim Waddell made the piece with his guitar and was accompanied by Ben Young on the vocals. Alex now once again showed us his ability to simulate Sting's voice in Roxanne. Wish you were here saw Spence and Jim team up to perform very well a tricky guitar duet. I found the tension of Little Wing that followed a delight. The combination of Babs and Spence gave us a performance that was possibly as close to Jimi Hendrix as we would have had. Fisherman 's Blues was also done very well. Jo Price's singing was well into the mood of the music. I would have prefered a little more improvisation from Nick Papageorgiou , good though he was, on the electric fiddle.

The next piece Cyril showed us Alex's skill as a composer as well as a musician although I don't think it quite fitted the mood of the moment. I very much enjoyed Julian Woodward, Babatunde Epega, Jo Price and Dan Rycroft's lighthearted Don't let the Rain Come Down .

Jules is to be commended on his arrangement of it. The dance which came next was brilliantly choreographed by Fauzi Fahm and well executed. Bring on the Night was the penultimate piece and was carried out in style. The well-timed addition of Baba's rap really made the song for me. The encore Wild Thing sounded off the concert well, and also gave Spence a chance to do his Hendrix impression again.

Overall I found the concert very entertaining. Julian Moore's steady drumbeats, Dave Everist's keyboards, Sholto's bass playing, Arlene Searle and Camilla Lacamp's backing singing, the lighting, the sound aIL give any future concert a high target to aim for. Many congratulations must go to Alex for a well-produced concert, which also managed to break the previous mould of covering Blues Brothers' songs. I just hope that the tradition of well-performed Rock concerts at King's continues.

NEIL LAWRENCE.

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DRAMA THE SADDEST DA YS OF YOUR LIFE THE LINACRE HOUSE PLAY SATURDAY and SUNDAY, 10th and 11th FEBRUARY, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

Despite the poignancy imbued in its title, The Saddest Days oj Your Life was in fact a fastmoving and witty comedy. The play followed the life ofa new drama teacher, played by Nicholas King, at a comprehensive and how he copes with the hoi polloi of pupils who would rather go for a cigarette behind the bike-sheds than act out a Shakespearian tragedy. Even though abuse is hurled at him incessantly and the teacher seems alone in a brutal world during the first weeks of his career, as time progresses and as he learns how to deal with the mob (beating up the school stud, amongst other things), we see his effect on them. He creates such an impression that when he decides to leave, to teach furt her afield, each character finds him or herself personally attached to him.

The first scene begins with three school leavers, played by Eliza Lumley, Elizabeth Bird and Tabitha Taylor, reminiscing about old times at the comprehensive. This trio, adorned in fishnet stockings, stilettos and bright make-up, acted confidently and with their 'Souf' London accents served as a continual source of entertainment. Victoria Batty, the headmistress, seemed less con fident and had a tendency to rush through her lines. T he 'pathological child-hater', played

by James Robertson in his usual streak of overwhelming dictatorship was equipped with handcuffs and was the only source of malevolence in the whole play. Helen Blakebrough, clad only in fluorescent cycling shorts and a T-shirt, exempli fied the underlying sexual nature of the comedy and did it to great effect.

James Rawlings' portrayal of the 'school stud' was hilarious. His stage-presence held the scenes together. Even without lines his yobbis h character dominated the rest of the cast. With the help of his equally comical side-kick (Justin Roxburgh) he epitomised the talent that Linacre possesses .

Analogous to them was Stephen Carey who, too, was clothed in studs, braces and the essential Doc Martens . His hidden sensitive nature was coaxed out by King to great amusement.

T he scene set in the school disco gave many characters a chance to show their true potential, in particular David Beckett who, with flares and other hippy regalia, was characteristically outrageous and obviously in his element. Theo Moore played the grumpy and unpleasant caretaker whose o nl y enjoyment was repeatedly to clear the gym of its pupils. With the help of his broom he acted with great maturity onl y occasionally losing his crisp diction.

The play was extremely funny throughout, never once losing its rapid pace. With a great number of scene changes, the simple set was ideally suited . The cast clearly enjoyed performing the play as much as the audience enjoyed watching it. Everyone involved, without exception, contribu ted to the overall production in one way or another and made it such a success. Final thanks must go to Mr. Wainde for his fine direction and for mak ing the play such a memorable one.

JAMES KNIGHT.

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THE CRUCIBLE KING'S YOUTH DRAMA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 3rd AND 4th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL This year's K.Y.D. production of Arthur Miller's play was enthusiastically received, although by a comparatively small audience. The performance worked on several levels, striking a balance between powerful dramatic impact and intelligent interpretation, thus allowing Miller's disturbing themes to emerge and to provoke thought as well as simply shock. Although the play was long, the cast managed to sustain tension throughout, building up a developing picture of a community coming adrift from sanity. The set helped to maintain this intensity: the symbolism of red and black was obvious, but such simplicity was appropriate to a psychological drama.

The acting was generally of a very high standard, and created a strong rapport between cast and audience. Several individual performances were especially good. As the focus of the play's hysteria, the girls involved in the crying-out acted as a chorus of fear, driven by the manipulative Abigail Parris. Antonia Bond, in this role, had the stage presence of a ringleader; she brought sufficient malice to the part, but also captured Abigail's exhilaration at her own power. Her performance was offset by Jane Tennick's, who was excellent as Mary Warren: her vacant gaze and convincing tears won the audience's pity for a mouse-like child caught up in a process beyond her own crude grasp of right and wrong. Camilla Palmer was lively and unself-conscious as the coarse Mercy Lewis, while Sophie Colyear-Walker's wild screams made her perhaps the most harrowing character.

Set against the girls were the stiff, black-and-white figures of authority: James Robertson and Dom Burdess were a good pair as the judges Hathorne and Danforth, Hathorne's pompous force contrasting with Danforth's coldness. The sarcasm and weighted pauses of Dom's delivery set him apart from the hysteria of the girls. Ezekiel Cheever, their minion, was made successfully fawning and smug by Albert Power. I found the portrayal rather caricatured, but this was no fault of his acting. The Reverend John Hale, played by Sholto Byrnes, strutted about the stage as a self-absorbed scholar. Although his character development was limited, his obvious antipathy to children and the old marked him out as a typical Salem authority figure. The total unsuitability of all these ironically undermined their appeals to trust the justice of the court.

As a victim of this system, James Knight was a very good John Proctor: his bitterness was visible. He resisted the temptation to shout which the Shirley Hall acoustic presents, and the consequent flatness of his voice actually seemed more full of feeling, as well as dividing him from the Salem rhetoric. Ted George, as his enemy Reverend Parris, provided an appropriate contrast, with his petty self-concern and simmering anger. Gemma Paterson as Elizabeth Proctor managed the accent best and appeared apologetic and eager to please. Her husband's hostility won the audience's sympathy for her; Gemma and James' lack of communication was actually the most apt kind of relationship.

Other good performances came from Ariyike Oshunkoya, an excellent Tituba whose feverish wailing seemed genuinely possessed, and from Vicky Ingham: her soothing voice and measured delivery were well suited to the part of Rebecca Nurse, creating a calming presence and setting her, with Proctor, apart from the others' histrionics. In general, it was the acting which made the performance so immediate in its impact: the sensitive portrayal of even the minor characters involved the audience deeply and allowed them to experience the fear and outrage running throughout the play. This, combined with the imaginative direction of Sophie Colyear-Walker, Andrew Hone, James Knight and Vicky Ingham, made a difficult play into a great success.

JENNIE BARBOUR.

92 TRADESCANT HOUSE PLAY IM.P.H.D.)

AMADEUS THE LUXMOORE HOUSE PLAY SATURDAY, 10th and SUNDAY 11th MARCH, IN ST. MARY'S HALL Luxmoore is to be congratulated on a stylish performance of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, engaging the enthusiasm and sympathy of what appeared to be the entire house, not to mention the audience . Mrs. Tennick, as architect-in-chief, and her assistant, Paul Sorauer, are also to be congratulated heartily. Here was a truly Mozartian sinfonia concertante.

Perhaps the most significant theatrical achievement of Luxmoore's production was the success with which it charted the development of Salieri's quarrel with God and his paranoiac jealousy of Mozart. It would be only too easy to communicate merely jealousy of Mozart, and so to allow us to overlook the troubled issue of Salieri's bargain wit h God, of faith for fame, against which Shaffer invites us to consider the genius a nd life of Mozart. Luxmoore's success in such thought-provocation was of course in large measure due to an outstanding performance from Jo Price, who managed the difficult autobiographical role of Salieri with considerable skill , building up the obsession in well-judged steps, from hope of success, to 'Reduce the man, reduce the God' and eventually criminal lunacy and despair: 'God doesn't love you' . This portrayal of Salieri's mania was well matched by Ben Wyatt, who played the old Salieri.

That our attention was not too much distracted by Mozart and Constanze therefore reflects further credit on Jo Price's control over the balance of the play. Mozart and Constanze could easily have stolen the show: from the first growls and miaows it was clear that this was to be a sparkling performance . To play Mozart, however, requires a daunting range of facility: not only giggling as 'Trazom' and shrieking obscenities, but also raging at the loss of the ballet in The Marriage of Figaro, begging pathetically for Masonic money, quivering with terror at the hooded figure which he takes to be his father, and finally, but not least importantly, keyboard playing with considerable dexterity. T his feat was however pulled off by Jasper Beauprez with great aplomb , helped not only by a pink-tinted wig, but also by sound effects written by the honorand and others and expertly provided by Mr. Tennick and Stephen Connolly. Jasper's performance was also aided a nd abetted by a skilfully vivacious performance from Louise Davies as Constanze, a stage presence requiring, however. congratulation on its own account.

The Venticelli , played by a maste rstroke by two girls, Justine Pla nt and Ari yike Oshunkoya, gave a sophisticated accou nt of Viennese gossip-mongering, working together most successfully.

Other performances not to be forgotten by posterity include those o f the courtiers, notably those of Cha rles Robinson as Joseph II, whose French speaking provoked much laughter, and of Mark Gaskain, as vo n Strack, who kept up an elderly gait a nd great pomposity without faltering. The scenes of drunkenness and debauchery among the citizens in the course of an imaginary performance of T he Magic Flute were also most engaging.

It was, as the reader wi ll by now have perceived, a most enjoyable performance. Apart from the performances o f distinction mentioned above, the evening was enha nced by a number of contributions all requiring compliment : a sensitively contrived and beautifully executed set, disc reet lighting, and a splendid programme design, but perhaps most creditably of all, the involvement and efforts of so many members of the house.

JANE HANDS.

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In a mere five days, St. Mary's had been utterly transformed. Ted George had decided on a bold move - playing almost in the round, on a stage that was effective in its stark simplicity : twelve blocks fitted together to raise the action, intersected by a clever, minimalist house structure of seven slim battens of wood fixed together to divide the stage into symbolic areas . Ted works with a sure hand, and the lighting was stylish, making a virtue of the need to cross-light from close-quarters. Quentin Thomas, hunched over the piano in the half-dark at the side, set the ball rolling with a fluid sequence of scene-setting music, which immediately suggested the middleaged , middle-class respectability which is the target of so many Alan Bennett comedies.

Immediately, we were away into this bizarre world with its maze of mistaken ident ities and sexual encounters. We are led through by the acerbic comments of anchor-lady Mrs. Swabb.

Julian Sturt emerged as a deliciously vulgar 'daily', tight-lipped and be-rollered, and something of an artiste with the Hoover. Julian has a very good sense of timing, and his deliberate pace and wrinkled stockings entertained the audience from first to last. He set a high standard which the rest of the dozen cast maintained. There were particularly stylish performances from Beverly Tarr (as Muriel Wicksteed) and Ted George (her G.P. husband who dashes about sorting out one crisis after another). Both have good stage presence and made a lively, well-matched leading pair, who understood the need for pace in this sparkling comedy where the permissive society is taken to its extreme, and satisfaction of the body is the ruling passion of the characters' lives.

Their bold, extravagant playing was nicely contrasted with the delicate caricaturing by Tom Dyson and Anna Forsyth. Denis (Tom) who believes himself to be suffering from every interesting and fatal disease, was suitably ridiculous in his black flares, and well matched by Constance (Anna) . Mouse-like, flat-chested and boring in her 'mud-coloured cretonne', she nurtures a longing for a beautiful bust. Let us say she developed splendidly in the course of the evening!

Caroline Weller gave us a precise cameo of the English aristocracy at its arrogant, tally-hoing worst as Lady Rumpus. Albert Power gave an almost threateningly slimy performance as 'Watch it, Vicar!' Throbbing, while Philippa Smith ('Call me plucky!') schemed her way through, against our trembling and yet authoritative B.M.A. president, played by Barnaby Stevenson. Matt Willifer, complete with gross checked jacket and loose tie, made a splendid cheap-jack salesman.

It was a small and talented cast, right down to Giles Hogben's very funny suicide-case, the pageboys and air-stewardesses.

There were many very amusing moments, most of which involved the dropping of trousers, and the cast managed what it is extremely difficult to achieve - comic pace and a sense of the absurd. It was a very considerable feat on the part of Ted George, who both took part and directed the play with panache. I am sure this is the way House P lays ought to be produced.

The backstage team, too, was effective and unobtrusive - well done!

As with all Alan Bennett's work, the play touches real life and has its poignant moments (well , almost) as the characters learn what really matters through the ridiculous sequence of events.

By the end almost everyone has their trousers on, and we have absorbed Mrs. Swabb's sour philosophy: 'The body's an empty vessel, The flesh an awful cheat, The world is just an abattoir, For our rotting lumps of meat.'

Thus we skirt tragedy and learn to laugh at ourselves.

Well done, Tradescant, on a splendidly funny and stylish House Play, which brought the Spring Term to a glorious close.

F.E .T. 94

â&#x20AC;˘ BOOK REVIEWS OVER THE SEA TO DIE RICHARD GRINDAL (H, 1931-9; Macmillan , 1989) With both my connections with the Scottish Hebrides and Meister Omers, I feel I am in a good position to write about Richard Grinda!'s latest novel, Over the Sea to Die. Although this is his seventeenth book, it is the first written under his own name. All the others, including Death on the Cards (reviewed in the April 1989 issue), were written under a pseudonym, Richard Grayson.

He writes with flair an evocative murder story set in the rather beguiling atmosphere of the Isle of Skye. The plot and the controversial issues raised by it form a vivid and yet inevitable contrast with the apparent simplicity of the setting, a remote island. These issues highlight the feelings of malice and mistrust which can so easily develop in a closely-knit community. What starts with a seemingly simple suicide transforms into a gruesome murder story. An element of romance is added however, to keep the reader firmly on the ground!

Charles Mackinnon, the central character, comes to the island as a locum for the usual doctor, Dr. Tait. As an outsider, he is automatically regarded with some suspicion by the islanders.

The police are extremely reluctant to help when, horrified, Charles sees a figure being thrown from a cliff-top. However, this is just the beginning of the story, and the plot unfolds to reveal another murder, this time of Mairi McPhee, a retarded girl who is also pregnant, and the harsh realit y of drug ab use and AIDS. Even the most innocent of characters are accused - even the real Dr. Tait who is recovering in hospital in Edinburgh after major heart surgery. No-one is spared, and the conclusion is wrapped up neatl y, in fact two readings are necessary to try and sort all the details out.

As in his other no vels, Mr. Grindal writes to transport the situation out of the ordinary and into a most exciting realm altogether. Over the Sea to Die would make an excellent television drama or film as all the ingredients are there. However, in book form Mr. Grindal's novel is most entertaining, and could be recommended to anyone who needs a good read.

CAMILLA PALMER.

FAMINE THAT KILLS ALEXANDER DE W AAL (MA 76-80; Clarendon Press, 1989) Alexander de Waal's study, originally conceived as his Oxford D.Phil. thesis, at first appears in penetrable and too specialised to appeal to all but experts. However, it is a rewarding read and the uncluttered style and logical structu re make it not only accessible but also very interesting.

Dr. de Waal's research is based on the 1984-1985 famine in the region of Darfur in the Sudan, vulnerable because of its position on the fringe of the desert and its nearness to the Chad - Libyan conflict. His intimate knowledge of the community provides a fascinating range of detail and a sense of involvement rather than outside observation. This leads to a clear-headed but deeply humanitarian approach, with an emphasis on local people's opinions which is supported by the amount of oral evidence used in the book. Even to the uninformed the originality of this study is apparent: Dr. de Waal challenges the accepted Western concept of famine, pointing out that is based on social philosophy rather than social experience. Instead of accepting the conventional definition of famine as a shortage of food leading to widespread deaths through starvation, he concentrates on poverty, destitution and social breakdown: it is the threat to their way of life rather than to life itself which is feared most by the people of Darfur. The book reveals a resourcefulness among ru ral fam ine victims which comes as a shock to those of us conditioned by journalists exposed to famine as what Dr. de Waal calls 'disaster tourists' . The result of th is meticulous and thoughtful research is a brilliantly-informed, honest study wh ich is at once JENNIE BARBOUR. scholarly and direc tl y related to action.

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TALKS CAREERS FOR WOMEN: POSITIVE THINKING DR. ELEANOR MACDONALD, WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT TUESDAY, 20th JANUA RY Having battled our way through torrentia l ra in a nd the ta unts of M .C .P .s to attend our ta lk , most of us were in war-like mood , looking forward to a diatribe on the evils of the male a nd an excuse to press for female domination o f the first XI. However, we we re surprised . P ur ple mohair is hardly conventional power-dressing, and Dr. Macdonald was fa r fr om being a conventiona l feminist. He r aim was not to incite us all to burn our bras , but to put fo rwa rd, with reason rather tha n aggression, an a tti tude which we would all be wise to adopt.

Dr. Macdona ld has given many similar lectures , and years of experience have taught her that the most effecti ve way to improve women' s att itudes is not by presenting a ten-point plan fo r female domination o f the wo rld , or by recommending sharp sui ts a nd briefcases fo r selfpromotion , but by emphasizing that a nyo ne can do whatever she or he wan ts if she or he wants it badly enough, a nd tha t being a woma n should be no obstacle. Her central theme was that ' where you want to be is your proper place' , and by her stressing that those who want to be housewives should not feel inferior to those who wa nt to be construction engineers , we all came to feel that ultimately it is whether we achieve what we wanted to do, rat her than the comparative level o f our ambition , which matters most.

Some members of the audience engaged in lively discussion from the floor. While some pointed out that preventing ma le attendance a t the talk so that we might not feel intimidated could , in fac t, have the opposite effect , others preferred to ma ke more ge neral comments on feminism a nd on men in ge neral. Some valid points were made, but un fo rtunately the time spent in discussion prevented Dr. Macdona ld fro m discussing Women in Ma nagement in greater depth.

Using as an example her own effort s to organi ze a conference for the 300 Group, which aims to include more women M.P. s in Pa rlia men t , Dr. Macdona ld o nce again demonstrated how a nything can be achieved with sufficient moti vation , ho wever difficult the odds seem. She impressed upon us all a sense both o f our own potentia l, and of the value o f whatever we do set out to achieve if it is what we reall y wa nt. Ou r thanks to her for making this importan t and valuable po int in such an interesting a nd in fo rm ative ta lk.

C H ARLOTIE M EN DELSON.

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ROMANIA: BEFORE AND AFTER CEA USESCU MR. ALAN CLARK CONSUL GENERAL, MONTREAL - FORMERLY COUNSELLOR AND HEAD OF CHANCERY, AND ACTING AMBASSADOR, BUCHAREST MONDAY, 12th FEBRUARY In a period when world news is dominated by the collapse of traditional communism and the redefinition of post-war Europe, Mr. Clark's talk, coming as it did only a matter of weeks after the historic, if somewhat bloody, Romanian revolution , was both entertaining and highly topical. It represented a unique insight into, on the one hand, the plight of the country's longdowntrodden people and, on the other, the mind of its erstwhile ruler, Nicolae Ceausescu, 'a full-blown personality cult. ' Having spent a large part of the last four years working in the British Embassy in Bucharest, Mr. Clark was able to enliven his talk with a wealth of personal anecdotes and local knowledge.

From these it soon became apparent that the Romanians, by all accounts a charming and humorous people, had gained a special place in his heart.

During the opening part of his talk, Mr. Clark sketched out the historical and geographical context of today's Romania, originally defined as the area below and to the east of the Carpathians and Transylvanian Alps. The country's history is notable for the number of foreign powers governing the country at one time or another. It was only after the Second World War that, under the iron hammer of Moscow, Romania took on its present shape.

Despite the communist ideal of rule by the people, it was, ironically , the Romanian people - peasants and farmers most of them - who suffered most under Ceausescu. The legacy of 'The Hero of Heroes' and his 'Era of Light' was a country unable to feed itself and on the brink of starvation, much of its output, both agricultural and industrial, having been exported to payoff all foreign debts. So too he left behind him monolithic industries so wasteful that they used most of the nation's energy, leaving little or none for the individual citizen. For example, one large aluminium plant near Bucharest supposedly used more electricity in a day than the whole of the capital city did in a year. It is hardly surprising then that state television was able to function for only two hours every day, and that blocks of flats rarely had any hot water during the day.

Mr. Clark subsequently focussed his attention on the Ceausescu regime's human rights record, stating in answer to a question that one of the main reasons for the British Government's continued presence in Romania was to protest against this. He offered up to the audience a plethora of fascinating personal tales of dissidents whom he and his family had known, some of whom escaped, some of whom are now in government and some of whom, poignantly, he never saw again. Mr. Clark told us also of the antics of his son Nicholas, currently a Shell boy in Luxmoore, who, upon hearing one evening that the table at which they were dining was probably bugged by the famed Sec uri tate, promptly got down on his hands and knees and pulled the offending item from under the table!

Terminating with a vision of Romania's future, Mr. Clark talked of his hopes and fears, especially concerning the establishment of free democratic elections and closer links with the West. I, for one, came away feeling that whatever faults Britain may have, we are lucky to have nobody to compare to Ceausescu!

Many thanks to Mr. Clark and the best of luck with his new job as Consul General in Montreal.

NICHOLAS HILL.

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The mysterious title of his talk proved to be a quotation from one of John Keats' poems 'Ode on a Grecian Urn': 'Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought.' A Grecian urn was perhaps a surprising central theme of the talk , but was nonetheless a stimulating and thought-provoking one. Several comparisons were drawn from the lives and work of Keats, Shelley and Byron, not least their connection with the pyramid of Cestius and the tragic nature of their deaths: Keats succumbed, like the rest of his family, to tuberculosis whilst Shelley'S decomposing body was found on the shores of the Mediterranean, suitably equipped with a volume of Keats' poetry.

Mr. Thorn cited their rapacious capacity for knowledge and learning and intense involvement in their work as an important characteristic. He was not suggesting, however, that it was imperative that we should read the entire school library or indulge in fighting - Keats' main pursuits.

The study of a subject is valuable, not necessarily for the subject itself, but for the thought and contemplation that it stimulates, as the analogy to the Grecian urn portrayed. The talk in itself substantiated this point: rather than exhibiting his specific ideas about education, Mr. Thorn presented his broad views about the need for involvement in, and not just the superficial study of, a subject. Mr. Thorn refrained from imposing his ideas on the audience and the talk stimulated individual thought, as reflected by the questions afterwards. . Many thanks to Mr. Thorn for his captivating approach to a prickly subject, close to all our hearts.

ANNA PATTEN.

VISITS AND TRIPS 6A SKI TRIP TO LES DEUX ALPES A brightly-coloured group collected outside St. Augustine's, fresh from the comfort of Sweeney Todd's, donning ski hats and moonboots (obvious necessities for a channel crossing). This was the scene of N.L.P.'s first 'minor hiccup' . Well, after all, a coach is a mere luxury, when trying to get to France.

On board the Sally Line 'guaranteed a smooth crossing' ferry, there were a few ups and downs, which seemed to disagree with Mrs C.T.H. and foiled Lewis and Pip's attempts to groove it in the Constellation Bar. Replenished with duty-free and many pain au choc later, the gang - slightly the worse for wear - descended upon L'Hotel X only to be greeted by our Plat du Jour 'Du glace'. Rooms were allocated randomly, although suspiciously enough Limp managed to sandwich his bed between the two girls' rooms, much to their delight of course!

Skiing on the first day was just a little breezy, as gale force winds took both Jess's ski and, more importantly, her bobble hat, over the edge of a precipice, winds so strong that even Tiff took a tumble. The evacuation process was no less hazardous as frantic women sought the comfort of Giles' manly chest, with squeals of terror (or, in Pip's case, pleasure!)

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As the search continued for snow, Doug kept our 'spirits' up - not only with the schnapps but also with some fun and games. Rich had a few problems where the frankfurters were concerned, whilst Pecky and Tiff were egged on. As Jim felt the need for a cha nge from the hotel's 'varied' cuisine a trip was organised to a local pizzeria where a good nosh-up was had by all.

The results of the ski-school's slalom race were interesting as 'egg' showed his finesse a nd Phillips dragged himself away from the ladies just long enough to humiliate Felix the Prodigy - whose snowplough turns were the best in the resort - or so he claimed .

The week of furious fun came to a climax with the black tie (and sunglasses) dinner. Touching presentations were made to our two coach drivers, whose friendly banter had livened up the endless hours of travelling and to all the staff who joined in so readily with even the silliest jaunts. Not even an epidemic of French 'flu could take the edge off such a well-organised holiday for which the credit must go to N.L.P. who took every upheaval masterfully in his stride. It certainly was a holiday to remember - merci beaucoup!

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The Conference was a series of four talks (interspersed by coffee breaks in Euston Station) designed to enlighten us on certain topics of our 'A' Level syllabus. Each talk varied in the quality of content and delivery. Although the conference centred on urban problems, each talk provided contrasting examples of world cities, making them of individual value.

Dr. Robert Bradnock used India as a detailed study for his talk. He gave explanations for the causes, problems and solution of India's growing population and increasing urbanisation a nd poverty. Dr. Bradnock conveyed the diversity of such an expansive country as India.

The next talk was supposed to focus on urban problems in Latin America. Unfortunately, Dr. Ann Varley was expecting to be talking to a group of fifty and was received by an audience of over a thousand. As a result her talk was noticeably nervous with numerous technical faults and long pauses. She provided no information that has not already been drummed into the minds of every 'A' Level geographer. The main body of the talk was a rather murky slide show to the accompaniment of Mexican music. The talk was terminated abruptly by a thoroughly bored and hostile audience who took an opportune moment to applaud her during a pause.

After dodging the traffic of the Euston Road we returned from lunch for Dr. Richard Dennis' lecture on housing in London . The talk updated our notes with the problems that are to be faced in the 1990s. Dr. Dennis put forward some new ideas on the spread of inner-city decay and succeeded in recapturing the interest of the audience.

Finally, Dr. Peter Jackson addressed us on urban change in the U.S.A. He concentrated particularly on New York and Chicago. The talk was steered towards racism and the formation of ghettos, making it contrasting to the previous talks.

By the end of the day our thoughts had been taken from the multiple cultures of India to the problems of gang warfare. No doubt every geographer who attended will, in June, be quoting fi gures for the hazards of the Bombay subway or the names of the Chicago War Lords. It was an interesting, if not entirely worthwhile day out.

SARAH KILROY.

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SATURDAY, 10th FEBRUARY

As the minibus pulled out of the Walpole yard, early on the Sunday morning, we sat bleakly contemplating early ris ing and the prospect of grey-suited, grey-faced economists facing us at the conference ahead . In Alden Biesen, the richly-restored sixteenth century Flemish chateau in which we stayed, there was in fact no problem with either.

Upon arrival, mind you, they worked us hard. We had to undergo a ' rallye qui z', a thoroughly misleading way of describing the event of wandering round the chateau for a long time looki ng for towers which did not seem to exist. Jolly good Eu ro pean fun.

Having presented, by means of an idiosyncratic video, our school (and the banks and jewellers' shops of Canterbury) to the other students, from Belgian, German and French schools, we then proceeded to the business of the week. Each morning a school presented a particular aspect of the Eu ropean Comm unity : topics ran ged from the environment to the death penalty (to Duncan Priston's delight). On the Tuesday morning it was our turn , and pulses raced . Jacques Delors's Social Charter was the topic . Neil Sha h gave, to great applause, what was obviously the majority view . Against him was ranged true-blue Nicholas Hill, who gave an exposition in fluent French of British doubts on the subject. Later in the morning at the plenary session after seminar discussion Myles Bowker gave an unscheduled speech of his own, something which became a feature of these assemblies.

Afternoons involved visits to places such as Antwerp, the Ford factory at Genk, an old coalmine, and Maastricht in the Netherlands. All this gave Richard Knight a chance to flourish his sickly yellow video camera. C ultural trips included Rubens' house , cathedrals, and cafes.

In the evenings we went to the cellar of the castle, in which Myles played the piano, Bill Scott table football, and Duncan got to know the Belgians. On the last night it was the scene of much hilarity, with Messrs. Teeton and Vye bopping, Duncan making all sorts of things disappear, and Myles delivering the coup de grace with Jerry Lewis' Oreal Balls of Fire.

Next morning there were some touching farewells.

Our thank s to Messrs. Vye and Teeton for their help both there a nd beforehand with prepara tion for our presentations; to the Flemish community for inviting us; and to Mr. Hart the organiser. It was a live experience of what Europe should be like in the future, and we thor0ughly recommend it to next year's 6a.

NICHOLAS HILL.

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SUNDAY, II th MARCH

As the coach jerked down the drive to the Cast le Head Field Centre, forty-nine geographers murmured with discontent. Not in disappointment but owing to a foreboding sense of concern as N.L.P. cracked the first of his many 'jokes'. We were welcomed by Fev, Frank, Rick and Murray, our instructors for the weekend. The Mitchinson's crew were eager to be instructed,

showing particu lar interest in the local livestock .

Our first of many lectures was on 'do's and don'ts' , though th ere were rather more of the latter than the former. Having been introduced to the local landscape, we retired for the night.

The girls got lost in their shag pile while the boys squeezed into their luxury cupboards.

The next few days bore witness to a variety of activities from James Knight's Wordsworth recitation to Ric ha rd Knight watching Neighbours at 2,500 ft. on his portab le T. V.! The whole group wandered lonely as clo uds as we gazed at Nested Carr ies a nel discovered the delights of Till Sediment Ana lysis. An adventure up the mountain saw one group facing horizontal sleet, while the ot her group experienced winds of eighty miles a n hour. The food was good.

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The rest of the trip involved high-pitched complaints from Philippa ' Grann y' Smith a fter a bad bac k problem , and repeated offers o f personal physiotherapy. Eventually Helen found her bearin gs again, just as we were a bout to leave. We a re indebted to Fraulein Fev, Rick, Murray, Fra nk, the Geography Department, Billy the Ram and C harl ie 'the technical-term eater' for a n interesting a nd educational trip .

AN DR EW DA RLEY AN D J AMES L INFORT H .

CHAPLAIN'S NOTES 'I ' m feeling much better now and longing to get back to School. Even though I had to go to hos pital I'm enjoying every minute of being here.' This was written by a girl who left King' s

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last year a nd is presently teaching in a rural school in Zimba bwe before returning to take up a University place. Her malaise was caused by a sna ke bite. ' Ex pect the unex pected ' was the statement made by Jim Cogan when he came to Canterbury in Ja nuary to ta lk about Schools' Partnership World wide. This scheme helps place volunteers who wish to teach a broad during a year o ff. The letters from volunteers prese ntl y in India a nd Zimbabwe indicate that the unex pected happens regularly and that even if the snakes bite, the people are exceedin gly friendl y.

With links a lready established into the developing world , this term we made pla ns for volunteers who wish to ex plore and serve next yea r. There have been ta lks which encou raged enterprise a nd the res pect o f nature, sermons to inspire and opportunities to re-assess spiritual values (one potentia l volunteer in the sixth form opted for Confirmation before travel) . T he lin ks were enhanced fur ther by the presence of our Lent Visitor, Jean-Paul Solo fr om Madagasca r. An account of his visit is give n below. His read ing o f the las t verses of St. Matthew 's Gospel in the Shirley Hall gave us strict instructions to ex periment in a wider world with some o f the philosophies learned within the Precincts.

There is no need to travel far in dista nce to do that. Sixty-three visited , in small groups, the link Parish of St. John's, Margate, as part of their Confirmation Prepa ration. As can be seen from Sarah-J ane Da rley's report elsewhere in this issue, there was much to enjoy as fri endships we re formed and greetings exchanged . Howeve r, to learn is to grow a nd to grow is to sense some o f the stru ggle and the pain which a community ex periences . There are no simple answers to many pressing socia l problems, and friendship with people in Margate merely acts as a reminder that the deep di visions which often exist in society demand serious a ttention th rough praye r a nd act ion. In his Confirmatio n Sermon , the Archbishop expla ined the difference in attitude which travellers hold when they are day trippers as opposed to residents in a foreign countr y.

Confirmation should confirm an intention to reside in the Kingdom of God, and not merely endorse the occasional da y visit into A nglicanism.

To hold and susta in our Community in School there is dail y mornin g worship , the Eucha rist a nd prayers. The Year Group Prayers in the Crypt of the Cathedral have been events o f music, o f silence and of meditation, led each week by a different member of staff. The Memorial Chapel has been used in the evening for H ouse Communion, Sung Compline services and an act of worshi p in the T aize style. The term ended with a meditation using wo rds a nd music in the Quire of the Cathedral, and there are pla ns fo r further ac ts o f worship in SI. Augustine' s Upper Chapel, combining the spoken word, singing a nd instrumental music. The tex t of the last Mattins Sermon of term included some wo rds written by Bruno Bettelheim: 'Contrary to the a ncient myth, wisdom does not burst forth full y developed like Athena out of Zeus' s head; it is built up small step by small step from most irrational beginnings' . The Collect fo r the last Sunday o f term read 'Almightly God, whose most dear Son we nt not up to joy but first he suffered pain , and entered into the glory before he was crucified ; me rci fully gra nt that we, walking in the way of the cross may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ Our Lord'.

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Sixth-form speakers have included Ji m Cogan , Pat H ill and Fiona MacCarthy.

Lower School Sunday Services have included talks by Deaconess Pamela Lloyd, Mrs. June Dixon-M illa r a nd Rita Jones.

Mattins Preachers were: P rofessor Frances Yo ung, Canon Frank Telfer a nd The Reverend Peter H ullah.

Money raised from Church Collections and at House Concerts: Ox fam £100.00 British Hea rt Foundation £60.00 Ro manian Medical Aid Appeal £137 .70 Feed the Minds £50.00 Missio n to Seamen £50 .00 The C hurch in Madagascar £500.00 (T his, together wi th a grant o f £200 fro m St. Paul 's Church, Cante rbury, paid for a n air tic ket fo r Jean-Paul Solo, his pocket money and a gi ft to the Chu rch of Madagascar Appeal.)

P.F.H. Jea n-Paul Solo emerged from his Aeroflot fl ight , a sma ll slight figure in the late night crowd at Heathrow ai rport. We knew he wo uld feel the cold immediately so we bundled him o ff to the car for the journey home. Even on that fi rst night he was prepared to tell us about his Theological College, li fe in Madagascar and his fu ture as a priest.

He stayed in Lardergate and School H ouse which he called his ' home' fo r the duration of his visit. Soon he became used to school food, assemblies , classes, Confi rmation Preparation a nd visits to Ma rgate. Many boys extended a warm welcome to him , inviting hi m to their studies, ta lk ing with him in French a nd English and learning about Madagascar. Although he said at one point that he most enjoyed telling/ta lking about Madagascar, there is no doubt that certai n experiences left an impression on hi m. I'm sure that he will remember playing ping-pong, makin g a silver rin g a nd using a computer. We hope as well that the opportunity to buy some very special books o f his own choice will have given him lasting pleasure.

J ean-Paul gave o f himself on his visit. The most poignant moments fo r us were those when he described his life a t home. It was humbling to hear that he cooked a ll his own meals while goi ng to school. Books are in short supply a nd he told us how diffic ult it was for the C hurch in Madagascar to keep up wit h modern liturgy sim ply because books are not available. T hen, we learned tha t rice and cassava are taken fo r breakfast, often before the sun rises. Many you ng people drift to the cities in an atte mpt to fi nd an easier li fe. T he age-old problems of dri nk, cri me and prostitutio n emerge in those overcrowded cities. Nonetheless, many o f his fe llowcountrymen wo rk hard to feed themselves on sma ll farms like that of Jean-Paul's own fami ly.

Although the materiali sm of our society particularly impressed Jea n-Paul, he was not seduced by it. He is a man fi rmly set upon his way, dedicated to his own profession and convinced of the moral rectitude o f his own African traditions. He will marry in the next two years before the Bishop ordai ns him. He knows the job ahead of him is difficult for he will have to work up to twenty-six miles between his parishes. This does not please him because he prefers life in the cou ntry where he says men live more naturally. When he becomes a priest the Church will give him a farm which he can cultivate and support himself and his family with its produce.

There is a sort of purity in his soul which we as sophisticated Westerners cannot easily understand.

It was a ve ry specia l privilege to have him with us.

Jean-Paul helped us appreciate the C hristian paradox: in giving to him we received far more than we ever imagined . His presence in Prayers in the Sh irley Hall on Monday, 12th March bridged the gap between Canterbury and Madagascar in a most unusual and moving way .

His address is: St. Paul' s Theological College, BP 1707, Antananarivo 101 , MADAGASCAR. P.F.H. 103 JEAN -I'A Ul. SOl.O (PFH.J

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Ideally these notes should begin with some pseudo-in tellectual quote or some rousing 'natio nalist' phrase. This term they are going to do neither. For it has been a fairly relaxed term for the old place which this yea r celebrates its 125 th anniversary, a nd the pace of li fe has slowed to match that o f the Head of H ouse. We are not so relaxed , however, tha t we have fa llen asleep, fo r the ac hievements of this term have been ma ny a nd

varied.

T he junior basketball tem under the guidance o f ' Peter Brodie' Odgers and Cheyney Kent reached the semis. The cross country team (led by Eggnose) performed sterling wor k a nd gave Broughton a run fo r their money, coming a superb second in both the juniors a nd seniors. Sim on Cole a nd Jim Kni ght .gained 1st colours for their perform a nces fo r the school. We will draw a veil over the house footie: suffice to say that we were about as successful as Wimbledon (sorry, Jon) .

The Ho use Concert was a triumph and full credit must go to Nick Flower who wo rked like a slave and was assisted by Sholto Byrnes . They put together a concert o f exceptional musical quality with superb solos from Jonnie Sampson, Camilla S~eeny and Ben Yo ung a m~)Og others.

I doubt if many other houses could produce a show so slick a nd stylish. Our mUSIcians were also in evidence for 'Rock Steady II ' with the inimitable 'Silky Smooth ' Byrnes organising the jazz section and playing a mean bass and our resident Santana in the fo rm o f Jim Waddell on lead/ rhythm gui tar. Other members of the house were involved , including Dan Longhurst a nd Jos Scla ter who have also lit all the plays this term in addition to illuminating Cass ie Knight. ' Ge rald ' Gillespie busied himself taking photos. As the copy is so la te I am a ble to tell you our result in the House Song contest. We fini shed third equal, which shows that our assembl y singing was not in vain (except fo r Neil Shah 's who rarely made it). We were also present in K. Y. D. or Jim's youth drama, as someone quipped, with Jim Knight as player-ma nage r and Sholto acting.

Jim also tells us tha t he wishes to sta r in a romance in King' s Week and so has begun rehearsing with Jane Tennick already.

T he year started with Doive H amilton finally getting hi tc hed (although he is reputed not to have noticed) , closely followed by Charlotte Bainbridge discove ring that Luxmoore was full o f eastern promise. Continuing this cultural link Arlene found that eastern Europe was more her scene and began to Count her blessings. Flo va n Notten and 'Features' Bagshaw mo ved into their ground-floor sui te, only to be served with a deportation order. Jon O 'Mahony went straight to the children's ward a nd from there on a length y tour of Oxford 's dreamy spires . Chiller Of the Term (COT) prize must surely go to Catherine Owen for snatching Bill H arris. A 6a to fift hform link was fo rmed by Misty a nd Beccy, the latter flitting from one study resident to the next (subject to availability).

Finally tha nks to all the ladies, especially to Pat whose alarm clock is getting faster and faster!

To Miss 1. who tended the sick - a nd Jon - and to A .H .D . who has kept us in check. Also to Mould y, on whom Fred and Ben wish to test their new dissection kits. Finally, no house notes would be complete withou t a mention of Guy Belliere (and why not?).

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Sebastian Dawson-Bowling (5b)

'Away In a manager, no crib for a bed, The IItlle -' God, I'm tired. Went to bed late lasl nlghl.

Bul Ihere was Ihls great film on. I walched It all.

'Boul Ihls girl who gets kidnapped. Pretty good. Pretty girl, 100.

Bul I am tired. I wish I was stili - 'asleep on the hay.

The catlle are lowing, the baby awakes ' Oh no, just remembered, I had to do that Biology by nine today.

Or was It half nine? Well, anyway, I'll say Ws at home SING I And you can have a caning after!'

'Peter Thompson 'But sir ' 'No buts. Another caning for arguingl' 'But it is Christmas, Isn't It sir?'

'And the Lord wants you to join In singing a carol.'

'And stay by my side until morning Is nigh ' Not again. Don't you think it's unfair? Poor old Pete.

I mean, the only reason we have assembly is 'cause U's the law The !I.M. ain't no Christian. Look, he's not Singing himself. .

Just cause we're kids, doesn't mean U's different.

Jesus said to 'bless all the dear children, In thy tender care' - not cane them.

Stili there's only three days till we break up.

Can't waU. I'm visiting my girlfriend on the 26th It'll be nice to escape from the family, especially ~y big brother.

I'll go round Liz's - 'to live with thee there'.

The Island

Bruce Darlaston (Rb)

Behind this mask of nesh and bones I live: No one can see me, no one can bold me, No one can tell me what I am thinkIng. I am Invisible, a spirit that sits alone, safe behind These secure walls of nesh they call my name.

II is very dark in here. Only the sound of my Rhythmic footsteps breaks the cold silence which Besieges my brain. What can I do? The door Is locked: The key was lost In my creallon.

All I have are the material pleasures of life: The fast car, the Mayfair nat and the holiday in the sun.

People congratulate me on my success: the wise stocks deal, The considerate investor. All this and yet more Unhappiness than was rightfully mine.

And while the ice bucket Is still moist with the taste Of success, I know I have failed.

Behind this mask of nesh and bones I live: No one can see me, no one can hold me, No one will ever know me. lOS

Ewan Kerr (5b)

Rannoch Moor A paradise I n an ocean of ugliness, It lies safe From hostile human hands.

The sentry a stag, Guarding raw element itself, From things which are not eternal, Are not stone.

Hungry burns take centuries

To eat millennia's creation, Muttering, murmuring,. .

Over the shoulders of thIS gIant.

Only the occasional outsider Discovers this jungle of barrenness, As he skirts its safest boundary. b f'l He peers, gazes, tries to understand, ut a. s.

Once, for a second, I succeeded.

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Images of Childhood

Miles Edlmann (Ra)

The annoyance, horror and fierce struggles: Restrained by a well-meaning but distraught teacher On the first day of school, mummy betraying, not looking back.

The special feeling of being ill: attention, care.

Supermarket trips, knowing you should be at school.

Daddy and the dog arriving home each Friday night: Hot chestnuts, butterl' and salty in the fire.

Riding to breakfast at Grandma's on Saturdays For fat, juicy pancakes.

The night we said the 'F - word' in a hot frothy bath My sister tempting, mummy eavesdropping.

The disappointment of when my sister Hressed in all the cricket kit that I was denied, Unable to express my frustration.

The incomprehensible boredom, cramped on the bed, Of the Olympics and the Royal Wedding: 'I don't understand ... ' 'Shhhhh!'

The holiday visits to England, tapas in Spain, up the Eiffel _ Jaffa juice sea-sick on the ferry.

Golfball chewing gums, English sweeties!

Arriving home again to (;randma: tea, cakes And sandwiches, a welcome fire blaling.

Bluebe" Woods

Andrew Ruffe" (RbI

The stream soaked Our feet As we traversed its treacherous depths And the banks muddied Our knees When we scaled their perilous heights.

Rut we could always find sanctuary In the hollow, the moist, green hollow.

A spring burst from mossy sandstone Into a clear pool of liquid sunshine.

Here we fished for shark-like trout With stocks, bent pins and cotton.

If one was caught, we'd build a fire And have shark steaks for tea.

We'd keep our treasured things In a fern-hidden crack in the rocks: Matches, pins, knives, string, All hidden from vicw, sacred, ours, Worthless but valuable then In those bluebell woods of youth.

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Just a Beetle

Stephen Carey (RbI

It was my very first car: A Volkswagen Beetle convertible, As red as the blood crashing and foaming through my veins.

Every door, every window, every ridge in the car

Was showing off to me, Boasting about its unique quality, Its spotless, matt black tyres Temporarily resting on the sunbaked tarmac.

My heart seemed to try to escape from my body As it pounded against the walls of my chest.

My head grew lighter A nd my sight faltered as I registered and dispelled m)' disbelief.

My father, temporarily the greatest of the species, Extended his arm and opened his hand To reveal a set of three glinting keys.

I raised my sweating hand And lifted reality out of my dreams.

The three keys hung proudly, Sparkling in their splendour.

I thanked my father, And slowly turned to face my life.

My teenage years had built up to this: They now waited expectantly.

I slipped the key into the glistening door: It went in with no resistance.

The rest of the world meant nothing to me now.

I sat instinctively in the driver's seat, And savoured the smell of new leather.

Drunk with excitement, I prodd~d, turned and opened anything I could, Just as If I were a small child again.

I laid a shaking hand on one of the keys Which was cool to my touch.

I helped it into the ignition And turned it, hoping, yet expecting nothing .

But the car started first time, And purred with contentment.

With my blood still coursing through my veins, And my head still light, I gently depressed the accelerator And watched in helpless amazement As everything important to me flowed by with the Sl¡enerv.

I drove away, gliding along the border .

Between reality and dreams, In a search to exploit the greatest feeling That I had ever felt.

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Matilda Mitchell (A6bl

Alter Ego That superficial arrogance you wear, The confidence with which you flick your hair Hides nothing, covers only wretchedness At complications shading happiness.

You glance around - will someone see your flaws?

Your nervousness protrudes - not without cause.

Your insecurity is now revealed;

Your envelope of pride is now unsealed.

For someone, somewhere has the power to see That someone, somewhere happens to be me.

I notice, now, your spirit in disguise,

The vulnerability stored behind those eyes, Detect a malice deep within your smile.

I comprehend an evil motive while You contradict what others have to say; They threaten your intelligence some way.

But have you noticed that I am not blind?

That I'm the one who's seen inside that mind?

Don't worry. For I will not turn your key I love you for the way you seem to be.

Peter Medawar (A6al

... for Natasha From between the blades Of dew-drenched green, She waits silent and still, As never seen.

From beneath a shadow Of clotted black, She caresses and seals His faint window crack.

From out of the light above the porch Blunders a beating grey sail.

Tricked, he sticks suspended, As six legs wildly flail.

From beyond all hope, Flicking and clicking her limbs, She rushes and crouches and touches - He feels her Jaws swiftly sting.

The moth pulses weakly.

He is life's blind selection; She is death's dark deception; Silk covers him, completely.

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THE GRANGE

The theological influence of the Cathedral is seldom noticed in day-to-day life, but we feel that it does affect our lifestyle and have decided to apply it , in the form of the Ten Commandments ... according to The Grange.

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

Throughout the term the senior members of the house have led by shining example. We feel that any complaints about the telephone area were merely misinterpretations of the vigorous religious arguments that take place in the said area from time to time.

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labour and do all your work. Although we gained only one admissio n into Oxford, in the form of Chris Buchholz, our Oriental scholar, the general standard of work has been improving as A-levels/G.C .S .E .s loom ever closer. The Sabbath Day was, indeed, a day of rest, after a hard day of sport. Alex 'Ton' Woolston, Ben 'Leech' Peachey and Oliver Hinton represented the 1st Xl footba ll.

Iona Martin headed the river, whilst the keen-as-mustard hockey boys, Philip van Notten, James Osmond, C hristian Pattman and Mathew O'Sullivan represented the 1st and 2nd hockey XIs. Thou shalt not kill. Indeed it was Broughton who killed, for in the House Football final it was The Grange who suffered sudden death. A fter the sixteenth penalty we were gripped by the bronchials, ending a football marathon.

Thou shalt not commit adultery. Nothing so scandalous could ever happen in The Grange, although Elo'ise has moved from quality to quantity and Piers seems to have followed this example.

Whi lst the older members of the house are settling down to marriage, our 6b smoothy tried the day girl. The ethnic majority couldn't be tied down: they were too busy listening to Ice T. Thou shalt not steal. Again we fell foul of our central location , and numerous items went missing, including the Cantuar 'larders' food, though it was Alex South's bed-time reading which he seemed more worried about. Valentine's Day saw the theft of Billy's heart; he is now planning recovery.

Thou shalt no t bear false witness against thy neighbour. Andrew Hancock chaired the 1:30 sitting. Meanwhile were Alex Woolston and Sophie La ndale only holding close discussions on our new sofa (thank you, Nasons)?

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house. The Grange being a house wit h more character and style tha n any other, we feel no need to covet, especially with our new acquisitions of a microwave (thank you, Chris Job), computer (Mr. Voigt) and television, (Ceefax p. Tony Hancock).

Honour thy father and thy mother. We have moved this commandment to the more suitable spot at the end. Thanks obviously must go to Mr. and Mrs. Woodley who yet again held the house together admirably, and to Mrs. Delafons who left us briefly for an operation , but returned fighting fit and looking better than ever.

D.O . AND B.B.

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T he Pole ret urned from the Christmas rest and rec reation (not enough res t, too much rec reation?) to settle dow n fo r the Lent Term . The stress told soon eno ugh on Mr. Vye , who left the house mid-term for the attrac ti ons of Brussels. The overpopula tio n problem in Winchelsea was tempo raril y solved a lm ost immediatel y.

A fte r half-term the fifths we re one down, but came back fighting with boarding and indie music - hey, ma n, sixties fla shbac k for real!

Eve ryt hing was given up for Le nt.

T urnin g to tenser matters ... soccer semi-fin als reached before falling to Snoreton. The junior bas ketba ll team we nt into the final , with Jolers performing superbl y on a nd o ff the court, before going down bravely to Linacre and the Mi ll wall crowd.

Finally, there was a great little evening of music and light entertainment, master-minded by Gotz and Godric, and fea turing the Walpole of the future .

So , as the last Pole vets under their dynamic captain move into their fin al tour o f duty, it rema ins for me to tha nk our understa nding ladies , Miss Burr , a nd Mr. and Mrs. Vye, for every thing.

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Writing, as we are, between House Song reh earsals our minds are immedia tely cast back to the event that towered over the rest of the term : the ' Eve ning o f Music (and Drama)'. It wo uld be invidi ous to select particula r items for special praise , bu t we must mention Mongo 's Ka lli woda Op . 23 1, which was 'trrific' - apply to R.B.Ma. for the video, which a lso features T he Great Ge rgely (unfo rtunately minus fl ying carpet) . The power o f music was furth er bro ught home to us over ha lf term with the victo ry of Johnn y's twelve-hole penn y-w histle over Pete' s purple gown.

M.O.' s trad itional cerebral prowess came to the fore aga in this te rm , too: firstl y thr ough victory in the Academi c C hallenge final against Linac re, then thro ugh a n heroic cup run in the chess, a nd a bove all wi th Ken's tutor sheet. It must be admi tted that we were de nied the ul tima te in the chess by the scholars of Broughto n , but then we kn ow th e pattern: fi rst with Rugby, then chess, a nd then with Paca ud .

In football Pete finall y got his jum per (o r so he tells us) and even Ed mig ht at last get his 2nd Colours tie. Our fencers kept on winning, but Ken didn ' t play Badminton. His injury must be blamed for o ur failure in the semis of the soccer against G range - honours now even! although Pa pa (georgiou) showed us how to slot. Mean while 'Roly' Eva ns' ba ll-skills we re much admired by Angus Youn g on his cul tural missions from School Hice, a nd Castille persuaded T ubbs to play Sevens. C ross Count ry was memo rab le for ' Dazza' Kingston's fi ne performances, and Mike Boardma n com ing second to him in the Inter-Ho use, ra ther more than fo r our o nelap wo nders.

Other extra-curric ular acti vities incl uded C hris Thompso n's triangle of love, a nd Pete Apps' archaeological digging, whilst the M.D . video li brary now contains T he Trout Fisherma n's Year and T he Falkla nds Wa r - thanks Nick , Neville a nd Jim ! By the wa y: Spence says Lucy's been rather borin g this term , and Matt has a ti p fo r stiff muscles: do n ' t overdo the Ra lgex!

Na tura ll y, none of this wo uld be possible without Mr. Miles, whose gags kept us chortling a ll night. Meanwhile Ma tro n , when she can pu ll herself awa y from ' Anthony' a nd 'Ma rtin ' , has ma naged to keep the house in order - for which thanks must a lso go to our domestic sta ff, and especially Caro l for dai ly brav ing the Odet triangle.

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AN DY WA RHOL (Katherine Co lquhollll)

Welcome to the Marlo we zone, a secret realm between rea li ty a nd fa nta sy where stra nge ha ppenings a re commonp lace ...

Anyway, let us proceed - bac k to mo re serious matters.

Anyone who was anyone rowed - three in the 1st VIII , four in the 2nd VIII (which was known on occasions to go faste r tha n the 1st VIII) , two in the 3rd IV , Row-J o Broad ley in the girls' 2nd IV and lots o f juniors in various crews. C har lie ' Chump ' Haswell played hockey and got his 1st colours while Giles Henri Da rby got 1st team colours, and Claire Panayides gave up netball a nd took up hanglid ing (or maybe she didn 't).

Also Hayley Petts got her colours for hockey and Anna Patten for swimming (netball?) . The sporting highlight o f the term was the Inter-House C ross Country competition, in which we wo n the Junior and In termediate sections a nd came second overa ll , na rrowly failing to top ple the Empire.

C ultura ll y this was a very busy term . We had a very successful House Concert tha nks to Katherine Byrom, which involved over three-quarters of the House. Ja ne Tennick and Toni Bond screamed their way through T he Cr uci ble, whilst Damian Simpson a nd ' Lorense' Epps played in 'Rock Steady II '.

And so to the social side o f things . Not much happened on a permanent basis, but Jo went to the La nd of Oz a nd Pete Cairns switched to low Tarr. Meanwhile, G iles set about deciding who should be nex t year' s girl monitors .. . We also had a most enj oyab le sixth-form dinner, and Mr. Reid 's da nci ng a fterwards was something no t to be missed.

After half-term we welcomed Terry, our new cleaner, who seems to have settled in well and is keep ing us a ll in order with a smile. Many tha nks to all the tutors fo r looking a fter all o f us. (I'm a fraid I haven' t heard any rumours about Mr. Hartridge this term.) Thanks to Dam ian , who, when he was n't eating garlic, gave me invalua ble ' help' with these notes; a nd finall y tha nks to Mr. and Mrs. Reid for all their hard work in making the House run smoothl y yet again .

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LUXMOORE

Again a n exceptional te rm from an exceptional house. As we enter the last term of an era now, it gives us time to reflect on th is, the las t Lent term fo r 6a : no more unkept resolutions to work harder, no more lie-ins on Ash Wednesday. We are the las t few to remember them.) And A levels a nd G .C .S .E .s to look for wa rd to !

Neve rtheless we have characteristically topped the bill in all the areas in which we so stunn ingly participate. In some I must admit we have let other houses have a good try: in the cross coun try fo r insta nce we decided not to show the other houses up, so we resolved to come seventh . Hence Alex Skarbek, Anna Copson, Vassos Georgiadis and Ollie H enry a ll came seventh in their respective age groups, accord ing to tactics . In the hockey we've provided some youngs ters for M r. Phillis' 1st XI 'baby face ' team, notably Christia n P ostans, while his compatriots in a much reformed fifth form overwhelmed the Colts 'A' by sheer fo rce of num bers.

The U l 5 a nd Ul4 would not have sur vived without us. Soccer-wise we were not as much in a position of supremacy as in recent yea rs, and sadly we na rrowly lost the cup (with a five-ma n team) to Broughton. Even so both Alex, a nd Steve Davies cont ributed to the 1st Xl. Ma hesh Dalamal made up for a lack of appa rent sportin g commit ment in this year's 6a by captaini ng the ta ble te nnis team and lending his wrist-bending skills to the 1st V. On a parting sporting note the school Rugby sevens would have suffered without Luxmoore: future cups are clearly ours.

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Of course the high point of the term was the House play Amadeus. It was quite the best house play produced in present memory. Jonathan Price, Jasper Beauprez, Louise Davies, and Chas Robinson all excelled in the leading roles, supported by very a ble ac ting from too many people to mention. Eveyo ne helped in some form or another. 'Everyo ne' here is not the normal house notes interpretation of more than five people either, for literall y everyone helped . Our deepest thank s to Mr. and Mrs. Tennick, both artists in their ow n ri ght. It was only a pity that the 6a Geography fi eld trip was o n at the same time. Thus Andy resorted to K.Y.D. so as not to keep Luxmoore's talents from the rest of the school.

T he 6a meal was celebrated on H.E.J .A.'s birthday at Don Medi. The first 6a meal Luxmoore has had was a great success , enjoyed by the Aldridges, the tutors and the ever-illustri ous 6a .

After forty-five years the idea of a 6a meal is a novelty for Luxmoore, but we do now see the definite appeal to it which our younger neighbours find. Theirs cannot have been so good however, and our hearty thanks must go to Mr. Aldridge for arranging the meal and letting us have it on such a specia l day as his birthday; and we all know how o ld he is now!

Socially it has been a productive term . Alex's interests remained in 84, though he had transferred his deposits to a more Searly accou nt. Toyin, in trying to em ulate Alex, has started where Alex left off the term before (something to do with a comic?). Mahesh attem pted to further Bridge the gap between Luxmoore and the Dark Ent ry lodgi ngs and Jo found a Priceless Gem. Jon Hawkins' Valentine card collection was quite astounding; even Babs was shocked a nd resorted to his little Petts in Marlowe. Mark 'if at first yo u don't succeed' Weston tried a nd tried again .

Enough of the tongue-in-cheek exercise in subtle and unintelligible deris ion. On instead to 'Rock Steady II ', reall y Rock Luxmoore, du e to our vastly disproportionate contribu tion to it. Alex was, of course, the man in cha rge; Seun and Ariyike 'thermometer' Oshunkoya danced while Fauzi chilled beside them. Babs Epega, Dan Rycroft, Jules Woodward a nd Jo all sang with gusto a nd clearly did the house proud . As a singi ng house Luxmoore still persists in dominating such things as the C horal Society .

And thus I fini sh. Luxmoore has never found a need to boast, being a uni versall y more secure house than some. Howeve r with a yea r a nd a term left we shall have plenty more to say in future house notes, thus I must stop. Apologies to the members o f the house who did not see their names in print, for as we reac h the heights of ach ievement via an exemplar y a nd indomitable house spirit and a tmosphere there are many who deserve mention. It only remains to thank the unsun g martyrs: the domestic staff, Mrs. Beddoes and of course, keeping the nest egg wa rm , Mr. and Mrs. Aldridge to whom we are indebted for their rat iona l outlook a nd consta nt good spirit.

THE FA IRFAX FLAT.

GALPIN'S

Maybe the more feeb le-minded of you may have lost that good opinion of Galpin's that the strong a mongst you - and I know there are man y - once had. Are we not at the head of the pack in the school's sport with not a mere one or two, but four

members of the house in 'A' teams: C hris Jepp, Julian LewisJones, Neil Cole and James Grindley? Has not our very own Marcus Connoll y played in none other than the 1st X I, and are not two of the school's most prestigious teams captained

by Galpinians? I invite you of cou rse to con s id~r Dominic St. John Parker, captain of the 2nds, and J o Grimes, captai n of the 4ths. All this is excellence enough, so surely it is appropriale that our performance in the senior house hockey, the senio r house bas ketball and in the junior house hockey was, and I sha ll be honest with yo u, remarkable.

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BY N IGHT (Jonafhall Mellllell)

Galpin's to be like one of these sordid places. Did you not twist and turn in tears at the recent K.Y .D. production? Were not the very lynchpins of that challenging and complex masterpiece none other than Dom Burdess and Vicky Temple, the latter not merely acting but directing as well! My friends, what more need I say? To mention Jools Moore and Dave Everist's participation in 'Rock Steady II' wo uld be to state the obvious . To remind you of Neel Jasani's enviable offer from SI. Hugh's, Oxford would be an insult to your memory. Our performance in the House Song needs no humble efforts of mine to convince you of Galpin's greatness.

And are we not proficient at those services for whom all of us here, friends, owe our very existence? Consider if you will our very own Edward Griffin who is prepared to devote his leisure time to the attentions of not just one, but TWO venerable ladies, or Andy Curlewis whose abloutions are surely an inspiration to us all. Have you not heard of Sarah Daley and Doive Hamilton, Tom Ellis and Antonia Bond, or Christian Webb and Josephine Loo? And what of the notorious Dom SI. John Parker and An ne-Laure Bryan or Jonnie White and Cha rlie Mendelson? My friends, to say more on these matters would be merely to reiterate what you know already.

So you have heard the facts, my friends, and are no doubt stunned . But do I detect also disbelief at these matters, these glories that it has been my pleasure to share with you? I have perhaps been a little guilty of omitting the few - and they are few, believe me - shortcomings that Galpin's has. So I shall give you a balanced picture and will not fail to mention Joolsie Moore's ' illing and chilling?', some '84' 6b slappers, or even that lamentable truth: 'Half of 6a wasted Saturday evenings'. I suspect that you are in a position to agree with me that these human elements merely ornament the melody of Galpins' activity.

As this speech , my celebration of the greatness and grandeur of Galpin's life, draws to a close, it is my duty to draw attention to those people without whom - and I exaggerate not - the House wo uld cease to fun ction. If there is credit to be given for the many ac hievements I have mentioned , it must go to the following people: to Mrs . Bennett our matron , to the domestic staff, and lastly to Mr. Duesbury as he Hands us over to our new housemaster, and a future of yet more success.

DAVE EVERIST AND JAMES WATERS.

Linacre found itself near the front of most activities this term, but sadly fell once or twice at the final hurdle.

In the Junior Hockey we shuddered to a narrow defeat in the finals. Perhaps our younger lads will be able to relieve Walpole's team of the Basketball Cup instead. We also have six in the J 15 eight, and are therefore looking forward to a substantially inflated Poly entrance in three years time. Among The Lower Orders (as we fo ndly call them) we also had a number of outstanding individual performances: among them James Crawfurd's third England Fencing cap, Quentin Webster's continued success in the South East's Rugby side, Andy Wilson's captaincy of the Ul4 'N team, Ben Craddock's U I5 'N place, and Pete Kenyon's mastery in the UI6 'Ns. - ' All this was achieved through the earth-moving example of our .senior sportsmen Mark in the 1st XI Hockey and Hop-a-long Satchu in 1st XI Football , and sportswoman Tor. However, unlike certain other houses (B) we did not con fine o urselves to sporting excellence.

Our thespian and academic efforts culminated in showing the school the real centre of intellectual activity in Canterbury, academically Challenging ourselves into the final with two South East champions, storming into the chess cometition with Paul W inchester's leadership, while two of our chaps, Bloggs and Matt Craddock, tricked their way into the 1st Pair of the Bridge team.

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The House play, The Saddest Days OJ Our Lives, was admirably produced by Mr. Wai~de, and coyly led by Nick King (who has since done a Broad St. takeaway), supported by the angInal three witches of Macbeth: Eliza, Tabby and Liz. . ' Hormone and Sophie C.-W. directed this term's K.Y. Drama when their attentIons were not centred on other more pressing engagements.

However, the climax of the term we re the Ox bridge results. Even though we probably have the biggest number of scholars in the school, we got seven people mto these two lesser mstltutlOns this year.

A Linacre education is not gained purely on the playing fields or in ~he classroom. One has to try to teach the other houses how to be gentlemen; and teach the I~d l es all about gentlemen.

The examples set by the members of 6a involved i,:, long-term cohabItatIOn have fIltered down through the years . The active exploits of our frenzIed Yank Inspired hIS Head of House fInally to soften his misogynistic exterior and YIeld to the. a mmated charms.of yet another Gr~nge body, going for quality not qua ntity this outing - unhke T~by. Our res Ident Jester (r~h glous guru), Ro xburgh has decided to restore Latm A,,:,encan relauo ns, ~ hereas Marganta C hth~row se~ms to be working secretly for the ForeIgn Offtce. Helen su ll can t make up her mmd, so 1IS BI-BI. to her. Our fifth form have been making a sortie into sixth-form territory and all seem to be chasmg the same girls. We like to see then practising early.

We very much enjoyed the euphemism of the Monitors Socials beating both M.O. and S.H . on the body count and at darts. We remain unbeaten. Any challengers please apply. Book early to avoid disappointment, we are in great demand.

Lastly, thank you to R.W .T. and Mrs . Thane (she does a lovely. pizza), to Mrs. Farrell for tending to the teams of hypochondriacs captained by R.J . R., and fmally to the cleanmg ladles who have kept the Health Inspectors at bay for another term.

HAMtLTON.

BROUGHTON

From the mist-capped splendours of Imperial em inence, wo rry ing signs appeared in the fi rmament. (You can tell the Head of House got into Oxford. But not to read Enghsh) .. .The E mpire has, for aeons, gone its way. in loose association wit h

the King's School, Canterbury (well , we have to play someone).

But now huddled masses , from the dark chaos beyond the bounds of Imperial civilisation, increasingly clamour at our gates (so we're closing them earlier) . Our Famed Library has opened its doors to the Great Unwas hed (despIte the Yellow Slip Visa System designed to keep them out): .. Our Chaj)el (so rumour whispers) is coming under the .scrutmy of the sllllSter Chapel Council. Even our Refectory IS mcreasmgly mvaded by the rude populace ... Was this how Lo uis XVI felt o n seemg the mob storm his private appartments at VersaIlles? Of course, hc wasn't too good at Hockey or Cross Country, whIch probably explains a lot abo ut the French Revolut ion. Alas, poor Lou is; but this Empire will not be overcome !

Not in the Cross Country, anyway . Our little ones (cha~itable to a fault) let Marlowe get false hopes _ just _ of seizing the Overall Cup, but the Semors drove home reahty (and oh, well do ne the gi rls _ a fin al flo uris h for Broughton before you're taken from us).

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Hockey? Well, all must be baffled by the entry in last term's Cantuarian, in whic h School House (w here?) claimed to have won hockey's ' holy grail '. Alas for them, the grail is still locked up, far from them ... Our old Linacre friends/rivals gave us a close Final in the Junior XI contest but we won I :0. (Our thanks to Roger Gardner, sampling the Broughton delights a few months early.)

The warm-up fo r the Senior Hockey Cup involved (literally) almost all of our team getting first colours or first team colours and the Captain of Hockey straining his ankle running to a chess match - man for all seasons. However, our Senior Hockey team faced problems: there seemed (without of course, being arrogant) a reasonable chance of success. But by the end of term, serious concern was developing over the desperate overcrowding in the House trophy cabinet. This was clearly a worry, so after three victories, our team made a brave effort to lose the cup without the aid of other Houses. But S.J.G. (family motto 'what we have we hold') delivered a lecture behind the bike sheds, so this se\fless effort to help others was sabotaged, and we went on to win 4:0 against Walpole in the final.

The Soccer Final? Yet more excitement: Broughton refusing to give up to Grange and forcing the conclusion to a penalty shoot-out where Dick Francis at last kicked the ball rather than falling over it a nd brought the Soccer Cup back home.

As this is Broughton, we must turn to intellect. .. Scorching through towards the finals of the House Academic Challenge, we were brought low when our star turn fell asleep and missed the semis. We reject the nasty rumours that the Captain of School slipped something into her cocoa.

Still , justice was done by our chess players, who, under K.-G.'s renowned little grey cells, powered to overwhelming victory in both Senior and Junior competitions - something not managed by any house for many years. We have applied for planning permission for an extension to the trophy cabinet. T hen there's the House Song ... Oh well.

Broughton has meanwhile scaled new heights in pulling power and as the Summer season opens we are fielding many fine pairs: Paddy Dwyer eventually found happiness (no repetitive Comertose jokes please), Bill 'I'm not that fat' Harris continued cruising (zzzzzz), while Tim 'bouncy' Bagshaw went with the Flo. Giles'n'Sel asked not to be mentioned and Paul 'I'm not that ugly' Pacaud did exactly the opposite. Not to be outdone, as the Mint Yard has obviously become in vogue (there's a first time for everything), Jessica moved into Galpin's. Joby Andrews decided to put a matt ress down by the payphone and British Telecom wrote to S.J.G. to find out if he wanted to install a Crowther I 'Hotline' straight to Ashford. Edward J .-T . discovered there is life outside Ki ng's, while Rik and Ed became regulars at Cyril 's. Hugh 'does the jumper look new' Hawkins got caught up in a bizarre love triangle and Bob planted vegetables in the Ho use garden. Anyo ne who wants to hear about the Removes and Shells for themselves can come over here for a free sample - in fact we may be giving them away. 'Buy one, get ene free.' Still , once we've fitted them with silencers they'll make sound Broughtonians.

After yet another smooth-running term we must all thank Mrs. McGuire for patient perseverance, Mr. Marshall for never-ending wit(?) and of course Mr. and Mrs. Graham for their unfailing support, generosity (can we have the video back now?) and tremendously pastoral care.

JAMES L INFORTH.

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Mat 'Wildfi re' , winner o f the Senio r Cross Country and presently running for Kent , now has the privilege to enter 'KZo ne 10', with permIssIon to wear whIte socks for gaInIng hIs third set of 1st Colours while still in 6b. Nick Shepley won the Intermediates and was selected to run for the District. Hockey 1st Colours ";entto Liz Wilson, and 2nds to Don . Philippa, after devoted service to the school, gained Netball 1st Colours, and Tom Gra nt was selected for the Kent U 14 Hockey Squad.

The 'Busting Squad' pursued their 'Tour of Duty', with one ma n sadly shot in action under the siege of Barry's Fourth Reic h. T he rest of us continue to 'Fight, Stand, and (more im portantly) Survive'. The I nter-Ho u ~e Shooting co~peti lion still remains to be wo n by our Illustn ous tea m, valIan tl y led by 'Sgt. Ricky' with unconquerable determina tion.

A fi na l look at the Oxbridge res ul ts: unconditional places go to Simon Hart (Pembroke), and Giles Hogben (winner of the Hous~ Chess cup - thank yo u , Francis - and creator of the 'House Library App~e~lat l o n SocIety) a long WIth QuentIn T homas who heads fo r Hertford . P hili ppa has a condI tIonal offer fr om On el, and, on the Cambridge side, Shiao-Y ng has one from Go nville a nd Caius.

Sigh man continues to doze sporadically. His appetite for toast seems to have burned o ff, though the tea cont in ues to flow erraticall y. H IS sleepIness IS arguably acceptable after hls trIumph at Ox ford, being a component of the School's Acedamic Challenge team, and gaIn Ing hIS Cross Coun try I st Colours .

Ted George claims he is God, bu t after creating ~ uch a fin e productio n o f Habeas CO/pus, he has good reason to: the first House Play. to be d l re~ted by a pupIl was a huge success . T he casting was brillia nt, with most me mbers SImply plaY Ing themselves In costu me.

Caroli ne fo und herself in a few tricky situations with a purple-faced Leon hot in pursuit. She has also fo und herself with a place at the finest Art College in the country, and now has to ditch her other options to preserve her gra nt. Julia n SWrt has also earned hIm self the lU XUrIO US choice he now faces in pickin g o ne of his offers from fl.ve of the LOp medIcal schools ~ n ot on ly for his talent fo r dressing in drag}. Albertus won the JUnIor Harvey Readm g a nd ElocUlIo n pme .

Cla re says, 'Borin g, boring, boring. Will somebody please do somethmg?' No-o ne has passed a dri ving test.

T he glorious food continues over in the lu x uri ~ u s setting o f o ur ,House, and no .Ionger is the ' prestigious' top table preferred by the mOnIto rs. RadIO T radescant pro~ ld ~s mOl nI.ng calypsos, along with 'Cheese Radio' which persistentl y radIates mto St. AugustIne s. Old It cause Mr. T.'s involuntary lobotomy?

Apart fro m this, the H ouse continues to glide smoothl y through its events under ma ny capa.ble hands . What happened to the Ho use Song, though? Many thanks to all for anothe r st Imula tIn g term.

T HE NEW GU INEA ROOM.

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'Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas' - 'Though the power be lack ing, the wi ll is nevertheless praiseworthy.'

This has been a term during which the effort and involvement of the house has been most noticeable, although this was not rewarded with deserved glory. A term of disappointing nearvictories and shock defeats was consoled by the tremendous success of the House Concert. Myles Bowker and Ben Cooper worked very hard, often burning the midnight oil , to ensure ;.. .... ' that everything slotted into place. I don't think many people appreciated the time they gave up, and I would personally like ~ to thank them for making the evening such an enjoyable one J., (with apologies to devoted Billy Joel fans!). Ed Burt and Hugh C layton must also be thanked for their sound and lighting skills. The evening was well attended, considering the day had to be changed to a Tuesday, and raised ÂŁ175 for the school charity . A detailed review appears elsewhere in this issue.

Mark Northeast be the power lacking . While captaining the 1st XI soccer, he managed to time his injury p.erfectly, to coincide with the house matches. Despite the efforts of the other 1st XI players - Jon Hudsmith, Simon Crossley and Martin Jackson, Mark's absence was too noticeable, and we were beaten by Walpole. However, the majority of the house did seem to partake in some form of sport, although 6a's definition of 'sport' is open to discussion . Duncan Cox and Jon Parker played in the 2nds, and Ben Cooper graced the 3rds with his presence.

When not playing football, Jon and Simon also found time to play for the school basketball teams. Dave 'Mentos' Quin and Jim Greggio both played hockey, as did John 'Where's Dave?'

Bailey. Beth Tapp and Becky Power played lacrosse, and Pippa Adamson triumphed in the InterHouse Cross Country, with the house improving by five positions on last year's effort. Beth also played in the 1st VII netball, with Pippa, Elisa Husdon and Emma Hulburd playing 1st XI hockey. Charlotte Pragnell coxed the girls' quad to first place, in between selling her homemade popcorn for charity. The junior members of the house have also been successful. Lawrence Potter made his debut for the school squash team, defeating his sixth-form opponent in true style, whilst Sameer Khemani fenced his way through the regional competition, to reach the national fi nals . The chess bug seems to have hit the house. The jun ior chess team came close to victory, and the senior team is in the final.

Although the house did not gain much silver, ind ividual successes were widespread. Michael Chesterman furthered his musical career by being selected for the National Youth Orchestra.

AI Clarke has been selected fo r Operation Raleigh, and is going to Chile after leaving school.

Bronwen Aldridge took Grade VIII singing, despite being a bit 'Browned' off at the house concert.

Sociall y, not much has changed. The odds on Beth and Duncan lasting the year get longer by the day. I don't think Morgan Clarke will be laying any bets though. Bretts are more his style. J.P . and Elisa complete the couples' saga, with Beccy proving that Italian can be good for you, whilst anyone with a 'Hint on' Pippa's whereabouts, should check in Grange. 6a however, have shown that life outside school can be just as fru itful! Jon Hirst fe ll for his hometown (Oh Dea!!), whereas Jim fou nd that he was better at sk iing . . This term also saw the addition of a lunchtime Eucharist to the calendar, which took place m the Memorial Chapel and was attended by many members of the house. Towards the end of term, we learned the sad news of O.K.S. James Liley's accident. The house sent him a card, and he is now on the road to recovery. Additional news is that Leo Bowder joined the Removes, and Mr. Turner returned from hIS sabbatIcal. Pam and Gloria have kept the house free from dirt and germs, despite Woody's valiant attempt to culture yoghurt in his study, and the Removes' efforts to culture anyt hi ng in theirs! Finally, thanks to Dr. and Mrs. Maltby for their encouragement and support throughout the term, which is much appreciated .

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A.R.A.R. The C hapel Choir has had an act ive term wit h the main events being the Confirmation Service a nd the Words and Music for Lent. The repertoire was: Lo, slar-led clliefs (Crotch) When Mary to the Temple went (Eccard) Mozart's Missa Brevis in C K .220 Ecce sacerdos (Bruck ner) Locus iste (Bruckner) Cantique de Jean Racine (Faure) Ave verum (Mozart) Lord. let me know mine end (Greene) Greater love hath no man (Ireland) T he Crypt Choi r have performed their usual function on the 'choice' Sundays with: Tribus miraculis (Marcnzio) Ave verum (Byrd) LeI all morlal flesll (Bairstow) Nolo mortem peccatoris (Morley) 0111 of Ille deep (Morley)

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In additi on to th eir sacred repertoire the Crypt Choir have branched out into secula r works. At the concert whic h marked th e inau gurat ion of the New Library in SI. Augustine's they sang: My Bonny Lass Sile Smilelll (M orley) Amynlas Witll His Pllyllis Fair (Pilkington) Londonderry Air (arr. Grainger) Three Hungarian Folksongs (Seiber) O ne of the unusual things that has happened this term is the formation of a special cho ir that adopted the name of 'Archbishop's Choir'. It was created for a performance which took place at a dinner in aid of the Churc h Urban Fu nd . We seemed to please all the guests wit h a set of close harmony arrangements:

Sing a song 0/ long ago A Nightingale sang in Berkley Square Miss Otis regrets Blue Moon Goodnight, it's lime to go We have had a busy but enj oyable te rm and once again my tha nk s go to colleagues who have been so . support ive, espec ially Michael Harris whose accompa niments a re so reli able.

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T his has been a disappointi ng term , as two of the planned lectures had to be cancelled a nd on ly one took place. However, the one survi vor was most int eresting. Dr. Alistair McVean, from Royal Ho ll oway a nd Bedford New Co llege spoke abo ut 'A nima ls of the Antarctic'. Dr. McVean rela ted the sto ry of a recent visit to the co ntin ent , illustra ting hi s talk with a wide va riety of excellent slides. Apart fro m a genera l survey of the fauna of the a rea he vis it ed, the de lightful penguin s taking pride o f pl ace , he described hi s ow n resea rch in to th e neuro logy of fi sh , For next te rm , we welcome Sir Geoffr ey Allen, F.R.S ., Research a nd Enginering Director, Un ilever. who will speak on 'T he Role o f the Scientist and the Engineer in Ind ustry' and Dr. R. M. Topping, Un ivers it y of Sussex, who wi ll give a lecture en ti tled 'Biomedical Chem istry and Environ menta l Health: Blood. Smoke.

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20th Marc h a nd is reviewed elsewhere in this Callfuariall . The Ba nd cons isted of Damian Simpso n and Richard Dibley (tru mpets), Dan Rycroft and Ju les Woodward (trombones), Barnaby Steve nson a nd Lawrence Epps (saxophon es). Alex Skarbe k (piano), Sholto Byrnes (bass) and Jules Moore (drums). Sholto Byrnes musically d irected. The Removes Band started to prepare for the Seco nd Orc hes tra Conce rt, but th at perfor ma nce is now postponed until King's Week . T he playe rs here a re Ti m Marson (trumpet) , Giles Ten nick (trombone), A lastair Hine an d Willi am Brya nt (clar in ets), Matthew Belliere (pia no).

C hri s Creisse n (bass) and Matth ew Odgers (drums). C hri s C reissen was the musica l directo r.

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Fo r this term's first meet in g Mr. Du esbury disc ussed The I~eeve's Tale, a set tex t fo r 6a, consid erin g the qu est ion 'W hy are we prepa red to be lieve the story? ' In a br isk a nd purpose ful manner, MI'. Du es bury used compa ri so ns with Boccacc io' s version of the story a nd read extracts in em inent ly suit able accents to demonstrate the superio rit y of Chaucer's text. Muc h ground was covered before he co ncluded tha t the slory works because o f it s pace, its overwhelming physica l detai l a nd its interdependency of plot an d cha racte r.

Mr. Brod ie gave the second ta lk of the te rm , in VOlving hi s whole a udience a nd in spiring the m with the obvio us admiration he felt fo r his chose n text: Saul Bell ow's H enderson the Rain King. Hi s talk had no single theme, but was a ge nera l ex plorati on of Bellow's ideas and tec hniq ues in the nove l, exe mplified by exa mples read by members of the socie ty. To finish, Mr. Brodie analysed the novel's las t paragrap h. ca llin g it 'The finest piece of prose I have read in the last te n yea rs' , and dared hi s listeners to pick out any detai l tha t was not relevan t o r sy mbolic. Hi s talk e ncou raged me to finish a book tha t I had o nly stan ed.

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T his has been a serio us term (most ly) fo r a se ri ous season. Dr. David Sedl ey ca me from Chri st' s Co ll ege, Cambrid ge, to ta lk o n Lucretiu s. Not all hi s a udie nce we re Lucretiophiles to start with, bu t Dr. Sed ley's enthusiasm was infectious a nd seemed to break down a number of preconceptions. We look forwa rd to publica tion of the for th coming re-excavat io n of the Villa of th e Papyri, a proj ect wit h whi ch Dr. Sed ley is associated and whi ch pro mi ses to shed new li ght on that fasci nating first centu ry lit erary coterie by the shores of the bea utiful Ba y of Na pl es. Nex t on th e agenda was a talk o n Livy by Dr. Stephen Oak ley. Mem bers paid close a ttention to hi s a nalys is of Livy's approac h to hi st oriography a nd of Li vy's per iod ic st ru ct ures. Could this have had somethi ng to do with th e lecturer's opening ploy of li st ing their nam es a nd a nno un cin g his inte ntion to ask members qu esti ons in mid -lecture? In li ghter mood we decamped to London for a classy rewo rkin g of Aristophanes' Cl ouds by a director who did not shri nk from putt in g a fl ower-pot o n th e head of the singul ar chorus nor from fly ing in Socrates - Elvis Pres ley, ea t yo ur hea rt o ut! - in go lde n coat a nd br ot h e l ~c r ee pe r s.

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It is unusua l in deed to find Nick Hi ll and Sholto Byrnes arguin g for the same cause in t he fi eld of po li tics, but, as Ben Ha rdy t he speaker po int ed Oll t. the de bate on t he moti on 'Shou ld Bri ta in int egrate fu ll y with Euro pe?' was to be apolitica l.

Nick, a partic ipant of the Eco no mics depanment's tri p to Belgium to a conference on th e European Community argued fi rs tl y that we sho uld ac tua lly have joined earlier in the first place, q uot ing two great Tory statesmen Butler a nd Churc hill that ' E urope was O Uf destin y' and t ha t we shou ld not resist. Seco nd ly, and at th e cru x of his arg ument , was that Bri ta in wou ld be powerless isola ted fr o m th e Co mmunity nol me rely econom ica ll y but also diplomat ica lly and cult urally. He a lso showed a dist inct concern for th e env ironment, argu ing tha t a large uni ted fo rum would be more effect ive in fi ghti ng proble ms such as acid rai n than sma ll ind ividua l in centives.

Sho lt o 's argume nt s were pri ma ril y conce rned with t he economy. H e a rgued t hat there could be no such th ing as an econom ica ll y in depe nde nt state and that no n-in tegrat ion wo uld resu lt ultimately in a more protection ist o utlook fro m Brita in and our having to compete a lone again st t he giant economies o f the U.S.A. and J apa n a nd th e rest of the fully- in teg ra ted E.E.C. T he oppos ition ca me fr om James Robe rtson a nd J a mes Linfor th. The first J a mes seemed ult imately worried about the emergence of a 'socia list supersta te' which would rui n th e work of t he 'great lady' herself in figh ti ng o ff socialism, and the fac t that he might have to use two-pin plugs. However J a mes did mai ntain th at there wou ld be a loss o f sove re ignty, wit h Europe taking dec isions behind o ur back a nd our Euro _ M.P.s losing contact wit h us. In a si milar way the ot her J ames seemed worried about a loomi ng incompetent , faceless bureauc racy tha t might acco mpany this 'socia li st supe rsta te'. H e a lso showed perplexity as to why we sho uld wish to in tegrate fully wit h such un sta ble countries as Portuga l, as we might conceivab ly ta ke on th e ident ity of th e lowest com mon deno mi nat or. T he ma in essence o f this pa ir 's a rgument thus seemed ( 0 be based on xenopho bic fea r, not on eco nom ics and socia l realit y.

T he q uesti ons ra ised fro m the floo r we re of a varied nature and of a high standard - probably due 10 th e small num ber of ge nuine ly interes ted pu pils who had turned up . Tom Baker picked up on Nick Hill' s ecolog ica l arguments a nd furt her st rengthe ned t hem whil st Dunca n P risto n e nergetica ll y urged us to join t he E.R.M. th is insta nt as a first step to full in tegra ti on. Nick Beec hey just seemed worried a bout the subseq uent cost of bee r and cigarettes.

T his was a lively, in tima te and we ll -in fo rmed disc ussion a nd o ne tha t certa inly urged us to reconsider our positio n in a u ni ted E urope. Many peo ple en tered see in g 'E urope ' as q uite a boring subject. Most left realising th a t Euro pe is in deed 'o ur dest in y' .

SIMON ROBERTS.

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If anyone had lold me ha lf¡way through the C hrist m as term Ihat al the end of this seaso n I wou ld be ruing a season when we could have wo n over three-quarters of our fixtures and beal two of the best sides in the count y, I would not have beli eved them. But th at is exact ly what happened. Last yea r we losl a very large number of 151 X I players a nd ovcr the C hristmas term, o nce a week, the rebuild ing began, but the raw materia l, apart from o ne or two very talented players, d id not look up to the task ahead. But they changed: they improved immensely a nd it is a cred it to each one of them that in a lmost every game we were in with a very good chance of winning. On the January tour of Holland we won all three games, playing very att ractive hockey a nd swa mping o ur o ppositio n. T hen we got back to England.

So what went wrong'?

Undou bted ly Oll r biggest fa ili ng was not scoring goals and it is from this that most of our problems stemmed. This lack o f goa ls led to the ridicu lous situat ion o f losing 0-4, then being to ld by the o ppositio n coac h that we were playing hockey that was in a class a bove them . And il did not happen just o nce, b ut time and time again. It was so fru strati ng.

One co lleague, after watchi ng a match sa id tha t if a video was taken of play before the 25-yard line. a nyone watching could expect us to have won by a comfortable ma rgin. Beyond the 25-yard line we were not direct enough and squandered many chances. We do no t have a natural centre-forward a nd p roducing o ne takes time. Ch ris Pauma n, a fifth -former and tremendous prospect, ca me in to th e si de half-way through the seaso n but never really had the touch in front o f goa \. It will come, but it wi ll take time.

T his inability to sco re go als a nd take chances, not su rp risingly, affected the att itude o f the side. During games one cou ld see our head s drop and they wou ld visib ly rock back on their heels for a nyt hing up to twent y minut es (and longer against Sutton Va lence). Th is would give the opposition the space a nd incent ive to a tt ack. Games were lost because of it and the losing marg ins bigger than they should have been. T his happened most notab ly against S im o n Langton.

Not on ly d id o ur heads drop b ut we o ften lost co ncentration a nd co hesio n. In games when we were obviously on top we were defeated in the last few m inut es. Agai nst Kent Po lice they scored a n equa lizer in th e last ten seconds; against Du ke of York's our concent ra ti on was battered as the rub o f the green went against us and they put in the win ning goal within the last minute. In terms of abil it y we were capa ble of domina ting most sides b ut failed to do so. (Thi s may improve as the players beco me more experienced.) We too o ft en a llowed th e opposit ion to play their game, most notably against St. Ed mund's when a less skil fu l a nd more disjointed side dictated a ra th er ugly pattern o f play. When we d id sta mp o ur authorit y o n the game, it was a joy to walch. There were moments in most games when we played very im p ress ive hockey. The on ly variables were how long it lasted a nd if it lasted would we pul the ba ll in the back of the net.

There have been moments this season too when luck has 110t go ne ou r way o r key moments in the game have been missed or gone begging. One sensed so often that, if at th at moment fortune had been with us, Ihe outcome wou ld have been differen t. Against Si m o n La ngton a t 1-2 we missed a n open goal. our heads went down a nd they took control in a sc rappy game. We were le ft wonderi ng what might have happened aga in st Cra nleig h when we mi ssed a penalt y nick with the score a t 0- 1. They ret u rned immediately to sco re their second. The sa me happened aga in st the O.K.S. We played St. Lawrencc o n grass (one of only two matches) and soon got used to it. Territoria lly we dominated. They had several breakaways a nd scored from one and a short co rner. Aga in , pressure was no t made to cou nt. In our seco nd game o n grass aga inst Sulton Valence we never lea rned to cope wit h a very d ry a nd bob bly pitch. Sutton Valence lIsed th e home adva ntage very wel l.

There have been two occasions that will stay in the minds of most players. One is the Frank Maso n Tournament.

Fo r the ana lyst it could be seen as a microcosm o f how Ih is season has gone. Against Dover Co llege we were in total contro l playing stunning hockey , a nd sho uld have beaten their goa lkeeper five o r six times in th e first fifteen mi nutes.

We won I-O! When we played Sulto n Va lence we were mentally up the creek a nd never rea lly got going. Our attitude was wro ng a nd in a ll owi ng them to dominate a nd play their ga me , we made their li ves a lot easier. But then against Tonbridge (and in o ur re mainin g fi xtures) we gOI o ur minds set, played att ractive but gri tty hockey and ran o ut the win ners. (Tonbridge went on to win th e Tournament.) We failed to mak e the final s on goal d iffe rence but wo n the plate, beat in g St. Lawrence in the final. Ou r record that day: played 6 - won 5. Secondly, Kent College. T hey have traditi o nally bee n our big rivals a nd perhaps no more so tha n last yea r. They a re COlml YC hampions and came to King's u nbeaten in seventeen ma tches. In a ligh t ga me we cou ld have sco red a couple of goa ls ea rly o n. Wit h te n minutes of Ihe second half gone we scored. And that is how the game ended. It was the fi rst lime we had beaten Kent College in twelve years. The malc hes aga inst Tonbridge and Kent College are proof that we cou ld play well. I am left a t the e nd of the season th in king of wha t might have been .. .

T here has been much debate about the wisdo m of playing such a young side (on some occasio ns five pl ayers were in the fift h form or below). It has been suggested thatlh is cont ributed to the prob lems of concentrat ion and co nfidence in th e face of consistent m issed opportu nities. That was not the casc. Sad ly the blame for that ca n be laid at the feel of so me of th e o lder players. Ind eed, the younger players were often so me of the best players on the pitch on both sides. Two were particularly impressive. Roger Gardn er as lefl-back produced the most consistently good hockey in the side. He was determined a nd immensely sk ilful in the lac kle. He was ab le 10 snu ff out of the game fast U 18 County players, opponents three or fo ur years his senior. Henry Haw kins as cent re-hal f grew in stat u re throughout Ihe season.

He coped with a very responsible posit io n qu ile su perbly for a fifth-for mer. He showed an a bility 10 li ft h is ga me at vita l moments. Two runs from midfield against Tonbridge a nd Cra nleigh were very classy a nd each forced a penalty nick.

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Five members of the Ica m lea ve this year: Giles Darby, who had flashes of insp irat io n, particularly in Holland , never feany fu lfilled his promise as he lost conf idence and found it difficult to find space; Charlie Haswell is a talented player a~d is capable of havi ng a dramatic effect o n a game; Phil van NOllcn was a transformed player too lale. He moved up a class in the lasl few ga mes a nd sta mped an aut hority o n the ga me at le ft 路half I tho ught un likely at the start of Ihe season - he is li kely to play his best hockey in the future. Hu gh Hawk in s was an invalu able member of the sid e and was very much the cider states man . His hockey was gritty, determined and effective. He wo rk ed hard fo r the learn and had a q uiet, important influence of wh ich the team, and perhaps he himse lf, were unaware.

Tom Baker played his first game in the 1st XI when he was in th e Shells. He has co ntributed much to King's Hockey and it is a sadness for him that in his fin a l yea r, and as Captain, the team did not enjoy g reater success. As a goa lkeeper he has won man y honours, most notable being the third choice goalkeeper fo r Engla nd at Under 16 and part of the Nationa l C ham pio nshi p-wi nning South-East of Engla nd side. I am indebted to him this yea r for his Captaincy. He gave so und adv ice.

Apart from Tom Baker o thers gai ned representative honours a nd my congratulations to them : Henry Hawkins (Divisional Under 17, Captain against East of England; County U I6); Charlie Haswell (County U I8); Roger Gardner; Andy wooln o ugh (County U I5). My co ngrat ulatio ns too to the 3rd XI and the U I4' B's who both went th ro ugh the season with 100 0/0 records.

A fru stra ti ng seaso n, yes, but if matches were wo n on points like box ing, the stati stics may have been very different .

I wou ld like to tha nk the reserves and 2nd X I from whom they were taken and particularly Jo J ohnsto ne; R.W.T. but for whose ded ication things would have been very different; the grou ndsmen; th e Governors for the provision of the arti ficial pit ch which has made a tremendous difference to the skill level of all boys in the school; the parents for their support (so me have been very loyal for th ree years). Fin a ll y, my thank s to the team. It was no t a ll pla in sailing but J d id enjoy il. I ho pe they did too.

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Team: 路To m Baker (Capt.); Marcus Connolly, Giles Da rby, Roger Gardner , 路Charles Haswell, 路 Henry Hawkins, .Colollrs. . Hugh Hawkins, James Osmond, Chri stia n Pa ll man, Philip van Nallen, Andrew Woolnough.

Also played: Steven Connolly, Philip Grove, Ma rk Handley, Jo natha n J o hnstone, Matt hew O' Sulli van, C hrist ian postan s, Th o mas Ruffe ll , Do min ic SI. John Parker.

RESU LTS Pla yed 17, Won 5, Drawn 3, Lost 9. Goals for 24 ; goals against 36. v Gelcen H.C . (A). Won 4-0 v Kent Police (H). Drawn I- I v Gclcen H.C . (A). Won 3-2 v Eastbourne (H). Lost 0-4 v Sitla rd H.C . (A). Won 5- 1 v Sulto n Valence (A) . Lost 1-5 v Chatha m House (H). Drawn 3-3 v Ca nt erbu ry Hockey Clu b (H ). Won 2- 1 'v Si mo n Langton (H) . Lost 1-5 v Kent Co llege (H). Won 1-0 v Cran leigh (A). Lost 0-2 v SI. Edmund's (A). Lost 0-1 v Duk e of York's (H). Lost 1-2 v Sir Roger Manwood 's (H). lost 1-2 v Cranbrook (H) . Lost 0-2 v O.K.S. (H). Drawn I-I v St. Lawrence (A). Lost 0-2

The Frank Mason Tournament:

We beat: Dover College To nbridge St. Edm und' s Sir J oseph Williamso n's 5t. lawrence Scorers: Haswell 3.

Lost to : Su tton Va lence

2nd XI This has been an enorm o usly fru stra ting season. T he team has fought ha rd, with the necessa ry skills, but in the end , as can be see n from the result s, we simply could not sco re goals. We played so me lovely hockey, and often dom in ated a game , but we really lacked the 'fire-power' and confi dence up front.

We started the seaso n with a match against Chatham Hou se o n the new Birley's Astra. We were in di sarray, passin g 10 the oppositio n a nd run ning into each other. By ha lf time they were 4-0, and o nly then did we get ourselves organised and close them down . This was a regu la r pattern ea rly in the sea son. We almost see med to have to be 3-0 down be fo re we got fired up enough to do the req ui red job. Don Bray especia lly could pull off some amazing saves in goal once his ad rena lin was n owi ng.

Against Simo n Langton we were mo re organ ised. and looked filler, ho ld ing them to a draw. Dominic St.John Parker played some of his most success ful hockey in th is match. He has become very ski lful, and held th e team together as captain, thro ugh a very difficult seaso n.

We travelled away to Cranleigh, a nd changed fr o m having a sweeper to having fOllr forwards. T his created man y more cha nces, but, despite gaining lo ts of short corners, we could not score. Thro ughout the season, we have fail ed to master a short-co rner technique, and in many evenl y-m atched games, this has made all the difference.

Again st Duke of York's on Blare's, we raised our ga me a nd were drawing at half-ti me, but they scored soon after that, a nd we rapidly beca me demoralised. The grass of St. Lawrence came as a rea l shock to us, and we were 3-0 down 127

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never seemed able finally to gel the ball in the nel. ' Then it was time for Kent College and we knew thin gs were se ri ous . We went orf at a cracking pace and scored with in minutes. The atmosphere was elect ric, and it was still evenly-matched at half-time, two goa ls each. It was a hard -fought game, and sadly SI.John Parker was injured and had to go off. Despite having only ten men we almost beat thcm.

Mark Handley at cent re back gave the defence authority, and Charlie Veitch moved up to the ha lf line and showed his potential in that position. James Martin, who had been off games for much of the season, joined us at left wing about this time, and began to set up some promising attacks. We were looking li ke quite a good team.

We went to Sutton Valence thinking we might gain our first victory, but sadly they were a skilful side, who came al ive for abo ut fifteen minut es when they slotted in three goals. Jon Press and Neel Jasani have batt led hard in defence all seaso n, but we perhaps lacked the strength to hold off attacks, wh ich often scemed composed of thc 1st XV, rat her than the 2nd XI. Our last two matches were both on Birley's and were very evenly balanced. We looked in both cases like a good 2nd XI, but the old problem of unsuccessful attacks and short corners remained with us. It' s a strange fee ling to have worked so hard with obvious improvements being made, but to finish the season without winning a match. I must thank the team for their loyalty and good humour, and suggest that the season should be regarded as part of the great learning process.

R.W.T. Team: Dominic SLJohn Parker (Capt.) , Dav id At ki ns , Donald Bray, Steven Connoll y, Philip Grove, Mark Handley, Neel Jasani, James Mart in, Matt hew O'Su lliva n, Jonatha n P ress, Gotz Triebe!, Charles Veitch.

Also played: Jonathan Bailey, Sebastian Groeger, Jonathan Johnstone, Julian Moore, Daniel Rycro ft , Joachim 5tobbs.

RESULTS

Played to, Won, Drawn I , Lost 9. v Chatham Hou se (H). Lost 0-5 v Eastbourne (A). Lost 0-6 v Simon Langton (A). Draw n 2-2 v Kent College (A). Lost 2-3 v Cranleigh (A). Lost 0-2 v Sutton Valence (A). Lost 0-4 v Duke of York 's (H). Lost 0-2 v Sir Roger Ma nwood's (H). Lost 1-2 v 51. Lawrence (A). Lost 0-3 v O.K.S. (H). Lost 1-3

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You ca n im agine how delighted I was, therefore, whe n they wo n all thei r mat ches. 1 had never thought that I wo ul d have to wa it so long to enjoy this moment.

There was ample talent avail ab le and as a tea m they proved a st rong fighting force, especially when under pressure.

Cranleigh had 80% of the game yet cou ld not score. Robert so n seized one opportunity and we sna tched an away win which set the tone for the season. Aga in st Duke of York's we were always in co nlrol and in the lead, but they came back at liS strongly and it was a good match. 51. Lawrence were not so talented and we coasted home comfortably on a fine grass pitch . Our best performa nce was agai nst Kent College when beller cohesion amongst th e halves and forwards produced another mat ch~win n ing goal from Robert so n into the top corner of the nel. Two ea rly goals, one of them a corker from Peer, sett led the outcome o f the Sutto n Va lence enco un ter completing the victorio us season.

In defence Shah was a tower of reliability in goal. Redfern, Bird, Hellings and Hu lme were experienced and resourceful backs whi lst the half-back lin e of Gooderham, Peer, Comonte and Medawar combi ned intelligence with sound tack ling.

In attack, Bai ley was a quick and dangerous ri ght-wi ng whose excellent centres too often went begging. Eventually Hill who was fast and neat linked up well with Robertson, Bailey and Rycroft to produce better cohesion. There were also so me good performances fro m Pristo n and Men nell.

I wou ld li ke to thank James Robert son fo r his help as Capta in in runn ing the side and for scorin g so man y goals.

Not much coaching was needed as they were their own harshest critics when things were not go ing well. 11 was thus a most successful and enjoyable term for both players and for myself as umpire/spectator.

J.J.D.C. Team from: James Robertson (Capt.), Jonathan Bailey, 5imon Bird, Crispin Comonte, James Gooderham, Robert Hell ings, Andrew Hill, Angus Hulme, Peter Medawar, Edward Peer, Duncan Priston, Richard Redfern, Daniel Rycroft, Neil Shall.

Also played: James Greggio, Jonathan Mennell, Nicholas Miller.

R ESULTS

Played 6, Won 6. v Kent College (H). Won 1-0 v Cran leigh (A). Won 1-0 v Sulto n Valence (H). Won 2-0 v Duke of York's (H). Won 3-2 II T he Common Room (H). Won 3-0 v SI. Lawrence (A). Won 4-0

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RESULTS

.Played 3, Lost 2, Abandoned 1. Goals for I; goals against 12. v Cran lelgh (A). Lost 0-9 v Kent College (H) Lcd 1-0 v Kent College (H). Lost 0-3 .

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Chath am Ho use (A). Drawn 1·1 ' v Easlbourne (H). Lost 0-3 Cranleigh (H). Lost 0-5 K C Duke of York's (H). Won 4-3 (A).

I- I vvent Sutton ollege Valence (A).Drawn Lost 1·2 Cranbrook (H). Drawn I ~l v SI. Edmund's (H). Won 3-1 51. Lawrence (H). Won 7~1 v Sir Roger Manwood's (H). Won 3-2 129

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Those who played: Matthew Howard and Matth ew Craddock (Copts.), Greg Armstrong, Max Davie, J oshua De Haan Mark Dobell, Mark Fell , William FOSler, M ichael G illespie, J o hn Grant, Simon GuIdry, David Hodgson, Alex Homan: Daniel Howard, Lu ke Klu gman, Alex M umford, Edward Pelers, George Skelton, Derek Svasti-Sa lee, Chris Wa lder Wellingto n Will iams, Paul Winchester. ' RESULTS

Played 4, Won 1, Drawn I , Lost 2. v Cranleigh (A). Drawn 2-2 v East bourne (A). Lost 0-10 v Duke of York's (A). Wo n 2-1 v Epsom 4th X I (A). Lost 0-4

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'The grass is dead, long live the plastic!' The Ju nior Colts have, in fact, seen more of Blore's than of Birley's this term , but Ihe availab ility o f three arti ficia l surfaces a nd the rema rk ab le weather - very wet or very d ry, but never freezing - have meant that more hockey has been possib le than for many years. The improvement in skill - especia ll y a mo ng the 'B ' and 'C' players - has th us been the most str iking feature of the seaso n.

The 'A' X I developed into a n e ffective team, whose results d o not entirely renect th ei r ability. Only agai nst C ranleigh were they outplayed, but even then the sca le of the defeat was largely se lf-i nnicted. Indeed, it would nOI be unfair to say that it was so metimes a failure of temperament - most obviously against Sulton Valence - that prevented victories being achieved. O nly thirteen players were used, b ut it took some time to find the best a rra ngement, especia ll y at the back. The first ten mi nutes of the final matc h produced some q uite devastating attacking hockey, which prom ises much for the group next year.

The defence started shaki ly b ut gradua lly improved. Lamont was an excellent goalk eeper, p ull ing off some fin e saves.

Ball began slowly but by the end was the most reliab le fu ll-bac k, whi le Mullen and Warner showed va ryin g degrees of confidence and co ncentration . Gage was much happier when he moved to centre-half, between the dependable and ca lml y efficient Rayner a nd the imp roving G rindley. The forwards made the most progress. Co le, a begin ner, came in at right wi ng where his speed was invaluab le; as he develops h is stickwork he will become a very dangero us player.

Dupuy started as a n enthusiastic centre-forward, and then moved to the left wi ng, where he made some telling contributions, a nd Ziegler, left wi ng for most of the seaso n , was a loyal and dependable member of t he team. Sayer, the capta in, was the most skilful individu a l, st ron g and wit h excellent stick work, a nd was mu ch more effective when he moved to centre-forward. His dist ribution is not very imaginati ve, but he has a fierce shot a nd was t he lead in g goalscorer. The two most impressive players were the inside forward s, Craddock and No rris. Both worked immensely hard, had a sense of vision, a nd cooperated well with t hose aro und them.

The 'B' X I had to be very adaptable, as they played on a variety of surfaces with a changing combination o f players.

G ut hrie began in goal, but then took charge of the 'C' X I as Belliere proved to be an en thusiastic replacement, making great progress in a few games. The back-li ne varied, but Pritchard was a determined cent ra l defender, Dean in tercepted well , and Mu llen showed such promise that he was promoted to the 'A' X I, while Sout h and la ter Gaskain were soli d a nd steady. The midfield had much work to do. Willis, Warner, Jackson and Aldrick were all willing workers, encrgetica lly CUlling out passes a nd in it ia ting attacks. Waddell was a ca lm and efficient captain, co ntroll ing many games wit h good vision, a nd developing a real sense of st rategy. O nce Cole had been promoted, the forward li ne lacked rea l speed and penetration, a lthough Sha h o n the len wing showed deft stick work and an eye for the telling cross. Kings land improved as cent re-forward but never quite capitali zed on h is opportu niti es. In a sad end to the seaso n, he was hit in the mouth - an unfortunate reminder of the va lu e of mouthguards.

The ' C' XI found that their on ly fixture wa~ somel hing of mismatch, but they bauled bravely against larger opposition.

Throughout the season, they p layed en thusiastica lly, and there was constant compet ition for places in the teams. Fi nally, thanks must go to Mr. Parker for escorting the 'C's to Epsom, to Mr. and Mrs. Neser for th eir breakdow n service on the road to Eastbourne, and to the Bellicres for their ambu lance serv ice at Sandw ich.

P.G.I¡!., S.E.A. 'A' XI: James Lamont, Christian Ball, Douglas Mullen/Max Warner, James Grind ley, Henry Gage, Jamie Rayner, Neil Cole, Robi n Norris, Edward Sayer (Capt.), Benjamin Craddock, Paul Dupuy/Christopher Ziegler.

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Hamish Pritchard, A lexander South Andrew Waddell (Capt j' Ph·l· a~ ld ~s:a~, ionathan MJl chell , Douglas Mu llen, Willis, Neil Co le, Ju lian Kingslani Nickolas Kom " ,·nos M· a'rc IIP · Idn != S' 0 ney J ackson, Max Warner, Jonathan " , us R'M " M~S~ 'C' Xl· Simon Guthrie (Capt.j, Jonathan Mi tchell Anth C .h ..

Richard Goulden, Michael Webb Nicko las Komninos ::r~~th~rnGls ,MarkdGaNs~ahlll, Nei l Crumpton, Michael COllon, , , w o urman, IC a las Forrest, Edward Jennings.

RESULTS

'A' X I:

v C hatham House. Lost 0-2 v C ranleig h. Lost ).-8 v Du ke of York's. Won 2- 1

v Eastbourne. Drawn 2-2 v Kent College. Lost 0- 1 v Sulton Valen ce. Lost )-2 v Sir Roger Manwood's. Won 7.3

v Cranbrook. Abandoned v St. Lawrence. Won 1-0

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v C ranleig h. Lost 0- 1

v Kent College. Won 3-0

v Du ke of York's. Drawn 2-2 v SI. A ugustin e's. Lost 0-4

v Sutton Valence. Drawn 2-2 v Sir Roger Manwood's. Abandoned

v Eastbourne. Lost 0-4

Under 14 'A' XI This season has been one o f surprises disappointments d d Considering that the vast majority of th~ boys had not la a~, towar s the end, a great s~~se of hope for t he future . very q uickly . P ract ices in t he first weeks were given ov~r ~I m tht ga~ei let a l~.~ ~ compelltlvely, they a ll sell led down benefit from the visit s by a number of professional coac hes o~: o~I~~re y t~/ dev.elopment. We were fortu na te to been privi leged to have played a ll their matches barrin t he't em. a e s 1 nat Iona l coa~h. The Under )4s have Manwood's, on artificia l surfaces. This has bOlsteredSth, boous~namer~dt m Ramsgate and the fIxt ure against Sir Roger . . y con I ence tremendous ly.

The fIrst two games agamst Chatham House and C ra nlei I I . .

Victory ca me in the third game aga inst Duke of York's o~ lawer~ ost t h ~ dlference bemg o ne goa l on each occasio n. in this game t hat Jay Spencer gave a n inkling of his goal-scori co b~t~ w+~ swept a rt of t he clif.fs of Dover. It was 51. Lawrence. In a scrappy game we came awa with a 3 2 . ng a Ill Y· ~e next fIxt ure was a m Id -week o ne against a well -organized Eastbourne side. The 2-0 los/was a fai; r;nct~~y . In/ h e fma l game before ~a l fterl!l we encou ntered ec Ion o. t he game. After the d lsappomtment of having . the Cranbrook ga me ca ncelled because of inclement we of the season against Kent Coll ege. After a ferocious fir~~ ~er, ~repa~at lons were f!1~de for wha t was billed as the match forcing short corner after short corner, the pressure finall:lt~Yd w~Ch tf.e OPP?sJllon. swept merci less ly into our circle, wen , Ive mmutes lOt? the second half, t hey scored a well-executed field goal. This insp ired the bo s to la t goa ls be ing scored fr o m short corne rs in t he la;t qu tr.te~ 01et lbest hOCk? yet s~en . S us~al ~ed p ressure resulted in three le wh istle b lew. T here followed a fru st rating game against S u g~m~. t w~sft e t e~m s flll est mom ent when the fin a l first ha lf through a misunderstand ing in our ciele we werue on bla 't nce . ter gom~ down o ne g~al early on in t he , una e 0 convert susta med pressu re mto goals The grass and the twelve-minute games in the to urnament I I S . . . away havi ng won only one game and drawn one In the fin a l p aye< at t. ~awrence did not SUIt our ga me. We came game the largest victory was recorded The 4. 1 victo ry· flatte d t h pl~~ed,1Il Sandwich aga inst Sir Roger Manwood's . re e OppositIOn. ~ow to th e individu a l p layers themselves. In the al K· EI-M . . . . e.:.m ar~~~I!edd o.ff some maglllflcent saves . With a little more training he wili be someone to take noteg~f i~ th~~ t Tim Nealon and James Murch need to develo t heir b . u l!re. am n ge m ~he left-back position excelled. with ~is st ickwork but wi ll have to work on hi~ d ist ribl~No~k~~~ a htt le more. The ca ptam, A ndrew Wils?n, impressed and nght halves respectively were noted for t heir dedicated ta~~lf· Jam~s rheesel!l~n and . Ry~n Mannenng on the left and Charles Doust th e wings had the op osition at ix mg an or servlcmg theIr wmgs so ably. Tom Grant however rea lize that t heir ro le is not excftlsively off:ns~~:".J~1 seSens whenever they entered the 22-yard a rea. They must His deceptive dummy was somethin he u e d . • y p~ncer at.centre- fo rward became a prolific goal scorer. ended it. With his confidence resto~ed hfs hotockSeryeartuet ffec~. Juhan Lew!s:Jones started the season off better than he , ure IS most promlsmg King's School hockey has not seen the last oft'· t f· d··d I . a nd N.L .P. for t hei r encouragement and advic~l.s se a In IVI ua s. Very wel l done, boys. T hanks must go to H .E.J .A.

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Played 8, Won 4 , Lost 4. Goa ls for ) 1: goals against 9. v Chatham House (H). Lost 0-) E b v Cran leigh (H) Lost 0 I Vast ourne (H). Lost 0-2 v Duke of Yo rk·'s (A). Won 1-0 v Kent Co llege (H). Won 3- 1 v SI. Lawrence (H). Won 3-2 v Ss~lIton Va lence (H). Lost 0- 1 v Ir Roger Manwood's (A). Won 4-1

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by Matt hew Howard.

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R ESULTS

Playcd 4, Wo n I, Drawn I, Lost 2. v Cra nleigh (A). Drawn 2-2 v Eastbourne (A). Lost 0-10 v Duk e o r York's (A). Won 2- 1 v Epsom 4th XI (A). Lost 0¡4

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The' A' XI developed into a n e rrect ivc team , whose results do not enti rely rcnect their a bilit y. On ly against Cra nleigh we re they outplayed, but even then the scale or the derea t was largely se lr- in nicted. Indeed, it would not be unrair to say that it was so metimes a rai lu re or temperament - most obviously against Sutton Valence - that prevented victories being achieved. Only th irteen playe rs were used, but it took so me tim e to fi nd the bcst a rra ngement, especia ll y at the back. T he rirstte n min utes or the final match produced some quite devastat ing attacking hockey, which promises much ror thc grou p next year.

The derence started sha kily but gradually im proved. La mont was an excellent goalkecper , pulling orr some fin c saves.

Ball began slowly but by the end was the most reliab le ru ll ¡back, while Mulle n a nd Warner showed vary in g degrecs or confidence and co ncentrati on. Gage was much happier when he moved to centre-hair, between the dependable and ca lml y efri cient Rayner and the im prov in g G rindley. The rorwards made the most progress. Co le, a beginner, came in at right wing where his speed was invaluab le: as he develops his st ick work he will become a very dangero us player.

Dupuy started as a n enthusiast ic centre-rorward, and then moved to the left wing, where he made some telling con tributions, a nd Ziegler, lert wing ror most of the season, was a loyal and dependable member or the team. Sayer, the capta in, was th e most sk ilrul indi vidu a l, st rong and wit h exce llent stickwork, a nd was much more errective when he moved to centre-forward. His dist ributio n is not very im aginative, but he has a fierce shot and was the lead ing goa lscore r. The two most impressive players were the in side forward s, Craddock and Norris. Both worked immensely hard, had a sense or vision, a nd cooperated well with th ose around them.

The 'B' XI had to be very adaptab le, as they played on a variety or su rraces wit h a cha nging comb ination or players.

Guthrie began in goal, but then took charge or the 'C' XI as Belliere proved to be an ent husiastic replacement, making great progress in a rew ga mes. The back-li ne va ried, but Pritchard was a detcrm ined central derender, Dean intercepted we ll, and Mullen showed such promise that he was promoted to the 'A' XI, wh ile So uth and later Gaska in were solid a nd steady. The midfield had much work to do. Willis, Warner, Jackson and Aldrick were all willing workers, energetically cutt in g o ut passes and in it iating attack s. Wadde ll was a calm and efficient captain, controllin g ma ny ga mes with good vision, and developing a real se nse or st rategy . O nce Cole had been promoted , the rorward li ne lacked real speed and penetrat ion, although Shah on the lert wing showed dert st ick work and an eye ror the te ll ing cross. Kingsland improved as centre-ro rward but never q uite capita li zed o n his opportuni ties. In a sad end to the season, he was hit in the mout h - a n unrortunate rem ind er or the va lue or mOtlt hgua rds.

The 'C' XI round that their on ly fixture wa~ something or mismatch, but they batt led bravely against larger opposition.

T hro ughout the season, they played ent husiast ica lly, a nd there was constant co mpetition ror places in the teams. Finally, thank s must go to Mr. Pa rker ror escorting th e 'C's to Epsom, to Mr. and Mrs. Neser ro r their brcak down service on the road to Eastbourne, and to the Bell ieres ror their ambulance service at Sandwich.

P.G.H., S.E.A. 'A' X I: James Lamont, C hrist ian Ball , Douglas Mu llen/Max Warner, James Gri ndley, Henry Gage, Jamie Rayner, Nei l Cole, Robin Norris, Edwa rd Sayer (Capt .), Benjamin C raddock, Paul Dupuy/Christopher Zicgler.

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Hamish Pritchard, Alcxandcr South, Andrew Waddell (Capt) ~h']' a~I~~skam, Jonathan Mitchell, Douglas Mu llen Willis, Neil Co le, Julian Kingsland Nicko las Komninos M·.' ] ]PR' Idn.ckS' Rodney Jackson, Max Warner, Jonatha~ ,,' . ' , rcus lOa ], a nam Sha h.

C XI: Simon G uth ne (Capt.), Jonathan Mitchell Ant h C . '.

Richard Goulden, M ichael Webb, Nickolas Konminos M~~tJ OfllG ]Sh, Mark Gas~am, Ne]1 Crumpton, Michael Cotton, , lew ourma nd, N]cholas Forrest, Edward Jennings.

RESU LTS

'A' XI:

v Chatham House. Lost 0.2

v Eastbourne. Drawn 2-2 v Kent College. Lost 0. 1 v Sutton Valence. Lost 1-2 v Sir Roger Manwood's. Won 7-3

v Cra nieigh. Lost 1.. 8 v Duke o r York's. Won 2. 1 v C ranbrook. Abandoned v St. Lawrence. Won 1.0 '0' X I: v Cran leigh. Lost 0-1

v Kent College. Won 3-0 v Sutto n Valence. Draw n 2-2 v Sir Roger Ma nwood's. Abandoned

v Duke or York's. Drawn 2.2 v SI. August in e's. Lost 0.4 v Eastbourne. Lost 0-4

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Consid~ri ng thaI I h~ vast majorit y or I. h~ bo s ~ad n ents an ,towards the end, a great s~~se of hope ror the ruture.

very qUIckly. Practices in the first weeks we~e given ~v~~a~f~~hte g~].nei let a l~.ne compet lt] vely, they a ll sell led down benefit rrom th e visit s by a number or proressiona l c h s en Ire y to s ]11 developmcnt. We were rortunate to been privi l,eged to h~~e'played a ll their matches, barr?:c th~' one or them. a Welsh national coa~h. T he U!lder J4s have Ma nwood s, on artl rlcla l sur races. T his has bO lstered gthe btou~namer~dt m Ramsgate and the fixture agamst Sir Roger . oys con] ence tremendously I ' I . .

The r]rst two games against Chatha m House a nd C Victory came in the third game against Duke of Yo rk~ elg 1 wer1dlOst, th~ d]rferencc being one goal on each occasion in this ga me titat Jay Spencer gave an inkling or his ~O:I_~~O~i~o a ~ ~d wmdswept part or the clif,rs of Dover. It wa~ St. Lawrence. In a scrappy ga me we came away with a 3 2 . g b ~hty. T~e nex t r]xture was a mid -week one against a well·organized Eastbourne side. The 2-0 loss was a rai; r vncto~y. n/he fma l game before ha lf term we encou ntered the Cranbrook ga me cancelled because of inclement we th e eCllon o. the game. Arter the disappointment of having . of t ~c season agai nst Kent College. Arter a rerocious fir~t her, I?repa~at ]ons were ~~de ror what was billed as the match rorcmg short corner a rter short corner, the pressure rin all alt ]t~ w~Ch e OPP.OSlt l011: swept mercilessly into Our circle, a well-executed field goal. This in spired the boys to I t~ 0 wen, ]Ve mlllutes mto the second hair they scored goa ls being scored rro m short corners in the last q U ~t~~ Oretlbest hOCk? yet seen . Susta ined pressure res~lt ed in three \~hist le blew . There ro llowed a rrustrating game aga in st Su le gtmc . t was the te~m's fines t moment when the fin al r]rst hair through a misu nders tanding in our cicle we lion blalence. Arter gOlll~ down one goal ea rly on in the The grass a nd the twelve.minute ga mes in the t~urna::~~ una e to convert sus tamed pressure int o goa ls. away having wo n o nly one ga me and d rawn one In th' r I played at St. ~awrence did not suit ou r game. We ca me e the largest victory was recorded. T he 4-1 Victory' nalle 'dnathgame pI~.¥ed 10 Sandwich aga in st Sir Roger Manwood's . .. re e Opposlt ]on! !'low to th e md] Vldua l players th emselves. In the oals K' . a .htlIe more training he will be so meone to take notegor in t~P~ EI-Mesma n pul!ed o.rr some magnificent saves . With T!m N.ea l~n a nd James Murc h need to develop their ba ll Sk i~s ~tu.re. Tom Aldndge m !he left-back position excelled. wuh ~]S sllckwo rk but will have 10 work o n his distribut ion . httle more. The captam , Andrew Wilson, impressed and right halves respect ively were noted ror their dedicated r]~'j: J ames Ch eesel!l~ n and . Ryan Ma nnering on the left ac 109 a nd for servlcmg their wings so ably. Tom Grant and Charles Doust the wings had the opposition at six h~wever re.al ize that their role is not exclusively orfens~s anj seSens whenever thcy entered the 22-yard a rea. They must H]s decepllve dummy was something he used to I ]v;- ay p~ncer at .cent re-ro rwa rd became a prolific goal scorer ended it. With his con fidence restored his hOckgerye'r ,e rec~ . Juhan Lew!s:Jones started the season orf better than h~ . , , u ure ]S most pro m]slllg.

K]ng s School hockey has not seen the last or this set or indiv'd I and N.L.P. for their encouragement and advice. ] uas. Very well done, boys. ThanksmustgotoH.E.J.A.

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RESULTS

Played 8, Won 4, Lost 4. Goals for II ; goals against 9. v Chatham Hou se (H). Lost 0- 1 v Cranlcigh (H). Lost 0-1 v Eastbourne (H). Lost 0-2 v Duk e or York's (A) Won I 0 v Ken t College (H). Won 3- 1 v SI. Lawrence (H). Won 3.2 . v S~] lt on Valence (H). Lost 0- 1 v Sir Roger Manwood's (A). Won 4- 1

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They were luck y to be ab le 10 play a lmost all their games on good surfaces which enco uraged good patt erns of play.

There is not a g reat deal 10 choose between U14 'A', 'B ' or 'C' and so me 'B's will be challengin g for 'A' places next year - a lso so me 'B's will have to wo rk ha rd 10 keep their places against st ro ng challenges from some very prom isi ng 'C' players.

One of the reasons ror the good results was thai ou r goalkeeper. Marcus Foster, was invariably far better than his opposite number : another was the fine penalt y corner striking or Si mon Cook. The main reasons were a general willi ngness to allack, to support each other and 10 try to play constructive hockey.

Ed Millard caplained from cen tre back. He showed himse lf a very sk il ru l and cool player who often steadied his team by his assured exam ple. He a lso had the one essentia l quality of a captain - th e knack of giving encouragement.

The 'B' team were entered in the East Kent to urnament at St. Lawrence and were ce rtainly not o ut of place amo ng the 'A' teams of the other schools.

H.E .J .A. Team: Edward Millard (Capt.), Dele Alakija, Ol iver Carler, Dominic Cocklin, Simo n Cook, Alistair Cu rzon, J ames Dean, Harry Ema nuel, Ma rcus Foste r, Oliver Hen ry, J a mes Odell.

Also played: Henry Murch, Augu stus Wi lkin son, J ulian Wooderson.

RESU LTS v Cra nlei gh (H). Won 5-0 v Sul ton Va lence (A) . Wo n 2-0 v Duke of Yo rk 's (A). Drawn I - I v Kent College (H). Won 4- 1 v Eastbourne (H). Wo n 5-4 v Si r Roger Manwood's (A). Wo n 5-2

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Not on ly that , but how wo nderful to be a ble severely to embarrass th e swagge ring 'A's and 'B 's in pract ice with simple but effective team play - in tricate passing patterns woven into the astroturf a nd redgra - albeit at a fai rl y sedate pace.

Unfortunately, two of the matches were played on grass. a surface almost unknown to the team. Bru te fo rce was the order of the day - and we didn't have a ny brut es. Conseq uentl y, the games were lost to sides of inrerio r skill but superior physique, so met hing that ought Ilotto happen - but it docs. Nevertheless, the team a lways tried to play good hockey, and often succeeded .

Singling out players for special mention does not devalu e th e effort s of the others. O ur goa lk ee pers shou ld be prai sed, particu larly Daniel Ryan for his display aga in st Epsom. At full back, G us W il kinson a lternatcd betwee n a d ream -li ke state a nd st unningly effective tack li ng at the most threatening moments. His hitting suggests that he might make a vcry good golfer o ne day. Adam Biss ill worc a lone ly fUTr oW down the right wing, and often crcated good chances. Our ma in hope of converting these into goals came from J a mes Devera ll, who sco red a n outstand ing solo e ffort against C ranleigh, and Daniel Willia ms. The former would score more, especia lly rrom sho rt corners, if he d id not have to wait fo r his st ick to co me dow n fr om four fee t above hi s head. Of the rest, many have the potentia l, like Ihese, to play in higher teams in the future, notab ly Rob Swa nson, who might be ma rginally mo re efrect ive if he real ised th a t the reaso n he docs not get the ball on the left wing is that he is never thcre to receive il.

My thanks to aI/the squad , who have been such good fun a ll Icrl11 , a nd cert a inly managed to keep smilin g, despit e not gett ing the resu lt s in school games tha t they deserved .

R.C.W. Team/rom: Adam Bissill , Oliver Carter, James Deverall , William Drink water, Da niel Dru ry. T homas Jennings, Kieran Murphy, Dominic Pelt, Daniel Ryan, Robert Swanson, James Titchcner, William Vida l, Willia m Welbourne, Augustus Wilkin so n, Dan iel Williams, Julian Wooderso n.

RESU LTS Played 3, Drawn I, Lost 2.

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Girls' Hockey 1st XI In our rat her atten uated second· half of the t,cco nd half of th e seaso n, we have played just four matches, winning the last of these against Manwood's. the prev ious three having been well-contested. Three different surfaces were used si nce we don't have the pri vilege of th e new pilch so often Ih is term.

Tor Batty, Hayley Pelts and Ca milla Lacamp confirmed that they were the outstanding players in this year's learn but there is promise for next year in the developmen t of6b players lik e Elisa Hudson, Flo van Nallen and Pippa Adamson.

Perhaps at the end of the season it is appropri ate to pay particular tribute to Marianne Docherty for her courage and

perseverance in goal.

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Team: Victoria Batty· (Capt.), Elisabeth Ames, Nico la Ba ins·, Maria nne Docherty·, Zoe Harmsworth, Elisa Hudson, Emma Hulburd, Ca mi lla Lacamp·, Hayley Pelt s·, Florent ine van Notten, Rebecca Wi ll iams, Elizabeth Wilson·.

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Epsom (H ). Drawn 2·2 v Queen Elizabeth's (H). Lost 1·2 Seven oaks (A). Lost 0-2 v Sir Roger Manwood's (H). Won 1-0

Association Football 1st XI It was always goi ng to be a hard act to fo llow last year's successful side, and wit h the loss of eig ht players from that learn it was obvious that there was much rebu ilding to be done. There were a lso the initial disappointments of losing two strong ca ndidates for fir st team places - Sonaike and Satchu - through injury in the opening tria ls, coupled wit h the bad news that another two or three potential first·teamers would not be playing soccer this term for one reason or a nother.

However, the squad was assembled and soon impressed with a fi ne level of commitment in fi tness and training sessio ns.

But in our first ga me of the seaso n we were outplayed by a stronger, quicker and more physical U .C.S. side. You cannot afford to miss you r own scorin g chances and give soft goals away at the back, and th at was p recisely what we did in this game. We shou ld have sco red a few; but, to be honest, they could have had a handful more as well . Crossley, Northeast and Hudsmith were the pick of the side, big Jon d ism issi ng o ne of their players with a crunching tack le.

Under pressure from the crit ics a nd taking some terrible barrack ing from his Shell Spanish set, the manager had to come up with some changes for the local derby against SI. Edmund's. In came Hinton, Steve Davies and Skarbek while Northeast was pushed to centre·forward. The extra responsibi lity this move laid on the shoulders of the mid fie lders became evident when a ll th ree, Das, Peter Davies and Skarbek scored, Davies with a memorable effo rt fro m o uts ide the box. The who le of M.D. was to be bom barded that evening with lengthy descriptions of how the ball fo und its way to the top corner. The ot her move of note in this fine game was big Jon's run into the box which forced a penalty - for once he was dribbling in the right area ! Hinton looked solid in goal, Crossley had another fine ga me and there was admirable te lepathy between the Davies brothers on the left flank.

We then travelled confident ly to Dulwich where we dominated the game, wi th Peter Davies hitti ng the ba r and Langto n carving holes in the home defence, but the Dulwich 'keeper had an excellent match and p revented us from earning a deserved wi n. In fact we were ca ught twice on the break and came home empty-handed, despite outstanding perfo rmances from Crossley and Hud smith. 11 was fast dawning on us th ai our p roblem was clearly that we could not take ou r chances when they ca me our way.

The rain meant tha t we missed the Brentwood and Ma idstone fixtures, and by the time we journeyed to Wimbledon Gi les A ndrews was back to bolster the defence. Peter Davies and Langton again hit the woodwork, and unfortunately we lost Northeast early on . In a sc rappy game where both teams had spells of constant pressure we agai n squandered chances , but then so did they. We did not play well bu t batt led hard to get back into Ihe game and in the end were slight ly fo rtuna te to force a draw.

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Do cr where after a n expensive penalty miss a nd fail ure to take The emba rrassing low poml of the term came a~ v 4 b look in'g rcally very second -rate. We missed Langton, OU f adva ntage of the hu rricane at o ur backs, we wcn , OWn " I'e had to leave the school over ha lf term . Another blow! . d bright prospect for the ruturc, ro r 1 talented win ger, an a , . , . Saturda we knew we had to play wit h more pride and courage.

When we welcomed Colre ,5 to Birley s on, the rol1~~~~g off IWoYslI Pcr saves, and Andrews, Lin for th and Jackson, in With a much more combat ive defence'IHln~~n P F g our goal Feria wh ipped in a telling cross and Crossley, haV ing pugnacious form. we were a match fo r t l~ V I SltO~\ Of, accuracy a nd timing that the coach was left to reflect - 'here moved to centre-forward, soa~ed to .head ~~e. WI\ I suc ~ two years'. Despite a Colfe's winner in the very last seco nds is a very specia l player w~~~vl l~i~~ ~~I~~IYI~d ~~~etr~~~le:t least a draw. . havin their coach declared unroadworthy by t.he police la~t year. at~d I was proud of a competltl e Westminster had changed bus compames af~~r. ~'t Das put us in the lead but Weslm lll sier equahsed wlthm succeeded in mak in g the trip to Canterbury \~~ tl~~~ sl~luld be played . thirty seco nds and went on to show us how g'd b t looked very ordinary against us and needed two gi fts from Sevenoa ks again boasted that . they were a g~o~~~ ero~ing so ligh tweight that goa lkeeper Hinton thought he'd have our defence to lead 2-0 at ~al f-tlm~. Our at~ac n o~ the score-sheet. Steve Davics brought us Icvelt owards the end. a go a nd with a Pat Jenmngs specIal got IllS na! .e On one occasion when fo r once the Sevenoaks fla g stayed down, but ~n ce mo re it was a ga me of missed oppor:unlt~es. th bar Still' it was an ho nourable draw with the a bsence of we had three attackers o n the 'keeper and bda~t~ f OVt~~ O~lr g~a l ke~per w~s' now third highest scorer - su rely thi s the 6a geographers Northeast, Andrews. an I _m or . summarised our problem rather emphatically. h d I 'II or Ille 0 K S learn _ Musso n and Holden (scorers 'd' h t e approac e tIe Img I . .' , .

It was with a degree of t~epi a tlon t a ~'Iful Paul Norr is and the super-fit S imon Attwood in mid field . How7ver, III a of thirt.y-five goals the prevIous year), the s I atch for the ageing stars of yesteryea r. We scored .fo ur quality goals, splend id co ntest we proved to be more dth an ~ b from C rossley. H udsmith and Northeast agam played well, and Ihe pick being a th underbolt from the e ge 0. t e ,ox . I ' . nting Van Ti l on t Ie rig It wmg.

Feria had IllS best game, t o r m e . hi en'o able one nonetheless. The atmosphere during tra in.ing It was not a suecessfu lterm , results-w ise, but.a.tho ro ul ~or ~:e have many happy memor ies of a term's ha rd gnnd l sess ions and matches was always good a ndkProsltlved at" g' reater d~gree of success nex t year, when we shall have ma ny and effort. I wish the 6a boys well and 100. o rwar 0 a more boys with va luab le fir st team expenence.. .' ad o rder a nd to Stewart and the kitchen staff Many thank s to Nevile and his sta ff fordkeerlllg th~ r~~h~sh~~~l~c~I;~ \0 D.J .n., G.R.C., C. J.R .J . a nd M.P .H.D . . for who lesome sustenance bot l.' before an a ter rna c I .

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Team: Mark Northeast (Ch""M I , Jo n Hudsmll ' artlll a . ' d Niek Papageorgiou. Simon Pattullo, Sam Sate IlU, 011 'Ie H 'man .

PIP Also played: John Flynn, Jolonll Iro ne, Hugo Langton. a u acau.

Alcx Skarbck, Ko la Sonaik e, A lex Woolston.

RESULTS

Pia ed 9 Won 2, Drawn 2, Lost 5 (2 postponed). Goals for 14; goals against 22.

Y , I (A) I t 0-5 v Col fe's (H). Lost 1-2 v U niversit y C,ollege Schoo I . _0S v Wcstminster (H) . Lost 1-4 v St. E~mund s (H) . Won 4v Sevenoaks (H). Drawn 2-2 v Dulwlch (Al. Lost 1-2 I I v 0 K S (H) Wo n 4-1 v K. C.S . Wimbledon (A). Drawn . .. . v Dover College (A) . Lost 0-4 s Das P Da vies Hudsmith.

First Colours: Nort heast (re-award ed) , A n d rew. , ." .. .

Second ColOllrs: Cargill , C rosslcy, S . Davies, Hint o n, J ackson, Lmforth, peaC h;. I ' P Davies S Davies 2' Hinton. Nort hcast, Skarbek, 00 ston 1.

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. . f r scmi-finali sts, and in two close games Broughton a!ld G,range Therc was really very. httle to C~lOose .~et\~ee,I~~I~ 0 ~espec ti vely. In an excit ing final Brough to n equahsed m the won their way to the filtal: beatlllg W,t po e a 2-2 aite~ twO dramatic Grange goals from Vau and Woolston. It was dying seconds of normal time to pull back to I d 'dcrs II look six teen pcnalties before Broughton emerged as 4-3 I . d nd so came the pe na ty eCI . ~:i~l~~~~~ 'M~~~t~~I~~~°to aColleagues who helped refcree these games.

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2nd XI This has been a rebuild in g year for thc 1st and 2nd Xi s . Many cha nges were made and a lt oget hcr thirty-four players represented thc 2nd X I. Many of these will bc avai lable nex t year, and we can look forward to a better sct of results than we ach!e~ed this y.car. T oo m~n y g,?a ls ~vere given away.by mist~kes in the penalty area. Not enol!gh work was done by ind iViduals to unprove theIr baSIC skil ls such as headmg, passmg a nd close control. T he potential was therc, as was revealcd in an impressive display agai nst Westminster, but that was the only time we could say we played well ;his season. I would like to tha nk Ed Cargill for leadi ng the tea m with dash and a will ing commi tment. I think it will be best to closc the door quick ly o n this season and look forward to better times a head.

D,J,B, Team: Edward Cargill (Capt.), Joby Andrews, Duncan Cox, C raig Feria, Joh n Flynn, Simon Maggs, Sim on Mohr, Paul Paca ud, William Sco tt , Bcnjamin Wyatt, Bria n Yali.

Also pluyed: David Bcaton, Stephen Davies, Daniel Fraser, David Goggins, O li ver Hinton, Jolomi Irone, Mart in Jackson, Edward Linforth, Jonathan Parker, Simo n Pallu110, Benjamin Peachey, Samir Satchu, A lexander Skarbek.

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Cha tham G.S. (H). Lost 4-0 v Col fe's (A). Lost 0-5 University Col1egc School (H ). Drawn 0-0 v Westminster (H). Won 3-2 Dulwich (A ). Lost 2-3 v Scvenoak s (A). Lost 0-3 K.C.S. Wimbledon (H). Lost 0-5 v Kent Collegc (H). Lost 1-3 Dover Co llege (A). Won 3- 1

3rd and 4th Xis In December, a t another place, I kickcd a footba ll wit h fearsome velocity a t Gareth; he turned, trapped the ball on hi s right thigh, gent ly ro l1ed it onto his right foot, and , in o ne movement, flicked it onto hi s head wherc it seemed to remain statio nary fo r seconds before a llowing it to return to his left thigh, left foot and so on. Like one of the faithfu l performing the mid-day r(lkah (let the Shells understand), he repeated the sequencc five times before addressing me with his customary cheeky gri n. 'That's sk ill ai n't it, Sir? ' 'W hy a ren' t you playing for the 3rds today?' I replied. 'They're too big a nd dirty for me. My knee hurts a nyway !'

So I arrived at King's, fir st day of term a nd 3rd X I soccer tria l at Birley's. Certain ly this lot seemed big a nd dirt y.

Any budding Garel hs to protect? Arms fl agging in all dircctions, legs scyth ing throu gh the ridiculously long grass . A mad goa lkeeper , by the name o f Fraser, diving a lways and everywhere. Somcone called 'Toby', there's a lways one, who could bc heard above thc cacophony of crushing shins . Tacti cally, there was a mixt ure of the headless-chickens and an attempt at a Macedonian phalanx cha rging at the goal as if it was a Persia n war-tent with much booty to be claimed. As for the ba ll , I think it ended up in thc catt le-market. By the way, that cow cou ld playa bit!

By the Satu rday we had sort ed o ut a team, pledged to total foo tball and the non-taking of prisoners, committcd to a ma n, su ppo rters o n the touch-line, a nd the cnemy wcre Illcre co nscripts of the U 16 variety from U. C.S. We lost 0-2; they could playa bit! However, there were ma ny good signs for fut ure confrontations, especia ll y in the fr o nt running of captai n Jo n Moss and the goa l-keeping of 'crazy-legs ' Fraser. The ncxt game was unfair. We took an early lead against SI. Augustine 's , on ly to discover that they had a footballing Daley Thompson in their side. Athletic, graceful , skillful and Jaster than a speedin g bullet, he dom inated the rcst of the ga me. We stood back a nd applauded.

Then came the wind, the rain, the wind and the wind, followed by letters from matron, mysterious visits o n Saturdays fro m long-lost au nties from the Falk lands. Thc team broke up or was bro ken up by th e civ il warfare of the inter-ho use compet iti o n. There were call -ups fo r the 2nd X I (David Goggi ns, Davc Beaton, David Fraser and, la ter, John Parker) and even, for the Ists (J o lomi Irone). We secmed to have di fferent teams for cach of the fo llowing games which were lost: K.C.S. , Wimblcdon, Colfe's , Sevenoaks. H owever , crcdit to all who played and who tra ined regularly. Never did heads go down; a plucky and cheerful spirit remained. The finale against Kent College was probab ly the best gamc of the season: excellen t perfo rmances from Nic Papageorgiou , Andy H yatt a nd Bcn Cooper inspired a close- fou ght game. Only defcnsive crrors robbed LI S of a deserved victory. We even played a bit! Therc were no morc hcad less chickens. \{ was a pity that the season ended wit hout a win, but, given the d isrupt ions to the team, in partic ular the inju ry to skipper Jon Moss , we probably did as well as cou ld bc cxpected.

The list below may we ll o mit o ne or two of the seaso n's many performers. O f those that playcd Richard Gosling was the most reli ab le, T oby Cox the most unreliablc, Sebastian Rosato the most italian, Dave Beaton the most unlucky (according to Dave Beaton), Jon Parker and Jake Summers the most improved. Sebastian Grocger proved that it docs n't takc fait h to move mountains!

There were three 4th X I ga mcs , a ll of wh ich were lost but, with the demise of soccer in the Shells and Removes ncxt year, it is hoped to run morc regular fixtures in the future.

As fo r Gareth , it' s good to know that things d o n' t change . Through thc grapcvine I hear: 'M y kncc's sti ll giv ing me gyp, Sir ' .

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I I I and the lure of the superb new hockey astrot urf, on ly four With the immment demIse ~fls~cc:r lI~ d l~~ ,Ot~~~ls~~~~ed to play soccer th is yea r. This meant that a squad ,?f only of last year's not very success u n er . vious ex eric nee o f playin g competitively . It secmed a recIpe for thirteen emerged , some .of whom ~~d very htllenb~~ of the g~o up did his best to mak e up for a ny tech nical limitati o ns despondency but, to their great cr~ It'leve~y llcndous ent husiasm and tea m spiril. I never worried whether there g (in some cases they werc severe) ~ s lo;v"n :~;\ere would be. With the kind cooperation o f some schools who wcre would be a good turn-out for practJces, . ne e t for the Colfc's elcven-goal second half!) programmc o f matches prepared to fi eld 'B' sides a~ainst us, an enJo~~b:e ~x~ ~vi t h the a id of a well o rganised five -man ( + goalkeepcr) defence, t were played. T he overa ll skll.1 fact~r w~d n1 rl\~~ ~e~iods in most matches. Our star player was Dan Quin, a n often g his usual uota of three markcrs to score six of o ur scven goals, we managed to survIVe agamst teo s 0 lo nely figllf~ up front, who escaped ofte n cnough fro~ Rodo ouflos made some fine saves in goal, C hris Newbery read generally with spectacula r efforts dlktl~ ~~~t;l~ r,~!~ the mtst helpful and rel iable of capta ins. I have often coached the ga me very well at sweeper an 0 d I 'tl a nicer set of lads and they can be proud of the way they played one has improved his skills and awareness of the tactics of far better football ers , bu t I have nevcr ea t .WI \ <E _ their sportsma nship was first-class at all \Imes. ve~y membcrs will contim;e to play next year. Four se nior Icams the game considerably, and I hopeIJI}at lal~ ~f t l:~a~ u~ace is unattainable. Finally my thanks to M.P .H .0., who has

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RESU l.TS Played 7, Won I , Drawn \, Lost 5. v Uni versity Co llcge School 'B' (A). Lost 1-3 v Westminster (H). Lost 1-4 v Scvenoaks ' 13' (A). Lost 1-4 v SI. Augustine's (I-I). Lost 0-7 v Kcnt Collegc (H). Drawn I- I v K.C .S. Wimbledon 'B' (H) . Won 3- 1 v Colfc's (A). Lost 0-12

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Cross-Country The cnd of the holid ays found a few intrepid runners on the first cross-country training camp. In between visiti ng Brighton'S bowling a lley and thc Pier dodgems, strenuous efforts were made to rega in some long-lost fit ness on the hills o f the South Downs. It was unfo rtuna te that o nly Ja mes Eddison, Sim on Co le, Matt Willi fer and A ndrew H yatt managed to make it as far as Sussex. (Yes, And rew, Brig ht o n is south of London!). Three o ther runners who were invited managed to injure themselves before even getting to the training ca mp. In a season in which we were plagued by complaints as varied as knee inju ries, broken bones, kidney trouble a nd a collapsed lu ng (m ost of wh ich occurred before the Lent term) , the prize for the most o rigin al excuse goes to Richard Dib ley, who managed to put a metal sp ike th rough his foot (ll ot while runn ing!).

Nevertheless, we had a comparatively sllccessful season. Thc South Downs training paid o ff, as we ca me fifteenth in the Knole Run, our highest position since 198 1. Matt Willifer ra n parti cu larly well to fin ish twenty-ninth out of about 250 runners. A few days later, at the Dist rict Championships, Malt Willi fe r, James Eddison and Simon Cole were selected to run in the Senio r Di stri ct team, with Richard Dibley as a reserve. In the Intermediate age-group Nick Shepley , Ewa n Kerr and Andrew Hart were selected. T he J uniors faced a much larger field of competit ion, and were not selected, though had the selectors seen Darren Kingston's form later in the term, they would surely have signed him up! At Tonbridge and King's Rochester we underwent mid-term 'blues ' - not surprisingly with last yea r's stars, Simon Hart a nd Jim Knight , still affec tcd by injury - a nd we did not do as wcll as we hoped. At Rochester, howevcr, we ca me second to Dovcr College by the smallest possible margin . The fo llowing week, o n the wettest day of the season, the Senior team regained its winning fo rm by beating Kent College and SI. Lawrence convincingly. The Inters managed to lose themselves in the woods , and had to wait until a re-match a month later for their victory.

On thc fir st day of hal f term we mustered three surprisin gly stro ng teams - helped out by will ing oarsmen fr o m Marlowe and Linacre - to represent the school at the so-called Five Schoo ls' Races a t Felsted . Although p erkhamsted and Harrow could not be at the fixt ure, Felsted and Highgate provided strong opposit ion . The Seniors won, with six in the top eleven runners, while the Inters were unlucky to be second to Highgate by only one point. The Juniors, depleted by the call or interna tional flight s, did very well to come second , with fine runs by Darren Kingston, Michael Boardman and Lawrence Potter. Next came the high point of the season, the Bru invel 's Trophy at Leatherhead , where the Inters fared very much bett er than the Se niors to come fifth o ut of fifteen schools : Ewan Kerr's eighth place in a strong fi eld , followcd by Andrew Hart a nd Darren Kingston at twentieth and twenty-fir st, provided some of the best runn ing of the season. The final fixt ure, another multi-school one in Coulsdon, was an excellent end to the season. Despite the absence of speed-king Cole a nd Jim Knight (away on the Geography field trip) and la in Overton (now restored to fitne ss, but having to prove it to thc Army), the Seniors snatched bronze medals - missing the silver by that elusive o ne point¡ again. Ja mes Eddison had a good run , as did the still-convalescing Willi fer, wh ile Darren Kingston again ran well to wi n the Junior race easily.

Specia l ment ion sho uld be made of Simo n Cole for a very good season in which he remained the on ly Senior runner unaffected by injury o r illness. Co mmise rat ions to everyone else who suffered fr ustration or di sruption to the season (but nevert heless grea t determination) - I know how you fee l. Ewan Kerr and Andrew H a rt both had successful Intermed ia te seasons, showing the sort of talent and commitment that will be valuable next year in the Senior team .

Vassos Georgiadis provided an excellent example of cheerful effort and im proved immensely over the term. Darren Kingston, Michael Boa rdman and the grow ing band of Juniors show promise for the future. An extra-special mention goes to Mall Willi fe r, for obta ini ng a place as reserve for the Kent County Learn, and I wish him the best of luck for next year, when , in 6a, he will be at the top of thc Senio r age-group . Finally, thank you very much to Mr. Holland, leader of 'Clint 's Cutt ing Crew', to Dr. Pickering, a nd to everyone else who turned out a nd ran.

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Teams from: Seniors: James Eddison (Capt.r, Alistair C la rke o , Simo n Cole-, William Davies o , Richard Dibleyo, Simon Hart-, Andrew H yatt O, J ames Knight - , Matthew Willifer¡.

Occasiollals: Toby Brown , Luke Feathers , Piers Gollop , And rew Hart, Ewan Kerr, lain Overton, Ju stin Roxburgh, Jos Scla ter, Syed Sha riff.

Illters: Ewan Kerr (Capl.r, William Bryant, Michacl Chesterman, Ch ristopher C reissen, Vassos Georgiadis. Andrew Hart, Pau l Haswe ll , O liver Kent, Darren Kingston , Nicholas Lockeyea r, J ames Loder-Sy mo nds, Christo pher Penner, Nicholas Prince, Henry Shelford, Peter Speicher, Robi n Will ia ms.

Jun iors: Daren Kingston (Copt.), Elliot Ashurst, David Bird , Michael Boardman, Nicholas Clark, Benj amin Goggins, Charles Heise, Matthew Knight. Dom in ic Pett, Lawrence Potter, Marcus Riccoboni, Alasta ir Stevens.

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RESU LTS 13t h J an uary: The Knole Run, Sevenoaks: King's 15th out of 33 fini shing schools.

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(K ingston 6. Boardman 7, Clark I I, Pet! 12, Bird 13, Rlccobolll 14) 27th J a nu ary :

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Seni o rs: l si Dover College 47, 2nd K.S.C. 48, 3rd ~ .S.R. 86 (W illi fcr 2, Cole 6, Dib ley 8, Hya tt 9, Harl 10, Knlghl 13) Inters: 1st K.S.R. 26, 2nd K.S.C. 46 , 3rd Dover Co llege 49 .

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(H art 16 Kerr 21 Gcorgiad is 32, WI lli a ms 36) J UI; iors: '1st T rin ity 27, 2nd K.S.C ..42, Royal Russell 59 (out of 5 sc hoo ls) (Ki ngsto n I , Po ll er 10, C la rk 15, Brrd 16)

Inter House Cross-Co untry . ' d v her in 1989 the h igh winds and driving rain which threa tened in the week of After bemg SP~!1t by such goo \ e~t in' But i~ the even t we were spared a ny torrent ial rain, a nd sim ply .h~d to the 1990 ~ompet1l lo n we re encd~;r:flea~'_w ind which always seems to be blowing against the ru nner . Not su rpnslIlgly, contend With mud, the usua l 1I s an 11 ' . III 0 gh Ma tt hew Wi llifcr d id very well to be o nly clcven second s off the winners ' t!mes we~e slower t ha~ .as~~;~l~i ;~ n~yU condi~ions. The pund its pred icted some erosion of Broughton's Ben ~a'yment ~ 1 ~89 lI me, ac neve III show Brou Il ton iris came to the fore a nd ensured that three of the ~agll1flcent. wl1lm n.g ~ccord, bhut as ~~ re~u l ~f· Ma riowe il~O sup~emacy in both J u nior and Intermediate agc-gro~ps five cu ps st ili rema in III Broug to n. e flse . bul c1earl Marlowe wi ll be a force to be reckoncd \\'Itl\ st ill could no t dislodge Brough tollhfro m t ldlcMover~I~;~~7:t.~eIY close i~ the Sen ior and Ju nior events respectively. ar \ . , . in 199 1. School Ho use ran Broug ton an 11 . ntention as were Meister Omers J Ull1ors. Lu xlll oore deserves a ment io n .

Trad e~ca nt Sem o rs and In ters were (~e B"~c~ a nd A. R.A.R. ) happy with probabil ity calcu lat io ns: just how unusua l fo~ keepI!lg our M at h s PJ.P~d scyrers ;s posit ion in a ll fOll r races? T he individua l winners and run ners- up are recorded IS It to gam the sevent h m IV I ua. nl1~ner . obvious' there are a lso cou ntless individua l achievements lower down the below, wl~ose talent and bde term l mha'm,oa~:~~e event \~orthwl;ile _ even if only in retrospect ! And 'everyone's a winner' o rders whIch go u n sun~, ut w llC .

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Basketball Under 19s Given that probably ou r best player, and certa inly our main poin ts scorer, Sonaike, was inju red for most o f the season, and tha t the rest of the side did not show the usual appet ite for training a nd match preparat ion, it is not surprising that this season d id not matc h up to the excellence of the p revio us ones. It is fai r to say that we gol what we deserved.

The visit of Sta fford Housc for the fir st time was a fascinati ng start 10 th e season. A team o f very mat ure, hig hly excitable, b ut sk il fu l Greeks swepl into a sevent een-poi nt lead on a wave o f near-hysteria. Wit h Tester a nd Marquis 10 Ihe fo re, we came back well , but were never going to overhau l a side whose playmaker scored thirty-two poin ts.

Twenty-six more came from a muscular Go liath who totally intimidated our rebounders un til late in the game. Aga inst Kent College, Marqu is was again to be thanked for a rev ival that saved a game in which once more, one star player was dominant for the opposi tion. A rare appearance by a half-fi t Sonaike h inted at what we were missing. Harvey G.S. gavc us our fi rst win of the season, the late points rush led by Sonaike and sparked by the hugely combat ive Babs Epega. At Whitgift, it took a lo ng time for a shadow tea m 10 subd ue the ho me side, a nd wc ga in cd o ur narrowest victory there in memo ry. T he fi na l ma tch of the season was a huge anti-cli max, as a team of walking wo un ded, wea ry from the rigours of a desperately close house soccer sem i-final, wa ndered li ke the undead arou nd the vast expanses of the SI. Edmund's sports hall to give them their first ever victory over a King's side.

This team never rea ll y played to its potentia l, although it has to be said that it had fewer players of rea l qua lity than we are used to. The captain, Marqu is, had one of his best seasons, for the reason that, for the most part, he used the physique that God gave him for the right purpose - reboundi ng. Jo n Hudsmith helped to win the lio n's share of defensive rebounds, but unfortuna tely, li ke Peter Etzbach, Desm ond C hum , Fauzi Fahm and Simo n Maggs, the other fo rwa rds, he d id nol o ffer much o f a th reat to the basket. Kola So naike perfo rmed at half pace when he d id a ppear, but was still our best guard. Nick Papageorgiou sta rted promisingly, but faded into a conservative obscurity. The you ngest players, Chris Pall man and Graham Tester, were sound, and p romise much fo r the future, but it is asking a great deal of them to make much of an impact, when still on ly U nder 16s. Akin Tuboku-Metzger did not gel a large amount of court time, largely due to a propensity towards passing to the opposition, but was a loyal bench member. Babs Epega only appeared once - b ut stirred the side to victory, even if with a little unorthodoxy .

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Played 5, Won 2, Drawn I, Lost 2. For 254; aga inst 266. v Stafford House (H). Lost 58-84 v Whitgirt (A). Wo n 52-40 v Kent College (A). Drawn 45-45 v St. Edmund's (A). Lost 48-56 v Harvey G.s. (H). Won 51-41

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1 lsi Roulld: Lmacre 62, Mar owe • uxm • Ga lpin' !; 32.

Semi-Finals: Linacre 3S, Luxmoore 26; Wa lpole 60. Sc hool House 40.

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Fencing Summing up this term's resu lts would give a long monotonous list of mainly personal achievements, so only certain results can be taken. The junior fencers have achicved such results as fir st and seco nd in the Kent Individua l Foil (Frazer Hughes and Raymo nd Man respectively) and in the leam event second a nd fourth. An unusually distinguished list of result s from J a mes Crawfurd include first in the Kent U I6 Epee, and a very impressive second in the Great Britain U l6 Epee Championships. This qualifies him for Ihe England Schools Team in the G.B. schools quadrangu lar. Alex Ellison is another one for impress ive results, but so as not to inflate an ego to greater heights I' ll try to keep it short: second in the Kent Epee, a very consistent performance for the school in matches, a nd thirteenth in the Great Britain U IS Foil Championships. Shafik Saba came seven th in the Great Br itain U IS Sabre and sevent h in the Kent Open Sabre.

It is inte rest in g to note tha t in the ju nior Kent a nd So ulh East sections, by far the bu lk of medal winners arc pupils of Paul Romang, and many will be coming 10 Ki ng's.

Allhe Kent U I6 Epee third and fourth place were taken by Olivier Van den Broueke and Brian SUIl, and in the U I8 Epee Jon Berry came third. The match aga inst Eton and High Wyco mbe was, in its usual manner, won against Eton, a close seco nd to H ig h Wycombe and was enjoyed by all.

I do va lue my life, so I suppose that I will have to mention our girls, led so well by Karen (the sabreur?) Roehm.

I\t the Kent Team Foil the two teams came first and third. The only prob lem concerning girls' fencing is that we do nOI ha ve enollgh girls ! Please , if any girls are interested in beginning fe ncing, just come alo ng to any of our sessions and we can start straight away.

Now it is only left for me to say a very big thank you to Paul Romang and his infi nite time spent coaching and armouring (as well as James Crawfurd and Jon Berry), and to Mr. Jen nings for organising our competitions and transport. Special thank s go to Dr. Bridge for many hours (to say the least) re-wiring and mendi ng eq uipment.

Paul Roma ng has recent ly received a n invitat io n to ta ke twelve pupils to Russ ia at Christmas for two weeks' ~rain in g with onc of their nationa l coaches. The Russians will come back to Eng land, so glaznost wilt extend to Ki ng's. We hope that this will be an annual event and the first goi ng will be: James Crawfurd K.S.C., Alex Ellison K.S.C., Raymond Man K.S.C., Shafik Saba KS.C., Nicholas Davies J.K .S.C., Hugh Gledh ill J.K.S.C., Graeme Park in J .K.S .C., Fel icity Wa tcher J .K.S.C., plus fo ur from U nderhill prep. school in Chart Su tt on.

SHAFIK SABA.

Lacrosse 1st XII Although a relatively minor sport, gi rls' lacrosse at King's is st ill in existence and we actuall y managed to get a team together fo r th is season. T he bac kbo ne of the team u ndo ubt ed ly consisted if its five 6a members who, despite aches, pains, and the regular work crisis. ma naged to turn u p fo r the matches, if not the practices! Our centre Lucy Lake used cou rage and superb st ickwork to combat our let ha l opposition, scoring regularly. However, our ma in goal scorer this year was Helen Blakebrough, who got an average of 1.743 goals every match! Unfortunately, Epsom decided to pun ish her for getting two goals against them by depriving her of a fro nt tooth ! Still, her lopsided grin is as enchant ing as ever! Also on the a tt ack side, we had some excellent ta lent in 6b . Zoe Ha nsworth was always there when needed, and vicious Georgie Grant a nd speedy Soph ie La nda le showed great p romise. I hope they will have enough energy to continue wi th lacrosse in 6a.

Now to the defence, thanks to whom we lost our matches respectably, as opposed to being thrashed! A lex Mitchell was brilliant a t int ercepting the ball at the right ti me, and Bet h 'Tack ler' Tapp a lso did her stuff to great cred it. In 6b, Rebecca Power, Elspeth McGregor and Bev Tarr a lso showed determination and even aggression o n so me occasions.

Sarah Jackson was a very reliable defence, and even joined the attacks in a fit of boredom against Epsom!

A star was born in the lacrosse team th is year in the form of C harlotte Neser, the goalkeeper. Courageous Charlotte bravely put her body in the way o f countless lacrosse ba lls, and actuall y kept some out of goal - a n excellent achievement for a first-t ime lac rosse player.

Fin ally , we musl a ll than k Mrs Wood ley fo r keeping up our spirits and not abandoning us in times of defeat. We are also grateful to her fo r re membering 10 come to p ractices even when we didn 't! We were hoping to win at least one match for her, but the opposition ch ickened out - the 1st X I football tea m knew they had no hope again st us!

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Last term's netball was the tra ining ground for this term's netball season and the prospects looked good with three members of last year 's tea m already tuned into the high standard of netball now expected at King's. T he seaso n started very well in September with a narrow loss aga inst C ra nbrook, a tea m with a high reputation . The Sevenoaks match was also extremely close a ll the way th rough. The exciting fin al q uarter resulted in Ki ng's emergi ng the winners.

The Kent Schools Under 19 Netball Tourna ment was also reaso nably success ful for o ur learn who ca me third in the sect io n contain ing five schools.

But although last term 's results were of a high standard , this term has been one of mixed fort unes. We lost to Scvenoaks

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T he climax of th e season was the East bo urne In vitation Tourn ament where we won the inaugu ra l title in 1988 and reta in ed ou r title last year. T his past achievement we could n't repeat part ly because o ur captain, Philippa Smith, and shooter Helen Bla kebrough were away o n a Geography field trip. Desp ite good reserves, the team didn' l reall y 'gel' a nd we had disappoint in g resu lts. It was some consola tio n tha t the shield d id in so me sense fi nd its way back in the direction of the Preci ncts, Cra nleigh's Lucy Woodley being the winning captain.

T he season ended wit h a n enjoyable Inter~Lod g in gs To urnament. Five tea ms competed - Da iley , Broad Street, Radigunds, Day G irls and P recincts Lodgings. Most teams contained a sprin kling o f school players a nd were even ly balanced . Allegiance to lodgings was evident and a surprising amount of aggressio n ensued. This was raliler like a preliminary tourna ment fo r the yea rs to come.

My thanks go to P hili ppa Smith for her li vely captaincy and personal support. She has done very well to keep the tea m toget her in a season that has had its ac hievemen ts and d isappo in tments.

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Our tha nks go to o ur ded icated coach Mrs. Woodley a nd the who le tea m, start ing with Erik whose Zebedee-like touch saved many a high ba ll a nd whose continu al opt imism kept us a ll going; to Anna whose ta lent at shooting goa ls at long-distance range teamed up well with Blakers who scored many goa ls and was always there for the rebound; to Emma line, our ' sta r ~ p ivoter' a nd her rallying shouts of support; to Belh, whose fo rte was so lid blocking a nd d iscreet fou lin g. At last, but not least, men tio n should be made of the fo rmid ab le du o Phili ppa a nd Seli na 'alt itu de' Cox. PHltlPPA SMITH. Team: Phi lippa Sm it h· (C(lpt.), Helen Dlakeb rough, Selin a Cox·, Em ma li ne Ha rris· , Ari yikc Oshunkoya·, An na Patten, Elizabet h Tapp. ·CoIOllrs.

RESULTS P layed 10, Won 5, Lost 5. v Cra nbrook (A). Lost 1 6~ 1 8 v Wye Co llege ( H ). Won 23- 12 v Sevenoaks (A). Won 18- 16 v Sutton Valence (H). Won 20-17 v Benenden (H) . Lost 9-14 v Dover College (A). Lost 19-25 v Queen Eli zabet h's (A). Won 15-10 v Ashford (H). Won 1 8~ 1 3 v Sevenoaks (A ). Lost 10- 14 v Kent College (A). Lost 13-46 £aslbollrtle TOll rtl amel/l K.S.N.A. TOllmamell1 v Bradfield . Won 15-2 v Farringtons. Won 4- 1 v Brighton College. Lost 2-4 v Invicta. Lost 14- 1 v Cranleigh. Losl 1-6 v Sevenoaks. Won 7~5 v Eastbournc. Lost 4- 10 v Sim on La ngton. Lost 0-5 v Epsom . Won 3~2 v Ha ileybury. Lost 2-4 v SI. John's, Lcatherhead. Won 7-0

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2nd VII Where the 1st VII !lave had an average sort of season the 2nd VI '. . on last year and eq u~lhng the unbeaten record of the year b~fore M ~ I;ave ha.d an ImpreSSive tW? terms, Improving . ost 0 tle crcdu shou ld go to capta m Gemma Paterson for her loyal co mlmtment to the team .

The rest of the team responded to her leadership a nd d d Jackson held the team together in the centre, and So hV:o uce a good standard of play f~om the beginning. Sarah should a lso be commended for her goa lkeeping despite her la~~~dtle suppobted her well at wing a ttac k. Cass ie Knight technique and Sarah Daley's improved greatly Shooters G practIce ecause of orchestra rehearsals. Her blocking emma and Katy Comer were consistently accurate desp ite their sometimes disorga nised spacing in the g~al area.

My congratu lations to the whole team.

Team: Gemma Paterson (C(lpt.) Kate Comer S h D J .A.W. Victoria Moffatt. ' ,ara a ley, Sarah Jackson, Cassandra Kn ight, Sophie Landa le, Also played: Lucy Lake, Eliza Lum ley J acq ueline Mar,in CI ' P 'd " , , a lre anay l eSt Tamsm P Ike. RESULTS Played 7, Won 5, Drawn 2, Lost O. v Cranbrook (A). Drawn 13-13 v Sutton Va lence (H). Won 1 9~8 v Sevenoaks (A). Won 20~ 1 4 v Dover Co llege (H ). Wo n 1 9~13 v Benenden (H), Won 9~ 7 v Ashford (H). Won 21~ I B v Sevenoaks (A). Drawn 14- 14

Rowing 1st VIII This year's top sq uad has been very la rge so there have b very well but, due to bad weather condit io ns' tra in in slo d ~en many. people to choose from. The term started off for the Schools Head in which things were loo kin ~e we .o.wn a bit before ha lf term. Ha rd train ing then started' George Heriot 's school the bows of our boat were ~ak:; t;t~ll lllghon .th e day, tho ugh disaster struck and tha nks to . ter a.vmg the bows s!uck b~ck on we went on to race but came fiftee nth . The next race was Kingston Head W B~gshaw had fa llen ill wit h a flow ing posterior. With' Pa~{~:e~ r:;latlVelr w~1I but WIth a slightly weaker crew as T im sllll have a 10 1 to work o n coming sixth in Sen 3 an d third h s ~ . stfPpmg In very w.ell , we rowed ha rd a nd well but the camp at Easter we hope to make a big improvemen t. sc 00 III a ter Eton and Kmgston Gramma r School. Wit h

Crew List: Bow C harles Robinson' 2 Tim ot h Y Sa sha IP Christopher Hall ; 6 James BreH; 7 Thomas Fi lby . 8 ~ iChOw, apu l. Ha~\cvell ; 3 .B~nja min Long; 4 Robert Wallace; 5 , as rmce, ox WIlham Swanson.

2nd VIII This has so fa r proved to be one of the best Kin ' 2 d V . was the Schools Head befo re which they had only f~~r n t' II ls~ ntr their leader .'Rocket Ma rtin'. T hei r firs t race the top Iwenty out of a ll the crews The crew rema ined t~~ mgs . t I !! Hcad they did very well to come third a nd in twe lfth in Sen 3, which is a very c'red it able pOs it ion T h' same t or K;ngston Head and again rowed well . They came Maybe by. Nationa l Schools Regatta they will be co'mpe~~ nc;e:it haE~n~t of potentia l a nd is showing real signs of it.

Cr~w List: {low Max Williams; 2 Antony Frew ' 3 Andr w Th .

Bowlmg; 6 Nicholas J amieson; 7 Will iam Harris'. 8 Dame,', S¡ omas, 4 Ja mes Mac.donald~Bell; 5 Sebastian Dawson~ , n Impson; Cox Ian Milward.

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Crew L,st: Bow Adam Watts' 2 Paul Ha w li lT' h . s e Imot y Bagshaw; 3 Andrew Rid ings; 4 Nicholas Lockeyea r; Cox Alexander Drisk ill~Sm j th.'

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Girls' Rowing 'r! • rowin has truly taken off. We have now expanded to include two girls'

After a dodgy start to the se~s?~, IF' .S peded ~y the bad weather but when it clea red we cruised to success, bot h racing fours. OUf progr~ss wa~ 1~la y 1m leased to be part of the 'Boat Club and look forward to the future success fours having fun,an? dOIl~g we. ye ~re ~er~o" Mr Willis for bui lding Ollf new boat. We arc, however, still sea rching a nd growt h of girls row l,ng. M an h, an 5fo f u;rc girls' boats would be welcome; but no noral references . please. for a name Any suggestions f or t cmes r u <

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1st IV Stroke: Liz Ayling J: C hloe Webb 2: lo na Ma rti n Bow: An na Brand Cox: Charlotte Pragnell

3: Anja PhoDuc 2: An na Copson Bow: Philippa Katz Cox: Kate Jackso n

Junior 15 . . , )eople from the old 'B' crew are now in the 'A' squad. This T his crew IS very dlff~rent to last yearbs dre:d a~n~~I~~~ result. At the Schools head the ir 5 man Luke Williams fel l crew .have competed t":lce and had one a a Th i meant that he cou ld not row properly and they came tenth, off Ius scat and broke It after. a quarte~ VTl~fd·lrf rac~ · peo;le but performed well , racing under J unior 16 level and eame a poor re~u lt . The~ went t01Kmgfston \k d~ ~~~nunder their enthusiastic coac hes of Ben and the 'MAESTRO' they sixlh. This crew stili has a ot 0 wor 10 should cont inue to improve. . . . . Gl T . k. · Bow Harry D0 bbs', 2 James Rawlings·, 3. Stephen Carey; 4 DaVId Handley; 5 Luke Williams. 6 I es enmc , Crew L lSI: .

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by Maidstone G.S. Meanwh ile , the secon seven, w 0 \~ere unable to derend the 'Wilf Hawk ins Troph y'. At Surrey, geni al c?mpan y of N.A.,=, . so mewh er~ on the ~2 a nd anot h ~r in ·ury to Oluseu n Osh unkoya, a nd h is loss was too victory 111 good style ~ga l n st Godalmlllg was ta~n\e~t~~nd Bishop Wo rdsworth . The conclud ing visillO Ross lyn Park , great to overcome aga lll st ou r o th er oppo nents, e ~r t a good sta rt in beating Ma lvern and C hurchers. but we thell . in which we enjoyed a favo urable d raw, saw LIS 0 .0 lost 10 Ki ng 's Bru ton and Elles mere, to take our eX it o n the first day.

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Of those who played, so me did so with g reat credit. Among the forwards, Jim Waddell and Bill Harris were the liveliest and played int elligent ly; Bola Marquis wo n some good ball at times, but lacked the necessary urgency for a sevens forward. Kery Mouzollroll returned to his real home as hooker, and showed good awareness. It is one or the quirk s or nature that he has been endowed with the brain of a hair-bac k and the body ora rront-row man. At hair-back, Peter Davies was a very important member of the side, a tireless worker and astute playmaker: he lacked only the extra yard of pace and the odd pound or two. Dave Hamilton. after an eccent ric sta rt at Maidstone which saw him litera lly collapse with exha ust ion, sell led down to mak e the most of his pace. He scored so me good tries and he even made a tackle or two. Ma rk Northeast played in the last two tournaments, and brought composure, as well as genuine threat.

It was a pity thai he, like Davies, was unable to attend the early practice sessions. The pick of the wings was the young Oshunkoya. His speed brought him at least o ne try in every game that he played, and gained in co nfidence with each match. The o nly minor blemishes were in derence, due mainly to inexperience - but hopefu lly lessons will have been learned. last but not least, a men tion for Simon Pattu llo, the perpetual reserve, anot her who showed many of the right inst inct s for the game, and perform ed with great zest when called upon. Were he on ly a yard quicker, he would be a must for any side.

So to the crumbs of comfort: o f the squad of ten players ror the Rosslyn Park festiva l, probably in the light o f experience our strongest combination, seven are ava ilab le nex t year. Given, hopefu lly, the return to fit ness of Fadeyi, Young a nd Papageo rgiou . a r.d boosted by the Colts of this yea r, we might next yea r have a sq uad th at ca n 'go places' in more than j ust the li tera l sense. But first. gentlemen, you have to have the hunger ...

R.C,W.

Teams/rom:

(First Seven): Giles Andrews, Timothy Bagshaw, Amit Das, Peter Davies, Babatu nde Bpega, Fauzi Fahm, David Hamilton, Willia m Harris, Andrew Hyatt, Bola Marquis, Kery Mouzourou, Mark Northeast, Anthony Ogedegbe, Oluseu n Oshu nkoya, Nicolas PapageorgiOll, Simon Patt ullo, Akin Tuboku-Metzger, James Waddell , Benjamin Young.

(Second Seven): Desmond C hum, William Harris, Christopher Hall, O liver Hinton, Andrew Hyatt, Nicolas Papageorgiou, Simon Pattullo, Akin Tuboku-Metzger, Max Williams, Benjam in Young.

Squash The term started wit h two heavy defeats at th e hands o f Brighton College a nd Tonbridge, but thereafter, against more modest opposit ion, we did rather better. Our first win of the decade came at C ran brook, where, despite a n overwhel ming defeat at first st ring to a young geniu s by the captain, and a n even heavier defeat at fift h string by Mahesh Da lama l, hastily press-ganged into playing when it was d iscoverccl we had only four regular players, we triumphed eventually rollowing impress ive wins by our middle order.

Sadly, after ha lf term we met Borden O.S. when we were missing two regula r players and despite heroic wins by William Davies and the fourteen-year-old Law rence Potter we were def~a ted 3-2. We then travelled to St. Lawrence where Ed Jones¡Thomas won crucially a t 2nd st ring, his first win fo r over a year, a ft er an a ili ng Matt Willi fer had lost at first siring to a n opponent he would have beaten when fit. Matthew Odgers a nd William Davies won again, thus ensuring victo ry, bUI Duncan Priston lost a game he seemed on the verge of winning ha lfway through. It a ll came good in our last match when, for once, we were at full strength a nd o ur opponents weren 't.

Sevenoa ks were bea ten 5-0, with Ed lones-Thomas winning at fi rst st ring ror the only time in the season and Duncan Priston justifying hou rs of patient practice with his on ly win or the term. We therefore won th ree and lost th ree over the term , and won six and lost six over the year, wh ich was about right.

It is an enormous disadva ntage to play every match away, somet imes after a lo ng journey, so to break even over the season was no mean feal. We must thank Edwa rd Jones-Thomas for a ll he has done for squash at King's in his slig htly laid-back style. If his standard didn', quite reach the level it once promised, he never made excuses and when he lost he did so with dignity.

Mall Wi llifer will be capta in nex t year and will have with him the keen and talented Matthew Odgers and the immensely ha rd -working William Davies.

Peter Kenyon, Miles Thomas and Nicholas Shepley will a lso be competing for places, so we could have ou r strongest squad for some years to make full use of our wonderfu l new facilities.

R.P,B. RESULTS

v Brighton College (A) . lost 1-4 v Tonbridge (A) . lost 0-5 v Cran broo k (A) . Won 3-2

v Borden G.S. (A) . lost 2-3 v St. Lawrence (A). Won 3-2 v Sevenoaks (A). Won 5-0

A fr iendly match v the O.K.S. was also played, but they were far too strong. It was a most enjoyable occasion , however, which we hope will become a regu lar fixture in future.

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Recruitment was effect ive last term, and the number in the Army sect ion stood at a very pleasing sevent y-one at the beginnin g of th is.

The A.P.C. Squad - [ourlcen in number, of whom a high proportion have had the additiona l benefit of Iwo camps lasl year - progressed towards their cert ificate. To begin with they practised on the 22 range twicc . before taking pan in the Field Day shoot o n the Elect ronic Target Range al Hythe. T hen tra in ing switc hed 10 ficldcraft in preparation for the night exercise which took place 011 Sat urday-Sunday 10lhl li th March. At the last moment transport broke down but, in true Brit ish Army tradition, the squad, wit h its N.C.O.s, yomped out of Canterb ury into the countryside. O~ a brill ia nt moonlit nigh t, which made stealt h doubly difficult, three patrols set up base areas and patro lled against each other. The perfo rma nce of the squad makes liS optimistic that they will do very well in their fina l field craft test next lerm.

The large co ntingent of recruits completed the first half of their training programme, with all of them passing the d ri ll and the safety a nd weapons tests. T his mea ns that next term ca n be spent getting out of the Prec incts to the firing ra nges, and to the tra in ing areas fo r fie ldcraft.

The R.E.M.E. section continued to develop their sk ills. We are very pleased that this small but va lu ab le activity is kept go ing by the enthusiasm o f the cadets and the much apprecia ted help of Sgt. Swain. On 1st Ma rch we were glad to welcome Major Jones, of the Queen's Regiment, who gave liS a very in teresting introduction to our sponsor regiment.

With a regular Queen's batta lion reappearing in Ca nterbury soon, we hope to strengt hen our ties with them.

Finally, I wo uld like to co ngratu la te lain Overton a nd A nd rew Rid in gs on gett ing through the first stage of the Army Scholarshi p interviews; and to than k W.O. 1 Walls (fresh from the snows of Norway), W.0.2 Becchey, Col.Sgts. Andrews, Clayto n a nd Robertson, and all the N.C.O.s for their hard work this term.

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THE NIGHT EXERCISE The moon was full, the a ir was crisp, a nd I was la te. Hasti ly borrowing some ar my combat clot hing fro m someone in the riva l sect ion, I rushed to the min ibUS. The two groups, Port Walch and Starboa rd Watch, were wail in g there. We climbed in, along with our friendly neighbou rhood civilia n, Mr. Woodward, and of cour!le Mr. McConnell. O nce we had black camouflage cream o n o ur faces , we were under the delightfu l illusion that we all looked in credib ly lough.

We arrived at ou r destination at 2140 hou rs, as we mili tary fo lk say. Starboard Watch lert this pleasant rural chisler of hou ses immediately, marching down the road wilh enough noise 10 wa ke the dead, a nd fo r that matter any sleepy resident.

Twenty minutes a nd three very vic ious dogs later, our grou p then moved off in a steady, but unsurreptit io us, marcll.

A llh o ug h we did nOI know it a t the tim e, stealth was not necessa ry becau se we wou ld nOI reach the danger zone fo r another three and a half hours. We passed fie lds, trees, homesteads and numerous octogenarians complaining and pointing their walk ing st icks at us.

Perhaps at Ihis juncture I sho uld explain the point of this missio n. This was the scena rio. Two R.A.F. airmen had been shot down over enemy territory and disabled. The local resistance movement have carried them to an agreed point.

The first objective: rescue them, assemble a stretcher and transport them to safety without causin g them discomfort.

The second objecti ve: avoid enemy marines lurking in the area. T hen, once the area of relative safety is reached, co nstruct a device for ca rrying them over a deep ravine.

It sounds so glamoro us, but in practice it was arduolls, back-b reak in g work. It took efficie ncy, effort and wa riness.

These a re just a few qual ities Ihal make the British sta nda rd of military train ing the fin est in th e world.

It was at about 0240 that we staggered into tht' deserted churchyard. We sca nned the area until we fo und the ammunition box, cracked the lock and set ofr agai n.

We were in the danger zone. T his was where things began 10 get excit in g. From !lOW 011 we advanced o nly on the grass, a nd every min ute o ur Petty Officer would whisper 'Geddown !' lO us whenever he thought he saw Ihe enemy.

Ironi ca lly, when the 'enemy' d id co me, we were caught unawares. A firec racker went off and a gUllura llaugh came from the bushes. We scattered, but o ur leader jackk ni fed our attacker. Na tu rally, be ing dead, he got up and wa lk ed to the prearranged point. There were others, but Ihey were soon elim inat ed.

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finding the materia ls for a stret cher set out on the ground , we then looked for our crippled a irman, who had been eezing motionless, for forty -five m in utes. I took o ff my combat jacket, p ut the two poles through the arms a nd we fr on had a stretcher. Lowerin g the casua lty onto it was difficult, but firstly since he had not screamed in agony yet !~d secondly since we were making beller time than the ot her group, we decided that we were doing a ll right.

The stretcher was heavy and cumbersome, but we marched proud ly into base camp in first position with a tim e of ' usl under four hours. All co ld that we felt was soon d ispelled by some delicious hot oxtail soup.

J Now for the engin eering parI. A system of ropes and pu lleys made it poss ible to overcome a terrifying 11I2-foot -deep 'ravine', and after a few jolly rides we all packed up a nd went home.

I have not written this because I'm some sort of recruiting officer, but because I want to express what it was really like. It was tough, cold and ex hausti ng, but it was fun too. Looking back on it, I'm glad I d id sam thing out of the ordinary o n Sat urday. 10th Ma rch.

BENEDICT SHANKLAND.

FIELD nAY At 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 14th February the Section, at last too big for a minibus. set off o n the long coach journey 10 Portsmouth Nava l Base, where the pleasures of H.M.S. Kent awa ited. After a qu iet journey, we 'di semb ussed' and were shown to our accom modat ion aboard. We had a li tt le time before 'Pipe Down', and some went on in promptu explorations o~ the ship, wh ilst o!he,:s stayed a r o~nd the mess-dec k area to p r ac~ i se fire d rills. Bedt ime came, and once the Parrish twms had stopped g lgglmg, the sect ion settled down for a good IlIght's sleep ... ... Which they were just beginn ing to enj oy when reveille woke us up at some inhuman, and probably ill egal, hour.

We staggered o ut of bed. climbed int o uniform and marched wit h varying success to breakfast. After breakfast we were divided into two gro ups, called Port Watch and Starboard Watc h. for the day's acti vities.

The Port Watch went for sea training aboard the small but practical Fleet Tender 'Hornin g'. Once we were aboard, the sma ll tender put to sea and was soon heading west in the Solent area out of Portsmouth Harbour. It is a great credit to the captain a nd crew of the 'Horning' that they gave us such a n enjoyable, interesting a nd educat ional morning.

We were exercised in nav igat ion, steering, buoyage, fire fighting and shown the mysteries of the tiny engine room . Practical first aid was a lso taught in the use of the Rollinson Stretcher. James Drever made a very good 'inju red patient' as he was trussed up and carried in the st retcher from the bows to the small living quarters, with the stretcher bearers traversing precariously alo ng a slightly rolling deck, en route to the sa id area.

Th e Port Watch was spli t in to st ill sma ller gro ups wh ilst aboard 'Horning', wh ic h enabled everyone to experience, in tu rn, duty on the br idge, be in g shown a ro und the sh ip, stretcher and fire drill, and although some members of the sect ion found some difficu lties in pointing the hoses in the right direction, the sea-training was enjoyed by all .

Meanwhi le, the Sta rboard Watch was visiting the Submarine museum in H.M.S. Dolphin where they learned of the men and machines of the submar ine world. They were also ta ken o n a fascinating trip around the o ut-of-service sub ma rine H.M. S. Allia nce, where they got a taste of the cramped life under the sea.

After an excellent packed lunch provided by H .M.5. Kent it was the Starboard Watch's turn to experience sea training o n board the 'Horning' whi le the Port Watch visited the Royal Mar in ~s Museum at Eastney. We fou nd this very in fo rm ative, enjoyable a nd the questi onna ire we were given made us ta ke more notice of the ex hibits.

O nce both groups had returned to H.M. S. Kent . the Section set off back to Canterb ury, a journey during wh ich Nick Davies, our Coxswain, managed to persuade the She lls to stay in the Sect ion till the end of time. It had been a very enjoyable Field Day. Our than ks must go to Mr. McConnell, who worked so hard , a nd all the Nava l personnel who helped the fi eld day work, in particular the captain a nd crew of the Fleet Tender 'Horn ing'.

MAX DAVIE.

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION First I am pleased to welcome thirteen new recruits to the R.A.F. Sect ion: Edward Hillier, And rew Groves, Michael Boardman, Simon Cook, Alista ir Cu rzon, Daniel Ryan, James Dean, Rya n Manner ing, Maurice Fakou ry. Matthew Hillier, Neil Hopkin s, F razer Hughes and William Welbourn.

The term started with a talk about the R.A.f. given by Flt.Lt. S. Gallery, our Schools Liaison Officer. He concentrated on ways of jo in ing the R.A.f. and the fl ying opportun it ies that existed for pupils at school and student s at U nivers it y.

Our fly in g programme was restricted owing to poor weather co nd iti ons. One trip to No. J A.E.F. was cancelled because of windy and stormy condit ions and ou r Field Day glid ing trip was eventually called off owing to stron g crossw inds.

However two further trips to No.1 A.E.F. and a gliding trip for a limited few did take place.

Congratu lations go to Anna Brand, Rodney Jackson, James Bridges, Nick Forrest , Guy Towlson and Robert Clayton for comp let ing their Part 2 train ing wit h some good presenta tions and now become leading cadets. A ll exam inat io n candidates were successfu l and must be congratulated:

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(SO) PI 2 Andrew Groves 35, (25) Adv. Robert Clayton 25 Principles of Flight, James Turner 24 Principles of Flight Simon Cole 23 Principles of Flight, Nicholas Forrest 21 Space Vehicles. Rodney Jackson 19 Principles of Flight, Bria~ Sun 19 Principles of Flight, Guy Towlson 18 Principles of Flight, Jonathan Hawkins 17 Air Navigation, Jonathan Jcvons 15 Propu lsion, James Bridges 15 Camms and Radar.

The Assegai Trophy shoot too k place this term with the fo llowing provisional scores: James, ~ur ~ler 90, Nicholas Turner 89, Brian Sun 84, Simon Cole 83, Myles Bowker 80, Anna Brand 75 - lolal 50 1: a defInite nnprovcmcnl On previous attempts.

Other activities this term have included a trip to the dry ski slope, hovercraft repairs and flying and a Corps Parade.

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SOCIAL SERVICES It has been pleasing this term that many more pupils than usua l decided to visit the Mustard Seed centr.e. Ingrid Scurr

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I have fou nd visiting Musta rd Seed a very enjoyable and ed ucat ional e~perie':l~e: It beca me particu larly reward ing as the weeks progressed when friendships began to form. I hope to co ntm ue VISltlllg the centre nex t term. Mustard Seed will have an appeal soon and I hope a lot of pupils will help. Nicholas King has already sta rted with a collect ion taken after the Linacre House play.'

Visiting has been popular and three members of the fifth form have gone to Connors House th is term. Chris Pearce, Richard Fra ncis and Justine P lant record thei r impressions: 'We have been visiting the old people's home, in Craddock Road. It has been quite interesting li sten in g to stories of the war, even if we have hea rd the same stories each week!

T hey are very friendly peop le and always look forward to seeing us and we enjoy talk in g to them.'

A lot of people have conti nued helping in schools, doin g some clearing up in Blea n Woods, going to Umbrella, SI. Augustine's and SI. Martin's hospitals, helping childr~n from SI. Nicholas' sp~cial school to sw im at Kingsmead. I would like to thank them all as well as the Caxto n Society. Mr. and Mrs. Tenmck, Mr. Woodward, Dr. Maltby and Mrs. Pickering for their help and support.

I would fina lly like to congratulate the Luxmoore pupils for doing such a good job with helping Age Concern on Sundays.

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O.K.S. NEWS PRESIDENT'S NOTES There have been three very important events in the O.K.S. calendar so far this year, gell ing the 19905 off to a tremendous start.

Firstly the 1990 O.K.S. Handbook, which is printed once a decade, was fi nally despatched in January, culminat ing three years o f ha rd work organi sing, collect in g and check ing approximately 5,000 names and addresses. Product ion of this type of directo ry is a di ffi cult task because it becomes out-of-date ex tremely quick ly if people do not inform us of their new address - so please do let us know if you move! Our warmest thanks go to Barbara Slimming, Kem Gross and the comm ittee for all their hard work in putting it all together.

Secondly, the O.K.S. Careers Day was held on 12th March at the school. Careers Master John Parker and Mike Bailey (W44-50-54) orga nised a varied and interesting selection of O.K.S. speakers to discuss their own experience and advise pupi ls in a number of different indu st ries. T he spea kers were: Nigel Wright (GR45-49-54), Christopher Wacher (MA 65-69), Peter Suchet (LX 67-72), Sir Donald Murray (GR 38-42), Charles Hall-Thomson (LN 64-69), Darren Evans (MA 74-80-84), David Entwhistle (MO 73-78), and Mike Bailey (W 44-50-54). Every pupil in 6b attended at least three scminars, providing them with a relevant insight into what type of opportun ities there are in each sector. The carcers discussed ranged from Law, Accountancy and Merchant Banking to Advert ising, Sales and Management. Our thanks go to all the speakers as well as the organ isers - any volu nteers for next year shou ld contact John or Mike.

Finally, a splendid even in g was had by all at this year's O.K .S. A.G.M. and Ann ual Dinner. Over 250 O.K .S. plus guests (the highest number ever) attended a superb dinner at The Whitbread Brewery in Chiswell Street, London on 23rd March. The Headmaster's speech brought us up-to-date with the latest developments at the school and the preparations for the entrance of girls throughout the school in a year's time. Similarly we assured him of our support to the appeal for the Blore's Sports Complex (the fo undation stone of which was laid by David Gower), so please make your donations as soon as possible! We wish the school luck with the campaign. The evening was thoroughly enjoyable and again special thanks go to Alison Hunter and also to Graham Yearwood for their immense efforts. We hope to see you all again next year.

Finally. O.K .S. activ ities cont inue to flourish and become more widespread, both here and abroad, particularly on the sporting side. Any news or specia l contributions to the O.K.S. section of The Canluarian should be directed to Kate Marlar (SH 78-80) at 2a Beira Street, London SW I2 9LJ, including any suitable (1) photographs. Do contact myself or Mike Hodgson (Hon . Secretary) at S1. Martin's School, 40 Moor Park Road , North wood, Middx. HA6 2DJ (09274-25740) for mo re information on any functions or societies. We wou ld be delighted to hear from you. See you at Kingsweek !

PETER VALPY.

O.K.S. NEWS J. D. Moss (1939) writes (from Durban): 'February 1990. T his past week Ji ll and I have had the pleasure of entertaining a Past President of the O.K.S. Association, G. L. Clarke (194 1) and his wife. We had two evenin gs toget her, and befo re they left fo r home I was able to organise a guided tour fo r them of Durban's Natal P layhouse T heat re Complex.'

A. D. Wilson (1940) has just spen t three months circumnaviga ting the world, courtesy of B.A. and Quantas. In Sydney Shirley and he were guests of A. P . Beale (1940) and of Peter's own Shirley, who took them to many places. including The King's School, Parramatta. where the schoolmaster-archivist. Peter Yeend, took them on a very enjoyable tour.

They later sailed past Neutra l Bay where R. N. C. Logan (1939) had a couple of months before he sold his property for a comfortable seven-figure sum in pou nds sterling.

The Reverend P. C. Hammond (1 946) retired recently and now li ves at 19 Hardwick Street , Newn ham, Cambridge, CBl9JA. W. G. Walkins (1952) writes that he has spent the last thirty years or so quietly pract ising law in the City, being a partner of Durrant Peisse for some twenty years before the merger in 1988 wit h Lovell White & King. when they became Lovell White Durrant, where he remains a partner. James (1989) one of his twin sons, is now at Exeter University and John spent some time in New Zealand and Rome before going to Durham Un iversity to read Classics . . D. H. B. Chesshyre (1 959) reports that his brother Bill , (W. J. C. 1961) has taken up the post of Defence Attache In Prague. His account of recent events in Romania is published elsewhere in this issue. J. F. (1965) is now National Trust Historic Buildings Representative for Kent and East Sussex.

M. A. B. Morpurgo (1962) has sold the videotape rights of his best-selling novel When the Whales come to C.B.S. Fox. T he ta pe is on sale even in the remoter U.K . video shops. Pau l Scofield , fat her of Mark (1 960) has the lead ing part .

LI. Col. W. G. Osmond (1964) works in the P rocurement Executive of the Min istry of Defence in London. He recently had a year's sabbatical at Cranfield Institute of Technology where he obtained an M.Sc. He has two sons, one in Grange ~nd one hoping to join the school in September. He has occasional meetings with Valdemar Jensen (1973) who now hves at 34 11 Cummin s Lane Office, Houston, Texas 77027, U.S.A. N. J . M. Hamillon, Q .C. (1 965) has been elected a Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple .

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N. J. C. Thomas (1966) lefl Royal Ordnance in 1989 following Ihe closure of (he Roya l Small Arms Faclory at Enfield a nd is now working as a deputy ma nager in the Small Arms Technical Support Unit al Shrivenham.

W. J. M. Kendall (1970) conti nues wit h his si nging ca reer, having per fo rmed at the Berli n 750 Festival, in Belgium with the Orchest re de Paris, also recording Bach , Handel and Beethoven for Decca, E.M. I. and Deutsche Grammophon He also sa ng in the official co ncert of Elgar's Dream oj Gerontills in London 10 mark the centenary of the work'~ au thor, Ca rd inal Newman . He hopes to slart a musical fes tiva l in 1990 on the Ro mney Marsh, a nd continues to enjoy long-distance motor cycling.

G. F. Wil son (1970) is deputy head of St. Nicholas School. Shepperlon. He has written the books of two musicals prod uced in his school a nd which other Surrey schools have a lso put on.

R. A. M. Constant, M.B .E. (1972) is now managing Director of an Investor Relations Firm - Carler Valin Pollen.

He has fou r ch ild ren under five a nd says lire is very hect ic!

S. J. While-Thomson (1973) has been made Editoria l Director of Wayla nd. He and his wife have two little girls, Imogen and Morwenna.

G. H . Perkins (1975) is now a licensed architect a nd a n associate in the New York firm of W. F. Chatham and Associates.

He mainta ins his connect ion wit h U.K. by listen in g to the World Service of thc B.B.C. J. P. Molyneux (1979) In 1979 the Molyneux family moved from Hong Kong to the UK. Jonathan gained a degree in Engineering Science a nd spent three years with a C ivil Engi neering Consu ltancy designing irrigation projects in Zambia.

In 1985 he was posted to Kenya where he developed an interest in mountaineering and narrow ly missed a rendezvous with John Poppleton (1973-78) whi le on sa fari in the NOrlher Frontier District. In 1989 he gained an M.B.A. after two years at the Manchester Bus iness School and is now a financia l analyst with the U.S. pharmaceuticals company Eli Lilly. In July 1989 he married Colette at a ceremony in the Derbysh ire Peak Dist rict.

Sarah StruU (1980) awarded M.A. in an African Language: Swahi li by the School of Oriental and African St udies, Un ivers ity of London .

P. E. Booth-Cli bborn (1983) having left Bristol University is now in merchant banking .

P. D. Miller ( 1984) le ft his job as a researc her with an executive sea rch consultant to join the literary agency, Rogers, Coleridge a nd W hite Ltd .

S. P . W heeler (1985) writes that after spending an unprecedented time deciding what to do, has finall y accepted an a rl ist ic scholarship to study Fine Art and Photography at New York University, N.Y. He wishes weHto those who knew him.

Lt . H. J . Andree (1987) is now serving with the 1st Battalion The Queen's Regiment, having just comp leted a fivemo nth tour in West Belfast.

N. J. Stearns (1987) was recently voted President of London University Squa re Dancing Society.

ENGAGEMENTS de S1yrcea _ Michael E. D. de Styrcea (1972) to Jilly. They will be married in J une 1990.

Maynard _ Dr. Nicholas D. Maynard (1979) to Fionnuala O'Sullivan. They will be married in Count y Cork in August 1990.

White-Tho mson _ J ohn H . W hite-Thomson (198 1) to Meg J . M. Rowe .

Barton _ Dr. Sebastia n O. R. O. Ba rton (1982) to Susa n J. J oncs.

Watkins _ Rcdscll - Adam P. J. Watkin s (1982) to Nicola S. Red seH (1982).

MARRIAGES T ro usdcll - Alexa nder T. Trousdell (1964) to Barbara Co urtney .

Sa lmony _ Dr . Michael Sa lmony (1973) to Uschi Zen tier on 30th January 1990.

Rooth-Clibborn _ Patrick E. Booth -C libbo rn (1983 ) to Karen Kee in August 19R9. A number of O.K.S. attended the wedd ing.

Mowll- Benjamin N. B. Mowll (1985) to Annabel Tulberg on 13th January 1990 in the Chapel of Our Lady Undercroft, Canterbu ry Cathed ral.

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DEATHS Gorrlnge - Lt. Col. Wil liam P. H. Gorringe (1916).

Parfnil er - John D. Parmiter (1918) on 18t h December 1989. Lat 1990 e Headmaster of Eagle Hou se.

RidsdaJe - Henry W. Ridsdale (1920) on 25th J anuary , aged 87.

8ellamy-Brown - Col. Art hur E. Bellamy-Brown (1921) 6h on t Decem ber 1989. fox-Male - Anthony Fox-Male (1926) on 4th Novembe 1989 for a numb~r .of years. r . Master of the Ca ntuarian Lodge in 1954 then Secretary Hodson - Wilham T. Hodson (1927) in January 1989 a ed and at the o utbreak 0'£ war was appointed to comm' H 79¡ Founder me'!lber of the London Flotilla at th e R N R he was awarded the first of his two D .S . C .. s an . M .s . Jasper which was torpedoed in 1942 . Foil owmg .. .t h:' IS Bennell - The Reverend Canon Christophe COB r . . ennett (1934) o n 15th 0 b 198 Collier - James Hami lton Collier (1939) on 23 d 0 CIO er 9. . . r ecem ber 1989 aged 68 Mahlam - Ra; Lashman Ma hta ni ( 1984) in December 1989' H' .

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THE CANTUARIAN

AUGUST 1990

THE CANTUARIAN AUGUST, 1990

VOL. L1V No.3

CONTENTS PAGE

THIS AND THAT

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VALETE

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FOCUS

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TRIPS

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TALKS

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MUSIC

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HOUSE NOTES

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CHAPLAIN'S NOTES

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THE SOCIETIES

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SPORT

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IMAG INATIVE WRITING

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SPEECH I>A \' 1990

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KING'S WEEK 1990

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ACTIVITIES

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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O.K.S. NEWS

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THE CANTUAR IAN

Editors: J enn ifer H. Barbour, K.S.; Toby J. N. Brown, K.S.; N ic h o las J . E. F lowe r , K.M.S.; C h arlotte J. Mende lson .

Art Editors: Kath er ine B . M. Colquh ou n , A.S.; Bonnie J. T h ompso n , K.A.S. Photographic Editor: M ic h ae l O . G illespie.

Senior Editor: T . Thomson , M.A., D.P hil.

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Leaving school?

The last thing you need is a lecture on econOJlnJlCS~ o

At last the big bad wo rld beckons.

What's more, you'll have enough problems t rying to get a job without a bank manager g ivi ng you a hard time o n the ins

and outs of money management.

We ll yo u wo n't get it at L10yds Bank.

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And a range of savings accounts.

Call in at you r local L10yds Bank b ranch.

We'll give you a wealt h of advice certainly.

Bue a talking to? Never.

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THE THOROUGHBRED BANK. Lloyds Bank Pic, 71 Lombard Street, London ECJ P JB5. Lloyds Bank Pic is a member o( IMRO.

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~his & ~hal Canon Derek Ingram H ill , O.K.S. (GR 1928-31) writes: "O.K.S . who were founder members of The Grange with me in 1928 will be interested to learn of the passing of Stella (Wills) Good burn at the ripe old age of 95 just before Easter this year. When Grange came into being as a resul t of a division of School House, Stella arrived with Alec Macdonald to get things going. She was a very capable Matron and continued in that capacity to watch kindly over the welfare of the boys un til 1936 when she a ppears fo r the last ti me in the House group photographs. In 1938 she married Harold Goodburn , who had been teaching science at King's for many years. She moved with him during the war, then returned to Canterbury fo r the rest o f her long life, outli ving nearly all her contemporaries but never losing something of the warmth a nd fres hness o f her youth ."

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Professor Sir Geoffrey Allen, formerly Head o f Research at Unilever and Dr. Christopher Prior, Senior Tutor of Trinity College, Oxford have'been ' appointed School Governors.

Mr. Robert Horton, O.K.S. (LN 1952-57), Chairman of B.P. and a School Governor has been appointed to succeed Lord Grimond as Chancellor of the University of Kent. '

Gubernatorial

On Saturday, 5th May the Headmaster gave a Gaudy Luncheon for O.K.S who joined the School before or in 1940. So numerous were the guests thai they could not all be accommodated in the St. Augustine's Dining Hall and the Headmaster was obliged to leave there after addressing the senior members of the company and make his way to the Common Room to see the others . It was with particular pleasure that he welcomed those who came to King's before 1920 and amo ng them the earliest arrival , Mr. D. A. Hayes, who entered School House in 191 5.

Gaudeamus

On 4th June the Headmaster gave a luncheon in the Common Room to celebrate the eightieth birthday of Mr. John Corner, who was on the teaching staff between 1933 and 1955 and continues to take a keen interest in the life of the School. The occasion was not far from coinciding with the fi ft ieth anniversary of the School' s wartime removal to Cornwall.

Oliver Trowell has continued to paint and to exhibit. A recent show at the Canterbury Museum included several Cyprus landscapes, as well as "a modest study of apples, drawn with outstanding sensitivity" that caught the attention of the Kentish Gazette's reviewer. Such conventional assumptions about the "modesty" of still life are, however, significantly challenged by Norman Bryson (LX 1962-67), in his latest collection of studies Looking at the Overlooked.

Stewart Ross's " retirement" rapidly brought us The Monarchs oj Scotland - a lively survey from Kenneth MacAlpin to Henry IX. He is suitably embarrassed by the dust jacket, which describes him as having been "principal professor in History and Politics at King's School, Canterbury", but we forgive him for describing us as "the oldest school in Britain".

Mr. Woodley's prowess as a veteran tennis player has brought him international recognition.

He represented Great Britain, very successfully, in a tournament at Barcelona during half term .

He is now looking forward to another birthday (or two?), so that he can move up an age group and thus avoid competing with those youthful 45-year-olds.

The Canterbury Harvesters - the Common Room's touring cricket team - celebrated their twenty-first visit to Sherborne. At least four of the original 1970 party were expected to grace the Dorset turf. A few youngsters helped make up the numbers.

Old Masters

The Senior Matron, Miss Ann Burr, retired at the end of term . An appreciation of her many years of service to the School appears elsewhere in this issue.

Three other Matrons leave us for plasters new, and our thanks and best wishes go with them.

Miss Sue Johnson was appointed to School House by John Sugden in 1980. She was not only House Matron, but for six years oversaw the girls in 84 Broad Street. In both posts she was noted for her humanity, approachability and sense of fun. Her previous experience in the Forces has recently made her a valuable member o f the C.C.F., where she pioneered the introduction of girls into this erstwhile male bastion. She leaves to take up a nursing post in Florida. Mrs. Jean Beddoes has retired after seven years as Matron of Luxmoore. She looked after any ill or injured pupil with absolute efficiency a nd competence, but more than that, anyone who was upset or in trouble could count on a sympathetic ear and sound advice. She took an active part in the public life of the House . However, it was in the day-to-day life of the community that A Farewell Hug

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w the friendship, care and indeed love of an outstanding matron .. Jean is the mother .of ",e sa K S. but has also become the honorary 'Mum' to a whole generatIOn. of Luxmoo~e . MIss one O~I~fons joined The Grange in January 1985 and no w moves on to a Job m Amenca. She pal D shrewd and supportive observer of life in The Grange, and has gIven hIgh standa rds has b::~; boys who were sick or injured. Miss Barbara Turner came to Kmg's m OCH)b~r 1988 of cae first full-time Matron of Bailey. Her tremendous energy and orgamsatlOnal abIlItIes saw as :~ouse through its transitional period and assured the successful launch of the Monastery k~reet annexe. She leaves us to go to Oundle School.

After nearly forty years o f inspiring piano teaching Ronald Smith leaves us

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will be to teach specially selected young pupIls from Kent for the Kent MusIc I In his distinguished and busy concert career Mr. Smith has always found tIme to devote Scl:Oa~~ing potentially gifted pianists, and a catalogue of his ex-King's pupils would bear wItness 10 ~is reat success in this field. Many have used their pianistic ability to develop thelf careers t~ a wi~er musical context as conductors, ntpetiteurs and accompanists, and others have contmued I ive recitals while pursuing other careers, in the church, law and dlplomac>, for e~ample. ~egis not severing his connection with Canterbury, as hIs teachmg WIll stIli be m the CIty, and 't Is for the Festival (17th October) and of Alkan chamber works (12th December) WIll take recra . . h' place here. We wish hIm every success m IS new ven t ure.

A year ago we offered our congratulations to Mr. Martin Vye on his election to Kent County Council. We redouble these m vIew of hIs adoptIOn as the new prospective ParlIamentary CandIdate for the. LIberal Democrats m the Canterbury Constituency, as noted m our Ap nl Issue. He told the Kentlsh Gazette: "I do not make light of the task ahead". He has also been promoted to the. rank of Major on assuming the position of Contingent Commander of the C.C.F. Watch thIS space.

The Very Model?

Mr. Vye is not the onl y member of Walpole to get his name i~ the iJapers on the political front. Godnc JollIffe has had a letter publIshed m the P nicos Independent about the di se nfra~chi s ing effect of the poll tax, and another oI in the Kenlish Gazette in which he advocates cuts m defence spendmg SImIlar to those made by all other European members of N.A .T.O . His letter concentrates on one aspect that mIght . benefit from money saved through such cuts - educatIOn. Our other resident politician Sholto Byrnes (SH) took time off during A-levels to help T Im Clement-Jones in his bid to become President of the Liberal Democrats. He found that the candidate' s campaign manager was Margaret Pickstone (B 1982-84).

Mover and Shaker

Mr. John Powell, O.K.S. (GR 1936-40) has retired after nine years ~s chairman of the Sports Council forWales. Perhaps we c~!' put down to hIs years in T he Grange his reputatIOn m the. Pnnclpal!ty as a vent able actIOn man who has always delighted m actIvItIes whIch those of a nervouS

disposition shrink away from" .

A Priest Rewarded

The Olivier Award for Actor of the Year went to Oliver Ford Davies (LN 1952-57) for his performance in David Hare's Racing Demon at the Cottesloe.

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Magazine Rounds

Martin Deeson, O.K.S. (MT 1978-83) was heard earlier this year on Radi Four's .quiz programme The Year in Question. He represented the Gree~ Magazme and helped them to victory agamst the Economist but late r succumbed to the New Statesman and Society.

The Sunday Telegraph of 10th June carried a full-page profile of Canon Peter Pilkington. The three paragraphs devoted to his time as Head~aster of King's began thus: "The amval of the man from Eton was awaited with some trepidation by the senior boys, who circulated specially printed cards which said: 'We don't want to be eaten' ". He, of course, did not want them to be beaten. The section ends with a Housemaster's recollection: "I think he felt that corporal punishment was not necessary because of the old cliche of the civilising influence of girls".

Vapulation

The British Printing Society held its forty-second Annual Convention at Canterbury during the Easter holidays, and the Caxton Society took the opportunity to open its doors to the delegates. On display were several items from the Walpole Collection (from Caxton himself to Eric Gill), as well as the presses, typefaces, and a selection of the Society's own productions. Jeremy Franks (LN 1967-71) and Ivor and Jennifer Wilkinson were among the appreciative visitors.

A recent exhibition of works by Jonathan Barnard (MR 1970-75) at the Royal Museum and Art Gallery included a portrait of Charles Booth-Clibborn (SH 1980-81).

Prints and Drawings

More Wrestling than Dancing by David Moreau (SH 1941-46) was published just too late to appear in the King's Week exhibition of books about the School. These reminiscences include several anecdotes about the pre-war Junior School and the Cornwall evacuation that have already entertained listeners to Radio 4.

Dr. Hands' housemasterly duties have not stopped him reviewing and being reviewed in various Hardy publications. We also note that he has published a postcard of Boone's 1865 lithograph of Galpin's. It is, quite properly, labelled "The Headmaster's House".

Western Manuscripts

Dr. Maltby has been researching the career of John Mitchinson (Headmaster 1859-73). He presented a learned and entertaining paper on the subject to the visiting H.M.C. headmasters. He also feels strongly that pupils, too, should know something about the great men after whom their houses are named. Mrs. Pickering is carefully investigating Hugh Walpole.

What's In A Name?

The Librarian would like to thank the Canterbury Archaeological Trust for Excavations in the Cathedral Precincts 2: Linacre Garden, 'Meister Omers' and St. Gabriel's Chapel, which includes a report on the 1978-82 digs as well as much fascinating information on the history of M.O.; Stewart Ross for The Monarchs 0/ Scotland, the first substantial production of his new career, as well as for a selection of his earlier writings; and Alan Wilson (GR 1935-40) for a copy of the Harrow School Song Book, whose contents are of interest because of their close resemblance to the later collection of traditional King's School songs.

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The Canterbury Society is celebrating the bicentenary of the lease of the Dane d John to Alderman James Simmons, O.K.S. It is an opportunity to recognize JamesJ~n the achievements of one of the city's most remarkable benefactors. A bookl~t Vane

by Frank Panton, James Simmons: Reshaper o~, Canterbu~y, records hIS 'vities as publisher, businessman and improver of Canterbury changmg Its appe~raI.'ce acll edieval squalor to Georgian elegance". The Dane John Gardens are the contmumg from m . . reminder of thIS transformatIOn.

Franciscan Echoes

An echo of the last visit of the King's School Orchestra to Reims has reached us. We are glad to learn that the orchestra performed in the Salle des Cordeliers, regarded in our twin city as "tres venerable".

The Schools Partnership Worldwide organisation has sekcted ten King:s pupils to teach in Africa and India. Giles Hogben (T) and Juhan Sturt (T) Will travel to Zimbabwe in September to work at a school for twelve months; Jo Price (LX) and James Knight (SH) will go to India in January for a S1Xmonth stay; Neil Lawrence (LX), James Martin (W), Anna Forsyth (T), J~nnie Barbour (B), Lucy Lake (MO) and Marianne Docherty (W) leave 10 January to teac.h m Zimbabwe. The Partnership Scheme ensures that the schools where they are placed receive a grant of money for development puposes.

Teaching Abroad

In eight minutes during Break on 5th May members of the School contributed ÂŁ200 to ring the Green Court with 2p pieces. The money collected was donated to Cued Speech and a fund for Stroke Victim Rehabilitation, charities selected by the Lady Mayoress.

Outreach

Marlovian Gold - Again

Primi Inter Pares

Anna Patten (MR) has received the Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award.

Only one other King's pupil has gained this distinction - also a girl 10 Marlowe.

The 1st and 2nd Eights scored a remark~ble success in the Reading Sprint Regal.ta. The 1st VIII won through their side of the draw to the Final, where they met the 2nd VIII who had won through the other side of the draw.

The 1st VIII won by thr~e-quarters of a length. This, according to an observer,

was "to R.M.H.'s great relief".

Mrs. Barbara Leeming, Assistant to the Master of Studies and the Master i/c Examinations, was among the first to know the identity of the next Archbishop of Canterbury. She was one of four diocesan representatives on the Crown Appointments Commission who have the duty ~f puttin.g two names forward to the Prime Minister. She had not commented on the murmunngs which sounded somethmg hke HullahPhillipsJ ohnson.

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VALETE ANN BURR MATRON, SCHOOL HOUSE 1954-67 MATRON, WALPOLE HOUSE 1977-90 SENIOR MATRON 1987-90 I first met Ann Burr in November 1977. I had gone into Walpole to help me make up my mind whether to take up the offer to be its housemaster, and I found her sitting exhausted on the stairs after a long day looking after something like forty boys in bed with flu. The dedication and efficiency which she showed in that epidemic were strong factors affecting my decision to take Walpole on.

The matron's job - seriously undervalued in the past - requires several skills. She is a manager, organising the cleaning and mending staff; she is a paramedic, whose diagnosis needs to be accurate, and who has to have considerable medical knowledge; she is a purveyor of information to the housemaster, discreet but judging correctly when it is vital that he knows' and finally she is in ihe front line of the battle to preserve the fabric and orderliness of the hous~ against anarchic adolescent untidiness.

Ann had been a matron in School House in the fifties and sixties, had left to work at Mill Hill, Radley and as Housekeeper at Brighton College of Education, and had returned to King's in 1977, to Walpole. Over the years the job had changed, as the old-style rigour of discipline was relaxed, and a greater burden fell on the shoulders of the adults in the house. Ann has carried her share of that burden superbly during my housemastership. She is a very efficient manager, and her cleaning and mending team - the Magnificent Seven - will vouch for the fact that she organised them with firmness, fairness and affection. On the medical side I have relied utterly on her skill, and I know that she enjoys the respect of G.P. and consultants. Parents of boys and girls with health problems have been able to leave them in boarding school safe in the knowledge that they will be given at least as much care and attention as they would have at home. As for being a channel of information I can only say that lowe her an enormous debt : I could not have done my job properly without being given that different perspective. This was always particularly true regarding the new entrants to the house, whom she took great pains to get to know, and to introduce to the ways of a boarding school.

If a matron is to maintain the orderliness of the house, the tidiness of the rooms, and the neatness of their occupants, it is difficult to be unreservedly popular. Some will understand the need for the uncompromising firmness of the stand; others will leave school still bearing an adolescent grudge at being made to be neat and tidy. That is why I was particularly pleased to see Ann surrounded to a late hour by old Walpolians of all vintages at our farewell reunion at half term. I would like to express again the gratitude which they expressed then for the service she has given to them, to Walpole and to King's, and to thank her personally for the comradeship and friendship of the last twelve years.

M.l.V.

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DUNCAN CRAIK (K.S.C. 1965-90) Normally your heart sink s when, half-way through the summer term, you see the Senior Editor proaching, a glint in his eye, a sardonic smile in his beard: "We thought you would be just a~e man to do a write-up on X; you're so tactful". Well, this time I have to admit that I was I cretly hoping to be asked. As far as Duncan was concerned, no tact would be necessary and ~ene could look forward to research sessions full of delightful reminiscence.

As we reminisced, amid much hilarity, I could not but marvel at the amazing diversity of talent and energy which Duncan has displayed during his twenty-five years at King's, to the benefit of pupils and colleagues alike . It would indeed be difficult to match the breadth of his achievements : linguist, tutor, housemaster, master-it;-char&e of hockey, master-in-charge of golf, C.C.F. Officer, cychst, lazz plantst and, yes, SenIOr Editor of The Cantuartan.

Duncan's first contact with King's was when playing for the Hurstpierpoint 1st XV on Birley's.

He was much distracted by an elderly spectator in a boater who not only dominated the proceedings with his vociferous support for the home team but regularly advanced onto the pitch in mid-play to castigate any player who under-performed. This turned out to be none other than Ihe Headmaster, Canon Shirley, providing an intriguing aperru of King's which no doubt inspired Duncan to apply for a post here several years later.

By this time, in 1965, Canon Newell was Headmaster and he can have had little hesitation in snapping up this personable young man who had had experience teaching French and German at Cranleigh and Kingswood, was a county hockey-player (for Sussex), and had already edited a school magazine. Moreover his C .C.F. credentials were impeccable: during his National Service he had at one time had the famous boxers, the Cooper brothers, in his platoon. By no means least among his accomplishments, Duncan nad, while at Cranleigh, wooed and won Alison in whal seems to have been a lightning romance.

Although we wo uld demur at Duncan's favourite picture of himself as a relic of a bygone age, it is true that language-teaching then was not as it is now. No audio-visual-media-spatioresources unit in those days; no language lab, no satellite T.V., no 'Ripoux' (in-joke). You didn't even have your own classroom. The only relief from chalk-and-talk was a fortnightly allocation to the departmental gramophone so that the pupils could savour the delights of Whitmarsh's recorded vowel-sounds. Otherwise teachers resorted to their own initiative to brighten up their lessons, and so it was that Canon Newell, sitting in on one of Duncan's classes, witnessed the famous rugby-ball technique for learning French pronouns, the ball speeding round the class to the chanting of "Je te Ie donne, tu me Ie donnes", etc. "Not quite a run-of-the-mill lesson, was it? " asked the Headmaster a trifle anxiously. He had no need to worry. Countless pupils have benefited over the last twenty-five years from Duncan's thoroughness and patience and are even now impressing their European counterparts with their command of French pronouns.

Inevitably, Duncan's versatility and good nature were capitalized on a nd he soon found himself assigned to many demanding extra-curricular tasks. As Cantuarian Editor he had to spend much precious holiday time away from his young family check ing the proofs, well aware that the Headmaster was a stickler for accuracy. As master-in-charge of hockey he presided over many successful seasons, including two victories in the Kent Schools Tournament and fine performances at festivals at Oxford and in Holland.

As C.C.F. Officer, Duncan's assiduousness at organizing and instructing cadets in weekly parades (no sinecure in the days of compulsory Corps) was rewarded, if that is the right word, by attachment to courses at Sandhurst and summer camps at home and abroad. West Germany was the scene for a fearsome N.A .T.O. fire-power demonstration at the height of the Cold War, followed by a night in the former Panzer Division barracks . Inevitably , pupils contrived to complicate matters, one boy having to be extricated from the cells at Hohne Barracks after some misdemeanour, another being left behind on Cologne station and necessitating franlic telegrams in German (impeccably composed by J .J.D.C.).

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Another memorable event was a night exercise at Penhale in Cornwall where the cadet taken.out to sea in genuine D.U.K.W. l!lnding-craft in order to ~nact a Normandy-style la~d1~re chargmg. up th~ sand-dunes an? spreadmg out to rendez-vous wIth members of the local ma ug, and receIve thelT mstructlOns, m French of course. The role of the latter was played by he ~I'S disguised C.C.F. Officers~ so!"e even smoking G~uloises for added authenticity. The final ~~~th of drama wasadded ~t mldmght when Duncan aImed a Verey pistol in the wrong direction set ablaze an ImpressIve area of sand-dunes, thus providing valuable fire-fighting practice afnd the cadets.

Or As if life wasn't busy enough, in 1975 Duncan was appointed housemaster of Meister Om and a new phase of his career began. Magnificent though the building was with its famous fresc ers and v!lst medieval fireplace, the housemaster's living-quarters were cramped in the extreme, w~~~ a d,stmct lack of bedrooms and only one bathroom shared between the family the matron a d the t~t~r. The boys' side was lit.tle better ~nd clearly improveme~ts were needed. 'But in so histo~ic a bUlldmg the shghtest alt~r~tlOn IS subject to ngorous plannmg controls and Duncan's fight for ~ new extensIon compnsmg a bathroom for the boys and an extra bedroom for the famil reqUIred the consent of no fewer than twenty-eight statutory bodies. After three years the causY was won. e Duncan is the first to pay tribute to Alison for her magnificent support as housemaster's wife and matron. Generatl.ons of M.O. boys remember with gratitude their generous entertainment, mcludmg the candle-ht Chnstmas Dmners for the whole house in the Great Hall, the boys being served by the momtors and all bemg enter tamed by the M.O. Singers at the end of the meal They wIll also be heartily grateful for all the care which was devoted to them as individuals by Ahson as matron and Duncan as counsellor and encourager.

'The last thing you could say about a housemaster's life is that it is dull. Days and nights spent wntmjl reports ext!llling the finer qualities of one's charges can be punctuated by a whole host of mCldents m whl~h those self-same pupils can either thrill you with some great achievement o~ devastate you wIth some dreadful mIsdemeanour. In coping with the latter, Duncan soon dIsplayed the ne.cessary sense of smell as well as a sharp ear for things that go bump in the night.

In fact one of h,s best acts of detectIOn followed hours of lying in wait for a bicycle-thief. This !urned ~ut to be a newspaper boy who was a~azed to be pursued across the Precincts by an lTa~e PYJama-clad ge.ntleman. On another occaSIOn he unearthed a pIle of 'unsuitable' literature whIch, perhaps unwIsely, he gave to the gardener for burning. No bonfire was forthcoming and no grass was cut for days.

Duncan is justifiablÂĽ p~oud of the many M.O. successes during his 'reign', notably some fine House Plays and the wmmng o~ the Hockey Cup, the Athletics Cup and the House Song amongst ot~ers. The House's musIcal hfe was greatly enhanced by the institution of the House Band whIch regularly met to practise. in the housemaster's flat, ~ith J.J.D.C. on piano. At one stage three concerts were performed m four terms and so great dId M.O. 's musical reputation become that Edred Wnght declared that the House's initials now stood for 'Musical 'Ouse'. The housemaster certai~ly led by brilliant example. Indeed his syncopated renderings of Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irvmg Berhn have enhvened many a concert and private function' at one recent A!'glo-French soiree a fo~mal cocktail party was transformed into a racy dance-;ession within mmutes of Duncan's slttmg down at the keyboard.

Very fortunately, for they are held in great affection by us all, retirement does not take Duncan and Alison away from us. They will continue to live at Staple and Duncan will carryon as masterin-charge of golf. But they also have plans to travel: Provence, the Alps and Italy beckon while Duncan still has to realise his life's ambition to cycle over the Col du Tourmalet stage 'of the To~r de France circuit. I am sure he will succeed. There is also that matter of the golf handicap wh,ch needs to be reduc~d! and oth~r at~ractlve Ideas mclude grape-harvesting and mushroomplckmg. One other poss,b,hty remams: If you ever hear the nostalgic strains of Blue Moon or As time goes by drifting from the piano of a cosy hotel, it would be well worth checking up on the pianist.

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BARRY DUESBURY (K.S.C. 1974-90) Barry Duesbury will be remembered at King's first and foremost as an inspiring teacher of n lish and as a brilliant Head of Department. I have no doubt this view would be acknowledged En;eservedlY by his colleagues, the universities and most of all by his pupils. His A-level, S-Ievel ~nd Oxbridge results were outstanding. A look through the record book reveals that between 1979 and 1986, the English department gained over forty Oxbridge awards and places, at Alevel III candidates gained' A' grade (very nearly a quarter of the total candidature), and no less than 72 gained a Distinction at S-Ievel.

These dazzling results help to explain why English became in itself a drawing point for gifted sixlh-form entrants. Barry succeeded in inspiring enthusiasm, critical appreciation and motivation for success in Literature at the highest possible level. Pre-Oxbridge term reading parties were held in his early years in Thomas Hardy country and Norfolk . Barry succeeded no less in attracting first-class young teachers to his staff. Mr. Brodie tells me he came to King's because he was so impressed by the English department and by the total commitment to the highest standards .

Dr. Hands, who came to King's from an Oxford fellowship , was himself taught by Barry at Emanuel School. Barry must be considered one of the very best English teachers and most successful departmental heads of recent years of any school in the country.

With a first class honours degree from King's College, London, Barry joined King's in September 1974. He soon established himself as a committed schoolmaster in virtually every aspect of King's life. He produced the first ever King's Week junior play, John Arden's The Royal Pardon , followed the next year by Stoppard's Harlequinade, and another dozen productions included the first Broughton House play, 40 Years On and, most recently, the Galpin's production of Grease last year. For ten years Barry was head of the R.A .F. section, for th ree years Editor of The Cantuarian. He initiated Academic Challenge and organised the Inter-House competition until 1986.

A distinctive B.J .D. role was that of link (in his own words) between the games-playing and non-garnes-playing staff. In the '70s, Barry took charge of the Under 14 Rugby (with Stewart Ross) and Under 14 Cricket (with Robin Finney), with one of his cricket XIs winning the Kent Cup. By the '80s his Saturday afternoon refereeing was sought after by the keenest coaches.

He was booked months in advance for key fixtures.

By September 1986 Barry was Housemaster of Galpin's, OX.ford and Cambridge had abandoned the awards scheme and G.C.S.E . was in. So it seemed best to relinquish headship of the English Department and concentrate on Galpin's. His emphasis was on high standards of discipline in the house and he achieved them, while fostering individual creativity and expression of talent that was so successfully evident in Galpin's house drama and music . One aspect that is little known of Barry's work was his "aftercare", in helping Galpin's leavers to secure places at University or further education after the A-level results.

In taking up a new post as Head of English at Nottingham High School, Barry takes with him his dynamic intellectual vigour and a wealth of teaching expertise and experience. King's and Canterbury also lose his charming wife, Pamela, who leaves her post as Assistant Information Officer with the University of Kent, and daughter Rachel. For Barry, after sixteen years at King's, it was time for a change, but I shall miss myoid rival and the laughs we frequently shared .

H.R.O.M.

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ANTHEA WILCOCK (K.S .C. 1980-90) It may be an apocryphal interchange, but it is said that as she approached top ta ble at lunch on the day she was being interviewed for the job at King's, Anthea asked whether the chaO OppO,~lte the ,Headmaster w,as r~,serve~. Cano~, Pilkington is ,said to have said, "No, but a:! you? ,to whIch Ant hea rephed : . Certal.nly not! . True or not, It seems to ring true, and expresses somethmg of the fearlessness wIth whIch Anthea faced becoming the first and, over the last ten years, .I thmk the only ~nmarned female member of the resident teaching staff. We are of course dehgh ted that her smgle state IS nearly now no longer, though sad that it has been the cause of her departure.

She came to King's to replace rough ly half of Christopher Tinker - the other ha lf being Nick Gleed. I should ImmedIately add that work enough for two was waiting, in particular the start of Shell and Remove classwork. Another innovation was the rationalisation of the Theory tuition ta ken on by Anthea three times a week. There was also the Girls' Choir to conduct and afte; Nick Gleed's departure, she represented Music at the Senior Subj ect Masters' meetings . was not lon& before sh~ shouldered (or was shouldered ,,:ith) the Associated Board organisation, a comphcated and tIme-consummg task every term . WIth the cello, piano and O-Level teaching ' you have some idea of the demanding ' routine' side of her work .

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I ' m not sure whether she would regard playing the double bass and, latterly, the cello in the orchestra or singing in the choir as routine,. b~t I'!!, ~erta in she would not place composition m that category. Weare fortunate that her skIll m thIs fIeld has been far from neglected at King's.

She won a ComposItIon ScholarshIp to the Royal College of Music where she studied under Alan Ridout, Joseph Horovitz and Stephen Dodgson. After three years at Wycliffe College (under t~e headmasters hip of Richard Roberts, O.K .S.) she caf!1e to King's an experienced composer.

I m not sure whether It was the carol SavIOur Eternal whIch we have sung at two Carol Services or her first incidental music that was first heard, but in the latter she had an instinctive ide~ of the sort of music needed for particular moments in the drama , and in the former found simple and singable music that not only perfectly matched the words, but was ideal in it cathedral acoustic setting - a minor materpiece. The plays and musicals for which she wrote songs and instrumental pieces were The Beggar's Opera, The Tempest, Love's Labour's Lost, Much Ado about Nothing Romeo and Juliet and Nicholas N ickleby. ' Art is not organisation, but cannot flourish without it. Organising, ma rking, reporting su pervising and review writing, together with Lattergate and Linacre concerts a nd tutor sets: and last term rehearsing and conducting The Ragged Child, with the moving result some of us heard from the six-yea r-olds upwards, have a ll received her unstinting energy. As Steven and Anthea are to live in Canterbury, at least we shall still be in touch with her li vely sense of humour (not to mention the Kin g Charles spaniel, Thomas Tallis' look-alike, who seems to have caught her owner's zest for life). Though you are going over to a different sort of organisation, Anthea may your art continue to flourish! ' R.P.S.

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GARY HARTRIDGE (K.S.C. 1984-90) Gary Hartrid ge arrived at King' s from Hampton School in 1984, and straightaway joined Marlowe as a T utor. It is in that role that I have come to know him particularly well , and to admire his very considerable qualities. In the field of pastoral care, which is what schoolmastering is really all about, Gary can have had few equals here . The welfare of pupils in his charge has always been his highest priority and he has been able to ac hieve an excellent relationship with Ihem. Nothing has ever been too much trouble for him if it has helped to sort out somebody's roblems and he has earned enormous respect from his tutees and pupils in general. This is the ~esult not only of his obviously caring concern for them but also his willingness to be their "mate" (as he puts it himself) and to brea k down the barriers which sometimes exist between staff and pupils. Of course this is not unique, but it is a path strewn with difficulties and one which does not always bring successful results. In Gary' s case it has been outstandingly successful, not least because he has never allowed informality to be confused with lack of discipline. T he few who have misunderstood this have therefore not been allowed to do so for long. It has been said that discipline is rea ll y "discipleship". In other words it is to be earned from the respect which a member of staff earns, rat he r than imposed. Indeed, it cannot be properly im posed without that underlying respect, and Gary has certainly earned it. This is not necessarily the same as popularity, of course, but in his case the two have been inseparable.

All this is qu ite apart from his great help in the more mundane or routine part of a Tutor's responsibilities - such as turning up at House lunch, Crypt Prayers, House Prayers, etc . Ga ry has always been willing to do his fair share, and often more than that, frequently at short notice.

This willingness to help has extended well beyond Marlowe, to include for example evening duties in the Girls' Houses. Last term he was unable to come to the House Dinner because of a prior commitment to do duty in Monastery Street, and this sense of commitment has been another admirable characteristic for which a great many owe him a debt of gratitude.

In the wider school community, Gary has involved himself particularly with games, and wit h the same ded ication. He came to King's mainly as a rugby enthusias t and coached successful Junior Colts XVs early on, followed by an enjoyable season at 3rd/4th XV level. However, he had also gained ex perience in rowing at Hampton, and his potential as a rowing coach was soon spotted by Richard Hooper, who quickly got him invo lved at Fordwich. It soon became clear that what Gary didn 't know about the technique of rowing was far more than made up for by his ent husias m a nd ability to communicate that to the pupils . He was soon asked to take over the running of the novices section of the Boat Club and made a great success of this. More than anything he was able to instil a strong sense of discipline and commitment into the youngsters, something not easy to ac hieve in a sport operating under considerable logistical difficulties . It was only in the last year that he gave up coaching the beginners in order to take one group up to the next stage, but he has always taken an interest in the Club as a whole . He went on two training trips abroad with the top squad, and helped out with adm inistration. In particular, the revival of the annual House Regatta and its success ful organisation owe a lot to Gary's initiative.

He takes special pride in the fact that he has helped to make rowing such a strong sport in Marlowe, and that the House has performed so well in the Regatta, including overall victo ries in the past two years. All this has taken up an enormous amount of his time, often at very unsocial hours and weekends. For someone living so far from school, Gary's wide interests and responsibilities must have eaten into his home life in a big way during term time, which makes the School even more indebted to him .

In the classroom as a Mathematics teacher, Gary's general standing in the School has undoubtedly helped him to relate well to pupils. I am to ld th at he has interacted particularly well with pupils of lesser ability who have found Maths difficult, his down-to-earth app roac h bringing out more of such pupils than a gentle, mathematically more abstract academic treatment would have done. Gary says that what he has tried to do is to entertain the pupils and make "sums" enj oyable to them, an approach which must have greatly benefitted any number of t 65

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innumerate boy~. Tribute is also paid to his cheerful and willing participation in the dread d coursework project programme. e Gary now leaves for a teaching post in Dubai, and it is a very sad day for King's when lose someone as committed to its pupils and their interests. But in thinking of our loss, we a~~ than~ Gary for all he has done and wIsh hIm, Amanda and theIT family every success and happmess m the future.

D.J.R.

MICHAEL DANIEL (K.S.C. 1986-90) Michael Daniel came to the school four years ago, at the same time as the Headmaster¡ i fact the Headmaster found him for us, since Michael was at the time a member of St. Joh~'sn Oxfo~d, a.nd had Just decIded to teach Physics in a school like this. Michael had already had a dlstmgUlshed academic career: a first, with distinction, at London was followed by a D.Phil at Oxford, and fourteen years of research in particle physics at Oxford, Hamburg, Paris: C,E.R.N. and Harwell. Ho~ever, he tr.ansferred to the rather different world of schoolteaching ,,:'th g~eat success. Always. mterested m all aspects of SCIence, he is equally at home whether d,scussmg ten dlm~nslons wIth colleagues or one dimension with a Shell form. It was his initiative te:> found the Kapltza Club to provide sixth-form physicists with a chance to hear about and d,scuss some of the more recent developments in Physics. He has been a splendidly loyal and committed teacher and tutor, and a most gracious and courteous member of the Common Room He now leaves us to become Head of Science at St. Paul's Girls' School: a notable achievement¡ but a true indication of his quality. ' C.J.M.

NEIL LAMB (K.S.C. 1986-90) Having written the dates above I had to check them carefully. Can Neil have been with us for only four years? With his strong Midland (not Northern!) accent, large frame and even larger per~onah.ty, he seems to have been part of Kmg's for ages. So many of us know him well as he IS a fme all-rounder, Immensely helpful, loyal, dependable, professional and effective in everything he does - in short a truly "good schoolmaster".

As a House Tuto~, first in Lattergate and then in Luxmoore, Neil has always participated fully m House occasIOns. In Lattergate he held a (well-remembered we hope) session, complete WIth demonstrations, on the evils of cigarette smoking. On his transfer to Luxmoore his new House quickly warmed to him and the highlight of a House Concert was his whole tutor set singing The Twelve Days oj Christmas - lyrics by N .A.L. Even this was put into the shade by his comribution to the Lux~oore Centenary Music Hall at Whitstable Playhouse. Resplendent m Vlctonan blazer and authentic moustache. Neil's solo verse about the North/South differences in pronunciation of words such as 'grass'. 'brown cow' and 'rubber bung' brought the house down. The concern he shows for his individual tutees is, as is everything about Neil , sincere and genume. Not only does he take the trouble to spell out the real state of affairs when a problem arises, but he also spends all the time necessary in helping to straighten things out afterwards.

In the laboratory Neil is an outstanding chemistry teacher, who expects the same high standards from his pupils. His excellent clarity and precision of delivery make his classes realise that you don't need to be born South of Watford to have a command of the English language! Neil's approach is utterly conscientious - can anyone mark more thoroughly? - and always direct.

He never shirks from saying what he thinks in departmental discussions (many will have noticed the steam rising from the labs each Thursday 3!) and his honesty with everyone is one of the virtues that make him such a respected member of staff. As a loyal and dependable member of the Chemistry Department, he will be greatly missed.

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Neil'S expectations of the rugby teams he has coached (U 14 B, U 15 B and 2nd XV) have always b n high. He takes his coaching seriously, does not suffer fools gladly and IS ext~emely frustrated ~en boys do not show the right level of commitment and desire to win. Sometimes boys wo~ld ~e angered, or upset, by comments made in his match analys~s, but rarely was the result anythmg ther than an improved performance next time and a growmg respect for a coach ~h.o always o ve of his best. When expedient, Neil has been a gentle persuader rather than a dnvmg force ga d his encouragement of a very nice, but very unskilful UI4 B soccer team showed the boys ~:volved another side of his character.

I In his own sport Neil is a great competitor. He plays to win, but not at all costs. He is modest . victory (I had to forcibly extract details of his recent knock of 91 n.o. for the Haymakers) IO gracious in defeat - mind you, as a life-long West Brom supporter he has had plenty of a nd ractice! For one of life's hard workers Neil is different from many in that he knows how .to p lax Much of his holidays are spent walking and climbing in the Welsh and Scottish mountams ~~d ¡being the gregarious person that he is, he has kept in firm contact with a large group of uni~ersity friends who share the same interests. During term (if he finds an occa~ional spare afternoon) there is nothing he likes more than battlmg agamst the elements (and a WIcked shce!) at Prince's golf course. He managed the shot of a lifetime during his last Common R,oom '!latch no not a hole in one but a swing which sent the ball backwards off a level he! Nell has been ~ popular tourist fo'r the Harvesters and a 'favourite uncle' figure for the children in the party, as he is as a real uncle and godfather. .

When Neil arrived at King's he joined the C.C.F. but soon found a more appropnate role in setting up and running the .expedi.tion side of the Duke of Edinburgh~s Award Scheme. As with everything he has orgamsed , hIS meticulous plannmg has ma~e thIS a great ~uc~ess and he hands over a thriving activity. Throughout the last year o.r so, .Nell has been heavily mvolved in the organisation of the ambi~ious rugb~ tour and. we WIsh h~m (and the ~est of the party) a happy and successful time. I.t IS appropnate that ~IS last offlcl!!1 contnbutlOn to the School should involve a team, as he IS a real 'club' man, m the very mcest sense of the term .

Neil leaves us to join the chemistry staff at St. Paul's where he will team up with Ian Poots (K.S. C. 1980-86), recently made Head of Department there. We wish them both every success in the future - Peter Pilkington knows a good chemist when he sees one!

We shall miss Neil a lot. He has been great fun to be with, a good friend to many and a dedicated colleague to all.

C.J.R.J.

PATRICK FURSDON (K.S.C. 1987-90) In his three years at the school Patrick has taught a wide range of Craft, Design and Technology subject areas, taking a special interest in the G.C.S.E. course.

In a period of rapid educational and technological change we could not allow his considerable skills and expertise to be isolated at Blackfriar~ Arts Centre and It wa~ deCIded to move the woodwork facilities to the C.D.T. Centre to WIden the scope of matenals technology.

In designing and developing the new woodwork room. h~ de:,oted m,:,ch ~rroneously-na~ed spare time, whilst managing, also, the salhng club and mltlatmg the fITst mter-House salhng competition.

His efficiency and meticulous preparation has been well appreciated and his cheery disposition, practical skill and patience will be much missed.

He leaves to become Head of C.D.T. at Colston's School in Bristol, where we wish him every success.

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It is a pity that Hilary Townsend spent only two years at the School before she and David were moved to Manchester following upon the closure of the Wh itbread Brewery at Faversham She put a great deal of effort into establishing Geology as a valid A-level option and it is a to her enthusiasm, effort a nd students. personality that, at the end, she had built up a loyal and very enth usiastic group of A-level

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Hilary's abi li ty to cope with any situation seemed to be tested all too often during the las t two years. She was na turally delighted when David was chosen to crew on th e Whitbread boat for a leg of the round-the-wOrld yacht race, and she coped admirably with job and children wh ilst he was away . Later she had to contend with the upheaval of moving house and, sadly the loss of a baby late in her pregnancy. , The Townsends' connections with the School go back many years, David being Head of HOuse when Chris Millar in charge of Linacre. Perhaps it was because of th is lin k that they joined in so many Schoolwas' events.

As an expert in palaeomagnetism Hilary proved to be a valuable consultant for those of us dealing with elements of plate tectonics and, indeed, many other aspects of physical geography.

A great many of her colleagues and pupils grew very fond of Hilary and we will miss her.

I am Sure that she will enjoy li fe in the North-West and we wish her and her family every happiness.

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FOCUS THE CALVIN AND ROSE HOFFMAN PRIZEGIVING AND LECTURE Friday, 9th March "Every great artist is unique in his own way" was how Dr. Kurt Tetzeli von Rosador, Professor of English at the University of Munster opened, and after listening to his lecture it was evident that he certainly illustrated that point. The remarkable ease with which he spoke encompassed both admirable literary qualities and light humour. The lecturer gave an entertaining account of Christopher Marlowe's childhood and University life. The audience remained amused whilst Dr. von Rosador formed parallels between Marlowe's King's School education and the present school. T he idea that pupils with long hair are more inclined to be rebellious caused glances of disapproval around the room and guilty heads to lower.

Marlowe's lifestyle was strangely at odds with his employment as an agent. He was freethinking, atheistic and indiscreet, and in his love life frankly preferred his own sex.

Dr. von Rosador believed, as do most literary critics, that the clear connection between the works of Marlowe and Shakespeare was not, as Calvin Hoffman would have us believe, that they were the same person but was due to plagianism: another person's ideas, writings or indeed inventions were taken and used as one's own. T his was a tech nique practised frequently during Elizabethan times. Whether Marlowe's works were influenced by, or ideas were parallel to, those of Shakespeare's , he was indeed a talented man whose career came to an unfortunate and abrupt end . The stupendous energy of Marlowe's verse gave English tragedy the instrument it needed.

Marlowe expressed a personal need in his works, illustrated in his dreams and fantasies. However, these were unattainable, supporting his grimly realistic approach to the thoughts of scholars.

The talk might have been of even more interest to an audience with a deeper knowledge of Marlowe. Despite this the lecturer still managed to command the audience's attention. After a convincing and highly entertaining speech, we were all honoured that a man of such distinction had come to stimulate an interest in the wo rks of Marlowe.

BEVERLY TARR.

SHORT SERVICE LIMITED CAPABILITY OFFICER Philippe Lacamp (B 1982-87) First Salutes I was going to Australia to join the herd of schoolleavers with my rucksack, Walkman and plane ticket until I noticed the "gap" advert on the school notice boa rd. It sounded different and so I got a n interview with our Liaison Officer, Colonel Paddy Smith. He looked at my interests and suggested the Gu nners and once I'd been up to Larkhill for three days I was inclined to agree with him. There fo llowed three further days of crawling through cages a nd scrawling on black boards at Leighton House and I set off for Sandhurst. Three "delightful" weeks later I emerged with a pip on my shoulder and therefore seemed just like any other 2nd Lieutenant (on the surface at least) but it was not until I stepped out onto the square in Munster with the first salutes, that what I had embarked upon began to sink in.

At Sandhurst I had been promised the skiing on Snow Queen that is available in B.A.O .R. and also the Canadian Exercise MEDICINE MAN. II was on these two facts that my attention had been fixed. Thus when I arrived in my e.O .'s office and discovered that " my" Battery were sk iing - so I'd missed it - and the Med Man did not exist, my first impression was that perhaps I should have gone sheep farming after all. In this case first impressions had no relevance to the make-up of my time.

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Camp Routine There seem to be essentially three prongs to a B.A. O.R. military life and I was able to sample a complete cross-section. These are in camp, on tactical exercise and on non-tactical exercise Camp life is generally not very exciting because in such a short time there is no logical sens~ in being made Troop Commander . You can however become a part of Battery and Regimental life (and that's not just Orderly Officer every week i). I was fortunate in joining a particularly successful hockey side which gave me an interest in camp for the first few months. I was then able to get two weeks on Snow Queen for some marvellous skiing, and spend ten days in Denmark with my Battery - N Battery (The Eagle Troop) with the Danish Army. I then joined 46 Air Defence Battery for two weeks in Italy around Venice and Bologna with the Italian Army. My "tour" was rounded off with a week in Berlin, with the Air Defence Troop from 2nd Fd, seeing not only how important the military role is (or how much fun the Kur Damm Strasse is), but also spending a day in the East and seeing "the other side" in its harsh reality.

Exercise Responsibilities My Battery Commander understood my need to be integrated into the Battery; he started me at the " Gun " End , on battery firing camp, and I did everything from laying the sights to firing the gun (including the messy bits in between!), thus ensuring I will never forget the taste of cordite or the value of ear defenders! On Regimental firing camp at " sunny" Grafenwohr I spent the Dry Phase acting as G.P .0. (Gun Position Officer). My German improved no end as the farmers needed to be tactfully persuaded that a battery of guns would in fact take up barely any space at all! Being responsible as G.P.O. during live firing certainly satisfied my desire for involvement; one soon learned how to vanish when live firing was one and a half hours behind schedule. I also came to terms with the "thrill" of Safety Officer.

Social Life Impressions of Army life are greatly affected by the social life that is inextricably woven into the day-to-day running of a Regiment. Fitting in was not easy at first and I felt that if I did not search for things to do and push myself forwards it would be all too easy to be absorbed into the system. Apart from exercises I felt that I could have walked out after six months having simply flowed with the tide. On reflection this was because I was probably expecting the Army to adapt to me rather than vice versa. This would be my one criticism of Sandhurst and the S.S .L.C. course, that you enter the Regiment expecting red-carpet treatment when in reality you must be prepared to look and find out how to make the best use of a unique insight inlo the military life .

Invaluable Experience I believe that I have benefited from the commission enormously because it presents the opportunity to gain maturity and experience useful in all walks of life, while knowing that there are three years of relatively responsibility-free University time still to come. On the military level the knowledge gained of actually having been an officer will always be invaluable whether or not I join the Army. At the present time I have no set plan to join, and will mull over these six months during University, thereby keeping my options open . To conclude, however, it will suffice to say that, given the opportunity, I would readily do it all again.

The above article is reprinted from Tile Royal Artillery - Short Service Limited Commissions and with than ks to Col. Paddy Smith, our Schools Liaison Officer.

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TRIPS CLASSICS DEPARTMENT EXPEDITION TO ITALY DAY I started rather earlier tha n usual, at 2.45 a.m. We were propelled to Gatwick in record time and then kicked our heels with good grace until our prompt and well-managed Air Europe flight took us to Rome Ciampino by the time most Italians were just waking up. Our coach for the journey south was ready, waiting and comfortable, a nd we dozed away the autostrada run to Sorrento. Our hotel there had some pretension to quality (by the standards of the area) but was not very practical for a school party . However we did benefit from a very respectable standard of food, which we ate a bout fifty paces away in a pensione owned by the same management. The soup or pasta first course was particularly good.

DAY 2 saw us catching the ferry for Capri. We did two fairly strenuous walks split by a hotel lunch which gave some their first taste of squid and others their first experience of Italian girls.

Our morning walk took us to the breathtaking Arco Naturale, a n immense archway battered out of the rock by the sea, and to the sanctuary of the Great Mother Cybele in the Matromania Cave . In the afternoon we toiled up to the Villa Iovis to see just where T iberius threw those slaves over the cliff; and those of us in authority resisted the temptation to lighten our load by weeding out a few of the livelier members of the group. Even those who had anticipa ted that the holiday would prove an antidote to exercise were mollified by the downhill trek to the town and the possibility of (yet more) Italian ice-cream. We came safely back to Sorrento, and it was perhaps this evening that news began to filter through (of more interest to some than others) of an English girls' school in town.

On DAY 3 we went by coach to Pozzuoli . "Should I take my Walkman, Mr. Tennick?" "No. It's only half a n hour." We hit Italian traffic jams and did not arrive for an hour and a half.

I think we all enjoyed wandering round the Solfatara crater. To hear the ground resounding li ke the skin of a drum when the guide dropped a stone was sobering; and some claimed the hot sulphur vapour brought relief from asthma and sniffles. The Pozzuoli amphitheatre caught the imagination, even though the terrible effects on that town of the earthquake of 1980 and the volcanic movements in more recent years had left much of the ancient structure rather dangerous and we had to imagine the underground store for wild beasts. A hot three-course lunch in a cool three-star restaurant was followed by a brief drive via Lake Avernus, the entrance to Hades, to Cumae. Here there seemed to be a plague of weddings, at least four being videoed in separate parts of the ruins. We saw one bride having a quick drag on a fag between shots and tho ught that this was the work of a model agency, but streamers on the cars suggested a more genuine occasion. We threaded our way round them, admired the Roman tunnels, translated Virgil and visited with just a little awe the atmospheric corridor leading to the prophetic chamber of the Cumaean Sibyl. The smell of hot rubber in the coach on the journey back was more prosaic , but fortunate ly became a problem only when we were within minutes of our hotel. The driver sensibly pulled into a garage to hose the brakes down, but less sensibly left the doors shut as the fumes built up inside the coach. We fini shed our journey on foot. After supper Mr. Holland and Mr. Phillis kindly a rranged a series of party games, the more lunatic of which (did boys reall y fish for sweets in bowls of yoghurt?) brought stares of flat amazement to the face o f the hotel manager, whose human side only gradually revealed itself during our stay.

- DAY 4 took us by train to Herculaneum. E nthusiasm for this most approachable of ancient sites waned slightly when it became appare nt that our guide a) spoke no English, so that I had to do my best with translating, and b) was an enthusiast who refused to let us go for an hour and a half, and then only when I had told him three times that we had a train to catch. We saw many marvellous things, including those luxurious houses overlooking the sea, the perfectly preserved casts of wooden shutters on buildings fronting the forum, the heavy marble basin hurled across a room by the force of the eruption, piles of firewood stacked and ready for heating the baths in the recently excavated Suburban Baths, a nd the evocative boat discovered in the eighties on wha t was the shoreli ne - a boat surrounded by the skeletons of those who were 17) (Thomas Sweeney)

unable to make their escape on that terrible day. DAY 4 also saw the dramatic shattering of two square metres of glass balcony-door. "Wot me, sir?" Fortunately no one was hurt. Mr. Phillis led a detach'!'ent of our troops to the local disco at 9.30, tim~d to coincide with a group from the EnglIsh gIrls' school, only to d,scover that the so-called d,sco mcluded a substantial helping of tarantella display dancing as a starter, for the delectation of a bus-load or two of o .A.P .s. (Question: does Italy have a Trades Descriptions Act?) A disco did follow in due course ' however, and our contingent seems to have made the most of the time .available.

DAY 5 began very wet and none too warm, but by the time we reached Mount Vesuvius the rain had cleared and we made the final ascent in the dry, apart from a few flakes of snow: during the night the summit was to be covered with snow, virtually unknown at this time of the year.

As we looked over the rim into the crater itself our guide encouraged us to test the splendid echo from round the crater, pointed out his own home below on the slopes of the volcano at Ercolano and told us that the townspeople had heard loud rumblings from Vesuvius only two weeks ago and had abandoned their houses in the middle of the night. His eyes showed something of the strain of living one's life in the shadow of disaster. We tourists went back for a hot lunch in Sorrento and spent the afternoon locally.

On DAY 6 we took the train and a packed lunch to Naples. We walked from the station to the National Museum, where we saw the rather pitiful selection of currently viewable finds from Pompeii and Herculaneum. I hope pupils were impressed by the sheer quality of the mosaic work and wall painting, but I should like to have shown them the medical instruments, loaves of bread, papyrus fragments, jewelry, and many other interesting bits and pieces which are currently locked away from the general public. But the visit to Naples was an education in areas other than classical: between us we witnessed six crimes on our one-hour walk in the city. We saw a shop being btoken into and the contents looted; a man being relieved of his wallet and a woman of her handBag; a youngster calmly laying out twelve possible keys on the bonnet of a desirable Mercedes; and an unsuccessful pick-pocket attempt on one of our number. Most extravagant of all, though, was a theft from a Fiat 500 within touching distance of where we were eating our packed lunches. The thieves broke in, stole some odds and ends from inside, and then proceeded to kick in the rear lights. At this point I marched the party off: foreign school-parties do not intervene in Naples . When last seen the criminals were busy booting in the car's bonnet! We made our way back to the station, but were waylaid by a vicious shower of hail (in Italy, in March?) by good fortune outside a pizza and doughnut shop. In due course we came safely to Torre Annunziata and the spectacular villa of Oplontis, with its beautiful frescoes, so-nearly-complete rooms, 60-metre swimming bath and rows of stone benches for the poor clients waiting on the grace and favour of the patrician owner of the villa (Nero's wife Poppaea?) More crime was committed on the train back when some sun-glasses were stolen by a group of street-wise boys. We counted ourselves fortunate to return to Sorrento in one piece.

I shall not be going to Naples again.

DAY 7 was the day for Pompeii, and it began wet. A prayer or two to Jupiter brought out the sun in due course, though the ancient stepping stones were always useful for avoiding the puddles. We went at a fair pace round the main sites currently visible, concentrating on public buildings: the Forum, with the Basilica, Temples of Jupiter, Apollo and Vespasian, the marblework on the facade of Eumachia's cloth-trade building, the indoor market, the public lavatory, the table of weights and measures and the (modern) archaeologists' store with casts of some of the dead; then to the Forum Baths with details of the interior extraordinarily well preserved and toe-bones peeping out through one of the casts; to the House of the Vettii, averting our eyes from the rude picture, and sampling the completeness of the building as we sheltered from driving rain; to the Temple of Isis and the two theatres; and down the Via dell' Abbondanza . to the extravagant recreation centre and the powerful amphitheatre where boys (inevitably) fought battles in the arena. We came back tired but with a feeling of achievement; and an early bed was prescribed.

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guns. T hose who had made friends with the girls were able to enrol them in their card-games as we waited for our delayed flight. A suspected bomb in one of the cases (actually an overenthusiastic electric razor) held us up still more and fate seemed further set against us as one pupil contrived to leave his passport on the plane at Gatwick while another's case was taken in error by a passenger with some other party. When all was at last sorted out we emerged into GatwiCk and the party was effectively over.

M.J.T.

BIOLOGY FIELD COURSE THURSDAY, 24th MAY - WEDNESDAY, 30th MAY The sun was sinking into the western sea, the fine white sandy beach was filled with minimallyclad bronzed bodies, Debbie Harry was calling through the Walkman headphones, the evening promised good food, a mature wine and sparkling company. Then I woke up - Tom was hammering on the door: "Sir, do rabbits lay eggs?". Reality - this was Dale Fort, Pembrokeshire, and the only true bit concerned the western sea! Actually, that's not strictly true - the company of thirty lively members of the sixth form has to rank quite highly on the spark ling stakes, even if the sparkle dulls a little at 4 a.m.! Between nearest neighbour analyses of Patella populations, belt transects of Slip Pier Beach and determination of Nucellus' predatory abilities there were a number of moments which will remain etched into our collective biological consciousness: "You made a mark on my table, and you'll leave now ... or I'll stamp my foot" - Captain Birdseye.

His there anything more to eat?" - Claire.

"And what can I do for the pretty little one?" - mine host of the Post House Hotel to Ingrid.

"Are there any seconds?" - Claire.

"Honestly, Sir, I was sucking a white lollipop stick!" - Giles Chandler.

"Who said lollipops?" - Claire.

"This is hardly cool" - Toyin, dressed in bright yellow waterproofs.

"I'll keep in touch" - Clive, to Janet.

"Have you seen Predator?" - Luke .

"Predators kill to satisfy their hunger" - Claire .

"It was an accident - the fire alarm went off by itself!" - Alex.

"Do limpets fly?" - Tom .

On our return to School I was presented with a series of written-up exercises which convince me that some relevant work was completed during the week. Some is of such a high standard that it makes the marathon trip to the west coast worthwhile. ("Marathons are now called Snickers, and taste great" - Claire).

W.R.P.

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TALKS CIVIL RIGHTS THE RIGHT HON. BARON SCARMAN Monday , 23rd April As I sit to write my last ever report for this magazine I reflect upon ho w lucky the school is to have such a profusion of distinguished and interesting figures to come to talk . I very much hope that the high standard of speakers attained for the Sixth Form and Polsoc talks will continue.

O ne such distinguished figure is Lord Scarman, who has been creating merry hell as a Law Lord since 1977. Perhaps most in the public eye after the 1981 Brixton riots, when he was commissioned to do the government report, Lord Scar man has also been adding to the multifarious debate on constitutional issues, which has been going on much longer than Our revered Prime Minister. T he issues in fact stretch back as far as Magna Carta , encompassing such irrelevant topics as the Wat Tyler rebellion over poll tax.

Lord Scarman began his talk by pointing out the need for clear and artic ulate speaking, a problem he had found as a judge. Owing to broken thigh he regretted that he wo uld have to deliver his " Ciceronia n oration" from a sedentary position. Creating problems again , he changed his talk to 'The Futu re of the British Constitution' - his particular concern.

By 2010 there would be a new, written constitution in Britain. This would have to come about because of the failings inherent in the present arrangement, or else Britain wo uld face a " depressing decline into an offshore island", if this has not already happened . . . The new constitution must "satisfy the aspirations of all the people" and integrate more closely into the European Union.

T he 1688 Revolution Settlement of king, lords and squirearchy had worked to an extent, but manifestly was not democracy. Government and Crown balanced each other out as both needed the other's assent, a rather idealistic interpretation of history.

The problem with the growth of democracy in the twentieth century was a growth in the power of the Commons. To start with the Lords and the Commons acted together to undermine the influence of the Crown, losing a check but gaining something more akin to democracy. The 191I restriction of the Lords led again to better democracy but a loss of a check. T his meant that the Commons was no longer in control, as with the "trinity of powers", since government now began to control the Commons. This profound development led to a majority tyra nny whereby government controlled all the legislative and executive of the state except the judiciary.

The remedies proposed in the 'Federalist' papers defined this elective dictatorship . To combat this they suggested a written constitution enshrining a separation of powers and a Bill of Rights, although Hamilton opposed it. State power was oppressive whether through king or Parliament.

The only restrictions in Britain are those of elections and that Parliament needs permission from the " ultimate check" of the Lords to extend its life, continuing the lack of democracy. This situation wo rks to an extent but is unreliable. "It has lost its very well-built checks and balances through the loss of the Lords' and monarch's power. The Commons can pass legislation infringing human rights and encourages strong executive power." "Oppressive government is no better if done by a majority."

In the long term a written constitution must be drawn up around present institutions. This must define clearly and succinctly the powers and limits of government. Undoubtedly this would result in a constitutional role for the judges, as in the U.S.A. T here should be a Speaker's Conference to draft a Constitution for discussion by the people over the years, leading to a national referendum.

For the present quick steps must be taken. As a build-up to a Bill of Rights the European Convention of H uman Rights of 1953 should be incorporated into law, as it is already fully ratified by Britain. Devolution of power and possibly ferederation should be initiated to combat 176

nin needs of nationalism although Lord Scarman seemed to forget a previous att~mpt the blud~:~ed i~quOrate in 1978. If this were to happen it would increase the need for a,~mtary was r~n . n The doctrine o f the sovereignty of Parhament would be rendered utte.rly constItut~~t'" if it was not already so. The House of Lords " if an abuse ... ha~ produced nothmg IOconslS~" but Lord Scar man was fully prepared to contemplate change 10 Its format. but gOO nct statutes irrepealable unless by referendum, ensuring freedom of spe~ch and . Acts ~ right to a fair trial and liberty of the subject should be mstltuted. Bn tam could InformatlOn, . . E " thuS take its place as a "great natIOn 10 urope . . . . . bl ith Lord Scarman's message as with that of most constltutIonahsts, IS that The pro s~: ;ower Most of what they say ~ay be sensible, but is difficult to institute bec.a~se they ar; o~;itions outside effective power. Although Lord Scarman mar be a httle over-optIn:'l~tlc: ?fthel e~ce tion of Britain, what he proposes is sensible. All democracies nec~sSltate some ehtlSm, ~u~I~~eth~ the judges wo uld act as aids or barners to democracy remams to be seen ..

Th fforts of groups such as Charter '88 and Liberty ensure that the actIOns of an over-mighty e e ent are not taken as necessary risks, but as failures of democracy.

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ACHIEVING WOMEN JENNIFER UGLOW DIRECTOR CHATTO AND WINDUS; AUTHOR OF THE MACMILLAN DICTIONARY , OF WOMEN'S BIOGRAPHY Friday, 27th April It has to be said that when the title of Mrs. Uglow's talk was announced ,in congregational practice the general reception was nothing if not sceptical.. The guffaws com 109 from th~ba~k ow we;e unsuppressed. Despite the approach of a fully co-educatIOnal system at 109 s, ~'achieving women" is still not a subject which can be expected to pass unremarked .

Mrs U low however did not come to preach feminism. A married woman and devoted mot~er of fou~ c~ildr~n all of ;chool age , she herself remarked jokingly beforehand ~ha~ h~r sole a~r was to promote sales of The Macmillan Dictionary of. Women's BIOgraphy, whlc seas recen Y edited. She succeeded in doing a lot more than thIS. . ' During her talk Mrs . Uglow held the interest of all in her ~urprisingl~ male-dommate~ addl~t,lC~ with an account of the lives of many prominent female figures 10 hIStory . When as e w. IC was her favourite, she replied that it was George Eliot, about whom she has recently wntten another book. .

Between passing round various antiquarian books on women and answering the man( questl?ns which were flung at her from all sides (and both sexes), she somehow managed to org~ a me between the great female rulers of the past, such as Cleopatra, and M~rgaret Thatcher, a feat achieved by few. Thus her words took on a very contemporary meanmg. . ., Having studied English at Oxford, Mrs. Uglow now works very successfully 10 pubhshmg.

Her role as a career woman, though, did not push aside her ability to relate to us as her hsteners.

Our thanks go to her for a most informative talk.

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MUSIC CHORAL CONCERT SATURDAY, 5th MAY, IN THE CATHEDRAL

The annual concert in the Cathedral Nave, drawing as it has done for some years past on the choirs of the Simon Langton and Benenden schools to augment the forces of the School's own Choral Society and Orchestra, has made it possible for the Directors of Music to mount performances of large scale oratorios by such masters as Bach and Handel, Verdi and Elgar.

The new Director Stephen Pinnock, who comes to King's with plenty of experience both of the Cathedral and Public Schools worlds of music, chose for his first choral concert two fine works - though on a smaller scale, both masterpieces and well contrasted both in mood and use of resources - the Requiem of Mozart being largely in D minor and the great church Cantata of Bach (No. 80) Ein' jeste Burg in D major, the Requiem demanding four soloists singing as an ensemble in two of the finest numbers of the work (Recordare and Benedictus) and the cantata providing several numbers for the soloists to sing either alone or in duet. The soloists made the most of their opportunities in this last work . Tracy Chadwell, who has a clear voice, had a small solo part in the opening and closing choruses of the Requiem, but two solos in the Bach which she rendered with clarity and assurance. Katherine Lewis, a fine contralto, joined forces with the tenor Clifford Lister (O .K.S.) in one of Bach's most delightful duets Wie selig silld doch, and Tim Jones was the bass soloist in the well known Tuba mirum which Mozart scored for a solo trombone to represent the last trump, a highly effective piece of writing for both voice and instrument.

The chorus work was very impressive and in the Bach cantata positively thrilling in the great chorale verse where the whole body of voices thunders out Luther's famous tune (on which the whole work is based) with tremendous fanfares from the trumpets and timpani. Both orchestra and choirs were very responsive to the conductor's beat and intentions; it was clear from the opening chorus of the Requiem that Stephen Pinnock was completely master of his score and had managed to inspire all who were singing and playing with confidence in his direction . As usual Clarence Myerscough, veteran of so many school concerts, led his orchestra with quiet authority; the orchestral playing was well up to the standard that one expects at King's, and not the least admirable feature of the eveni ng was the brisk and li vely pace wh ich the conductor adopted for both works, wasting no time with unnecessary pauses between numbers, but urging his singers and players on with great effect.

D.I.H.

LUNCHTIME CONCERT WEDNESDAY, 9th MAY, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE

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Whilst A-levels were providing stress for some th 6 ' rOOd work. The net result of this was that the teil y !nda .r:;edl~ studies' group continued its ast week. The black armbands were out and ne ' .

VI eo oth gave up the ghost in the organ to have the notes with a black border. gOtIatlOns opened with the editors of this august The 6a bachelors are dwindling as even Our miso . the/rro r of his ways and found himself with 'the o~j~IStJ H~a<W'~ House, Angus, finally saw to emale charms with a charming fema le Indeed A w os Ie a es'. Sholto also succumbed ~e h(mse to which Flo responded with a~ eastern f~1!'s hal ~rought a truly Eastern feel to aWkms. The seasoned pros (they know who th mg. 0 er o.wn, m the form of Hugh only matched in their length by their lack of . are) (ontmued their relationships which were in B.T. ro~keted as a result of his phone calls:~ %'s~}or~r y~U~ ~~mble scribe. Shafik's shares (tanks, h Bill). Ben Young exchanged strummin f I "'! IC . Isturbed Our World Cup vigil found the presence of Venn a real disease . Sid!o~~~~mmmg With Catherir,re Fogarty and 'Dell d Jath y were Just plam sweet. The Shells shelled, the Removes removed and the fifth form ~ Isty and Beccy:- and why not? Thanks must go to Miss J. whose medicinal miracles were ~un - wot htery stile! Thanks to the cleaners es e . arvelled at by tho.se with malodorous maladies the felhng of the rainforests. Thanks to A.H:D~I~7hPanvhos.e VOice IS largely responsible for to Mouldy who has obviously been eating infected bee}S es~vlngkFnday SOCials and no thanks IS not yet dead) and to Guy Belliere. . 00 uc to Fuzz next year (nepotism

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"And then I found the last days of all this slipping by me and then the faces and the places and life I loved and I was without power to stay here. I becam'e, for the first time, conscious of transience and .parting and a great many other things."

Thus Rupert Brooke expressed some eighty years ago what we in 6a are perhaps feeling but are unwilling to admit as we step out of a place in which a protected and cloistered feeling pervades into the 'big bad world'. Five years in The Grange have passed and nothing has really changed except the television, the 100 doors (which are now full length!) and of course us. Time just rumbles on and we are just another cohort passing through the system: one set of faces, easily remembered, easily forgotten.

This term as usual has been engulfed by public exams although our fifth form didn't seem overly concerned by this, except Toby Cox, whilst the 6a as a whole worked hard and deserve every success. The next question is: will there be a 6b year next term?

In true "public school" manner The Grange above all realises the importance of taking part rather than not winning and although we didn't find success and cups in all competitions we had a " jolly good go!". There were a few people in nearly all the major sports, with Wayne "Einstein" Manning and "Daffy" Stobbs splashing for the swimming club, whilst Nick "Death" Beechey put leather to willow for the 1st XI cricket, sacrificing his pale complexion for this magnanimous honour. Alex Woolston played a bit of tennis and so did Ollie Hinton. In the School athletics team, Bola Marquis and Akin Tuboku-Metzger featured strongly.

Enough of sport; sport isn't everything and it is in life taken as a whole that The Grange flourish es, and so for the obligatory gossip ... Long relationships don't really deserve a mention, but a quick reminder serves our purpose. Daffy, Vicki Ingham, Vicky Moffatt and Alex "Deals" Woolston are held together in an eternal bond of love. The 6b have had so many mentions this year that they don't really deserve any more of our divine double entendres. This term has above all seen a new Tony Hancock who, like a phoenix from the ashes, arose from his broken bed and gently sauntered down to Radigund's, where his eye had stayed upon some favour. Myles Jackman is also believed to have had an encounter of the third kind.

Numerous items have been lost this term : Piers lost the key, and it wasn't the key to A-level success, and while Deals lost credibility, as he moved down a gear, Billy again lost his heart, but King's Week will solve this. Daffy Stobbs and Nick ~' Death" Beechey lost all faith when a weekend picking oats in West Gate landed them with sour grapes.

Numerous thanks, of course, must be made: to Toby Cox and the gang for keeping us all busy throughout the year, and to "Vincent" Ibru whose 'Ghettoblaster' furnished the J.C.R. with music all term. But special thanks must go above all to the Woodleys, the cleaning ladies and Miss Delafons for keping the house intact throughout this long and tiring term. Contrary to last term's notes, Miss Delafons is not married and as she sets off to the United States to be a nanny we wish her luck, knowing that the fifth formers have given her a foretaste of her new job.

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House success came this term in the field s of s art d musIc ~nd personal relationshIps. Walpole drewPove'ralr~,a, Galpm s m the leag ue tennis final, and the Junior House te Ith tlloph y brought us ?ur last silverware . The same Removes ~n~ a ready achIeved first place on Sports Day in their d . . . a Another cup was won by Chris 'Elite' Hall and Ben :~I sloh; Long for making the most significant co'ntribution t~u:h Hegle y VlIl. lThey also won the Pairs m the Inter-house regalt; an ~ere ~e ected for Britain . Karen Roehm ke t us w surphed WIth trophies as a result of her fencing effgrts a orm~r leader of the Pole, completed his tOll r of dut I, captammg school cricket, after having done the same for y ~y and footba ll at various times Best of luck to Ker M rug y · H all and Kola · Y OUZQurOll Jo n P ress, Ch ns Sonaike on the R b ' in the top five in all her exams . Da~~~~~~~~ w~:~. In the academ ic field Rachel DinwrdgdJ c~o:;;:~ used the Sun as his guide fo( Politics A-Iev~l . a~~t~~e' aFs.fhtehwlll be known o~ his Certificates) ' I S strummed their guitars W a Ipole was well represented in King's Week.

Go ( L · . .. . fr.om hIS fISh, played brilliantly in the Symphony Conc~~t t u~~lg van) Tnebel, takmg msplration TIm Marson, Kate Neill, and Nicky Venn. Kola played pO. e ~ccompalllment of Cassie Knight, and Rag (Hodge) Gardner commenced his acti n car ans m omeo and Juliet, nngs fl as hing, God n c (People's Poet) Jolliffe shed light on tlfe sc:~~·. Joloml Irone sold strawbernes; whilst f h ..

We leave the Pole with noses high and thank Miss B M.J.V. for his twelve years' enlighte~ ed des otism W urr Or er effIcIent management, and ha } the Ladles will continue to do their job as well for the girls though these ar~ s e are ~ure Walpole, with better showers, and continual smoke ~~;~~~ to e a r more untidy. Live on, G.P.S .J. MEISTER OMERS Another term comes to a close, and M.O. has once again enjoyed success on the academic, sporting, musical and social scenes .? Even the 6as and FIfths, overwhelmed with (last b'mhute.) ehxam work have still managed to conribute greatl; at to sc 001 and house events . Ed Cargill ma hav f· to score a century for the 2nd XI at Birley's bui he C:rt:il~~~ ;;,ade some runs on the Baile~ wicket - albeii at Boycott pace. .G.D. on the other hand, dId most of his scoring for the 1st XI, only takmg a half-time break for Sazza · and Oggy finall managed to get his First Colours. ' y .

As a house we faded rather at senior Cricket and Tenn is but our.JunlOrs showed much promise, thraShing Brou hto~ _ . by 10 w~ckets before lOSing narrowly to the future cham;io .

The JUlllors.stole the show again on Sports Day led b D ns. , y arren Kmgston WIth his v· t . . h · 0l'gy managed to disqualify the seniors in the 100 m~~r~r::I~m ~ HlgJ Jump and 1.00 metres. wm at 200 metres. Meanwhile Messrs . Denison-P d y, u ma e up for n wnh an easy m the int~r-house Golf, a nd most appropriately e~:;aann~s ~~Pf tg"c~lstmgUlShmg themselves were gammg ever more M.O . boys with Tom Co b · . . . . s golfers for the school us. We had a spirited attempt at the' Rowing with ~ ~m 1;awarded hIS colours before leaving and sheer house spirit (i.e. turning up in f~rce) bro~gr ~~ u:~~lldn thle fmal 0hf thse singl~ sculls, r pace m t e wlmmmg · · M .0 . was heavlly mvolved in King' s W k t . h Th . of Camilla Palmer and the Parrish twin:eang~'u;l~ . e RaggedhChild showing off the talents Edward Hillier and Nick Pa a ear i u· ' USlclans muc to the fore: Alastair Hine Sm ith playing solos with §eco~~ O~c~~~~~,:,,~~~nr Orch~stra; Malt Hillier and Alex Driskill: John Tegner taking time off to attend rehear; als. e pps p aymg an Oboe Cocerto; and even

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Geoff de Burca has once again walked off with virtually any prizes going, as well as profiting from King's Week coffee sales, while Drisky not only took the Ridout Mozart prize but also needs new shelving at home to house the many cups from competitive festivals. Meanwhile, ' Psycho' Turner (N) managed to rock Damian's canoe and get away with his prize paddle.

Mention must also be made of the house party, which took us, dodging thunderstorms, down to Birley's for fun and games, gave us T-Bone Tegner and Clazza's mid-field pigeon imitation and M.J .M.'s unforgettable track-suit, and left some people noticeably over-thirsty at BBQ time.

All in all, it has been a most successful and enjoyable year under M.J.M. with thanks also due to Matron and the Ladies. The monitors would also like to thank Nick for his keen work on the above, and wish good luck to the rest of the house next year!

THE GAGSTERS (AND A NEW MEMBER).

The hardest part about writing House Notes is the opening paragraph - the rest of it's easy . So these notes aren't going to have an opening paragraph, apart from this one.

Well, we rowed (weU!). Sorry all those of you who don't row, but actually quite a lot of us (about a third) do. Tom "Sunshine" Filby was our sale (!) representative in the I st VIII but we dominated the 2nd VIII, providing up to six of the crew (including the shtroke (sic) "Nigel Potato" Prince, who wanted a particular mention) and there were Marlovians in every crew throughout the school. So, not surprisingly, we won the House Regatta, winning four cups (but how did Linacre manage to get so many points?). Meanwhile, William Davies did lots of athletics, Adam Watts and Anna Patten swam (not together, I hope!) and Hayley Petts and James Gooderham played tennis.

Congratulations to everyone who got their colours. However, the sporting highlights of the term were of course the Fathers' Cricket match, in which the boys from Marlowe and Mitchinsons defeated their fathers, and the fact that Giles Darby took up tennis. The mothers gained revenge a fortnight later, defeating the girls in tennis and rounders.

King's Week occupied a large proportion of the House. Damian "Lightweight" Simpson played a solo in one of the Symphony Concerts and Seb Dawson-Bowling starred in his own concert.

Many other people took part in various bands, orchestras,¡ choirs and plays, thus ensuring that Marlowe was prominent in the cultural life of the school.

Now it's that time again . Yes, this is where I get to expose all the relationships in the most subtle way possible. Jo Broadley recovered from illness by training at the Jim again, and PeTarr Cairns carried on as before. Meanwhile Katherine Byrom discovered Cole on the Geology field trip and Jane Tennick disappeared off into the feverish Kn ight. Oh, and Heron split up with Emma, (or was that last term?).

Enough of that. After exams everyone let off steam. Damian, Pete and Jimbo celebrated by going on holiday. (They're not quite sure where they went, but they had a good time.) We all feared Andy Ridings was showing signs of intelligence when we heard that he had been awarded a scholarship, but then we discovered it was an Army Scholarship. (Well done anyway, Andy.)

James Briscall claims that he hasn ' t been mentioned in any House Notes in his five years at the school. Well , now you've got a whole paragraph to yourself, Larry.

Congratulations to all the new monitors who have recently taken over our study, and thanks to Terry for keeping the house clean. We were all sorry to hear that Mr. Hartridge is leaving us for Dubai (where apparentl y they do a good line in matching his and hers clothing). We wish him well and thank him and all the other tutors for their hard work this term . Finally, thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Reid for keeping us all in order.

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LUX MOORE

Without the pretensions of any other House Notes, I can truly say that it is the end of an era : this term the 6a to leave Luxmoore is the last to have shared the House with a Luxmoorian of the New Dover Road. Times are changing and we enter our final three terms after forty-five years of success.

But let it not be said that we are deserting our proud reputation or that our spirits are sinking as the Day of Judgement (4th July 1991) approaches . ..

Sportwise we cover all field s. Colours in their various act iviti~s were awarded t~: Toyin Fadeyi and Seun OshunkOya (AthletIcs); Charles RobInson and Andy Thomas (Rowing).

Mahesh Dalamal and Erik Oshunkoya (Tennis); a nd Jo Lo~ (Swlmmmg). We also boasted the captains of both swimming and athletics! Neil Lawrence and Babatunde Epega. Seun, Toym, Fauzl Fahm , Ben Ousey, Chris Postans Vassos Georgiadis and Andy McNaught are all rugb>, tourists as w~lI . The fifth form played ~ friendly crlck~t match WIt h Grange a nd achIeved a tIe. On sWlmmmg sports day, despite coming last, we stIli won most cups! The Shells on the other hand showed a determined lack o f sporting wIllpower and were compelled to show proof of daily visits to Birley's!

Ac hievements are far from limited to the sporting side, and hence Our cup cabinet is not the overflowing display of purely materialistic possessions that other houses pride themselves On. Intellectually, recognition of members of Luxmoore's individual successes a t Speech Day will be embarrassing owing to the excessive number of genii Luxmoore is producing. Exhibitions and gifts for many in 6a, Mathematics for Simon Clinton, Geography fo r Miles Edltnann French and Headmaster's for Erik, Drama for Justine, Dan Rycroft, James Cheeseman Alex Maines Jo Loo ... My, what a talented house! And it doesn't stop there: our budding' poets Messrs: Edlma nn and McNaught achieved U.K .C. and Cadbury's National Competition recognition of very high standards respectively. Much of the volume in the Mozart Requiem came from the Luxmoore basses and Jules excelled with the trombone solo .

King's Week provided a marvellous chance to show off. Jo 'Holier than thou' Price kept a straight face for most of Romeo and Justine, joined by Neil Lawrence a nd Paul Sorauer (the latter fresh from his debut in the Fortunes of War). The Ragged Child cast discovered the 'delights' of H. McDonald. Musically we had a greater contribution: Dan finished his las t year as lead trombonist in both jazz a nd symphony. Jules eagerly follows in his footsteps. Polly also made a last appearance in the symphonies and choirs. Alex Skarbek showed his excellence at the Jazz and a Little Night Music, and the school will be losing a great asset with his departure. ' The House Concert was a small In-House affair, in the Games Room. Hence it does no t feature in a further write-up. A little mention of our performers is therefore merited here: judiciously kitted out in House tie and under Jasper's able organisation (!) Alex, Bonn ie Thompson and Dan performed for their last time in such a concert. Similarly, the 6a's final song was heard in the traditional ' rousing hym n rewritten' form at o f the last three years since the glorious fifth form choir was formed. 6b's thoughts were with us, if not many physical contributions (save from the Bicycle Boys, Messrs. Sorauer, Pittaway, H awki ns and Piggin), although Jasper's accompaniments made up for it single-handedly. The Fifths produced numerous sketches, while the Removes also performed a sketch which, despite some bungled words (Guthrie?), came o ut even funni er in the end. The Shells were not to be outdone, and under Ben Wyatt's direction produced the sequel to a sketch seen before in Luxmoore: this time 'Another' Walk in the Park.

Jo Price the compere then introd uced the world-renowned (for what?) Luxmoore choir. The evening was thus ended with a song written specially for Luxmoore's House Song competition entry by Terry Jones of Monty Python fame , followed closely by the revitalisation of last year's 'One Hundred Years from Now' . Luxmoore's spirit pervaded the evening and the House Song Luxmoore and more and more rounded off the concert with a wa rming sense of pride.

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hIving 6a have merited much under a 'social' heading. For fear of others not understandin T e ~~nt witticism I must point out that Mark 'through my jeans' We~ton fmally manage the rele ut with Alex Mitchell. Babs, Fauzi, Mahesh, Mark, Nell, LOUIse Davl~s a!,d !--ucy to g~ 0 an all heeded respective mating calls and, followmg the examples of the mstltu;lO;al w orleymlngham and Skarbek-Searle agreed to rename the house ' Lovemore. or Dar . relationships, d me reason our attempt was reJecte . so Notes would not be recognisably King's School wit hout some obscure references. on Hou~el Side so here they are for this year's 6b for the benefit of those, if any, who apprecIate the soc~a n Wyatt hopped on to the Daley Express as it journeyed round Lux,!,oo,re, to see To~m them' 'Gran td e e, h'ls greatest wish , Andy Thomas who had . Baird . . all . , Jon 'Valentmo Hawkms WIth . K C chicks Jo and Anna. Here end the tedIOUS wIttIcIsms. hIS¡ ¡ , DLb blaze of glory therefore 6a Dr. Lamb and Mrs. Beddoes leave Luxmoore. r.. am In. a d four years of us and will be greatly missed, accent, moustache, head and all, Mr~. hU:dJ~~s, our matron for seven years even more so and we wish them the best of Lord Luxmoore s luck for the future. 'f . nks must go to the indomitable domestic staff for whom any room (save the FI ths). IS T~a 0 messy Mr and Mrs. Aldridge have been exceptionally good-natured m copm~ w~th not 0 nd des~rve thanks for barbecue after barbecue, and it is to them we owe most t a n s. us alill ya as Canon P ilkington's last 6a. leave . and Luxmoore its last year the boys Fma . h fights . through d themselves deserve acclaim for creatmg the spmt we ave enJoye .

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As we come to the end of another (and our last) year.. v:e reflect on our successes that have made the House what It IS tod~y.

For many years our House has held a high-rankmg p~JSItlon in the School. Undoubtedly this has not changed WIth the arrival of our new Housemaster, whom we all welcome.

Consequently the House continued to be bold in sport, and the efforts of many members of the house are not to be forgotten in these House Notes. Keen in our sport, we were also relentless in our work and play. However some of 6a found themselves more interested in play than work and vIce ver~a.

1-'l!!!!!!rJ Although Nick Davies spent the most part of hIS tIme w~rkmg I=I'II-r-~ diligently in his study, Simon "the poser" spent all of hIs tIme trying to court the ladies .

There was much activity in the field, and Galpin 's re~c~ed the semi-final in the Junior House Cricket , Nell Cole achlevmg a fine score , and in the Inter-House Tennis we got through to the fin~ls , and w~re able to watch An us Hulme and his team perform well, defeating Walpole. MeanwhIle the JUlllor Tenllls Team, COIfsisting of Jod Mitchell, James Odell, Rodney Jacbon, and James GrIndley! got to t~e semIfinals We were more than proficient in the water, WIth Jo GrImes gammg hIS 1st Co ours m Swim~ing . Robert Craig also sported a new tie, whilst Julian Ki ngsland swam for the !,t\\eam.

Indeed , with such qualified swimmers, we came second m the Inter-House relays. Max I lams gained 2nd Colours for Rowing, and again we reached the fmal of the JUlllor Inter-House Double Sculls thanks to Tom Jackson and David Hanson .

An~ now to King's Week. Were it not for our participation as a House, this event might not have happened. Dom Burdess played a leading role ir' Romeo and Juitet, whIlst J<?ols ro~e played the drums for the Jazz Concert. Dave Evenst spent a whole day practlsm~ or IS "Keyboard Musings", and Nicky D. stage-managed for The Ragged Child. A mentIon must also go to Steve Connolly, and Dom SI. John Parker who spent another year makmg funny noises for the plays.

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Meanwhile fiJ the House, eloquence and elegance b h Tnggs g.lazing thoughtlessly (as he does with ever thin e~~:e t e order ,of the day, with Simon RegulatIOns. We were the last House to appoint the 6bg~onit Dr. ra".ds fIrst ':lOhce about Dress th~ ~nd of term, but congratulations go to Chris Webb M ors, eavIng II unhl nIne days before ' arcus and Steye Connolly, and Max Wllhams. A certain number of 'dilemmas' thro h leaving the 'notorious' (supposedly) 6a studies fr~e °auit:~~~r~ te(r~bnsklY straightened out, and J?ols may be heading for three As after all that extra :e~~~n!) e understand that Andy WhIlst Dave merely wants another mention A d d L five months), Ed Griffin and Jess Milton rdmain%dan ou celebrated their 'anniversary' (of managed one success (if that's what it was) and Simo~t~~~g~r .att~act~d to each other. Jool s Solo Steph remains the final challenge for Andy Dave a d J OI~e becI ed to start over again. " n 00 s, ut any attempts, although numerous, have been unsuccessful.

And thus we come to the end of an era and ho h the House as competently as we have. Gre~t thanksP:r! d~e~~rt~uCi~ssor~ will be able to handle and Mary (whom none. of us could do without), and all the L:d' Inen o~m Ladles, Maureen ~es wh0 c ean fo,: us, namely Joan, Jane, Lmda, Juha, Sylvia, Sue, and Janice all of h also Indebted to Mrs. B. whom we congratulate o~ her pr~m~~ ~ a ,~arvellous JO~; We are and Wlggey, and finally to Dr. and Mrs. Hands who have compteOtndoth . uflJerMatron ,Dewey e eIr Irst term admIrably .

DAVE EVERIST AND JOOLS MOORE.

LiNACRE

This term was the climax of a tumultuous and t . successful year chara~teris~d by our gentlemanly and ;~;~i~~~ ~on~uct. In the orgamsed fIeld Sports Linacre showed itself to e t ~ great all-rounder, coming 2nd in the Cricket Ro .

Tenms and Athletics; thrashing all pretenders to the Sw ' wmg, Crown - "thanks, mate"; and followin the Be~~mmg e~aml'le of Captain "Shoot to Kill" Ca~Pbell Shodt vlctonous m the Shooting Cups. ' emerge

Sim~n Maggs w~s joined in the 1st XI by the dubious st Ie of SamIr ~atchu: FI~-Gay-Barr Saunders left the dizz de ihs {hHi.R'ctS~fldm~, m the 3rd XI, t~ fall asleep with ex~ite~ent ~ n , were D.E.Q. provIded a stable basis for an ~t:'u,!-~g ~ea~on. Pecky and Billy rowed very well this term and -- a ~r ~ t ~Ir mce new boat a lot until a nasty person put a big race at Henley soon and we h~pe ~:e~n d~ ~~It~~~s t~ey w~~ notllso happy . They go to he got a nice tie with stripes on it Jam ony I we m the 2nd VIII and are in the UI5 VIII, which is very nice elo~ai~e~u~ Removes ar.e ."nymphets" and six of them was Mark Handl~y in the 1st Athletics, and James C~~;.,~~sJ ~~Ivll:,gk f~r excellence this season 0 pIC . e up a few more England fencmg caps, whIle on the female front Eliza Luml ' Canter.also captained the UI4 Cricket completing th:1~~-~~' b: ~e~7~s CaptaIn next year. Ollie and Cncket) thIS year in Linacre. Eat your heart out Broul~htO I A ~ap}ams (Rugby, Hockey made the 1st VI, and Miles Orsler Scott McLean and'AI o'Koni n 0 ~ourse Pete Kenyon ex ee e won a sIlver at the National Schools Rowing Regatta.'

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In the more disorganised hedonistic sports Linacre truly blossomed with its combination of natural chivalry, charm and good looks; and a most desirable, if not arrogant, (head of) House.

The House that brought you Jason Mycroft, Sophie Paul and Jon Penner - all legends in their own lunch-time - continues to improve on their legacy. The tradition of toy-boys and nearmarriages continued. Representative of our proficiency at partying were a most enjoyable 6a dinner cooked by Helen B., Monitors' socials (euphemism) and the House Party.

As most of the sixth form are already tied down, scandal did not reach Biblical proportions.

Pecky and Tor still have structural problems, Hormone and Sophs have applied for an extension, James took pastoral care a step further with Lolita Cavendish, Jon and Vicky tempestuously soldiered on, Bill and Matilda were an inspiration to the little people, Samir was giving lessons from the book of love to Eliza. Margerita decided to share her Latin American experience with yet another toy-boy. Helen finally decided to kick the Northeast habit and has settled for a more adolescent infatuation.

Thanks must go in copious quantities to the cleaning ladies who have made washing such a pleasure, to Mrs. Farrell for her continual loving care, and to Mr. and Mrs. Thane.

HAMILTON .

As Broughton is often misconceived of as a House contemptuous of others, the task of writing this year's notes has become almost impossible: just how do you write about our many and varied successes without sounding arrogant?

Indeed, should we cover up our overwhelmingly successful year, and be accused of boasting by the conspicuous omission of some of our victories, or, alternatively, include everything and take the envious flak that will doubtless follow? Well, fully armed with all the hardware Broughton's own C.C.F. regiment can muster, the bullet must be bitten.

Perhaps the high-point of the term, other than the arrival of the new OSAKI (any reference to S.J.G. is purely coincidental) micro-wave oven must have been the eagerlyawaited homecoming of the Athletics Trophy - an old friend, who has only strayed from the cosy but crowded cup warehouse twice in fourteen years . Adjacent lies the Senior House Fouts Rowing cup, spectacularly acquired after our four "missing-links" beat Marlowe by 2Vz lengths in the final¡- well done Bill Harris, Tim Bagshaw, Bob Wallace and "Hairy" Dobbs! In the water, rather than on it, Paddy Dwyer engineered a creditable third place in the relays, only two points behind Linacre, the well-known wet House.

It is often noted of Imperial teams that although they might not always possess outstanding individuals, they take part at every level with remarkable team-spirit; interestingly the cups we do hold are those that cannot just be won through an outstanding individual performance. Much credit must go to Giles Andrews whose team organisation and inspiration in Rugby, CrossCountry and Football has not ended in a single overall defeat.

All meat and no veg? Hardly. Andy Ruffell won a poetry prize and early in the year Koon G. Chiu captained the House Chess Teams to victory, while Jenny Barbour steered the Broughton Academic Challenge to the final. Selina Cox, a dark horse to the last, scooped up the Latin Prize (one that Jenny felt she could spare!). Jos Martin and Jon Berry excelled in the delicate fields of Badminton and Fencing, as respective captains. Additionally, Henry Hawkins has just been appointed Captain of School Hockey. He'll have to wait and see about the really top job - captaining the Broughton side. Furthermore, our girls have contributed too much to mention, both to House life, academic and sporting success. They have had a civilising influence on the House, and although not moving far away, they will be sorely missed - good luck next year!

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'I! a dIfferent game altogether: Hugh "I feel as though I've known her for ages" Hawk' ns dIscovered a taste for Florentines, while Bill "It's been tried and tested" Harris continued

. yawn;, .. Anywa~, not to be left out Becky put her thermals on and braved "The Luxmoo'r~ Fndge . and GeorgIe plumped for a yo~n.ge~ vIntage of a more potentially purple pedigree. Giles and SelIna mustbe c,~ngratulated for fInIshIng the course while Ed and Jess ended up tiptoein through the T~hps. Sheen, Sheen the Dream Machine" soon realised the best things come t~ those ,,:ho waIt. SensIng that they had been left out of these notes the Removes finished th term wIth a desperate attempt to achieve notoriety. But there are 'no cups for that, lads. e We are all indebted to S.R.J.M., and that seems a suitable opportunity for turning to Peopl Who Really Matter: Matron, ever-pahent Tony, the deaning ladies and all the Tutors deserv~ a hearty pat o~,the ba~k for all thelf kIndness and patIence in their different spheres. However, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Graham deserve more than just a mention at the end _ unfortunatel they wIll have to make do with just that, but we can only thank them and the team of Monitor~ for creatIng such a healthy and happy atmosphere for the benefit of all. Thank you.

JAMES LINFORTH. TRADESCANT As I sit in this fa~ous room of luxury in the sequestered tranqUIll,ty of the nIght, wIth the inspirational and beauteous surroundIngs of St. Augustine's lying behind me illuminated by moonhght, I cast my mind back over the term as I desperately study the pathetic list of suggestions for the House Notes be,fore me: "Deanus the camel"; "Limbo record set by me"; "Simon 'Shampoo' Mohr, and the giant sauna episode'" '.' Ted's 18th Birthday Party". The Lent Term's notes mad~

httle sense to those. outsIde the close community of Tradescant, or even to thos~ wIthIn after the editors had made their views concernIng radlcahsm quIte dear. The Christmas notes were "too long and boring ... ". Does one ever escape the criticisms

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Energy has been reserved for this year's King's Week despite . the tormentIng exams of one form or another that preceded ~ut the ~Ide range of talent has once again been vibrantly displayed. We are not an eXdusively "sporty HO,use, nor are we all ac~or~, ,academics, or musicians. A person once said to me: Tradescant IS a Ho~se full of real IndIVldu~ls, some yet to be discovered". We are composed of b?ds, representatIves from. all walks ofhfe: from tennIS to cricket, music to acting, chess plaYIng to supbathIng, wit to IdIOCY ... It IS dIffIcult to mention any person in particular, for each p~rson IS partIcular, and so often It IS the case that the one work ing so hard behind the scenes IS the one who goes unn';'ticed. One only has to attend concerts, or pick up a programme, or ~ead the sports reports to d,scover the truly talented and committed people: Barney Giles Juhan" QuentIn, Te?, H~go and others starring th:oughout King's Week; Matt and N{ck, th~ School s No: 1 TennIS pa!r who led us to vIctory agaIn in the House matches; Andy Hart winner of the Dlstnct 400m; Sh,ao-Yng, Avery Cup Winner at the Kent Festival. .. But wh~t about TIm NIven, workIng away for hours unnoticed and unsung in the K.W. Box Office or James Tltchener, Cadet of the Year; Bev and Francis on Chapel and Charity Committees;'Chris and J.J. on the KItchen CommIttee; and the countless members of the House who do Social Services so unstIntIngly yet unobtrusively? . And so another ~hap~er draws to a dose, a component of the seemingly endless book of schoolhfe, ever-growIng In WIsdom, expenence and talent. As I leave these su rroundings behind me I ,,:a.n t to WIsh the "succeeding generation" all the best, and to encourage the House i~ IndlVlduahsm. On behalf of all the lea~ers,' thanks for the good times, and indeed the bad, because In one. sense, ,:",thout the bad, there Isn t the good. Memories of one's schooldays are said to last a hfe-tlme . my reflectIOns WIll, I know, be happy - my only sadness is that these days have ended.

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The last term at King's, sad though it is to be leaving, brought with it much pleasure and enjoyment that one wouldn't normally associate with the A-level term. But this truly is the end of an era. In total twenty-nine people are leaving Mitchinson's. While probably being the largest year group in history, 6a have proved that it is possible to be a successful individual in a largely boarding school. Being a day boy/girl is no disadvantage at King's. This is highlighted by the extensive success of Mitchinson's in all aspects of school life.

Dr. Maltby's investment in a new trophy cabinet has been well rewarded this term, with the house excelling itself on the sporting field. Mark Northeast captained the 1st XI Cricket, with Ed Burt, Ben Cooper and Duncan Cox also playing. With this strong contingent we couldn 't fail to win the Senior Cricket Cup, beating Unacre in the final. The Juniors also did admirably in the Junior competition, narrowly losing to School House in the final.

Jonathan Hudsmith and Martin Jackson ensured that the Inter-House Golf Trophy left Mitchinson's for only a few hours, bringing it back after a successful day at Pnnce's. Te.nnIS seems to have attracted the girls especially this term. Beth Tapp, Emma Hulburd and PIppa Adamson have all played for the school team. Bet~ managed to hit the ball so hard that she broke the string in her racket!! RonnI Chopra and RIchard MajlInder also played for the 2nd VI. As well as having the best cricketers and golfers in the school, we also have the best athlete.

Sebastian Rosato was Victor Ludoru.m on Sports Day! equalhng the ~urdles record, and wInnIng the triple jump. This talent has nothIng to do WIth beIng Itahan, as JIm Gregglo proves! Overall we were sixth, a great improvement on last year.

Anyone requiring to know what has happene.d s?cially th\s term, should refe: to last term's Canluarian and re-read the House Notes! The f,ve In-house couples have remaIned (Yawn! i).

The outside observer may accuse the house of being incestuous, but the pressure of exams was obviously felt by 6a, who felt it imperative for a break now and then. Jon and Tom got attach~d to other parts of Kent, but remember, Jon is in charge of inter-schools liaison after all! JacqUle got a bit 'Tyed' down, but Jon Hirst didn't. What the hous~ will do withou~ the constant chatter of Amanda, I don't know. All three Justs return to Amenca, and they WIll be greatly mIssed.

Dr. Maltby felt that such a successful term merits reward, so he to<?k the successful sportsmen out for dinner at Don Medi's. Somehow, Bronwen Aldncjge and Ehzabeth Hunt also. cameobviously owing to their sporting successes? Having already taken the momtors earher In the term rum our has it that the housemaster has shares In the restaurant!

Th'ose preferring not to don sports gear twenty-four hours a day have gained ~reat disti~ction elsewhere. Myles Bowker became an Associate of the Royal College of MUSIC - a d,stInct indication of his musical talent. Bronwen starred in just about everything in King's Week, with a good MT supporting cast. Morgan Clarke developed his image, "With Great Pleaure" .Edward Peters won the Middle School O.K.S. Science prize and, although I could also mentIOn over Iwenty others, modesty forbids, except to say that Keiron Mohindra's poem (about a haggis) won the U.K.C. Silver Jubilee Poetry Competition. A mId A-level break was taken by many on Sunday, 10th June. The annual Marlowe/Mitchinson's Fathers' match survived the weather and a very enjoyable day was had by all who participated. Special thanks must go to my mother and Mrs. Jamieson who organised a superb tea, which the boys survived rather better than the fathers to win by forty-seven runs.

The considerable success of Mitchinson's this term would have been very much restricted without the keen support of Dr. and Mrs. Maltby. Pam and Gloria have continued to hep everything in order, and almost succeeded teaching the Removes that the nght place for rubbIsh is the bin! Lastly I would just like to thank all the mOnItors for thelf help dunng the year, and wish Sebastian Rosato all the best for next year. If they get half of the fun and enjoyment I have had from King's, they will be more than happy.

JONATHAN HUDSMITH.

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CHAPLAIN'S NOTES In the sixth century after the birth of Christ, the family estates of Gordianus spread across the prosperous area of the Caelian Hill in Rome . The family was wealthy, powerful and influential. In 540 a son was born to Gordianus and his wife whom they named Gregory.

Following the traditional pattern of Roman education Gregory was taught the art of diplomacy and entered the Civil Service, working near the forum across the city from the family home.

At the age of thirty-eight, influenced possibly by the example of his mother, who had become an associate of a convent, Gregory abandoned his successful diplomatic career and formed a small monastic community in his parents' house. Within a very short period of time, the family estates were handed over to the Church and Gregory was ordained deacon, bringing to the Church the skills of a first-rate administrator and the care and concern of a man who wished to help the poor of the capital. His lifestyle was simple, refusing the retinue of servants and pages; he preferred the company of a community of monks as he travelled on church business to bring order and unity to the Church in Italy and in the East.

The house on the Caelian became a monastic community dedicated to St. Andrew and at its centre was a simple room known as the Triclinium Pauperum (the dining room of the poor) where Gregory (now elected Pope after a year of natural disaster in Rome had brought death to thousands including Pope Pelagius) met daily with a group of the poor. His concern was for a Church well ordered, with secure administration but with pastoral concern as fundamental.

It is likely that in the Triclinium Pauperum Gregory talked with Augustine, the Sicilian from Messina whom he had appointed Prior of the Monastery. Augustine was invited to bring order (the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Roman Church) and the spirit of charity and care for the poor to Christians in the West. Gregory wished Augustine to travel to England. The commission was to establish and build a strong, caring Christian community in Southern England and this union inspired Augustine to set out on the journey.

We do not know why Augustine faltered briefly in Gaul and returned to Rome. We do know, however, that Augustine and his monks were well received when they finally entered the city of Canterbury, chanting litanies and carrying a silver crucifix. We are well aware of the story of monastic faith becoming state faith through the good offices of King Ethelbert and Queen Bertha. The monuments to Augustine's success were established both in stone (the Cathedral, Priory of Christ Church and the monastery of St. Peter and St. Paul, afterwards known as St. Augustine's Abbey) and in spirit. The needs of the poor in Canterbury were met through the efforts of Augustine, just as had been the case in Rome through the inspiration and generosity of his mentor, Gregory, as they sat at table in the Triclihium Pauperum.

The Christian community at King's continues to respect and value the Augustine tradition when we meet to worship, both in the Cathedral and in the Chapels at St. Augustine's. Formally, through our foundation, we are linked with Augustine. My thanks go to all who helped with school worship and organise and present prayers. The servers and sacristans have been admirably led by Stephen Preece who leaves with our good wishes. In addition, by our actions and our care for those in need, we have attempted to re-create something of the zeal for charity which inspired Gregory and his monks over fourteen hundred years ago. During the Summer term this year many members of the School (staff and pupils) have worked to help those in need.

This has included a major contribution to Christian Aid Week organised by the Chapel Council and work for other local and overseas projects. Alongside this we have, through prayer, honoured our founder. One special event was a celebration of the Eucharist in the open air in the ruins of the Abbey at 7.30 a.m. on Saturday, 26th May, the feast day of St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop. Through quiet contemplation and the regularity of school worship we have attempted to keep the spirit of Augustine alive.

Maybe something of the breeze which long ago blew across the Caelian Hill inspiring Gregory to re-order the discipline of the Church and care in a practical way for those in need, blew across the Green Court during the last Summer term.

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Preachers at Mattins: The Venerable J. A. Morrison, Archdeacon of Buckingham The Reverend J. W. B. Perry, Vicar of Batheaston The Reverend E. A. James, Honorary Canon of St. A lbans Sixth Form Sunday Speakers have included: Mr. O. Mabena, African National Congress Mr. l. Ogilvy, MIND Mrs. Suzanne Whitty Dr. R. Clifton, U.S.A . Cultural Attache, London Mr. H. J. Pragnell and Dr. R. B. Mallion The following have spoken at the Lower School Service at SI. Peter's Methodist C h I. Mr. G. Cocks worth urc l.

Volunteers ~ho help at Diocesan & Payne Smith School Representallves from the SI. John's Ambulance Brigade and from the Salvation Arm A member of staff of the Canterbury R.S.P. C.A. branch y Donations to C harity - Summer term 1990: During the term the following donations have been made: St. Oswald's Secondary School, Kadoma Zimbabwe (where Luke Williams is presently teach i~g) £50 Romchild £50 Cued Speech £100 Fund for the relief of stroke victims £100 (Money raised through Pennies round the G reen Court) MIND £50 St. John's Ambulance Brigade £25 Canterbury Umbrella £50 New Era Schools Trust (South Africa) £50 C hristian Aid £350 (£232.01 was raised by the School in collections during Christian Aid Week).

A major donation will be made shortly to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnImals, whIch was the main school charity for the Summer term.

P.F.H.

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THE SOCIETIES This term has seen few meetings but letter writing for the Urgent Action campaign has continued . There have been several successes for Am nesty with news of releases of prisoners of conscience in Korea and Turkey, but we also received news of the execution of a youn g Ame rica n, Dalton Prejean, in Louisiana, U.S.A. We had been following the case through the regular news letters and it appeared that the sentence might be commuted since the execution contravened international standa rd s, the offender being seventeen years old at the time of the offence (he was thirty years old at the time o f the execution) , so the news came as a blow.

We both hope that the group will continue next year and that mo re people wi ll take part in the Urgent Actio n scheme.

AMNESTY

MARIANNE DOCHERTY AND ANDREW HONE.

The Caxton Society has for the most part been running on half cylinders this year.

With Mr. Miles largely taken up wit h Meister Omers, and Nick Davies and I doing A-levels, the vast majority of our work has fallen o n the younger members, and particularly on William Foster. William must at least have equalled all records for productivity and ent husiasm, though he has yet to set himself a real artistic and technical challenge for its own sake, and he has accord in gly been award ed the Foster Blake Printin g Troph y and prize. This is even more fitting as he is the so n o f the original Fos ter in 'Foster Blake' . Of the other younger printers, Barnaby Stevenson remains the most pro mi si ng, though his musical and thespian talents have kept him from doing much this last lerm.

For one reason and anot her the King's Week printing for th is year has been very rushed: th e majority of the tickets were printed by M.J.M., R.J.M. and myself over half ter m, a nd the programmes ove r a few very long days peril ously close to deadlines.

During th e Easter Holidays we took part in the annual convention of the British Printin g Society, which was being held at C hrist Church College. Our display of items from the collectio n bequeathed to the school

by Hugh Wa lpol e, including a sheet printed by Cax ton himself and several books printed and illustrated

by Er ic Gill , was very much appreciated by members, as was the chance to visit the Society which had won the B.P.S. Coles Award fo r the young printer of the year for the previous three years on the run.

Despite faili ng to make a personal hat-trick on thi s, I was nonetheless awarded a small prize in recognit ion of the quality o f my entr y this year. The visit of so many printers to Blackfriars was also useful in mak ing us all work hard to in tegrate the large quantity of type and other equipment which we had recen tly gained from B.P.S. member Alfred Lubran. We are most grateful to Mr. Lubran for his generosity in letting us have so much for a nominal su m.

I should lik e to thank George Neeve from the University Print Unit for hi s co nstant help (mechanical, lithographical and psycho logical) in every thing we have done over the years; also Messrs Miles and Mathews for keepi ng things bump in g a long smoot hly; and Nick Davies for tid ying up relentlessly after William and myself. Personall y I shou ld like to thank the Society for the opportunities, probab ly unparalleled, which it offers pupi ls at King's, and I hope that it will flourish for many years.

CAXTON

N ICK FLOWER.

The retirin g comm ittee members, Nick Flower and Nick Davies, ca nnot be a ll owed to leave the school without R.J.M. and I record in g our imme nse gratitude to them for all their ha rd wo rk ove r the las t four years. They have seen us thro ugh a major move and co nsiderable expa nsion in type and equipment , as well as keeping us go in g da y to day. In Nic k Flower, as hi s two national awa rds testi fy , we have had the most tec hnica ll y talented a nd a lso artistica lly gi fted printer of my ten yea rs with the Society. We wish them bOlh we ll.

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T he Chapel Choir repertoire was: 22nd April lnsanae et vanae curae Haydn 13th May Blessed be the God and Father Wesley Ascension Day Communio n Service in F Darke Cae/os Ascendi!

Sta nford A \.Ie Verum Mozart 17th June The heavens are telling Haydn Commemoration Day Zadok the priest Handel Attendance at Chapel Choir can often be difficul t during the busy exami nat ion period . The fact that most people managed to get to most of the rehearsals is in itself an achievement and I am very grateful indeed to everyone.

Omnes gentes and Buccinate by Gabrieli were perfor med by the new l y~ fo r med Vene tian Cho ir made up of the entire Chapel Choir and some members from the Choral Society. T he Serenade in the Cloisters provided the setting and everyone enjoyed the stereophonic effect of three choirs and brass in consor t.

T he Madrigal Choir was also formed especiall y for the Serenade. The theme was "a nimals" a nd the thi rty or so members sang: II bianco e dolce cigno Arcadelt Contrapunto Bestiale 0110 Mente Banchie ri EI Grillo Desprez Audile Nova !

Lasslls Do lcissimo Usignolo Monteverdi There were Three Ravens Ravenscroft II est bel et bOil Passereau Caxto n and Hudso n, arr . Shaw Goodnight, ii's lime to go S.D.P .

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The Crypt Choir's Sunday repertoire was: 29th April 6th May

This Joyful Eastertide Charles Wood Make thee clean, my heal", from sin. (from the St. Matthew Passion) (Nicholas Flowe r - Bass) J. S. Bach 1 sal down under his shadow Edwa rd Bairstow 20th May Oculi Omnium Charles Wood The sun shall be no more (Victor ia Mil ner Williams - Soprano) Ma urice Greene 10th June Ubi carilas Maur ice Durufle 24t h June Holy is the true light Willi a m Harr is 1st J uly 0 quam gloriosum Tomas Lu is de Victoria In addition to si ngin g at the Sunday Sung Eucharists, the choir has continued to broaden its hor izons and has exp lored and perfo rmed some mo re ge nera l chamber choir repertoire. On 6th May the choi r gave the first performance of Jasper Beauprez's The Circus Lion at the Gulbenk ian Theat re at a conce rt of works by Kent Young Co mposers of the Year. Later in the term they found their own nic he in King's Week with performances of Janequin's La Guerre and Le Chant des Oiseaux in the Serenade, as well as participating in o ne of the late-n ight concer ts.

Musically this has been one of the most successful years for the choir for a long time, much of wh ich is due to their whole-hearted dedication, and the abi lity to learn quick ly on just three-quarters of an hour a week for rehea rsal - sight-read in g has certainly benefited !

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There were three meetings thi s term. Dr. Malcolm Topping, from the School of Chemistr y and Molec ular Sciences, University of Sussex, spoke on the topic of 'Biomed ical Chemi stry and Environmental Health: Blood, Smoke, Dust and Disease'. The major part of his talk was directed towards the hazards of smoking (active and passive), nd the alarming stat istics he presented mu st surely have frightened a few potential smokers away. He :lsO explored the dangers of asbestos, explaining the irreparable harm that even a short exposure can cause.

(For the record - smokers exposed to asbestos dust have an almost astronomical increase in their probability to contract lun g cancer.)

Dr. P. W. Beesley, from the Biochemistry Department, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College took ' Drug Abuse: a biochemical perspective' as his title and built up his talk in such a logical way the audience managed to sta y with hi m into some fairly com plicated ideas. Coupled with Dr. Topping's lecture, scien tificall y fascinating areas of vital social importance were fully explored.

We were part icularl y privileged to welcome Sir Geoffrey Allen, F.R.S. (and a King's parent) to talk to liS about 'The Roles of T he Engineer and The Scientist in Industry'. When he visited us Sir Geoffrey had a few days before, retired as Director of Research at Unilever, a post he had occupied since 1981.

Prc~i ously he had held three different chairs at Imperial College, London and Manchester, and it would be difficult to find a nyone better qualified to talk on a subj ect which demands an intimate knowledge of both the industrial and academic worlds. Sir Geoffrey's well-organised and interesting presentation provided much crucial information and will have helped man y members of the audience to decide whether a career in industry is what they wis h to pursue. It is, of course, reported elsewhere in The Cantuarian , but perhaps I can take this opportunity to say how pleased we all are th at Sir Geoffrey has accepted an in vitation to become a School governor. His wealth of experience and business acumen will be invaluable 10 us in this time of rapid change.

Fina lly a word of th anks to Jam es Eddison, who has been a very efficient Harvey Society secretary , and who now leaves King's to read Engineering at Cambridge (sponsored by Unilever!).

C.J.R.J .

HARVEY

Ac tivities this term have been directed to preparing for the King's Week Jazz Concert which, as I write, is in the future , on Saturday, 30th June, and is due to be reviewed, elsewhere in this Cantuarian , by Mr. Reg. Gristwood. I am very grateful to him for once again very kindly agreeing to undertake this task.

The Club has consisted of Damian Simpson, Richard Dibley, Tim Marson and Michael Gillespie (trumpets), Barnaby Stevenson, Lawrence Epps, Richard Gipps and James Frost (saxophones), Dan Rycroft , Julian Woodward, Alexander Hardy a nd Angus Hulme (trombones), James Waddell (guitar), Alex Skarbek and Myles Bowker, A.R.C.M. (piano), Sholto Byrnes (bass) and Julian Moore (drums). Sholto Byrnes has musicall y directed, and Damian Simpson has led the Big Band.

The Concer t itself seems a somewhat abstract co ncept to me at th e mom ent but I should nevertheless like to start by thanking a ll the above mu sicians who will be taking part in it , as well as the technical team of Ed Bu rt, Da niel Longhurst, Jos Sclater, Viv Bennett and Mr. J . Evans (lighting), and Steven Connolly, Richard Go uld en, Nicholas Miller and Mr. M. 1. Tennick (sound). Special and warm thanks once again go to my colleague Mr. William McConnell, for hi s tremendous encouragement to the saxophone players, and to the Big Band generally, and for all the trouble he has taken to organise saxophone rehearsals at all hours. I also thank him, of course, for the se rvices of hi s own playin g in the saxophone section of the Big Band!

Mr. McConnell has also been very encouraging recently to a 'fringe' traditional band that has been formed, under the musical direct ion of Chris Creissen, by a group of Remove boys: Tim Marson (trumpet), Bruce Darlaston (saxophone), William Bryant and Alasta ir Hine (clarinets), Giles Tenn ick (trombone), Matthew Belliere (piano), Chri s Creissen (bass) and Matthew Odgers (drums). Mr. McConnell will be affording this group a slot in his Second Orchestra Co ncert in King's Week, where they will be performing some of the Clu b's traditional jazz 'sta ndards'.

The Jazz Concert itself will this year be much more modern styles (though the Big Band, usually popular, will again be making its appeara nce), reflectin g the tastes and developing interests of our Musical Director of the Club , Sholto Byrnes who, by the end of this process, will be a vete ran, in this capacity, of no fewer than three King's Week Jazz Concerts . Other members of long-standin g who will be appearing for the last time this year are Damian Simpson, Daniel Rycroft, Juli an Moore and Alex Skarbek . Damien and Da niel have in fact appeared in every King's Week Jazz Concert since the o ne in their Shell yea r, 1986, JAZZ

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and I should very much like to take this opportunity of thanking them for their splendid contributions and loyalty to the Club over their entire time at th e School. I am also very grateful to Damian Simpson for the quietly unassuming and low-profile way he has efficiently led several excellent Big Bands. Alex Skarbek and Julian Moore became involved with the Jazz Club somewhat later in their School careers but they have constituted a very effective presence in the delivery of a wide range of jazz styles ove r th~ last two years, whilst also, wearing other 'hats' (possibly a 'high' one in Julian's case!), ex tend ing their interests in the directions of rock and jazz-rock . One other person I should like to make menti on of here who is also leaving this year but who is not actually appearing in this year' s Concert, is David Everist (piano); the traditional group, in which he really excelled, has, uniquely, not been featured this year, but I should like to thank him very much indeed for some tru ly splendid supporti ve piano-work in the past (pac ked full of notes!), not to mention some excellent so los which , thanks to the Jazz Club' s arc hives ' I myself still enjoy, from time to time.

In saying farewell to Sholto Byrnes, I am losing the person with the aU-time reco rd lengt h of service as the Jazz Club's Musical Director. He had the mantle so mewhat unexpectedly thrust upo n him half way throu gh his fift h-form year, but he has borne it like a professional and has matured, both musically and in his relaxed and yet effecti ve presentation of the Concerts. To be Musical Director responsible for three King's Week Jazz Club Concerts and one major Big Band Concert is a Jazz Club feat unlikely to be surpassed - or even equalled - and I am very grateful to him indeed fo r the calm, effi cie nt and nat ural way in which he has carried this off. As he leaves, I wis h him very we ll for th e future .

R.B.MA.

You may well ask what Miss issippi, Romania, Yorks hire, and six teen th-century England have in common. The answer is that these were the important locations of texts considered at this term' s meetings. Dr. John Batchelor (GL 1955-60), Fellow of New College, Oxford and Professo r-elect at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, se t man y A-level candidates scribblin g furiously as he argued that Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights is a novel which can be seen as a form of time traveller. He showed how modern the novel is in being both morally disco ncerting a nd technically innovative despite being publ ished in 1847. His talk provided excell ent A-level revision and considerable intellectual stimulation, and tapes of it have been much in demand.

Mr. Jeremy Maule (W 1966-70) reinforced the English Department's connections with Tr ini ty College, Ca mbridge by treating us to a fascinating a nd sc holarly analysis of quarrels and rages in Twelfth Night and The Tempest. This ta lk proved how well the discip lines of Histor y and English can complem ent each o ther since Mr. Maule explored the shift in the meaning of 'quarrel' dur in g the sixteenth centur y. It used to mean 'just cause of complaint' , but acquired new senses of fault-fi nding and irri tability leading to violence.

Mr. Maule connected thi s wit h the establishment of t~e fi rst fashionable fencing schools, th e printing of books o n duelling, and historical evidence for the ease and freq uency with which quarrels flared up amongst the aristocracy in the sixteenth century. He showed how Shakespeare's comedies involve qu arrelling with ari stocratic associations, and traced the many levels on which The Tempest is concerned with quarrellin g.

Mr. Henry Claridge from th e University of Kent gave a lucid and remarkably wide-ranging account of William Faulkner's novel As I Lay Dying, discussi ng its structure, character isa ti on, tec hniqu e and background, and leavi ng us wanting to follow up his points about ordeals by fire and water in th e novel.

Finally, Mr. Woodley shared his admiration of the society's chosen book for di sc ussion this term: Pat rick Leigh Fermor's Between the Woods and the Water. This account of the author's wa lk across Europe in 1933 ,living on a pound a week, covers the journey from Transylvania to the Danube. Mr. Woodley spoke wit h infectious ent husiasm about Patrick Leigh Fermor's poignant evocation of a civilisation which ripened for centuries but is now in ruins, as the recent turmoil in Eastern Euro pe has made us all too aware. One conso lation was that Mr. Woodley cou ld show us The Grange house photos from the period when Patrick Leigh Fermor was a pupil at King's, and we could won der at the erud ition of the au thor .

To all ou r speakers we extend our gratitude: it has indeed been a tim e of gifts.

P.J.B.

MARLOWE

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After our academic exertions of the Lent term we turned our en~!gies ~n a m?re sybaritic direction, savourin g the pl7as ures of the Ro,!,an feast. Gotz Tnbel, NIck PA Flower a nd Jennie Barbour were mvaluable as assIs.tant coo.ks. to M.~.T. and J M Gotz produced a special edition of the Apician mulled wine that defIed descnptIo~. Se~ma Cox, S .. R. 'In ' ham and Chris Hall completed the party. After a tradit ional sniff of the nicely-agl~g flsh-s3:uce VI~~ithgGotz and Chris in togas and laurel garlands we I ~unched i~to the eating: The gustatlo compnsed a~ves, eggs with tunny-fish, grilled sausages and a concotlOn of apncots. The.maln; course revoly~d round o . ded pork cooked in two wine sauces. Perhaps the most memorable SIde-dish was JenOie s fennel m.a~~~cumbers not to speak of the ill-fated green beans in Parthian fennel sauce. Secu~ldae mensae ':'Iere ~~~wned by dat~s Alexandrine, i.e. filled with almonds and fried in honey. Following whIch we entertamed ourselves orgiast icall y.

M.J.T.

fER

Most of the efforts of the members of the Photographic Society this term have concentrated on the Gough Photography Prize and King's Week.

T here were some very good entr ies for the competition and thr.ee pr~zes were ded The theme was " Contrasts" and Dr. Hands kindly agreed to adjudicate . The JU~lOr pfizer went :~vCharl~s Sebline for a very clear print ,?f a ~arisian buildin g w.ith wh!te c,?lumns agamst dark ~alls.

A s ecial colou r pri ze went to Michael Gillespie for a shot of a tmy white pig borne ~y a farmer sold weithered hands. The winner of the 0l?~n category was very di~ficult t.o choose. Thr~e pnnts were selecte~ , each of them showing different qualItIes: an extremely detailed print of Blackfnars by Bola MarquIs ontrasting light and shadows on the Stour, a clever contre-jour of water ~roplets on a glass pane by a ~ewcomer to photography, Josephine Loo, and finally a photograph submitted by Jon~than Men,nell of a young student sitting in front of the Opera H.ouse in Paris surrounded by a flock of pigeons taklllg off in night. The responsibility of choosing one wmner among these worthy contestants was undertaken by Dr. Humberstone: the pigeons won!

We would like to thank two members of the Photographic S~ciety fo r th~ir. special ~ontributions this year: Michael Gi llespie for his help with the running of the Society and ActIV ity and Simon Tester who became Secretary of the Society in the first term.

M .P .H.D. AND T.I.J.

PHOTOGRAPHIC

As a member of the Second Orchestra for four years and secretar.y for t~o years I have had the pleasure of playing in the orchestra over a long peflo~ of time ~nd of helping in its administratio n. I have also realised t.hat apart from.bel~g ~ musI~al body in its own right the Second Orchestra plays an Important role m Kmg s muslcmaking in general. For example.~OJo of the ~iy!ll.phon'y Orchest~a spend a y~ar or so in the Secon~ Orches.tra where they learn orchestral diSCipline and mUSICianship, and gam the exper~er:tce of regul3;r practICes leadmg to a perfo rmance. The Second Orchestra gives at least one concert a term, glvmg much ~nJoyment to parents and friends of the school and raising money for local charities. Each concert consists of a number of adapted short pieces - p;oviding experience of a wide range of music~l sty~es - and o~e ~r two largerscale wo rk s in which the orchestra has an opportunity to wo rk on a piece III depth. ThiS IS a vol~ntary orchestra open to all pupils of the School, staff and their fa.milies, and it has bee~ most encouraglllg to see so many take part in what is now a school orchestra of over seventy players. It IS a great way for new and unsure musicians to gain confidence.

On behalf of the Second Orchestra and the many people who support its concerts I should like to ~hank Mr. McConnell for the enormou s amount of time he puts in, not just on .stag~ as conductor, but III th e hours of work behind the scenes transcribing and copying out parts, etc. I Wish him every success nex t year . .

SECOND ORCHESTRA

JAM ES WATERS.

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Cricket 1st XI At the beginning of the season the prospects looked fair ly bleak, as so many of the top batsman from the previous year had left, and indeed it was this weakness in the batting which ca used most of the season's losses. At Highgate and Dulwich the XI lost, having failed to make enough runs when batt ing first; at home to Eastbourne the on ly di fference was that the batting collapsed after Eastbourne declared at 183 fo r 5. However, in between a successful fun chase had ensured victory again st Dover College. The highlight of the first half of term was at Cranieig h, where good fifties by Davies and Sonaike enabled the XI to declare at 186·9 and then a fine opening spell of quick bow ling by Wilk inson, in which he took 4 wickets for 11 runs in 5 overs, set up a good victory, but un fo rtunately, owing to injury, this was the last time Wilkinson was to bowl for the XI. With ha lf term, the SI. Paul's match aba ndoned wit hout a ball being bowled and a Sat urday off during A·levels, it was unfortunately several weeks before the next match took place at the beginning of Cricket Week. The latter started with a difficu lt ra in·a ffected wicket, as water had seeped under the covers and on losing the toss and being put into bat the conditions proved too much and a tota l of 112 was not enough against a good Ba nd of Brothers side. The first draw of the season fo llowed at SI. Lawrence, where, having bowled out the opposition for 150, the XI couldn't quite match their total in th e time availa ble fin ishing on 124-7. The next day another batting collapse ensured defeat by Sutton Valence, but an excellent bowling performa nce reversed the situatio.n two days later again st K.C .S. Wimbledon. The latter had made large totals throughout the season, but fi ne bowling

by Maggs (23-6-48-5) and Cooper (15-7-37-3) had them Ollt for 11 5 and the match was even tuall y won by 4 wickets.

A sporting early declaration of the first O.K.S. innings set up the match for a fine co ntest on the seco nd day when, having bowled out the O.K.S. for 163, the XI needed 127 to win , With to needed off the last over victory seemed unlikely, but with 9 scored from the fir st four balls the odds changed dra matically, Unfort unately though. two ca tches a t sq uareleg by Lacamp off each of the last two balls left the match drawn with the XI on 126-9; but it had been a match to remember and was enjoyed by all, By the final two matches of the week it was clear what a benefit it had been to the side to play regularly together, as all aspects of thei r game improved and certainly nonc morc so tha n the running between the wickets. It was this that put such press ure on both the M,C,C. a nd St ragglers of Asia fielders and bowlers that the season ended with two fin e victories. If only this spirit and drive had been found earlier in the season more matches might have been won, but five victories in the season was one more than the st rong side of the previous year had achieved.

The difference was that batting collapses cost the Xl matches and thus five were lost, but perhaps it makes a pleasa nt change to complete a seaso n of school cricket with o nly two drawn games.

With Das mostly unavailable, too much responsibility in the batting fe ll on Davies and Nort heast, but they both batted hard a nd made many useful cont ributions. Sonaike, with some fin e innings , emerged as the most success ful of the up and coming players, but some of th e others will need to examine their technique, which will now be possible in the winter in the Recreation Centre. The bowling averages confirm what a high percentage of overs were bowled by Maggs and Cooper. They found their form in the C ricket Week and , bowling a good length and li ne, proved a difficult pair to score against. It was a great pity that Wilkinson played so few match es , as he was potentially a match -winnin g bowler .

However Burt took some useful wickets with the new ball before his unfortunate inju ry. The fielding was less good than in previous years, and some of those returning will have to wo rk hard on this important aspect of the game, Mitchin son's won the Senior House Competition and School House retained the Junior Trophy. One eas il y-forgotten ingredient of the school' s cricket is the surfaces, nets and pitches on which we play and pract ice. The senior nets are better than ever and much work is now being done on the others. The pitches have pla yed well throughout the term inspite of such variations in the weather. For all this and more we give a very big thank you to Nev il and his co lleagues, A.W.D. Team: Amit Das· (Cupt.), Mark Northeast· (Capt.), Ben Cooper, Nick Beechey, Ed Burt, Peter Davies·, Simon Maggs·, J ohn Rhodes, Sam Satchu , Kola Sonaike·, Bard Wilkinson·, Also played: Tom Baker, Du ncan Cox, Stephen Davies, C raig Feria, John Parker, C hris Pauman , C harlie Veitch.

RESULTS

P layed 12, Won 5, Drawn 2. Lost 5, Abando ned 2.

K.S,C. 161 ; Highgate 163-6. Lost.

Dover College 149-7 dec,; K.S,C. 151-5 (Das 55). Won. K.S.C, 132; Dulwich 135- 1. Lost.

Eastbourne 183-5 dec.; K.S.C. 95. Lost.

K.S.C, 186-9 dec. (Davies 52, Sonaike 56); C ranlcigh 143 (Wilkinso n 9-0-3 1-4), Won, K.S,C. 11 2 (Northeast 55 ); Band of Brothers 113-5 . Lost.

SI. Lawrence 150 (Cooper 25-6-47-5); K.S.C. 124-7. Drawn.

K. S ,C. 94; Sutton Valance 95- 1. Lost.

K.S.C. Wimbledo n 11 5 (Maggs 23·6-48·5); K.S.C. 116·6. Won. a.K,S. 195-5 dec. a nd 163 (Maggs 24-6-49-4 , Cooper 22·7-68-5); K.S.C. 232-9 dec. (Sonaike 87) a nd 126-9. Drawn, M, C.C. 2 16-6 dec; K.S,C. 217-8 (Davies 7 1, Northeast 61). Wo n, Stragglers of Asia 184-2 dec.; K.S.C. 185·5. Won, Abandoned: Epso m a nd St. Paul's.

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1st XI AVERAGES BATTING Highest

I""ings

Not Out

Runs

Score

Average

Sonaike .... . ..................... , ... "...... . ....

10

2

294

87

36.S

Davies ................... ..................... .. ...

12

0

325

71

27.1

Northeast. ..... "................ .......... ..•....

Wilkinso n .. ,' ................... .................

Cooper ............................................

I3 5 12

0 2 1

340 67 148

61 17 28-

26.2 22.3 13 .5

Satch u.......................... ...................

12

I

139

39

12.6

Beechey .................... " ...... ,..............

Rhodes ............................................

9 12

2 0 t

7S

Overs

Maidens

Runs

38 34

10.7 101 8.4 Parker.............................................

8 55 16 7.9 Baker..............................................

5 0 35 11 7.0 Cox.............................. . ...... . ...... . ...

5 I 23 17· 5.8 BurL ............... ............ ".................

6 2 22 9· 5.5 .. .......... ".................

7 2 16 7· 3.2 Maggs ....... .

Also batted: Das 3-0-77-55-25.7; Davies. S. 1-1-0-0--; Ferla 4-2-3-2-1.5; Pattman 3-1 -27-13-13.5; Veitch 1-1-0-0--.

BOWLING

Wickets

Average

Wilkinson ........................................

58 14 176 9 19.6 Feria.......... ....................................

33 4 121 6 20.2 Maggs .............................................

188.4 56 454 20 22.7 BurL...............................................

60 9 209 9 23.2 Cooper ........ "..................................

170 36 526 19 27.7 Beechey ......... " ........ " ....... "." ..... "...

62.3 13 199 5 39.8 Also bowled: Cox 13-3-68-3-22.7; Davies, S. 4-1-17-0--; Northeast 8.2-2-36-1-36; Pattman 14-5-46-1-46; Veitch 2-0-7-0--.

2nd XI It was a funny old season ... starting with the weather. The Geographers had led us to expect glorious summers for the forseeable future, but they forgot to mention the changeable weather patterns which go with global warming, and so we lost three matches to rain, one of them the Epsom game in which we traditio nally get thrashed to moderate our pre-season hubris. Highgate therefore met us in ebullient moOd and were soundly defeated by ten wickets, with Charlie Veitch (left-ar m-over-medium -not -always-consistent) and Dan Rycroft (r ight-arm-ovcr-brisk-and-bouncy-and quite-accurate) sharing the spoils. Ed Cargill , who knows not the mea ning of defence, and James Osmond, who knows not the meaning of nel-practice, scored all our runs. The 8t. Lawrence game was a boring affair, with Cox, Peachey and Atkins helping to set a goodish ta rgct, but with our opponents not good enough to reach it , and ou r bowlers not good enough to takc ten wickets.

Dulwich and Eastbournc then showcd us what good 2nd Xl cricket is all about. Kola Sonaik e (warming up for the 1st Xl) saved us from complete humiliation in the former, but no-one did in the latter, though James Osmond did at least occupy the crease long enough to become vaguely familia r to the bowlers. We were still swiping and missing in pursuit of Eastbourne's 182 as we cli mbed aboard the coach for the trip home.

Nothing much happened at Kent College, except fo r James Osmond's commendable 58 and a promising 27 from Tom Baker, obv iously pleased to bc back in the 2nds. Tom's form continued in the next game as he scored an unbeaten 53, ably supported by Ed Cargi ll and David Atkins (who was just beginning to give evidence of how good a player he could be if he rea ll y applied himself). Cranleigh had been demolished by some excellent bowling by David Quain (his only truly effect ive spell of the season) a nd Craig Saunders (newly promoted from the 3rds to replace Charlie Haswell who had decided that a couple of afternoons at his desk were likely to im prove his A-level prospects), and we ran out comfortab le 8-wicket winners.

Sutton Valence a rri ved very latc for the next game and so were asked to playa 30-over game. They sportingly agreed, and were then hammcred. Baker and Atkins were by now brimming with confidence at the crease and both scored unbeaten fifties as we cruised to a successive 8-wicket win. Our progress was then rudely interrupted by half term and a variety or academ ic. musical, medical and soc ial demands which saw makeshift teams trying to upho ld the honour of a team which had begun to play very well indeed. Ben Peachey - what a good batsman he looks when he gets going - Tom Baker (again), and Craig Saunders (a ll bottom hand and good eye) helped us to l 56 away a t St. Paul's, but we lost it in the very last over by just 2 wickets. In the last game orthe term we went 10 Duke of York's and were comprehensively beaten by the ir useful 1st X I. On ly Richard Gosling, a very promising Colt, emerged with any cred it.

So it was a rath er mixed scaso n with a disappointingly down beat ending. It was not a bad sid e, th ough, with one or two very able cricketers, and if those who are retu rning next year can turn up to practices morc regu la rly a nd apply themselves more rigorously on the field, they could become very good players indeed - none more so than James Osmond and David Atkins, who should both be scori ng heavily for the 1st XI next year. The fi elding was generaJly pretty good

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with some excellent catc hes ta ken - Ben Peachey's glo rio ll s diving take in the gully against Highgate sticks' th . e nl1~d - and T?m P~rker'~ keeping was brilliant to the bad bowling a nd indifferent to the ood He would h r nO,t mentIOn hiS ~attmg. Su~fice it to say that for most of the season balls faced and~nni~gs la cd werc : we, did With players commg and gomg we seldom had the same captain fo r successive matches but DJnc~n Cox d·~dentl~al. m~~e .often t~an most, and he proved very effective in his usc of the bowlers and the scttin g of a fa riate r: the Job spmt In the side was good, but the constant changes in personnel made real cohes ion di fricult Over~~ it ~vas a el~s. The seaso~, and I would lik e to thank R.P.B. for a ll his help ane! the various members of the' team for their i~enJOyable behav Iour and cheerfu l good-humou r. I look forward to seemg some of them back next year. macu late

fa:"

'Ii 'D C ~ ,.

P.A.E.D. eam. u.... caf! ox (l..-Opt.), David Atkms, Thomas Baker, Edward Cargill , Charles Haswell William Osmond TJ Parker, BenJamm. Peachey, Jonathan Press, David Quain, Daniel Rycroft, C raig Sa unde;s, Cha rles VeitCh'. lomas Also ployed: Nicholas Beechey, William. Davies, Richard Gosling, Sim o n Gundry Jonat ha n Johnston J h , e , onat an Menneli, Alexander Mumford, Kola Sonal ke.

2nd Colours awarded to: Thomas Baker, Daniel Rycroft.

Old Colours: Duncan Cox. RESU LTS Played 9, Won 3, Drawn 2, Lost 4.

Highgate, 93 (Veitch 6-14, Rycroft 4-18); K.S.C., 94-0 (Cargill 40 n.O. Osmond 38 no) Wo n by 10 wickets.

K.S.C., 143-7 (Ct?x 35, Peachey 33 n.o., Atkins 29); St. Lawrence, 92-5. Drawn. " .

K.S.C., 93 (Sona lk e 45 n. o.); Dulwich, 94-2. Lost by 8 wic kets.

Eastbourne, 182-9; K.S.C., 80 (Osmo nd 27). Lost by 102 runs.

K.S.C.,. 146-7 (Osm.ond 58, Baker 27); Kent College, 106-7 (Rycroft 3-16). Drawn. ~ranlelgh , 116 (Quam 6-24, Saunders 4- 19); K.S .C., 11 8-2 (Baker 53 n .O. Cargill25 Atkins 21 no) Wo b 8 . k utton Valence, 11 8-8 ; K.S.C. , 12 1-2 (Baker 55 n.o., Atkins 53 n.o.).'Won by 8'wickets (30-'0~~r ma~ch) WIC cts. ~.~CS·' 156 (Peac hey ~4, Baker 29, Saunde~s 26); St. Pau l's, 159-8 (R ycroft 3-30). Lost by 2 wickets . . . . . Duke of York s 1st Xl, 150-7 (G osling 4-30); K.S.C., 57. Lost by 93 run s.

3rd XI m~~~?~~rX~a~~~~ee~o~ ~belierhant more excit in1g seasohn this year, partly owing to the unusual occurrence of win ni ng 46 . unc 0 amateur gent emen, t ere have been some outstand ing performances' Simo G d ' ( h!1·o. an~ M~nnel.I's seven wickets v Cran leigh; Jo Johnstone's 40 and Ed Peer's six wickets v R M S' Duk; of ~ r~, s

t~eISt:~~ bu~lrl~s~dlS!~ Y~h~a~!~~~~g~~~ ~:~n~YI ~~!:re~)~:C:fl~~~I:~~ ~!~~Or~~ ~ad~SUi~~lidi~~:ji~g pair o n \~~ic~

te~!""ls were ma?de from

extras to the cast either fr om the Colts or that haven of cri~Ceting tal~nt th e ~~v7~~?:~eCI~br w IC 1 0 t~n pal ofr. Matches v Epsom a nd St. Paul's were aba ndoned. Inspired bowlin f S d ' to belat Highgate. However, another valia nt effort by Craig did not ruffle the Dover COI~g~02~d ~Ut x~s~n~~ led us we p ummcted to new lows, being rou ted by their XI even though we sent one of the Connoll twins' .as ourne 'i-e;xac,ted revenge !,n Cra nleigh wi th ou r unorthodox tactics to pu ll off a n easy victo ry. In th~ match O~l~ W~ts 10Dbki. o ork s .t hese tactics were not needed to overcome them, and we produced a five -wicket win. '" u e . O~erdall i t wh~s a very ple~s~nt season, enjoyed by all. Thank s mu st go to Mr. Marsha ll and to Dr Hands fo tl . . r lelr msplre coac mg and umpiring. .

J AMES ROBERTSON. Team from: Edwa rd Lmforth, J ames Robertson Marcus Connoll y Steven C II A d C I' . ¥-illespie, Simon G un~ry, David Hamilton, Chris J~pp, Jo Johnstone: Wayne M~~~~li' JO~ ~~ne~l{ ~~Isi ttlcharl Imon Roberts, Dommlc St. J ohn Parker, C ra ig Sa unders, Wellington Williams.' , u acauc, ReSULTS

Played 5, Won 3, Lost 2.

Colts XI r ~~~ G.C: SciE. e~t mbltimetable

mea ns t~at it i,s far from easy to organ ize a satisfactory Colts cricket season in the Im1 e .p~no .ava l a e: No.n~t helcss, th iS year s team managed to develop into a competent side and to la some 7t"~erta~l1Itg ~rfket. ~n mabillty to pace a run chase - the usua l procedure was to make a very slow start a nJ't/fOllow I y a bate. renellc assault - meant that few matches were won. On the other hand, they were certain ly a difficult team to eal. they lost only one match - and that by one run - and were never comp letely outplayed.

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There was considerab le depth in the batting. Craig Feria started the seaso n in tremendous form, with a fine 76. at ..r ghgate but thereafter he fa iled to make another sign ificant score, even though he a lways looked the one player With :ouch of class. JOIl Parker proved the most consistent batsman, batting for over an hour in more than half the matches, a d thoroughly deserving his chance in the 1st XI at the end of the term. Steve Davies and Christian PaUman each arayed some flamboyant innings , while Alex Mumford and David Kennerley showed some style and determination. ~en May, who opened in the final matc~~ showed a n admirable temperament as well as a solid technique, and was unfortunate not to have more opportunlues at the crease.

The bowling was more of a problem. T here was plenty of variety: Richard Gosling, Davies, FerIa, Parker and Pauman rovided almost every version of medium pace, while David Hodgson, slow left arm, provided the (all too rare) spin . ~here was litt le penetration, however, and wickets had to be earned the hard way . The fielding was adequate, with Simon Crossley improving markedly beh ind the stumps.

This was an enjoyable seaso n and a reasonably success ful one. A special mention must a lso be made of those who were not regu la r members of the side. In particular, Simon Gundry and Chris Jepp loyally attended net practices, and deserved more matches for the Colts. In partial compensation they achieved some glory in the 3rd Xl.

P.O.H. , H.E.l.A. Team: Craig Feria (Copt.), Simon Crossley, Stephen Davies, Richard Gosling, David Hodgso n, David Kennerley, Luke Klugman, Benjamin May, Alexander Mumford, Jonathan Parker, Christ ian Pattman.

Also played: Rory Campbell, Simon Gundry, C hristopher Jepp, T homas Ruffell.

ReSULTS

K.S.C . 178-4 dec. (Feria 76, Parker 50'); Highgate 90 . Won. Dulwich 205¡4 dec.; K.S.C. 109-4 (Davies 38, Pauman 37'). Drawn.

K.S.C . 89-7 (Paltman 35); v Tonbridge. Rain stopped play.

Eastbourne 135; K.S.C. 104-6 (Davies 36'). Drawn.

Cranleigh 173¡ 3 dec.; K.S.C. 119-8 (Davies 35). Drawn .

SI. Paul's 99 (Fer ia 4-24); K.S.C . 98. Lost.

Kent Schools 139-8 (Feria 4-13); K.S.C. 100-4 (Pauman 34). Drawn.

Junior Colts 'A' XI It was a rather windy day, all too typical of June 1990. Matthew Odgers won the toss and chose to bat. Enter Robert Westoll, in disguise, and J amie Rayner, in form. The early scoring rate 'rocketed ' to just above 1.25 runs per over but the bowli ng was good and we saw the advantage of hav ing two openers of sou nd technique. With the first change of bowling, Robert lifted his head , which takes some doing with a helmet on, and aimed at the dairy, 30-1. J amie then demonstrated how to play the shot, ot herw ise known as the 'pull -drive', and was joined by Ben Craddock. Ben started in his usual manner, at nine runs per over, until he, or the umpire, misj udged the line, L.B.W., 59-2. Next came the capta in, Matthew Odgers, who promptly ra n out Jamie, 60-3, and was eclipsed by a jolly little innings from J onathan Willis. Jonathan departed , having hit a full-toss straight up in the air instead of over long-on where the majority of his shots are intended to fini sh up . Jolomi Iro ne knows only one way to bat and on his day can be devastating; this was not his day as one could tell by watch ing his slow , and rather aggrieved, departure fro m the crease, 100-5. The skipper was now playing well, and , when he was joined by Edward Sayer, we saw the best partnership of the match.

Some excellent running between the wickets and a fi na l Ourry from Danny Qu in enabled a declarat ion at t 70-6.

The opposit ion innings bega n with James Grindley emergin g from behind the hedge and cha rging in like a Cameroon centre-forward . However, his heart is big and his action is good: a rather mean leg-stump (full-toss) yorker saw a scoreline of 0-1. A partnership ensued, although Matthew Odgers might have had nine wickets in four overs had the umpire interpreted the L.B.W. law in his favour. Unfortunately for Matthew he had to rely on catches in the slips and one was dropped before the wicket keeper, Ben Craddock, bro ught o ut o ne of his leg-side dives and impressed the muchmaligned official enough to get a decision. At 50-2 , Ed Sayer and Jasper Gale entered the attack. Ed's wrong-footed inswingers are always a hand fu l but, as so often happens. the wic kets came at the other end - Jasper Gale stopped ta lk ing for long enough to ta ke two of them but his last over proved more expensive than James Grindley's cricket bag, 100-4. Enter leg-spin and Dan iel Qui n, but two fur ther catches went down (no names, I wonder who?) until Ed Sayer produced the best cricket of the day wit h a stunning stop and run oul. With J ames Greenwa ll now on at the other end and bowling his usual tidy line and length - 1 have to say that th ro ugh fear of the python - and an excellent catch by Joiomi , a ll four results were possible.

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The 1990 season was undoubted ly a good one for Junior Colts cricket. With a very successfu l 'B' team there Were always challengers for the ' A's and the signs look ~ood for the fut ur~. There we r~ a number of very promi sing individ ual performe rs and all the averages were good . Particular congratu lations to Jamie Rayner who topped the batt ing with 43; to James Greenwalt who took his wickets at under 9 runs per over and to Danny Quin who produced the best performance of the season with 8- 12 against Sutton Va lence. The 'A's were well capta in ed by Matthew Odgers, Who managed to maintain team spirit despite his over-use of the "on you r toes" li ne, and very well supported by the parents They were a pleasing and relatively easy team to coach, providing P .T. and myself with an enjoyable fi rst term of cricket at King's. I am, of course, very grateful to P.T. for all his help.

O.R.c.

Team : Matthew Odgers (Capt.), Benjamin Craddock, Jasper Gale, James Greenwall, James Grindley, Jolomi Irone

Daniel Quin, Jamie Rayner, Edward Sayer, Robert Westo n, Jonathan Will is. Scorer: Henry Murch.

Also p layed: Christian Ball , Michael Cotton, Aaron Jarrett, Christopher Lobb.

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RESULTS P layed 13, Won 8, Drawn 3, Lost 2.

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Simon Langton. Won by 9 wickets.

Highgate, (W illis 30; Odgers 3- 15, Sayer 3-9). Drawn.

Dover College, (Weston 85·, Rayner 62·; Grindley 4- 10, Qu in 3-38); Won by 80 ru ns.

Dulwich, (Rayner 32; Odgers 4-44). Lost by 4 wickets.

Eastbourne, (Grindley 3-28; Rayner 31, Craddock 33·). Won by 9 wickets.

SI. Lawrence, (Rayner 35, Odgers 45, Craddock 38, Irone 34; Grind ley 3- 19, Greenwa ll 4-20). Won by 100 runs.

Cran leigh, (Odgers 41). Drawn.

Sutton Valence, (Rayner 39; Qu in 8- 12). Won by 74 ru ns.

SI. Edmu nd's, (Rayner 35·). Won by 7 wickets.

Kent Schools, (Weston 36, Rayner 59). Won by 9 wickets.

R.M.S. Duke of York 's, (Odgers 68·; Greenwall 3-9). Drawn.

K.C .S. Wimbledon, (Craddock 65; Greenwa ll 3-37). Lost by 5 wickets.

Kent College, (Odgers 3· 15; Sayer 5-4). Won by 8 wickets.

Junior Colts 'B' XI A quick glance at the results will indicate that there was a very tale nted group of Jun ior Colts cricketers th is season .

The Junior Colts 'B' tea m was very st rong and many, in normal circumstances, would have been good enough to play for an 'A' team. Unfo rtunately four matches , against Epsom, Saint Augustine's, Saint Pau l's and Simon Langton were cancelled owing to wet weat her. The season started with an easy victory aga inst Highgate. Six of their batsmen faile d to score and Aaron Jarrett fin ished off their in nings with four wickets in eight ba lls. Nick Forrest, field ing at gully, he lped the bowlers with four catches.

The first match against Sim on Langton was a fa irly even encou nter. A solid innin gs of 31 by Michael Webb brought victory with four overs to spare. Cheyney Ke nt was undoubtedly voted man of the match in the tuss le with Dulw ich.

Dulwich batted first and were soon in trouble, losing their opening batsmen fo r 2 runs. A good recovery followed and at 73 for 5 seemed to be heading for a good score, however Chey ney dismissed the last five batsmen in fourteen ba lls, incl uding a hat-trick (all bowled) and the innings closed at 113. We started badly losing our opening batsmen for 15 ru ns. A very correct innings of 27 not out and a fi nal flo urish of 26 not out by Cheyney, incl uding fou r fours and a six gave King's victory wit h many overs to spare. The match against Eastbourne was the closest encounter of the season. Eastbourne batted fi rst and at 76 fo r 2 seemed to be heading for a big tota l. The next fo ur batsmen were dismissed. all bowled by Cheyney Kent in the space of 13 balls and were then 95 fo r 6. They added another 29 runs in rather slow time before declaring. King's started badly and after fou r overs were 4 for 2. Michael Webb and Chris Ziegler recovered the situati on with a stand of 66 ru ns when Chris was dismi ssed for 34. Michael was next to go, hav ing scored 42 and at 108 for 4 we were in sight of a winning total but running out of overs. With one over to go 11 runs were still needed. Mighty blows by Cheyney Kent result ing in 4,2,6 off the 3rd. 4th and 5th balls of the last over gave victory to King's.

The second fixture with Sim on Langton was a comfortab le victory for King's. Christ ian Ball scored the highest in nings of the season (48) as the major part of a total of 126 for 9 dec. The Simon Langton innings was brought to an abrupt ending by Tim Marson with three dis missals in four balls. Cranleigh were unable to cope with the opening attack of Cheyney Kent (6 for 11) and Tim Marson (4 for 17). After j ust 13 overs and I ball they were all back in the pavilion with a total score of 29. King's took 6 overs to score the winn ing runs without losing a wicket.

The main st rength of the side was in the bowli ng. On fou r occasions bowlers were on a hat-trick, hav ing taken 2 wickets in 2 balls. There were six people who could sw ing the ball in the air, some by an uncontrollab le amount.

The best bowling average was achieved by Cheyney Kent. He took 26 wickets at 4.5 runs per wicket; 11 .2 balls per wicket. Next was Tim Marson with 14 wickets at 5. 1 runs per wic ket; 15 ba lls per wicket. The batting was a little unsure.

The best stylist was probably Michael Webb (scored most runs - 98) closely fo llowed by Nick Forrest. Much of the success of the team was due to the compass ionate captaincy of Cheyney Kent. My than ks to him fo r a job well done and to all those who supported the group even though select ion fo r the team was somewhat impossible with such a good squad to select from.

D. J .B .

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Shailen Jasani IRa)

Writing an Essay 'Seven sides is aboul righl: Ten sides means wa~fle; Be precise and concise: ThaI's Ihe way to an A.' 'Make sure you write. clearly: I'll have no bad spellIng; Sel your paragraphs out properly, Or you'll never get an A.' 'Slarl each with a lopic sentence, And back it up with quotes; Remember to indent them, And you're on the way to an A.' 'Give the page references: I must know where Ihey're from; Don't make Ihem too long, Or I won't give you an A.' 'Finish off correctly, And Ihen check through; Use a proper litle: ThaI's what to do.'

'This is the way to get an A.'

Giles Tennick IRa)

Messiah He was a new boy: thaI jusl meanl an oulcasl In Ihis power-hungry wolf-pack.

No one befriended him, except for me.

Mutterings rippled behind his back.

Throughout the day Ihey silently swore: They were unsure, and they wished to know more.

Rugby trials al a quarter 10 three: Afler then they would all be free.

He played fairly, with never a grudge, I, al Ihe side, got to be louch-judge.

The 'lads' all grumbled: he was better Ihan them; I fell good for him: his eyes twinkled like gems.

The chief wolf invited him into their pack: He said, 'No thanks!', which look them aback.

We walked away, our faces aglow, Secrelly admiring my hero.

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Accident

Geoffrey de Burca (Ra)

She awaits. Dinner's ready.

Brakes. Skids. Crunch!

Metal on glass, glass on flesh.

Sirens wailing. Blood.

Television. Sharp ringing.

Reaches out. Answers.

Silence. Then tears.

Anguish. Sorrow. Loss.

Memories flooding back.

Love. Anger.

Life destroyed in its prime.

'Murderers!' she cries.

'Why?'

Affair

Matilda Mitchell (A6b)

How did you accept it from him, 'Sleeping' in his bed at night, As you lay awake and heard him, Breathing out his easy lies?

His infidelity suspended In his dry, disloyal dreams: Lying with the other loved one _ Chains of hoping bound you there.

Optimism kept you loving, Hoping he would leave her soon.

Sympathy for us, the children, Forced a strength upon your mind.

Now you've paid for being forgiving.

Now you're bitter, can't forget How then you lay awake and heard him, Breathing out his" easy lies.

As I Sit

Theo Moore (Shb)

As I sit, I dream.

I dream of a lush green la"d, Of cows grazing on grass, Of birdsong floating through warm air.

I see a village and fields.

In those fields toil men.

They trudge bareback, behind the ploughs, Calloused hands twitching the reins, Their horses obeying, wordless.

I see the children playing, Running in vast fields, Climbing in old woods, Fishing in clear, bubbling brooks, And laughing all the while.

I see peace, joy and light.

I awake.

I see my world, my life.

I cry.

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Painting Pictures

Purav Patel (Shd)

Can you paint pictures out of words?

I find it quite hard You know, painting flocks of white sheep, And things like that.

Maybe you can paint a steel-grey aeropla ne Skimming the azure skies And searching the clouds.

Perhaps you could paint a soldier Running blindly to his blood-red death.

Could you paint a teacher In a red rage, With a piece of red chalk, and his mouth wide open?

Maybe this is a waste of time Because painting pictures out of words is Difficult.

Maybe I should be making a cascade of colours.

Think and Fear

Tom Jennings (Sha)

Fear is a part of the atmosphere.

It surrounds us, just like air.

The whole of this planet Is kept spinning by fear.

If there was no fear, fish Would walk into the jaws of sharks, And rabbits would pose standing, While we aimed a cold metal shotgun At their small fluffy heads.

If there was no fear, We would casually walk Across motorways

With our babies in arms And play catch With an armed hand grenade.

But we seem to have no fear.

So one day, like a balloon, The earth will burst, And there will be no fear.

There will be no-one To fear.

And with this God-given gift Gone, Human existence

Will be no more.

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The Shipwreck

Christopher Tayler (Shb)

The sea was a grey slale slrelching all around, like a f1al unrippled rock, mirroring Ihe colourless sky. A grey day and far from shore; Ihe sailors could swell elernity in Ihe unending calm. The ship f10aled like a flaw in Ihe rock: a large, wooden whaler, black of wood bUI white of sail a creaking levialhan. ' There was no screeching of Ihe gulls over Ihe ship, only Ihe curses and shouls of Ihe male 10 Ihe crew, made irritable by his fruslration. There was no wind. The sails were slack sheelS dangling pitifully from Ihe beams and masls.

"Don'llike ii," mullered Ihe Caplain 10 Ihe sail-Slinging empliness over Ihe railing. "Too calm. Sea's wailing. Slorm on Ih' way." As Ihe sun finally rolled over Ihe horizon, he slood and walched Ihe rising dark. A few winds lenlatively flicked al Ihe sails, as if lesting Ihe area before risking a slorm. They were evidenUy pleased, because soon reinforcemenls began 10 arrive.

Way oul in Ihe huge dark, a single brillianl snakes-longue of Iighlning flickered. The clOUds were dancing now, 10 Ihe wind's song, a wailing chanl, perhaps a supernalural requiem. The clouds swirled a deslruclive, flourishing waUz. The sea was no longer a slale. The gianl wind had smashed il inlo a Ihousand sharp fragmenls, each one a huge grey wave rabid with angry foam, smashing againsllhe ship, a rolling forlress on Ihe angry waler. II surged and boiled as Ihe winds howled overhead, Iheir song becoming Ihe shrieks of Ihe banshee, gleeful in Ihe deslruction.

The sails had become angry ghosls, tied down and now eager for escape. They flapped furiously, each wrenChing in a different way. The sea was banging over Ihe sides, bursling up inlo huge glillering mounlains of waler which quickly subsided inlo Ihe dark mass.

For Ihe sailors, Ihe ship was Ihe world, and Ihe sea and sky were a greal mass of elemenlal chaos oUlslde, conspiring 10 deslroy Ihem.

The sea was slowly overcoming Ihem . II ran quickly over Ihe decks, Iripping Ihe men and Ihen running back 10 Ihe slorm again. All of nalure was a huge shrieking dragon, bursting agalnsl Ihe wooden walls.

Finally, wilh a wrench, Ihe walers poured in. T he slippery decks were bealen down as Ihe ship rolled back, momenlarily poinling accusingly allhe sky. Then, with a slilhering sigh, Ihe ship was gone, swallowed inlo Ihe blackness of Ihe myslerlous deeps. The slorm raged on for an immeasurable, unobserved elernity, unlil all its hale was spenl. Then il died, and fick le nalure changed her mind again.

In Ihe morning, Ihe clouds were grey for mourning, and Ihe sky wepl in shame, shame made poinlless, for Ihere was no·one left alive 10 see.

These I have loved

James Cheeseman (Sha )

The fresh, sweel smell of newly·cul grass, In Ihe cool Iwllighl air; The exhausled mower crackling over Ihe gravel on ils way home.

The genUe buzz of Ihe washing machine, drowned by Ihe deep·splashing waler.

The refreshing, 100lh-chilling milk and chocolale, and Ihe soft, moisl, Inner-sponge of Yorkshire pudding.

The soolhing plng-c1onk of Ihe lable-Iennis ball, and Ihe hard skln-scralching of crawling over slrow bales In Ihe barn.

The cool skin-slroking of ironed shirls, and Ihe long-awaited full-slop al Ihe end of an essay.

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". Cheyney Kent (Capt.), Christian Ball, Nicholas Forrest. Roger Oard~er. Aaro~ Jarrett. Ch ristopher Lobb,

rea,I . Marson Douglas Mullen , Michael Webb' Andrew Woolnough, Christopher ZIegler.

Tin1011Y' . . . K toyed: Michael Cotton, Stuart Freeman, Mark OaskalO, Edmund.J~nnmgs. Justm

AIS~fdueme Hans IYl a .

r J L t ee 109, ames amon,

Hamish Pritchard â&#x20AC;˘ Sanam Shah, Alexander South, Dommlc Sweny.

RESULTS

P layed 6, Won 6, Lost O. . hate 24 (Jarrett 4-4); K.S.C., 26-2. Won. ~Ig g L~ngton 9 1 (Woolnough 4-14); K.S.C., 93-6 (Webb 31). Won. SI~OI} h 114 (Kent 7-37); K.S.C., 11 5-6 (Lobb 28, Forrest 27-, Kent 26-). Won. Du WICu;ne 124-6 dec (Kent 4-31); K.S.C.; 127-6 (Webb 42, Ziegler 34). Won. Ea~t~~ 126-9 (Bal\ 48); Simon Langto n, 53 (Marso n 6-10, Kent 4-13). Won. ~~a~le{gh, 29 (Kent 6-11, Marson 4- 17); K. S.C., 30-0. Won.

Under 14 '8' XI I'm bound to confes s that I'm an opt imist. I began the season w}t h high hope~ -:- we loo ked to have a well-balanc~~ . . h medium pacers leggies, slow left-armers, a smattermg of hard-hlttmg batsmen and a couple o~ so h Side, wltlOrs For once my ~onfidence was justified! The excellent set of resu lts was achieved betause the ca ptam was accumu tie t~ call on something special when the odds looked to be against us. At H ighgate, for example, when we a~waysh!sin 121 and looked rocky at 154, Wooderson (45 not out) and Dev.erall (54 not out) saw us.h~~e m sp~~ac';1l~r \\crecwhiiSr at St. Paul's the home team seemed well on the way to reachm~ ~ur modest ~01 unt il Tweaker BI~sll style'hem off with an excellent 5-39 in 10 overs of tantalising turn. Matthew Hil lier, as captam, I~c by ex~mple, pr~vmg saw t d strike bowler and a hard-hitting batsman in the midd le order, and the whole team fie lded With enthusI~sm a vdr%o~~itment. Marcus Foster proved a very capable wicketkeeper, particu larly w~en stand ing up to slow bowlmg, and Id be relied upon to run himself ou t if ever the game appeared to be stagnatmg! Well done to all the players, an cou .. and thanks to P.W.F. for his many hou rs 0 f d ed 'Icated umpiring.

W.R.P.

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RESU LTS P layed 8, Wo n 6, Drawn I, Lost l.

Highgate (A). Highgate, 121 (Hillier 5-23); K.S.C., 123-4 (Deverall 54~, Wooderson 45 - ). Won by 6 wickets.

Dulwich (H). K.S.C., 102; Dulw ich , 103-6 (Hughes 5-17). Lost by 4 ~v l ckets.

Cranleigh (A). K.S.C., 185-4 (Emanuel 50-, Lewis-J ones 43); C ra nlelgit, 63 (M urphy 4-30). Won by 122 runs.

Sulton Valence (A). K.S.C., 20 1-5 dec. (E manuel 59, Bissil 39-); Sutton Va lence, 85 (Boardman 3-5).

Eastbou rne (A). K.S.C., 129-8 dec. (Wooderso n 37); ,Eas t bou~ n ~, 884 (H ughes 3-13 ). Draw n.

St Paul's (A). K.S.C., 10 1 (Cheeseman 28); St. Paul s, 90 (BlssII 5-39). ~on by I I runs.

Si;non Langton (A). K.S.C., 150 (Titchener 45); Simo n Langton, 92.(Davles, M. 6-16). w:o~ by 58 runs.

Simon Langton (H). K.S.C., 20 1-4 (Devera II 76, Lewis-Jones 60-); Simon Langto n, 45 (HIllier 4-5, H ughes 4-23.

Bissil 2-4). Wo n by 156 runs .

Under 14 'C' XI Although all three matches were lost, a lot of fun wa~ had. by all: a sq~ad of much enth.usiasm.a!1d so ~e ta lent.

Ryan Mannering and Dan Ryan each claimed a haul of fIVe Wickets and Giles Macey got a fifty. Wilham I?nnkwater performed stead ily with both bat and ba ll , and Stephen Adams was very consistent behi~d the stumps, takmg sev~ral excellent catches. Good catches were also held by Jam~s .Cheeseman, .~eler Jenner a!1d Giles ~acey, and Alex Ma lO ~s fie lded in a very interesting fa shion. We nearly made It 10 a very eXCIting game agamst Du lwlCh, ,",:,ould have m~de It if Eastbourne had not had an over-age giant and idiosyncrat ic umpire, and succ~mbed grace fu lly agamst a very polished Oundle team. Rya n Mannering and William Davies both capta!ned sympathetically and Humphrey J~n es made ~reat progress. I am sure that all the players will get a great deal of enjoyment from the game should they deCide to contlllue.

O.D.W. Played: Stephen Adams, David Bi rd, James Cheeseman, Alista ir Curzon, ~illiam Davies. WiI.liam Dri!lkwater. J~mes Frost, Peter Jen ner, Humphrey J ones, Daniel Katz, Giles Macey, Alex Ma mes, Rya n Ma nnenng, Chnstopher Milne, Purav Patel, Daniel Ryan, Augustus Wil ki nso n.

RESULTS \' Dulwich (H). Du lwich 102; K.S.C., 89. Lost by about 13 ru ns. v Easlbourne (H). Eastbourne 94; K.S.C., 85. Lost by about 9 r u n ~. v Oundle (A - a long way). K.S.C., 77; Ound le 78-3. Lost by 7 Wickets.

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The Haymakers C.C. I have been given the privilege (1!) of compiling this report, having been a semi-regu lar member of the side over the past few seasons, and sad ly now a departing member of staff. t personally am extremely grateful to Ihe unique nat ure of Haymakers' cricket fo r reintroducing me to the pleasures of a game I thought lost to me after my school days.

Particular thanks must be expressed to R.C .W. and W.R.P. whose organisational efforts off the fie ld, and perfonnances on it, have held the club together since the departure of M,l.H. W.R.P. has again been an inspirat ion behind the stumps and contributed many useful runs at crucial moments. R.C . W. bowled magnificently throughout, often having to perform for long periods when our bowling attack was weak. Long may their unselfish contributions continue. Once again the club is grateful to the services of the Chief Waggoner, Alex Skarbek. However it probably didn't help that he was nOI a regular cricketer and musical and exam in~tion co~mitments r.e s!r ict~d his appearances to th.e one match. Boys played from every year from Remove to 6a, a nd If they did not all d lstmgUlsh themselves on the field they were unfai lingly a credit to the school and good company to boot. It's the combination of staff/pupils and loca l villagers that gives Haymakers' matches a special atmosphere.

T he season contained its usual range of performances, from the d ow nright abysmal to the distinctly professional with all shades in between. In part this is nearly always due to the fluctuating strength of the sides, dependent as it is on staff and pupil availability. Above a ll it was a seaso n of results, with only the last game being drawn.

The season started promisingly enough against Barham . The club was introduced to the fine bowling talents of G.R.C. and he and David Atkins were main ly respons ible fo r h ustling out the opposit ion for a modest score. Our reply started shakily, but wit h P.T. hav ing seen off their opening attack, useful contributions from W.R.P. and David Quain in the middle order saw us to a comfortable victory. However there then followed a trio of poor batting performances on Birley's and a lthough we were close to unju stly sav ing the Hicks Forsta l match by the skin of our teeth, our sense of fair play let to a last ball defeat. Video copies of the famous last shot are available from G.D.W.'s office. You can't keep a seasoned campaigner down fo r long though, and it was G.D.W. who expertly capta in ed us to a rare victory at A lkham. A fourth-wicket partnership of 120 between David Ham ilton and N.A.L., characterised by some massive blows by the former, led to a healthy total, and with R.C.W. exploiti ng the uneven bounce superbly, the winning post was reached with an over to spare.

Victories at Street End were even rarer (Le . none!) but this was to be our finest hou r (or five!). G.R,C. a nd R,C,W, made fu ll use of a lively track with high-class, hosti le spells of bowling, and our out-cricket was fir st rate wit h seven catches being shared between W.R.P . and the sli ps. For once Street End were unable to wriggle free, and when their bowling lost its composure in the tense fina l stages of the match we were home a nd dry. We were equa lly confident against the Q ueen's Regiment , having declared at our highest score of the season, N.A.L. had opened the innings and remained undefeated in recording the top sco re of the season, However despite bow ling tidily we were unab le to prevent their hard-hitting batsmen from overhau lin g us, Still it had been excellent a nd enterta ining cricket, with close to 400 runs be ing scored against high ly respectable bowling .

The season drew to a close at Bekesbourne, A combination of a weakened bowling attack, a dead pitch , some distinct ly end-of-term fielding, and the wrong rub of the green on some close decisions resulted in a century maker on their side and a big total to face. Ed Cargill got us off to a bright start, but with the fall of a few cheap wickets we abandoned the chase and our batting was solid enough to adva nce to a respectable tota l and an honourable d raw, And so for me the sights and sounds of a Kent village green, sadly, become a thing of the past - no longer to eat a home-baked cake , sun-drenched cornfields in the background and opposite the ever-smi ling, am iab le R.P .B, recalling some long since forgotlen cricket statistic, .. What have I done?

NAL.

RESULTS

P layed 8, Won 3, Drawn 1, Lost 4.

Barham liS (O,R.C. 4-13, Atkins 4-13); Haymakers 116-7. Won. Hicks Forstal 128-9 dec, (G.R.C. 5-16); Haymakers 93. Lost.

Haymakers 65; Diocesan XI 68-2. Lost.

Haymakers 41; Trinity College 42- 1. Lost.

Haymakers 170-9 dec. (Hamilton 72, N.A.L. 45); A lkham 91 (R.C.W . 6- 12). Won, Street End 130 (R.C.W. 4-29, G.R.C. 4-33); Haymakers 13 1-6 (W.R.P, 30¡). Won. Haymakers 191 -8 dec, (N,A.L. 9 1¡); Queen's Regiment 193-6. Lost.

Bekesbourne 201-5 dec,; Haymakers 138-7 (Cargill 36, W.R,P. 35). Drawn,

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Canterbury Harvesters' Twenty-First Cricket Tour

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. al expedit ions to the Antipodes were not enough to prevent the Har~ester~' twenty-first tour g~mg ahead Two TId No less than four of the original party were still in action, and nostalgia eaSily overcame any naggmg doubts e as plang e'ss Tile weather too was at its traditional best and with the Elliotls' hospitality superbly generous, the " , bout Iitn . ~our ran as smoot hly as ever. . ' .

81 ndford, P.T. (32), on his debut, saw us off to a very solid start, and ~<?ntTibutlons fr om M.J.Ha., H:M.R. AI ~ssing his SOOth run), and r.G .H., took the total to 149-6 dec. The OPPOSitIon seemed well o n cour~c f<? r victory, (sa~cly ~evastating three overs from M.l.Ho, (4-15), helped by steepling catches from H.M.R. an~ r;s.A.L.. 1!1 hiS farcwe,1I until a g the game the other way After which the World C up Final could only be an anticlimax. Mike Cleaver s mat.chti ~~~I prov ided stern oppositio~, A stand between J .S. H. (56). and P .G.H, (4~·), a nd a m~an spell from R.~ :B. vlta In nonetheless gave us hopes of a victory, but our host Ian Elllo,tt had other Id~~s, and hl~ 29 was the dcc!s.!Ve ~4.~7), Our ninetieth fi xture was at Compton House, where M,j .Ha. reVived an old tradition by pJaymg for ~he opposition lOmngs'rin a spark ling 38 in the ho me side' s 121-2. Any nervousness about our unbeaten record on thiS ground was and sc3 by ~ .S. H. 's long handle , and the after-match barbecue was very much appreciated, Sherb?rnc Town, as usual, allaye tou h opponents. In l. S.H., howeve r, they met their match . He bowled uncha~gcd (6-61 m 22 overs) and then proved tga draw finishing with 69*. Finally at Chafyn Grove, we crawled to 43-5 III the heal, before 1.S.I:'. (51), ~atll~~I~Ufashion. ~nd r.G.H. (41), more eleg~ntly, brought some r~spectabi.lity to the. tOlal. 140 was never hkely to III ro be eoough • however • and John Singleton'S 50 steered the hosts to victory With two Wickets to spare.

• 'ctories two defeats and a draw represented a very satisfactory outcome in the circumstances" and l. S.H. s TW~n~ heroic; take much of the credit. He should have doub le vision more often . T he sk.ittlcs were. thm ly attended, all-r.o ther respects the social side of the Tour was also a success, with t~e Rose and Crown eaSily outsconng t~e Antelope. ~~t Ihndo. y cakes marked another significant landmark in the C lub 's history; and our hu ndredth match - It should be 1.1lrl < n House in 1992 - IS • Compto rapl'dl y approac I'nng.

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P.G.H.

TOllr Party: M.LH., P.G.H., R.P.B., H.E .i.A .• C.i.R. i ., LS.H., W.R.P .• D. M. Hodgson, P.T., G.D.W., R. A. Metherell.

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Also played: M. J. Hatch, M. J . Cleaver, N.A.L., H, M. Robertson, K, Matthias.

Scorer: C . G, Pickering.

RESULTS

Harvesters 149-6 dec. (P.G.H. 39·); O ld Blandfordians 13 1 (M .J.H. 4-15, J.S.H. 3-25). Won. Harvesters 173-8 dec. (J.S.H. 56, P.G.H. 44·); Invitation XI 174-7 (R.P.B. 4-17). Lost.

Compton House 12 1-2; Harvesters 125-6 (J .S. H. 47) (20 overs). Won. Sherborne 183-7 dec. (J.S.H. 6-6 1); Harvesters 148-6 (J.S.H. 69·, M.J.C. 54), Drawn.

Harvesters 140-8 dec. (J.S,H. 51, P.G.H. 41); Chafyn Grove 141-8 (J.S.H. 3-19). Lost.

Grange v Luxmoore Fifth Form Cricket Match A cloudless sky , the distant view of Dr. Lamb scor ing 9.1 and Gr~nge.a~d Luxmoore fifth-formers playing a friendly crick.et match - what could make for a pleasanter evenmg on BIrley s.

Alex Mumford won the toss and invited Luxmoore to bat. Mr. Bradley opened for Luxmoore with Vassos Georgiadis, Since Vassos last played, the 'Not alit first ball' rule has been repealed and Luxmoore we.re I-I. Alex produced an unplayable shooter to bowl Mr. Bradley . Steve Davies and Fred Oshunkoya kept Alex and Ch n s Pattman.at b~y and Steve be~an to hit out until , nearing the 30-run mandatory retirement limit, he v.:as briskly stumped ~y Dr. Plckenn.g off th~ bowling of Toby Cox. Mr. Wood, with a cap even flashier than Mr. A ldndge s, bo,",;led craftily but some fme tenllls strokes from Fred, C hris Postans, Nick Workma n and Ben Ousey brought Luxm.oore s 24 over score to 136. Andy McNaught, . , fairly fresh from work experience in a Pfizer laboratory, was not reqUired.

The Grange inni ngs began in a similar way to Luxmoore's with Alex South caught out in the first over, but Dr. Plck~rmg and Alex Mumford soon got the measure of opening bowlers Richard Gosling and Steve Davies, Luxmoo~e were reh~ved when Alex reached his 30 runs and Dr. Pickering was hit on the pad: However top .scorer Extra~ was still at the Wicket and the score mounted with some ass istance from Toby Cox and Chns Pattman agamst the bowhng of Fred Oshunkoya and Mr. Aldridge. When Steve came on again and removed Chris and Da!liel Howard, Chris Newb~ry and Ma~cu~ Foster kept the score moving towards a tight finish. Grange needed 3 to wm off the last ~all fro,? Rlchar~ Gosh ng, Bjorn Hall hit it high to extra cover~ Vassos pounced on it and. someh ow the ball returned Just m lime to gam the runout with the scores equal - and with the same number of Wickets down, The teams ret ired to the Pizza Place for a very pleasant meal together and to loo k forward to the joining together of the two houses in 1991.

H.E.LA.

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Athletics The 1999 seas~ n was to be t~ e fi rst , for m~ny years, without a Ju nior team, f~ lI owing a decisi~n to restrict Shell Games options, smce co-education would begm to reduce the numbers of boys available. Gloom qUickly settled in the club. as fa lse ideas of Athletics as a 'Minor Sport' circulated. together wit h fadin g hopes of prestige, Colo urs and glory It was therefore something of a surprise when both Seniors and Inters emerged victorious at the fi rst home match. againsi worthy opposit ion, and began to prove that Ath letics was still alive and well at King's. (To sett le those doubts once and for all, Athletics will continue as a 'Second Sport' alongs ide Swimm ing and Tennis, and will be ab le to maintain its present fixture list for Senior and Inter teams.)

In many ways, the lean year of 1989 had prepared 1990's 6a and firth year-g roups for a more reward ing season.

The results illustrate this. Before half term the Seniors conceded victory to only two schoo ls out of twelve (Eastbournc and Tonbridge), while the Inters went down to three - and at that, only narrowly to Tonbridge and J udd . Throughout the season there were Illany indi vidual highlight s. Startling ach ievements were the two new (or equalled) school records on Sports Day - Seun Oshunkoya's 6.14m Inter Long Jump and Sebast ian Rosato's IS.Os 100m Hurd les. Doth athletes contrib uted a great deal to their teams' victories, the former in Sprints and Jumps, the latter in Hurdles and Triple Jump. Toyin Fadeyi's long jumping threatened to go even further than his 6.52m o n Sports Day, but although he did not quite beller that jump he ca n be well-pleased wit h his 2nd place in Kent, with anothe r year to go. Bola Marquis progressed victo riously through all the school matches (and was so rely missed when absent from the Duke of York's Cup), and likewise attained a 2nd place at the Kent Championships. Giles Andrews produced a string of 400m wins and managed to get into the final of the Independent Schools' Championships, despite a lack of train ing through th~ exam period .

A prom isin g nucleus of talented ath letes developed in the Intermediate team, with some impressive personal best performances, headed by Seun Oshunkoya's 11 .5 and 24.5 in the spri nts and 6. 14m and 11 .80m in the horizontal jumps.

These wou ld surely have been bettered had he not been hampered by an an kle injury and exam-interrupted training.

In fact, all the follow ing should improve noticeab ly next season if they are able to concentrate upon training more effect ively: David Fraser's High Jump of 1.69m, Arsa llan Dessarat's 11 .89m Shot , Simon Dowse's 3S.09m Discus, and the determined longer distance runners - Andrew Hart, Henry Hawk ins, David Goggins and Ewa n Kerr. Particularly impressive were the latter's I Soom in 4-30.4 and 800m in 2- 11.2. Hawkins was at his heels by the end of the season with 2-12.0. Great prom ise was shown by Alex Layfield -Cripps as a Hurd ler and Triple Jumper, but injury was to deprive the team of his usefu l contribution, until he returned to win the internal 'Heptathlon' competition for 6b and Removes.

The Senior team got off to a good start by winning against the first three schools, whereas in 1989 they had either lost or won by narrow margins. As well as those mentioned above, reliable scorers were Anthony Ogedegbe in the Sprints, Mark Handley in the Hurdles and Discus, and Jon O'Ma hony in the 400m. Rick Rinaldi started the season with High Jumps of 1.7Sm and 1.78m, but fou nd it increasingly hard to maintain this form. Baba Epega took on all the Throws, and cou ld prove powerfu l when he let him self go (41.S8m for Javelin), but never achieved thoroughly consistent performances, except, of course, his flying 4 x 100m Relay starts. However, he left a big gap in the team when injured o r unavailable, as was noticeable at Tonbridge and in the Duke of York's Cup . The team recovered from earlier despondency over the unin spiring weather to perform well at Sutton Valence. Memorable are Rosato's dramatic comeback to win the Hurdles after a slow start , and Andrews' batt le to win the 400m. Ogedegbe and Akin Tuboku-Metzger took 1st and 2nd in the 100m, but managed to 'let slip' a clear Relay victory at the 3rd change-over. Meanwh ile the middle-distance men - Simon Hart, Andrew Hyatt , lain Overton and William Davies - were still battling for fitness, although the latter was beginn ing to improve noticeably, as well as turn his stride to th e Triple Jump. Eastbourne proved too st rong for the Seniors at this fixture, though less obviously so than in the previous year, while the spirited Inters managed to defeat them narrow ly by winning the 4 x 4oom Relay in sty le (M essrs. Hart, Dav ie, Kerr and Haw kins).

Seun Oshunk oya gained two 1st and two 2nd places, while 'Bess.' threw his furt hest Shot of the season to win with 11 .89m, and David Fraser High Jumped and Hurd led well.

The most prestigious in ter-school fixture at Tonbridge proved encouraging, with the superb Tartan su rface helping towa rds many personal best performances, as well as creditable team results. The Seniors were a clear second to a convincing Tonbridge team, but the fact that the Inters were a mere seven points behind Tonbridge suggests that next seaso n could see a close encounter. Apart from the customa ry Marqu is Shot victory and Fadeyi 's Long Ju mp victory (6.09m into a head-wind) , there were ma ny 'B' string 2nd places, often in the 'second' events of ath letes - And rews in Long Jump.

Marquis in High Jump, Eddison and Overton in Steeplechase, Fadeyi in both Sprints and Handley in Hurd les. William Davies ran well to secure an 'A' string 2nd place in the I SOOm. The Inter team was benefitt ing fro m greater fitness in the longer track events, as witnessed by personal bests from Kerr, Goggins and Hawk ins. while Oshunkoya was on event-winning form in 100m and Long Jump, but also showed compet itive edge in the 200m. It was also good to see And rew Hart and Neil Cole merge as useful 'B' string Long and Triple Jumpers respective ly.

With the main in ter-school fixtures over before half term , the remain der of the term featured either the indi vidual County competit ion or the single age-group compet it ions at the end of June. The Remove year, relying o n extensive borrowing of non-full- time athletes, and hence with an under-prepared (and incomplete) team, fared disappointingly at the earlier 'Milk Cup' competition. They rall ied for a more convincing performance at the District Team Championships. where they were placed 4th out of twelve schools in the Canterbury District. Notable was Jay Spe ncer's 2nd place in the Long Ju mp, despite being a year young for the age-group. The Seniors had a less enjoyab le time at the Duke of York's Cup, where they suffered the indignity of being beaten by schools which th ey had themselves beaten before half term. The debilitating effect of exams upon fitness was woefully obvious. Only Rosato won an 'A' string track

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vent though there were valiant Steeplechases by guest stars Matthew Wi lli fer and Ewan Kerr; in the field Simon Dowse ehrew' the heavier Seni,?r Discus a creditable 32. 18m, w.hile Mark H~ndley stepped n?bly into Bo~a M~rqui~' larg~ shoes (metaphorically spea kmg) and managed to come 3rd m the 'A' strmg Shot, throwmg for the first time smce hIs Shell ear It wou ld seem that we can only hope to do we ll at these end-of-term events if we have a committed nuc1eaus y f n~n_exam-year athletes. The outlook for 1991 is therefore good, with a successfu l Inter group moving into 6b, and oble leadership promised in our new Captain Toyin Fadeyi and Vice-Captain Sebastian Rosato. There are also many ~'hO, though not promine~t in. sc hO?1 matches this season, have nevertheless turned out regu larly and trained hard.

Their patience and determmatlon WIll hopefully be rewarded next season.

C.T. H.

Teams/rom: Seniors: G ilcs Andrews·, Babatu nde Epega· (Captaills), Desm ond Chum, Will iam Davieso, Toy in Fadey i·, Mark Handley., Simon Hart °, Andrew Hyatt, Bo la Marquis·, J ona tha n O'Ma honyo, Anthony Ogcdegbc·, lain Overton, Rick Rina ld i·, Sebaslia n Rosato·, Justin Roxb urgh , Aki n Tuboku-Metzger O, Benjam in Young.

Oecasiol/o/s: Arsa llan Bessarat, Simon Dowse, James Eddison, Ewan Kerr, Patr ick Lenox-Conyngham.

Inters: Seun OshunkoyaO, (Capt.), Arsallan Dessarat, Neil Cole, Bruce Darlaston, Maxwell Davie, Simon Dowse, David Fraser, David Goggins, Marcus Hamilton, A ndrew Hart, Henry Hawkins, Nicholas J ohnstone, Ewan Kerr, Darren Kingston, Alexander Layfie ld-Cripps, Rahu l Singh, Graeme Tester.

Oeeosiollo(s: Benjamin C raddock. Christopher C reissen. Kipp EI-Mesmari, Roger Gardner, Nic holas Georgiadis, Lawrence Epps, Jolomi Irone, Alastair Hine, James Loder-Symonds, Douglas Mulien, Miles Orsler, Thanai Paxton, William Rosato, Jay Spencer, Hugo Stevenson, Derek Svasti-Salee, Quentin Webster .

• = 1st Colours; ° = 2nd Colours.

29th April: Seniors: IlIlers: 1st May: Seniors: Inlers: 9th May: Seniors:

Inters:

10th May: Seniors: Inters: 17th May: Removes/Shells: 19th May: Seniors: IllIers: 24th May: Seniors: Inters: 23rd June: Open: 21th June: Removes: 28th1291h June:

RESULTS v Duke of Yo rk's and Skin ners': 1 K.S.C. 105 ; 2 Duke of York's 103; 3 Skin ners' 66.

I K. S.C. 116; 2 Duke of York's 97; 3 Skinners' 71. v Sevenoaks: I K.S. C. 84; 2 Sevenoaks 62.

I Sevenoaks 83; 2 K.S.C. 65.

Dist rict Individual Championships: A. Fadeyi 1st in Long Jump and 3rd in 100m; S. Rosato 1st and W. Davies 2nd in Trip le Jump; B. Marquis I sl in Shot.

S. Dowse 1st in Disc us and 2nd in Shot; A. Bessarat 3rd in Shot; A. Hart 1st = in 400m.

A. Fadeyi, B, Marquis and S. Dowse were selected to represent the District at the Kent Championships: Fadeyi gai ned 2nd place in Se nior Long Jump with 6.32m, and Marquis 2nd place in Senior Shot with 13.12m. v Eastbourne and Sutton Valence: I Eastbourne 129; 2 K.S.C. 109; 3 Sutton Valence 99.

1 K.S.C. 113; 2 Eastbourne 112; 3 Sutton Valence 101.

Milk Cup 1st Round, Margate: I Brockhill 373; 2 Norton Knatchbu1l355; 3 Hartsdown 281; 4 K.S.C. 271. v Berkhamsted, Bradfield, Judd, Mill Hill and Tonbridge: I Tonbridge 213; 2 K.S.C. 17 1; 3 Bradfield 138; 4 Berkhamsted 133; 5 Judd 119; 6 Mill Hill III. 1 Tonbridge 17 1; 2 Judd 170; 3 K.S.C. 164; 4 Bradfield 126; 5 Berkhamsled III ; 6 Mill Hill 109. v Kent College and St, Edmund's: I K.S.C. 134; 2 Kent College 57; 3 SI. Edmund's 56.

I K.S.C. 138; 2 Kent College 11 4; 3 St. Edmund's 48.

The Duke of York's Cup, Dover: I Sutton Valence 249; 2 Duke of York's 227; 3 King's Rochester 2 14; 4 K.S.C. 210; 5 SI. Edm und 's 186; 6 Dover College 161 ; 7 SI. Lawrence 138.

Dist rict Team C hampionships: I Herne Bay 66; 2= Kent College, SI. Anse lm's 63; 4 K.S.C. 61, out of 12 sc hools.

Independent Schools' Championships, London: G. Andrews 7t h in Sen ior 400m Final, T. Fadeyi 7t h in Senior Long Jump .

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GRIT (M.P.H.D.)

Inter-House Athletics Once again the su n shone on the. two inler-house events, and both were keenly co ntested. The introduction of a . , event for the Shutt le Relays was high ly successful. Also, for the first time in many years, two records were brok girls Sports Day - for the Inler Long Jump, by Seu n Oshunkoya, a nd the Senior Hurdles by Sebastian Rosato T h en,on faclor should not det ract in any way from these fi ne performances - given the natu/c of OU f faci lities, ath'leticC Wind a ny help that they can get! Thanks and congratulations to all concerned for two enjoyable occasions.

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R.C.W. R ESU LTS

SPORTS DAY Juniors: 100m : I Alakija (LX) 13.2 sec; 2 Deverall (SH); 3 Drever (Gl).

200m: I Spencer (SH) 27.2 sec; 2 Coc klin (GL); l Hay (MT).

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400m: I O!sler (LN) 65. 1 se~ ; 2 Mannering (SH); 3 Rolfe (8).

800m: I Kingston (MO) 2 min . 32.3 sec ; 2 Potter (MT); 3 Ashurst (GL).

1500m: I C urzon (GL) 5 min. 20.4 sec; 2 Bissil (MR); 3 Henry (LX).

L<;mg Jump: 1 Spencer (SH) 5.30m; 2 El-Mesmari (MR) ; 3 Carter (LN).

H igh Jump: I Kmgston (MO) 1.39m; 2 Bissil (MR); 3 Goggins (B).

Sho t: I Ors ler (LN) 1O.2lm; 2 Singer (8) l Chum (SH).

Dl sc ~s: 1 Jackson (GL) 24.46m; 2 Bishop (B); 3 Davies (MT).

Jave lin : I Ada ms (MT) 26.lOm; 2 Devera ll (SH); 3 Cameron (MR) .

4x 100m Relay: I School Ho use (57.8) sec; 2 Meister Omers; 3 Galpin 's.

Inters: 100m Hurdles: 1 Fraser (GR) 15.6 sec; 2 Craddock (LN); 3 McNaught (LX).

100m: 1 Oshunkoya (LX) 11 .8 sec ; 2 Darlaston (SH)' 3 Gardner (W) 200m: 1 Hamilton (SH) 25.2 sec; 2 Patlman (GR); 3 'Co le (GL). ' 400m: I Hart (T) 57.5 sec; 2 Hawkins (B); 3 Davie (SH) .

800m : 1 Kerr (LN) 2 min 13.3 sec; 2 Dobbs (B); 3 Prince (MR) .

1500m: 1 Shepley (T) 4 min 55.6 sec; 2 Haswell (MR); 3 Goggins (W).

LO,ng J ump : I Oshunkoya (LX) 6. 14m; 2 Hart (T); 3 Williams (MR) , T~lple Jump : 1 frane (W) J 1.35m ; 2 Hawkins (B); 3 Craddock (LN), High Jump : I Fraser (GR) 1.63m; 2 Epps (MR); 3 Irone (W).

SI~ot: I Bessa rat (GL) 11.27m; 2 Webster (LN); 3 Kent (SI-I) .

Dlsc~s: I Dowse (T) lO.07 m; 2 Hall (W); 3 Carey (LN) .

Javelin: I Tester (GR) 35 .S7m; 2 Bagshaw (B); 3 Paxton (W).

4 x 100m Relay: I T radescant (50.7 sec); 2 Walpole; 3 Luxmoore.

Sen iors: 110m Hurdles : I Rosa to (MT) 15. 0 sec; 2 Handley (L N); 3 Fahm (LX), 100m : I Tuboku -Metzger (G R) 11.5 sec ; 2 Epega (LX); 3 Young (SH).

200m: I Ogedegbe (MO) 24.2 sec; 2 Hamilton (SH); 3 Flyn n (LN).

400111: I Andrews (B) 55.4 sec; 2 Northeast (MT); 3 O'Mahony (SI-I) .

800m : I Hart .(T) 2 min 12.2 sec; 2 Hall (W); l Hyatt (8).

1500m: I DaVies (M~) 4 mi n 35,6 sec; 2 Wi lli fer (T); 3 Davies (MO) , L<~ng Jump: I FadeYI (LX) 6.52m ; 2 Andrews (B); 3 Hamilt on (SI-I), Trip le Jump: I Rosato (MT) 12.49m; 2 Davies (MR)' 3 Lawrence (LX) High J ump : I ~inaldi (8) 1.7501; 2 Fahm (LX); 3 P;ess (W). .

S~ ot: I Ma rqUIS (GR) 12.30m; 2 Holding (SH); 3 Harris (B).

D l sc~s : I Epega (LX) 31.98m; 2 Handley (LN); 3 Overton (B).

Javel in : I Lennox-Conyngham (T) 39.70m; 2 Apps (MO); 3 Skarbek (LX), 4 x 100m Relay: I Broughton (48 .7 sec); 2 T he Grange; 3 Mitchi nson's.

Girls : 100m: I Hudson (Mn 14.2 sec; 2 Michaels (B); 3 Moffatt (G R) .

800m: I Lum ley (LN) 2 min 59,3 sec; 2. Adamson (MT); 3 Workman (LX).

Long Jump: I Grant (8) 4.27m; 2 Webb (LN); 3 Neser (L X).

Overall Result: I Broughton 134; 2 Linacre 110; 3 = Luxmoore, School House 108; 5 Tradesca nt 89' 6 Mitch inson's 73' 7 The Grange 70; 8 Marlowe 68; 9 Meister Omers 65; 10 Walpole 6 1; II Ga lpin's 5 5 , ' , Victor Ludorum:

S. Rosato (MT) .

Inter-House Shutl le Relays: B~ys: I Sc~oo l Ho use 55; 2 Linacre 50; 3 Galpin's 43.

G irls: I Bailey, Day Houses 18; 2 Precincts, Radigund's 13.

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The Boat Club lsI VIII

-'ThiS term began.wit,h the usual training camp at West b~re - ma.ny thanks to Mr. Graham fo~ putt in ~ us up in Brollght~n.

After extensive w ailing a new crew was drawn up wh ich had Instant success at the Readmg Spnng Regatta, beat mg S ns of the Thames and He nley Rowing Clu b, both big club crews over 500 met res. In the final we met our own 2nd V~II who had progressed through the other side of the draw. T o the great relief of everyone we did win.

At poplar Regatta the crew div id ed up into sma ll boats but achieved little in the "Popply" water. Nevert heless the . ht made up fo r earlier d isappoi ntment in a spirited row in which we beat Kingston Grammar , who had beaten us ~~gthe Schools Head, by only two feet over one a nd a ha lf kilometres.

At Nottingham City , a two-day event, we again split up into small boats - two pairs of Hall and Long and Brett ld Fi lby looking to im press the Great Britain selectors. It was here that we first began to encounter the best school a~ews ElOn being especia ll y impressive. Racing was over a longer two kilometre course a nd th o ugh we did not ac hieve ~ ny spectacu lar results everyone covered a lot of mileage a nd fe lt tha t it was a very profitable ex perience.

With the crew pulli ng well together things looked promisi ng for the Nat ional Schools Regatta just before half term .

The draw left us in a posit ion ~ ~ e re one good row wou ld get us into t~e fin~l: However, having e.xploded off th~ start and rowed into a n excellent posit ion at half-wa y the crew lacked the racmg SPirit to hold off a last-ditch push by Sillplake and we failed to qualify. This was particularly distressing, and large trials were carried out to produce a 'racing crew' to take us thro ugh to Henley, Though the crew did not change in perso nnel, there were positional changes.

AI Marlowe the crew rowed well to get in to the fina l, showing improved aggression. However, against Pangbourne and Eton we lacked the strength to impress o urselves on them, perhaps because we had just come dow n from an intensive work-cycle.

So now we look forwa rd to Henley and hope we can really show o ur tru e capabilit ies. Many thanks to Mr. Hooper and Den Hardy, for their consta nt support a nd ent husiasm, Also a big tha nk you to Mr. Willis without whom the Boat Club could never run so smoot hly, We say farewe ll to Mr, Hartridgc, though we a re slight ly concerned that he won't find a large enough st retch of water to row o n in the desert! Fina lly cong ratu lations to Mr. Hooper on the birt h of his second daughte r, Emma, and to Bru sh and Chris o n being selected for Great Britain fi na l tria ls with me.

BILL SWANSON. Crew: Bow James Brett; 2 T im oth y Bagshaw; 3 Cha rles Robinson; 4 Benjami n Long; 5 Christopher Hall ; 6 Robert Wallace; 7 Thomas Filby; Stroke James Waddell ; Cox William Swanson.

2nd VIII This year the top sq uad was able to produce commendab le strength in depth - a Fi rst, Second and Th ird VIII, The training camp, enjoyed, I th ink, by all (even if I haven' t been able to face a pizza since) showed selection would be difficult .

The 2nd VIII never has any easy task - particularly if it is a good crew, N.S.R, apart, there a re no speci fi c races for 2nd VIlIs - one has to join in with Sen ior C - usually First VIlI s. But this year 's 2nd VIII showed themselves worthy of the challenge, Of course, they didn't have the weight of the 1st VIII, but they had a technical quickness, determination and skill which meant that, in training, th e 1st VIII had to keep on their toes if they wanted to avo id embarrassing resu lts. (There were moment s ... ) At Reading Spring, 1st and 2nd VlIl were in the sa me class - we dealt with th e Oratory 1st VIII very convincingly, leading to a n a ll-King's fin a l. The 1st VllI rowed well , and wo n by ha lf a length - bot h pleasing a nd frustrati ng for the 2nd VII I. At Docklands, the 1st VIII went off to Senior 2, Ieav in g us in Senior 3, with St. Pau l's 1st VIII in our sights. What a nice thought. ' . Sadly, half way down the course King' s was knocked sideways by the wash of a careless "safety" launch, wh ich allowed St. Pa ul's to slip a head, We fou ght back and on the line we were on ly two feet down . Quite a race and quite a result, Cambridge agai n saw a tough d raw - Gonville and Caius College 1st VlII. Again a most th rillin g race, the lead changing wit h each passing bend of that dotty course. In the end Caius knew their river better - the last bend let them get ahead Oust) - twO feet again!! But this was clearly an excellent record - good first Vili s were very pushed indeed to beat us; Caius went on to be the fifth fastest Ca mbridge college in the May races.

Nottingham as ever was the test. The fir st rou nd saw Eton, Hampton and Kin g's pulling ahead of Ema nuel to get to the final. In with the right people! In that company we looked physically smaller - but by no means out-classed.

But after the fir st round it became clear that Max Williams was suffering from an increasingly nasty combination of throat trouble and hay-fever. We had no reserve - and anyway, he insisted on rowing. The fina l was excit ing. After a slowish sta rt we were 5th. Then in a quite inspired surge at the mid -point we d rove through to second place behind Eton. I nearly fell into the Lake with excitement. By the end it was an a lmost terrifying struggle, wit h the greater weight ~nd power o f Hampton and Shrewsbury bearing down on us. It was by the end a battle of sheer horse-power and they Just got past. We missed third place by a few feet. But, contrary to my expectations, Eton and Hampton had not romped home miles clea r of everyone. Radley and Emanuel were left some way behind, but the top four crews were close and King's was there . Had the crew a ll been well ... But that doesn't matter. They had rowed themselves to and beyond exhaustion - they'd done more than anyone had a right to expect.

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It's splendid to end with - for a change - some lu ck, at Marlow Regatta. The Public School Challenge Vase is a non-F, I.S.A. sort of thing: any school can enter, but crews hoping to go to Henley traditionally keep clear. We stOod a chance, and seized it. Winchester 2nd VIlI were seen off by two and a ha lf length s; Tonbrid ge 1st VIII by six lengths and in a lovely row in the final, Radley by five lengths. A "pot hunt "1 Only given this crew's very high standard.

For once I will name names! Nick Prince was a superb st roke. He is st ill a light Jl6, just missed the 1st VIII but never complained (well, hardly ever), just rowed with a splendid rhyt hm a nd precision and a total refusa l to giv~ up Under pressure, he showed a very wise head on young shoulders. At 7 Bill Harris, too, just missed the l SI VIII and like Nick, simply got into the 2nd VIII and rowed his heart out. What can one say (apart from that he's in Brough ton , . Now there's a joke I learned flOt to make! I). He had the strengt h - and com mitment - to back up a nd amplify the work of a lighter stroke. They were a fine pair. And at 6 Damian Sim pson (after a histo ry of some ups and downs in the Boat Club!) showed himself a tower o f strength, bot h in his work and in building up crew morale a nd determination At 5 was Seb. Dawson-Bowling: a memorable sight - literally too big for the 1st VIlI! His technique is a mazingly good for someone whose st rength has no where near caught up with his (6' 6", J , 16!) body size. I suspect he may nOt reach his potential until well into his University career - but watch ou t for the Blue Boat in a few years (hope he's Oxford ... ).4 a nd 3 were our "old lags" - the unflappable James Macdonald-Bell and Nic k J amieson: maturity and experience personified - invaluable when under stress and a lways reliable, solid pudd les. Tony Frew, having done a tremendous job with the 3rd VIII , prov id ed just the quickness and enthusiasm for two and Max Williams matched him at bow. Both were lightwe ights (in the rowing scnse onlyl) and did a splendid job. And of course Ia n Milward the cox. Cambridge must be a cox 's nightmare, but he did a splendid job there - a nd at Marlow - as well as on th~ easier courses.

After N.S.R" Macdonald-Bell a nd Simpson dropped out with A-level and mu sic commitments. It showed the real advantage (and achievement) of the 3rd VIll that we had a big choice of good substitutes. We selected Andy Ridings and Nick Lockyear. The Marlow result showed how well they fitted in.

For nineteen years now, I've fi nished with thanks to Peter Willis who - for much longer than that - has kept the show on the road. Also thanks to Ben Hardy, who kept us in packed suppers, regattas, etc. But my personal thanks go to this crew . They worked hard, but above all, th rough ups and downs, every outing was lifted by their real, exuberant joy in it all. They had JIIII. And so, therefore, did their coach. I wou ldn 't have missed a single outing with this lot.

S. l .G . "

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T his season has been a curious mixture of success and frust rat ion: success ultimately in the summer regattas; fru strat ion in the weak attitude towards training disp layed by some members of the VIII. After a reasonable number of new ent rants had been assessed in January, it was decided to concentrate the larger oarsmen into an VIII while the smaller but more skilful ones cou ld develop the tricky a rt of quad-sculling. The leading Quad, enthusiastic and hard-work ing, developed well . With hindsight they shou ld have been entered fo r the Schools' Head, even if they did not appear quite ready for competit ion. As it was, their fir st race was at Poplar where they kept up with the leading crews until disaster struck in the form of a jam med seat. A furth er disaster was the discovery that Ben Rolfe was too old for this age-group; he had to be sh unted up to the J I 5s a nd a subst itu te found for the next regatta at Thames Ditton. James Bishop adapted very creditably in so short a time, but the crew were defeated by the powerful Windsor Boys Quad who had won at Poplar.

The VIII had also had its first taste of competition at Poplar, But progress, already hampered by absences and injuries, was not helped by losing a man to the Quad. After much deliberation it was decided to make up the most effecti ve VIII, drawn from members of both crews, for the National Schools' Regatta. To our delight the crew responded admirably, comi ng second in the final of the J14B Vllls and winning medals; moreover they were faster than all the finali sts in th e A event. This gave a great boost to morale which overcame two more crew-c hanges , necessa ry because of King's Week commitments, in the run -up to Reading Town Regatta. Here the VIII foun d themselves in a straight final agai nst Abingdon. Rowing into a fierce headwind, they kept their heads, adapted their rating to the conditions and wo n a n excit ing race by half a lengt h.

This win was an excellent end to the season and showed the pote ntia l of these young oarsmen, a potent ial whic h will be realised prov ided there is a greater sense of commitmen t in train ing.

Quad: Fra ncis Kenney, Barry Cameron, Ben Rolfe/James Bishop, Charles Heise, Duncan Parrish (cox).

VIII (National Schools'): Scott McLean, Tom Jack so n, Barry Cameron, Alex O'Keefe, Kevin Lucas, My les Orsler, J ames Bishop, C hristopher More, Robert Swanson (cox).

VIII (Reading TowlI): Scott McLean, Ben Goggin s, Vesiri Ibru , Alex O'Keefe, Kevin Lucas, Myles Orsler, James Bishop, Ch ristopher More, Robert Swanson (cox).

P.O.W. AND S.W .W.

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2ND VIII AT MARLOW (5.1.G.)

Winning ...

The glittering ...

Prizes!

swimming -This season has presented some practical problems, since our old pool disappeared amid the foundations of the new ecreation centre. We are grateful for being allowed to train in the pool at Junior King's, but Ihis was unavoidably rut of service for the first two weeks of term, so that we were li mited to the use of a sin gle lane at the Kingsmead o bJic swimming baths. With coaching and encouragement from Mr. Barham, the teams have battled va lia ntly against P~esc difficulties. and aga in st their oppo nent s, and emerged wit h some victories to their credit. We sent a senior team I Ihe Nat ional Public Schoo ls Relays (Bath and Otter Cups) and an U15 team to the Bishop's Stortford Festival. Julian Kingsland achieved the distinction of qualifying for both teams, and indeed ma naged to win most of the races in which he swam during the season. First team colours were awarded to Kheng-Wei Yeoh and Adam Watts, second colours to Robert Craig, first col~urs to Jo Grimes and Way ne Manning, who also was awarded the Captain's cup, while the Carbon i cup went to NCII Law rence.

Next term our new indoor pool should be ready for use, with time available fo r regular ea rly morn ing trainin g as well as afternoon sessio ns a nd water-polo. We hope to see more swimmers, both recreatio nal a nd competitive, to make full use of what should prove to be a fir st-class addit io n to the school's faci liti es.

N. J. B. Seniors: Nei l Lawrence (Capt.), Paddy Dwyer, Jo Grimes , Wayne Manning, Jo Stobbs, Adam Watt s, Kheng-Wei Yeoh.

UJ6: Robert Craig, Dick Francis, Chris Pcarce, Bill Scott.

UJ5: Julian Kingsland, Elliot Ashurst, Julian Faulk ner, Alex Macdonald-Bell , Alasta ir McGregor, Ed Millard, James Phipson.

RESULTS

K.S.C. v Duke of York's s: 51 :59 (lost) U 16: K.S.C. v 51. Lawrence s: 57:43 (won) U16: K.S .C. v K.S. Rochester v Sulton Valence S: 81:67:59 (won) U16: K.S.C. v Tonbridge S: 37:63 (lost) U16: K. S.C. v Epsom v Eastbourne S: 37:68:63 (lost) U16:

40:70 (lost)

U15: 50:60 (lost)

32:68 (lost) 101:60:44 (won) 33:67 (lost)

U15: 42:58 (lost)

33:54:8 1 (lost)

U15: 43:5 1:74 (lost)

Girls' Swimming The notable a bsence of a swimmi ng poo l and the fact that all matches were away failed 10 dampen team spi rits and Mr. Thane's excellent train ing sessions, alterna ting between the J .K.S. pool and Kingsmead, paid dividends. The fir st match at Ashfo rd proved that the team's depth in ta lent and some 'posit ive' relay refereeing could combine to provide perhaps the most pleasing resu lt of the season and one which set the tone for ensu ing matches.

Jo Loo was an outstand in g new recruit and was unbeaten in the backstroke a nd only narrowly beaten twice in the individual medley. Margarita Clitherow, now a seasoned professiona l, gave so me 'gritty' performances in the freestyle and we were especially gratefu l to her fo r doing the races (especially the butterny) which a lesser person would fli nch al! Beverly Tarr showed strengt h and stam ina in the butterfly a nd gave some invaluable contribut ions to the relay team.

Georgina Grant was very fast over one lengt h of freesty le and Nicky Venn, when we cou ld prise her away from her music, proved versatile in swimming both backstroke and breast stroke. Jane Tennick showed terrific improvement on the freesty le, which shou ld stand her in good stead for next season. Our Medley Relay team was defeated only once and typified the nature of the whole team: not only was talent varied, but it involved a lot of team work and determination.

With the new Sports Cent re completed, the team can be very optimist ic about the prospects for next season.

Congratulations to J o and Margarita on the award of their colours and to Anna on obtaining her fu ll first colours.

The whole team would like to thank Mr. Thane for his help and enthusiastic encouragement.

ANNA PATTEN.

Team: Anna Patten, Margarita Clitherow, Josephine Loo, Beverly Tarr, Georgina Gra nt, Nicky Venn, Jane Tennick.

Also swam: Elisa Hudson.

RE SU LTS

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Ashford. Won Kent College, Pembury. Won Cobham Hall. Won Benenden. Lost

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Fencing -Even though there are no. school. matches in the Summer term (wi th the exception of the 9:K.S. matc h yet to occur), ons have st ill been contmued SIX days a week and there have been a couple of compet lhons such as the Inverness ~ssen held at Largs which, although there were no amazi ng resu lts, was apparently enjoyed by all (possibly owing to I p lack of Lak e District detours and raw eggs in th e mini-bus?). In the m ixed doubles compet ition Alex Ellison and k~ren Roehm got sixt h place while James Crawfurd and his tea m-mate fr om Tenterden club came fifth.

While James Craw fu rd continues to help everyone with an in stant supply of facts , figures and numbers on demand, Alex Ellison just carries on talking, though I'm not su re whether anyone's act ually listening! Thanks also ought to go o Karen (who has been awarded fir st colours this term) fo r her help over the last two yea rs in so many different ways ~nd also for putt ing up with cont inued harrassment fr om one or two peop le I cou ld mention.

Over the time I have been at the school the club has grown from a small number of alm ost exclusively boys with the late Mr. Hild ick-Sm ith (who will always be remembered for his helpfulness to all , no matter the ir age or fencing bililY) into the now ever-enlargin g club with coaching from Mr. Romang. I would lik e to thank Mr. Romang to whom ~'c owe so much success in both team and personal fen cing events and also Dr. Bridge and Mr. Jennings who have ~iven much of their tim e to ensure that everything runs smoot hly. I wou ld like to wish everyone in the club good luck vith their fe ncing in the future, especially Sha fik, "Bloggs", Alex, Brian and Ollie. Hopefull y soon they will come ~way from the Public Schools competition with a cup!

JON BERRY.

Golf The 1990 season will be remembered by those in the know as the Hudsmith and Jackso n one. The last time the school had two single-figure handicap go lfers was in 1968 (Cini and Harvie). H . and J . each won all their matches bar one and both played golf of an impressively high standard . If there had been a third player who had been able to win consistently, the resu lt s wou ld have read very different ly.

Our first match was again st the Queen's Regiment at Ca nterbury and once again ended in an honou ra ble draw . In the Geo ffrey Young Memor ial Trophy, Martin Jack son distinguished himself by scoring a one under par 71 at Prince's to win the Senio r section whilst the Junior was taken by Chris Walder. At Lamberhurst in the Golf Foundation Championship's qua li fying round we did not disgrace ourselves but were not good enough to win on the day. T he season proper starte.d in Apri l at A:shford when the <?K.S. pipped. us to win an ex~ i ting and enj oyable encount.er 5YZ.-4YZ. Any disapPOintment was SWiftly forgotten dUring the splendid tea they had laid on for us afterwards. Agamst Kmg's, Rochester, playing o n the great Royal Cinque Ports course, we won co nvincingly 3-~, the matches being played as fou rsomes. Tonbridge at Knole Pa rk were, as ever, tough opponents: only Jackson preventing them from winning 6-0, although it must be said in fai rness that Hudsmit h playing at no . 2 came up against an even tougher opponent than Jackson at no. I (at least that is the account I heard afterwards). It seemed strange too that their Captain played at no. 6, which was very hard on the valiant Tom Copp . The Charterhouse match was played at Royal SI. George's on a brilliantly sunny day. This time Hudsmith turned the tables on Jack son but ou r only ot her winner was Grove . We much appreciated the Deniso n-Penders' kind hospit ality afterwards and the driving compet ition from their garden. This year Cranleigh arranged the venue and the Royal Ashdown Forest course was a brilliant experience for everyone. At last things went right for us with three victories earning us a creditable draw.

Mitchi nso n's of course retained th e Senior Inter-House comfortably thank s to Hudsmith and Jackson . In the Junior Section the Hamp Cu p was won by Galpin's. We were pleased to have Dr. Hands present for a while as a spectator and supporter. This without doubt gave Gou lden and Groves the fillip they needed to score their victory . Our thanks to Pip Arnold for com ing along to present the exceedingly generous prizes of golf balls donated by the O .K.S. Golfing Society and the delicious cakes baked by his wife Anne. The Master ilc would not be able to cope without his in valu able help and ca lculates that the O.K.S. have given over ÂŁ1,000 of prizes at the Inter-House over the past twenty-three yea rs!

In the last match against the Common Room the School trounced the Masters 5-0 despite the Sunningdale system of strokes. However this is one of the best events of the term and much enjoyed by both teams.

Jonathan Hudsmith fo llowed in Dan Morr is' foot-steps to be an excellent Captain , and I am extremely gratefu l to him for making th is year so easy and enjoyable. Mart in Jackson gave him first-class support and both thoroughly deserved their First Colou rs. The O.K.S. I know are very keen to have their se rvices . We also bid far ewell to Jonathan Hirst who has made some valuable cont ributions in recent years. Tom Copp who also departs was awa rded his Minor Sports Colours for his total ded ication and so me good victories. I wou ld like to wish the leavers all the best for the futu re and their go lf.

Philip Grove succeeds Jonathan Hudsmith as Capta in for next seaso n, when so me rebuilding will have to take place.

J.J.D. C. Team: Jonathan Hudsmith (Capt.), Martin Jac kson, Jonat han Hirst, Philip Grove, Tom Copp , Dominic Denison-Pender.

Also played: Rich ard Goulden, James Betham, Chris Ball , Ben May , Chris Wa ld er, Ed P eer.

First Colours awarded /0: Jonathan Hudsmith and Martin Jackson .

Millor Sports Colours awarded to: Jonat han Hirst, Ph ili p Grove and Tom Copp.

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Tennis The term sla rted a litt le frustratingly. with the astrot urf not rcady for play. and the best-laid plans for fu ll COUrt utilisatio n had to be shelved fo r a week or two. However, when the Dutch instructions for putting up the wheel-on wheel-ofr nets had been translated and the missing nuts and bolts had been located, the new courts were ready Unfo rtunately ow ing to some slow , uneven bounces (and the lack of willingness of Ihe you nger generation to bend cithe; legs or backs!) the surface was declared 'disappointing' or 'useless', depend ing on the disposit ion of the player coming off court.. Undoubted ly it will ta ke time for the sand ~as~ t.o. bed dpw n completely. successfullr in to ~he nylon carpet, but Du lwlCh have the same surface and, after a worrymg milla l period, they are qUite happy with theirs. Certain ly OUr junior teams fo und it to their liking during a victorious afternoon early in term!

The Inter· Ho use Senior Cup was won by Tradescant fo r the second yea r running. They coasted comfo rtably th rough the competit ion, beating G range in the fina l: and it will ta ke an earthq uake to remove the tro phy from them next year so domin ant are Matt W illi fer and Nick Shepley. T he League Final, between Ga lpin's a nd Walpole, is yet to be played: T he Common Room Match was as enjoyable as ever , a nd this yea r I have to sp li t the results to prod uce a win for the Commo n Room! 5-4 was the score in the mixed ma tches , but the men's produced a n 8- 1 result the other way. Despite the hard luck stories of wooden rackets against graphite, courts being sma ller than they used to be and nets higher ' it was still pretty conclusive !

Again, no competent outside coach was availab le at ti mes useful fo r us, so the teachers involved wit h the teams did their best to organise a nd coach. My thanks to Messrs. Wood ley and Wainde fo r the time they have spent and the interest they have shown. Mr. Anderso n deserves a special ment io n for his tremendous comm itment. Single-handedly he has dea lt not only with the j unior team players, but also with all ot her Shells a nd Removes who have wanted to play. It is a great tribute to his ent husiasm that so many have both enjoyed their tennis a nd im proved their play at the same time. 1 am delighted to pass over the running of the Schoo l's tennis to someone so well·qualified to do it successfu lly.

I hope that he will get off to a good start , as we a re a ll quiet ly confident that next year's First VI wi ll be amongst the better ones that we have had.

C.l.R.l.

1st VI Ou r three pa irs qu ick ly sett led down into Willi fer a nd Shepley, Woolston a nd Dalamal, Hinton and Sc1ater, a nd they proved strong eno ugh to give a good accou nt of themselves in th e ope ning match against Du lwich, who were led

by Jonathan Haycock, who was to do outstandingly well in the J unio r Singles event during the Wimbledo n Championships.

Since Du lwich had a strong tea m a ltoget her, o ur result aga inst them was a cred itable one, but aga inst Sevenoaks the fo llow ing week o ur seco nd a nd thi rd pairs were overwhelmed, mustering only cleven games in a tota l of eight sets played.

However, J os Sc1ater and Oliver Hinton came good in the Eastbourne match, being o ur most success ful pair there with two rubbers won a nd o ne drawn, and J a mes Gooderha m also proved to be a valuable no. 7 in this match, win ning two rubbers with Ma hesh Da la rna!. Brentwood were pred ictab ly too strong fo r us, wh ilst we had a miscella ny of resu lts against loca l schools, the most memora ble being the singles agai nst SI. Edm und 's, where Chris Newbery came in at no. 3 and won two, whilst Sclater and Hinto n bot h sweated away to wi n long th ree-setters from a set down, enabling us thereby to pull back a deficit of 2-6 on rubbers at one stage.

But it would have been a poor season with ou t Matt Willi fer a nd Nick Shepley, our talented first pair, and - though they must have reserved their best fo r the C la rk Trophy - they did play with notable sk ill and versat il ity of shot on a number of occasions, not least when they had to win every set against a To nbridge side that was well·ba lanced even though lacking its first pair, and d uly did so to secure us a commendable overall draw . Given the mu lt iple pressures o f the Su mmer term, and the need to play so many of the fix tures in a concent rated time, they kept up a commendably high sta ndard, Nick's co nsistency and good matchplay nicely complemen ting Matt's bo lder hitt ing.

T he term ended with a particu larly good O.K.S. match for wh ich Mike Backhouse had raised an unusually strong side, led by Simon Stuttaford, whose ach ievements fo r Newcastle University last yea r we have bee n proud to hear of.

S.C.W.

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Team: Matthew Willifer (Capt.), Mahesh Da lama l, James Gooderham, O liver Hinton , Joss Sclater, Nicholas Shepley, Alex Woolston.

Also played: Peter Kenyon, Christopher Newbery.

RESULTS

l sI VI Friendlies v Dulwich (H). Lost 2 V:-6 Yi v Sevenoaks (H). Lost I Vl ·7 Vl v Simon La ngton (H). Won 3· 1V2 v Eastbourne (H). Won 6 V: -2 Vl v Kent College (A). Wo n 5-4 v To nbridge (A). Drawn 4 Vl-4 V: v Westm inster (H). Wo n 7·2 v SI. Lawrence (H). Won 6·3 v Brentwood (A). Lost 2Vl-6Vl v St. Ed mu nd's (H) . Lost 3·6 v SI. Edm und' s (A) (singles). Drawn 6·6 v O.K.S. Lost 4·5 Olanvill CliP

2nd VI

v Du lwich (H). Lost Vl ·8 Vl v Sevenoaks (I-I). Lost 0·9 v Kent College (A). Won 5-4 v Tonb ridge (A). Lost 2-7 v Westminster (A). Won 6·3 v St. Lawrence (H). Won I VI -VI v Brentwood (A). Lost 1·8

Round 1 (H )

v Hundred of Hoo. Won 6-0 Round 2 (A) v Du lwich. Lost 0-4

Under 16 VI Despite the dema nds of the ever earlier G.C.S.E. exam inations, this has been a successful season, wit h one or two convincing victories inte rspersed with close matches, in which we emerged victorious more often than not.

When availab le to play together, Peter Kenyon and Ch ris Newbery (st ill a n under·15) were a formidab le first pair, winning a ll ? f. the sets they p l~yed : Nick Workma n, playing with a variety of part ners, a lso had an im pressive record and rarely finished on the lOSin g Si de. Toby Cox loo ked good on so me occasio ns, but will need to add consistency to his ga me if he is t.o fulfi l hi.s undo ubted potent ia l. At third pa ir, Chr is Walder a nd Chris C rowe started the term very well , but lost their way a litt le later on. ':'owever, they both showed eno ugh ab ility to feci confident abo ut maki ng further progress next year. Of the other fift h· formers only George Skelto n had th e tec hnique a nd inte rest to warrant selection, and when regu lar members of the side were unavailable we had to rely on under· 15 players to fill the gaps.

It is to their great credit tha t they did well and secured one or two importa nt rubbers, notab ly in the Brentwood match.

The .victory o.ver Sevenoaks was part i c~larly pleasing and the only disappointment was a lack -lust re performance against Tonbndge, \~h l c h was ~nly pa r ~ly .exp l.aln~d by t h~ absence of Chris Newbery. The Kent C up was a let·down th is year, as the organisers experienced difficu lties III ensurmg that matches were played on time. After winning the first round and eventua lly being given two wa lk-ove rs, it st ill left us wit h no time to fit in the remaining matches and we had to withdraw. I am assured that things will be better next year.

Despite the lack of ~epth at t~is age group, the players passing on into the senior school will make th ings stronger there than they were thiS yea r, With at least th ree of the team having good chances of playing in the First VI next season.

C.l.R.1.

Team: Peter Kenyon (Capl.), Toby Cox, Ch ris Crowe, C hris Newbery, Chris Wa lder, Nick Workman.

Also played: Philip Aldrick, Bjorn Hall, Rodney Jackson, Jonat han Mitchell, James Odell, Christos Rodopou los, George Skelton.

RESULTS

Friendlies v Dulwich (A). Won 8· 1 v Sevenoaks (H ). Won 5·4 v East bo urne (A). Won 5Yi-3Vl v Tonb ri dge (1-1 ). Lost 3-6 v West minster (A). Drawn 4Vl-4 Vl v Brentwood (A). Won 5-4 v Sulton Valence (A). Wo n 7-2

K.C.L. T.A. Under-16 CliP v Simon Langton (A). Wo n 5·0 Wit hdrew from later rou nds.

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Results in the fi xture lists have not been as good as in prev ious seasons, a lt hough the team has continued the school' recent successes in the Mid land Bank /L.T.A. Under 15 competition.

5 The VIS tea m has had no settled pairings owing to the interchanging of players with senior Icams and Ihe volatil temp rament of some of the members. It was often the mental component 10 a match rather than the stroke play Iha~ let us down against strong opposition such as Tonbridge and Brentwood.

Andrew Waddell , after a good sta rt again st Du lwich. fou nd it difficu lt to main tain his form as he lost confidenc in his serve, whereas James Lamont played his most effect ive tennis when intercepting at the net, knowing the consistcn~ Christopher Newbery was secure on the base line. Bjorn Ha ll and Henry Gage can look back on their games wit h a certain amo~ n t of fr ustrat ion, as ~oth were all too capable of beati~g themse lves either through lack of self·confidence or poor chOice of shot. The occasio nal appearance of Jonathan Mitchell and Rodney Jackson showed how important consistency is in these matches, and both will improve wit h a li ttle more mobilit y and strengt h. Odell and Murch from th e Shells made a solid 3rd pair and showed the greatest progress in the term. James Odell's serving was complemented

by James Murch's powerful groundstrokes. Along with the all-round ability of Law rence Potter and a small grOll of enth usiastic Sheils the U IS'B' team gain ed valuable match experience in the Mid land Bank compet ition , especia ll~ recording a win over Simon Langton 's 'A' team.

Out of the twenty-six school teams entered for the Midland Bank Kent Under IS competition, King's 'A' team won through to the Fi nal aga inst Sevenoa ks 'A' which is to be played at the start of next term. The incl usion of Lawrence Potter and Ben C raddock added much strength to the team and the steady, thoughtful play of Christopher Newbery secured wi ns against Sevenoaks 'B' and Sack ville Schoo l in a rain-drenched semifina l.

Wit h such a large number of Shells and Removes choosing tennis this term it was difficult to meet a ll the demands.

The new art ificia l courts on Birley's have great ly helped accomodate the larger numbers and I hope those boys who wa nted to improve their tenn is have tried to do so.

T he Under 14s' only match, agai nst Sevenoaks, again ended in a comprehensive defeat, highlighting the growing gu lf between ourselves and schoo ls such as Sevenoaks whose faci lit ies pu t the emphasis on a ll -yea r tennis.

T he jun ior House competit ion was won by Walpole in a very close final with School House . The standard throughout the competition was very high and several matches were won by a single game - a successful way to bow out of the boys ' competition.

My thanks to all who played tennis this term and to the parents who came to support, and to C.J.R.J. for his organization and support. J ust two little moans. First ly to all cricketers who fee l thirsty and hu ngry after their net practice - leave the tennis teas alone. Secondly, to a ll te nnis players - there is not a n end less su pply of balls, so look after them , as they have a habbit of disappearing!

S.E.A. U/5 Team from: C hristopher Newbery (Capt.), Philip Aldrick, Ben Craddock, Henry Gage, Bjorn Hall, Rod ney Jackson, James Lamont, J onathan Mitchell , James Murch, J ames Odell, Lawrence Potter, Andrew Waddell, Christopher Walder.

UJ4 Teamfrom: Lawrence Potier (Capt.j, Simon Cook, Charles Crowe, James Dea n, Christopher Kenwright, Darren Kingston, J a mes Murch , J ames Odell , Henry Sclater, Luke Singer, Jay Spencer, Dan iel Will iams.

RESULTS U. 15s: P layed 12, Wo n 9, Drawn I , Lost 2.

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publiC Schools' L. T .A. Competitions rhe Public Schools' Champ ionships were again held at Eton. We were represented by Matt Willifer and Nick Shepley, d JOSS Sclater and Peter Kenyon in the senior competit ion (You II Cup) and C hris Ncwbery and Lawrence Potter in ~~e jun ior one (Thomas Bowl).

Chris and Lawrence played very well, beating King's Bruton comfortably in the fir st round. However , they had to lay Repton (the favourites) in the second round and, despite making excellent contributio ns to a high-quality match, rhey were easily beaten in the end. joSS and Peter, a completely scratch pairing, tried very hard but were, understandably, outclassed in most of their matches. However, the experie nce gained will stand them in good stead for next year.

Mati and Nick's game went from st rength to strength. In the fir st round they won their doubles in two rough tie路 break sets aga inst King's Taunton, but we went out 2路1, when Nick lost the decid ing singles to a more experienced and slightly steadier opponent. Reigate were the opposition in the fir st round of the plate event, and we went through when Mati and Nick beat both Reigat e pairs in three sets. Next came Radley whose first pair were accounted for 6路1, 6-0, with tennis that was better than any of us cou ld have hopcd for. The second pair made litt le more of an impression.

In the quarter-final Hurstpierpoint were beaten easily as Joss and Peter chipped in with a good win. The task in the semifinal was daunting, as Eton seemed the best of the first-round losers. Joss and Peter lost qu ickly and wer~ able 10 sit back a nd enjoy a ma rvellous mateh between the first pa irs. Elon took the first set 6~3 and moved to 5-3 III the second . At this stage Nick and Matt moved into a truly purp le passage in which they levelled the set, won the tie-break and reached 5-3 in the fina l set. Unfortunately the opposition was also in top gea r and, after denying us on our only match point, edged ahead to win 7路5. (We returned to Canterbu ry just in time to see England lose on penalties!)

With a little luck with the draw, we must a ll be hopeful of another good run next year.

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Girls' Tennis 1st VI This year the tennis season went by far too quickly but nevertheless nine mat ches were played with much enthusiasm and vitality. The team managed five conv incing wins oul of the nine matches played, which is a great achievement.

The season began in an unfortunate way, having to play the much experienced team from Seven oaks. Our team, however, "ere not disconcerted by this, our worst loss, and went on to win the next two matches against Ashford and Dover Co llege with much determination.

A high standard of tennis was reached against Cranlcigh, but we were not su ffici ently equipped to o verpower such a st rong team. Simon Langton produced a very weak team, thus it was appropriate that we had a convi ncing win over them. Having lost in prev ious years against Benenden, our hopes were raised when we heard that the Benenden team consisted of 3rd and 4th team members. However, this was not the case and our dream was shattered, on ly to be fulfi lled again st Cra nbrook a few days later. The fina l two matches consisted of 6b members o nl y, and they did ex tremely well to beat Sulton Valence so convincingly.

Eliza Lumley and Emmaline Harris must be mentioned for their outstanding support and standard of play throughout the season. With Eliza's style and accuracy and Emmaline's cons istency there is high pote ntia l for a strong and success fu l team next year.

Ariyike Oshu nkoya proved a most prom inent member of the team and has made vast improvements in a ll aspects of her ga me. Her penetrat ing fo rehand has been a most effective weapon throughout the season. Beth Tapp and Emma Hulburd have also been a dominant third pair and produced some remarkable tennis .

Congratu lat io ns to Hayley Pelts, Ariyike Oshunkoya and Eliza Lum ley on being awarded their Gi rls' Tenn is colours after a successful season of tennis.

2nd VI The results here were slightly more ba lanced in that the 2nd VI won four matches and drew one out of the nine matches played. Victoria Batty and Jessica Milton secured thei r pos it io n as 1st pa ir with confident shots a nd proved to be the most dominant duo in the 2nd VI. The 6b girls in the 2nd VI showed promise and much potential for next year's team.

6b members of the 1st and 2nd VI including Elspeth McGregor, P ippa Adamson, Andrea Lewis, Eliza Lu mley and Emmaline Harris partic ipated in the annual sporting event at Epsom. Although the Rounders team were unable to score, !he tennis tcam and athletics team finished in second place. The School finished in third place overall, wh ich is an Improvement on last year.

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It is very encouraging that as many as sixty gir ls have taken part in team sports over the year and some even in than one sport. Thus the Girls' Games Dinner was a great occasion and was well supported by both staff and team mcmbc°rre On behalf of everyone, I wou ld like to thank Mrs. Woodley for her continuous effort and support throughout :. tennis season. It is part ly due to her enthusiasm that successful results have been achieved. t e

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SPEECH DAY 1990 HEADMASTER'S SPEECH Mr. Dean, Ladies and Gentlemen, in the Daily Telegraph of 13th September, 1989 Ian Ball, riting from New York, commented, "Churchill knew it, Ronald Reagan certainly subscribed :~ the idea, and now researchers have agreed. The human body is meant to have a mid-afternoon na . The reassuring word came yesterday with the release of a collection of scientific studies, SlieP and Alertness: Chrono-biological, Behaviourial and Medical Aspects of Napping, published b Raven Press." I very much hope that you will be able to resist your chrono-biological and b~havioural needs and am much encouraged by the fact that this medical research indicated that the peak hour for somnolence is 4 p.m. By then I hope we shall all be enjoying tea on the Green court.

My first task is to thank our visitors. It has given us great pleasure that again the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress should join us for the Commemoration Service. We are very aware that in a busy life they have been most generous with their time. I should like to assure them that Ihe School will continue to support Canterbury, conscious as it is of its privileged position at its centre. There are many charities within the city who have cause to thank us, not just for our financial gifts but also for the time spent by our pupils on all sorts of different projects from visiting the mentally handicapped, to helping in the primary schools and conservation work along the river. We have also sought to make our buildings available wherever possible, particularly playing our part in the Festival. Our other visitor is , of course, our preacher David Stancliffe, Provost of Portsmouth. He was not originally billed for this task but when a month ago I had suddenly to invite him , he accepted without hesitation. I am enormously grateful to him as I know you will be too. He understands institutions such as this, having himself served as Chaplain of Clifton.

Today is a significant one in my Headship. It marks the end of the transition period between my predecessor and myself. For, from next September, there will be no pupil in the school who knew him as Headmaster. And next September will mark the beginning of full co-education at King's when we admit some forty thirteen- and fourteen-year-old girls to our community.

In effect, of course, it is not so much a revolution here as in some of the other major public schools also going co-educational, for we have had girls in the Sixth Form for eighteen years.

If ever an argument for co-education existed, then the boys. and girls behind me on the platform illustrate it, as indeed have all the events of King's Week and no more so than in Jody Cameron's performance in The Ragged Child. Indeed many have said to me what a delight it was to see children from Junior King's School in a Senior School production. We need more reminders that we are one School.

Our decision to go co-educational has already been followed by two major public schools and it does not need a prophet to forecast that many others will shortly do so. This is not the place to rehearse the arguments. However, I was wrily amused by two recent publications. One was an advertisement for a prominent single-sex girls' school which commented: "Recent research has shown that girls achieve more across the curriculum, and beyond, in a single-sex environment than in a school where sexual stereotypes are reinforced." Readers were then invited to contact the Headmaster! Stereotyping? Incidentally that research is unproven either way. The other was an interview with the Headmaster of Eton in the Independent Magazine in which he ruled out co-education at his school. However, when questioned about beating and fagging, practices long abandoned in both our schools, he commented, "Well , I think times change, don't they? It' s very much a matter of the relationships one wants to have within the institution." I entirely agree, and it is precisely for that reason that this school goes co-educational. For what we are declaring by our action is that this is a family school and that the family is a natural place in which to grow up. Nothing has pleased me more than to see sisters entering the Sixth Form to join their brothers here, and now that can be extended right throughout the school.

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I have also much welcomed the support of parents and their presence at our many event I have often said in interviewing prospective parents that the only parents King's wants are th s. who are going to play their full part in our life and enjoy their association with us. I know ~se many tonight it will be a sad occasion as their immediate connection with King's ends at 0 Or Leavers' Ball. But let me quote another of my favourite sayings : once a parent, always a paren~r You will be continually welcome in this place. .

The Senior Mistress of Sevenoaks School, one of the pioneering schools on co-education i recent times, rec~~t1y wrote in Th~ Ti,?,es ap article head~d 'Proving the Case f~r CO-Education~ She concluded: Schools takmg 10 guls sImply to survIve may try to aVOId gIving women an' authorit~, but these. schools will not pass the p~~bi.ngs of intellig~nt prospectiv~ parents. A gOO~ school wIll be a famIly school not a patnarchy. Kmg's has certamly not taken 10 girls to survive' the demand for places has never been higher. Contrary to the national trend, next year we shali have more boarders than ever. Nor are we wanting to be patriarchy. From the first we have recolfnised ~hat women must be given authority within the school and act as. r':lle models for the gul pupIls. No school could have been more fortunate than us to have wlthm ItS midst Janet Pickering, our Senior Mistress and Housemistress-elect of Walpole, and Fiona Tennick Housemistress-elect of Luxmoore. They would blush were I to recall the comments of prospectiv~ girl parents. Together with Julie Exelby at Bailey House, they have set a fine example of what they stand for, and if a patriarch will rule in Broad Street/Radigund's, Peter Henderson has more. than qualified by his connection with girls' hockey. I am sorry that, as yet, we have no woman Head of Department but that will come with time. We shall, however, next year welcome three additional young women to the staff, all of whom will be living in the School.

It seems a long time since the announcement of our intention to go co-educational was made We have been living in what you might like to call the engagement period. We have made carefui preparations, the girls' uniform has been designed and Walpole House has been rewired and will shortly be re-decorated. All of us here look forward to next September with considerable excitement and are proud that a school with a very remarkable history has not been afraid to be in the forefront of those prepared to face up to the new insights a nd understandings of the dawning twenty-first century.

Mention of Walpole House leads me of course to the present Housemaster. Martin Vye retires after his twelve-year tenure this term. I should like to pay tribute to his intelligent and sensitive leadership of that House and particularly this last year for all he has done to ensure the smooth changeover from boys to girls. He has been an unfailing support to me as Senior Housemaster and we wish him and Jenny much happiness back in their own home. It has, of course, been an eventful year for Martin for he has now been adopted as the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for the Canterbury constituency, having earlier, of course, won a seat on the County Council. In the Autumn he will take over the C.C.F. I should like to thank Paul Wenley who saw the C.C.F. through another year in order that Martin could finish at Walpole before assuming this command.

Martin is, of course, not leaving us, but others are. Perhaps since I am concentrating on Walpole I might start with the Matrons. Ann Burr, the Senior Matron and Matron of Walpole, retires this year. She and her friend Doris Birley have presided over the Matron scene at King's for years. We are all enormously indebted to Ann, as indeed to her other colleagues who are leaving us: Sue Johnson from School House and Pat Delafons from The Grange, both going to America (I thought the days of G.1. brides were over), Jean Beddoes from Luxmoore taking well-earned retirement and Barbara Turner from Monastery Street going to Oundle as Housemistress. We wish them all every happiness. I have said before just how vital the Matrons are to this community.

When my wife and I gave a party for them recently, one of their number meditated on the collective noun for Matrons and decided on a 'Horror' . I corrected her. In my view it should be a 'Hug' of Matrons. For that is what the Matrons provide for so many on arrival at King's: warmth, understanding, sympathy and care. We very much value them in our presence.

Another part of our community, also much valued, is the Clerk of Works and his department.

It is with very great regret that we lose John Dean this year after ten years' service to the school.

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The monuments to his skill lie all around you. Indeed he has been so clever with the transformation ur buildings that one can hardly notIce what has been altered but assumes It has always ~f ~ like that. I have cause for personal indebtedness in the way in which Lattergate was recreated eem office . But that is only a small part of his legacy to King's. I know he has taken pride as bdng able to walk around the school and see what he has achieved and as recipients of his :~Ients, we applaud him and wish him well for the future.

Eight of our teaching staff leave us this term, three to be Heads of Department. Barry Duesbury '11 become Head of English at Nottingham High School; Michael Daniel, Head of Science at ~tl Paul's Girls School; and Patrick Fursdon , Head of C.D.T. at Colston 's School. In addition N~ i1 Lamb joins former King's teacher Ian Poots in the Chemistry laboratories of St. Paul's BoYS School and Gary Hartridge follows Martin Parker in the journey to Arabia taking up an a ointment at the Rashid School for Boys in Dubai. With the closure of the local Whitbread lr~wery and the transfer of her husband to Manchester, Hilary Townsend also leaves us. To all these who have given so much to the school, whether in classroom, in the House, on the sports field or on the river, we express our very great thanks and our good wishes for the future.

I have left to last two other members of staff, about whom I would like to say a little. Anthea Wilcock leaves us to marry. She has been splendid in this community, not only as a tutor in Lattergate and then Linacre, but also in her care of pupils doing Associated Board Examinations and in helping with House Music. She was, of course, behind the music of The Ragged Ch ild.

I will let you into a secret. She has a pet jackdaw called Runcie, I wonder whether he will shortly be renamed? We wish her very well for the future and look forward to celebrating her wedding in September. Finally, after twenty-five years of teaching at King's, Duncan Craik retires. He has given unstinting service to the school in the teaching of French, as Housemaster of Meister Omers and in running the golf which has never been in better form : this term Jonathan Hudsmith and M'artin Jackson both played off 5 handicap. He can take pride too in the fact that in his last year his 3rd XI Hockey team was unbeaten. We shall miss him much, not least in his ability to sit down at the piano and set feet dancing. We wish Alison and Duncan every happiness in retirement. That he will be continuing to run the golf means that we shall not lose touch. The "obituaries" of all eight will appear in The Cantuarian.

I have called the School a family school. My friend Nigel Richardson, the new Headmaster of the Dragon School at Oxford, in an article in The Times, writes: "The key test of the successful family is that the members of each generation regard each other as genuine friends, rather than patronising busybodies or apathetic bystanders. There is a parallel here with the successful school, which is the one which manages over the period between its pupils arriving and leaving to achieve just the right transition from supervised regimentation to controlled independence." On two counts that is the aim of this School. The staff here give of their time unstintingly in order to build up that genuine friendship with pupils, without which no family can flourish . It must, of course, be based on mutual respect and has to be earned on both sides. Discipline cannot be ignored but as another wise Headmaster, Michael Mavor of Gordonsto un , pointed out in a letter to The Times: "Drinking, smoking, breaking bounds and academic sloth are peripheral issues compared with a wish to support and help younger pupils who want to do things or who may be temporarily unhappy; the recognition that telling the truth matters; a respect for other people's property; whole-hearterd commitment to an undertaking and an abhorrence of any form of bullying or intimidation." How appropriate that is as we wake up to the news of the senseless violence following England 's defeat in the World Cup. We will continue here to exercise discipline over breaches of school rules and also to ensure proper academic discipline. But our overall aim is much wider than that. Our concern is to turn out from this School men and women who have achieved a measure of independence, who have begun to understand themselves and who have learned to respect others. I know though that in this task we do not act alone. We , are, of course, dependent on parents having the same aims and objectives as ourselves. I speak as a parent of three teenage children, one of whom leaves school this year. The task is not easy, but I do believe that if there is openness, respect and honesty and above all a willingness to listen, much can be achieved. And that openness, honesty and willingness to listen must, of course, 225

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If I were to mention all our sporting successes, I am afraid yo u would certainly take that afternoon nap, for we would be here long after 4 p.m. It does, however, give me great pleasure to record that, while it may not have been a vintage year for first teams in major sports there have been many outstanding individual achievements. Members of the School have been s~lected for teams of County standard or above or won medals at County Championships in rugby hockey, cross-country, athletics, sailing and fencing. Indeed this year pride of place must g~ to fenci ng and rowing. Shafik Saba was 7th in the Great Britain U IS Sabre Championships and James Crawfurd , Kent UI6 Epee Champion, was 2nd in the Great Britain U I6 Epee Championship and captained the England Schools Fencing Team. In rowing, Ben Long and Chris Hall have been invited to a second Great Britain trial. Indeed my prayers are with the 1st VIII at Henley today, not least because I am going there tomorrow! You may like to know that we are now ranked as one of the four top schools in this country for fencing, and we Owe an enormous debt to our coach, Paul Romang. I must also mention our tennis players, last year's winners of the Kent Championships, who reached the South-East Final of the Midland Bank Championship . They have again reached the Kent Finals this year. But just in case you think that the staff cannot compete with the pupils, may I congratulate Stephen Woodley on taking part in the International Lawn Tennis Club's Qver-45 Competition for the Potter Cup in Barcelona last month . Playing Third String Singles and Second Pair Doubles for Great Britain, Stephen won one singles and all three doubles against opponents from France, Belgium and New Zealand.

However, I would not want you to think that only those who achieve success are honoured here. I know that Roy White and his excellent team of helpers would want to say that they regard as equally important boys and girls who join in for the sake of joining in , who make no places in teams where they receive little honour but where their enthusiasm is much appreciated. Even here at Prizegiving we must mainatain the tension between success in the way the world regards it and the proper success which constitutes the kind of people we are. While we rejoice in the former, it is in the end the latter which will make the most difference to all wit h whom we come in contact.

T his, of course, is also true of academic success. Here we applaud the numerous boys and girls who are going off to university. Qur A-level and G.C .S.E. results last year were better than ever. For the second time in a decade, a pupil won the Royal Society of Chemistry's Prize for the best A-level script in the Qxford and Cambridge Examination. We congratulate Giovanna Ferrari and her teachers in the Chemistry Department. But there is another person to whom I would like to pay a special tribute over our university entries, and that is John Parker. He and his colleagues in the Careers Department spend many hours patiently advising pupils about university choice . John will, I know, be here again in August to deal with the problems which A-level will pose for some of our pupils, both in greater success and alas also in disappointment.

It is his skill in sorting out these problems that has enabled many boys and girls to find their appropriate niche in higher education. I know many parents would want to thank him and also to wish him well next term when he takes a well-earned sabbatical, building up links with industry - something of whose importance no-one in the last decade of this century should be in any doubt. Bob Milford of the Careers Department is also to be congratulated on the excellent work experience opportunities which he provided for this year's post-G.C.S.E . candidates.

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To all who have played a part m It, In whatever way, we express our thanks and, since it is his first King's Week, perhap.s I mi&ht be perm itted to pay special tribute to Stephen Pinnock .

All of us were enormously dISapPoInted that James Kn ight was unable to play Romeo and I should like to thank, on behalf.of the School, Callum Coates, son of the Bursar's Secretary, for helpmg us out of avery difficult Situation . HIS Romeo, Justine Plant's Juliet and Andrew Dobbin 's producllon will long be remembered. However, I think for most of us this King's Week will be treas ured for two remarkable young pian ists , Gotz T riebel and Myles Bowker. Finally, I must thank the orga msers for allOWIng me to take part in King's Week and my readers Laura Singer and Morgan Clarke .

But of course the artistic life of the school continues throughout the year and agai n I wo uld like to congratulate the organisers of the House Plays a nd Concerts - very much family events, as well as the major concerts and productIOns. Kiss Me, Kale and the Mozart Requiem were of course, highlights of the year and ~ special treat was the inaugural concert in the St. A ugust ine'~ Library to which th~ maIn School Library has been moved. In 199 1 the seven King Henry VIII Schools refounded m 154 1 will be celebrating their 450th Anniversaries . Together they have booked the Albert Hall for a Concert that November, and I am happy to say that Stephen Pinnock has been appointed musical organiser of the evening . You will hear more about this later. I am also hoping that I can provide yo u all with an ideal Christmas present. The School has commis~ioned a new popu lar h.istory, accompanied by the most splendid photographs. It has been wntten by Sir Thomas Chitty, who wntes under the name of Thomas Hinde. He has been magnificently assisted by our Archi vist, Paul Pollak, both in providing information for the text and the selection of illustrations. It should be a very handsome production indeed and will I hope, grace all our drawing rooms. ' Finally on the arts, this has been a year of considerable intellectual and creative success . The School's general knowledge quiz team are the National Schools Challenge South-East Champions.

Matilda Mitchell and Andrew McNaught won major awards in the W . H. Smith's Young Writers Competition - Smith 's even fl yi ng Mrs. Mitchell down from Scotland to atte nd the awards ceremon y at the ROY~I National Theatre. Kieron Mohindra reached the top ten from 24,000 entnes In the Cad bur~ s Poetry Competillon: he IS one of a number of King's pupils whose poetry IS bemg pubhshed thiS year. Not to be outdone, Chris Creissen and Shailen Jasani talk ed their way to first place in the Rotary Ch)b Sch',lOls' Speaking Competition, whilst their classmates picked ~~ all the pr.'zes m the semor sectIOn of the Univ~rs ity of Kent Silver Jubilee Poetry CompetitIOn . A ll thIS success does not come Wit hout someone to organise it. In Peter Brodie the school is more than fortunate. . Qur family, of course, includes the O.K.S. and I continue to thank them for the many ways III which they help the school , both md,v,dually and collectively. I was delighted to be able to host a Lu ncheon in May for all those who came up before 1940 . We had two Q.K .S. who joined the School in 1915 . What pleased me most was the enthusiasm of those there for all that we are doing today. It was also nice to be able to talk about pre-Shirley Headmasters. It was a great !?Ieasure to give a Luncheon for John Corner on his eightieth birthday. He is held in much affecllon . A party was also held for old Walpole members on the occasion of Martin Vye's retirement, and the Headmasters' Conference Eastern Division met here in June for a two-day conference of headmasters and their spouses. Among the highlights was a splendid lecture by Richard Maltby on Mitchinson, sometime Headmaster here a nd founder of the Headmasters ' Conference.

Qn the international front th ~ Headmaster a nd some senior staff of our exchange school Notre Dam~s des Aydes from BlOIS vISited us last autumn and the Lower Master, my wife and I returned the VISit III March. We have been dehghted to have Antoine Bathie with us for this term and ho~e for a resumption o f pupil exchanges next year. Qur rugby players are about to start on their tour of New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and Los Angeles and will , of course, be visiting King's School, Paramatta, whose Second Master was wi th us only last week. And our fen cers go to 227

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Russia at Christmas. There have been a number of other foreign visits both academic and SPOrting and it particularly pleases me that nine leavers have been selected to represent the School o~ the Schools Partnership Worldwide Scheme, eight going to Zimbabwe and one to India. A new venture was the School's participation in a European Economics Conference at Alden Biesen in Belgium. Here our economists, alongside pupils from Belgian, German and French schools discussed topics concerned with the European Community. It is described in The Canluaria~ as "a live experience of what Europe should be like in the future" , and we have been invited again for the next acadamic year. Even the Calvin and Rose Hoffman Prize for distinguished publication on Marlowe went European with its award to Professor Tetzeli von Rosador who gave us a most entertaining lecture before his prize of over ÂŁ7,000 was presented. I still find it strange that this School should be running a major literary awa rd, but we have now established it on an international basis and I am already gratified by the number of entrants for the current year.

Lectures are, of course, very much part of sixth-form life at King's . Among those who have spoken to us have been the conductor Norman Del Mar, John Thorne, former Headmaster of Winchester, Sir Norman Fowler and Count Tolstoy. I congratulate Tim Hands on the way he has organised these and we look forward to another splendid season next term. One who gOt away was the Prime Minister's husband. Replying to Dr. Hands he wrote: "I have long had a 'rule' that I do not make speeches of length nor of serious content: this keeps me mOdestly out of trouble and at low profile." He did add a charming P.S.: "In the distant past when I was a rugby referee I recall reffing at King's Canterbury on more than one occasion."

I am mindful of the instruction of that distinguished fourteenth-century lawyer, William Lyndwood, who in a poem addressed to clerics wrote: "Be brief in speech, that your talkativeness, the nurse of vanities, Lead you not into sin; And may the word that you put forward be short, For there is sin in much speaking."

However, there are still a few things left to do. First I must thank Peter Hullah for allthe care he has exercised over us all. He is an exceptional priest. Second, I thank too, my senior staff for their unfai ling support throughout the year. No one could be more fortunate than having in his kitchen cabinet Nicholas Lewis, the Bursar, Janet Pickering, Senior Mistress, Christopher Millar, Master of Studies and Paul Humberstone, Lower Master. Their generosity and encouragement is surpassed only by that of my Secretary and my wife. I must, however, ad mit that I was somewhat non-plus sed when hearing my Secretary struggling with our telephones tell the caller " I cannot get the Headmaster's internal system to work."

Finally I come to our Building Fund Campaign. Many of you will already know that the Governors have selected four major building projects , all of them necessities for our pupils .

Foremost is the Recreation Centre, now nearing completion at Blare's on borrowed money. The Foundation Stone was laid by David Gower and the building will be open for use at the beginning of next term. It comprises a 25-metre heated indoor swimming pool, six squash courts, a sports hall and gym for indoor sports and activities, three outdoor netball courts, a fully equipped fitness centre and a club room. In term time, it will, of course, be mainly used by the Senior and Junior schools but there will be opportunities when the centre will be made available both to parents, O.K.S. and friends of the School, together with the wider community of Canterbury.

In addition, a girls' Boarding House is to be built in Broad Street, on a site already purchased, the old gym in the Mint Yard converted to a theatre, School House extended over the gym, and a Sixth Form Centre created on its ground floor. For the Junior School a Design and Technology Centre to take account of the National Curriculum has been planned. To achieve all these projects by 1994, which is our aim, requires the raising of ÂŁ3 million.

I have no doubt we shall achieve our target, for in Andrew Day of Everald Compton International, the Australian firm responsible for so man y major appeals in this country, we have the assistance of a first rate fund raiser.

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Some of you may wonder why an Appeal is needed. The answer is quite simple. This School not only has no endowments but much of its property is rented accommodation. So before we begin every financial year we are in a minus position. While school fees allow us to maintain our plant and indeed refurbish it as we have done for instance with the new Biology laboratories and now with Information Technology, we cannot undertake any major capital project without the help of the King's family. For above all else I care that our pupils should have the best possible facilities in which to grow up . I promise you that I shall give my all in the realisation of our target. As the family of this school, I know I can count on your support.

**"' ••• **** The Headmaster then called on Robert Horton, Chairman of B.P., Chancellor-elect of the University of Kent, O.K.S. and Governor of the School, and President of the Building Fund Campaign, officially to launch the Campaign.

DISTINCTIONS 1989-90 SCHOLARS ELECTED 1990 KING'S SCHOLARSHIPS JEREMY BINES GAVIN CLARK MATTHEW EDWARDS ALEXANDER WALDRON CHARLES AITKEN ISABEL DEAN HUGH GLEDHILL GEORGINA SALMON MI CHAE L DAVIS ANDREW McGREGOR TIMOTHY BREEN ADAM FEND IUS

Junior King's School Junior King's School St. Chri stopher's, Hove Holmewood House, Tunbridge Wells Junior King's School Vineha ll, Robertsbridge Junior King's School Wellesley House, Broadstairs SI. John' s College School, Cambridge Well esley Hou se , Broadstairs Temple Grove, Uckfield

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SIXTH FORM SCHOLARSHIPS SASSA AMAOUCHE Folkestone High School for Girls HELEN BIGGS (OKS Scholarship) Bromley High School for Girls VASSOS GEORGIAD IS (Hoffman Scholarship) Rokeby School and The King's School EWAN KERR (Hoffman Scholarship) Sl. Edmund's School and The King's School MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS JEREM Y BINES MATTHEW BROW N SOPHIA DAVIES CATHERINE DE LOTBINIERE ELANOR DYMOTT SOTOKO YAMAGUCHI

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Christ Church BOND, DAV ID SI. Jo hn's College Chi nese BROTHERS, PATR ICK Merton Colege Law BURCH, LARA History Magdalen College BURGES WATSON, CLA IRE History Hertfo rd College CHANDLER,ALEXANDER Christ Church P.P.E. CH ILCOTT, RHIAN SI. Hi lda' s College Philosophy & German ER ICSSON, CHR ISTINA University College Biochemistry FERRARI, G IOVANNA English GOODW IN, NICHOLAS Orie l College 230

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St. Peter's College Oriel College Trinity College Wad ham Co ll ege Wad ham Coll ege Trinity College Wad ham Co ll ege SI. Edmund Hall St. Peter's College Worcester College Hertford Coll ege Co rpu s Christi Co llege Magda len College Chri st Chu rc h SI. John 's Co llege

Theology Chinese T heo logy Chinese French & Philosophy P.P.E. Biology P.P.E. English Geograph y Biology Phys ics Class ics English Classics

CAMBRIDGE GOODMAN, CATH ER INE GRAY, JACQUETTA IOBOTT, JONATHA N KNI GHT, KATHRYN LYELL, VERON ICA MONTGOME RY,MAGNUS MA ROZZ I, JU ST IN O'CONNOR, NIALL SNELLING, FRANCESCA

Sidney Sussex Co ll ege Trinity College Trinity College Gonville & Cai us College C hurchill Co ll ege St. Catherine's College Gonville & Caius Co llege Jesus College New Hall

Economics Natural Sciences English Medicine Medicine English Arabic & French Classics Eng lish

OTH ER UN IVERSITIES AND COLLEGES ADODER IN, JA IYE University of South Carolina Bristol University BAILLIE, CAROLINE DALLEN DE N, W ILLIAM Birmingham Uni versity DARK ER, TOBY Read ing University DARN ES, J EREMY Exeter Univers it y DARTER, PAVEL Hu ll University DEAUGIE, EDWARD Ed inb urgh Un iversity BHAT IA, LOVENE So uthampton University DO CRES IO N, SUHUL London Sc hoo l of Econo mics DONES , GILES Sheffield Polytechnic BREEZE, H ILARY Manchester Univers ity BROW N, ANTHONY SI. Andrew' s University CHARLESWO RTH, ANDREW Newcastle Univers it y CLARKE, FIONA Manchester University CLARKE, SARAH Durham Un iversity COLQU HOUN, EMMA Durham University CONNON-JA CKSON , N IALL Hatfield Polytechnic CORP, ELINOR Bristol University 231

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Westfield College, Lo nd on Birmingham University Exeter Univers it y Edinburgh University Queen Mary's Co llege, London Im perial Co llege, London Southampton University School of Oriental & African Studies Exeter University London School of Economics York University Liverpool Polytec hnic

Reading University St. And rew's Un ive rsity Plymouth Polytechnic Aston Uni versity St. Paul's, Cheltenham London School of Economics Manchester Uni vers ity Manchester Un iversit y Goldsmi th' s Co llege, London Leicester Polytechnic

HENDERSON-DEEVES, WILLIAM HODSON, DOUGLAS HOLD EN, MICHAEL HUGHES, EDWARD J ESS UP, PAUL J EVONS, DAVID JORDA N, MICHAEL KEMP, JEROME KNIGHT, CAREY LANDALE, JAMES LE HURAY, MARTIN

Aberdeen University Writtle Co ll ege Manchester Un ivers ity U.M.D .S. London School of Econom ics Manchester Polytechnic St. Mary's, London Manchester Uni versity Harvard Ma nchester Un ivers ity Roya l Holloway College, London LITTLEJOHN, NE IL Kin g's Co llege, London LONGRIGG, HENRY Leeds Un ivers ity McCALL, SAMUEL Bath Uni versity McCARTHY, ROBERT Kingsto n Polytechn ic MACDONALD-BELL, ANDREW Br istol Un ivers ity MANNING, J ASON Cardiff Un ivers ity MARSON, ROSALIND North East London Polytechnic MICHAEL ANTONY Trinity College, London MILHENCH, MARK Royal Ho lloway Co ll ege, London 232

Ge rman & History of Art Law Biology Geography Geography Mining Engineering Engineering Geograph y/A rchaeology History Law & Anthropo logy English Maritime Studies History Classics Accounta ncy Transport Management Geology & Geography Law Russian English English Computing & Inf. Technology (1990) Law & Phi losophy Ag riculture Med ieva l History Medicine Geograp hy Geography & Psychology Medicine Classics

Middle Eastern Studies History Environ mental Science Politics Biology Resources Sciences Chemistry Geograp hy Physiotherapy Music Physics

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Plymouth Polytechnic Queen Mary & Westfield,

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Exeter University Royal College of Agr icult ure, Cirencester Leeds Un iversity Exeter University Manchester University Ulster University Exeter Univers ity Br istol University Southampton University Charing Cross Hospital Durham University Queen Mary College, London Brunei Un iversity Leicester University Aston University Loughborough University King's College, London Bristol University Newcastle University Aston University Lough borough University Newcast le University Cardiff University Durham University Manc hester University Exeter University Leeds Un iversity St. George's Hospital Un ive rsity College, London Un ivers ity Coll ege, London Birmingham University Loughborough University Birmingham Un iversity Newcastle University Queen Mary College, London Portsmouth Polytechnic Portsmouth Polytech nic Edinburgh University

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NEWALL, GORDON OLBY, ALAN OSOSANYA, MOFOLUSO PAINE, CLIVE PALM ER, NE IL PEER, THOMAS PLA NT, NICHO LAS PUGH , PETER RED MAN, ALEXANDER REID, NICOLAS SALERNO, LAWRENCE SA YER, FRANCES SCHAEFER, RICHARD SCOTT, OLIVER SHOOP, F IONA STAFFORD, MARK STANBURY, CHARLES STEVENS, PETER STUTTAFORD, PENELOPE THOMSON, J AMES URSELL, SIMON WALSH, JONATHAN WARR EN, ANDREW WATKINS, JAM ES WEBB, FLEM MI CH WEST, ALEXANDER WHITE, ADAM WHITE, KATHERINE WILLIAM, LUKE WILLIAMS, STEPH EN WILSON, ROBERT WILSON, SERENA WOODS, JAM ES WRIGHT, JULIAN WYATT, JASO N YOUNG, TOBIAS

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KING'S WEEK 1990 ASSEMBLY AT THE BEGINNING OF KING'S WEEK PREACHER: CANON PETER G . C. BRETT

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From time to time an extraordinary effect is created in the Cathedral. It happens by means of ECHO . On 5th June in the 'Cathedral Classics' series John Harle played Ibert's Saxophone Concerto, here in the Nave, and contrived to use it in a masterly way - as indeed do musicians and preachers frequently. This echo effect is extraordinary, not least in that as the ear follows it it seems to be drawing you back to what is behind the sound, as much as forwards and away from it.

The instrument has done its work in making the sound and then the sound lives in itself, as it were searching for its origins and disappearing in the quest. The listener strains to follow and is drawn towards one of those timeless moments to which beauty often brings us. ' . King's Week is a time of artistic exuberance . Drama, music, dance, literature, design, craft etc . are all presented to us in great richness and variety. ' The arts are resonators. In themselves they are but humanly contrived sounds, or shapes, Or concepts, or images. OJ themselves, they resonate like the questing echo.

They resonate of deep things behind themselves. Great art draws us into dimensions of awareness, which sometimes are even beyond the concept of the original artist. Windows are opened on meanings and new worlds reach out to us.

As well as resonant of what lies behind them, the arts also, of course, reach out for the response of the beholder. We respond in emotion and mood, in mind and in spirit. Watching and listening and reflecting, we become one with paint and phrase, idea and form.

To live and work in a setting of beauty, and under the shadow of an architectural masterpiece, such as this Cathedral, leaves few souls untouched. Day by day resonances reverberate from this great building. In such a way God uses ordinary things, like people, and artistry, and bread and wine, to resonate with his world.

A secret of the spiritual life is to develop the eye of awareness which can penetrate the sk in of the presented world to see the massivity of perspectives which lie below it.

"Lord, open his eyes that he may see. The Lord opened the young man's eyes, and he saw the hills covered with horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha."

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ROMEO AND JULIET Andrew Dobbin's Romeo and Juliet was not particularly a play about the 'star-crossed lovers' of its own publicity material. It would be equally true to say that it did not dwell unduly upon the nature of dynastic clashes. This production sought to explore the shades of the blanket noun 'love', and the relationship of sexuality and love. It was striking in the play just how little interaction there was between the eponymous lovers. Shakespeare gets the great romantic purple passages out of the way early in the proceedings. It is as if the commonplaces of Renaissance courtship are despatched early so as to facilitate our entry into the more disturbing world of adolescent confusion as innocence is broken. Justine Plant's Juliet was a purposefully tense performance, Juliet was still essentially a child in her girlish night-dress and petulant frustration.

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eems a more appropriate word than 'sexual'. Laura Singer's granite-faced Lady Capulet was svorthY of Dallas or Dynasty in her economy o f human affection. The growing Juliet drew all ~er warmth from Kate Jackson's Nurse who managed to avoid all the matronly cliches of such a r6le. This Juliet transferred the securities and warmth of the Nurse onto Romeo . The key boy-girl relationship became not so much one of sexual consummation but of solida rity. Callum Coates' Romeo developed out of the macho tradition. He began an adventurer and manipulator but developed into a protector. The final kiss was a chaste affair indeed. He was one of the lads but ultimately stood apart from them. The macho posturings of Tybalt and his band were as sterile on the inside as they were aggressively male on the surface. It seemed most appropriate that James Robertson appeared to be literally castrated by Romeo.

There were many strong performances in a cast which covered the whole age range of the SchoOl. The intentional conventionality of the heads of the Capulet and Montague clans brought into sharp focus the highly individual strengths of the prime movers . Dominic Burdess brought a manic vigour and freshness of touch to his Mercutio which was infectious. But for his untimely death , he was in danger of beginning to be the audience's exclusive favourite. Jonathan Price's Friar Laurence had the air of the irrepressible young chaplain about him. The production was framed wit h elegant simplicity. The octagonal stage seemed to allow the players to sweep forward and back with the natural rhythm of the tides. Arbitrary scene divisions evaporated, leaving lin seamed coherence . The lighting, whose voltage would have done for most Romanian cities, was excellent, consta ntly striking the right balance between intimate and public events, with the emphasis very much on the latter - this was not a play about secret lovers stealthily escaping from this world . T he combination of tomb and bed was an interesting touch. When functioning as a place for lovers it d id not seem a sexual arena but a place to chat and touch. Then there was that fountain! A Mediterranean to uch certainly, mi xed with the rich implications of font and fou ntain , the quenching of thirst and purification through washing constantl y threw new light upon this action. Most im portant was its sound. The measured flow of water acted as an acquatic time-bomb as well as marking the continuity of time which has no interest in our human squabbles. Similarly, the use of Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances at Juliet's death- usually reserved for H uw Wheldon-style documents of the wonders of Renaissance Italy - suggested the relentless arguing of things which we attem pt to punctuate with our tri vial concerns . The shallered incessance of our lives is only restored through death and earthly oblivion.

This was an innovative and stylish production which went well beyond the expectations of School Play Shakespeare.

S.M.W.

THE RAGGED CHILD One of the ma ny achievements of the King's Week Junior Play production of The Ragged Child was the smooth continuity of the flow (despite the twent y or more scenes) and, in response to the Production Note, the effective simplicity of the set. That is not to say that a great deal of work had not been done on it - indeed, anyo ne who has ever had anyt hing to do with a production in St. Mary's Hall would appreciate just how difficult it must have been converting that barrack-room into a set which conjured up so well the atmosphere of a prison ship , a lodging house, a court room, a Ragged School. . . a nd much else besides. That so much of it was done

by Shells and Removes (as was the lighting) was doubly laudable. The breeches-buoy was a brilliant special effect , but fri ends in the front row were less impressed by the smoke-machine!

The other particular merit of the production was the standard of the acting . One is always inclined to suppose that the Main Play leaves the others deprived of talent, but every year one is shown that is just not the case. Some of the most memorable King's Week plays have been done on the fringe, and often in St. Mary's Hall (not least Hiawatha and Fen) , and this year we savoured the quality of The Ragged Child. The Producers had assembled a cast of no fewer than thirty-nine (plus six musicians and a stage-crew) ra nging in age from 5 to 17, and just how 235 JUNIORS AND SENIORS (T.R.H.)

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Matthew Knight (overcoming the handicap of a badly broken arm) played Joe Cooper beautifully: the Cockney accent was most convincing, and the tragic plight of Joe was c~Jnveyed with great pathos. I thought Barrie Cameron as the VICIOUS L~ary was qUite outstandmg - he IS such a nice boy in real life! - and Jody, his ten-year-old sister, showed remarkable stage-presence as Annie. Of the others I loved James Phipson as John Giles - what a delightful manner he brought to the part - and Eliot Shrimpton as ... well, he played nine different parts, but he managed to convey throughout that old-fashioned Cockney rough-diamond character that used to be found in the East End, selling jellied eels and singing jolly songs in the pubs. C hris Creissen exuded philanthropy and liberal concern as Ulrd Shaftesburr, and Cheney Kent was a most impOSing and imperious Judge and Lord, heapmg scorn and Judgement upon the poor - and what a voice he has! He managed the switch to the gentle and sympathetic Mr. McGregor with great aplomb, though the accent caused him a.problem or two: thank goodness for the tartan scarf!

He and Vicky Temple were the two dommatmg presences on stage that held thmgs together so effectively.

The Ragged Child is, of cours.e, a musical play, al!d one admired Anthea Wilcock and Stephen Matthews for the time and pallence they had put IOta the rehearsa ls and the skill With which their produced such a musical response to some rather complex arrangements from a cast of mixed musical abilities. The band, imaginatively made-up, played with feeling and verve as the mood of each song demanded, and S.J.R.M.'s playing over scenes nicely underpinned the atmosphere of the production. The song and dance set-pieces were tremendous, n,:me more so than 'Cholery', which was done With all the vigour that the heavy If?~y M the Iyncs d.emand.

The earthy humour of the scatological exchange that followed was agomsmg 10 ItS pathos . March, March, March towards the Exhibition ' was another that was done particularly well, as was the bootblack boys' routine. Their costumes, ev~ry one hand-sewn by Mrs .. Maureen Behrens, were sumptuous in their military red and black, all 10 conspIcuous and symbolic anllthesls to the sordid apparel of the urchins previously.

One can argue above the subtlety of the play's message and the extent to which it is supposed to parody Victorian sentimentality ~ I was certainly left ~ith a lump in m~ throat at the pathos of Joe's little sister seated on a rock 109-horse at his tnal 10 Australia, calling desperately from the grave to encourage him to defend himself, just as she had done at the beginning of the play, and one could not help feeling somewhat uncomfortable, amidst the elegance of King's Week, at the play's stark attack on social differentiation and 'inner-city' pollution . My o nl y criticism is that the production, even in its adapted form, was too long for a summer's afternoon 10 that hothouse called St. Mary's Hall, and it is a tribute to the stamina and professionalism of the entire cast that they maintained their concentration and vigour through four consecutive performances . Mrs. Fiona Tennick and Mr. Stephen Wamde are to be congratulated on an ambitious but ultimately highly successful production.

P.A.E.D.

LOS TITERES DE CACHIPORRA The Fringe Play, The Billy Club Puppets, the unchar~cteristically f~nny play by Lorca, seemed cursed with an unpronounceable name, a somewhat bizarre plot, a tmy budget and , for ItS last performance, an unscheduled removal to St. Augustine's dining hall. It proved, however, to be an immensely entertaining, energetic and unpredictable. performance of an apparently unpromising play, enthusiastically received by a smaller audience than It deserved.

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Perhaps the chief difficulty fa~ed by the cast was tha t their script was in translation: a t times the words th em se l v~s sounded stilted a nd unna tural. H owever, the cast we re a ble, enthusiastic and generall y o f a high sta ndard, and were therefore a ble to use this aw kwardn ess to strengthen Ihe pu ppetry o f the characters they played .

Several individua l performa nces w.e re particularly good. Tom Dyso n combined the roles o f narrator a!,d c<;lmmentator with considera ble fl air, at one point leaping over the Hullah family to prove hiS pomt. Rachel Dmwlddy was convincingly tragic (even blue) as the abandoned lover Currito, cop 109 admlfabl~ With thiS demanding and rather curious role. Ingrid Scur r was very good mdeed as the red-halfed , ukelele-playmg Cocoliche, deliverin g her most bizarre lines with composure and convIctIOn .

Other characters were p~rh aps mo re predicta bly cast, but effectively outdid any suggestion of typecast 109 by emphaslzmg the n~ elodrama tic nature of their roles. Ja mes Rawlings' brutish arrogance and heav y-handed e uloglz.mg of Donna ROSita 's footwe~r contrasted well with Ingrid's more romantic ad vance.s , ~e l haps given weight by a subtly flattenng make- up scheme. Echoing a th ~me of the other Kmg s Week drama tic block-buster, Max Davie success full y portrayed a donll~eenng. father una ble ~o control hiS daughter's affections. Rosita, owner o f 'the most beautiful v<;llce 10 Anda lucla , was a bly played by Camilla Lacamp juggling suitors with a wide range of ha lf colours With considera ble effici ency , oblivious to the unusua l gender of two-thirds of them.

As befits a School play, there were many minor character who provided a reliable a nd effective supp~lft for the leading roles. Steven Cowling as the Cobbler a nd Stephen Carey as the Barker prOVided a centre of gossip a lmost as mdustrious as the S.C. R. , a nd Rebecca Williams was amusing as a particularly relaxed Anhour. The Belles ' flamenco dancing a nd singing, particularl y that of Vicky Mo ffat, hel~hten ed the Andaluc!a n atmosphere, a lready esta blished by judicious lise of pape~ roses and gUitar strummmg. Va nous lads and lasses provided an effective foil to Ihe more senous JOys and sorrows of the central characters, one o f whom I was relia bly informed was only 10 It as he had prOVided his own costume!

In general, the s."ccess of the play was due to the evident a musement a nd enthusias m o f the cast, which was qUickl y a bsorbed by their audience, as well as to some particularl y commendable actlllg and to the skilful directio n of Ms. Exelby. By not taking the ridiculous too seriously, \~e were able to suspend 0\"' disbelief suffiCiently to concentrate on the play, and at the same time could enJoy the fn volity, smiling benevolently as Ingrid a nd Camilla skipped off into the

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SECOND ORCHESTRA CONCERT The end of The Ragged Child may have held up some of the performers in this concert, but this did not prevent the orchestra, under their leader Chris Creissen, from launching into their first item with a brio that augured well. They began with the March from Handel's Scipio, their account being suitably maestoso and showing good dynamic shading. Next came another eighteenth-century piece: the allegro Gavot from the fourth of William Boyce's eight Baroque symphonies, with the strings in good form but the brass and winds slightl y shaky. This was followed by a Passepied by Bach, a difficult piece which put some strain on the strings' intonation.

The orchestra then returned to Handel, to three arrangements by Charles Woodhouse of melodies from Messiah: the chorus Worthy is the Lamb, the aria He shall feed his flock and, the most famous of all, the Hallelujah chorus. The orchestra's entries were rather uncertain on the first , but they were clearly more at home in the second, while the third was appropriately rousing.

There was now a complete change of mood and style with Jive for Five, a piece by Wally Bennett for percussion quintet, featuring Matthew Odgers (cymbals), Nick Johnstone (bongos), Neil Hopkins (snare drum), Andrew Nicholls (bass drum) and Hugo Stevenson (timpani). With the rise to stardom of Evelyn Glennie, might we hear more of the multifarious effects to be achieved by this section of the orchestra? The jazzy nature of this performance, with its wellhandled syncopations and cross-rhythms, led quite naturally into a group of three pieces played by the Junior Jazz Band, led by Chris Creissen on bass guitar - shades of Sholto Byrnes? The Band - Tim Marson (trumpet), Bruce Darlaston (saxophone), William Bryant and Alastair H ine (clarinets), Giles Tennick (trombone), Matthew Belliere (piano) and Matthew Odgers (drums) _ played Tishomingo Blues, Basin Street Blues and Clarinet Marmalade with verve and style and with good cohesion in spite of their "split-level" layout. I am sure we have in this group the promise of a fine band to come. Next time, could they open the piano lid to allow us to hear much more of the Belliere line?

The orchestra now returned to the classical repertoire for a group of three offerings for solo instrument and orchestra from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Michael Peat played Arcangelo Corelli's Sonata No . 8, Op. 5 for solo descant recorder and orchestra with that flair which we have come to expect of him. He did, however, constantly risk being overwhelmed by too large an orchestra: probably an ensemble half the size would have sufficed. After this came Matthew Hillier on trumpet, playing Jeremiah Clarke's less well-known Trumpet Tune alld Ayre, transcribed for orchestra by Mr. McConnell. The balance between soloist and tutti was here much better, given the nature of the instrument which Matthew handled with great aplomb. What must have ranked for the majority of the audience as the highlight of the concert was the final contribution in this sequence: Alexander Driskill-Smith's performance, at the prescribed speed, of the final movement (presto; malta allegro e vivace) of Mendelssohn's mature Concerto No. I in G Minor, Op. 25 for piano and orchestra. The interplay was splendid, and Alexander was clearly in top form in his light-fingered, electrifying rendering. We look forward to the further development of his mastery of the piano. The finale of the concert, which maintained the gusto of the previous piece, was Clare Grundman'S American Civil War suite The Blue and the Grey. The audience's applause at the end was a measure not only of their appreciation of this last piece, but also of their admiration for the performers' unabashed enthusiasm under the stirring direction of Mr. McConnell.

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A clear blue sky and the setting sun shining on the north side of the Cathedral provided the perfect setting for this year's Serenade. The programme differed from other years in that it was mostly choral , without the chamber gro ups providing variety. We were however treated to a marvellously precise Brass Quintet accompanying the first section entitled 'The Glory of Venice' glory being the operative word, with Mr. Pinnock's direction of the Venetian Choir inspirin' a spirited performance of early seventeenth-century sacred music . Perhaps the Cloisters did no~ provide the ideal setting for these vibrant pieces, which really need the echoing splendour of St. Mark's to do them complete justice.

The Animal Kingdom has provided many composers throug hout the ages with their inspiration The Madrigal Choir gave us seven gems from around Europe in the sixteenth a nd seventeenth centuries. These were more of the stu ff of a Serenade, with a perfectl y balanced sound wafting upon the evening air as we heard of dying swans, singing crickets, French peasant women cackling lik e chickens and a laudable impression of a dog from the tenors .

Some people are unhappy about King's becoming co-educational. Would that those people were there to hear the Girl's Choir and their rendition of Mendelssohn 's You Spoiled Snakes Bronwen Aldridge and Anna Forsyth leading as tuneful a band of Fairies as a nyone could wish for at the bottom of their garden. [ have never been to a concert of choral music where [ have heard every word and felt so clearly the enthusiasm of a band of talented individuals merging into a well-trained unit. Praise must go to Mr. Pinnock and his team for their dedica tion and hard work in providing such an enjoyable evening. My one complaint would be that there were no English partsongs to evoke the aura of this warm summer's evening: Elgar or Delius would, for me, have been the icing on a delicious cake.

E.C.

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Somewhat reminiscent of the Duke Ellington type of introduction, the Band members came on to the stage singly to the beat of the drum, Sholto Byrnes making the individual presentations for his third and final direction of the Jazz concert.

Barnaby Stevenson started the concert off with a solo rendition of Nutville . Damian Sim pson lost his lip for a moment or two in the second item, The Jody Grind but Sholto's bass and Alex Skarbek's excellent piano intro more than compensated.

The final piece in the 'Blue Note' section allowed Damian to get his lip back to its normal excellence, a nd the piano session made the audie nce give a strong mid-item applause.

A non-advertised piece by John Collier, the Academic of Jazz, one-time director of Jazz Studies at the R.S.M., had the various instruments carrying the theme of Down another Road all through the piece. It was a 'True Blue' session, strongly resembling the 50/60 Jam session era.

Probably the highlight of the evening for an individual player was now performed. Myles Bowker was at his finger-moving best in the French Classical Jazz trio. Bach would have forgiven him the upbeat once he had heard the spontaneous reception by the 'full house' audience. Jazz ala Franfaise was rendered equally as well. This time, the Trio of the Hot Clu b of France would have been proud of the boys.

It should be pointed out at this stage that most of the players had been virtually playing their instruments all day what with rehearsals, and the Symphony Concert - such stamina.

T he third section of the programme contained some of the classics of standard jazz : notably amongst them, a good slowed-down version of Funny Valentine which included some seemingly effortless.solos from Barnaby Stevenson and Lawrence Epps and Damian - with a good backup from Richard Dibley.

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It would be unfair not to mention the quality of drumming now displayed by Jules Moore throughout the whole of the concert. It has been noticeable over the past three years how his ercussion work has matured into such a professional mode, particularly his brush work, which for some reason he was originally rather reluctant to do.

Item four on the programme were three original pieces, two by Sholto, Tribute to Mr. Hand SOllg for Dex, and a very well rehearsed trio item Cyril (Cribble) by Alex Skarbek. Song for Dex was Sholto's personal tribute to his favourite jazz saxophonist and Barnaby played his alto highly respectfully.

It then became Big Band time, and a lso a time to introduce some new faces on the scene.

Michael Gillespie for one, unblushingly attired in jockey colours, obviously determined to ride intO the lead in the not too distant future.

The Pink Panther theme received the traditional Mancini rendition followed by Ja Da, given a nepotic dedication by Alex Hardy (trombone) (to his favourite captain of boats).

Then came an item causing food for thought. The Big Band played an excellently arranged and capably performed cha-cha/slow rumba version of The Girl from Ipanema: The thought: as the school is endeavouring to raise a large amount of capital, would a once or twice a year dance be feasible?

Glen Miller's Lillie Brown Jug wound up the evening's proceedings with everyone having no option but to tap their feet. Mr. McConnell, as always, setting just the right amount of punch in the tenor sax area.

Bravo Big Band, let's hope the fresh blood now being introduced will be able to continue the excellent standards already set. A tribute too, to the great unsung, the back-stage crew, Ed Burt, Daniel Longhurst, Jos Sclater, Viv Bennett and Mr. Evans in the lighting area, and the sound crew, Steven Connoll y, Richard Goulden and Mr. Tennick.

The fina l tribute must, of course, go to Sholto Byrnes for the personal effort he has put into the music side of the school in general and King's Week in particular over the past years. He will leave a very appreciative following all wishing to be kept in touch with his progress in future years.

Thank you Sholto and good luck.

R.F.G.

SYMPHONY CONCERT I It has been about four years since I was last able to attend a King's Week Concert, but I have always kept fond memories of high standards and enjoyable programmes. On th is my return 1 was not disappointed, in fact quite the opposite: I was delighted by many things.

The programme was enticing, varied and demanding. The choice of a major twentieth-century work, albeit only excerpts, together with a truly contemporary work was a gesture of programme planning which I trust will be continued. The orchestra were in excellent form and the two soloists both a credit to themselves and to the school.

The overall terms which spring immediately to mind to describe the whole performance are these: confident, talented and, above all, sensitive. This was one of the most musical performances 1 have heard from the Orchestra; the players were not only encouraged and well guided, they were allowed the space to let the music breathe and their own considerable musicianship to shine through .

In the three excerpts from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet suites, the concert began in a striking way. How bold to begin with those dissonances, but how much the players clearly enjoyed the energy and the enormous contrasts. The brass section was throughout the programme hugely effective, and not just when it was loud, the strings warm and confident right to the very top of their register and some beautiful soaring woodwind solos complemented the whole ensemble.

This work makes some very heavy technical demands on some of the players, for example the very high bassoon part, but these were ably surmounted at a very high standard.

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Alan Ridout's brand-new Ballade for Trumpet, Strings and Percussion makes some of the same demands but raises others too. The strings were made to listen very intently in the divisi writing in order to guarantee the intonation, and this resulted in a very sensitiv.e ac~ompaniment painting the sombre colours with richness. Thetrumpet part IS very demandl!,g mde~d an~ as a tour deforce of trumpet technique was a vehIcle for DamIan SImpson to dIsplay hIs ablhty.

The demands stem from the rhythmic, broken lines when the soloist must attack a phrase many times always with the risk of a nervous blip, but of these there were very few. Unlike many other 'trumpet concertos, there were few long sustained lines in which ,:.me could relax. I wonder how many eighteen-year-old trumpeters would be confIdent of tackhng such a work on such an occasion.

The second soloist G6tz Triebel, had a more familiar work in a more traditional idiom with which to display his 'very considerable gifts. Above all I enjoyed the lightness of touch from both soloist and orchestra, giving a truly cl~ssical poise to the first movement.of Beethoven's First Piano Concerto. So assured was the plamstlc techmque that we were qUIte comfortable simply admiring the confident and musical performance, ~hich showed h~w ~ell he can cope with the variety of tone colour and power demanded of hIm. Accompanymg .'S often a t~st of orchestral concentration' this was no worry here, as they moved from subservIent to dommant with ease, listening too ~s the soloist allowed himself a little more space here and there. This was a true partnership. If I have a qUIbble or two, It would have been a Just ~eward to have given the soloist a freshly-tuned piano as several areas were rather notIceably Imperfect, and secondly, it would be worthwhile spending a little time on platf~rm presence, so that such very able soloists were not obviously embarrassed about acknowledgmg such well-earned applause.

The second half of the programme, Dvorak's New World .Symphony, began a little less confidently, but once the imperfections of ensemble and mtonatlOn were conquered thm~s w~re again very secure. The evocative lines of thos~ famous mel,?dles were well-~haped, agam WIth space to breathe, particularly by the ~or anglals and other wmd SOlOIStS, whIle the horns coped admirably with an extremely demandmg role. The control of,m~od and colour wa.s very mature; this, after all, is what makes the performance. The ~onductor s mghtmare m the thIrd ~o.vement, the huge cross rhythms , rocked a little and by thIs tIme there were a few sIgns of tmng, but in the finale, the alternation of passion and mystery was captured well.

I shall look forward to yet more challenging programmes in future years.

D.A.F.

CONCERT OF LIGHT MUSIC The clouds which had threatened all day suddenly cleared to give a sunny venue in the attractive setting of the Walpole Garden at the back of the Archbishop's Palace. The School Band conducted

by Mr. William McConnell, got off to a dramatic start :vith a brass fanfare, Madowe, dedicated to David and Janice Reid. The full Band followed WIth the March from Thmgs to Come by Bliss. Noticeable were the soft dynamics at the start and the precision of the percussionists David Everist and Hugo Stevenson, which gave the music an exciti,!-g and forebodi,:,g atmosphere. We were then transported to the summer climes of South Paci/lc, a cheerful sUIte of such popular tunes as A Wonderful Guy and Some Enchanted Evening. There was much foot-tapping amongst the audience as the Band moved smoothly from one tango to another.

The folksongs of Norfolk and Somerset were represented in the Folk Song Suit~ of Vaug.han Williams, where a polished trumpet solo wa.s played by Daml~n Slmps?n m the mIddle sectIOn. Buglers' Holiday by Leroy Anderson provIded much entertamment, mcludmg a trumpet trIO (Damian Simpson, Richa~d Dibley and Timothy Marson). The accuracy of the solOIsts' doubletonguing, contrasting artIculatIOns, productIOn of Bell tones and proper balance of each part was impressive.

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The descriptive Night Beat by Harold Walters gave a vivid portrayal of an American city at ni~ht, thr?ugh foreboding footstep~ on the saxophones, motor horn effects on the brass and a Jaunty Jazz theme ?n the woodwmd. The Classical era was then represented in a specially arranged SUIte Sonatma No.3 from Opus 48 by Pleyel. Mr. McConnell had kindly dedicated thIs to me, and ~uch hard work must have gone into preparing these three delicately constrasted mo~ements. A hvely Rondo with horn ~nd fl.ute sok)s, a quieter expressive Adagio with a gentle clan net solo, and another Rondo hvely m vem all d,splayed elegant and attractive melodies that lent themselves well to Band arrangement.

A piece dedicated to Mr. Martin Vye followed, and we were transported to the Highlands of Scotland for Shena vall, Scotland the Brave and The Black Bear. The image of Mr. Vye leading hIS t~am of C.C.F. cadets through the last wilderness in Britain was amiably portrayed. David Evenst and Hugo Stevenson ~er~ the xylophonists !n The Two Imps by Alford. This delightful duet showed excellent co-ordmatlOn and precIsIon m some very fast runs and glissandi. Daniel Rycroft,. Juhan Woodward and Toby Brown were the Three Jolly Tromboners (Leo Stanley), WIth Juhan comp~tently leadmg .the close harmony barbershop style, played with a mellow cantabll~ tone. W,th the qUlckemng of the tempo, there was much dexterity and competence of techmque.

An un,;,sual Percussion Quintet, played by Matthew Odgers (cymbals), Neil Hopkins (side dru"!) , NIck Johnstone (bongos), Andrew NIcholls (bass drum) and Hugo Stevenson (timpani) proVIded fIreworks and much cal?able playing in Jive for Five by Wally Barnett. The Overture to The Caliph of Bagdad by BOIeld,eu had some high clarinet parts and a good oboe solo.

The concert closed with Hootenanny by Harold Walters, with its many catchy American folk songs s u~h as Frankie and Johnnie and Lonesome Road. The Band adapted quickly to the faster tempo m Chicken Reel played by the clarinets, Michael Row the Boat Ashore on trombones, and Arkansas Traveller on trumpets. As an encore the Band played Down by the Riverside the exuberant flourish with which this piece had ended. ' Much hard wo~k had been put into the concert, and the audience left with the sound of cheerful ' catchy melodIes m theIr heads.

A.N.W.

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC MONDAY, 2nd JULY

A new idea for King's Week was launched after an evening performance of Romeo and Juliet a few yards away. m the Mint Yard. Limited space in the Memorial Chapel, but an excellent venue and acoustIc for. the programme offered by two of our younger musicians, Sebastian Dawson-Bowhng and MIchael Chesterman. Experienced players approach the Bach Violin Sonatas wuh cautIOn, and one wondered with some trepidation what was in store in the half-hour of complex ~ounterp~mt that wa~ to follow. In the event Sebastian drew the two lines allotted to the harpsIchord WIth secure fmilerwork (apart from a brief absence of the right hand) and '"telhg~nt arhculatlOn. He estabhshed an assured pace from the very first note of the first Sonata (No. 1mB mmor) that allowed the suspensIOns to tell, always a matter of fine judgement. This movement also tests the vlohmst WIth double-stopping that found Michael equally certain .

Both players executed the ornaments cleanly and in the baroque style, in the Andante and elsewhere . Bach, the supreme c,?ntrapuntal master, can be made to sound mechanical in the fast movements. Here respons,b,hty rests more heavily on the violinist, who has to allow the ~~fter-toned ha~pslchord to com~ through in appropriate places. Either by instinct or calculation h co~ch,"g thIS had been achieved, as seldom did one feel the violin was too beefy. The tharpslchord was the re~ent work of David Rubio after Pascal Taskin, who worked in Paris in e second half of the eighteenth century, With the soundboard paintings of Pauline Whitehouse, 243

a beautiful instrument, clearly audible at the back . We thank Mrs. Dawson-Bowling for permitting its use. The violin was of course strung for modern use, a nd cou ld so easily have drowned the harpsichord, but fortunate ly this was in the main avoided: the exuberance of parts of the second sonata played (No.2 in A) was expressed in chamber, not concerto-style, tone. More next year, please .

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This year we were treated to a concert of predominantly twentieth-century English chamber music.

T he composition of forces varied between the items, but overall included Jonathan Sampson and Michael Chesterman (violins), Quentin Thomas and Catherine Neill (violas), Zoe Harmsworth (cello) and Peter Apps (oboe and cor a ngla is).

In addition to the fo ur instrumen tal pieces there were two vocal items. Mozart's Dove sono from The Marriage of Figaro , most competentl y sung by Bronwe n Aldridge to the "orchestra" of Quentin Thomas, a nd two melodies, Faure's Apres un reve and Debussy's Creen, accompanied sensitively by Myles Bowker and performed wI th much style by An na Forsyth.

The instrumental items commenced with Gordon Jacob's Oboe Quartet (first and four th movements) during which nerves were quickly settled. This gave way to Stephen Matthews' Piano Quartet (first performance) with its haunting and disturbing quotations from Britten and Shostakovitch, a second movement scherzando which lulled us into a temporary state of resolution only for the insistent themes to lead up to a fine a nd dramatic climax. Alan Ridout's Elegy for ~or anglais and string trio The Rainbow featured a particularly lyrical and well-controlled solo by Peter Apps in this testing slow mo vement . The concert concluded with an adaption by Quentin Thomas of Madeleine Dring's Three Piece Suile for oboe a nd piano. This was a fitting climax to the afternoon's music-making, the second movement being especially memorable.

One was left with nothing but admiration for the technical competence of the players who over the previous hour and a quarter had transported the substantial audience into the realms of the professional concert-scene.

C. J .D. L.

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O.K.S. Christopher Seaman's Open Rehearsal of Beethoven's Overture to Egmo nl with the school orchestra proved to be an inspiring occasion fo r players and listeners alike .

His rapport with the players was quickly established, giving the most timid confidence, and his enthusias m rubbed off, with his demands for accuracy in rhythm and intonation being gladly met. No-one escaped his attention, not even those sometimes taken for granted. The tympanist was instructed to use hard sticks, the double basses were reminded of their importa nt role in a strong crescendo sectio n and the piccolo was high-lighted in the closing bars .

Neither did Mr. Seaman ignore the audience, patiently explaining the drama behind the wo rk, the difference between today's instruments and those of the nineteenth century a nd the mood Beethoven sought to create. No-one was allowed to fall asleep, although the clarinet section received a gentle reprimand for a lmost nodding off.

One came away ruminating over Mr. Seaman's pearls of wisdom. "Don't let the instrument play you" should surely enhance every pupil's futur~ performance. Too bad ha lf the seats .of the Shirley Hall were empty. What a missed opportumty for all those m the area studymg musIC! R . P . BLYTH. 244

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A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC TUESDAY, 3rd JULY This late-night concert was held in the St. Augustine's dining hall and lasted about twenty minutes. I appreCiated .the c,?mphmentary ~Iass of wine, but would have found a programme useful, not least for wntmg th IS revIew. The first Item was announced by Mr. Harris who promised "something completely different" in the form of three nonsense songs by Matyas Seiber, sung here by a much depleted Crypt ChOIr. These conspIcuously bizarre songs did prove entertaining: I kept wondering what stra nge effects were com ing next.

Following this Eliza Lumley took up a noncha lant pose by the piano and sang a bluesy song with the refra m "0 tell me the truth abo ut Love". The presentation of this made it most enjoyable: she seemed to be addressing each member o f the audience individually when she sang.

Next, VIcky Moffat sang a nother bluesy song, the lyrics o f which seemed to be about a n old woman looking back on better times. Finally in the solo section Victoria Milner-Williams sang a cabaret song. In all these the quality of singing was very good , a nd the songs were sung from memory. Mr. Matthews was the accompanist.

The concert drew to a close with three pieces sung by the Crypt Choir. T he first was Percy Grainger's arra~gement of Londonderry Air, a piece which the choir had sung at the library concert and obVIOusly knew well . An Amencan song called Lil' Liza Jane was next and finally David Willcocks'. arrangement of Bobby Shafloe. As expected the choir sang with a~curacy and style. I was espeCIall y Impressed that they had had the time and energy to get the pieces together with their many other King's Week commitments: some of the choir in this concert rushed in late after coming straight from Romeo and Juliel! I enjo~ed the atmosphere of the setting, but acoustically thought the dlmng hall a httle dry: the sound dIdn 't really travel anywhere and certain voices in the choir were even more prominent than usua l. Nonet heless it was a most pleasant close to the day and I must thank everyone who took part.

JAMES WATERS.

ORGAN RECITAL This year, the King's Week Organ Recital took the form of a duet by Quentin Thomas and Michael Harris, playing wo rks by British, French and German composers.

Their recital started with Samuel Wesley's Duel for Organ, a quintessentially English piece, staId, steady a nd not too adventurous (rather hke roast beef and Yorkshire puddi ng, one might say). From the very beginnmg and throughout the recital, it was impossible to tell which of the two organists was playinll which parts in the items for two players, which is, of course, just as It should be. Changes m tempo in the opening movement, the allegro of the Duet were well accomplis hed; the ensuing andanle is typical of that somewhat amorphous late 18th century/ early 19th century period of English music, but a lively fugue rounded off this item.

A solo work, played b~ Quentin Thomas, came next: Clerambault's Suite du premier ton.

As Its name suggests, the frrst movement, Crand Plein Jeu is played on the open flue work only and requires precision in timing to be effective, and this was easily acco mplished by Quentin: The second move ment , Basse el Dessus de Trompelte shows off the organ's trumpet stops to great advantage, requiring firm incisive playing. The final move ment , Dialogue is, as its title Imphes, an antiphon~1 dialogue, displaying the reed stops' tone qualities. Regu lar readers of tillS annual column WIll know that F rench organ music reall y needs a French orga n built in the style of the traditional French School to be truly representative of the sound that Clerambault WIshed us to hear, but Quentin Thomas came as close to it as he could on the Cathedral organ .

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The central piece in the recital came next, Leighton's Marlyrs. Your reviewer's perception of this piece was spoilt owing to the fact that the very quiet beginning was drowned in the intolerable noise made by the tourists. The work is in two sections, the first written in a rather free style, whilst the second part is rather more robust and has a lyrical dance-like quality about it. Both sections start quietly and build up to a climax, especially the finale to the second part which ends in a truly thrilling climax on the tuba.

Quentin Thomas climbed down from the organ bench for a well-earned rest whilst Michael Harris played Whitlock's Scherzelto from his Sonata in C minor. This is a light, almost whimsical piece, but, like all such, requires a great deal of attention to detail to sound right.

To round off the recital, Quentin Thomas regained his position on the bench alongside Michael Harris to play the last movement from Gustav Merkel's Sonata in D minor, Op. 30. scored as Allegro con fUoco - Fuga. The allegro is the introduction to the fugue, and a fiery beginning it most certainly is. I saw at least one inattentive member of the audience jump in fear when the opening chords rang out! A richly textured fugue follows, which the two performers played with a disarming clarity, the work ending in a brilliant Tierce de Picardy.

This was the first organ duet your reviewer had ever been to, and he was not disappointed; in fact, he was so pleased with what he heard that he has resolved to write a trinket or two for four feet! One disappointment was the small attendance; I imagine that most members of the school would think of organ music as being identifiable only with compulsory Mattins. the truth is, of course, that for sheer range of tone, volume, and range of virtuosity, there is nothing that can compare with the organ when played well, as was the case at this recital. A large number of people missed one of the most exciting musical events of King's Week.

R.V.J.B.

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Aaron Copland's Ouldoor Overture got the proceedings off to a rousing start with its youthful verve and drive. The orchestra was then scaled down to baroque proportions for an Oboe Concerto in C major attributed to Haydn. Whether by the master himself or not, it had much of the Haydn magic, and provided virtuosic opportunities which Peter Apps, the soloist, was quick to seize. He delighted orchestra and audience alike with his brilliant playing, particularly of the cadenzas.

Myles Bowker is a young pianist who combines natural elegance of style with superb control of his instrument. He displayed these qualities to full advantage as soloist in Liszt's cornucopia of folksy (if not folk song) melodies that make up the Hungarian Fantasy. With the orchestra providing an admirable foil to his playing, Myles paraded these old friends not only with panache, but with a sense of humour that won him well-deserved applause.

The enthusiasm of the large audience, which had been rising in a crescendo throughout the evening, reached its peak as the orchestra played the final work, Dvorak's "New World" Symphony. Their performance combined sumptuous tone with a marvellous cohesion of forces, both in individual groups of instruments and in the tuttis. Once again Peter Apps was eloquent in the cor anglais solo of the famous Largo, although the pace might have been a little more languorous to evoke the nostalgic mood the composer so clearly felt.

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Mr. Pinn<!ck drew all the complex threads of the score together with a finesse that made every rnovement smg hke a. hap~y man g~:llng home. At t~e end he was recalled again and again to acknowledge the audience s appreclatl~n -:- an ovatIon he shared with Clarence Myerscough, the leader a nd anchor man, and other mdlvlduals who had played key roles in the success of a concert - and a King's Week that will long be remembered for its high musical quality.

S.W.

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC WEDNESDAY, 41h JULY

This late evening concert, held in the Memorial Chapel, closed King's Week with music of a more gentle and mellow nature. All but one of the pieces performed were composed by the three perform~rs - Alex Skarbek, David Everist and Spencer Santry-, mostly by Alex. There IVas one HerbIe Hancock number, Cantaloupe Island, which jazz fans would have recognized.

Both Alex and Dave played solo piano numbers and played as a duet for Cantaloupe Island.

The mostmterestmg tonal texture was created when Spence Santry joined them playing acoustic gu!tar, wIth Alex on plano a!,d Dave on electric organ. I was pleased that although both the gUItar and organ were amphfled the balance was good and the music was not too loud. I found Spence's playing slig~tlÂĽ limited in range of notes; I would like to hear him making more use of the full ran ge of hIS mstrument. I would also liked to have heard the pieces develop more' they tended to become rath~r unv~rying, more musak than music. However all three performer~ commuDlcated well and the mtonatIon and ensemble were of a high standard, making an enjoyable concert.

BARNABY STEVENSON.

KING'S WEEK EXHIBITIONS . Blackfriars is the ideal settin& for an art exhibition, the more so if weather as this year's drives VISItors towards mdoor attractIons. The work on display during King's Week was again of a very hIgh standard, a~d mterestmg to the viewer because of its range of media and styles; it prOVIded more than SImply a welcome shelter from rain or hordes of people.

Among the paintings, compositions seem to have become less traditional and more adventurous than last y~ar: there.were noticeably fewer landscapes. This occasionally led to a slightly outlandish or pretentIous cho!ce of subject, but there were many very successful pieces of work. Kate Colquh~llln's contnbut",ms were extremely good and very varied, including some accurate and Interestmg pastel portraIts,. espeCIally those of Andy Warhol and Bonnie Thompson, the latter done usmg unusually bnllIant colours. Other eye-catching pieces included her fairly formal drawing of a peacock composed chiefly of red and gold curls - she seems to work best in reddish colours and the numerous shades create warmth and depth. I also liked her rather bizarre black face in relief with .something like a daffodil in its mouth. Elisa Hudson was also prolific and her work outst~ndmg: the flgure~ were good in her pastel horse and dog and self-portrait, and the perspectIve m her pastel drawmg of a sprinter was <;luite stunning. She chose unusual subjects to very good effect, partIcularly m her coloured pamtmg of letters and her detailed chalk study of an eye. Perhaps best of all was her portrait of a boy in oils: this was very mature and captured texture and roundness to create great vitality.

Other accomplished painters included Tom Ellis: his large-scale portraits were impressive and wusU~1 wIth theIr short, angry brush-strokes, although several were rather similar. Caroline eller s work was also large and mcluded exploratIOns of a collage technique. James Knight's 247

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There were many good line drawings, in particular those of Julian Woodward. His composition was very skillful and the clarity with which he depicted such a broad horizon was remarkable Ben Ousey's pencil drawings were also good, and Elisa Hudson's pencil sketch of a baby \Va; lovely. Only a few studies of flowers were exhibited, but Rebecca Gilpin's was excellent and clear although darkly shaded; Elizabeth Hunt's very delicate drawing of what looked like Michaelmas daisies was one of the least ambitious pieces in the exhibition, but also one of the best - perhaps because of thIS. Chnstlan Postans tncluded some good nature studies in his G .C.S .E. work : I especially liked the juxtaposition of skull with wild flowers, and the wash effect of his watercolours of some trees. As in many cases, his preliminary studies were often more successful than the final piece of work : his cat and leopard paintings demonstrated this.

There was a lot of very angular design and print work on display: Geoffrey de Burca's contributions were particularly good, and so were Olivier van den Broucke's. George Skelton had taken the Berlin Wall as a subject, and Matthew Craddock had been even more adventurous in choosing a fifth-century Mayan statue . His silk pointillist fish was excellent, and I also liked Alex Homan's quilt and Nick King's cushions. The photography section is difficult to comment on since it was rather badly displayed and much of it consequently anonymous; however, the work itself was very good indeed. Perhaps nicest was the picture of a small pig. Similarly, the printing work was slightly bafflingly displayed and included a large and apparently unrelated painting. However, the range of typefaces was very interesting, and there were both functional and fanciful exhibits: among the latter I particularly liked the bookplates with Corinthian columns, marked 'Ex Iibris Julien Foster'.

The bookbinding display was clear and informative, giving examples of several stages in the binding process. Quantum physics journals seem much more accessible when covered with marbled paper, and the very pretty marbling had been done by the binders themselves. Daniel Macey should also be mentioned for the excellent marbling on his fish watercolour. Finally, the pottery: this was scattered on tables around the room, appropriately enough since most of it was domestic pottery. J.A.C.K.'s pots were obviously extremely good, particularly his teapot; many of his designs were dramatic and bold, such as that on the very attractive shallow black dish. Benjamin May's pots were distinctive, often in their shape: they included a full square and a lozenge, both presumably vases. Daniel Howard exhibited some very nice dark shapes; I also liked Gregory Armstrong's work and John Grant's duck-shaped pots. Here, as everywhere else, the individual work was excellent and the effort put into it obviously great: this, together with the organisation and inspiration of Mr. Cameron and the rest of the art department, had created a King's Week exhibition so successful and diverse, and so enjoyable.

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The A.P .C. squad prepared for their fie ld craft lest by pract ising on Scotland Hills. On the afternoon befo re Field Day they moved o ut to Acrisc to sci up a base area, from which they sent oul patrols throughout the n ight. Having located the enemy base-camp. they put in a two-pronged attack on it at first light, achieving co mplete surprise. Allhough they made mistakes the standard achieved was high, and this squad promises to provide good leaders in the fu ture. The final lest for the Certificate was shooting. Rather sur prisingly the average sta ndard was not very high, alt hough, in fact, everyone passed, and Cdls. Rayner and Sweny won their Marksman badges.

The Recruits und erwent a fu ll programme o f weapon training, drill and fi eldcraft. On Field Day, a fter spending the night out in bas hers, they put .t he f~e1dcraft they had learnt to the test in secti.on attack practice. It is ver~ pleasing that eight of the squad are commg With us on Summer Camp at Warcop. Cdt. Tltchener won the 'Best RecrUIt' award, a e.C.F. tie, with permission to wear it, for overall performance and enthusiasm dur ing the year.

The N.C.O.s have done very well this term, imparting their enthusiasm as well as their skills. Sgts. Overton and Ridings, who will be the sen ior N.C.O.s next year, prepared themse lves well by attending the challenging U.K.L.F. Leadership Cou rse at Easter, and have been promoted to Col. Sgts. in time for Camp. Lance Sgt. Lissaman will be going on a Leadership Course at Frimley Park this summer. But before the new generation take over I would like to thank this year's senior N.C.O.s who have done an excellent job, cu lminating in the organisat io n of the C.C.F. Parade on Frid ay of King's Week, which was inspected by the Headmaster: Sergeant Major Watts, CoJ.Sgt. Beechey, and Sgts. Andrews, Clayton, Penner, Robertson. Smeed and St.John Parker.

Promotions w.e.f. 5.7 .90: to CoJ. Sgt.: Sgts. Overton and Ridings. to Lance Sgt.: Cpls. Homan, Lissaman and Penner. to Cp!. : Lance Cpls. Brux ner, Howard D., Howard M. , Pritchard . to L/Cp!. : Cdts. Bennett, Cassens, Crumpton, Dupuy, Salmon, Sayer, Sweny, Tennick, Webb.

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NAVAL SECTION This term has been a hive of activity for the Naval Section thanks to the good weather. T he term was started by the arrival of six more new recruits who for the first half of term were tutored in the basic mi litary sk ills by P.O. Burdess and quickly rose to the standard of Oll r more seasoned Ordinary Seamen, to raise our numbers above thirty.

The end of the Lent term saw an active relatio nshi p with the Dover Grammar School C.C.F. struck up wh ich further nou rished this term allow ing liS the use of a Sheraton, Whaler, Dorie and numerous Bosu n sailing d inghys in Dover Harbour. Conseq uently naut ical activities were cent red arou nd here as well as at the Whitstable Windsu rfi ng School.

Following an idea by LIS. Milward, a sponsored canoe to the sea was organised, the proceeds of which will be given to the R.N.L.r. Our th ank s must go to Mr. Alan Jemmeu, the B.C.U. Advisor fo r the River Stour, fo r his help in preparing for the ven ture, to Wing Cdr. Wenley, Capt. Vye and SILt. McConnell for their help in transporting canoes, manning the sa fety boat and organis ing all the hundred and one things that are done beh ind the scenes - a superb day was had by all the participating eight cadets. even if it was a little strenuou s.

We are pri vileged to have made two trips to Portsmouth this term, fi rstly our Field day was spen t on the P2000 H.M.s.

Pursuer where cadets were given the chance to put theoretical seamanship into prac tice . Later on our affiliated ship H.M .S. Illustrious played host to us in the second half of term. A trip round the seemingly endless warren of fiats and passages, and explanations of the most interesting areas of the shi p were enjoyed by all, even those who had been on a previous visit. Our thanks go to the Commanding Officer and the First Lieutenant, and to Lt. John Barclay. We hope to be able to visit the ship again when she leaves refit. Our next venue that day was H .M.S. Victory wh ich provided an interesting contrast even though the Admiral's quarters were as comfortable in those days as now. During the holidays a further trip to R.N.A.S, Portland will take place for which we have to thank our Area Instructor c.P.O. Mitchell fo r introducing us to Lt. Cmdr. Jeremy Franks, O.K.S, who then arranged fo r a day at sea on the frigate H.M.S. Coventry, and a day flying wit h 702 N .A,S. This will be a valuable experience for LIS. Miller and LIS. Milwa rd, both of whom hope to apply for R.N. Flying Scholarships.

St. Mary's Ha ll was the scene of one of the Section's more diverse activities. SILt. McConnell built the mast for the set of The Ragged Child, ably assisted in fixing the rigging to the beams in the roof by P.O. Thompson and Cxn. l?avies. Members of the section manned the jackstay transferring members of the cast to the "ship" from the opposite Side of the set, du ring the performances, and giving rides to the remainder of the cast during the party which fo llowed the final performance! The Section were very pleased to be asked by Mrs. Tennick to do this, as it gave them a very practical opportunity to exercise their skills in ropework .

Able Seamen's tests were taken and passed by O/S. Nealon, Parrish D., Parrish G., and Shank land, and this term also saw the adva ncement of AlB. Davies, Kenyon, Shelford and Rigden to LIS. 249

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The fina le of this term was the Headmaster's Inspection of the Corps during King's Week - a spectacle not seen at King's since the visit by the Queen of Tonga. During th is parade, heralded by the bugle play ing of Nick Flower an honorary member of the sect ion - I am delighted to report that the Sword of Honour was awarded to the Coxswain.

II only remains now to thank many people fo r their help and encouragement throughout he year, and in particular P.O. Burdess and P .O. Milward who arc leaving the School, and Wing Cmdr. WenIcy who retires after many years service to the C.C.F. I wish Cxn. Thompson well as he takes over the leadership of the Section next term. And fi nally ou r thanks to SILt. McConnell for the smooth runn ing of activities wh ich have been much enjoyed by us all , and for his hospitality in opening up his house for the Naval Sect ion barbecue.

NICK DAVIES.

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION Two new recruits, Mark Bent ham-Rice and Harry Dobbs joined the R.A.F. Sect ion this term bringing our strength up to thirty-one. The recruits who joined last term completed their Part 1 with a Map Read ing Course and Exercise under the guid ance of Sgt. Simon Bowker, Cpt. Ja mes Turner and Cpt. Nicholas T urner. Andrew Groves completed his project and presentation successfully and consequent ly passed Part 2 and becomes a Leading Cadet. Other promotions were as follows: Myles Bowker, Sgt. to W.O.; Simon Bowker, Cpl. to Sgt.; Simon Cole, Cpl. to Sgt.; Nicholas Turner, J/Cpl. to Cpl.; James Turner, J/ Cp!. to Cpl.; Victoria Milner-Williams, J/Cpl. to Cpl. The Hovercraft was moved fro m Bla re's to Birley's and with the wide open spaces there, many members of the Sect ion have been able to demonstrate their skill or the lack of it, 'piloting' the hovercra ft around set routes. With a one-man crew and a downwind, speeds of up to 30 miles per hour were judged to be reached .

Field Day was held at R.A.F. Manston fl ying Chipmunks . Flt.Sgt. B. Potts our Schools Liaison S.N.C.O. was in anendance and put everybody through their paces on the shooting range . One afternoon visit to R.A.F. Manston to fly Chipmunks was cancelled ow ing to weat her co nditions but two ot her aftern oons went ahead, and most people have had at least two fli ghts this term.

Leading Cadet Brian Sun success fully completed a gliding course at half term . Leading Cadets Anna Brand and Jonathan Hawkins will be attending a gliding course at R.A .F. West Malling du ring the summer holidays. Sgt. Simon Bowker and Cpl. James Turner will be spending fo ur wceks of their summer holi days complcting their Fly ing Scholarships and learning to fl y powered aircraft. A party of seven cadets, (Nicholas Turner, Robert Clayton, Guy Towlson, James Bridges, Nicholas Forrest, Rodney Jackson and Andrew Groves) will be spending a week at R.A.F. Coningsby on a Summer Camp .

The term ended with a fu ll parade of the School Corps , inspected by the Headmaster. It was part of King's Week Open Day and a very impressive show. As the te rm comes to an end we say fa rewell to Cpt. Victoria Milner-W illiams, our first girl N,C.O. , to Sgt. Simon Cole and to W.O . Myles Bowker , head of the R.A.F. Section, My thanks for their help in running the section and our good wishes for a happy and successful future.

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SOCIAL SERVICES Many pupils have continued helping at the Diocesan and Payne Smith School this term, Jane Tennick reports: 'Josephine Loo and I have been in vo lved in Social Services at King's for what must amount to almost a year now. We have helped teach and supervise a large class of young P rimary school chi ldren at the Diocesan and Pay ne Smith School, in close prox imity to Ki ng's it self. Often the help afforded has simply been in the form of an extra willing pair of hands and a familiar face, but our range of act ivities with the children has been comprehensive and imaginatively varied. Soon they are also to benefit from the walled garden that King's won sponsorship for, ea rlier th is year. I don't thin k either of us expected to be involved for so long but both of us have found it such an ex tensively enjoyable and rewarding activity that we have continu ed with great enthusiasm. I hope Social Services next year will prove as success fu l and popular as at present as I cannot think of a more worthwhile and satisfying way at giving, both in terms of time and of self.'

As for Rebecca Will iams, Tabitha Taylor and Just in Roxburgh, they have been helping at Kingsmead swimming pool.

Justin tells us: 'Every Tuesday afternoon, I have been swimming wit h mentally hand icapped children at Ki ngsmead swimming-pool. Du ring the term I have built up a good relationship wit h the children, in particular with Marc Sexton ~ i t h whom I swam every week. Social Services is a new area for me, but I have gai ned a lot o f understanding from It and I would recommend it to everybody. The more you put into it, the more you get out of it.'

Congrat ulations to Damian Jones for organising the Walpole pupils every Sunday to help wit h Age Concern, and t~ Sophie Col year-Wa lker , Selina Cox and Charlotte Recce for their long-lasting commitment to UmbreIJa during their time at King's.

ViSiting old people, St. Augustine's and S1. Martin's hospitals or Mustard Seed has again been very popular, and wood (or cemetery!) clearing has continued with Charley Veitch, James Aitchin son and James Tory whilst Claire Nealon and Camilla Lacamp started helping at the Hospital.

Finally I woud like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Tennick, Mr. Woodward, Dr. Maltby and Mrs. Pickering for all their Work and congratu late all the helpers on their effor ts wit h the hope that they will carryon next term.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR North Goodwin House, Cliff Promenade,

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19th June, 1990.

Dear Sir. Re: Association Football I was interested to read the report on the First X l Football Team in The Cantuarian for Apr il 1990, and to remi nisce how times have changed.

When I was at King's (LN 1954-57), th e round -ball game was very defini tely frown ed upon. There were, I recall, however, some enthusiasts including myself, who not on ly enj oyed the game played with the oval bail, but fo und pleasure on a Sunday to turn to the Association variety .

A number of practices we re held, and ultimately it was felt that we needed outside competition. Thanks to the en terpr ise of onc of our members, we even tu ally negotiated a Sunday fix.ture against a local team whose name escapes me, and th e team slipped away at various times early on Sunday afternoon under the guise of going for a voluntary rugger practice. To retain the cloak of anonymity. we told our opponent s that we we re a collectio n of individuals play ing under the name of "Whi tstable Road Rovers", which was just as well as we won 4-3 and a glowing report of our performance (presumably published by the opposition) appeared in the fo llowing Friday local newspaper. Thankfully they did not print th e names of the team!

Other fixtu res fo ll owed, a nd as far as I know we remained anonymous for some two years or so, unless a very benevolent Fred Shirley and his fellow members of staff decided that our activities were not obnoxious, and turned a fr iend ly head.

Whether this activity continued a fter the majority o f the team left in 1957 , I woul d not know, but it may offer you the starting point for when Associat ion Football at King's became at least an unofficial activity with a side represen tin g the School, and I am delighted to see that it is now official.

I am co nfident that the members of that team are now we ll and truly statute-barred in terms of having any punitive action taken retrospectively against them, and I therefore recall that apar t from myself, three of the guiding lights and motivators were Peter Holmes-Johnson (LN 1954-59), David Masters (MO 1954-58) and Andrew McElwee (MO 1954-58). My best wishes go to all of them.

Yours sincerely, N ICHOLAS BENNETT.

52, Chapel Hill, Sta nsted Mountfitchet, Essex CM24 8AQ .

16th July, 1990.

Dear Sir, I was very in terested in the article about Miss Helen Sharpley's memories which appeared in th e April 1990 issue of The Canluarian.

Before going into th e senior schooll was at J. K.S. from 1916-1920. As you probably know the boys in the junior school were then known as 'Parrots'. There are two points o n which Miss Sha rpley's memory is at fault - there were certainly no slates in the school in that period and there were no open fir es in the class rooms. The classrooms were heated (7) by very anci ent rad iators and, in the winter, boys were allowed to wear mittens. There was an iron fence which separated the junior school from the tennis courts at the rear of the Grange, and I thi nk that the Memorial Co urt was dug out in about 1923.

I rcalise that facilities are very different now; but the condi tions then preva ilin g did not stop us from enj oying our school lives.

Yours sincerely, LI EUT. COL. R. A. FINN (1 6-20-25) 253 (Christian Postans)

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For the third year in a row, the school has been a marvello us venue for the O.K.S. Gaudy Luncheon, which took place on Saturday. 5th May. T he aim of this annual event is to encourage O.K.S. to renew their acq uai ntance With the school. T his is particularly relevant to those who may be thinking of sendi ng their own children to Ki ng's. On Ihis occasion the day was targeted primari ly at those who might wish to support the School's current Appeal. It was a beaut ifUl sunny afternoon. and the school provided an excellent lunch in St. August in e's and the Senior Common Room. A reCOrd attenda nce was achieved this year, with a total of nearly eighty O.K.S. and other guests includ ing the Head master and Andrew Day (the Appeal Director). The O.K.S. who attended spanned forty years of the school's histo ry from D. A Hayes (SH 15-19). R. A. Finn (MR 16-20-25). J. R. Pearson (GRI SH 16-19) to A. G. P. Davidson (SH 38-44-49) and I. F. Black (MO 37-44-49).

After lunch the Headmaster gave a brief account of recent developments at the school, including an out line of the building programme and, of course, the latest news of the Appeal. Some current sixth-form pupils then took some of the O.K.S. on a conducted tour of the school, while others listened to the fina l rehearsal fo r a concert in the cathedral by the school's Choral Society. All in all a great day was had by all, and thanks to its continued success there are plans to hold a similar Gaudy in May 1991.

The O.K.S. have again been active in a ll a reas of sporting activity. There has been renewed interest in the O.K.S. Hockey, with four matches being played last season. Some good teamwork resu lted, wit h players from a very mixed age group (!) and next year the team hope to improve o n their results. This will no doubt be helped by the offer of the school's new astra pitch as the O.K.S. home grou nd and the cont inui ng support of Peter Henderson a nd Nick Phillis who refereed. Julia n Starns (GR 78-83) has now taken over from Scott Friedla nder (LX 85-89) who helped a rrange the pu rchase of the O.K.S. team kit, and anyone who is interested in playing shou ld contact Ju lian at Twi nney Acre, Upchurch , Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 7HA. Tel. : Medway 31512 or 07 1-377-9470 (work). He wou ld be delighted to hear fro m you.

The O.K.S. Cricket Club are also having an exciting season. They will be touri ng Kenya from 26th September to 13th October this year. Mike Press (W 58-63) 4 1, Croham Va lley Road, Sout h Croydon, Surrey CR2 7J G, 08 1-657-2458 or Stephen Lark (SH 80-84) 21, Sweyne PLace, Blackheat h, London SE3 OEZ, 08 1-852-5026 would be very pleased to hear from any O.K.S. in Kenya or from anyone with any friends or contacts living there. We wish the team every success with the tour and with the rest of this season's matches. Anyone interested in taking part in O.K.S. Cricket should contact Steve or Mike.

Mike Backhouse (T 76-8 1) is also endeavouring to re-establish the O.K.S. Tennis and Rugby Societies in time to organise some matches for next season so do contact him. Tel : 0580753698 (home), Other O,K,S, act ivities continue to thrive, particularly the very informal suppers held every Quarter in London . These have been held in a private room at The Antelope Pub, Eato n Terrace, London, S.W. 1. and are a lways great fu n . Anyone is welcome and Mike Brown (SH 44-49) 61, Abbotsbury Close, London , W l 4 8EQ, 07 1-603-9662 would be delighted to hear from you. The next supper is planned for 20th September, so we hope to see more of you then, Of course, the School Appeal is now gaining tremendous momentum, and the O.K.S. have shown their support already with contributions and donations. The committee have agreed to donate ÂŁ5,000 from the O.K.S. funds to the Appeal which will help the school to achieve a nd hopefully surpass its target !

We are also delighted to announce that John Ward R.A. has agreed to a limited ed itio n of his drawing which appeared on the front cover of the 1990 O.K.S. Handbook, being sold in aid of the Appeal - indiv idua ll y signed by him!

P lease do contact Mike Hodgson or myself if you have any queries or require any furt her information on O.K.S. act ivit ies, c/o 25, T he P recincts, Canterbury. We look fo rward to heari ng from you.

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We print below a letter from Mr. John Parker to Mr. Mike Bailey concerning the O.K.S. Careers Day held on 12th March, Dear Mike, A belated but huge thank you for all your help in organising the most successfu l O.K.S. Careers Presentation so far.

Apart fro m the ' helpful ' comments of "I wish we could have had a .... .. , ....... , ...... , .. , .. , .... .i n the groups", I have had noth ing but positive feedback from pupils and parents. Of particular note, I feel, is the warm friend ly way the sessions were run, mixing the anecdotal wit h hard factual information ranging from industry, business, law, the city and of course interviews. Any of these could be the basis for a day's conference, but with pupils having to choose th ree often widely ranging career areas, it gave them the opportun ity to compare.

The careers room was packed out the fo ll ow ing week and early this term as a direct result of the O .K ,$, Presentation, Parents have been most appreciative of the ro le of the O.K.S, in school. I frequently meet other ca reers staff and it's interesting to note that we are the only sc hool to have th is type of conference. The Eto n Group careers masters meet ing was very interested in what you do for us.

Of course, seminar leaders' views all vary but their enthusiastic approach means so much to pupils (seeing their teachers daily!). T he fact that each O,K.S. had been in that position before was/ is a lso important.

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I very much hope that we can co ntin ue this fruitful lia ison. We have embarked upon wo rk experience this yea r for forlY fifth formers. Perhaps this is an area into which we can expand our link s.

Once again, tha nk you for a ll your hard work - I know it's difficult to co nt act people and "tie them dow n". I look forward to getting in touch in September wit h pla ns fo r the next presentation.

Yours sincerely, JOHN PARKER.

O.K.S. NEWS C. G. A. Paris (1930) writes: "With the arrival of David Gower to join Hampshire's playing staff, it may be of interest to O.K.S. to learn of the close connection between Hampsh ire Cricket a nd past Captains of Cricket at King's: (the latc) Col. R. A. W. Binny, captain of cricket 1928, Assistant Secretary Hampshire C.C.C. 1949- 1985. C. G. A. Paris, captain of cricket 1929 and 1930, Chairman H.C.C.C. 1968/ 9, President H.C.C.C. 1983-1990; C. N. Laine, captain of cricket 1955, Hon. Treasurer H.C,C.C. 1986 to date; D. I. Gower, captain of cricket 1974, and subsequently of England.

Now contracted to H.C.C.C. as player. Such a record must be unusual, if not unique."

W. C. Young (1938) reports that in 1989 he was elected Under-Warden of the Stationers' and Newspaper Makers' Livery Company, O. Kirby-Johnson ( 1945) recently re-a rranged his firm - C. Adam Letts (1970) is the Auditor and the Insurance Broker is John Stonehouse.

A. G. S. Davies (1953) has survived a fourth case of redu nda ncy and is now working for Associated Knowledge Systems Ltd. of Bedale, North Yorkshire.

8. D. Foord (1958) has left the fami ly firm and started Dryden St irzaker to carry out the valuation and auctioneering of industria l property, plant and machinery wo rldw ide.

Lt. Colonel J. H. Hardy (1963) recently represented the Royal Army Dental Corps at C ross Count ry sk i-ing in the Army Medical Services Ski meet in Bavaria and came second in the IOkm . veterans race. He still runs but fee ls that marathon training takes up too much time, and so races o nly in sho rter d ista nce races.

P. S. Jenkins (1966) reports that after seventeen years in the Civil Service (Cabinet Office, Treasury and Customs & Excise) he is now a Tax Partner in Ernst & Young in London and head of the Nat ional V.A.T. Practice.

Dr. A. K. P. Jones (1970) is now a Sen ior Lecturer and Hon. Consu ltant Rheu matologist a t the Royal Postgraduate Med ical School and M.R,C . cli nical scientist in charge of the M.R.C. Pain Research Programme.

C. T. W. Anderso n ( 197 1) has just completed two years in Bristol after escaping from the City of London and commut ing from Hampsh ire. He can now d rive to the office in ha lf-an-hour, which leaves mo re time for leading a normal li fe.

Dr. J. W. T . Lovett (197 1) has been appointed as Consu lta nt in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to the Crewe Health Authority.

The Reverend G. R. P. Ashenden (1972), as well as bei ng University Chaplain (Sussex University), is a lecturer in Psychology and Religion, A. M. W. Jackson (1972) married Cat herine Rampli ng in April 1987. After leavin g uni versity he spent fourtee n years wit h Smith & Nephew, Med ical and has now been appointed a Director of Sm ith & Nephew Textiles.

A. J. Waltham (1972) writes that he has now set up his own business in accountancy. So far he has picked up some interesting new clien ts, a ll within Kent - he wou ld be happy for all his cl ients to be se lf-emp loyed a nd small loca l businesses, On 13th May 1990 his wife Rachel, Andrew Lyle (1970), Stefan Bown (1970) together with Robert Scott (staff) gave a concert in Godmersham Church.

A. C. Barker (1973) has been one of the four principal attorneys in a protracted lawsuit in G reensboro, Nort h Carolina, his clients eventually being awarded damages of ÂŁ98 million. He managed to get back to England for his son Christopher's christening in the crypt chapel of the Palace of Westminster in Marcil.

M: W. Guuerldge (1975) continues teaching and singing in Central London and had three carols published by Oecumuse In March 1990.

The Reverend P . Cowell (1976) is now Chaplain of The London Hospita l, W hitechapel, E I .

Sarah Lonsdale ( 1983), after developing her journalism on a Reading newspaper, has had her first pieces of reporting published in the Observer.

J . H. Albin (1984) as from September 1990 will be teaching Modern Languages at Sl. J ohn's School. Leatherhead.

M. G. Justice (1984) after leaving St. Andrews University in 1988 has been work ing in television for an independent production company and for the last year has been producing for two different directors.

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R. E. Sirivens (1985) will fro m September 1990 be stu dying singing at the Roya l Northern College o f Music.

T. P . Briggs (1987) has added Hamlet to Dr. Faustus among his roles played at Leeds University. and has Othello and Jimmy Porter to loo k ahead to . in the next student year.

R. Kher (I 988) is at present attending New York University studyi ng for a B.Sc. in International Business and Management In September he will take a semester on board a ship. sailing the Far East and taking classes on board. .

Mrs. Sheila Parker (Staff 1988) now lives in London where she is studying the History of Art, attends the English National Opera. sings in the Barnes Choir and sw ims.

Fiona Shoop (1 989) will sing with the B.B.C. Symphony Chorus and Lo ndon Philharmonic Choir at this year's 'Proms' In August she will appear in a production of Aida as well as participating in various concerts on Channel 4. .

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Robertson-G raham Robertson (1 967) to Delia Clare Huch ings in October 1989. de Styrcca-Baro n Michael E. D. de Sty rcea (1972) to Jilly Anderson on 2nd J une 1990.

Christie-J . A, R. Christie (1 978) was ma rried two years ago to Alice P rett iejo hn. !-Ie is now a quali fie d accounta nt and a fi nancial cont roller for Cope Allman.

Sultan-Eric Su ltan (1979) to Helena Poll ack in Na ntucket. U,S,A. on 9th September 1989. Several O,K,S, fr iends made the trip over for the wedd ing - Jonny Underwood (1 980), Kim Bolton (1 979), Mik e Bugel (1 98 1) and Katy Knight (1979).

Christie- Isabel Christie (1 98 1) was ma rried in April 1989 to Step hen Ri mmer who works with Charles Young (1978) at Pr ice Waterhouse. Charles was best man at her weddi ng when An na Carboni (nee You ng - 1981) sang and David Flood played the organ. Isabel is work ing at Joh n Lewis. Ox ford Street, and secs many Lo ndon-based O,K,S. Evans- Jo nathan Evans (1981) to Sarah Peasley in Octobcr 1989,

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Foster- to C. Nigel Foster (1970) and Mary, a daughter. An na, a sister for Victoria, on 26th November 1989, Jones-to Dr, Anth ony Jones (1 970) and Phillipa a son, Tobias Sebastia n, o n 10t h November 1989.

C hristie-to James Christie (1 978) and Alice a so n, George Edward, on 2nd December 1989, Wilkin - to Roger Wilkin (1 980) and Tracey. a daughter, Georgina Anne. on 4th March 1990 .

DEATHS Powell- Michael Powell on 21st Febru ary 1990.

Young- J , S. Young (1 929) in December 1989 aged 78.

Payne- Martin T, L. Payne (1960) died while on holiday in Hawa ii fro m his home in Australi a in February 1990.

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