The Cantuarian Autumn 1994 - Summer 1995 by OKS Association | The King's School, Canterbury

THE CANTUARIAN

AUTUMN TERM 1994

THE CANTUARIAN AUTUMN TERM ,

VOL. LIX No. 1

CONTENTS PAGE

THIS AND THAT

VALE

OBITUARY

SERMONS

FOCUS

MUSIC AND DRAMA

CHAPLAIN'S NOTES

THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

HOUSE NOTES

SPORT

ACTIVITIES

O.K.S.

THE CANTUARIAN

Editor: Michelle L. Traylor. Photographic Editor: Peter W. S. Baines. Senior Editor: T. Thomson, M.A. , D .Phil.

1994

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~his & ~hal The new Housemistress of Walpole is Mrs. Jean Watson, who comes to us from Lancashire but is a native of Sydney, Australia where she took her first degree at Macquarie University. She also holds a Master of Science degree from York University and several qualifications in the field of education. She is a biologist with a special interest in the application of science to the world of work and the role of women in science. She enjoys many outdoor pursuits, including skiing and snorkelling, and also practises yoga. Probably not as often, these days, as she would like to. Her husband is also a teacher and they have two children now at Milner Court. Miss Lindsay Gabitass has joined the English Department after taking her degree at Magdalene College, Cambridge and a P.G.C .E. at Hughes Hall. She is also qualified to teach English as a foreign language, and spent her first post-graduate year doing so in London and Japan. The ~aughter of a headmaster and a primary school teacher and the product of an all-girls day school m Oxfordshire, she resolved to work in a coeducational school. She enjoys rowing and swimming. Her special literary interests are medieval English and the Romantics, along with nineteenthand twentieth-century novels.

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Megan Sinclair and Geoff Wells came to us from New Zealand to assist wÂˇ variety of teaching. They return home after spending a much-appreciated ~th a at King's , Megan to Canterbury University in Christchurch to st ear Marketing and Economics, Geoff to Waikato University in Hamilton to study Busi~dy Management. We wish them all the very best for their futures . esa Mr. Neville Float retired from the Premises Department in October 1994 after eighteen as Head Groundsman with the School. He spent the last few years taking good care of the grl:: at Blare's. We wish him a long and happy retirement . Valete

We congratulate The Very Reverend Ian White-Thomson, sometime Dean of Canterbury, on celebrating his ninetieth birthday in December. The occasion was marked by a service at Wye Parish Church and a gathering of the considerable White-Thomson clan at their home in Wye, where warmth of friendship and generosity of spirit are tangible. At the end of September, Canon John de Sausmarez retired from his Cathedral post as Canon Residentiary and thereby School Governor. For many years, Canon and Mrs. de Sausmarez provided lodgings for sixth-form pupils, and we wish to express our thanks to them for the very good care that they took of those who lived at No. 15. We wish them a long and peaceful retirement in Broadstairs and very much hope that they will give us the opportunity of welcoming them to future School events. Following the departure last summer to the Deanery of St. Alban's of Canon Christopher Lewis, we welcome Canon Roger Symon, O.K.S. (GR/LN 1948-54), who has become a School Governor on taking up his appointment as a Canon Residentiary. Canon Symon has travelled widely in his recent job as the Archbishop's' Acting Secretary for Anglican Communion Affairs, a post he held from 1987 until his move back to Canterbury . He will now have the rather different responsibility of overseeing the Cathedral library and archives. He and his wife are living in Prior Sellinge Gate and we much look forward to seeing them at School functions.

The Cathedral

In response to requests by parents and O.K.S. the coloured plan of the King's School by Hubert Pragnell has been reprinted with minor additions including that of Jervis House. It is printed on high-quality paper with a pictorial size of approximately 28" x 18" and can be obtained from the King's School Shop . It costs ÂŁ3 including cylinder and postage within the United Kingdom.

School Plan

Jeremy Bines, M.S. (MT) has been awarded the Associate of the Royal College of Organists diploma. This he gained in the summer while still 16, an outstanding achievement, as much of it involves first year degree level work. He has also been awarded an Organ Scholarship at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge for 1996. An additional award was a Solo organ recital as result of the Oundle Organ Course 1994. Emily Elias, M .S. (LX) has gained an Organ Scholarship at St. Peter's College, Oxford. She was awarded a number of solo organ recitals as a result of the Oundle Organ Course 1994. Penelope Curtiss, M.S. (MT) has been awarded a Choral Scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge. Charles Aitken, K.S. (LN) has gained a Choral Scholarship to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Musical Achievements

MEGAN SINCLAIR AND GEOFF WELLS (M.J. T.); EMILY ELIAS AND JEREMY BINES (Mike Waterman)

Georgina Salmon, K.S. (WL) has been awarded a prize of ÂŁ 100 for her entry frne Fecerunt in the JACT essay-writing competition. She wrote an extended essay on the 0P 1 Latin love 'poets. This prestigious award was made through the generosity of the Gladstone Memorial Fund. paul Gaskell (SH) has participated in an international competition in bouldering, i.e. climbing hundred metres over a series of short routes on 'very overhanging' rock with holds that are on~ worthy of the name. The British team gained around sixteen of the top twenty places out nftwo hundred competitors from all over the world. Paul came eighteenth overall. The competition 0 k place at Foundry in Sheffield. We hope he will enjoy a slightly more exotic location next 00 :ime and congratulate him on his achievement. It can never be said that King's pupils are on tram Jines. Since October 1993, Simon Gittins (MR) has won sixteen International Caps playing Hockey for England at Under 16. This October, in Barcelona, playing three matches against Spain, he scored four of England's nine goals, bringing his total score in Internationals to ten. He is one of three current members of Marlowe House who have represented Great Britain: Ben LoxtonEdwards, a gold and silver medallist for rowing and Tim Davis, a silver medallist for steeplechase, are the others. we also congratulate those who have won County caps for Hockey this season: James Munday and Timothy Palmer (LN) at Under 18, and Charles Munday (MR) at Under 16, playing for the team captained by Simon Gittins. The Under 18 team won the South of England hockey championship for the third year running, a record, and won all their matches, also a record. Congratulations to Charles Heise and to Benjamin Loxton-Edwards who, after winning a Gold Medal in the Under 18 coxless pairs at the National Schools Regatta in a time that broke the event record, gained selection to row for Great Britain over the summer. Charlie rowed at the Junior World Championships in the coxless pair. He was eventually placed eighth, having exceeded all expectations. Ben stroked the coxless four at the Coupe de Ia Jeunesse and won a Gold and a Silver medal. We wish Charlie every success at Oxford and look forward to seeing him on the Tideway.

Outreach

Luxmoore House, in association with Canterbury Lions, raised ÂŁ1000 to help complete the Edinburgh University Medical School Project on OestrogenReceptors and Prognosis in Cancer.

To celebrate its fortieth anniversary the Canterbury Orchestra gave a concert on 19th November in the Cathedral Quire under the baton of Grenville Hancox, its recently-appointed director of music. King's were represented by Paul Wenley and George Robertson, while David Goodes, who was the orchestra's conductor for twelve years, conducted Beethoven's Egmont Overture which had opened the inaugural concert in 1954. David Flood was the soloist in Poulenc's Organ Concerto, the work with which David Goodes made his conducting debut in King's Week in 1953. It was appropriate that the symphony was Mozart's 40th, and William Walton's Battle of Britain music provided a rousing conclusion. Orchestral Anniversary

Work has been progressing all term with the mammoth task of computerising the library stock. Departmental libraries from Geography and Chemistry have now been amalgamated into the main library . Books may be located by using KlNGSCAT- the on-line open access library catalogue- for the subjects covered so far. Already so~e of the books given by the Chemistry department will be relevant to geographers researching soils etc. This is easily possible now the books are housed under one roof, and the relevant keywords app~ar on KINGSCAT. Further examples of cross-curricular usage will be apparent as more subJects feature . 'Colour' is keyworded in art, photography, chemistry and physics so far . Library

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Increasing use is being made of the CO/ROMs in the library as more and more pu its staff become aware of their potential. The library decided it was time to purchase a new ~pd and edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica this year. November saw its first publication in CD!Rb~ format, and so we decided to buy that. We shall be monitorin~ its ' user-friendliness' but ex its cross-referencing abilities should prove helpful. We contmue with quarterly updates 10~1 Independent and the Economist, and they are certainly proving most popular. Another newcom e waiting to prove its popularity is The Introduction to Western A rt. This can be used with serioer int~nt, or to amuse by playing the Art Quiz ..A donation was g~atefully r~ceived from the s~s Alliance Insurance Group of a Rugby Coachmg CD/ROM. Th1s too has Its own quiz featur n Donations were appreciated from Brian Olver and Dr. T. Thomson. e. Politics is not a permitted topic of conversation among the Powell brothers according to an article in The Times. Sir Charles (GL 1955-60) was for si~ years the head of Margaret Thatcher's Downing Street 'kitchen cabinet' Christopher (GL 1959-62) helped to run Labour's last two general election campaigns, and Jonath~ (GL 1969-73) has been plucked from the British Embassy in Washington to become Tony Blair's chief of staff. If Labour wins the next election, he could be the youngest person ever to become the Prime Minister's chief of staff, stealing the prize from Sir Charles. Roderick (GL 1962-66) works for a computer firm in Dallas and his only declared allegiance so far is to Bournemouth Football Club. Sir Charles commented: 'I hope he is not going to go Liberal '. Sir Charles is now a director of Jardine Matheson, the Hong Kong based tradin~ company, a member of the board of Christian Dior in Paris and Chairman of NatWest's new International advisory board. Small wonder that his wife complains that he only makes her dinner parties in time for coffee. 'Sibelius 7' has been praised by Computer Shopper as ' the world' s leading computer program for editing and printing music' . Paul Patterson, Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy and sometime Composer in Residence at King's, describes it as 'in a totally different league from anything else'. John Rutter comments: ' I never thought I would abandon pen and ink, but Sibelius 7 's versatility, speed and ease of use have completely won me over'. The authors of this wonderful invention are Ben and Jonathan F inn (SH 1982-86)- twins , King's Scholars, Music Scholars, and double mathematicians to boot. They have devised a program which processes and formats all the information as it is entered, updating a full score ten times a second. But the Finns still have one challenge to meet. Although composers can already play full chords and melodies into Sibelius from a MIDI keyboard, they must still enter the rhythmic pattern by hand . Ben Finn has announced that the system will soon be able to capture the music's natural rhythm in real time. A noteworthy achievement. Tanera Dawkins (GR 1984-86), who is a cellist, was the subject of a programme in Radio Four's First Act series, which followed the careers of young musicians trying to establish themselves in the profession. She had been interviewed at regular intervals since leaving Oxford in 1990, and a remarkably entertaining story unfolded, much enlivened by Tanera's self-deprecating humour. Busking, teaching, composing (for Oedipus at the Cambridge Theatre), arrangmg (for Squeeze), and performing in a variety of styles from jazz to folk, and with a variety of groups, she has had a pretty interesting First Act. We look forward to Act Two. Two other O .K.S. musicians took part in the 1994 Canterbury Festival: Keith Thompson (MR 1965-69), a specialist in ancient woodwind, and oboist Jeremy Polmear (MR 1957-62). We congratulate three O.K.S . on completing their Commissioning Course and participating in the Sovereign's Parade at Sandhurst: James Robertson (LN 1985-90), Luke Williams (LN 1984-89) and Ben Wrench (SH 1983-88). Two O .K.S. first-year undergraduates have lost no time in making their presence felt in their respective sports at Oxford: Charles Heise (MO 1989-94) rowed in the Contenders crew against the Gladiators in the trials for next year's University Boat Race, and Myles Orsler (LN 1989-94) was on the substitutes' bench for the Varsity Match in December. Charles Heise has also rowed for the Great Britain Junior Team.

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Tennick (MR 1988-93) was presented to H.M. The Queen on her re.cent visit to Manchester,

Q11eswhich Her Majesty opened the new barracks and the O.T.C. G1les was selected as the dur.mg sit Bursary Cadet, attached to the Royal Enginee.rs, to lead the Guard of Honour. He l}ruver mfnated the young officer with the greatest promise. was no B rnes (SH 1985-90) might be able to help us over a puz.zling re_fere!'lc~ in the Sho~~ou yh column of the Daily Telegraph. A celebrity was said to m~lude m. h1s mterests peterb d fa seventeenth pastoral poet called Shepherd Neame. Comme c est cuneux et quelle th~;~fdln~e, as lonesco put it after his seventh pint. . co arwick Collins (MR 1960-66) has warned Spectator readers t~at .the. hum~n race will .not W. e another fifty years unless we recognise the threat from artificial mtelllgence. He c1tes survl~rming spectacle of a doom-laden Gary Kasparov ' regarded by many as the greatest chess the a r of all time, comprehensively defeated by a mere two thousa~d pounds-worth of. c01;nputer playe me Mr Collins draws attention to the fact that the machme, focussed on wmnmg the progrhamwas. also. simulating motivation as it sat there. Win or lose, I' ll order a dozen for the mate , classroom. . . l D Martin Mansergh (LN 1960-65) is not the author but the subJeCt ~f a Spectator artie e · r~d 'The Power and the Blarney, in which it is alleged th.at the ~hootmg of the. Mans.e~gh enll\t hound in 1921 was by a Black & Tan carrying out a p~cuhar yers1~m of commum.ty pohcm.g fan:}? erary. Dr. Mansergh' s father became an ardent Insh Nat10n~llst and a convmce~ antl~n ~pr st yet also an historian of the British Commonwealth at CM.flbndge. Dr. Mansergh h.lill,self ~~~tthe'Irish Department of Foreign Affairs in 1974. Accordmg to th~ Spec~ator he. IS the J t · portant figure in the creation of policy towards Northern Ireland , and IS descnbed as mos 1m hand ensunng . stability . . from Dublin · as th e peace process moves "orward the hidden I' •

Mighty Falls

Catherine Fall (WL 1983-85) has been appointed an adv!ser o.n Eu~opean PC?l~cy issues at Conservative Central Office. Her father, S1r Bnan? 1s. the Bntish Ambassador in Moscow, about to be translated to Oxford as Pnnc1pal of Lady Margaret Hall .

The B.B.C.'s Bard on the Box series included a p~ogral?me o.n the 'Battle of Wills', a presentation of the clai~s of various wnters 1 mcludmg o~ course King's On Christopher Marlowe, to be responsible f?r the works of Sh~kespeare . S?me The Box shots taken in the Precincts were used to Illustrate Marlowe s .schoold~ys, the School Archivist spoke about the theories of Calvin Hoffm~n on the aut~ors~1p guestwn. He was relieved to discover that his discourse was deemed unsuitable for fam1ly v1ewmg and went out after the 9 p.m. watershed. Meridian Television's arts programme The Pier used the Norman Stairc~se as the bac~dr~p for their introduction to Somerset Maugham, whose play T_he Constant W~fe was showmg m Canterbury at the time. The fin de siecle period throug~ wh1ch we are passmg appears to have favoured a rev ival of interest in Maugham the dramatist. The Rev' d Prebendary Dr. Chad Varah, founder of the Samari.tans and Rector of St. Stephen Walbrook in the City of London, has ver~ kmdly presented Memories of his Public School Psalter to the School Archives. It was g1ven to h1m by one Shirley ofthe arrangers, 'The Rev. F. J. Shirley , !v1.A. (O~on.) , LL.B. (Lond.) , Head Master of W orksop Colle~e', on the occasion of his confirmatiOn there m 1929 · The other arranger was one ' Monkey' Mam, less well known in C.anterbu.ry. We thank pr: Varah, whose autobiography , Before I die again (1992) has a very mterestmg chapter on h1s time at Worksop, most warmly. 7

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The 1991 MagdaJen G_ollege Record contains some account of the enorm benefactions which Bishop Warner made for the College Library botho~s his l!fe time and by his 1_666 will. It notes that Bishop Warner's 'c~mbati In nephew', J~hn Lee, remmd~d th_e Pres1den~, m 1677, that 'the ben~volence to yo_u~ library( ... ve was not to mlarge or beautifie It, but to fill your empty desks with books bef1ttmg the stud:·) of the College'. This right-thinking John Lee was a King's Scholar in the 1620s and left ~es Magdalen in 1626. He became his uncle's heir and took the additional name of Warner rhr most recent Lee-Warner at King's was Sarah (WL 1986-88). · e Called to Heel

It appears that, despite a lot of evidence to the contrary from earlier entries in this column , the counting of spanning trees in labelled, non-planar graphs is still going on after twenty-five years, and Dr. Mallion and Mr. Pollak have now put the theorem of Gutman in its place, as it was making people lose count Their two and a half page article in Molecular Physics has twenty-five footnotes, eight of which refer the reader to some of Dr. Mallion's previous published deliberations. II faut Je faire as the French say, a trifle ambiguously. ' Matters Mathematical

There has been considerable uproar in the press about the Government's plan to merge the Broadcasting Standards Council, which regulates for taste and decency and is chaired by Lady Howe, and the Broadcasting Complaints Commission, which deals with matters of fairness and is chaired by Canon Peter Pilkington. Among other unrepeatably disobliging remarks about those appointed to regulate broadcasting, Mr. Michael Grade announced that 'the marriage between Lady Howe and Canon Pilkington is most unsuitable'. The latter has been given the impression that the Government is coming between them, the consequence of which will be even more work in order to cope with the differences of opinion attending the notion of a single watchdog.

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Outre-Manche

The front of St. Augustine's is not often seen in the French magazine Figaro Madame, let alone juxtaposed with directions in French to Mr. Dobbin's

nearest mainline statiOn in Shropshire, Craven Arms. The picture was sold by Sotheby's for £ 166,500, the largest of nine bought by the Victorian builder of Stokesay Court, Ludlow, from the Canterbury artist, Thomas Sidney Cooper. French readers are informed that Cooper's concern for accurate detail in his animal painting led him to buy a farm near Canterbury's 'pour disposer de modeles tout frais'. However, the picture of St. Augustine's went to an English buyer. Perhaps the French didn't get there. The description in Figaro Madame of the train service to Craven Arms strikes one as less realistic than the painting.

VALE STEPHEN PINNOCK (K.S.C. 1989-1994) h Pinnock came to King's in 1989 after eight years as Director ?f Music at Ardingl{f" . Step d~ntely felt that in this new Director of Music we had aver~ professiOnal member of sta f, I lmme. ~~ ed borne out later in all my dealings with him - particularly over arrangements for as. w~~ We~k, which at a difficult stage of t~rm can ~ometimes be fluster~d - but were ne~e~ J(mgith Stephen. I also noticed a very large mcrease m the nu~ber~ ~~oosmg _G.C.S .E . mus1~, ~110 wd suddenly become a more accessible subject. Nor we~e h1s activi~Ies confmed to the !vfu,sic ha 1. he was a tutor latterly in Luxmoore, and established yachtmg as a sport at Kmg s. Schoo · ' s: 11 · t m indebted to Stephen Matthews, a member of his department, for the 10 ~wmg accoun ~~e hen's contribution to King's music: 'There is no doubt that Stephen co~tnb~ted g_reatly of P. 1 life at King's His enthusiasm and energy so aptly demonstrated m h1s chOir and to m~s~~~iety rehearsals permeated all aspects of mus 1~-making whether full-blown school events choJa :rticularly the Se~enade in the Cloisters) , smaller-scale house an~ ~~a~ber c~ncerts or (a~ ational practice. Some people may not realise that his was the Initiative behmd many cou~caf happenmgs not taken for granted, such as Informal Concerts (we are no~ on our f<?~ty m nth) Masterclasses given by eminent professionals, Schools Chamber Music C?mpetitwn 5 ~~eChoir tours. The enormous amount of work and prep~ration w_hic~ Stephen put !n not onlfl a hoir trainer but also as administrator for the CelebratiOn of Kmg s,_ a concert given by a ~~ecKing Henry VIII schools in the Royal Albert Hall, surely led s1gmficantly to the success of the occasion.' . . . Stephen will be taking up an appointment as Director of ~us1c a~ MI_llfield, m ~eptemb~r 19?5. Members of the Common Room thank him warmly for his contnbut1on to their collegiate hfe, and wish him well at Millfield. C.J.M.

I OBITUARY WILLIAM DIXON WEST, Sc.D., C.I.E., M.B.E. (K.S.C. 1912-1920) WiJliam West died in Bhopal , India, on 23rd July, at the age of 93. He had a remarkable career India from 1923 to 1994. William West was at King's from 1912 to 1920 and was Captain 0 ~fthe School in his final year. He went up to St. John' s College, Cambriuge, in 1920, graduating in t923 with First Class Honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos in Geology. He won the Winchester Prize in geology and mineralogy and the Harkness Scholarship, awarded to the best Tripos rformimce in geology. Soon after graduating he was appointed Assistant Superintendent in ~e Geological Survey of India. He much enjoyed the work of a a field geologist, carrying out geological surveys in many parts of India, includmg the Himalayas, and became a leading authoirity on mineral resources , earthquakes and structural geology. In 1940-1942 he led a party of economic geologists in field work for coal exploration to Afghanistan at the invitation of the ÂˇKing, for which he was awarded the Star of Afghanistan. In 1945 he was appointed Director of the Geological survey of India, developing and enlarging the Survey over the critical period of transition to statehood in India in 1947 . He retired from the Directorship of the Survey in 1951, but in 1955 he resumed his geological activities in India, becoming Professor of Geology in the University of Sagar (M.P.). At Sagar, he became Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology and Vice-Chancellor, also setting up a Centre for Advanced Studies in Geology. He retained Honorary Headship of the P.epartment of Applied Geology until his death, which marked a period of seventyone years of service to Indian science, especially geology. His activities in India were by no means confined to science. He was President of several National Societies and the Kennel Club of India, and was well-known for his cinematography and for his support of association football in universities and elsewhere. He made a remarkable contribution to Indian science and life over a long period which saw many changes in political life and economic development, and will be mourned by very many friends in India. R. G. W EST. .

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The parable of the Good Samaritan is a conflict between a lawyer and a teacher in the in which the:y look a! the worl?. (\s a former Ia:-vyer and a ('resent teacher you would exway me to be .part.Jcularly mteres~ed m 1t. .The lawyer I.1ves by defimtions. He needs to know preci~ct what ~ctlon ~s to be ta~en m any g1ven set. of Circumstances. Liability lies at the heart of h1.Y rea~onmg . H1s .concern IS th~t law s~ould .mamtain order but precisely what that order is to consi15 o~ IS not fo~ h11!1 to determme. It lies w1th the t~~cher. He it is that h.as been given the gift ~} w1sdom wh1ch m Hebrew thought ~eans the ability to see the order m things, how one th' relates to a~other, h?w people, society_, nature and science function. It is the teacher who h~~ an <?Verall v1ew of thmgs and through w1se words can determine harmony, peace, shalom with' SOCiety. ' In . The la~yer of this inci?ent se~ks to put the teacher to the test. The Greek word used here IS a.techmcal t~rm for askmg a difficult scholarly question. The lawyer is clearly pretty smart He IS Ie.ss certam of the teacher. Pe~haps he ~as heard that he was a somewhat unorthodox teacher. ~omethmg <?fan upstart from P.rovmc1al Galilee. In any event, his purpose in asking the questio ' IS to establish Jesus' s credentials. n What is the issue? The issu.e !squite simply defining li~bility . Jewish law ~as full of compassion for the poor and the underpnvil~ged. But that ~o~passwn was to be exerc1sed to the neighbour. What the lawyer seeks to kn?w IS who are the ms1ders and who the outsiders. The lawyer knew what he has to do. He had nghtly answered Jesus's question 'What is written in the law?' He was not af~aid of his duties to God, nor his neighbour. All he wanted to know was wh·e;e to draw the lme. In a~king this que~tio.n the lawye~ ~as following common ancient practice. All ancient cultures ~rew lines between m~1ders and outsiders. Jewish law itself did in its provision about charging mterest on loans. Wh1~e Jews could lend to Gentiles and charge interest, they could not do so to fellow Jews. Palestme of Jesus's day was very much a mixed racial situation. It was not unreasonable for the lawyer to seek to define his liability. Norma_lly insiders were understood as Jews and those Gentiles who had converted to Judaism. The Phansees went even further. They excluded even Jews who did not know Torah - the law. The fanatical sect .of Essenes asso~iat~d with ~he Dead Sea Scrolls and living in the wilderness only regarded the1r own order as ms1ders. G1ven that Judaism itself drew different lines it is unde~stan~able why t~e lawyer wa~ anxious t? know the scope of his commitment. Who a:nong all th1s m1xed populatiOn of Palestme were h1s responsibility? He was not frightened of having to un~ertake what the: Ia~. required, he knew it had many awkward precepts. But he wanted the certamty of defined liability. As a lawyer he knew that what was laid down should be obeyed. The story itself is one from everyday life. Muggings on the Jerusalem to Jericho road were a common occurrence. Death would be inevit~ble if no-one came along to help the injured man. The first t~o passers-by we~e both cult of~c1als. That they chose to ignore the victim would be no surpnse to those who li.stene~ to Jesus s story . The clergy of his day were very unpopular. They w~re expected to act like th1s. What would have surprised the listeners was that it was a Sam~ntan who stopped , and not only helped, but ensured the survival of the injured man. The Saman~ns were ~ kmd of bastard Jew. They were descendants of the mixed marriages between conq~enng Assynans ofthe 8th century B.C. and the indigenous Jewish population. To orthodox Juda1sm they were totally beyond the pale and had been forced to build their own temple and had their own scriptures. Both sides exercised complete contempt and hatred for the other. The listene~s woul.d h.ave expected a Jewish layman to be the hero of the story. Jesus however chose a Samantan to mdJcate.th~t the law~er had ap~roached the issue from the wrong perspective. In case of human n~ed, law IS.mapprop~1ate. M~n IS man. There is a common interdependence. ~n ~he face of suffenng humamty? t~ere 1s no optiOn but to help. To talk of insiders and outsiders IS Irrelevant. There can be no lim1t to the exercise of mercy in the face of human need. 12

The story ends with a twist. The lawyer wanted a definition of the extent of his liability to h. duty to love. Instead he is asked by the teacher, who acted as the one who loves to the suffering ~~tim. When the teacher confirms that it is the outsider, he is told to go and do likewise. VI Every society needs its laws for the alternative is chaos. A school is no exception, which is hY my colleagues and I spend so much time devising appropriate rules . Law safeguards the wommunity from the excesses of others. But no system of law can in the end satisfy all the c uirements of human need. However conscious of welfare a state's laws may be, in the end ~~re wilJ be. t~ose, as St. Paul knew, dependent on th~ grea~es~ of all virtue~, charity. Law is of necesstty hmtted. True order must embrace all humankind- mstders and outstders, law breakers and Jaw keepers. The .law est~blishes a fence to protect mankind. But for charity there is no limit to the extent of 1ts exerc1se. Faced with the teacher's answer, we must all feel pretty bleak. The plain fact of the matter is that we all fai l our neighbour. Before we listened to the story we may have thought of ourselves as, on the whole, .good et:tough people. We may occasionally have exceeded the speed limit or ridden bicycles w1thout hghts, but on the whole we would not see ourselves as law-breakers. Yet today one can hardly walk down any street in the centre of any major town, including canterbury, and not find oneself passing by on the other side. And television and newspapers indicate a liability that extends far beyond these shores. Where do we go from here? What is at issue is whether we approach life from a legalistic standpoint or an academic one. Are we on the side of the lawyer or the teacher? If we are on the side of the lawyer, then there is no doubt that we can lead a good life in wordly terms but will not, in the end , achieve that order which is God's will for his creation, no matter how clever we may be. Our task will be continually to define, and by definition we will be making insiders and outsiders. We shall find ourselves condemning a little more and understanding a little less. T his is not how the welfare state was conceived. And there are plenty of theological lawyers only too willing to exclude not only those of no faith or other faiths but even fellow Christians. But the academic approach recognises responsibility to all. Perhaps this explains why there are so few academics in parliament and so many lawyers. The academic approach also recognises its inherent failure for it cannot , in the end, live up to its own perspective. But knowing failure is no bad thing: it will result in a different attitude to the marginalised of society, those whom society labels as failures. For knowing that we too are failures means we can identify with them. We also in God's eyes are marginalised. That order which he wills, even from our perspective, we cannot achieve. We depend on forgiveness, both of God and our neighbour. The academic perspective is, then, costly. It means of necessity no limit to our liability and a readiness to accept our failure. This is why in my view there is no better profession than teaching nor a more responsible one. For it is teachers, with their academic perspective, who can have the greatest influence in our society in obtaining true order. But whatever we do, all of us have to ask ourselves the basic question 'Are we in the end going to approach life from a legalistic perspective or an academic one?' Are we like our lawyer of the story seeking to define our liability or are we like the teacher of the story limitless in our love for human kind at large? Today twenty-two boys and girls have been admitted as scholars of our school. They had been chosen on strict academic abihty. No doubt some of them will become lawyers. But it is my prayer that the perspective which they will adopt will be the academic one to which today they were elected. Only by embracing that kind of wisdom can there be any hope for mankind. A.C.J.P.

A SERMON ON ALL SAINTS DAY In a few moments we will be singing the Sanctus - Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory, glory be to thee, 0 Lord most high. It is, of course, the language of heaven - what the angels and archangels are constantly reciting. And in this Eucharist, for a moment heaven and earth have become one, as turning away from all worldly concerns, we unite with the whole company of heaven to be fed by the risen Christ with his own body and blood. So we go out from here to bear him who is love into this frozen world. 13

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FOCUS EARTH SCIENCE EXPEDITION TO ICELAND JULY 1994

St. Peter's Grove, late at night, after duty, a glass of wine and the conversation tur Âˇ places I'd li~e to vis.it. Gradually the expedition to Iceland ceased to be a bundle of file~tng to back of a filing cabmet and twelve months of planning began. at the Tony E~cri~t ~f the Iceland Trav~l club supplied the ideas for our itinerary and suggested conta for th~ sctentlftc aspects of the tnp. A Royal Geographical Society Expedition seminar ddcts more tdeas and contact.s. but the more we planned the more evident it became that, in or~er ed put toget~er th~ expedttlon we wanted, Land Rovers were an essential part of the kit list to A meetmg wtth Andrew Thrush of Barrett's Land Rover in February resulted in the two Turbo-Diesel Land Rovers for our exclusive use for a month. Having already got the su;r of of the School in terms of food, and equipment (mainly through the C.C.F. and D. of E.),~~ were no~ ~ell o~ our way. The two heavtly-laden Land Rovers were freighted from Immingham to Reykjavtk dunng the last we~k of term and the main party flew out from Heathrow on 15th July. A small advance party, havmg cleared customs, met us with the vehicles at Keflavik airport and we set off into the drizzle of an Icelandic afternoon. Iceland is described as the Land of Fire and Ice but is much more. What follows is a summa of the expedition based on a report written by Vicky Broom, one of three undergraduate membei of the party. s As we left the very modern capital city beh.ind and passed through the mountains we entered a landscap~ no~e of the group had ever expenenc~d before. Beyond was a barren plain, devoid of trees, wtth little grass, populated almost exclustvely by Icelandic ponies. Neither the climate nor the thin volcanic soil are very suitable for the growth of plant or tree. Geologically Iceland is ~!most entirely volcanic and it sits astride the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. In several places the ro~k wh.!Ch has come .to the surface is so new that it is still hot. Geyser was our first encounter wtth thts strange envtronment. We camped beside boiling sulphurous pools and swam in another fed by water ~rom the.g.e ysers . The weather was not good and the great Gulfoss (Golden Falls) waterfall whtch we vtstted looked far from golden in the grey miserable weather of that first evening. A ten-hour drive though central Iceland took us to the North coast and the Trolleskagi Peninsula. The roads were unm~de. Bull~oz~rs clear the way in mid-summer and vehicles take their chance. We finally saw sunlight, habttatwn and an Esso petrol station and mini-market as we entered the fjords <;>f the north. Having sto~ked up on ~ssentials .(Coke and crisps), we camped ten miles from Dalvtk, a northern seaport, m a valley nchly fertile in comparison to the barren interior. Hay-making was in full swmg even at midnight. We camped in the Skidadalur valley, just one degree south of the Arctic circle. This great glacial valley was to be our home for five days. We erected our tents on a terrace above the riv~r wh!ch,. thou.gh not in full flood, wa~ a for~idable torrent. This was our base for a variety of mvestlgatwns mto the landforms assoctated wtth an area recently de-glaciated. Katie Cox led !he S!udy of th~ most recent r~tre~t of our local glacie.r, employing a dating method developed m thts area us.mg growth for Rbtz<;>carpon Geographtcum', a lichen which colonises the bare rock. Meanwhtle, Ben De Haan exarruned the flow characteristics of a number of meltwater streams R~ss Wingfield looked at the mi?ro-cl.im~tic effect.s o~ the valley and glacier and Alex Bingham: Wtl.son wa~ to be found up to hts watst m t~e. mam nver attempting to relate water velocity to s~dtment stze an.d the general patt~rn of bratdmg . Pete Spiller had yet to get into his stride and hts study of sedtment form and ~tstance frof!l the glacier for once kept him out of the water. The rest of the party were roped m .to help wt~h what formed the basis for a number of A-level Geography projects: It became obvwus that Btll Rosato was a talented latrine digger and cook. He was also placed m charge of good humour, though this did take a knock following the World Cup final.

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CRYPT CHOIR/JAZZ TRIP TO THE REIMS FETE DE L'EUROPE FRIDAY, 23rd SEPTEMBER - SUNDAY, 25th SEPTEMBER

For anyone just managing to settle wearily into a new academic year, the prospect of rehearsing, perfecting and performing a choral, instrumental and jazz concert in a town so un-settlingly far from home could have created a J?ersonal agenda crisis of some magnitude. However a brave, fresh-faced music department, whilst dealing with diplomatic relations (with the hell? of S.W.W.), as well as travel and accommodation arrangements, succeeded in preparing a substantial progranune of crypt choir, brass, and chamber music under the directorship of M.D.H. A brutal reminder that it was National Pond Week in the form of Christian Bottomley's teeshirt led a cavalcade of faithful O.K.S. (Eliot 'PHOT' Shrimpton, Ed Millard, Matt Knight, Luke Singer, Alice Lascelles, Miranda Scott-Barrett and Laura Marshall) into the final Crypt Choir rehearsals to provide some extra vocal support. At this point Alex 'BONES' Neame must also be congratulated for bringing 'Tradsters' back up to scratch, after a three-month lapse, in a meagre two rehearsals! Thus departed twenty-eight musicians, six members of staff, a handful of rowers and a chamber organ early on a cold September morning. Reims, champagne capital of the world (apparently!) was hosting a festival at which representatives from the twinned towns (Florence, Aachen, Salzburg and Canterbury) perform in numerous cultural and sporting events. The organisation for such an extravaganza is phenomenal, yet on arriving in France the atmosphere of urgency seemed to have been left behind, and a more Gallic pace of life prevailed. The many hosts who had agreed to act as our guardians over the weekend coped with the responsibility of transporting double basses, pianos and organs remarkably calmly. The party spht, and with some relief, the jazz band arrived two hours later at the Golf Club aGueux complete with full compliment of instruments ready to perform. 18 (Alex Bingham-Wilson)

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EUROPEAN DRAMA CONFERENCE SATURDAY, 8th OCTOBER - FRIDAY, 14th OCTOBER

The sudden realisation that St. Mary's Hall was soon to be filled with thirty unknown foreigne hit Canterbury. A well-known sense of British inhibition, ':oupled with an unfounded belief~ Europeans can' t act, led to a general element of apprehensiOn. We, a small and unsophisticated herd of 6b theatre students, were, it appeared, to welcome Greeks, Danes and half a dozen Czech Republicans for a week of culture - 'continental style.' Fortunately any fear of communication problems turned out to be quite unfounded. Command of the English language ranged from Vassil' s ability to describe accurately the British economic structure, to Rudolph's less valuable skill of swearing in an unconvincing accent. However difficulties in verbal contact were soon overcome by development in signing. Our use of mime certainly improved throughout the week. The week comprised a well-organised mix of improvisation and discussion on the rudiments of theatre, set design, sound effects and straight acting. All was tackled with an appropriate amount of verve and gusto, especially .after M~. Dobbin'~ well-kno':Vn wa~m-up sess!ons. It i~ a worrying thought that all over Europe children will be frenettcally shaking thetr arms while shoutmg 'SwizzleStick' at the top of their voices, in the belief that this will cause instant inspiration. A journey to the National Theatre was particularly memorable. This involved a back-stage tour, a production of The Devil's Disciple and a picnic on the South Bank. Rudolph's attempts to swap his ham roll with someone else's cheese were amusing to say the least. The week was, of course, all preparation for the play on the last night, made up of a series of mimes concerning themes of unity and reconciliation. Although the performance was perhaps a little fres h, it was certainly an excellent combination of the varied topics we had approached during the week. Most prominently it gave opportunity for the mime we had developed, although a folk song introduced by the Czechs was also involved. Tom Kenright shone out in his bird noises, Helena Ancock's oppressed cripple was equally effective. T he writer was rather pleased with his own impression of a tree. The conference, though challenging and at times frustrating, was overall an enjoyable and valuable experience. Not only was any sense of dramatic flair brought out, but more importantly our ability to contact other nationalities through drama rather than language. Lips, as George Still discovered early in the course, are simply not enough. Many thanks must be given to those responsible for such an enlightening week - Anthony Alderson for his provision of so many versatile sticks of wood, Mr. Vye for his organisation (and for buying me a danish pastry) and, most importantly, to Mr. Dobbin - for taking our communication skills one stage further. PETER L AMBERT.

1994 INTER-SCHOOLS NATIONAL DEBATING COMPETITION THURSDAY, 13th OCTOBER

The School was represented in the Semi-Finals of this event, for the first time, by Hugh Gledhill, Michael Davies and Nicholas Jenkins. They narrowly missed qualifying for the Final.

Motion. ' The United Kingdom proposes to abolish all pornography laws and asks that the European Union should adopt a liberal and permissive attitude to such freedom of choice.' The P.A.L. Association in Europe, who were the organizers of the event, determined that the proposed motions were to have some bearing on the issue of European Union. The motions are put forward by the schools participating; thereafter the format is rather peculiar. The school provides a proposer- in this case, Nicholas Jenkins- and an opposer (Hugh Gledhill). Aft~r they have spoken they are then closely questioned for five minutes by a panel. Then, rather m the manner of European Parliament procedure, a speaker from the Council of Ministers (Michael Davies) sums up the arguments and arrives at a - hopefully well-judged - verdict. 20

(Peter Baines)

Certainly all the accoutrements of Brussels were there: microphones aplenty , a horseshoed floor, and rather wearying motions. We certainly hadn't bargained to be performing in shaJ':pel and so it was against this austere back-drop that Nick Jenkins had the unenviable task a car ui~g the case for relaxing the pornography laws. He had even thought to wear a Paul ~ ynfond-style jacket and shirt- and argued very powerfully the line that a truly free society :s one which demanded that the citizens themselves be the judges of good taste, and that the w peal to self-responsibility was the best censorship of all. He hardly batted an eyelid under a~estions. Hugh was much more nervous, but his slow and deliberate delivery communicated qenuine passion for this arg~ment, ~nd ~e fiel.d~d his questions quite superbly. It was .lert .to ~ike Davies to sum up, whtch he dtd qutte bnlhantly . After a bnef survey of the multtphctty of reasons for retaining formal control of pornography, he rejected the motion on the grounds that the Treaty of Rome did not enable the European Union to interfere in social and cultural matters. The honour of both Mary Whitehouse and the United Kingdom was intact. The boys' debating skills were far superior to the majority of the other contestants, and they had chosen a bold motion; perhaps too bold for the good taste of the judges. J.C .M.W.

RELIGIOUS STUDIES TRIP TO SINAl OCTOBER 1994

Excitement mounted as we got ready to board Excalibur 397 to Eliat Ovda, Israel - but where was Pete? Suddenly we spotted him strollilljf" through the crowd towards us, phew! All were present and correct. As we stepped off the pfane, Sunset Boulevard ringing in our ears, the heat overwhelmed us. Having struggled across the Israeli border into Egypt we drove to a nearby beach to camp for the night. Jessie immediately buried her torch and the rest of the night was spent trying to find it. Waking up at the crack of dawn to goats bleating and flies buzzing, we spied G .R.C. swimming to Saudi Arabia, see ya! The day was spent walking through the 'Coloured Canyon' led by our faithful Bedouin- the two Mohammeds. Tea break consisted of tea or opium. We opted for the former under the watchful eye of A .C.J.P. Lunchtime was spent under palm trees in an oasis, eating feta cheese and tuna - our diet for the rest of the week. Arriving at the start of a long trek up Mount Sinai, Michelle, Caroline and Ruth, together with the Phillipses, opted for the comfort of a camel saddle, whilst Jessie jogged up and the rest puffed and panted our way up in the stifling midday heat- G.R.C. tested his paramedic skills with Milly's breathing difficulties. At the top (after 700 steps) we surveyed the breathtaking beauty of the scenery around and experienced spiritual revelations in the form of YAHWEH. Descending to St. Catherine's Monastery, dirty and exhausted, we were glad of a bed and a hot shower - pity about the cockroaches and bed lice! A monk from Devon showed us around St. Catherine's and we all found inspiration from Moses' well and the burning bush. A restful day was spent in a Bedouin garden with A.C.J .P. showing his lack of culinary skills and Jessie showing considerable artistic talent. A eucharist at the foot of Mount Sinai is certainly a very religious experience. Day Five consisted of tumbling down sand dunes and exploring caves in the desert. After lunch, each of us SJ?ent an hour on our own admiring the beauty and tranquillity of our surroundin~s. Back at the Jeep, two people were missing -Michelle was found under a bush asleep, whtlst Sara was busy tackling Isaac's loose camel. Another night was spent under the stars in the 'Valley of Sounds' amidst scorpions and sandvipers. Around a campfire we had a heated discussion until the early hours about 'Youth Culture' or the lack of it. The next morning was spent in total confusion over whose camel was whose. After several 'biccies' and many cups of tea, Pete was landed with Grandpa, and G.R.C. with Gazza! We set off in crocodile fashion with 'BAGOOK' (A.C.J.P.) leading like a 'grinning fish', the peace 21 (G.R.C.)

of the desert brok~n b~ the screeching of ~rs. Phillips' camel. Arriving in the evening at a fr water pool, we dived m only to be told mmutes later about the water scorpions. At sup esh were ~ntertained by the Bedouin performing marriage rituals and getting over-excitel~~ we Carohne. Eventually we dozed off to sleep to the melodious sounds of Charlie - still we ?Ut what was by now very dirty Bedouin dress - singing Jerusalem. anng Waking up bright and early to camels chewing our sleeping bags with the realisation that thÂˇ was our last ~ll,day in Egy~t, we. sped off on our camels back to base. We thought we mi 18 not see Carohne s camel agam as It toppled off a sand dune. After a massive feast preparedg;t Mohammed we checked into 'Sallylands' hotel - what a culture shock! G.R.C. was caught nak~ doing a spot of plumbing in the boys' quarters, whilst the rest of us snorkelled around the beaufful coral reef in the Red Sea. Peaches Spiller buried himself in the sand and Caroline and encountered a misplaced Arab. Y Saying a sad good-bye to Egypt and our faithful Bedouin we boarded our plane back to Gatwick May .we say thank you f~r one of the mo~t mem?rable and brilliant experiences that none of us will ever forget , especially to the orgamsers without whom it wouldn't have been possible.

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MILLY STEWART, RUTH KIRK AND CAROLINE MOIR.

P.S. The wind's picking up ... Someone turn the light off.

MUSIC AND DRAMA CHAMBER CONCERT SUNDAY, 9th OCTOBER, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE

This was a varied concert of enormous charm: there was a dancing and gypsy motif which recurred, but .also pleas!ng changes of style a~d texture. which held the audience rapt from the first exhilaratmg brass Item to the Shostakovtch two-piano finale. Johann Pezel's Intrada and Sarabande set the dancing mood in the well-controlled brass playing of Matthew Brown and Andrew Ribbans on trumpets , Thomas Wacher on horn and Nicholas Tattersall and Alex Neame on trombones; the Aria gave Matthew a solo spot for a bright trumpet and the Bal was a rousing conclusion. The Piano Trio which followed, the Andante from Haydn's 'Gypsy' Trio in G major, was a delight. The opening was lyrical, the more passionate arpeggio sectiOn beautifully played by Sarah Petrie on the violin, and Clare Simmonds' piano was fluent and delicate. This was masterly ensemble flaying, with warm cello contribution from Jessica Barnes throughout. Nigel Field's playing o Bloch's Prayer on the cello took us into a plangent minor. A slight nervousness affected the tuning at first, but the intensity of feeling in this piece was directly conveyed to the audience. / We have become used to the sang-froid with which Camilla Pay executes complex harp music . She played the three movements of Hans Jacob Mayer's Sonata. The Andante opens with a stately figure and then melts into changing patterns of triplets; these and the running Allegro central movement were performed with skill and delicacy. After this, Nigel Field reappeared, this time playing the flute in Deux Interludes by Jacques lbert, with Daniel Bartlette on the violin and Mr. Stephen Matthews on the harpsichord. This was an intriguing change of style: the texture of the pieces moves from open lines to closely-woven violin and flute pasages. Both pl.ayers coped beautifully with the intricacies of harmony and line, and Mr. Matthews' virtuoso performance on the harpsichord added to the musical drama of these interestingly combined sounds. Handel's Meine Seele hart im Sehen featured Emily Elias' rich soprano, with Matthew Brown this time playing treble recorder, Jessica Barnes the cello and Jeremy Bines the harpsichord. They gave a delicately balanced, serene performance. Once more the audience was impressed by the maturity of ensemble playing that these young musicians can achieve . Finally, Jeremy Bines and Charles Aitken played Shostakovich's Concertina for Two Pianos, a witty conversation combining elegance and romp which made a lively finale to this delightful evening's music. . H.B.

TRADESCANT AND BROUGHTON HOUSE CONCERT SATURDAY, 5th

NOVEMBE~R,

IN ST. AUGUSTINE'S REFECTORY

The first essential of a House Concert is that it be an enjoyable evening of a good standard and with an ambience that is palpably positive. This was indeed achieved. That I had two guests with me of musical and academic background different from King's, enables me to make a more objective assessment of this. They found the atmosphere indeed supportive, the pupils welcoming and the standard high. With that I cannot differ. It says much for the two Houses that both their Orchestra and Choir were under the baton of a Fifth-former. James Longstaffe is known for his poise and self-confidence. This was transmitted to both. The Lloyd-Webber piece Memory which the Orchestra played is a demanding one, relying not so much on a strong rhythm and easy melody as a musicality which was within the compass of the Orchestra. It is always encouraging on such occasions to see some apparently unlikely people wielding instruments. The Simon & Garfunkel Bridge over troubled water which ended the evening showed, as always, the ability of some members of the Houses to use the back row to escape knowing the words but over all an impressive use of dynamic and cohesion. 23

It was perhaps disappointing that there were not more ensembles. Most of the pieces w solos which meant that Rebecca Pick, Francesca Meynell and Jo Lim playing together on ~re piano Gautier's Le Secret came across especially positively. It is a joyous piece and one Whinh merited its warm reception. Although Mr. Harris accompanied with his customary versatil ~ and aplomb it was good to see Elizabeth Kinross accompanying Eleanor Kingsbury in Gershwi~ty Summertime and Stradella's Pieta, Signora ! Eleanor revealed herself as a soprano of much confidence and ability. Charlie Bell and Mike Davies acted in typical style as the M.C.s: their wit was as droll as ever, although in places not as inspired as I have known them (unfortunately they had set themselves an exceedingly high standard by the quality of their School Prayers addresses a couple of weeks beforehand). Polly Redman on the flute, William Carleton on the clarinet, Mark Nunn on the clarinet and Jonathan Cox on the piano showed themselves to good advantage. Their intonation was good, their interpretation sound. There were perhaps a couple of hesitations but overall gOOd performances. James Longstaffe on the tuba and Simon Peel on the tenor saxophone sustained potentially difficult music by Vaughan Williams and Offenbach respectively. I first heard these two a couple of years ago when they were at the stage the previous four are at now in their school career and musical development. It shows that Tradescant is indeed going to maintain its musical tradition and Broughton is establishing a growing one. Jessica Stephens and Eleanor Kingsbury sang a Vivaldi duet well . Their style and tone complemented each other properly. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were not quite as red hot as I had expected. This was due partly to the fact that Julian Hinves had taken over at short notice as the vocalist. Nonetheless it was good to see Barnaby Cowin leading thoughtfully and Oliver Jackling, Felix Boon and Alex Walker once the initial hiccoughs had been overcome, forming a good ensemble. James F irth's interpretatio~ of the Chariots of Fire theme music was in many ways the most memorable. Having recorded an accompaniment on the keyboard, he then played the melody on the piano to the keyboard accompaniment. My only criticism would have to be that I was asked to write this review after the evening, so the detailed criticism cannot be as good. Nonetheless both as an evening of music and perhaps as importantly as an evening overall to enjoy it was successful. My guests appreciated it. So did I. Another successful St. Augustine's venture. J.A.T.

JERVIS HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY, 13th NOVEMBER, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE

House Concerts can be nerve-jangling events: people who aren 't used to being performing poodles have to perform; items get re-hashed at the last minute to pad out the programme; clarinets squeak and music stands won 't let themselves stand. The Jervis House Concert was everything a House Concert should be. Lots of participants, good playing - and some excellent playing - great fun, and occasionally, nervy. This is, for many of the musicians, their only chance of having an audience - and so one wouldn 't expect anything else. Emma Stephenson started off the concert with a C lementi Sonata. It is the sort of piece which is fiendishly more difficult than it sounds; and, until she lost her confidence, she gave it a very good shot. Diana de Cabarrus' rendition of the Malaguena was true to character: very direct, deliberate, and in a rush (she started before she'd even sat down). She makes a beautifully warm sound on the guitar. Beethoven's Duo in C for violin (Sarah Petrie) and cello (Jessica Barnes) was the class act of the night and Jessica's solo later on demonstrated superb dynamic control and tone variation. Greatly enjoyed by everybody . What else? The Davies twins were good Estelle rarely smiles in my history lessons (which is understandable), but she almost did after a velvet saxophone piece; and Zoe's Watermark was well executed. Caroline Hinchey almost shouldered Bug off the stage too early, but not before Georgeanna had sung charmingly. We 24

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rd a homegrown number from Yuka Mizota and a nice smudgy, shimmering Debussy prelude heam Anna Cook. Helen Mounsey-Thear's Caro mio Ben was better than she appeared to think fr~as and left us all wondering who Ben was. Bug Williams must also take full credit for organizing 11 very convincing House Choir to round the concert off with Goodnight, Sweetheart. a The audience really enjoyed themselves and I hope the girls did as well. They certainly came out in force and supported one another, which was very good to see. C J . . M .W.

THE GRANGE AND WALPOLE HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY, 13th NOVEMBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

Here was the 'beautiful relationship' at its most cultured : a wonderfully varied selection of music whic~ ha~ the audience variously admiring, dreaming, smiling, laughing, foot-tapping or just holdmg 1ts breath . It was an impressive show from the very start when the combined House orchestra. under the firm direction of Michelle Traylor gave a polished and swinging rendering of George Burns' The Bare Necessities, irresistibly calling to mind Walt Disney's version as sung by cuddly Balou and a great favourite in our family . In similar vein, The Pink Panther's furtive and elasticated tread was splendidly evoked by the saxophone of Larry Ridges whose obvious enjoyment was instantly transmitted to the audience. Henry Mancini's piece actually develops into a subtle and difficult piece but, if Larry occasionally lost momentum, he soon recovered the rhythm again. Another saxophone piece in a totally different style was a virtuoso performance by Annabel Whibley of David Walters' Episode. With its constantly shifting rhythms and moods, this must be a fiendishly difficult piece to play, but Annabel has such mastery of tone that in a moment she can switch from the passionate to the tender and caressing. Brilliantly accompanied by Michael Harris, this was one of the highlights of the evening. Michael Harris also accompanied Chris Elworthy in another demanding piece, this time for flute, by J. B. Loeillet. Vivace it was called and it certainly lived up to its name, willed on by the audience, Chris gave a spirited and successful rendering. In fact the concert abounded in excellent flautists . Michelle Traylor and Sam Goulden combined with Fran Budd (cello) to perform a Trio by Carlo Wiseman; they played beautifully together and gave an unhurried and sensitive performance. Another joy was when Michelle and Sam were joined by Amy Joynson-Hicks in an excellently balanced and controlled playing of Joseph Bodin de Boismortier's Sonata for Three Flutes. The ubiquitous Michelle reappeared in another effective combination, this time with Ophelia Beer (oboe) to play two movements of Telemann' s Sonata in.D Major. They contrived a remarkably good blend from such contrasting instruments and executed the difficult runs with panache. The recorder has regained a highly respected position among musical instruments , and Rachel Hill, Mary Stevens and Annabel Whibley showed us why in their performance of two pieces by Giles Fa rnaby , the first one sustained and measured in rhythm, the second quite jolly. Their tone and musicianship were of a high class, as was Peter Capel's playing of the Romance from Mozart's Third Horn Concerto. The horn seems to be one of those instruments which is easier to play loudly than softly; certainly Peter had no difficulty in filling the Shirley Hall with sound, even if the intensity sometimes had the audience jumping in their seats. This was a highly promising performance. He was ably accompanied by Amy Shepherd whom it was good to hear playing as a soloist in her own right a little later. She treated us to Liszt's Consolation No. 2 in E, a beautiful and highly atmospheric piece which she played with great sensitivity. By contrast, Mozart's Fantasy in D minor, as played by Segun Lawson, was quite a tempestuous affair. He handled the changes of tempo and intensity with considerable skill and assertion and little sign of concert nerves . If Mary Stevens did not possess the same degree of confidence at the start of her performance of Schubert's Violin Sonata in G Minor (4th movement) , she got well into her stride by the second half and finished in great style and to much applause. An equally good reception was given to Zoe Blausten 's playing of the piano part of an Elton John number. The title Sorry seems to be the Hardest Word may be a trifle cringe-making, but the music was melodious and Zoe's relaxed style added greatly to the feel-good factor of the concert. 25 POLLY AND MAC (Mike Waterman)

Do you love or hate Barbershop? I place myself firmly in the former category but 1 th' anyone would have been struck by the quality and rarity-value of the all-female gro'up of Clâ&#x20AC;˘~k Alder, ~-lel~na Ancock and Ha~riet Bur_g~ss, to&ether wi~h ;Anna Lewis who had been borro~re from ~1tch1_nson'~ for the occasion . The1_r mtonahon and diction were excell~nt and their enjoymeed was highly mfect!Ous. My only suggestiOn would be to allow the melody lme to dominate a litttt more. Otherwise the performer who was most obviously enjoying himself was G . D.W. leadi e the chorus-line of Grange and Walpole tutors in his all-singing, all-dancing version ~f Irvi~g Berlin's Sisters. This was a truly pastoral piece. 'Tutors, tutors, there were never such devorJ tutors, ' sang the performers with modest charm as they flitted gracefully about the stage. 'Caring caring, checking what the little ~ears ~re wearing, ' they went on, Âˇw~ don't like punishin __:_ much ' . I cannot say that all the smgers m the massed ranks of the combmed House choirs lo!ked quite as happy in their work; they were l?robably too busy trying to remember the words. However conductor James Capel and accompamst Zoe Blausten coaxed them successfully through Let 1; Be to bring this highly enjoyable concert to its close. Congratulations to all concerned and especially to Michelle Traylor for organising it all .

s.w.w. THE THREEPENNY OPERA TUESDAY, 29th NOVEMBER - SUNDAY, 4th DECEMBER, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

Almost forty years after Kurt Weill 's death his reputation as a composer rests largely on one work, The Threepenny Opera. It is somewhat ironic that it should have become the most established for it was the most hastily conceived, being written in just a couple of months. Indeed, the most famous number, the opening ballad 'Mac the Knife' , was composed in one night! In The Threepenny Opera Weill found a way (just as John Gay had done two hundred years earlier in The Beggar's Opera) to infiltrate the 'splendid isolation' of opera and create a for m of music theatre which would appeal to a wider audience. He turned to the world of cabaret and jazz, a musical language which had the broadest popular appeal. For the pit orchestra he substituted a compact dance band, with the sexy, sleazy sound of the saxophone to the fore, and many of the numbers based on foot-tapping dance rhythms such as the fox-trot, tan~o and Boston waltz. The songs are strophic; the singing style, more akin to the smoke-filled B1erkeller than the more rarefied atmosphere of the theatre. Brecht's adaptation of John Gay's Beggar's Opera, two hundred years after its runaway success in London, translates Gay's satire of the increasing power of money and business in Walpole's England to a modern capitalist scenario, where, as Mrs. Peachum observes, 'money rules the world ' . Macheath 's blend of gangster and smooth businessman fits neatly into any enterprise culture, for, as he says, ' What is robbing a bank compared with founding one?' It says much for the power of a work written in 1928, that it can speak with such telling relevancy to an audience in the 1990s. It was therefore a particularly appropriate choice for this term's Music/Theatre production by Andrew Dobbin and Fiona Phillips, providing a wealth of opportunity for the range of musical, as well as acting, talent that King's has to offer, whilst at the same time making full use of the expertise afforded by the technical crew. Anthony Alderson's design created just the right degree of sleaze, with a set that worked equally well for the scenes with Peachum's beggars as it did for the bordello, and the intimate 'studio theatre' stage at St. Mary's Hall was an ideal arena for the piece. Outstanding in a strong cast was Joshua Cole, playing the central character of Macheath. His strong singing voice and clear diction added considerable weight to a neatly characterized performance. His was a portrayal of a villain - an out-and-out rogue- unscrupulous, but with at the same time a charm convincing enough to win over the affections of the somewhat prim Polly, not to mention Low-Dive Jenny, Lucy and most of the other 'Ladies of the Town'. There 26 (M.P.H.D.)

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as also a strong performance from Tom Mackenzie, whose Peachum was more than a roguish watch for Macheath. In general, it must be said, the boys in the cast were more convincing than rne iris, who came over as a very refined bunch - obviously a very high-class bordello! thon~theless, there were good moments from Amelia Stewart as Polly, and Harriet Burgess as ~rs. Peachum, the latter occasionally producing that brash, raucous voice, sung straight off the chest, from which much of the girls' singi~g would have benefited. ~ot easy to switch from the choir to the bordello, to be sure, but visual sleaze needs to be mirrored by vocal sleaze. Finally, a word about the Band, under the direction of Michael Harris. They are vital in helping to convey the whole spirit and colour of Weill's music, and this they did very well. Positioned, as they were, actually on the stage (albeit to the rear) they became an integral part of the whole action and in this respect they were less successful, presenting a somewhat 'bored-seen-it-allbefordÂˇ appearance. A tall order, but perhaps some way could have been found to include them rnore directly in the drama - even dressing them in some sort of garb related to the others in the cast might have helped them feel more immediately involved. That said, they coped with the score admirably'Âˇ and ~he~e was sterling work from Stephen Matthews on the piano. Mich.ael Harris kept everythmg z1ppmg along at a good pace, and must be congratulated on holdmg everybody together, despite the fact that his singers had their backs to him for most of the time! Congratulations to Andrew Dobbin and Fiona Phillips, and to all concerned with such an enterprising production. MARK DELLER.

A GYMNASTIC AND DANCE DISPLAY SUNDAY, 4th DECEMBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

Kidaco, the King's Dance Company, presented a varied and dynamic programme in which many of the items were choreographed by the pupils. An exuberant start was made by the gym team. A dozen pupils presented an energetic sequence of tumbling and leaping. Then Helen Mounsey-Thear and Yuka Mizota performed a memorable up-tempo contemporary dance. They executed it with cool calculation that indeed made them a dangerous duo. The ~ym quartet, dressed in black and blue, then delighted the audience with their acrobatic skills and onginal choreography, ending with Sarah Hubbard-Ford doing the splits in the air! This lively performance was then followed by Jess Crouch dancing expressively to Kylie Minogue's Confide in me. Alice Walker and Sarah Hubbard-Ford re-entered the stage to give us a vigorous and enjoyable gymnastic display to an arrangement of the Can Can. Squeezed in between the gymnastics and acrobatics was a short programme of contemporary dances entitled 'Confusions'. The first was what might be called 'The Dance of the Three Veils'. It involved three dancers shrouded in brilliant orange gauze moving backward and forward to the rhythm of tribal drums from South Africa. Jane Virden had the audience spellbound with her most original and intelligent piece. She used a table to great effect, moving over it, around it and through it. At times she almost became a part of it. The display was particularly effective as there was no music and the stage was so well lit. Adam Fendius' lights cast a shadow on the curtains behind giving the performance an extra dimension. After this a nice touch was added as a rope was switched across the stage several times, making the audience laugh. The next dance was an excellent advertisement for the King's Shop . The dancers were hardly visible behind swirling blue and white umbrellas. After a few minutes the effect was quite mesmerising! The Grand Finale was entitled 'Dream' and involved everyone. The dancers started the piece on their knees, as if in prayer. They swayed gently back and forth to the sacred music . Suddenly the tempo changed and they sprang into action, only to subside again. The piece ended in a contemplative mood. All in all it was a wonderful display of young talent, most ably organised by Miss Anna Price and her technical team. D.M.F. AND J.E.R. 27 (M.P.H. D.)

'LOUD' AND 'A CLASS ACT' THE GRANGE AND WALPOLE JUNIOR HOUSE PLAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, lOth AND llth DECEMBER, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

The two producti?ns were 'unique' , the audience was told. The opening piece, A Class A

h~d been written, directed, and manage~ entirely on pupils' initiative, and the second lo ct,

p1ece, Loud, had COJ?e to th~ sta~e havt~g emerged from a series of improvisations a~d i~ger from. the cast, but with the dtrectwnal wisdom of Mr. Davies at the helm. Thus informed ~s evenmg began. â&#x20AC;˘ e

A Class Act, written by Alex Pearson and Peter Mayberry, focused on the mixing of thr classes of society during a storm on a ferry. Performances which stand out were Larry Ridgee as a member of the Âˇ~orking cl,ass'_, a h~ghly entertaining drunk, and Jessica White, who perform: equally well as a spoilt daddy s gtrl wtth a marvellous shrieking voice. Save a few missed cues and a g~nerally static natu~e, all went smooth_ly. Further mention should go to Alex Pearson' who, w1th the unfortunate Illness of Tessa Dam on Saturday, came on in drag as a last-minut~ replacement. Well done to all. Such initiative is admirable, and the cast writers and director should learn from this experience. ' ' Nex_t on the agen~a was Loud, a s~ries of sketches that varied from parodies of advertisements (all wntten by Dorelia Adeane and fnends) to speeches from Shakespeare. The diversity of material allowed _many diffe_rent conc~pts tC! ~e explored. It was obvious that a lot of effort had gone into the cr~t1on of the ptece,. and It was JOined together well under the guise of an American gameshow. T~e ~litzy and h~peracttve host was play~d superbly by Charlotte Hunt, and her sidekick, Delia Williams, also dtd well. The sketches whtch were to be most memorable were the cinema scene (the squeaky seats st~uck _a_chord wit~ all in St._ Mary's Hall) and the superb dance routine, choreo~raphed by Delia Williams and fnends, starnng Flo, Ake, and Sola. There were two sections of tragic relief which were very well acted: an extract from Macbeth performed by Zoe Nathan and John of Gaunt's speech from Richard II with Tom Everett and Chris French. Most importantly' all the cast looked as if they were enjoying themselves enormously. There were no traces of nerves, but a great sens~ of fun . Throughout this second play, the technical crew had their work cut <;>Ut, but coped admtr_a bly with ~omplex entrances , flashing lights, and, of course, the loud music. The crew scene shifted, spotlighted, sound blasted, and entrance managed without mistakes. Well done, Paul Tsergas (who worked tirelessly) Tom Perkin, Tim Rainbird, Neil Thomas and Patrick Osmond. Furthermore, the show could not have run without Anthony Alderson's 'now of helpful ideas coupled with his technical wisdom. Many congratulations to all for an excellent evening's entertainment. TIM GOMERSALL.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT SUNDAY, llth DECEMBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

Is there anyone, even those accustomed to the high musical standards at King's, who does not feel some trepidation at the beginning of a school concert? Will the violins squeak? Will I get bored? Will I ever be able to listen to any of these pieces again? Are they offenng us wine and cheese afterwards as a celebration, or a consolation? As we sat, before the concert started, can any of us honestly say that no such thought was, even subliminally, present? In fact what followed turned out to be such a treat that one very soon forgot that one was at a 'school' concert. So, if there are any critical comments in the following review, these should not be seen in a negative light, but as the highest compliment, that the performances were being taken seriously by the reviewer. 28

oncert started with the Choral Society 's rousing Awake the Harp, the first of the excerpts

ThH~ dn 's Creation - an appropriate choice of piece for _Ger!"llanists who had _recently t;>een

from RJnge's Vier Tageszeiten which Haydn's creation had msptr~d. After one sli&htly hes1ta~t to see 0 entry the piece really was rousing. One saw just what a stylish conductor Mtchael Hams sopr:~ching ~any an eye which might otherwise have been &lued to the s~ore,_ with the result ts. cthe sopranos redeemed themselves if they needed redeemmg, by handlmg difficult passages that ' xtremely well. . . e The choir was astonishingly assured and controlled as it made Its way through Beethoveman s of keys in difficult contrapuntal writing. This was particularly impressive in Achieved r}l~8eglorious work which begins innocently enough, then moves raJ?idly intC! even more comi?lex 15 n~~a untal writing, with difficult suspended notes in the upper lines, whtch the upper voices ~0 dl~ excellently, supported with great gusto and accuracy by basses and tenors , who produced a~ear warm and professional sound throughout. By this time the gusto had spread throug~out ah~ ch~ir and the Haydn was brought to a fitting, enthusiast~c climax. S~ephen M~tthew~' piano 1 laying was remarkable for the clarity and sense of rhythm It gave, pla~mg a not. mconstdt?rable P le in keeping the choir together throughout these hard, but energetiC and enJoyable pieces. ro The Chapel Choir was then joined by the Chamber Orchestra for a performa~ce of excerp_ts f om Mozart's Vespers. The Dixit Dominus got off to a rousing start, though not wtt_hout a certam ;esitancy from the violins. T~oughts recorded i_n the ~rst parag_raph ret~rned bne~y , but ~o, this was the last slip of the ev~rung. T_hereafter the mton~tton and umson playmg was quite splendtd, even during some breathtakmgly difficult runs later m the Mozart. . . The Beatus Vir moved up a gear after the Dixit Dominus. It was not only techmcally accomplished but emotionally intense, that haunting three-four rhythm seeming to captivate the players a~d singers, and draw them out of themselves. An incredibly hard. sopra~o p_assage was sung w~th stunning precision. It was a remarkable sound from a soprano lme which IS not padded out wtth more mature voices, as is often the case in school choirs. It was interesting t~at the ha_rder pasages were often better sustained than the easier ones. Here again, in the Beatus VIr, the dy~amtc range was much more intense than in the Haydn and the Dixit Dominus. There was a splendid crescendo in the run up to the final Amen. . . , . The Laudate was dominated by the future Oxford organ scholar Emily Elias solo weavmg in an out of a wonderfully secure, though by no mean~ e~sy, ~iolin line. D~spite a cold! tired~ess and the stresses and strains of the end of term, Emtly s votce revealed ttself to be mcredtbly mature for her age and there were areas in her range, particularly the upper middle range, which had a lovely, silvery quality , a tantalising glimpse of what her voice migh_t be in te:n or so years time when it fully matures. She gave a splendid performance of a very difficult p1ece and held the audience spellbound. Emily is to be congratulated. If anything had perhaps been missing from the Dixit Dominus in the gusto department t_his was amply compensated for by the Magnificat. Andrew Brice and Matt. B~own.'s trumpe_t playmg should be noted for its ease and con~rol. Not a single fluffed note - this IS quite an achtevem~nt for any non-professional. So too Sarah Mullen's timpani playing which was always subtle, a~d~ng to the texture of the music, never dominating it. The Magnificat really filled the unforgtvmg acoustic of the Shirley Hall with sheer vibrancy, again with a lovely rich texture from ten~rs and basses. The falling motif which intersperses the final contra~untal passage was played with perfect timing, rising through a splendid crescendo to the final climax, echoed by the crescendo m the applause as the soprano soloist took her bow. After the interval it was the turn of the Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Metters. The first piece was Grieg's Morgenstimmung - a difficult piece because it is so well known and because it requires careful texturing. There was a ve~y fine full sound frC!m the orchestra when they were playing together, and good solo work, parttcularly from the _ob.Oist Jo Hough~on, though there was a discrepancy in phrasing between flute and oboe. The vwlm ornamentatiOn, a tricky business this, was excellent, though there was an insecure down_ward run. Wh~n the cellos took over the theme they produced a lovely , full tone, though the ostmato accompamment was a little ragged and some entries from other accompanying instruments were not absolutely spot on. A very creditable performance however. 29

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Aases To~ was sup~rb! T he phrasing was excellent and the tone of the strings hauntin truly mystenous, mystical atmosphere was created and one felt the atmosphere of the NorwtÂˇ A Ur.wald circling rou~d t~e. school. For a moment o~ two I feared for my classroom next tog;an Shirley Hall, wondenng If It had not been subsumed mto some bizarre Norwegian mountainsca he Exc~ll~nt too was the Tchaikovsky ~apricc[o !talien. It got off to a blazing start with a flaw!:Âˇ and st~rnng trumpet fanfare. T he umson s~rmg playing, creating that archetypal Tchaikovsk s sw.eepmg sound, was perfectly P.hrased as ~t clashed those ominous repeated notes, making th~ pomt that, for the tortured Russian soul, life cannot all be fun - if ever. Then came the fi of the well-known tun~s over the .limping cello motif. I was impressed by the atmosphere r~} n:e!lac~ created alongsi~e the ~armval atmosphere. One could almost see the melancholic Slav sit~mg m the cor.ner dunng a. Tle~olo-style. n:as.ked ball , supping.his vodka, watching all the fun gomg on, not quite able to bnn& himself to JOin m. After another lmk passage, with those ominous repeated not~s , came the f:t.. mmor tarantella, much more Spanish than Italian (and why not?) The ~ambourmes were out m strength, accompanying the luscious romantic figures in the strings. ~reatmg s_uch a p~werful effect tha~ I q~ite forgot I was listening to a school orchestra, and becam~ mvolved m the IdiOsyncrasies and Iromes of the mu.sic. 'Just ho.w ironic was Tchaikovsky being?' one wondered, and sure enough,, after the romantic passage, tt got all gloomy again, and those repeated bass notes were back like wet blankets at the ball . '_fhere followed a superbly intense ?rescendo, ~hich ~ould have brought the roof down if the Shirley Hall had not been so firmly bmlt, and the big carmval tune returned - but still not without ~rony . W ~s the tortured soul ma~be ~aving a good time after all? Even the return of the tarantella m the maJor key le.ft one ~ondenng JUSt how happy a conclusion this was supposed to be, coming to an 1812-type climax With that wonderful Tchaikovsky intensity - not superficially jolly not aggressively loud, but emotionally charged, biting. ' I se~m to be writing about the music rather than the performance - but since this is the highest compliment one can pay orchestra and conductor, I shall let it stand. The Tchaikovsky was a super~ climax to the evening, played with incredible precision and sensitivity, for all its loud and virtuoso passages. The c~ees~ and wine was indeed a ~elebration and it was wonderful to emerge afterwards into the evenmg atr, to be greeted by the Sight of the moon over the cathedral, the mind full of images of Italian masked balls and ears still ringing with the music.

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CHAPLAIN'S NOTES Writing this immediately after the Junior King 's School Carol Serv ice, but before the Senior ne with which the term ends, I feel a sense of incompleteness . This is not inappropriate, for ~ur 'carol Service is an Advent one: we are still loo.kin& f~rward to Christmas, to the.celebr~tion f the time when God became man . The lncarnatton tS mdeed a mystery: the stones of tt, as ~he Headmaster has been reminding us in School Prayers this week, seek to tell us something of the nature of God, God who is present in ou r li ves today. An incarnational faith is one that is a real one. Certainly this term has been a very real one, and a tong one. The Headmaster preaching at the Admiss ion of Scholars at the start of the school year is a distant memory. Stephen Sealy, our Precentor, preached on talents and the importance of affirmi ng what may appea r a meagre ration. John Watson, chaplain of Sutton Valence School, rem inded us of the need for silence. Brian Mountford, of the Uni versity Church of Oxford , spoke of the presence of God; the Archdeacon of Ma idstone exhorted us to look beyond the immediate. w e have been fortunate in the qua lity of speakers this term. T he Sixth Form Talk on Choice Sundays had some splend id ly memorable and moving addresses. Starting with representatives of Project Trust, through Dr. Towle r of INFORM (which seeks to provide objective information about sects) , and the exchange C haplain of Dover College to Amelie Power , O.K.S. on the work of the Spinal Injuries Trust, there have indeed been positive occasions. The Lower School Service was not overlooked: Canons Ing ram Hill and Phill ips , our long-standing neighbours and friends, have been present the re. Services in the C rypt have been as positive as ever. It was good to welcome J.K.S. to the last Crypt Eucharist of te rm. T he C rypt C hoir, as ever, have been magnificent. All Saints' Day was properly celebrated with their assistance. Michael Harris in particular this te rm has risen splendid ly to the challenge of maintaining two demanding posts. I am most grateful to him; and to the Chapel C hoir . The Community Carol Service was also good fun: two hundred people from a wide crosssection of the local community, including our friends from the National Centre for C ued Speech , St. Nicholas and Diocesan & Payne Smith Schools , and Umbrella. It is good that we are able to share the joys of worship in the Cathedral with others. It is good that the Cathedral makes us welcome. My thanks to the virgers especiall y. My ow n memories of the term are many: there are two that stand out, although the Prayers addresses of pupils (e.g. Charlie Bell, Miriam Lwanga and Mjchael Davies) and colleagues (G.R.C., H.E.J.A ., R.W.T. , H.M.) have not been forgotten. The first memory is of being in the Elham Woods with the She ll Pioneering activi ty and seeing the rope on which Lars van den Hout was standing, fo rty foot above the g round , sli p. T he second is of last night, when I walked into the Linacre House party just as the sketch in progress was sending up the chaplain. Neither are obviously holy , although the first did wonde rs fo r me and the second shows the need for arrow prayers (which were e fficacious). What they are indicative of is the fact that being a Chaplain is both interesting and (on occasion) good fu n: which is what being a Christ ian is. We are a C hristian school. If that statement is to have val idity then it must be because ou r community not only worships together and has a common purpose and understanding of life but also stri ves to deepen that understanding. To end , I append two pieces which show this. The first was w ritten in response to a Shell prep title, 'The meaning of life'; the second is the text of a Schoo l Prayers address g iven by one member of 6a. Christmas is not only fun , it is a time for renew ing and deepening understandings . J.A .T.

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THE MEANING OF LIFE What is life, Why is there life, When does life finish, Who decides when life happens, Why does life cease. People get distressed about dying, The aged have nothing else to think about, While pressing their noses against the window from September To April. 'Which hideous, vile, unpleasant; which offensive, repulsive, and unsightly Character would ever or could ever commit such an act of sadism ,' Says he with the cold nose. The Lord, people say. It is the Lord God Almighty, the antiquated men , Why should they believe in him. Life has been mean and parsimonious for them . There are innumerable things to do in life . But meanin~. . For someone to discover the meaning of hfe would be the biggest miracle Since Jesus' time. After all things that have blood no matter what type, colour or group are Life. If we are to be life why does life want to know why it is there. We were the first, as humans, to eat the fruit of knowledge and That is why we rule over all the other animals, So in a way we are life plus knowledge. Is this why we want to find out because we are know-ails And know-ails want to know all. Because we have the greatest amount of knowledge, God kept something out of our brains, Something beyond our reach for ever. That is the meaning of life. JAMES MITCHELL. The future is dark, the present burdensome: only the past, dead and finished, bears contemplation. With this in mind, rather than worry about half-term and its anxieties of what to wear at parties or what character to invent for those parties, we return to Mike's August, cui-de-sacs, and semidetached houses in suburban Cambridge. On the fifth, I alleed to the South of France in the company of Benjamin Massingham, Thomas Stazicker and Sebastian Vance. I bronz6ed myself, spoke more Spanish than French and discovered that I really could not dance in any environment, be it a ball-room or Whiskey-a-ho-bo. And I came back tired and peeling but with believable stories to tell my parents. But before I could say ' I can really appreciate the inspiration for Picasso's paintings now', my audience of two had boarded a NatiOnal Express bus and package-holidayed it to Austria for a ten-day walking vocation. Each to their own, I suppose. Thus , I was Home Alone with the house to myself for 240 hours. Oh dear! However, we live in a semi-detached home, on a cul-de-sac in suburban Cambridge. Some of you may have experienced two of those three factors but I tell you now that all three together make a very vicious cocktail of peace and neighbourly friendliness; or gossip, if you prefer. Julie Robinson, Pam Willis and Helen Daniels actually do exist. They progress in a pack around the cul-de-sac, hunting stealthily , launching their penetratin~ vision into your bedroom . Mrs. Winterbottom from No. 32 knows that my brother had a girlfnend from at least June of this year. Cui-de-sacs are frightening places for a seventeen-year-old. Rarely does anything exciting happen; a football over the hedge is a dead football. Seldom is the stillness interrupted from the vibrant 32

. 's minders; only old people who wear their tweed caps whilst driving come and go and they cttY, 1 talk ofMichaelan~elo. They merely want to know where Chatsworth Avenue is, or, 'Have don seen my daughter-m-law?' Cui-de-sacs are spiritual deserts merely respiring on mistaken yo~tes of canvassing M .P.s. roAn way I was wandering back from Tesco with the shopping, the contents of which would . furi~te a ~egetarian and delight a sociologist. There was meat and crisps and meat and crisps. ~~II 1 do is take soulful walks down Windsor Road' , I thought as I walked soulfully down Windsor

Ro~~kin trains passing by; potent, solid, living trees; un.real distant-se~ming buildi~gs; zimm:~~ framed grannies from Alan Bennett's pen. Intense consciOusness of bemg plus ommpre~ent deJa vu, metaphy~ical fear, maybe. I'm a charact~r fro~. an Albert Camus novel; a feelmg both claustrophobic and agoraphobic: the teenager s rehg10n. And I sat down and read the Sun, the Mirror, and the News of the World. Page after page destroyed my impression of people that I and everyone else had revered . O.J. Simpson, hero of black poor Americans and millions of others, was a murderer. Gary Lineker once got sent off at school. Anita Roddick was not the great friend of the African tribespeople but a ruthless, c nical businesswoman . Bob Geldof had sworn on T.V. Prince Charles was an adulterer. Brad * illis was not the reliable boy from next door but a financially-motivated career actor who had moved from Neighbours to Paradise Beach. Winston Churchill was a racist, Stephen Fry a socialist. Even Margaret Thatcher was a selfish, nepotistic fraudster; but I knew that anyway. All these allegations set me thinking and I realised that these and other such role models are useless now. Now, the press tells us who they actually are and not what we perceived them to be. So when the Guardian complains about a lack of role models for teenagers to admire, I reject this and think: at last. Religiously idolising famous heroes is over and now we can concentrate on admiring ourselves and being ourselves. The image is finished because, thanks to the tabloids, we know who these gods really are, and that they exist like ourselves, with faults and qualities alike. This may seem sad and disappointing but you will be comforted to know ~hat when my sister at seven years of age experienced similar discoveries, she too felt disillusioned and empty . For the whole of her life, Santa Claus was her faithful hero. He reliably brought her presents every year and she didn 't have to give him any back in order to guara~tee herself some for ne~t year. He didn't even want thank you letters so she could save her Chnstmas money for a Some the Hedgehog T-shirt or a Take That album instead. However, I told her. On Christmas Eve I told her that Santa Claus was her mother. So she stayed up, pretending to be asleep under her 'My Little Pony ' duvet but waiting, like a mugger, to ambush this Santa Claus person. My mother sneaks in with the annual subtlety of an African elephant and places the gift-ridden duvet cover at the end of the bed but Anne is ready: 'Oh , no! It can't be! He's you! , she screams. And the tears cascade down her pale cheeks as never before. So we can see that role models and heroes are futile , deluding, and damaging to ourselves and communities such as ours. We now have access to total knowledge of those who rise toi prominence. They are just like us . I am not going to discuss what 'good' means; (m~rally, technically, genetically and aesthetically) but my good thought must be that there are attnbutes to admire in everyone here and outside this hall. I was recently told by Genny Bushell that 'Oh! You're so sweet, Digger' . Sweetness is, apparently, a quality. If I am sweet then everyone has good points. Anyhow, instead of idolising people who are clearly no bett~r than ourselves, we will be better , as individuals and as a group, if we realise the good things m us all, accept them and attempt to attain character goals that others set in their excellent characteristics. . We should be constantly trying to improve ourselves and not attempting to permanently remvent ourselves. And so there we have it. Cui-de-sacs are clearly the source of much philosophical debate, truth, and personal fulfillment. However, I woul~ n~t advise living in one unti_l you are. at lea.st forty. They are suffocating death-traps on your hvehness. Remember that Neighbours IS set. m ~cui-de sac. Do you really want to look like Debbie, speak like Wayne and spend your hfe m a coffee shop? No; but you could waste away in the Tuckshop here. But the Tuckshop and morality is another Prayers Address subject. MICHAEL DAVIES, K.S. 33

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Music Listening has moved to M.O. under the tender care of Mr. Miles foil · AFfER HOURS: departure of D~. Han~s. The ~usic listened to this term has varied from 0B:;ng the MUSIC LISTENING (where Mr. Miles cla1med to Identify a Passacaglia!) to Bach , and we hav~ ~ov1 been to an E. N. 0 . performance of The Magic Flute. New members are alw . al\0 welcome to come along and sample the music and the port. ays vel)

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·. With the n~w 6b.s finding their sixth form feet ~nd the 6as. worrying <:>ver U.C.A.S. AFfER HOURS forms and ~nter:v1ews, Afte~ Hours has not flounshed m qul!e the way 1t did last term SCIENCE However, msp1red by mus1c and film pop stars who believe that we should conserv~ MATTERS endangere~ sRec1es, (package c~:>Urtesy ofW.R.P.) the Dodo Society was formed , . Co~servat1on.1ssue~ have been d1scussed on a regular basis. 'Chlorine- the Devil '~ Element prov1ded the baSIS for a d1scuss1on on pollution and J.A. 's balloon debates have continued to be. popular. A ste~ri.n ~ committee of 6b p~pils has been formed to ensure that there are more pupil-led sc1ence-based, act1 v1t1es next term. ' ~artie.s attend~d the two Chr_istmas Sc~ence Lectures at the Uni versity of Kent. Dr. Peter Barham, Umversl!y of Bnstol, presented The Phys1cs oflce Cream' and Dr. Arthur Tarrant, University of Surrey showed that 'Colour IS Fun'. ' Charles Aitken ~nd_D.M .A,. ~!tended a computation.al science seminar at U.K.C., run by Professor Catlow of The. Royal Instl!utwn. Th1s mcluded an opportumty to try molecular modell ing of compounds such as morphme . A te.am including Leo Fr~nsella, Andr~w Ribbans and Sam London narrowly failed to reach the SouthEast Fmal ofThe Royal Soc1ety ofChem1stry's 'Top of The Bench' competition. We are hoping for better luck in the B.A.Y.S. 'Masterminds' contest next term. C.J.R.J. D~ep in t,he m~ddle of a Wed~esday night prep the Shotgun Society met to discuss AFfER HOURS: th1s term s toptc of debate - Taboo or not Taboo' as proposed by our honourable THE SHOTGUN ' member Miss Curtiss. SOCIETY . Thi~ subject res~lted in one of our, how shall I put it, more interesting meetings . , . mvolvmg ev~rythmg , from Adam Fendius' arguably relevant probing into the Soc1~t~ s .sex li ves, to D~. Allday's pl!tful attempt to commit suicide (with a toxic cheese-and-biscuit mix) at lam s timeless quote, For Lo, the Head-Man did descend floating down gently from the heavens and speaking, said " M EEP!! " '.Don't worry, we don't under~tand it either. It i~ diffic ult for me actually to describe the proceedings or make them comprehensible, let alone shrink them mto these mere pa~·agraphs, and ~o I shall attempt to bring you a few choice moments. Soon after the debate be¥an, and wtth gentle nud~mg from Kathy, we reached male rape upon which we postulated whether this phenomenon ' always ex1sted and was simply not reported through embarrassment or was a n.ew occu.rrence cause,d by t~e 'w?men's rig.hts' movements. Shortly after this the discussion had become qul!e fr.antt~ upon ,the taboo s~bJect of whtch sex was s~perior, at which point someone hiding in the corner mterJected Body Odo!Jr and the room descen~ed mto laughter. It was either George Still or Reg Haswell - the comment that IS, not the smell. The top1c of incest was also scantily covered, first by Tim, 34

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memember best is Dr. Allday's success in tu rning every mention of a fi lm into a discussion about how re k' k' . . short Sissy Space s s 1rt was m 11. Finally we would like to thank those who participated! especially the g<?od Doctor for thi nking ~he whole harade up in the first place, and an extra note of gratitude to the catenng department for the 1mproved c Âˇne The grapes were also appreciated, so much so that Helen Thorn challenged Adam to a duel over '~~ l~st one (women's rights?), resulting in the last grape lying disappointed and squashed on the flo<?r. ) ~ 0 now we are left to consider next term 's topic and to hope that we see new faces at the next meetmg from our illustrious 6bs and overworked 6as who are all more than welcome.

The Choir has had one of its busiest ever terms. After the first Mattins of the school year, with an enthusiastic performance of Haydn's In sanciC ct Vanae Curae, there was a somewhat fal low period in terms of services to b~ sung. ~his. pro.vided much-needed time to begin to mould the new ensemble into a coherent group of smgers .. s 1.ngmg 1n the Nave of the Cathedral does not rely so much on volume of sound as focus; developmg th1s m the sound of the choir is vital earl y on in the year. One consequence of the departure of a large group of mus!cians fo r the Festival ?f Europe in Rei.ms on the third weekend of term was the absence of the Chapel Ch01r from the second Mattms o.fterm, meanmg that we had the unusual experience of not singing a service for near.ly two months. Th1s was .ma~e ~p for by the somewhat self-indulgent nature of Stanford's For lo, I ra1se up. The pro~lems of smgmg 1.n the Nave are as nothing to those of singing outside, but the development in the cohesiveness of the chOir was evident in Purcell's funeral anthem Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts. A new venture this term was the involvement of the Chapel Choir in the Christmas Concert in the Shirley Hall on lith December. For this occasion we moved away from some of the more traditional areas of Chapel Choir repertoire to give a performance of a number of movem~nt s fr<?m Mozart 's Vesper~e Solennes de Confessore (K.339). This has broadened the outlook of the cho1r considerably, and ~as ~1 ven us the opportunity to work with a chamber orchestra ensemble. It has also meant more pressure on time m rehearsals in order to ensure that Carol Service preparations have not lagged behind. The Carol Service also allowed for some venturing into the unknown -:- I doubt .many of the. c~oir had ever sung in Spanish before; quite apart from the words, the rhythm1c complex1t1es of Serew ssm1a una noche by the seventeenth-century composer Geronimo Gonzalez provided plenty of entertainment.during rehearsals. Jeremy Bines' setting of D6ron led us into some inter~sting sonori.ties - c~:mgratul at.wn s to him on producing such a fine piece - and we even managed to fit m a tambourme and Side drum m John Gardner's Tomorrow shall be my dancing day . My thanks go to all the choir members for their very hard work over the term, and particularly to Jeremy Bines and Emily Elias for their assistance in accompanying rehearsals. -yve ha~e also been very gra!eful for the assistance of Mr. Andrew Bryden, the Cathedral 's Organ Scholar, m playmg fo r our Nave serv1ces. M.D. H. The term's repertoire has been as follows: Insanae et Vanae Curae II th September Mattins Haydn For lo, I raise up 6th November Mattins Stanford 13th November Purcell Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts Remembrance 27th November Mattins Handel And the Glory of the Lord Mozart Confitebor tibi Domine II th December Mattins II th December Concert Mozart Dixit Dominus; Beatus Vir, Laudate Dominum Magnificat (Soprano solo - Emily Elias), 14th December Carol Service Palestri na Matin Responsory Serenissima una noche Gonzalez Coventry Carol Leighton The Lamb Tavener Hodie Christus natus est Poulenc D6ron Jeremy Bines Tomorrow shall be my dancing day Gardner

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This term'.s music ma~ing has been as exciting as ever, and the musical sta of the ch01r. haye contmued to increase. The term started with plenty of n~a_rds . . as we were mvtted t? take part !n the Fete de L 'Europe in Reims on only ~c~ 1 v 1!Y . ~eekend <_>fte~. Thts mvolved some comphcat~d planmng, not least because we involved last year's 1 third m the proJect, m order not to haye ~o form a ch~t r from scratch within two weeks. The results were s~vers ~nd the~e was some very fine smgmg and playmg at the concert in the brand-new Conservatoire buiLe~b. m the ctty. We were, as e.ver, well looked after by our hosts, and the whole weekend was much en·~lng by all who came. My parttcular thanks go to Mrs. Lynne Elwood for all her assistance together ·tfi (;<i Woodward, who became very adept at conducting diplomatic negotiations and Dr Malli~n who chWt •••r. the Tradsters around various haunts in Reims. A fuller account of the week~nd appe.ars elsew'here in thape~oned . . IS ISSUe . The begmnmg of ~erm was also busy for a number of the choir's members, and Jeremy Bines Em· · Ehas, Penelope C~rtlss and Charles At.tken are to be congratulated on their organ and choral aV.:ards 1:Y O~ford and Camb~1dge. Jeremy and Em1ly have also done much of the accompanying for the Crypt . 0 th1s term, for whtch I am most grateful. servtces

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This term.:s ~epertoi.re has been well va~ied; two highl!ghts h~ve been Tavener's Love bade me welcome and Arvo .fart s Russtan carol, Bog_orod1tse pyevo , w1th whtch we rounded off proceedings durin th' last Euchanst. We also explored the nch sonont1es of Mendelssohn's double choir motet Jauchzet dem Hg e It is n.otic~able that the speed and precision of learning in the choir has increased as the experien~:r:; performmg m co.n~erts has deve.Ioped .. We now have a considerable repertoire that we can draw upon and the oppo~t~mtles for the .ch01r contmue to. expand. We a~e already ~ell on the way with preparation~ for a.ret~rn vtstt to German~ m February, a~d m ~arch we wtll be recordmg a CD, which will be available by Kmg s Week. None ofthts would be posstble Without the hard work and dedication of the choir members· rehearsals are always fun , and the rewards are great fo r the effort that is put in. ' M.D.H. The repertoire this term has been as follows: 18th September Tavener Love bade me welcome Reims Concert at the Conservatoire National de Region Musique et Danse Saturday 24th September Weelkes Hosanna to the Son of David Byr';l Ave Verum Corpus Tallts Loquebantur variis linguis Byrd Haec Dies Pezel lntrada - Aria - Sarabande - Bal Matthew Brown , Andrew Ribbans - Trumpets T homas Wacher- Horn Nicholas Tattersall, Alex Neame - Trombones Stanford Beati quorum via Justorum animae Coelos ascendit hodie Bruckner Locus iste Osjusti Mozart Church Sonata in C K 336 Sarah Petrie, Daniel Bartlette - Violins Al ice Lascelles - Cello Emily Elias - Organ Walton Set me as a seal upon thine heart Tavener Love bade me welcome Purcell 0 sing unto the Lord Bach Lobet den Herrn 2nd October Byrd Ave Verum 9th October Mendelssohn Jauchzet dem Herrn aile Welt 1st November All Saints Stanford Beati quorum via 20th November Walton Drop, drop, slow tears 4th December Weelkes Gloria in excelsis Part Bogoroditse Dyevo 36

The Jazz Club has continued this term with the Big Band under the musical direction of Matt Brown, and the traditional group , Tradsters, led by Alex Neame, as before. The personnel are as fo llows: the Big Band consists of Matt Brown, Andy Brice, Andrew Ribbans and Stephen Bushnell (trumpets); Alex Neame, Nick Tattersall and Sam Parker (tromnes)Âˇ Dan Bartlette and Larry Ridges (alto saxophones), Annabel Whibley and Chris Ioannou, (tenor ~xophones), George Bingham (baritone saxophone), Jeremy Bines (piano) , Tom Robertson (guitar) and \ Neame (drums). Also contributing to the Big Band this term have been Richard Peat and James Mor0 ~ison (trombones), Charles Miller-Jones (trumpet) and Simon Peel (tenor saxophone). Also assisting earlier in the term was our joint-pianist from last year, Charlie Aitken. Tradsters has consisted of Matt Brown (trumpet) , Alex Neame (trombone and leader), Graeme Parkin (clarinet), Nick Tattersall (piano), James Capel (bass), Tom Robertson (banjo) and Ivo Neame (drums). The main event of the term was inclusion of Jazz Club representation in the visit to Reims for the Fete de !'Europe, vividly described by Nick Tattersall elsewhere in this issue. The traditional group, Tradsters, carried out this role very effectiv~ly - but in its summer 1994 form, with Ed Millard, O.K.S: a.s saxophonist and sans our newly acqutred young drummer, Ivo Neame . Our first engagement was wtthm two hours of our arrival (on Friday, 23rd September) ; this was at 7.00 p.m. at a chateau which is the clubhouse of the Golf Club de Reims a Gueux, some half an hour outside the city. During the course of this, we were approached by the local organiser to stand in later that same evening to replace 'Musique Irlandaise (Canterbury) ' (sic! ), who were not able to fulfil a booking at a down-town bar called the Cafe Jour et Nuit. I think that the boys in the band enjoyed this event even more than either of the other two that we played - as, I think , is evident from Ntck Tattersall 's graphic account of it. We played there from 10 p.m . until about midnight, and it was good to see much support on this occasion from other members of the party, O.K.S. , rowers - and , of course, the pillar of everything, Mrs. Lynne Elwood. The final Jazz Club part of the Reims visit took place the fo llowing morning (Saturday, 24th September), between 11. 30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m., at the Cafe du Palais (opposite the Palais de Justice) . Here, we appreciated the presence of some of the aforementioned supporters and - particularly - of several King 's and O.K.S. parents. (The Millards were especially en famille!) I should like to record here the Jazz Club's appreciation to Mr. Michael Harris and Mr. Stephen Woodward for their kind invitation to the Club to be represented in the King 's delegation to Reims en Fete avec ses Villes Jumelees. Meanwhi le, life goes on, and we are currently preparing for the next big event - a Charity Concert by the Jazz Club and Big Band , to be staged in the Shirley Hall at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday, lith March. R.B.MA.

JAZZ

T he scene is set for a Mills and Boon Evening. Beverley Craven is playing in the background, there are dim lights, a double bed is in the centre of the room, and everyone is suitably dressed. Women are glamorous yet vulnerable; men are macho yet unfashionable. From dresses to silk pyjamas, then, to Marks and Spencer's jumpers. We entered the Walpole common room to find Mr. Browning serving the wine and naturally he was surrounded by the crowd. Tension was building up as we waited for the 6b English set (Alder, Fogarty, Lambert, LeighPemberton, Knight, Puleston-Jones, Lamont, Gomersall , and Tallon) to discourse on the nature of popular culture. T he first half consisted of the set's opinions on fil ms, soap operas , popular novels, and some facts about the much-ridiculed Mills and Boon novels. Why are these stories so popular and what is the secret of their enormous sales figures? Then Tommy Tallon spoke well on the connections between modern romances and the novels of Jane Austen. The story is, after all, the same in both cases. All was, of course, delivered from the double bed. The interval came, and drinks were re-filled as we prepared for Peak of Love. This proved to be the highlight of the evening, as the novel had been composed entirely by the set, as a parody of the Mills and Boon style. Each member read out the chapter they had written: special mention must go to Claire Alder (w ith the famous ' fondue' chapter) and Peter Lambert , who read very well indeed. However, each chapter gave the audience something to laugh about, and the considerable efforts put in by the set as a whole deserve much praise. It is hoped that the audience went home having learnt to think twice about the types of stories that surround them in our culture. It was an excellent evening all round. Peak of Love, by the way , is published in BOX 2, the creative magazine. CHARLOITE BARKER.

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TilE GRANGE

SERVICE: Priest to be ordained. SERVER: Caroline. VENUE: St. Dunstan's. HYMN: We plough the fields . Solo by Olive . Accompanied by Annabel and her Teddy. LESSON: Timothy 5:1 - infinity. Read by Susie. One of Paul's letters. Read by Mel. Absentees noted: Karen still in her PJ's, tucked in bed, Michelle Hugh thought it started later. Ophelia out practising ornitholo~y. Sally who'd oeen away fadeys. Emma still searching for her parker pen. Harriet, Helena, Clatre and Charlie starring in the play, Amy shepherding her military flock , while Dorelia, Rachel, Delia, Rebecca and Charlie were busy being Loud. Mel was more intristed in other things. SERMON: We are gathered here today to think desperately about all the things we have done and proudly to record all our many successes, forgetting for the moment any imposed values such as modesty. We praise Frances our record rower, Sally, Miriam, Susie, Penny and Annabel for being good sports, Chloe and all the Shells for an excellent play, Sarah and Lotte for their community spirit(?), Michelle for an, as usual, female-dominated concert, Amy and Zoe for star performances, Alice for her stamina in the sponsored swim. Last of all we remember to be astonished at the gymnastic feats of Mary , Alice and Jane. Finally let us consider the injury done to those excluded from the Amy, Priscilla, Kirstin, Frances and Sam tall parties, and let us hope that the shorter ones of us Dain to do Moir. PRAYERS: Let us remember Michelle, Sara, Caroline, George, Chloe, Miriam, and Priscilla. Give them guidance in all they say . Blessing be upon: Diane, Hazel, Lorraine, Lorna, Sheila, Michelle, Trish, Mrs. B. , Mrs. Watson and all her family.

WALPOLE

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MEISTER OMERS

The coup d 'etat is over; the old guard of General Reid is replaced by the new guard of Colonel White. The slum quarters have been razed to the ground, and fresh paint gleams-brilliantly on all the walls. For the citizens of the banana republic of Marlowe, life goes on ... Down at Westbere, Ben became Captain of Boats, got into G.B., but came back to rejoin Jess and Gumby for the sculling squad. Tim runs quite fast for G .B. ,so we signed him from St. Eds, and Simon is still in England Hockey. On Birley's, Jon M. played for the firsts, Reg the seconds, and Tris the thirds, while Liz and co. did their thing on the astroturf. Big Jon and several others made their way down to the rec. centre and played for the badminton team. As a house we have been a bit arty too. Matt's in charge of the big band , and Tom M. took a major role in the 3d opera. Well done those tarts, Jo, Hannah and Mel. We also formed a major force in the Christmas Concert. Academically, we have five Oxbridge candidates: good luck Matt, Jess, Reg, Tom M. and Tom W. also won the Mitchinson's Mathematics Prize, and somehow Reg made it to head of the Army section. Now for the subtle bit. Jo's still in a Purple haze, and Gumby's recovering from a Car-accident. Clare doesn't want us to mention Rob C. (MO 6a, dark hair), so we won't, Liz rethought her travel plans, and has gone south instead, and finally, Big Jon was seen loitering with intent. Will he be a Johnson's baby? We think not. This only leaves us to say thank you to the ever-cheerful Matron (except when she isn' t), the ever-patient Trevor, and the ever-present Mr. White. Does he ever go home?

MARLOWE

Dear Teddy, Hello, me again with my terrnly update on life here! I'm just LUXMOORE about to set off to watch the school play with my friendlies; ere are four (wow! that's what I thought) Luxmoore girls starring - a 6a, Amelia (who's a thonitor too) has the leading role, and the other three, called Saskia, Naomi and Sarah who I rnrn told are 'whores'. Anyway hopefully 'Horny Boy' will be going too, which would make ~tall the more worthwhile. I'm hoping that someone will show me where to go; mind you, I ~ust beware, as the other day I was led astray by two 6a boys (one being the vice-captain of school): a fellow ~hell and I we~e following them up to Birley's (or. so we .thou~ht), when twenty minutes into our JOUrney we dtscovered they were up to somethmg qmte dtfferent. Well I've just got back from the play. There certainly are some amazing people in this house, you kn~w. A. C. and Clare won the Kent Piano festival; my friend Caroline played in a masterclass and managed to get a massage into the bargain, and Oxford has even given Emily an organ scholarship. And th~t' s just music! As f~r sport, where shall I start? Now ~hat I'~e f~mnd the hockey pitch l'~e wttnessed teams left, nght and centre full of Lux~·10ore gt~l~. Ktrstm, Kate, Madeleine, Katl~ and Jo. Pall for the 1st Hockey and Lucy an~ Sa~kta are trammg for t~e G.~. rowing trials, wtth medals all round .. . In my case I've been JOCkmg games lately as I m still nursing my blisters from the charity walk that we all took part in for Edinburgh University Cancer Research. We raised over £1,000. Teddy , how's it going with Rag Dolly? It cannot be anything compared to the social scene here. Amelia and a model from Harpers and Queen; Alex and Tom when we can see through the steam; Jack and Lucy have made it a year; Maria and Piers or so I hear! Ali and Will have breached the gap; Jessica and her men (clappety clap) (hee hee). Better go now, All my love to Rag Dolly, From the 'Small Fry'. P.S. Tell Mummy not to fret - I'm being looked after beautifully by a whole team of lovely ladies, headed by Mr. & Mrs. T. and, of course, the wonderful Mrs. C. 'Knowing you, Mr. Brodie, knowing us the rest of Galpin's, ah-hah (?)' Sportswise, we had the captain of Rugby, and Andy 'Donk' Brice as prop for both King's and Kent first fifteens; Hamish and Kingston both played for the thirds. Most of the sixth form seemed happy enouth to 'play' squash. The fifths and Removes tended to provide the odd 'A' team player and the backbones of the Bs and Cs. Bushy and Tom MacAdie captained their respective teams. The Shells beat the organisational skills of Mr. Miles to win the House swimming, scored an epic victory over the Tradescant rugby empire in the sevens and defeated the mighty Grange footballers (thanks, Jeff). Duncan rowed but couldn't keep going owing to an important Regetterer. Simon ascended the East face of the Rec. Centre. Ignoring the peace pipe, Nathaniel recovered with late-night showers. Ben gave up and went surfing: being accused of being far too laid-back yielded only - 'No worries'. For once Nigel 'talkative' Field had his flute blown by someone else, while Donk lived in a Whibley wobbly world of his own. D.J.H. scratched his way into Tara's heart, much to the disappointment of the boss who couldn't handle the breakbeat. Lemmens scored, James S. didn't - as always. Shaq-o-Jeff picked up heavy D. on the way to basketball. Mr. Brodie, disappointed with his Mini note from Folkestone, took his 1.6 to Southend with Kirstin and George S. - · 'What nice girls they are.' The only thing going bump in the (very late) night were Rav's School House visitors. James Drever was reincarnated in the house as a budding 'Soul Man', last seen reading the Economist. The fifths were convicted for code red, leaving only a few good men, but several shone at bridge. Ross was deputy chief stage manager for the play, whilst Hamish was our shining star. Andrew and Nigel played in the orchestra. Kingston, Duncan and Simon were pictured sleeping around in Canterbury by the Kentish Gazette.

GALPIN'S

Academically, Galpin's excels. M.J. and Leo amassed nine first places between them i he exams. M.J. got 99% in Biology, whilst Dave Sprake proved to Dr. Arnott that he cout~td rather better than the head of house in Chemistry by topping the year with 97%. o Thanks to the cleaning ladies: we apologise for James. Cheers to the tutors, Mrs. B. and M Brod~.

In a term of two halves, Linacre surging from the flanks pta a through ball to a place in the final of the House'ori'~ competition. Sadly owing to a late lunging tackle by Tradescant the basketball team had to be stretchered off as runners-up. A flowing movement from behind by both Removes and Shells ensured several victories in their respective premierships. The Linacre all-star line-up included eight captains, three players on the '95 Rugby Tour two Hockey County caps, one Rugby County cap and a Divisional Fencing cap. Not forg~ttin passionate performances from Stevens, Goodman J., and Williams for the School XV. Preeceg however was denied a transfer and had an inspired season for the 2nd XV. Others contributing to this team included Goodman T., Peachey, Moore, Finch and Toulson. Will Bax came in at 5-2 favourite, winning the Junior Golf stakes. Individual medals go to Pete Baines and Charlie Aitken for scholarships in their respective fields (Army and Choral) . Luke tackled Tom and Dom from behind in the School Play , received a three-match ban, and consequently played only a small part in the competition. The senior players have done well on away turf with a strike partnership of Luke 'Blairly believing his luck' Toulson and Mike 'In my ears' Preece chargin~ down Penny Lane. Tom continued his outstanding midfield partnership with D.D.R. and Will remained on the bench, unable to extricate himself from a local Alley. However, Man of the Match goes to James, despite a despairing defeat: Gann Rovers 1 - Stevens F.C. 0 . Manager partnership of the season is awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Thane, supported by physio Mrs. White. The ladies, unable to clean up their positional play, may receive an F.A. ban for next season.

LINACRE

We were asked to write house notes 'but ve don't do requests!' Here are the hits of the term. At number thirteen is ' Imagine' followed by the C .B. single 'Rowe, rowe, rowe your boat' at number twelve and it fell fast. 'Gurke lost her PJs but Regina held on to Duncan and they are Ready to Rumble' is at number eleven. Next at number ten 'Louise lost her direction but managed to find her way to M.O. as Bex did .' At number nine 'Seb scored the winning goal for Arsenal and Bel found her toulbox.' Next ' D.J. hardcore has been featuring on and off with some style' is in at number eight. Then at number seven are the stars of the House Concert 'Ellie and Jessie, nothing compares to you!' Followed by number six on a classical note. Ces, Bex and Jo six hands, one organ, 'while Mike manned the ship at half-mast. ' An unpopular single at number five 'St. A's is now in the infra-red spotlight and our lives are ruined. ' At number four is a new entry 'Congrats to the Shells in Wonderland and on the hockey pitch' . One up at number three is 'Remove Girls just wanna have fun ' by SINdy Lauper. Before this year's number one is number two 'Well done to all the sporting stars, looks like sport will have to be a higher hit next term.' And finally this year's number one 'Thank you very much Mrs. Wakeham, Mrs. Booton and the cleaners.'

BROUGHTON

42 (T. I.J.)

Gestapo Morgan's role as T .V . room monitor was not easy! Let us see what he is not monitoring on the Tract. Panasonic ... Welcome to T radescant, a packed programme for you this term. Rugby - 10 Tracts play ing for the 1st XV ; in order of appearance, Chris, Femi, Oggy and Dunstan and Jules and Josh, Digger, Ed, Jamie and Bullish. Stick in Deano and you have the Basketball victors with some magic lay-ups. But now to the first race, run over fifteen weeks ... And they' re off. Straight into the lead goes Purple Moon, ahead of Chuckie Promotions by the length of a gown. Over the first two safely, now Black Magic rejoins the main field after his stud duties. All standing as we approach the Wimbledon Turn. Oh! A stumble there and Purple Moon not so bright or so P'!rple as he reJoins the main group of animals. F~>ur from home no~, a seemingly easy fence to JUmp but, wait a week, the Moon's fallen and IS out, Hardcore hits the ground too , Fortnight Man and Safe Chief tower over the fence but their descent has been impeded by a Portuguese animal rights activist and that's the race over for them. Next fence, and a Ginger Carpenter, despite given a reminder by his jockey, has pulled up. So as we approach the finish there are two Zany guys on the course, no idea what they're doing; Brechty in second, wish I had had three pennies on him but there is no stopping Chuckie Promotions taking the prize. Next on the Tract. Panasonic, Wildlife on One. The lesser-spotted chimpanzee, Bonius Powellus, screams his mating cry, ' What you wanna know for anyway?', across the savannah and the flautist Polly shields her partner from the attentions of the ex-jobs. After the heady days of Gardner, Grant and Bishop (and Davies), J .P. tried a different style. Coley's exeats were as frequent as Oggy 's performances of a Billy Joel hit single. Charlie had a two-day lease on an ergometer but was cut short by a Durham cox, definitely not involving C.B. the P.K. D.K. and Caroline - interesting and at the same time not. Staz posted some letters. Ed mills around at home most of the time; handyman P.J. met his match but got a job. Tucker picked a quieter life while Digger picked, cupped, watered and ate an eclaire briefly. No Tracts turned around , got soapy, were noisy or screeched (much) to a halt without their styles. This House is the only place to be which means fun, success and fulfilment. Thanks to the cleaning ladies, who keep the place as tidy as the County Hotel, according to a wry source. Messrs Sellers and Miles - th~nks for looking after and watching our videos for us. Miss Brine and Miss McGuire- everyon~'s favourite ladies. Mr. and Mrs. Graham, thanks for everything and sorry for ourselves and things can only get better.

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1 TITLE/NAME/ADDRESS Name: Mitchinson's House. Address: The Mint Yard near ... some other small houses .

1 APPLICATIONS Cambridge x 8 Others x 4 University of Pull University of Psychological Disturbance 3 QUALIFICATIONS ACIDEVED Subject, unit, module or component I. House Duties 2. Breaking House Rules 3. Keeping Study Tidy 4. Nice Hood

anything from Veterinary Scince to Vetinary Science. (Adam and Tom especially) for attracting 6bs . 3 girls in study 1.

Grade Lindsay and Harriet. U everybody else in Shells (who are they?) A Removes (ink fight - what ink fight?) B Fifths (graffiti?) D Mikey and Adam (but I'm head of house?!) A* Jeremy' s A.R.C.O. A

43 (M.P.H. D.)

3B QUALIFICATIONS PENDING Subject, unit, module or component 1. Rememberin~ Birthdays 2. Going out With S. Saunders 3. Sport Âˇ

Grade U everybody in the House for forgetting. A* Tom for 7 months (how does he do it?) A* Kathy (yes! Kathy Clark!!) James and Mike for 2nd XV appearances. Leigh for being 'ard. Adam for ... hockey? (what's that?) Nick D. for captaincy of U14 As. T.C. (perfect) and Claudia for swimming (a bit) Jess for her hockey. 4 DETAILS OF EMPLOYMENT TO DATE Nature of work From To 1. Alanna tried to pull anyone and beyond 9th month ? 1994. 2. Chris P. ~ot attacked by his father on a motorbike 11th month 1994. 3. Lighting (again) m school productions by Owen & Richard C.? ? 1994. 4. Trying to evade the library monitors (but it's only 4 months late). 5. Playing pool during (study periods) and getting caught. 6. Penelope C. playing with the tigers at Howletts' in the holidays 5 SPECIAL RESPECTS TO: 1. Tom K. for being the first scholar to ever attend a P.S.I. 2. The 6as for working hard!! 3 . Dr. Maltby and his family for being there and organisin~ the house. 4. The cleaners: Cathy, our new lady and one no longer with us. 5. Mr. Parker and Matron for helping out in all respects of house life (thanks, John). 6. Us - the Monitors.

44 (Peter Baines)

Rugby Football scHOOL XV 1994 -;:;;is has been a notable season- though unfortunately not entirely for the right reasons. We will remember at least woof the most talented individuals that I have seen, a host of other, very good players, and a squad that trained and 1 ayed with enthusiasm and determination, achieving a very respectable record. Yet m part the team, through its senior P1embers also had the tendency to shoot itself in the foot thanks to events off the pitch, unrelated to rugby, but the

~portan~e of which over the years I have nevertheless constantly emphasised. Too often they interfered with progress ~n it and ultimately, at least partly because of them, the side failed to reach the heights which seemed possible. The exte~sive list of players used, unusually long, even allowing for the tour, reflects the difficulties we have had, and not only with injury. Nonetheless, there has been much to commend it , as far as the rugby is concerned, for despite the troubles, the season has had everything, including commitment, excitement, entertainment, and some outstanding moments, both team and individual. some games were won easily, though if one were to be reallyÂˇcritical, one would have to say that King's teams of the last two v intages would have been much more, ruthless in the winning of some of them. Against Duke of York 's, we were indebted to the generosity in defence of our visitors who practically gave us the first two tries, before we later produced some very good rugby of our own. We took a long time to subdue a very competent side from Craighouse, Santiago (whom we visit next summer) . Against K.C.S. we started well enough, went into the lead, albeit by virtue of a penalty try, and looked comfortable, seemingly well positioned for a very productive second half - but the game petered out rather disappointingly, just as at Portsmouth G.S. where, admittedly, we encountered the first really wet conditions of the season, and we were pfaying our third game in five days. Although by the end of the match against Eastbourne the result was not in doubt, they had begun with a period of sustained pressure, and had they kicked their penalties, would have been ahead at half time; fortunately, as the wind went from the visitors' sails thereafter, we got stronger and stronger. Against Felsted we started very competently, but then relaxed, until picking up the pace again in the second half. There were many very exciting matches that stayed in doubt until the final whistle. In the prevailing circumstances against Dulwich - the sudden departure of our captain and the absence of our goalkicker- the whole side produced a very spirited display in wet conditions against a very strong, physical team. Against Cranleigh, in probably the worst game of the season technically, we took one of the few chances that came our way, but had to defend furiously at the end to hang on to a victory which was welcome 'revenge' after last year. Several games, too, were actually decided in the dying moments. At St. Paul's, a period of fifteen minutes of inspired running in the middle of the second half saw us come back from a 10-0 deficit to lead with too minutes to go, only for victory to be snatched from us with a last-minute penalty. The following Saturday, fortunes were reversed for us when Caterham, inspired by their fly half, stuck doggedly to us, and came back to hold us to 16-16 until the final serum of the game, from wh1ch for the second time in the match a set move saw Ogedegbe touch down fo r the try which brought victory . The tour match at Bryanston was the best of this kind - a see-saw affair and exciting entertainment for the pleasing number of parents and O.K.S. (including the Headmaster of Port Regis) who had travelled to watch. After we had again come from behind to lead, the try which, probably deservedly, brought Bryanston level came in the last movement of the game, and was suitably dramatic, as the winger dived in and the corner flag went down in the tackle. Perhaps fortunately, the attempted conversion did not sustain the drama still further! Our other drawn game with Sevenoaks, bY. contrast, was sheer farce, as the match was inexplicably stopped ten minutes short as we pressed for victory downhill and with the wind behind us . We were well beaten on two occasions . Tonbrid~e were by far the most rounded side we met all season, and we would have found them difficult to contain even with our best combination. No doubt inspired by the result in the last two encounters, they played with purpose and direction to put on a very impressive display. A somewhat depleted side was si mply outgunned, although It never gave up , and it was disappointing that two late scores gave the wmning margin a slightly flattering look. At Epsom the following week, even further below strength, we went behind by 13 points early on, but showed the usual immense character, and no little skill, to score two tries to lead 14-13 at hal f time. One or two m issed tackles cost us dear in the second half, however, and again late scores have given the score what was definitely on this occasion an unfairly conclusive appearance. Throughout the season, the pack performed best in the scrummage and the loose- we had to resort to unorthodox tactics to win ball in desperation by the end. Our front row was never beaten in any phase of the game- Lau, Hewett and Stevens (once he had reached the level of fitness required) were quite formidable. Steven Lau took ball away from mauls and in the tackle with minimum of fuss and maximum effect as if it were his by right; he also took over the captaincy after half-term and is to be congratulated on the excellent job he did in rebuilding morale. The hooker, Russell He~ett, struck as fast as anyone, and delivered telling tackles with welcome regularity; James Stevens literally made an 1mpact on a number of opponents. In the second row, Paul Perrin and Julian Hinves were dwarfed by most of their opponents, but Paul was a reliable source of ball at the front of the line out from a timed throw, and Julian's work rate was phenomenal, as one might expect of a top-class cross-country runner. His jumping improved out of all recognition th~nks to Andy Brice, our third county prop, who fo und himself m a number of spots in the team, the most unlikely bemg the second row, but as a supporter m the lineout. Defensively we were very secure around the fringes of serum, ruck and maul, although we did not always offer enough of a threat there ourselves. Our middle five of the team contained four, or even all five in 6b however, and t~at they performed so well augurs well for next season. Adam Will iams improved steadily all term, learning to channel h1s energy and enthusiasm and tighten his technique, as did Chris Mounsey-Thear, who played in the last few games . 45

THE SCHOOL XV (Mike Waterman)

Qin Wis~:n~an exuded confidence ~nd was always i~ control on the ball; we missed him wh~n he had to miss a through IOJU~X· At half back, Chns North played hke .a Jac~ Russell , barking at his own team, nipping the ~n mes of the _oppOSitiOn and unaffected by .attempts to keep h1m qUtet ; he was, essentially to the team, also tacticall :les a~tute mde<:d; .J onny Mur~h mean.wh1l~ ~as as cool as a cucumber when kicking in defence, and tackled aggres~ivee~ h1s place ~1ckmg was sohd, but mfunatmg - he was equally adept at missing the easy kicks as he was at k' k_ly, the most 1mprobable o nes. IC tng We rarely managed real fluency in our passing in the midfield , and relied on miss moves but in the centre Ka and either Goodman or Bird, the most frequent combination , were effective when running ~gainst the grain Dumana meanwhile sh~wed a s.urpr~sing turn of pace in. co~er ?efence and produced many try-saving tackles. On ihe ~f~an Josh Cole, unt1l he ret1red m ~ovem~er, was t~dy m h1s work , bu.t had relatively few opportunities to run in s acg, as most chan~es went to Fem1 Fadey1 on the nght ; Luke T~yler 1mproved steadily in the games he had at th~ ened of term: Fem1 was by the end of the season a most accomplished player - a quick, lethal finisher who was tot 11 secure m defence. a Y .The outsta~ding. player o~ the seaso~, ho~ever , .wa~ Alex 0 11edegbe at full back. He will long be remembered, and m1ssed, for h1s .qu1te exceptiOnal runn.mg sk1lls; h1s s1lky , seanng acceleration toyed with opponents who thought he was already gomg flat out (they certamly .we~e!). He scored eleven tries, but none of them was 'ordinary' - he left that to others ..He was, too, qUtte devastatmg m the tackle to ~nyone who tried to round him, and in fact, the moment of the se.ason m defence may ':"'el~ have b~en when at Cranle1~h the opposing fly half pierced the defence and raced for the hne; Oggy see~ed .to mv1~e h1m mto the gap from th1rty metres away before cutting him in two. We have been fortunate to have. h1m m t~e s1de f?~ three seasons- a player who could be quite brilliant, but was not arrogant merely confident m h1s exceptiOnal ab1hty. • I have left one player. until last. M~tthew Edwards st~rted the.s~aso~ as captain, and b<:fore his departure at halfte~m. he was not only still an outstandmg pl~yer- t.ech~1~ally bnll.tant m the tackle and qu1ck, strong, and instinctive With the ball - but he had also developed mto a? mspmn& captam wh? was signif\cantly, respected and feared b opponents. He undoubtedly was the reason for the ba~kbone of the team m the early light games, and was a significal. loss for the difficult last SIX. We all share the frustration o f not knowing quite how good the season might have been. . As usual, thanks are owed to a number of people on behalf of the rugby club as a whole: to the coaches who work with all the_ teams, at every level; to our referees , and not. only !h~se provided by the London and Kent Societies, whos~ serv1ces w~ vatu~ h1gh~y; to the groundst~ff, for the1r uns~mtmg efforts; to Theresa and the Matrons for their mannmg of the F1rst A1d station; to Stewart Smith and the catenng staff; and to parents for their support. We also look forward - to the Sevens season, and the summer tour to South America. R.C.W. Team frOf!l : Si~on Bird, Andrew Brice, Joshua Cole, Matt~ew Edwards , Femi Fadeyi*, James Goodman, Russell Hewett*, Juhan Hmves*, Dunstan Kamana*, Steven Lau**, Chnstopher Mounsey-Thear Jonathan Murch Chris North• Alex Ogedegebe**, Paul Perrin* , James Stevens*, Adam Williams, Qin Wiseman*: ' ' *First Colours **First Colours re-awarded. Also flayed: Michael Davies, Rafael DeHaan, Ben Massingham, Andrew McGregor Thomas Moore Jamie Nicholson Michae Preece, E~ward Radcliffe, Edward Rice , Luke Tayler. ' ' ' R ESULTS

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Played 15, Won 9, Drawn 2, Lost 4 . Points for 249 , points against 162. Elham College (H). Won 10-6. v Portsmouth G.S. (A). Won 20-0 . Duke of York's (H). Won 25-5. v Dulwich (A). Lost 5-9. St. Paul's (A). Lost 12- 13 . v Tonbridge (H). Lost 0-34. Craighouse (Chile) (H). Won 34-0 . v Epsom (A). Lost 14-38. Caterham (A). Won 23-16. v Cranleigh (A). Won 8-3. K.C.S. Wimbledon (H). Won 27-0. v Felsted (H) . Won 28- 13. Eastbourne (H). Won 18-0. v Sevenoaks (A). Drawn 10-10. Bryanston (A). Drawn 15- 15.

2nd XV A q~ick glance at the playing record will show that this has been an above-average season. It might even have been better 1fthe 1st XV had not bee~ so savagely r.avaged by injurie~ resulting in the departure of many to more prestigious pastures. The record reflects th1s haemorrhagmg of players wh1ch took place, especially in the last third of the season. T~e fir~t game against the Duke of Yc;>rk's was analogo.us to that of a touring side playing their opening match on fore1gn so1l. Our perform~nce was appallmg and yet deceptive. The following Saturday a stunning victory was achieved on the 1st team p1tcl~ agamst a strong St. Paul's team. Success against this school at this level is rare. This game will be remembered particularly for t.he superb try scored by Ben Massingham who , after fielding a ball deep in his own half, prc:>ceeded at speed to out~t~1p and out-dodge the cros~-cover in most spectacular fashion. To overcome a school's 1st XV IS no mean .feat. yet th1s IS exactly w~at happened m our next game, a mid-week fixture versus Dover College. Afte~ a slow start m w~1ch we ~ppeared a little overwhelmed .bY the size and speed for our opponents we proceeded to w1p<: out the fiv<:-pomt defic1t w1th a pen alt~ and a sparkl!ng try by Mitchell in the right-hand corner of the 1st team pitch. Our ab1hty to turn over second, th1rd and somet1mes fourth phase ball was now beginning to tell. 46

Strong runnin~ backs were not about to spoil the party , as Caterham found to their cost a few days later. A confident 2nd XV then arnved at K.C.S. Wimbledon a week later. Within fifteen minutes we had a 20 points lead. At the turnaround the large crowd present were fu lly expecting a rout of perhaps 50 or 60 points. It was not to be. We let the gutsy opposition in for a few soft tries. However the game is notable for the hat-trick of tries scored by Lewis Mitchell on this day and also the full pitch dash for the try line by Luke Taylor who received the ball from a move which began in the in-goal area. The match versus Eastbourne heralded the start of a number of very close encounters in many of which we were fortunate to come out on top. This ~:arne, played in wet cond itions, was a scrappy affair, made more so by the absence of the regular fly halves on both Sides. The Dulwich match was very exciting, with the lead changing hands on four occasions. A try by Sonaike sealed the game for us in the dying moments. Victories against such opposition are not easily achieved. The encounter versus Tonbridge heralded the start of a drought of victories. Against the run of play we found ourselves 7-3 up at half-time. The opposition rallied after the break and .were able to score two quick tries in succession and a penalty. With five minutes to go Ben Massingham, hero of the St. Paul' s match, proceeded to evade the attention of nearly the entire Tonbridge side to score under the J?OSts. To no effect a frenet1c attempt to clinch the game ensued . Tonbridge were able to win good ball thanks to the1r superior rucking skills and dominance in the tineouts . With a little more possession I've no doubt that we might have been able to win the game. This same depleted team met Epsom a week later. After a prom.ising start in which we crosed their line twice, Epsom began to dominate the tight encounters. With fourteen men on the pitch and with ten minutes to go Epsom scored a try under the polls. Concerted pressure resulted in our being adjudged offside. Three points to Epsom saw them carry the day . With seven of the onginal side in action against Cranleigh, it came as no surprise that we began to fall apart at the seams. It was unfortunate that we came up against one of the best 2nd XVs on the circuit. In addition they were on the come-back trail , having lost their unbeaten record a week earlier. Felsted visited us having won only one game. Playing against a near-gale in the first half, we were pinned down in our own 22. The wind and rain had abated by the second half, making the task of overturning a 3-8 deficit a touch difficult. A well executed try and two pressure penalties (Davies) saw us scramble through to win the game by two points. A penalty and an interception try when we were on the attack proved to be too great a mountain to overcome 10 the game against Sevenoaks. The one-point deficit was probably a fair reflection of the game . The team has been very ably captained by Mike Davies. Mike Preece stuck to the task of pack leader admirably , even when he was bedevilled by injury. What has been so encouraging has been the spirit in which the team has prepared for and then played their matches. Their style has been adventurous in attack and dogged in defence. Reliable goal kicking by Edward Radcliffe and Mike Davies enabled tight games to be won. For their services to the team, the following were awarded 2nd XV colours: Michael Davies, Michael Preece, Michael Haswell , Benjamin Massingham, Andrew McGregor, Rafael De Haan and Jamie Nicholson. These boys have given outstanding service to King's rugby over the year_'s and ~_o st notably to t.he ~nd ~V . This h~s been a won~erf~l term of rugby. Well done on playing the game in the n ght spmt and for playmg 1t w1th such sk11l and determmallon . P.T. Team from. Michael Davies (Capt.)*.Âˇ Simon Bird, Andrew Brice, Rafael De Haan*, Nigel Field, William Finch*, Thomas Goodman, Michael Haswell, Phillip Lobb, Benjamin Massingham*, Andrew McGregor, Lewis Mitchell, Thomas Moore, Jamie Nicholson*, Simon Peachey, James P1per, Michael Preece*, Edward Rice, Alexander Ross , Edward Radcliffe, Michael Rosato, Afolabi Sonaike, Luke Taylor, Sebastien Vance, James Stevens, Paul Wharton. R ESULTS

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Played 12, Won 8, Lost 4. Points for 183, Âˇpoints against 145. Duke of York's. Won 5-0. v Dulwich. Won 13-10. St. Paul's. Won 7-0 . v Tonbridge. Lost 14-18. Dover College 1st XV. Won 8-5. v Epsom. Lost 10-13. Caterham. Won 45-7. v Cranleigh. Lost 0-47. K.C .S. Wimbledon . Won 49-15 . v Felsted. Won 13-11. Eastbourne. Won 10-8. v Sevenoaks. Lost 10-11.

3rd XV Our first match was the ideal opportunity to sort out any problems and ease ourselves gently into the season. After a first half of good running rugby, a penalty gave us the chance to put some points on the board from a superb kick by 'Staz' from the twenty two metres line. This did wonders for our moral and Sqot Wiseman secured our lead with a try and a conversion. It was with some anxiety that we awaited the St. Paul's game. It turned out to be an excellent, very closely fought match. After a powerfully driven ruck from our forwards, led by Luke Toulson, yielding a successful second phase ball, our three-quarters managed to go through their defence enabling 'Flabby ' Sonaike to score the first (unconverted) try of the match. St. Paul's retaliated quickly and managed, through fine support, to score just in the right corner towards the end of the first half, but fatled to convert it. The game was startmg to look like a draw when Sqot, our fly-half, converted a penalty kick from within twenty metres of their in-goal line. Against Caterham we also produced a fine display of rugby . Encouraged by our previous victory, Sqot converted an early penalty kick as well as our first try. With a ten-point lead at the begmning of the second half, we felt quite 47

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confident despite having lost Paul Wharton from a jaw injury. Our serum-half, Tommy Dean, secured our posit" " by scoring two (unconverted) tries in the second half when , unfortunately, we sustained another injury: Ben s mÂˇW 1 1 â&#x20AC;˘ Laing badly bruised his rib-cage in a serum and had to come off in obvious pain. Our next two games were to provide us with our best scores this season: two tries each for Paul W harton and Michel Rosato, one try for Michael Baughan and Tom Stazicker, two conversions for Sqot and one for 'Flabby' in the a e against K.C.S. W imbledon. In our second overwhelming victory, we played Dover College's 2nd XV but wcr; s~n 1 obviously mismatched . We lost count of the tries after a while. With a different pack but nevertheless hoping for an unbeaten fi rst half of term, we faced Eastbourne. Their forwards were heavier than ours and some lack of hard tacklin ~ in the first twenty minutes allowed them to score twice w then got entrenched into an effective defensive game w1th brilliant tackles from Michael Baughan and 'Flabby ' so~aik: and powerful kicks from Sqot, 'Flabby' (again) and 'Staz'. It was a different story after half-term. Dulwich was a closer match than the score seems to indicate and from a spectator 's point of view, a very exciting ~arne of running rugby which saw two near tries by Bob Wallace and Tristan McConnell (who touched the post a fraction of a second befo re touching down in their in-goal line). Tonbridge were better than us and rucked us off the game. Within ten minutes of the match at Epsom Michael Baughan sustained a v~ry nasty knee injury and had t~ b~ off games fo_r th~ rest of the _ season. Naturally, playing fourte~n ag~in st fi fteen d1d not enhance our chances of wmmng! At Cranle1gh, 11 was Charhe Bell's turn to be taken out of action within fifteen minutes of the start of the game: he dislocated a wr ist bone which was put back into place on the spot by a doctor watching the match . However, the season was to end on a very good note . The heavens opened minutes befo re the start of the match against Felsted but our enthusiasm was not dampened in the least. Shortly after the start of the game, Bob Wallace scored a lovely try duly converted by Sqot. Tristan, displaying his incomparable side-stepping technique, fooled halfa-dozen players to score a wonderful run-away try. Fmally, No. 8 Philip Lobb scored for the third time moments later. We had been helped by the wind in this first half and were not looking forward to batting against it in the second half. T he gods were to look favourably upon us however: the sun came out and the wind dropped noticeably although Felsted came back at us with all their vigour. Despite gutsy efforts from our fu ll-back 'Staz , they managed to score two tries in the second half. A very close and enjoyable match indeed. Finally, Sevenoaks were to give us the opportunity to end the season on a high note. A tough but fair match saw us score twice and concede no tries to win comfortably. We would like to thank Messrs. R. E. Barham and R . B. Milford for their expert coaching throughout the season Mr. J. R. Parker for accompany ing us to some away matches, Mr. Stewart Ross for refereeing most of our home matches and the parents who came to support us in all weather conditions! M .P.H.D. Team from : Luke Toulson (Capt.), Michael Bau&han, Charles Bell , James Burr, James Capel, Thomas Dean, Hamish Lemmens, Philip Lobb, T ristan McConnell , Patnck Osmond, Michele Rosato, Ben Smith-Laing, Afolabi Sonaike, Thomas Stazicker, Robert Thomas, Sebastian Vance, Robert Wallace, Paul Wharton, Sqot W iseman. Also play ed : Richard Ashenden, Nicholas Bates, Espin Bowder, Leigh F itchie, Alexander Gort-Barten, Michael Haswell , Kingston Hui, Ben Jeanes, Andrew McGregor, James Morgan , T(Jomas Moore, Simon Peachey, James Piper, Marcus Pyke, Edward Rice, Alexander Ross, Peter Spiller, John Sweny . R ESULTS

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Played 12, Won 7, Lost 5, Cancelled 3. Points for 16 1, points against 119 . Duke of York's (A). Won 10 -0 . v Dulwich (A). Lost 0- 12. St. Paul's (H) . Won 8-5. v Tonbridge (H). Lost 0-18 . Caterham (A). Won 20-7. v Epsom (A). Lost 0-28. K .C.S. Wimbledon (A). Won 36-0 . v Cranleigh (A). Lost 0-27. Dover College (H). Won 56-0 . v Felsted (H) . Won 19-12. Eastbourne (H). Lost 0-10. v Sevenoaks (H). Won 12-0.

4th X V As usual , the season started with a victory against our local opposition: Duke of York's. After a weak start, our forwards played a much tighter game and a clean lineout catch was the trigger to the only successful try of the game by James Morgan. Another attempt was unfortunately disallowed. Our next match was to be much tougher. Our forwards d1d not work together enough and found themselves driven off the ball too many times . Our fly-half, Marcus Pyke, managed to release the pressure through a few good kicks and Ben Jeanes, our full back, displayed a great deal of courage in catching well under pressure and running straight at the opposition thus making valuable ground . Unfortunately, we lost Rodolphe d ' Arjuzon through a broken nose for the major part of the remamder of the season. Our next two games, against Bethany and Dover College respectively, saw a flurry of tries. Everyone had a go and many succeeded in scoring. The addition of an experienced late-comer such as Alex Ross (who promptly moved onto higher sides), encouraged our forwards to play a driving game very successfully. These were to be our last victories of the season . Injuries in tlie 4th but also the 3rd, 2nd and 1st XVs depleted our side dramatically and our last game of the season against Epsom was only made possible by late comers to the game such as Keith Bolshaw who nearly took on the brutish Epsom side by h1mself. This partly explains the rather long list of 'Also played '. Some of these boys moved on to higher sides, others joined the 4ths late m the season. We were therefore somewhat relieved when our remaining opposing teams cancelled the fi xtures due to similar problems in raising teams. 48 (Peter Baines)

We would like to thank Messrs. R. E. Barham and R. B. Milford for their expert coaching throughout the season, Mr J. R. Parker for accompanying us to our away matches, Mr. P. W. Fox for refereeing most of our home matc hes and. the parents who came to support us in all weather conditions! J. P. SwENY AND M.P.H.D. Temn: John Sweny (Capt.), Richard Ashenden, Nicholas Bates, Espin Sowder, Benjamin Browning, Adam Chattaway, Rodolphe D'arjuzon, Alexander Gort-Barten, Alistair Hawkins, William Jeanes, Ja mes Morgan, Marcus Pyke, Edouard Sebline, Peter Spiller, George Still. Also played: Daniel Bartlette, Michael Baughan, Charles Bell , Keith Bolshaw, Timothy Breen, Thomas Bucher, James Capel, Charles Curlewis, Stephen Gourmand, Kingston Hui, Nicholas Jenkins, Hamish Lemmens, Barnaby Martin, Patrick Osmond, Alexander Ross, Ben Smith-Laing, Robert Thomas, Thomas Wacher , Robert Wallace, Dylan Wyn Pugh. RESULTS

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Played 8, Won 3, Lost 5, Cancelled 3. Points for 106, points against 168. Duke of York's (A). Won 5-0. v Tonbridge (H). Lost 0 -48. St. Paul's (H) . Lost 0-20. v Epsom (A). Lost 0-36. Bethany (H). Won 29-0. ""Cranleigh: cancelled . Dover College (H). Won 72-0. v Felsted: cancelled. Eastbourne (H). Lost 0 -46. v Sevenoaks: cancelled. Dulwich (A). Lost 0 -18.

Colts 'A' XV Our first game, against Duke of York's, indicated some basic faults. The forward s played as individuals instead of a pack, many lineouts were won with a heavy-handed tap which only served to put the serum-half under pressure, backs ran the set moves without gaining much ground and the set moves were viewed as ends in themselves and generally the players were too upright to be effective. Good tries came from Damian Stewart, Nick Lynch and Charlie Munday, but Matt Wall could only find the target with one kick from five attempts. The team visited St. Paul 's with trepidation. The memory of a heavy defeat the year before, as Junior Colts, was uppermost in the minds of the King's players. We were without both our Captain , Charlie Munday, and serum-half, Adam Tarr, and we paid dearly for the resulting lack of control at the back of the serum. We seemed to be in awe of our opponents and paid them too much respect in the first half. We went into the break down by twenty-four points to nil but the spirited play by the pack just before half time reassured us of our own abilities. The match resumed with a determination on the part of the King's players, not to suffer a c rushing defeat. The second half score was 5-3 and fin e performances by Damian Stewart, Owen Thompson-Dredge, Matt Wall and Tom O'Sullivan provided encouragement from this lost game . Cate rham played a similar game to ourselves and this provided an e~citing and open game fu ll of e ndeavour from both sides. Damian Stewart had an outstanding game, play ing a major part in three of our four tries . The first, after an impressive forward drive he provided a lightening scoring pass under pressure to Jide Adesanya, the second afte r a No. 8 pick-up he arrived at pace from the centre to score, and the third fo llowing his own high kick forwa rd he set up the maul which provided a try for Owen Thompson-Dredge. Cate rham's two tries came from fine exploitation of mistakes in open play a nd Adam Tarr provided the final try with a dummy pass from a ruck which opened a gap to the line. T his was the game in which Ed Dale Jones became aware of the defensive role of a winger. This powerful and uncomplicated player will make his mark in the future. We were technically well matched with K. C.S. Wimbledon and this should have produced a tight game. In the event it was a disappointing afternoon. The King's players seemed to have no appetite for the game, tackles were missed and we even allowed a fu ll back to collect our attacking kic k deep in his half and then run through our whole team to score untouched. Likewise our visit to Eastbourne was extremely disappointing . We did not do their magnificent 1st XV pitch justice. The forwards did not compete and were reluctant to enter rucks a nd mauls, the backs were very disorganised, the handling was poor and tackles we re missed. The unsatisfactory scoreline of 17-0 should have been reversed, but without fu ll commitment a team cannot expect to win. Two players came out of this game with credit. Owen Thompson-Dredge, who battled tirelessly and often alone, and Jide Adesanya, who tackled bravely and remained creative throughout the game. Needless to say I showed no mercy in training afte r half term, with Dulwich a nd Tonbridge to come (a crushing total of7- 14 1 last season), the games during the next two weeks were no place for players who lacked fitness and/or commitment. Dulwich College were confronted by a team which I hardly recognised, and my memory of Eastbourne was very vivid . We competed in all areas of the game, tackled valiantly and contained them , allowing only two wellworked tries after periods of sustained pressure. 0-12 seemed like a victory when compared with the 7-65 scoreline of the previous year. Damian Stewart's move to the back row was a success . He always looked very powerful but uncomfortable in the centre, whilst at No. 7 he became tota lly involved a nd contributed well to the forward play and provided a valuable link with the backs in open play. He is a player to watch in the future. 49

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Tonbridge were, as ever, very powerful behind the pack. They seemed to be able to produce overlaps at will their impressive handling skills provided two tries in the first six minutes. The King's team seemed to wilt in the of this impressive start and the memories of the 0-76 defeat in the previous season. Then a gritty determination ace in amongst the forwards. They stifled threats on the flanks and disrupted the Tonbridge ball , which slowed their ba ~ just enough for ours to cope with their well-practised moves. Our own pressure through broken play drew a nc just before half time and there was only one other score late in the second half from our opponents. 3- 19 1 j.11~Y a win that day . e We played against Cranleigh on the 1st XV pitch and throughout the game we looked twenty points better th the opposition but the experience of having to defend throughout the last fou r games had a profound effect on 0~n team. We had almost forgotten how to score tries . Peter Phipson inspired the defence with an impressive display of fair but frightening, full-bodied tackles. Time and time again our first phase ball was sound and our second pha ball moved slickly, but we could not capitalise with a score. Our opportunity arose when a high and long touch kid attempt was fielded by Peter Phipson on the left wing. (We knew that they would not find touch easily on that pitch) He decided to attack with ball in hand. Side-step after side-step took him to a position ten metres short of their lin~s on the right wing where he was soundly tackled. The ball came back cleanly from the ruck and was passed by Dave Smith to Matt Appleyard and on through Charlie Munday to Matt Wall who was aware enough to join the hne and make up for the missing back. He feinted an attempt to cut in for the try which held their defence for a fraction of a second allowing a perfectly weighted pass to find Jide Adesanya who went over in the left hand corner. A better display of opportunism, structure, awareness and fin ishing would be hard to find. That will remain for me the 1 of the season. Unfortunately we could convert no more of our superiority into points and in the final minute a despera~ long kick out of defence from the opposition bounced kindly for the foll owing centre who caught it without breaking stride to score under the posts. All agreed that 5-7 was a cruel result. During this game Dave Smith came in (out of position) for the injured Adam Tarr and showed enormous promise as a skilful rugby player who may make his mark in the future at outside half or in the centre. Will Bax gave a faultless display of lineout jumping. He has an elegant and controlled style in the line and his open play shows excellent ball-handling skills. Also I seem to have found the position for Tom O'Sullivan, a complete rugby player whose size prevented him from commanding a position in the back row- he will become, I am sure, a thoroughly modern hooker, well suited to the demands of today's integrated game. The match against Felsted was a five-try romp against quite a limited side but we maintained the structure of the game when the temptation could have been to act as individuals. We produced a sound all-round performance. Ben White must be congratulated for having an outstanding game at full-back. In the first half he faultlessly fielded five towering kicks in storm conditions and showed a fine turn of speed as he brought the ball back to the support time and time again. Aristide Muganda (standing in for the injured Will Bax) looked an interesting player. He is unconventional and some of his play lacked refinement, but he plays with total commitment and works surprisingly close to the ground for such a tall player. Nick Lynch seemed to be surprised by his own power during this game. He will be a formidable forward in the future but he does not yet use all of his attributes. Another player who is better than he believes is Matt Appleyard. He has played solidly throughout the season and his awarness gave him the opportunity of carving a passa~e to the opposition's posts, wrong-footing all defenders. Matt Wall gave a fine kickmg display with four conversiOns from five attempts. Sevenoaks, with their spoiling game on a pitch full of slopes and enormous hollows, prevented the fi nal game from becoming exciting to play in or to watch, it seemed that a W in, a Loss or a Draw would have been a fair result. Two displays of skill by the same player brightened a very dull game. One was when Captain Charlie Munday brought order to a prolonged period of chaos by grasping a loose ball and diving over for a try and the other was his outstandmg try-saving tackle, which drew the congratulations of not only our players but the opposition and the referee as well. I thoroughly enjoyed working with this team. They seemed to enjoy their rugby more and more during the season and each will go on to make good contributions over the next two years. I feel that each player has improved upon his skills during this term but I am particularly pleased with the improvements made by Ed Sterck, Angus Blackburn and Matt Wall . I am also impressed by the way players have adapted and developed their game in new positionsDamian Stewart in the back row, Tom O'Sullivan at hooker, Ben White at full -back and Charlie Munday in the centre. My congratulations go to Owen Thompson-Dredge who played in each of the Kent County games this term and I wish him well for the future. Thanks must go to Charlie Munday, a fine captain , Matt Wall who led the pack admirably throughout the term, N.C.W .S. and G .T.W. for all their efforts and support and all those who played and made this such an enjoyable season. K.E.J.M. Team from: Charles Munday (Capt.), Babaj ide Adesanya, Matthew Appleyard, William Bax, Angus Blackburn, Stephen Bushnell, Edward Dale Jones, Nicolas Lynch, Aristide Muganda, Christopher O'Neil-Dunne, Thomas O'Sullivan, Peter Phipson, Edward Sterck, Damian Stewart, Adam Tarr, Owen Thompson-Dredge, Malcolm Todd , Matthew Wall, Benjamin White.

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Played 9, Won 3, Lost 6. Points fo r 67, points against 146. Duke of York's. Won 17-6. v Dulwich. Lost 0 -12. St. Paul's. Lost 3-29 v Tonbridge. Lost 3- 19. Caterham. Won 24-1 5. v Cranleigh. Lost 5-7 . K.C.S. Wimbledon. Lost 5-20 . v Felsted . Won 33-6. Eastbourne. Lost 0-17. v Sevenoaks. Lost 10-15. 50 (Peter Baines)

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sixteen forwards and fourteen ks It has been a season of rather poor luck , in terms of injuries. Losing our fly-half Mike Ziegler (with a broken against St. Paul's) and our captain Rob Sixsmith at such early stages were perhaps the cruelest blows . There were e~ers who lasted only a game or two. Five people played at fly -half, three at hooker on a reasonably regular basis. T~at said, faced with such disruptions in continuity, the squad kept going, with only two Cs matches being cancelled through Jack of numbers. The way that the team (in whatever form it might take on the day) played its matches depended entirely on the opposition, d only 10 the second half of the last match did they finally decide to 'dictate terms' and to play the game as they a~ew they could. If this lot were up against it, they fought ha rd . If they were confident about wmning, they'd play ~ke idiots. This was particularly noticed against Caterham and Felsted , when countless scoring opportunities were ~asted. The results tell the story of a very patchy season that showed much potential at the be~inning , but that was propelled only by sheer mome ntum at the end. Through the difficulties have emerged some real discoveries: 'Chopper' Ho kins for one, rose to the c hallenge of the call-up from the Cs, proving to be an extremely effective fla nker both in fttack' and in closing down the opposition 's options in forward play. Mike Smith showed potential at No. 8, whilst Aristide 'Muganda developed as an excellent recycler in loose play. Not to forget many an opposition full -back hit by the sonic Boon. T hese are forwards, and it was largely the pack that made most of opportunities. Serum-halves (3) could not complain this term of a lack of quality ball. The backs showed early prom1se, but poor handling and decision-making Jet them down on repeated occasions. James Patrick can be singled out, though , for his excelle nt catching in defence. One can sympathise, though - any planned attack moves were usually disrupted by key players being moved up to the As as well. Faced with such situations, coaches might have been rather fed up, but this group maintained its momentum for two reasons. The first , the c heerful disposition of most of the players involved, and the second , the enthusiasm and coaching wisdom of Geoff Wells, our v isiting Kiwi, who has been an enormous help throughout the term, and whose ridiculously good reverse spin pass and goal-kicking have been an inspiration to many. My sincerest thanks to him: he was very tall. My thanks also to Stephen Bushnell , who, on assuming the captaincy, steered his team through a rocky season. N.C.W.S. Team from (scores in brackets, 'regulars' first): Stephen Bushnell (Capt.), Robert Sixsmith (Capt.) , David Smith (2p2c), Michael Smith (4t), Peter Hermon-Taylor (3t), Aristide Muganda, Harry Eccles (Jt3c), Felix Boon, Leo Fransella (2t), James Patrick (2t), James Clarke ( It), Justin Gardner (4t), Michael Z iegler (Jp3c), Christophe r O'Neil-Dunne (lp3c), Peter Mayberry, Alexander Pearson, Tristram Standen (4t) , Nicholas Hopkins, David Higgms (2t), Peter Hunt, Piers Clough , Angus Blackburn (2t), Simon Peel , James Stazicker, Thomas Edmunds, Malcolm Todd (2t), T??? Martin (It), Sola Lawson, Timothy Mitchell.

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Played 10, Won 5, Lost 5. Points for 181, points against 136. Duke of York's (H) . Won 22-3. v Tonbridge (H) . Lost 5-25. St. Paul's (A). Lost 7-22. v Epsom (A) . Lost 3-31. Caterham (H) . Won 42-5. v Cranleigh (H). Won 20-5. Eastbourne (A). Lost 10-15. v Felsted (H). Won 33-0 . Dulwich (A). Lost 0-22. v Sevenoaks (A). Won 39-8.

Colts 'C' XV The figure 'XV' must be questioned as the Colts C seldom ever produced a team of that s ize - and when it did , it was usually a result of borrowing some of the opposition's players! With a squad the size it was, producing three teams was always going to be difficult, and as a coach I often did not know who or how many I would have from one week to the next. This however did not affect the r.Iayers in the slightest. (On one occasion the suggestion was made that we play football, and I quote Tom Edmunds; C' mon, Sir, we would thrash the pants off them!') Their rugby was always committed even though it lacked some skill and logic at times. Often put off by the size of the opposition, it was only a matter of minutes before we realised we could compete, and so dominating the game for long penods of time producing some excellent team tries. St. Paul's being the best example of this. 25-0 down after ten minutes, King's then controlled the game and were unlucky not to score several times. The Duke of York' s fixtures were closely-fought encounters, but some unfortunate lapses of concentration cost us both games, and that elusive and so important victory went begging once again? It was a shame that some of the opposition were far too strong as this crushed the playe rs confidence which sometimes produced negative attitudes towards the game. However, a successful season all the same, even though the results do not show it. I'm sure the players have learnt a great deal and I wish them well in the future. My thanks to N.C.W.S. for his wonderful help with coaching throughout the season (and for stealing most of my good players!). G.T.W. 51 (Richard Tozer)

Team selected from (figures in brackets denotes scores this season): Simon Peel (Capt. IT), Tom Edmunds CIT) Piers Clough, James Miller-Jones, Dan Robson, Peter Hunt (IT), Tom Broxup, Conrad Krawczyk, James MacAd· • Richard Legge James Stazicker, Max von Hurte r , Matthew Barry, James Rock, James Hollaway, T im Mitchell (ITe), Olusegun Lawson, T im Strange (IT), Paul Stephenson, James Firth, Dominic Doyle, James Cooling. · RESU LTS

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Played 7, Won 0, Lost 7. Points for 27, points against 259. Duke of York's (H). Lost 7-17. v Tonbridge (H). Lost 0-55. St. Paul's (A). Lost 5-37. v Epsom (A). Lost 5-45. King's Rochester (H). Lost 0 -47. v Duke of York's (A). Lost 10-35. Dulwich (A) . Lost 0-23 .

Junior Colts 'A' XV T here has been some discussion this season amongst the top league clubs on the merits of a squad system and the rotation of players. Not to be outdone the Under 15 As have had twenty-one players with a regular exchange between 'A' and 'B' teams . T his is~ co~sequence of being in char,ge, of two tea~s w ~ ere at times t~e.selecti on required a balancing act rather than takmg JUSt the best fifteen for the A team. InJunes, Illness and pupils other commitments meant it was very difficult to keep the same personnel throughout the season, but it was a credit to Mr. White's XV that several players could slot into the gaps in the Bs, so readily. This year group has some good ball handlers and strong runners with strength in the back row and at serum half, but it took most of the season to try and develop team play rather than looking for individuals to run through the opposition . T here are also a handful of players that hopefully by next year will have matured in their attitude and will add to a team's performance rather than detract from it. Even before the first game an injury to Gareth Will iams meant an enforced change and was just one of many accidems that plagued the W illiams brothers throughout the season . However the pote ntial of the backs was in evidence against Duke of York 's plus the mobility of the back row, with both Parker and Hessey appearing on the score sheet. In that match our front five were severely under pressure and was an a rea that required some attention, as Jatin Patel had left and Simon Lau did not want to prop . T he combination of Ed Immink, Simon Bodey and James Squires in the front row supported by ~enry T rew and Chike Okoli as locks _improved as a unit throughout the season in all aspects of the set piece. Meanwhile m the backs, Kayode Akmdele switched from centre to full-back for St. Paul's and could not have been more unfortunate when he was adjudged not to have touched down a bobbling ball in our in-goal area and St. Paul 's were cred ite~ w ~th a .tr~. The e rror u ~!ted the side and saw some sterlin? defence especially in mid-field with Gardmer , Preston, Alistair Williams and AlakiJa holdmg out successive St. Paul s attacks. Unfortunately, James Hessey had to leave the field feeling ill and Mini Gardiner required stitches in his forehead , by which time we had conceded another two tries. A side of the team that was present throughout the season was to never give up and it was epitomised by a solo effort fro m f lo Alakija to score in t~e last five minutes restoring pride and resp~ctab i lity to the scoreline. Perhaps 1f you don' t g1ve St. Paul's a twenty-mmute head start you may turn the tables on th1s result! At Caterha m, our lesson had been learnt and we began at fu ll speed with direct running and quick handling seeing Akindele joining the line at pace being unstoppable a nd scoring three tries. This was one of the best performances of the season wh ere the whole team endeavoured to keep the ball alive and our line outs began to look more solid with effective blocking by Immink and Squires allowing the j umpers, Trew and Okoli, to retrieve the ball. Mark Preston at fly-half was beginning to call moves in the backs which allowed the running skills of Alakija, Akindele and Harbournc to be utilized. This spilt over into the K.C.S . Wimbledon match after just three minutes of play, James Harbourne dived over two wouldbe tackles to round off a memorable passage of play. Perhaps too good a start led to complacency as we had to spe nd most of t.he fi rst half defending. and were very f~rtunate not to have conceded more.than O!le try as Wimbledon had several k1ckable penalties. Agam stern tacklmg m the centres led to a loose ball which Akmdelc kicked ahead and ran most of the pitch to chase and eventually score, just before half-t ime. With such a boost to our confidence it was no surpr ise to see us step up a gear and for the forwards to take greater control in the loose, being more direct and cohesive in their play. This eventually led to tries by Okoli and Hessey from line-outs and not to be outdone, Harbourne scored his second after some good handling in the back li ne. W ith both Hessey and Adams unavailable for Eastbourne in the back-row and Alistair W illiams missing in the backs, the s ide lacked some. clear decision-making and in a closely fought game went down by a converted try and penalty. In the second half the commitment could not be questioned especially Sam Parke r who led by example being the captain m Hessey's absence, but Eastbourne were able to contain Akindele and their stout defe nce was not breeched . After half-te rm, Akindele reverted to fu ll-back, the back row was reunited and Mark Preston had been "':'orking hard to straighten the back line in attack and maintain its stra ightness in defence. For parts of the match agamst the formidable Dulwich side, we tackled bravely and with determination but the No. 8 and centre took a great deal of stopping. We had set ourselves the target o f reducing the score from the prev ious year and to score a try ourselves. In both respects we succeeded and whe n .Akindele entered the line at speed and swerved around the!r f~ ll-back to score in the corner , the cheers on the touch !me and among the team could have been mistaken for wmnmg the g~me. It was only the second try the opposition had conceded in three seasons, and in itself was a sign that even agamst the best this team can rise to the occasion. Tonbridge seemed almost normal after Dulwich and for most of the first ~alf we were on equal te rms both sides having go~d passag~s of play with some fast open rugby . Lapses in conce~t rauon again cost us scores but Hessey caught Tonbn dge nappmg from a quickly taken penalty and Preston placed a d1ag.onal kic k to an unmarked wing where Ha rbourne could p1ck up a n~ ~core unch~ llenged. The game could hav~ gone e1.t~cr way but when Akindele was taken out by an early tackle waitmg for a h1gh ball under hiS p osts we d 1d not ulll!ze the penalty or the advantag~ of an extra man, as the Tonbridge centre was se~t off for five mmutes. T hree successive defeats meant a positive attitude was required for Epsom and on the 2nd XV pitch we started by r unnmg the ball along

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rne from kick off leaving the visitors to fra ntically defend their line in the first few minutes. This early p ressure lhe ~ot converted into points, as their was a lack of good decisions especially when their was support available but was Ia er in f?OSsession felt he had to beat the tackler or go on his own. Unfortunately, a well-executed move by Mark 1he ~oX poppmg the ball to Akindele to score was disallowed and it was Alakija who in characteristic fashion picked pre~ loose ball and head down cha rged for the line to score under the posts. Gareth Will iams converted and added uppenalty to stretch the lead to 10 pomts at half-t ime with the wind and slope in our favour for the second half. W ith 3 ellen! ball from the forwards, the backs created many opportunities a nd Akindele rounded off a good move with excell earned try. The throwing in of Simon Bodey and the catching of Henry Trew were quite outstanding and meant ah~ we had a chance to dominate the line out leading to yet another try by Chike Okoli. The mud at Cranleigh made 1 an rugby very difficu lt, but again we did well in the lme out and our back row of Adams, Parker and Hessey put 0 reir half-backs under a great deal of pressure. It was the d irect running of Alakija that always meant we crossed the 1 in line and from one of these runs Harbourne made a dive for the line, looking quite a mazed when a try was awarded. f~ fact it looked as though he was in for his second when Akindele had entered the line to put him clear but James vas caught five metres short as he ran out of steam or his legs sunk in the mud. The forwards provided good ruck ball and Mini Gardiner 's service led to apportunities for Gareth Williams to make a break in the centre but there was a tendency then not to look for support. It was nevertheless a satisfactory win as the team had put together passages of play where in attack they kept the ball alive and tried to make light of the conditions and in defence, taclcled resolutely. At Felsted, the opportunity for two reasonably matched .sides to co.mpete was. ruined by their. sixte~ nth player. Players on both sides had no guidelines as to what the referee's mte rpretation of offside were especially m the loose and the frustration of players unfortu nately led to ill-discipline and a catalogue of mistakes. It is a tough lesson to learn but unlike two year 's previously, this side saw individuals shouting at each other, undermining confidence and teamwork, and a return to individuals trying to do everything on their own. The final match at Sevenoaks was a happie r end to the season with a second half performance which saw some expansive running rugby which was a delight to watch . Mark Sweny at serum-half had a terr ific debut giving Mark Preston fast and accurate service whilst Alistair Will iams showed great composure at full-back and set up Harbourne for the first try . Our reliable and versatile replacement Philip Stubbings, slotted in to second row for the injured Trew and joined in the back line with safe hands, but his second row partner Chike Okoli took a two handed catc h in the middle of the line and crashed over fo r his third of the season. The matc h (finished on a sorry note as a high tackle by Akindele led to an inj ury to their wingers neck and a conceded penalty try . Luckily the boy only sprained the muscles but Akindele must learn to tackle lower in future . So we managed to win one more then we lost but really this age group possesses a strong enough team to win all their games ~~cept pe~haps Dulwich who were quite exceptional. The likes ?f Simon Xoungman, Alistair.a':ld G~ ret h Williams, Ph1hp Stubbmgs and Mark Sweny have been remarkably patient and If they COf!l!nue to ~ork on their mdividual skills then they may earn a regular positiOn next year. My thanks to R.B.M1. for hiS refereemg, plus all the loyal parents especially M r. Squires and his video camera . S.E.A. Team: James Hessey (Capt.), Robert Ada ms, Kayole Akindele, Folarin Alakija, Simon Bodey, Matthew Gardiner, James Harbourne, Edward Immink, Richard Johnson, Chike Okoli, Samuel Parker , Mark Preston, James Squires, Henry Trew, Alistair Will iams, Gareth W illiams. Also played: Alex Hayes, Simon Lau, Phil ip Stubbings, Mark Sweny, Simon Youngman . RESU LTS

Played II , Won 6, Lost 5 . Points for 177, points against 158. v Duke of York 's (H). Won 19- 12. v Tonbridge (A). Lost 10-29. v St. Paul's (A). Lost 7-15 . v Epsom (H). Won 25-0 . v Caterham (A). Won 35- 10 . v C ranleigh (A). Won 10-0. v K.C.S . W imbledon (H) . Won 29-5. v Felsted (A). Lost 5-7. v Eastbourne (H) . Lost 0- 10. v Sevenoaks (A) . Won 32-7. v Dulwich (H) . Lost 5-63. Top scorer: K. Akindele 6 tries. The Under 15 House Sevens competition was won by Tradescant beating T he Grange comfortably in the fi nal.

Junior Colts 'B' XV A successful season in which the re have been many changes in personnel both on a nd off the field . The Captain Will Mackay was the only player to finish all thirteen matc hes, and a total of twenty-eight different pupils represented the side. Generally the Side consisted of, smiling Christian Smith , Ed Wattis and Jonathan Warren in the front row ~!though Ed lost his place to Tristan Byrnes at the end of the season. (Both hookers will need to learn how to throw Ill for the line-out in future.) A reliable second-row pair ing of Andrew Ribbans and Oliver Fraser, successfully replaced by Tim Haml in when Ollie's neck put him off ~ames, a nd a back row of W ill Mackay and Alex Hayes on the flank and.Simon Lau or Philip Stubbings at No . 8. S1mon Youngman held the serum half position for most of the season hav1~g to deal with different hookers, line out j umpers a nd No. 8's not withstanding a selection of fly halves . However luckily Simon is adaptable and his speed and tenacity was sometimes too much in evidence as the Colts 'B' team 'borrowed' htm for a game. Fly half re mained a d ifficult position to fi ll but Alistair a nd Gareth Williams took turns with Ricco Berry and John Hillier also playing the role on occasio ns. This will have to be addressed next year as it is so impo rtant

S.E.A. Tristan Byrnes, Oliver Fraser, Timothy Hamlin Alex Hayes, Simon Lau, Sola Lawson, Andrew Ribbans, Leo Sm, Christian Smith, Philip Stubbings, Mark Sweny' William Tallon, Jonathan Warren, Edward Wattis, Mark Westlake, Alistair Williams, Gareth Williams, Simon Youngman: A lso played: Matteo Colombo, Matthew Gardiner, Henry Hardy, John Hillier, Richard Johnson, Will Justice, Harry Walker. Team: William Mackay (Capt.), Ade Ademiluyi, Ricco

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to have someone who is able to make quick decisions and hopefully sensible ones. In the centres, the running ofM Westlake was complemented by Sola Lawson's tackling, but they need to take care with their alignment as it was ex 10.ark by Tonbridge to create overlaps. On the wing Will Tallon until injuring his hand, showed pace and good delfe lied while Leo Siu chose route one on most occasions and was very effective and direct. Ade Ademiluyi deputisednee, the injured Tallan, and put in some fine tackles. At full-back Ricco Berry was most impressive in attack but his defe for is haphazard and lacks both concentration and an awareness of positioning. nee The team either had very tough opposition and ended up only competing in parts of the game as they were totall dominant. Perhaps the closest match won was against Epsom where the commitment was present but Will Mack Y learnt that d iscipline amon~ the ranks was just as important. He was a helpful captain and perhaps he will have hay chance to play for the As m the future. I would like to thank the players and Will for thetr cooperation to Philits Fox and Peter MaCaulay for assistance in coaching and D.J.R. for refereeing. It was invaluable to have ReV: Thackra~ to accompany the team and host our visitors plus the support of all the parents.

With a healthy disrespect for the history and tradition of this team, the 1994 vintage earned huge success on the rugby field and an extended coaching contract for J.C.M.W. Some of the tackling brought tears to the eyes. They won the most important fixture of the season - against M.C.L. 'sUnder 14 As- in a hard clash of styles and hairstyles. As our strengths so clearly lay in the forwards, we opted to play a hard, All Black-style rucking and raking game. The aim was to produce third- and fourth-phase ball before releasing our serum half - who would then run it back to the forwards. Our critics complained that it wasn't pretty to watch, but the players took the dim view that results were more imP.ortant than keeping the turnstiles clickmg. As our flanker commented, 'If we are here to entertain, then give us stlly hats and rubber noses'. Uncompromising stuff. The team was studded with characters. At hooker, Tristan Byrnes possesses an excellent rugby brain (and one of the more terrifying haircuts). It was crucial that he was hidden from the gaze of S.E.A. 's scouts and so in practices he would play at inside centre . John Hillier was highly valued (not least by himself). A wag in the crowd described his match-saving kick against Epsom as 'the best conversion since St. Paul' and I am inclined to agree. Hugo MacPherson became indispensable, not least for his characteristic growling when entering a maul. Tom Davidson scored lots of tries, Matt Knight and David Sprake didn't. Oily Henderson took himself by surprise by catching a eass in the last game, but he and Will Justice were the hard men. Chris Letts specialized in quick restarts - and fatling to inform his team-mates. Chris Elworthy tackled on behalf of his fly-halves, which was just as well . There were lots of others. Sam Knight is a very good historian. Last mention should go to Henry Hardy. He was an awesome Number 8, but his seven tries against Sevenoaks was probably not the best way to repay a pre-match invitation to lunch with their headmaster. I couldn 't see all of the tries because of the steep slope on the pitch to the left-hand side, but I'll take the referee's word for it. This is a very close-knit group of boys who play as a team, for each other. This is because many of them are good friends. They had a lot of fun as a result, and the more talented athletes of the School would do well to learn from the selfless spirit in which they played. Some of these boys will play 2nd XV rugby or higher. My warm thanks are extended to Simon Elworthy who sacrificed valuable time to help with team preparation. That they were capable by the end of the season of genuine 15-man rugby is much to do with him. Finally I must thank S.E.A. for hts wise advice and loyal support - and for failing to spot so much talent. J.C.M.W. The following played: Henry Hardy (Capt.), Tristan Byrnes, William Justice, Edward Wattis, Thomas Lloyd-Smith, Oliver Henderson, Samuel Norris, Matthew Knight, David Sprake, Hugo MacPherson, Christopher Letts, Simon Gomersall, Thomas Byford, Timothy Hamlin, Mark Sweny, John Hillier, Matthew Brooks, Fergus Reynolds, Christopher Elworthy, Thomas Davidson, Matteo Colombo, James Caney, Simon Stearn, Thomas Shelford, George Taylor, Samuel Knight. 54

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Played 11 , Won 6, Drawn 2, Lost 3. Points for 375, points against 91. Duke of York's. Won 36-0. v Tonbridge. Lost 14-17. St. Paul's. Drawn 12-12. v Epsom. Drawn 12- 12. Caterham. Won 49-0. v Cranleigh. Won 24- 12. Bethany. Won 67-0. v Duke of York's B. Lost 6-2 1. Eastbourne. Won 53-5. v Sevenoaks. Won 72-0. Dulwich. Lost 0-12.

Under 14 'A' XV This has been a rather mixed season for a group of boys who, while not the most talented, are not without ability and have listened w~ll to coaching. As a result their level of performance has certainly improved over the season peaking with one very pleasmg game against Cranleigh. The results say little for this improvement since many of the toughest fixtures came m the second half of the season. From the trials that were run on the first weekend of the term it was obvious that the strengths of the side would be in the forwards, particularly in the loose. Nick Davies showed in the trials that he was the best (and only candidate for the captaincy) and the team should be grateful for his contribution to the season. It is hard to shine at outside-half when on the defensive but Nick used the ball he received sensibly and has the makings of a good player. It is hard, not to say impossible, to pick individuals from a side like this. One can easily praise the try scoring abilities of Mark Wharton and Jeffrey Aba Onu who, together, combined to score two tries in the last three minutes against Cranleigh providing a ~eal grandstand finish to what had been a very tight game. It is very difficult to see much of the work that goes on m the scrummage b';lt wh a~ was clear ~as that the front row in this side went from strength to strength becommg more confident at takmg thetr own ball m the scrummage after a rather shaky start against the fi rst few opponents. For this credit should go to Phil Cridge, Tom Bell and Nick Clinch who together provided the front row m all but two games. At the end of the season we had a player of the season vote in which each player voted for the players that they thought had contributed the most to the successes of the team. It was gratifying to see that they didn't just chose those who had the glory of try scoring but were more will ing to reward those who worked hard in defence as well as attack. The runner-up in the vote was our open side flanker, Ben Carey whose tackling was, at times ferocious particularly when he had come off the scrummage and tackled the opposition's open side winger! Sam Young was the resounding winner of the vote, scooping more than twice the number of votes than anyone else. Sam played at second row for most of the season ~ith the occasional game at blind side flanker. He was particularly effective in the loose and was prepared to work a ltttle harder than many and his winning of the player of the season prize was just recognition of this. M.C.L. The team was picked from: Nick Davies (Capt.) , Sam Young, Nick Clinch, Tom Bell, Phil Cridge, Pete Sharp, Will Carleton, James Morrison, Ben Carey, Ed Sixsmith, Robin Doble, Ed Wyand, Mark Wharton, Ewan Cameron, Jeff Aba Onu , Sam London, Tom Macadie, Jasper Swallow, Charlie Rice, Ed Vainker, Lucas Ochoa and Mike Moir. RESULTS

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Tonbridge (A) . Lost 0-46. Epsom College (H). Lost 0-32. Cranleigh (H) . Won 12- 10. Felsted (A). Lost 0-23. Sevenoaks (H). Lost 5-26.

Under 14 'B' XV We lost every game. But this is probably nothing to be ashamed of. I would like to feel that the team now know much more about f';lgby than they did at the beginning of the season, and that although confidence will probably be low, next seaso.n ~til see .the games getting closer and ~e results getting better. Our main problem was getting the ball over the gam ltne, whtch, of course, you have to do tf you are to score a try. Our backs were permanently against the wall , and the f<_>n~ard s had problems co~trolling t~e ball which they won. Tackling, I am pleased to say, was a problem at the begmmng of the season, but tmproved tmmeasurably towards the end. We certamly had the practice. But, to be quite frank , the master in charge would have baulked at tackling some of the beasts that came towards us ?t full pace. Then~ is, perhaps, an argument for avoiding some ofthe tougher fixt ures in the future at U l4level, because, II seems to me, we have to remember why we make the boys play rugby in the first place: the aim is that it should be an educational experience. Rugby is a tough but intelligent game, at its best, but, at its worst, when the opponents are more neanderthal than you, and score after every kick off, nobody learns anything. The days of stiff upper lip are far gone, and in such circumstances the game should be cancelled and a chess fixture arranged instead. I would, however, like to pay tribute to the team as a whole, who never really gave up trying, and whom I was always proud to accompany. They have been cheery and entertaining, and if ever the coach was to lose track of the "eneral. co!ltext of things, he would always be brought back to reality quickly enough. Only two things prevented us rom wmnmg in the end: basic rugby experience, and confidence, and these are both easily found with time. A number

of players impressed during the season. Notably the two captains, Tom MacAdie and Ed Yainker, who led by q . determination and effort. Also, I would like to mention Anthony Burton who, once I had stolen him from the ~ 1e! team, became a key player, and an intelligent learner. Ed Everett also developed into an excellent hooker, while N.C Berry must have played (well) in most of the positions behind the serum. leo There were some enjoyable moments in the season, and I wish the team luck next year. I would like to thank 0 Arnott for his refereeing, and all the loyal parents who supported the team. The larger scores in the results table a r. sometimes approximate. S re .H.D Team from: Ed Vainker (Capt.), Tom MacAdie (Capt.), Lucas Ochoa, Carl Margetts, Asian Mirza, Ed Kiernan John Ellis, !'ld Everett, Henry Coltart, David P?well, James Gr_aha1:n, Anthony Burton , W ill ~u_rgess, Michael Moir' Simon Jennmgs, Alex Reeve, John Knowles, N1co Berry, Charhe R1ce, Ian Meyer, Roland Ph1lhps, Toby Bond T-c ' Dan Holdstock, Jon Cox, James Mitchell , Ed Sixsmith , Jasper Swallow. ' â&#x20AC;˘ RESULTS

v Tonbridge (A). Lost 0-66.

v Duke of York 's (A). Lost 0-10. v St. Paul's (H) . Lost 0-56. v Caterham (H). Lost 20-25. v K.C.S. W imbledon (A). Lost 0-60. v Eastbourne (A). Lost 0-13. v Dulwich (H) . Lost 0-62.

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Epsom (H) . Lost 5-36. Cranleigh (H). Lost 0-25. Felsted (A). Lost 14-28. Sevenoaks (H). Lost 0-26.

Under 14 'C' XV When, after our second match, I refl ected that, for the first time in my rugby coaching career, my team had conceded over one hundred points before the beginning of October, I also wondered whether I would la~t until J:?ecember. That I did so is a tribute to the refreshing enthus1asm of the players who learned a good many thmgs dunng the season the most important of which was that i~ is possible to pla_y well and enjoy the game _eyen if you are not actually winning all the time. The games tended to fall mto three categones: those where the oppos1t1on was much better than us; those where the opposition was better but where we put up a good fight ; and those that were a good even contest which could have been won by either side. Into the first category fall the first game against the Duke of York's, agai n~t St. Paul's and K.C.S. Wimbledon, into the second , Dulwich (only five points against us in the second half), Tonbridge (from the evidence of the video and the referee) and Epsom (when we actually 'won' the second half 5-0) and into the third Caterham, Eastbourne (where we were heavily depleted because of exeat priorities), Cranleigh (where we were weakened by being able to play only thirteen men), the second game against the Duke of York's and Sevenoaks. As far as I can remember (and the written evidence is not always reliable as we rarely fielded the side nominated on the team sheet, generally because of last-minute call s h ~gher up) the o~ly pl~yers to appear in all our ga~es we~e Jon Nicholson, Marc Nunn, Charles Wells and Andrew Fomette. In all , th1rty-e1ght players represented the s1de. Th1s meant frequent switching of position in order to play the best fifteen available and on one occasiOn the serum contained fiv e players who considered themselves props. Of the backs, Nicholson proved a Bracken ish serum-half and captain, Nunn , after a spell at fly-half, switch~ to the wing where his powerful and.e~us ive runnin~ in the mould of the ~nderw~s brought him a well -~arned try agamst Seve_noaks, J? hn _Knowles , a utlhty player w1th t h~ courage of W1ll Carling, Miles Brice, a ferOCIO US tackler though a little lackmg m Guscott's pace and Charles M 1ller-Jones a full back who developed his skills at positioning, catchi~g ~n~ counter-attack to make him a real Hull-Catt, were ~he most regular and most effective. The forwa rds, though mdiVIdually talented, rarely played really well together until the last couple of games: much ground was gained but then, too often, poor rucking meant the ball was lost. Over the season as a whole Tom McHugh was the most Rodberesque and Charles Wells the most improved though not yet quite in the Richards class. Whether winn ing or losing, the side played entertaining rugby and eventually got into the habit of scoring tries. In the home games P.W.F. di~ a sterling job in refereeing, judging s_uperbly what to penalise and what to _let go, and this undoubtedly led to the enJoyment of the loyal and vocal supportmg crowd of parents and others. All m all a fun season and, as my colleagues have pointed out, the first for some years in which I have not resigned at least once. That says something for the bonhomie of the players. G.O.W. Those who played: Jon Nicholson Captain (usually), Tim Adams, Toby Bond, Miles Brice, Paul Broxup, Anthony Burton Tom Calvert , Nicholas Collins, Henry Coltart, Jon Ellis, Andrew Foinette, Jamie Hilsdon, Daniel Holdstock, Simon Jennings, Daniel Kelly, Edward. Kiernan,_ John Kn~wles, Julian Madjar, Carl Margetts, Tom McHugh, Ian Meyer, Charles Miller-Jones, James M1tchell , M1chael Mo1r, Toby Nathan, Ivo Neame, Marc Nunn, ~ucas Ocho~. Tom Pickering, Nicholas Pope, David Powell, Edward Reeve, Alex Reeve, Richard Steele, James Tomlinson, Dav1d Wellesley-Wesley and Charles Wells. R ESULTS

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Played I 1, Won 3, Lost 8. Points for 53, points against 28 1. Duke of York 's (A). Lost 0-47. v Tonbridg~ (A). Lost 0-34. St. Paul 's (H). Lost 0-56. v Epsom (H). Lost 5-20 . Caterham (H). Won 20-10. v Cranleigh (H). Lost 7-28. K.C.S. Wimbledon (A). Lost 0-35. v Duke of York's (H). Won 7-0. Eastbourne (A). Lost 0- 12. v Sevenoaks (H). Won 14-7. Dulwich (H). Lost 0-32. 56

Badminton With few changes in the Under-19 team from last year, the experience of the partnerships has produced some notable results, and we had an almost unbeaten season. Except for the defeat by Dover College (away) the team has kept an impressively clean score-sheet. our Under-16s have progressed a long way in technique, and gained important match-practice this term, culminating in a good win against Gravesend Grammar - a traditionally formidable team. Chris and John have worked well together, complementing each other's different styles. They look impressive once hey get stuck into a rally, and have deserved their Minor Sports colours. Tak Loon and I are fortunate to have similar ~tylc, but need to work a little at our court-positions. In the Dover College Tournament our first pair reached the semifinals but lost concentration and the match by going down to a pair they had previously beaten. w e have all benefited from regular attention by our coach, Mr. Pat Davis, who has done his best to eradicate our mconsistencies, and develop a more all-round game. Thanks also to Mr. Matthews, Mrs. McConnell and Mr. Churcher for their superv1s1on . Tc,1ms: Undcr-19: Charles Aitken (Capt.), Tak-Loon Khong, Chris Ioannou, Jonathan Norman, Tom Robertson, Matt Brown and Manuel Cardoso. Under-/6: Michael Wharfe, David Greeng rass, Richard Homewood , Chris Howard and James Hollaway. CHARLES AITKEN.

Basketball The Senior Inter-House Basketball competition was won this year by Tradescant overcoming last year's winners Linacre in the fi nal. The game started slowly with Linacre's height providing an obstacle to Tradescant who opened the scoring with Hinves collecting a rebound close in, only to be countered by A. Williams stealing in at the other end for Linacre. Defences were tight and shooting a little hesitant in the first half which ended 12-6 in favour ofTradescant. In the second half, Ogedegbe's height and reach in the jump secured a good deal of ball for Tradescant who broke quickly with Dustin Kamana and Fadeyi both scori ng on the fast break. Two three-point shots, one for Wallace and one for Fadeyi, were important scores for Linacre tned to secure their defence close in to the basket. The inclusion of Stewart immediately gave impetus to Linacre as he scored twice and fitted in well with Palmer and Bax. Tradescant countered this substitution by bringing on Dean whose d ribbling skills opened up more opportunities for Wallace and Hinves to score. The end result o f 29-8 was a comfo rtable wm to Tradescant. Could I thank all the houses who participated as it is not always easy to ~et teams together after six o'clock and a games session, but a special thanks to Geoff Wells and R .C.W. in assistmg with the refereeing. S .E.A.

The Boat Club 1st VIII 1994 The Lent term resumed in earnest with four of the crew hopefuls fresh from the turf of a successful rugby season knowing very little about the Boat Club under the renewed control of Mr. Hooper. The term began with ergo tests, so_me impressive, others not so. We welcomed Myles back to the boat club. What a selection ofT-shirts he brought with him. Equal crews were chosen down on the lakes, keeping the competitive edge up and perhaps, above all, not allowing anyone, even members of the '93 crew, to relax and feel a place was already booked. The ever-present Putney practice arrived. With R.M.H. and S.J.G. screaming every so often, the crew gradually, and I mean that, became accustomed to the conditions. However, no-one came away from that day with any true optimism. Tempers had risen within the crew, with members blaming each other for the problems. .Things dramatically changed the following week at the Schools Head, but whether that was because of the new shorts B1sh had not only ordered but designed, we'll never know! W ith nothing yet proven by this crew, 'the doors came ofr. and an impressive row placed the crew the fift h-fastest 1st VIII in the country, just 7 seconds behind the might ofEton and 12 seconds behind the winners Kingston on a 13-minute course. All the evidence suggested the crew would go very fast in the summer. However, this proved to be our best result and one we were unable to build on. Portugal had developed the crew into what was felt a force to be contended with; Ben and Charlie had qualified fo.r Easter assessment and led from the stern seats throughout the season. Blisters reigned supreme during this week With Myles cultivating more raw flesh than most. His screams signalling surgical spirit could be heard from afar. 57

The n~w boat sti~l h a~n' t arrived in time for Portl!gal so. the W~B ~ad to take a little more strain. Wo surroundmgs, a vaned d1et and good weather, (Gumb1e toppmg up h1s pmkness) were the basis of a succes ~erful very 'enjoyable' week. Many thanks to N.C.W.S. and others for the organisation. s ancs All :-vere looking forward. to the ~oplar Regatta in ~he Docklands, but thi~ was whe~t; it all began to fall apart poundmg o~t an extremely 1mpress1ve start and leadm¥ at the half-way pomt, the ab1hty to squeeze out our 1 · tfter go on to wm seemed beyond us; we allowed St. Paul s and Radley (crews we had beaten at the Schools' Hea ind slip by and slumped to a rather humiliating defeat. Our previous pace and cohesion, for some unknown reason ead) to returned. • never

Ghent followed and although cravats appeared, more disappointment followed. The first day saw some hideous . by the four and littl~ be tte r from anyon~ else, save that star Ben and. of course Charlie, now fashioning a G.B.r~U-'.0& one. A reshuffled e1ght fought hard at times but fell to Hampto n, Kmgston and Abin~don by 'hm. The Metropor 10 • Regatta saw the only win of the season : Senior 3 by a mile. No need for over excite ment! llan We drew Eton, St. Paul's, Shrewsbury and St. Edward's in the semi at Nationa l Schools. We came in ahead r S~rewsbu~ but missed out on a. place in the final s by a third of a le ngth to St. Edward's. The four, Wacco, M 1 B1sh and J?lc ky reached the semifinals, but never really settled ; perhaps because the rating never fell below 42?1Y~. and Charhe had ~ ra~e th~ Searles w<?uld h~ve been proud .of. They led off the start dismissing the opposition· w n were left flounderm~ m tht;lr ~ak.e, easily tak.i':lg gold and sett1':1g .a new event record. This was an enormous achievemeho and was rewarded w1th an mv1tat10n to final tnals for Great Bntam, and gave the Boat Club some pride. Marlow Regat: saw more disappointment with a reshuffled c rew in which Gumbie was ditched for Tom Mann. A~ Henley a revamped ~rew (again containing the Gumbie Man) was unlucky to draw the eventual winners, St Paul s , Concord, U .S.A., m the ~rst round. If only we had harnessed our cons1derable muscle and mass earlier 0 and fou.nd the guts to really comm1t ourselves fully, the season could have been much more impressive and enjoyabi" for a ll mvolved. e

T~<: cr~w woul~ like to thank R.M.H., S.J .G. and R.I.~. for coaching us, and Mr. Willis for his never-endin preciSIOn m roughmg up the handles enough to create many blisters! All the pa rents deserve a mention for their unfailin: suppo rt, but particula rly Mr. and Mrs. Swanson for putting up with the 1st VIII during Henley for many years. The Henley Crew: Bow. Richard Tozer, 2. Duncan Petrie, 3. Myles Orsler, 4. James Bishop (Capt.)*, 5. Charlie Heise*, 6. Tom Jackson*, 7. C harles Foinette, Str. Benjamin Loxton Edwards*, Cox. Robert Swanson*.

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Reserves: Tom Mann , Peter Cawston.

Sculling The term started in .earnest with t~e ergo tests . Pete Cawston .scored 1828m, a formidable score for so early in the season . It has been thirteen weeks smce and the most encouragmg result was the J18 quad at Kingston Fours Head· we beat Kingston G.S. and Radley in an impressive piece of sculling that placed us equaf with Eton and only 6 second~ from Windsor Boys, the national champions. Both coxed fours did well considering they were rowing boats that resemble aircraft carriers mstead of slender racing craft. R. Umbie wellied his way to a stunning victory at Maidstone Sculler' s Head (S2) where we proved ourselves or similar standard to St. Paul's. During half-term G. Umbie demonstrated plenty of new-found pulling power at the Cara Sculls where he produced a great Head - his first conquest. Congratulations! ~angbo.urne Head proved a d.isaster owing mainly to poor mental preparation, having arrived late. The results were a d1sappomtment ... enought sa1d about that. So on to Hampton; Ben was unfortunately not able to attend. R. Umbie again had a ~ood race, but G . Umbie underperformed in his pair with The Fit Bloke, as did the other pair - Tom and R. Umb1e. There followed some combination chan~es: the Mann-Loxton and Bullshaw-Willton pairs were changed to the BullshawLoxton and Mann-W illton pairs, but still couldn' t match the Umbie twins. Unfortunately the final two Heads -Walton and Burway - were cancelled owing to cyanide in the river (a poor excuse, especially as we didn't pour that much in) . Ho Ho. The final day sculling was ro unded off with two 'round the island' races. The Umbie twins' pair and Gumbie/Cawston pair producing encouraging times of just over 8.20 mins. Times that show they are approaching the pace to get to Easter assessment. Pete Cawston produced a massive 1872m in his most recent ergo. Well done! Well done to the Fifths for turning up to weights: we'd hope to see more of you next term please. Thanks to Mr. Willis for mending and looking after all our boats, and also to the coaches: T .J.P., R.M .H ., R.I.R. and Lehane's.

Girls' Sculling The beginning of the term is always a bit of an anti-climax after the summer season in quads, so everyone was reluctantly driven into singles. However at Maidstone Sculls the King's girls seemed to sweep the board. Frances Houghton cruised down the course to win the 114 singles division by miles (minutes actually)! Lucy H. won the J16, 118, as well as the Fastest Overall Woman and Saskia came home with the Senior 3 single title, while Jess who had a nasty encounter with a pleasure boat was left 'Pottering' along behind. Her final time, though, did give her a good overall 58

. The 2 ~ mile race at Kingston also had very encouraging results. The J16 quad did rather bette~ than expec~ed pJac•ng~ their division (with Henley ... ) but the senior quads were outraced by a crew composed entirely of Jumor

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therefore came a respectable second and fifth. Jnternar half-term everyone returned to the mo.notonous 'paddling'.at Sturry. Saskia a.nd L!-JCY H. ~ad _just co.mpleted Afl~srnent/training ~amp. for G.B. a.fte~ bemg chosen from the1r result at the 5-m•le tnals earher m Nottmgham. an ass sedly their techmque 1mproved Slgmficantly, ... supp<>Pangbourne Sculls (renowned for its mud) at the beginning of November another King's quad (with Jess, Juby, A~ nd Lucy C.) wasted a ll their opponents in true St. Trinian's style. Katherine and Camilla very bravely raced ras. ales for the first time. Our two mutants, Lucy H. and F rances, both won again at Pangbourne and Lucy did 510 '" ~e at Hampton. On the Thames the Seniors raced in double combinations (with Saskia an~ Lucy H ..losi!lg by the saecond but they claimed 'it was the wind! '). Walton Head was unfortunately cancelled owmg to cyamde m the one : and Burway Head continued its long tradition of being flooded. nve verall this term has proven itself to have been a great success as so much has been ac~ieved. Next ter':ll we must roe~s on increasing our endurance and strength more to be able to compete successfully agamst the other maJor schools

~~· . The main a im of the term was to develop a strong girls' team and overall th1s too has ~een ach1eved. Amongst others, b should be cong!atulated on h~r scullin~ improvements and her .efforts in the we1ghts room. We also. hope that ~u Ywill continue with all the rowmg and tnals next year, after havmg taken a break to pursue her Oxbndge work ~r: term. Finally , thanks to Mr. Hooper for the countless hours of coaching at the Lakes and the many weight sessions that have benefitted all those who took part. . We are very grateful to Miss Gabitass- our first female coach, Mr. Reilly, Mr. Woodward and th~ ~ver-pall.ent M Willis for doing ever so many quick repairs . Many thanks to M r . Parker and Mr. Lawrence for dnvmg to ~n.als and. camps at Nottingham. Thank you to all the parents for their invaluable support at the Heads and for prov1dmg such great enthusiasm throughout. . . . Girls who sculled: Jess Potter (Capt.), Zoe Arthur, Camilla Barker, Lucy Canney, Lucy He1se, Alex H1ggms, Frances Houghton, Juby Mcinnes, Natasha Reilly, Katherine Rouse, Saskia Stirling-Aird. LUCY HEISE AND SASKIA STIRLING-AtRD.

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One more term began with the club disarray. With nowh~re to fe,nce and th~ prOSJJ:CC.t of the ~ew salle ,far away we were without hope. But lo, men with hats d1d come a nd d1d say, Behold th1s, for 11 1s a _fencmg salle. And .all knew that it was so, for it was empty and cold. Soon, however, the floor was down and the chalfs cleared, and fencmg could really start. Our first main competition was a match against Rochester. They were out in force, and verily, their Epee was mighty. They beat us there, but our three foil teams wiped the floor, as did our junior foil and girls. The Sabre we narrowly lost (thanks, Cyril!) but the overall result was a v ictory for King's. Kent U16/Ul8 Foil was next up, and showed some excellent results with Alex Fennemore 3rd U16 and Alex Perkins 3rd UJ8. Also Graeme Parkin a nd James Trevor Stevens came in 5th and 6th . A decent result for a competition with an unusually la rge entry. Kent U l 6/U18 Sabre was a smaller competition with King's stealing 3rd U16 courtesy of Alex Fennemore, and the top three Ul8: 3rd Rupert Mead, 2nd Tim Breen a nd 1st Graeme Parkin. In theSE foil, immediately following the Kent Sabre, there were four good results. In the U18 boys James Stevens came 7th , Graeme Parkin 6th and Alex Perkins 5th. Felicity Wacher came 3rd in the Ul6 and therefore Alex and Felicity qualify for the Nationals in February. The Kent Epee was a medium-sized competition with several notable results. Ivan Strugatsky came in 3rd in the Ul6, and Jan Sundt and Tim Breen 2nd and 4th respectively at Ul8 level. The Kent novice foil fell on the day before the exams, so the King's entry was fairly small. Notable results of the day were: James Stevens 5th, and Mike Preece (after having fenced for only two weeks) 13th. James was very unlucky in losing his fight to get to the fina l 15-14. In the SE Epee and Sabre, some good results were achieved. In the Epee, Alex Fennemore came 4th U 18 and Ben Wyand 5th. At Ul4level George Gossage surprised everyone by turning in a 2nd place, havin~ fenced for only one term. In the Sabre Alex Fennemore produced an excellent 3rd, making it an excellent day for him. Tlffi Breen came in 2nd. This term has shown five qualifications for the National.s: Felicity Wach~r, Alex Fennemore, A~ex ~erkins •. !im ~reen and Amy Sliepherd. Also, James Stevens has shown his unparalleled skill as a bladesman by takmg h~gh pos1t1ons m Kent competitions, and is expected to do well in the forth-coming Kent Men's Open, hopefully makmg the Kent Team. Also Alex Fe nne more and Tim Breen have been selected to fe nce in the SE team for the Winton Cup, both in the Sabre section. ~inally, we would like to thank Paul Romang for countless hours and early mornings driving us all round the country. Wuhout his support , effort and humour we would be dead in the water. A special note of t~ank~ must al.so go to Ivan Strugatsky, who, sadly is leaving us. His contribution has been much appreciat~. w_e w1sh h1m 1!-Jck m the future. Thanks also to Mr. Jennings who organised the A.F.A. Cards and our tracksuitS w1th such effic1ency. THE! ELITE!. 59

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And they're off. . . it's a meaty start to the season then. Owing to Kirstin's poor attempt to jock the off games we had a disappointing grass match v St. Lawrence. We were then faced w1th the onslaught of South American hock 1111 T hey were fast , small and skilfu l but Earther scored a corker in the last minute to save the day and reflected Miria e~ continuous classy saves. m\ Up until half-term, we ruled supreme in school matches. We reduced Dover to dust (literally) whilst an over-enthusiast· Leshe (George) tested Mir iam 's skills and the strength of her big toe. T he Kent tournament was a bl ip in the schedul when the team decided to take a ceremonious bow after the first round. Disappointed, frustrated, you name it 11/ felt it. Half-term arrived, most people were at home putting their feet up but not the Kings of the swingers and the boys' rugby. We played Bryanston an~ despite the score the defence wa.s .superb •. with Liz Tarry proving. her wonh in the team. On tour. we were sadly ~~~hout Bet~ owmg to ~er trampohnmg accident. Many congratulations to her for recovering so qmckly and mamtammg her h1gh profile m the team. After half-term, despite a number of personal improvements within the team, it seemed to be an uphill struggle Goals were scarce and morale was low and on many occasions it seemed as if we were play i n~ to the lower level of our opponents rather than showing our true potential. However, with the team positions estab lished, Kate excelled herself in her new location as a m id fielder and was deservedly voted player of the season . The fo rwards learnt to work more as a unit with admirable improvement fro m Jenny, Annabel, Madeleine and Jo. Lizzie Tyler more than adequate!) filled Lucy Dawes' old position with the same high level of energy, skill and commitment. Joining her in midfield were the tireless duo o f Katy Aldrick and Susie Tydeman who scored her debut goal against Portsmouth and was 'well chuffed'. They formed the essential link players between the forwards and the back, controlled by Louise who put us all to shame showing us just how many of the opposition she could play past and frequently makmg herself known on the fo rward line, despite being our sweeper. Sally as per usual was a very reliable skilled player in the centre back and was often allocated the best players on the opposing side and even if they were County standard or above she would rarely let them past her. Towards the end of the season things were looking up as we had some good results, one being against City of London Freeman's. We were at fi rst in awe of them, as we had heard that they had beaten a side 10-0 with whom our score had been 0-0 , but our team showed tremendous determ ination and skill to keep the score to 0- 1 with some great attacking play. T he last matches of the season were played and won and confirmed the fact that the standard of play was there throughout the term even if the goals weren't. Many thanks go to Miss Mills without whose expe1tise we would be lost and who has made this season so enjoyable. We appreciate the tips and the fitness sessions (honest!). Also thanks to the regular supporters. It 's good to see you there and if we are lucky, to get some hot chocolate from you! THE SENIOR MANAO!JMENT

Coach 's Footnote T his resume of the season would be fa r from complete without mention of the captain/vice-captain team which has led the squad this season. Kirstin and Miriam have been the most effective organisers, motivators and listeners with whom I have ever worked. I have not had to pay any attention to the pre-match and pre-training organisation of players, which has been a real luxury. I offer them many, many thanks. Congratulations must also go to the rest of the squad members. T hey have all shown a desire to improve their individual skills and fitness, but have worked towards a common goal, that of team success. A very special memory of this season will ·be that of seeing Katy Aldrick back in the side after such a horrendous car accident last January . It has been reaII y good fun to b~ coach, and u.nusuall y, I ca~ l~k fo rward to two more terms of girls' hockey as the team prepares for its first maJor tour to Ch1le and Argentma m the summer. S.K.M. S quad members: K irsti~ G~y mer (Earthe.r) (Capt.)*, ~iriam Lwanlla (Vice-Capt.)*, Louise Hall*, Lizz~e Tyler~. George Bingham, Beth H1cklm , Penny Dam, Sally Lew1s-Jones*, L1z Tar ry, Kate Cuppage*, Katy Aldn ck, Sus1e Tydeman*, Jo Pringle, Madeleine Preston, Jenny Gray, Annabel Whibley . *Denotes fi rst colours.

RESULTS Won 9, Drawn 3, Lost 5. Tournaments 2. Highest goal scorers: K. Gaymer 13, K. Cuppage 4, J . Pringle 3. RESULTS v Cranbrook (A). Drawn 1-1. v Bryanston (A). Lost 0-2. v St. Lawrence (A). Lost 0-1. v Po rtsmouth High (A) . Won 5-0 . v O.K.S. (H) . Won 1-0 . v Sutton Valence (A). Lost 0-1. v Sir Roger Manwood 's (H). Won 2-0 . v Sevenoaks (H). Lost 0-2. v Craighouse (H ). Drawn 1-1. v Tunbridge Wells (A) . Lost 0 -2. v Chislehurst and Sidcup (H). Won 5-0. v City of London Freeman's (H). Lost 0-1. v Dover College (H) . Won 4-0. v Kent College (H) . Drawn 0 -0 . v Ashford (H). Won 2-0. v Felsted (A). Won 2-0 . v Eastbourne (H). Won 2-0 . v Epsom (A). Won 2-0 .

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Under 15 'A' XI It has been an encouraging season for us and, although we only managed to win three of our matches, we have improved our skill and teamwork throughout the term. The team line-up was goalie Ally, sweeper Nancy, backs Camilla, Iona and Fleur, halves Raylah, Louise and Rebecca and three forwards Sarah , Stephanie and Megan. Ready on the sidelines we always had Jane willing and able to step m as a back or a half and Rachel as a forward. Ally saved a great number of good shots and the top goal scorers were Megan and Sarah . The most memorable match was our 2-5 loss against the C ity of London School ... Ally was taken off after a nasty fall and the City of London team managed to score 5 fairly easy goals. In the last ten minutes, Stephanie took the opposition by surpr ise and scored two beautiful goals after stunning crosses from Megan and Sarah. In the inter-schools competition we were finally knocked out by losing the penalty kicks 2-1 at the end. We made an amazing comeback in the second half from being 2-0 down to 2-2. Last but not least , we should like to thank all of our supporters and give our warm thanks to Mrs. Fox, our coach, and Miss Sinclair for looking after us on our away matches. S C ARAH LARKE.

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v Chaucer Technology School. Drawn 1-1 v Sevenoaks. Drawn 0-0 . · v City of London School. Lost 2-5. v St. Edmund's. Drawn 0-0. v Sir Roger Manwood 's. Drawn 0-0 .

Under 15 'B' XI T he team has had a fun-filled season even though a few of our games were cancelled. Comradeship and determinat" ran high throughout, shaping the young women of the U 15B squad. At each practice the team were warmed up ~oU and raring to go courtesy of 'Miss Motivator ', Oli Price. e O~r very ene rgeti~ cent:e forward, Joanna Martin, was the first goal-scorer of th ~ season , with Oli Price, Rebecca Martm and Stephame Smtth followmg su1t soon after. Unfortunately our blossommg players, Stephanie Smith and Camilla Jackson were promoted to the 'A' team. However we soon had their positions covered well. Congr.atulations must go to our 5ft I g<?alie, Kim Farrar, who put UJ? a g9od fight in each match and managed 10 stay vert1cal throughout the season !_Je~n.R1chardson, L1zz.1~ Lamb, Harnet f':'hlward, Alex Marden and Jpdie Cameron were our powerful defence who mtnmdated the opposition out of the c1rcle regularly. Hilary Myska and Alice Walker, our determined halves, backed up the forward s (Oli Price, Joanna Martin and Stephanie Smith - before being snatched!), producing a strategically balanced team. Rachel Hill , Sarah Hubbard-Ford , Rachel Johnstone, Delia Williams and Kate Willoughby all played for the Bs on several occasions and we thank them very much for their help. All in all we had an enjoyable and achieving season and our thanks go to Miss Sinclair for being such an encouraging coach.

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Under 14 'A' XI The team made history this season by being the first U 14 Girls' team to win every single match played . With ~real defensive roles from N ikki Murch , Julia Wharfe, Jenny Dutton and Harriet Shere, it made it hard for the opposition to have any shots at our goalkeeper Emily Hague. T he midfield , which consisted of Eliana Katsiaouni, Emily Perkin and Kate Shaw, provided some great balls for the forward s, Laura Gittins, Lowr i Fox, Timmy Akindele, Kate Emary and Clare Bolton . L AURA G ITTINS.

Team from : Laura Gittins (Capt.) , Timmy Akindele, C lare Bolton, Jenny Dutton , Kate Emary, Lowri Fox, Emily

Hague, Eliana Katsiaouni , Nikki Murch , Emily Perkin, Kate Shaw, Harriet Shere, Julia Wharfe. RESULTS

Played 9, Won 9, Lost 0 . Goals for 35, goals against 5. v Kent College . Won 4-l. v Chislehurst and Sidcup. W on 6-0 . v Cranbrook. Won 6-2. v Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar. Won 2-0. v St. Lawrence. Won 2-0. v City of London Freemen's. Won 1-0. v Croydon High . Won 5-0. v Sir Roger Manwood's. Won 5- l. v Tonbridge Girls' Grammar. Won 4-l. Goa/ Scorers: Laura Gittins (20), Timmy Akindele (7), Kate Emary (6) , Clare Bolton (1), Emily Perkin ( I). Coach 's Footnote: I would like to add my congratulations to the team on an excellent season. They all played good hockey to a very high standard and should all improve as they progress through the school. Laura Gittins and Nikki Murch fu lly deserve their places in the Kent U 14 team and Laura is in the final trial for the East of England U 14 team . A.M.M.

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Under 14 'B' XI :;:.;---. h Miss Re1"dy as our coac h , Wit had no problems wi.n ning, We Iayed six matches m the term , ~:.fl tell from you from the beginning. our first match versus Cranbrook, was one of our hardest games. Âˇ ty and Sasha scored the goals, E m1 had a d"fc . 1? (LOttie 1 .erent atm . ..1) The next match at Croydon High , was not as hard as before. We knocked them down with big hits Which increased the final score. Emily scored four more goals A very valid fo rward, Alex and Meg scored as well , smacking the ball-back-board. Barton Court were next to die, As goals were scored endlessly, Three more players claimed their fame, Sarah, Lindsay and Becky P. We cannot forget our backs, Chosen from the very best, Eleanor, Freya, Laura, Monica, Pippa and Bex . Disaster struck , as we thought, When the As nicked two players. But good old valient Bs, Again became the slayers. Then Athena, from the League, Joined and made us whole. She proved a vital part, By scoring a winning goal. We owe thanks to Miss Reidy, Who coached us all the way And helped us with our tractics, So, what more can we say? It is here we end our season , The Under 14 ' B' Team, A merry band of people , Known as the cream of the cream !! SARAH MARTIN AND LOTTIE TYDEMAN.

Team from : Sasha Ball , PhilipP.a Bird, Laura Cameron, Athena Chenery, Alexandra Elliott, Freya Jonas, Sarah

Martin, Emily Perkin, Monica Ph1lby, Rebecca Potter, Rebecca Seath , Lindsay Sharp, Charlotte Tydeman, Madeleine Tyler, EleallOr Watts. RESULTS

v Tunbridge Wells (A). Won 1-0 .

v Cranbrook (H) . Drawn 2-2 . v Croydon High (A). Won 6-0 .

v City of London Freemens (A). Won 3-2.

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v Barton Court (H). Won 6-0.

Squash 1st V All the doubts that I had had about the term were quickly shattered after our first match against Kent College, where everyone played some outstanding squash and we beat them 4- 1, Adam and Alex winning 3-0, Dylan 3-2 but Danny after a great effort going down 1-3 (despite being lightning quick on the court and trying to run down every point - something that was to become characteristic of him during the term). With everyone on a winning high we went 63

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ACTIVITIES c.c.F. NOTES On Saturday, 26th November at our annual Mess Dinner we said our farewells to two of our number. r David Bradley has run the R.A.F. Section for te n years, and steered it successfully through lean times and ~ Âˇ10 the thriving situation it is now in. He has always insisted on high standards, and the re will be several R.A.F. g c~rs who are grateful to him for having g uided them on from their early days in the C.C.F. I owe him a great d~t of gratitude for having shoulde red the responsibility of the section for so long- I always knew it was in safe hands. We have already held one fa rewell dinner for Mr. Paul Wenley, when he handed over comma nd of the C.C.F. hrce years ago. However, In January he reaches the point at which the MoD no longer allows cadet officers to continue 1 th their commission, and we wanted to mark his completion of an awe-inspiring 37 years as a C .C.F. officer. He w~s in charge of the R.A.F. Section for many years, then was O.C. the Contingent. His contribution to the C.C .F. w incalculable: over all that long period he has give n unstintingly of his time and energy, and the partic ular 'atmosphe re' 1 ~r the King's C. C. F. is to a maJor degree due to his influence. His absence from our activities and from o ur camps ~ould be very much missed , a nd I hope that won't happen! M.J.V.

ARMY SECTION We began the term with a compact but keen group of cadets, many of whom had been on summer camp. The programme of fieldcraft and weapons trainmg culminated in the 1st October night exerc ise, and the field day a fort night later. Mrs. Saunders also put the section through first-aid training, and almost all members obtained our own First Aid Certificate. After half-term the section geared up to the presentation for the Shells. This resulted in nineteen recru its, which 15 very encouraging. After a number of experiments on Thursday activities fo r Shells I believe that the right solution has now been found, and we a re grateful to Dr. Maltby and Mr. McFall for their hard work in devising and operating the new system . The final event of the term was the Senior Night Exercise, on 3rd/4th December. Mr. Franks is responsible for this event, a~d this Y<:ar he approached Lt. <;:ol. Morrison with ~ request.for h~lp with !t. The result was a .most test~ ng and imagmallve exerctse, rangmg over ten mtles of Kent countrystde, the htghpomt of whtch was capture and mcarcerallon of all participants in the Interro~ati on Unit of the Intell igence Corps at Ashford . They a ll 'escaped ', but everyone, mcludmg the offi cers who momtored the cade ts on CCTV , found it a n interesting experience, to say the least. We look forward ne xt term to our annual weekend exerc ise at the end of January. At the end of March we sha ll be going back to the Brecon Beacons for adventurous training: our base will be at T al-y-Bont , with ample opportunity for expedition training, and canoeing. I would like to congratulate Peter Baines for achieving an Army Scholarship; and Adam Wilton for getting through the tests to be one of the last twelve contestants for an Admiralty Scholarship for the Royal Ma rines - at time of writing we do not know whe ther he has obtained one of the only four scholarships to be awarded. Finally, I want to congratulate Mr. Booth. We learnt early in the term that he had won the Lord Lieutenant of Kent 's Merition ous Service Award. This is for members of the T .A. or Cadet Forces who have made an outstanding contribution to the work of those services. On 1st November I was very pleased to go to Ashford to see o ur R.S. M. receive this prestigious award from Lord Kingsdown himself. I think it marked in a very appropriate way Mr. Booth 's ten years of service to King's. M.J .V.

NAVAL SECTION For the first half of term we sailed at Westbere, teaching the four new recruits the basics of ha ndling a sailing dinghy. We also went to Portsmouth for our Field Day and stayed on H .M.S. Bristol for one night. We took two power-boats and three Bosuns out with the Dover Grammar cadets, and sailed around Portsmouth harbo ur, avoid ing the ferries and also an aircraft carrier which attempted to run over Steve Gourmand. After half-term the boats were packed away and we began the excellent recruitment programme for the Shells. They had to make a raft o ut of lifejackcts and fl oats, and the n pull a senior across the pool o n it. Some got wetter than others ... well done, Steve . Well , at least he got wet. C. P.O. Mitche ll taught us some splic ing one week, whilst Mr. Muscle supervised . A few of us went on the inte r-section night exercise: Amy Shepherd , Robert Corba lly, Claire Gillande rs and Tristram ~~ ~nden were stupid enou~h to walk from Ashford to Lyminge (whe re the girls decided to remain) , so C hris Elworthy JOtned in the tactical exerctse of bombing a tent. Steve Gounnand, Tom Bucher, Liz Tarry and Sarah Johnson chickened out. Thanks go to C.P.O. Mitchell for his everlasting support and, of course, how could we fo rget Mrs. McConnell? ROB CORBAL LY AND STEVE GOURMAND.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION During the summe r break seven members of the section spent a week at a Summe r Camp at R. A.F. Swanton Mo 1 Although unde r canvas, it_did not matter b~~ause the ~emperatu_re rose to ?Ver 90 Â°F . As alwa_ys it was a very a~te) time wllh visits a nd exerc tses . In the condtttons the n ver cross!ng excerc tse was t_he ~o~t enJoyable and even solve of the Directing Staff managed to get wet. F.Sgt. Douglas Morn son atte nded a Baste Ghdmg Course and success~ gained his wings with a solo fli ght. u) We started the term ~ ith a visit to the _Farnborough Air Sho~. Ma ny aircraft were on d isp~ay a nd a large variet took part in the fly ing dtsplay . The next tnp out was to the dry-skt slope at C hatham . As usual, 11 was a very enjoyabl) afternoon. The follow ing week was Field _Day and we went on a long trip to R. A.F . Wittering, wh_ich is now ou~ affili ated station. The re they h~v~ the Harne r a nd. we ~ere able to see some at close quarters and the stmulator which is used extensively for the tra mmg of new Harner ptlots. After half-term we had three fl ying afternoons with Chipmunks at R .A.F. Mansion a nd were busy introducing all the Shell entry to the R.A.F. Sec~ ion. We wer_e able _to dem~nstrate the hoverc raft whic~ is now flying very well despite a slight coll isio n with some fencmg - the dn ver wtll remam anonymous . The motorbtke seems very popular and has been ta ken ove r by the R.A .F . Section. We also made good use of the .22 range. T he Inter-Section night exercise IO?k place ~owards the en_d o f te rm. Unfort_unately an unc~lled-for det_our of four miles e nsured that we would not provtde the wmnmg team thts year. Some semor members wtll be under mstruction, rathe r than instructing navigation next term . It is time for cha nge in the R .A .F . Section. Wg.Cdr. Paul We nley has reached a n age where he is not allowed 10 continue and will be retiring after more than. thirty years connect<:d with .the c.c;.F .. He has been a great hel{> with the hovercraft and we hope that he ':VIII be avatlable on a ve!1' part-tunc basts to mamtam the hoverc raft a nd admmister repairs when required. Fit. Lt. Davtd Bradley wtll be handmg over to Plt.Off. Andrew McFall at the e nd of term and F .Sgt. Douglas Morrison will be leaving as Head of Section to concentrate on his academic studies .

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O.K.S. . Scarfe (1941) writes: 'In the recent fift ieth anniversary commemorations of the successful 19441andings in Normandy, " ·Norman Scarfe (in th?se d~ys a Gunner Subalte rn) and over a score of his old comrade~ fro~ 1st Battalio_n, the ffolk Regiment whtch hts Battery supported on Sword Beach, had the Honorary Ctttzenshtp of Collevtlle ~ontgomery conferred on them by the Mayor of Colleville a nd the Conseiller-General of the Canton of Ouistreham. There was a very mov ing *-mile walk, surrounded by a n appreciative and affectionate throng of, mostly, much oun er citizens, from the village along a steep lane to the strongpoint ' Hillman'- perhaps the most formidable bunker ~n th~ entire 2nd Army front. There, after national a nthems and speeches, he and hts Suffolk friends were made Citoyens d'Honneur. Suddenly finding themselves citoyens reminded them of 1789, and they looked down rather nervously wondering what to do a bout their culottes . As it happens, Norman Scarfe has a book in the press, and due out in the spring, called Innocent Espionage: The La Rochefoucauld Brothers' Tour of England in 1785. T hree inquisitive Frenchmen in 1785 gain access to England's latest industrial technology; but their delight in the more usual sightseei n~, from garden-desi~;n 111 Oxfordshire to u;ban design in London and the best hop-growing methods in Kent , is modtfied by what they JUSt happened to see of the formidable defe nces of Plymouth and Chath am. One of the m was distressingly impolite about Canterbury Cathedral's c rypt. Scarfe follows the m throug h the Revolution, in which two of the three became Citoyens.' J Polglase (1959) has given up full-time teaching and now works only as as Examiner for the Associated Board of the · Royal Schools of Music. D J. Mills ( 1962) has been developing a pumped irrigation sche me of 9,000 ha. in the northeast of Thailand, close to the ·Mekong River which at that point forms the border between Tha iland and Laos . He has much enjoyed living in Nong Khai on the edge of the river. However, his assignment came to an end in September 1994 and he has now returned home 10 Perth, Australia for a sabbatical which, he hopes, will last at least two years. He would be delighted to make contact with any O.K. S. passing through Perth. (8 Mount Street, Clare mont , WA 6010) . P. Slater ( 1964) owns the Little Hemingfold Hotel, Telham Battle, East Sussex. He and his wife have enjoyed reestablishing contact with several O. K.S. and have employed some during the school and university holidays. They offer a warm welcome to O. K. S. of all vintages who may be looking for some rest, relaxation, good wine and food in the heart of the' 1066 country'. A grass tennis court is available, a 2-acre trout lake and, in 1995, a croquet lawn. Dr. D. V. Neale (1972) gained the Medicine Prize at Southampton University in 1982 and is now specialised in palliative medicine. In April 1994 he became Medical Director of the Hastings Hospice. M. Laney (1 973) writes: 'I have had a varied career which includes both line management resronsibility (to Director/Ge neral Manager level) a nd priceless consulting e xpe rience with one of the main firms. am currently seck i n~ employment folfowing my redundancy at the end of J uly . In the meantime I am keeping the grey matter alive by utilising my consulting skills. I started my first self-employed consultancy assignment this week. I recently married for the second time, and we moved to this rathe r pleasant part of the world (Bromyard) just before Christmas. My brothe r Peter (1968) and his ex-wife both now hve (sepa rately) in Australia. They have two children. Peter is a Managing Consultant with PA Consulting, based in Melbourne.' S.C. B. Evans ( 1975) and his wife Clare (nee Barker) ( 1975) now have three children and Simon has his own practice as a Chartered Bui lding Surveyor/ Architectural Designer, specialising in old and listed buildings. Dr. Wendy Hildick-Smith (1977) now shares a Consultant Ge riatrician post at Orpington. She married Andrew Mackay who is a Senior Registrar in Microbiology at Great Ormond Street Hospital. They have two daughters. Her sister Philippa (1 979) is working as a research registrar in Paediatrics in Southampton and enjoying not being on call. Bryony ( 1980) and her husband a re job-sharing in a G .P . practice in Milton Keynes and sharing looking after their three daughters. David (1982) and his wife have one daughter. 'Mummy is very busy in her "retirement" and greatly enjoying all the grandc hildren.' R. G. Hulb ert (1 978) has had a va ried career aft er studying for a B.A. in Drama Marketing and Public Media at Leeds, i. e. a chauffeur for a South American in London; a copywriter with an advertising agency in Sevenoaks; and working for Greenleaf Communications during which time he bagan to explore a call into the full-time Anglican ministry. However , he was turned down fo r the m inistry and was recruited by theY .M.C.A. to raise £ 1m to build a hostel and £500,000 to build a community centre in Tunbridge Wells . In January 1994 he rejoined the Greenleaf team. He ma rried Nicola in 1988 who, in spite of illness, managed to pursue a very successful career as an illustrator and inte rior designer. Their son, Freddie was born in 1990. T. Alleyne-Gee (1984) has lived in Switzerla nd s ince 1988, where he studies languages at Zurich Univesity. He is about to embark on a doctorate in German lite rature. R. B. W. Gumpert (198 1) has been appointed Junior of the Midland and Oxford Circuit. Catherine Fall (1985), daughter of our man in Moscow, Sir Bria n Fall , has just been appointed an adviser on European policy issued at Conservative Central Office. Tanera Dawkins (1986) is featured in the second progra mme (on Radio 4) in the series which follows the careers and lives of young performe rs fo r fou r years after they each g raduate from university. The programme follows cellist Tancra as she embarks on a postgraduate year at the Royal Colle~e of Music. Her initial plan •s to become a professional cellist. But as time goes by the classical music scene loses tiS attraction and the worlds of other music beckon, which lead her on a un ique mus ical journey. Lt . (acting Captain) J. D. M. Wrench (1986) has been awa rded the Queen 's Commendation for Bravery in Northern Ireland. 67

ENGAGEMENTS Dodsworth-Lindsay Dodsworth (1980) to John M. Willis. Camburn-Michael Camburn ( 1986) to Sarah Pendlebury ( 1986).

MARRIAGES Teakle-Gavin Teakle (1980) to Jolanda van Prooijen on 2nd July 1994 at St. Levan Church, Cornwall. de Sausmarez-Mary de Sausmarez (1984) to Lt. David King, Royal Marines on 2nd July 1994. Dr. Joanna Marriot ( 1984) was one of the bridesmaids and the Reverend Canon Peter Pilkington gave the address. Littlejohn-Neil Littlejohn (1989) to Rachel Browning on 17th September 1994.

DEATHS West-Professor W. D. West (1920) on 23rd July 1994 in Bhopal, India, a~ed 93. He was Captain of school in his final year and after graduating with First Class Honours in the Natural Sc1ences Tripos in Geology at Cambridge he had a distinguished career in India. An obituary is included elsewhere in this issue. ' Player-Or. H . P. (Val) Player (1929) on 9th January 1994. Shields-The Reverend Peter A. Shields ( 1939) on 19th December 1993 in New Zealand . He joined the Royal Navy during the war and remained with the Service for several years. He and his wife, Dorothy, lived in Nigeria for many years before movin~ to New Zealand. Peter was ordained Deacon in 1970 and made Priest the following year. He retired from the Mmistry in 1982 but in fact he continued to minister within industry. Carpenter-John W. S. Carpenter (1952) on 25th August 1994, aged 59, as the result of a stroke.

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~his & ~hat It is with great sadness that we record the death of James Knight (SH 1985-90). James was the most talented actor of his generatio n at King's both in musicals and in straight plays . He was also a fine singer, artist and long-distance runner. A bout of glandular fever prevented him from taking his A-levels, forced him to withdraw from the part of Romeo in his final term , and led to a radical change in his plans fo r uni versity . He decided to pursue his talent for art, and was accepted by the Slade . At the time of his death , he was seen as one of that college's most pro mising pupil s. We extend our deepest sympathy to his mother, his younger brother Matthew (SH 1989-94) and to all his family. O bituaries a nd the Headmaster's sermon de livered at James' funeral are reproduced elsewhere in this issue.

Requiescant

Alaric Jacob, who died on 27th January, in his 86th year, came to the School in 192 members of his family had done in every century since the s ixteenth. W hen he was 17 he;. as Seventeen , a frank novel of public school life, based o n his view of and poss ibly experie rote at Ki ng'~, the 'Furlington ' of the book. T he nove_l w~s P.ub.li sh~d in 1930, a few years nces necessanly) after the author had left school to begm h1s d1stmgu 1shed career as journalis/an: writer. His general stance was, in his own words, ' on the extreme left' . Despite this he an o n the staff of the Daily Express and covered the war for that paper from France, North Afr~as Persia (with the Red Army) , Burma (with Wingate) and from Moscow (attached to the Red Ar~' from Staling rad to the fall of Berlin .) Afte r the war, he worked for many yea rs at the B B ~ and published a number of books, inc luding the autobiographical Scenes from a Bourgeois.LireÂˇ where King's again features, this time as 'Cheriton .' Âˇ ' His ties with the School were re-established in the 1970s, a fter the Archivist had dared to so lic it his help to find a copy of Seventeen. Thereafter he took much trouble to answer enquiries about the School in his time. His reminiscences of his contemporaries Charles Frend , the film director, and Jocelyn Brooke , the w riter , and , among the maste rs, of ' Rosie' Rosenberg will enlig hten fu.ture researchers into the. School' s his!ory. It ~as good to hear from his son J~sper Jacob that h1s father had 'always retamed an affect1on for Kmg's and acknowledged the influence it had had on (him) ' . We offer Mr. Jacob and the other members of the fam ily ou r warm sympathy. Many O.K.S. and the wider Canterbury public were saddened to hear of the death of Mrs. Anne Chesshy re, on 9th February , a few mo nths short of her 80th birthday. She and her late husband both had family links with the School and their four sons and (so fa r) one grandson all came to The Grange. Hubert Chesshyre (GR 1954-59) , now Chester Herald, has deposited in the School Archives a family tree which , in four generations, shows at least 10 O.K.S. M rs Chesshyre, in her later years, added a touch of distinction to the Canterbury scene as she proceeded on her sit-up-and-beg bicycle through the throngs: perhaps to her work as a Cathedral g uide, as a meals-on-wheels organiser or as the longest serv ing member of the Canterbury Samaritans . Eventually the bicycle had to be superseded by an electric buggy , but the elan and a sense of un limited imperial space continued to characterise her prog ress . We salute a great and good lady. Her coat of arms is reproduced opposite. Somerset de Chair (K.S. Parramatta 1925-29) , the M.P., sold ier, prolific author and art collector. who died in Janua ry , was an ho norary O.K.S. and a neig hbour - for a while at Chilham Castle and latterly at Bourne Park. He recently sent us a copy of his autobiog raphical Morning Glory. We honour his memory. We were also sorry to hear of the death of Peter Todd , a former R.S.M. at the School. Our condo lences go to his fami ly. A mag nificent seventeenth-century French tapestry now adorns the School House Hall. It has been given in memory of Matthew Eyton (MO/SH 1980-85) by his mother and his friends. At a small private ceremony on Sunday, 5th March , a few of Matthew's closest friends , includ ing P iers McCleery (GR 1981 -85), Edward Brett (LN 1980-85), James Booth-Clibborn (SH 1980-85) and Patrick Paines (B 1980-85) gathered for the unve il ing. Piers spoke most movingly about what Matthew's friendship had meant to him , and Stewart Ross, Matthew 's ho usemaste r for his last term at King's, captured the ess~nce of Matthew 's capac ity for friendship and humour. Matthew would have enjoyed the occasiOn. Matthew Eyton

O n Thu rsday, 19th January , the Headmaster and Mrs. Phillips embarked fr~m While The Cat 's Cardi ff bound for St. Helena. This was not the start of a Napoleonic exile. At Home but of a sabbatical term g ranted by the governo rs. They visited Ascension Is land , as well as St. Helena , before going o n to Cape Town for a threeweek stay in South Africa. T hey returned on 9th March. The Headmaster kept a diary, and ~ve antic ipate a full account of the ir adventures on a future occasion. We also take this opportumty to cong ratulate them on their S il ver Wedding , celebrated during the Easte r ho lidays. 72

HELEN BOND (M.P. H.D.J

Dr Humberstone- du sang-froid , encore du sang-froid et toujours du sang-froid - held the nc;gate fort in the Headmaster's absence, alongside Mrs. Pickering and Mr. Millar. The School La rns to have run smoothly, and they are not visibly greyer. Mr. Jonathan White took on the se~v Âˇ responsibility of house-sitting and more importantly - to j udge by the faxes and phone heu/ rrom distant parts - cat-sitting. Boris, who developed an allergy to flute-playing, has ~~netheless lived to tell the tales. We were very sorry that Mrs. Helen Bond had to leave her j ob in the English Ladies' Seminary Department at the beginning of this term, for family reasons. Our good wishes go to a delightful colleague in what may or may not be her final retirement. Her e lacements are both well-known to us. r PMrs. Stephanie Rudgard-Redsell was in Galpin 's (1977-79), as were her sister and both her brothers-in-law - 'OKS-ness permeates my extended family,' she explains. She went to New Hall Cambridge , and has worked in advertising and agriculture. She is now preparing for her M phil./D .Phil. on ' Rural Image and Reality in the 19th Century ,' focusing on women's writing and reflecting her interests in agrarian social history, nineteenth-century art and feminist literary theory. She has two sons, Antony (4 '12) and Piers (2'12) ; the latter is also currently working on the relationship between the signifier and the s igni fied. Mrs. Sara Mackenzie has had a varied career, ranging from lecturing in further education, through teachi~g top juniors and twic~ being H.ead of Departmen~ in sec<?n~ary sch?~ls, to teach!ng emotionally dtsturbed young people m a spectal school. She enJoys pamtmg, wntmg, producmg plays, dressmaking and carava~ning , as well as swimming - but onl y when it's warm . She is married to the rector of St. Martm 'sand St. Paul 's and Rural Dean of Canterbury -our preacher at Mattins on 22nd January- and they have four children, including Fiona (MR 1990-92), Thomas and Hannah, all in Marlowe. She will be staying on next year to teach some Drama. Mr. Phillis has left us - but only temporarily. He is spending a year at Changing Places Hilton College in Natal , South Africa, on an exchange with Mr. Mark Perrett, who has taken his place in the Geography Department and in Broad Street. Mr. Perrett was himself a pupil at Hilton and studied Geography and Education at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. After a spell at Alexandra High School, he moved back to Hilton six years ago. He has offered ' toastmastering' as his Thursday activity , and has already given an eloquent Sixth Form Talk on the new South Africa. He is a keen sportsman, coaching 1st teams at cricket and rugby, and participating in wave-skiing, which he describes as an 'old man's version of surfing'. His wife, Lee, is a primary school teacher, although she is at present fully occupied looking after their two children, Bryce (4 '12) and Dylan (2). We also say goodbye to Anthony Alderson , who has so successfully established and defined the role of theatre technician. It is a mark of his skill and his personality that he has come to be known around the School - and without any risk of ambiguity - as just ' Anthony .' He leaves- via Nepal, Malaysia and New Zealand - for Australia , where he hopes to be involved with a travelling show. Karl Twort has been easing himself into St. Mary's Hall for the last few weeks of term before taking over. He comes from the Central School of Speech and Drama , where he has completed the technical course. He is looking forward to King's Week. Behind the Scenes

We welcomed Lee Campbell as artist-in-residence this term - an appointment that continues a tradition including Vernon Scannell (poet-in-residence) and Paul Patterson (composer-in-residence). Originally from Canterbury, New Zealand , she is now based in Canterbury, England , where she has taken a Masters degree at the Univers ity of Kent and spent a year as artist-in-residence at Christ Church College. She has been working mainly in oils, but also in charcoal and pastel. An exhibition of her paintings and drawings, entitled 'Transitions' and inspired by the ever-changing effects of light, shade and colour in Blackfriars, was held in the Cleary Gallery at the end of term. She also displayed her work, alongside that of our ' resident artist' Mr. Pragneil , in the Contemporary Artists Exhi bition - 'Contrasts' - at the City Art Gallery in March and April. Transitions

73 ANTHONY ALDERSON (M.P.H . D .)

Mrs. Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok made a welcome reappearance in the classroo

More Transitions substituting for the Headmaster for the benefit of the 6b theologians

Dr. Michael Ody, a lecturer at the University of Kent, has been teach in Âˇ the Maths department during Mrs. Browning's temporary absence from the classroom . gIn We welcome James Plummer and Rachel Smith from Wanganui Collegiate School as our resident New Zealanders for the year. They have already made themselves very much at home. Britta Riewe is our Geman Assistant for the Lent and Summer terms. She is studying English and French at the University of Frankfurt, and hopes to become a teacher of these subjects after taking her final s next year. On Saturday, 25th February, M iss Fiona Phillips married Mr. Giles Smart in the Crypt of Canterbury Cathedral. Participation of pupils and colleagues she tells us, ' helped make the day amazing'. Father John Thackray conducted the ceremony and preached the sermon, Mr. Martin Miles played the organ, and Nicholas Tattersall K .M.S. (MT) organised both a brass g roup , who welcomed the bride triumphally, and a choir' w ho sang Beati quorum via . Mr. Jonathan White and Miss Anna Price were ushers, but wed~ not know who caught the bouquet. T he reception was held in the School dining ha ll , transformed for the occasion by Stewart Smith and his staff. Everything, we are told , went ' beautifully and calmly', and Ms Phillips returned in time to teach the Removes on the Tuesday.

The Wedding

Many congratulations to Mr. Martin Lawrence and Miss Sarah Mills, who

The Engagement announced their engagement during the term . The wedding will be in Cheshire

on 26th August. This is the first internal Common Room enga~ement for over twenty years - and the first since co-education . As social historians ponder the Significance of this, we offer the couple our warmest best wishes .

The T.J. Armstrong whose Walter and the Resurrection of G, A Novel and Two Appendices headed the T.L.S. fiction listings on 16th March is indeed our own Head of Modern Languages. It is his first novel, and it has already been described by Lindsay C larke as 'an intrig uing adventure of the hermetic mind across time ... (that) leaves a strange afterglow in the mind' - not unlike Remove French lessons, in fact. We have been unable to think of any prev ious member of staff who has published a novel in stat. mag. and look forward to the sequel. This should not be too far away as Mr. Armstrong's Activity is 'Writing a Novel.' Stewart Ross (Staff 1974-89), an old hand in the writing business who gave up School House before turning to fiction , recently published his second novel Beneath Another Sun - the further adventures of Tom Verney . He is also to be congratulated on the success of his Shakespeare and Macbeth, which was named book of the year in the young adult category by the American Library Association .

The Novel

Colin Metters, Head of Orchestral Studies, is to be warmly congratulated on being awarded the Hon. R .A .M. This is the highest honour the Royal Academy of Mus ic can bestow, and it may be offered , as the Royal Charter decrees, 'only to the most distinguished musicians'. Mr. Metters received this musical equivalent of an honorary deg ree alongside Victoria de los Angeles, Christopher Hogwood , Steven Isserlis, Ol iver Knussen and John Williams - most distinguished company indeed . Ve ry special congratulations are due to Gwilym Maltby , now four years old, who attended an award ceremony for McDonald's 'Child o f Achievement' winners at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on 8th February. Gwilym was the youngest of the 150 children honoured. and received his award from Bob Holness of Blockbusters fame. 'This outstanding young man

The Honours

74 THE PERRETTS (Mike WatemlBn)

articipated in, and been the focus of, a fund rais ing programme that has raised ÂŁ100,000 5 rfor ~ colour scanner to identify liver problems.) ... A super little chap.' He is, indeed, and his heerfulness continues to be an inspiratio n to all who know him. c Congratulations also to the 36 members of the kitchen staff who all passed their environmental ealth and hygiene examinatio ns afte r a two-day course run by Canterbury City Council's ~nvironmental health department. They were presented with their certificates by the Lord Mayor in March. Those w ho live and work in the Precincts may understandably have followed the scandals of' Ald minster' with particular interest. The nefarious activities of deans, canons, headmasters and o rganists do, after all , have a certain fascination. And the filming at Gloucester Cathedral adds convenient distance to the enchantment. The novel was adapted for telev is io n by Ian Curteis, husband of Joanna Tro llope and father of Tobit Curteis (MR/B 1979-84). Any similarity between events on screen and those in and around Canterbu ry Cathedral is, nonetheless, entirely coincidental. The Choir

M ichael Foale (SH 1970-74) was pictured, in full colour , on the front pages of several national newspapers in February. Already the fi rst British male astronaut, he was in the headlines as one of the crew of the shuttle Discovery, which set out, successfully, to rendezvous with the Russian Mir space station. In the course of the voyage he became the first Briton to walk in space, in order to test a modification 10 a space suit to see if it keeps the wearer suffic iently warm at minus 135 Â° F. Experience of the School House dormitories no doubt came in handy. We are still seeking documentary evidence that this housemaster really d id say, in his final report, 'he will go far'. Urbane Spaceman

W hen the B.B.C. asked us for a member of staff 'capable of sharp retorts or witty remarks, who would not be intimidated by a microphone', D r. Allday seemed the obvious choice. In December, therefore, he found himself at their Paris stud ios (since closed down) teamed with Oz Clarke (MO 1962-67) record ing a pilot radio show entitled Must T ry Harder . The idea was to take a famous pupil and a teacher from the same school and to ask them questi ons based around a typical school day. D r. Allday's team lost narrowly when he failed to spot that the correct answer to the question ' Where would you use log tables?' was, of course, 'on a picnic site'. His appointment as Head of Physics from September - answering the questions correctly, this time' - is no doubt some compensation. Quiz Show

Congratulations to Thomas Wacher (MR) on his performance in the British Mathematical Olympiad - the best by a King's pupil for some years . His score was bettered by o nly 17 others in the country and earned hi m a prize and an invitation to the second round of the competition. Mr. Richard Davenport-Hines is writing a book o n W . H. Auden and naturally came to ~anterbury to interview Dr. Mallion. It appears that Auden became interested in a correspondence m the Scientific American in the winter of 1972-3 on w hether there was such a thing as 'bad science'. Several conversatio ns with the young Research Lecturer of Christ Church followed. Dr. Mall ion's hopes that he might therefore feat ure as co-author with Wystan were dashed when Auden sent off his own letter, which was published in March 1973. At least the record can now be put straig ht and the good docto r will earn hi s foot note in literary history. A fil m by David Curl (MR 1975-79), The Call of Kakadu , was broadcast in B. B.C. 2's 'The Natu ral World' series o n 5th Ma rch . Shot in the Kakadu National Park, Austral ia , it fo llowed a pair of blue-winged kookaburras over the course of a year, as they battled with the elements and the other wildlife around a busy billabong. Dav id, who now Jives in Australia , has al ready started o n another fi lm, thus combining his interests in zoology and photography. Science, Good and Bad

75 RED NOSE DAY (Adam Fend ius)

Toby Bro':'n (MR 1986-9 1), via J?r. Ma llia~ , has dra.wn our attention I<? an article on 'lsom of Benzene' m the Journal of Chemical EducatiOn , published by the Amen can Chemical Socie~rs In it Dr. Ivan Gutman mentions a lecture he gave at the School in 199 1, when a pupil (To{ perhaps?) asked him how one could be sure that compounds 1-5 were the only possible (CHf isomers. Unable to provide an answer on that occasion, Dr. Gutman designed a form j demonstration .. The curi?us are referred to Vol. 7 1, No.3, p.223, and pupils are encourage~ to keep on askmg questtons. Warwick Collins (MR 1960-66), whose recent novels include Computer One and The Rationalist wrote a forceful attack on Darwinism. in general and Dr. Richard Daw ~in.s in particular for tÂˇh ~ Spectator, 3 1st December, I 994. A fterce correspondence ensued. Comctdentally, this contest overlapped with a clash, in the same pages, between Mr. Oleg Gordievsky (on 'The Guardian~s KGB tactics') and Richard Norton-Taylor (W 1957-63). Mr. Norton-Taylor's latest book _ 0 ~ the Scott Report hearings - is entitled Truth is a Difficult Concept.

Patrick Leigh Fermor (1 929-3 1) was 80 on lith February. After leaving School , he walked to Constantinople, as he described with such virtuosity in A Time o f Gifts. He then distinguished himself in the War by capturing General Kreipe in occupied Crete - and exchanging Horatian quotations with him on Mount Ida. In peacetime he became the finest travel writer of his generation. He has always been interested in languages, and indeed statted his literary career as a translator. It seemed appropriate, therefore, for the School to send him birthday greetings in Latin verse . Patricio Leigh Fermor A. D. III. ID . FEB. MCMXCV Octoginta annos natum Schola Regia laudat Patricium , specimen qui clarum praebet alumnis Quot sunt quot erunt. Tibi laus sit bellica virtus, Doctrinaeque decus, necnon audacia felix, Et stilus insignis, plures celebrandus in annos . The Lower Master was delighted to receive this scholarly and stylish reply. PRID. NON . FEB. CDCDCCCXVIII A.U .C. D. P. Humberstone Magistro artium phi losophiae doctori Scholae Regiae Cantuariensis hypodidascalo Multas gratias tibi ago, do;tissime domine, propter lepidissima hexametra et ob honorem tanto nimium quam immeritum . Valde commoveor et haud multum abest quin - permittens ' non audeo' expectare 'vel im ', sicut miser feles in proverbio- tibi Latine respondere nolim, quia, musis avolatis, verba desunt et regulas artemque omnino oblitus sum . Ignosce igitur lapsus et accipe voluntatem pro facto. Cum corde pleno et gratissimo te, doctissime dominc, et omnes illis in aedibus, ex ultima hac paene insula Laconiae, saluto. Patricius Pratus Agricola. The most learned master who composed the hexameters, from Mr. Pollak's suggestions, was in fact Mr. Mackintosh, whom we congratulate on his own stylish daring. Mr. Dath provided his technical skills to word-process the envelope bilingually for the benefit of the local postmen in furthest Laconia. Translations have been provided by both Mr. Mack intosh and Mr. Pollak. To avo id any suggestion of obscurity, and with grateful thanks to both these learned gentlemen, we publish an example from each pen. On his 80th birthday the King's School salutes Patrick, who sets so brilliant an example to its pupils, both present and to come. Be honoured for courage in war, for grace of scholarship and , not least, for stylish daring; and may your distinguished pen earn further praise for many years yet. Hotfoot on Horace

76 T HE TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLDS (M.P. H .D.)

Many thanks, most learned master, for the most elegant hexameters and the honour which is as excessive as it is undeserved. I am greatly moved, and I was not far from decl ining to reply in Latin - letting 'I dare not' wait upon ' I would', li ke the poor cat i' the adage- because, as the Muses have flown away, the words are lacking, and I have completely forgotten the rules and the skill. So pardon the mistakes and accept the good will for the deed. With a full and most g ratefu l heart I salute you, most learned master, and all in those buildings, from this distant peninsula of Laconia. Computerisation of the L ibrary continues apace. Pupils now have their own 'Kingscards' - complete with photograph and barcode- for the computerised issue of books and the process of cataloguing has now passed the halfway stage. More CD/ROMs have been added to the collection - including the Ultimate Human Body. And new books do continue to arrive - from the Encyclopaedia of PostColonial Literatures in English to Sophie 's World. In addition, much of the Physics Departmental Library is now housed at St. Augustine's. We are grateful to the Headmaster for a copy of his new book The Passion of God, and to Dr. T. Thomson and J .K.S. for further gifts of books . Accumulus Nimbus

The Amber Room, the las test novel from Christopher Matthew (S H 1952-57) was honoured by a review from the Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd, in the Daily Telegraph. 'This a thriller hot in excitement but set in circumstances of extreme cold ... thoroughly recommended for the flig ht out, the long waits at Gatwick or Geneva, and those days when a blizzard makes skiing impossible'. Among other books by O.K.S. to have appeared recently are The Art of Litera1y Biography, edited by John Batchelor (GL 1955-60) and including a piece by him on Conrad; Arthur: High King of Britain by Michael Morpungo (GL 1957-62); What is Catholicism? An Anglican responds to the official teaching of the Roman Catholic Church by David Edwards (GR 1942-47); From Cold War to Hot Peace by Sir Anthony Parsons (MO 1937-39); and The Great English Pilgrimage: In the Footsteps of Saint Augustine from Rom e to Canterbwy- the fi rst cuckoo of the 597-1997 spring? - by Christopher Donaldson (1931-34). We are also grateful to Professor Stephen Bann of the University of Kent fo r a copy of his recent book Under the Sign on John Bargrave, the much-travelled seventeenth-century O.K.S., famed as a rescuer of enslaved Britons from the Barbary pirates and, more pertinently, as a collector of curiosities. Professor Bann's 1994 King's Week lecture on Walter Pater, an International Reputation is soon to appear as a King 's School monograph.

o .K.S. Literati

'This and That' does not normally pay much attention to the hit parade. However, it was brought to our not ice that 7 Seconds, performed by Neneh Cherry and Youssou N'Dour, and recently in the Top Ten, was written by Alex Skarbek (LX 1985-90).

O.K.S. Populi

The Crypt Choir have recorded a CD of sacred music- the first CD recording of music by the School. It was produced in St. Martin's Church, Canterbury - the oldest school singing in the o ldest parish church - and will be available duri ng the Summer term . . Emily Elias (soprano), Tessa Coombe (viol in), C lare Simmonds (ha rpsichord) and Caroline R1tchie (cello) are to be cong ratulated on reaching the fina ls of the Chamber Music Competition for Schools. They performed arias by Handel and Telemann in the non-competitive Finals concert at St. John' s, Smith Square, on 19th March. Music

FIFTY YEARS ON

. In presenting the list of the Lent term's sporting achievements at the fi congratulatory assembly, the Senior Mistress was rig htly pleased to point •nat the joint successes of both girls and boys. O nly rugby and netball were out not co-educational - yet. Jessica Potter (MR), Lucy Heise, ~askia Stirling-Aird and Zoe A~hur (all LX) won the Quadrupl Sculls at the Schools Head of the Rtver Race on 13th March. T hts was the School 's first victo/ for girls in a se~ior e~ent.a~ ~ationallevel an~ is a remarkable ach ievement. ~he Under 15 girl; quad came 2nd m thetr dtvts ton - another ftne performance. Lucy and Saskta have since been selected for a Great Britain assessment weekend, as have Charles Foinette (MR), Peter Cawston (T) and Timothy Ridges (GR). The Cross-Country C lub has enjoyed one of its best seasons ever, with the Senior Boys winnin the District Championships, the Kent League, the Kent College Relay and the Five Schools' Troph~ at Harrow , and the Senior G irls coming second in the Kent League and the Relay. Sarah Petrie (JR) , Charlotte Barker (W) , Benita von Linde iner (BR) , (Senior Girls), Tim Davis (MR) , Julian Hinves (T), (Senior Boys) and Malcolm Todd (T) (Intermediate Boys) were all selected to represent Kent, while Tim and Malcolm , with Sarah as a non-travelling reserve, were selected to represent the county at the English Schools' Championships, at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, on 4th March. The Rugby C lub performed heroically at the Rosslyn Park Sevens Tournament. After winning the competition in 1993 and reaching the quarter-final s in 1994, this year's team, inspirationally led by Alex Ogedegbe (T), reached the semi-final before losing to Wellington, the eventual winners. In this prestigious event, entered by over a hundred schools, such a run of success can be matched by only a couple of others. Congratulations also their coach, Mr. Roy White, who has now gone international by preparing the London and South East team for matches aga inst Australia and New Zealand. In hockey, Laura Gittins and Nicola Murch (both MR) have represented Kent Under 14s. Simon Gittins (MR) is playing for England Under 16s in the home internationals; he has also appeared fo r the Canterbury 1st XI, becoming the youngest player in the National League. James Munday (LN), Charles Munday (MR) and Tim Palmer (LN) have all played for Kent. At the county schools' swimming championships, Caroline Ng (JR) came 2nd in the lOOm backstroke, Tom Collins (MT) 4th in the lOOm butterfl y and Nigel F ield (GL) 5 th in the lOOm backstroke. In the medley relays, both boys and gi rls came 5th , and in the freestyle relays, the boys came 4th and the girls 5th. Fencing has enjoyed an unbeaten season . Fel icity Wacher (MR) qualified as a reserve for Great Britain, while Amelia Shepherd (W), T im Breen (LN) and Alex Perkins (SH) reached the top 20 in Great Britain for, respectively, epee, sabre and foi l. Alex Fennemore (SH) and T im Breen were selected for the South East cadet team. Louise Squires (LX) became the first girl to represent the I st Vat squash, and Nicholas Berry (SH) has played for the team while still in the Shell s. And final ly, the 1st VII gained 2nd place at the Kent Schools Senior Netball Tournament. Natural Born Skills

The now traditional sale of Valentine carnations and cards, organised by Walpole, raised a record £ 1,400 for the Leon Katz Trust Fund. Jervis appeared to be the most romantic house. T here were no awards for individuals, but Alexandra Aitken (LX) earned a mention in the Daily Telegraph for her carnations and for her goalkeep ing.

True Romance

Charity

O n Ash Wednesday, a charity lunch was organised by Jonathan Shaw (LN). Bread and soup were served , and £500 - the money saved - was donated to Y Care International , the School's charity of the term . 78 SPANISH TRIP (C.P.N.)

On 'Red Nose Day ' pupils were invited to pay ÂŁ1.50 to Comic Relief for the privilege of wearing standard change throughout the day. This inversionary humour even affected the Common Room. A few members of staff wore canterbury Dress for at least part of the time, and in most cases did so with becoming elegance. Mr. Martin M iles, ~m the oth~r ha~d, entered int? the spirit of the occasion more realistically by taking congregational practice with untucked shi rt , no collar stud , brown shoes and red socks. He accepted his Unifo rm Satis sheet with appropriate graciousness.

pret-a-Porter

'The Grange Meet Again - 50 years on from Cornwall' was the title of a very pleasant evening o n 22nd March . O.K.S. of the fo rties vintage and their wives and parents of present boys were invited to join The Grange to remember the years at the Carlyon Bay Hotel and the return to Canterbury . There was a splendid response, with O.K.S . journeying from as far as Edinburgh, Cheshire and Brussels. After a reception in The Grange everyone repa ired to St. Mary's Hall for an entertainment of anecdote, drama and song ably coordinated by Rupert Mead who had masterminded all the invitations and arrangements. The last play to be planned before the War received its first performance along with an extract from the first post-war House play. The difference between then and now was exemplified by the much appreciated support given by three Walpole girls with the Vera Lynn songs accompanied by Mr. Stephen Mathews . At supper in The Grange afterwards and during the tours of the House we all learned a great deal (even what the rooms above 'Tuo e Mio' used to be) and Dr. Mall ion kindly showed Peter Williams' TV programme about the evacuation, on the big screen.

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SERMON SERMON PREACHED AT JAMES KNIGHT'S FUNERAL THE HEADMASTER T UESDAY, 17th JANUARY

The author of the Letter to the Ephesians orders us that 'Always and for everything give thank\ in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father' . That is where we must begin -giving thanks for James, for all he has meant to us. We all knew him in different ways, some for a long time, others much more recently. We all have much to be grateful for in his love and friendship None of what we have enjoyed can be taken from us. Âˇ Looking back at the reports I had written on James, I find that in the first term after I had started teaching him for A-level, I described him as 'sheer delight' . The following summer 1 used the same expression, and I can still think of nothing better today. Look at the photo in the school prospectus of the young boy on the monocycle or at the poster for King's Week where in t?pper and tails, he a~a in epitomises uninhibited joy. Those. of us who watched J~mes learning to nde the monocycle will know what an enormous amount of time and effort he put mto mastering its intricacies. Determination was one of James's assets. Whatever he did had to be done exceedingly well , which was, of course, true of both his art and acting. There was about him an almost translucent lightness which warmed those with whom he came in contact. He was not of course always easy and he had his ups and downs. But then tragedy had clouded his life at an early stage of his school career and many of us admired the courage with which he faced it and his determination to succeed . It was that word tragedy that I used in James's fi nal report when 1 was, of course, commenting on the glandular fever which not only prevented him taking his Alevels, in which a new-found confidence and maturity would certainly have brought success, but also deprived him of playing Romeo and left us all the poorer. But now we are deprived of James himself: that shadow side which is in all of us has claimed his life and it seems as if darkness has extinguished the light. But perhaps we make too much of quantity of life and not enough of quality. When we think of the j oy that James gave us, the vigour with which he endowed every endeavour whether as a games player, artist, singer or actor and not unimportantly as a House Monitor, then things come into perspective and we arc bound to give thanks. For it is what others give us that makes us ourselves and in all of us there is something of James. To Jane and to Matthew, to Nigel and Alex our hearts go out . They know they can count on our love and affection and they know too that the last thing that James would have wanted was that we should not affi1m life in the way in which he affirmed it with determination, with joy and delight. James would have thought me cheating if I did not say something that was theological, for he took his A-level Religious Studies very seriously. None of us can suppose that God willed this tragedy, but , many must have wondered, could he not have prevented it? Why must we suffer so much? But God does not control our actions. He has given us total freedom within his world to do and be what we will. The price of that freedom is that tragedy cannot be avoided. Yet would we want it other? For is not the freedom to be what we will be and to do what we will do, life indeed? It is this that makes us men and not machines, which makes every day a precious experience to be enjoyed for its very self and which, when we think of James, becomes self-evident. Where then was God in our tragedy? He was present in it . At the heart of Christianity lies passion . It is by the tragedy of his Son's death that the Father convinces men of his true nature. God therefore grieves with us in our grief. And if we let Him he will both embrace and comfort us. And for James a new life is now beginning, a life in which light has overcome darkness. For as God raised his Son from the tragedy of his death so he raises James from his own tragedy. Death has no dominion over him : he is in the gentle hands of the Lord of Life. James has started on a journey which we all must follow and which, as we proclaim our faith , we can look forward to with confidence. 80

"• One final word . Lovin& is ~! ways c~stl y and separation from the loved one painful. At tim~s e will wish that that pam d1d not ex 1st, that perhaps there could be some other way. But 1f ~at were so, we would again be machines not men. It is paradoxically even in the pain that 1 e can give thanks- thanks that we are men and women able to give of ourselves, to experience ~e cost of love. For in the end the only thing that really matters in this life is the loving, loving iven in so many ways which together work towards that coming Kingdom of peace, wholeness ~nd harmony for which Christ teaches us daily to pray. Let Dietrich Bonhoeffer, himself tragically put to death by the Nazis in the final hours of the last war, have the last word : Nothing can fill the gap when we are away from those we love, and it would be wrong to try and find anything. We must simply hold out and win through. That sounds very hard at first, but at the same time it is a great consolation since leaving the gap unfilled preserves the bond between us. It is nonsense to say that God fill s the gap: He does not fill it, but keeps it empty so that our communion with another may be kept alive, even at the cost of pain. Amen. May James rest in peace and may we never forget to pray for him .

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OBITUARIES ROBERT P. TONG, O.B.E., J.P., M.A. (STAFF 1936-1939) Robert T ong was one of the very talented young masters whom Canon Shirley recruited durin his early years. Tong, aged 25, took on four j obs on arrival in September 1936: teacher 0~ geography, d irector of mus ic, Captain in command of the Officers Training Corps and assistant housemaster in The Grange. His cathedral organ play ing must remain memorable to every O.K of his years; orchestra, choir and choral society reached new heights of achievement. In Septembe~ 1937 he was the founder housemaster of Lattergate. In June 1938 he got a good report on the O.T.C. Annual General Inspection from a very exacting Brigadier Bernard Montgomery. Being a reserve officer, he was called up in September 1939 and served in France and North ~frica whe~e he earned an O.B_.E. and the rank of Lt. Colonel. ~e sp~nt the rest of his working life as the htghly-regarded Regtstrar of Queen Mary College, Umverstty of London. He chai red the Senate committee which invented U.C.C.A. In his obituary, The Times w rote: 'He delighted in mus ic-making of all kinds - choirs, madrigal g roups, orchestras and solo ists all benefited from his enthusiastic leadership and encouragement. .. He gave immense pleasure to generations of staff and students' . He died in December 1994. In 1938 he married Cissie Snape, the Lattergate matron, who died some years earlier.

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JAMES E. D. KNIGHT (K.S.C. 1985- 1990) The following two texts were delivered at the funeral on Tuesday, 17th Januaiy He was my greatest friend in the respect that we never had to work at it, it never developed, it j ust instantly happened. We met during the early rehearsals for The Devils and very quickly realised , without ever discussing it, that we shared remarkably similar views on life, all art forms and other people. As if by magic (and James had an extraordinary mag ical qua lity, one of the reasons he was so magnetic on a stage) we seemed to know each other too well to th ink there were any important secrets. His loss for many is an irreplaceable gap . I don 't know who to talk to now. I don' t know who to talk to about painting, about theatre, or re lationships, o r books, or love, or poetry , or some horrific person we both met at university o r a who le host of lifefi lli ng subj ects. I shall miss his incred ible and va ried talents, his constant support, his conversation and views and , most particularly , his extraord inary and unique honesty and truthfulness w hich informed everything he said and d id. His rarest gift was that like all truly blessed people he did not care w hat angle he was regarded from because he had nothing to hide. I was often aware when I was with him of th is incredible and wonderful self-honesty and it seems it was with him to the last. I dearly loved him for it because it was evident in all his other qualities and talents. He was the one person I could have a screaming row with because we both knew it d idn't matter - he was simply being honest and open about his feelings and I always had, and sti ll have, great admiration and love for that honesty and truthfu lness whether evident in anger and humour, usually the latter , because he was extremely funny and perceptive. I a'!l aware now when I meet people, or do something, what James would think of them or what hts reaction would be to what I'm doing; the honesty , usually wit , with which he would respond to a person or s ituation and in that respect I shall carry him with me till the end of my days. He was my one great friend at uni vers ity, and when you grow up with someone that close through those formative yea rs their judgements and opinions remain with you, I think , fo rever. 82

These are without doubt the most painful moments of my life - my few sola~e~ are the wonderful mories and achievements he has left behind, the fact that for htm any pam ts gone . My love, rTih~ughts and prayers are with you all. I f . 'Heaven make a star o htm , He shone like one in life.' JAMES WOOD.

Take this Candle and light it, For as long as the Candle shall burn, I will be thinking of you. When the Candle has d ied, There is no need to be afraid, Or feel alone, Because you have seen the light That shall guide you. That lig ht is no longer the Candle .. . That light is our friendship. ASHLEY GORMA N.

FOCUS SCHOOLS CHALLENGE There was an overwhelming sense of deja-vu abo ut this year's South-East region inter-school matches. The King's team outbuzzed Kent College, Queen Elizabeth's Faversham and Sevenoaks comfortably (the last by a magnificent 400 points), but were defeated in the regional final 840-650 by o ld rivals Maidstone Grammar School, 1994 national champions and the only school to win the national final s two years in a row. As always, Michael Davies, Tom Tallon, Andrew Ribbans and James Brilliant gave of their best. In the inter-House academic challenge competition, there were many exciting matches and strong performances in the senio r section by M itchinson 's, School House and Linacre. The senior final was tantaliz ing ly close as Tom Tallon's School House team took the lead, lost it to Tom Moore's Linacre lads, came level again and won the final starter question which could have gained them enough marks to win the competition had they not failed to get two answers correct and thus enabled Linacre to answer a question rightly and secure the ir lead at 450-420. So Linacre won the senior competition for the second year running and for the seventh time in its twentyyear history. In the junior competition, The Grange defeated Linacre only on the very last question, whilst in the final Meister Omers wete in the lead all the way to the finishing score of 400-220, altho ugh there were several moments when it loo ked as though the supremacy of Ribbans and C lough might be threatened by Galpin 's. P.J .B.

SPANISH DEPARTMENT TRIP TO ANDALUCIA FEBRUARY 1995

In keeping with the genre of the Brit abroad we set out with a quiet mistrust of all things Spanish (and Portuguese!) . On arrival at Gatwick Leo, Malcolm and Rob decided to take matters into the ir own hands and disappear through customs a little too ea rly, depriving Mr. Sellers of his customary Duty Free, so he du ly compensated with the fl ig ht lunch. After sampling the delig hts of Monarch flight cuis ine we boarded a coach to take us to our final resting place in Seville . Suffice to say our beds were then well received after a long night (for some at least!). We were treated to a late start and went up to the d ining room to taste our first Spanish breakfast of croissants, rolls, pastries and most importantly , coffee. It was after this that we met 'Our man in Seville', Esteban . As the week prog ressed we all discovered his charm, though none more than Miss Reidy who couldn ' t get a word in edgeways (yes, really!). After a short w~l k we found ourselves in the picturesque old quarter of Seville, 'El Barrio de Santa Cruz', wtth its beautifu l houses belonging to the rich and famou s. We then negotiated the road works to get to the cathedral where preparations for the follow ing month 's royal wedding were clearly in full swing . We climbed the tower to find panoramic views of Seville awa iting us. 0!1 o ur desc~nt Kate found a friend who unfortunately o nl y reached to her knees but seemed qutte taken wtth what he saw, unlike the ' Senior Sevillian' who c rossed crutches with Digger. Hav ing fini shed our tour we went and sat by the river to cool off with a long drink and to do our first bit of sunbathing. After this Miriam, George and Charlie managed to find their local bar after a lot of searching. It was under their window! That nig ht saw our first tasting of local tapas in a bar dedicated to bullfig hting. The trip to Granada meant an early start fo r a three-hour coach journey to the mountains. After another cathedral and a typical Spanish 'almuerzo ', MacDonalds, we visited the Alhambra, a famous Moorish palace/fo rtress. We were shown round by a very charismatic guide who fo und Zoe and Estelle very useful for his demonstrations. Before our return journey we relaxed in the

lace gardens enjoying the Spanish heat. T hat night saw a demonstration of dancing skills, pa ticularly by Malcolm and Gunners but unfortunately Simon and Richard fai led to reach the ~a~ce floor as they were accosted by three girls barely out of nappies! aThe next morning we were introduced to the rituals of the 'Semana Santa' with able demonstration~ from Mr. Sellers i~ hi.s complementary robe.s. Howeve~ the a~ternoon saw M~· · Newbury in hts element as the maJonty chose to go and w ttness the stlky sktlls of Re~l .Betts nd Athletic Bilbao. Unfortunately the finishing was not as impressive a~d the game ftntshed Our second sampling of tapas that night was very well received owmg to the lo ng walk back from the football stadium. The next day another coach journey took us to the famous sherry capital of Jerez. We took the mandatory tour of the bodegas an.d indulged in a litt_le ~asting, to the obvious excitement of Miss Reidy. Aft~r a~other short ~o~ch JOU~ney we w~re enJO~ mg lunch by the beach. Then f:ollo":ed the unfortunate mctdent for A n sttde whtch saw hun confmed to crutches for the remamdet of the tri p and beyond . That evening a select number of the sixth form went to enh~nce thei~ cultu ral expertise at the cinema before meeting up with Mr. Sellers for a night in wh tch he enJ oyed an orange rather ~h~n a purple p~tch (though the l~tter colour perhaps left m~re of.a mar~!). T he next day we vtstted the Moonsh palace of Sevtlle, the Alcazar, and negottated tts parttcula rly tricky maze whilst F labby and George rested o n a bench some way behind. T he afternoon saw real immersion into Spanish culture as we all , with vary ing degrees of success, tackled flamenco. Again the demonstrati.ons were from the ever willing, if not ~xtr~ordinarily talented, Mr. Sellers and Miss Reidy. Desptte the change of scenery that ntght Mana sttll found her handsome stranger! Continuing in the cultural vein, the next morning we sampled the fine arts of Seville and before taking the splash in the afternoon with a spot of rowing, from which Mr. Se lle rs diplo.matically abstained , we were surrounded by numerous 'palomas blancas' and not eve~ the persuas tve words of Josh could tempt M iss Reidy o r Charl ie to venture into the park. That nt ght ~e clapped along to the rhythms of La Bamba but as the evening wore on we mo.ved on t? som~thmg more m<?d.ern as Miss Reidy took to the floor with her polished Saturday Night. routme w tt.h Ka.te and ~mam in charge of the music. Raf found two willing Americans on whtch to practtse hts Spantsh and Claudia did not fail to keep up her stunning record! The next day saw our unwelcome return to England , but with our xen?phob~a complete!~ cured. We would like to thank very much Mr. Newbury , Mr. Selle rs and M tss Retdy and parttcularly Mrs. Newbury for all her hard work in organising an amazing week that everyone enjoyed; but for now 'Adios y hasta e l proximo ailo'.

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CRYPT CHOIR TOUR TO GERMANY FEBRUARY 1995

The Prologue

Day One: Friday 17th Happy Birthday, Ellie. 8.00 a.m. is very early when you' ve been up till 4.00 the night before, but as none of us had (honest!), we were all as bright as buttons and rari ng to go. So once we'd loaded the luggage and the food AND taken Lynwood's tab lets, it was time to depart. After a brief, but pleasurable, pause in beautiful Dover, w~ boarded the P:ide o f Burlfundy and headed for the equally lovely Calais. After the very best 111 greasy brekktes, and owt.ng to the very stormy conditions which made walking hazardous, it was felt that we should rettre to the various lounges and ad mire the view - 'vu got any chocolate?'. Calais came, and went (thankfully) , as did a bit of France, a spot of Belgium an~ a LOT of Holland. It's so flat! So it was that the lack of visual o r aural pleasure called for drasttc measures - and thus we turned to .. . Dorothea, the junior Harris, who provided a few minutes of fun and a few hours of hell . 85

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The morning was spent in Munster, which meant chu rch to urs for M r. Miles and ' refreshment , for the punters - Mrs . Elwood was to have j oined us, but apparently lost her way to the Cathect/ (the meeting place). T he fact that she was carrying several shopping bags had nothing to do with .a, ~ I . Back to ' Castledow n' for lunch at th~ local ' Hon:e' - and very easy on t~e dentures it was too . We then made haste for the Gro6k1rche to begm rehearsals for the evenmg's Vespers To pass the time between this and the service, some went to the Castl e (Prince in residence) ~hile othe rs went to the ice cream parlour - the o nly place wh ich appeared to be open on S~turday afternoon . W hat do Germans do on a Saturday? Answers, o n a postcard please, to Mr. Miles Incidentally , fo r those of you w ho thought he was feeling the co ld , the only reason he kept hi~ anorak on for most of the day was due to the fact that the zip had got stuck. T he Vespers were a g reat success (Prince in attendance!) and got the tour off to a rippin start (anorak off at this stage). After the service there was a huge ' Wurst Party' prepared fo~ us in the Martin Luther Haus. By no w we had a few 'camp fo llowers', viz. Mr . and Mrs . Bines and Mr. and Mrs. Pragnel l. O ur hosts extended their hospitality by showi ng us some establishments wh ich stayed open that little bit later. Jo and E mily declined the offer of a 'Barn Dance' while Stevey G , being an exceptional linguist, managed to wo rm his way into the to wn 's fancy dress party and, mo reover , saw to it that Tom Mac and Matt also gai ned admittance. An apple-flavoured beverage was recommended and sampled - after which Tom found a wall to tal k to (thus coining the phrase: You may as well talk to the wall ... ), Matt got on his bike and Stevey directed the traffic . Elsewhere, Mr. M iles was the life and soul of a house party , obliging several Fraus by playing - requests o n the piano?? Mrs . E. has yet to verify - it all sounds a bit woolly.

Day Three: Sunday 19th This morning we said o ur farewells and left Burgsteinfurt hav ing exchanged presents, add resses, etc . and then it was off to pastures new. This was to be the day when you really got to know your coach, and to wish that it had a video , a loo and - fo r the benefit of some we shouldn't mentio n, but will anyway (Stevey G.) - an extractor fan . Most of us passed the j ourney with sto ries relating to our stay in Burgsteinfurt, but some people just don' t have the knack of storytelling - do they , Jo? For so me of us, the arrival and ensuing lunch at Mariemi.inster represented a welcome chance to crash o ut - so long as Mr. M iles kept his broom hand le away ! Fo r some, e.g. T om Mac, the rehearsal was a near death experience, but the results were worth it, as many thoug ht this co ncert, in q uite amaz ing surro undi ngs, was the best. Certain locals, however , appeared to be oddly perfumed - perhaps the answer was to be found in the stables ! T he journey to Dortmunde-Solde , was wet and mostly unmemo rable - chiefly because most people slept for the duration . On arrival, we were introduced to our adopted 'Parents', as they liked to be called , before launchi ng head long into the final sonorous instalment of our varied reperto ire . By this time, however , the novelty of Mr. Handel's Fairground Organ (easy, Tiger! ) was wearing a bit thin. It must have been a good concert - we had a standing ovation - thus provid ing a fitting end to what had been a great to ur. Well , almost the end ...

Night Three: The Final Fling The meal, after the concert, laid on by our ' Parents ' appea red to have been spo nsored by two companies which made, yes, you 've guessed it, wu rst and the local brew- fo r those of us eligible to d rin k it. O h joy ! A brief stopo ver with our ' Parents' to asce rtain the locatio n of the sleeping fac il ities was the prelude to ou r meeti ng en masse in a local ' kaff'. Our hosts kindly transpo rted us to the bistro and Ly nwood and Herr Harris supervised the festivities. Some were lucky eno ugh to get a lift back to their lodg ings, while others (Stevey G. and To m Mac) started that long, wet trek 'home' assisted by Tom 's photog raphic memo ry (don' t ask ... ) . 86

Da Four: Monday 20th f he journey back was like the one there, but in reverse (of course): long, unmemorable, boring ith everyone appearing to be very tired - too much si ngi ng no doubt. Even the unstoppable ~orothea remained on the quiet side of headache-inducing, which explains why M r. Miles wore a woolly hat - and very becoming it was too . After all , if you want to get ahead, you have 10 get a hat (or should this be the other way round?) . And so with heavy hearts, not to mention heads, luggage and more, we were welcomed back into the bosom of P. & 0. for the last aqueous leg . T hen it was speech time as we thanked M.r . and Mrs . Harris, Mrs. E lwood, Mr. M iles and the d river, who were really great. Thanks agam for a superb weekend. Here's to the fat (or , if preferred, horizontally challenged) 'bloke' with pointed shoes ! Prost ! MATT B ROWN, STEPHEN GOURMAND AND TOM MACKENZIE.

INTER-HOUSE DEBATING COMPETITION WEDNESDAY, 1st MARCH

This year's competition consisted of th ree heats, each with fou r Houses, from which the three winners and the best loser went through to the final. The first heat was hotly contested between Linacre and Marlowe o n the one side and Galpi n's and Walpole on the other. The latter were proposing the motio n 'T his house believes that the British penal system is too lenient towards offenders'. Both sides spo ke well and respo nded well to the questions put to them, though some slightly draconian eth ics seemed to emanate from the Walpole speakers! The floo r favoured the opposers as did Father Jo hn who adjudged Linacre the winners, though Marlowe were a close second . The second heat was contested with the motion 'This house bel ieves that the privilege of parenthood should be restr icted to heterosexual couples'. The proposers were Tradescant and The G range and opposing were Luxmoore and School House. Again the speeches were good, particularl y fro m the Lu xmoore pair who had a lot of research to back them up, in stark contrast to The G range! However the tension rose with the questions and a clear dialogue emerged between Tradesca nt and School House, bo th being very eloquent if not always tactful in the case of Mike Davies ! It was a very close decis ion but Ms. Phill ips' vote went with L uxmoore, and Tradescant reached the final as best ' losers', leaving School House feeling understandably aggrieved . The third heat included Jervis and Mitchinson 's pro posing the motion against Meister O mers and Broughton opposing . The motion was 'This house believes that terrorism can never be .iustified under any c ircumstances'. T he speeches we re again good, though Paul W harton's refe, ence to the National Lotte ry was not so well received . T he dec is ion of Mr. White went to M itchinson 's for argui ng well a very d ifficult case. Then to the final fo r w hich the motio n was 'T his house believes that violence in the media leads to vio lence in the ho me and in society' with obvious and perhaps overdue emphasis on recent films. Luxmoore and M itchi nson 's were proposing while T radescant and Li nacre were opposing . T he speeches were very good, with all keen to make an impact though some were curtailed by the cha irman, Ed Rice. T he questions again increased competition, though unlike the heats the re was less dwelling o n the word ing of the motion and hence a better discussion. Both sides defended their corners well if not totally comprehending some of their opponents' points and indeed some fro m the floor . In the end , ho wever , it was M itch inson's who came out on top in Mr. Bro wning's verdict thoug h it was admitted ly very close with praise for everyone includ ing the cha irman. T he trophy therefore rests in M itchinson 's for this year to the joy, apparently, of Tom Kenwrigh t's mum! SIMON PEACHEY.

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'TRANSITIONS' IN BLACKFRIARS The Cleary Gallery has been the venue of some memorable exhibitions. One of the most delightful has been the showing in March of work resulting from a residency at King's of New Zealand. born artist, Lee Campbell. Lee has exhibit~ ext~nsively in the last five years, ~aining a reputation .for her evocative portrayal of landscapes and mtenors. In 1993 she was the wmner of the Wo rshtpful Company of Painter Stainers Award. She is arguably at her best when working o n a small scale, focus ing on a simple composition and capturing the mood a place creates for her. Light creating dancing patterns in a gloomy room is a recurring theme that is particularly well observed. For this reason the studies undertaken in the Cleary Gallery are among her best works. The river at the back of the gallery has thrown up shafts of light which Lee has c leverly transformed into the ethereal. 'Ariel' and ' Whispers ' are particularly fine examples. The experience of working in a thirteenth-century building from dawn t6 dusk and experiencing the chan~ing moods has had a profound effect on Lee Campbell's work. She has been able to commumcate this to pupils and visitors, while demonstrating a wide variety of techniques. No doubt the pupils will have benefited greatly from her experience and unique approach to art. BRIAN STEWART.

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MUSIC & DRAMA LUXMOORE AND MEISTER OMERS HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY 5th FEBRUARY, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

Blessed Cecilia, appeari ng not only in visions to all the musicians of MO and LX , but also on the programme cover, was on top form for this musical extravaganza. She had evidently had quite an effect on S.J .R.M. as well, whose specially-commissioned Fanfare for a House established the sophisticated tone of the evening. Its juicy chords and powerful climax allowed MO to show off an impressively substantial brass sectio n. Keen not to be show n up, str ing players from both houses came together to give a very precise rendition of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, under the sharp leadership of Emil y Elias. Making full use of not just one, but her own ten batons, she succeeded in communicating the many subtle details required to transform a mediocre performance of a well-known work into something more inspired. The result was a controlled, perfectly balanced item that had clearly been thoroughly rehearsed . After two such comparatively lush open ing numbers, the recorder trio were bound to feel a little exposed in the depths of the Shirley Hall. However, the initial nerves and 'period' tuning quickly settled, leavi ng a crisp descant line from Richard Peat resonantly supported by the treble and tenor of Caroline Ritchie and Ma rk Wharton. T here was a sl ight loss of tempo as they came Down the Piste in Britten's A lpine Suite, but perhaps gravity was against them. The arrival of the school's new harps ichord centre-stage suggested that it was now time for some serious baroque. The all-star quartet (Emily Elias, Tessa Coombe, Caroline Ritch ie and Clare Simmonds) d id not disappoint. T heir confidence and perfect tuning throughout Telemann's Jauchzt, ihr Christen, seid vergniigt fo rmed the bas is of a very expressive and convincing performance. Taffanel 's Allegretti, one of only two solo items during the evening, were then played on the flute by Cress ida T rew. The initial do minance of the piano gave way to a techn ically demanding and well -contro lled solo line. That its perfo rmer was a Shell can only bode well for future MOLX productions. Another subsection of the LX strings played Hayd n's Sunrise, before the ubiquitous Emily Elias led two pieces for female vo ices. The first, Faure's smooth flowing Tantum Ergo was sung in a way normally associated with a more established choir - there was an even balance between the parts, the timing was consistent and the phrasing unanimous. No wonder, then, that this choir could so easily cope with the more exposed fou r-part Negro spiritual Steal A way that followed - a deceptively difficu lt item . The fact that at this poi nt all of MO suddenly leapt up and left the hall did not faze Ben De Haan, Ch ris Ioannou, Carl Margetts or Edward Sixsmith , who continued the lighter vein with a three-part sax arrangement of Scott Jopli n's The Entertainer. Ragtime in a swing style worked rather well , and the musical ability of the two youngest members of the quartet is certainly good news fo r the King's Jazz Orchestra . The re-occupation of the hall by MO had the feel of a ruthless militarist organisation which perhaps suggested the reason fo r the success of the evening. Steve Gourmand, leading from behind, followed the troops o n stage, and a fter a co-ordinated pose, the familiar sounds of Sanderson filled the a ir . Sounding pred ictably more like a Welsh male-voice choir than a scrawny mass shout , MO seemed all set for the House Song Competition. Richard Peat brought his uniq ue style of semaphore to the world of jazz as he conducted a large band through two Christopher Norton numbers . He had drawn together and rehearsed a full rhythm section, tenor and alto saxes, clarinets, trumpets and still managed to play the trombone himself in between down-beats. T he first item, Shoehorn Blues, was almost traditional in feel, 89

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led by a small front line. Typical Norton, built up of repetitive riffs, it nonetheless allowed Pier Clough the freedom to improvise on guitar, and was rounded off by a characteristic trum e~ fall . In The Bag was more obviously a big band number, containing more improvisation by Andr~w Ribbans over the tight sound of the rest of the band. Well rehearsed, well performed, well done! Cecilia certainly seemed to have startled composing mortal Piers Clough with immortal fire Playing an acoustic guitar solo written by himself, he provided a variety of styles. The initiai blues structure developed into almost Floyd ian chord sequences, and the pace increased to a driving cl imax before returning to a bluesy ending. This variety caused a number of different technical demands that were subtly handled, and greatly appreciated by the audience. And so to the inevitable conclusion of the even ing's events. Having tempted us with strings brass, and woodwind , the full MO-LX orchestra assembled on the tiered stage. M.J.M. had worked strin~ parts in this band selection from South Pacific and the result by M .J. M. conducting, gave the fmal proof that this had been a concert of quality provided not onl y by a talented few, but by a talented mass. NICHOLAS TAITERSALL, K.M.S.

MARLOWE HOUSE CONCERT SATURDAY II th FEBRUARY, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

The evening of musical entertainment which the members of Marlowe presented to a packed audience demonstrated the wide-ranging musical talent, interests and abilities of the House. This year's concert was particularly important for the new Housemaster Mr. Roy White since his predecessor had created an environment in which music has flourished. To someone who particularly appreciates music of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, the selection of Jeremiah Clarke's Trumpet tune and Ayre and Adagio and Allegro from Concert No. 3 to start proceedings off, could not have been more welcome. Both pieces were played most expertly by the Marlowe House Orchestra under the expert baton of William McConnell. For a House of this size to muster together in orchestra of 25 or so souls is indeed a notable achievement. Violin soloist, Daniel Bartlette, seemed not to put a foot wrong. Thereafter we were treated to a number of pieces arranged by William McConnell termed The Sea Shanties. Bobby Shaftoe, The Bay of Biscay, and The Sailor's Hornpipe, 'Jack the Lad' made up the trio of pieces. For items two and three on trooped Daniel Bartlette and Jonathan Murch to play a light-hearted traditional number for violin called After you, My Dear Gaston then proceeded to swap their violins for their saxophones in order to treat us to some twentieth-century compositions in the form of some blues pieces, The Riffle Shuffle and The Late, Late Blues written by James Rae. Item four brought on the Marlowe House Choir to sing Bruckner's Locus iste. Being unaccompanied and in four parts, this piece can so very easily sound flat . However due attention had been paid to rhythmical phrasing, sound chording, focused tone and word significance. In the absence of a conductor, this was all the more remarkable. The stage then cleared to make way for Camilla Pay's harp. A very polished performance of J. S. Bach's Sara banda and Tournier's Au Matin brought rapturous applause from the audience. JoAnna McConnell , Emily Hague, Emily Colchester, Adam Brown, Lowri Fox and Matthew Brown made up the Recorder Ensemble in the playing of Handel's, Einzug der Konigin Saba. Particularly impressive in this piece was Adam Brown on treble. It was then back to the twentieth century with two songs written and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tell me on a Sunday and Another suitcase in another hall. Camilla Pay sympathetically accompanied Hannah Mackenzie (soprano) on the piano. What was notable was the perfect clarity and pitch with which Hannah performed. We continued to stay quite firmly in the twentieth century with Leonard Bernstein . As was to be expected, Matthew Brown gave a near-perfect rendition of his Rondo for Lijey. A quartet made up of Daniel Bartlette (violin), Iona Coltart (violin), Nichola Murch (v iola), and Nancy Colchester (Cello) produced a lively interpretation of Elgar's Salut d'Amour and Charles Wesley's Allegro. Immediately after th1s the reviewer of this concert was invited up onto the stage to try his hand at a game of card tricks. 90

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ANTIGONE THE GRANGE AND WALPOLE HOUSE PLAY SATURDAY 11th AND SUNDAY 12th FEBRUARY, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

The c~oice of A_ntigone as a House play was, potentially, a good one. It is a philosophical piaX, wh ~ch can st1mulate t.hought and engage the emotions. The audience is manipulated first to. s1de w1th Creon, t.he c~mcal ~lder statesma_n making ' real' decisions in the 'real' world , then w1th th~ hot-h~aded 1deall~t .Ant1gone, then w1th Creon again, and so on. By the end of the play, the aud1ence 1s usually d1v1ded. French teachers have been known to read much into pupils' psychology on the b~sis <?f ~arefullÂĽ-construct~d questions about whether they favour Antigone or Creon. The potent1al d1ff1culty w1th the play 1s the long speeches, which can appear repetitious and are hard to learn. There.wa~ much. to be praised in Nick Bray's production. The stark look of the set, and the careful l!ghtmg, w1th good spot effects, were just right. The modern-day dress was right too. There we:e very go?d perforf!lances from t~e main characters. Delia Williams' Antigone was very .cr~d1tabl e, at t1mes movmg. Ben Massmgham was a very self-possessed Creon, moving con~mcmgly from an~oyance, to man-of-the-world self-justification, to genuine regret. He was particularly good dunng monologues half add ressing the audience, half addressing another characte~. Dan Broom' ~ Haemon improved as it went on, as he became more broody, more hurt and be~!ldered by Antigone's actions . Sqot Wiseman, as the first guard, was entertaining as the sold1er who was 'only doi ng his duty' and registered fear very effectively. Qu ite often the play would begin to take off, and carry the audience along, but then one would sense the. effort of the actor remembering his or her lines, and one would be brought back to earth. T~1s was a shame, because, though on the Sunday night there were only two or three actual brea.ks, 1t would ha~e been a pleasure to see the actors in full flight, and generating that dark, trag1c atmosphere w1th even greater intensity. The moral is, perhaps, that lines should be learnt for rehearsals, not for the performances. Minor characters, Charlie Hunt as Ismene, and Dorelia Adeane as the Nurse were strong thought perhaps insufficiently differentiated. All characters spoke very clearly . One of the most striking cameos was Larry Ridges, who burst on to the stage full of gusto as the messenger and imparted gloomy tidings in a way which really did rais~ the level of intensity. ' One i~ perhaps sp?ilt by t~e high standard of drama at King's, and this was certainly an enjoyable productl(~n. It w~s 1'!lpress 1~e that no. staff he~p wa~ given, other than Anthony Alderson who helped w1th the llghtmg. Th1s production certamly stimulated thought and engaged the emotions so long as the actors were confident with the parts they had to play. T.J.A. 91

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When Fritz Kre isler was asked how he planned his concerts, he apparently answered that first he gave the audience what they wanted to hear, and then what they ought to hear. The Mitchinson\ House Con~ert was a pleasant mix of the old and the n~w, of th~ well-known a!ld the unknown but interestmg. The standard was generally extremely h1gh for th1s sort of occas1on, and showed care fu l rehearsal and good mus icianship all round. T he evening opened with Braf!sl~s de Village, by Besard, in an arrangement by Respighi. His arangements appear to be a spec1altty of the conductor of the C hamber Orchestra, Jeremy Bines (who was, inc identally, wearing the best bow tie I'd seen in ages). He controlled his fo rces well shaping phrases keenl y and conducting with restrained gestures; the infl uence of Boulez, I think: It was a well-chosen piece for the start of the concert, quite long, but provid ing an early oppo1tunity to show the House's versatility. A sma ller ensemble then played the Aquarium fro m Saint-Sacns Carnaval des Animaux. Two pianists (Nick Tattersall and Jeremy Bines) provided the inner ripples and a flute (Alex Higgins) and fo ur string players made up the rest of the ensemble. Though they played sens itively, I think they needed firme r d irectio n in places, performing as they were a very difficult piece to co-ordinate . Tu ning and phras ing were well-maintained, however. Tom Robertson then played Villa-Lobos' Charas No. 1 on the g uitar. A cosmopolitan , sophisticated piece, it requi res a good sense of rubato and a kind of relaxation from the performer, who here played with flair. Purcell' s well-known Mu sic for a While was sung next by Penelope Curtiss, accompanied by Je remy Bines on the harpsichord. Penelope projected her voice well, though a few final consonants were missing. She was accompanied by Jeremy, who had a good sense of ornamentation in the recap itu lat ion. Penelope's tone was well sustained throughout; her singing was polished and in good period style. Hugh Gledhill and Tom Robertson (guitars) then played a curiously titled Reackno wledgement (anonymous). This was a fifties, bluesy piece, carefully but passionately played. Penelope and Jeremy then returned with Emma Lewis to sing Lord, Bow thine Ear from Mende lssohn 's Elijah. T he voices were extremely well matched for tone. Jeremy's now almost ubiquitous accompaniment was, of course, well controlled and supportive . The nineteenth-century excurs ion was, however , brief. T he w ho le house, some wieldi ng instruments, then ascended the stage to inform us of a Riot Up in Cell Block Number Nine. T he band (Espin Bowder especially) were subtly enthus iastic in their accompanying Graeme Parkin 's g reat vo ice fo r this sort of thing. T he House, who were swaying , were good too. An impromptu of Mr. Jo hn Parker was always to have been expected; that this particular one was so short was a blessing to some and to others a disappo intment. The mouth-organ, on which he had been a performer for a matter of hours, amused all, as it portrayed the dusty pla ins and the smoky pistols of the too-cliched-for-words Wild West. Not many were put off by Mr. Parker's e ffo rts at encourag ing audience participation. The slow movement of the Bach Double Viol in Concerto fo llowed by Penelope Curtiss and Anna Lewis. It was musically played , but intonation problems did occasionally distract. Nick Tattersall accompanied the two subtly from the harps ichord. Nick remained on the platform, exchang ing his harpsichord for a recorde r , to perform with To m Robertson The Earl of Ess~x - His Galiard from Dowland 's Lachrymae. This was played with good style and rhythm1c control; a folky, typ ically English piece of the Rena issance. It gave a wide range of styles to the evening's entertainment. Jeremy Bines then played the movement Predtucha from Janacek's Sonata l.X.1905 'Z U/ice' on the piano. Your humble servant 's Czech not being what it was, he can unfortunately supply no he lpful interpretation of the work's title. A nyone who is at all acquainted with Jere~1y could have predicted the technical and musical aplomb with which he played, as well as the obscunty of the piece. It d idnt seem too d idactic, however, and the ~tern w~s interesting .and amus i~g. R ichard Rodney Bennett's Country Blues, from the Four P1ece Swte (Jeremy Bmes and N1ck Tattersall - pianos) broug ht us a litt le nearer home, and it was easier to listen to and proved very popular with the audience. 92

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F~erti~Je and The Bare Necessities. It is , of course, hard to keep the aud1ence mterested when

Sudorming well-known pieces, but they neatly s idestepped the danger~. The bas~es C<?raeme pe k. Nick Tattersall) were particularly good. Impeccable balance and mterpretat1ve ~1t made p~r ~~~formance tru ly g low. To bring the concert to a close, a j azz band played Basm Street thr s Moustache Oh when the Saints, and Mississippi Mud and an encore. They wore, as well :s~~~ traditional ~aistcoats, hats , panama~, trilbi~s ~nd a fez for Jeremy . All the players had eat style, anyway, except Matt Brown, cos he s m Marlowe. gr This was one of the best House concert~ I've ever ~een. to. It was not the .elite few ~hewing 0 ff as it so easily could have become. An enJoyable evenmg mdeed. Congratulations to all mvolved for' a splend'd 1 concert. THOMAS T ALLON , K.S.

THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND THE BROUGHTON AND TRADESCANT HOUSE PLAY SATU RDAY 4th AND SUNDAY 5th MARCH , IN ST. MARY'S HALL

For a director, The Real Inspector Hound,.Tom Stopp~~d' s deceptive, double-wrapped, hardcentred, bitter-chocolate comedy, can be a tncky propos1t10n: booby-traps abound and style and pace are all important. . . In th is production, the directing team led by Charlie Bell , skilfully avo1ded the traps and moved the performance along at a spa rkl i~~ rate, d~awing excellent performances from the actors. As Moon, the disenchanted theatre cnt1c watchmg the play .from ~he Pres~ box, Joshua Cole gave the sort of performance we have c~me to exp~ct from h~m: w1tty, styltsh and ~ell.crafted . .As his colleague, the My rtle-ridden B1rdboot, M 1chael Dav1es was funny an~ conv~ncmg, mak1~g his transition fro m mere observer of ' paint-and-motley', to somebody ent1rely d1fferent (and m a diferent order of rea lity}, seem the most natural thing in ~he. world! Anna~el Gunnell brought much elan and black velvet to the part of the si ren Cynth1a m an accompltshed performance, and Lucy Rowe 's Felicity, destined to lose all available Simons , was sharp and humorously observed. In Christopher North we had an impressive Simon, (very good at getting shot, Christopher is}, and in J ulian Hinves a weighty Inspector Hound (well , whoever) . Ta~a Roxburgh put rather a lot of wicked fun into her Mrs . D rudge, the charlady from Hell , and S1mon Youngman nobly lay doggo as The Body , even when his feet were kicked and his face !!early trodden on. But perhaps the ~urpri se of the eveni.ng was James Longstaf~e as a plu~-vo1ced Magnus , complete with express1ve moustache and Jet-propelled wheel-cha1r. Very mce. Oh yes, and Mr. Milford looked handsome as The Radio ... Lindsay Gabitass and Karen Reidy shouldered the task of co-ordinating everything, and all concerned- stage m.anager and crew, lights, props, make-up , cost~me people - can con.gratulate the~sel ves on th1s very successful production. The packed aud1ence fell about laug hmg on both mghts. SARAH M CGUIRE.

CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL CONCERT TU ESDAY 7th MARCH, IN ST. JOHN 'S, SMITH SQUARE, LONDON

In Psmith in the City Psmith 's manager Mr. Bickersdyke, asks for a report on Psmith 's progress: ' The Head of the Postage Depart~ent gave his opi~ion without hesita~ion . Psmith 's work was about the hottest proposition he had ever struck. Psm.lth ' s wor~- well'Âˇ 1t ~tood alone. You cou ldn ' t compare it w1th anything. There are no degrees m perfection . .Psm1th s work ~as perfect, and there was an end to it. He put it differe!ltly, but that was t~e g1st of ~hat he sa1d. Mr. Bickersdyke observed that he was glad to hear 1t, and smashed a n1b by stabbmg the desk with it'. 93

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Mr. Bickersdyke was frustrated because he was seeking cause to dismiss Psmith : it is the search for cause for adverse comment (in order to show properly objective criticism) that induces the same sense of fru stration in the reviewer of his concert. This concert - well , it stands alone You couldn' t compare it with anything. Âˇ P. G. Wodehouse, the author of Psmith in the City, acquired such a reputation that it could be very difficult for his devotees to make proper assessment of his work. Similarly, those of us who know and respect the music of the Chapel Choir, the Chamber Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra, and the organ playing of Jeremy Bines, and the conducting of Michael Harns and Colin Metters, went to St. John's on the first Tuesday in Lent expecting an evening of music of the highest standard. Nor were we disappointed , save in the search for words adequate to do justice to the precision of tone in the Handel Organ Concerto, the depth of ensemble in Haydn's Missa Sancti Nicolai and the joyous yet disciplined exuberance of Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien. The recently-installed Klais organ in St. John 's demands of those who play it accurate fingering thoughtful registration, and an ability (if it be not a solo) to play with the musicians at the othe~ end of the building. Given the complexity, for example, of the fugal allegro which ends the piece there was much scope for disaster. The sensitivity of the Chamber Orchestra, under Michael Harris' baton , together with the competence and understanding of our very own A.R.C.O. , Jeremy Bines, ensured that the opening piece reassured our guests that this is no ordinary school for music. There was professional competence and clarity of tone which rejoiced the heart. St. John 's Church was finished in 1742. , This makes it an excellent venue for the Haydn Mass. The crisp execution of it was breathtaking. Rarely have I heard the Chapel Choir in such good voice. Often in a school choir it is the male voices which are the weaker sections. Not in our choir. Although sing ing the same setting for the Confirmation service the next Sunday morning showed them to be not infallible, the very demanding Kyrie found them in full control. Apart from a couple of fau lty instrumental intonations in the Gloria, the balance between choir and Chamber Orchestra was properly achieved. The first tenors were in particularly good shape in the ' Homo factus est' section of the Credo; the Benedictus gave opportunity for the full tone of the top voices to be heard. This was choral singing at its best: the ensemble was properly balanced; the Choir responded positively to Michael Harris. Our Symphony Orchestra, under the leadership of C larence Myerscough and the baton of Colin Metters, was not to be outclassed by the Choir. Their interpretation of Lutoslawski 's Mala Suita showed their conductor to be indeed one of the foremost exponents of his music. It was an excellent choice, allowing the various sections of the orchestra to demonstrate their virtuosity. T he Tchaikovsky piece is always a sure-fire audience winner. It took his audience by storm: a truly professional performance which exhilarated and delighted all who heard it. Beyond noting that the brass fanfare was superb - and often in school music it is the brass that is the weakest section - the reviewer was swept a long with the general enthusiasm and lost all ability to make notes. The only criticism has to be that the re was no encore played. In reviewing the concert in these terms (the word 'excellent' is in apparent danger of being devalued) full expression is being given to the reactions of all present. It was a day worthy to be marked with a white stone, for our school (and there were over a hundred pupils performing) had acqu itted itself not merely well but with honour in one of the more renowned of London's conce rt halls. Such an achievement does not come without hard work and o rganisation: having seen something of this on the day , I wou ld congratulate our Music Department and especially Michael Ha rris, the acting Director, and Lynne Elwood on their logistical ab ilities. Let the last word about this conceit come from Psmith in the City. The last sentence might have been a comment about our Music Department: 'He examined the future, and found it good'. J.A.T.

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JAZZ CONCERT SATURDAY I I th MARCH, IN T HE SHIRLEY HALL

A jazz orchestra, like a virgin birth, is something of a paradox. When such expressive and personal music becomes organised, the spirit can be lost, so each performance must be a balance of opposites, improvisation against composition . This tension may be one reason why most big band leaders have been fasc ist swine - but not Matt Brown, who does not even appear to have fallen out with his musicians, and who must be congratulated on leading this orchestra, musically and personally, with such aplomb . There was enjoyment , professionalism and ease in everything the band did, and this must stem from him, as well as from the core of regulars. This is, musically, a real achievement. Jazz big bands are built, piece by piece, from the bottom up. Drummers are overpraised for making huge amounts of noise in their solos, but are not credited enough for their contribution to driving the band. What is most encouraging about lvo Neame is that, besides soloing with distinction, he provided such a solid platform for the band . Good big bands are built on good drummers (and good bass players, like James Capel) and it is extraordinarily encouraging to think that Ivo will still be play ing for the King's School Jazz Orchestra in 1999, by which time he will be a great deal more experienced and even more technically accomplished. The other section fitted together over this swinging and supportive rhythm section. The trombone section help to prov ide harmonic depth and richness to the orchestral sound. (Three have been all but compulsory since Ell ington set the pattern in 1932). This is a very accomplished trio, and starred in the performance . T he saxophone section has a classic shape (baritone, two tenors, two altos), and so had a classic sound, rich and homogeneous. The trumpets operated incisively, and colourfully, above the rest. Soloists were also impressive. In Annabel Whibley there is a saxophone soloist of growing stature. Her solos had shape, authority and swing, and as her tone becomes fuller, she is beginning to search fo r that distinctive jazz edge. Andy Brice and Matt Brown, both developing hot sounds, soloed with distinction, Andy particularly effective on the reprise of American Patrol, Matt sleazy and surprising on A Night in Tunisia. Graeme Parkin, a clarinet player of the linear, elegant variety, was always competent, and in the reprise of Begin the Beguine had greater power and poise, his clarinet spearing above the orchestra in the closing bars. Nick Tattersall ' s rhythmical and varied piano solos, heavy with jazzy chords - barrelhouse meets Monk, contrasted well with the rippling subtleties of Jeremy Bines, superb on Something's Gatta Give. Tom Robertson played well on Is You Is or Is You Ain 't My Baby; I very much hope we hear more of him in the next concert. Alex Neame' s trombone has a burry, easy-going, Vic Dickenson feel, and under his leadership, the T rad jazz, always famo usly n;laxed , provided the contrast many big band programmes lack. They are amazingly accomplished. The small groups combined with the orchestra to make the whole programme a guide to jazz history. It moved from Doctor Jazz (and the ghost of Jelly Roll Morton, diamond gleaming in a tooth) to Juan T izol' s Perdido, which was written for the Duke Ellington Orchestra in the thirties. Then it invoked the Swing Era, with Begin the Beguine, made famous by Artie Shaw. Then, via Glenn Miller and Henry Mancini, it reached Dizzy Gillespie's A Night in Tunisia, and the arrival of bebop , and harder chords. Rightly, light rather than pass ionate songs were chosen: Ellie Kingsbury and Claire Alder, with Stephen Gourmand and Tom Mackenzie, swung their way through Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with great verve. The barbershop quartet (Matt Brown, Jeremy Bines, Stephen Gourmand , Tom Mackenzie) was accomplished, witty and entertaining, and Graeme Parkin gave a cheerfully insouciant version of Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby. My only criticisms are technical: the balance picking up James Capel's bass never seemed quite r ight (basses have to be carefully enhanced) , and there were times when the band, while resting, was illuminated more brightly than the soloists moving myopically at the front of the stage. As confidence grows, performance improves. The reprises were better than the original versions. King's Week should be good. H.W.B. 95 (George Still)

NICHOLAS NICKLEBY THE JERVIS AND SCHOOL HOUSE PLAY SATURDAY li th AND SUNDAY 12th MARCH, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

Of the many theatrical adaptations of D ickens' novels, Nicholas Nickleby is one of the best suited for school productions. The themes are so close to the pupil's heart: tyrannical schoolmasters and abject schoolchildren; the use and abuse of authority; victims and victi mization. The climatic ending (of this version , at least) when Nicholas enters Dotheboy's Hall and scatters all who are in it to the fo ur winds brings the tensions to a resound ing and cathartic conclusion. In a sense, the very clarity of Dickens' message presents difficulties fo r the dramatist. It is difficult to find ambiguities and shades of meaning. The barbarity of institutions such as William Shaw's 'Academy' upon which Dickens based most of his research on Yorkshi re schools was real enough - indeed , the critique within the novel was so close to the bone that it invited numerous suits from headmasters all over the county, even though D ickens almost certainly downplayed their awfulness and cruelty - but to us in the real world of the Children's Act and the all-seeing Esther Rantzen it reads like satire. Therefore, it is easy for the actors to slip into stereotype. In this production they did not. The boys and girls managed to sustain quite a lot of the comedy and also a lot of the pathos, particularly in the Smike scenes. The actors wore black polo-necks and black jeans, by and large. The set was spartan and minimalist. T he director thus asked that the pyrotechnics come from the acting, and so all the D ickensian energy and ebullience had to come from with in. I thought this came off. He had some interesting and thoughtful performances. Peter Lambert's Nicholas Nickleby was not of the squeaky-clean Roger Rees school of sentimentalism and homo-eroticism, but rather he was a hard and convinc ing hero who would greet most of the nonsense th rown at him by e ither Squeers or F lora with a d isbelieving giggle. I thought Robert Thomas made a very good fist of Smike and we all felt much sorrier for him than Nicholas appeared to. M r . Squeers is a 24-carat boo-hiss villain and Adam Chataway earned plenty of boos and plenty of hisses. I enjoyed James Burr's stern Ralph Nickleby and Ed Dale-Jones' Newman Noggs- he was insectlike rather than a namby-pamby John Inman. George Still (John Browdie), F rances Jennings (Tild Price) and Rebecca Fordham (Fanny) made most of the comedy in the tea party, although Fanny was a little bit too delectable to communicate the absurd hopelessness of her advances to Nicholas. And Charlotte Goobey's Mrs. Nickleby was in many ways the most convincing performance of all. Of the backstage crew James Smith and Paul Gaskell , as ever, gave excellent service in the stage management and lighting departments respectively. All in all , it was everything that a House play should be. In involved fo rty-four pupils of Jervis and School House who might not otherwise get to tread the boards; it looked as if they had put a lot of work into it; and we had fun watching it. They fo und some interesting angles on a wellJ .C.M.W. known and often-told story.

BIGAL THE GALPIN'S HOUSE PLAY SATURDAY 18th AND SUNDAY 19th MARCH, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

'From Honduras to Hong Kong they'll all know AI Capone.' Not so in Cante rbury. I went to the Galpin's production of Big A I knowing little more about AI Capone than his violent antics with a baseball bat . Shortly into th is lively musical about the life and times of the Chicago gangster, I was reassured - as the baseball bat began to feature prominently throughout. It was also refreshing to see his victims spring up and burst into song. A singing AI Capone was a new concept for me, but Galpin 's, with help from the cream of Walpole ' s crop , brought it to life enthusiastically. Some amusing Italian and American accents contributed to an extremely funn y and heartily choreographed first few scenes, culminating in Mama Capone (Emma Torry) giving birth to AI (James Patrick) about 5ft off the ground . Even 96 NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (M.P.H.D.)

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ore remarkable was that she kept her beautiful smile throughout! Hamish Lemmens (the cast ~d play's daddy) did his research tho roughly on some of David Mamet's plays, and consequently ~ortrayed an impressive gangleader as the 'Godfather' was reborn . He was ably assisted by a omewhat younger star- Goldie (C harl otte Hunt) - who led the 'goils' with a great Brooklyn ~ccent, a strong singing voice and bags of energy. AI' s younger brother and several other parts were played by George Taylor who was another who looked naturally at home on stage. Notable cameo performances came ~rom Mathew Gardiner and Adrian.Cheong although th~ir respective expertise suggested, worrymgly, that they may have had a httle too much practice! And so to the stars of the show. AI 's wife Mae (Rachel Hill) coped admirably with her difficult solos and she and Goldie led the rather refi ned young ladies through some complicated, but entertaining , choreography . James Patrick' s AI possessed a charming cheekiness to complement his ruthless violence and ' Bugsy Malone' singing voice. Although his own gentle nature made AI a little too nice occasionally, he defin itely deserves a g reat deal of credit for commanding the rest of the cast very well. Finally, congratulations to all involved, especially the band, led by Mr. Raymond Butt, and Mr. Peter Brodie for clever selection and an extremely successful House play. JOSHUA COLE.

LINACRE HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY 19th MARCH, IN TH E SHIRLEY HALL

I was a little apprehensive when I agreed to write this review as I am not au fait with all the musical terminology that a reviewer might need. However, this problem was soon resolved when Linacre 's 'special guest' for the evening took a seat in front of me. He did not disappoint me. The prog ramme promised a varied evening, but one wonders whether it was the prospect of a public Garotte-i ng which (sadly) put Ad rian Kowal in the San. The lights dim med, a hush fell and distant bag-pipes evoked thoughts of Brigadoon, or more fittingly for Linacre, the Hig hland Games. Hugo MacPherson showed a masterly control as he slowly made his way to the front of the Hall. The atmosphere could o nly have been heightened by a few men in kilts. We left the H ig hlands with two Frank Bridge Miniatures, well suited to first Michael Ling and then Roland Phill ips on violin, gently accompanied,by Tom Goodman (cello) and Charlie Aitken (piano) . Jeremy provided me wi th some advice at this juncture regarding the flexibility of bow-wrists but I didn' t qu ite take it in . Adam Fend ius then treated us to a sprightly TamborinÂˇ by Gossec which coupled technical ski ll with musicality on my favou rite instrument and made me think of gypsies . A slightly unadventurous arrangement of Lloyd Webber's Memory was competently played by a Terry Ling/James Campbell clarinet duo followed by the mellow sound of William Sheardown on treble recorder. He played two Handel movements, of differing mood but as to the titles, I can only say that the second was a girl's name beginning with 'C' . Having do nned the obligatory close harmony bow-ties, the septet (I was especially impressed to see that the boss himself has been persuaded to enlist in the bass section and was joined by T .I.J. singi ng tenor) emerged 'Graceful -ly and Easy- Jy' from behind the curtain , and 'Linger-ed Awhile' . T hese first two pieces were fairly si milar in style and dynamic, but after their third, I was more than ready to respond to the requests: Kiss Me, Honey Baby, although I will refrain from ask ing j ust there it's nice . T im Palmer gave a practically perfect performance of Air and Rondo on oboe, once more by Handel, which sounded polished to my ignorant ears, and whose tonal quality was extolled by the expert in front of me. There was a surprise item in store for us next as D.P.H. reentered the spotlight with C. Aitken Esq. to offer us lilting instruction o n Plaisirs d 'Amour which, I was reliably informed is by Martini. Charlie continued vocally although I am pretty certain that Der Hurensohn was NOT Schubert's inspiration fo r this lively, pleasant piece! In contrast was John Ireland's slow evocative Sea Fever. 97 BIG AL (Robert Justice)

Tom Goodman made a solo appearance next with a heartfelt Lul/aby, o n the cello . We moved back to ensemble with the woodwind trio, consisting of Messrs. Finch , Fend ius and Palmer who showed their musical versatility with a tuning exercise of some length followed by Mozart and a funky Alley Cat which had some wicked chords. My knowledgeable companion had left by this time as he was next on the agenda. Aitken and Bines will soon roll off the tongue as easily as Torvill and Dean as they go from strength to strength. Of the two pieces they presented this evening, my favourite was the rhythmy and bluesy Richard Rodney Bennett, althoug h I could have done without the rest of the House trooping out at this point. I have since been told that they played only the final movement of the Four Piece Suite. The musical talent shared here is immense. T he furniture movers (who most definitely deserve a mention) now surpassed themselves as they set the stage fo r the final two numbers. It can be very difficult to balance a band such as followed, but Pete Baines had got it right on. Jailhouse Rock was enthusiastically greeted by the audience (although I didn 't notice anyone screaming) . Tim Palmer impersonated Elvis. As the House filed on to the stage for the final showdown, drumsticks changed hands and Simon Peachey joined Charlie at the front , complete with radio mikes. This was a g rand finale and I was especially impressed by the soloists who sang the two verses which are vocally very demanding. Charlie showed his capacity to sing almost any style of music and Simon introduced the public to a lovely baritone that I hope we will be hearing a lot mo re of in the not-too-distant future . As to the house themselves, they sang in true Linacre spirit and even (dare I say it?) with a modicum of sensitivity and dynamic variation. If I had to make one constructive criticism of this wonderful and tru ly musical evening , I could say only that there was some unfu lfilled potent ial for a little light amusement and perhaps a few laughs. The concert finished in cyclic fashion as Hugo re-appeared, this time complete with tam o'shanter to pay a tribute to Scottish rugby (they do need encouragement). I would happily have sat through the whole thing again, and it only rema ins fo r me to cong ratulate those involved , especially the talented Messrs Aitken and Goodman T. who organised it, and thank them for an enjoyable evening. HELENA ANCOCK.

HOUSE SONG COMPETITION MONDAY 20th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL ADJUDICATOR: IAN SUTCLIFFE

Mitchinson's

Jervis Broughton (3rd)

Walpole Marlowe

Riot up in Cel/ Block No. 9 Conductor: Jeremy Bines Band: Hugh Gledhill, Tom Robertson, Espin Bowder, Nick Tatte rsall Stand by me Conductor: Georgeanna Will iams Accompanist: Jessica Barnes Brown-Eyed Girl Conductor. Jo Lim Accompanists: Lizzie Kinross (piano) F rancesca Meynell (guitar) Happy Days Conductor: He lena Ancock Accompanist: Zoe Blausten Imagine Accompanist: Daniel Bartlette 98

Stoller/Lieber

Ben E . King

Van Morrison

Charles Fox John Lennon

Luxmoore (1st) Grange

Galpin's Linacre

Meister Omers (2nd) Tradescant School House

Lennon/McCartney

Yesterday Emily Elias Conductor: Accompanist: C lare Simmonds I wanna be like you(The Monkey Song) from The Jungle Book Conductor: James Capel Accompanist: Tak Loon Khong

Red Dwarf Conductor: Accompanist: American Pie Conductor: Accompanists:

Robert B. Sherman

Howard Goodall Hamish Lemmens Andy Brice Don McLean Charl es Aitken Peter Baines (piano) Mrs. White (tambourine) Luke Toulson (g uitar)

Captain Mac Conductor: Stephen Gourmand Michael Baughan Accompanist: Yel/ow Submarine James Longstaffe Conductor: Accompanist : James Firth The Red Flag Conductor: Alex Neame Ivo Neame Accompanist:

Wilfrid Sanderson

The Beatles Traditional

CHAPLAIN'S NOTES For forty-four members of the School, as for a dozen members of J.K .S., the Lent term was the term of their confirmation. Appropriately so, for in the days of the catacombs Christians would use Lent as a time of preparation for reception into the Church . There could be no coot Christians in those days: and, as the Bishop of Ma idstone said in his sermon at Confirmation what is wrong with today's society is the presence not of apathetic agnostics, but of apatheti~ Christians. And the week before, having se~n evi~ence ?f the ~bsence. of Chris~ian charity in t~e dealings of some members of Norfolk pan shes m their dea lings with the Bishop of Norwich, it was particularly moving to hear the Bishop of Norwich speak so tel Jingly of his experience of Taize and the central ity of kindness as one of the fr uits of the Spirit in Chri stian life. Taize also had a place in the meetings of the Junior Christian Forum. Thanks go to Sarah M ullen for her Taize services, and for her organisation of the th ree dozen servers. It was good to see them all at the early Communion service in our Cathedral on Ash Wednesday; even more positive was the fact that there were at least seventy other pupils there also. In School Prayers were have seen the first tutor group (Mrs. Pickering's) to lead School Prayers complementing a good week from the School Monitors. Dylan Wy n Pugh volunteered and becam~ the first S ixth Former to lead C rypt Prayers. And, as always, thanks go to the many colleagues who also lead Prayers. Theo, our Lent Visitor from the theological college in Madagascar, made an impact in School Prayers when he bade us farewell: 'Ifl do not see you again in this life, I will see you in Paradise' . My thanks go to Mrs. Janice Reid for coordinating his time with us. â&#x20AC;˘Since early days Christians have observed with great devotion the time of our Lord's passion and resurrection. It became the custom of the C hurch to prepare for this by a season of penitence and fasting . I invite you , the refore, to the observance of a holy Lent , by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating upon God's holy word '. This is what is said by the priest at the beginning of Lent. By the time this is read, the drama of Holy Week w ill be over for another year, and the joy of Easter Day once again experienced . The reality of death and resurrection is that which is the heart of Christian faith ; and every year we have the opportunity to enter more fully into it. J.A.T.

School House Walpole

Meister Omers Marlowe

Luxmoore

CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES 1995 Jonathan David Charles Burr Thomas Will iam Joseph Shelford Frances Julia Powell Houghton Amy Gillian Joynson-Hicks Rebecca Jane Martin Karen Andrea Henrietta Robinson Matthew Robert Knight Chike Edward Okoli Ruth Lorna Kirk Charles Douglas Leigh-Pemberton Benedict Donald James Reid Charles John We lls Athena Elly Blomfield Chene ry F reya Jonas F rancesca Mary Langridge Harriet Mary Noemie Milward Alexandra Frances O ' Donoghue Cressida Jayne Gwy nn Trew MS 100

Galpin's

Linacre

Broughton Tradescant

Mitchinson's Jervis

N igel Mark Field KMS Jamie Zuwa Hilsdon Thomas Alexander MacAdie Charles Edward Miller-Jones M ichael Chassar Moir Nicholas Denison Pope William Robert Bax David W illiam Greengrass M r. James Will iam Plummer Alexander Charles Reynolds Fergus James Macleod Reynolds Alexandra Louise Hyatt Eleanor Lucy Jacquetta Kingsbury Charles Alexander Bell James Alexander Hessey Charles Campbell Irvine Marc William Gordon Nunn Mark Mu rray Preston James David Stazicker Philip James Stubbings Thomas James Collins Marni Ruth Romilly Craze Camilla Mary Jackson Melanie Sarah Siddons Rose Skelton J.A.T.

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THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES Th~re is still a certain reticence from 6b to get things really moving, but, nevertheless 9uite a ~ ot has.happe ~ed anyway . The Dodo Society is alive and well and continue ' tn 1ts a1m of mcreasmg awareness about endangered species. s Inspired by the Sixth Form Talk ' Do you want to be a Docto r? ' by Meirio Th o ma s, n Esq., ' Doctor 's Notes ' - under the guidance ofW.R.P. - has started up as a regular feature Two 0 f the topics for discussion have been 'Surgery a nd the Foetus' and ' DNA and Cancer'. · Billed a~ 'Mr. .Butt 's. Black. Hole ' and ' Mr. Butt's Nucleo Genesis', R.V.J.B. gave talks two which promoted li vely d•scuss1on. It I S easy to see why when the subject matter included 'Star-stuff thou art and unto star-stuff shalt thou retu rn. Where do we come from and where do we go?' and 'The re is compellin g evidence that the un iverse is a black hole' . A Scie n.ce Q~iz Team , consisting of A~am Fendius, Owen Buckingha m and Tom Pickering did extreme! well to fi msh th1rd out o f seventeen teams m the South East Fi nal of the B.A. Y .S. ' Masterminds' com petitio/ C.J.R.J.

AFTER HOURS: SCIENCE MAITERS

Th is te rm has proved to be an extremely stimu lating one - no s ign of the winter b l u ~s at all. The cho ir has gained in confide nce cons iderably, and the reward for the1r ha rd w?r~ ~as been some a~compl ished perfo rmances of a variety of music. yve have stretched ourselves to the l_1m1t tn terms of learnmg capacity, but at the same time this has greatly 1mproved the foc us and concentration of the work. The highpoint of the term was undoubtedly the concert in St. John 's Smith Square on 7th March. This was a new departure, and one that proved very s ucce~sful. As part of a programme involving Chapel Choir, Symphony. Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra .the ch01r gave a performance of Haydn 's Missa Sancti Nicolai acc?mpamed by the C~amb~r.Orchestra. Th1s .buoyant work is nonetheless a tax ing one vocally , and the c ho1r rose to t~e occasiOn , g •vmg a very committed performance. The whole event is reviewed elsewhere, but I shou ld li ke. to record mx thanks to all of those who took part , for making it such an enjoyable and successful occasiOn , and particula rly to Mrs. Lynne Elwood for all her behi nd the scenes preparations ' without w hich we would have never left Canterbury. The no rmal routine of the t e~m has ~ee n the repertoire develop considerably, with the pe rformance of Robert P.arsons' ~ v~ N[ana bctng part ic ularly .memorable. T his is a taxing work for a choir of our s ize, and requ1rcs the d• sc•plme of a chamber group m terms of ensemble and cons iderable technique to sustain the long melod ic lines that a re a feature o f all the vocal parts. ' O ne of th.e bu.siest te rms ever for choral music ~as rounded off by a pe rfo rmance of Faure's sett ing of the ReqUie.m m the cont~xt .of th<? Le~ten Devotion . Here was a ra re chance for us to s ing one of the finest works 111 the re pertOire m a llturg_1cal cont<?xt , and thus prov ide a focus for the last few weeks of te n~ . My thanks to everyone tn the cho1r for the1r hard work, and for the superb results that have been ach1eved . As al\~ays the running of t~e choir wo ~ld n~t be possible without the help o f the accompanists, and I wou ld like to thank Je remy Bmes and Emily Elias for their assista nce in rehearsals, and Andrew Bryden, the Cathedral Organ Scholar, for accompanymg our Cathedral serv ices. T his term's repe rtoire has been as fo llows: 22 nd January Epiphany 3 Wi ll ia m Crotc h Lo star-led chiefs Ave Maria 5th February Epiphany 5 Robe rt Parsons 5th Marc h Lent I Hear my prayer, 0 Lord Henry Purcell 7th Marc h St. John 's Smith Square Haydn Missa Sancti Nicolai 12th March Lent 2 (Confi rmation) Haydn Missa Sancti Nicolai 24th March Lenten Devotion Faure Requiem M.D.H.

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T he work of any choir whose raison d 'etre is the singing of c horal services is of necessity dominated by the preparation required for the m . The special events represent the icing on the cake - in these terms this te rm has been heavily decorated! Not only have we had a second very successful tour to Germany but we have also recorded a CD, a new erience for almost all the c hoir me mbers. ex P The tour to Germany was , as last year , preceded by a concert of the programme for the tour in the Eastern Crypt of the Cathedral. One of the requests from the tour o rganisers in Germany was that the ro ramme included music by Henry Purcell as part of the Tercentenary year , and thus one o f the foca l Poi~ts of the concert was th.e ~omposer's verse ~nthcm My.heart is inditins. ~n thi s we wer~ well s~pported gy a string ensemble c~nSJSttng o~ Sarah Pctne .and Dame! Ba~tlette (v1olms) J ere my Bmes (v 1ol~) and Nigel Field (cello), with Clare S1mmonds play mg organ contmuo. The othe r substantial work m the rogramme was Britten's Hymn to St. Cecilia, w hich clearly demonstrated how much the choir has developed P ability over the past few years; the advantage of perform ing thi s piece on tour was that over four 111 performances the choir felt increasingly confide nt with the technical demands of the piece. Apart from the Purcell verse anthem the remainde r of the programme consisted of unaccompanied music; the new departure for the tour programme this year was that the fi rst event was a service, in the form of Vespers in the G roBe K irche in Burgste in furt. This entailed s inging a German evensong, giving us the opportunity to perform the Canticles. The soprano solo of the Magnificat of Andrews in D was magnificently sung by Georgeanna Wi ll iams, while the Nunc Dimittis setting by Gustav Hol st all owed the choir ro excel in the rich eight-part sono rities. The serv ice concluded with not one, but two , organ voluntaries. T he first was the opening moveme nt of Handel's Organ Concerto Op. 4 No.4 in F major , played by Je remy Bines with the strings accompanying (the viola now being played by Ellie Kingsbury), and this was fo llowed by J. S. Bach's Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 54 1, played by Emi ly Elias . As ever such tours are not successfu l without the efforts of the supporting cast, and my thanks ~o especially 10 Mrs. Lynne Elwood (for acting as matron , e tc., e tc.) Mr. Ma rtin Miles and my wife Bngitte fo r all their help. As if a tour were not enough, with in a couple of weeks of returnin~ to school after helf-te rm we were embarked upon making a CD recording of our repertoire . This was done m St. Martin 's Church in Canterbury by the kind pe rmission ofRevd. Peter Mackenzie. Here the acoustics are very rewarding to s ing in, though we had ple nty of intrusions from planes and cars, and there were a number of occasions whe n fa lse sta rts outnumbered complete takes . T he c hoir dealt with all of this very professionally, and they are to be congratulated on their stam ina and appl ication through three three-hour sessions in the middle of a busy term. T he results should be avai lable for all to hear by the middle of the Summer term. Finally my thanks to all the c hoir members fo r their ded icat ion and mus icianship; T uesday evening rehearsals are one of the most e njoyable events of the week . M.D .H.

cRYPT CHOIR

The term 's repertoire was as follows: 15th J anuary Epiphany 2

Be nja min Britte n Hymn to the Virgin Solo quartet : Georgeanna Wi lliams, Helena Ancock , Charles Aitken , Matthew Brown 29th Ja nuary Epiphany 4 Gustav Holst Nunc Dimittis 12th February Septuagesima W illam Byrd Emendemus in me/ius 19th March Le nt 3 Anton Bruckner Christus factus est

Tour to Germany 17th to 20th February 1995 Gro Be Kirche , Burgstcinfurt Saturday 18th February Haec Dies Vespe rs W ill iam Byrd Psalms Ps. 121 - Wal ford Davies Ps . ! 50 - Philip Marshall Andrews in D Magnificat Gustav Holst N unc Dimittis Benjamin Britten Hy mn to St. Cecilia Georg F riedrich Handel Organ Concerto in F major Op. 4 No. 4 , 1st movt. 103

Abbey Church of Marienmunster Sunday 19th February St. Marien, Dortmund-Solde Sunday 19th February Wi lliam Byrd Ha . Emendemus in me/ius ec D,e~ Henry Purcell Remember not, Lord, our offj Thomas Weelkes Gloria in excnce.\ Georg Friedrich Handel ccJ~,s Organ Concerto in F major Op. 4 No. 4, 1st movt. Jeremy Bines, Organ Henry Pu rcell My heart is inditin Fel ix Mendelssohn Jauchzet dem Herrn aile weft John Tavener Love bade me welcome Gustav Holst Nunc Dimiltis Benjamin Britten Hymn to St. Cecilia T~e Club ~as ag~in held .a Lent ter~ Cha.rity Jazz & Big-Band Concert- this one JAZZ bemg. the etghth m a contt!luous senes whtch started in 1988; the event is, therefore . , well â&#x20AC;˘,n the pr<?Cess of bemg established as a regular feature of our calendar, and thts yea ~ s concert was held m .the Shtrley Hall on Saturday, lith March. It is reviewed elsewhere in this Cantuanan by M~. Btl~ ~~ownt.ng, to whom I a~ most grateful. This project, has, accord ingly, been the focus of the Club s acttvtttes thts term,. .The mustcal direction of the Big Band, the King's Jazz Orchestra has been by Matt Brown and the tradtttOnal band, Tradsters, and the more-modern group Insouls wer~ led by Alex Neame and Nick Tattersall , respectively. ' ' ~he King 's Jaz~ Orchestra has consisted of Dan Bartlette and Larry Ridges (Alto Saxophones) , Annabel W.htbley and Chns Ioannou (Tenor Saxophones), George Bingham (Baritone Saxophone), Alex Neame Ntck Tatt~rsall and Sam Parker (Trombones), Matt Brown (Leader), Andy Brice, Stephen Bushnell and Andrew Rtbbans (Trumpets), T~m Rob~rtson (Guitar), Jeremy Bines (Piano), James Capel (Bass) and Jvo Neame.(Drums). Graeme Parkt!l (Ciannet) was a featured soloist with the Big Band, and Claire Alder, Elite Kmgsbury, Tom Mackenzte and Steve Gourmand supported the King's Jazz Orchestra as vocalists. T~e perso!lnel of Tradsters was: Ale~ Neaf!le (Trombone & Leader), Matt Brown (Trumpet), Graeme Parkm (Clannet), Tom Robertson (BanJO), Ntck Tattersall (Piano) James Capel (Bass) and Ivo Neame (Drums). Insouls consisted of Nick !attersall (Piano & Leader) , Matt Brown (Trumpet), Annabel Whibley (Saxop_hone), Tom Robertson (Guttar) , James Capel (Bass), Ivo Neame (Drums) and Graeme Parkin (Vocalist). The popular B~rbersh?P Quartet again contributed, and comprised Jeremy Bines and Matt Brown (Tenors), Tom Mackenzte (Bantone) and Steve Gourmand (Bass). . The technical te~m thi~ time were th~ new duo of Richard Collins and Owen Buckingham, who put tn long hours and dtd sterling work, esr ectally on the sound aspects of the production, aided by Mr. Anthony A l d~rson, whom the Club thanks for thts valued help and advice during his all-too-short stay with us. Richard Co~lms an~ O~en Bu~kmgh~m are day b~ys who had to travel long distances late at night in order to make thetr contnb.uttOns; thts remm~s me to pomt.out that cu~rently about 40% of the Members of the Big Band are day puptls, and I should. ltke to take thts opportumty to thank here - in print - the long-suffering and uns~ng heroes and h7romes ~f these concerts? and the Jazz Club in general: I refer to the parents of day-puptls who ferry thetr offspnng often long dtstances and quite frequently late at night in order that concerts can be performed and prepared for and evening rehearsals held . Miss J~net :raylor has no~ taken over from Mr. Brodie in the King's Week/Front-of-House/Box Office partnershtp wtth Mr. Brow ~mg, and I am very grateful to her- and her team of Jennie Stubbings, Richard Letts, Alexandra Hyatt , Suste Tydeman and. Steve Lau :- for her strenuous efforts in promoting this Charity event. I look forward to future collaborattons, espectally the forthcoming King's Week Concert. The Club members have deci.de~ that .they will equally divide the funds raised by this year's Charity Concert between the Terence Htggms Atds Trust and Port Lympne Zoo's Campaign fo r Preservation of the Sumatran Rhino. Finally, I report that Tradsters .have been aw~rded the regional category prize of the 1995 Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Award~,. on the basts C?f a recor~mg of the group that was submitted as an entry for the first stage o~thts comp7t1tton. Rew~rds mclud~ a Ja~z workshop in connection with the Royal Northern College of~ustc .. After ~h ts, one ban~ Âˇ~ each regton.wtll be invited to participate in the Daily Telegraph 'Jazz-Ed' Festtval, tmmedtately after Kmg s Week, durmg which the Young Jazz Band of the Year will be announced.

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HOUSE NOTES Lower T ier Punctuation Exercise: no one said it was going to be easy but it was the fiatbong were T everywhere and nowhere at the same time and ~o was charlie d then there was light colonel H rounded up the ewoks and effecte.d corporal pumshment wh~re a~cessary lucy and john had another really sad three month relatw_nsh1p oh no how upsettmg nh Âˇnterhouse underwater basketball team was a great success and JOnathan won the mght due 1 eh\s amazing skydiv ing techniques the revolutio n will be. t~Ievised and will be watchin~ turbo 10 d then he was good the whistle posse was on the decks b1llte put us all on edge happy birthday an the ear the hole in the wall keeps on getting bigger despit~ the wattle and daub oh yes and 1 ~ bosch who deserves a mention when the going got tough we tmprov~d our performance through the aper thin and thick we left in a hurry to go and do some shoppmg and all had a pa~ty on the ~ne or two bottles we had left to milk the cows with; john knowles performed adm1rably ~ ~he house play anyway we stumble back into reality with summer term exam marrows wh~re :~e cabbage pat?h kids have fun playing aroun.d with matches are dangero~s and dont play w:th them especially tf you r grandmother knows the ms and outs of the ps_Ychodeltc te~dancy of needmg tO go to the bathroom a lot waterloo. statio_n is a nice _Pia~e espectally at the ttme the. ver~al equinox so if you dont come to the fest tval w1th us we mtght JUSt have to send round the. tmm1grat1on department to give a kiss of life this is a threat and watch your back love you all 1t~ 1 am and we are still w riting and the band has j ust given up the ghos~ and. transrerred t~ a ~1gher plane you know who you are we are the lone star in the galaxy <?f JObs JUSt :~'lsh~ul thmkmg born ~nd brought up in bermuda by self sufficient parents who dec1ded all art IS qu1te useless accordmg to oscar wi lde so little money coffee comes up quickly ~hen yo~ scratch. my back and so on but having a smile on your face like a spiritualised el~ctnc m~mltne a rolltnj?. stone gath~rs ~o nuts in may but hey todays the day the teddy bears comm1t genoc1de thanks to heJa mrs sand pmk1e.

J{E GRANGE

Dear Dr. and Mrs. Omers, Once again we are at the end .o.f the te~m with no .formal reports, so as his tutor, I am wntmg to g1ve you an 1dea of how Meister has been getting on s ince December. On the work front, he has been making a real effo.r t t~is te1:m, and can ~e justly proud of winning the j unior Academic Challenge. Better orgamsat1on m1ght have. avo1ded so mat:Y. late nights (and early mornings) as coursework deadlines passed, but he shone m Maths compet1t~ons, follow ing Mark Wharton's lead. Unlike some of the Shells, he uses compute_rs very effectively for work, and if he tries even harder next term, he will get the results wh1ch he deserves. The variety of his sporting achievements this term has been truly impressive. Ha.ving won the Open Badminton with Chr is and Manual, and be~n the bac~bon~ of school Squash w1th Dylan, Jonah and Danny , he swam brilliantly to help us wm the Sw1mmmg Shuttles and co~e runn~rs (or swim mers?) up o n Sports Day itself. On top of that, he ha~ a hand (or f<?ot?) m reachmg all three Soccer F inals of which we won the Shells and the Semors. Though h1s Cross Country was mo re variable, hd gave good support to such as Andrew and Raf (with his. colours), and surprised himself with how well he could play Hockey w.hen he nee~ed , fo l_lowmg.the lead of seconds captain Tom. It is a good thing that he left pushmg (or pullmg?) h1s way mto the 1st VIII to the likes of Mike and Phil.

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Wit_h this ~ealthy mind in a healt~y body , he has also found time for cultural pursuits fr Debatmg _(w ith Ed _and Paul) to p~ttmg_ on a whole concert with Luxmoore. His guitar Ia ?rn was espec1ally pleasmg, though he d1sapp1ered during rehearsals. Though he was a little disa: 0 .Ylng to be outsung ~y the girls, he did s ing extremely well . He has also been very heavily conf '.ntCd to School _Chom, Orchestra and Jazz along with friends li ke Steve , Richard Andrew rnMltted and C harlie. ' â&#x20AC;˘ ark I have suggested that he need to broaden his social horizons beyond Nicam Video and Qu and that he s_hould follow Raf or Steve Lau 's example, and from his quiet smile and muu::i~' about _the S_h1rley Hall after tea I suspect that he may have matters in hand. Certainly he se g ems to believe m a well-rounded education . To judge by the m~ss in Grace and <;hillenden especially he has much reason to be grateful to Matron and_ the Lad1es, as well as t<? h1s Housemaster and the other Tutors for keeping Elizabeth a place of qUiet study before, and silence after lights out. Yours sincerely, p.s. Next term begins. A. TUTOR.

MARLOWE

One~ aga in _Marlowe has been at the forefront of... Interior ~es 1gn. Senously, all visitors wou ld ag ree that we have the mcest set of chairs in the school. .. its just a shame they' re all

in Mr. White's study! Apart from the furniture, this term has been ... quick. So fast in fact, we've clean forgotten w~at happened. ~xcept that Matt's House Conc_e~t was a storming success, despite the dreadful wme - some thmgs never chan_ge. Matt also JOined in the festivities in Germany along with To~1 Mac, Dan and la na, returnmg only to lead the Jazz Concert to new heights, accompanied agam by Tom Mac and Dan. Oxbridge want us! Well , some of us. Matt, Tom Mac Reg and Jess to be precise and I'm sure they' ll want Bobo after his amazing li brary plan. ' ' Spar~ , Tom M~c 's favourit~ Pli:Stime, has been smas_hing th is term (no pun intended, Blake). C_olo urs. Tom , S1mon, 9umb1 , T 1m , Ben , Jess ... And m the G.B. club , Ben (veteran), Tim and S1mon _(current) , Gumb1 (to be) and Tom W. (Maths?). Meanwhile the Shell Girls won at girlie ball SkillS. Othe~ bits that con:e to . mind fa intly i~clude:. Ben 's bee~ ha~g in ' in the Hall, Tristan got C umbeiiumt;>ered-agam, _T1m got to see his Le_w1s but I don t th mk they went running. Westy se~ms to be mto Shell Suits and w~ shan 't ment1on someone's Reject Shopping. The Sixth Form Dmner went. .. to the sound of B1g Jon's Paradise, and Tintin 's Houndog . Thanks as ever to the En~suite Tutors_, the S_oft-pile Monitors, W ipe-clean Trevor, Springloaded Matron and Mr. Wh1ter-than-wh1te Wh1te. And wh ile we're o n the subject why does he have a sofa-bed in his study .. ? '

LUXMOORE fo llowing:

Hav~ng been gently instructed to write our termly report in contmuous and ~legantly ~ubordinated prose, we have declined our usual attent1on-grabbmg and witty form and opted for the

:r~e term rolled o ff on an excellent note wit~ our four stars shining in their true glory - all ga1~ mg offe rs of places at Ox for~ and Cambndge. Heartiest congratulations to E mily, Clare, Sai ~h _M., and of cours~ Iz~y. ,Milly and Sarah W. were then to be seen up there on stage, in a b11lhant perfo rma~ce m Kmg s Youth Drama, and the House was represented victoriously by Alex H . and Venet1a in the Debating competition. T~e question is with the rowers - as it always has been - ' Where does o ne sta rt?' Hmmm ... Suff1ce to say that Lucy H ., Saskia and Zoe A. not only made a first in the Schools' Head but also cruised into the G.B. trials. Pleasing stuff. ' 106

Everyone invested a tremendous effort to produce a magnificent House Concert, which was naturally) enjoyed one hundred per cent by one and all. Special praises must go to Emily .. . (nd and on the subject of praise, Jo P. is to be congratulated on crossing the line in third place fn the Inter-House cross country competition. Numerous talks, etc., have been held in the House- most notably Christian Forum, reliably in Fairfax every Thursday night, plus the Marlowe Society's 'fairy tale evening' . Lastly, many thanks to Emily (again) for conducting the House Song with such success- see ya later, M.O. The lack of gossip in this report does not, in any way, reflect Luxmoore 's lack of attention 10 that department- merely that more pressing matters seem to have occupied the allotted space. 'Merci bien' to F.E.T., M.J.T., O.B.C.- and to the ladies, to whom we are all most indebted . Possibly one of the best House parties. The crucifixion took place late one night in the TV room corridor. Eventually Lulac had to go. Bouldering in Sheffield with Simon became even more interesting as we watched his video for a second ti me. 'No thanks,' said Leo to Chloe. On the musical front Oliv ia continued to conduct Nigel's affairs but Andy looked a bit wobbly. Winfield, trying to attract Luther, continued to play 'Now that' s what I call Rave 2'. James S. had no result owing to poor visibility. Mini's exploits are probably best left to the imagination. The lord said to Tyler ' I give thee light'; s ix hours later he indeed saw it. Ski holiday boys of room 427 played with death on the ski slopes. The Galpin's Gallimaufry, despite the rest of the school not realizing that it was going to be a musical called Big AI, went exceptionally well, with James Patrick in the leading role splendidly supported by ten ta lented Walpole girls and, of course, the depth of acting reserve in Galpin's. Intense practice showed that James Rock could look smart, even as a gangster, and the singing in particular was excellent: thank you Mr. Butt. Yes, I am afra id we won the swimming again - for the fourth successive year - thanks to a major contribution by Adrian Cheong, substantially aided by Stephen Bushnell and Tim Mitchell. The Fifths are to be cong ratulated o n their significant presence in the team as well as their efforts in both jun ior and senior badminton. Kingston Hui earned his second colours by keeping the seconds in contention d uring the hockey season, and Ross was captain of the thirds, which rapidly became a Galpin's team with Mark Harri s, Tom Morton and James Sandry all playing regularly. Leo Fransella played for the Colts A and Mini in the Junior Colts A, and both went on tour. Leo, James MacAdie and James Miller-Jones excelled in the Sharp UK Intermediate Mathematical Challenge, occupying the first three places at King's. Lastly, thanks to Mr. Brodie fo r steering an unerring course through the potentially hazardous waters of the term, thanks to Mrs. B. for keeping us all alive, and thanks as well to the cleaners for keeping us all rel atively presentable.

GALPIN'S

Once upon a time, in a land called Canterbury, there was a wandering Prince called Linacre. Although he was a laid-back kind of chap, Linacre decided he wanted to settle down and fou nd a kingdom of his own. By pure coincidence, he met a wandering tribe of trolls with curved sticks, and persuaded three champions of g reat"renown, Jamie, Tim and Adam the half-troll to join him, as well as lesser players of the second rank and a promising young elf called Lars. He was also joined by two foo tballers called Luke and Tom. As word of Linacre's fame spread , more and more goblins came to join him; foremost amongst these was a waterman called Peter the Pianist and a clan of victorious Junior ru nners under Will the Bow-Legged. Travelling in strange parts one day, they met two Knights armed with swords of national calibre who decla red that none could pass without defeating them in single combat. Prince Linacre sent forward a strange renegade named Zak, at the sight of whose continual yakking, the two bladesman (later found to be called T im and George) surrendered to his superior intellect.

LINACRE

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After many moons had waxed and waned the Prince and his new tribe came to a strange ne land beyon~ the Dark Entry. Here t~ey found t~ree wise men who were on a journey to Oxbridg; Jon , Charlie and Rodolphe, who said to them: Not far from here, over yonder wall, lies a ma i Âˇ land ~nder the ward~ns~ip of an Arm~dillo. In that place you shall prosper and your fame sh~l~ flounsh. Follow us! Lmacre took his people to the new land and there was g reat rejoicing. But Linac re had o ne problem ; the tribe had no women; so to sort out the frustrating problem they sent out 240 carnations as goodwill gifts to the women of neighbouring tribes. Unfortunately' far fewer were received in return except by the Removes, whose humour and charity had them held in high regard led by Rob. However further encounters with neig hbouring kingdoms b the old men of the tribe brought fo rth new know ledge. Luke found it stimulating, playing with Belles, while Mike almost drowned in a Ford after he'd lost a Penny. T im , however, was still happy with M in-imums effort. Others in the tribe realised there was more to be done, and following the instructions of the T hree Wise Men, became s killed in Bridge and Chess. So successful were these happy few, that they set about conquering neighbouring Kingdoms, and inviting them to Acadamic C hallenges. Tom Moore, a man renowned for his Spanish tendencies, led the intelligentsia to inter-kingdom recognitio n for their knowledge. Others, however, hearing of the successes of the cerebrall y challenging, and happy in the knowledge that they belonged to a prospering kingdom, celebrated with a show of thespian finery. Luke, the friendly devil , forced Dr. Will to succumb to the powers of the underworld, that the whole of the kingdom was so terrified of. In order to quench this dev il-worshipping and restore a sense of well-being, the whole tribe sang American dirges and numerous individuals made solo appearances at a g reat musical gatheri ng. However, the tribe's peace was disturbed again by the pernic ious cult of Y-Care, led by Zak, who tried to get all the tribes of Canterbury together at a dancing festival. The new-born of the tribe continued to bawl their way into the night , much to the distress of the elders, but this uprising was soon dealt with, but only through the support from the Great Father Thane and his wife Lady Lizbet, the wise White Lady, and the goodly c leaning fairies. The elusive Splod remained on the run for a number of weeks until he was finally waylaid in Ces's back pocket thanks to D. I. Bushell . 'I've got a cunning plan ... !' she exclaimed with glee, 'to identify the chief cutlery chaffer of St. A's dining room'. W.P.C . Paw was concerned for publ ic safety after hav ing to tu rn irate theatre-goers away from The Real Inspector Hound (or was he?). Tara's tongue, Lucy's tennis skirt and Gunners' g nashing gnaws caused ruptured applause. Gunners was then heard to cry , 'Oi! Head L ibrarian of that sti ll unknown minor public school - NO! - I' m NOT in my dress - none o' that! ', and luckily she was wh isked away, handcuffed by Vance. Other partners in crime under surveillance are Lou and Ben, Barbie and Ken - again! The trials according to the Gospel of Luke in the Book of the BiBel are now in print. Regs was arrested for Duncing do-nuts on the quiet, and Lizzie was suspected of a iding and abetting a repetitive beats master. Not forgetting Miss Pick. The Shell Disco had no reports of breaking and entering or of damaged property and no arrests were made on the grounds of Removes trespassing. The Brown-Eyed Girl was Broughton's secret agent in the House Song Contest. No spectator disturbances were reported during the victorious Cup F inal of Remove Football (lack of opposition?), nor in the House C ross-Country , nor the .swimming sports (lack of voluntary competito rs?). We reached the second round of the Academic Challenge, a las sans Sonia but with Georgie awarded Citizen's Medal for Last Minute Substituti on. Members of the lacrosse and netball teams avo ided prosecution and pay ing the Price. Thanks as ever to our resident chief wardens Mrs. W . and Mrs. B. and all the cleaners, not to mention Alcatraz and our sni ffer dog.

BROUGHTON

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Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Burgsteinfurt

Musikalischer Vespergottesdienst

Sam stag 18. Februar 1995 19.00 Uhr GroBe Kirche

mit Werken alter und neuer englischer Meister Ausfuhrende:

The Crypt Choir, King's School Canterbury, England Orgel:

Leitung:

Jeremy Bines

Michael Harris, Assistenzorganist an der Kathedrale von Canterbury

T he Weasel's Tale. Here beginneth the Weasel ' s tale, It was war in the grounds of that Saint Augustine, That a wise Weasel did carry out his bust in' . A merry band of men he taught, All of whom excelled in sport. The Remove cubs won their soccer cup, And helped the trophy cabinet fill up. The Cross-Country crown war retained, Thanks to two-thirds of the firsts who shall be named. zany twins Jules and Chris and Speedy Todd, Ably assisted by Sweny, resident house god. success however did not totally prevail, In the senio r soccer we did fa il. For all our eig ht firsts missed, Thei r names will now appear on this here list. Digger, Staz, Oggy, Dunstan, Femi , Josh, Deano, Jamie, my! there are so many! Some Weasels d id row in boats, Others played Hockey, much like goats. C.B. and o ne of his guys, Did look fo ndly into Kirsten 's eyes . Bullish produced another sequel fo r Holl ywood, Ed and Barney played as well as they could. Six Weasels ventured to Rosslyn Park , All the tr ies came those once dark . Oggy turned down the Ha rlequins scout, Instead with A.C. and Rachel he played about. Charl ie did direct the inspector hound, Jamie Nicholson did the sound. Josh, Mike and Chris were on stage, While Jules and his Paul did rampage. We did indeed get four offers from Oxbridge, Meanwhile Ed made fr iends with Doctor Bridge. Rumour has it Alex did Bosch, Yet it was the P iccadilly not the County for our friend Josh. Nearby at the W inchester hotel, C.B. only briefl y did dwell. Jam ie kept it going with Tyler, With stamina worthy of the Zambian miler. While Digger had some fun in Spain, Cuppage frequented Bailey again . Tucker and Milly, Shh! don't be so silly! The cleaning ladies deserve many a thank, While many a Weasel came with Miler to bank. To M r . and Mrs . Graham we send o ur regard, Since we sometimes make it very hard.

TRADESCANT

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SINGI NG C HERUBS (Lynne Elwood)

A lot has gone on in Mitchinson's this term. So much in [ that it would be tricky to list any of the achievements so/~1 . . . . . cultural, music~! and a~ademic, in. detail. Nonethele~s a ch01ce ptckmgs deserve mentto nmg - so the parttcular wtll have to gtve the general impressio: Sport: starting at the bottom, in the Removes Chris Pickering triumphed in a cross-count · match and for a brie f moment John Warren was an energetic participant in archaeological digry Pardip played some hockey. In the F ifths it was a totally different story . T hey won the Hou:· badminton, and Justin played an almost invaluable role in the I sts. Little-known fact: Richar~ Homewood gained mobility this term, obtaining a good pass in his tractor driving test. More than this, though, we came close to near victory in the House football and we might (I'm told in confidence) win the House water polo. Kenny and Ben's skill needs praising in the inter-House debating: they were supernatural. The house concert thri lled many: a member of the audience commented 'Superlative'. Socially this term the news desk has not been empty. Again, from the bottom: Gemma is cuttin down on toast, Laurent made pictorial prog ress, 'Lanana' has been promised not to be mentioncdg and Ben was spurned by 'U Dalica' (his billiards weren't up to it) and finally ' JungleGav' ha~ come clean. Multiplicitous thanks to the Maltbys, the cleaners, and Matron for their diverse support.

MITCHINSON'S

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A day in the life of wards 84 and 89 . The ghost was surgically removed and Nurse Lamont managed to rout the thief and get the breakfasts round on time. But the patients still lacked vital intravenous owing to ward five's incompetence! Unfortunately most of the patients suffered from 8:30 to 9:00 throat infections. Allergies to hymn books affected a recent addition to ward 6b, and a bizarre malady sadly spread to the brains of patients Gray, de Cabarrus, Lamo nt and Williams who fai led the first academic brain scan . T he day went on and many patients discovered the beneficial effects of fresh air on the system as Nurse Petrie proved to Kent. The compound Frankie - George- Juby went towards a most successful laxative team. Beth and Bex had a real (net)ball and paid the price wh ile HfO therapy as administered by Ward Sister Ng showed 100 % success rate in both waterpolo and ga as. Physio Macinnes is still fai ling to kick addictions. Evening entertai nment was g reatly appreciated by all , adm inistered particularly well by Nurses O ' Gorman and Fordham, though mo re therapeutic were Ross-Goobey, Jennings, Barnes and all the junio r doctors. . Inter-hospital social ising was as usual a great success. Ward 6a spinster brigade continues to harbour a long-term brother - sister affil iation, but thankfully the virus hasn' t spread. Ward 89 was filled with get well flowers on the 14th from admirers anxious for their health, and patients were helped on their road to recovery by the sweet singing of certain ward 6b inhabitants, li ke Nurse Cook who fought off infectio n to he lp make a recording. As usual all ailments were sympathetically allev iated by Senior Sisters Bella irs and Smith. Doctor Dath, the Chief Administrating and all-powerful Brownings as well as our helpful consultants must be congratulated once aga in for successfull y keep ing everything under control.

JERVIS

11 0 (Sarah Knight)

Boys' Hockey tst XI

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The season got off to a great start w ith an excellent tour to southern Spain. Whilst there was snow in England we vcre enjoying decidedly 'shi rt-sleeve' weather and some excellent coaching. T his brought the team together as a unit ~nd meant that we started the term playing good hockey. Although we did not know what the season wou ld have in store for us, we had learnt that to play well we had to pass and that we had to be committed to winning. These were lessons that were to stand us i n good stead for the term ahead. We sta rted, as expected , w ith a tight game against Chatham House. We were always the side capable of the better hockey and in the end this told . We went ahead through a well-worked short corner which James Munday pushed home. The defence held firm and thus we had started with a win. We then met our sti ffest opposition of the season . We led Simon Langton (who were the best school side in Kent) 2-1 with twenty m inutes to go. Their potent attack drawn from two England sides was kept at bay by some fine defending and a display of keeping from Qin of the highest standard. In the end their class showed but we were by no means disgraced. The King's Rochester match will be memorable for one thing only. It was the worst weather I have ever seen hockey played in. Spain had not prepared us for this! Despite this a good standard of hockey was played, particularly by us, and we were the well-deserved winners. The next three games saw two in which we did 'click ' and one in which we did not. Against Duke of York's we were the side with the greater disc ipline wh ich eventually_ came through a!"ld the game end_ed with us totally dom inant. Our passing and teamwork were a pleasure to behold , with every ball bemg passed mtel llgently and players workmg very effectively together. I n the Eastbourne game there was someth ing mi ss mg. It was difficult to put one's finger on it , but it meant that we did not play to our potential and thus on the clay were beaten by a better team. Then against St. Lawrence we were back in the dr iving seat. This game was notable for Tim Pal mer's hat-trick, playing from sweeper , and two good goals which both started from deep that Chris North put into the net. The next two games meant that we finished the first half of term on a low note. Against Kent College we were well up and in control with some fine play from Charlie Munday up front and then all of a sudden we were under intense pressure for the last fi fteen minutes. Two cruel deflections and another goal, all from short corners, meant that for another year we had failed to live up to our billing in the Kent Cup. Against Cranbrook for the first two minutes of each half we showed that we were capable of far superior hockey to them. This incl uded a marvellous team goal rounded off decisively by Simon Gittins within seconds of the start of the second half. However as the weather deteriorated so did the level of play. This was 'the one that got away'. Needing to lift our heads after hal f term we proceeded to go one down against Reed 's Cobham. At last, however , the team kept thei r composure and continued to play the passi ng game that they can so well. It was a credit to the team that they kept playing such good hockey and eventually we drew level with fifteen minutes to go through a short corner. Two more short corner goals were reward for both the pressure we were exerting and the time spent practising them. The third goal , which was pushed home by James Munday, was the best 'no. 4' move all season. Kent College managed to thwart us again, this time by scoring two ear ly goals. A goal from Adam Will iams, following up from an earlier shot , got us back into the game, but the equal iscr just would not come. The season finished with t wo very good w ins. The scorel ine against Si r Roger Manwood's told the story of a good team playing against a good individual. For the last twenty minutes we played some of the best hockey of the season. The ball was moved at pace from one end of the pitch to the other. Goals came from four players, including two from Chris North. The second of his goals came from a pin-point pass from Ed Radcliffe and was finished off with great aplomb. The match against Cranleigh was a great way to end the sca~o n . It was a game which in which fortunes ebbed and flowed . It was very closely contested and in a good spirit. To a man we per formed very well and Charl ie provided the team performance with its finishing touch by scoring a hat-trick of well deser ved goals. There arc, of course, many incidents and pieces of both individual and collective skill to which I have not referred. These will no doubt survive in the minds of the players and spectators. I feel it is only fair to say a word or two about each player, rather than to single out anyone in particular. Qin Wiseman, in goal , has performed to the highest standard when we have needed him most. He is always difficult to score past and has produced several saves out of the very top drawer to keep us in many a game. He fully deserves hi s place in the K ent U 17 team. Tim Palmer, at sweeper, has played exemplary hockey all season. His liming of tackles has been excellent , his passes from defence accurate and his stick stopping at short corners invaluable. He too deserves his places in the Di vis ional U 17 and Kent U 18 teams. Adam Jackson has been our solid and dependable right back. Although he might have been used more during the season he has not missed a si ngle mi nute of any match and I have valued l1is commitment and support. Sqot Wiseman has marked some of the best players in the county as centre back and made life extremely difficult for them. He has put in many tell ing tackles and saved us on many occasions. Tom Wacher has virtually sewn up the left side of our defence. With tackle after tackle he has picked off opposition right wingers and it came as no surprise to me that the team picked him as the player of the season. Charlie Munday has caused every defence problems when playing as either half or attack. I ncreasmgly skilful , he has shown great awareness of those around him and been the top goal-scorer for the season. He has been selected for both the Divisional U 16 and Kent U 17 teams and I 'm sure he wifl not let them down. Chris North has enhanced the team w ith both his accuracy and eye for a pass and his unshakeably positive attitude. His skill has shown in some great goals and I have valued his inability to give up. Andy McGregor has played with pace and ~kill on the right wing and provide many a telling cross to those waiti ng in the middle. Si mon Gittins makes a discernible difference when he is on the pitch. His work

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1ST XI BOYS' HOCKEY (Mike WEI/erman)

rate and skill level are second to none and he will score jlOals at whichever level he is playing at. He has bee asset to the team in every way. He has captained the DivisiOnal U 16 team and is a regular fixture in the England ~6 team. Ed Radcliffe has been the ' find' of the season. He went on tour as a possible and soon established himself . a definite. His incisive passing and intelligent running have added a new d1mension to our attack and again it a\ no surprise to me that the team voted him to be the most improved player this season. Adam Williams has been v~a' patient whilst waiting to play and had an immediate impact when actually playing. Tales will be told of his goal 'agai ry an Eng_land keeper' for years to come. This brings me finall y to my captalll, !ames Mu~day . H~ has rise~ to a diffic~~~ task th1s season Ill a most commendable way. I have been able to look to h1m for adv1ce and 1deas wh1ch is a erect·: to him. He has also brought together a, shall we say, volatile collection of people to form a team with a very g~ spirit. By leading from the front he has made sure that not fo r a moment has the commitment of a single player bee questionable and thus the team has played with passion and a decided desire to do wel l. His skills on the ball an~ vision for a pass have earned him a place 1n the Kent U 18 team. I have valued both his support and his leadership skills throughout the season. This season must be noted for the fac t that fo r the first time in many years there were two pairs of brothers in the team. Thanks must go to their parents both for providing them and for their loyal support t ~m~ugh ou t the season, even in the worst weather. Thanks must also go to the groundsmen for looklllg after all the facl1111es so well and to all the staff who have helped take all the rest of the teams. Hockey at King's would not function without them. A.M .M Team from : James Munday (Capt.)*, Simon Gittins*, Adam Jackson, Andy McGregor, Charlie Munday, Chris North• Tim Palmer*, Ed Radcliffe, Qin Wiseman*. Sqot Wiseman, Tom Wacher*, Adam Williams. · Also played : Barney Cowin , James Morgan. *Denotes First Full Colours RESULTS Pl ayed 12, Won 7, Lost 5. Goals for 3 1, goals against 2 1. v Chatham House. Won 1-0. v Cranbrook. Lost 2-3. v Simon Langton. Lost 2-4. v Reed's, Cobham. Won 3-1. v King's School, Rochester. Won 2-0. v The O.K.S. Cancelled . v Duke of York 's. Won 3-0. v Kent College. Lost 1-2. v Eastbourne. Lost 0-2. v Sir Ro~e r Manwood 's. Won 5-2. v St. Lawrence College. Won 5-0. v Cranle1gh. Won 4-3. v Kent College (Kent Cup match). Lost 3-4. Goal Scorers: Charlie Munday (10), Simon Gittins (8) , James Munday (4), Chris North (4), Tim Palmer (4), Adam Williams ( 1).

2nd XI With one 2nd XI season under my belt , myself and a few other seasoned players embarked on another, hoping for slightly more success. On first impressions, the new team did not exactly lllspire me with confidence, yet I was to be proved wrong as we drew the first two games 2-2. It has to be said we were unlucky not to win one of them owing to a penalty flick against us in the closing minutes after some spirited defending . The team's detem1 ination was systematically weakened as we lost the next three games, including a match at Eastboume that we will all want to forget, w1th only nine players arriving at Eastbourne (Lewis turned up with his mother a litllc late). We went down 0-6 to a superior side that outplayed us in every respect. Red grass was not to prove our best surface. After half term the quality of hockey improved considerably, confidence rose as players learnt to pass and spread the ball wide allowing the wings such as Alex Neame to give some stunning crosses which so many times were nearly converted into goals ... but not quite. Alex 's play improved as he settled into the role of left wing. He was never outpaced - one thi ng the 2nd XI were not lacking in, with Sm ith , P. J. Mitchell and Morgan all quicker than most except for a centre forward at Eastbourne who always eluded the captain! Reed 's seemed to me to be the fi rst time that the team had confidence in each other with brilliant passing all round . We scored off a penalty flick (close one , Lewis!), only to be caught lack ing in defence on their counter-attack (for once not the centre back) and yet another draw to add to our growing collection. Brilliant su nshine dawned on the day of the Kent College match, a team to which we lost 2-3 last year. To put it bluntly, we scored all the goals that had been lacking all season: Morgan scored a flick and then P.J. , with impeccable timing, scored a beauty after a short corner. Next came a blinding goal from the captain which surprised everyone, including the captain! Play went off in the second half as our lack of fitness showed, but Morgan scored after a brill ant set-up by Smith. These two players had an excellent partnership throughout the season. Their qu ick square passes often had the opposition's defence in tatters. The goal record does not do either of them credit. P .J. llljected outstanding pace and enthus1asm into our game. Although not always holding position, he intercepted the ball well and his bloodied knees show that he never gave up in a tack le. The other halves were, on the left interchangeable Fendii and on the right Barney Cowin who battled well , giving some excellent ball to Sebline, when his feet did not get in the way. Tile defence benefited from Lewis Mitchell 's pace and hi s partnersh ip with Tom Bucher took many useful balls up for the counter attack. Richard Letts at right back was probably the most improved player as he learnt to channel and 11 2

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t'l last Our goal keeper Kingston Hui, in

h~ rnade ~:;Js;.?~~;~v~~;st'~~~~~!~;i~~a~~ ~~e:\~~~~~·~c ~~~~s :h:~c~/~e~an~c ~eally aggressive a'nd began to flatten

hiSsccon . . thCoppOSition. . . I1 ver laycd in a more violent ~amc at this school. The last game was not how I WISh to rcmebm~cr~he sc~son. 1~~e~~e untif the final quarter when Ill a flurry of multi. was a shame as we played some super . oc ey. 3:n ':"~re . · 1 four oals were scored in ten mlllutes 0f~~~~ep:~~~~~~n~~d ~~e~~~hf~r ~is ~i~~~ ~~~~ cs~~ft~i~~~:d J:,~urednfa~~~ ~~~i~s the t~am for playing. It is always said nat. It .0 s~mc and you lose some but we drew a lot. Good luck next season. you Will ' TOM BUCHER.

· Ad F d' · Dominic Fendius Kingston Hui , Tom Kenwright, Team fi·om: Tom Buc_hcr (Capt.), Barney CowA; n, N am ·c~ -d~~ias Pulestonc-Jon~~. Edouard Scbline. James Smith. . hard Letts, Lcw1s Muchcll , James Morgan. ex came, 1 ~ R~um Played 9, Won I, Drawn 4, Lost 4. v Reed 's Cobham. Drawn 1-1. v Chatham House. Drawn 2-2. v Sir Roger Manwood's . Drawn 0-0. v King's Rochester. Drawn 2-2. v Kent College. Won 4-0. v Duke of York's. Lost 1-2. v Cranlcigh. Lost 1-4. v Eastbou rnc. Lost 0-6. v St. Lawrence. Lost 2-3.

3rd XI

=-----;en a season of ups and downs fo r the eleven. Pcrh~ps the r?sults don't do j_ustice to what was a very competent ~~II turned-out side, with some good players produclllg quality hockey at llllleS. )' d . tcntly through a · · · D k f y ·k• · (3-2) The goals were supp 1e cons1s The season started on a high With a good will at ud.c o (b f~reswe lo~t him to the 2nd XI) . In return we got James the season by Tom Morton, Will Bax and Dom Fen _IUS ~ U f rtunatcl Eastbournc and St. Lawrence gave us Sandry who proved to be a formidable force on the nght_ wlllg .. n ~ to be fn alien surface to us. Again grass was two disappointing losses, ~! though !he grass at St. ~awl enc~ p:o6'g although the first half was one of the best we the bane of the match agalllst Reed s Cobham to w om we os .' w rc obvciousl the superior side. The loss had played. The draw agaihnst Ke(Ont9C)olllehge (21-2t)h wca~~·guhnt-fa~rs\ldl~a:~a~~sws~o~ed we work{d better as a larger team . · 1 Cranlc1gh was a s amc - a t oug 1 c ' · . f agams . ... . • .. with some surprises for Jonny V . Ill goal, a ter The team was one of mi~Cd ablhiiCS -:- Tim Gon~crM~I ~a~e ~gd a lot of power as a half, back and wing, usually Alex Gort-Bartcn had to qull OWIIl\10 lllJury, whereas ar _s _D Rob Thomas and Rob Gaskell played well when all at once. Tom Ev~rctt and Paul scrga~~fre JeffecuvedfSii;~~~eel played well throughout the season, and some ~~ic~~~n~o~l~· ~~~ dh~Jeo~e~l~a;os;~~~~switho~~-~~~c~ef; of James Longstaffe _and Nick Hopkins. h· ve Ia cd Finally we would like to say thank you to Mr. Aldridge and Mr. Woodley' Without whom we could not ~ Sp y . ROSS WINGFIELD AND JAM~ ANDRY. · 1· d' · N.1 h0 )· · Hopkins James Longstaffe, James Miller-Jones, Teum: William Bax, Thomas Everett , DommJ c Fcyn IU~,d ~ 11~~hy Gome'rsall Robert Thomas. Alexander Gort1 Simon Peel , Robert Gaskell, Jonathan Shaw, o_m ern" e, II • Barten, Thomas Morton, Mark Harns, Ross Wmgfield. RESULTS Played 6, Won 1, Drawn I, Lost 4. Goals for 7, goals against 28.

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· · 1· 1 ached some excellent coachlllg, won all our The season got off to a great st~rt w1th a tour I~ Spamhon w 1 1 ch~;~ ~~ry successful season which owed its success matches and enjoyed the surroundlllgs. Ads ~hcdstat~IICS s o~ :n~c again the most successful team in the school. The to excellent teamwork .. Everyone worke ar an . we ~c~ . kin well with the halves and forwards. Dan Broom defence was surerb. With Leo Franscll a ~dnddl Rob~li~~xsml~~~~ SCI~es of fine saves to keep us in many _games, none and Chris O'Ne1I-Dunne sewed up the m1 e an . am 111 • d Damian Stewart and Jonnie Norns. all played more so than th~ East bou rne match. The. halves, Rlcha_rd H?m~~~?~i~cisive assing. In attack David Smith int roduced with pace and sk1l l and created many sconng oppfrtu~t'~s wllh ··t'o defencef Ed Dale Jones played excellent attacklllg some new skills to his g_amc and caused problems or a 1 c op~OSI 1 11 1 ood g~als . Michael Wharfc and Chris Howard hockey in his own particular style and James Hollawah score seve~a g im roved b Ia ing in many of the games completed the out0t. and t~ey both sho~ed how mucld tbhc!r [~~pel~ t~a:~tho~t cxpres~i 1fg ~ur thanks to Peter ·Furry' and maki ng a sigmf1cant d1fferencc.Th1s report wou . c " . Firminger who has coached us to th is success and bnghtened up our hves. . od Ch . ·tophcr 1 J L F ella James Hollaway R1chard Homcwo , ns Team: Daniel Broom(Capt ). EdwarOd,O Na .el Dones, Reob r~S~xSI~ith David Sm ith .'Damian Stcwal1. Michael Wharfc, c1- unnc, o e1 • Howard, Jonathan Norns, Chnstopher Adam Withrington. 113

RESULTS

Played 10, Won 8, Lost 2. Goals for 20, goals against II . v Chatham House (H). Won 2- 1. v Cranbrook (A). Won 2-0. v King's Rochester. Cancelled. v Reed's Cobham (A). Won 3- 1. v Simon Langton (H). Lost 1-6. v Sir Roger Manwood's (H). Won 2-0. v Duke of York's (H). Won 4-0. v Kent College (A). Won 3-2. v Eastbourne (H). Won 1-0. v Cranleigh (A). Won 4-0. v St. Lawrence (H). Lost 1-2. Tour: v Benalm:ldena U 15. Won 5-1. v Alcala Real U 16. Won I 0-0. v Benalmedena U 16. Won 1-0.

Junior Colts A and B XIs . This was one of the most talented groups of Junior Colts hockey players for some yea rs. The 'A • side im roved stgtu ficantly, althou~h they sti ll won fewer matches than they sh?uld have done. The results did not alwa s ~eflect the _q_~aluy o.f pl~y. m one or two cases, defeat came from pressmg over-enthus iastically for victory, whle on one OCCdSton ten tlonal dommance - and some twenty short corners - myster iously failed to produce a go· 1 1 d . undcservedly heavy d~feat foll owed . On I~ a~ains! Cranlcigh did the side not do itself j ustice; and even' the 1~~ '11~ 1u~k dtd not always go thetr way. Although. lllJUnes dtsrupted the side on several occasions and matches were pia d grass and redgras, as w~ll as on astro, II was, 111 the end, the limitations of teamwork a~d weaknesses in supp~~~ 1° n that eventually took thctr toll. Pay

~a~the":' <;Jardiner was a fine goalk~per, and thoro~gh l:( deserved his outing with the 1st XI at the end of the season. Alista.tr Williaf!lS was a player of thehtghest class-makmg 1 1 m~ and space for himself with effortless ease, and remain in calm m adverstly. The .back three dtd not always act. as a untt, but Sam Knight was sensible and rel iable, Chris Leu~ was st_rong an~ determmed , and A lex Hayes was sk ilful .and subtle, while Pardip Sidhu , a midfieldcr by preference, filled m effecttvely on many ~~cas tons. Mark Preston, 111 the centre, was ski lful and forceful , James Hcssey was a strong runner, \~tth a fin~ pos~llonal sense and ?ne o.f the most deter~ined members o f the team, while John Hillier fo~ght hts way 11110 the Stde, ,\nd . fought ~ ~~ way l~toug~ the oppostllon -:-. sconng a particularly fine POal against ~t anbr?ok. On th~ n ght wmg, Gareth W il liams gteatly unproved ht s pos1110nal sense, to add to his skil l , ana was mcreasmgly effecttve as a result, Robert Adams ran. strongly on the left , while Simon Youngman, an elusive centre forward, was the most likely source of goals, and he will certam ly score many more in future years. His best performance carne for the Colts! The 'B' team continued the succ.ess they had enjoyed last year, under the inspiring leadership of Simon Bodey It was fortunate. that the weat~c~ depnved them of sever!!~ fixtu~es. Although the personnel change from match to mat~h. and the poslltons were flutd m the extreme, the posll tvc attitude brought some exciting hockey. At their best , they were devastatmg, as Kent College found out. Thanks are due to Mr. Plummer for his enthusiastic assistance. P.G.H. . 'A ' Team: Simon Youngn:tan (Capt.), Robert Adams, M atthew Gardiner , A lexander Hayes James Hcssey John Hillier, Samuel Kntght, Chnstopher Letts, Mark Preston , Pardip Sidhu, A listair Will iams, G~rcth W i lliams.' Also played: Olukayode Akindele, Thomas Byford , Henry Hardy, Samuel Parker, Henry T rew . R ESULTS

v Chatham House. Drawn 2- 1. v Duke of York's. Lost 0-1. v Eastbourne. Lost 1-3. v St. L awrence. Lost 1-3.

v Cranbrook. Won 2-0. v Reed's, Cobham. Lost 0-3. v Kent College. Won 2-0. v Cranleigh. L ost 0-4. 'B '. Ream: Simon Bodey (Capt.), Thomas By ford, Simon Cleobu ry, Christian Duck, David Grecngrass, Timothy Hamlin, Henry Hardy, Thomas Lloyd-Smith, Samuel Parker, Thomas Perkin, Fergus Reynolds Leo Siu Philip Stubbings Henry Trew. ' ' ' Also played: John Hill ier, Pard ip Sidhu. R ESULTS

v Duke of York's. Won 3-0.

v Kent College. Won 9-1.

v Reed's, Cobham. Won 3-2.

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was a frustrating season in all sorts of ways: first and foremost the gods had decreed that we would be the Âˇctims of the longest and most sustained period of bad weather that I can remember. This led to the cancellat ion of v\e match and affected the qual ity and quantity of our preparation for the other matches. Secondly, we were robbed 0 ( our game agai nst Cranbrook owing to a huge motorway delay that obliged our visitors to return home. Thirdly, ~ur results got worse as the season went on, almost irrespective of the manifest improvement that our players turned in . It was clear at the beginning of term that our problems wou ld be at the back, since nobody in the' A' squad adm itted to having played there; thus the back four were a collection of converted centre-forwards and halves. Will Carleton at sweeper demonstrated some great skill later on in the season, and constituted our major attacking short corner threat. Toby Nathan showed a real wi lli ngness and desire to learn - not generally a feature of this group, I'm afraid -and learned the skill of channelling the right wing into the inside right position. Ed Sixsmith was a tenacious presence in the centre of defence, and I think that his harrying and terrier-like qualities earmark him for senior coaches in the future. Thi.s positional change was a great success. John Knowles and Ben ~arcy sh~red the.goalkccp_ing. ro~c ":ith their diffenng styles. Of the halves, Sam London was the only player really to unposc hts authonty, and hts dtstnbutton could be imaginative. I don't think that we ever really got the forward combination right, as the paltry haul of goals might suggest. Edward Wyand is a superb athlete and a powerful attacking force, but he might be more effective at centre forward, swapp in~ with Lars van den Hout. This will be a brai nteaser for the Junior Colts coach next year . My thanks to Ed for taktng on the captaincy role, which he grew into. This team played some effect ive hockey during the season, and certai nly showed the abi lity to adapt. If and when they were being outplayed - wh ich occurred against Beckenham in the Kent Cup and a superb Eastbournc side they were quick to get men behind the ball and to close the opposition down. By the end of the season they were playing some attractive one-touch hockey and they deserved to at least draw their last two games. They got on very well as a group of individuals, and this certainly works in their favour. I f I have a criticism, it is that there was a reluctance to dig really deep when the going got rough; too many tight games slipped from our grasp just when the situation demanded somethi n~ extra. We were too ready to be rolled over. If this s.roup can persuade themselves to be harder on themselves in trainmg and in matches, their overall performances wtl l improve. J.C .M. W. The following played: Eel Wyand (Capt.), Ed Sixsmith, Nicholas Davies, Lars van den Hout, Simon Jennings, Jeffrey Abo-Onu, Marc Nunn, Daniel Holdstock, Anthony Burton, Sam London, Toby Nathan, William Carleton, James Brown, Ben Carey , John Knowles, Ed Kiernan. R ESULTS

Played 10, Won 3, Drawn 2, Lost 5. Goals for 9, goals against 20. v Chatham House. Won 2- 1. v Reed's Cobham. Drawn 0-0. v Duke of York's. Won 2-0. v Sir Roger Manwood's. Drawn 0-0. v Eastbournc. Lost 0-7. v Kent College. Lost 3-5. v St. Lawrence. Lost 1-2. v Cranlcigh. Lost 0-1. K ent Cup- Under 15: v Invicta XI. Won 1-0. v Beckenham. Lost 0-4.

Association Football 1st XI T his has been by far and away the least rewarding soccer experience I can remember, either concerning teams that I have played in or coached. At times we showed signs that we were capable of playing good football, but we did not play with any sort of consistency and did not really deserve better resu lts. We can hardly say that we were unlucky in any of the games. A lthough we fought well for periods within virtually every game, we did not battle for eighty minutes in any, except for the Christ's Hospital match. The goal keeping spot was a big worry: four goalkeepers were tried in ten matches. At least with the late emergence of Alex Ross fewer goals were conceded and the back four were able to have more confidence in their custodian. Meanwhile at the other end goals were few and far between; our finishing was woeful all term. Last year we scored 41, this year we could manage only 13. In midfield Michael Davies always gave of his best and was an intelligent passer of the ball, but far roo often others seemed to be playing for themselves and would get caught in possession, dribble in the wrong areas or show an unwi llingness to get back beh ind the ball once it was lost. If we arc to improve next year we will have to play "with much greater enthusiasm and pride. Too many players were too secure in their places this term and there was not enough competition for shirts . Concentration levels will have to be maintained at a higher level for more sustained periods and we shall need a big personality like Robert Adams from last year's team i f we are to have more backbone and character in the side. Matt Edwards was sorely missed this term, for he would have provided these very qualities. 115

Boys wanting to represent the school at this level should take much more of an i nterest in the game. They n to play more in their own time to develop their skills and must begin to watch footba ll with a more purposeful aced Too many of this term's side just did not know enough about the game, about the offside rule, how to take a cor:~· throw-in , or basic tenets of defensive, midfield and attacking play. If we are to succeed next year where we have fail~ this term, we shall require players with greater commitment and a bigger desire to win. c Many thanks to Tim and his staff at Birley' s for batt l ing through one of the wettest terms on record! Thanks aiM> to Stewart and the kitchen staff for looking after us. A big thank you too to Mr. Cocksworth, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Bradlc and Father John for running the other teams. > C.P.N Team: Seb Vance (Capt.), James Capel, Adam Chataway, Josh Cole, Michael Davies, Tommy Dean, Dunstan Kamana. Ben Missingham, Chris Mounsey-Thear, Jamie Nicholson, Alex Ogedegbe, A lex Ross, Tom Stazicker, Matt Wall: Also played: Femi Fadeyi, Nick Lynch , Marcus Pyke, Luke Toulson, Paul Wharton. RESULTS

Played 10, Won I , Drawn I , Lost 8. Goals for 13 , goals against 38. v St. Augustine's (H). Lost 1-2. v Westminster (A). Lost 0-7. v Reigate G.S. (A). Lost 3-4. v Colfe's (A). Lost 1-8. v K .C.S. Wimbledon (H). Lost 0-3. v Sevenoaks (A). Lost 1-2. v Maidstone G.S . (H). Lost 0-5. v Christ's Hospital (A). Drawn 2-2. v O.K.S. (H). Won 4-2. v St. Augustine's (H). Lost 1-3. First Colours: Seb Vance, Michael Davies. First Team and Second Colours re-awarded: Dunstan Kamana and Jamie Nicholson. First Team and Second Colours: Josh Cole, T ommy Dean, Ben Mi ssir1gham, Chris Mounsey-Thear, Tom Stazicker. Second Colours: Russell Hewett, Jon Murch, Luke Toulson, Bob Wallace. The Harold William Warner Cup for Player of the Season: not awarded.

Inter-House Competitions The Shell girls' competition was won by Jervis who defeated Marlowe 1-0 in the final with a goal from Timmy Akindele. The Remove girls' compet ition was won by Broughton. In the boys' sections Meister Omers won the Shell final, beating The Grange 1-0 w ith a goal from Mark Wharton. In the Removes Tradescant stopped M.O. from taking the double with an impressive display of football to run out 3-0 winners with goals from Mark Sweny (2) and A listair Williams. Many thanks to Mr. Cocksworth, Mr. Browning and M. Oath for refereeing these competitions over the last two terms. In the Senior 11 -a-side Cup there were a number of surprises with the Day Houses beating a strong Grange team in the quarter-final s and Linacre knocking out Tradescant in one of the semi-finals. M.O. defeated Linacre in the final w ith two well taken goals from Matt Wall. C.P.N.

2nd XI Sawrday March I lth, Radio ·s Live', 6.45 p.m . . . .And now on his way home, on the 606 line now we have one of those in valuable and rare commodities, those 'trojans · of the football scene, a school football coach. Hello Geoff! Hello David! I suppose that by ' invaluable and rare commodities' you mean a 'satisfied teacher ' and by 'trojans' you mean 'we always lose'? But you' re a bit of an invaluable commod rty yourself, a genuine dinosaur, a conser vative MP, about to become extinct. .. Now Jet's keep it clean. So I can't talk about Ed. Rice's tackles, Russell Hewett's shots on goal , Luke Toulson's long balls and Adam Chataway's shorts? Certainly not on this programme. But tell me, how do you keep the 2nd XI going at King 's when the playing punters haven't generally played for two years and hockey hlls lllre;rdy taken many potent ill! 'stllrS '? Let me correct you. A lot of the boys I receive have al ready played a season in the 3rds, they are al ready wellschooled in the basics by C.J.R.J. In fact, I don't have to do much. It really depends upon the will and attitude of the boys concerned. That's a patheticlllly political reply. Surely you lwve to choose the plllyers lind give them a formation and tactics? It's not quite like that. As you said earlier, the choice is really limited by other factors. However, given the chance, I always like to choose a captain who will encourager les llutres and lead by example. Such liS Russell Hewell?

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Indeed. I also like to choose at least one combative centre-back (the aforementioned Ed Rice) at least one 'psycho' ho won 't drop until the final whistle (Robert Wallace), some strength (Jonathan Murch), some experience (Luke ulson , the only remaining ~1emb~r o f last year's successful side), at least two adaptable 'younguns' who can defend 0 lay in the modern attackmg wmg-back style (Thomas Edmunds and A ngus Blackburn). In m1d-field, I look for or ~c ski ll and subtlety (Marcus Pykc and Afolabi Sonaike) and , up front, I seck out potential class (Matthew Wall), s~uplcd with pace and determination (Peter Phipson) or trickery and determination (Paul Wharton) . Finally, you need ~ brave goalie, we had lots of these this year - Adam Chataway being the loudest .. . But isn 't it a g reat pity that these boys have had two yea rs of hockey :md no soccer ? Yes this is a real problem, especially when we' re competing with schools where they have played soccer rightthrou9h we 'do have to begin with the basics. T hey do this i n the 3rds and I continue the development in the hope they II ;ake the premier league in clue time. However , if they are keen to learn , as they usually arc, progress can be fmrly rapid . So what :~re these basics? soccer is a very simple game. You need to be fit , to make demands of yourself in competit ive situations but, above all. you need to real ise that it is played with a ball and two feet. The message we try to inculcate... None of those socialist wo rds on this show, please . ... is 'pass and go' . The ball is round , it rolls, it need not be hacked into the air. Every player rece iving a pass should be able to return another pass within one or two touches. Every player should be moving to create angles in order 10 receive a pass or to make space for someone else to receive a pass. What about tactics? What made you adopt the three centre-back and two wing-backs formation? Tactics don't really matter at this level i f everyone follows the basics. Perhaps the most important thin ~ is to establish a shape and pattern o f play . There is no doubt that the formation you mention gives greater flexibility but players need to be fit and aware of what they are doing. It is rarely possible in the first two o f three games of the season ... Thanks for y our call, Geoff. I think we have someone on the line from Swansea .. . The aim in any 2nd XI soccer season is to develop players for the future and to win more than we lose. We will make mistakes- most of these came in two games this year - but they arc an important part of the learning experience. We are handicapped by some of the factors mentioned in my discussion with the 'racl10 personal ity of the year ' but we usually manage the latter. That it was achieved without some of the 'easier' fixtures th is year (cancelled due to the appallmg weather) is a credit to the attitude and determination of the squad, ably led by the senior members, Russell Hewett and Luke T oulson. A number had opportunities in the 1st XI (Marcus Pyke, Matthew Wall , Adam Chataway) and some (James Capel, Alex Ross) found a permanent place. It was good to see two fallen soul s return to soccer after a long absensc and learn so quickly) Jonathan M urch and Robert Wal lace). A s for developing players for the future, I hope the leavcrs carry on playing, and playing in the right spi rit which is not always easy in adult soccer ; I expect to see most of the others establ ishing themselves in next year's I st XI. Many thanks to Russell and special congratulations to Matthew Wall and Paul Wharton who, between them, scored all but two of the team 's goals. G.R.C. The following played more than one game. Russell Hewett (Capt .) , Angus Blackburn, James Capel , Thomas Edmunds, Nicholas Lynch, Jonathan Murch, Peter Phipson, Marcus Pyke, Edward Rice, Afolabi Sonaike, L uke Toulson , Matthew Wall , Robert Wallace, Paul Wharton . Also payed: Thomas Dean, Henry Eccles, Femi Faday i, Justin Gardner, Christopher Mounsey-Thear, Alex Ross.

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Played 8, Won 4, Drawn I , L ost 3. Goals for 16, goals against 2 1. Kent College (H). Won 5- l . v K.C. S. Wimbledon (A). Lost 1-2. Maidstone (H) . Won 3-2 . v Bethany (H). Won 1-0 . Westminster (A). Lost 0-6. v Colfe's (A). Won 2- 1. Sevenoaks (H). Lost 2-7. v Christ's Hospital (A). Drawn 2-2.

3rd XI It's the playing of the game that counts, not the winning. With a record o f played 8, lost 8, this has to be the motto for the season. Happi ly, despite being outclassed or outpo wered in most of the matches, there was never a time when the team stopped battl ing away and hoping for better fortune around the corner. Everyone has contributed his best and no-one can ask for more. The squad has been friendly and eager to learn and heads have kept up remarkably well. Collectively and individually the players have improved a lot over the term and I am sure that many of them will form useful parts of higher teams next year. . I have said th is many times before, but it is worth reiterating: to compete successfully with schools who f lay soccer m all age groups is very difficult, particularly when some of them have soccer as their major sport. M any o th1s yea r's team were playing their first proper matches, certainly since they left prep school, and exper ience counts for so much. Wnh less obviousl y talented footballers in the squad this year, we needed 1deal cond itions for early season preparations. Unfortunately we did not get them, with almost two weeks, and two games, washed out by the weather. Even the practices that were managed usually had to be based around 6-a-side games, as the conditions were just too awful to make much of skills training. Excuse, excuses - now a brief mention of the matches themselves . 11 7

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All the St. Augustine's games were well c~nt ested . .If we had not given away one or two crazy and/or unlucky . (a notable feature <_>f most of the matches!) 1~ the m1ddle of som~ excellent defending and if we had used thegoa!' for tar~et practice mstead of the posts, we 1mght have found a wm somewhere. K.C.S . W imbledon and Seven~oa) were Simply too old (our team was nearly all under 16) and too big for us. Westminster were a shade too experie ak, and Colfe's put out their very successful U 16 XI side against us. leavin~ their 3rd XI to play our 4ths! The Chrnc~d Hospital match was the best of the season and could eas il y have gone either way. Finally, a special word about ISt ' or two of the players. As captain, Espin Bowder set an excellent example, his work rate in midfield being prodigioonc Alex Walker and Ben White showed inte_lligence and tenacity at the h~art of the defence and any 3rd XI would hau~. been pleased to have had Henry Eccles m goal. Everyone else had h1s moment and I hope that there w ill be ma ~ more o f them next year. 11} C.J.R.J.

T~am: Espin Bowder (Caf?l.). Matthew Appleya.rd , Paul Bainbr~dge, Edward Butler, Charles C~rlewis, H~nry EccJc,

Justm Gardner , Thomas 0 Sul livan , Umar Shanff, James Staz1cl<er, A lexander Walker, BenJamm Wh 1te. â&#x20AC;˘ Also played: Angus Blackburn , Olusegan Lawson, James Patrick , Simon Peachey, Peter Phipson, Adam Tarr, Owen T hompson-Dredge. R ESULTS

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Played 8, Lost 8. Goals for 6, goals against 26. St. Augustine's 2nd XI (H). Lost 1-3 . v Colfe's U 16 A (A). Lost 1-6. K.C .S. Wimbledon (H). Lost 0-3. v Sevenoaks (A). Lost 0-3 . St. Au~u st in e's 2nd XI (H). Lost 0-2 . v Christ 's Hospital (A). Lost 0-1. Westlmnster U16 B (A). L ost 2-4. v St. Augustine's UIS A (H). Lost 2-4.

4th XI ' For w hen the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He w rites - not that you won or lost - but how you played the Game'. Whether this would have been quoted had the team won all its matches is a hypothetical question: we lost all our matches. However, we did lose them with commitment and cou rtesy. Despite the unpleasant weather before hal f term watching the team was a pleasure and never an embarrassment. A ll our opponents had to work for their victories; indeed, were it not for our annoying habit of conceding an early goal when play ing away (thirty seconds was the record , at Colfe's), and our equally annoying habit of playing most games away, we might well have reversed all the results. The Col fe's match was typical : after an early goal, we defended w ith vigour and particularly in the second half, were the dominant team, but unable actually to score. ' It was a large squad: perhaps thirty all told, so to talk of individuals is inv idious. T he unfailing energy of the Galpin's contingent and the w itty commentary of Tom Broxup is what springs pr incipall y to memory. We enj oyed our matches, but if we arc honest we might have enjoyed them even more had the occasional one been won. David Bradley, the coach, wielded his considerable experience wi llingly. T he team 's spirit was wi lling, but the coach to away matches too debil itating. A t least the coach for away matches can say 'We played the game'. J.A.T. Team from: Simon Garnett (Capt.), Babaj ide Adesanya, Richard A shcnden, Thomas Broxup, Stephen Bushnell, Peter Capel , Nicholas Lynch, T imothy M itchell , A lex Reynolds, Leonard Samuelson, Timothy Strange, M ax Von Papcn. Also played: Fel ix Boon, Andrew Brice, Edward Butler , James Day, Benno Hausburger, Olusegun Lawson, James MacAd1e, James Patr ick, Thomas Savage, George Sti ll , Adam Tarr. RESULTS

Played 5, Lost 5, Cancelled 2. v K.C.S. Wimbledon (A). Lost 1-6. v Sevenoaks (H). Lost J-5. v St. Augustine's (H). Lost 2-5. v Christ's Hospital (A) . Lost 0-1. v Colfe's (A). Lost 0-4.

Cross-Country T he pre-season planning saw the appointment of a capta in who had failed to complete the last two seasons owing to an i nj~ ry (wh i ~ h had conveniently allowed him to fin 1sh the sea~on on the football pitch), and a vice-captain with a s1lly ha1rcut: I t IS probably u nderst ~ nd ab l e why the sceptiCS questioned the appointments, as our ' noble' leader took on the post w ith an mco ngr~o u s sen ousness unsu1ted to someone more renowned for hav ing the mental ity of a tenyear-old. People were worned. For the pre-season therefore Jules scouted the local schools look ing for someone to complement the fifth-form talent in the team . A fter strong negotiations Jules was able to welcome Mr. Davis to the team, along with a home transfer of Sarah Petrie from the rowing department. Feel i ng confident in his new runners, and borrow ing some casuals to make up the numbers, the team was unveiled at the District Championships . The new signings made great official debuts, with T im and Sarah each taking the title of District Champion in the1r respective

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ories with ' Old hand' Malcz, doing the same in his age group, and showing great pre-season form. Jules' main cate~ts we're that the purchase of Davis had robbed him of his title, and the lack of a cup for the Senior teams victory ~eg~im to hold aloft and kiss, aroused a fear that he might never get to do it sgain. The feeling was confident therefore or the way home, as the omens for the coming season were boding well, with Ribbans, Martin and Sweny jnr. all the top ten (almost) in the I nter boys and Van den Hout , London and Cl inch repeating this feat in the Juniors. The first hu rdle over , Jules turned towards the idea of a pre-season trainin~ camp, brieny. Christmas came and ent oh too quickly, and the squad returned to school with just one trai ning sess1on to get them into presentable shape, ~v d t~ pick a team. Andy Ribbans got to make his debut, as he showed himself to be the only fit member of the team ?~th'lt time. Jules managed to sign up his counterpart in the Zany crew, along with Will (where were you last year?) Finch. The team did incredibly well, bearing in mind the Ch ristmas holidays, with all but two of them dying on the econd lap, and losing places. Despite the absence of his up front partner T im (who, unnerved by Dainmob's 'friendly' \de went off to run at a massive intercounty match, and came 8th , and 3rd for Kent), Malcz strolled in 12th. Overall ~~ecmne 14th out of33 schools, with Cranbrook coming 12th, and Harrow coming 6th. But J ulcsrema~ned confident in his team , and this turn out , although not a great one, was the first turn out for the All New F1rst E1ght, gomg by the title of 'Chuck's Choppers', and the beginning of all important team bond ing. 21st January brought the division o f Chucks Choppers, as T im, Jules and Malcz headed off to Kent trials, while the rest drove off to Duke of York's to inspect the weather. I n the worst weather Jules had ever encountered in his considerable career. and on a particularly demanding cou rse, Malcz fainted, Tim came 2nd beat i ng the National no. 2 and Jules made it in , just. Sarah Petrie came lOth, Charl ie Barker came in 14th, and Gurke, made it uno the Kent ~q~ad too. A good day's results for the boys and girl s created a pleasant feeling in the camp, which was itsel f complemented by Charlie impersonating her Mum whilst unwittingly sta nding in front of her. A restful weekend, and Jules introduced his perhaps unorthodox, but at the same time effective training methods from Monday to Wednesday. Monday rrovcd the effects of a football on speed tra ining, with the runners developing ball skills comparable even to those o the mighty football 1st X I. Tuesday introduced the Star Wars and Top Gun method of controlled Cross Country running, with Simon Bird , now looking he could become the number 8 runner we were looking for. He was beginning to show great running potential. especially for a last man, and was helped by his in-depth Knowledge of Star Wars quotes. Wednesday saw Jules commanding his troops through the woods and introducing them to the tactics of leaf and mud camounage, along with lessons in understanding each other using native language and. basic Russian. The loud singing als~ helped to augment the feel ing ?f team unity and bondmg, not to mention tu rnmg a few people s heads at the same tune. We prepared for the Tonbndge match confidently as a result. With all this intensive specialised training how could we fail? Unfortunately fate stepped in, and the match was postponed owing to noocJing (allowing Tonbridge to reschedule the fixture to a time when everyone but themselves was on half term) . Spirits were beginning to run low, Jules didn't know where to turn having failed to bring back the song, 'We are great, we're the first eight 1' owing to the fact that Matt Willifer and Tom Dyson only left. the wo~ds. not the tune to the song in the school's last cross-country glory days, fi ve long years ago. Jules had to clig deep mt<_> 111S . pe~sonal Captain of Cross country funds to invest, what we saw as a worthwhile venture, as It would show h1s faith 111 h1s team. Within a week the words: MALCZ, ZANY, JIP, RANDY , CHAFFY, ZAIN and BYE! (as Tim wouldn't admit to hav ing a nickname) were printed on the backs of the magnificent se~en. Just in time,. as it turned o.ut for the House Cross-Country. What can I say? The vests looked great, and helped 1nsp1re the team to kick the rowers 1nto an unusually aphasic state. T hey won' t challenge us for a while, although Jules noted that Ben Loxton-Edwards was a useful runner, and decided to follow his progress. Spurred on by ou r first wi n as a group, over the rowers , we reached the Five Schools fixture with jubilant cries of ' Harrow! ' to the public. The first public unveili ng of the vests proved to be a complete success and especially impressed Bcrkhamsted who are bound to have copied by next year. If they do, I hope someone claims a copyright breach. As for the race, T im jogged the first lap at the front, then got bored and made full use of the BYE! on his back to in furiate the Harrow no. I who was trying so hard to keep up with him. Malcz made it in 3rd, Jules just beat Jip by coming in 5th, and Raf came in 12th under a sim ilar threat from Will, with Dai nmob coming in not far ahead of our new trial runner, Simon Bird . At last we had found the elusive Eighth runner and a short with BIRDY on the back was not that far from the making. The first proper team turn out resulted in a comfortable victory margin over a team whom we beat on their home grounds, a team which had beaten us considerably at the first match his season. At last Jules ~ot to kiss his first cup, but not before T im had been chatted up by, and given his autograph to, the Harrow Captam of Rugby . We still cou ldn' t get the song right, but one thing had been established, we were the new first eight, 'Watch out Kent League', Chuck's Choppers were on their way. Meanwhile, the girls had turned up at the Kent League at Cranbrook, in order to worry the other teams about the standard of Chuck's Choppers, being so good that we didn't even need to turn up. The girls ran, and new import Sarah Petrie came in 1st, Joanna Pringle (another new part-time signing) 8th, Charlie Barker 13th, and Gurke 14th. The girls came 2nd, and were establ ishing themselves as a force to be reckoned with as well. After firm negotiations with The Mif?hty Chuck, we were able to field two teams at The Tortoises' Relay Oxford, and therefore allowed the whole first e1ght to run . It is worthwhile mention ing that the First Four alone hasn' t been good enough to justify the journey up to Ox ford for a long time. and when a King's team last went, the best they could manage was 14th. This itself is a respectabl.e position at such a bi ~ prestig.ious event. Owing to an 1llness, w,e lost Tun , our England runner and swapped h1m for a GB rower, the aforementioned Ben Loxton-Edwards. I can t describe what a help he was for the team once Ti m had fallen by the wayside. As a result, the First Four of ZANY, JIP, Ben and MALCZ, came in fourth just behind the third place team. The Second Four of RANDY, ZAIN, BIRDY and CHAFFY came in an incred ible II th, and were the 2nd B team in. The day proved to be almost as exciting outside odof the running as during it. Jules and Dainmob were almost attacked by a big woman on a tractor yell ing, 'Get

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orff .moi land!·: After a bi~ of s~eet talking by Jules, and a rare sweet smile from Dainmob she was putty in our h Haymg been d1rected by the b1g woman on a t~actor' ~hro~gh a sp.ecial shortcut just for us onto an athletics and,. Dammo.b and Jul~s ran the 110 1~1etre hu.rdles an 1mprt:ss1ve tunes, w nhout anyone in the stadium, and without h track, too, wh1ch made II all the more 1mpress1ve. The race Itself brought some sad news too as the eighth membe B~rdic, sadly collected his vest for the last time in present company as he had to go on a Gdrman exchange for th~ Roy half of term . A shame to lose one of our Choppers, as the group begins to divide I wish him well for his scc~nd next ye~r. This dep~rturc, an.d the ru.sh h.our traffic provided ample reason for an· adequate diversion. p00 ;~"h 10f was res1gned t.o dnvmg (desp1te Jules cla1ms that h<: could drive the bus too), as he hadn 't run. At this time the F~c E1&hl would like to than~ Sharon and ~arah for wanrcssing, and for being well and truly chopped as Malcz slo~' 1 enticed them towards the 1dea of becommg team cheerleaders. Appropriately jubilant songs fi lled the bus and th 1 ly where we had to make ... erm .. . pll stops on the way back. Chuck's Choppers this kept chopping, and decided~0 ackc\ a well-earned three-week break. Ia c However six individual s, namely Tim, Malcz, Jules, Charlotte, Gurke and Sarah had to earn their county ho before t~kins a respite. A ~etu.rn to the course at Chatha.m where Malcz had fainted, in not much improved cond~?ur, was a h1ston ca.l one for Kmg. s and a non starter. for T1m , who was bedridden. This is the first time King's has ~~~~ SIX c.ounty cross-country rep1 es~ntat1ves at one tunc. Malcz came 8th and 3rd 111 Kent and thereby made up for h. famung spree, and Sarah caf!le an 9th for Kent, and Chuck' s County Choppers ret urned home w ith Gurke clutchi 1 ~ especiall y ught to her new light blue possess1on. ng Halftcnn too.k its ~oil , especially on Raffwh? missed the first. few ~ays training. Thus, w ith him not feeling particular) healthy, and w1~h Tun ~nd Malcz at the Nall?nals, and m1ssmg B1rdy, we had to take on the home fixture. CharR came ~n a storm1~1g6th 111 the semors, st1mulatmg questiOns as to what he'd actually been doing in half term. No panty ~amc 111 3rd (cla l ml~g, 'I'm feelmg better now!') and German blu~ jumper girl came in 6th , wit~ Ribbo c.oming 8t~ 111 the In.t crs. Chuck s Choppers came 2nd an order to lui! the oppoS ition mto a false sense of secunty. At th1s juncture our,gr~lllude should be expressed to thos.e staff and pup1I.s who helped out at bot h the home and inter house fi xtures. We d like to say thank~ for actually cheenng for u~. and g1vc a specml kowtow to 'Little DainS. ' for helping to inspire Dammob so. M eanwhile, congrats to Malcz and T1m who ran for Kent at the Nationals, with both making the top 100. Fit and ready, C~uck's Choppers roll.ed on I<? the Kent College relays, with a prime and fit first six. Malcz started the first leg, came an first after a very 1mpress1vc run , and the rest was inevitable. Every single Chopper from that pomt. o~ , extended the lead over the second plac~ man in order of RANDY, JIP, ZAIN, ZAN Y , BYE!. The BYE! ~n T 1m s back was becom1~g.ever more appropn atc. Individually, Malcz would have won, and T im come 2nd had II not been for son~e d<?dgy llmmg on the pan o~ Kent Colleg~. Joanna Pringle came in 4th for the girls, closely followed by f':lo .P~nts. Chns P1cken ng ca.me out of.ret1re1~1ent to wan the Inters, and proved that he's still got it. A ll the best to h1s InJUry for the future, hop.mg 11 won I continue to hinder his pursu it of his father's footsteps . In the Shells, a str?ng ba.ttlc. bctw~cn M essrs Clmch and Wharton had been growmg all season, and was coming to a head, w ith Nick Clmch wmnmg th1s bout. At the pre.sentat1on Chuck's Choppers thanked the opposition for turning up, but asked them why they had b~thcr~d as we had k1cked the closest n vals by four minutes ! Jules' parents were present too. in order to sec h1111 k1ssmg h1s next cup. The O.K.S. ma.tcl~ came with that battle between Malcz and Matt Willi fer becoming ever closer. But Malcz impressed even Matt by spnntmg ba~k to school to pl.eas.e a lady. No wonder he's so fit! Tim graced the race for one lap, but Jules and. JP made up for h1s dr?ppmg ?UI wnh mcrcd1bly pacey 2nd laps, eacl~ dearing the other to go faster. CHAFFY plodded 111 n1cely, but RANDY s ~uddmg problem kept h1m out of the compet111on. Chuck's Choppers had easily faced up to the old axes (although Willi fer was lookmg sharp as ever), perhaps with the real exception of Andy Hart who turned up w ith somebody else's baby instead of running. ' The nex t. w~ck brought the Kent Lea~ue Final at Dov~~· with. a ~cary looking team left without RANDY because of h1s co.ntmumg problem~. The opposit iOn was left tra1Ims. wnh lllJury plagued Dainmob silencing the opposition both dunng .the race, and 111 the presentation a~te.rwards. T1m. won, and Malcz came in 2nd, and in the girls, Sarah (who had m1ssed t~e last few races because of lllJury and National music compcitions) came in 4th, and Joanna 8th. Jules w~s able !O k1ss the Kent league trophy, Malc.z deser vedly got off with the senior boys overall winner's trophy . (lncr~diblc s~cmg as ~c could have been runnmg 111 th~ Inters•. and would have won that too.) Tim was able to go and p1ck up h1s brother s sec?nd place trophy as a consolauon for h1s lack of a trophy due to his low number of appearances 111 the Kent League. Chuck s Choppers , worn out and tired began to feel the lethargy associated with the end of the season creeping in. But deservedly so. T~e last .race of the season emphasised th~ general feel ing of tiredness as Raf's trouble maintained although he'd ~cqu1red a JU!Jlper to keep 11 wa~m and keep h1m happy. JP and CHAFFY could barely get to the lacrosse pitch, leaving ~ust _Jules, T1m , Malcz a~d Dammo~ to represent Chuck's Choppers one last time. Malcz then was allowed to run 111 h1s ~wn age gro~1p, as 11 was con~1dered to be more <.>fa challenge for him than the senior age group. Malcz pulled off a VICtory marg~n of over <?ne m1.nute, T!m nearly ~1d t~c same, with ZANY and ZAI N taking the last two places on the rostrum . W ith Ben Sm 1t.h-~amg pulling off easily h1s best performance of the season , and coming in 8th, there was no doubt as to who the wmnmg sen1~r team on the _rostrum would be. Unfortunately, ow ing to a claim that the cup had been li~tcd, Jules w~ s robbed of h1s last opportunity to k1ss the winning cup. The girls, without Joanna Pringle who came 5th 111 a dcmandmg Inter g1rls race, woul~ not have done any better. I nspired by some unnatural force, Sarah cam~ 111, I st , Charlotte 2nd, Gurke ~rd, a~d JulieThompson-Drcdge who ~ad turned up merely t~ make up the numbers ~1dn t let the s1de down, came 111 an 1mpress1vc 4th on her debut, g1vmg the g1 rls team max1mum pomts. In the J~n.~ors, Ewan Cameron , finally a.llowe~ to run. for the junior team, showed them what a great runner they'd been. m1ss mg ~ue to h1s age, and came 111 an 1mpress1ve 5t.h. Ewan, one day too old for most junior competitions, has 1mproved Immensely to become the 2nd best 111ter behmd R1bbo ( in Chris Pickering's injured absence). In the

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Will Mackay also steadily improved to become a key team member, along with Chris Elworthy and T om

JU 111 ~rsd Next year, with all the present Removes still in the Inter team, and hopefully with Pickering, Tallon, Pritchard, Shdc 1 oar ybe even Will Scott appearing with new sets of knees, it looks like it could well be Chuck 's Inter Choppers an m,

yc~r i~~::,~;ly putting his running spikes into his bag for the last time 'our noble leader' or 'Skippy' as he was sometimes ::J (though not often, as that's a name more associated with previous leaders) , reflected over the s.eason. It was 11

said that I couldn 't have hoped for a better set o f results, or a better .group of people to run with , who may into their el~ment over long distance runs. Thanks must go out to t.hc $~ lis who filled 111 at 11mes, enabl m~ the ex1stcnce of a Jun1or team w1th a Kent League score, namely Tom M acAd1e, J c es Mitchell Julian Madjar Robm Doble, Ad rian Kowal, Charl ie Rice and Dan Coutts. But overall , the maJOnty ~~hanks should go to the ma~ known as 'Chuck' by all those who run f<_>r him, and as C.T.H. and 'Sir' bX others, ~vithout whom we would never have got anywhere (as we needed him to dnve ~s to the matches) , and wl~ose mckn~me ovided us w ith the name for the first team squad. Along with h1s trusty S1dek1ck, Dr. P. the team phys10 and adv1ser pr the best time to have your Mars bar and orange, they've done the Choppers proud. (A lthough 1f C~uck would ~ar his new t-shirt a little more frequently it would help.). Sorry if this report has turned out to be a b1t long, but 1 just felt that to make 11 any shorter would have been an lllJUSIIce both to the team and the1r season. JULIAN HlNVES. 10

b~ecessarily s~ine a~ individual.s, but col!lc

Teams: Senior boys: Julian Hinvcs (Capt.)*, John Swcny, (Vice-Capt.)*, Simon Bird 0 , Christopher Dain*, Timothy Dav ie*, William Finch*, Rafael de Haan*, Benjamin Smith-Lai ng, Malcolm Todd * . Occasionals: Daniel Bartlettc, Benjamin Loxton-Edwards. Open girls: Charlotte Barker (Capt.)* , Benita von Lindeiner0 , Sarah Petrie* . Joanna Pringlc o. Occasiona/s: Zoe Davies, Jo-A nna McConnell , Tara Roxburgh, Jul ie T hompson-Dredge. Intermediate boys: Barnaby Martin (Capt.), Andrew Ribbans (Vice-Capt.), James Barker, Ewa ~ <;:amcron, Christopher Elworthy, Wi lliam MacKay , Christopher Pickering, William Pritchard , Thomas Shclford , Wilham Tallon, M alcolm Todd* . Juniors: Ewan Cameron (Capt. ), Nicholas Cl inch, Daniel Coutts, Robin Doble, Ad rian Kowal, Thomas M acAd ie, Julian Madjar, James Mitchell, Charles Rice, Mark Wharton. * =1 st Colours 0 = T cam Colours RESULTS Wednesday 29th November: Canterbury Schools' District Championships Senior boys : KSC 19, 2 Canterbury High School 32. (Davis I - District Champion, Hi nvcs 2, Baines 6, Letts 10). Senior girls: Petrie I - D istrict Champion. . Inter boys: I KSC 74, 2 Simon L angton BGS 87, 3 Chaucer T echnology 203 out 6 schools. (Todd I -District Champion, Ribbans 7, M art in 9, Sweny, M I I , Tallon 16, Elworthy 30, MacKay 3 1, Pntchard 39) . Junior boys: I Archbishops' 11 2,2 KSC 121 ,3 Queen Elisabeth 's 124, out o f 9 schools. (van den Hout 3, London 6, Cli nch 8, Davies 19, M eyer 39, Wyand 46, Rice 53 , Morrison 65). 14th January: The Knole Run, Sevenoaks (Open boys) King's 14th out of 33 schools. . (Todd 12, Hinves 39, Sweny 105 , Finch 129, De Haan 133 , Ribbans 137, Dam 16 1, Martin 220, out of244). 21st January: Kent Schools' Championships, Chatham. (Kent League at Duke of York's Dover - cancelled owing to high winds). Senior boys: Davis 2, Hinves 19, out of 29. Canterbury District win . . . . Senior girls. Petrie 10, Barker 14, von Lindeiner 19 , out of 27. Canterbury D 1stnct wm. Inter boys: Ribbans 32 , Martin 87, Tallon 90 , out o f 100. Junior boys: Clinch 142 out of 144 . Saturday 28th January : Kent League at Tonbridge -

cancelled due to flooding.

4th February: Five Schools' Trophies at Harrow (boys) v Berkhamsted , Bradfield , Harrow , Highgate, Rugby and University College School. . Senior boys: I KSC 40, 2 Harrow 66 , 3 Berkhamsted 126, 4 Rugby 136, 5 H 1ghgatc 187, 6 U CS 198. (Davis I , T odd 3, Hinvcs 5, Swcny 6, DeHaan 12, Finch 13, Dain 20, Bird 23 out of 48) . Inter boys: I Harrow 36, 2 Highgate 11 6, 3 Bradfield 122, 4 Rugby 134 , 5 KSC 170? 6 Harrow B 186 , Rugby B 253. (Ribbans 13, Cameron 14, Elwoirthy 25, Tallon 36, MacKay 40, Shel ford 42 , Pntchard 43). Junior boys: Wharton 38, Clinch 39. 4th February: Kent Schools' League at Cranbrook (girls) Open: I Sevenoaks 435.9 2 KSC 427.3 3 Dover College 404.3 4 Benenden 365 .8. (Petrie I , Pringle 8, Barker 13, von Li ndcincr 14 out of 29). 121

Wednesday 8th February: The Tortoises Schools' Relay, Oxford University Open boys: I Millfield 34m 18s, 2 W inc hester A 34m 22s, 3 G.G.S. Worcester 35m 06s, 4 KSC A 35m 32s KSC B 37m 14s out of 35 teams. ··· 11 (Hinves 8m 56s, Sweny 9m li s, Loxton-Edwards 8m 46s, Todd 8m 39s. Saturday 11th February: Kent v. Hampshire, London, Oxfirdshire, Surrey , Susex, a t Chatham Julian Hinvcs, Charlotte Barke r , Sara h Petrie, Benita von Lindeiner, (Sen iors) and Malcolm Todd (Intermediate~) represented Kent Schools at this fi xture. T odd was 8th , 3rd in the Kent team, Petrie 20th, 4th in the Kent team.· Saturday 4th March: Kent Schools' League at home Open boys: I Tonbridge 629.3 2 KSC 6 18.6 3 KSR 591.7 out of 6 schools. (Hinvcs 4, Finch 6, DeHaan 9, Dain 15, Sweny 17, Sm ith-La ing 37 out of 44). Open girls: Barker 3, von Lindei ne r 6, McConne ll 10 out of 15. Inter boys: I Tonbridge 646.6, 2 C ra nbrook 634.6, 3 KSC 6 12.8, 4 Rochester Maths 6 10.7, 5 Duke of York's 576 9 · ' 6 St Edmund's 566.2. (Ribbans 8, Cameron 15, Elworthy 22, Mac Kay 23, Tallon 31, Shelford 35, Martin 36, Pritchard 42). Junior boys: I KSR 5 16, 2 Duke of York 's 5 15.2, 3 C ranbrook 495.6, 5 KSC 467.9. (Wharton II , C linch 15, MacAdie 19, Mitchell 20, Rice 22, Kowal 24 o ut of 25). Saturday 11th March : Kent College Relay Open boys (6 x2 miles): I KSC I : 15.43, 2 Cranbrook I : 19.40, 3 KSR I :20.26 ... 8 KSC 'B' I :30.55, out of9 schools · (Todd 2, Davis 3, Hinves 10, De Haan II , Sweny 12, Dain 14, Finch 17 , Bartlette 29, Smith-Laing 45). Open girls (4 x2 miles): I Sevenoaks I :06.47, 2 KSC I: 10. 18, 3 Cranbrook I: 10.43, out of 7 schools . (Pringle 4, Barke r 5, Lindeiner 12, Davies Z, 22). Inte r boys (6 X 2 miles): I Tonbridge 1:20.54, 2 KSR I :24.48, 3 Cranbrook I :27.36, 4 KSC I :27.56 out of 8 schools (Pickering I , Ribba n ~ 10, Cameron 15 , Ma rtin 23, T a llon 26, MacKay 33, Pritc ha rd 43, Shelford 47, Elworthy 52): J unior boys (5x2 miles): I KSR 1:1 9.25,2 Cranbrook 1: 19.39, 3 Duke of York 's 1:19.57, ... 7 KSC 1:31.58. (Cl inc h 12, Wharton 15, Coutts 3 1, Madjar 35, Kowal 36). Sunday 12th March: O.K.S. match at home I KSC 15, 2 OKS 21. (W illife r OKS I , Todd 2, Hinves 3, Sweny 4, Pritchard H, OKS 5, Finch 6, Shepherd OKS 7, C lark OKS 8=, Hart S, OKS 8=, Stevens A, OKS 10) . Saturday 18th March: Kent League fina l at Dover College Seniors: I KSC 681.8 2 KSR 649.4 3 Cranbrook 607.3 out of 6 schools (Davis I , Todd 2, Hinves I0, Sweny II , Dain 14, Finch 16, Smith-Laing 4 1 o ut of 50). Open girls: I Sevenoaks 43 1. 1 2 KSC 411.5 3 Cranbrook 396.6 out of 5. (Petrie 3, Pringle 7, Ba rker 15, Lindeine r 16, Roxburgh 17 out of 26). Inters: I KSR 65 1.6 2 KSC 609.7 3 Sevenoaks 602. I out of 4 schools. (Ribbans 6, Cameron 10, Shelford 14, Elworthy 2 1, MacKay 23, Tallon 35, Pritchard 40). Juniors: Cl inch 12, Wharton 17). Overall League Results (best th ree school and individual scores added together) Senior boys: I KSC 20 I0 2 KSR 1930 3 Cranbrook 1921 4 Tonbridge 1908 5 Sevenoaks 1866 6 Dover College 1809 7 Duke of York 's 1778. (Todd I, Hinves 9, Sweny II , Finch 14, De Haan 16, Dain 17 out of 5 1). Open gir ls: I Sevenoaks 1303 2 KSC 1253 3 Cranbrook 1193 4 Dover College 1188. (Pringle 6, Ba rker II , von Lindeiner 13 o ut of 22). Inters: I Tonbridge 1978 2 KSR 1911 3 KSC 1867 4 Sevenoaks 1792 5 Duke of York's 1715. (Ribbans 8, Came ron 13, Mac Kay 27, Tallon 28, Shelford 33, Elworthy 37, Pritc hard 42 out of 46). J un iors: (Only two complete team scores, so no overall resu lt for KSC). (Clinch 13, Wharton 15 out of 24). Wednesday 22nd March : Invicta A.C. Invitat ion Schools' Races, Canterbury Senior boys and Senior gi rls win (Davis I , Hinves 2, Dain 3, Smith-Laing 8; Petrie I , Barker 2, Lindeiner 3, Thompson· Dredge 4). Inter boys: 2nd to Hartsdown by one point (Todd I , Ribbans 5, Picke ring 14, Mac kay 15, Elworthy 20, Shcl ford 26, Pritchard 3 1). Junio r boys: 4th (Cameron 5, Wharton 17, Doble 34, Cli nch 45, Coutts 54).

INTER-HOUSE CROSS-COUNTRY The wet and blustery weather departed briefly to a llow far more pleasant conditions for this year's competition than the freezing horizontal rain of 1994. The courses were still extremely muddy in parts, making some of the slopes difficult to cope with ; visiting schools for matches often say what testi ng, ' true' cross-country courses we have, so all credit to those slithe ring round without racing spikes! Tradescant continued to dominate the boys' competitions, with outstanding Senior and Inter team scores (they supply a high proportion of the school c ross-country teams, after all), wh ile Linacrc co ntinued its excellence of recent years by coming in the top three of each age-group, and being justly rewarded with the Junior boys' trophy, narrowly fending off a strong challenge from Me ister Omers. Marlowe 's Senior and Junior boys put in fine ~rformances, and their Junior girls managed an impressive p iece of team 'packing' to win their trophy. Jerv is' Senior g1rl s, with all their scoring runners in the top II of the race, took that trophy comfortably, and e nsured that Jervis won overall. 122

w records were established by two of the school's Kent runners: Malcolm Todd knocked 9 sec~nds off his Tw Intermediate record to reach t8mins IOsccs; Sarah Petrie established !I new course best (23mms 35secs) own e1 ton cr Senior girls' course, now the same as Inte r boys, run for the first time this year. Charlotte Bar~er can on th as t~at her old record on the shorte r course of 1994 will still stand for that course! As c~er_. howev~r. th1s event rest e YHouse teams doing their best as a whole , and mdiVIduals of all levels of .fitness and apt1tude bemg rewarded ~/~~u~ensc of achievement of reaching the fin ish as best they can. Congratulations to all who took part w1th such

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determination! . . . h ks arc also due to the many pupils a nd staff who came up to watch or help arou_nd the course an~ at the fimsh. T ;n T.J.P., D.J.R., S.W.W., R.B.Mi., A.R.A.R., J.D.P., S.K.M. and Miss Sm1th and thw pupil helpers kept J.R. ·t~ntial chaos at the finish at bay with great presence of mind, wh ile M.J .T. ! M .P . H .~ -· J .A.T.. M_.J.F., M.A.~.: thcpoR L J G Mr Plummer and R.C. with his Land Rover made W.R .P.'sJOb ofsettmg and markmg the courses · · · well-oiled ·• · operation. Well done to one and all! K· M e~tre;,ely an C.T.H.

Senior Boy's Result House Tradescant Marlowe Linacrc Meister Omers Mitch inson' s Galpin's

Points 49 90 100 170 178 242

Position I 2 3 4 5 6

Senior Girls' Result House Jervis Lux moore Walpole Marlowe Mitchinson's

Points 27 42 46 47 84

Position I 2 3 4 5

Intermediate Boys' Result Points House 43 Tradescant 87 Linacre 135 Meister Omers 136 School House 157 The Grange 209 Galpin's 232 Marlowe

Position I 2 3 4 5 6 7

Junior Boys' Result House Linacre Meister Omers Marlowe, Tradescant The Grange School House Galpin's Mitchinson's

Points 29 34 62 83 105 107 128

Position I 2 3= 5 6 7 8

Junior Girls' Result House Marlowe Walpole JerVIS Mitchinson 's Lux moore Broughton

Points 30 34 44 54 75 106

Position I 2 3 4 5 6

RESULTS I T Davis 2 J Hinves 3 B Loxton-Edwards 4 J Sweny 5 R DeHaan 6 W Finch 7 A Wi lton 8 C Dain 9 J Munday I0 D Bartlctte I S Petrie 2 J Potte r 3 J Prin~le 4 C Bar er 5 T Roxburgh 6 C Ng 7 L Heise 8 S Stirling-Airel 9 Z Davies 10 J-A McConnell I M T odd 2 A Ribbans 3 B Martin 4 M Sweny 5 P Phipson 6 0 Thompson-Dredge 7 C Elworthy 8 J Hessey 9 A Reynolds 10 T Edmunds I N Clinch 2 L-E van den Hout 3 T Haml in 4 R Doble 5 S London 6 M Nunn 7 I Meyer 8 E Sixsmith 9 T Bo nd 10 C Rice I 0 Beer 2 J Gulland 3 F Houghton 4 M Morris 5 I Coltart 6 M Stevens 7 I Leahy 8 H Myska 9 H Shere 10 R White 123

MR TR MR TR MO LN TR TR LN MR JR MR LX WL BR JR LX LX JR MR TR MO TR TR SH TR GR TR LN LN SH LN MR MO GR TR LN MO LN MO WL LX WL MR MR WL MR JR MT MT

Overall Boys' Result House Tradescant Linacre Meister Omers Marlowe Galpin 's

Points 154 2 16 339 384 558

Position 1 2 3 4 5

d. (The Grange and School House had insufficient finishers in Seniors Mitchinson's in Inters All ran anyway) ' · ere 11 to those who Overall Gir ls' Result House Points Position Jervis 71 1 Marlowe 77 2 80 3 Walpole Luxmoore 11 7 4 Mitchinson's 138 5 (Broughton had insufficient Senior fin ishers. All credit to those who ran anyway).

Basketball Junior Inter-House Competition It 's Wednesd~y. it 's 6.15_ and it's House basketball. Finish lessons and dash to the Recreation Centre ~ mmutes of runmng around 1s not always appealing in the cold wet ev · f h" or twenty participated and staff were there to officiate and support, so House sp~~i~n~~son~t ~i~~~;~a~~~ yet, fourteen teams hThe ?arly roubndskof the boys' competition saw some close, tense matches such as Tradescant against Meister Om w ere JUS! one as et gave the St. Augustine's team victory The Grange ·rh th h f fi h . crs, Shell Sam London, managed to defeat a spirited Linacre epiiomised b R' ;'~d e' e 1p o S?~e me s ootmJ; from

mana3e~ assing~e-point v1ct<?ry against Ma rlowe in the semifinals, wirh th ilip ~;~bbf~g~pce~~~~~fJi~~~~t~i 11~a b~;~a~H 1 f~~Jereg~lar~~ c_h~~~:~n~ ~n~ b~~-hdt~~~~sg~in~n ;~;c:dn~~ l~~tGCr~~~e0~~~id~r~~~s~~~~ 0~~~ et~e~~o~a~~f~~~e~vith ~~~ 1

T~o baskets 111 qu1ck su_ccess10n after a fast break by Akindele gave The Grange the lead wh"ch · · 1 th ey mallltamcd to gam a v1ctory of 20 pomts to 16 and meant they reta ined the cup.

~n/he _gi rls~ ~omp~~ition there were easy victories in the fi rst round but a na il -biting semifin al between Wal~olc

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used their reserves sensibly and as Broughton began to tir/s6 Jice Walker'~ s~~~~i~ghepyutbWifd fr~v~Jy but ~alpobllc lead and they ended up winning by 10 points. a poe Ill o a com orta c In a friend ly play-off, between the two winnin<> houses the Gra b · d · · in a high scoring game with J.R. P. and Afolab'f Sonaik~ offic ial~~:. oys engmeere a wm over the girls of Walpole My thanks to all those who played and the team captains for their organisati 11 s

~cas~~g to see House'!laster~ and House':llistresses fi~ding ti me to watch their cha~g~s. ui~~~~c~f~h;~kc~~e~~~ ~~as r.

ummer and M1ss Smith fo r helpmg me officmte so many matches.

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Fencing Another season is at a close The Masters of L'Esc · · b year. All that remai ns is the Public Schools, perhaps rs:::e ha:r~~~~~b~u7~torfe~~l ~~tlr~c~e~hr~ blades away for another But_ ':hat a year II has been ! Let's check it out. Our Seven National Qualifiers did well : F?ilcuy Wacher: 6th U 16 Girls Epee. T1m Breen: 18th U 18 Boys Sabre. Alex Perki ns: 20th U 18 Boys Fail. Alex Fennemore: 25th U 18 Boys Sabre. Amy Shepherd: 12th U l8 Girls Epee. 124

thcrs who did well were: Ben Wyand, George Gossage. Paul's Blue and White Fencing Army - alias the 'Hairdressing

Gu~d ' performed well when cal led upon to quash the Forces of Rochester and Eton, although the Eton match was

. lillie too close for comfort. Âˇ' the holidays Tim Breen and Alex Fcnncmore represented the South East at an Inter-region championship in Somerset. 1 took their team to a hard-earned fifth place. Street, Somerset will never be the same again, thanks to the boys rh;Y from the South East. Our first County competition was the Kent team Foil. This attracted few competitors, and thus King's took all the lOP places in U18 , 16, 14 and 12 catergories. The Kent Senior Sabre was this year organised by the famous Ralph Dobson, our assistant fencing coach. He managed wear down all the competitors enough to give himsel f 3rd place. Two Kcmnal Manor boys took I st and 2nd. 10 King's Challenge: The lower levels of the school benefitted most here; with the large junior entry there was a Jot f Fencing to be done. Our boys pulled through, as we knew they would. The Senior Section had a smaller entry ~nd our boys did well to take the top slots, despite some tough competition. All that remains is to thank T. I.J ., Pau l and Jay for their early hours and late nights on our behalf, and to wish cvcyone the best of luck in the Public Schools' next week. All colours arc re-awarded. TIM BREEN

Lacrosse If the Lacrosse team could have scored goals on enthusiasm alone, we wou ld have had a victorious season. Sadly however, our spirits were dampened, literally, by the rain at the beginning of the season. It was nearly two weeks before the pitch at Birley's was ready to withstand its weekly battering of lacrosse sticks on a Wednesday afternoon. We didn't Jet it phase us however. and continued with our Friday practices on the St. Augustine's back field where we got good practice in shooting at football goals. Unfortu nately our first two matches were both cancelled owing to waterlogged pitches and we were beginning to wonder if Lacrosse could be played on Astroturf. February 15th brought our first fixture unaffected by the weather. It was a frie ndly against the Umversity and our first taste of mixed lacrosse. After everyone had swapped shirts in an attempt to distinguish the two teams (we had fo r~otten the bibs), a manic game got underway and some promising lacrosse was played even if it left everyone caked 111 mud. Our next match was Jess jubilant as were were defeated 15-3 by Wally Hall (we looked on it as a 5: I ratio). All too soon the All England Lacrosse Tournament (held at Wycombe Abbey) was upon us. We had a tough draw against girls' schools whose main sport is lacrosse but we gave some good games nevertheless, with great determination from Frankie, Louise and 'Cesca and some nice goals from Katy. Sian showed some stylish stick-work (espec ially on her knees) and George battled on bravel y with her twisted ankle. Well done Jo, Alex and Melissa in their strong defence with some speedy back-up from Priscilla and Juby- and of course George B. stood her ground in goal. The day certainly wasn't wasted. Apart from the lacrosse, Sian managed to visit her fond old school and we managed to cat our way through the thirty packed lunches prov ided for us. The fo llowing weekend, our fi nal match was played against Cranbrook . This time, we refused to be beaten. Although they were leading 4- 1 at half time, we made a stunning come-back and some outstanding play brought us a 6-5 win . Thank you, Anna Lewis, a beginner who stepped in at the last minute and fought brilliantly, and congratulations on the classic goals from the attacks. Our other win of the season was, of course, in the Purples match. After most of us had donated our underwear to the opposition it was an interesting game with more hockey skill than lacrosse, but thoroughly enjoyed by all. A big thank you to Miss Mills for her support and to Miss Francis for her help on Fridays. Best of luck next season! The team was chosen from: Helen Thorn (Capt.), Georgina Bingham. Mel issa Clarke, Louise Hall, Katharine Forrest, Alexandra Hyatt, Frances Jennings, Georgina Lake, Anna Lew1s, Joanne Lim, Judy Macinnes, Franccsca Meynell, Prisci lla Parrish*, Lucy Rowe and Sian Saunders. *denotes new 1st Colours RESULTS Played 2, Won I, Lost I. v Walthamstow Hall. Lost 3-15. v Cranbrook School. Won 6-5. All England Lacrosse Toumument v Queen's, Chester. Lost 2-3. v Norwich High School. Lost 1-4. v Cranleigh School. Lost 2-4. v Westernbirt. Lost 1-5 . v Haberdashers Aske's. Lost 2-9. 125

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1st VII The results say it al l. We have had a mixed season with four games won, one drawn and four lost. When we played well and the game was flowing we proved the pre-season forecast of strong potential amongst a highly sk illed grou of players. Unfortunately this talent was often wasted as the majority of the time the atmosphere was not that of~ true fi rst team. On the more positive side, when morale was high we won with style. Gunners commanded over the defensive third, working well wit ~ Beth wh? found that a nick of al eg was all that was n7cded against the high-flying Dover shooter. Bccca, Amy, Cla1re and Milly prov1ded the essentml m1d-court play wh1ch we frequently dominated over our opponents, and provided a solid base for the shooters. I n our attack there was an upset in the positions with Sally being injured halfway th rough the season, and Liz must be commended in adapting to the play of both 'M illy and Kate. Kate proved her worth as a shooter during the match against Dover when she scored most of the goah with confidence and expertise. For the team as a whole to have been more successful there needed to be increased co-operation and commitment from everybody. It was very frustrating not seeing such a good team succeed as they could have, but that 's the way things go. Finally thanks must go to Miss Price and Mrs. M cConnell who gave us their adv ice and time. KIRSTIN G AYMER

Coach 's Footnote A s far as I am concerned this has been a rcther disappointing season. There have been some good games, I would even go as far as to say some very good games, but a team cannot hope to progress if they do not train on a regular basis. There were far too many feeble excuses for mi ss ing training sessions, and sometimes even matches. However. many thanks must go to those girls that did turn up regularly for training sessions and in part icular to the captain, Kirsti n Gaymer, who tried her best to rally the team together . I very much hope next season w ill be more successful and look forward to it. ' A .M .J.P.

Squad : Kirstin Gaymer (Capt .)**, Amel ia Stewart (Vice-Capt.), Kate Cuppageo, Claire Eliot, Rebecca Fordham , A nnabel Gunnell *, Beth Hickl in, Amy Joynson-Hicks, Sally L ewis-Jones, Elizabeth Tar ry 0 â&#x20AC;˘ ** Ist colours rea warded 0 Team colours

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Played 10, Won 4, Drawn I , Lost 4. St. Edmund's (H) . Won 20- 10. v Sevenoaks (A). Lost 4-34 . Benenden (A) . Cancelled . v Walthamstowe Hall ( H ). L ost 8- 18. Kent College (H) . Lost 15-24. v Felstcd (H). Won 15- 12 . Chislehurst & Sidcup Girl s' School (H ). Won 39-27. v Dover College (A ). Won 28- 14. Dover Grammar School (H) . Lost 27-28. Queen Elizabeth 's, Faversham ( H). Drawn 19- 19. Sutton Valence (A). Cancelled .

2nd VII The 2nds have had a good season despite some inconsistencies owing to injury and other commitments in both our own team and the I sts. Our worst losing margin was by four goals in the Sevenoaks match, in which we did not shake o ff the soporific effects of the long coach journey until the last quarter. A s with the other three matches wh ich we lost, it was this slow start which let us down. T he resulting scores show this as we were beaten by a margin of about two goals, scored in the opening moments of the game. I n the Sutton Valence match. we caught up in the last ten minutes, only to let go again . Having disposed of the less impressive results, I can move on to the successes. All the games were relativelY. highscoring, most notably against Chislehurst and Sidcup (39-27) and Felstcd (30- 1) in which Max and Caitli n's bnlliance stunned thei r own team , let alone the opposition. They played well together, although there were moments when they could have given each other a little more space. In times of player shortage, Justine and Julie also shot for us. Caroline Ng proved to be a central asset to the team, as a strong pivot l inking attack and defence. She became very proficient with the set centre passes which meant they were rarely wasted. She worked well w ith both Karen and Amy who were our regular WAs and Annabel or Mary who also made appcaran.ces. Getting the ball into the shooters was sometimes difficult when the defence was strong, but Amy developed bounce passes to great advantage, and Karen was a rel iable option and good capta in, knees permitt ing. The defence remained fairly constant with Lizzie Tyler as a zestful WD, who was a strong force in centre court pfay. Thanks to Mary and An nabel again who stepped in here too. Helena Ancock played GD all season except in the Dover Grammar School match when the l sts were desperate. Miriam played GK, monitorial duties allowing, and she provided the team w ith light relief and effective back-line passes. Until her unfortunate injury at Sevenoaks, Claire Gillanders also played a very strong GK initiating several text-book examples of ' Anderson' and ' Wh ite' set back-line techniques. 126

1ST VII, 2ND VII AND 3RD VII NETBALL (R ichard Bennell)

Ail in all , it has been a successful season in terms o f the standard of play and it has been much of a team effort. Thanks especially to all those who filled in the gaps so well and at such short notice. Finally we thank M iss Price and Mrs. M cConnell who turned up, whatever the weather, unl ike some of us ... KAREN ROBINSON.

Squad: Cait lin Pr ince, Maxine Gibson, Karen Robi nson*(Capt.), Caroli ne Ng*, El izabeth Tyler*, Helena Ancock, Laura Perrin, Miriam Lwanga, A my Joynson-Hicks, Clai re Gillanders*. *2nd colours R ESULTS

Played II, Won 7, Lost 4. Sevenoaks (A). Lost 10-1 4. Walthamstowe Hall (H). Won 18-9. Felsted ( H) . Won 30-1. 39-27. Dover College (A) . Won 11-9. Sutton Valence (A) . Lost 7-9.

v St. Edmund's (H ). Lost 10- 12. v v Benenden (A) . Cancelled . v v Kent College (H). Won 17-12. v v Chislehurst & Sidcup Gi rls' School (H). Won v Sir Roger Manwood's (H). Won 10-9. v v Dover G rammar School (H ). Won 2 1- 17. v

3rd VII This netball season has not been the best for the 3rds ! However the enthusiasm of the team meant we had good fun. As you can see A nnabel and Laura blocked brilliantly, Mary darted around here, there and everywhere, Ol i, when she had got rid of all the jewellery and her gloves, joined in ski llfully, Estell and Justine slammed in the goals and Zoe and her bandana were very useful assets to the team. We'd like to thank Mrs. McConnell and M iss Price for their expert training and support and hopefully next season will sec a more experienced team . LA URA P ERRIN AND Ou NEAME. Sqaud: Estelle Davies, Zoe Dav ies, Justi ne McConnell , Olivia Neame, Lucy Newton, Laura Perrin, Mary Stevens,

Annabel Whibley. R ESULTS

Played 2, Won 0, Lost 2. v Bcnenden (A). Cancelled . v Cranbrook (H) . Lost 14-21. v Sevenoaks (A). Lost 4-34.

Under 15 A VII I have very much enjoyed coaching this potentially very good team which contained players of high athletic cal ibre. At the beginn ing of term, the team's speed and quick reactions were impressive; very often, the ball would travel from one end of the court to the other in no time ar all (as an umpi re it was difficult to keep up with them!) but I felt this was often at the expense of control and accuracy. However, the team has been keen to learn and has been very recepti ve to coaching. As the game o f netball is played i n a relatively small area, the fi ner details of all movements have to be practised and per fected in order to gain ad vanta~e over the opposition. Our first task was to slow the game down a little j ust a fraction of a second - to allow time to look, thi nk and make an accurate assessment of the situation . Pivot ing pract ice was essential to improve footwork and to create a wider choice of pass; with that extra bit of ti me, there was therefore more chance of making an accurate pass. Spatial awareness is also very important in netball and creating spaces, by watchi ng closely other members of the team, should become intuitive. Other movements to be practised were precise timi ng, patterns and accuracy of passing and early receipt of the bal l. The team worked hard on all these aspects o f the game and improved their play, showing creditable successes with five matches won and three lost over the term. The highlight of the term was the team's very pleasing result in the District Netball tou rnament at the end of the season . I n an event for Under 16 teams our younger, and on the whole smaller, team were placed second out of seven schools . The team was very ably captained by Theresa Boyce. At Goal Defence she played with an authority that gave the team confidence. T here seemed to be little doubt in the team's mind that the ball would travel the length of the court to the goal the other end as soon as she possessed it. She has been a very pleasant and helpful captain to work with. She and Jean Richardson at Goalkeeper formed a very strong defence and have worked well together. Although relatively short, Jean is very ski lled in this position, and was well able to frustrate opposing shooters with her tight mark ing. Mwaka Kamana, A lice Walker and L ouise Squires held the centre court positions; Mwaka played Wi ng Defence for the whole season until the District tournament when, in the absence of our two original shooters Rebecca Arnold and Kate Willoughby, she filled i n as Goal A ttack and we discovered she could score lots of goals. Alice was a quick and determined Centre with very good footwork . Her moves around the court became less pred ictable and she was able to use the space more effectively. Louise's favourite pass was a qu ick backward one whilst facing in the wrong direction! T his pass may work well in hockey, but as W ing Attack it 's less effective. However her running passes were unbeatable and the three centre-court players formed a good strong attack . Cam i lla Jackson has been a very good 127

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Goal Shooter ; not only does she have a very commendable record of goal scoring but her well-timed moves un the goal and her quick moves within it have been a model of good pl ay . She was ably supported by Kate Willoug~~r for the first hal f o f term and Rebecca Arnold for the second half. M ention should also be made of our eighth memb/ o f the team and loyal reser.ve Sara~ Hu bb~ rd -.Ford. We have had a strong and healthy team throughout the term ~ r her ser v1ces were not requ1red uno! the D1stnct tournament when she played very well . Congratu lations to you a~ for a very good season. J.A.W Team: Theresa Boyce (Capt.), Rebecca Arnold, Sa rah Hubbard-Ford , Camilla Jackson, M waka Kamana, Jea~ Richardson, Louise Squires, A l ice Walker, Kate Willoughby . R ESULTS

Played 8, Won 5, Lost 3, Cancelled 4. v St. Edmunds. W on 10-4. v Cranbrook . Lost 13-20. v Kent College. Lost 15-23. v Queen Elizabeth 's School. Won 25-14. v Chislehu rst & Sidcup G.S. Won 23-7. v M aidstone G. S. Won 19-9 . v Sir Roger Manwood's. Won 40- 10. v Sutton V alence. Lost 18-23. District Tournament (Under 16: Placed 2nd in the tournament) v Canterbu ry High School. Won 12 -0 . v Queen Elizabeth 's School. Won 8-2. v Chaucer T ech. School. Won 11 -4. v Simon Langton. Lost 4-9. v Kent College. Won 6-3. v St. Edmund 's. Lost 5-6 .

Under 15 B VII A t the beginning of the season it looked as though the Under 15 B team were going to have a full season of m a tc he~ but , unfortunately, for one reason or another, more than half of them were cancelled. The open ing triangu lar match with Benendcn and Sevenoaks would have been an exciting start to the season but that was cancelled because of rain; the Cranbrook match was cancelled because the court surface was slippery and dangerous to play on; Walthamstow Hall were involved in the National Schools Lacrosse Championships and Sutton Valence couldn 't raise a team! However, of the four matches that were played, three were won and one was lost. All the girls involved in the squad practices played well and improved a great deal. The ' B ' team made a very impressive start with a win indoors against Kent College. Close local rivals al ways, Kent College were out-played by our attacking team. Sarah Hubbard-Ford , captain o f the team and a rel iable member of the squad, held the team together and was the vital link between the attacks and the defence. She achieved some remarkable interceptions w ith her speed about the court and from height that she gained from each jump; not surprisi ngly, this occasionally left her in an unbalanced position on landing. Other cent re court players, Charlie Hunt, Jessie Gulland and Alex . Marden, moved well about the court and all possessed good, neat footwork . They combined well as a group but , on the whole, were stronger in attack than in defence. This was obviously evident with wins against Frank M ontgomery and Archbishop 's and a loss against Bethany. At Goalkeeper, Ally A itken marked her opponents well and used her height to good advantage preventing many potential goals. She was assisted at Goal Defence by Vanina Schick who, although a little uncontrolled at times, always played with tenacity and spirit. Kate Willoughby and Rebecca Arnold shared the position of Goal Shooter in the ' B' team as well as the 'AÂˇ team and Rebecca Johnstone completed the team at Goal Attack. It has been a successful term and I have very much enjoyed coaching the team. M y very grateful thanks go to Miss Rachel Smith for her support w ith his team and for umpiring many matches. I have very much valued her cheerful and willing approach to netball this term and I am especiall y grateful to her for all her help w ith the Shell and Remove netball league games. J. A.W. Team: Sarah Hubbard-Ford (Cilpt.), Alexandra A itken, Rebecca Arnold, Jess ica Gulland, Charlotte Hunt, Rebecca Johnstone, Alexandra M arden, Vanina Schick , Kate Willoughby . Also played: Nancy Colchester , Rachel Hill, Hilary Myska, Olivia Price. R ESU LTS

Played 4, Won 3, Lost I , Cancelled 5. v Kent College. Won 14-8. v Archbishop's. Won 23- 15 . v Bethany. L ost 25- 17. v Frank Montgomery. Won 2 1- 11.

Under 14 A VII Our season started w ith a coach, a bunch of slightly tim id Shell s, and a couple of netballs. After Mrs. Anderson had begun to conquer the task o f remembering our names, we started to play; and by the first match , we had managed to become a team of able netballcrs. As our confidence grew we began to work better together and soon ended up with a ' half century' victorf. Fortunately, the weather managed to hold out for most matches, and, although we saw downpours of rain and hai in some practices. only one or two of our matches were cancelled.

128 UNDER 14 A, UNDER 14 8 AND UNDER 14 C NETBALL (Richard Bennell)

As for the team, we seemed to work quite well together, with our two goal shooters, Lowri Fox and Becky Scath, trowed us how proper shooting was done with some amazing scores . Meanwhile Temitayo Akindalc as our centre , rkcd both quickly and energetically with Julia Wharfe (as WA) resulting i.n some lovely passes into the '0' . Back 0 ~~ defence, Sarah Martin'sh eight combined wi t~ Nikk i Murch's eagerness gave us a determined and often successful :earn. Thi s leaves Laura Gntm~ and Erml~ Perkrn (whom we snatched from the Bs). last but defrnrtely not least with their quick and useful passes m the mrdfield. All in all we enjoyed the season and comradeship ran high throughout. We look forward to next year and wou ld like 10 thank Mrs . Anderson and Mrs. Woodley for thei r coach ing and encouragement, Miss Reidy for her Wednesday afternoon of fitness (which we all looked forward to!) and M iss Sm ith for her single but enjoyable appearance on an away match. 5

JULIA WHARf-E.

Tcmn from. Julia Wharfe (Capt.), Timmy Akindele, Louri Fox, Laura Gittins, Sarah Martin, Nikki Murch, Rebecca Seat h. R ESU LTS

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Played 8, Won 7, L ost I . St. Edmund 's. Won 35-7 . v Maid stonc . Won 7-5 . Chislehurst & Sidcup G .S. Won 50-3. v Dover College . Won 39- 11. Sir Roger Manwood 's. Won 56-5. v Canterbury High . Won 22- 17 . Kent College. Lost 20-1 1. v Sutton Valence. Won 39-9.

Under 14 B VII The team th is term consisted o f Eleanor Wharton as GK , Sasha Ball as GO, Alex Ell iott as Wd, Emily Perkin as C, Rhiannan Newman-Brown as W A, Freya Jonas as GA and Lotte T ydeman as GS. We had a very successful season thanks to the superb leadership qualities of Mrs. Anderson as coach . We won six out of seven matches , and the one we lost being to a side on tour. We had a sol id and strong defence and a 'nippy' attack , wh ich together prov ided a highly skilled team who used their skills and intell igence very effectively . Thank you ve ry much Mrs. Anderson for being our coach this season. We appreciate it very much. A LEX ELLIOTT.

Team from: Sasha Ball , A lexandra Elliott , Freya Jonas, Rhiannan Newman-Brown, Emily Perkin, Charlotte Tydeman, Eleanor Wharton. R ESULTS

Played 6, Won 5, Lost I. v Chislehurst & Sidcup G.S. Won 26-8 . v Archbishop's . Won 17-16. I' Si r Roger Manwood's . Won 26-8. v Beeston Hall. Lost 10-2 1. v Kent College . Won 12-3 . v Felsted . Won 28-4.

Under 14 C VII The team this term consisted of A thena Chenery and Claire Bolton as shooters , Eleanor Watts and Danielle Rowe GO and GK , Harriet Shere as WD , Briar Hitchen, WA and M adelei ne Ty ler as centre. We kicked off the season w ith a great victory over Chislehurst and Sidcup, and remained unbeaten for the rest of the term. T he next match we played proved a little more exerting, but we pulled through due to both the superb shooting and excellent defence. Mi ss Reidy gave us the inspi ration to work together as a strong and unbeatable team. We would l ike to thank all our supporters and of course Miss Reidy, our coach. We had a great time and hope that next season will prove to be j ust as fruitfu l. MADEL EIN E TYLER.

Team from: Claire Bolton, Athena Chcnery, Jennifer Dutton, Briar Hitchcn, Alexandra O'Oonoghue, Danielle Rowe, Li ndsay Sharp, Harriet Shere, Madeleine T yler, Eleanor Watts. R ESU LTS

Played 3, Won 3, Lost 0. v Ch islehurst & Sidcup G.S. Won 3 1- 10 . v Bethany School. Won 10-6. v Frank Montgomery . Won 29-3 .

129 THE SCHOOLS' HEAD WINNING QUADRUPLE SCULL (Mik e WMerman)

Rugby Sevens Rosslyn Park Sevens The seven-a-side season was, thanks to the weather, an incomplete one, but ultimately brought considerable satisfaction. Maidstone provided the usual introduction, but perhaps it was a little too gentle. In w inning the competition fo the third time in a row , the ' A ' team again did not concede a point , wh ilst the 'B' team conceded only two tries an~ the combined points tally of the two teams over the three season in win ning twenty-four matches has been 871 p~i nt~ for and 66 against (all but 5 against the 'B' team). The K ent Sevens, scheduled for the following week, should have provided a step up, and some qual ity opposition not least from the likes ofTonbridge and Skinners. Unfortunately, thanks to an administrative error by the organising C?mmittee, we were the only team to turn up - it had evidently been cancelled the night before because of the waterlogged pitches. At Surrey, a further step up in standard , we suffered from the consequent lack of hard match experience, and as in 1993, two early defeats meant that we returned with our tails between our legs . The only consolations were that we were beaten by the losing finalists, and that the performance in 1993 had been followed by the w inning of the Rosslyn Park Festival , so perhaps it was a good omen - but I did not honestl y believe that the comparison would end up being so close! An extra session on the day after the Surrey tournament, playing non-stop on a tiny pitch agai nst nine fresh and aggressive players, including some Colts eager to embarrass their elders, was punishing, and did not start too promisingly but ultimately things did start to fall in place. At Rosslyn Park , we had been drawn in a group that seemed to offe~ the prospect of going forward to the knockout stages on the second day , but only if we played with rather more shape and energy than we had managed the week before. Thankfull y, as each Group match went by on the first day of the tournament , the team grew in confidence, gained in awareness, and reeled off four victories in style. St. George's Weybridge made us work hardest for victory, but Dunstan Kamana, who had been having an inspired day, took us home with two tries. It was becoming apparent, particularly as we played our last game on the first day, that the ingredients of a good seven were fall ing into place: our two main ball winners were play ing effectively - Qin Wiseman was playing with urgency and control , and Adam Williams controlled the little voices inside him; after Chris Mounsey-Thear's injury, Jon Murch moved from prop to fill the hooking role, and gave steadiness, plus a reliable kicker for the restarts and conversions; Chris North, under instruct ions not to be tackled, kept everything ticking over smooth ly; Dunstan was calm and authoritative at fl y half; in Alex Ogedegbe we had probably the fastest player at the tournament, and certain ly the most devastat ing runner; Femi Fadeyi was not far behind in pace, used the ball sensibly, and supported and defended w ith great decisiveness. In addition to this, we had flex ibility in our use of the ball, and, crucially, the team defence was more than adequate, as we exerted controlled pressure and missed few tackles . Our first match on the gloriously sunny second day was against Epsom, who had of course beaten us fai rly convincingly before Chri stmas, en route to an unbeaten season . Faced with a team that would exert pressure around the ball, we thankfully showed tactical maturity and switched (as we had the night before in the last game) to organised 'kick and chase' which turned bigger opponents, and gave our greater pace an opportunity to take effect. The result was a more comfortable w in than we could have hoped for. The next opponents were a Bromsgrove side that was much bigger than any left in the competition , and had had considerable success in sevens tournaments this far this season. Chris North has to be replaced by Ed Radcl iffe at half-time, when we found ourselves 7- 14 down, but fortunately, Ed performed steadily, and with only a few minutes to go, Oggy sped away twice down the right hand side to bring us home. In the sem ifinal we were again without Chris North. Wellington dominated possession at first, and took an early lead ; they pressurised us when we eventually had the ball, but we pulled back when Dunstan chased a long kick ahead from just outside our own twenty-two, and raced i n for his ninth try of the tournament. The game was won and lost either side of half-time: just before, we made the mistake of taking our usual short twenty-two metre drop-out, conceded the ball under pressure, and a try resulted; just after, we received the kick-off, but try as we might, we were not allowed to work the ball into space. Two tries followed in this half, the final one at the end of the game, and we ended up beaten, but far from disgraced. Wellington, the wi nners at Surrey, had had a hard draw, and had played an extra qualifying match, but proved themselves to be the best team on the day in dispatching Blundell's very convincingly in the final. 110 schools had entered this, the most prestigious tournament for one-term rugby schools, and one which attracts full media attent ion. Reaching the semifinal was a magn ificent achievement in its own right, par ticularly in the light of the lack of opportunities to practice. In a wider context, the school can be j ustly proud of its recent run of success in this tournament unmatched by all but , literally, a couple of schools: 1993 Winners 1994 Quarter-Finalists (last eight) 1995 Semi-finalists (last four) Thi s year's team, which might have seemed to lack the 'pedigree' of its predecessors, played with such skill and commitment throughout that it seems churlish to ask what might have happened if M att Edwards had still been with us. Everyone played their part, but special mention must be made of A lex Ogedegbe. As a player, he was indispensable, scoring twelve tries in the seven matches (Roger Gardner scored fourteen in eight in 1993) - spectators gasped m 130 (Adam Fendius)

admiration ash~ ~ccel erated away from defences. We knew that he could do this of course, but he also revealed outstanding leadersh ip qualities, too, as he prepared the team thoughtfully for each match. I hope he does contmue to play rugby when he leaves the school - it would be a tragic waste if he did not. R.C .W . Sgyad: A lex Ogedegbe, Femi Fadey i, Dunstan Kamana, Chris North, Ed Radcliffe, Jon Murch, Qin Wiseman, Adam Williams, Chris Mounsey-Thear, Russell Hewett, Lewis Mitchell . RESULTS

Monday 20th M arch v Grenville. Won 45-0 . v Ipswich. Won 36-5 . v Si r Jos. Wi lliamson's. Won 33-7 . v St. George's. Won 14-7. Tuesday 2 1st March v Epsom. W on 24-0. v Bromsgrove . Won 19- 14. v Wellington. Lost 7-26. Semifinal (Wellington beat Blundell 's 27-5 in the final.) The following played in the second seven at Maidstonc: Andy Brice , Jamie Goodman, Tom Goodman, Steve Lau (Capt.), Lewis Mitchell, Ed Radcliffe, Ed Rice, A lex Ross, L uke Tayler, Bob Wallace, Chris Mounsey-Thear .

Squash 1st V Team This term did not start the way I intended because our first match agai n Eastbourne did not go very well. Everyone seemed to still be in hol iday mood! The nex t match (against Sevenoaks) I thought m ight have turned out better after some ser ious coaching by Martin, but it turned out just as bad as last term (Jonah being our only saving grace) and we lost 4-1. Luckily half term came wh ich raised the team's dampened spirits. After half term the O.K. S. came down and, as always, they provided very useful advice and good stories about members of staff (wh ile demol ishing everyone on the court) for which the team is very grateful (the advice that is!) . This is a regular Sunday fixture that is enjoyed by all involved. One o f our last matches o f the season was against Kent College whom we had played tw ice last term, the results being 1- 1 thus far. Th is match was the decider. After the first hal f, thi ngs were not looking too good. I was not havi ng one of my better terms (due to another sport) and lost rather quickly (to a very good player - J.A .). Alex, who was not happy playing at no. 5 also lost. Jonah won eas ily, which was lucky for him as Dr. Allday was finni ng him I Op for every reverse angle shot he played, and a Savoy dinner was look ing on the cards. The turning point came when Danny, two games down to a large American player, moved into a higher gear and deservedly won 3-2 . Dylan meanwhile was playi ng his best squash of the year and took the first game of his match. The second game was at 8 all when his opponent was forced to retire due to an injury. Ki ng's won the match 3-2. The last game of the season was against Benenden. The team, being gentlemen, decided to be nice to the gi rls. The fu ll implications of being nice with a scoring system that favoured the girl s only dawned on Alex when he was facing match point. T hen he started to play! Not every school team gets to spend the afternoon with the England coach, but M art in Ballands has contacts! It turned out to be a very enjoyable and worthwh ile experience and he has agreed to return next season for some more coachi ng. King's squash IS definitely on the up! Our thanks must go to Nick Berry (who is the first Shell for a long time to play for the school first team) and Louise Squires (the first gi rl ever to play for the 1st team) w ho turned up regularly for coaching and will be significant players in the team next season. Next year we loose Danny, Dylan and A lex who have given the team great support through a transitional time. A ll of them have improved their play this year by dint o f very hard work and verbal abuse from Martin. They will be missed. Finally thanks also go to Dr. A llday and Martin who continually gave their encouragement through good and bad times and to Mr. Bee for unflagging support of the cause. GORDON Y AINES.

Colours Awarded: Gordon Yaines - I st colours. Danny M udzaffer , Dylan Wyn-Pugh, Alex Waldron- 1st Team colours. Jonah Wyn-Pugh - minor sport colours. 131

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Girls ' Squash Yes, some girls did find the way to the squash courts, although many got lost on the way . T his caused one or two problems when gelling a team together ; the main proviso in the beginnmg for being a member of the team was ' Arc you free next Tuesday?' As the term went on we all got a lot more organised , even turning up to the training sc~sion, with Martin . Well done, Jessie and Lucy . Âˇ Our first match was played away at Benenden. The four of us (myself , Helen, Jessie and Julie) on the allack unfortunately unanimously losing, although we did get one or two points - well done, Helen. Next against St. Ed mund '~ away, we triumphantly lost, Helen agai n excelling by play ing twice, as again we were one person short. We finally managed to get a full team together for the St. Edmu nd's retu rn match. Congratulations to those who played, but we again lost. A special mention to Louise H . who was the fi rst person to wi n a game - what can I say? She's a natural. I don' t know what happened next; some suggested drugs, others bribery , but we actually wiped the floor with Felsted The next notable score comi ng from Louise Squi res, 9-0, 9-0, 9-0, won. A lso an excellent result from Jessie and wcli clone, Diana and M el , who fought courageously (although we did hear it mentioned they only did it for the tea !). Lastly a big thank you to Marti n, who l istened to our lillie whines and gave us confidence. Well clone, Jessie for play ing i n every match and thank you, M rs. Woodley for arranging the matches and giving us the necessary support . Thanks also to M iss Smith for her time and assistance. K ATHERINE CLARK

Team from: Katherine Clark , Helen Thorn , Jessica Stephens, Louise Squires*, M elanic Cumber , Diana de Cabarrus Louise Hall , Serena Nulling, L ucy Rowe, Emma Stephenson, Jul ie T hompson- Dredge. *{also played for boys' team) : R ESULTS

Played 4, Won I , L ost 3. v Bcncnden (A). Lost 0-4. v St. Edmund's (H). L ost 0-5. v St. Edmund 's (A). L ost 0-5. v Fclsted (H). Won 3-2.

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c.c.F. NOTES Before I start the report on the Army Section let me mention two events that I enjoyed as contingent commander with the other two sections. On 12th January I went with the R.N. Section to visit H.M.S. Illustrious at Portsmouth. The Admiralty has almost removed its presence from Kent and this might be seen as a disadvanta~e for R.N. cadets. After all_. the R.A.F. Section ha~ Manston !O fly from and the Army has both regular and T.A . battalions in Canterbury. This visit to the newly refitted atrcraft ea rner, however , made me realise what resources arc available to anyone JOmmg the R.N . Section. It was a splendid day in which we saw every corner o f this ship, and I am sure that for the cadets it made their Canterbury-based training come alive. Then on 9th March I accepted Mr. McFall"s invitation to j oin the R.A.F. Section flying at Mansion. When I arrived it was clear that his main intent was to sec me thrown violently all over the sky in a Chipmunk. I know he must have been bitterly disappointed when I was taken up by the station ~ommander, a sensible man, who saw no point in doing that. To take part in a passable imitation of a Stuka dive on 111 y home village was sufficient for the day. Well , thank you anyway, Mr. McFall, and sec you somet i me in a storm force blizzard on top of Hcl vcllyn. Seriously, the afternoon was a good experience for me and, more importantly, for the thriving R.A . r . Section. M.J .V .

ARMY SECTION It was good to see twenty recruits turn up at the beginn ing of term . Within three weeks they were taking part in the contingent' s weekend exercise, wh ich gave them a taste o f winter ficldcraft. The Lent term is not the ideal term for starting one's C. C. F. career, as the weather makes it difficult to introduce much variety into the programme. However the time has been used to learn the basics of mapreading, ficldcraft and weapons handling, and it is hoped that on the last para.de of term they will pass the weapon safety !est and go straight on to the 30 metre range on Scotland Hills for thctr first finng ol the Cadet G.P. Weapon handlmg has also been the mam theme for the APC section who all passed the test administered by the Army Cadet Training Team on 16th March. 1 have been impressed by the way the N .C.O.s have conducted the training of the recru its. We have our Biennial Inspection on 24th May, which is crucial for us, as on it depends recognition by the MoD. I am confident that the N.C.O. s, on whose shoulders the actual conduct of the activities on show before the Inspecting Officer falls, will present our C.C.F. in a very good light. Apart from preparation for the Inspection, next term's programme will include a lot more adventurous acti vities. The high point, though, will be the Ceremonial Guard, which th is year for the first time wi ll be an official part of K ingswcck. Adventurous training camp starts in a week's time, at Tal-y-Bont near the Brccon Beacons, and we have the largest number ever of Shell formers taking part. M.J.V.

NAVY SECTION The term started with a visit to the aircraft carrier, H . M.S . Illustrious, (sec below). After an easy first week we started our rec ruit training programme. As a result of this Chris Elworthy quickly qualified and was promoted to Abel Seaman, and has nearly reached Leading Seaman level. Both Mark Gilchnst and Enzo Labrosciano wi ll be qual i fied as Abel Seamen at the end o f term. We had an interesting Field Day getting fairly wet and cold on 'dry land' with the Army and R.A.F. Sections. We have had to say goodbye to our Area Instructor C.P.O. Ian Mitchell, R.N . who is retiring from the Royal Navy. He has taught us everything we know about powerboating, navigation, seamanship and diving. We will miss him very much. In his place we welcome C.P.O. Roberts, R.N . The term ended with two popular activities, an afternoon at the Alpine Ski Centre near Chatham, and a session of capsize drill usi ng the Topper dinghy in our pool. The challenge then is to avoid capsizing next term in Westbere Lake where the water is neither clean nor warm! As we move onto sailing next term , gaining R. Y.A. qualifications in Sailing and Powcrboating we will also be preparing for the C.C.F. R.N. Area Regatta (we hold the Pharos Cup from last year) and hope to do even better this year. Our thanks go to Lt. Sue McConnell, W.R.N.R. for orgamsing everything for us. AMY SttEPHERD VISIT TO H.M.S. ILLUSTR IOUS On Thursday 12th January the Naval Section wa~ invited to lunch on board the Royal Navy's most up-to-date carrier. The School is fortunate to be affiliated to such an impre~s i vc vessel. She has just emerged from a major refit that h~ s taken several years to complete and after local trial s is preparing for duty in the Adriatic . We were met by Lt. Sunon Huntington , R.N., the Schools Liaison Officer on board and taken to the Wardroom to be introduced to the lllidshipmcn who were given the task of looking after us. We were shown the engine room and the control centre wl~ tc h IS r~spo n sib le for. generating enough po~ e r to run a small town. If anyth ing shou k~ be amiss anywhere in the shtp, wa rnmg lights mdtcatc the type and location of the fault wh tch 1s then qutckfy recllfted. A galley, smaller than the school k itchens, caters round the clock for the ship 's company of over twelve hundred. The Operations room is the nerve centre o f the sh ip from where the attack and defence functions are controlled- a computer add ict's dream. The officer in charge of the area explai ned the incredible speed with which a hostile target could be accurately identified and destroyed. We were shown the full y-equipped hospital which can cater for any accident that may happen, from 133 (T. T .)

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a broken bone to serious burns. We were given a firefighting demonstration and Charlie Leigh-Pemberton was volunteered to be dressed up in the fire-proof suit, hold a p~we rful high-pressure hose and create a wall of water over the si of the ship. They also demonstrated the hydraulic lifts used for transportmg aircraft and heavy equipment betwe~c the hangar and flight deck. We were taken to the very top oft he tower to see the b ridge fr<?m where the movemen n of the ship are controlled. The Nav1gatm& Officer has satel lite links? radio and charts available here and from thl~ position the Captain has mstant communication with every part of the sh1p. Back down 111 the depths ofH .M .S. l/Justriou we were shown the weapons area? the miss iles, missi le launchers , automatic guns that p~otect the sh ip by sensing a~ incoming attack, lockmg on to their ta_r&et then destroymg 11, wn_hout any human mtervent1on . The power of this vessel is awesome. It was a very excitmg visit that has taken nearly f1ve years to arrange (re-f1t, ships movements and our term dates all had to coincide). Even Wing Cmdr. W enley and Major Yye had to admit to being impressed by the Royal Navy. Our thanks must go to Lt. Sue M cConnell , W . R.N.R. and Lt. Simon Huntington, R.N. who made it all possible. CHRIS ELWORTHY. TRISTRAM STANDEN AND Jo MCCONNELL.

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION To paraphrase two gentlemen named Ronald , it 's ' Hello from me and Good-bye from him ' as we bid a fond farewell to Fit. Lt. (but actualfy Sqn. Ldr. (Retd.)) David Bradley, who has run the ai rbourne equivalent of a 'tight ship' for the last nine year s. A sincere 'Thank you ' for. David 's past and continuing help. We also thank Miss Karen Reidy who leaves us to offer tenpm bowl111g as an acti vity 111stead. I know she wou ld have been an huge asset to the Section and we are indeed sorry that she has decided not to take up her commission . We al so say 'over and out ' to Fit. Sgt. qo~gla s M orrison, our former Head of Section, who baled ?Ut this term owing to pressure ? f wo_rk . He enJoyed a distmglllshed career w 1th111 the R.A.F. Sect1on, culm111at 111g 111 the award of his B.G.T. glid111g w111gs follow111g a solo fl1ght 111 a Y1k111g glider at R.A.F. Manston. I was happy to see h1m land safely - if a little far down the field - yet was very sorry to see him go. Other departures 1nclude Cpl. James Burr and Cadet Larry Ridges - both valued members of the Sect ion - although we were del ighted to welcome a plethora of new Shell rec ruits bringing the section up to a healthy number of around thi rty members . I have, however, as a result of these personnel movements, been delighted to announce several promot ions; Jessica Crouch was promoted from J/Cpl. to Cpl. and thence to Sgt. and Cadets James Day and Jenna Crouch were promoted to J/Cpl. Sgt. Alex Hyatt has just been promoted to Fit. Sgt. and assumes the position of Head of Section . To my knowledge, Alex -a former A.T.C. cadet w ith an impressive pedigree - is our fi rst ever female Head of Section and I know that she will do an outstanding job. The Section was fortunate in being allocated four flying days at R.A.F. Manston this term and the first two were dedicated to the old hands w ithin the Section who, between them, have an enviable fl ying log . A fter an intensive course this term , I was pleased to award every new recruit a pass in the Part I proficiency syllabus and all should therefore enjoy their first intrepid flight in a Chipmunk before the end of the term. Only inclement wea th ~ r and an inability to obtain parental consent can now stop those magmficent men - and 1~d~ed women - 111 the1r fl y111g mach111es fr?m looping the loop above Reculver now! We were delighted, also, to be JOII1ed by the Con t111g~nt Commander, MaJOr M artin Yye , on our most recent fly111g day; normally a complete stran&er to fear, he took the bn efing v1deo (111 essence, 1001 things that can possibly go w rong 111 a Chipmunk) as well as m1ght be expected from an army man, yet showed the army's true colours by turning down the offer of a modest sponsorship (and even political votes) to perform those very basic acrobatic manoeuvres which are generally considered to separate the wheat from the chaff. Perhaps next time! S&t. Jessica Crouch has been allocated a place on a B.G.T. gliding course this Easter at R.M . Condor, Arbroth - desp ite the fact that th~ nearest R.A.F. gliding school. is ju ~t some fifteen miles away at R.A.F. M~n~ton -:-and I wish her all the best With the course, wh1ch w ill culm111ate 111 a solo fl1ght and the award of her glid111g w111gs. Other activities this term have included the traditional trip to the dry-ski-slope, a night exercxise at Scotland Hills, lots of (often rather good) sh?oting on the 25m range,_ a very interesting visit by the R.A. F. Scho?ls' Presentation Team , motor-cycling and vanous attempts to coax the 111famous hovercraft 111to life . Talks cont111ue 111to the viability of replacing same with a newer , faster and altogether more potent (or at least, more reliable) model - watch this space! As the performance improves, so the more spectacular w ill become the inev itable crashes, yet there's never a Cantuurian photographer around when you need one. Fortunately. We look forward to an action-packed Summer term w ith, we hope, a successful bienn ial inspection at the hands of Gp. Capt. N . Day, O.K.S. (Station Commander, R.A.F. Lossiemouth , and father of J/Cpl. James Day). Following that , we are offering no fewer than two summer camps - the first at R.A.F. Coltishall (Jaguar base) and the second at R.A.F . Coningsby (TornadoÂˇ base and _the home of the Battle o f Britain Memorial Flight). The new recrUitS from a refreshingly large percentage of the partiCipants at each camp and I know they Will enJOY a superb week at whichever camp they attend . The R.A . F. Section comprises enthusiastic, young cadets and a collect ion of both keen and able N .C .O.s of whom I am proud and to whom I am grateful for helping w ith the smooth running of the Section in this , my first term as Officer Command ing. My thanks to them all and my best wishes for the happy future of the Section. Over and Out, Wing-Co! A. McF. 134

O.K.S. O.K.S. CRICKET TOUR TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND DELHI In November, the O .K.S. embarked on their th i rd overseas tour in six years, this ti me to the cont rasting lands of he Middle East and India. The tour, as challenging as the previous tours to Malaysia/Singapore and K enya, was managed ~or the first time by Paul Sheridan . It was a reflection of the considerable time spent by Paul in organising the tou r that it shou ld pass without any serious hitch , particularly in the demanding atmosphere of I ndia. The touring party was as follo ws: paul Sheridan (Li nacre 197 1-76) , Mike Press (Walpole 1958-?3). Dan Pntchard (Marlowe/ Mitchmson s 1978-83) Mark Ryeland (Broughton 198 1-86) Ni~k Ractl iff (Galpin's 1978-83) Paul Bromley (Broughton 1980-82) H'enry Tattersfield (Grange 1980-84) Tom Grant (Tradcscant 1989-94) Julian Lewis-Jones (School House 1989-94) Caroline Craik (Grange 1982-84) Alistair Fraser (Guest) Bill Holland (Guest) John Thornycroft (Guest) Carl Brown (Guest) Giles Brealy (Guest) James Ryeland (Guest) Mark Baker W hite (Guest) Samiya Sheridan (Guest) Andrea Wright (Guest) David Gower, the old smoothie, was unable to come this time owing to prior commitments w ith Sky Television in Australia and Dan Pritchard was unable to play because of a serious knee injury. However, the squad was strengthened by the presence of A l istair Fraser, Angus' brother, as a special guest. All the above party met one Friday evenmg at Heathrow with the except ion of Henry who is currently teaching at Tunku Pete Ja'afar 's (MO 1962-66) school near Kuala Lumpur and Julian who was teaching at Mayo College in Rahjastan. Both Henry and Jul ian joined the Indian leg of the tour. In the United Arab Emirates, three matches were played on concrete with a compacted sand outfield at the Da1j eeling Club in Dubai , the city were the touri ng party was based. The other three games were played on grass at ShaiJah stadi um, a venue for internat ional cricket matches. Three games were won and three lost, two o f which were by the wide margin of ten wickets to Asian sides containing a number of UAE nat ional players of exceptional standard . (L ook out for them in the next World Cup' ) In I ndia, three of the four fixtures were in the extraordinarily dusty air of Delhi . The O.K.S. managed to w in th ree of the matches (includin& the British High Commission) losing only to a strong Steel A uthority of India side. T he fourth match was played 111 the quieter envi ronment of M ayo College, Ajmer, an Indian school based very much along the l ines o f an English public school. Special mention should be made o f the excellent hospitality afforded to the O .K .S. in both Dubai and Delhi and in part icular the time spent by Guy Forsythe in Dubai and A nita and Mandeep Singh of IBEX Expeditions in Delhi in ensuring that the tour was such a resounding success . No cricket tour would be complete w ithout the opportunity to visit the local scenery . T here is not a great deal to see in D ubai although the city centre does have an interesti ng creek and , of course, there is the shoppi ng. I n Delh1, there is also the shopping, much of it forced upon you, along with some fascinat ing historical sights. A trip on the 'Golden T riangle' to Agra and Jaipur was also arranged, the highlights of w hich were the Taj Mahal and the Rambagh Palace. Neither Dubai nor Del hi is, at present, a popular destination for British touring sides although they ought to be beari ng in mind the guaranteed sunsh ine, the excellent hospitality and the varied quality of the opposition available. In fact, the six fi xtures played by the O.K.S. in the Emirates were the most ever by any touring side. Once agai n it is planned to arrange another tour in 1997 to a yet to be determined dest ination when, once again , all O.K.S. cricketers, non-cricketers and their friends are warmly invited to attend. In the meantime, the O.K.S . cricket team wi ll be turning out more regu larly that they have in the past by thei r long overdue entry into an old boys' cricket compet ition. Sadly, the Cricketer Cup remains a closed shop but the 0 . K.S . have entered the C ricket World T roJ>hY competition for the first time in 1995. L ike the Cricketer Cup, this is a competition o f high standard and contams notable schools such as Eastbourne and Sevenoaks. This development can only help to further bring together O .K .S. cricketers from all eras and their friends and to improve the standard of O.K.S . cricket. Anyone interested in being considered for selection for this competition should contact the team manager, Dan Pritchard, on 01 7 1 588 2828 (work). P A UL BROMLEY.

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O.K.S. NEWS W. A. C. BakerÂˇ ( 1935) writes: 'On a recent visit to my local hospital I noticed that the Registrar who invited me there wa wearing an O.K.S. tie. I challenged him with " School House 1930-35". He replied "Luxmoore 1979-84". 1 nlu~~ say I felt !11uch reassurance .to find myself in the hands of an O.K .S. and one who has done well in his profession .. (The Rcgrstrar referred to IS A. H. Mostafid, M.B. ,B.S., F.R.C.S.) D. W. Carden ( 1972) has now moved from Bangkok to Athens to take up a new position as A ssistant General Manager for Sun All iance Greece.

I. Sadler ( 1975) moved to Toronto in 1980 following his appointment as Organist of Grace Church and Choral Director at Upper Canada College for Boys. Turning to a freelance career in 1985 , he has since represented Canada overseas in three international competitions; Dublin, St. Alban's (semi-final ist) and Syracuse, U.S.A. (first prize) He has made three solo CD recordings and is to record a fourth in the ncar future. He is Director of Music at Kno~ Presbyterian Church, Stratford 's Gothic Cathedral , and he conducts two choral societies in Ontario. Elizabeth Hess (nee Bannan) ( 198 1) and her husband Edward and respectively Deputy Mayoress and Deputy Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 1995-95. She has also been lecturing on access to museums for the under-fives and thei r carers. J, Baron ( 1982) has recently taken up the position of Manager for a vineyard in South Oxfordshire, where they produce quality En~l i sh wine . They can arrange group visits or indi viduals can go to the vi neyard by appointment. Wine tasting is free - any 0. K .S. would be made welcome. P. J, Lambe ( 1983) having left Tokyo, worked as a project manager with a banking software Consultancy in Moscow. He has now returned to L ondon and is working as a business analyst for ACT financial systems. J. Walsh ( 1994) was President of Durham University Students' Union 1993-94.

ENGAGEMENTS Hall-Thompson-Charles Hall-Thompson (1969) to Jennifer Allibonc. Hindley- Guy Hindley ( 1979) to Elizabeth Rashleigh. Craik-Caroline Craik ( 1994) to Carl Brown. C r aik-Aiastair Craik ( 1986) to Julia Li nford.

MARRIAGES Bacon-Christopher Bacon ( 1962) ' ... eventually gave up his bachelor status in 1991 when he married Roz Gooderham, mother ofC.R. (1988) and J.P. (1990). There were twelve O.K.S. at the wedding ... '

BIRTHS Methven- to Simon (1982) and Nicola (nee Crowe) ( 1982) a daughter, Natasha Louise, on lith February 1995. Warr- to Dav id (1982) and Pamela, a son, Oscar Victor , on 4th December 1994. Bee-to Andrew ( 1983) and Claudia Van Breugel a son, Harry L yle, on 15th March 1995. Vavasour-to Simon ( 1984) and Sarah, a daughter , Kate Victoria, on 8th January 1995. Fawcett- to Sara (nee Bee) ( 1986) and Adam , a son , Conal Rhys, on 29th May 1993. Merr ett- to Heidi (nee Lowe) (1988) and Ben a daughter, Olivia Sarah, on 2 1st November 1994.

DEATHS Davies-David Stanley Dav ies (1924) on 4th January 1995. Fra nklin-Major Dudley Frankl in ( 1925) in September 1994. Jacob- Harold Alaric Jacob ( 1925) on 27th January 1995. T inner- Thomas Sydney Tinner ( 193 1) in September 1993. Kenny- L aurence Ambcrton Kenny ( 1937) on 19th February 1995. Wigan-The Reverend Canon Bernard John Wigan ( 1937) on lOth October 1994. Evans- Denn is Frederick Evans ( 1938) in May 1994. Piercy-Richard Peter Piercy (1939) in June 1994. Fairfax-Francklin- John Wyndham Fairfax-Franckl in ( 1942) on 15th December 1994. Barrow- Matthew Peter Barrow ( 1974) died tragically on 22nd January 1995. 136

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THE CANTUARIAN

SUMMER TERM 1995

THE CANTUARIAN

SUMMER TERM,

VOL. LIX No. 3

1995

CONTENTS PAGE

THIS AND THAT

139

VALETE

147

OBITUARIES

154

FOCUS

156

BOOK REVIEW

164

MUSIC AND DRAMA

167

THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

170

CHAPLAIN'S NOTES

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HOUSE NOTES

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---Âˇ ~his & ~hal Mr. John Corner, O.B.E., a member of staff from 1933 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1955, died in Canterbury at the end of June at the age of 85. Mr. Corner took an affectionate interest in the progress of the School right up until his death. An obituary by Mr. Alan Wilson, who was in The Grange when John Corner was the Housemaster , appears elsewhere in this issue. Earlier in the Summer term the death was announced of the distinguished O.K.S. numismatist Dr. Martin Price (GL 1952-57). The leading authority on the coinage of the classical Greek world, he spent much of his working life at the British Museum. His research led to a fundamental reappraisal of the evidence for the date and early development of coinage during the Archaic Period; to a revelation of the way in which the coinage made in the Greek cities during the period of the Roman Empire can help us understand their architecture; and to the publication in 1992 of his British Museum catalogue of the coinage made in the name of Alexander the Great. Dr. Price was appointed Director of the British School in Athens only a matter of months before his death. His two sons Richard and Petros were members of Galpin's (1979-84 and 1981-86 respectively), and his niece Anna Price is on the present teaching staff. We extend our sympathy to his widow and all his family. In the words of two of his obituary writers in the national press, he was 'one of the most generous and unselfish of men' and ' a respected and much loved scholar' .

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We were sad to learn so~n after half-term of the dea~h of ~rs. Juliette Vigano, who had Matron of School House smce 1990. She had been senously til for some time but ret been ~ few weeks recently to be on duty ~n Birley's on Saturday afternoons. Her f~neral t~~ked for m ~ull, and was attended by ol!r Semor M~tron ~rs. Sheila Bennett, her colleagues Mrs. gt~ce Cret.ssen and M~s. Rut~ Bellatrs, Sanatonum Stster Theresa Whitfield and Mr. John Par hve In vtew of the dtstance mvolved and the cons.equent difficulty of enabling members of s ~er. House to be present, there was at. the same ttme a service in the Memorial Chapel, at ~ ?OI the ~resent Housemaster M_r. Dobbm gave the address and pupils from the House read the r htch A tnbute from Mr. Dobbm appears elsewhere in this issue. P ayers. On. 22nd June the Headm~ster gave a dinner in St. Augustine's to mark th rettrement of Messrs. Mtllar and Vye. Appreciations of their ion e remar~able c.areers at K~ng's appear elsewhere in this issue. We ahfo ~~d farewell to Mr. Stephen Davtes, Mtss Joanne Rtley , Mrs. Hilary Rudgard-Redsell and Dr M' h d · to M rs. Dommtque · · Davts, · who is taking two years leave of· absence tc ael Od.Y: W e say au revC!Ir to JOin he~ hu~band M~e (Staff 1976-8~) in Brussels, where he now works for N.A.T.O. (actually). Mr. Mtllar s portratt, present~ to htm by the Dean as Chairman of the Governors, was painted by M~. Gareth J:Iawker . Mr. Mtllar has gen~rously donated the portrait to the Common Roo Happtly, the art~st was able to do a fine penctl copy of the original oil painting which was gi m. to C.J.M. by hts colleagues. ven Common Room

The Cit,y Council electio~s in ~ay saw two members of staff enter the lists a~ candtdates, though wtth htghly contrasting results. Mr. Vye, alread . . ~~~era! _D~m~crat County. Councillor for the Canterbury South Divisio/ added to hts hst o~ pohttcal dtstmctJOns and to hts responsibilities by gaining the Barham Dow ' seat fro~ the Tones, after a hard fi~ht in which he estimates that he knocked on the doors ~} about etghty per cent of. the voters m his far-!lung village ward. Sadly, for him, this victory was not enough fo~ the Lt~eral Democrat~ to ~m ~>vera_ll control of the Council, owing to results elsewhere, and thts. re~ams hung. B~t tt ~tll gtve htm even more to do in his 'retirement'. Moreove~, he hopes tt wtll strengthen hts pohttcal base for his renewed challenge for a Westminster seat, havmg already been re-selected as P.P.C. for the Canterbury constituency. Mr. Reid was notably l~ss successful on his de~ut as a candidate, in the Canterbury Northgate three-member ward . ~n thts ~a?our stronghold, vtctory was not anticipated (and the Labour trio d~ly won by the masstve m~JOr~ty of a. thousand votes); but he and his fellow Liberal Democrats d!d e.xpect to pus~ the Tones mto t~trd place, e.ven without campaigning seriously there. To hts ~tsm~y, thts dtd not happen, alb~tt only margmally so. Moreover, he found himself trailing beh~nd hts colleagues when the spht and plump ~otes we~e counted, so fini shing ninth out of ten 1~ the poll. However, he was able to console htmself wtth the fact that he did beat the Green candtdate and also ~hat .he ,saw a. ballot paper with a single plump vote in his favour, perhaps cast ~ sympat~ettc .K.mg ~pup~!! He says, though, that the rationale of the several voters who cast spht plumps ? patr!ng htm wtth the Labour leader, still escapes him . Finally, he is comforted by the hop~ that hts acttve canvass of the Precincts and Common Room (though not, of course, of the Pl!Ptl voters) may have helped to save the Westgate seats for his party, which hung on by a whtsker after two recounts, and by the thought that he lives to fight another day. ..

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We wer~ delighted to hear again from Mr. L. W. Harrison, possibly the ~ost semor O.K.S ., who a fe~ years ago sent us his near-octogenarian blazer . to pass on to someone more hkely to be active in O.K.S. sport'. This time, Mr. Harnson sent a che~ue, to be ~anded to the <:;athedral Treasurer, in view of 'the sad state of the Cathedral fi~ances about w.htch he had read m the press, in· connection with the new entry ~harges. Mr. Harnson w~s born m 1899 and c~me to King's in 19 13, leaving for the trenches m 1917. The School sent htm a message of affectiOn and respect on his 96th birthday, Bastille Day. .

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We congratulate Mr. Hubert Chesshyre (GR 1954-59), Chester Herald of Arms and Secretary of the Order of the Garter, on his app<?intment to the position of Norroy and Ulster King of Arms. We also offer htm an apology. the last edition ~f The Cantuari~n, his mother's R.equiescat directed readers to the coat of ~~rns supplied by htm, but we omttted to reproduce tt. An article in the Jersey Weekly Post has brought to our attention the distinguished career of Mf. Jeremy Mallinson (MO 1950-54), t~e di.rector of the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust. After joining as a temporary keeper of btrds m 1959, he has worked at ~he. zoo at Les. Noy~rs r thirty-six years, and recently took part in a programme on B. B.C. 2 d01~g s.ometht~g ~tth f~e golden tamar ins', as he put it. This self-depreciating remark hardly does JUStice to hts hfe' s ~ork. This has bee~ conducted alo~gside.the.late Gerald D~rrell and ha~ b~en dedicated to ~he preservation of spectes threatened wtth extmctJOn. And all thts started at Kmg s where, accordmg 10 the newspaper report, 'he experienced an early affinity with animals'. We pay tribute to Mr. Andrew Ranicki (MR 1965-66), Reader in the Dep~rtment of M~thematics and Statistics in the University of Edinburgh, on his appoint~ent t~ the Chatr of f\lge~ratc Surgery there. It was a former member of staff at King's, Mr. Patnck Lmdesay, who, m hts. su?sequent ca acity as Headmaster of the International School in Hamburg, suggested that Kmg s w_ould bepthe school to prepare him for an Open Scholarship in Mathematics to Trinity College, Cambndge. He won this scholarship after two years in the School, and went on to ~ecome a.Researc~ fellow at that College. He was an Assistant Professor at Princeton before movmg to Edmburgh m 1982.

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Two members of the de Waal family return to these columns by somewhat contrasting routes. Edmund (MR 1977-82) via the periodical Crafts and Thomas (MR 1979-83) by courtesy of the Moscow Times. T he latter was reporting on the Russians' attempt to demonstrate the correc~ness of the military crackdown in Chechnya by asserting that the Chechen rebels we~e 'terrons.ts'. The same edition contained an article by Mr. de Waal about the anniversary ofPrestdent.Yeltsm's election to the Presidency. He described recent television pictures, contrasting them wtth others taken only fo ur or five years ago. The earlier images portray the 'legendary ~harn~ and energy' of the President, whereas the Yelstin of 1995 displays a 'puffy face and lumbenng gatt'. Goo~ness knows what Mr. de Waal would write about the people he would see if he came to the Precmcts every five years ... Edmund de Waal is the subject, rather than the author, of the article in Crafts. His pottery has apparently been influenced by the experience of spending ~ ye~r !n T<?kY<? on a. Daiwa AngloJapanese Foundation Scholarsh tp. But the unmistakeable Kmg s tmprmt ts evtdent from the reviewer's description of the tall jars made by this particular potter: .' T~ey are not stressed to the point of imbalance, yet they retain a certain tension'. We. wonder whtch .mfluence on Edmund's life has made his low tea caddies 'clutchable but not trymgly ergonomtc'. It seems that Tokyo has also taken a high profile in the life of Tim La?gley-Hunt (MR 19?3-68). Readers who are aware that he is deputy chairman of what the Daily Telegraph descnbes as 'the City's most traditional chain of wine bars'' (and it should know) m~y be puzzled by the Japan~se connection. His old-fashioned sawdust-on-the-floor establishments mtght, he feared, be off-puttmg to customers from the City's affluent Japanese banks. So he called in a consultant from Tokyo, who has advised him to introduce karaoke and to provide cognac and scotch by th~ bottle rath~r than fiddling around with a fraction of a gill . The Japanese bankers are no~ eatmg. out of hts hand, bravely initiating each other into the ritual of a lunch of steak and ktdney pte, washed down with Old Wallop in a half-gallon pewter tankard, followed, presumably, by the bottles of other stuff. One would think that this would be enough to weaken the yen.

Tom Carver (GLIT 1973-78) has been seen frequently on B.~.C. telev.is~~n reporting from Bosnia. Before this assignment he worked in ~o~th Africa covenng t~e actt~tttes of the A.N .C . and Inkatha. We hope he completes this mtsston unscathed. He ts obviOusly fazed by the circumstances, as he is reported to have begun one account by referring to the fact that he had long since got used to the noise of Shells. 14 1

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The Queen has appointed a new eque~ry, O.K.S. Lieutenant-Commander Tob .. (MR 1978-82). Mr. ~urner, who was h1s Housemaster, described him to Th Ty Williamson on ~arne~ and academically sound '. Lt. -Cdr. Williamson is one of a famil e Irnes as 'keen eng meenng at the R.N. Engineering College, formerly in Plymouth ydofO.K.S. He studied Bargemaster aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia He will now be ' an. went on to serve as ~r the Q~een's public engagements. His father a~d forebears have ~~st~~~~~~u~~s ~[aM n~ements anr~ery 1d r o~~r two hundred years. They supplied the leather for the H fL. Ildrect's A w1se precautiOn. ouse o ords seats. Another 0. K. $.. ~ho~ we know to be 'keen on games and academicall sound • Sebastian Rosaio (MT ~~s perhaps -9 1) took a F1rst m H1story at Peterhouse, Cambridge and is now a research four gold medals for Oxford in the Athletics Varsity Match and is r~~dent ~\Oxbford .. ~e won the Atlanta Olympics. Mamma mia! oure 0 e trammg for

pur~ued. thes.e actiVIties w1th more obvious consequentiality.

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~MT 1979-83) is one of th.e artists employed by the Prince of Wales to cap~ equ~r[~· Toby W~rd

m a manner more becommg than that provided b lu 1. ure o I ay memones he is no less please~ - how sensible _ to sample can~1 ~!ui~ec~m~~~~~~roun~ theh Pl,ace. ~ut all the shops for kllometres around • in order to maintain the stand Y' ~. ere e e~phed 0 royal hols have ac~ustomed h!m. According to his brother George (KfR r~6~~~~e) ~0 wh1ch his a~ least three drawmgs a day m Burgundy which cost 'a King' . ~: d e pr?duced kllo metre'. ' s ransom m 100 and wme per

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unflattring reference to the sister of John Sawbridge of 'Wilkes and Liberty'. Like Dr. Johnson B~~~iJ s~~~ ~ay?r of London, and a ~reat supporter republican principles and her lectures o~ them. He wr~fe:disapproved of Cathenne Macaulay's Men must not still in politics give law· No, Ka~e Mac~ulay too her pen must draw, That odious thmg, a monarch, to revile, A.nd drawl of freedom till ev'n Johnson smile. L1ke a Dutch vrouw all shapeless, pale and fat, That hug~ ~nd s.labbers. her ~ngain ly brat, Our Cath nne Sits subhme o er steaming tea And t~kes her dear Republic on her knee; Smgs .It all. songs that ever yet were sung, And licks It fondly with her leng th of tongue.

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~~t?f~rJ:.~~J~h~b~~~~e:.postulant this autumn . Until then he remains o n ~~i~~~~:m~ntar~ Hugh .Cobbett (MR 1970-7.5) is a .ful~y professed Anglican Franciscan, at resent in Pa ua

~ew G(u.mea. T~f "':'orkaday s1de of hfe mcludes teaching English , fig hting forpcrops with dgmems g1ant sna1 s mtroduced by the Japanese) and disseminating information about AIDS.

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Sir Michael ~alker, father of Alex and Harry (TR) and Alice (WL) has been Cade a Kmg~t CoJ?mander of the Order of the Bath and designated on:tmander m Ch1ef o_f the U.N. Rapid Response Force based in Rhemdah len. We offer h1m our warmest cong ratulations. 142

At the 'Survivors' Gaudy' held on 13th May, really senior O.K.S. were invited (after they had lunched) to inspect their personal archives/glory-holes back at home and to send to Canterbury anything they could spare hat might be of interest to the School. One generous respondent was Mr. J. D. Moss (GR 1937), ~ho parted with some rare early copies of The Grange Newsletter and its successor The Grange Ma azine. One issue contains a sonnet by Ja Di M. Other noms de plume must remain mysterious unl~s readers can help: Kakar, Petros, G. S. Yawned, Scribbler, Por Kallow, Becassin, Becassine, voyageur, H. J . Corbute-Lace, Arfredon, BimFire, W----. Answers to the School Archivist, please. Name These Men

Mrs. Joan Fayter has very kindly sent to the School a parcel of school memorabilia which had belonged to her husband James Fayter (1929-33). Mr. Fayter died on 24th December 1994, aged 80. Among items in the parcel were a term's bill (including all extras), which nowadays would pay for just over half a day; an O.T.C. Certificate' A' , with a message inviting the holder to 'communicate with the Secretary of State for War ' if war should be declared; and a letter from Dick Sheppard, sometime Dean of Canterbury, explaining the purpose of the Peace P ledge Union , whose supporters undertook in no circumstances, directly or indirectly, to support the waging of war. The year was 1939. Memorabilia

Mr. Peter Yeend , archivist of The King's School, Parramatta, had planned to visit us in May (he first came in 1972, to learn the trade, and has since built up what must be o ne of the finest school archives in the world) but had to return to Australia earlier than planned. He did, however, send us a fine prize-winning piece of research by one of his pupils, David Thomas, entitled The King's School, Canterbury and The King's School, Parramatta: Fact and Fiction. It is good revisionist stuff - 'For the last 163 years a myth has gained credence .... through innuendo, propaganda, censorship and supposition ... that ... etc.' David will be visiting England after leaving school and we hope to see him in Canterbury. Roots Schmoots

John Redwood M.P . may have made a conscious effort to hit the headlines in the Summer term, but media attention was certainly not on his parents' normal agenda. His father Bill nevertheless found his peaceful retirement intruded upon by reporters anxious to know all sorts of minutiae about the ir and their son's li ves since they first married. Bill ' s wife Amy remarked that she had seen and heard th ings about them which she found somewhat surprising, not to say absurd. Many readers will remember Bill as the invariably good-natured , helpful and meticulous book-keeper in the Bursar 's office just before computer screens replaced manual adding machines. We wish Bill and Amy all necessary fortitude in their unaccustomed spotlight. It was very good to see them , as usuÂˇa l, attending a variety of King's Week events at the height of the Conservative leadership debate. But even if they escape the Meridian news team from now on, Dr. Mallion will always be lurking with archival intent. ..

Blue Limelight

1. T he F rench language is a wildly spoken lang uage. 2. When you decide to make the change (sc. to a single European currency), you must make sure that everyone knows when their money is going to become worthless so that they can change it. 3. Both peacocks and ants are capable of reaching high summits. 4. 'If you could see voices, hear smells and taste colours, what would they be like?' It would be like permanently being in my {>arents' New Year's Eve party ... The wallpaper conveys more than just colour. It wreaks (sic) with the tangled smells of spaghetti on the rocks, gin and sunrise and tequila tonic. K.S. In The Making

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Protection). He also prote~~~r~~t ~~:r"t~smg Itself to criticism fr?l!l W.R.P. (Woodlice ~hoo1 management, called upon to. adjudicate ina~h~~ ~~~f:rt f~~t~r~Wyo~~~~nt~ft shuitsabhle track. Se~~~ be a party to such a barbanc spectacle. ' a t e c ool would not On the Friday of King's Week the winner f h 3 40 ~rowning, with Bag of Tricks a dose second ~n ~he . .at Folkestone was none other than Mr m by Bold Revival at 20- 1. · e previous race Sharp 'n' Smart was followed

The Crypt Choir under th d · · f · entitled H~c Di~s and fl ~ I_rectiOn o Mich.ael Harris, have made a CD twentieth centuries It is :~ai{mg sacred mus.Ic from the sixteenth to the from the Music Department (tel. 01227 595556) abl~ fro£m1lth9e9 Kmg s School Shop and direct . . . , pnce . . C op1es of the digital cassette recording of the · · Smith Square, London on 7th March are also av~·~n~r~~Ivenfby Kmg 's m~sicians in St. John's £7 (£7.50 p.&p. inc.). I a e Irect rom the Music Department, price

Music

The ubiquitous Mr. Stephen Matthews w ld l'k · Lent term of 1991 ' to Miss Helen Holland t~~n I e us to pomt out that his engagement, in the should qualify as 'the first internal Com~on Ra member of the Modern Languages department the first since co-education '. oom engagement for over twenty years - and

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followi~~~~~~·~t~~:~~:t~1 ~~~~~~ i>h~I~fp~=~~{;eaesntedr 0off Tthhee aca Kindg 's ~chooi I 995-96. ernie year ~h~h~at~a~~n, ~~~r (SJ:I) and Georgea!lna ~illiam~, K.S. (JR) performed the National /outh helped out.

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Following in the footsteps of James Eddison d N' won it three times between them, Gavin Clark an Ick Flower (both K ..S:, SH. 1985-90), who Coles Award for the Young Printer of the y K.S. (MT) has won the Bnt1sh Pnnting Society's ear. The School was again well represented in th G B· · F~Iicity Wacher (MR) qualified as third reserveefo:~~t Bn.~~~~ fouth Ch~mpionships for Fencing: Tim Breen (LN) and Alex Perkins (SH) reached the toe t n IS fl e~m~ whilst Amy S~epherd (WL), 1st VIII Cox Tim Ridges (GR d P wenty or pee, sabre and foil respectively. have _reached the final stages of)s:fect~~~sfu~nt~ichard Tfzer (TR) and C.harles Foinette (MR) ha?, .m Lucy Heise (LX), and Saskia Stirlin -Afr na IOna squa~. Followi.ng the news that we Bntam, they were joined by Jessica Potter (M\. . d (L~), our firSt two g1~ls to row for Great 10 at the Junior World Championships In add't' ) ~he fmal stages of selectiOn for Great Britain 14, a Bronze Medal in the Senior Girls' sc~IW~g ran~es Hhou~t~n (WL) won, at the age of William Bax (LN) scored 123 for the 1st XI ~ven at t e atiOnal Schools' Regatta. with a cricket bat by the Headmaster on Speech ~gau~t Su.t \o~ Valence and was duly presented Edward Wyand scored 116 for the Under 14s a . ay · . e Sti as two seasons ahead of him here. a famous victory in their open in season d gamst Highgate. The first girls' cricket team scored (both MT) for their initiative ~ this a~t~~ity~e congratulate Penelope Curtiss and Alanna Fraser

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On 21st April Dr. Lisa Hopkins of Sheffield Hallam University delivered the

JJoffman Lecture annual Hoffman Lecture in her capacity as joint winner of the sixth Hoffman

Prize. Her lecture, entitled ' Marlowe, Shakespeare and Women' will appear shortly as a King's School Monograph .

The fact that Dr. Mallion contributed to it cannot possibly have had any bearing on the fact that the medical text-book Applied Physiology for Surgery and Critical Care required a gestation period of some five years before its recent publication . Dr. Mallion is the co-author of the first chapter, on Scientific Principles, and the author of the second. Mr. Paul Pollak wrote the third, on Statistical Principles. Mr. Millar's !994 text-book Physics is recommended as part of your further reading after you have got through the 742 two-column pages of this mighty tome.

Books

Dr. Edward Chitham has kindly sent us a copy of his Life of Emily Bronte, and has also helped identify the subject of one of Emily's manuscripts in the Walpole Collection. We look forward to hearing the results of his further research into these items. Dr. J. H. Alexander has most generously sent us a copy of a limited edition (five copies only) of his transcription of Sir Walter Scott's Tales of a Grandfather, Part 2, the manuscript of which is in the Walpole Collection. This will be published commercially in Edinburgh University's Scott edition. We were delighted to receive from the Dean and Chapter a copy of the eagerly-awaited History of Canterbury Cathedral, edited by Patrick Collinson, Nigel Ramsay and Margaret Sparks. This is a most scholarly (as it is evidently a finely illustrated) production. Those interested in the history of the School will be particularly drawn to Mrs. Sparks' chapter 'The Cathedral School: The Dean and Chapter and the King's School, 1829-1896'. This concludes- and it is the final sentence of the book - ' In 1872 Canterbury and Durham were regarded as particularly successful cathedral schools, where "the Deans and Chapters have for many years treated their schools with exceptional liberality; and the result ... shows what might have been done, in many other places".' Norman Scarfe (WL 1936-41) has kindly sent the Library a copy of his latest book Innocent Espionage : the La Rochefoucauld Brothers' Tour of England in 1785. This follows his A Frenchman's Year in Suffolk (1988). He has translated the text as well as editing it. Canterbury is described as 'a town of modest size, which has lost its lustre since the Reformation'. They may have been biased, of course. The Librarian would also like to thank the following who have kindly given books to the School: Hodder Headline (T.J. Armstrong's Walter and the Resurrection of G.), Pangbourne Nautical Collage (Simon Schama's Landscape and Memory) , local author Ron Pepper (his own TwentyOne Tales of Harbledown), Mr. Mike Walsh, Dr T. Thomson and his tutee Sonia Kowal (BR).

Library

Possibly more leak-proof than the Cabinet minutes, the 'Insider' column of Managing Schools Today, the powerful professionals' magazine, carried some pretty useful insights by the Premises Manager, Stefan Reszczynski (not to mention Mrs. Reszczynski, who is Assistant Head of Domestic Services at Christ Church College, our neighbour at St. Augustine's). A page of wisdom and experience is not easy to sum up, but tip No. 4 will do: ' Always haggle over the price. ' Penny Pinches Files

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(Philippa Bird)

VALETE CHRISTOPHER MILLAR (K .S.C. 1957- 1995) There is an occasional series in the H.M.C. magazine Conference and Common Room entitled 'Colossi of the Common Room ' . Chris Millar has been such a colossus, a man who has devoted his entire professional life to King's and to whom the School is enormously indebted. Thirtyeight years at the School , thirteen of these as a Housemaster, twenty-seven as Head of Physics, eighteen as Master of Studies and six as President of the Common Room: these are the bare facts of an outstanding career but which by themselves give no indication of Chris's remarkable professional and personal qualities. A Scholar at St. Paul's School , he joined King 's in 1957, having taken a degree in Engineering Science at Keble College, Oxford , together with a Diploma of Education, the latter quite a rarity in those days and an indication, perhaps, of his commitment to professionalism in teaching. Teaching both Physics and Maths, he gained experience in the final days of the Shirley era, when the unexpected was normal. Certainly he did not expect, as an inexperienced new member of staff arriving as Resident Tutor in Luxmoore (then, of course, in the New Dover Road) to be greeted by an equally inexperienced Housemaster, recently a bishop in Africa. He must have done well there, though, as he was soon appointed Housemaster of Lardergate, one of the 'Waiting Houses' which then accommodated all new boarding pupils for their first year at the School. This was regarded as a good training g round for preferment and it was no surprise that he should soon move on in 1964 to be Housemaster of Linacre, in succession to Humphrey Osmond . For ten years, Chris ran an extremely successful House during a difficult time in the School's history. Being a Housemaster during the 'revolutionary' period of the late sixties and early seventies was not easy, demanding as it did skills of firmness and tolerance in just the right, very fine balance. Anyone who recalls the usually long-haired, often scruffy and sometimes rebellious (though still basically first-rate) pupils of that time will understand what that meant. Moreover, conditions then in Houses for both pupils and Housemasters were primitive and the Housemaster usually had to battle on alone, single status then being the norm, aided only by his Matron and by Tutors with a much lower profile than today. Yet Chris did a superb job, as I can testify from my own experience, having been privileged to succeed him in Linac re in 1974. I found a well-run House and, in an age when few records of anything were kept by anyone, a model of efficiency of administration. Graham Barrett, a Tutor under Chris, states that he was the Housemaster he has most admired in the schools in which he was taught. 'Wisdom, calmness, omniscience and efficiency were the qualities which earned the boys' respect' he says, and also the fact that they knew precisely where they stood with him. That his pupils did like and respect Chris was soon made very clear to me and, more recently , by the fact that a number of them took the opportunity during the House's Fortieth Anniversary celebrations to return to pay their respects to him . Nonetheless, Chris found himself torn between teaching and being a Housemaste r. Having succeeded Frank Stanger as Head of Physics in 1968, he decided in 1974 to give up the House in order to devote more time to this responsibility. From his new base in Lardergate, by then a set of classrooms and staff flats, he concentrated on building up his Department, with g reat success. His successor as Head of Physics, Dr. Jonathan Allday , writes: 'Chns Millar's dedication to the teaching of Physics can be judged by the fact that he gave up being Housemaster of Linacre in order to concentrate on introducing the Nuffield syllabus. Nuffield was a revolutionary new way of teaching phys ics that concentrated on the experimental approach. It must have been a very exciting time to teach the subject, as new experiments and equipment we re being developed, often by the teachers themselves . It is character istic of Chris that he should have enthusiasticall y embraced this new syllabus early in its development, as he saw in it a fresh and exciting challenge for students and teachers alike. Eventually we had to move on and the Nuffield sy llabus was replaced by that from ULEAC. Again the decision was based on what would be best for the 147

students. My memory of Chris will always be his concern for students and the problems tha they have in approaching Physics and his calm way of dealing with problems that might arise1 Chris has had a profound impact on the department and he leaves us with a strong basis on which to build in the future.' Chris also embarked upon a series of highly successful publications, beginning with Essential Physics for 0 Level, written in conjunction with Tim Akrill and the late Paddy Whelan. This led on to equally successful A Level books (with T.B.A.) such as Mechanics Vibrations and Waves, Physics and Practice in Physics. ' It was at about this time that Chris took up other responsibilities. For example, a keen squash player, he coached the sport for a number of years and was in charge of junior teams, helping to develop players who would go on to join the very successful senior teams of the day. This involved organising and supervising about forty matches in all each year. In addition, he did quite a lot of rugby refereeing, up to 3rd XV match level and for some years organised the Swimming Standards. In 1977, on the retirement of the legendary R. W. Harris, Chris was appointed Master of Studies (a designation which is soon to be changed to Director of Studies). This was, I imagine a daunting task, as his predecessor had built up a formidable academic reputation for the School' based on outstanding examination success, particularly in terms of Oxbridge awards and entrance: Nonetheless, Chris quickly confirmed his commitment to academic excellence, not only maintaining but improving standards in a rapidly changing age. He built upon the foundations laid by R.W.H. but broadened the base of the School's academic success and ensured that we have always kepi to the forefront of academic change and development. The demands of this post have grown enormously and for years Chris coped with them alone. However, he found it necessary in time to delegate some of his responsibilities (for external exams and for the construction of the timetable, for example) to others, in order to concentrate on the remaining parts of his ever-broadening task. Much of the work is inevitably administrative and this has been done superbly , aided by two innovations: his admirable assistant, Mrs. Barbara Leeming, and computer technology: the latter quickly harnessed by Chris to the production by his team of enormous quantities of helpful material which have arrived unfailingly and punctually in pigeon holes or on notice boards on an almost daily basis. Incredible efficiency has been one of Chris's most obvious qualities, to the extent that the very rare slip-up has been a matter of astonishment. The 'Academic Office', another innovation, has become the nerve centre of the School's academic life, but not one closed to either pupils or staff. The door is always open to anyone with a problem, assured of a sympathetic hearing and unflappable response to a difficulty. Academic strategic planning and policy making, however, has been even more important and Chris has ensured that we have always moved forward, never being satisfied with the status quo and always looking for ways to change for the better. Almost everything has been improved and, even this term he has been working to improve the timing of the Christmas School. exams. He has also been very clear in his expectations of others, believing absolutely in the need for professional standards among members of staff and the equivalent from pupils. With others trained in a different era, such an emphasis on high standards in everything might seem to some to be excessively 'traditional'. With Chris, his firmness of attitude is qualified by a tolerance which has ensured that he has got his message across without losing the respect and admiration of a younger generation. No school can survive without academic success, least of all in the much more competitive educational market in which we all now live and work. By his work, Chris has ensured that we have remained more competitive than almost any other comparable school and to say that he came to be regarded as indispensable, to the extent of being asked by the Headmaster to stay on for an extra year beyond the normal retirement age, is to say it all. For the past few years the post of Master of Studies has carried with it membership of the Senior Management Team and I am sure that Chris's wisdom and experience have been invaluable in the School's higher counsels. In 1989, moreover, on the retirement of Paul Wenley, he became President of the Common Room, It is conceivable that holding these posts simultaneously might have produced a conflict of interest on occasions but, if so, he has never allowed this to affect his representation of the interests of colleagues. He has led us with considerable diplomacy and 148

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tact through one or two quite difficult and sensitive times, including the transfer of the Common Room premises to their present site. Largely as a result of his negotiating skill and persistence, we have ended up with far superior facilities, which are the envy of visitors from other schools. Most importantly though, perhaps, as a member of the Budget Committee and Chairman of its sub-set, the Salaries Committee, Chris has done invaluable work, with his committee colleagues and with the support of the Headmaster and Bursar, in representing to the Governors the interests of the staff, with great benefit to all. The clarity of his mind in dealing with complex financial issues has been very sharp and here, too, his lead will be hard to follow. Nor will it be easy to match the wit, aptness and sensitivity of his remarks in saying 'farewell' to colleagues in the Common Room each year. I am aware that in what I have said so far, I have not presented a complete picture of Chris. He is held in such high and affectionate regard by all who know him, not just because of his professionalism and for what he has achieved at King's in practical terms. Even more important, he is respected for his personal qualities of absolute integrity and niceness. Knowing him as I have for thirty years, I have always had complete confidence that his decision on anything would always be based solely on the merits of the case and never be clouded by any self-seeking or desire to please. Moreover, he is among the most pleasant of the many colleagues I have known , and in thts I include June. I am sure that Chris would say that his marriage to June in 1984 was the greatest moment of his time in Canterbury, coming as it did at a relatively late age. Quite apart from what she has brought to Chris, June has brought to the School community great charm and distinction in her own field and we shall miss her too. It is good to know, however, that they will still be living in King Street, so that we shall see plenty of them. It is good, too , to know that his colleagues will have a permanent reminder of him in the form of the splendid portrait presented to him by the Governors and then most generously presented by him to the Common Room. Chris intends to spend some part of his retirement writing, but also hopes to devote more time to his interests of walking and nature conservancy. He will be greatly missed by us all, but is entitled now to a long and happy retirement. We thank him for all that he has done and wish him all the very best . D.J.R.

MARTIN VYE (K.S.C. 1969-1995) Conference and Common Room is the snappy title of the magazine of that august body, the Headmasters' Conference. For a while it ran a series of articles entitled 'Common Room Colossi' in which veteran teachers from member schools would be portrayed together with all their abilities and achievements. Pretty daunting they were too. For some reason the series was stopped; perhaps when the editors considered King's they could not cope with the embarras du choix for, following hard on the heels of such eminent men as recently-retired Master of Studies, there comes a remarkable sextet of Common Room veterans who all arrived together at King's in 1969 and who have now completed 156 years at the school between them. Fittingly enough, their photograph should shortly be adorning the pages of Conference and Common Room. One of these colossi is Martin Vye. Polymath is another word one cannot help associating with Martin. Blessed by a great natural versatility and driven bY. a strong determination to broaden his knowledge and experience as much as possible, he has butlt up an awesome number of strings to his bow, to the great benefit of not only the pupils of King's but also the wider community. He has taught German, Russian, Economics and General Studies (including French), becoming Head of Modern Languages and Head of General Studies. He has coached rowing and been master-in-charge of canoeing. He has been Housemaster of Walpole and Head of the C.C.F. Last but not least, he is heavily committed to the political world as City Councillor, County Councillor and Prospective Parliamentary Candidate. 149 (M.P.H.D.)

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d!f~cult It would be to fi~d anywhere else offering the same scope and the freedom to develow hts mtere~ts . On the. teachmg stde alone there. were great opportunities for a man of his interel and expenence. Havmg. read German and ~usstan at Cambridge, he had taught Russian at Kingsto s Gran;mar School for ftve ye~rs be~or~ bemg appointed Head of Russian at the City of Londo~ Bo¥s S~hool. Howeve r, dunng thts ttme he. had taken an external degree in Economics at the U~tverstty o~ London for.he had always been mterested in history and economics and particular! ~nJoyed the mtellect.ual ~tgour of the latter as a balance to the more subjective nature of studiis m German and Russ tan hterature. In 1969 Canon Newell appointed Martin to be Head of Mode Languages at King's with t~e particular brief of building up the status of the other Iangua~~~ to . mate~ t~at of French. Wtth much tact, e~couragement of others and use of his negotiatm sktlls, thts ts .what he man~ged to do. New audto-visual techniques were making language-learning more attracttve and Martm was able, thanks to the financial support of the O.K.S., to instaft the school's ~rst language lab, albeit a small-scale one. The fact that the school now offers no fewe r than stx European languages owes much to his pioneer work at the time . Having been heavily invo~ved in the r~wing at Kingston Grammar School and having been a successful club oarsman hm:tself, Martm was naturally snapped up by David Goodes to join the Boat Club :-vhere he was a h~ghly-respec~ed member of the coaching team. An enduring memory of thos~ days ts the sheer phystcal exh~ustton from the frantic cycling across the fields at Plucks ~utter 1~ the effo rt to keep up wtth <;:me screw, negotiating such hazards as Noble's Leap where, btcycle m one .hand and stopwatch m t~e other, you had to cross a torrential stream by jumping up o.nto the thm pa.rapet of an oth~rwtse ~ashed-away bridge and mainta in your balance until you JUmped off a gam on the ot~er st~e. Thts ~as named in affectionate memory of Adrian Noble who on o~e memorable occasiOn dtd not qu tte .make it . Martin was also no mean canoeist and was able m 1971 to found the Can<?e Club,.takmg advantage of John Hildick-Smith's purchase o~ se~eral .cr~ft for the ~.C.~. Thts was htghly su~cessful venture with many boys obtaining wms m Dtstnct ChampiOnships and one, Hugh Pntchard, getting into the Premier Division. Martin's career took a new turn in 1978 when he was invited by Canon Pilkington to take over Walpole House. Although no one knew it at the time, his tenu re would mark the end of an era , for he w~s to be W:alpole's last housel!laster in its status as a boys' house. Martin's style for ~ousemastenng was mtld and relaxed ~ut Immensely caring. He took the notion of the family as hts model for th.e h<?u~e and was ~etermmed .to t~eat all its I?~mbers sympathetically, especially those who found tt. dtfft~ult t<? ~t m, and to msttl the quahttes of a sane and tolerant society. That he succeeded m do mg thts ts proved by the number of people who still speak of the warm and happy atmosphere o~ the. time. In creating t.his atmosphere, Martin was greatly helped by the cheerful support of hts wtfe Jenny and by hts matron Ann Burr whose well-tuned mixture of bri.skness and warmth kept th~ wheels turning smoothly. Walpole enjoys the dubious privilege of bemg next door to the Archbtshop 's Palace and Martin lived in constant fear that the natural exuberance ~f his charges might cause serious irritation to his illustrious neighbour. Sure enough, on the ?ccas10n of the Lambeth Confer~nce when scores of bishops were staying at the Palace, he recetved a telephone call to s~y that hts ~oys were .making so much noise that Their Lordships could not hea~ themselves medt.tate. Martm was sen ously worried : would he still have his job the next mornmg? But the combmed power of forgiveness emanating from next door clearly won the day. Throughout his twelve ye~rs in ~alpole Martin was well aware that for certain boys the house was really ~o~e: The ~ears m thetr eyes when they had to leave were an eloquent reminder of the ~esp.onstbthttes whtch a ho~sel!laster has to bear. Even for those with a happy and stable famtly hfe there can be traum~ttc ttmes such as when Martin had to announce to the j unior half of the house that they were gomg to have to move elsewhere in two years • time in order to make way for Walpole to become the fi rst Girls' H<?use. Much time was spent consoling and reassuring those who were upset by the prospect of thts upheaval, and much credit is due to Martin fo r the smoothness of the ~ransfer. operation when it eventually occurred in September 1990. The boys settled very well mto thetr new houses and prospered there, even if they always retained 150

tal ic memories of Walpole. It was typical of Mart.in, .howe~er, that h~ never looked back delighted to continue as a tutor in Walpole, thts ttme ~tth an al~-gtr~ tutor set. All ~he buher tutors did the same and five years later the Walpole tutonal body ~s sttll all male, w~tch ot 0 doubt helped the ethos of the house to continue under its new gutse. Other happy hnks h~~;the old Walpole were that some of the sixth-form girls stayed on as the top year of the wtw house and one of them, Nicky Venn, in becoming Head of House, wa~ able to emul~te her ": ther Peter who had held the same position some thirty years .before. Martm h~s be~n deltghted f bserve the success of the new Walpole under the expert gut~ance of J~~et Ptckenng and Jean 0 tson and he shared in their pride when one of the 1990 mtake, Mmam Lwanga, became th: first female Captain of School at .King's.. . . On relinquishing his housemastershtp •. Martm was appomt.ed He.ad ofGener~l Studtes and has done much over the last few .year~ to rat.se t~e profile o.f thts subJeCt fro~ .Cmderell~-status. to h t of a serious A-level quah ficat10n wh tch tS now earnmg proper reco&mtiOn by an mcreast~g ~:mber of universities. Martin has always admired the Germ~n educatiOnal system as seen m the Gymnasien where pupils are encouraged to devel?P all sktlls u~ to th.e age of. 1~ . J;Ie thus in General Studies a useful antidote to the Enghsh system of mtenstve spectahsatiOn, s.o ~~:~scientists can develop their skills of comm~nication and art~ specialists can keep u~ thetr science. Martin has also been instrumental in settmg up European l~nks: Exchanges were anang~d with Kloster Etta!, a monastery boarding school in a superb ~ocatwn m the G_erma_n Alps, whtle another magical place, Alden Biesen, a former Commandene of the T~utomc kmghts, beca~e the venue for European conferences between four schools each from a dtfferent country. Martm has in turn held European conferences at King's, ~ncluding the suc~essful E~ropean Dra.ma.Week which is holding a return fixture in Denmark thts autumn to whtch Martm has been mvtted to take a group of pupils fro m King's.. . . . Incredibly, during all this time Martin has also been an offtcer t.n th~ Combmed Cadet Force. He has seen the Force develop from the massive parades of conscnpts m the days of co~pulsory 'Corps' to today's more manageable and more enthusiastic .groups of voluntary .cadets, sttll much prized by the Armed Services as a source of officer matenal. .H e h~s be~n on mnumerable field days, night excercises and winter and summer camps, off-se~tmg wt~h hts calm!less .and hu.mour the more frenetic moments which can occur on these occasiOns . .Ntght excerctses ~~ parttcular can attract bizarre happenings, such as when one group fought thetr way through a bhzzard f~om Petham valley and took refuge in what turned out to b~ t~e entra~ce hall of the f!lental hospttal. Other occasions were enlivened by the sight of R .B.M1. m a Nazt helmet patrollmg along Stone Street and J .R.P. lurking in the undergrowth behind pubs to c~tch the un:-vary . There was an infamous period when the cadets were encouraged to ~rrange m.ght exc~rctses for the o~fic~rs, thus allowing them to get their own bac.k and also reahse .ho~ dtfficult tt was to get eve~ ythmg right. One such cadet was named Muddtman and aptl¥ so m vtew of the opaquen.ess of hts mapreading for he prescribed a rendez-vous at a spot whtch turned out to be 200 miles west ?f the Scilly Isles. Another arranged a midnight canoeing trip down th~ Stour from Godmersh~m wtthout realising how swollen the river had become after recent ra~n. As the luckless offtcers sped downstream, the present writer was heartily thankful to. be shanng ~ two-~an canoe wtth M .J .V ·, but Robin Finney was not so fortunate; he capstzed m an alarmmg whtrpo.ol and would. have been in considerable difficulties, had not Martin '~ skill and ~peed of ~eactwn enabled htm to be rescued. On the retirement of Paul Wenley, Martm was appomted Semor Offic~r of the C.C.F. and has run the Force with considerable skill and imagination, backed b¥ th.e mval~:~abl~ help of the school's R.S.M. , Alan Booth. A delightful feature of M~rtin 's orgamsatwnal sktlls ts t~ey are likely to be tempered at any moment by a fit of absent-mmdedness, such as th~ one whtch saw him on the last Inspection Day driv ing the wron~ way along t~e Thanet road m search of the Inspecting Officer. However anyone who saw the tmpeccable dnll and turnout of the Guard of Honour on the same occasion would have been left in no doubt of the. healthy state of the C. C. F . at the moment, and we are delighted that Martin is to continue to be m charge for another few terms. Although he retires from teaching this term, it is impossi~le to think of ~~rtin as act~:~ally retiring at all, for he has never been busier in public life and, wtth the current pohttcal uncertamty •

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the next few years could bring all sorts of further opportunities for him. He is very glad to b able to serve currently on both City and the County Councils, thus being able to help meet people'~ needs on a local level while having a say in the important decisions being made at Maidstone Appropriately he i~ recognis~d as a speci~list in the field o.f education, bei~g Vice-Chairma~ of the Kent EducatiOn Committee and Chairman of the Spec1al Needs Committee, dealing with the thorny problems of parental rights and excluded pupils while bein~ hampered by lack of funds At the same time he would like to get a better deal for middle-ability range of schoolchildren. encouraging the development of vocational courses in the curriculum and proper training afte; the age of 16. Meanwhile he has been re-elected as prospective parliamentary candidate for Canterbury for the Liberal Democrat Party. At the last General Election he considerably reduced the Conservative majority; who knows what may happen next time? Whatever one's political colour, one can only be glad that Martin's humanity and wisdom will continue to serve the wider community. Fortunately for us also, Martin and Jenny will continue to live nearby at Bridge. Jenny is Deputy Head of Bridge Primary School and was for a time seconded as county advisor in English teaching in primary schools, so the two of them make a formidable pair in educational circles. We shall also follow with interest the careers of Dominic and Becky , careers of which their father can scarcely disapprove for Dominic is a German expert working for a software firm in Dusseldorf while Becky is Personal Assistant to Paddy Ashdown. We offer Martin and his family every future success and happiness.

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STEPHEN DAVIES (K.C.S. 1992- 1995) When Stephen Davies arrived at King's he was new to teaching, but his flexibility , his enthusiasm and his resourcefulness soon established him in the school, and he brought a commitment and a freshness which benefited all of us. He found new perspectives on issues and fresh ways of approaching them, yet he never lost sight of what was most valuable in tradition; so, unusually, he impressed the established teachers as well as the young teachers who arrived with him, and he inspired his pupils. It soon became apparent, first, that he was someone of immense intellectual energy and imagination, and, secondly, and more surprising in a person of twenty-two, that he was someone whose judgements were mature to the point, at times, of wisdom . He has been a wonderful person to work with. Stephen is without doubt an exceptional teacher, modest, efficient, charismatic, and humane. He is a maieutic teacher, encouraging his pupils to bring their own ideas out into the light, but at the same time he is not afraid to lead opinion and dicovery himself. While working extremely hard himself, he has always found time to talk to pupils and to exchange ideas with fellow teachers. English departments which do not regularly receive injections of fresh blood tend to wither, Stephen supplied energy in abundance and English teaching at King's has been enriched by his presence. But Stephen has enhanced every aspect of school life . He has been a tutor in Walpole House, where his sympathy and his strength of character made him very successful, doting tutees and admiring pupils alike clamouring for his attention. His work in establishing various publishing activities has been invaluable, and the creative magazines which have appeared under his guidance have been very fine indeed . The production of the new school yearbook owes a great deal to his advice and encouragement, and his overall organisation of King's Week programmes has made the whole operation much more successful; these are now established traditions. He has been an able director of drama: his direction of LOUD was memorable, and he has assisted Andrew Dobbin on school plays. He has acted as a swimming coach (he is a fast swimmer) , and he was a rugby coach whose team ended their first season by presenting him with a bottle of whisky and saying. ' We have lost most matches, sir, but we had the most fun.' I'm sure they did. Stephen makes most things fun . 152 (M. P.H .D.)

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That Stephen should leave like this means that the decision to leave teaching may well be final, but the move is a positive one. He will be spending his first year writing a novel, and perhaps discovering at the same time that the life of a writer can sometimes be just as stressful as that of a teacher. Now, however, is the time, and to steal Chris Millar's closing accolade in the Common Room, if Stephen writes as well as he teaches, he will produce a best-seller. What is missing from this article is a sense of Stephen' s vitality, his sociability, and his humour. The first time I saw he was drinking pink fizz from a well-fingered flute in what was then the boys' house in St. Radigund's. He looked cheerful, very young, and a little remote. The remoteness was a mask; after that first meeting a lot of curry and beer slipped through the systems of King's Schools teachers, and he did his best to make sure that everyone else enjoyed themselves as much as he did. To quote Gary Giddins of The Village Voice out of Tolstoy: 'Bad teachers are all alike; every good teacher is enchanting in his or her own way.' Stephen was, and is, enchanting. We all wish him well, and we shall all miss him enormously. H.W.B.

JOANNE RILEY (K.S.C. 1994-1995) Joanne came to King's in January 1994, shortly after having completed a P.G.C.E. course. She adapted very quickly to the life of the school and it soon felt as though she had been here for many years. In the Art Department, she maintained the school' s strong tradition in Printed Textiles but introduced new practices and techniques to her pupils. Her specialism for her degree course at Winchester School of Art had been in Constructed Textile design. Her expertise in that area brought additional scope to, the work being done in the department. Although she has been a part-time member of the teaching staff, Joanne has been most generous in giving of her own free time. She will be missed for the enthusiasm and care which she imparted to her pupils. The individual attention which pupils have received has been much appreciated by them. Joanne will also be remembered for her friendliness and vivacious personality . This was ev ident in the 1994 Staff Review when she took on the role of Cilia Black in a ' Blind Date' sketch . While teaching at King's, Joanne has been studying 'Garment Construction' on a part-time course in London. Next term she begins a full-time teaching post at the George Dixon School in Edgbaston, Birmingham. She will be moving to familiar territory since the school is not very far from her parental home. We wish her every success and happiness in her new position and we feel sure that it will not be long before she adapts to those surroundings j ust as she did here at King's. During her eighteen-month stay, she has established herself in the hearts of all those who have worked in the Textile Studio at Blackfriars Art Centre. D.C.

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OBITUARIES JOHN H. CORNER, O.B.E., M.A. (K.S. C. 1933-1940, 1946- 1955) John Corner ~as a fine schoolmaster by any measurement. In 1933 he came to us from K' , College, ~ambnd~e. whe~e he was a choral scholar, linguist and member of the 1st VIIIInfh~ fact that clinched hts appomment to coach the 2nd IV . In January 1936 Canon Shirley gave' him The Grange. He was an .outst.anding success? wi~nessed by the six out of ten traceable 1930s Grangemen who came ~.tth wtves to lunch wtth htm at St. Augustine's in July 198 1. From this event arose an a!l~ual VISit by ten or so O.K.S. to picnic at the O.K.S. cricket match on Bir!e 's followed by a v1s1t to some new school development or to sip champagne with the Headmait' ' Many holidays he took small parti.es ski-ing or exploring France and Germany in April a~d August. In 1938 the Ovt:rseas EducatiOn League asked him to lead six boys from several school across Canada to camp m The Rockies and visi! ~ix plac~s on. the way back to Quebec and th~ boat home. He had a sound knowledge of grant-gtvmg bod1es {'Just part of my job') and discreet! secured helpful ~urns to keep a Gra~geman at school or ease his finances at university . Atal he often complamed that the only thmg that Grangeman remembered about him in latter year~ was the three.-foot hor!l atop his electric gramophone! 78rpm records never sounded better at freq uent mustcal evenmgs. The war took Co~ner into the ~ewly-founded Intelligence Corps via basic training in the Life Guards . ~e served m North Afnca, Italy and Nor~h Europe . In Germany he himself captured the Gauleiter of Magdeburg and was much occupted with de-nazification. This important work was cut short when Canon Shirley secured Corner's early release from the Army (Class B) and he was seconded ~al f-time as treasu.rer of the Cathedral Appeal to make good the ravages of war. He shared a cabm to New York wtth Archdeacon Bickersteth and they garnered m~ny thousan~s of sympathy dollars in the USA and Canada for the mother church of the Anglian communwn . In the rest of the week C~rner taught and found time to resurrect the Boat Club. He coached a 1st IV tha.t w~n eyery race m the years 19~7-49 bar one fi~als and one semi-finals at the Marlow Regatta, Kmg s wmnmg the 1948 finals (I dressed them m blue berets to foster team spirit'). By 1948 the Chapter t~rget of £300,QOO (over £4 million in today's money) was reached and C.orn~r came bac~ ~ll tn;ne. He was g1ven Marl<?we House. A Marloweman of this time became h1s fnend and. solicitor ( He never sends me a b11l and takes me out to lunch in his Mercedes'). He was for a time head of modern languages. Between Marlowe House and his move to Greenwich he held the fort at W~lpol~ House for a term following the retirement of Mr. P. G. Reynolds. A crewman of.those vtctonous 1st IVs writes: ' I regard him as one of the most inspiring teachers and ~ducators m the broadest sense I h~ve kn<?wn .... My contacts with him were entirely extracurncul~r , t~rough the ~oat~~~? · h~l. tday tnps ab~oad, Walf?ole S~ciety meetings, listening to records m hts room, eatmg hts teas and borrowmg books m van ous languages which he put my way ' . The writer was headmaster of two public schools. In 1956 John Cor~er moved .to the. headship of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund School at Vanbrugh Castle m Greenwtch. Str Arthur Bryant wrote in the Illustrated London News of 26th September. 19?0: 'Under the present Headmaster, John Corner, who came to it 15 years ago from T he K1.ng s. ~chool , C~nterbury- ~ngl~nd's oldest public school - it is without question one of the most m~p~~mg est~blish~~~ts ~f tts kmd I have ever seen. It is all that a great school ~hould be - a germ~mt!ve <?as1s. of CIVllisatwn, good ma~ners , ha~piness, comradeship, and eager :~df9ifJ. and learnmg . Hts A1r Marshal governors gamed for htm an O.B.E. before retirement 154

No sooner had Corner retired to Canterbury than the Chapter l~unched ano.ther appeal ~nd ked him to be treasurer. This ti me the Chapter employed professwnal fundratsers, so th~ JOb ~as much less demanding than in 1946. This appeal reached a target of ÂŁ3,500,000 and continues 10 this day. He next directed his energies to e~lis~ing the newly~acquired s.t. Augustine's for summer holiday se by fo unding the Canterbury Ptlgnmages. By dmt of sendmg press releases to ~very ~ravel ~riter he could find, he managed to bring busfuls of 'pilgrims to spend four m~hts m St. Augustine 's to explore the City and surroundings with expert lec~ures. The bursar happtly banked the annual profits. Corner was for many years speakers' secretary of the Canterbury Probus Club. He e.nli~ted many of his 1930s Grangemen and other O.K.S., one of whom, a global traveller, was mv1ted to speak four times to increasing applause. In his last years he faced failing sight and his life was much enhanced by King's boys and girls who came to read to him and do his shopping. He also got much pleasure from the many visits by his Grange and Marlowemen and from his former colleagues. He died aged 85 on 24th June and his funeral took place in the Crypt. He will be remembered for his unfailing hospitality and for his infectious interest in all about him. The Grange h?usemaster throughout the 1980s writes: 'During the years we were in The Grange the comm~tment and regard that John had for the house was always a source of great strength to us, as was h1s personal friendship'. Corner's lasting legacy to us is the name ' King's Week' which he proposed to Canon Shirley together with the assurance that admission charges could be made f<;>r many eve~ts ~o avoid any drain on school funds. His final gesture was to leave the bulk of h1s estate to Kmg s for a scholarship fund. A.D.W. (with help from other Grangemen and our Archivist).

JULIETTE VIGANO (K.S.C. 1990-1995) It is with deep regret that we record the death of Mrs. Juliette Vigano. Never in robust health she refused to gtve up the battle against the cancer from which she eventually died. As the matron of School House Juliette was noted for her care over those in her charge, her hard work and her determination to do the best for everyone . I owe her a particular debt of gratitude for her complete loyalty in often testing situations. These qualities. were mirrored in her p~ivate !ife. While in the Far East she and her husband had adopted two g1rls. When her husband dted Juliette devoted herself to caring for, and educating them. It was a task which required great .fi nancial sacrifice but one which Juliette did not hesitate to take on. Paola, the younger, qualified as a doctor la~t year, something which gave Juliette great satisfaction and understandable pride. None of us realized quite how ill Juliette was, for she hated any sort of fuss. We h.ad hoped that. the operation she had in January had been successful; indeed her return to work m our sanaton~m this term had led us to believe this was the case. But it was not to be. We extend to her family our deepest sympathy. A. H. D.

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FOCUS CHARITY PARACHUTE JUMP SUNDAY, 16th APRIL

One thousand, two thousand , three thousand , four thousand , CHECK CANOPY! It was only at this point in the training that I began to ask myself whether I was really standing in a tasteful orange boilersuit and white crash helmet. Looking around at the others for reassurance I realised that this was it - there was no going back now. I had managed to get myself int~ this situation completely of my own accord , and furthermore, had persuaded eight others to join me. Having survived the rigours of getting up at 8 a.m. on a holiday morning, we met beneath the rusting Parachute Club sign , synonymous with the surroundings (which can't have changed much since the 1930s). A man strolled up to us with a dangerous (verging on the psychotic) look in his eyes. Thinking that I could get away with politely avoiding him, he introduced himself as Clem - our instructor. ' Great,' I thought. The morning training took us through the basic jump procedures - including the essential countdown on leaving the plane (see above). Clem aimed to familiarise us with the Drop Zone - this is an area three fields large designed specifically for landing in . 'Well there's no harm in them trying to brief us,' I thought - convinced that we would all end up somewhere between Dover and Calais. A quick lunch consisting of endless plates of chips sustained us for the afternoon training. The next three hours were devoted to describing what could go wrong and how to cope with the following situations: Landing in/on: a sloping/flat, or oast house roof; a hedge (of which there was an example cutting across the Drop Zone) ; a set of overhead power lines; a road of any description (includmg the main route to Ashford running parallel to the C lub) ; and a river (convenientely running around the perimeter of the Drop Zone). Feeling confident that we could tackle any obstacle- Clem confirmed that if we hit the electric ra ilway (Ashford - London route), we were 'gonners'- we returned home a little shaken up. Sunday morning brought on an attack of uncontrollable butterflies in our stomachs, quenched (we soon realised) by countless stodgy doughnuts and games of volleyball. The boredom whilst waiting fo r the wind speed to drop was relieved by Tom's video camera . That afternoon we truly did justice to what there is of a British film industry by making our own version of Point Break. Paul was the irresistible stunt man (skydiving without a parachute) and I was the jealous girlfriend. Olive provided the snow-storms (no thanks to Tate and Lyle) and Tom proved to be a gifted cameraman. Scripts were assumed unnecessary as spontaneity was the only option. The result was an Oscar-winning performance of a hunky F.B.I. agent jumping 4ft. from a cardboard plane. At last the the loudspeaker summoned us to get ready to jump - the fated moment had arrived. Dashing off to find our blue boiler suits (we had graduated from orange) , we lined up in anticipation. Our parachutes were checked twice (and most of them a third time) by the terrified individual. Waddling over to the plane was truly our first taste of stardom. The paparazzi (terror-stricken parents) got through rolls of film to ensure they kept us on celluloid if not in the flesh. We reached the plane and found it was covered in black masking tape. Clem assured us that it was not holding it together. Describing the next ten minutes is impossible (yet Olivia , when asked, comes up with 'classic') I will, however, give you a quick rundown of events and emotions. The rush of the engines and the cramp in our legs whilst cooped up inside the plane. Our shuddering bodies with legs cemented to the side of the plane, ensuring we didn ' t fall out prematurely (coupled with the lack of any interior comfort padding). The ascent: panic-stricken faces, parents on the ground becoming 156

indistinguishable and the bitter wind whipping through the doorless plane. The shared feelings of extreme exhilaration, intense rushes of overpowering joy and an indescribable surge of adrenaline that were unbeatable. Clinging white-knuckled in the door of the plane with our legs dangling, Clem reminded us to smile for the camera as we fell. It is the first few seconds of falling, and the black-out when you realise you are no longer in the plane. It is the frantic search for the Drop Zone and the astonishing view of the South of England. It is the sudden realisation that you are about to hit the ground at a terrifying speed. It is the feeling of complete freedom and indescribable achievement. This first parachute jump was all of these intense feelings packed into under two minutes. I cannot even hope to explain it sufficiently , for words seem unsatisfactory . It is a rush that must be experienced to be understood. The jump was organised to raise money for the Environmental Investigation Agency, and took place at Headcorn Parachute Club, Kent. Those who took part and raised money were: Claire Alder, Tom Morton , Olivia Kirby , Paul Wharton , Lenny Samuelson, Stephen Bushnell , Tom Harrel, Tim Mitchell and Ross Wingfield . CLAIRE ALDER.

THE KING'S SCHOLARS' DINNER SUNDAY, 23rd APRIL ,

Headmaster, Lower Master, Senior 'Mistress, Housemasters and Housemistresses, and last, but certainly not least, the King's Scholars- to whom, in fact, I shall be addressing most of what I say - though from time to time there are reminders for myself and messages for the rest of you as well. I must first thank the Headmaster for his flattering remarks. At least one of you already knew that I was retiring at the end of this year: introducing me to some prospective parents, she said 'This is Mr. Millar - he's Master of Studies at the moment' . I felt that there was an axe about to fall . I suspect that the Master of Studies must seem a rather shadowy figure (he doesn't appear much in public) - someone who operates behind the scenes - whose initials appear on notices about school exams and who organises parents' meetings and asks you for your choice of subjects. But one occasion where I have met nearly all of you is at your interview for the scholarship examination. A question I asked a boy last year was ' What do you think we are looking for when we are choosing scholars? '. What would you have said? He said ' Being good at sport' . He's not in this room now: although there are schools which offer sports scholarships, I don' t think that even the Director of Sport would have agreed that that was the answer I was looking for. So what should scholars be? What are we looking for? What do we hope that you will do while you are at King's? Why do we give away so much money each year? I suspect that a lot of people who have to give a talk turn to a dictionary for a definition : under 'scholar' I found 'the holder of a scholarship' , and under 'scholarship' I found 'a grant made to a scholar' . I felt I was on my own. If you had come to King's as a scholar in 1957, which is when I started teaching here, you would all , of course, have been boys, and you would all have been put in the same form not a Shell , though there were Shells and Removes then but into a Fifth Form because you were destined to take 0 Level in all your subjects at the end of your first year. Not in many subjects: you would have been taught English, Maths, French, Latin, History and either Greek or German: no Biology, no Chemistry, no Physics, no Geography, no C .D.T., no LT., no Music. You would have passed 0 Level in those subjects quite comfortably and gone into a form called the Special Sixth, where you would have more of the same, though you would have started some science (but only Physics, I think) . Then into a 6a form, aged about 15: the forms were divided into the C lassical Sixth or History 6a or Modern Languages 6a or Science 6a, and having chosen 157

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your form you would have had no further choice of subject: in Modern Languages 6a you had to do French, German and English; in the Classical 6th you did Latin, Greek and Ancient History - the school didn't teach EcPol or Geography or Spanish or RS or History of Art or CDT or Theatre Studies in those days. It was not a broad education, and a lot depended on your getting right, first time, your choice of subjects from a very limited range. It was a haphazard system and one of its unfair features was that if you had been in the Special Sixth and wanted to do science you effectively stepped on a snake and went back to Science 6b before you could go on to Science 6a - which obviously deterred people from doing science. You took A Level at 16, and then spent the next year taking Special papers and practising questions for the Oxford and Cambridge scholarship exams you were going to make the year after that - that was what the syste_m was ~eared to: getting Oxfor~ a!ld CamJ:>ridge scholarships, and the school was very good at 1t. For Its lack of breadth and hm1ted choice, the system couldn't be defended , but if you combine an impoverished curriculum with the fact that the school provided very little other than lessons: a much smaller choice of sport (in the Autumn term if you weren't in team rugby you played senior or junior league rugby for your House), and many fewer school matches, very few talks, no House concerts, no After Hours, nothing much to do, in fact (the school calendar took up just three or four sides) you will realise that there was a lot of time and space and a lack of pressure which I think gave the boys and especially the scholars (and also the teachers) time to think more deeply about what they were doing. For scholars 0 and A Level exams were not important; there were no grades, you just passed or failed - and of course you passed. A lot of people went to Oxford or Cambridge and for scholars and many others all that mattered was those scholarship examinations; if you weren't going to Oxford or Cambridge you applied individually to other universities, and got, or didn't get, an offer based on the school report. A much smaller proportion of 18-year-olds went to university , and there was no need for A Level grading or a UCAS system. There wasn't the competition which you now face. Now you are force-fed from 5 to 18: you have to get into the right form at prep school, you have to take the scholarship exam if you can, or at least work very hard for Common Entrance, or you won't get into King's, and you have to make sure you do good coursework and get good G.C.S.E. grades because they are going to appear on your UCAS forms and if you're really ambitious even a single B among a dozen grades may seem a disaster . The system forces schools to make you do too much; I do not mean that you do too much but that you are made to do what you should want to do for yourself. I think that many syllabuses are, for clever people (and all at King's are by intelligence in the top few per cent of the country, even if they' re not scholars), crammed too full of too much fact. When I'm Minister of Education (and I shall be offering myself for this post in September), I shall cut the content for all G.C.S.E. and A Level syllabuses by half and give you a chance to study things in more depth. Less learning, and more thinking, and perhaps a chance to stop and think before moving on to the next bit of syllabus. I spent some time last holidays in the southern part of Spain: not at Torremolinos or even Marbella, but inland in the cities of Seville and Cordoba and Granada. You may know that that part of Spain was ruled by the Moors from about 700 to about 1500, and they have left behind them some marvellous architecture: the Alcazar and the Giralda in Seville, the vast mosque at Cordoba (which has a later cathedral built inside it) and the Alhambra at Granada. The country has many of these mosques and palaces and forts. Inevitably just as Canterbury has its hordes of French schoolchildren, so these cities attract hordes of Spanish schoolchildren, and if you're visiting these sites they don't add to one's enjoyment. Most of them aren't actually looking at the buildings at all: they're following the person in front, they're talking to each other about, I would guess, their last meal or their next meal, their current boy friend or girl friend, or their clothes or other people's clothes, or the way their teacher's behaving, or the fact that they're tired of walking round these boring buildings. Watching them I was occasionally aware of an exception: one boy or girl , on their own, separating himself or herself from the group, so that they could actually see the building unobscured by other people or could look at the exquisite decoration on the walls and ceilings, or perhaps take a photograph as a reminder of a memorable moment. 158 (Sarah Knight)

perhaps that is a metaphor for you and your education. Would it be true to say that most of the time you are moving rapidly from place to place - in school from one topic to the next, from one piece of coursework to the next - and out of school , from this meeting to that boy friend or that girl to that games field to that cup of coffee to that rehearsal? Do you ever stop to think about your education? Are you just part of a herd ploughing blindly on, following the person in front, doing what you're told to do (most of the time) but never giving yourself time to think about what you are doing? Never asking a question about something that's not on the syllabus, never reading a book which isn' t directly related to an exam? These questions could be addressed to anyone at King's (including teachers) but you scholars have a particular role 10 play . To use a biblical metaphor, we hope that 'a little leaven leaveneth the whole lumf ': on this festive occasion perhaps I shouldn 't, but I will , point out that in the next verse o I Corinthians 5 St. Paul says that the old leaven should be purged. It would help you if you weren't so pressurised , but you can ' t blame the system for everything. If you want to , you can find time for anything. But what is it that I think we would like scholars to do? In what way do I think they should be individual? Not to acquire a smattering of knowledge in a lot of different areas, so that you can answer Jeremy Paxman when he reads out his starter for ten, or be a success in Mastermind, or do the Times crossword during or even before breakfast. If you are scholarly you will have a deep knowledge of several things as well as a broad knowledge of everything, and you will be good at Academic Challenge and the Times crossword, but being good at them is not a test 1 of whether you are scholarly. For me b eing scholarly is not a matter of knowing a lot, or having been .tau~ht a lot - _it is a metter of being interest~d in the things th~t stret~h t~e mind a~d the imagmatton and takmg the trouble to pursue that mterest. And not JUSt bemg mterested m the things that naturally appeal to us: a genuine scholar is able to be interested in what interests other people. They don' t have to be traditional school subjects, or subjects which you are already studying. I enjoy teaching my subject, Physics, and I read everything I can about it, and it inevitably takes up a lot of my time, but I'm at least as interested in and would like to spend time on many other things: as one example, although I was never taught any Biology at school or elsewhere, I'm fascinated by wild orchids - for which the chalk slopes of Kent provide very good habitats where they can be found , when they can be found , why they grow where they grow, the relationship between the plant and the mycorhizaJ fungus which is necessary for their growth, the unpredictability of the sites where they grow, and ultimately simply their beauty. You may think that there's something in what I've been saying and indeed I know that alredy some of you are truly scholarly in the sense I mean. If you want to do something about it, or more about it, then of course I don ' t think that your life will be transformed tomorrow. But if tomorrow or the day after or the day after that you allowed just a few minutes of your busy lives to be a little less busy so that you could stop and think, then the seed of an idea might have a chance to grow. I suppose you might think it worth deciding to read all the books by an author you like, or read as much as you can about a historical figure who has caught your imagination, or study Mozart masses, or study Canterbury 's archaeology, or read as much as you can about the 'Big Bang' , or get out of Canterbury to do some biological fieldwork on your own. Dec ide to understand more about something than anyone else: be the best! If that seed were given a chance to grow and were nurtured it could make a real difference to you because what I've been saying applies not just to school or university but to the whole of your life. I now ask my colleagues to stand so that I may propose the toast of the King's Scholars and their scholarship! C. J .M.

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THE REPLY OF THE SENIOR SCHOLAR Y've a~ked me to say something original, Somethmg deep and profound from within But I've nothing original in me ' Excepting original sin. To continue in rhyme Would be truly sublime, But the challenge, though fine I must humbly decline Since its no paradigm Of scholarly wisdom but wine. This may appear complete drivel, which indeed it is but it is · · 1 1 I wa.nted to tell. .The scene !s .Athens .. . date roughly 14 0 B.C. A~~~~~~~~;sg ~e ~:ed to a st?ry lost m battle aga.mst Crete, Jt IS forced to send seven virile young men and sev~n ~e:~·i havmg women every nme. years to Crete to be left in the labyrinth and eaten b the . u J u1 youn.g g~e~ on for ~orne time, an? eve~t~ally the Athenians begin to realise that they a~~~~t~r. This o the .world s first popula.tJ?n cnsJs ~nd with a granny boom imminent there is a dreadful ed verge to t e1r government-subsidised pension which just goes to sh th t bl d , anger they m~rely grow in different fertiliser. Meanwhile Theseus wh~% th! h~~~ of~~r s~n t ~ha~ge, that th1s has got to stop, so he volunteers to join the jolly ~ruise hoping to get a su~fa'n ecJd~s way. He. packs ~he fa.ctor 12 and off he goes. He turns up in Crete blue e es bronzedon ~ e bl~~dh ~air S~ulg~ng b~cheps, no brain, and Ariadne the princess of Crete falfs i~stantly in sl~n, WI Im. e gives es~us a bai_J of wool so that he will be able to find his wa out ve maze, and also a .sword to kill the .M~notaur with en route. Theseus, although still mor/dumb of the b? t~ohsuch bran~wave~, doe~ h1s JO~ and they sail off together. They stop off at an isla~~~ck t e mg t, and .while Anadne IS sleepmg Theseus takes off. She wakes u and finds he's or w7eps and wails for about four pages, until Dionysus the god of I' f h gone, With a bottle of house red in one h nd . h . IquJ re res ment turns up his face. She decides that the 1400 ~ a~ Ivy w~eat. m the other and a hopeful expression on intoxicati~g life t?gether, .which i~ p.ro~?t~af~~d ~?~~g~ ~~n~~clv~ot~ffo~~dl~f~~e a long and . Th~ pomt of th1s c~arm.mg tale IS the question why Theseus of little brain dum ~ntelhgent and charmmft girl. He kn7w that he could not take back to Athens a wo~~~ ~h~e~tyd h 7tra~g ~7r:~her, le t the protectiOn o_f he_r male kin, and who moreover was cleverer th!n 1m. e ~~ etween women and cunnmg 1s no coincidence in Greek m tholo . th 1 f Medea. f?r. ms~nce and the depiction of a female goddess of wisdom B \nki!y · e ta e 0 ~ ferun~Jty wd1th thatht of cunning and subterfuge the Homeric Greeks ~nited bothg ~h~h~~hf:&~ . ey .ear , an gave emselves a reason for keeping women firmly d t 1 Th 'd mtelhgence potentially dangerous - the dumb hero with all braw~~nedr conbro.. ey consJ eredh their cup of tea They pre~ d th · h . no ram was very muc . erre rowmg t e discus to discussing the physics of its motion And h . · 1 ere at ast IS my ~om.t, n.ot th~t women are cleverer than men, but that b ortra in h · su~hth the Gree~s h el.t JUStified m r.epressing them. Intelligence is dangerJuf if us~d ~ntw~~~~s an ey were n~ t myart ~o f7a_r It. If, as our scholar's gowns seem to indicate we are meant to b~ reasonably m~elhg~nt tnd1VIduals, we have a responsibility to use that intelligence wisely . _ Fmallyh I ~ould JUSt .hke to ~raw attention to the understated role of Dionysus in this story tevtn t ~d l~keeks bheheved wme to. be the s~cret o~ happiness, they weren't fools! On which no e wou 1 e to t ank everyone mvolved m makmg tonight so · bl d k 11 to join me in drinking a toast to the King 's School. enJoya e an to as you a

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FROM MAYO TO KING'S Adarsh Varma, this term's exchange scholar from Mayo College, India, gives his experiences below.

The very first day I arrived I felt I had come to a place which was very special. The ancient took of the school buildings and the grandeur of the cathedral were enough to prove that I had come to one of the oldest schools in the world which runs rich with traditions and performance. With help from my house mates, I quickly settled down well. Classes were not a problem except for U.K. politics, which I found a bit difficult and confusi.ng; I was consoled when I found that even some of the present pupils also had the same opinion. I enjoyed playing cricket as my sport here; the 2nds had a versatile team and a good spirit. I made good friends in the team and can never forget the fun we had together; we can proudly say that we were the most successful team in the school for the season. As an honest confession, I never used to drink much beer in India, but the difference I have noticed in me here is that my tolerance is now high , thanks to some guys! The idea of heaving a J.C.R. is really good; I will try to convince my school authorities to have one of a similar kind . Most important of all my English vocabulary has improved in leaps and bounds . I mean this, in every sense. Mayo is similar to King's in many ways except it is a boys' school. We do have a girls' school but it is separate. At Mayo the monitors and the senior boys enjoy great privilege and power. The equivalent to the 6a there have private studies with attached bathrooms. The teacher-student relationship is more formal. The style of teaching is more methodical compared to the interactive style here at King's. The boys are mainly of the business class and the local aristocrats. Mayo too has magnificent buildings and is situated in the beautiful state of Rajasthan. King's has a lot to offer and its pupils must be really proud to belong to such a rich heritage and so am I, on being here for a term. Coming from India this school has broadened my horizons to a big extent; the experience and the knowledge I have gained here will surely be of use in the long run. Another vital aspect of my stay is the friends I made. I got to know people from different parts of the world and about their countries. I had a whale of a time going for supper leaves, the J .C .R., McDonalds, etc. with my friends. All I can say is that it has been a memorable time. I would like to thank Dr. Mallion and Mr. Parker for their able guidance, Mr . Woodward and Mrs. Pickering who constantly checked on me and were very helpful, Mr. Brodie and Mrs. Bennett, my housemaster and matron respectively, for their help , support and a comfortable stay at Galpin's, and last but not least my friends in Galpin's: Rob, Nigel, Andy , James S., James H., Tom and Tim for their support and the good time. If anyone at King's comes to visit India please do contact me, if possible; I wi ll try to repay some of the happy moments I had at King's. ADARSH VARMA.

VENICE: THE EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION For the past five years I have been self-employed, restoring antique furniture for both private customers and London antique dealers. On 20th April I closed my workshop and flew to Venice, having been awarded a bursary from the Venice In Peril Foundation to study at the European Centre of Conservation. The city of Venice began in the fourth century with the invading Barbarians from the East. The locals fled to the swampy islands of the lagoon which was their defence against further invasions and the foundation of their power. Over some thirteen centuries they built a state with one of the strongest maritime forces, trading and plundering in the East and West, bringing materials, 161

techniques and designs back to Venice . They learnt to master the lagoon and build on sand and mud, const~cting.magnificent palazzi and municipal buildings w~ic.h reflected t~e ~tate's imperial power. Vemce bndged the gap between East and West and th1s IS reflected m 1ts architecture and ornamentation which is almost totally unique. It is this rich variety which brings so man tourists flooding in like the invading Barbarians of the past. Thousands of tourists squeeze dow~ the narrow streets each day and while they bring economic benefits to the city they also bring pollution and disruption of the city's social structure. Venice has become a museum and in its respect it can be said to serve the European Centre perfectly. The Centre is a melting-pot of craft skills, of practical and theoretical knowledge. Students with established skills from all over Europe come to share their knowledge and learn more. The aim of the Centre is to give the craftsmen an indepth practical and theoretical knowledge of materials employed throughout building. It is almost a Renaissance conception of craftsmanship understanding the foundations, the structure of the walls, the elasticity of the mortars, the porosity of lime paints and their compatibility with other materials. The realisation that so many materials for buildings were also applied to furniture and interiors soon became blindingly obvious: after all they didn't have synthetic glues and resins or today's thixtropic paints in the fifteenth century. The same natural resins that were cooked to make furniture lacquers were once applied to stone fa<?des to reduce problems of damp and freeze/thaw action . The same lime compounds that were applied to mortars and plasters could also be applied to furniture and then painted or gilded . The same technique is used for scraffitto on walls or furniture, and so the list goes on. In order to understand the process of conservation it was important to have a theoretical foundation, but more important still was practical experience restoring Ventian artefacts in situ . Stuccateurs restored stucco friezes, painters restored frescoes, stonemasons restored churches. I restored furniture and panelling attacked by damp in the churches of San Marcuola and San Salvatore. I practised techniques of Venetian lacquer with the original resins and colours. A German expert on painted carvings taught us about binders, pigments and resins used on antique wooden sculptures. The gilder from Versailles taught us about working with gold leaf in many forms from gilding modelled gesso details to painting on gold leaf and gilding scraffitto designs. It has been an enriching experience and now as the course comes to a close, I prepare to return to Canterbury proudly clutching my Dipolma, at the beginning of August after a short period of restoration work in Piacenza, near Milan where I hope to learn still more. OLIVER MANNING PRESS, O.K.S.

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BOOK REVIEW

WALTER AND THE RESURRECTION OF G. T. J. ARMSTRONG (Headline 0 7472 141 9 0 ÂŁ 16.99)

Tim Armstrong has given us a first novel of exceptional power. Walter and the Resurrection of G. is a book which haunts and teases the mind, and which grows on re-reading. So intricately crafted is it, that you can easily miss much of its subtelty and cleverness - particularly the superbly worked-out correspondences between the mediaeval and modern worlds and the ways in which occult symbols summarise events. And that would be a great pity , for it is in the patterning of Walter that its meaning lies: the structure is the answer. The novel comes in two parts, both of them focussing on characters who are questing for answers and order. The first takes us brilliantly into the mediaeval world of the gifted young musician Walter, its eponymous hero . Mediaeval philosophy , power politics, relig1on and sensibility are rendered accessible and vivid. The second part exmplores how the modern day student Ian Mothing and his tutor G. are drawn into the same concerns as Walter. Time is seen as a figure of eight, endlessly doubling back on itself. Characters have visions of the future and a sense of being haunted by the past. They appear part of a pattern they did not devise but to which they must submit. The thing I enjoyed most in the novel was this exploration of the ways in which people struggle to make sense of their lives by seeking patterns. As one character says, 'There is no answer. Only the patterns you perceive.' So what kind of novel is this? Certainly a thriller, for there is some terrific suspense as Walter gets in and out of dreadful scrapes. There is the sustained suspense of his struggles to find out why people keep telling him 'You are the One' when it is not all clear what 'the One' is . And you keep reading to find out the identity and purpose of the mysterious Brotherhood of Watchers who surface repeatedly to shape Walter's life. There are brilliantly tense episodes: I particularly enjoyed Walter's outwitting the mightly Johannes of Ulm in the tournament and the dramatic revelations and fiery destruction in the church of San Saturio. But best of all is G's gripping apparent return from the dead to interrupt a moment of passion, followed by his disappearance into a cellar full of occult symbolism, computers and voyeuristic video screens. This is capped by the ultimate coup de theatre of the relentlessly twisting plot : the appearance of G. , alive, at his own funeral , and then his suicide. I much enjoyed the incisive writing of this modern section. This is also a scholarly , philosophical and religious novel , though the scholarship is wittily worn and interestingly manipulated. A repeated theme is the extent to which we have control over our own lives: ' In all this we are just as much victims as you' , Walter is told, and by the end of the novel we are inclined to agree that for all that humans seek knowledge, they know little and are subject to vaster forces than their own wills. Another concern is the gap between the Neo-Platonic mediaeval world, where earthly perfection may be seen as an image of the heavenly ideal , and the bleakness and uncertainty of the modern world. Here, though, ' the Brotherhood of those who know what it is to move through time' seems to provide an answer. Those who love history will relish the detail and broad sweep of this historical novel, from the Cathars to the C rusades, the devil to the Dodge. There is also more than a touch of the Bildungsroman about the novel. We follow the emotional , intellectual and spiritual development of Walter as his love affairs are disrupted, he learns the ways of the court and the monastery, and is sentenced to death by being broken on the wheel, a punishment delayed for three months to give him time to reflect on his wrongdoings. And at the end of it all, for both Walter and Ian Mothing, comes a peaceful acceptance of their place in the pattern of life , in poignant and subtly modulated prose. 164

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MUSIC AND DRAMA DOCTOR FAUSTUS THE LINACRE HOUSE PLAY LENT TERM 1995

This review should have appeard in last term's Cantuarian, but, owing to the incompetence of the reviewer it did not. The reviewer therefore apologises to all concerned most profoundly. You see, he sold his soul to the devil towards the end of term, and never really recovered. Jonathan Allday's production of Marlowe's most famous play (the bearded meets the bad) was always going to be an event. All sorts of rumours about elaborate set designs, audio-visual trickery, and even lain Mulady, circulated among the cognoscenti months before curtain up. Controversially for a House play, Dr. Allday began rehearsing in advance. Before Christmas even. So even before souls were sat on seats, praise was due for effort, ambition, and commitment. It's been said before, but it is vital that, in order to preserve the high standards of school drama, House plays should be taken seriously. There is no reason for them to be merely laughable endurance tests for stoic parents: drama, ironically enough, only becomes really fun if it is taken seriously. And Dr. Faustus, of course, is serio~s stuff. But this is not to say that it cannot be entertaining, and what was refreshing about this production was that it contained genuine enthusiasm, and genuine ideas. These, I am sure, were not merely a result of direction from above (or below), but from the pupils themselves being given an opportunity to be genuinely creative. I would like to be able to comment, by means of example, on the various technical designs that decorated the set and the floor, but am, unfortunately, unqualified in mathematical physics, and lean towards the occult during Mattins only. These symbols, as a result, meant little to me, even when glowing luminously from the floor. I hope I did not miss the point, however: Faustus is a seeker of knowled~e, a skilled scholar/scientist. The play, if viewed through post-Freudian eyes, dramatises the agomes of his psyche: Freudian projections were represented by real projections. The set also featured wonderfully tall doors, and some nice gothic candles, through which Mephostophilis, looking damned hot in black tie, entered magnificently. With this backdrop the Faustus presented to us by Will Finch was a truly modern man. His books are now on computer disk, and he hacks his way through them voraciously . His Good Angel and Bad Angel did not appear on stage, but were produced eerily from speakers to the left and right of the stage with Mulady Darlek effects added. Mephostophilis even had a quick game of Space Invaders . As I said, there were many good ideas in this play, and a genuine sense of irreverent enjoyment: the comic scenes, I think, were the strongest, where Pope Adrian and his pals got what was coming to them. But Luke Toulson, with the best three parts in the play (Lucifer/Beelzebub/Mephostophilis), stole the show as easily as Faustus's soul. It was a stroke of genius to have him play all seven deadly sins. He wheeled on a shopping trolley laden with props, and proceeded with the Mike Yarwood routine. I enjoyed this moment the most, because not only was seeing Wrath dressed as Eric Cantona extremely funny, but it meant that the audience's attention was firmly fixed on the acting itself, rather than the technical trickery. This was an excellent performance from Toulson, solidly supported by Finch. Finch chipped the balls up, and Toulson nodded them in . If there was a weak point in the play then I think it would have to be the ending. Faustus's speech ('Ah Faustus,/Now thou hast but one bare hour to live,!And then thou must be damned perpetually') is so famous that it is very difficult to carry off, but I felt that the production had perhaps lost a little impetus and focus by the time we arrived at this point, and therefore the agonies of Faustus were not related passionately enough. He was going to burn in Hell, after all. Perhaps a greater ear for the verse of the play would have helped? Overall , though , the cast and crew deserve much congratulation. This was not an easy play, but one that would have done much for drama within the school. S.H.D. 167

CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT FRIDAY , 12th MAY

As a contrast to last year's monumental performance of Verdi's Requiem, Mr. Colin Metters and his team of singers and players presented this year a well contrasted triple-bill, the composers represented being the British Elgar and Vaughan-Williams and the Russian Borodin. Somewhat overshadowed by the great masterpieces of his maturity , The Dream of Gerontius The Apostles and The Kingdom, E lgar's cantata The Music Makers is yet a work of much char~ providing as it does a rich orchestral score, some fine choral writing and two splendid solos for a contralto voice (always a favourite vehicle for Elgar to express that characteristic feeling of nostalgia and haunting melancholy that lovers of his music come to know so well). Emma Selway was the soloist in this work and was a good choice as her voice has that dark and sombre quality in some registers which is needed for this work and should ensure her no shortage of engagements in years to come . The soloist in the Vaughan Williams song cycle Five Mystical Songs was the bass-baritone Stephen Alder, O.K.S. This is a lovely work which, while it gives the chorus and orchestra a splendid finale in the ever popular Antiphon, is primarily a song cycle for a baritone written with real understandin~ of that voice which is never overwhelmed by chorus or orchestra. Mr. Alder showed at once m the lovely opening number, Rise, heart, thy Lord is risen that his was just the voice to do justice to a work that is one of the best-loved compositions from the early years of this century, when so many composers of inspiration and genius were beginning to make their mark in England. Here, soloist, chorus and orchestra combined in this year's concert to give a performance of great beauty ; Mr. Alder singing the lovely poems of George Herbert with just the right amount of feeling and restraint that marks the whole cycle. If the two British composers were characteristic of their period and in perfect accord with the texts they set, the audience was transported to a very different world with the Polovtsian Dances from Borodin 's opera Prince Igor which gave the orchestra and massed choirs a wonderful opportunity to ' let go' and fill the great expanses of the cathedral with glorious uninhibited sound - sensuous, barbaric and exhilarating- worlds away from the very English, rather introspective atmosphere of the earlier works in the programme. It makes one marvel at the power of music to evoke such different feelings and emotions. There was no doubt from the final applause as to the enjoyment of the audience in what they had heard . What may not always be understood and appreciated is the vast amount of work that goes into the training of the several choirs, as well as the School's own Choral Society, that make up the choral ensemble together with the weekly rehearsals of the School Orchestra (already preparing for the Gala Concert of King's Week). It is splendid that King's can act as host to all those keen young singers from neighbouring schools who join us year by year for this great musical event. Our thanks and congratulations to all the chorusmasters and mistress for their work and, of course, to Mr. Colin Metters who conducts these large forces of singers and players with complete authority and the indispensable and unflappable Clarence Myerscough on whom so much depends. D.I.H.

THE GRANGE AFI'ERNOON CONCERT SUNDAY, 2 1st MAY

This concert was specifically designed to give some less experienced musicians an opportunity to perform in public. It succeeded admirably in this purpose and a small but appreciative audience heard over a dozen boys in a programme of music for piano and keyboard as well as a variety of wind instruments. The music itself ranged from a Handel oboe sonata and a movement from Mozart's Clarinet Quintet through a number of nineteenth-century pieces by Chopin, Brahms 168

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THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES Chapel Choir in the Summer term always has something of the National Lotte about it - one never knows what numbers are goin~ to turn up, particularly on~ examinations have started. It says much for the dedication of the members of the choir that we have been able to produce some adventurous repertoire this term, even in the midst of man other distractions. It is pleasing that the strengths of the choir are there in depth, and although we ar~ saying goodbye to many long-serving members, there is a wealth of talent left for next year . A somewhat Edwardian start to the term with Stanford's Easter anthem Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem and Edward Bairstow's Though I speak with the tongues of men was followed by a cleansing of the musical palate after half term with some Palestrina. Renaissance counterpoint with a choi r o f this size is always a challenge, but one which was very successfully taken on. For the final Mattins of the term Britten's Hymn to St. Peter provided plenty of food for thought, and even with a greatly reduced choir was very satisfactorily accomplished . F inally I would like to thank all the choir for their support during the year, and Jeremy Bines and Emily Elias for their accompaniment of rehearsals. In every way it has been a most rewarding year. M.D.H. The term's repertoire was: Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem 30th April Easter 2 Stanford Though I speak with the tongues of men 14th May Easter 4 Bairstow 11th June Trinity Sunday Exultate Deo Palestrina Hymn to St. Peter 25th June Trinity 2 Britten Brahms 6th July Commemoration How lovely are thy dwellings fair CHAPEL CHOIR

Two issues of The Cantuarian having passed by without a record of the deeds of this year's cheesaholics, a brie f catching-up exercise is in order At the beginning of the Autumn term there was some cautious optimism for the Senior Team's prospects, founded mainly on a perception that the team, despite hav ing lost last year's two top boards, was not necessarily appreciably weaker. However, reassessment was needed as we were narrowly defeated in our first match by Dover College - a team we had never before failed to beat. Despite two decent victories later against Duke of York's and Pent Valley School, our customary loss to Simon Langton and another loss, in the critical last match of the term , to Harvey Grammar School meant that our competitive season was over. Rodolphe d 'Arjuzon and Charles Aitken (both 6a) have set very good examples on the two top boards, although their results (60% each) were not quite consistent enough to put us in with a real chance of success without very strong lower boards. The fact that they have both returned the books they borrowed from the Chess Library makes them almost unique in recent history. (If you are reading this, Ben Monk ... ) Toby Bond (Sh) fitted in well as a newcomer, and has the potential to develop strongly, particularly if he can learn to be more perceptive and incisive in critical positions. His 80 %, scored mainly on board 3, was the best of anyone's. The other three players who represented the team, Jon Shaw (6a), James Brilliant and Rupert Jagelman (both Removes) also supported willingly: again, their play has some potential, but that of the younger two needs more solidarity if they are to avoid blunders and achieve more consistent results. As is customary, the Lent term was given over to the hurly-burly of the inter-House Chess Competitions. There was no stopping Linacre again in the Senior competition, although the defeated finalists, School House, should be encouraged that their top three boards are all below the sixth fo rm whilst four of the Linacre team are, by comparison, geriatric: perhaps next year will see a change. The same two Houses also reached the final of the Junior competition, but for some curious reason the match was unresolved despite School House taking a one-nil lead . As always, chess has seemed to be a minority interest: having suggested that an 'After Hours ' chess activity could be started one evening in one of the Houses, it is somewhat disappointing that nothing came of the idea. Perhaps a new school year will see a little more enthusiasm. CHESS

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The CD is here and one of the best yea.rs ever for the choirf~~~~:~~ ~rehap~f~~~~~ fitting comment ~n t~e s~f.te ~f~:~~~Inw~~i~~:naff!~~sChamber ~one~ in Ki~g·s . of the Ifymn to t. eci. Ja y ear and one that came very close to musical Week. This was certamly a. fittmg swans?ngJo a v ~Y h~ppy ~rm~nent reminder of the excellence that has perfection. The CD recordmg of thekchholr,h aehc . Jehsa'v~s pa in this year. (Copies may be obtained from b hieved and of the hard wor t at t e c Olr 95556.) t~:ns~~ool Shop, or by telepho~ing. the Music Departmen~ onv~:i;~7 re er;oire tackled this term , and Despite the pressures of exa~mattOns ther~ h~s br~n~sw~~~pital dardenf. where with slightly reduced the choir once more took part.m the conce!1 m t .. o ven as the items were about to start , some members, and s_ingers appeanng frMom takm~tart m r~:y~r~is Chansons of Maurice Ravel, some of the . demanding muSIC was performed. o~t nota. e were most complex chamber choir secular Items m the repertOire. t: lace the old The choir has As ever • mem~ership o~ the choir conti~lulesl to chbnge e~~~~~io~~et~ r~~ achieved, b~t this has been w established 1ts reputatiOn, and there WI a ways e n ~oyear which will not easily be forgotten; thank you to all of you . M.D.H.

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William Harris Holy is the true light W lk · · · Thomas ee es Christ n smg agam . Soloists: Emily Elias, Emma L~WIS, Helena Ancock, Penelope Curtiss, Thomas Tallon, Matthew Brown Peter Philips 2 1st May Easter 5 Ascendit Deus Pierre Villette 18th June Trinity I Hy mne a Ia Vierge Palestrina 2nd July Trinity 3 Tu es Petrus Concert in St. John's Hospital Garden 30th June Maurice Ravel Trois Chansons . Soloists: Emily Elias , Penelope Curtiss, Charles Aitken ·Edward Elgar As torrents in summer Gerald Finzi Clear and gentle stream arr. David Willcocks Bobby Shaftoe Chamber Concert Shirley Hall 2nd July .. Benjamin Britten Hymn to St. Cec1l~a . . . Soloists: Emily Elias, Georgeanna Williams, Eleanor Kingsbury • Thomas Tallon, Matthew Brown

. k h. ar as the 'La Chair est Triste, Helas! The Sixth Form. French Society' nown t Ireex uisite Banquet Romantique (five FRENCH Society' h~s enJ?Yed a number of events~eadnbetleen each course) was brought. to . courses w,lth a mnete~nth-~entu~~ p~~~berstone. Other events have incl uded wme a superb conclusiOn by a talk on Le Romanllsme. by d Narrative Perspectives in the French Novel by and poetry readin~s (in .Fr~nch) and talksfond MOJI~e ac Marsh of Bedford School respectively. We look T .J .A. Dr. Parish of St. a~hennfePs~ Ctaonlql~~eE~~t~~tia~rstc t~· ro~nd off the academ ic year. forward to an evemng o " 17 1

As always in the Summer term, the Club 's activities have been focussed on the Ki , Week Jazz Concert, w~1ch to.ok place on Monday, 3rd July , under the director~gi s . . o~ Mat~ Brown, ~nd, IS rev1ewed elsewhere in this Cantuarian by Mr. Stef P Anderson, mcom.mg Mus1cal D1r~ctor ofKmg s, to whom I am very grateful for his accepting the assi n an at very short not1ce when a previOusly-contemplated reviewer was not available. The Club has hog ment pl~ye,d some other enga15ement.s, most notably, this ye~r, an additional and very successful and in7o~~~j Ku~g s Week event., entitled Dizzy ~tmosphere, orgamsed by Mr. Bill Browning and Nick Tattersall and takmg p_lace 01_1 Fnday, 30t.h J~ne, m St. Alphege's. Other engagements included the Broughton Sixth Form ~mn~r, m S~. Augustme s, on 7th May and the Luxmoore Reunion on 20th May at the same venueOther highlights th1s term have been several workshops' and Master Classes notably two from Mr J · Rae- one on We~nesday, 3r~ May ~nd ~ secon~ during ~ing's Week, on Saturday, 1st July. 1 a~ ~~~s grateful to ~r. M1.chae,I Harns _for h1s kmdness ~n arrangmg these Master Classes, in which there wa~ an ~xce.llent chemistry and _wh1ch were much enJoyed and appreciated by the members of the band and - Judgm~ by what he was kmd enou~h to wnte afterwards - by Mr. Rae himself. Whilst on this 10 ic I should like to record here my appre~1atio1_1 for all the help and support that Mr. Michael Harris has gi~e~ me, and the Jazz Club generally, dunng h1s tenure C?f office - backed up, of course, by the redoubtable M.rs. Lynne Elwood to w~om I, and all the Club , g1ve our very affectionate thanks. Among many other thmgs, Mrs. Elwood orgamsed an eleventh-hour saxophone replacement when Dan Bartlette had concuss· . I am v~ry grateful to King's saxophone master Mr. Stephen Cotrill for so kindly standing in at virtu~~nl' no not1ce. Y

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~he Kin~'s Jazz Orc,hestra, led by Matt Brown, has consisted of Dan Bartlette (replaced, however, because of 1~lness, m the Kmg s Week Conc.ert) ~nd Ben DeHaan (alto saxophones), Chris Ioannou and Annabel W~1bley (tenor saxop.hones~ , Geor&m~ Bmgham (who originally was on baritone saxophone , but who was sw1tched at the last mmute, m t~e Kmg s Week Concert, to first alto saxophone), Matt Brown , Andy Brice, Stephen Bushnell and Andrew Ribbans (trumpets), Alex Neame, Nick Tattersall and Sam Parker (trombones) Tom R?b~rtson (guitar), Jere~y Bines (pi~no), James Capel (bass), and Ivo Neame (drums). The versatil~ and ubiquitous Graem~ Pa.rkm has supp.hed some impressive clarinet and vocals in those arrangements that featured these. Ellie Kmgsbury prov1ded the lead vocal in On The Sunny Side of The Street, and Tom Macke~z1e, Steve Gourfl_land and ~ob Thomas added the backing vocals, as they did on Reet Petite. Alex N~ame s Tradste~s consisted of h1mself on trombone, Matt Brown (trumpet), Graeme Parkin (clarinet), N1ck Tattersall (p1an~) , James Capel (bas~), Tom Robertson (banjo) , and Ivo Neame (drums); the talented young ~vo also supplied saxop~one , m lieu of drums, in certain numbers. Nick Tattersall's Insouls has been remcarnated as The Jabbenng JAZZtet, consisting of himself on piano Matt Brown (trumpet) Annabel Whibley (saxophone), Tom Robe~son (guitar) •. James Capel (bass) and 'Iva Neame (drums). The everpopular Barbershop Quartet compnsed Jeremy Bmes and Matt Brown (tenors), Tom Mackenzie (baritone) and Steve Gourmand (bass). '

The technical side of the King 's Week activ!ties is becoming more and more important. In this context, I am very grateful to .M~. Karl .T wort, and ~1s helpers Tom May and Ross Wingfield , for lighting; the sound aspects w~re th1s t1me entlre.ly dealt w1th by two 'ol.d hands', Ollie Nash, O .K.S. and Tim Jackson, O.K.S. The audiences seldom realise that the a~ove.-mentH.med people work until 1.00 a .m. on the nights before and after a cancer~ -:-.as does the '.ncred1bly mdustnous Mr. Alan Ken net, in charge of the Shirley Hall. Fron~-of-Hous7 actlVltles ~re. also Vl~al and I a'!l very grateful to Miss Janet Taylor and her helpers, and Mr.. Bill Brow!lmg, for the1r 1mpress1vely effic1~nt and helpful support in that department. Finally, I appr~c1~te the pat1ence and help of Mr. Stephen Dav1es and The King's School Press, in connection with the pnntmg of the programme. And now I come to the sad business of the farewells. Steve Gourmand and Tom Mackenzie are leavers who have made sp.lendid vocal contributions. Tom ~obertson has been a loyal and dependable member ?f the rhythm sectiOn of all the bands; always happ1er, really, to be - modestly and self-effacinglym the ba~kground (often not even ~acing the audience!), he has not had many moments of glory but, on the O?caswns when he has, he has g1ven some masterful ~olo.s (one of which I included in my King's Week Arch1~es fil.m about the Jazz Club). The s~xopho!le s~ct10n 1s depleted by the departure of Chris Ioannou, Geo~gma. Bmgham and Ben De H~an .. Chns, m h1s qmet, low-key way , has been realiably and dependably makmg h1s tenor-saxoph.one contnbutwns for two years now, while Georgina, in her more ' up-front' style, has, over the same penod, made her mark on both baritone and - in the actual Concert - first alto saxophones. B~n De Haan came in only in his last t~rm he~e, but I am very glad that his talents in the sa~op~one sect10~ were eventually called upon, albe1t late m his King's career. Twice during my time bemg mv~lved w1th the Jazz Club we have had pupil players who have been A.R.C.M. Jeremy Bines, however, IS the first A.R.~.O. that we have had and we are very privileged to have had such distinction on our keyboards. The Dizzy Atmosphere event was a revelation to me - Jeremy can improvise blues 172

well as impeccably ' read the notes' in the Big Band! Jeremy shared the Big Band pi~no last year with asharlie Aitken, who, like Jeremy, also leaves this year, and I should. therefore also like to express ~y ~anks to him , for the contributions that he made. last.year. Gra~~e Parkm has been. one of.the most proli!Jc d versatile members of the Jazz Club . H1s clannet m the traditional ba~d becam~ mcreasmgly more flmd , ~~nfident and inventive, while the cameo pieces on that instrument w1th the B1g Ba!ld were amon~ t~e hi hlights of several concerts. In addition, his smooth and dulcet vocal tones, frontmg both the Kmg s Ja~z Orchestra and smaller bands, have delighted audiences at our formal concert~ and (such as, for example, his As Time Goes By, at the Dizzy Atmosphere event) at more ad hoc occas1ons. I am very grateful to him for all he has done. Alex Neame has been in the Club since Shell days, and his trombone .has become !ncreasingly s urefooted and creative. Very recently, at more informal events, he has also d~splayed pr~v~o':'sly unrec.o_rded talents on the saxophone. Whilst his contributions in the Big Band have been mval~abl~, 1t IS m the traditional roups that he has specialised in making his mark, first !n Jed's All-Stars, then.m h1s own Tradsters. T he giggest acclamation that it is in my power to give him IS to record here that h1s mentor and predec.ess~r Tim ('Jed') Marson - loyally present at all Jazz Club public events this year - was very fulsor_ne m h1s praise of how the torch of the traditional jazz has been carried on. Ale.x re~lly wen~ out on a h1gh note, so far as I was concerned , with his splendid solo in one of my ~avounte p1~ces, TI? Ro~f Blues, and I thank him for all that he has done, especially to keep the flag flymg concernmg the tract - always one of the most popular aspects of our concerts ~o far as the 'punters' are concerned. Finally, I come to Matt Brown, who, like Alex, has been with the Cl~b since his Shell days. On a personal level 1 want to thank him for making being Master i/c the Jazz Club th1s year such a pleasure; I .have really enjoyed working with him , and have grown to admire his effic!en~y, his tact and courtesy, and h1~ generally professional air and calm demeanour. fi:e has l.ed the band With 1mm~nse style and.apl.omb, bemg a mo~t poised and articulate master ~f ceremomes, .qu1te. apart from the mus1cal a.nd orgamsatwna! aspe?ts of h1s contributions to our proceedmgs . He has mvanably conducted the affairS of t~e Club m a smgularly unflappable and genial way, and, without any histrionics whatsoever, he has gamed. the resp~ct and. t.he affection of all the members of the several bands, not simply for hi~ universally accla1med mus1cal abil.1ty but - essentially - for just being himself. I am very grate_ful to .h1m. for all that he ~as done, and I w1s~ him well, as he leaves. Up in Oxford, he will, I hope, be reumted w1th h1s forf!ler front-1m~ fellow-trum~ters Tim Marson and Matt Hillier, in the Oxford University Big Band! Meanwh1le, here, N1ck Tattersall p1cks up the baton , so .. . watch this space!

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CHAPLAIN'S NOTES Th7 end ofth7 ~cademic year is.an opportunity both for looking back, and for looking forward Look10g back, 1t ~~ also an occasiOn to offer tha!lks, and the list must necessarily be long, fo~ many people contnbute much both ~o the worsh1p of the school and to the spiritual life of th school. Sarah Mullen, wh<;> was, ~ beheve, the first .Roman Catholic Sacristan since the Reformatio~ and the first female Sacnstan s10ce the FoundatiOn, led a large team of servers with integrity and purpose .. The Preceptor, Vest~rer and Virg~rs ?f the. Cathedral, gave us a very positive welcome. ~1chael Harns, J?erform10g wonders 10 h.1s v~nous r<;>les , and the Crypt Choir and Ch~pe~ Ch01r, gave a c<;>ns1stent !~ad to the worsh1p w1th mus1cal excellence. Martin Miles rev1tahsed t.he con.gregat10nal pract1c~s, ~nd. has .ensured that the psalm and canticle singing of the ~chool IS ~s v1gorou~ as at a~y time 10 .tts h1st~ry to say nothing of its enjoyability. Olive Cre1ssen ref!la10s a pl7as10gly rehable prov1der of l10en laundry. Jonathan Shaw in his 6a year led the Chanty Com!f11tte~ by example of comm.itment .and determination: over £4,000 was raised for. Y Care Inte~nat10nal s -:vork Wl,th street ch1ldren 10 South America, as his appended report 10d1cates. The B1s~op. of Ed10burgh s sermon at the Commem. Service will long be remembered, and was the culm10at10n of some first-class Mattins sermons from Canon Gay of Truro David Hamer, Chap~ain of~lu~dell's School , Mr. A. J. H. Burt, Under Secretary of State at the b.s.s., an';l, .bY ,fortuttous co10c1dence, the Headmaster of Berkhamstead, whose appointment as Canon Ph1lhps su.cc~ssor .was. announce~ three. weeks later. And, looking forward, the daily King's Week Med.ltattons I!'!Sp~red by Jam.ce Re1d an~ ~bly led by various pupils shows an awareness of the num10ous whtch IS encourag10g .. The w1ll10gness of colleagues, and pupils, to lead Crypt Prayers, S~hool Pray,ers and the _'Cho1ce ~unday' al.ternati~es is heartening . The awareness of the centrahty .of ~od s presence IJ?- the dally ~uchanst (wh1ch many came to share in the ruins of St. August10e s early on a glonous AscensiOn morn) is vital: may our leavers always know God's love. J.A.T.

Y CARE AS CHARITY OF THE YEAR 1994-95 A~ the end of the Summer term in 1994 the charity committee shortlisted two charities to be chanty of th~ .term for the next term .. Presentations were then made in School assembly about the two chanties, f<;>llowed by a vote 10 the Houses ; as a result of this y Care International was selecte~ to be cha~1ty of ~he te~m. It w~s also decided to sponsor in particular the work of y Care w1th s~ree~ch1ldren 10 LatiJ?- Amenca. Over the summer six pupils from 6b undertook a sponsored p1l~nma~e for 200 .m1les along the way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela in Northern Spa10. Th1s walk ra1sed £ 133 1 for Y Care. An ~mbitio~s raft of fundraising events was planned by the charity committee, and in order to cont10ue th1s campa1gn Y Care was reselected as charity of the term for the Lent term 1995 In the end t~ree fundraising events were ~eld in the ~chool: a ton:bola at the rugby fair in Octobe~ mad~ £236, a voluntary fast by the entt~e. School 10 March ra1sed £500; the Sixth Form May Ball 10 June had a surplus <;>f £60. In add~t10n, thanks to the generosity of members and friends of the School, £2014 was g1ven at collections after concerts, plays and Cathedral services. Thus the efforts and help of many people enabled the school to raise £4142 for y Care. JONATHAN SHAW.

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HOUSE NOTES Dear Karen, , My problem is the oldest in the w<;>rld: S~ells. I'.m per~ectly innocent of any maltreatment but one 10 parttcular st1ll cont10ues to come into my room at 5.30 a.m. to wake me up. We have all tried to talk to them, but I cannot help but feel that the resident psychiatrist is the only answer. This is undoubtedly a terrible error because it sets me up ~adly for the whole day: I'm no longer able to make it to Assembly, let alone breakfast, mak10g up fo~ tho.se lost n:10utes of beauty sleep. This results in the first three lessons , whatever the day, 10ev1tably be10g frees. Accordingly I'm only really awake by lunchtime, as, it would appear? is the rest of the Hou~e, as Neighbours still seems to receive a larger turnout than other offic1al engageme~ts, .desp1te the absence of Shells, Removes and Choral Society members. What a lack of dedtcatton! The afternoon passes by relatively _uneventfully, although I. do tend to feel overawed by the achievements of some of my fellow stxth-formers on the sport10g fiel~ . Prep comes aro~nd and yet again little work (not revision) ,is done and it seems that fate contmues to work aga10st me, as at 9.15 the J.C.R. is closed again, owing to 'under-staffing'. This is driving me crazy. I feel like a piece of lost driftwood floating aimlessly in the sea. Please help. Puzzled 6a.

THE GRANGE

Dear Puzzled, You've really landed yourself deep in it this time . Anyway I have no advice for those who are sluggish, but methinks that, as long as you keep your nerve, you 'II be okayÂˇ These are House notes; therefore we shall talk about the House. It has approximately 1779 bricks, 100 tons of mortar, 19 rooms, 2 flats, and sadly no hamsters. Inside are 51.7 girls who all like the colour blue, with the exception of a few who prefer purple. And we are proud to say: WE WON THE HOUSE BADMINTON. Frances won a bronze medal in the international rowing cup, and we all clapped, Chloe won a gold medal for talking and we all clapped, Jane Gann .lost her tracksuit bottoms and we ~II clapped. Others whipped theirs off and ran a long way 10 t~e shuttle. relays - some are st1ll running: Caroline and Nigel, Olive a~d Mike, Penny a~d ~nstan, Sus.1e and ~unsta~, Mel and Tim. Helena commentated on the act1on all the way, p1ck10g up a sc1ence pnze wh1le potatopicking in Plymouth. Jane. V. wasn't far behind. Meanwhile, back at the House and still counting the bricks, the 6bs survi.ved piranha-inf~sted waters, with the help of a few planks and the odd ?'lilk cr~te, Sally ~nd Doreha overcame a cn~ket ball and a tennis racket, while the rest of us surv1ved the Shells. F10ally someone shut the fndge and we all clapped. Mr. Vye and Mr. Davies have declined to take t.he flora challe~ge, and all 1779 bricks wish them well in their further adventures. Please don't p10ch the Vegem1te. Thanks to all the wonderful cleaners, wonderful Mrs. Behrens and the wonderful Watsons. An.d last of all, a word to the leavers: remember a ship is safe in the harbour but that's not what 1t was built for.

WALPOLE

In 1995 a crack commando unit were jailed for a crime they did not commit. They promptly escaped from .the maxi~um security wing to King's, where they now surv1ve as sold1ers of fortune ... 'Hannibal Smith' Bucher surveyed his troops. They were a tough ~unch , ~nd n<;>t lacking in talent either. Their brains were highly prized, and strength was cultivated 10 the1r

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athleticism. The Trophy was theirs, and Andy Ribbans, still blowing his own trumpet, had broke a steeple chase record , too. Colourful Tayler came good when it counted, running like Achille~ at Oxford to smash more records, and Chike, Simon Lau, Ewan and Mark Wharton all took on the district. Despite living in far-off Broughton, Mike Smith was committed to the 1st VIII platoon and

P~il ~obb was there ~o second. him . Dou~le s~ccess on the wate~ went to fresh-faced Charlie Rtce (m between fiddlmg and gtrls) and Phtl Cndge (after a feed wtth the fat boys). Perrin dived too deep, turned an odd colour, and hasn't been the same since, but for Steve Gourmand Ed Rice, Robin Doble and Mark Lambert all went swimmingly . Top level raqueteering was led by Dylan, with Max, Ginger and Bacon, while Cap'n Charlie, Oli Fraser, John Hillier, Matt Knight Carl and Robin laid about them with willow and leather. ' Master organisers ~i~rs Clough and Rick.y Peat. led the way in their very different styles, bringing many to face the music m an eventful week, m which a squeaky Jabba was a most notable contributor to the concerted effort. A dramatic part was also played in proceedings by Andy Ribbans, and a certain singing sailor boy. Female spies proved disruptive elements to the general gaiety . Luckily , Ricky was soon debugged, but many suffered from the invasion of the Kates. One turned double agent with Dan and Johnny, and the other struck for the fourth time on Si. Hannibal's Thorny and Raf DeHaan's Bex were in permanent occupation, while phones were always ringing for Ed Rice, Charlie Curlewis (lately seen consorting with a being from another planet) and Dan Coutts. Steve Lau refused to get on his plane until he realised that Isabel was on the same flight . Back at H.Q. all missions would have been aborted had it not been for the efficiency of M.J.M. , P .A.Y. and their teams, who all pulled together splendidly. Hannibal placed an unlit cigar between his teeth and said smugly: 'I love it when a plan comes together!' HMS Luxmoore - Ship's Log, Summer ' 95 . 8th July: the good ship Luxmoore docks safe and sound after a long and tempestuous voyage, having sprouted a prow, a mast, rigging and some multicoloured flags. When we set sail in May , the horizon looked clear despite exams on the starboard bow. There were no worries about wind (thanks Liz) as we have the G. B. rowers, muscles rippling and eyes gleaming with the prospect of many a medal to be won . Mermaids we are not - we tried but we drowned in the house swimming. However on dry land we thrashed the landlubbers at House tennis and our committed team of shuttle relayers also ran away with the treasure. Speaking of treasures, the golden Cup. herself was justly rewarded with the ship's Hayter Prize - no Minor achievement. As for the cabin boys, they were up on deck - or perhaps down below, judging by the Land Russellings in the night. And as the stars came out, so did Maddles . .. long term ship-board romance ahoy. Cuppage (again) , weighs into action as Angus is promoted to First Mate. We moored temporarily at Trad Island in June and encountered some native tribesmen. The fruit was, as some of us know, tempting, but Alex H. resisted tucking in; instead her telescope spied a mechanical mole. Lower down in the ranks of the crew no less attention was paid - the waters were particularly shark-infested around the Remove quarters - perhaps owing to the amount of visible flesh? The vessel reached mid-voyage maturity with the Golden Jubilee . At the Commemorative Banquet , hornpipes were danced to the Jazz Band . Speeches, a full chorus, our gallant escorts and ' no sneaky drinking ' made it a night to remember, with not too many bruises sustained. And as usual , the ship's party was a great success ... Despite being out at sea, the crew made time for cultural pursuits: July saw King's Week bursting at the seams with Luxmoore's Jolly Sailors. Emily E., Joe, Zoes A. and C. , Claire , Cressida and Naomi demonstrated our musical talent, whilst Milly and Sazza shone on the stage and Maddles and Ven scooped an Art Scholarship each . And if that isn' t enough , we rode the crest of the academic wave with eleven prize-winners.

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So it' s land ahoy and we reluctantly let the 6as disembark, our o!IIY c.onsolation being their )'ttering futures. Having weathered the stormy seas of exams, umverstty offe~s ab~uind, tgo 1 g erous to mention - except, perhaps, Emily playing her way to a scholarshtp an. zzy · ~:rgi_ng .from the Labs with another Oxford offer. Major achievements all round tf Mtlly makes it to Smat. . . As we cruise towards the Autumn entry, a brazen band <_>f 6b pirates take the he.l 1 - PJn~ngk ' re at the end of a voyage of a lifetime - what memone.s. God save the Tenmc san t .a n ;~u to the ship's mate Mrs. Creissen and the ladies for keepmg t~e decks swabbed to perfectiOn. Luxmoore and more and more .. . !

As the Summer term ends, another successful s~~son draws to a close. The team started off very well, as Mmi was so~m playing with the Cs ..Ravs' partn~rship carried on strong desptte fre uent itch invasions. Andy missed his game, h~vmg got lost m the Forrest. At the clos.e of Ia~ Ha!:tish's partnership was still Rox-steady, N1gel and Duncan had ~o!h bowled a Ja1den pver' and Leo was seen heading off to find some Beer. Among the Galpm s. team were a~es ~nd Ash in the Second XI, Leo in the Colts As and Raus who led the bowh~g for the Jumor Colts. Matt Brooks also made his mark with some excellent leg break bowlmg. . When not at wicket, many other sports were also played. Ed Sterc~ ~ent to Henley wtth th.e 1 t VIII while Jon Ellis and Mike Moir entered into the Regatta spmt ~s wei! alth?ug~ thetr fans ra~ aground . Adrian Cheong and Tim Mitchell e!ljoyed s~ccess wtth thet.r swtmmmg.~drian set two new breaststroke records and Tim swam m the nat10~als. In athletics, An~y Bnce and James MacAdie represented the school while Jeff Aba-Onu tned to prove ~.at w h1te f!len can'tjump. Ross Wingfield, Tom Morton , Tim Mitchell and Tom H~rrel sh<?wed ~mot e~w1~eh however with an impressive slam dunk from 2,000 feet. Tom contmued hts chanty wor Wit a Londo~ to Brighton cycle ride. Bushy, Tom Savage and Will Burg~ss played g~I~ for t~~ sc~ool. Exams came and went, leaving Leo Fransella, Charlie M.-J. and Adnan Cheong a en wtt pnzes, and Ross got the Barker prize for character development. When not on the field , the House went on stage. Ha!llish .Le~mens gave Cyclops the gangster touch in The Odyssey , while Ross ensured it was an 11lummatmg performance . .George Taylr Ia ed the title role in The Ancient Mariner, and was well supp<?rted by Charlie ~ · -J. , A~ Y ke~son, Mike Moir and Nick Pope, with Nick Collins•.George Wtll~ams ~nd Tom Howda~ ~ehmd the scenes. The house dramatists also reached the f~mge I?lay, wtth Tt~ Go~er~a a~ Cham ~s M.-J. acting in Our Day Out. On a music~! no~e, ,Ntgel Fteld, Andy Bnce, us Y an. .ar te M.-J. did us proud, appearing in all the mam Kmg s "":'eek concerts between them, wht.Ie Stmon Gomersall Henry Williams and Charlie all appeared m the Concert band . Ja~e~ batr~~k mad~ histor b 'running the first ever King's Week rock concert. Ravs Harborne, Mmt ar mer a!l Tom Aoltday worked in the King's Week Cafe, and not to be outdone, the Shells sold strawbernes to the crowds. Final thanks must go to Umpire Brodie, and Mrs. 'physio' B~nnett, who always keep the team in good playing order, our wise panel of selectors whose ~ontmu~us e.nc~uragem~nt hel~~<;l us through the season and the grounds-ladies, who keep our ktt and p1tch m tmpecca e con 1t10n.

GALPIN'S

1. 7 Captains of sport, 7 finals lost , 7 Shells busted , 7 on the Rugby Tour and 5 in The Odyssey. . 2. In King's Week ... .Adam e~lightened an eager audtence, Sam thrilled with 7 women and Charlie stunned with hts fingenng. 3. Jon and Adam lectured us, and Stan , well what a man .

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Bax scored his 123. He was joined in the 1st XI by Finch, Palmer and Reynolds. Palmer won't be opening the innings today as he's involved with Broughton. The Cleaning Ladies were clearly perturbed with the small print in their contract, requiring them to clean. (Not you, Pam.) 7. The greatest respect goes to Mrs. 'I'll have that' White. Thank you. 8. As always Mr. and Mrs. Thane have run what we see as a great house in an uncriticisable fashion.

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KING's .. . the final frontier ... These are the voyages of the starship Tradescant, whose mission is to boldly split infinitives in the search for other life forms beyond St. Augustine ' s ... On the bridge Capt. Graham is worried. He is trying to comb his hair as if he is still Capt. Kirk but there is a certain feeling that his scalp is transmuting into Capt. Picard ... must be a time~ warp ... 'Status report, Lt. JP' he snaps. ' Well, I'm still condition purple' comes the reply. 'But the rest of the crew seem spaced in lost. I mean lost in space . Or do I. .. ' Meanwhile down in the Recreation Centre the mysterious bar-person Guinan is mixing a drink. We all know it's really ' degbe in a silly hat. 'I am mixing a new drink - it's called Triple Double First Colours - serve Cool ... ' What are the crew up to? Lt. Miles is unsure (his hair seems to be doing a Picard too and the only one on the bridge not tonsorially-challenged- N .C .W.S., seems to have beamed off to another planet, searching for peace at any price.) 'Is Spock here or are we in another series,' mutters the Captain. ' Data (or is it Peel)' he cries; 'What have we achieved .. .' This information is current, however the Sports Day data is not yet calculated ... Read-out is-

TRADESCANT

P . Cawston R . Tozer A. Wilton A. 0. O&edegbe F. Fadey1 C. R. North T. Stazicker M. Dav ies E. Radcliffe, KS L. Mitchell A. Will iams G. Williams

First Colours Rowing First Colours Rowing First Colours Rowing First Colours Athletics (re-awarded) n times First Colours Athletics (re-awarded) First Colours Cricket First Colours Cricket First Colours Cricket (re-awarded) First Colours Tennis First Colours Athletics Kent U.l5 County C ricket Cap U. l5 County Cricket Cap

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A sudden flash lights up the sky ... is it a bird? is it a plane? No, it's Super-Prat. Jasper tries to take over the bridge but no one notices he's there. But is there news of the landing party of midshipmen Sweeny, Smith and VA, sent down to the planet Ruins in the early hours? 'All OK. They have returned, having bought off trouble by feeding chocolate biscuits to the local fuzzy Alsatians'. Suddenly the alarms sound ... The ship is being pulled towards the great House Song Vortex, into which so many enter but few return ... Counsellor Bell-Wallace ... urgent need of caring ... will our Social Shields hold against the attack of the K.S. Social Vortex ... report... 'O.K. Captain ... just my hair and looking truly caring ... status is ... SOCIAL ... aagh ... Main Computer has filtered out social whirl as lacking good taste ... Dunstan and ... Chris and ... breaking up .. .' All is now silent in deep cryonic freeze stasis ... Tony keeps the warp engines warping ... the silent spirits of the blessed cleaning ladies hover (or is that Hoover) to protect the Ship ... the Matrons support us in the void ... Captain Graham has engaged auto-success pilot as the endless line of Cups float past ... The past and future interweave in vision of Teetonius redivivus ... in the distance a faint cry of 'Beam Me Up, Hessey ' floats back from the future ... And so on autopilot and cryonic freeze the Starship Tradescant heads into the deep, on setting Nqrth by North ... God bless and good luck to all who sail in her. 178

179 (Malcolm Todd)

This has been an outstanding year of academic achievement musical activity, and sporting prowess for the whole House' There was not a single person who did not contribute to thi~ performance of the highest calibre. To start on a musical note, Jeremy Bines has received an A.R.C.O. (Associate of the Royal College of Organists), Penelope Curtiss has every prospect of a music scholarship to Cambridge Nicholas Tatters~ll and ~om Robertson.h~ve ~een, as ever, integral parts of the school Jazz Banct' and Emma Lew1s obtamed a vocal d1stmct10n. Last term they all came together to give a~ outstanding House concert, the standard being even higher than usual, with a large variety of musical tastes being accounted for. The more musical members of the House led the rest in several pieces, conducted by Jeremy, before moving on to piano duets, guitar solos, singing, and of course the traditional House song. This time it was Riot up in cell block no. 9, led by Graham Parkin, with all the House joining in the chorus. As far as the House song competition went it could well be said that our band, Tom (guitar) , Nick (piano), Hugh Gledhill (bass), and Espi~ Bowder (drums), was far and away the best musical accompaniment, even if the singing left a little to be desired! Sport, too, was a great success for the House, as our trophy cabinet shows. We gained victories in w~ter polo (Tom Co~lins, Mike. Rosato and Bosch), boys' tennis (Adam Jackso~ , Ju~tin. Gardiner), and mter-House Badmmton (Chns Howard, James Martell). We also won the g1rls' JUmor sculling doubles (Rebecca Potter, Alex Higgins), came second in the junior girls' five-a-side (Lindsay Sharp), second in netball (Gemma Wheeler, Emma Lewis, Lizzy Lamb, Rachel White) and almost first in the girls' swimming sports. Well done to all. Another major sporting venue was Birley 's for the fathers/boys, and mothers/sirls cricket matches. It was a great day for the dads, their first win in ten years (a splendid innmgs by Mr. Bruce) and for the girls with an inaugural victory of just two runs over the mums . Incidentally we are very proud of our girls (Alanna Fraser, Penelope Curtiss and co.) who have produced the first ever King's girls cricket XI this term. The mothers won the tennis, which was more popular than ever, in an afternoon which brought hundreds of people (as well as ru ns) to the pavilion and to magnificent tea, organised by Mrs. Rosato. Individual honours go to: Tom Collins (Captain of Swimming in succession to Michele Rosato), Priyan Landham (second rowing colours), Chris Pickering on a record 1500 metres time and Simon Cleobury on his unbeaten cricket scores . As a House, Mitchinson's likes to fly high academically , and this year was no exception, with Priyan Landham and Nick Tattersall becoming honorary scholars and victory in the House debating competition , thanks to Tom Kenwright and Ben Browning, who argued through a difficult motion to win convincingly. Also, well done to 6a on their university offers, including six to Cambridge. In a class all of its own, we should not omit Gavin Clark 's award-winning printing, including the marvellous programmes for House concerts, invitation cards and computing wizardry. What shall we do without him? Finally, congratulations to Dr. and Mrs Maltby on the birth of the latest addition to the boarding wing. Thanks to Matron for her sympathetic care and guidance, and to Kathy and Hilary for keeping the House so clean .

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With half an hour left to finish the House notes, and the limitations imposed by time, space and 6a typing skills, how can we hope to display our fu ll brilliance? Academically, hard work will no doubt be rewarded by good results later on as well as the prizes won by a reformed Ellie, Yuka, Jean, Oriana, Caroline (also made a scholar), Jessie, George, Emma, Diana, Dom, and Sarah K, (who along with Frankje completed the first ever yearbook against the odds.) Timmy, Sarah, captains Bex and Frankie, the twins, Caroline and others too numerous to record helped us win the swimming, tennis, sprint relays, Sports Day ... King's Week was propped up by George

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. 路 and backstage, Yuka everywhere, Charlie, Sarah H.-F., C~co, Frankie, Jess, Anna Price Jazdn~ g different things, Katy making sure it all ran smoothly Wlth.the help ~f Jenny; and the all f:~t being musical (Anna, Bug, Jess, Sarah P .... ). But not even the1r outstandmg.per_formanc~s

usuad dra the mystery melted Mars bar posse away fro!ll th~ strangely fascmatmg mag1c co.ul av~ Some however found alternatiVe routes to satisfactiOn : Juby and James, Mel an~ mlcro;m~a and bou Al~x and Rob, Bex and Ben, Anna C. and Tom, An':la P. ~nd l.ots o Ravsie (by Jervis stan!~rds), Frankie and lots of people (di~to). Jess .kept the hnk w1th Lmacre pe?P and like Mini we never know whether Charlie's commg or gomg- though we do know ~~~~;路going nowhere with the Burr she'S'trying to shake off. 路 . Thanks to the wonderful Brownings, Oaths and Matron.s who saw us through, we say goodb?e Miss Rile and ood luck to M iss Mills on her wedd1~g day, .and to Mr. Henderson on IS tobbatical fhe 6asgare leaving with fond memories, and 1f the th1ef who has replaced the ghost sa . that all 路Important TAZ MUG''...11. co-operates, P.S. congratulations to Sophie and Jenny.

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Boys' Cricket 1st XI Before the season started there had been several articles in the press about the state of school c ricket in this countr compared to Australia and in particular the number of drawn matches. Various suggestions, such as limited overs match~ or 110-over matches, with the side batting first restricted to 60 overs, had been put forward and these also had some backing at a meeting of cricket masters at Lord 's. However the predominant feeling was that , although there was a place for limited overs matches, maybe as afternoon mid-week games or in end-of-term Festivals, the normal declaration game was the best, provided both s1des played positively. This type of game encouraged bowlers to try to take wickets and captains to set fields with th is e nd in .v1ew, neither ?f whi ~h IS always the case in limited .ov~rs games. In addition some hmited overs games can be very bonng when the s1de battmg second have no chance of wmnmg and no opportunity to battle for a draw. The important fact is that both captains are responsible for a good match, the batting captain to ensure that his side maintains a good scoring rate, but equally the bowling captain to ensure a good over-rate and not to rely too muc h on medium paced bowlers with a run serving field, but to be prepared to use his spin bowlers and set attacking fields. Perhaps in view of the pleas for brighter cricket it was no surprise that, after regularly losing the toss, the XI were regularly asked to bat first - in fact in seven o ut of ten school matches the XI batted first. The side was only bowled out once on a very poor wicket at Dover, but in the other games often runs could or maybe should have been scored faster so that when, in order to ensure ourselves time to bowl out the opposition, a declaration had to be made the XI would have had more runs to bowl at. This situation was ofte n made worse by our lack of experience at ho~ to contain a good batsman c hasing runs and it was for these reasons that we lost to Highgate, Dulwich and Trinity Croydon. Against Eastbourne the XI probably batted too long trying to avoid losing after declaring as in the previous two weeks and the game ended in a tame draw. The XI bowled out Dover and Sutton Valence to claim victon es and should have achieved a similar result against C ranleigh, but couldn't get their last wicket in the final 14 overs. In the school matches in which the XI batted second, we drew with a strong Epsom on the first Saturday of the term after virtually no practice and we drew in Cricket Week with both K.C.S. Wimbledon and St. Lawrence after being left little time in which to score the runs. In the Club matches the usual exciting fini sh against the O.K.S. saw the XI needing 10 runs to win off the last over with one wicket in ha nd, but sadly we lost; the Band of Brothers match was ruined by rain and fi nally abandoned; against the M .C.C. good bowling restricted the opposition to 192 for 4 but the XI lost their way in the run chase and had to settle for a draw and in the final match of the season the XI played probably their best cricket o f the season, firstly with excellent running between the wic ket, to score 2 1717 dec and then good bowling and fielding just fai ling to achieve a victory with the Stragglers of Asia finishing on 18517. The team was a very settled XI with only twelve players being used all season. This was partly because there wasn't strong opposition for places, but also because everyone contributed. The seven batsmen could and indeed did play in many different orders without in any way weakening the team a nd equally the bowling was well shared out with only Alex Reynolds unluckily not getting the cha nce to bowl e nough overs. Will Finch a nd Chris Mounsey-Thear were an ideal opening pair, the fo rmer bowling a good line and length while the latter threw everything into each delivery and often beat the batsman for pace. Chris North and Afolabi Sonaike also proved a good bowling partnership with the former exhibiting considerable control with his leg-spinne rs and googlies, but also inviting the batsmen to attack him , while the latter bowled with really good control of I me and length , especially towards the end of the season and both woiuld have had more wickets to their names, but for missed chances. The highlights of the season from the batsmen were Will Bax's 123 against Sutton Valence, the first fifth former to score a century against another school since the war and Qin Wiseman 's 106 on the last day of the season against the Stragglers of Asia, wh ich confirmed him as the leading run scorer and was a just reward for all his hard work in the nets throughout the year. The same was true of T homas Stazicker who played many good innings. Chris North showed us glimpses of h is potential with several tine innings early in the term . Michael Davies and Marcus Pyke both made useful runs, but would have hoped to have made more, while Tim Palmer suffered from ofte n having to bat at number seven, although he did play a match-winning innings from this position at Dover and throughout the term kept wicket most effectively fini sh ing the season with two fine stumpings. The fieldin g at its best was very good , but unfortunately there were several off days with too many chances going down. Finally my tha nks go to Wi ll Finch for doing an extremely difficult job well; to Sam and Tim and their colleagues for continually improv ing our playing surfaces; to my colleagues for all their hard work with the othe r teams; to Alan Ealham for h1s coaching and support throughout the year; and my congratulations to Tradescant on winning both the Senior and Junior House Competitions and to Chris North , Qin Wiseman a nd Alistair Williams on winn ing the Barnes Cricket prizes. A.W .D. Team: William Fi nch* (Capt.), William Bax, Michael Davies, C hristopher Mounsey-Thear, Christopher North, T imothy Palmer, Marc us Pyke, Alexander Reynolds, Afolabi Sonaike, Thomas Stazicker, Qin Wiseman. Also played: Umar Shari ff.

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Played 14, Won 2, Drawn 7, Lost 4, Abandoned I. Epsom 222/5 dec.; K.S.C. 143/8. Drawn . K.S.C. 200/5 dec. (North 67, Stazicker 5 1); Highgate 20 1/5. Lost. K.S.C. 168/9 dec. (North 5 1); Dulwich 17114. Lost. K.S.C. 211 / 5 dec.; Eastbourne 101 /4. Drawn. K.S.C. 171 / 8 dec. (Wiseman 66*); Cranleigh 72/9. Drawn. K.S .C. 109; Dover College 59 (Mounsey-Thear 9-4-19-5). Won. K.S. C. 247/8 dec. (Bax 123); Sutton Valence 89 . Won. Band of Brothers 213/8 dec. (North 11 -0-60-4); K.S.C. 18/ 1. Rain . K.S .C. 188/ 8 dec. (Wiseman 82); Trinity Croydon 189/4. Lost. K. C.S. Wimbledon 189/9 dec . ; K.S.C. 127/4 . Drawn . St. Lawrence College 201/3 dec.; K.S.C. 102/6. Drawn. O.K .S. 220/5 dec. and 155/4 dec. (Shariff 13-2-45-4); K.S.C. 202/8 dec. and 165. Lost. M.C.C. 192/4 dec.; K.S.C. 125/8. Drawn. K.S .C. 21717 dec. (W iseman 106); Stragglers of Asia 18517. Drawn . 1st XI AVERAGES BATTING Highest Score Innings Not Outs Runs Wiseman 106 15 2 441 North II I 279 67 Bax 13 3 231 123 Stazicker 14 274 51 2 Sonaike 22* 10 85 6 Pyke 14 I 245 45 Palmer 44 14 206 I Davies 47 0 203 13 Mounsey-Thear II 4 52 18 Finch 38 15 9 2 Also batted: Shariff 4- 1-53-33- 17.7; Reynolds 2-2-2-2*- -. BOWLING Wickets Runs Overs Maidens Mounsey-Thcar 546 25 179 36 North 493 141.4 33 22 Finch 144 28 477 16 Sonaike 11 7. 1 18 399 13 Reynolds 76 .4 13 309 6 Also bowled: Pyke 3-0-22Âˇ0Âˇ -; Shariff 15.2-2-63-6- 10.5 .

A verage 33.9 27.9 23.1 22.8 21.3 18.8 15.8 15.6 7.4 5.4 Avemge 2 1.8 22.4 29.8 30.7 51.5

2nd XI The season began well with a draw against Epsom where the side was very much in the driving seat at the e nd, as well as two good wins against Highgate and St. Lawrence. However it was already clear at this stage of the season that the side would battle chasin& a sizeable total and that the bowling attack was going to be found wanting when sides needed to be bowled out. Th1s was proved true in the next six games, five of which were drawn. T hese drawn games, however, highlighted an admirable characteristic of the side: its determination to fight when the odds were stacked against it. The players are to be commended for this very positive attribute. As a result of this the only match lost during the season was aJ?ainst the powerful Trinity, Croydon battling line-up. It needs to be mentioned, however, that a number of the front-line bowlers were missing from the team for this game. One of the things whic h did tend to let the team down and make the bowling attack appear weaker than it was, was the weak fieldmg and catching. The catching was to have the most pronouced mfluence because on many occasions opposing batters had more than one chance to score runs ! T his was frustrating for the bowlers and led to the chasing of far larger targets than might have been the case. The other concerning aspect of the season was the large number of changes to the team wh ich occurred as the season progressed; in the exam, te rm th is is to an extent unavoidable , but it restricted continuity of approach as well as team building . A number of players really progressed durin~ the season thanks to their serious approach to the game. Notable amongst these was Adam Chataway whose fine 62 agamst Trinity was the culm ination of a season of committed cricket. Adash Varma also progressed s ig nificantly . He hits the ball hard but his looseness of technique often had him found out too early. Seb Vance with his t i~ht and effi cie nt rechnique became a useful opening bat and a sol id foi l to the more cavalier and less dependent Sqot W1seman. The loss of both of these players in the Iauer part of the season was sorely felt. James Sandry had some good innings, especially early on in the season, but his tendency to chase the ball and lean back on the shot often got him into trouble. Th is tended to be the same with Adam Jackson, and so parts of the middle order were quite vul nerable. Umar Shariff, who joined the side later on in the season, lent considerable stability to the upper order especially since his technique is sound. He played some valuable innings and scored runs on most occasions. 183

SENIOR BOYS' TENNIS (Richard Bennett)

Tom Dean was an efficient keeper, especially to the quickies and J N · . some usefu l contributions with the bat - he was often not out' His bow?·1~g orman c~ptfmtd the Sid~ well and mad of a good le ngth as well as moving awkwardly off the pitch: was partlcu ar Y good be mg accurate an~ Of the bowlers James Capel and Simon Peachey were useful openers es ec iall s· . co ns1stency of length _and m_ovement off the pitch. rt was a pity that his back Fnj ury ~re~~~ble~aur of Ius ~ccuracy, James was too often mcons1ste nt but he had some supe rb spells es eciall when th lim r_om playmg more Adam Jackson bowled well on occasion but was a little inconsistett at t i ~es d s·e trac~ helped h•s natural bounce' thhed sbame fate. Sqot. Wiseman also did duty very effectively' often be ing respo~~ible'fu~~he a;r~~t~t~lso tehndehd to suffe~ a egun to dommate. . roug w en batters A nu~ber of othe r players also served the team admirably. From the Colts D · well agamst St. Lawrence and Simon Gittins batted powerfu lly against St Edmu~d ':~~n S~e~a.rt b~hled and batted and Ben Wyand also made contributions in their own way late in the t~rm. · ex er ms, aries Curlewis All in a ll it was an interesting season which was enjoyed by all. "' R.C. W . AND MAp 1eamfrom: Jon Norman* (Capt.) , James Capel Adam Chatawa Th D s· ... Simon Peachey, James Sandry, Umar Shariff* Sebastian Vancel'AdaosmhaVs ean,s •mownyarnett , Adam Jackson• arma, qot •seman* ' ' , A lso played: C harles Curlew is, Simon Gittins, Alex Perkins, Damian Stewart, Ben Wyand. . *2nd Colours. R ESULTS

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Colts XI This was a disappointing season in which a number of t 1 d · d' 'd · team through a lack of discipline - espec ially in the fielda ~~e ·~ .•v• uals falle~ to reach their full potential as a · . n mgs were Jomg w~ll , as m _the early matches, they looked a good side, but once the lost their ri total. This may or may not be related~o the viewgol;o~eafha~~~~;~~ts~ournetan Cr~nl~!gh, th~ d•sarray w~s alm?st a football around. way o pract1se 10 r a c n cket match IS to k1ck The batting showed some promise - the fi rst fo b t . 11 d fi · s ide fa il to make an ade uate tota l Simon G i · ur a smen a ma ~ •fil es - a nd only aga inst D ul wich did the Ziegler looked to have th~ best tech.ni ue and t~~n~w:}.~~ei~?~t dete~mme~, and hence _the m_ost succ~ssful; Michael de fence with fierce attack to good eftect · and E~ Butle gs a~ams~ Hl~hgate; Dav1d Smuh combmed an unusual Cranleigh. Chris <? ' Neil-Dunne a lso h it hard and straigh~a:;:.~ Fto~asa:h~ ~~/fkh\ mo":len~ ~ ups~~ge the Cup Final ~t M unday wh? surv~ved nearly ~n hour aft~r a horrible collapse against D~l~i~~·ra~d n~::;ly s~~e~d~h~n~n~~~~he

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Epsom 92 (Stewart 4-~2); K.S .C. ~3 for 4 (B_u t!er 26*, Gittins 25). Wo n. K.S.<;. 2 19-2 dec. (Z•egl~r 83, Sm1t~ 60*, G mms 56); Highgate 113. Won . Dulw1ch 140-8 dec. (~t~z1cker 5-35 , me. hat-trick) ; K.S.C. 49 Lost K.S.C. 161 -7 dec. (Gittms 6~, O'Neil-Dunne 25); Eastbourne 164-J. Lost. K.S.C. 163-5 (Butler 57, Smuh 50*)· Cranleigh 164-3 Lost · · Kent Schools 120 for 3. Abandoned. '

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Junior Colts A XI Whilst writing this report in 1993, I was sitting listening to English cricket 's first experience of the devastating skills of Shane W~rne and the ne":' ~ustralians! last ye~ r my_ ea~s we re offen~ ed by the sounds of English wickets fa ll ing 10 a third-stnng, fifth-rate K1w1 attack; th1s year, 1t's m1dmght and I'm hste nmg to John Lee Hooker and the ' Blues'. But ' blue' I a m not ; England recently beat the West Indies at Lords and another school c ricket season can be added to my C.V. Regula r readers of this annual column will know that I turn for inspiration to a report of the K.C .S. game, a lways played all-day , a lways at home a nd a lways in baking sunshine. Not for the first time in recent Junior Colts history, King's Cantebury found themselves batting first and immediately under pressure from a rather rapid King's Wimbledon opening bowler. With the wicket-keeper standing further back than Stephen Rhodes at the Oval to Devon Malcolm, the first over sa w Simon Cleobury digging down into those reserves of courage that batsmen sometimes wish they could do without. Fortunately the ball was rarely on target and byes always looked a likely way to get o ff the mark; with the addition of a fe w wides, the Canterbury innings seemed to be getting off to a fly ing start. Very much a flying start for Simon Youngman ( fresh from consecutive 90s and a run of scores reading 54, 57, 98, 95) as he drove wildly at the last ball of the second over and was brilliantly caught by the airborne second slip (5 for 1) . Simon Cleobwy stuck at it although nowhere near as fluent as his recent scores 0 {73* and 84* might indicate. Gareth Williams made a captain 's decision to run him out and thus to get brother Alistair in before lunch. After a devastating partnership of 100 in 50 minutes in the previous game against Trinity , it was no surprise that they played well, running between the wickets as if they had done it before somewhere, bringing up a lunch time score of 72-2. The game was well poised. Lunchtime illicit port perhaps for the twins: they both decided to offer Wimbledon a generous desert, sacrificing their own wickets to rather impetuous shots. Th e innings needed rebuilding, runs were likely to be a struggle from now on . However, Alex Hayes and Alex Forrest , patiently waiting all season in the middle order for a chance to shine, both settled down to the task well, scoring freely until they too seemed over-anxious and found themselves over-andout. Th ere was a desperate need to waste some time - over to the left-handers, Fergus Reynolds (stepping in for the otherwise ever-present Samuel Parker) and Tim Hamlin (one of those very keen bowlers who claim to be even keener batsmen) who did the required job before allowing James Harborne to smear a very useful 20 and Henry Hardy to look the best number 11 in the School. All out, on the point of declaration, at 170 . The Wimbledon innings started ominously for the hom e side. Having been instructed about the need not to get the opposition innings off to a 'flyer', the opening bo wlers (A listair Williams and James Ha rborne) proceeded to do just that - 2 overs and 14 runs. However, in his third over, Alistair bowled what was to be the game's watershed , if you can have that on a scorching June day, with two wickets in consecutive balls, including the first l.b. w. o f the season from the home umpire. At 26-2 at tea, the game was still very evenly poised . If it was a suggestion of port at lunch time, it was clearly a potent sherry trifle for tea: A listair was inspired, James was quick and now stratght, and the Wimbledon batsmen cam e and went. A t 31-5, it looked all over. However, the batsmen rallied as the bowlers tired and it was now up to the change seamers. Canterbury had a problem. Perhaps their m ost effective bowler in this type o f situation was Oliver Fraser but he was away at his sister's g raduation. A 50-run sixth wicket partnership meant that the King 's bowlers and fielders were far from their own graduation, being suddenly in danger of failing basic entrance requirements - tile batsmen were going well and there was plenty of time left. But, these run chases are difficult to maintain if the bowlers bowl straight. As so often seemed to be the case this season, big Henry 'M erv Hugh es' Hardy took a wicket with his first ball (bo wled); Tim Hamlin brought out a genuine acrobatic e ffort from Simon Youngman behind the stumps - 85-7. However, the game was not yet dead; another 50-run partnership, this time for the 8th wicket kept the match open - much credit should be g iven to the K.C.S. W imbledon batsmen until an inspired Alistair Williams stormed in to wipe up numbers 9, 10 and 11 (all bowled) and finish with the season 's best figures , in turn claiming the cricket prize, of 7-39. King's Canterbury won by 23 runs, making this fixture two 1vins, two losses and a draw in the last fi ve years. This was certa inly a successful season. In the end everyone contributed something positive, as can be seen from the list of results and achievements below. The main players were Simon Youngman, who, as we ll as {>laying a numbe r of excelle nt innings, kept wicket ostentatiously but e ffectively; and Simon C leobury and the two Wilhamses who were well supported by all the others . Big 'Merv' could go also further! They were willing to practice and to learn , it makes a huge diffe re nce. Gareth Wi llia ms capta ined the side with maturity and authority - I look to see both him, Alistair and perhaps one or two others c hallenging fo r the 1st XI next year. Finally. I would like to express my tha nks to my new companion, without which the ' blues' may have returned on occasiOns; a shoot ing-stick has many uses for the c ric ket coach and umpire, I fu lly recomme nd one.

Team (played more than one game): Gareth Williams (Capt.) , Simon C leobury, Alexander Forrest , Oliver Fraser. Timothy Hamlin , James Harborne, Henry Hardy, Alexander Hayes, Samuel Parker , Fergus Reynolds, Alistair W illia ms, Simon Youngman. G.R.C . R ESU LTS

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Eastbourne (Williams A. 4-22). Drawn. St. Edmund 's (Harborne 4-12, Hardy 4-10). Won by 7 wickets. Cranleigh (Youngman 54, Williams G. 78, Hardy 4-24).Drawn. St. Lawrence (Youngman 57, Williams G. 5 1). Drawn. Sutton Valence (Youngman 98, Cleobury 73*, Williams A. 4-28). Won by 14 1 runs. Kent Schools U 14 (Youngman 95, Cleobury 84*). Abandoned Drawn . T r inity Croydon (Williams A. 7 1, Williams G. 55). Drawn . K.C.S. Wimbledon (Williams A. 7-39). Won by 23 runs. Duke of York 's (Hays 4 1, Hardy 4-25) . Won by 5 wickets.

Junior Colts B XI One o f the first things I do at the beginning of the Summer term is to get out last year 's Cantuarian to read the report for the Under 14 B XI. I was pleased to see that they had a very successful time. This year I can report that wtth many o f the same players we have had an equally successful time, losing just one game. The weather has been exceptionally good and all scheduled matches were completed. The batting was very strong and many records were broken . Nine scores of 50 or more were made (two by Fergus Reynolds, two by David Greengrass, two by Pardi Sidhu , two by John Hillier and one by Phil ip Stubbings). Fergus Reynolds also scored a century, the first by an Undcfr 15 B XI player to my knowledge. The team have had scores of more than 200 against them on several occasions in the past but this year we managed to break the 200 barrier not once but twice. Identical scores of222 fo r 3 dec. were scored against Cranleigh and K.C.S. Wimbledon in very few overs, 28 and 27 respectively. Altogether 1,808 runs were scored at an average of 180.8 runs per match. The highest partnership ever recorded by Under 15 B XI players was scored at Cranleigh by Fergus Reynolds and Philip Stubbings - 168 runs . David Greengrass scored most runs 302 with an average of 43. 1. The highest average was achieved by Fergus Reynolds: 48. 1. John Hill ier who fini shed with an average _of 135 m.ay w i s~ to claim the h ighest average position but he played i ~ only two matches and you need four to be mcluded m the hst of averages. He was promoted from the C XI and m his two matches, the last two of the season, he scored 73 n.o. and 62. T he bowli ng was not as good as the batting, mainly because the bowlers could not bowl on the line of the stumps. One exception was Matthew Brooks, one of the best leg-spinners I have seen at this age. He helped to win two matches by bowling the opposition out ; against Trinity School he took 5- 18 and asainst St. Augusti ne's he took 5-35. We were a little lucky to win against Cranleigh but we did so with two wickets m the last over, the last wicket with the last ball. If the batsman had left the ball alone, it would have m issed the stumps by 30 em. but he played at it and played it onto his stumps. T he matches against Epsom, Eastbourne and K.C.S. Wimbledon were drawn and we lost a~a mst Dul wich because our bowlers could not bowl enough balls on the stumps. The best bowling fi gures were achteved by Matthew Brooks. He bowled 49 overs and took 17 wickets for 189 runs. An average of II. I runs/wkt. 3.8 runs per over is very ~ood bowling .for a leg-spinner: I hope he will practise very hard in the future: he has the potential to make 1st XI cncket. Pardtp Stdhu took most wtckets but bowled most overs. He bowled 56 overs and took 18 wickets for 237 runs, an average of 13.2 runs/wkt. The best bowli ng analysis in a match was Richard Johnson who bowled 5 ball s against St. Augustine's: no runs were scored and he took 2 wickets to bring their innings to a close. Matthew Knight was the most successful fast/medium bowler with 55 overs, 15 wickets for 2 14 runs, an average of 14 .3 runs/wkt. Harry Walker did a good job behind the stumps with some good stumpings but he .will have to improve his mobility to improve his standard. The fi elding and catchmg left a little to be desired but there were also some outstanding catches. The most memorable was in the last game against K.C.S. Wimbledon when Henry T rew caught with one hand a ball above and behind his head which would probably have been a six if he had not caught it. Pard ip Sidhu was a very competent captain and was very adept at involving everyone in the game. They say one should retire at the top, so I think I will stand aside and allow a younger person in to look after the B XI , for I think the records achieved this year will stand for many years to come. D.J.B.

Team: Pardip Sidhu (10), Robert Adams (7), Richard Barry (1), Matthew Brooks (8), Matthew Gardner (1) , David Greengrass (10), Alex Hayes ( I), John Hillier (2), Richard Johnson (9), Matthew Knight (1 0 , Samuel Knight (4), Chris Letts (4), Tom Lloyd-Smith (6), Fergus Reynolds (8) , Law rence Ridges ( I) , Philip Stubbings (8), Henry T rew (7), Harry Walker (9), Mark Westlake (3). ( ) Matches played. RESULTS

Played 10, Won 5, Drawn 4, Lost I. K.S.C. , 164-9 dec. (Stubbi ngs 34); Epsom, 163 for 9 (Rey nolds 4-42). Drawn. K.S .C. , 159-7 dec. (Reynolds 58*); Dover College, 41 (M. Knight 4- 16). Won. Highgate, 138; K.S.C., 142-5 (Greengrass 37*, Walker 32*). Won. K.S.C. , 165-7 dec. (Greengrass 59*, Hayes 32); Dulwich , 168-8. Lost. K.S.C., 194-6 dec. (Greengrass 69, Reynolds 54*); Eastbourne, 154-7 (Westlake 4-29). Drawn. K.S.C., 222-3 dec. (Reynolds 110*, Stubbings 62*); Cranleigh, 149. Won . K.S.C., 195-9 dec. (Sidhu 6 1, Greengrass 3 f , Brooks 33*); St. Augustine's, 107 (Brooks 5-35). Won. Simon Langton, 180-3 dec. ; K.S .C., 155-7 (Sidhu 40, Greengrass 30 *). Drawn. K.S.C., 190-4 dec. (Hill ier 73*, Sidhu 33); Trinity School, 47 (Brooks 5-18). Won . K.S.C ., 222-3 dec. (Sidhu 62*, Hillier 62) ; K.C.S. Wimbledon, 126-8 (Sidhu 4-25). Drawn . 186

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-wo exciting wins and five defeats, two of wh ich were overwhelming , does not suggest 11: vintage.season, ~ut.at Tt we got results and life was never boring. W ith twenty-three different players represent.mg t.he s t.de, c~ntl.ml tty (cas Iways a problem particularly as many started the term with very little knowledge of baste cncket m~ pnn~p ~s. M~s~ made an effort to improve, however, and by the end were. thinking abol!t w~at they ought to be domg, w et er batting, bowling or fi elding, even if they had more dtfficulty 111. actu~lly domg .II . • The opening combination of John Knowles and Ed Vainker, m thetr contrasting styles, oft~n got the stded off~ ood start and eventually W illiam Burgess became .a sou~d nl!mber thre~. Both he and Vamker develope g~ a g e raments and were content simply to try to stay m tf the sttuatlon so requtred. Knowles was extremely aggresstve, te:r~cularly on the leg side, but rarely stayed long enough to get a really big score. T he rest of theS~attl~~ wa~ ~er~ P reliable with nobody making more than one. score oyer tw~~ty four, though Anthon:( ~urton , Ed txsmt.t an au B~oxup each topped thtrty once. The latter's inmngs agamst T~t~lly Croydon was a well-d.tsctphned effort. T:-vtce numbers . ten and eleven raised the score from disaster to respectabthty , Carl Marge~ts featun ng on both occasw~s.. Margetts, the leading wicket-taker with sixteen, had three fine spells. Quite qUtc~, and when he got hts h~e ng ~ 1 he could be devastating as his yorker showed. David Wellesley-Wesley (fourteen wtckets) had t~? very/'ood sp~ 1s f le -s in bowling, one a match-wi nning performance, but too often he was let down by poor catc mg a~ . ma equa e fietlphicing. When h~ pitched up and gave the ball plenty of air he looked a really good bowler. T he remammg bowlers . . took only fourteen wtckets between them. Burton was an effective wicket-keeper, but although he took three stumpings agamst Htghgate he usual~ stood too far back 10 be really effective when taking the spinners. Wellesley-Wesley and Knowl~s were the best teldersj th~ er 's catch at Croydon being the champagne moment of the season. Burgess and Vamker are to be congratu ate ~~~worki ng hard to improve their fielding. Indeed, most o f the players ended the season better than when they started, and one really cannot ask for more than that.

RESULTS

v Epsom King's 53; Epsom 55-3. Lost by 7 wickets.

M W v Highg~te; Kmg's 15 1-7 dec. (Burton 33, Vainker 27, Broxup 22); Highgate 139 (Wellesley- es 1ey 5-24 , arge 11s 4-35). Won by 12 runs. . v Dulwich King's 105 (Bell 2 1)· Dulwich 106-6 (Burgess 2- 13). Lost by 4 wtckets. . v Eastbou ~ne. East bourne 178-9 dec. (Margetts 5-37 , Wellesley-Wesley 2-48); King's I 08 (Knowles 37, Htlsdon 28). · k Lost by 70 runs. v Cranletgh . King's 67 (Sixsmith 3 1); Cranleigh 69-3 (Nathan 2-9). Lost by 7 .w.tc ets. v T rinitb Croydon . King's 180 -7 dec. (Broxup 39*, Burton 24, Knowles 23); Tnmty Croydon 177 (Margetts 7-57).

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King's 101; K.C.S. 102-7 (Wellesley-Wesley 4 -30, Broxup 2-23). Lost by 3 wickets.

Captains: Simon Jennings, Edward Vainker, Anthony Burton, Paul Broxu~. . . Others who played: Thomas Bell , William Burgess, Robin Doble, Andrew Fomette, G~orge Gossag~, Ja;:;~e Ht~sdon, John Knowles, Samuel London, T homas MacAdie, Carl Margetts, Ian Meyer, C~arles Mtler~Jones, As an trza, ames Morrison, Toby Nathan , Jonathan Nicholson, Nicholas Pope, Edward Stxsmtth and Davtd Wellesley-Wesley·

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Assessed by results, this was not a great year, although it is true to say t~at in ever:( match w~ schored ~ore runs than in the previous one, and dismissed our opponents for fewer runs than t.n the prev tous one. er aJJs t IS argues for an extended fix ture list but the cancellation of our return match at Cranletgh, who were unable to rahse an el~ven , shows that it can be difficJit to fi nd schools who fie ld three teams i~ the Shell year. Those that do are t e 1arge oys. only schools, whose strength in depth is generally too overwhelmmg for us. Assessed b mo rale, this was not a bad year and one in which the squad, un~sually, y.'aS not fi xed as the requtrem.ents of the senior [quads had to be satisfi ed . Giles Patrick proved a tho~ghtful captam and Ntck Pope an admrrably comr ttted vice. ln·uries (least of all the captain 's) didn't help: Charles .fV! tller-Jones, for example, wa~ taken rom us w 1en at his best! Indeed , that the majority of the squad was from Galpm s helped, for they set an admtrable example of loyalty and commitment. RESU LTS

Played 4, Won I , Lost 3. Tonbridge 203-3 dec.; K.S.C. 38. Dulwich 19 1-5 dec.; K.S.C. 72. East bourne 140-2 dec.; K.S.C . 98 (G. Patrick 40). Cranleigh 62 (G. Gossage 4-7; R. Steele 3- 12); K.S .C. 66- 1 (J. Cox 40*). Squad: Giles Patrick (Capt.), Nicholas Pope (Vice-Capt.), James Brown, N ic~olas Collins, Georg~ Gossage, Charles Hickie, Jamie Hilsdon, Thomas MacAdie, Charles Mtller-Jones, Jonathan Ntcholson, George W tlhams. Also played: Jeffrey Aba-9nu, T imothy Ada~s, Toby Bond , Jonathan Cox, Simon Jennings , Andrew Kesson , Enzo Labrosciano, Ian Meyer, Rtchard Steele, Jamte Tomlinson. 187

Girls' Cricket We fin ally got together a team of g irls to make history at Kin • d 1 h fi · • · at home and a.way (than~s. Rachel) against Tunbridge Wells dir~s~"afa~m~re ~;st g•rls cn~~et~abtch eve,r. Playing W~ le ft the tw1glet zone m style and moved on to Sevenoaks where we . were anm ~ at Y. the !wiglets' finish. Then .we moved up in the world to play Old Stacians Ladies XI :nfi~ffedt ~ell-e~rned Vl~tory With a nail-biting duty at the time! Nevertheless we he ld out for a n honourable draw "th Ao w om •. II transp•red, were on England . . , WI my sconng our first half centur Our P.layers "':'ere bnllla nt - keen , enthus iastic and will in 10 have . . Y ever. us stunnmgly, w1th some inspired fie ld placings and a ll-round ~lent Ala~n~oa~~ ~~~hrc(!mstancfs. :e~elope captained helped to keep o ur minds on the important matters, and Aimee a~d Jess bowled mgle 0T~ oh•zontal person'?) Amy and Anna) all made good scores with the bat despite Ala nna's multiple unj~r~~r~n ihe ofd 1S~eeAs (Alanna, We should a lso mention:ac•ans match! a) Olive's throw . b) Kathy's keeping. c) Alanna's man .. . has she been taking lessons? d) Mr. Bee and Mr. Mi les for the ir coaching and some interesting decisions• ef)) M r. Teeton, Mat.ron, Mr. Dyer and Mrs. Woodley for a ll their support · Bug for her scormg. · g) The team's ta lent for alternative Mex ican waves from the boundary. See you next year , girls .

PENELOPE CURTISS AND ALANNA FRASE

Team from: ~e~elof?e Curtiss (Capt.), Alanna Fraser, Aimee O'G r · · . ~· Kathy Clark, Ollv•a Kirby, Jess Stevens, Felicity Wacher Katie For~s~aSa ~mlt J~ynso~~H•ckds, CClabud~a Nannm•. Ancock, Anna Lewis, Hele n Bray , Rachel Nicholson, et 'a/. • r u en, ~ana e a arrus, He lena

The Boat Club 1st VIII 1 1 1 in (22nd) at the Schools' Head. It looked from nine perfectly normal human be ings fnto a crazed bundleuof -;; fr.~sgne~ In one ~ft~rnoon we were transformed our fai lure in near disbelief. How could a re lati ve! 0 f 1 . s re ex~s a,n ear , as we had to confront There were aimless thoughts of !:iving up crew cha/gfs 'W~ ~n:n~he~penencedk Kmg s c r.ew produce s~ch a result? as of anything else. Perhaps With more iraining and c~mmitme~t wae wweo mldusbt eebpl pressmgdon, as afra•d of quitting . . u e a e to pro uce a pacey e1ght The Easter tramm!: camp in Portugal beckoned a nd 1 f · · · the 2nd VIII. The traming camp proved 10 be even ~ore :uc~;s~~~r~~d ~ ~~ys ~as tak~n , mcludTmhg sjx members of a nd the locals of Cani~ada as hospitable as e ver. n a n e prev10us o ne. e •OOd was better

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Mr. Selle rs stepped in to begin his coaching at 1st VIII 1 I· h" ·· intellectua lly challenged membe rs o f the crew managed 10 ,~;e ~ IS e nergy a n.d ab1llty '? communicate to the often row!) int? a c rew of considera~le speed. The last evening was fi~i~~: ~fr~~e;psp•;ope~.~~ulst•~~ hday~ (and one middnight a 500m t1me o f I . 30 - not bllste nngly fast but we k f . . 1 ~ Y •g ' spmts as we pro uced 1 class. That night the Great Orator Hunt prociaimed his r;.:::m~~a~~~ ~ shave of th1s a nd II show~ us to be in the right ~or generations to come as he idressed with feats of Herculean stre~r~~· ~~am became legend m Portugues~ fol~l?re

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The Metropolitan Regatta was next· always a n event ente db 1· · 3 and Senior 2. We enjoyed it even if the LRC c rew d"d Y ~any qu~ lly ~rews, we sull managed to win Senio r 1 no~eapprec1 consolation. ate Ed s delicate and subtle approach to post-race

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The Nationa l Schools Regatta saw our only dismal result of the Summe r season, as we wimped away in the first round, and in letting those infamous Nottingham conditions get the better of us we were banished to the small fina l. There we managed to restore some pride, comi ng second , ahead of Radley, King's Cheste r , St. Paul 's and St. Joseph's Galway. Eighth place at the Regatta was, nevertheless, not what we had come for. The Sunday pairs racing was cancelled, so Peter and Richard bid for a G.B. place at Docklands Rega tta. Mike and Ed a lso raced in the Jl6 pa irs. So only Marlow and Henley were left. At Marlow we lost to St. Paul 's in a poor first round draw, in a fast time by two thirds of a length, having beaten the m off the sta rt. It was good, gutsy racing; major technical errors were largely to blame fo r the loss, but the crew had again showed a wi llingness to race and the stern pair went totally mental in the last 300 metres. In the Sprints we got through to the fina l, despite a passing dog trying to take a good chunk, out of Gumby's backs ide during the warm-up. So came Henley. First we would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Tozer fo r their warm hospitality in Mapledurham, before, during and after the regatta. They certainly gave us the right relaxed atmosphe re that was so needed. Thanks also to the many mums who provided a memorable lunch on the Wednesday. The crew was peaking and was at last beginning to row efficiently. We had learnt to harness our limited mass onto the e nd of the blade, and were happy to draw Emanuel in the first round. A brilliant row on Wednesday saw us produce the third fastest heat of the day and the only 'easily' verdict in the Princess Elizabeth Cup . On the Thursday we met Hampton who had produced a time just two seconds faster than o urs whe n pushed by Shrewsbury. However , Hampton had been consistently the second fastest c rew in the country, and with a stone a man more muscle on board, we knew it would take a massive e ffort to beat them. In the end they won by one and a third le ngths. Even the Hampton coach said that three months earlier he wouldn ' t have believed we could have given the m a race. We had shown great c harac te r to come back from a terrible defeat to produce ma ny wins, and very many close races with the top rowing schools in the country. This was largely due to N.C .W. S. 's coaching. We are very grateful to him . Thanks are also due to Mr. Willis s imply for be ing the best boatman in the country. Personally I would also like to thank Tim Ridges who really led the crew when my mind was often seen wandering somewhere else. T im has proved himself to be an,excellent cox and motivator, and has been invited to fin al trials for the G.B. team this summer. We wish him luck , as we do to Richard and Gumby who will also be bidding for a place. The Boat C lub will be in a state of transition over the next year as Mr. Hooper has ste pped down a nd Mr. Lawrence is taking over the running of the Boat Club . All those who have had the great fortune to be a part of the Club in the last fifteen years will know of the considerable commitment that Mr. Hooper had given to it. He has been an outstanding coach. It should be noted that he was Rowing Master at Hampton before coming to King's, as well as Chief Coach fo r the Great Britain Junior team during the mid-eighties. He was, for a while, a member of the O.U .B.C. coaching team during the early days of the Oxford domination of the Boat Race. He has done much to shape the face of Junior rowing in this country. We are very grateful for the coaching and he lp he gave us throughout the whole season. I can only hope that M r. Lawrence, Mr. Selle rs and the othe r coaches will continue to be supported by a school that values its Boat C lub , and all those within it that contribute so much. I hope that as many as poss ible, boys and gi rls, are encouraged to sta rt rowing, and to continue up to top level, so that the School maintains its credibility within the sport. BEN LOXTON-EDWARDS.

The Natio nal Schools and He nley Crew was: Bow - Richard Tozer; 2- Adam Wilton ; 3 - Tom Mann; 4 - Ed Sterck ; 5 - Cha rles Foinettc; 6 - Peter Cawston; 7 - M ike Smith ; Stroke - Be n Loxton-Edwards; Cox - T im Ridges. Also: Pete r Baines (Schools' Head , Poplar , G hent), Dan Pullen (Schools' Head) .

Senior Girls' Sculling Squad In the School year 1994-95, the Senior Girls scull in? group made a vast improvement on previous years a nd became, without doubt, the most successful of all King's girls c rews. The top crew found it relatively easy to achieve ' fi rsts' for a crew of its type, being on ly the third girl s' quadruple scull that had raced in the summer regattas. It was therefore always going to be harder for this year's group to continue the upward momentum set by that of the previous year. The year began with the long distance paddling of January and February in cold, wet and windy conditions. Performance over set distances was calculated using the speed required to win a World Junior gold medal as a benchmark for each boat type . Many different combinations were raced in such trials and the squad all showed improvements in scores over the pe riod before half te rm . The top score (of 88 % of required boat speed) was scored by the quad of Lucy Heise, Juby Mcinnes, Jessica Potter a nd Saskia Stirling-Aird . With the flood ing of all waterways that February brought , the Heads at both Hampton and Burway were cancelled, leav ing the crews for the Schoo ls' Head of the Rive r desperately short of racing. The G.B. long-dista nce trials at Chester (whe re Lucy Heise won the double sculls section by some 90 seconds with a girl from Queen 's Park High School) and Pete rborough had been used to select the quad that would race at the Schools' Head. A crew of Lucy, Saskia, Jessica a nd Zoe Arthur was chosen . T hey raced well , dealing we ll with overtaking the bottom end of the eights division thanks to some experienced steering from Lucy. Having started fast, the c rew settled but didn't quite have the momentum to push all the way home, having rowed away from the majority of the opposition by Hamme rsmith. 189

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The wait for the results brought an end to the anxiety: the crew had won by some 14 seconds bringing the season's first ' fi rst'. Never before had a King's senior girls' crew won a National event. The next ' fi rst' came when, as a result of the Long Distance Trials, both successful and became the first King's girls to row for their countries when the did so in the regatta at Ghent and Munich respectively. It was mildly amusing that while Lucy remained our top scu))/r and number two in the country, Saskia was to beat her to the G. B. team (Ghent Regatta is a week before that of Munich) but that when she did so, Lucy, in a King's quad , was to beat the G.B. boat! . l_'he. Easter break brought a m~st fantastic training camJ? . in the tropical heat of northern Portugal, again by kind mvttat1on of N.C.W.S. and family. It IS hard for the pup1ls to see exactly how much effort goes mto organising a trip such as this as well as N.C. W.S. has do ne for the past two years. I am sure that if they were aware of just a portion of it they would be amazed and would extend gratitude to him as I do now: 'Cheers, old fruit, you' re a star!' The conditions this year for the camp could not have been better: unbroken sunshi ne and water as flat as can be imagined. The squad wo rked hard on the beginnings of the interval training and it was the double sculls outings that brought out the best in them. The sight of the whole s9uad racin~ side-by-side in doubles was fantastic and one I would have shared with you if I had not lost my camera fi lm. The trialmg confirmed Lucy as number o ne and showed Jessica and Saskia to be close for the number two slot with Zoe in fourth (something she confirmed with further trials at Westbcre on our return) . The regatta season began well fo r the quad with a win at Poplar Spring and in Ghent they performed excellently coming fourth behind crews from Belgium, Holland and Germany and beating the national squad (with Saskia on board) but the stars of the first day were Lucy and Jess in their double which came third behind two German doubles but beating both G.B. boats and registering 91 % of gold medal time. It was now becoming obvious that Frances Houghton at just 14, was extremely talented . She came second in the J. l6 singles event in Ghent and, having won a bronze medai in the Championship girls' ' Internationals Cup' for singles at the National Schools' Regatta, she was an obv ious choice for the Henley boat. The National Schools' Regatta was a complete frustration fo r the quad. On the Sunday a hurricane blew up rendering the course like the mid-Atlantic and completely unrowable. The frustration of not being able to compete is many times worse than that of under-performing when given the chance, and the squad left Nottingham fo r half term fee ling empty and cheated . We all felt for Jessica who, hav ing trained fu riously for two years, was again denied her chance of the N.S.R. we were targeting. As a result of the cancellation, the value of Women's Henley was increased and after the half term break, Frances Houghton was brought up into the top boat while a second boat of Lizzie Calder, Claire Baldwin, Alexandra Higgins and Zoe Arthur was formed. It too had an entry in the regatta and was to lose after a good race to Henley R.C. 'B' in the quarterfinal. The top quad was beginning to move very fast and it broke the training record for 500m by three seconds, recording I' 40" in preparation for the regatta, but still it was the doubles that stole the show , with Frances and Jessica in one and Lucy and Saskia in the other. In training it was not possible to say which was quicker. At the regatta, the 9uad performed well in the first round and easily quali fied for the semi, with a commanding ro w over Henley R. C. A' . The doubles had more eventful quarterfinals. Frances and Jessica, with a steering problem or two, hit the booms coming off the island and were forced to stop and disentangle. Then, in a furore of tears, panic and determination they set off a~ain , now some five or six lengths behind to eventually overhaul and beat their opponents by some five lengths! Cred1t goes largely here to Jessica who kept a clear mind and showed great leadership in a moment of possible disaster. Saskia and Lucy were drawn against a South African squad double and, knowing that it was bound to be a close race, the sta rt was to be all-important. Off at 49 and striding to 38 was the response and a length and a half lead was gained by the end off the island which was then maintained all the way down the course. 'I've never seen a start like it!' said the South African coach. I admitted that I agreed. In the semifinal the quad d rew Kingston R.C ., a powerfu l and neat composite of G.B. trialists and after a rather wayward course on the start the crew didn't really settle and, put under pressure by the oppo nents' speed never looked likely to challenge with any effect. Frances and Jessica drew two from th is guad in their doubles semi and again were outpowered as were Lucy and Saskia in the final after having easily dismissed Henley ' A' in their semi. Over the weekend the Club recorded its fi rst girls' Henley semifinals and fi nal. While we have clearly made much ground on last year's efforts, we must realise that we cannot afford to cease improvements here. The way in which we were beaten in the Henley races suggests that we have a way to go yet and , while three of the top quad will outlast the Kingston crew, our targets must be, not only to win next year, but to be as good as them in twelve mo nths time. Now, it's on to fi nal trials fo r which we (Lucy, Saskia and Frances) depart today. It appears that the G.B. team will he small this year, with possibly only eight scullers from a total of 16 trialing required. It will he tough, but hopes are high for seats in boats for the World Championships in Poland or the Coupe de Ia Jeunesse in France over the Summer either of which would be, of course, another ' fi rst' fo r King's girls. At the top of the thanks column would have to be Peter Will is for his tireless work on our boats and limitless patience with the late outings, but a close second would have to be N.C.W.S. fo r Portugal and L.J.G. for help with the coach ing. Thank you. M.C.L.

Junior 15 Girls 8 Crew and Junior 15 Boys The Girls' fi rst event was not until the Schools' Head of the River in March, other races having to be cancelled because of dangero us conditions. Nevertheless, despite the lack of racing experience, they sculled very competently on the day and came 9th out of 15 crews in the WJ 15 Quad event , a most creditable result considering that the cox 190

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and half the crew were complete novices. Unfortunate ly further changes had to be made to the crew before their first summer regatta at T hames Ditton where they s imply lacked the technique and experience to keep up with a goodish L E. H. quad. However, the now-established crew of Vicky , Katherine , George and Camilla, intelhgently coxed by Maddy, made encouraging progress in the intervening penod before National Schools and the re was a good cha nce that they could beat some of the other crews. Alas, the wind was so strong on the Sunday that the second day of the regatta was cancelled and we had to be content with a couple of short outings on the Trent. Thames Valley Park was more successfu l; the weather was kinder and, although there were no victories for us, the quad had the satisfaction of beating a K.G.S. crew while Kather ine and Camilla double-sculled well to come second in the ir heat. Cally and Jane a lso had a go in the Double Sculls and went surprisingly well , a triumph of determination over inexperie nce. Richmond was disappointing, however, for after a good sta rt against Wimbledon the 9.uad lacked the strength and stamina to keep up their momentum into a strong headwind. I hope the girls will not be disheartened by their season's sculling; it will have been valuable expe rie nce and they a ll have much future potential. They have certainly been fun to coach. Meanwhile the boys' side of the year-group , having sadly dwindled away to virtually nothing after last summer , was revived in the form of a very jolly q uartet known as George, Charlie, Squidge and Squirm . After some e nthusiastic and splashy sculling sessions, they switched to sweep-oared rowing and took the plunge of ente rin~ J 15 IVs at T hames Valley Park, borrowing the expert services of Kajsa as cox. They didn ' t win but by no means d1sgraced themselves and, I hope, enjoyed the experience. We very much hope to see them back again next year. S.W.W. Wl I 5 4x B crew (Putney): Joanna Martin, Caroline Hinchey, Camilla Barker, Ka therine Barker, Madele ine Morgan (cox). WJ/5 4x B cr ew (Summer): Victoria Pe rry , Kathe rine Rouse, Georgina Bryant, Camilla Barker , Madele ine Morgan (cox) WJ/ 5 2x: Kathe rine Rouse and Camillaâ&#x20AC;˘ Barker; Caroline Hinchey and Jane Ho. 115 4+: Neil T homas, James Squires, Charles Leigh-Pembe rton, George T aylor, Kajsa McLaren (cox)

Junior 15 Coxed Quad Hav ing just stepped into the coxing seat, the season started with the Schools' Head on 15th March. Previous races had been cancelled owing to flood ing. Although my first experience of the T ideway was a choppy Putney Practice, yellow waterproof and a ll , we stormed the course a nd came second behind Lady Eleanor Holies. The Kingston head came next , a staggering 6 km of course. But despite three asthmatics, a stroke with flu, Kirsten Luther as a sub for Lizzie Calder and a ll four needing the loo by the time we had reached the starting line, we still managed to pull away from a men's university fo ur! Our first venue of the summer term was Popla r regatta. The regional race lacked Frances (the 'power-house') and we came fourth . But we did still receive our lurvly RED Southeast T-shirts! Frances raced in the J . 14 Women's single sculls and won gold. Claire a nd Lizzie performed a J .1 5 double: they had a successful heat and came fourth in the final s. Finally the quad came together and won the ir heat. However by the time of the final s most c rew members had raced five times, but still achieved a very respectable bronze meda l. After Poplar regatta Lizzie took over at stroke and a lthough she was incapable of foll owing, she set a very good pace for the others. T he c rew then tra ined coxless in preparation for a 2000m Inte rnat ional regatta at Ghent. Frances raced on Saturday in J.l 8 women's single scull s and came an impressive seventh. She also raced in the senior gi rls quad in place of Saskia (who was racing in the tria l G.B. quad). They came fourth, beating the G .B. trial crew. The rest of the crew joined her on Sunday, with a very early sta rt. Two doubles were racing: Lizzie and Frances, Alex and C laire. And the coxless quad . Frances and Lizzie won the ir heat and came sixth overall on times. C la ire and Alex came fourth in their heat. As for the quad, well it just didn't go ... Meanwhile F rances picked up the silver medal in Under 16 sculls . Ghe nt was followed by a two-week rest from racing. Metropolitan had to be given a m iss since there was no opposition in our category. (The prospect of racing us obviously j ust freaked the other c rews out!) We then went into serious training, as a quad, for the National Schools Regatta. We adopted some grown-up chopper blades, ' got into shape' a nd arrived at National Schools Regatta 'Ready to Rumble'. Frances was racing in J . 18 women's single sculls . And despite white horses and a strong wind, qualified for the championship finals. (where her main concern was to fini sh afloat! ). Frances collected bronze in the finals and excelled in the second-half from sixth to thi rd! Back at the hote l one man was baffled by the realisation that she was the fourteen-year-old who had come thi rd in the final s. Frances was thoroughly stoked up with Maxim and everyone was excited by the possibility of a winni ng meda l, when it was a nnounced that everything was cancelled. There was huge disappointment among everyone, including L izzie who isn ' t the keenest of rowers at a ll ti mes! After half-te rm Mr. Reilly returned to check that the geography department was still in ex istence, and the crew trained coxless in preparation for Henley. The 'B.F.G. ' (Frances) was up-graded to the sen ior quad, and Zoe Arthur joined our crew. Meanwhile I coxed a J .l5 boys four wh ic h was certamly an experience ... Henley dawned and Mr. Lawrence started the day with , literally, a 'BANG', as he burnt out the clutch on the minibus. The quad finall y worked out which station they were on and Lizzie began making good friends with the stake boat chap. They came second after a tough race. 191

GIRLS' TENNIS: UNDER 15 A VI, UNDER 14 A AND B VIs (R ichard Bennett)

Afterwards was the House Regatta, and then 'the supe r quad ' was back in ac tion o nce more (B.F.G. included And with Mr. Reilly put back in gear, we started training for Richmond Regatta. With a single, double and quad racin ). we were going for the hat-trick , and nearly pulled it off. Frances won her J . 15 women's single sculls, but surprisin not by squill ions of lengths. (Thanks, Mr. Reilly !) The most exciting race of the day though was the double with Liz~.Y a nd F rances. The race was open women's doubles and the double was against two Lady Eleanor Holies girls Th~c came seco nd by only two feet! The quad had a very successful heat a nd won in the fina l (thanks to the boat but n~ thanks to the tactics!!). We won a ta nkard each . Overall the season was very successful. And to quote Mr. Reilly, 'One of the best racing seasons I've ever coached' The c rew went from strength to strength and were rewarded well. Certainly one of my most memorable sights wer~ members o f the 1st VIII and Senior quad with their ' horse buckets' of Maxim! And no doubt my crew will not forget my gorgeous yellow waterproof in a hurry ! Congratulations to Frances firstly fo r being awarded her first team colours and also for being invited to G.B. final trials. Good Luc k! Many thanks to Mr. Re•lly for the season. How could we have honestly coped without him earnestly cycling along beside us in our races! And finally a thank you fr.om me to my crew for putting up with me and helping me in my early 'novice' stages!

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Cre w: Elizabeth Calder-Stro ke , Frances Houghton-3, Alex Higgins-2, Claire Baldwin-Bow.

Junior 14 Boys If last year's Under 14 boys' group was a sextet which shrank to a quartet, then this year 's was a big band which remained a big band until the end. And what a band it proved to be as well - brimfull of g reat performers mostly prepared to work hard for their successes a nd with plenty of potential for the future! For the fi rst few weeks of the Le nt term it rained , rained some more and then got cold . We found ourselves paddling out to the rafts barefoot in freezi n~ water. No one complained and that's a pleasing tradition that has continued. One of the group 's strengths has been liS ability to get on with any task, however demanding, without grumbling. It has enabled the m to make the best of any situation a nd is a habit characte ristic of all good clubs. In other ways progress was probably not quite as fast as it shou ld have been. Whilst this group 's a ttitude is good o n the whole , there have been some whose attendance was irregular and some who fou nd concentration difficult. Those people only seemed to make s ign ificant gains very late in the season and I hope they now realise j ust how much of a start they gave the more conscientious members of the squad . Our first and only competition of the Lent term was the Schools' Head to wh ic h we sent a quad and octuple. Both produced reasonable performances in fini sh ing eleventh but we decided it would be bette r to concentrate on just an octuple as a top boat for the future. At the start of the Summe r term the weather took a turn for the better and so did our crews. Technical improve ments came from outings in single sculls and we worked on fitnes s in bigger boats. Early regattas - Poplar and Thames Ditton - showed that this policy was bearing fruit as fa r as the 'A' cre w were concerned. They were clearly competitive with c rews othe r than the m•ghty K.C.S. Wimbledon and reached their fi nal at both events. Lower down it was a rather differe nt story as the problems mentioned above had taken their toll and we we re forced to take only the 'A' octuple to the National Schools' Regatta. In a season of great promise, the fact that we could take only a third of our athletes to this major event was probably the squad 's only real failure. The National Schools' Regatta is the premie r event for all junior crews that do not race at Henley. It was always our major target and this year it was a ta rget we hit. That coach's mag ic wand , the stopwatch , had suggested that the 'A' octuple had the pote ntial to reach the fi nal given a good row but it was certainly not an outcome we could count upon . We we re drawn into a difficult heat; so difficult in fact that four of the eventual finalists came from it! But there was also a slow c rew there a nd a sensible, controlled row led to a place in the semifinal. And yes, it was the more difficult semifi nal! The c rew knew they were going to have to give their all to gain the vital third place. It was very much a pressure situation. But the crew rose to the occasion, ha nging o n to their lead over Radley and, more narrowly, Pangbourne to quali fy by a whiske r. Well done! It was the performance of true fighters! A veil must, however, be drawn over the subsequent half-hour. Suffice it to say that the c rew's approach to the fi nal was not ideal and that they fini shed fifth , a position which in fact accurately reflected their ability . It is worth noting that only one two-te rm rowing school beat them . In the top five is good; beate n by on ly one 'equivalent' school is better. Next time the aim must be a medal! The fin al regatta was Thames Valley Pa rk and all twenty fi ve members of the squad competed. It was here that, at last, our ' B' teams demonstrated a hi~h level of competence. They may have won few races but they proved themselves technically compe tent a nd o f a very s•milar pace to equivalent crews. Their day will come! The ' A' crew had b~en concentrating on small boats and the octuple never really got going, but both the singles and the double produced promismg pe rformances. Alex Reeve progressed to his semifinal and looked to be winning his race when he unexpectedly turned left. .. But the best performance of all came in the fina l race of the season. In their double, Pe te r Sharp and James Graham lost their final by only a few feet and the winners' time was seven seconds inside the record. That was quite an achievement for a scratch crew! Overall, then, there have been no o utr ight regatta wins but plenty of races have been won and plenty of oppositio.n c rews beaten. More importantly, the squad has shown that in approach and tale nt the potential for future success IS exciting. I hope the whole sq uad will wish to take up the challenge again in January. 192

· · · · f · bl d t coaching for maintaining and setting and the squad's thanks go to Peter W illis for h•s mde a_t•ga e an ~x~~r Thanks dlso to Mr. Hooper and Lucy up~J!e boats and for the many h.ours ofdhard labour sptehnt lo~d~~gh:~~ ~~i~:~ usgio and from events, and to the catering Heise for thei.r help w1th orgamsmg an entenng, to ose fo r feedmg us at some very unusual hours. T ... J p ~ ff · 1·R ·J Mitchell Alexander Reeve, Edward The fo/RIC?whingd rpep:lelsenteDdatnll.,eelscK/Jeol~y/ a~!~e~~,r~~~;c~~~e: Sh~~~~taKe~~~~~ Brook in: James Barnes. Everett, 1c ar h1 1ps, • •

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· · • h h b • ntingent this year but contamed plenty ?f. tal~nt The J umor 14 G•rls squad was less ndm<;f~u~t Qan ~ ~ of~ic~far showed remarkable determination and Jmt.atlve and enough people to fo~m two re&u~ar qu~ s. h ~ u~ ~~~spoccupied' with other crews. Although their efforts were in carryi ng on With the•_r own trammg wh endt e Jr c~acthe girls gamed a wealth of experience and there is no reason not always rewarded w1th the s ucces~ t ey eserve • . • uad in a few years' time. At Putney they wh they should not emulate the achievements of t~e present g•rls e~~~i~alf to finish 6th out of 9. At Poplar Spr ing ha~an excellent first half o f the course, but fadei slightly over ~hte ~ ffer an asthma attack. But she valiantly determined Regatta a similar fade occurred when Kate was un. ortusnat~he~a~Y Dfstrict in a double-scull with Becky. Despite having he satisfaction of beating South West by miles. Thames to go through with her second event, representmg ou had very fe":' oulll~gs. m a double, they c~me ~h and ha~.:1 bly at National Schools'' getting into the semifinal w~ere Ditton was d 1sappomtmg but the squad per.orm very ere a in much inspired by Kate's determmed 11 they finally won a great battle against Burwayf to co~e 5th., Th•s .W~h~x~:ase~~ ~~se~' at Thames Valley Park where their stroking a nd Yuka's lively encouragement .rom t e cox s sea. hool even if L .E. H. was still too fast for them. Kate best racing start yet enable~ them to bbelatSKmlgston Gd.rJ~n~:c~~ and'Sarah the latter nobly stepping in for Leo who and Becky also competed m the Dou e cu Is, as • e . ' was unwell. There were no wins but it was all valuable expen ence. S.W.W.

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Golf f fi Th t am managed to fi nish very strongly, only losing ~ s~lection of courses includmg some of the finest, As ever we have had a busy year ":'ith a full set o Jxtures. one of its last six matches. O.nce. agaT mh w pka~cd on t~ very gno~dmission fielded one of the strongest teams to play to which we were able to do JUStice. . ~ · . · · • on, e•r ow h art of the Jure was a dinner in the evening, at the us in recent years and scored~ convmcmg Vlcto.ry. 1 ~ ~urt tD~n~an Craik for his immeasurable contribution to the invitation o f the Headmaste r , m order to recognMISC an Ot golfers both recent and less so were present and a good golf at King's over the last twe nty-seven years. any · · ·

time was had by al l. . er da at St Georges but perhaps the practice Once again T on bridge prov~d a little too strong for u~ on a very b~~~~n ytea~s fro~ Rei gate Grammar and Cr~nlei~h stood us in good stead ~or late.r 111 the season . We w~~e a!so~ea~~~~~~ Havfng got the taste for victory further v1ctones before we fina lly got mto wmmng ways asga•~st mg s C ~f e By this stage we were playing very consistently and followed against the Common Room a nd t . awrence 0 eg · 11 tivel on the way down which bodes well to handicap. The handicaps rangehd fsrom 12 to 18 u~u~~~h~?g'h~r~f~~ee~ubti/exam season with~ young team when for the future . The best result of t e ummer came a we beat Charte rhouse at St. Georges. p . AI s likely to be close it ended up T he inter-house .match was played(Bon a ved J}~a~~~~~~~~;)~~~ ~\na~;ecC~orri;:~d Campbell) ending up o~ equal being very close w1th Scho~l House ut 1er a n ~1 k the back nine. Thanks must go to C.P .N . for h1s help points. School House retamed the trophy on count ac over with the tra nsport. d b W 'IJ' am Bax with a fine score of two The Geoffrey Yo~ng Putter wa~ hel~ ~~ Bou~h~ouo~ t~eej~;~f~: ~~tte~~~m~etit\o~ at Chart Hills, at th~ generous 111 over for the front nme . We had t e pnvb egL 0 . 0M. h 11 .111 fine style Lewis will be next year's Captam of Golf. invitation of Mr. Mitchell. It was won Y ew•s IIC e · ' b d onsiderably to the successes of 1 1 This year's leavers are James Munday .anhd hM ike R sl'oiht~~~t~:;el cho~p~\~e~ g~t involved with the O .K.S .G .S. 1 1 the team over the last few years a nd we w1s t e m we or •

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Swimming

1995 Season

Lent and Summer Terms

.Another season started with the normal dread of hav in to d with some notable additio ns in the form of Caroline Ng a~d Ct~d·m~har~ ~ork, but the squad was. a~ .strong as ever ra. nnrnr. Although the re were mit ra l worries thai lower down the schoo l the squad would be very weak the a ny worries. We'd still like more, however. At the e'nd ;fet~ea~an 10 ux ~f keen Sh~lls and Removes who dispelled East ~~~icta Relays at Margate and achieved a commendable 6th l~st w(ebk '·')~as strarg ht to ~ork a~ we swam at the of tra rnrng. Pace oys and 5th place (grrls) with only one week As the season progressed, so did o ur swimming especi 11 ~ J M swimm~r's cup: One of the rea l high-points of the seas;n yw~; Warnes. cNaug ht, who was a~arded the most improve<) someth10g that rs a real milestone and for which he had k d atch•~g James break the mrnute for lOOm F reestyle off an amazing victory in a designated Open 200m F~~~t el ex!rhme Yha rd. Tom Coll10s, our star swimmer pulled National qualifying time). But all the other swimme rs mu{r wrt a t•m e of 2. 02.00 (o~ly two seconds outside the the Kent Schools Events in March . we performed ver well ~ cong ratu 1ated to~ . e~pec1ally t~ose who took part in boys were 4th in the Freestyle Relay and the Girls 5tt i b tehreM, ndoltably, agaiO , 10 the Semor Relays, where the Th s b · ' n o e ey a nd Freesty le e ummer te rm egan a little slowly with two matches b · 11 · was because they were scared of us. This' over with we sett led e_r~g can~e ed . by ou~ opponents . Rosato suggested it 10 0 ~oys te~m continued their unbeaten record. This age-grou h fn IOte ns rve S<:n es of .fi~tures, whe re the Senior P as no~ os,t a mat~h s_10ce arnv 10g a t the school, aver rmpress1ve achievement. It is now up 10 them 10 enc the C rysta l Palace for the Bath and Otter Relays T~~rage the_ {unrors. Th~ h rg hllght of the season was the day-tri~ covered in the press. King's teams both boys and girls ~~~ g r;hs .w;;re InVIted .for the first. time, a nd the event was came home j ustifiably proud of th~ir achievements w ' . tm . err carts o.ut , 10 the dauntingly lo ng 50m pool and a nd in the event for smaller boys' schools the Aldenha';JC mr~~d aJ?peann~ on the podium in both girls' ev~nts, day was also captured on video a lthough ' Mr Dav ies' til up . ere IS a rea target then , ready for next year . The 1 final match of the season Tom Coll ins manag~d 10 final~y b~d~ ~f the Lel~brt~_ry KFC was a little suspect. In the d t ~~ry 00 .S record: he now holds every school record, apart from the Breaststroke ones and we look fo Tonbridge (again). It was ~ood too, to b~ able 10 arrang/:~~t 0 fis captar~cfi' next year. We !llso managed to beat JUSt. We a ll had a lovely ume in the sun b the outdoor earn rxture wrt Cranbr~>Ok, whrch we won, but only not j ust limited to the pupils: Mr. Davies, ~ iss Price an!~' · ~nd ~ 0 "ff to go ~ack aga10 . ~uccess, incide ntally, was Gala, and, inc i?entally, Mr. Davies didn ' t deserve •10 be df~ u~~~~J fo~~h·sr lver medals 10 the Ca nterbury Masters The end_ofth rs season sees many changes for the club· D r Bq . . at backstr?ke turn . as Maste r 10 Charge of Swimming durin which time th · nd&e IS ~andiO,g o n t~e re10s after many years o f service ~enera! administr~tion have been handtelhas been exem~fa~ofe¥honallsm with whrch the club 's matches, results and rs as hrgh. Dr. Bndge has spent many ho urs b the side f ~· ere are ~ot many other schools where the standard fi lling in forms, a lthough tess noticeable are e Yuall im 0 t e J?OOI, but hrs many ho~rs in front _of a computer , and 1 the club, and will have to be careful that his! er1enc~ort~nt •. ~ not more so. Dr. Bndge wrll strll be involved with fromEa st Invic ta events , are not still called upo/ But the ~l~b'wr iiiOgnFss to hhlp o ut o n those Saturday drives to and rema rns, a long with two captains, Caroline N and Tom C s.centra strengt 'Mrs. Pam Mu~ray , o ur superb coach, seen, but who are still hard acts to fo llow gi v~n the prom. ollr~s, th~ a red surely. the best swrmmers the school has a nd Rebecca Fordham . We have also appointed Junior ca ;n~n ro e ~ aye by. thrs year's capta ins, Miche le Rosato h~ve every confidence in the m: Rache l White with He l P ~s and v~h-capta10s, to he lp promo.te the club, and we wrth Ben Re id for the boys. These ap ointment~ are en .. o unsey- ear a~ deputy, fo r the gr rls; and Will Scou Price will be taking over from both br Bridge anJ ~co'brsr_on of t~e com~l!ment and progress shown by all . Miss next year . As always, though, the club r~lies on ~any hel;;ers a~~~~s, an we h''s~ ~era g reat deal of luck, and energy, . we must t an r . Barham , ~r. Thane, Mr. McFall , and Mr. Martin for the hours they have put in It will be int~ a re so h~avily committed to a range of activiti~s especia ll {estiO~ to s~e h~w th.e cl~b fares 10 ~ scho~l w~ere pu~ils a nd semor , boy a nd gi rl individual and team 'Long rna Y .,ower . own. swrmm10g rs valuable 10 that rt mrxes JUOJor • . y 1 cont10ue.

Boys' Tennis

MIC HELEROSATOANDS. H . D .

Seniors Out of fifty sixth-form boys who opted for tennis one w ld However, the vast majonty do not want to play' in ate~~ ~xpFct to bf a~e to .select a reasonable 1st and 2nd team. Pay at a 1· he trme has come to e nd this charade as I have not the manpower or court space to waste an 1 readily in a team squad be ~sked to do other form s of exe~ci~;gt~r. I s ugg.est tha t next year's 6as who do not pa rticipate • us re1eas10g courts on games afternoons for junior players.

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The team comprised two players from 6a, 6 b and the Fifths. As such we found that against the la rger schools of sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Eastbourne a nd Brentwood, we lacked strength in depth, be ing younger a nd less experienced. This is likel¥ to ~e the sit~a~ ion for following .seasons unt il ~e can field a pu.rely sixth: form team. After some expe rimentation w1th the pamngs It became obv10us that Mass10gham and Radcliffe comb10ed well and had a very closely contested match with the Tonbridge pa ir losing 6-7, 7-5. As second pair, Jonathan Murc h and James Munday were a ble nd of flair and consistency, developing a good understanding. Justin Gardner and Daniel Broom complemented each other well as third pair, ga in10g a set against Eastbourne and beating the St. Edmund 's fi rst pa ir in a tie-break. Daniel Broom had to m1ss the later matches owing to Art G.C.S.E. and was ably replaced by Matthew Appleyard who, along with Justin Gardner, produced some fine rallies a nd positive play to beat the Dover Co lle~e first pair a nd rnake it a memorable debut. Mention also to Charles Aitken who provided cover in the first two pa1rs when James Munday had golf commitments or others were unavailable to play. His reliability and consiste ncy of shots made him a valuable partne r. Generally we won the local fi xtures comfortably e xcept St. Lawre nce, but lost against the bigger schools despite a home advantage, although many of the matches were close and involved some well-contested sets. The real success came in the G la ndvill Cup where the 1st IV play a combination of singles and doubles matc hes in a knock-out regional competition . There were early ro und wins against Simon Langton and Judd Schools, both without dropping a set, in near troptcal heat and when the fi xture list demanded four matches in seven days. Ben Massingham and Jon Murch looked confident and impressive in the singles, but met their match against good players from St. Edmund's, Dover. However James Munday and Edward Radcliffe proved to be up to the task in the ir singles matches and when Ben Massingham and Ed Radcliffe ripped into the opposition's first pa ir in the doubles, playing some of the ir best tennis of the season, winning 6- 1 in the opening set , the victory was sealed as James Munday and Jon Murch proved that our doubles play is comparitively stronger . Unfortunately, momentum was lost as we had to wait nearly a month for the semifinal match by which time A Levels had become the main focus of attention, and we lost all of the singles matches to a comretent Longley Park s ide, containing county squad players. It was a good run while it lasted and future seasons wil face similar problems of exams inte rrupting possible cup match dates, but as we have no specia list tennis players, it is a measure of the players' versatility that they can sta rt playing after Easter and in a very short season reach a reasonable standard. They will not , however, be able to matc h the schools where now some pupils have all-year coaching and dominate the regional and nationa l competitions . My thanks to Ben Massingham who played in every match and on his day can produce a confident performance, and as captain he at least improved his dress and punctuality. James Munday managed to fit in some golf in between tennis fi xtures and his unpredictable play provided moments of brilliance and humour. In Jonathan Murch there has been a growing confidence espec ia lly in hts singles play and he now possesses a more potent serve and e ffective topspin back hand. Edward Radc liffe's service improved and he became more confident at the net and read the game well. He deserves pra ise for playing matches with a gashed palm , fa lling off a wal l. It remains to be seen if h e is one piece fo r next year! As a four, there was a good spirit and a nice mixture between competitive edge and enjoying a joke. It was a pity that they did not commit themselves to playing in the Youll Cup during King's Week . S.E.A. Team: Be n Massingham (Capt.), Dan ie l Broom, Justin Gardner , James Munday, Jonathan Murch, Edward Radcliffe. Also played: Matthew Appleyard, Charles Aitken . RESULTS

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2nd VI It is increasingly diffic ult to find fixtures where there is pa rity of standa rd as we lack strength in depth against the better schools and yet we prove to be too strong for any local schools if they indeed run a sec~nd team . On paper we could have had a stronger team this year if a ll the players had been available at the same ume . Russell He_"!'ett was an obvious choice as captain as his enthusiasm and reliability plus powers of persuasion proved to be useful qua ltttes. Eleven players in all re presented the team in the seven matc hes with C harlie Aitke n and Russe_ll being a compete~! first pair and Simon Bird with Max von Papen developing an understanding if not a very constste nt game. Ear ly m the season, Tom Goodman and Ja mie Nicholson proved to be competitive a nd Len Samuelson 's serve and gro und~t rokes occasionally brought a smile to his face. Richard Le tts proved to be the most consistent of the players C0!111nually improving his game and self-confidence. Thank you to a ll the players who practised regula rly and to Alexts Ochua and Alex Ross who may find an opportunity to play next year. S.E.A. Team from : Russell Hewett (Capt.), C ha rles Aitken, Simon Bird , Tom Goodman, Richard Letts , Jamie Nic holson, Tom Robertson, Le n Samuelson, Edouard Sebline, Max von Papen, Dylan Wyn Pugh . 195

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. Thank you to all the staff who have helped through?ut the t~rm, notably C.J.R.J. and P.T. for their work with JUntor teams, but also to James Plummer and R.B.M1. for gomg away with teams. A note of thanks to theCate ~he department fo r the teas, t~e_groundstaff and to all parents who regularly supported. Mrs. Woodley and 1 look for~lng to the _new ast~oturf prov•dmg courts on Blore's fo r next season, but I would like the hard courts resurfac d . ahrd non-shp covenng as they became dangerous when wet. e wu a

Th~ Senior inter-House_com~tit ion was unfortunately without the first four players as a cup match had to take rior· In their absence t~e Muchmson s fo~r of Justm Gardner and Christopher Howard, Adam Jackson and Thomas Rbbe l!y. beat Tradescant m the final. My smcere thanks to C.J.R.J. for running the event. rtson S.E.A.

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This has been a low-key ter~ •. with the G.C.S. E. exams encroaching still further into the limited time av · and most o~th~ matches over ~llhm the ~rst three weeks. Court space has been at a premium too with ever-· alla~Jc numbers w1sh mg to play tenms at a vanety of standards. Of the six fr iendly matches arranged one agai~~~rsa~mg Valence had to be cancelled , two, against Tonbridge and Sevenoaks were lost convincingly one' agai'nst Eastb u ton brought a narrow d~feat and we had two ~ood wins , a~ainst Brent~ood and St. Edmund 's 'In th'e Kent Cu wournc, Northbourne easily 10 the first round, but Ill ness and inJury forced us to pull out of the seco~d round at the tfi ~beat D . h d"ffi I . h" s mmutc. esRI!e t e 1 ICUues mted at ab<;>ve, those in the squad made good progress during the five-week 'season' first pair, Matt Appleyard co~trolled _his fierce forehand and serv ice increasingly well and Chris Howard tops un s · At excellent backha~ds and ret~Ieved _with Impressive speed around the court. The second pair, of Angus Blactft,urn °~~ Ed D~le Jo_nes h1t freely with their g~oundstr<;>kes and began to learn how to use thei r height and reach at the a At thi rd pa1r, Ada'!! Tarr looked styhsh, particularly on the forehand, and Ben White showed an intelligent m ne~ awarness_and_ gr~wmgnuency. I hope t~at they have enjoyed their tennis and will all kee Ia in durin them ate ahea~. I! JUSt 1sn t possible to compete With players who regularly play at clubs without a re~lf,y pyosiYive attiYude towontdhs practice. • ar s "" M h C.J. R.J. 1_eam: att ew Appleyard (Capt.) , Angus Blackburn, Edward Dale Jones Christopher Howard Adam Tarr Be · · White. • • • nJamm Also played: Daniel Broom, Justin Gardner, Nicholas Hopkins, James Patrick. R ESULTS

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~x~epuon, with our boys fat! mg to wm a set agamst some exceptional play by thetr opponents. A few days later both A teams travelled to Tonbndge, a school whose tennis is improving by the season. Partly through poor team selection by myself, we lost the Under 15A match by two sets to seven. It was on this day that the number two air Mark Sweny and Mark Preston showed that the ~x1sting rankings needed to be corrected. The Under 14 As, playfng in their first match, went dow!l courag~ously ~y mne sets to three. Many matches were extremely close. Simon Jennings and Ian Meyers we_re. particularly Impressive. A week_end or so later the Under 14s really came into their own against Br~ntwoo~ . Th1s IS partly due to the number one patr! London and Neame start ing to play some very impressive tennis. W~th c~nsistent play by the numbe~ two and three pa1rs we were able to record a crushing victory, the winning margin bemg m_ne sets to one. Concentration lapses meant that the Under 15s lost the contest against their opponents by five se.ts I? srx. We needed to show a lot more backbone. Thankfully the Under 15s were able to hit form against Cranbrook wmnmg ~y Stx and a half matches t~ two and a half matches. An enlarged Under 14A team of fo ur pairs hosted Sevenoaks on a particularly pleasent summers afternoon. Although we went down , quite narrowly as it turned out, there was some excellent play. Sam London must be .co~gratulate~ on how ,_after losing the first set to love to his opposite number, h~ came back to take the second set convmcmgly. Thts ts the kmd of gnt and determination which has characterised hts play all term . 196

On request a weakened Under 15 team took on Kent College. The surprisingly competent opposition ~ave us a real run for our money. The match was decided in our favour in the last round . Both teams then made the tnp to Du lwrch College. Whi lst the Under 14s had a very easy time of it , cruising to victory by three and a half matches to .a half, the Under 15s had to work extremely hard to clinch victory. School House and Tradescant met in the final of the Junior inter-House competition. Tradescant ran out easy winners. Now to some of the players. In the Under 14 age group Ivo Neame and Sam London possess much talent. I v~ probably needs to develop a more potent killer instinct. The number two pair of Simon Jennings and Ian ~eye r have_tmpressed no end with their methodical and intelligent play . Meyer's play at net has been superb. With ttme they will develop the necessary strength to play a more aggressive type of tennis. With a touch more grit to his temperament Toby Nathan could explort the not inconsiderable talent which currently lies latent. You ng and Tomlinson have both represcnter, the school. In the Under 15 age group the outstand ing player of the year was Mark Preston. Paired with either Mark Swcn)' or Edward Immink, a very competit ive fi rst team second or third pairing might emerge next sea~on . Pavan Mnkh1 is very talented but must realise that fitness is the key to tennis competency as well as a gut determmauon to succeed. Tristan Byrnes and James Bride! were models for the rest as far as determination and doggedness are concerned. T~ey attended all the training sessions. Tristan and James have made significant strides this seas<;>n. Bo!h are now very combatrve players, consistency being the key. With a touch more patience Hu~o M acP~ erson wtll be ~n the runnmg for a tear_n pl a c ~ ne_xt. Jona_ than W~rren has the potential to compete but only rf he begms to work senously on hiS fit ness. Hrs servrce IS very 1mpressrve. This has been a most satisfactory season. I think team and non team members have enjoyed their tennis. If we are to compete with the very best, though players must try to play as much throughout the autumn and wmter months . P.T . Under 15 Team: Mark Preston (Capt. ), James Bride! , Tristan Byrnes , Edward Imm ink, Paven Mukhi , Hugo MacPherson , Thomas Shelford, Mark Sweney , Jonathan Warren. Under 14 Team: Ian Meyer (Capt .), Robbie Doble, Simon Jennings , Samuel London, Ivo Neame, James Tomlinson, Samuel Young. R ESULTS

Under 15s Under 14s v Sevenoaks (A) . Lost 0-9 v Tonbridge (A) . Lost 3-9 v Tonbridge (A). Lost 2-7 v Brentwood (H). Won 9-1 v Brentwood (H). Lost 5-6 v Sevenoaks (H). Lost 6-9 v Cranbrook. Won 7-3 v Dulwich College. Won 7-1 v Kent College (H). Won 5-4 v Dulwich College (A). Won 7-5 Tradescant House are winners of the Junior inter-House competition.

Girls' Tennis 1st VI Despite a rather uncertain lead up to the season with the unfortunate loss of two strong players, Valerie Scaletta and Bex F., the season was by no means a disappointing one. Many convincing victories were obtained, most _notably against Kent College and Dover College. The overall results were fi ve matches ~on and three lost. Perhaps the htghhght of the season was the success in the Aberdare Cup, where we reached the semt finals, losmg to Bromley Htgh School. Indeed in the first two rounds we had a run of ten matches won without any conceded . There has certainly not been a shortage of up and coming talent, in fac t quite the opposite. Kate's game in particular has developed greatly over the last year and she proved to be a worthy player who was a flex ible and enthusiastic member of the team. Jo and Amy complemented each other's style of play to produce some good results a~d m~ch potential for the fut ure. Similarly, Suste and Clare played well together and battled to many well-fought victories . Our relative success could not have been achieved without the help of Lucy Row~ whose strong and skillfu! pl~y complemented by her great determination to win was an invaluable asset to the team . I w1sh her all the best for captamsh1p and a prosperous season next year. Special thanks to all those who stepped in to fi ll gaps at such short notice , especially amidst exams, and fi nally to Mrs. Woodley for her constant support and adv ice which was much appreciated by all. LOUISE H ALL.

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For the team it was und<;>ubtedly a good _term, because a part from Benenden we remained unbeate n. Indeed we rar conced~d a game, our mam advantage be mg that we did not rely just o n the stre ngths of o ne or two layers as ely teams dtd. Instead we had thre~ couples who were co_n~istent througho ut the seaso n. T heresa Boyce and Louise s 0ut.her pia :red toget~er as the fi rst patr - to be on the recetvmg end of T heresa 's killer fo rehand is very de mand in qd tres a mce expe n ence . g an not ! he second coup!~ consist in~ o,f Jo Martin and Kim Farra r were also an unbeatable pair, a result of excellent tea mwork, Jo s left-ha nded sktlls and Ktm s powerful g ro und strokes.

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B~nenden were also the ~nly t~am to beat us in the inte r-school matc hes, with Alice Walke r and Jessie G ulland makmg up a very strong th trd patr for these games, especia lly towards the e nd of the season. Special thanks goes to Miss Smith for all he r support d uring the term a nd fo r o rganising o ur team of matches. LOUISE SQUIRES.

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v Sevenoaks (H). Won 8-1 in sets v Kent College (H) . Won 6-0 in sets (MB) v Ursuline Convent (H). Won 6·0 in sets (MB) v Queen Elizabeth's School (A) . Won 6-0 (MB) v Benenden (A) . Lost 3-6 in sets (MB) v Sutton Valence (A) . Won 8-1

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Under 14 A and B VIs This has been a most successfu l and enjoyable season for the Shell girls at King's. The standa rd of tennis_ has been very high. All those involved have shown a hig h level of e nthusiasm and commitment and have on all occas1ons been good ambassadors for the school. In the 'A ' team the first couple were Jul ia Wharfe a nd Nicky Murch . They repeatedly showed excellent ground strokes a nd go~d tac~ics and have come to the net more frequen~l y , and to goo? effect. Charlotte Tyd_eman, Tessa Dain and Soph te Dam played re gularly for the ' A' team , makmg many convmc mg shots and_ sho wmg excellent concentration . Eliana Katsiouni , Emily Perkin , Athena Chenery and Da nielle Rowe a lso played m a number of 'A' team matches , a nd the ir contr ibutions were also much appreciated . All these girls show rea l prom1se for the futu re. Those who played in ' B' team matches against Sevenoaks (won 6:3) Simo n Langton Girls School (won 6:3) and Benenden (lost 0 :9) a re also to be commended fo r the ir efforts and team spirit. Those who played in ' B' matches a nd we re reserves were Sasha Ball , Sarah Bainbridge, Athena Chenery , Harriet Shere, Danielle Rowe, Emily Hague a nd Clare Bolton . R ESULTS

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Yachting This was my sixth voyage on Mulberry, Mr. Irvine's sple ndid Moody 376. Once again , there were a few new me_mbe rs of the crew , from the ever-g row ing yachting club , who joined the 'old hands' on Mulberry. They ~ere Ben Re t? and He nry Bruce, joining T homas Everett a nd Paul T se rgas with D r. Maltby as skipper and Mr. Irvme as ' Adm tral' . Afte r making a prompt departure from Cante rbury we arrived at Port Solent soon after 3:30p.m. We immedia tely boarded M ulberry and stowed our luggage away in our cabins. W hilst Ben and Henry we re being given the ir lifejackets, harnesses and waterproofs and were to ld about the emer~ency proced ures and safety precautions on board , Tom and Paul went in search of the essential victua ls: cans of dnnk and yoghurts ! About an hour later , M ulben y and c rew were afl oat and locking out of Port Solent. Unfortunately, the prospect o f ta lking against a fo rce 7-8 south-westerly all the way to Cherbourg was not relished by a nyo ne, and so a ll thoughts of a Channel c rossing we re aba ndoned . Soon we were in the open wate rs to the south of G osport , calmly sail ing towards o ur new des!ination on . the Isle of W ight, F ishbourne, where we planned to stay the night. When we arrived there, a fter a relaxmg first sa t! o f the trip, we were on a fa ll ing tide and with only I : I metres of water below us we decided that we would have to move on. Firstly , however , Dr . Maltby had to deliver his son's fo rgotten walkman, whic h meant that the inflatable would have to be launched . During the transfer of the outboard 's safety 'key' to the inflatable, it ended up in the wate r _(no names mentioned) ... and sank: T his meant that Tom a nd Paul had to be H .R.O .M. 's personal oarsmen fo r the e ve n mg. Half an hour later, we anchored in Osbourne Bay, the favourite royal bathing place of Queen Victoria. After a sat i sf~ i ng mea l cooked by H.R.O.M . himself, and having watc hed the sun se t over the S o l ~nt w~ bedded down for the ~ t g ht only to be woken up at 3:00a.m . by plates smashing on the fl oor and the boat rockmg wildly thanks to a n excesstve ly fast motorboat. On Sunday morning we got up at the relatively late time of 8: 00 a. m . with the intentio n of reac h in~ e ither Weymouth or Poole by the evening. Soon afte r breakfast we hoisted sails and we we re underway in winds g ustmg_ up to 35 knots. O nce we had passed Cowes we realised that if we were going to be able to control the yacht at a ll m wmds of thts speed , the n the sails would have to be reefed quite considerably . Despite the reefi ng of the sails , there was not a moment for the rest of the day whe n the yacht was even nearing vertical. The fin al couple of miles of the Solent _needed_the expertise of our ' Admiral' who ntftily steered thro ugh a fl eet of about a hundred little yachts who were racmg stratght towards us and then took us through the treache ro us wate rs between Hurst Castle a nd Alum Bay. Afte r three hours Poole, our decided destination, was in s ig ht. He nry took us to the entrance of the passage l ead i ~g into Poole Harbour. Paul the n took the helm a nd , as the wind seemed to be dymg, we let out some more foresatl , which pleased Pa ul as his main a im seemed to be to ma ke M ulberry as fast as she could go ! We r eac hed 9 .2 _knots at whic h point, with eve n T om and Paul on the wheel, she became uncontrollable and the foresail was taken 111 for fear of ramming a nother vessel in the channel. Aft er waiti ng for the c hain-ferry to get out of o ur way , we sa iled to withi n te n metres of the quay without the use of the e ngine; quite a feat. (Yachtmaster Maltby, he re we come!) 199

Once we were securely moored alongs ide another yacht the shoreline d · h anoth.er hot drink , we set out to find the showers. As it is ,' there only seesmasnto sg;~~gs ~d bee~ fastened and we had rowd1est pub. (We were 'serenaded' by some fairly ' interesting' songs) After a wa ~e s owe~ 1 ~ Poole ... next to the n er aroun t e town, Paul cooked supper for the crew, again a meal of the highest qualit And then it. wast' Poole, only to return to ~u/berry and find that the yacht f~side us was planning ~~~ ~~ce lmf~r.: f6.rooanother str oll around us all to get an early mght. ve e Y · a. m. Th1s prompted

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SPEECH DAY 1995 My Lord Mayor, Mr. Dean: It gives me the greatest pleasure to welcome you, my Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, to our Commemoration Day. You are, of course, no strangers here as you have been parents. Indeed your son Edward's cartoon of me adorns the entrance to my study in Lattergate. It depicts myself holding a large hamburger and a bottle of ketchup. When I objected to the fact that, to the best of my knowledge, I have never put ketchup on a hamburger, one of my colleagues remarked that perhaps this was a case where fiction was better than fact. I could have been dep icted holding something else. We have all been delighted in your election as Lord Mayor, and we know that you and your wife, who have already given so much to this city, will expend yourselves this year in untiring service for others. It remains a tribute to our society that people such as you are still prepared to do this, and we at King 's continue to be gratefu l for all the benefits that we receive from being citizens of this beautiful place. We wish you both a very happy term of office. It has been a particular pleasure for me to have had Richard Holloway, Primus of Scotland , to preach at our Commemoration Service. We met in Oxford many years ago and Richard was an enormous help to chaplains and undergraduates alike. Scotland is fortunate indeed to have him at the helm. Selfishly, many of us wish he were near at hand. After today's sermon you will know why. I am delighted that I am to be succeeded by Keith Wilkinson, Headmaster of Berkhamsted. Early last autumn I invited him to preach at Mattins this summer, little realising that by the time he came to do his preachment he would have been shortlisted to succeed me. To his horror, he found he had forgotten his dog collar and back stud. Luckily we have the same neck size, so I could supply both. I felt like El ijah passing his cloak to his successor, Elisha. King's is very fortunate in Keith Wilkinson' s appointment. T his year has, perhaps, been most characterised in the Common Room by the number of people who have come and helped us out of specific difficulties. My first task this afternoon is to thank them. During our year without a Director of Music, John Shepherd has been helping with the academic teaching. The English department has benefited from Mrs. Sara MacKenzie, mother of three King' s pupils, who will , happily , remain with us teaching some drama and classical civilisation, and Mrs. Stephanie Rudgard-Redsell , herself an O.K.S. Then, during my absence, Mrs. Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok returned to the School to reach my lessons for me. I like to think she was repaying a debt since I taught her as an under~raduate at Girton. Finally, Dr. Michael Ody from the University of Kent has been teaching m the Mathematics department to the very great benefit of our sixth-formers. To them all, a hearty thank you. There have already been departures during the year. Lee Campbell spent the Lent term in Blackfriars as our Artist in Residence. It was a particular disappointment to me that I should have been absent at this time. Her stud ies, undertaken in the Cleary Gallery, some of which are on exhibition in the foyer of this hall , have been very much admired. Anthony Alderson, in defin ing the role of Drama Technician, benefited many pupils, as we saw in both main and House productio ns. He was a delight to have around the School and we miss him . We wish him well on his travels . If Lee Campbell was ou r first Artist in Residence - though we have had both a Poet and Composer in Residence - Nicholas Phillis and Mark Perrett have pioneered the first exchange of teachers with South Africa under the Commonwealth scheme since South Africa returned to the fold. Letters from the new South Africa depict an ecstatic Nick Phillis, and we wonder quite how he will be able to confine himself to the limitations of the Precincts on his return next January . Mark Perrett and his family have instead had to d iscover that there is nothing predictable about British weather, but the way in which Mark has thrown himself into every aspect of School life has been most warmly appreciated. It is hard to believe that they are only here for a year. 20 1

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exemplified by his own high standards of teaching as Head of Physics. He has never asked anyone to do what he himself would not do, and he has always asked rather than ordered. Indeed, it is in his relations with others that perhaps his greatest distinction lies. This, of course, has been seen in the Common Room, where he has acted as President with considerable charm and skill. As the only member of the Senior Management Team to have been appointed by my predecessor, he has been invaluable to the Lower Master, the Senior Mistress, and myself. I hope it does not sound too sentimental, but none of us have fathers and, in a way, for all of us Chris has very much been the father. Like the others in the team, he has saved me from making many stupid errors, and sometimes had to pick me up from the ones I did make. He has always given total support, even when he was not utterly convinced of the wisdom of what I was doing. He has never allowed any personal disappointment to cloud his dealings with others. His generosity of time, energy and commitment is proverbial. I never knew Chris as the bachelor Housemaster and teacher, so for me it has always been Chris and June. I have no doubt at all that the benefits the School has reaped from Chris's wisdom, care and affection have had, as part of their enabler, June. It is very fittmg that this term 's charity should be the National Centre for Cued Speech for the Deaf, which June founded and brought to. Canterbury on her marriage, and from which she now retires, though remaining a consultant. When a new history of the King's School is written, Chris Millar should have a prominent place in the description of the second half of this century. It is men such as he who enable Headmasters to perform their office and I know that without him so much of what has been achieved, with the introduction of co-education and the raising of academic standards, would never have occurred. Happily , Chris and June will be near at hand, and I know Chris will ensure the smooth succession to Brian Turner who will have the title of Director of Studies. We wish him every success. But there is only one description appropriate to Chris, and that is Master of Studies. Thank you, Chris . This has been a year of travel. Geographers and geologists in Iceland and shortly in Eire, theologians in Sinai, musicians in France and Germany, and rugby players and hockey players about to embark for South America. Vicky and I have joined in the travel , first on camels in Sinai, and then sailing from Cardiff in January into a gale force II , gusting 12. We thank the Governors for the opportunity of sabbatical leave which enabled us to visit St. Helena and go on to South Africa. As many of you know, it was a romantic journey, as we got engaged in Cape Town and this was our silver wedding. Indeed, on one occasion on the beach we were even mistaken for honeymooners. I had better say no more. What was, though, exciting was to be in the new South Africa. Many of our oldest friends have spent their lives opposing apartheid , either from within South Africa at not inconsiderable risk, or as exiles. To see them free in their own land, many in high office, and to recognise the vision and enthusiasm which they were bringing to creating a new order out of the miracle which Mandela and De Klerk have already achieved, fired one's imagination. Of course, South Africa has enormous problems. Unemployment, housing, crime are massive, though the only mugging I experienced was by a baboon. South Africa desperately needs investment and this country , which was so tardy in opposing apartheid , certainly has a duty to be at the forefront of ensuring that the miracle her leaders have wrought becomes reality and not myth. During our stay in Cape Town I noticed a cartoon in the paper. It depicted a very large man with two shadows , one big, falling one way and one small , falling another. The big one had written across it 'apartheid ' and the small one 'crime'. The caption read 'We have taken the big decision'. With that kind of spirit, and with the leaders which adversity has thrown up , South Africa deserves to succee'd , an~ the staging of the Rugby World Cup, with its fairy-tale ending, is a wonderful tribute to the achievements of the first year of the new regime. Returning home was a depressing experience. Here the newspapers were full of scandal, betrayal and dishonesty in almost every section of public life. Had anyone heard of the virtue of integrity? Instead, we came back to the lottery society , a society where a few get rich at the expense of others. Certainly education, health and transport for the vast majority of the people of this country 203

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1 pray that that indeed may be the reality of this. place. , . Vicky and I were very privileged to attend t~e weddmg of Robert and Sally Horton s son S1mon. The bride's cousin proposed the health of bnde ~nd groom. He ~anted to thank a lot of people and at the end of each section he said the one Italian word, complimente. It would take too lo~g 'f I were to thank you all personally - so I must resort to the plural form. To my academic ~olleagues, to those who work in the se~retarial, ~ursar~al, catenng and works departments, to you parents, and especially to you pupils, comp1Iment1.

DISTINCTIONS 1994-95 SCHOLARS ELECTED 1995 KING'S SCHOLARSHIPS ROHAN WIJESURENDRA REBECCA INGLIS ADRIAN FRADD ROBERT PRACEY -SMITH ANDREA HUNT PETER LAWRENCE ALEXIS MURRAY -JONES MELISSA GAINSFORD SAMUEL LONDON ANNE DAVIES EDWARD POWELL-JACKSON ZOE JAGELMAN YORICK MOES ALASTAIR LAING CAMILLA COOK SOPHIE CHAPMAN TIMOTHY JACKLING

Junior King's School Windlesham House Downsend School, Leatherhead Junior King's School Milbourne Lodge Junior King's School Junior King's School Junior King 's School Trevor Roberts and The King's School St. John's College School, Cambridge Junior King's School St. John's College School, Cambridge Ripley Court, Surrey Cumnor House, Sussex Cumnor House, Sussex Wellesley House The Hall, Hampstead

SIXTH FORM SCHOLARSHIPS HANNAH BEATSON ALEID FORD KATHRYN SPALL

Oxford High School Michael Hall School, Forest Row Sir Roger Manwood' s, Sandwich

HONORARY KING'S SCHOLARSHIPS ALANNA FRASER CAROLINE NG

The King' s School, Canterbury The King's School, Canterbury

ART SCHOLARSHIPS DANIEL CARTWRIGHT ANNE DAVIES

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CLEARY ART SCHOLARSHIPS MADELEINE PRESTON ALEXANDER REYNOLDS VENETIA TAYLOR MALCOLM TODD

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KING'S WEEK 1995 THE ODYSSEY Homer's narrative never strays far from the 'wave of the loud - roaring sea' , and this splendid production of Derek Walcott's play was flayed before a triumphant, overarching ' wave', assisted by evocative sounds from the technica crew. The wave - a triumph of construction - was both practical, enabling characters who half-climbed it to achieve a dominant position; and symbolic, showing how the action of the drama curled round upon itself so that 'we may our ends by our beginnings know ' . Otherwise the set , as we took our seats, was simple but suggestive: a mighty sand-pit, a wooden ramp , and array of promising poles, one or two beer barrels, and a magnificent bronze figure-of-eight shield, which Schliemann would have given his eye-teeth to excavate. Homer , however, this was not; and the umbilical was cut abruptly with the first appearance of Bille Blue (Harriet Burgess) singing moodily in a West Indian vein and providing a thread to bind the narrative together. She was blind , giving a new twist to the Tiresian paradox of the blind seer, and in this at least she reflected traditions of Homer the blind rhapsode. But Homer would not have had an offering tossed so casually to Achilles' tomb or a buddy-friendly discussion between Odysseus (Joshua Cole) and Thersites (Tom Kenwright): this is new territory, where the old assumptions of class differences have been exploded and survival seems preferable to death and glory. With the aid of a few planks the sandpit transmutes to a ship ; and a lively crew, full of banter and responding to the beat of a drum , whisk Odysseus off into the unknown . (Dramatic licence, and the need for the helmsman (Tom Goodman) to make his mark, presumably explain the apparent backwards course of the boat. ) A persuasive storm brings shipwreck, and we find ourselves on the beach at Scheria, in the delicate company of young girls, with little on their juvenile minds but men. There were well-timed and uninhibited performances here (and elsewhere) from Delia Williams , Rachel Hill and Charlotte Westenra. (That we have at last shaken off the selfconsciousness of younger actors must be a tribute to the quality and pervasiveness of drama in the school and is not just a feature of this production.) The off-stage shout of the Sche rians looks forward to other such events, notably the roaring of the suitors, and Odysseus is brought into male company again so that he can excel in the Games. Here the excitement of the wrestling (again looking forward to the final scene with the suitors) and the javelin-throwing was well suggested : Tom Goodman's roar as he launched his javelin into School House rattled some pigeons' feathers. Yet at this moment of passing triumph for Odysseus, he is persuaded to tell his story and he reminds us that: 'Troy 's wind has touched every island with its ashes.' The land of the Cyclops is a bleak and bigoted land of brutality and despotism, reminiscent of Joyce. Tom Kenwright was engaging as the Philosopher who was savagely suppressed; and the Cyclops himself (Hamish Lemmens), given height by the ramp an~ blocked boots, and with his single eye not over-emphasised , managed the balance between humour ('Don' t stare! ' , he says to Odysseus) and horror (the barbecue of Odysseus' men) effectively, never losing control of the audience. Walcott's play skates lightly over all The Odyssey and some of The Iliad. It is therefore not surprisingly to find much compression , and he does seem to blur the boundaries between C irce and Calypso. We see Odysseus tempted by a crew whose use of the lotus would have put antinarcotics agencies on red alert - 'How do you feel, sailor?' ' In a different archipelago. ' He even takes an exploratory taste for himself, necessitating rescue by the ever-faithful Eurylochus (Jamie Nicholson) , who played the solid , dependable Number 2 with enough ease to hold the stage alone from time to time when Odysseus was allowed a rare break in the wings . A powerful Circe (Helena Ancock) , resplendent in tight corsage and split skirt, and her g irls, sinuous and sensuous, soon tempt Odysseus' men to behave like pigs. Different rules seem to apply to Odysseus, who has had divine help, and he seems tempted to stay under the covers with Circe even after a striking intervention by Athena (Sarah Winchester). Fate demands, however, that he descend to the Underworld . 2 13

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Just as the ~arkness begins ~o fall. on this production, and the first bats to fly, torches are lit and we see a h1ghly atmosphenc bunal scene, where Odysseus' mother (Lucy Rowe) is swathed in gold cloth . Elpenor (Tom Goodman) , recently killed 'by the blades of a propeller' (Walcott like Christopher Logue in War Music , catapulting us back to the twentieth century) , makes~ moving attempt to communicate across the gulf with his leader; and Tiresias (Jamie Nicholson) gives Odysseus an insight into the future - with Penelope (Ruth Kirk) picked out by the lights on the stone steps to the side of the set. The wooden ramp becomes a raft, upon which Odysseus (un-Homerically) rejects the advances of two decorous mermaids (Georgina Leigh-Pemberton and C harlotte Westenra) - 'Too much raw fish ' - and then (good theatre, this) recovers his c rew mysteriously from beneath the raft. The Sirens seem to ascend into the sky as they climb the wave (though their descent is less easy to manage), and Odysseus' struggle to tear himself from the mast to which his crew had roped him, works well; as does the torture of Odysseus by his men to represent the terrible dilemma of Scylla and Charybdis. And now Odysseus, alerted by Athena , realises that he has come back to Ithaca, and it was one of the pleasures of this production to see that realisation slowly dawning on Joshua Cole's face. He soon meets with Eumaeus, intelligently played by Luke Toulson, who invites him to 'my hovel' and reminisces about how 'we were great in our day', as the two of them consider the problem posed by the suitors, whose off-stage roaring declares their presence. Dogs in this production are kept firmly in the imagination , so local canines missed the ir big break. Eurycleia the Nurse is well real ised by a blacked-up Eleanor Kingsbury in vigorous West Indian mode: accent and body movement add humour and pathos. The suitors are now seen to reflect the creatures of the imagination whom Odysseus has met on his wanderings: everyone will remember how graphically the patch-eyed Arnaeus (Hamish Lemmens) demonstrates the crushing of Odysseus' eyeballs like raw eggs. Odysseus' son Telemachus (Malcolm Todd) , is not surprisingly full of distrust for Odysseus and even aggressive towards him: the Nurse has great difficulty making the two embrace. Penelope, elegant and graceful , also has to be won over, and Odysseus here displays a whole range of body gesture as he sits, attempting to persuade her. As the suitors mock Odysseus, Christ-like , with a crown of thorns, the hero seems to grow in stature before our eyes. The bow is strung and battle commences, carefully choreographed and lit. Joshua Cole's performance as Odysseus will be remembered. Spare, but wiry, with a back ravaged by the sun and salt, he radiated authority on stage. Whether in motion or stationary, he kept our attention, acting with body, face and eyes, as well as voice. It is no mean tribute to him that a performance which ran for the better part of two hours seemed nothing like as long. But this is also a tribute to the whole of a large and versatile company and to the Direction: even on the first night, when there had been little chance of rehearsal with lights, all seemed to run effortlessly , and not for a moment was the audience kept waiting. Costumes were ethnic and very professional. If I search for criticism, audibility was not always what it should have been, and some details of a fairly intricate dialogue were lost to this reviewer. Perhaps only a Greek theatre would help with the acoustics: the angle and the size of the arena were very demanding, and the twittering of swallows and frisking of pigeons were additional hazards. A second gripe is that the family in front of me seemed, with good reason, puzzled by the (double) reference in the programme to a 'bay' (sic) of winds. But this is small beer, and the production as a whole made a powe rful and memorable impression. M.J.T.

IPHIGENIA To lift a well-known Euripidean tragdy from the Olympian heights of the definitive epic-heroic tradition itself, and then to adapt it to the needs and limits of a King's Week fringe production is ambitious indeed. In re-writing and re-creating Iphigenia at Au/is into a 45-minute words, song and dance pastiche, Giles Smart and Fiona Phillips were attempting to capture the mood and stuff of the original - the pathos of Iphigenia 's death , the senseless sacrifice of an individual for a nebulous and intangible end, the haunting dramatic irony- without attempting to reproduce Euripides himself. It worked; and worked so well that it pointed to the best route (I think) for school productions of Greek tragedy. 214 (M .P.H.D.)

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OUR DAY OUT For Mrs. Kay's Progress Class it was Our Day Out in Willx Rushton's play. For me, too, it was a Day Out; a day out from 1970 when, during my first year of teaching, I took my Remedial Class to Brighton for the day. It was as if I had met the entire class again. They were all there, and I still recognised them all: Carol, the lost, unloved child, yearning for something beautiful to brighten her dull life, feeling the agony of loss, even in the pleasure of the day; Linda, sexually precocious, outwardly street-wise, yet longing for someone to take her away from the drabness of her life to an ever-after of warmth and happiness; Maurice, cheerful and resilient, in spite of the fact that he had absolutely nothing gomg for him; Jackie and Pauline, so intellectually stunted by their home environments that they were incapable of being anything but 'bleedin' bored'. Willy Rushton's script cries out for someone with Sara Mackenzie's first-hand knowledge of remedial and underprivileged children to give it credibility. It was such knowledge which gave her direction of Our Day Out its authenticity, vitality and pathos. The entire cast communicated vibrantly the frustration and hopelessness of staff, and pupils, trapped by poverty. In turn, they were all pathetic , fragile, funny and tragic. At one moment we were laughing with them, at the next , we wanted to cry. Indeed , I was so much involved 2 15 (M.P. H . D.)

with this production that I could barely separate fiction from reality. Tom Mackenzie was so utterly convincing as Mr. Briggs, the archetypal authoritarian school teacher, that when I laughed at him, together with his pupils, I stopped, suddenly afraid that he might tum round and tell me off. Jessica Stephens was very well cast as the idealistic Mrs. Kay. She brought real warmth to her part, convi~cing us of her ~ove for he~ rupils, and her desire to do what she coul~ to give them at least a httle taste of happmess, even tf tt was only a really good day out. We were mdignant when Mr. Briggs accused her of being a woolly-minded liberal. Woolly-minded she was not ' but serene and clear-sighted . Helen Mounsey-Thear as Carol won our immediate sympathy . She skilfully sustained her air of waif-like simplicity and longing. To share this was almost painful , particularly in her delivery of Couldn 't It Al ways Like This? Hannah Mackenzie gave a strong performance throughout as Linda, bringing an aura of naive yet street-wise humour to her part, and notably to her songs, particularly I'm in Love with Si/ Notable cameo performances came from James Longstaffe as the gruff, but kindly coach-driver Tom Pickering as the chirpy Maurice, Mark Westlake as the wide boy Reilly, as well as Ale~ Marden and Melanie Siddons who said of each experience: ' It's borin', bleedin' borin' - there's nothin' to do' . The credibility of this production , and the performances of all involved, gave the appreciative audiences such empathy with the pupils that when Mr. Briggs sneeringly said to Mrs. Kay 'You're on their side, aren't you?', we wanted to cry out, 'Of course we are! What other side could there possibly be?'. Congratulations to Sara Mackenzie, and to all the cast, who, in spite of the difficulties of giving a performance in a setting surrounded by traffic, and other noise, gave us a wonderful afternoon 's entertainment, as well as much on which to reflect. J.M.R.

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THE ANCIENT MARINER This was a super little dramatisation of Coleridge's poem by Michael Bogdanov acted with wonderful enthusiasm by a very young group of actors. It complemented everything else that was going on in King's Week and provided a welcome little island of romanticism and flights of fancy. The play took place within Lux moore gardens which provided a charming backdrop. The only disadvantage of this was the fact that the auditorium sloped backwards away from the stage (owing to lack of raked seating) and that this reviewer stupidly sat himself behind a tree! Perhaps next time the gardens should be relandscaped . The actors coped with this superbly, however, as they used all the space available well, and also explored the full height of the amazing set which comprised mast, expertly rigged rigging, expertly flagged flagging, and an entire bow of a sailing ship. Many hearty congratulations to Dennis the carpenter from Bailey Builders who stepped in to produce this stunning piece of work. I hope he got enough cups of tea while he was working! Anyone coming to Luxmoore to see the play was therefore greeted with great enthusiasm by what looked like a real-life schooner, rising with dignity from the grass . The play began with a lovely wedding dance excellently choreographed by Mary Woodma~. No detail was missed out, and even the musicians, Jo McConnell, Michael McConnell, and Juha Wharfe (the latter having a perfect naval name!) were bedecked (!) in suitable attire. Geor~e Taylor then emerged, with a good coup de theatre , from the bow of the ship , and began to rectte the incredible story that is so famous today with authority, understanding, and skill . He ha? a very difficult role, as the Ancient Mariner narrating to Wedding Guests, but kept the story rollt~g in time with the ship, and the rhythm of Coleridge's lines. The rest of the cast played off htm well, making sure that our attention was always well-focused. The production moved quickly' 2 16

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and, with some cunningly simple changes of costume and scene, took us on a tour of Coleridge's sometimes chilling, but always enthralling world. You never knew where someone was going 10 appear from next. The musical pieces were very well handled, with excellent accompaniment, some very strong singing from Charles Rice, and a clear balance of sound (not something easy to achieve out of doors - well done Tom Holliday and Martin Tennick, Esq.) and helped keep up the momentum and enthusiasm so important to the story. The show ended with a hearty singalong involving most members of the audience thus: For the raging seas did roar And the stormy winds did blow And the land-lubbers lying down below, below, below, And the land-lubbers lying down below. Indeed, this was not an easy production to put on. Junior Plays are by definition harder than senior ones, and one has to be careful to limit the drama to the stage. Set crises were handled with stoic calm by the directors and cast alike, and the weather conditions on Sunday were appalling as storm scenes were re-created rather too realistically. I am glad that on Monday the cast were able to perform the play in favou rable conditions, because it certainly looked as if they enjoyed it. I want to quote one of the programme notes in order to sum up the essence of this production: 'There is a company of twenty-two actors who will be acting, singing and dancing'. It would be churlish, then, with such a group effort, to single people out. But somebody has to be in charge, and the two noble bosses, Lindsay Gabitass and Fiona Tennick, with 'chief grip' Olive Creissen, put in a great deal of time and energy into this production to the benefit of cast, crew, and audience. Will they do it again?! S.H.D.

KIDACO GYM, DANCE AND LIGHT KiDaCo (The King's Dance Company) promised 'An Extravaganza' and this it certainly proved to be. Yuka Mizota literally 'kicked off' with a fiery routine set to an extract from Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre. She transfixed the audience right from the start with the swirling and sinuous moves which she had choreographed herself. This led on to a greatly varied programme in terms of tempo, tone and focus, showing the team of ten dancers from various year-groups to be highly skilled and accomplished. What was notable about the choreography of this production was the input from the dancers themselves. Their inspiration having been stimulated by visits to touring dance companies, they developed startling and original gym and dance routines which combined energy and control. (Sarah Hubbard-Ford's expression during a highly strenuous balancing act said it all!) Alice Walker and Jane Virden also executed breathtaking acrobatic moves to music from the film Chariots ofFire. This produced gasps of admiration and bursts of applause from the audience (and caused Mrs. Watson's son to exclaim, 'Cool, Alice!'). One of the most enjoyable routines was the Grand Finale, set to New York, New York. This involved nearly all the troupe in a cane-twirling, legkicking and hat-throwing piece which got all of the audience tapping their feet. T his production owed much to Adam Fendius who skilfully co-ordinated his light displays to match the movements of the music, as well as incorporating dazzling pyrotechnics. Although the intervals of light displays were at times rather lengthy, they complemented the dance sections well and were enjoyable and entertaining in themselves. Miss Price and her team are to be applauded on an excellent production; their previous displays had set a precedent which everyone thought would be hard to top. When do rehearsals begin for the next one? I can manage a mean cartwheel ... (not). L.J.G. 2 17 (M.P. H. D.)

RECITAL OF EARLY MUSIC The Upper Chap~! of St. .Augustine'.s was well-fi lle~ for the first concert of King's Week 199S Somewhat p~radox~c~lly, 1t began w1th a Iat~ twent1e~h-century piece by Stephen Matthews: Saraban.de with Vanations. At first I thought th1s work m1ght have been an early childhood 路 fr<?m th1s com~oser, but ~ gather that it is the .original Sarabande which is an e~rly compoc:ft~~~e ~t IS ~l~ays a little da~ntmg to start off a rec1~al , and more so when it is the very first offerin 路 m Km~ s Wee.k, and It was therefore not entirely unexpected that the exposition of the the g was a !1ttle hes1tant, but confid.e nce ~rew as the Recorder Trio of Caroline Ritchie, Polly Redm~~ ~nd Rlc.hard. Peat, toget~er Wit~ ~1cholas ~att~rsall o~ the bass recorder in this first item ot mt<;> the1r stnde, successive v~natwns showmg mcreasmg musicianship than their predeces' g Th.ls.was followed b~ a choral1tem, Vivaldi 's Domine路Deus, from the Gloria, sung by Georg:a~~~ ~1lhams. accompam~d by James ~apel on the oboe with Nicholas Tattersall at the organ. The mt.r~duct1on, for the mstrument.altsts. alon~, was not quite together. Unfort unately, Georgeanna W~Ihams had developed a th~oat mfect1<?n pnor to th~ c~ncert, and this affected the opening phrases. It IS v.ery mu~h to her cred1t that. she m.s1sted on smgmg, and towards the end was giving what was, m the c ircumstances, a qu1te poltshed performance. The Recorder Trio then treated us to (\11 Robin, gentle Robin by Cornish, Allemande by Gervaise ~nd Dance by D~mantus. All three p1eces were played with a good balance between the three mstruments, clanty between the parts and good control over the tempi. Then fo llowed two lute s~ngs sung by ,Thomas Tallon, accompanied at the organ by James Longstaffe. Thomas began w1th J?owland s Weep you no m o_re. The lower register was a little weak, but the mid-ran e and h1ghe~ notes were good. He d1splayed good phrasing and breath control, and I felt that t~e accompamment could have been a ltttle more sympathetic - it was a little too loud in what 路 rea!lY a l~ment. Next, Rossiter 's What then is love but mourning?, a rather cynical, jaunty pied~ wh1ch su1ted both performers rather better than the Dowland. The Recorder Trio then rega!ed, us with two more pieces. Firstly, Henry VIII's Pastime with goo_d company, and the_n Cormsh s Trolly Lol!y, both perhaps rather throw-away pieces, but wh1ch nonet~eless requ1re good ense~bl~ playmg to be effective. Thomas Tallon then treated us .to Handel s Thus when the Sun , th1s t1me accompanied at the organ by Michael Harris. His vo1ce had .by now ~ar~ed up an? he showed better control and dynamic range at the lower end of the reg1ster . ~h~s p1ece co_ntams a few passages where the singer is unaccompanied and, in the ~ath~r unforgiVIng a~o~st1c of the Upper Chapel, these unaccompanied phrases were a little ~ackmg m res.onan~e; th1s IS not uncommon in singers of T homas's age, and I'm sure he will 1mprove as h1s vo1ce matures. Back to the Recorder Trio, w.ith two ~ore pieces, this time by Anonymous: Under the Linden Tre_e and Pucelete. Th.ese are deltghtful p1eces, th.e second one rather jolly with some rapid passages wh1ch were played w1th g<;>od accu~acy an~ clanty. Next, ~Of!le plaincha~t , Sing my tongue from the s~q~ence for Go.od Fnday. Plamchant 1.s much f!lO~e d1ff1cult than m1ght be supposed to sing convmcmgly, but th1s. was a good effort to smg convmcmgly. I did feel that the ends of the phrases were hung ~>n to a b1.t too long, but th~t is probabl~ person~! preference. I could not help but feel. that, g1v~n the.ttme of y~ar.' V~m, Creato: Spmtus.m1ght have been a more appropriate veh1cle for th1s m~d mm . Contm~mg m an eccles1ast1cal vem, Bach's Komm, Ieite mich was sung by Penelope CurtiSS, accompamed by three trebl~ recorders and Michael Harris at the organ. H~r tone was good , and although there was a sltghtly awkward moment in the middle of the an a, Penelope recovered well and sang confidently and accurately towards the end. T~e Madrigal Choir then sang Tomkins' When David heard that Absolom was slain. This had 1ts moments, both.goo~ and, well , rather indifferent. The initial intonation was not very accurat~, a~d although 1.t qUickly settled down , there were a few awkward moments in the middle before 1t p1cked up agam towards the .e nd. Next Rachel Hill , accompanied by Michael Harris, pla:yed the A llegro from the Concert<;> m F for descant recorder by Sammartini . She gave a very poltshed, confide~t performance, ~1th ~ood control and a good dynamic range, though I felt that she let the p1ece run away a ltttle m the florid passages towards the end. 2 18

Next, an organ solo by Nicholas Tattersall who played Bach 's Fugue in B minor. His partplaying was good, the 'voices' at the different entries being clear. Some of the entries were, however, a little hesitant, and the legato in the middle section was not quite legato enough but in almost any other building he would have got away with it. Good Friday featured again with a performance ofPergolesi's Stabat Mater, sung by Georgeanna Williams and Penelope Curtiss. T heir voices were well balanced, and the dissonances in the suspensions of the opening section produced just the right sense of despair that must have been experienced by the Mother of God and other witnesses of the Crucifixion. Penelope did not seem quite as much at home in the lower parts of the alto register later on in the piece, but overall it was a very sympathetic performance. There could not have been a bigger contrast than to follow with a Trombone Octet, plus James Longstaffe on the tuba in Massaino's Canzon. In such a confined space, it was difficult to produce a very large dynamic range from such an unusual ensemble. Given the nature of the piece, the parts were played with commendable clarity, and it provided a fitting end to a concert which displayed a wide variety of talent, not least in the number of instruments (which includes the human voice) played by some of the performers. Thanks are especially due to Richard Peat who put together the programme to make a delightfully varied recital with which to open King's Week. R.V .J.B.

SERENADE IN THE CLOISTERS It was an exquisite and balmy evening. The cathedral pigeons cooed appreciatively at the first warm evening of the summer. The Serenade represents the formal opening of King's Week and there is, of course, plenty of expectation surrounding the event. The setting could not be better. The audience were treated to a mixture of choral and instrumental work, of all ages and countries. The choir, directed by Michael Harris, opened with two madrigals by Thomas Weelkes. They were mournful and lugubrious, and the phrasing was ably sustained. I particularly enjoyed the rendition of Thomas Tomkins' 0 let me live. It's an ambiguous piece, as the words might suggest: '0 let me live; /Yet let me live no longer/ Than that my life may make my love the stronger.' In general the choir kept its shape nicely in these early numbers, although sometimes the basses were out. As a constructive cn tic ism (I hope), I would suggest that the singers look up more and sing out, to really perform it, as there was a tendency to lose their noses in the music. The part-songs were rather better executed, the Delius particularly warming; moreover, Brahms' rather lengthy Waldesnacht from Sieben Lieder was very stylish. The entries were secure and the pauses a real dynamic quality . I thought they handled the tricky cross-rhythms of Rutter' s Sing a Song of Sixpence well. But the real brio from the choir came in the last number, Anders Edenroth 's Chili Con Carne. The instrumental pieces were more impressive. The Brass Group demonstrated the very high quality of brass playing at King's. Matthew Brown's treble trumpet particularly pierced the evening air with its resonance. Camilla Pay on the harp gave an unforgettable performance. She played a technically very demanding piece, and how harpists can sustain the line of the melody above the rippling arpeggios is beyond me. The shift to the soft pedal in the second movement was electrify ing. Even the pigeons were momentarily silenced. The least secure of the instrumental works was the Wind Octet's collection of Wendt's arrangements of Mozart. The lack of precision was probably due to a lack of self-confidence, and I felt for all its charm, the flute and harp extract from Carmen needed to be more extrovert. I hope the many and varied performers enjoyed themselves. The audience certainly did; and this is a fine way to get the festivities in full swing. J.C.M.W. 219

MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME - THE SINGERS The Old Synagogue was full for this recital of music sung by Clifford Lister's pupils. The first item consisted of three unaccompanied three-part madrigals sung by Helena Ancock, Claire Alder and Harriet Burgess. Starting ' from cold' so to speak, they did well to sing with good balance and with control over their br.eathing and phrasing, setting a hi&h standard for the following performers. Iona Coltart, accompanted by Stephen Matthews at the ptano, then sang three pieces by John Dowland . If any complaints started confidently , but in the quieter passages she tended to run out of breath . There is often a tendency for the young to believe that to sing quietly it is not essential to breathe as deeply as when singing loudly , resulting in phrases being chopped up in order to breathe. This was followed by Come again, sweet Love doth now invite in which she displayed much better control, although I missed some of the final consonants at the ends of words. Finally, she gave a beautiful rendering of the dolorous Flow my tears. Penelope Curtiss, accompanied by Stephen Matthews at the piano , then sang three pieces by Purcell. She started with Ah how s weet and soon settled down to a very musical performance after an initial harshness in some of the notes. This was followed by I attempt from Love's sicknes~ to fly , in which she seemed much more comfortable. The phrases are shorter and her tone became brighter and more confident. Finally, she sang Sweeter than roses, much of which is in the lower part of the register where many singers come to grief. Not Penelope, though; she had a good dynamic range throughout the register. Purcell was also the subject of the next ensemble, consisting of Francesca Langridge and Polly Redman, accompanied by Matthew Brown on the trumpet and the ubiquitous Stephen Matthews at the piano. They started with We the spirits and ended with Sound the trumpet. In both items the balance between the singers and the trumpet was fineI had expected the trumpet to swamp the singers, but this didn't happen. Sound the trumpet is usually sung by two counter-tenors, but the two girls taking one of the parts whilst the trumpet took the other was particularly effective. With both girls being in the Shells this year, we should be hearing much more of them in the years that lie ahead . Handel's Let the bright seraphim was then sung by Polly Redman alone, accompanied by Matthew Brown on the trumpet and Stephen Matthews at the piano. This was a very confident performance by a Shell girl, and although some of the early runs were a little lacking in precision, she very much improved as the piece progressed , and really sang very powerfully as it developed. Attendance at this recital in previous years has taught the audience to expect the unexpected, and this year's little surprise from Clifford Lister was a spell of audience participation. Most readers will have heard Thomas Arne' s Rule Britannia sung at the last Promenade Concert of each season. Well , we had a pre-season warm-up at this recital, with Penelope Curtiss singing the verses accompanied by Iona Coltart, Charles Aitken and the impresario himself forming a trio full of interesting variations on this well-known piece. The audience, of course, after a ' miniCongers' (or perhaps 'micro-Congers', for they proved to be rapid learners), sang the Chorus. A short interval enabled everyone to regain their equilibrium and composure. The second half commenced with two songs by Holst, sung at very short notice by Leonora Dawson-Bowling, accompanied by Stephen Matthews. One was somewhat conventional, the other rather modernistic. It was interesting that she seemed much more at home with the latter. We were then treated to the only male offering of the recital, Charles Aitken in his swan-song as a soloist. Accompanied by Stephen Matthews, he firstly sang As ever I saw by Peter Warlock, and he followed this with Business Girls by Madeleine Dring. He was just a little hesitant in the opening bars of the first piece, but quickly settled down to give a very musical performance, with a pleasant tone, and good control and phrasing. The second piece contains some very rapid passages in which it would have been very easy to have lost the words, but Charles mastered this piece well. Eleanor Kingsbury then treated us to another piece by Madeliene Dring, Song of the Nightclub Proprietress, which was followed by Benjamin Britten's Tell me the truth about Jove. Her musical talents are little short of prodigious. A good, rich tone, a wide vocal range, and the mannerisms to p lay out the meanings of the two songs endeared her to the audience which was unstinting in tts applause for her, so much so that she favoured us with an encore. Finally, another ensemble 220

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item. Iona Coltart, Penelope Curtiss, Charles Aitken and Clifford Lister, together with Stephen Matthews, still at the piano, sang The Mermaid, a humorous piece with which to end, but which requires a high degree of concentration to perform successfully owing to the continual changes in tempo and different combinations of soloists and accompanying singers. This was a very successful concert , with a great deal of vocal talent on display. I have already mentioned the two Shell girls, Francesca Langridge and Polly Redman, but Iona Coltart is in the Removes and will be with us for a while yet. At the other end of the academic scale, Charles Aitken and Penelope Curtiss leave us this term, and the school's choral tradition will be all the poorer for their going. T he imbalance between boys and girls in this recital was disturbing. Where are all the chaps hiding? Every year, our thanks go to Cliffo rd Lister for preparing the performers, and to Stephen Matthews for whom King's Week must bring visions of endless hours at the piano, but although it happens every year, our thanks are no less sincere; without them both, the performers, whether as soloists or in ensemble would have no platform fro m which to display their talents. R.V.J.B.

CONCERT AT ST. JOHN'S Here again were riches. The Crypt Choir is a body of committed and most able musicians: both vocally and on instruments they did not disappoint their admirers. The weather was glorious: almost too glorious, for most of the audience wisely retreated to the shade on the fringes of the garden . There was, thankfully, something of a cooling breeze, which played prettily with the music, causing Mr. Miles to volunteer as impromptu wind-break. The Brass Quintet, in a selection fro m Warlock's Caprio! Suite, well maintained an appropriately lively tempo and crisp Elizabethan intonation. In Pieds-en-l'air there was an occasional slip in the intonation , but the tone was sustained well throughout. Sadly, the Madrigal Group had fallen victim to the demands of King's Week: the lead soprano's voice had become strained , so the group did not appear. The Recorder Quartet were at their very best in Purcell's Chacony, a good ensemble sustaining the right tone admirably. The Crypt Choir in Trois Chansons of Ravel's brought off some difficult effects tellingly, complemented surprisingly well by the dusk chorus of St. John's birds. More detailed programme notes might have assisted the appreciation of some haunting music. The flute ensemble played Three Songs fo r Flute Quartet by Gershwin. The fi rst did not feel authentically Gershwin, perhaps because the tempo seemed to slow. However, the final one had a marvellous capturing of syncopated rhythm and sense of purpose. T he Crypt choir in Elgar 's A s torrents in summer and Finzi's Clear an"d gentle stream showed admirable understanding of the music: the relationship between choir and music was marvellous to behold. To the rev iewer, W illcock's adaptation of Bobby Shaftoe felt that, but then the reviewer has sung that on stage in Shanghai, which may infl uence the response. It was hot, but the choir might have exuded a little more enjoyment of it . However, it was, as the Crypt Choir's music always is, technically sure and clearly a united choi r. Barbershop music is either liked or not liked . The reviewer happens not to, but recognises that the King's Barbershop Quartet is indeed a fine one, capturing the spirit of such music very well and evidently enjoying it. The Recorder Quartet provided us with something rather different from their customary repertoire to end: Carey's Cocktail, which were an apt ending to a hot afternoon. Brass Quintet: Andrew Brice, Matthew Brown, Alex Neame, Nicholas Tattersall, Thomas Wacher. Recorder Quintet: Adam Brown, Matthew Brown , Mary Stevens, Nicholas Tattersall. Flute Ensemble: N igel Field, William Tallon, Michelle Traylor, Cressida Trew. Barbershop: Jeremy Bines, Matthew Brown, Stephen Gourmand, Thomas Mackenzie. J .A.T. 221

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DIZZY ATMOSPHERE On Friday 30th June the Jazz Society moved to St. Alphege's Hall to put on ani ht of· It was a _long ~nd com_plex pr_ogramme. The Tradsters opened and closed the evenf w· Jaz~. usual flatr, endmg rou_st_ngly wtt~ repri_ses of w_hen the Saints Go Marching In at breaknec~t~ thetr Later on O.K.S. mustctans Chns Cretssen ,_Gtles Tennick and Tim Marson joined in with t~po. unrehearsed, for some wel_come solos. Clatre ,Alder sang Smoke Gets In Your Eyes sweet! em, accurately, Penelope Curttss sang After You ve Gone with the Tradsters and Br" d t 0 Yand sang a powerful an9 smooch~ version of Stormy Weather. Catherine Ma~sonet sa~ g~ e oodge Blac~~Ird and the dtfficult ~light in Tunisia with great musicality. Graeme Parkin fve ~ ' Bye, ren~ttton of Blue A:fC!on , whtle ~ohn Parker shook dust off his saxophone to play alo!g in au~hpe~b fortles_style, the ltvu~g embo~tment of Charlie Barnet, and Sheila Bennett played bass "thenthtc authonty of the semt-professwnal she once was. . wt t e Suddenly new jazz groups and new jazz sounds are springing up like mushrooms from man . the Jabbenng_Jazztet played_Anthropology, Bouncin' with Bud, St. Thomas, and Moanin' ~re. the Jeremy ~mes quartet, Btg J?ad, play~d Mr. Syms, We Free Kings and All Blues. All the~d are mo_dern Jazz tunes played wtth authonty_and swing, and with excellent solos. The more 0 e~ Blues m C ~roduced some of the best playmg of the evening with solos from Matt Browni~ Anna~el Wh~bley, John Parker_and Alex Neame on saxes, Matt Brown on trumpet, Tom Roberts;~ on guttar, Ntck Tattersall on ptano and Jeremy Bines on piano and bass recorder and Ivo N ~oloed ~m drums. Perhaps the sta_r of the ~vening, and there were many, was z6e Blausten e!~e t~provtsed taps to the pt_a~o pla~mg of N tck Tattersall. But they all starred, and it was noti~eabl~ t at some of thes~ mustctans dtd perhaps their best jazz work ever in this environment. The r~ythm sectwn was. great: James Capel played bass most of the time, except when replaced by the gtfted Hugh Gled~tll , Ivo Nea~e dr<?ve every number from drums, and apart from those n~mbers whe~ Jere_my Bmes was play t~g hts el~borat_e and stylish solos, Nick Tattersall pia ed ptan? or pt~nos. trad , bebop, boogie _woogte, _st_nde, and the rest, all swinging and ricbly mustca . As Ntck also had most to do wtth orgamsmg the evening and encouraging people to rehearse, he was the one who had most to do with the success of the whole evening· iJ m ·gl · fabbro. · I IOr

Because of the commitme~t and ~nthusiasm of these young musicians, and the receptiveness and warmth of a packed aud!ence~ tt _was a wonderful evening. The only complaint was about t~e l~ck of blue haze, so we. re _bnngmg Honduran Churchills to smoke beforehand next ear ltke mcense _before the ~edttatlons. The. intention was to try to recreate the club atmos \er~ of le~endary Jazz venues hke the clubs on F tfty-Second Street in the 1940s. Apart from the hocfkers the ctgarette smoke and the drugs, it worked. ' H.W.B.

MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME - THE LABEQUE BROTHERS I am n<?~ su~e what th_e Labeque Sisters, Katia and Murielle, would have thou ht about this

flagr~nt ,htJackm& o~ t~etr name, but I lik~ to think that they would have been hig~Iy impressed

bX Kmg s own ptamsttc duo o~ Jeremy Bmes and Charles Aitken, and not a little flattered that thts superb concert should be m some way dedicated to them. Appr<?priately enough, _French mu~ic played a significant part in the concert which was devoted to twentl~th-century must~ for two ptanos. It was also fitting that the first piece the Duet Sonata by Francts Poulenc was wntten wh~n the c<;>~poser was scarcely any older than ou~ two performers. It ~as a severe ~.est of the play~rs ve~sattltty, ranging as it did from an aggressively percussive Pre/u~e to a natve and decepttvely st~ple ~ustiq~e, reminiscent of Satie but with a long and ~eauttfully co_ntrolled crescendo, and e_n?mg wtth a tnumphant Final of dazzling speed. The players' ttght rhythm tc control produced a nsmg tension which was quite thrilling. 222

The audience were granted a little relaxation in the next piece, also by Poulenc, the jokey and light-hearted L 'Embarquement pour Cythere. With its succession of decadent waltz themes played in va/se-~usette style, it was redolent ot th~ atm?sphere of a Parisian street fair, but the constantly changmg tone and unexpected harmomc twtsts kept the audience on their toes. We stayed in France for what Jeremy's excellent programme notes described rather dismissively as 'a hotchpotch of scraps', Darius Milhaud's Scaramouche. Hotchpotch it may have been, but each of the three movements was utterly charming in its own way. Vif was a jolly chopstickstype of piece, brilliantly developed, while Madere was poignant and reflective, giving the uncanny impression that the pianos were talking to each other. This led straight into an exciting samba, Brazileira, whose triumphant conclusion created a spontaneous explosion of applause. There followed another change of mood, this time to the beautiful and lyrical music of Sergei Rachmaninov's Romance from his Suite No.2. The superb entente between the players was amply demonstrated as Jeremy's confident and expressive playing of the melody was sustained by Charles's gentle and sensitive accompaniment. The two pianos then combined in a forceful unison crescendo before the piece died away in a tender and restful ending. Lutoslawski's Paganini Variations apparently saw the light of day in a local cafe in war-time Warsaw where the composer played piano duets with fellow-composer Andrzej Panufnik. What a treat this must have been for the consommateurs, even if one can detect the anguish of the times in the violent and percussive opening section in which the pianos seemed to be engaged in a furious argument with each other before subsiding into happy agreement. Then a long crescendo and quickening of pace led to a breathtaking and dramatic conclusion. As if th is were not enough, the duettists had a final treat in store as an encore, Samba Triste by Richard Rodney Bennett, to bring this outstanding concert to its close. Both pianists displayed remarkable virtuosity and maturity of approach throughout, together with a natural sympathy for each other's play ing which comes from ten year's musicianship together, at Junior King's and then at King's. Nor does it end here, for both Charles and Jeremy are going on to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge to continue their academic and musical careers, Charles as Choral Scholar and Jeremy as Organ Scholar. Caius will be the place to be when the Labeque Brothers come to town.

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THE DIFFERENCE Having been asked to write a review of this so-called 'live gig' just before it started, I was a little apprehensive about what to say. However, after a few minutes listening, I knew that it would be a great deal easier than I had expected. T he band walked on to the stage much to the delight of the cheering crowd of about 150 to 200 people : Piers Clough on vocals and lead guitar; Richard Legge on vocals and guitar; James Patrick on bass; and Conrad Krawczyk on drums. The show kicked off with a powerful performance of The Kinks' You Really Got Me followed by a version of Foxy Lady by Jimmy Hendrix. Both of these numbers included impressive guitar solos and were warmly received by the audience. The band then moved on to their own material starting with The Difference which, along with Âˇ the interplay of the three guitarists, proved to be one of the best songs in the line-up. There next came four more electric songs: Creative Juice; Little Naive Love Song; The Incurable Romantic; and Etiquette, the most memorable being Etiquette which was a contrast between two stereotypical personalities. The change in tempo coupled with the alternative lyrics provided much amusement for the members of the audience who were regularly seen tapping their feet to the beat. Creative Juice was also an interesting song which again had more soloing, this time from Richard Legge who wrote it. After the initial first few songs the band unplugged their guitars and played a handful of acoustic pieces. Adam Withrington made the first 'guest' appearance of the concert playing the tin whistle 223

on Richard's Folk Song and he was followed two songs later by Jonah Wyn Pugh who san fluently along with Richard.on Your Th.ree W?rds. Piers Folk(ish) Song ~as also in the repertoir~ and here he demonstrated h1s strong vo1ce wh1ch was well supported by h1s smooth guitar playing throughout the song. The band then reverted to the electric set for the final four songs of the performance which started with Swan_s then Plagiarist's Anthem; Pride; and The Desert So_ng. By now t.he ban.d looked to be much happ1er on stage and whatever nerves had surfaced earlier had defimtely dissipated now. Conrad played the drums brilliantly with controlled aggression and his solo whilst lacking in length was so fluid and intense that it easily made up for it. James Patrick played bass guitar excellently and also displayed a fine pair of flairs! The Desert Song saw Dan Broom enter the stage playing the harmonica. Here we had a very bluesy song that was particularly emphasised by the wailing harmonica playing which, like the rest of the concert, was to a high standard. That was supposed to be the end of the concert but after repeated calls for an encore from the ever-increasing crowd the band gave in and produced an improvisational jam along with Dan Broom. This was perfectly executed and was a memorable way to end an excellent performance - move over Oasis! Perhaps this re-opens the question about another Rock Steady? JAMES SANDRY.

SCHUMANN'S DICHTERLIEBE The sixteen songs which comprise the Dichterliebe are test stern enough for any tenor: a test which Thomas Tallon passed with aplomb and justified confidence at this lunchtime concert. It is heartening that we have a tenor of such stature. To sing them from memory with German accent good enough to pass the scrutiny of the German masters present was a striking feat. To sing them with understanding, range of tone and feeling was something to be remembered . Mr. Matthews provided his customary competent accompaniment; the tempi were not always to one's personal taste but there was good accord between piano and voice. This was more than a marceau served for our delectation: this was a feast in itself. J.A.T.

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT In an interesting departure from the format of previous years, the first principal concert of th is year's King 's Week was devoted to chamber music. This had the twin advantages of taking some pressure off rehearsal time for the Symphony Orchestra in a busy Summer term and providing an opportunity for more individual players to show their talent in public . Although perhaps of less immediate appeal than an orchestral concert, the evening attracted a fair-sized audience and they would not have been disappointed by the attractive and varied programme. The concert opened with a brass quintet - Matthew Brown and Andrew Brice trumpets, Tom Wacher horn and Nicholas Tattersall and Alex Neame trombones -performing the Battle Suite by Samuel Scheidt, the seventeenth-century Kapellmeister in Halle. T his is now an experienced group who produce a fine sound without forcing the tone and their intonation and ensemble are usually very reliable. The opening Galliard Battaglia began a little unsteadily and the decorative figures were not always clearly articulated , but these are minor criticisms in the context of the subsequent confident playi ng . The Courant Dolorosa showed the group's ability to produce a warm and softer sound in this contrasting movement and there was some effective antiphonal playing from the two trumpets. There was some good fugal playing in the concluding Canzon Bergamasque and the various changes of tempo were well-managed. One has only to think of the great G minor string quintet or the Symphony No. 40 as ev idence that Mozart reserved this key for some of his most intense and moving music. The first movem~nt of the G minor piano quartet is no exception and it received a fine performance from the piamst Clare Simmonds, with Sarah Petrie, violin, Jeremy Bines, viola, and Jessica Barnes, cello. The 224 THE C.C.F. BIENNIAL INSPECTION (M.P.H.D.)

technical competence of the players, especially the fluent finger-work of the pianist and the secure intonation of the strings, allowed them to explore fully and with an increasing sense of commitment, the wonderful musical content of this movement. The last work before the interval was one of the cantatas which Handel composed during his time in Rome: Tra Ia fiamma is based on the story of Icarus and is scored for soprano, viola da gamba, violins, recorders and continuo . Emily Elias's clear voice is ideally suited to this music and her excellent intonation and real sense of Italian phrasing, especially in the linking recitative, contributed to a very accomplished performance. She was in general well supported by the instrumental group and particular mention should be made of Caroline Ritchie's creditable playing of the gamba part - surely a first by a pupil in forty-four King's Weeks! There was further variety in the second half of the concert which featured a wind octet, to contrasting string works and a Britten anthem. Mozart's great C rpinor Serenade is an ambitious choice for a relatively inexperienced octet and the three movements played posed technical problems of intonation and ensemble which were not altogether solved . But the spirit of the music was well conveyed and Ophelia Beer's oboe and some competent horn-playing were especially promising. The first of Martinu's Three Madrigals for violin and viola produced some stunning playing from Sarah Petrie and Jeremy Bines. They achieved near-perfect ensemble in the difficult and complex cross-rhythms which are a principal feature of the work and their splendidly full-blooded tone showed their total commitment to this exciting music: a real tour de force. They were then joined by Eleanor Kingsbury on viola and Nigel Field on cello for the short quartet Summa by the Es~onian minimalist composer, Arvo Part. Perhaps this thinly-textured music is more rewarding to play than to listen to, but it was an interesting choice and quite competently performed. In a sensible revision of the printed programme order, the Crypt Choir concluded the evening with the Hymn to St. Cecilia by Benjamin Britten , a 1942 setting of words by W . H. Auden. The choir's diction was excellent, every word clearly audible in the gallery, intonation was firstclass and there were some attractive variations in tone-colour and phrasing. This choir has achieved a high standard under Michael Harris's skilful direction and this was rightly acknowledged by the enthusiastic applause of the audience. Michael Harris was also responsible for the overall management of this successful evening and it is appropriate here to record the debt which King 's music owes to him in the past twelve months for his efficient and tactful control of its many activities in a year of transition. D.S.G.

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MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME- ENSEMBLES Many schools would be proud if the quality of music of their star musicians reached that heard at this concert: that by King's standards this was a second eleven concert indicates the strength and depth of our music. The audience in the schoolroom was a large one, indeed, almost too large, prompting a reflection that the space might have been more economically used. However, a little crowding adds to the sense of occasion, and the performers certainly provided much to relish. The debut of Athena Chenery, Lindsay Sharp, Jessica Gulland and Jonathan Cox as a recorder quartet, showed a very good ensemble although once or twice the tuning was a little suspect. The Sinfonia, directed by Sue Spicer, had made a very sensible choice of pieces (Elgar's Chanson de Matin and Salut d'Amour as well as Joplin's The Entertainer) which demonstrated a good sense of tune and rhythm, as well as being confident to the point of joyous exuberance. The start of the last Elgar piece was not completely secure, but the performance was good. Nigel Field, Caroline Ritchie, Jessica Barnes and Jennifer Dutton in their cello ensemble, were an excellent ensemble, being accomplished pe rformers and showing appropriately sub-Elgarian tones in Klengel's Lied ohne Worte (Gavotte) and pleasing use of syncopation in Tea for Two. 225 THE SENIOR BOYS 4 x lOOm RELAY TEAM (M.P.H . D.)

Sarah Petrie, accompanied by Mr. Matthews, in the first movement of Mozart's Violin Concert in A major, showed herself to be a soloist of character and confidence. This was techn icall~ ass~red and a joy t? he~;- And. Jessica Step~ens and Eleanor K ing~bury upst~ged even this in the1r vocal duets: V1vald1 s Glon a and Purcell s Two Daughters were 1mpress1ve m their execution and the Cats Duet was a superb performance: feline animosity crackled in every smile they gave each other. Charles Aitken, Jeremy Bines, Clare Simmonds and Joanne Lim showed impeccable attack in their double piano duet arrangement of Rossini 's Overture (William Tell). This is a piece which relies on pace and verve: once the performance is launched, the piece is so well known that anythin short of perfection is instantly detectable . And it was perfectly performed : a rousing conclusio~ to a rousing concert. J .A.T.

JAZZ CONCERT As a newcomer to the school and to King's Week, I had been told by many people that the Jazz Concert would be one of the highlights of the week. I was not to be disappointed and the concert was sold out, as usual. The King's Jazz Orchestra opened by playing two Big Band numbers, Crazy Rhy thm and String of Pearls. The musicians established a rapport with the audience fro m the start and Ivo Neame's drumming gave some idea of the excellence of the programme that was to follow . The T radsters gave us a set of three traditional jazz pieces with Moustache standing out for its style and tight rhythms. Back to the Jazz Orchestra for Reet Petite which was dedicated to the music administrator Lynne Elwood . The singer, Graeme Parkin, produced some good vocal gymnastics. The Jabbering JAZZtet played a set which included the classic Anthropology by Parker/Gillespie. It was good to hear some bebop with its intricate rhythms and pungent harmonies. Blue Moon , again with Graeme Parkin singing, was very evocative and Bouncing with Bud brought the set to a fitting close. The first half of the concert finished with the Gershwin number But not for me. Here, the playing was crisp and the syncopated rhythms were brought out with real fla ir. The Jazz Orchestra opened the second half with Ja Da and the On the Sunny Side of the Street. There was some very beautiful trumpet playing by Matt Brown. The vocalists, however, experienced some balance problems in the second number, but from what I could hear, they sang with panache and commitment. The Tradsters returned with a set of three pieces. The introductory jokes by Alex Neame were variable in quality but the play ing was superb with excellent dynamic variation, a good sense of rhythm and a suitably appropriate ' lounge lizard' feeling in the number Tishomingo Blues. T he final piece in the set , When the Saints, got an enthusiastic response from the audience and the players communicated their sheer enjoyment of the music . The Barbershop Quartet sang a selection of short close harmony pieces. T hey gave sharp and witty performances, down to the deliberate ' out of tune' singing in the number ded icated to the Music Department! The final pieces in the concert were performed by the Jazz O rchestra. Mission Impossible, complete with players in dark sunglasses, was excellent and Perdido, an obvious favourite, showed the orchestra at its very best. It was no surprise that after these two pieces the audience demanded, and got, the encore Dog House. I was very impressed to hear a concert organized by pupils which had such a professional approach, and special thanks must go to Matt Brown and Alex Neame for what was a most enjoyable and enterta ining evening. STEFAN ANDERSON.

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This year's Band Concert, held once more in the Shirley Hall , was a most enjoyabl~ afternoon_'s music-making. Tha~ sue~ a ym.lthful group .of instru~entalists played for. an hour w1th such sk1ll and obvious enthus1asm IS testimony to P htl Hughes hard ~ork and pa~1ence .over many hours. As is often the case, the concert deserved a fa r fuller aud1ence than 1t rece1ved . As soon as the first piece began , (Sousa's popular Lib~rty J?ell), it was clear that t~e band has developed an impressively cohesive ensemble. At no t1me 10 t~e whole afte~noon d.1d there appear to be any r isk of serious accident. M uch. of th~ band 's play10g was pleas!ngly cnsp ~ and Phil Hughes had obviously ~nstilled t~o:oughly mto h1s young players the necess1ty for cont10ual watchfulness: I did not notice any d1ff1culty ove: a tempo change o~ an en.try - no mean fea~ this and a clear indication of solid and productive rehearsal. T he mtonatwn, too, was &ood. mo;t of these youngsters have not yet acquired ~e insti~ctive ability t<? tu,ne their ~otes automat1~ally to each other, and so there were ti~es whe.n ~e.mtonatlo~ was not qu1te ce~tred , but ~he blemishes were minor and it would certa10ly be mv1d10us to smgle out any particular sectiOn . Tone and,balance were perhaps not quite so strong (judged by high standards) . ~tis of course hard to produce really good tone if the instruments themselves are not ca{'able of 1t~ but I guess also a good number of the band would not put t~ne .production all that h1gh on th~1r agenda of 'things to practice'! There were, though , the begmmngs of a mellow brass s~und 1.n the second item, The Blue and the Grey by Grundman, even if the gen~ra~ tone, espec1a_lly m the. louder passages could become a little coarse at times. Balance, too, IS d ifficult to g~t ngh~, part1cu~arly for young musicians. From where I sat (admittedly ~ot the best spot acousticall y 10 the Sh1rle~ Hall) accompaniments could have been s~mewhat hghter, so as to allow a melody to emerge. this was certainly true of two of the solo 1tems, where we could helpfully have heard the. tuba (The Bass in the Ballroom by Newsome) and the three trump~ts (S ie~ert's .Three Jolly Sa1lors) even more clearly. (There was not quite the same weakness 10 the ttmpa~1 solo: Sarah tended to explode in the gaps!) As far as musicality is concerned , mu~h of the ume there was a g~od sense of direction and the music ' flowed ' really well. O~ce or tw1ce, thou&h , some of. the play ~ng became just a little mechanical: for instance, in The Bass m the Bal!room , a ht~le more,d1fferen~t1on between the accompaniment's first and third beats would have g1ven more bounce to the p1e~e. Although I have not dwelt on each item, a few do demand a particular mention . Holst_'s : 1rst Suite in E F lat , of which the first and third mov~ments. were played, was a brave ch01ce: the first movement writing in particular lacks the obv1ous dnve wh1ch most of.the rest.of the p1eces in the rogramme possess, and so a successful performance cannot be ach1eved w1t~out a great deal natural musicianship on the players' par~. To. su~gest th~t the band fo und th1s hard.o~ly serves to underline their ambition: competence m th1s kmd of p1ece does not. come by a~o1d 10g the challenge, and they are to be congratulated at making as. good a fist of 1t .as they d1d . Th~ three solo items were the most enjoyed of the afternoon, 1t seemed ,. and r!ghtly so. James Longstaffe's tuba sang out strongly, and those who w~>Uld have been d1sapp01~ted not to have heard one or two really juicy low notes were not depn ved! T he fact, tha~ .the p1ece was learned in a fo rtnight, as we were told had happened , is a testament to James ab1hty. The .three trumpet soloists (Matthew Brown, Andrew Brice, and Stephen Bushnell) shone expertly. 10 the already mentioned Three Jolly Sailors: they were very well balanced tog.ether , and the1r parts flowed one Âˇ into the next seamlessly despite the ~apid ~nger w?rk, showmg what a good rappo.rt they have built up as well as their obvious techmeal sk1ll. The difficult cade~a saw some of the cn spness of their playing momentarily lost , but the ensuing applause was gen~me and deserv.ed Âˇ Th~ fi nal soloist, Sarah Mullen, seemed to possess more arms than an octopus,m an u.n ust_Ial p1~ce, T_1mpat , by Leist : all was very thoroughly under control, though ,. as Sara~ s play mg mvan ably IS, a~d (partisan though her tutor is) I fo und that she was able to g1ve the p1ece shape and clear rhythmic drive which made very good sense. The concert was rounded off by the popular Bolero by ~ave! , to w~ich Torville and Dean had not been invited so that we could concentrate on th~ mu~ 1c. T~e start IS h~rd to keep to&ether rhythmically and there was a hint of uncertainty to begm w1th, w1th the clannet accompa.mment slightly in front of the beat; by the time the trumpets took over the melody , however, cn spness

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and security had b,een ~rmly re~est~blished, and the performance rolled inexorably to its and the whole concert s, climax, brmgmg to an end a most enj oyable afternoon. ' No musician _should ever be totally satisfied with a performance, but the achievement of th young players IS to be celebra~ed: th~re has certainly been a big improvement in cohesio e~e 1 the last. twelve months, and t~etr playmg h~d a degree of conviction that is often elusive. I h~ ~ they wtll be encouraged to a 1m for ever htgher standards of performance which will be evP more rewarding for them as well as for future audiences. en A.R.A.R.

THE COMPOSERS' CONCERT The Old Synagogue was co~for~ably full for this remarkable concert of works composed by members of the School.. T~e f1rst ttem was Ch~conne for String Quartet by Clare Simmonds, w~10 plaÂĽed one of th~ vwlm parts, the other bemg taken by Sarah Petrie, together with Jeremy Bmes,_ v~ola, and J~s.s~ca Barnes~ cello. The l~tter opened with the thema, upon which a number of v_anat1<?ns were 1t:11ttally supc:nmposed. Th1s w~s a delightful piece of modern chamber music, endmg wtth splendid tranqu1lhty; the sort of thmg one might like to fall asleep to. Next we h~ard James. Longstaffe play Backstre~t J_?.ain by Laura Perrin. This is a somewhat avant-g~rde p1ece, seemmgly (though I suspect thts IS probably not the case) opening in free-time to give James a chance to get his fingers round the keys! Tw? ~ery descriptive pieces followed. Humpty Dumpty by Samantha Goulden and A Wish by O_livta Neame, both sut:lg by Geoq~eanna W illiams, accompanied by Stephen Matthews at the p1ano. Georg~anna. was JUSt ~ecovenng from a throat infection (which, incidentally, had caused her to cancel an ttem man earlier concert), but gave a charming performance of two delightful works. At last! The next piece was a~tually played by the composer - James Longstaffe's Rondo for Tuba and Horn, the latter bemg played by Adam Brown. It represents a welcome increase in the tuba's repertoir~ and, despite much huffing and puffing and draining of his instrument halfway through the ptece, ~ongstaffe succeeded in getting in a couple of semiquaver runs (or perhaps they were rather qUtck quavers?). At one stage I thought the piece might more properly have been descri~ed as a Rondo for horn, accompanied by tuba, for there was a lengthy horn solo, but the t-:vo mstru~ents came together again for the conclusion of the piece. The combmation was really qutte. e~fect1ve. St~phen Matthews the~ played Storm, by Joanna Pringle. Stormy it ~as, very desc_npt1ve, and wtth lots of notes havmg to be played in a very short time. Another mstru!llental p1~c~ followed, Cabaret for two flutes, by Amy Joynson-Hicks p layed, on this occaswn, by Wlll~am Tallon and Samantha Goulden. This was a very effective p1ece of dialogue between the two mstruments. The human voice then featured in two songs for tenor accompanied by the piano. Firstly A Shropshire Lad, by Claire Eliot, and thc:n Wilfrid Owen's The General , by Stephen Bushnell were sung by Thomas Tallon, accompamed by Stephen Matthews. The beginning was delayed whilst Thomas rearranged the furniture to his liking, but eventually we fo und that A Shropshire Lad was a ~i~ely ~elodic pie~e, whilst the accompaniment for The General was very evocative of the condttwns m Flanders m the Great War. I did feel though that the voice line was more suited to a baritone rather than a tenor. ' ' The ubiquitous ~~ephe~ Matthews then played Simon Peel's Nightmare for piano. This was ?ne of the ~ost excttm~ p1eces I have heard f~om the pen of a fifth-former, with urgent dissonances m the openmg bars g1vmg -:vay to a rendenng of Ba-ba black sheep as the nightmare recedes, only for the urgency of the mghtmare to return ere long, leading to a thrilling finale as somnolence yields to insomnolence! 228

The last vocal piece was a setting of the Proper of the Mass (apart from the Credo) by Richard peat, sung by Georgeann~ Williams. and _Iona Co~tart, accomp~nie~ by Stephen ~atthews. The soprano lines are rather htgh, especially 1f t_he vo1ce has been 1mpa1red_b~ mfec_tton~ as was the case with Georgeanna, but she cope~ well m what !!lust have been a. d1ff~cu~t sttuatwn f?r her, and she deserves much credit for singmg the work. Rtchard has drawn. msp1rat~on from plamch~nt for much of the work. The opening of the San~tus. wa~ e~ultant, as, mdeed, tt S~<?uld be, whtlst it seemed that the Agnus Dei owed some of 1ts msp1rat10n to Orthodox myst1c1sm. T he final item again saw a composer playing his own work. Tohuwabahu by Jeremy Bines, for two pianos played by himself and Charles Aitken is a stupendous work to have been I?r?duced at the hand of a pupil. The title is, as eve_ry Hebr~w scho~a~ w~ll ~nows, .a word descnbm~ the pre-creation of the universe, and the opemng of th1s work ts mdicatJVe of s1multan~ous emptm~ss and chaos, although the composer knows full well ~hat exac~ly preceded creatt<?n, he havmg been one of the rev iewer's pupils. The opening sectwn compnses chords played m tot~lly ~ree time, at the performers' inclinations .. At times the. free rhythms seemd to have been msptred by sounds of steam locomotives haulmg heavy tram~ up steep _banks, but gr~dually the work becomes more structured, with an extremely energettc at:ld flond passage whtch demonstrated the tremendous empathy that the two performers have w1th each other as one part descends to the bottom end of the keyboard whilst the other inexor~bly ~i~es to the top e~d. The pass~ge terminates in a series of massive chords, which, were I a wme cnttc, I _would descnbe_as possess~ng a 'robust body', inducing in the listener visions of_the infinite. They g1ve way to a senes of runn~ng chords giving a feeling of timelessness before leadmg to more vast ch.ords played over a compelli~g bass ostinato. The piece ends as it begins, with a totally free endmg, so every perform~nce IS different. For me, this was the most exciting piece of the concert,_ and must rank as the pmnacle of an outstanding musical career that the composer has had wh1lst at the School. Two features stand out: firstly, the wide range ?f ability that ~any of the p~rformers have, some playing more than one instrument, some playmg a!ld compo_smg; the other IS th~ en,ormous repertoire that Stephen Matthews has had to master, not JUSt for thts concert, but for K_mg s We~k as a whole; he has almost certainly performed more works than any othe~ person mvolved m King's Week, and it is only right that his contribution to this, as well as h1s encouragement of those who have dared to put pen to stave, should be acknowledged. R.V.J.B.

ORGAN RECITAL The Quire of the Cathedral was comfortably full for the King's Week Organ recital, gi~en by three of this year's leavers, and featuring composers ~rom France and Germ~ny. The open~ng work was Incantation pour un Jour Saint, by Jean Langla1s, pl~yc:d by Jeremy ~mes. The openmg bars of this work call for strident, brilliant reeds played fortiSSimo, after wht<::h t~e bulk of the work is in the form of a toccata based on the planchant melody used at Eastert1de m th~ Roman church. Jeremy's play ing was clear and precise, as we _have c:ome to expect, and, whtlst easy enough to achieve in the quieter passages, is not so read1ly attamable when the volume of sound increases, owing to the reverberation. The action then moved to Germany, and that great predecessor of Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude. Emily Elias played the Prelude and Fugue in F. Precisio~ w~s again the order of the day, thol!gh I did feel that the registration was a little heavy at the begmnmg of the Prelude; the tracker actiOn organs of Buxtehude's day would have b_een very ~iffi~ult to play at any sort of speed - and the prelude is really more properly descnbed as bemg_ m t?ccata styl_e. Th~ fug~e was a. model of clarity , and it was refreshing not to have a huge, c1tmat1c change m reg1strat10n to bemg ~he work to an end; in this, Emily was doing exactly what Buxtehude would have d~ne. Staymg with the North German Organ School, two of Bach's Chorale Preludes were next. Fustly ,_Cla~e Simmonds played An Wasserfliissen Babylon, BWV 653. _The Chorale Preludes fall ~amly m three collections, and are settings of well-known (at the t1me) Lutheran chorales. Wh1lst one, 229

at least? o~ th~ collections, was written primarily as a set of exercises for aspiring organists, the are all md1cat1ve of B~ch s strong adherence to the Protestant faith. An Wasserfliissen Bab 1 Y comes fr?m the collection popularly referred to as 'the Ei.ghteen Chorale Preludes' and is stri~L~n for the nchness of the orna~entatwn of the accompanyu~g parts, which were played very weft by Clare . As the psal~ (137m the Protestant Psalter? 136m the Roman and Orthodox Psalterion) from which the title IS ~aken suggests, the Chorale IS a melancholy one and it would have bee all too ea~y to let the p1ec~ speed up, but Clare maintained strict tempo throughout. Secondlyn Jeremy I},mes played Chnst unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 684 from the Dritter Tei/ de; qavier-Ubui_Jg, a C?llection of Chorale-Pr~ludes sandwiched between the Prelude and the Fugue m E flat. ~h iS particular Choral~- Prelude. IS ~ased on the Lutheran hymn for baptisms, and the accompammen.t to the Chorale Itself (~hie~ IS played on the pedal organ) depicts the flow in waters of the nver Jordan and the Chn st Himself. The clarity of Jeremy 's playing ensured tha~ each of the three accompanying parts were heard with clarity. And so to ~ranee, a country famous for the notable line of composers for the organ which SP,anned the ~me.tee~th and ~wentieth c~nturie~. Emi~y Elias played Cesar Franck's Choral No. I 1~ E, an episodic piece which opens Wit.h a fairly quiet section on the reed stops, which sounded a little woolly - thr<?~gh no fault of Emily -:- bu! once into the development of the piece Emily demonstrated her ab ility to contrast the registration from one episode to the next, and her use ?f the ~well-box to almost the. instrument to 'sing' was excellent, almost to the point of being JUSt a little overdone. Clare S 1~monds then playe9 Prel~de and F~gue in G minor, Op. 7, by Marcel Dupre. The prelude consists of an almost whimsey-Ish toccata m the manuals superimposed upon a chorale melody played on the pedals, and belies the difficult nature of the piece. The fug ue h~s .a jaunty, a~gular subject which C lare took at a rather sedate pace, but ends with a very thnllmg co~clus10~ on ,the f!,;lll ree~s. Je.remy ~ines then treated us to his swan-song on th.e organ: Allelw~s Serems dune Ame _qw Desire le CJel, from L 'Ascension, by Oliver Messiaen. L1~e Bach, Mess1ae!l was greatly motivated by his spirituality, in his case Roman Catholic, to which were added b1rdsong and Eastern rhythms. Th1s piece is uncharacteristic of what we have come to expect fr.om Jeremy; it is not ~ull of loud chor9s and rapid toccata-like passages. It is, b~ contrast, a qu1et, slow, but rhythmically and techmcally demanding piece which he coped with very well. Back to .Germany f?r the ir joint swan-songs, Emily Elias and Clare Simmonds played one of the relatively rare pieces wntten for a duet at t~e organ (as opposed to a duet for two organs), Fugu.e for Organ Duet by ~ustav Merkel, the nmete~n.th-century German composer. A robust openmg leads to a fugue which owes much to the tradition of North German organ composition which reached its zenith during Bach's time. The two girls played well together throughout the piece, which ends with a fine climax. All three pe.rformers are leav_ing the ~chool this year, and recitals such as this, no matter how goo~ the play mg? are ~!ways tmged with the sa~ness that we will not have the opportunity of heanng them agam. This was a well-executed recital , displaying a great deal of talent and heard like so many things in King's Week, by relatively few people. The performers deserved bette; support from their friends. R.V.J.B.

GALA SYMPHONY CONCERT When I was asked by the Acting Director of Music to review the Gala Symphony concert, I ag~e~d m<?re in a spirit o.f cooper~tion than t<? exercise my somewhat limited powers of critical musicianship. I was hornfied to fmd on buymg a programme that three of the four pieces to be played were writ~en in the last fifty years, and by Eastern European composers. I am not a fan of modern muSIC and I spend a lot of my time turning off Radio 3 when something avantgarde is announced, especially when accompanied by incomprehensible ideas the composer claims 230

are behind his work. My rule of thumb is that if the composer's name is unpronouncable, his work is probably unpalatable. Given the choice I would probably have walked <?~t, but my duty was to stay and listen. I have to admit that I enjoyed the three 1950s compositJO~s and I feel 1 have been educated by Col in Metters' choice. As he suggested, they were certamly modern but they were approachable and musical. Lutoslawski's Mala Suite based on Polish folk music and rhythms was excitingly agile and very tuneful. The orchestrati~n was original and the new C?mbinations oftimbre.and pitch provided an interesting patina of sound throughout. Having played It at the St. John' s Smith .Squa~e con~ert, the orchestra were thoroughly at home with the work and so_unded very confide~t 1.n the.Ir play mg. It is difficult for a listener hearing the work for the first time to be sure that It IS bemg played exactly as written, but I certainly enjoyed the performance. Shostakovich's second Piano Concerto came next. I know this work, as we performed it in a King's Week concert some way back. As a humble seco.nd bassoonist I found the rhythmic complexities beyond me and I was del ighte~ to hear that this year's orchestra ~as able to .cope with the rapid off-beats so successfully. It IS a marvellous ~hee,ky. concerto. with a beautifully serene and lyrical middle movement. Throughout, Jeremy Bme~ piano playmg was of the very highest order, very crisp and full of confidence, and I a~ sure this was taken up by the orches.tra, especially in the various sections when they were on display. There may h~ve been a few. slight stumbles in the rhythmic accompaniment but they were not enough to sp~II the ?Verall picture. The work was greeted with rapturous and well-deserved applause at the fmal climax. We were privileged to hear such a talented soloist, but I a~ also sur~ that h~ would ack.nowledge that the support he received from the orchestra, especially the wmd sectiOn, was a VItal part of the whole electric performance. After the interval, we had a second concerto, this time for trumpet and orchestra, by Arutyunya~. I do not suppose many of those present had ever h~rd the conc~rto ~efore - or even the ~ompo~er s name- but I am sure that many will make a pomt of re-heanng It whe~ the opportumty arnv~s. It was a concerto full of interesting melodic lines, written in the Armeman vernacula.r, .not unlike some of the contemporaneous music from America. M~tthew Brown's com~and of h1s mstrument and his musicality were admirable and the audi~nce obviOusly thoroughly. enJoyed the performance. Again, the orchestra had plenty to do and thmk about, and they ac~ultted ~hemselves. well,. As in the Shostakovich, there were two cheeky fast movements surroundmg a lyncal and. qUiet middle section and the soloist showed that he was equally at home in the two styles of play mg. Another . very enthusiastic response from the audience greeted the end of th~ concerto. The finale of the Eastern European evening was almost a. m~lti-concerto for t~e orchestra With many solo passages for individual instruments in the Capnccw Espag_no~ by RI.msky-Kors.akov . Noisy, boisterous and rhythmic, it ~as d~ffic~lt n~t to t~p one's foot m time. with the mus~c and the enthusiasm of the players and their delight m domg a_Job w.ell became.o~vwus to the audience. Colin Metters had his forces well under control and h1s meticulous trammg of the players was borne out by the splendid roof-raising climaxes. It is not an easy piece, with so much going on, but it prov ided a very fitting coda to this year's King's Week. Much to my surprise, I enjoyed my e~c~rsion into the m~s ic of the 50s and I am gratef~l to Colin Metters and his crew for entertammg - and educatmg ~e. M:t one ~mall grum.bl~ IS that the printed programme was not up to the standard of the muSIC. Beside qu.Ite a few m1ssmg names from the list of players, there was no clear statement of w~o the solo.Ists wer~ and the items were out of order. Admittedly, a small point. It certainly did not spoil my enJoyment. P .G .W .

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'' C.C.F. NOTES ARMY SECTION

On 24th May the <;.C.F. went through its usual Biennial Inspection. We were very fortunate to welcome as Inspecting Officer Group Capta10 N .J. Day, O.K.S. , OC RAF Lossiemouth , who arrived at Manston piloting a Tornado via the a irspace over the Cat~ed ral. It was clear at the time that the Group Capta in enjoyed the experience of coming back to h1s old s~hool. Cru~ 1 a lly for us, ho-:v~ver, th~ report whic.h he a~d ,his support in~ officer com~i led after cool reflection was complime ntary: above standard , a quality CCF cont10gent , all three sect1ons well motivated, enthusiastic and w~ll trained' . I wou!d like to t~ke this opportu mty to thank and congratulate my colleagues and the cadets fo r ac hi~ving th1s result. My spec .a I good w1shes go to Amy Shepherd for her excellent year as head of the Corps; to Jessica Crouch fo_r he r sound work in the RAF section ; and to Mic hael Haswell a nd Graeme Parkin for running the Army section w1th e nthus1asm and care. . Th is is a good moment to take stoc.k o,f the C.C.F., .n<?t just in itselfâ&#x20AC;˘. but within the s<:hool as a whole: My perception IS that the C.C.F. fu lly shares the K10g s ethos of stn v10g afte r the h1ghest standards 10 any worthwhile activity. The Inspectio n report , I th10k , re inforces that view; and I do not think that anyone who saw the Ceremonial Guard prepared by Mr Booth for King's Week will doubt it. . Neverthe less, it has to be said that whilst the C.<;.F. is held in. high regard ~y th~ Headmaster a.nd many others 10 the school, there are members of the school commumty who doubt 1ts value. Leav10g as1de those of pac1fist convictions whose view I respect, a nd whic h, of course, would not allow the m to approve of a cadet force, I wish to take up th~ arg ument with others. I think perhaps that they a re of the view that because cadets, as part of their training stand in straight lines, and have orders shouted at them , the C. C. F. is at odds with the c haracter o f a school that aitaches a ~reat deal of impo rtanc~ to i ndiv id~ali ty, to inte lligence, a nd sensitivity, .and c ~eat i vity. I. believe that this views a n ses from a profound n11Sunde rstand10g of what we are try 10g to do. Practical c n ses affect10g whole communities whether it be through war or c ivil disaste r , are commonplace, and show no si~ns of becoming less frequent. I do noi think it wrong to include in the broader c urriculum of a school like ours tra10ing in the tight disciplines needed to deal effectively with such crises, a nd in the use of intelligence applied to the urgent solution of practical problems. I do not think that discipline in the modern armed forces equa ls mindlessness; it is on the contrary the prerequisite for the e ffective use of intell.igence in c ritical ~ itu ation s. (I would add that the head of the Army Section last year was an art scholar, and the 2IC th1s year was a Mus1c Scholar- no evidence here of destruction of individuality or c reativity!). I would welcome a public discussion within the school of the value of the C.C.F.: will a nyone take me up on the challenge? In the meant1me, why not come along and see what we do -observers o n our night exercises especially welcome. M.J.V.

NAVAL SECTION T he Summer te rm has been taken up with sailing every week. The result of a ll the sail ing was that we were able to send two c rews to the annual C.C.F. (RN) sailing regatta at Upnor . The crews were: Tristram Standen and Amy Shepherd; and C hris Elworthy a nd Tom Perkin. We may not have beaten the other c rews, but we certainly did not disgrace ourselves and had some honourable admittance of mistakes by ourselves and other c rews. All in all, it was valuable racing experie nce and it was nice to be able to send a full team of two c rews for only the third time we have been to the regatta. It was biennial inspection year again so the fi eld day was taken up with gain in~ powerboating and sailing experience, working towards RYA levels. By the end of the day everyone had gained the1r powe rboating level one and at least one sailing level. A trip in our Dory powerboat did not seem to be a good e nough swop for a tr ip in G roup Captain Day's Tornado. Never mind , better luck next time. A gro up of C.C.F. members will be doing a five-day work experience trip on board the a ircraft carrier H.M.S . Illustrious as it comes back from G ibraltar to Portsmouth. Many thanks must go to Mrs. McConnell for managing to make sure that King's got its five cadets on the ship before any one e lse had a chance. Three members of the section are again off on courses over the summer ho lidays, which should bring them back even more quali fied next te rm. The naval section is also now refurbishing the school toppers so that we have yet more boats at our disposal. T hanks go to Mrs. McConnell for managing to organise so many things for us all to do. Ian Mitchell , despite no longer being a ttached to the C .C .F., has been back to he lp a nd instruct a lready , so thanks go to him once again. Our new 'Chief' has also been giving us endless help and encouragement - thank you. It has been a busy year for the R.N. section and it is thanks to these people that it has been such a successful and fun year too. AMY SHEPHERD.

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, ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION 'Summer at 2 o'clock, Wing-Co! ' Such a brief sighti~g of said se~son- xet those four days which fitted the gener~lly accepted definition fortunately coi ncided with our VISitS t~ the A1r .Expene!lce Fllgh~ at RAF Manston. and prov1ded excelle nt fly ing conditions; nearly all members of the section go! a1rborne 10 the ~h1pmunks . All qualified me.mbers of the section have thus now been aloft - and these were certa10ly no charter fl1gh~s to M~laga; t~ose m.agmficent men and women in their flying machines subjected themselves to. all manner of aena! dern':lg-do, 10clud10g loops, rolls, sta ll turns and other such stomach-churning manoeuvres Without the use of a smgle s1ck bag. I am proud of each and every one of them! Although- with the departure of several 'Short-Commission' Shell personnel- our numbers are no~ slightly de~leted, this will, at least , mean much more flyin~ fo r the faithfu l few next term. Our numbers - ~spec1ally ~hen v1e"':'ed ·n the context of a 'five-year-plan • - rema10 pretty healthy .an.d I am pleased that we have established a solid foundat1on ~f new, keen cadets a nd look fo rward to building upon th1s 10 future years; we actually start next );'~r as the .largest section within the C.C .F. Those who have decided t<;> leave would, at any rate , be ~ery welco~e to JOIO us aga10. aft~r a sabbatical if they so desire - they have all contnbuted very greatly to the sectlo.n. A spec1al farewell ment1<;>~ IS due to Sgt. Jessica Crouch, who has been a valued and respected ~ember .o f t~e Section . She leaves to study med1c10e at university and hopes to pursue a medical career in the ~AF. ~~IS 10deed 1romc that she was unable to attend a B.G.T. l'ding course at Easter owing to illness but we certa10ly w1sh her the best for the future. All was not, however, fo~t _ and Fit. Sgt. Alex H yatt travelled 'to R .M. Condor in Arbroath and successfully completed the B.G.T . course by piloting a glider solo. Back at base much of the term was spent preparin& for the biennial inspection and I am pleased to say t~at o~r cadets perform~d admirably - with the section being Judged to be a~ove avera~e. Our. cadets flew (~nd, as IS the1r wont, crashed) the hovercraft and, w!th the A~my .section, took part 10 a mo.s t .'mpress1ve field exerc1se at Scotland Hills. I was particularly impressed with the dnll d1splay by our newer recruitS, Black and Decker would have been pleased with the way they showed off what they had learned. . Sgt. Charles Fo ine tte, armed with a copy of Exchange & Mart, located our ne~ hovercraft and wh.at a beastie she ·sl HC-2 as she'll be known is as fast and furious as a very angry Tornado p1lot - yet w1ll provide a lot of fun ~t· Birle/s for our intrepid c;dets. No c rashes yet, but watch this space! Hovercrafts. are, h~wever, temperame':ltal and I am delighted that Wg. Cd~. Wenl~y has tr~ated his retirement as a mere formality; wed be lost Without h1m, and his continuing techmcal assista nce 1s apprec1ated more than he w11l probably know . . .. I hope that the term has prov ided an e njoyable, yet worthwhile and meaningful , program.me .of actl.~~tleS ~r t~e members of the section; we have flown Chipmunks, we canoed on the Stour (and - .to mal~taln a ml 1tary ee 0 the proceedings - had our traditional water fight) and, at the same time, produced .an 1mpress~v~ perf~r':llance at ~h~ Biennial Inspection. We are about to embark on two ~ummer caf':lpS at R~F .con10gsby, wh1c are eiOg atten e by a large proportion of our membership. T he Royal A1r Force thnves at K10g s and I look forward to a very healthy . . . a nd e njoyable fut ure fo r the section. It only remains fo r me to thank all the cadets for their considerable .energy a!ld enthus1asm 10 keep10g t~~ show o n the road . Fit. Sgt. Alex Hyatt is prov ing to be a superb Hea~ of ~ectlon, and IS supported by a very capa e team of N.C.O.s; Sgt. Charles Fomette.deserves a special m~ntion m thiS respect. We look forward to a successful term of recruiting, training and promotmg. Above a ll e lse, 11 should be fun . A.McF.

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O.K.S. THE KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY MASONIC LODGE ~ nl ike some Sch~o~ Lo~ges, Cantuarian is thriving an~ now has a waiting list. We meet four times a year in Lond (m1111bus for those hvmg 111 East Kent) and o nce a year 111 East Ke nt with the Lodges of St. Lawre nce Rams at on Dove r College . Recently o ur December meeting in London has a lso been in combination with the othe r tw! 's \ andl Lodges to give a festive fl avour just be fore Christmas. c oo

The n.ext, East Ke nt T riennial meetin~ ~ i t~ our ~ i st er Lod.ges will take place a t Dover in June 1996. In 1997 it i Cantu!lnan s turn at Ca~terbury ~n~ co mc1dmg as 11 does w1th the arrival of St. Aug ustine 1400 years ago it shouiJ be qUJte a n ~v~nt! By kmd pe rm1ss1on of the H ead ma~ter Saturday 3 1st May is the date a nd we will be pleased 10 hear from e hg 1b.le ~.K .S . who are not m~m ~e rs of th1s Lodge w ho would like to come to the meeting whic h will be 111 St. Augusune s. The Lodge of the Kmg s Sc hoo l, Parramatta is send in~ a delegation of about twenty includ· w1ves. Lad1es and n~n-Masons are very welcome at the dinne r in the evenmg a nd it is hoped to a rrange a tourmgf 0 the School for them 111 the afte rnoon. O.K.S. and those with a school. co~nectio n e.g. fat he rs or other male rela tives of boys, staff etc . who would like to know more about the Lodge a re mv 1 te~ to contact the Sec re tary John Stonehouse 43 Uppe r T ile ho use Street Hitchin ' ' He rts SG5 2EE (01462 452269) . He w1ll also be pleased to discuss the fo rthcoming' events. JOHN STONEHOUSE.

O.K.S. TRUST AND BURSARSHIP SOCIETY T he deadl ines for application for financial support ~rom this body are as follows: e nd of October (prior to the November meetmg); and e nd of May {pnor to the J une meetmg) . M ICHA EL HODGSON.

O.K.S. NEWS T he Ve~y R ever e nd D. L. E dwards ( 1947) has retired as Provost of Southwark Cathedra l and is now Hon. Chaplain o f Wmcheste r Cathedral. He has been awarded a n O .B.E. and Doctor of Divi nity (La mbeth). T he Very R ever e nd J , P. Burbridge (1950) resigned as Dean of Norwich in May 1995 and has returned to The School House , High Frem ington, Richmo nd , N. Yorkshire . A. J, Smythe (1952) recently retired after fo rty-two years with the P. & 0. g roup as naval arc hitec t and ship designer. A. G. S. Douglas ( 1959) is managing direc tor of Presig ht, a marketing consulta ncy specialising in new product de ve lopment and 'brand re-vita lisation' . S . J, Wea ver ( 1965) "':'rites: 'This will b~ .our te n.th year of livin& in Hay-on-Wye, famou s for twenty book shops. I run a sports promouon company orgamsmg a w1de range of partic ipant customer e nte rtaining e vents for companies. We also orga nise a national business team golf championship involving 1500 companies from the U. K. and Ireland.' Dr. P . Jake~an ( 1968) has now returned to this country afte r many years work ing abroad as a medical missiona ry, and lives 111 London. M . Powe ll (1 968) w rit e~ . ' I have two c hildre n.• aged 18 and 20. Th ~ olde r is at Mancheste r University reading Physics and Astro phySICS, whilst. my daughte r IS d01~g A-Levels . I am st1ll working as a freela nce singer, and have recently started a compa ny ca lled Champagne Opera . We perform at events and dinne rs throughout the country a nd abroad ... Opera does not, unfo rtunate ly make much money , so I also work as a free la nce co mputer consultant.' P . J , C r esswe ll (197 1) is wo rking as a self-employed computer co nsultant from a home office. He occassionally sees R. M . Stevens (197 1) whose ch1ldre n attend the same school and whose wife used to cox his college eight. M . Good (1973) asks if he has produced the first O.K.S, electronic publication: A Compendium of Pevsner 's 'Buildings of England ' on compact disc. N. A. C la rk ( 1976) w r~tes: ' I have been in Zambia for the past three years wo rking as a n Inspector fo r Barclays Bank. This i~ vol ves travelling th.roughout the cou ntry pe rforl!li ng a u.d its of the Bank 's branches and investigating frauds, fo~gene~ and staff d~ fafc at1ons . The re. have been ma ny 'mterestmg' cases, but the worst was when a security company dnver disappeared 11110 the sunset With about £4000,000 of the Bank 's mo ney. I had to give the police a veh1cle, petro l and ' ration money' .to e nable them to undertake an i ~vest igat ion. Re markably, we recove red over half ? f the mo ney. Much was found 111 shall.ow trenches freshly dug m o ne of the compounds surro und ing Ndola town 111 the Copperbelt. .. Very few peo ple v1sit Zambia, so I was surprised last year to find myself ta lkir.g to R ichard Carter (197 1) .. .' 234

'f, Carver ( 1978) writes: ' Hav ing j ust returned from th~ee years as a B. B.C . foreign corespondent in South Africa

covering its transition to democracy a nd fi rst free e lecuons, Lon.don se~ms somewhat tame. For the next two years I will be based in London as a B.B. C. correspondent, though I w1ll contmue to travel. In the last months I have been back to Africa to cover Zimbabwe's election and to the former Yugoslavia.' He has now been appomted Defence correspondent for B.B.C. T V. R . Lawrence (1980) will be going to St. Petersburg Conservatoire to study conducting with Illya Musin in September 1995. f, M. E . Vernon ( 1982) is developing a world-wide personal mobile satellite phone system in London . R. P . C hincha nwaia ( 198 1) is now Finance Director of ~?rking Title Fill!ls Ltd, the film company which p~oduc.ed Four Weddings and a Funeral , the most successful Bnush fi lm o f all ume, and more recently French K1ss w1th Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline. M. J, C arboni (19 80) left EM! a fter sev~n ye~rs as their Press and Promotion ~an.ager and has now set up a business as a Med ia Consultant for mus1c proJects. Called Carbom ~lass1cal Medm, 11 has .al_ready taken on the conductor Bernard Ha it ink , the B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra, Broonh1ll O pera and T he Berm.m Ens~mbl.e as w~ll as a number of record compa nies . C.C.M. is c?ntactabl~ on 01 ?32 81 1036. The Plaxt~l Mus1c ~esuval IS now. 111 its fourth year and one of the artists to perform th1s year w1ll be Mâ&#x20AC;˘chae~ Law (1978) a~d Ius 78 rpmJazz.band. Manu.s has started a chamber c hoir , rehearsing in Sevenoaks fortmghtly , wh1ch take~ occas1onal Ev~nsongs m.cathedrals, a nd pe rfo rms three concerts a year. Its fi rst concert of music by Purcell and h1s contemporan es w11l be 111 October. Anna Carboni (nee Young) ( 198 1) is a sol ic itor with the cit~ fi rm Linklat~rs & ~aines: She wo~ks in th~i_r lnte)lectual Property Depa rtment and has w?rked with a number ~f h1gh-profi le clients, mclud1 ~g Gucc1 and. Bnush A1rway~. The Carbonis have two sons, Julius three and Freddy mne months. They celebrate the1r tenth weddmg anmversary 111 August 1995. . Lucy E lder (nee Hadland) ( 1983) writes: 'O n leav.ing King's I read Music at Sel.wyn College, Cambndge â&#x20AC;˘. where I met my husband, Philip Elde r .- we ~ere marn~d in ~elwy':l College Chapel 111 August 1992. M y fi rst JOb after graduating was B.B. C. Production Ass1stant for ch1ldre n s mus1c programmes. I subsequently qual~fied as a chartered accounta nt at T ouche Ross in London , and now work fo r Gartmore Investment Ltd . At lunchtimes I accompany two C ity choirs . ' E. Lloyd ( 1985), a fter leaving Oxford, worked in I.B .M . (UK) then moved to Global Asset Management. He now works as a U. K. Equity Analyst at James C apel & Co. Ltd. A. J, C ra ik ( 1986) recently sta rted his own business specialising in the supply and restoration of silverware. Company name - Civil and Military Services. B. M.A . Wrench (1988) graduated from Edinburgh University in 1993 and is now serv ing as an officer in The Black Watch (RHR) . w. Henderson-Deeves ( 1989), a fte r graduating (M. A. Hons.) in E.nglish, returned to Ab.erdeen University with.a schola rship to read Law . He compfeted his LL. B. this year a nd 111 1996 starts work wllh Andersons Stratern m Edinburgh. A. J , M . Redma n (1989) will ente r a Be nedictine monastery in September 1995 as a postulant. M.D . W. Bowker (1990) received the G rand Maste r's Medal from the G~ ild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators at the Mansion House. He is an airline pi lot and lives in Hong Kong w1th h1s w1fe and daughter. S . A. Delmotte (1 994) writes ' Afte r A-Levels I took a year out a nd applied to Oxford B~lliol College, f~r a four-year Physics course. I was accepted . In January 1995 I went to Amer~ca and attend~d N1cholls State Umv~rs1ty. as an internatio na l exchange student , and studied there for one semester, hvmg nearby wllh a host fam1ly . I stud1ed H1story, Psychology, Sociology, Spanish , Ame rican Government, c ulture of Greece and Rome and scuba diVIng. ~efore returnmg to England I am going to Florida and Me xico a nd then to Portugal w1th F r azer Hughes (1994).

MARRIAGES C la r k-Nicho las Antho ny C lark ( 1976) to Ann Risdon Pickens on 17th September 1994 in the Church of St. Gregory and St. Martin in Wye. Brown -Adrian Brown ( 1980) to Marietta (a doctor who was born in Chile) in September 1994. Volger -Annette Volger ( 1980) to Mr . Sacks. Edwards-Clare Edwards (1 982) to Martin Sankey in January 1993 . Canon Peter Pilkington officiated and J a ne Graha mMaw ( 1981 ) was a bridesmaid . Hadland-Lucy Hadland ( 1983) to Ph ilip Elder in August 1992. Wrench- Or. James W renc h ( 1984) to Dr. Ingrid Prosser on 29th July 1995 . Capta in J , Wre nch (1986) was best man. Roberts- Don Roberts ( 1985) to Ve ronica La ing on 13th May 1995. Aldr idge-Deborah Aldr idge (1986) to Toby Wool rych on 14th May 1994. Bircher-Veronica Bircher (1986) to G regory Olszowsk i on 18th February 1995. 235

BIRTHS Morse-to Emma Morse (nee Denne) (1981) a son, Alexander Edward, on 11th April 1995- a brother for Digby. Lewis-to Caroline Lewis (nee Bensted) ( 1982) and Merlin a son, Huw David, on 5th August 1993. Sankey-to C lare Sankey (nee Edwards) (1982) and Martin a daughter, Jessica Ellenor, on 18th February 1995. Finch-to Diana Finch (nee Curry) (1983) and Jonathan, a daughter, Abigail Poppy, on 27th April 1994. Weir-to Rachel Weir (nee Davies) (1984) and Andrew, a daughter, Jemima, on 22nd May 1995. Preston-to Annabel Preston (nee Davies) (1989) and Nicholas (1986) a daughter, Harriet Frances, on 26th March 1995. Bowker-to Myles Bowker (1990) and Paradee a daughter, Mylynn, on 18th April 1995, in Thailand.

DEATHS Turner-Squadron Leader Rupert John Kenneth Turner ( 1927) peacefully at home on 8th February 1995, having suffered fro m Parkinson' s Disease for ten years. de Chair-Somerset de C hair (1929) on 5th January 1995. Shorthouse-Dr. Peter Howard Shorthouse (1933) on 21st June 1995. F letcher-Antho ny Douglas Martin Fletcher (1 936) on 8th April 1994. Needham-Gerald Needham (1939) on 12th May 1995 after a short illness. Carter-David Geoffrey Carter (1940) on 16th March 1995. He was Captain of School during the move to Cornwall. Weigaii-Henry Augustine Weigall (1944) on 26th April 1995. W ithers-Geoffrey Langlands Withers in September 1994. Corner-John Harman Corner (Staff 33-40, 46-55) on 24th June 1995. An obituary for him is included elsewhere in this issue. Price-Or. Martin Jessop Price (1957) on 28th April 1995 . Bone-Stephen Bone ( 1966) on 11th May 1995. Penny-Simon Malcolm Penny ( 1967) in November 1994. Begg-Aiastair Currie Begg (1971) on 1st November 1994. Curtis-Dennis Raymond Curtis (Staff 40-75) on 29th March 1995 aged 69 as the result of a stroke.

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