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Dear St George’s,

In this special edition of Independent Women, in 2018, we celebrate our 130 th anniversary as a school. Happy Birthday! This edition is designed to both reflect on our fascinating history and look forward to an exciting future ahead. We all experience change whether it be the transition from Lower to Upper School, the beginning of the ‘serious’ exams, or the girls who will be moving on from St G’s next Summer to start their journeys as individuals. Change can bring loss: the loss of friends, memories and a sense of not belonging in a new setting. But there can be relief that comes with your whole reality shifting, with the possibility of opening up your world from just school, homework, sleep: repeat. Throughout the years, Independent Women has captured the growing activity within the school halls, and with it, the ever present sense of team spirit among us girls. This team spirit is what creates the the life-affirming joy of community that brings this feeling of loss when change arrives. It is the love you might find in a family you create for yourself out of friends and mentors; the bond forged by a group when there’s a larger task at hand—say, a sport or a play or a group project. I hope that everyone looks back on their experience at St G’s with this feeling of spirit and community, that I, after going through the numerous yearly Chronicles dating back to (1814), realise has been at the heart of St George’s from the very beginning So that is why this edition is dedicated to the legacy of the pioneering young women of St George’s, who started their journey at this school with only the dream of ever attending University - a prospect which, thanks to the likes of the teachers, founders and alumnae of St G’s, we can take for granted 130 years on. love,

At St George’s School, surrounded by our peers – all girls – we have looked back at the reasons why our school was founded: it was an age where women’s education was a goal rather than a reality. Now 130 years later we believe girls’ education is equally valuable today. Research suggests that all girls’ education can have a great deal of benefit for girls, ranging from confidence and empowerment to new activities and higher levels of achievement. Girls in co-ed schools often feel limited and that their voices aren't heard. There are also lots of underlying restrictions that cause girls to feel they can't speak up about problems, such as sexual harassment. 90% of girls in mixed schools are affected by some form of sexual harassment throughout their secondary education. Whereas in a single sex school like St George’s, we are encouraged to give our opinion and be open with each other. In a co-ed school students may feel embarrassed about taking unconventional subjects; in a single sex girls' school they are now able to take subjects that might once have been frowned upon. Girls who are at a single sex school are six times more likely to consider majoring in maths, science and technology later in life. In single sex schools, it has been shown that Year 7 girls are 4.2 terms ahead of fellow students in co-ed schools in reading and 2.8 terms ahead in maths. In single sex schools, girls are given the opportunity to grow their leadership skills more easily as there is less competition with the opposite gender. Those leading the school in the student body will all be female. Overall, we no longer have to face the battle of seeking an education and we are better equipped to feel confident and powerful in a society that is still searching for full equality. The dragon in our logo represents our will to fight, As Miss Walker, the first head of St George’s, said in the very first student magazine, The Chronicle, “Dear girls, we have all, from the youngest to the oldest. St. George’s battle to fight, and to fight it we must put on the armour.” Let’s take strength from this and each other and forge ahead.

By Johanna Khandakar, Naomi Scott and Megan Jones, U5

THE C U LT U R A L S E T T I N G OF THE SCHOOL’S OPENING In 1888, St George’s opened its doors to girls for the first time—offering them the chance to get an education equal to that of their male counterparts. And the school still does that today—even though times have changes and fashions, music and entertainment have all moved on. Being told we were releasing an anniversary edition made me think of just what was popular when the school opened. The school opened in an era which was just as revolutionary as the opening of the school itself. When the school was founded, popular culture was dominated by the men of the time. Men such as Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson have come to define this era with seminal classics such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde finding their

way onto bookshelves around the country. It was also a decade of invention and change. This decade w a s o n e that symbolised classic late Victoriana and it was about time that women and girls formally stepped up to the plate after having muscled their way into print, art and music over the previous years. So it was very fitting that an all-girls school o p e n e d and revolutionised the world of Scottish education. However, it was more the 1890’s that our school embodied in spirit when it opened its doors as it was towards the end of the previous decade when this monumentous event occurred. In this decade one of the first motion picture studios opened in February 1893 after having been built by Thomas Edison. On May 1 of the same year, the world was exposed to more revolutionary ideas when The 1893 World’s 6

Fair opened in Chicago. It was an event that caused a great deal of uproar and joyous celebration with people from all over the Western World congregating in Chicago to witness this once in a lifetime event. April 1896 saw the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece. It was the invention of Pierre de Coubertin, a Frenchman. In July 1899 newsboys in New York City literally stopped The World and gaining front page attraction when they went on strike for several weeks. This is one of the first strikes recorded that was related to child labour policies and even influenced future US president Theodore Roosevelt to support the cause. These were brave times and St George’s School for Girls played its part in changing the future. By Helena Cassels L6

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THE FIRST WOMAN TO WALK DOWN THE HALLS OF ST. GEORGE’S,

M S WA L K E R Mary Walker was the daughter of a banker and before becoming a head teacher she was a secretary. She wanted to become a teacher to give girls the education that she was denied, but the issue was that most teachers were male graduates and there were many stereotypical views that restricted her and women like her: stereotypes which involved girls to either be non-educated or to be educated only for domestic services.

One pupil recalls:

I adored her, and my heart thumped as I flattened myself against the wall when I met her in the passage”. Such was the esteem in which she was regarded. Another writes:“

Tall and noble in appearance, with her beautiful white hair, she had such dignity and gentleness, with a kind of aloofness hat lifted her Miss Walker established herself as a driving above our plane.” force of the organisation for setting up the St George’s hall classes to provide teaching up to university standard in 1876. She was determined to develop the best abilities of the students so they did not have to compete against each other and therefore not feel disappointment. She said herself, “always I have been deeply

interested in the subject of the education of women – a subject which has my fullest sympathy.” Miss Walker shows that she was determined and passionate to create a safe and equal environment so girls could get a good education with no limitations.

Miss Walker was inspired by the views of a German philosopher whose ideas supported the education of girls. This lead to St George’s School for Girls being founded by Sarah Mair in 1888 and Miss Walker was the first ever head mistress at St George’s. Continuing the success of St George’s being opened, in the first year the school grew from the original number of 50 to 190 students, which was the school’s maximum number of pupils. She installed not only a passion for school but she was loved by all the girls in her care.

This was very unusual for this time because students used to fear teachers as they often used violent methods for discipline or weren’t very approachable. Four years later, St George’s was recognised to have the first female students in Edinburgh University. As St. George’s was clearly growing in numbers, Miss Walker saw the potential in her school to grow that they needed to move out of their converted town house to a bigger site. We moved to our current site which therefore let more students come to our school where they could learn new subjects, such as music, sport and sciences.

When Miss Walker stepped down as the head mistress in 1910, she was still very much involved in the running of St Georges. She became the honorary secretary of the St George’s Council. She will hold a very special place in our school forever. She will be remembered for her great achievements, kindness and great passion for the education of girls and was always known by the girls as

“Our Miss Walker.”

By Amy Guijarro, Rebecca Bole, Georgie Yuille U5

In 1888, when the school was founded, women couldn’t vote or even get well-paid jobs due to the fact that they didn’t have an education. Even if they did, I doubt men would have employed them, as the general view was that women’s brains were smaller and less capable. Instead of working, society forced them to do the cooking, cleaning and looking after of children. In an extract from the semi-jubilee Chronicle, a former student writes about life when the school was first opened; ‘the university had not as yet opened its doors to women, and for girls there were no playing fields, gymnasium, bicycles or snapshots. What changes in our lives and education these fifty years have brought! No other half century can show such advancement in the freedom of women and the variety of their occupations...’ This goes to show how much improvement there was in the journey to educational equality in that short space of time. In the present day, we would like to think that women have the opportunity to do the same jobs as men and earn the same as a men. However, in the UK the national average pay gap is 18.4%. Whilst it is decreasing, there are still some shocking examples of inequality in society; Scarlett Johansson is the highest paid actress this year with £31.5 million whereas George Clooney, the highest paid actor, gets paid £180 million which is almost six times more. In sports too, Novak Djokovic decided to talk about his view on the gender pay gap in tennis after a victory, and said that ‘there are more spectators on the men’s matches...that’s why we should maybe get awarded more.’ These comments sparked a row, exposing this issue in the world of tennis. Djokovic already gets payed $97 million whereas Serena Williams gets payed $75 million. It seems to us St Georgites of the 21st century, that there are still plenty of dragons left for us to slay, and we can best serve our founders by fighting on against inequality, wherever we may find it. By Teddy Henderson and Lulu Harvey-Crawford, U5

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Four years of war took its toll on a nation: U5 pupils have imagined the diary entry of a pupil of this era.

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Have you heard of the new razors specially made for women? They're all in! Draw your hemline up to a daring mid-calf length, add smooth and flawless legs, and embrace all your femininity with pride! Throw the associations of masculinity out of the window, pick up your Gillette and reveal feminine legs, perfect for pantyhose!

Coco Chanel, a rising star in fashion today, has opened a new boutique in Paris at 31 Rue Cambon! An entire building full of fabulous new fashions and trends to fit the times! Knee-length skirts, collared dresses and more, Coco has it all. The most fabulous, elegant and unique clothes, you don’t have to be a brash suffragette to stand up for your cause! Haute couture and their corsets are out, and blazers and trench coats are the new craze these days! REMEMBER: “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different” - Coco Chanel. Chanel’s line of hats sold out within the first few weeks! Sporty. Casual. Chic. In!

MAYBELLINE SECTIO N Maybelline, created by our favourite: Thomas Lyle Wiliams, have just released their new mascara, Lash Brow! After seeing his sister Mabel applying a mixture of Vaseline and coal dust to her eyelashes, he decided that something must be done. Prices have dropped, and we can now easily afford to go strutting up to the voting polls in style!

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Chop it all off! Be gone with flowing lengths and high maintenance hair, we’re all for the new bobs. A jaw length cut with styled waves. Ignore Scott Fitzgerald! In his scandalous novel, he depicts a beautiful girl being tricked into chopping her hair by the recent fashion surge: her parents disown her, and she loses her friends! This is just a man scared of the new change in women. Listen to Mary Pickford: “Of one thing I am sure: she looks smarter with a bob, and smartness rather

than beauty seems to be the goal of every woman these days.”

M A K E U P T R E N D S Women have moved on from painting their lips. The new trend is to use a lip stain and create a bitten lip effect. As for eyes, using grey, brown and lemon eyeshadow is the best way to complete your natural look. Top it off with rouge and powder and you are guaranteed to look young and healthy.

S K I R T S A N D CORSETS The harsh silhouettes of old are gone; no longer will we be buried under yards upon yards of fabric – looser skirts are in right now! You will be more than glad to learn that no longer must you lug around awfully bulky petticoats; but this new light and tight style will leave everyone wanting more! Hemlines are on the rise ladies, calves are emerging rapidly into the public eye (quite literally) so keep up! Stride with pride, knowing that we are powerful! The hobble skirt is a very peculiar sight to see, especially when you realise that these women are restricting themselves in such a way to make them look rather silly. With fashions like these, who knows what may happen next? Maybe one day, we could all go out and about in a pair of women’s dress trousers! A rather outlandish fantasy, but one that is becoming increasingly grounded in reality. The only question is; when? BY Jessica Hanley, Shachi Desai, Iman Hafizal and Angelina Somuah

Nowadays in this country a woman’s right to vote is simply the norm; however, take yourself back to 1918 when women could only dream of achieving equality. We had a look in the school archives and discovered a debate carried out by the St George’s debating club on whether women should have the right to vote. We were shocked to discover that nearly half of the girls voted against their own right to vote. It’s easy to forget that many women just accepted or even agreed with the fact they were treated as inferior. Before taking you back to 1918, we wanted to remind you of modern views on the issue. The vast majority of the world are in agreement that women should by default have a right to vote, and as you are aware the battle for women’s rights has spread much further than just voting. However, it is important to not become too absorbed in this privileged bubble as there are still some countries around the world where, although voting is legal for women, it can still be looked down upon and is often discouraged. In these countries, women often need male permission to make choices about politics, for example Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and many more. To give you an insight into the mind-sets of St George's Girls at the time we have written two speeches, one from each perspective. SPEECH FOR WOMEN’S RIGHT TO VOTE Ladies, join me today in supporting this historic motion for that women, across the country, deserve the right to vote. In this argument I will address the cruel inequality that women parallel to men in their abilities and therefore should be in their rights to vote. They also proved in their war effort that they play a key role in society and if they cannot vote then the results do not accurately show public opinion. Women are equal to men in all respects. We function the same and have the same intellectual capabilities. We women make up half of the population, so how can the government represent the people’s voices, if they are only getting half of the population’s votes? Without the vote, women can’t express their feelings, their needs and their passions? They can’t express their need for equal education or work. They cannot do anything about it because of their status in society. Women’s lives are being controlled by others and they don’t get a say. Women deserve the right to vote as they are equal.

Do you not think that if women have an equally active working role as men that they deserve an equal say in matters that affect them? The strong effort on the home front during the war kept our country going. Women stepped up and continued the jobs that the men had to leave during the war and proved that they can do them to a high standard. We owe them for this. These decisions affect women, and so they deserve a say. To conclude, on account of the active role of women in society and the fundamental conclusion that women are inherently equal to men, they deserve to be treated equally to men and deserve the vote. I urge my fellow independent women to join me in the fight for women's suffrage. SPEECH AGAINST WOMEN’S RIGHT TO VOTE We strongly believe woman should not have the right to vote and support the Woman’s National Anti-Suffrage League which was formed in 1908. We belong in the home without power to influence parliament. We cannot change our nature as moral guardians, nurturers and peacekeepers. Even if this motion was to pass many of us still do not want the vote and would not use it if we had it. We believe if women are given the vote, it will not be the gentle intelligent women who will stand for parliament, like the body at St Georges. Instead it will be violent, aggressive and irrational suffragettes who will have influence on society. Parliament and democracy will be ruined. A woman’s place is in the home; going out into the rough world of politics will change her caring nature. Men and woman have different natural strengths, which has confined us to different parts of society. We have to fulfil a different role in society. By fulfilling a masculine role like entering into political life we could risk becoming ‘masculinised’. A woman is a woman. You cannot unsex yourself or change your sphere. Be content and perform those high duties intended for you by God, and you will accomplish far more than you can ever accomplish by becoming part of the horrible world of politics. Keep the home pure and let not the purity of the home be invaded by every politician. Let the manly men and the womanly women defeat this change and keep woman where we belong. In conclusion, we must resist this change which will have disastrous effects on society and on woman. We must avoid ruining parliament and democracy, help women remain where they belong in society and keep our homes pure of masculine views and politics. We urge you to support our views and vote against the motion. By Naomi Black, Georgie Mason, Katie Bamberry, Amelia Norbury, Charlotte Burridge, Anna Gibson

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Remember when you were younger and you walked in to the RMC with a group of friends, and you asked, ‘Can you find the fox in that painting on the wall?’ Well, that painting is of three sisters who all came here to St George’s School.

they were at the school around the same time.

And after the schools 100th birthday in 1988, they donated money for a new building. The head mistress at the time, Mrs Scott, after much discussion, decided that they wanted to build a music department as they didn’t have The three sisters were Elspeth, Agnes and one. So they built the RMC – Robertson Music Ethel Robertson who came from a very Centre, and it is now blooming with budding wealthy family, who earned their money from musical stars. the profits of a whiskey distillery. Having had So the next time you are waiting for your musuch a good education at St George’s, they sic lesson or a performance, take a closer look decided to set up a Trust which would fund at the ladies in the photo in the painting, thank education and charitable purposes in the futhem for their generosity and see if you can ture. find the fox! During the war, the school was evacuated and the students and teachers went to Hallrule House in Bonchester Bridge to stay safe. This By Gabriella Nicol, Fleur Drummond, Raaiyemay have included the Robertson sisters as sha Ojha and Amirah Sofea

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Forward thinking, innovative and ambitious, Sarah Siddons was a pioneer in the creaion of gender equality and a woman with a progressive vision. Not only was she professionally outstanding, it was said that “Her zest for life and her youthfulness of spirit never failed.” She aspired for women to be accepted nto universities, an aim she met ust three years after St George’s was founded in 1888. Needless to say, a plethora of obstacles stood in her way. Women who sought education and political rights equal to men were branded as unatics. The Scottish education system was stubbornly resistant o change, and charges were made that a school such as St George’s would damage girls’

Born in 1846, Sarah Siddons was the youngest of four daughters. Her father, Arthur Mair, was a soldier and her mother, Harriot Murray Siddons, was the granddaughter of the famous actress Sarah Siddons. She grew up in a spacious family home in Edinburgh, Georgian New Town where she was privately educated, and saying ‘we were literally fed and clothed on Shakespeare.’

T H E R E B E L S T O R Y health by ‘imposing boys’ subjects on them.’ As well as establishing an all-girls school, which was to become an institution in itself, she was strong willed and persistent; president of the Ladies Edinburgh Debating Society from 1865 and awarded an honorary LLD by Edinburgh University and a DBE in 1931 for her work in women's’ education. It was said that she was “A lady whose single aim has been to give her sisters the key of knowledge and power, and to train them to use it with a due sense of responsibility.” We think it’s fair to say that without the presence of determined and progressive women such as her, women would not be where they are today. There25 is, however, a

long road ahead to gender equality, but figures such as she represent the significance that one woman can bring to a cause, and how passion and belief can bring great change for the better. As the school reached its 50th birthday, at the age of 91, Siddons said, “My earnest hope is that it too may reach a ripe old age and continue ever to have the same happy relationship between girls and teachers as in the past... nor ever lose its hold upon the hearts and minds of all generations of girls who are proud to call St Georges their school. By Isobel Paxton

On the 28th of June 1988 her Majesty the Queen came to St George’s to celebrate the centenary of the school. Her visit was a lengthy process for everyone involved with extensive precautionary measures being taken to ensure Her Majesty’s safety. After Her Majesty arrived she was presented with a bouquet of flowers by a primary pupil before she took a tour of the Junior School, Middle School and Upper School, guided by the respective heads. The students of the school even learned a dance – The Ravelston Reel – to perform for Her Majesty. It must have been a nerve-wracking but exciting

day for everyone involved. It can even be seen from correspondence between the Kenneth Scott, a diplomat and deputy private secretary to the Queen, and headmistress Jean Scott, that Her Majesty even ‘commanded’ a day’s holiday to celebrate her visit. As we look back at St George’s history after reaching our 130th year, it is important to reflect on key moments like this and what they mean to our school community as a whole. For an all-girls school it is truly empowering to have a female monarch still in 26Majesty is the power. Her 26

true definition of an independent woman and we are honoured that this is part of our extensive history. Sophie Gray U6S

Emily Primrose U5 imagines being one of the crowd on this magical day..

Today I woke up 20 smiling.

Just as the Queen walked

minutes early so I would Annie and I were going to past, Annie did a wrong get to school earlier than be dancing the Ravelston turn and switched partnormal. It was a big day. It Reel with 6 other girls. ners with Mary. Hopefully, was the day the Queen This meant that all morn- nobody

noticed

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came to school. When I ing and for the last week couldn’t stop laughing! got to school everyone we had been endlessly was rushing around and rehearsing. I can still hear You know, I think I would cleaning classrooms, cor- Mrs Paxton yelling the rather dance in front of ridors and even small dance moves:

the Queen than be one of

cupboards that nobody “two, three, four, back, the girls at the side. I enwould go in to. I heard two three four, spin the joy dancing and the Queen that during registration lady, jump, back two, pol- looked genuinely interestthere were police search- ka…” ing the grounds.

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To be honest, I was so told later on in the day

When I got in to class, we nervous I couldn’t keep about how, when she was were told for the hun- track of what she was having tea, the Queen had dredth time to have our shouting. . As soon as we said how much she had hair up and out of our face were told the Queen was enjoyed the dance; she and to tidy up our uniform here, we dancers were thought it was really speso we didn’t look scrappy rushed to the side of the cial. It was an amazing day - We were constantly be- school.

Everyone

was and I am glad that I got to

ing reminded how to be- trying to get a look at her see the Queen at school. have in front of the Queen without

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By Grace Toner L6 and Calista Ng As we approach our most recent school production of The Tempest with an allfemale cast to mark the 130th birthday of the school, our attention is brought back to the many past productions which have taken place. Some of these even include the staff taking part as well. One of the best examples of this is the staff production of Alice in Wonderland in 1908 (pictured above). It was also run for a good cause as they were able to raise £37 for The Children’s Village. This shows that much like today; the staff are willing to throw themselves into anything to help to raise money and help the community. Another example of a staff led production falls 16 years later in February 1924. This production was the Alcestis of Euripides: it was far more serious and had even been translated from

Greek! This again shows the lengths to which that St George’s staff are willing to go. That dedication isn’t that different from some lengths that teachers are willing to go today to help us out. However, we doubt that they’d be willing to translate a whole play from Greek for the sake of student enjoyment.! It's also been clearly shown that the houses were as competitive in the past as they are now. This was the case in 1988, when each house put on their own production of various wellknown stories in Lower School (see photos opposite)

school and the Upper school. The Tempest 2018, however, is set to be different: with an all-female cast one message it carries is that girls can do anything and this includes taking on Shakespeare which is historically male-dominated. A girl can play a male character in Shakespeare and do it well – then it can become more accepted.

This then extends the school’s message that a St George’s girl can do anything if she puts her mind to it and works at it. We both agree that’s one of the most important parts of The Tempest It’s been reported that for all and hopefully, more producthese productions, everyone tions like it in the future. who was involved has thrown themselves into it. This has continued with all the latest productions which 30 have taken place both in the Lower

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Till half-time was called the game was pretty much up in the George Watson’s Half of the field, and two more goals scored by E. Ritchie and M. Kennedy. After the interval, our side defended rather than attacked, and the play was more evenly scattered over the field. Several good rushes were made by our forwards, and these resulted in two goals by L. Henderson and M. Kennedy. George Watson’s however, sometimes had the ball in our circle, and would have scored several times if it had not been for the brilliant goal-keeping of C. Logan, who was well supported by the backs. Play continued till the whistle blew, leaving us victors by 5 to nil.

The first match of the season was played against George Watson’s on Saturday, 20th November. The thaw after the week of frost came on Friday night, and rain feel early on Saturday morning; this softened the top layer of earth, but left the ground underneath quite hard, making the game very difficult. George Watson’s won the toss, and play commenced at 11 o’clock. For the first few minutes the ball sped aimlessly from one end of the field to the other, till the players became accustomed to the hard field; soon, however, St. George’s had the ball up within the circle, and M. Kennedy shot the first goal.

By Molly Cutter and Emily Simpson L6

St George’s 1st XI v. George Watson’s Ladies College 1st XI 100 years later…... 2018/09 St.George’s began this match with clear possession of the ball, recurring runs and fast breaks up the sideline by Amy Guijarro in partnership with both Emma Fraser and Issy Tanner. However, to Coach Campbell’s annoyance, many of these fast breaks were unsuccessful and St.George’s broke their possession starting with a defending short corner. The whole school could hear Julia Rambukana’s loud scream to signal all defence to run towards the ball when the Watson’s player injected the ball to top-D. Amber Murray successfully slid around the circle saving every possible shot fired at her. The defence were keen to prohibit the ball from entering the goal, Olivia Bargeton was even seen slipping in synchrony with A. Murray when she attempted a jabtackle towards the shooting player. All St.George’s could think was ‘thank you’ for O.Bargeton’s slipping and sliding as the was cleared and passed to Lulu Harvey-Crawford at centre mid to then pass it out wide to revive the possession of St.Georges.

all were over the moon to see E. Fraser standing in the penalty spot, We could hear her scream, her enthusiastic demand, she was about to shoot, the tension rose. But guess what a Watson’s defender did? Hit it straight to her feet- this meant an attacking short corner for St.Georges. The short corner became successful, with the support of Phoebe Gray and Katie Mackay, E. Fraser made a successful shot. Was St.George’s going to keep its 1909 title of winners versus Watson’s?

Though this fantasy was dreamed of by St.Georges 1st XI V as well as their outstanding Coach Campbell. Skye Waugh’s stretches up the wing, Charlotte Burridge’s great interceptions of the ball and Gemma Bole’s help in attacking short corners didn’t seem to cut it. Watson’s scored three goals which seemed to be impossible for St.Georges to defend and the title was lost. We wonder, was it because Emily Simpson and Georgie Yuille were being traitors and attending Model United Nations? Or was it because Watson’s has just got better with their new addition of traitor, Miss.Judge? At least we know now that 130 years in A.Guijarro made another great run the future, St.George’s will be keeping towards the Watson’s goalie and we up this pattern and winning this match.

By Molly Cutter, Emily Simpson, Emma Lamond, Phoebe Gray and Annabelle Reid