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The Peterite 2009-2010 Issue No. 427 Contents Commemoration

Salvete

Valete

House Reports

Visits & Exchanges

News, Events & Activities

Creative & Cultural

Postcard Portraits

102

Sport

111

Leaver's Destinations

165

Heads of School: Alexander Dickinson and Fiona Campbell

Editorial The words and images in the pages which follow clearly

Just as Frank Sutcliffe's sepia

reflect the very essence of the school and one has only to count

photographs documented the hard

the number of articles and look at the smiling faces in almost

and simple lives of fisher folk in 19th

every photograph to be assured that life at St Peter's is lived and

century Whitby, David's photographs

enjoyed to the full. Whilst the academic results are of great

will, in years to come, be considered

importance, so too are the myriad of events and activities sport-

as documentary evidence of 21st

ing, cultural and humanitarian in which pupils and staff are

century

engaged.

boarding and day school in York.

'All work and no play make jack a dull boy'. There is a great

life at an independent

School magazines vary enor-

deal of truth in this old adage. However, the secret of a success-

mously in terms of print quality and

ful school is balance. The articles and images in this magazine go

design. I like to think that ours is up

hand in hand with the exceptional academic results at GCSE, AS

there with the best of them. David

and A2.1 for one think we have the balance just about right!

Peach and his team at Hutton Peach

2009-10 has been most unusual in that we have had two Head Masters and one Acting Head Mistress. Since our founding in 627A.D. the school has never had three Head teachers in so short a space of time. In September 2009 Richard Smyth was in the chair but was soon to leave us to become Principal at Fulwood Academy in Preston. Claire Wike was appointed as Acting Head for two terms; becoming the first woman in the long history of the school to take the helm. A fact, I believe, she can be immensely proud of. Now, as you read this editorial, our new Head Master, Mr Leo Winkley, will have been at his desk for almost a term. On behalf of the whole school this magazine welcomes Mr. Winkley, his wife Jules and their children, Tabitha, Ivo and Dora, to St Peter's and to York. We hope that their time here will be long and fulfilling. I would like to thank the following people for their contribution towards the making of this magazine.

have had a huge influence on the appearance of The Peterite for many years. Their experience and talent is much appreciated by this editor. It is always difficult to find a printer who is in complete sympathy with what we try to achieve. I am fortunate to be able to rely on the trade experience of Linden Richardson, an Old Peterite, who liaises with print houses ensuring quality and value for money. My two excellent proof readers are Penny Bollands and Pat Chandler who scour the magazine for typos and grammatical errors most of which they find in the articles written by yours truly. I simply couldn't do without them. Thank you all! John Darmody

The Peterite Team Left to right: Lipmunn Tang, Lydia Hawthorn, Ellie Binks, Emily

When I took on the role of editor of this magazine, seven

Freeman, Justin Wong, Edwina Denison, Bradley Smith.

issues back, I asked for student volunteers to form a team of reporters and to have a voice as to the content and appearance of their magazine. I have been hugely impressed by the levels of enthusiasm and commitment of each team so far. However, the students in this year's team have surpassed all others in their collective vision and their dedication to the job. Ellie Binks, Lydia Hawthorn and Lipmunn Tang were all members of the team last year and they wanted to take part again this year. Bradley Smith, Emily Freeman, Justin Wong and Edwina Denison were new members. I am indebted to each and every one of them. I would hate to have to count the number of photographs taken by David Morris in the space of an academic year. The total must surely run into hundreds of thousands. No one is aware of the time and effort that this takes unless they have been a school photographer. David does this not for reward but because he loves this school. We may think of David's work as simple reportage but his images go beyond that.

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The Acting Head's Commemoration Day Address to the audience in York Minster Friday 10th July 2010 Sherriff, Sheriff's Lady, Dean, Chairman, Ladies, Gentlemen and pupils of St Peter's I would like to extend a warm welcome to The Very Revd John Hall, Dean of Westminster. You will see from the programme that before being ordained he taught RE for two years at a comprehensive high school in Hull. At various times he has been a governor of ten schools and two universities, a member of two Local Authority education committees and of the General Teaching Council for England. He has written widely and debated publicly on educational matters. Therefore we are most grateful that he has been able to speak to us today. I would also like to thank the Dean of York and his team at the Minster for accommodating us today for this special occasion. We value greatly our links with the Minster.

St. Peter's has a wonderful history, as our motto states 'Over

Robin Butlin also steps down. Robin is a man with a sharp

ancient ways.' But we are all aware at this moment in time both

intellect who has always shown a good understanding of how the

as a country and a school that change has to occur in order to

school works. He has chaired superbly the Staffing and Curriculum

make progress. To quote David Cameron 'real change is when

committee. Also Peter Netherwood retires from the Board having

everyone pulls together, comes together, works together, where

contributed greatly to the Properties and Amenities Committee.

we all exercise our responsibilities to ourselves, to our families, to our communities and to others.'

Examination results last August were very good indeed, our A level results being the best in years. 69.2% were of grade A stan-

This year the St. Peter's Community did pull together to cre-

dard and 87.6% grades A and B with 100 % pass rate. At GCSE

ate success. Richard Smyth announced last summer that he would

40.4% were of A* grade and 71% A or A*. Results such as these are

be leaving the school at the end of the Christmas term. He worked

not only achieved through pupils being focussed and hardworking,

tirelessly until his final day. His commitment to the school did not

but also through excellent teaching. St. Peter's is fortunate to have

wane at all throughout his final term. Richard Smyth was a man of

a talented team of dedicated staff. I would like to thank them pub-

very high principles and yet he could show compassion and had a

lically today. It is not however only in the classroom where the

genuine desire to help young people develop both academically

staff educate and inspire our pupils.

and spiritually throughout their adolescent years. He and his wife Nicole worked tirelessly supporting all school events and entertaining pupils, particularly the boarders and staff in their home. He achieved a great deal in his time here maintaining a high level of discipline and morale and bringing the values of the school to the

Andrew Wright, our Director of Music, retires today after 24 years of service to St. Peter's. Andrew is held in high regard by current and former parents and pupils and colleagues. He has inspired and encouraged numerous individuals over the years to pursue

forefront. I am most grateful to have had the opportunity to lead the school and consider myself very privileged to have done so. I would like to express a very special thank you to my management team who have supported superbly; David Watkinson as Director of

Studies and

Deputy,

Martin

Lawrence Director of Teaching and Learning who picked up the day-today running of the School and to Chris Hall who took over my pastoral duties so effectively.

It has been a

very happy environment in which to work with all staff pulling together. I would also like to express my thanks to John Morris, Governor, for his support during this period. Today marks the last official duty of the Chairman of Governors, John Pike. During the last five years he has, in his own quiet and effective way, directed and led a talented governing body. He is widely respected for his wisdom and willingness to listen. John's great strength has been his support for Richard Smyth and myself. Few people are aware of his work behind the scenes when advice has been needed for problems and difficulties; invariably that wise advice has seen St Peter's emerge stronger. Today gives me the public opportunity to thank John on behalf of the School and myself for the valued work he has done as Chairman and as a trustee of St Peter's. Bev Smalley also steps down from the governing body having been a governor for 9 years and vice chairman in recent years. Bev has chaired the Strategic Development Group and has been instrumental in the formation of the Vision 2015 document. As a keen hockey player himself he was always keen to see St Peter's acquire an all weather pitch, so I am delighted that this has come to fruition during his time here.

music at school and beyond. Recruiting and maintaining a choir of 160+ pupils in a school such as this is no mean feat.The quality of music in the school has been exceptionally high and varied. There are so many memorable occasions that it is difficult to name but a few, but events such as Verdi's Requiem and the wonderful concert in the Minster earlier this year do spring to mind. But all who have experienced Andrew's music cannot ignore the character with a superb sense of humour and endless energy. The jokes at the Cabaret concerts are legendry. Pupils and staff who have experienced the music tours abroad have fond memories of very special occasions. I cannot thank Andrew enough for the pleasure he has given to so many and also to me in listening to his work over the years and I would like to applaud him today. The creative arts are going from strength to strength. Through Andrew Wright's leadership musicians of high calibre are developed. Notable is Charlie Hubbard who sings in our Chamber Choir and Barbershop and has Grade 8 Distinction in Organ and Percussion; he has accompanied our Chapel Choir on the organs of York Minster, Durham Cathedral and Lincoln Cathedral. He has

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been appointed Organ Scholar to Peterborough

Cathedral

from

September before going to Trinity Hall, Cambridge with an organ scholarship in September 2011. Edward Lister has achieved an ATCL singing diploma and a place at Birmingham Conservatoire and 4 pupils are in National Youth Choirs. There have been numerous theatrical performances of a very high standard

this

year

including

L'Avare, Woyzeck, Steven Berkoff's 'Trial' and Dario Fo's Mistero Buffo.

Two of our pupils, Rebecca Taylor and Freddie Wintrip have secured places in the

National Youth

Theatre. Both the DT and Art Departments staged exhibitions of quality during the summer term displaying original work from our GCSE and A level students as well as project work from 3rd and 4th formers. The ISSP(lndependent

importance that a similar course called 'Horizons' has been devel-

State School Partnership) classes have enabled pupils from other

oped for the Fourth Form from September this year. I would like

schools in the York area to benefit from our facilities and teachers.

to thank Paul for all he has contributed to St. Peter's and his wife

We hosted a master class in art followed by a most successful

for her part in the boarding house and wish them both well in his

exhibition and a music master class bringing together voices from

new venture.

a variety of local schools. Our pupils have also gone elsewhere as

Other staff leavers are Claire Fletcher and Ben Wall from the

part of the scheme following courses from 'Come dine with me' to

English Department. Claire leaves to be with her husband and

'Language and the brain!'

baby and we are grateful to her for all she has done for the English

We are always keen to use our skills and facilities to benefit

department, Dronfield and the Boat Club over the years. Ben Wall

the local community and David Morris, the current Head of

joined us as a newly qualified teacher and it has been a real pleas-

Physics, has worked extremely hard to facilitate this. For the fourth

ure to see him develop into a competent and confident teacher.

year running he has organised a Physics Olympics in the school

He leaves us for promotion to St Alban's School. Sally Gray and

inviting teams from 25 other schools to an exciting day of com-

Melanie Ku leave the Classics department. We are grateful to them

petitive physics. He also worked with the City during York Festival

for their classics and Latin teaching and to Melanie for the pas-

of Science and Technology organising for two eminent speakers to

toral role she has played in Queen's House and Dronfield.

give public lectures in the Shepherd Hall on 'Passion for Penguins'

Richard and Shash Trevett step down as Houseparents of

and 'The search for dark matter at Boulby mine. This November

Dronfield and I am grateful to them both for the care they have

the School is holding the inaugural Guy Fawkes Public Physics

shown to the girls in their charge.They leave a full house of happy

Lecture' which will be delivered by Professor Russell Stannard OBE,

girls.

Emeritus Professor of Physics at the Open University. A huge amount has been achieved during the past year as is Ian Lancaster, teacher of Chemistry retires today following 29

evident by our prize winners. However so much has also been

years of service to the school. I have heard it said that chemistry

done by many more by this pulling together of our community.

is simply advanced cooking and knowing lan's culinary skills, which

The Community Action Croup led superbly by Jane Dawson has

he has shared with our pupils, this may be true. I thank him for all

done so much that I find it difficult to know what to report on

his hard work over the years and wish him a happy retirement.

here today. Many pupils record their hours to qualify forV awards

Paul Taylor also leaves us today to pursue a greater challenge

and this year over 10 pupils have achieved v50 awards for 50

of setting up a new sixth form at Fulwood School. Paul, an Old

hours of service and are working towards the next level. Gary Ng

Peterite himself, is a man of high intellect and vision. He has con-

has qualified for a Impact award which recognizes another 100

tributed greatly as Head of Politics and excelled as both day and

hours in addition to the 50. We welcomed 80 local residents to our

boarding house master. His high principles and genuine care for

Community Action Christmas party and held a tea dance for them

students has made for happy and well cared for pupils.Through his

in April. Fundraising has taken place for a variety of good causes

experience both academically and pastorally Paul considered there

and in January pupils instigated a huge appeal to collect money

to be a need to broaden the horizons of our pupils and his course

for Haiti, raising £1570 in two weeks. Pupils have volunteered to

'Global perspectives' was introduced to the Upper Sixth form this

work with a variety of charities and this year a new link has been

year. We consider this broadening of education to be of such

made with the Island Charity for children in crisis. The Duke of

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Edinburgh Award scheme goes from strength to strength and ear-

been a long awaited facility but one which is proving to be invalu-

lier in the year I had the pleasure of being at the presentation of

able in terms of enhancing our players' performance. During the

awards by the Mayor, where 42 of our pupils were presented with

girls' hockey season we fielded 8 girls' teams on three occasions

their Bronze Awards and 12 with Silver. Two pupils visited the

which was a remarkable achievement. In the second term our U15

Palace to collect their Gold. This year 63 signed up for bronze, 30

boys were county champions. Six girls and five boys have been

for Silver and 10 for Gold and next year 97 have already signed up

selected to join the regional performance squad.

for Bronze.

During the summer term the pitch was transformed in to 9

This all requires a great deal of dedication from all the staff

tennis courts and it has proved a pleasing surface on which to play.

involved. Our pupils have also been very successful this year in the

Tennis success this year has also been notable. Both Dominic

Young Enterprise competition. The team and their company

Shread and Vicki Herrenschmidt were York and District U18

received three awards, one for Best Trade Stand, one for Best

Champions; the first time St. Peter's has won both these awards in

Presentation and Ellie Binks was awarded Best Managing Director

one year.The girls played very well to get to the Northern finals of

following a presentation to a number of businessmen and women.

the National Abadare cup. Two girls will be representing North

Many have pulled together this year to raise money for breast and bowel cancer charities. Almost £5000 was raised at the con-

Yorkshire in tennis this September and Rachel Moore represented West Yorkshire in netball.

cert in March but this was added to by many running many miles.

The rugby season was successful. Sam Ash represented the

The inaugural St. Peter's Half Marathon took place in January and

Independent School Barbarians, Chris McTurk was selected for

was completed by pupils, teaching staff, support staff, parents and

Scotland U19's and six boys represented their county at various

former pupils. For the eleventh year running 80 plus representa-

age groups.

tives of the school competed in the Beverly 2K and 10K runs with some excellent performances. I would like to commend not only the dedicated athletes, but also the others who battled their way around the difficult course. It was a day when I felt very proud indeed of the school with all our participants young and old identified by their T-shirts. Nine staff then went on to run the Edinburgh marathon. I would like to express my thanks to Angela Tooby Smith for encouraging and enabling so many to take part in all these events. The amount of money raised to date is in the region of £8000. Our facilities continue to improve and we were delighted to open the all weather pitch in early October inviting former member of staff and Master in Charge of Hockey, Dick Hubbard, to formally open the pitch named after him. The Hubbard pitch has

Cricket continues to flourish.The 1st XI has only lost once and has achieved excellent wins against strong opposition. The U15s are the Champions of Yorkshire in the ECB National 20/20 Competition and were runners up in the North of England. The U14s have also played some excellent cricket and are also unbeaten. Charlie Elliott, Felix Adams and Hamish Lynde were selected to represent Yorkshire. Our girls have also started to play cricket this season as part of the games programme. Tom Kimpson was one of only 35 individuals from all schools in North Yorkshire to be selected to represent his county in the English Schools Track and Field Athletics Championship. He is at the event as I speak. In rowing the Under 16 boys four have set a tremendous record. They have won every Head race they have entered, often at senior level. They came second in the Schools' Head of the River Race over the Boat Race course in London. This is a new school record, the highest a St Peter's crew has ever come in this event. They recently won the Under 18s event at York Regatta. All of these successes can only be achieved by the pulling together of teaching staff, coaches and pupils and I commend them all. We were delighted when planning permission was granted earlier in the year for a new swimming pool. Work has begun on the 25m six lane pool. We hope that it will be completed in early February. Great care is always taken in planning and renovating our facilities and I am delighted that the school has been awarded a York Design Awards for the second time in recent years for the improvements made to the Queen Anne Hall at St Olave's. Numerous school trips have taken place this year, some in the UK and many further afield. One came to the attention of the whole of Yorkshire when 24 pupils and 3 staff were stranded in Marrakech as a result of volcanic ash. The trip led by Jon Whitehouse could have been marred by this, but due to the organizational skills and quick wittedness of the staff all pupils arrived safely back following an epic journey across land and sea of 1600 miles taking three and a half days. Pupils returned high spirited and The Peterite 2009-2010

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full of praise for the trip. I would like to thank Jon, Ailsa O'Leary

showing 3 OP's around school all of whom had been part of the

and Anna Cowling for the care they showed for the pupils and

first 15 in 1963. They came to observe the developments in the

maintaining high spirits throughout. During this event the school

school but on walking round one pointed at the corner of the First

website proved an invaluable tool for informing parents. Through

15 pitch and said 'I can remember scoring a try right there.' To me

the skills of Martin Lawrence and communication being kept

it was fascinating to hear of their tales and how similar they are

between the school and the trip an up to date account of where

to the tales you might tell today. Although changes do take place,

the pupils were could be relayed to parents at all times.

so much within the school remains the same; the same wonderful

Even though school finishes today much continues to go on during the holiday; CCF camp, Rowing Championships, Trip to India. I am also pleased to announce that this year, St Peter's School is taking part in the world famous York Mystery Plays. The section we will be playing is The Massacre of the Innocents - which our pupils will be performing to audiences of over 4000 people in locations in and around the city. Electronic communication has come to the forefront in school this year. All reports are now produced electronically; all end of term mailings and news letters also.The school is able to text parents with information. This also makes for a greener environment cutting down on the amount of paper used. Technology is also having an impact in the classroom and this year a laptop scheme is being introduced for the new intake in September. It is our intention to phase this in year by year. A Virtual Learning Environment known as ifawkes is being developed This is an exciting development in our teaching and learning. Our VLE is an online resource which allows

interactive

communication

between teachers and pupils. As the resource develops, it will allow learning resources including assignments, presentation and video material to be shared and pupils' work to be submitted and returned. Using the VLE will help children to develop their skills to be prepared for the increasingly digital worlds of both university and work. To some all these changes may be alarming but I can assure you that the high level of teaching and strong relationships between teachers and pupils will be maintained. In my role as acting Head it has been a pleasure to understand more fully the role of the Foundation in the school and its purpose of raising money for bursaries. We consider this to be vitally important. I have also had great pleasure in attending a number of Old Petreite dinners and to those of you leaving today I would urge you to keep in touch.To hear for example Old Peterites talk about Dronfield the Headmaster rather than Dronfield, the boarding house, I find fascinating.They can bring history to life. And all of you here today will become part of that rich history. I had great pleasure in The Peterite 2009-2010

boarding ethos, good facilities, numerous opportunities with dedicated staff and hard working pupils. I would finally like to thank all the support staff who assist in making the school run, the bursarial department, maintenance, ground staff, caterers, secretaries, technicians and so on. By the whole community pulling together we create a safe environment in which our pupils can thrive. Again to those of you leaving, cherish your memories, keep in touch with your friends and continue to learn and make the most of opportunities which may come your way. I hope that wherever life does take you that you will have learnt to exercise your responsibilities to yourselves, to your families, to your communities and to others. We will watch your future careers with interest. I wish all leavers, pupils, teaching staff and governors a happy, healthy and successful future.

Chairman of The Friends of St Peter's Report 2009/10 The Friends of St Peter's (FOSP) by constitution serves and

paid £178 to assist the leavers of 2009 with their leavers' activi-

supports the school in its various functions and social events and,

ties and donated £200 to the Drama Department towards their

whilst not principally a fund raising Committee, any profits made

Drama trip and perform in the York Cycle of Mystery Plays summer

are used for the benefit of the School.

2010.

As Chairman of FOSP for 2009/10 my year began by attend-

A direct donation is received from parents annually of approx-

ing the "Welcome Tea for Boarding Parents" which takes place on

imately £560 and this has again been used to pay the deposit for

the Sunday afternoon at the beginning of the Autumn term. It is

the Racecourse Venue for the Commemoration Ball for our leavers.

very important for parents (who may be leaving their children with the School for the first time), to feel reassured and FOSP Committee members are able to give the support and reassurance on this occasion. There followed the "New Parents Reception". On this occasion

We have during the year found spare funds to add to our collection of drinks cooler/wine buckets/vases which will be available for our events, the Caterers and the Foundation and have commenced a hire service for same. We have also recently discovered that we have a tent/small marquee which again can be hired out

I joined Richard Smyth, the Headmaster, on the stage in the

and used for events for other School departments or inter School

Memorial Hall to say a few words about FOSP and the School. The

departments with St Olave's and Clifton Prep. We hope these will

Hall was full and Richard Smyth's words of welcome greeted with

prove beneficial for the future.

enthusiasm. The Committee continued Dance Lessons with Mark Edwards during the Autumn term and the Saturday morning Coffee Shop in the Stephenson Room. The latter varied in attendance and by the middle of the Spring term we decided to give the Coffee Shop a .rest with perhaps a chance to bring it back again in the Autumn of 2010. We did have some very pleasant mornings however and Louise Denison's excellent baking added a few extra calories which none of us regretted! The Committee were also invited to Richard and Nicole Smyth's home for Supper during the Autumn term. This was a very enjoyable event if a little tinged with sadness in view of their early departure from the School. Their hospitality was much appreciated.

We have supported various of the School's Music and Drama productions, culminating in the Cabaret Evening at the end of the Summer term. The Cabaret Evening is always so much fun, but this year was a particularly poignant occasion as it saw us saying farewell to Andrew Wright, who had been with the School for 24 years and who retired at the end of the Summer term. The Cabaret Evening was much enjoyed by all who attended and we also raised more funds for the Music Department through the running of our raffle and bar.

As Chair of the Committee during this year I would like to thank each and every member of the Committee who put in so much work and support. This year saw Clare Taylor former Chairman of the Committee and current Treasurer together with

Whilst the Committee and Mark Edwards and friends danced on (with frequent attempts from Richard Smyth to emulate Mark Edward's skill on the floor!) Richard sadly left the School at the end of the Christmas term, the Committee arranging a farewell dinner with Richard and Nicole as their guests at the Pavilion Hotel in York. The Spring term found the Committee planning a Salsa Evening, which proved to be a happy and successful evening enjoyed by all who attended and raised the sum of £423.15 for the Sanatorium. The Committee felt Sister Bevan required our support in making the Sanatorium as comfortable as possible for the children and overall we made contributions of £600 to the Sanatorium which we know has been used wisely for the benefit of the pupils when they are unwell and, in addition to that gift, we also bought a wall secured television for the use of the children whilst recovering in the San. We have donated £150 to McMillan Nurses Appeal, £160 to a South African Hospital that had been visited by our exchange pupil Edwina Denison as this topped up her own fundraising efforts. We

Lesley Collingridge and Louise Denison, our Secretary, all retiring. They will be enormously missed. We welcome three new members, Rebecca Cust, Anne Nelson and Sian Fraser whom I am sure will provide energy and ideas for the future. I would also thank the continuing Committee, the incoming Chairman Dawna Coss, Vice Chairman Diana Widdecombe, Secretary Sara Mason and Committee Members Katie Fairbank (whose nimbleness in attaching decorations in high places was remarkable at the Cabaret Evening!) and Liz Freeman. Staff representative Wendy Shepherd has been little short of a miracle in her abilities to cope with this last year, teach and deal with many other issues - we respect her enormously for that. I look forward to the coming year when I know we will have a very strong and committed group to take the Friends of St Peter's Committee forward and we look forward to working with the new Head Master Mr Leo Winkley, shortly to be in place. Jennifer Bartram

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Introducing The New Head Master Mr Leo Winkley Editor's note: The following article is a brief

Mr Leo Winkley, 39, was previously Managing Head of Bedales

introduction to our new Head Master. We will

School in Hampshire (2004-2010), and has held senior posts at

allow him to some time to 'get his feet under the

The Cheltenham Ladies' College (1999-2004) where he ran a large

table' before we pester him for a full interview

RS department and Ardingly College (1994-1999), where he was

which will appear in the next issue of this maga-

Head of RS, an assistant house master, and ran the boys' tennis

zine.

and girls' hockey. He studied Theology at Oxford University and has

Master's

Degree the

Education

from

Open

University.

Before entering the

teaching profession he lived and worked in France, teaching English and restoring a chateau in the Loire valley. 'I am thrilled to be taking on the leadership of St Peter's, a forward-looking school with a long and illustrious history", said Mr Winkley. "My family and I are very excited to be living in Yorkshire and I look forward to getting to know the pupils, parents and staff, as well as the local community." Leo is married to Jules, a Medical Oncologist,

and they

have three young children. Tabitha (6), Ivo (4) and Dora (21 months). Tabitha and Ivo both start at Clifton Pre-Prep in September. Together they enjoy

country

walks and historic buildings and the family have enthusiastically begun exploring Yorkshire. Leo is a keen half-marathon runner and is looking forward to taking on the challenge of the Great North Run, having completed its southern and, he admits, "softer" version in 2009. He enjoys being with his family, good books, sport, especially cricket, football and rugby (from the safety of the armchair). He has a passion for wildlife and exotic animals, most anteaters.

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notably

Will Allan Mr. Allan joined us this year as a new member

the

G e o g r a p h y Department. However, Mr

Allan

did

not

always want to be a teacher and when he was younger, having been influenced by the film 'Top Gun', he considered becoming a fighter pilot. In addition to Mr Allan's academic interests he loves to play tennis, the piano and walking in beautiful places "with the geography all around me" showing that his love of geography really does extend outside the classroom. However, when questioned on the things Mr Allan doesn't like, he replied that he has a hate for certain noises including "the rubbing of a balloon". Mr Allan grew up near Oxford and took a gap year in which he travelled around Australia and New Zealand before attending Cambridge University. Following university Mr Allan worked for a Christian charity called Titus Trust before joining us here at St Peter's. When asked which three words Mr Allan would use to describe himself he initially chose "just amazing" (only two). However, after some consideration he changed his answer to "laid-back, positive and Christian". Mr Allan claims that the best thing about St Peter's is the level of opportunity that pupils have here. He claimed that the most difficult aspect of his job was preparing lessons and making sure that he got them right. When asked about his aspirations for the future Mr Allan replied that he wanted to acquire a Yorkshire accent! We wish Mr Allan a long and happy career here at St Peter's. Edwina Denison LVI & Bradley Smith V

Libby Ullstein Miss Ullstein, was educated

at Queen

Anne's, Caversham and having

taught

Ackworth School in Pontefract, came to St Peter's this September as the new Head of Geography. Being no stranger to Saturday school she

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came to St Peter's for the easy location and its reputation. She has discovered in her time so far that the school has met those expectations and she is 'really enjoying' herself. When asked to

We wish Mr.Taylor an enjoyable stay here at St Peter's. Edwina Denison and Ellie Binks LVI

describe the school in 3 words, Miss Ulstein gave us 'friendly, caring, high-achieving and hectic'. (Four words). So we have unintentionally discovered that maybe her maths is not as strong as her geography! Miss Ullstein is an avid fan of flying. She lists one of the best views as being Disneyland, Florida at night and the natural landscape features of America. Her love of geography has led her to travel widely. Just to name a small number of the places she's visited: Africa (she has climbed Kilimanjaro), Morocco, Tanzania, South Africa, most of Europe, North America and her favourite place, Canada. And she still has aspirations to visit South Asia, the Far East and South America. Despite her love for foreign shores Miss Ullstein has a special love for Cornwall. In conversation, we discovered that Miss Ullstein has a few foibles - she only eats her meat after she has eaten her veg, and she hates kidneys and tinned spaghetti. Plus, like many of us, eats chocolate bars by eating all the chocolate around the outside first then eating the middle.

Catherine Hempsall Mrs Hempsall, a former

Cambridge

Blue, joined St. Peter's in September 2009 as a teacher of history, rowing

coach

and

Deputy Housemistress of Queen's. As well as rowing, Mrs Hempsall enjoys

many

outdoor including biking,

other

pursuits mountain skiing

and

climbing. The proximity of York to places where Mrs. Hempsall could pursue her interests as well as the academic reputation of the school were factors which attracted her to St Peter's.

When asked about her aspirations for the future Miss Ullstein said that she 'would like more people to study geography and to she hopes to arrange foreign trips to places such as Argentina, Iceland, Canada and Africa.

Mrs Hempsall trained to be a teacher at UEA despite being warned not to teach by her parents who were both in the profession. She now believes that she is lucky to be in teaching which combines her academic and sporting interests and, of course, the

So if colouring the sea blue doesn't tempt you to do geogra-

holidays.

phy, we're sure this will! Mrs. Hempsall describes her time in Queen's so far as "busy We wish her well in her time at St. Peter's. Lipmunn Tang LVI

and entertaining". It is no wonder that Mrs Hempsall is adamant that Queen's is the best sporting house in the school. Her competitive streak surfaces frequently and is evident even in her choice of House Singing as her favourite experience at St Peter's

James Taylor Mr. Taylor joined us this year as a new member of the PE

so far. Mrs. Hempsall has been an invaluable and dedicated member of The Boat Club and when often discussing rowing she uses the phrase "mother of all rows!"

department. He first became interested in hockey when an astro turf was built at his parents' school as it encouraged him to play more. From that moment his passion for hockey continued to grow and his greatest achievement in life was playing hockey in the national semi-finals and scoring! Besides hockey Mr.Taylor also

Mrs Hempsall is looking forward to completing her first year at St Peter's so that she will understand how everything fits together. We wish her a successful and happy time at the school. By Ellie Binks LVI and Emily Freeman V

enjoys many other sports and socialising with his friends in his free time, especially when eating his favourite food, an Indian takeaway. Mr. Taylor grew up in Nottingham and, before arriving here at St Peter's, he taught ?? years in a school in Telford, Shropshire. When we asked Mr. Taylor what his first impressions were of

Christian Wienke Born in Soest, a German city in the county of North RhineWestphalia, Christian enjoyed sports, English and Latin at school. He attended both the 'Deutsche Sporthochschule Koln' and

our school he said that it was very "friendly, welcoming and live-

'Universitat zu Koln' and studied Sports Science and English. He

ly". He said that the toughest part of his job is the "long walk in"

wants to become an English teacher and is here to learn more

from the White House every day. Furthermore, when questioned

about the culture and language. His favourite part of being in

on which three words he would use to sum himself up, after a lot

Britain is the different dialects and accents found throughout the

of deliberation, he responded "boisterous, outgoing and sociable".

country. He has spent much of his time here travelling through-

Finally Mr. Taylor said that his ambitions for the future included

out the UK and immersing himself in the culture, including

getting a full time job and coaching hockey to as high a level as

British music- he is a particular fan of Mumford and Sons!

possible.

In ten years time Christian hopes to be "healthy, happy and financially stable", no fast car though, as he prefers motorbikes. He

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loves music of varying types

those in need.

including

Nirvana,

Billy

We wish him all the best and hope that he will be happy in his

Idol,

time at St Peter's.

Johnny Cash and the

Bradley Smith V and Lydia Hawthorn UVI

German rap group Die Fantastischen Vier and plays guitar (but not as much as he would like!). When

asked

about

school

the

Christian says he likes the traditional side to the school as well as the amount of sport

we get to do. The most

embarrassing

language slip up Christian made was after visiting friends and thanking his hosts for their

"hostility" not

hospitality.

Unfortunately, Christian will be leaving us at the end of this year to return to Germany and pursue his career as an English and PE teacher. We wish him all the best for the future. Lydia Hawthorn UVI

Graham Dentith Mr Dentith joined the school in September after working for a while in Leeds where he managed a major development at Clarence Dock. He was born in Newton-Le-Willows near Warrington, Cheshire and spent his school years studying English Literature, Religious Studies and Business Studies whilst also playing for his school football and cricket teams. After he left school Mr Denteith spent some time as a journalist for the Warrington Guardian before entering into business training at a number of different institutions, including, as

General Manager, Multiplex

Cinemas, his favourite job (before he came here of course!) and also as the General Manager of the internationally renowned Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal and The Buxton Opera House. Mr Dentith lives in Selby and says that although he does not enjoy the commute the friendly staff and polite students make the distance worth while. His favourite aspect of the Deputy Bursar's job is the variety of challenges to face and says he "has no time to be bored". In three words he describes St. Peter's as "innovative,

spiritual

and inspiring". Outside school life Mr

Dentith

enjoys

football and cricket and

ardent

Manchester City supporter. His proudest achievement sons

Craig

Christopher,

are his and Graham

also likes to live by humanitarian

princi-

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Andrew was appointed in 1986 by a Headmaster who thought he was very musical (the Headmaster, not Andrew, as that goes without saying). Although Andrew knew full well the difficulties confronting him, a School that was developing its "culture" through co-education and an upsurge in I.Q. due to the embracing of the Assisted Places Scheme, Andrew was parachuted in to oversee a developing department, with the previous Head of Music, still on the staff. That both Andrew and Keith worked so well together is testament to both of them, professional, caring teachers and excellent musicians. But if Keith had looked after the previous 20 years or so, Andrew was to see music blossom into one of the most accomplished Music Departments of any independent school. Running a department of 30 or so staff is no mean feat and producing excellent individual and group performances, through academic music exam results, Associated Board grades, music festivals and competitions, concerts and important Minster services all takes a great deal of time and effort and help from such a dedicated team of music staff. Andrew leads by example—suffice it to say that the Leavers' party could only be held on one day as it was the only time slot available for Andrew, in the whole of the last three weeks of his teaching career - so much for "winding down" gradually!! You have only to attend any one of those concerts, festivals or services to hear just how polished and accomplished is the music that is produced. Who would have thought that when you turn up to such an event a choir of some 160 pupils, out of a school of just over 500, would be involved? How does he manage to get so many truculent adolescents to turn in to little, cherubs? Enthusiasm and hard work, not settling for "just all righjt" and that he is an inspiration to all who comes in contact with his utterly committed dedication ferite 2009-2010

to his work. And if that was not enough, the wider School community of St Peter's gets involved in enormous choral adventures with the Choral Society of some 500 choir and orchestra playing to a packed Minster audience of over 2,300 people, raising over £10,000 for School charities when they performed Verdi's Requiem, to name but one of the many Choral Society Concerts, produced annually from the start of his time here, way back in 1987. Then, of course, taking between 75-100 pupils on grand Music Tours each Summer holidays since then, including Choir, Band and Orchestra on 19 different Tours - the USA, twice, the Czech Republic, Austria, Venice, St Malo, Tuscany, Budapest, San Remo the list goes on and on. I cannot do justice to this man's achievements, for me he has been an inspiration, the hardest working, most committed and caring Teacher I have had the good fortune to know. He will be very sadly missed, he has been one of the most

help at the Manor Christmas meal. On one occasion leaving Manna's restaurant in York with about twenty Manorites and a fire extinguisher (ours) he was stopped by a local PC who seemed most put out that Ian was in possession of the said fire extinguisher and seemed settled on arresting him. lan's quiet authority and good humour left the young policeman lost for words as he continued back to house unscathed. "Chemistry can be fun", he used to say and in his early years he was infamous for his desire to blow things up and to make explosives, once meeting our local constabulary at the end of one summer term bearing the book "How To Make Bombs". I suspect their surprise then would have led to Guantanamo Bay now! Ian has had a constant battle with one member of the Biology dept over my insistence that ATP has a high energy bond, which he, as a Biochemist, keeps telling me does not exist; I am still sticking to my version of the bond. lan's great strength throughout his time with us has been his ability to identify with and help the underdog.This was never more so than with a young man who came to us having been told that

important "movers and shakers" that have shaped this School and

he was not up to the academic standard required at St Peter's. Ian

turned it into not a bad place to be a part of, due mainly to his

empathised with him and helped him in many ways. He has just

commitment, kindness and simple gentlemanly humanity. A stick-

started his PhD. This sort of pastoral care, in its widest sense, will

ler for standards, but his understanding nature has made him such

also be missed.

an important influence over generations of Peterites who remember him with deep affection and a debt of gratitude they owe him,

as do we all. J.A. Owen-Barnett

Recently, Ian gave up the very demanding job of Examinations Officer and you only need to compare his smiling face with that of Neil Matkin, his successor, to realise the pressures of that post! On a personal level Ian has been a great support to Liz, myself and our family over the years, especially when we were in the

Ian Lancaster When Ian came to St Peters some 29 years ago PC referred to a police constable and not the suffocating PC of today. Ian is not keen on the modern version.

Manor, and his dinners on the penultimate Friday of each 1/z term may not have helped my teaching on Sat morning but certainly helped our sanity. He is not just a friend to us he is a part of our family. P.Stephen

In his first few years as Assistant Master in the Manor he was well known for his large cigars, larger whiskeys and very loud music! However this time was most significant as it gave Ian the feeling of community that stayed with him and has coloured his outlook on St Peters ever since. In his first year he was given the task of introducing football to St Peters. The then Head of Sport, John Hutt, was somewhat taken aback when Ian asked him how many players there were in a team, so off to Newitts he went to buy a set of rules and a ball! Given our current obsession with Health and Safety I can only imagine the look on our management's face if Ian had come to them suggesting he would like to take a groups of 4th years on a long boat around the Cheshire ring, opening locks, steering the boat and doing all their own cooking! Some great times were had and all survived the trips. Cooking is another theme in lan's life and it has been a characteristic of his commitment to our community that whenever help with a function has been required he has been there, from Manor dinners to Cricket Festivals; the latter gaining Ian a favourable mention in the 1st XI cricket report for helping with the food at the "Skip" BBQ at the festival that year. It amazed the other staff that Ian was there cooking despite his complete disinterest in sport, this commitment to our community will be missed. On the subject of dinners Ian was always a great The Peterite 2009-2010

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wishes of many boys if not all of those in the PE department! Despite the ludicrous carry-on which professional football can be,

Paul rejoined the school in 1999 as Head of Politics and in a

Paul was never prepared to compromise on the high standards of

very different role than that of Monitor and Head of House he had

on-pitch appearance and conduct and despite the limitations of

left five years earlier. Returning to the school was a homecoming

many in the teams, he was always to teach them to play in skill-

in many ways and the

ful style.

proximity of his parents' home, a familiar city and Yorkshire bitter were most welcome. Under his care, the

Politics depart-

ment

has

thrived;

numbers have grown and

results

markedly

have

York will always be a special place for Paul not least because it has been here that he and Kirstie were married and where, on results day in 2008, they were blessed with the arrival of the beautiful Megan Rose. Between them, Kirstie and Megan have provided Paul with measureless happiness and it is for them that the School perhaps should reserve its greatest thanks. They have kept him sane and, in tolerating him at his grumpiest, have allowed us only to enjoy him at his best. Paul leaves us for a promoted post at Fulwood Academy in

improved.

Paul is a first-class

Preston. As Head of their new Sixth Form, he has twelve hectic

teacher with a genuine

months ahead of him in which he will plan the structure and deliv-

passion for innovation

ery of all of the school's post-16 courses, a challenge to which he

particularly in ways to

will be sure to bring all of his experience and invention.

improve the

pupils'

experience in the classroom and, more generally, in their learning. He was always keen to share ideas with colleagues in both formal and informal ways. Politics has also enjoyed a more prominent profile within the school, something made most obvious by the 'mock elections' which Paul has facilitated in the run up to the nation's polling days. Following hustings and election speeches prepared and given by pupils along with a Question Time session,

In the summer of 1990, after one year as a pupil at the St Peter's and in recognizing his obvious courteousness and dependability, his prophetic Housemaster wrote in a school report that 'Paul has a bright future with us'. Perhaps he was unaware that this future would still be unfolding nineteen years later, but who could doubt the comment's accuracy? And who's to say this future may not yet be complete? He's ambitious, very capable and may be back yet!

the turn out in 2010 dwarfed that of the national electorate and exceeded 80%. Perhaps it is the discursive nature of Politics, but

M. Lawrence

more likely Paul's needle-sharp perception, which allowed him to see a need within our curriculum to widen our leavers' understanding of the ways in their community responsibility manifests

Melanie Ku

itself and the ways in which different people around the world live

After three desper-

their lives. Ever the innovator, Paul devised and then drove the

ately short years at St

introduction of Global Perspectives, a course delivered to UVIth

Peter's Mel is leaving us

pupils allowing them to discuss the arts, the environment and reli-

for a new life overseas.

gion among many other topical matters.

During her time in York

Paul has also contributed widely and with unswerving deter-

she

has

become a

mination outside the classroom. Many will remember him not

friend to everybody,

only as their teacher, but also as their Housemaster (after stints at

admired and respected

the helm of Clifton and then Manor houses). Paul is a caring pas-

toral leader who performs far more than an administrative role on

leagues alike. There is

behalf of his charges; he cares deeply about the details of pupils'

seemingly nothing Mel

lives and has been perhaps uniquely good at helping pupils and

hasn't done since she

colleagues to keep things in perspective. Paul took great pleasure

joined the school: assis-

in leading Clifton and, while living in the Manor has been reward-

tant housemistress in

ing, it has been very arduous and all-consuming of his energies and

Queen's, resident tutor in Dronfield, games aficionado on the

waking hours.

fields, community action wonder woman, an outstanding class-

pupils

and

col-

room teacher and a fabulous friend and colleague. Mel has also Field sports are a genuine passion for Paul and he has been a highly valued and dependable member of the Games Department in his time here. Rugby, hockey and cricket sides have all enjoyed his pitch-side wisdom and wit and those in his teams have always been taught the joint values of success and gentlemanly conduct. Despite his enthusiasm for Burnley Football Club, it is the 'beautiful game' which is number one for him and he was instrumental in the introduction of team football for senior boys, fulfilling the

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been great company on classics trips, ranging from day trips in London to overseas trips in Greece. She has been a superb member of the department with original ideas and resources and will be much missed. We wish Mel all the very best for her future in Germany and look forward to regular reports about her new life abroad. M J Adams

Sally Gray Sally joined St Peter's from King Edward VI Girls' High School, Birmingham five years ago, moving to York with her husband and young daughter. At once she made her presence felt in her new school and her love of learning was immediately effective in the classroom.

Sally

invigorating of mind and

purpose

and

pupils quickly came to enjoy her lessons for the style with which she taught, for the variety

which

she

employed and for the enthusiasm

with

classes and with working in a busy and demanding school and department. It is rather odd to think that Ben was only with us for three years as he had such an impact in the school as a whole. Ben contributed widely to life in the school, be it Duke of Edinburgh, Mountain Biking, Running, Debating, Assistant in School House (and the list goes on.) Personally, I feel he had the biggest impact in the classroom where he taught with great skill, knowledge and enthusiasm. I am sure that all who have been taught by Mr Wall would agree that he was an inspirational, charismatic teacher who always had time for each student and who gave his best in everything he did. Some may go slightly further... In fact, he was certainly a popular member of staff with a number of our female students. It is certainly common knowledge (as she announced it in chapel) that Mr Wall has 'the voice of an angel' and I once had the pleasure of overhearing a group of fifth year girls gushing wistfully 'I wish Mr Wall would read me poetry'! Thus, there is a Mr Wall shaped hole left in the hearts of many!

which she conveyed her subject matter. Of "S.--"-.''' course, the

famous

I feel truly grateful to have worked alongside Ben and to have got to know him over the last few years; he is a super young man

biscuit breaks were warmly welcomed, especially in the dark and

(I must be old if I feel ok calling him a young man!) who has

gloomy months of winter timetable; but it was Sally's passion for

brought a great deal of humour and enthusiasm into the depart-

her subject that drew the pupils to her. They were lucky to be

ment, and has been able to inspire both colleagues and pupils

taught by someone of Sally's calibre, they knew it themselves and

alike. He will certainly be missed. We wish him all the very best in

were grateful for the opportunities she gave them.

his new role and thank him for the past three years.

Within the department Sally's presence brought an air of pos-

E. Mallard

itive energy and generosity of spirit. Among the staff she rapidly established firm friendships and voluntarily undertook the essential task of helping to proof-read the Peterite. For five years Sally has been supportive with her time, advice and resources. She has been a superb friend and colleague, great company on trips and

Claire Fletcher

will be sorely missed. She leaves to teach at the school where her

Claire joined the

daughter, Flora, will be joining as a pupil. We wish Sally all the best

school from Barnard

in her move to Bootham and hope that she will return to see us

Castle in 2005 and

often.

immediately made an impact upon all areas

MJ Adams

of St Peter's life, where she was not only an

Ben Wall

English

teacher,

but

Resident Assistant in

Ben joined the school in September 2007 as a Newly

Dronfield and an expe-

Qualified Teacher and leaves us to take on the role of Second in

rienced and very popu-

Department at his new

lar rowing coach.

school, St Albans. Claire had an immediate impact on the department where her Ben quickly estab-

'no nonsense' approach to students and lessons was always to be

lished himself in the

feared and revered. I am certainly in awe of the way that she could

school and in his role

crush a student with a mere look and I really miss the days of over-

as Teacher of English,

hearing a great Fletch telling off! Yet she also brought endless fun

yet unlike other NQT's

and enthusiasm into her teaching and so was liked and respected

he did so with great

by all who were taught by her. She was also a superb colleague

confidence

and

who was always there to listen to and to assist all members of the

authority. In fact, I

department, and was always the person you approached if you

rarely thought of him

needed innovative teaching ideas or schemes of work (or to bor-

as an inexperienced

row a video from the vast, and rather eclectic, collection in her

teacher as he got to

classroom.)

grips so deftly with the syllabus, teaching all

It is not only those who she taught who will miss Claire, but

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also the girls in Dronfield, where she was an ever popular assistant, tutor and confidant. Claire spent many years in the house where

Penny Stirling

she used her level-headed, straight-talking and caring approach in

Penny Stirling joined us in September 2004 and immediately

all areas of boarding life and thus was ever popular. I am certain

started to work wonders with our String Orchestra. She obtained

that her previous tutor group (the leaving UVI girls) will have a lot

a crispness of attack

of memories of her time with them in Dron. Claire has always

and clear unified sound

shown great strength in the pastoral side of teaching and I hope

and real attention to

that she will be able to return to this in some capacity one day as

tuning and ensemble.

I feel she has a great deal to offer any school and all students.

Her work with our

Being a keen (and very good) rower herself, Claire also had an immediate impact in the boat house where she coached the juniors throughout her time at St. Peter's. I am sure that all students benefited from her expertise and from the dedication and enthusiasm she always offered the club.

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family, to pursue a Masters in Creative Writing and to take up a part-time position teaching English at The Mount. (So much for a quieter life!) We will certainly miss her but feel reassured that she hasn't gone far and I am certain that she will keep in touch with the many friends she has made at St. Peter's over the years.

Schumann's

Piano Quintet develop over a period in 20082009

Claire leaves St. Peter's in order to spend more time with her

Music has

been so impressive and

was

Her

pupils have

always gained so much from their lessons with her; she has often been a hard task-master but at the same time always encouraging. We

Claire, we will miss you very much and wish you, Cliff and Harry all the very best for the future!

will miss her strong musical personality in the Music Department and wish her well as she concentrates on her work with Yorkshire Young Musicians, Pro Corda and her international work for the

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Associated Board. Andrew Wright

Chris Belsom Last summer Chris Belsom retired from his position as Head of Mathematics at Ampleforth, which he had held since 1990. I am sure the last thing he expected shortly after finishing was a phone call from me asking if he would be able to help at St. Peter's. I needed a part time teacher

take

responsibility for two maths classes for the final two terms of the academic year whilst Claire Wike took on the position of Acting Head, and who better than Chris. highly

quite

thrilling.

He is a

experienced

teacher who has also taken a major role in the development of mathematics at a national level, working with the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education for the UK and with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.

acquired extensive experience as an examiner for both GCSE and A level and he authored and edited a number of school textbooks. I was absolutely delighted when Chris agreed to take the position; I have thoroughly enjoyed working with him, and the pupils have benefited enormously from his experience and expertise. D.Spencer

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House Reports

Clifton Life at school has a certain rhythm and melodies which change with the seasons, which at times feel slow and gentle and at others rapid and incessant, and at the end of the year composing this report the latter is never more so the case. Faces look pale and drawn, the shoulders are not as straight, shoes tend to scrape along the ground and the school uniform hangs limply. These are young people (and the parents who do the daily drop off and pick up!) who feel that they have been through the mill and in a week or so they will have slept off the end-of-year weariness and will look back with satisfaction on a fulfilling year. At the House dinner earlier in the term I referred to each of the year groups as the various sections of a musical ensemble: the Third form as the string section; the fourths as the voices; the fifths the raucous brass section; the lower sixth the keyboard; and the upper sixth as the percussion section for it is here that we get our rhythm and our lead. Here the tone is set. Years of waiting give these young men and women the opportunity to take the lead at the head of the house and we certainly have leaders in this year's Upper Sixth. It is in their psyche to provide a model for the work ethic in the house: their future is at stake; the next stage of their career is just around the corner; life as an independent young adult awaits them; they are on the verge of greatness. The Upper Sixth drives the house in competition and

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this year group has been no exception. It is in their hands to dictate the success of Clifton, if not in terms of results but in terms of participation. As Head of House Frankie Cross certainly had her hands full when she took on responsibility for ordering house hoodies, trackies and zippies. The outcome was terrific and I know of no one who was disappointed. JJ, Joe and Duncan have encouraged participation in sports events; Rebecca, Sarah and Ciara have shown their artistic flair; Ed and Charlie their musicianship; Harriett has

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been a veritable queen of drama; and Fi has, I think, participated in more House events than any other senior.To them we owe a debt of gratitude and hope that their example will be emulated by next year's leaders. As results go in competition Clifton has yet again not been awarded much silverware, but the girls did win the Inter-House Hockey Tournament this year and Dom reclaimed the Alcuin Trophy for tennis. We were arguably runners-up in the Great Egg Race (after all we did hit the target) - well done Oli Spearman, Joe, Dom, Tim, Ed and Frankie - and in the House Sing (the adjudicator apparently preferring the names of houses that begin with a voiceless glottal fricative rather than an aspirated voiceless stop). The junior boys were second in the cricket — Charlie Elliot, Chris, Oli Grimwood, James Contreras, Liam, Henry, Felix - and we came third in the House Art. On Sports Day there were some good individual performances: Fi (1st 200m; 2nd 800m); Felix (1st shot); Will Catchpole (1st high jump); Harriet Langford (2nd javelin; 5th 800m); Lucinda (2nd 100m; 4th high jump); Ricky (2nd high jump); James Contreras (2nd 200m); and further points were won by Tonia, Alice, Sam, Holly, Laura, Georgy, Josie, Charlie Elliot, Liam, Niels, Rob, Freddie Gabbertas, Max, Joe, Marcus, Dylan, Oli Hicks, Chris and all relay teams. Well done and thanks! Clifton fared well at Prizegiving with eight taking to the rostrum to receive recognition for their efforts: Ellie, James Webster, JJ, Sarah, Charlie Hubbard, Ed, Harriett and Fi. Charlie Mannion was also credited with a Gold Award in her Young Enterprise exam. Well done to all! Membership is not just about winning or being the best, it is foremost about belonging: I always encourage all to try to be the best, for in so doing they honour their opponents and make a vital contribution to the whole. Some have been mentioned above but those who haven't must take heart that their presence has been a vital part of the smaller house community or the broader school. We can't all be the very best, only the best we can be, and being part of the support team is crucial. To finish on a musical note, I leave you with the words of Bono, lead singer of U2: 'music can change the world because it can change people,' and Jimi Hendrix: 'music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.1 I would like Cliftonites to find harmony in their lives and to think of themselves as musicians: go out into the world and change what needs to be changed. M.Grant The Peterite 2009-2010

House Reports

Dronfield It is with both pride and sadness that we review the last year in Dronfield: pride in what the girls have achieved and sadness that this is the last time that we shall be writing the house report for Dron. Dron's most obvious success was in sport for which we retained the Inter-House Cup; given the excellent sportswomen the house boasts, and the leadership of Head of House Livi Herrenschmidt, this was not a surprise. As last year, we won the junior netball event with the Veteran' fourth years - Rachel Moore, Imi Leigh, Chloe Lister, and Heather Goodall - being joined by Sian Bigger, Tansy Tomlinson, Emily Easterby, Georgie Cornock and Emma Stephenson from the new third year. We won the Inter-House swimming gala with our formidable sixth form school representatives - Jess Elkington, Maddie Hall, Livi Herrenschmidt and EUys Lockitt - combining well with Dewi Sarginson, Chloe Lister, Rachel Moore and Sian Bigger. Dron should enjoy great success in the new pool when it opens! We enjoyed much success in the racquet sports thanks to the efforts of the two Herrenschmidts, Fi Marsden, Sara Drake, Kate Shaw, Chloe Lister, Rachel Moore, Angie Sunuwar, Maria Mikhaylenko and Georgie Cornock all of whom represented Dron on the tennis, badminton and/or squash court during the year. There were a number of outstanding individual performances during Sports' Day for which the House came second in the girls' competition: Bobby Gardner won the senior javelin; Jenna Cammish came second in the high jump; Vicki Herrenschmidt won the senior discus and Imi Leigh the junior; Chloe Lister won the junior 200 metres. In all other sporting events Dron put out both full and competitive teams which were superbly supported. This was particularly true of Inter-House cross country in which so many sixth formers, including new girls Abi Goodwin and Charley Green, chose to run. However, not everyone was as successful as Maddie Jackson who finished seventh in the event. Indeed we should like to apologise to Sarah Adjepong for not seeing her over the finishing line: we had left, assuming everyone had already finished, before she staggered home! Beyond sport, a number of girls displayed great talent in other areas. Bussy Wells was a finalist in the Harrogate Art College's fashion competition, designing a dress made entirely of paper money. Old girl Georgie Hall made it through to the regional final of another fashion /design competition for which her sister, Tilly, acted as a model. Maria Mikhaylenko proved to be in much demand for her outstanding abilities as a photographer: her pictures of the upper sixth's final day were truly wonderful. Finally Kirstie Robertson

impressed all with her encyclopaedic knowledge of the High School Musicals, Vampire Diaries and Stephanie Meyer novels. Indeed it was her influence which led to the entire House outing to see New Moon (for which Lydia Hawthorn wore her Team Edward T-shirt) at the cinema and a lifesize cut out of Edward Cullen being bought for the study! Kirstie and Livi Herrenschmidt also played important roles in helping to organise the House singing entry 'It's Raining Men' along with Nicci Deedes. It was a performance of great gusto ably accompanied by Vicki Herrenschmidt on drums. However, the outstanding performance of the year had to be Fi Thompson's in the House Chapel at the very start of term: has there ever been a more deadpan act? As a House, the girls in Dronfield have sought to broaden their horizons beyond the confines of St Peter's. To this end, Louisa Maxwell was a driving force. She established an Amnesty International noticeboard which she kept updated each half-term.

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Stephenson, Angie Sunuwar, Maria Mikhaylenko, Emily Easterby, Sian Bigger, Georgie Cornock and Tansy Tomlinson - baked continuously for a week and were able to present Mrs Kirby with a cheque for £200. Much of this appeared to have been donated by Jo Clark who had a particular weakness for the banana bread! Furthermore, these charitable endeavours led to the 'Take a 10p to Chapel' initiative which was followed rigorously by the end of the year. The kitchen in Dronfield was under great strain last year. Lydia Hawthorn, Dewi Sarginson and Emma Stephenson each cooked for the whole house on a Saturday (providing a rest for Mrs T!). Jess Elkington, aided by Lou Maxwell, could often be found producing the most intricately designed icing on cakes: they were art forms in themselves. However, the queen of the kitchen had to be Claire Jordan and her baking: her scones were sublime!! We will always remember our time in Dronfield with great affection. We should like to wish Mr and Mrs Whitehouse all the best for

(There was also a 'fit man' board in the computer room to which every girl contributed; the least said about this the better!). She also invited in her mother to talk about life in Nepal - a country in which Mrs Maxwell had completed the Everest Marathon. Despite our technical difficulties with the projector, Mrs Maxwell's talk was very enthusiastically received and led to coppers being collected for charity in the House thereafter. Mrs Kirby (ex Houseparent of the Rise) also kindly agreed to talk about her charitable work for a school in Rwanda. This was met with particular enthusiasm by the third form who decided that they wanted to help the school as an ongoing project. Inspired by the charity cake sales of Charlie Nelson, Caz Cook and Fi Marsden the entire third form - Yasmine Kumordzi, Jenny Frazer, Laura Nichols, Daisy Wall, Imi Jeffries, Bussy Wells, Emma

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next year and hope that they find their time in Dron is as fulfilling and as happy as ours has been. We should like to thank all those who have helped us, in particular Mrs Bollands, Mrs Hutchinson, and Miss Whitehead. Miss Ku proved to be an outstanding Assistant Housemistress who was liked greatly by both the girls and us alike; we wish her every happiness in her new life in Germany. Our thanks also go to Mrs Cowling for her quiet enthusiasm and considerable help in the House. Our Heads of House - Kirstie Robertson and Livi Herrenschmidt - made our lives more straightforward than they would otherwise have been. They were both utterly reliable and proactive in all that they did - as were the rest of an outstanding Upper-Sixth: Fis M andT, Caz, Charlie, Maddie, Bobby, Jess, Lou, Lydia, Sara and Nicci. We shall miss their company greatly and wish them every success in the future. Finally, we should like to thank all the girls in Dronfield for so many things including introducing us to the Twilight Saga (!!!) and for allowing us into their lives. Mr and MrsT.

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Grove eerie calmness has descended over Grove the top floor is deserted and the two juni mon rooms have been involved in intern; followed by a variety of end of term even hustle and bustle from the rest of the year i ally returning to my memory and, as such, I to write a succinct account summarising tf and, at times, frenzied 'goings on' and aca ments of those in the House. As we break ui holidays Bradley Smith is off to South Afric exchange programme and I am looking for on his return, watching his video diary of th

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taw, must be congratulatj on his input as his design was rie one which was adopted by the rest of the group. ;t before the October half was the turn of Grove to large' of the chapel serv.e - the theme decided on, after a lot of it Festival and Bekka Taylor skilfully took over the directing of the service. The school was entertained and amazed by Eddie Brown as he played his cello at the start

of the service and enjoyed the acting by our competent fourth f performers as they stomped round the chapel dressed as farmers! A number of individuals within the house also had great success in drama during the year - Michael Bailey's memorable portrayal of the miser, Harpagon, in Moliere's play L'Avare, was truly notable and clearly gave Michael the ability to show off his comic acting skills. Marcus Yeoman's depiction of Maitre Simon was also magnificent as was Bekka Taylor who played the formidable Maitre Jacques. Emily Freeman and Bradley Smith were also members of the cast. It was pleasing to note that the third and fourth formers were also carrying on the acting tradition - Hannah Tolley's soliloquy in the middle school play 'Mistero Buffo' was exceptional and Jack Harrison, Elle Hlingworth, Alison Thornton and Henry Roach also performed outstandingly in the play. Bekka Taylor must also be congratulated on being chosen to become a member of the prestigious National Youth Theatre - a fantastic achievement.

Needless to say with such a wealth of artistic and musical talent available - Grove's performance in the annual House singing 'tition was, in my opinion, superb! wn rendition of 'Grove', copying lau Ballet's 'Gold' was sung and, at - -'"outed enthusiastically by all ups, needless to say I was isappointed that we were placed in the competition! The first inter house sporting competition of the year was the Cross Country event. Freddie Jagger secured an impressive win in the junior boys' competition helping to conclude a second place for the house team. The senior boys were lead in by Henry Lee and secured a pleasing fifth place. Both the junior senior girls' teams had to rely on icipation from all the girls within ouse and it was gratifying to see i all competing with such determina- well done. Other notable inter The Peterite 2009-2010

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house sporting successes of the year was third place to the senior boys rugby team. The following boys represented the team: Henry Lee, James Longbottom, Michael Bailey, Alex Dickinson, Dominic Eaves, Tom Fynn, Freddie Proctor, Liam Hancy and Jonnie Bew. Also achieving an impressive third were the junior girls in the netball competition, with only seven girls eligible

in charity shops. Hannah Tolley also played an integral part in helping to organise the first tea dance for elderly members of the community which was both an enjoyable and extremely successful evening. It is also pleasing to note that many of the house are also fully involved in the Duke of Edinburgh scheme. The last house event before the senior years embarked on their study leave was the full House Dinner. As has become a tradition in Grove House (apparently!) this event took place at Jaipur Spice. Henry Lee's organisation of the evening was brilliant and we all enjoyed a splendid meal. As it was such an excellent evening I am confident the tradition will continue for many years to come!

to play the feet was even more remarkable! The following girls represented the team: Laura Field, Abi Gill, Hannah Tolley, Sasha Hinde, Amy Dodds, Elle Illingworth and Harriet Andrews. Both the boys and girls came third on sports day with many individual successes, Alex Dickinson was awarded the Robinson Walker trophy for 800m and Henry Lee the Proudly Trophy for 400m. Tom Kimpson must be congratulated on once again competing in the National Schools final of the 400m- an outstanding achievement. Yet again many members of the Grove have tirelessly and unassumingly been involved in various community action projects throughout the year, Alex Langford and Olivia Frost have volunteered for the Wilberforce trust and a number of sixth formers have worked

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our leavers all the very best for the future.The U6 have been a wonderful year group, their experience and inside knowledge of the house has been invaluable! I sincerely hope they achieve all their grades at A level and I am confident they will embark on the next stage of their academic careers with great gusto and enthusiasm! I would like to take this opportunity to thank Alex Langford and Henry Lee for carrying out their duties as Heads of House so cheerfully throughout the year - their support has been invaluable. I am confident that Olivia Frost and Dominic Eaves will also become fantastic and reliable ambassadors for Grove House as they take up their positions next term. Finally I would like to thank all the tutors in Grove for their invaluable help and support throughout the year: Mr Hodsdon, Mr Morris, Mr Gant, Mrs Pickles, Miss O'Leary and Mrs Cowling.

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Hope According to Ricky Cervais the second 'series' is always the most difficult. Hopefuls were not greeted with the smell of new paint, new carpets and new furniture, but any fears that Hope House had lost the sparkle and sense of purpose of its first year were soon dispelled. It has been a privilege to be with such a group of talented and supportive young people this year - each one adds something positive in his or her own way and I am sorry that it is not possible to mention everyone by name in this report.

I Nick and Oliver won their sections in the Junior Music Festival. These performances were all memorable but they form but a small part of the musical contribution made by members of the house over the year. Robbie and Nick in particular have delighted audiences at many a concert, as indeed have Helena and Alex Green. We were well represented in the Gala concert which I am sure will linger in pupils' minds for a very long time, and the recent Cabaret Concert was a splendid occasion with a large number of the house taking part. Robbie's 'Old Man River' was especially moving. The new third form soon made their presence felt - initially slightly wary of a tutor they could barely understand who has a black belt in karate, they overcame their apprehensions in no time and have proved a lively addition to the house. The Upper Sixth have organised house events with minimum fuss and commendable support from the rest of the house and Tamsin has been a strong leader, encouraging and coercing as required! If there is one area of school life that has been particularly outstanding for Hopefuls this year, it must be the music.Tamsin led the house enthusiastically to success in the House Singing Competition, ably assisted musically by Helena and Robbie. An unbeatable team who managed to get most of the house singing in tune and persuaded them to smile and sing with apparent pleasure - Livin' on a Prayer seemed an appropriate choice for a house named after a former Archbishop. Robbie went on to win the Senior Music Festival and

Whilst considering the 'arts' Jess P is to be congratulated on being awarded the Junior art prize - I'm so pleased that 'the L door' made it up L and down Jelbert •"• Way without disasJuliet Buffey ter striking! The art exhibition indicated that there is significant talent in the house, as in turn had the DT exhibition, with Mitch the worthy winner of the DT prize. The drama continues to challenge the audiences and Georgie, Hannah and Izzie have all performed with conviction and assurance this year. I hope the Mystery Plays go well.

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House sport has been something of a curate's egg this year, but has always been played in the right spirit with great determination and sense of sportsmanship. Team spirit has been strong and if we increase our wins by 50% each year the future looks rosy. Having retained the senior girls' netball trophy, led by Catriona, Oliver and Rob F also won the senior boys' tennis. We were runners up in both the girls' swimming and the squash, and third in the hockey, with a good goal from Katharine which promises well for next year. Hettie won the Senior Cross Country and also shared the Vitrix Ludorum athletics cup. Michael won the junior discus and the senior girls put in a good performance in the relay to win. We are yet to seriously challenge in the boys team sports - the juniors lost every game in the rugby 7s, but did manage to get through to the second round of the cricket - perhaps next year? The boys should be able to field a full Hope House senior 7s next year with welcome new talent in the Lower Sixth form. It is perhaps a shame that there is no house rowing as Oliver would have had a crew of enthusiastic and able juniors to support him this year. I am well aware that many members of the house are accomplished in expressing their views and this was used to good effect in both debating competitions this year. The seniors had a strong team and were well briefed by Kate. The fourth form are well practised in arguing their points of view and were close runners up in the competition. Lucy and Jamie were particularly impressive in their research and passion - the least said about MacDonalds the better! It is fitting that a community that is generally very supportive within the house should also be so keen to give of their time and energy in the wider community. Kate received a Community Action prize deservedly for her long and committed role in the Community Action programme. It would be invidious to single out other individuals, but members of the house spent time with the elderly, the disabled, danced, read, collected money, baked cakes, helped in shops and at charity events and received praise wherever they went. Most

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of the fifth form coped with unusually hot weather to clear paths etc after their exams. I hope that everyone involved in Community Action found that what may have been started with an eye to a UCAS form or Duke of Edinburgh award ended as being a much richer experience. The strong work ethic in the house is evidenced to an extent by the academic prize winners at the end of the year and Cathy, Mitch, Sarah, Hannah, Jess, Jamie, JJ, Lucy and Katharine are to be congratulated. However, the end of year reports suggest that accolades should go far beyond these few. If everyone handed in their merits perhaps the merit cup would also be Hopeward bound! My thanks go to the Upper Sixth - a group small in number but big in heart and commitment. They have led by example and have been most reliable in organising house events. Tamsin has been an excellent Head of House - she knows the different year groups and has encouraged and cajoled people into volunteering for events masterfully. I have valued her thoughts and help throughout the year. She and Cathy have been worthy of their gowns, fulfilling their roles with integrity. My best wishes go to all of the Upper Sixth - for their results and for successful university careers. My band of tutors have, as always, been generous with their time and support. I am indebted to my assistant, Mr Duffy, and to Mr Shread, Mr Edwards, MrWright and Miss Ullstein who has been a most welcome addition to the team! Their good humour, energy and determination to bring the best out each of their charges is very much appreciated. It is with great sadness that we say good-bye to MrWright at the end of this term.The fifth form will have to find someone else to look after next year! We wish him a very long and happy retirement. Another year over, we look to the future, as Tamsin would have us say - 'with hope in our hearts'. I congratulate Alex, Holly and Robbie on being appointed monitors and look forward to working with Robbie in his capacity as Head of House next year. No longer perceived as the 'new' house, we will I am sure go from strength to strength, appreciating each individual for his or her contribution so that the whole may in turn contribute to the wider school community. S. Watkinson

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Linton Autumn Term Forty Lintonites returned after the summer holiday and it was a pleasure to welcome two new boys into the lower sixth as well as five members of the new third form. Mr Marriott escaped from The Manor to join us as assistant housemaster, and Paddy Stephen took over as Lower Sixth tutor. All settled in well back into the pace of school life with the vast majority occupied outside of lessons either on the river or on the rugby field. Academically last year's Upper Sixth scored an astonishing number of A grades at A-level and both Gary Ng and Josh Noble returned to Linton with a full clutch of A's at AS. Sam Ash led (or misled?) the Great Egg Race team to the wooden spoon! The brief was to design a machine to launch a ball to a target five metres away. Despite the abundance of brains around the table the team was only able to build a (wonky) tube and, using brute force, sent the ball in completely the wrong direction!

In senior house rugby we surprised even ourselves by progressing easily through the first three rounds. In the semi-final a fine try by Andrew Neal gave us the victory. Having beaten Queen's in the first round we were very confident going into the final. However, luck was not on our side and a mistake gave Queen's a last minute try beating us by one point on the whistle! This was a really good effort and it certainly was pleasing to see how the three year groups worked well as a team: Andrew Neal, Jeffrey Cho, Michael Chan,Tom Nelson,Toby Hinchcliffe, Erik Prenzlin, James Chantry, Josh Noble and Sam Ash deserve the praise. House dinner ended a great Autumn Term. The venue (much improved in our opinion) of the Dining Hall really added to the atmosphere and certainly Sam Ash's speech was one of the best we have witnessed for years: the investigation into the 'sleeve thefts' brought down the house, though I wonder if Mr Whitehouse will ever forgive him...

Spring Term House cross-country was a big event this term with a large team of Lintonites squelching around the Ings course. In the juniors Hugo and new Lintonite Roman Faithfull took second and third placings. In the seniors we had a strong house turn out though a certain aging housemaster had to work hard to keep just ahead of the fastest Lintonite, Rory Wells, who came fourth overall in the race. Linton were pipped to second place by the old enemy.

The first half of term saw the Linton garden covered in deep snow and large numbers of games fixtures were unfortunately cancelled. The Upper Sixth could not settle on a final song for house singing and with only days to go PMK stepped in and 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' by Queen became our choice. Not universally popular initially, the boys did eventually get stuck into it. With Roman on the drums and Tom Bright on bass we did a fine job and

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were unlucky not be seeded in the first three. Physical actions together with the improvised wailing of Josh Burley and James Chantry certainly got us biggest laughs and claps of the night - well done boys. In sport Sam Ash and Andrew Neal captained the under 18 and under 16 hockey teams respectively to a number of very good wins. The trio of rowers Rory Wells, Jeff Cho and Ali Stephenson continued to dominate in the coxed four, gaining an outstanding silver medal at the Schools' Head of the River in London. These boys then went on to win the fours event at the Yorkshire Head by a huge margin over club and university crews. Peter Clark, aided by a number of others in the Lower Sixth, produced an excellent house chapel based around the theme of "Hatred" in today's society.The football chanting of the Lower Sixth together with Roman Faithfull's shock admission helped to lighten the otherwise serious message. Sam Burley performed a worryingly accurate rendition of a 'chav' with Tom Bright demonstrating his

We would not have been able to survive this year without the hard work from all staff involved in the house. Michelle and her cleaning team continue to work miracles and the maintenance staff keep Linton looking in fine shape. Our fantastic team of tutors have supported the boys very well and thank Mr Stephen and Mr MilesKingston for their great help. Mr Whitehouse finishes his time with

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Linton this term. He has been an excellent help in the house over the last three years; very efficient and certainly incredibly thorough in the way he works. We wish him and his wife Lucy best wishes with their new role as houseparents of Dronfield. Finally big thanks to Mr Marriott who as new assistant housemaster has gone out of his way to support us in our work and he is thoroughly respected by the boys in the house.

The term closed with Lintonites fully involved in ever larger aspects of school life, including representation at the Rosslyn Park 7s and the Duke of Edinburgh Gold & Silver award. Linton provided two candidates for the 'mock' election: Will Grice (a.k.a Bill Rice) stood for the Liberal Democrats aided by his dark spin-doctor Mr Fergus Lane, and also James Chantry stood for the UKIP. Both battled hard against four other candidates with Linton coming out with 1st and 2nd placings with Will on top with over 100 votes. It is worth at this point mentioning the impressive rugby representation this term: Sam Ash (England U18 Barbarians), Toby Hinchdiffe (Yorkshire U17), Tom Nelson (Yorkshire U16) and Jake Taylor (East Yorkshire U14).

Summer Term As the inevitable exam session kicked in it was still a pleasure to see the boys working hard for success outside on the classroom. Linton entered a strong team into Sports Day, winning the prestigious House Shield by a good margin. Top performances came from wins for Frazer MacRostie (senior discus and shot), Toby Hinchdiffe (intermediate javelin and 100 metres), Tom Nelson (intermediate discus), Roman Faithfull (junior 800 metres) and Daniel James (junior javelin). Sam Ash was placed second in both the senior 100 metres and 200 metres, giving him the Clive Lewis sprint cup. Of particular note was the small but successful junior team: four of the third form contested 16 events between them, scoring valuable house points. On the river the boys four (comprising of three Lintonites) carried on their success from last term and gained a place in the final 5 boats at the National Schools Regatta - an excellent reward for alt their hard work over the year. These Lintonites formed a third of the Henley VIII which put up an impressive fight against a strong crew from Salisbury School USA.

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As the term drew to a close we wished all our leavers a fond farewell. Charlie Bilton moves over to Hong Kong to complete his education, and Erik Prenzlin down to Exeter to finish sixth form. In the Upper Sixth we lose eight long-standing members of the house. They will certainly be missed as we have shared so many good moments with them over the years. So, goodbye and farewell to Sam, Ferg, Josh, Will G.Tom, Gary, Frazer and Will P. M and SJ Hall

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Manor Head of Maintenance, Graham Fennell, and his team worked hard on Manor again over the summer of 2009. Although there weren't the glamorous improvements of the previous summer, rooms and corridors were painted. My number one objective remains the games room, when appropriate funding can be found. It has been, however, another year of fine achievements by the boys of Manor. Last year's Upper Sixth by and large achieved their A Level grades as predicted and have now started the next stage of their careers. Alex Ward spent six weeks in July and August at our exchange partners, Selborne College, in East London, South Africa. I am sure that Alex would recommend the exchange to anyone. In return we received Litha Dweba who turned out to be one of the best Selbornians of recent years. I thought that he might have trouble living up to the expectations , «*» -'-created by Vaughan Guest last year but he met and possibly exceeded them by getting along extremely well with everyone he encountered. The three trophies won this year reflect the most successful year in recent times in the inter-house tournaments. The first of our triumphs this year came in the senior house debating cup. Our side of Sam Jefferies, Ali Newton and Litha Dweba sailed into the final to meet odds-on favourites, Dronfield. Arguing that child labour is acceptable, the boys successfully framed the debate in terms of what third world countries would lose, in spite of their own opinions! The juniors gained valuable experience before bowing out as Dronfield gained revenge. We defended the senior cross-country trophy and, although the margin of victory was not as comfortable as last year, the boys won with some ease. Particular mention should go to Alastair Newton who ran with great success in both the cross-country and track

events this year, and he should be congratulated on his selection for the North Yorkshire team. In the juniors, third year Tom Dickinson impressed and should be in with a shout of the title next year. Kenny Liu must be commended for his outstanding commitment to the Boat Club and his appointment as captain for next year. Will Smith played first team hockey and tennis, managing to combine his sporting commitment with musical excellence. Will Easterby was part of a school riding team that enjoyed considerable success this year and I do hope that we will hear more publically about this sport, in part to educate the ignorant townies! We also successfully defended the junior six-a-side cricket trophy. School House were dispatched in the first round following excellent batting from skipper Sam McCullagh and Charlie Cornock and good bowling from all five players. Finals day saw us beat Queen's in the semi before taking on pre-tournament favourites Clifton for a re-match of last season's final. Special mention here for the other two Manorites in the Yorkshire Twenty 20 U15 Cup winning side, Dan Harding and Tom Dickinson. Along with Sam, Charlie, Tom Colthup and Harrison Medley, they ensured a reasonably straight forward victory.

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Both senior and junior rugby 7s teams reached the semi-finals of the inter-house competition before exiting to eventual winners of both tournaments, Queen's House. The seniors were particularly unlucky, losing to a last play drop-kick conversion from the touchline. There is little doubt that whoever won that semi was always going to win the final and we rued missed chances. The juniors lost to an exceptional side but demonstrated great tenacity. Queen's proved to be our bete noire this year and also did for us in the final of the inter-house hockey competition. My personal highlight of the Christmas term was the school production of Moliere's L'Avare. Manorites contributed to a hilarious and professional performance with Freddie Wintrip again demonstrating his talent in a lead role and fourth year Will Easterby adding genuinely comic moments. Tom Miles and Will Smith were behind the scenes with the video and audio. The quality of school productions is a testament to the remarkable hard work of all involved. Freddie should be congratulated on his achieving a place in the National Youth Theatre this summer. The juniors also enjoyed their drama in the summer term with Harrison Medley, Will Hartrey and Tom Riley joining Will in the production. The boys chose to recognise the continuing evil of prejudice in our annual house chapel address. It was crafted very thoughtfully by Sam Jefferies in conjunction with James Coates and James Deri. I hasten to add that it was far more eloquent than anything that I could have scripted but, in an era of relative success for the BNP, it

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served as a reminder that discrimination in terms of race, gender and sexuality continues to boil just below the surface of British society. It was a pleasure to work with this year's Upper Sixth who proved to be a thoughtful and talented group. David Glen was an excellent Head of House and I would like to thank him for his support and loyalty. He was ably assisted by the other two "old boys" Tom Bilton and Jamie Getty. The remaining seven in the year group joined us in the Lower Sixth and totally changed the face of the year group. Ollie Burdass was the most improved sportsman in the year, an excellent all-rounder as were Ben Owen and James Deri. James Coates and Nick Rosenberg set excellent examples for all, as did Ben Chan who possessed a remarkable work ethic. Laurence Cowen left us with talent to burn. I have written little about their individual achievements as they will be well documented in the sports section; far more importantly, all ten have developed into lovely young men. As we leave The Manor, on behalf of the boys, I would like to thank all the people who help to make this such a special community. First of all, my assistants David Ray and Alastair Cameron, without whose dedication and care Manor would not function. Secondly, my tutors, Matthew Adams, John Darmody and John Owen-Barnett, the latter of whom I have always seen as my mentor. Thirdly, Colette, our incredible matron, who does far too much for the boys! Fourthly, a wonderful team of cleaners: Brenda, who retired this summer having seen out three different housemasters, Karen, Kath, Jill and the indomitable Katy are worth their weight in gold. Finally, Kirstie and Megan get the raw end of the deal and it is time for me to put that right. PC Taylor

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Queen's i go and save the best for last" sang Vanessa Williams. It was certainly true this year. We won more, did more and perhaps even enjoyed more than ever before. In my final year as Housemaster of Queen's I can look back fondly on this last year. As ever all of what I write can only be achieved with the support of the tutors, parents but most of all the students. The house group of 2009-10 are a fine bunch and I look forward to following their progress from across the road. The value of an all-round education is clear in this report. Academics matter, but the experiences in all the activities below build a much fuller person. It has been a delight to watch, and take part in, the successes, the failures and most of all the fun and learning. upported this year. We have talented individuals se spirit which really showed. On Sports Day McDermottroe won the Senior Boys 100m; Tom White the Senior Javelin and the senior team won the 4 X 100m relay. Charlie Greswold won the Inter boys 200m and Joseph Smith the Junior 1500m.

Boys Sport saw our biggest success this year. It all started with the Senior House Sevens and two memorable moments. The first was a touchline dropkick conversion in the semi-final to win by two points; the second a dramatic injury time try in the final to win by one point. Both were scored by Dave McDermottroe but both belonged also to the team who created the opportunities. After years of "nearlies" in the house rugby this was enjoyed by all. The Juniors, a really talented house team, made things rather easier meaning we had a clean sweep in rugby this year! The boys' successes continued. There were victories in the Inter house hockey where Calum Craig excelled; and in the Inter-House Swimming with great contributions by many including both Clarksons. Indeed all the boys' sports at both Junior and Senior level

"iris Sport went well again this year. What was impressive was the ease with which teams were filled.' was strong in all events whether we were com""" live or not. Hockey wa strongest sport when unlucky not to win, I in the end in the fin; penalty flicks. We rea the final also in sq tennis and badminton Worsman sisters gave; service in all three oft! Charlotte McDermottroe won the 100m on Sports Day.

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In the Senior Music Festival Katie McLeish won the ... guitar. Katie was deservedly appon prize for composition was awarded to Emily Gee with Hannah Gee commended in the Junior festival. The House Sing was good fun if ultimately unsuccessful. We certainly enjoyed ourselves but our choice of song, in the end, didn't t late well to the stage and perhaps was a

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complex. The work done by the senior students in getting this together was admirable and a great deal of progress was made in the short practice sessions. My thanks go to Monica Peach in particular for her efforts here.

The other (equally important) stuff House debating continued this year organised by Justin Wong. We were unlucky to go out and certainly we have some real talent for next year. Yet again our Egg Race team did their best but just failed at the last.Thanks to all who took part in this (John Hamilton; Tom Whitaker; Toby Clarkson; Eddy Clarkson; Nick Stephen; Sam Philpott) House chapel, on the theme of International Women's Day, went well again this year being well organised by the two Heads of House with all readers impressing. This year, once again, a great number were involved in various community action programmes. I continue to be amazed by the commitment shown by a great many of the students to the various programmes and in particular would like to congratulate Alex Telfer, Harriet Yates, Justin Wong, Patricia Swiers, Emily Gee and Edwina Denison for their noteworthy contributions. Justin Wong was recognised for his efforts by the Minster Lions.

the start of the summer term. She will make a fine housemistress and I am sure by the time this report is read she will have made her own positive impact on the students. Mr Lancaster has served as a tutor in Queen's for (we think) 23 years! In this time he has given an extraordinary amount to the students in his care and I have particularly valued his help in preparing students' UCAS applications. I wish him all the best in his retirement. As ever though, my last thanks go the students. They have put in a tremendous amount of effort over the year, in and out of class, and I fully commend them on all they have achieved. S. Cwilliam

The People I have been delighted with the two Heads of House, Will Peet and Sophie Worsman, who got on with their jobs with the minimum of fuss and set a fine example to others. I really appreciated their efficiency, reliability and affability. The U6th by now will be in pastures new and I hope they are really enjoying what they do. It was a pleasure to have them in house. The tutors, as always, require great thanks. They do a lot of hard work on a regular basis which the students greatly appreciate. Mrs Hempsall has provided excellent support in the last year as Assistant Housemistress, not least of which was when I was stuck abroad at

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Rise Scarlett Shaw, Zoe Pindar, Ellie Fletcher, Natalie Mounsey and Harriet Falshaw joined the house in September to make up a formidable Third Form. As the youngest contingent of the house they have proved to be useful both in and out of the classroom and have been a real asset to the house throughout the year. Into the Lower Sixth we welcomed Pip Gray and Sophie Jones; again, both girls have really made their mark in the house and wider school community. Mrs Barnard also joined The Rise as tutor to the Third and Fourth Forms and has done an excellent job ensuring her charges are well cared for by steering them through a busy and sometimes pressured year. Once again, despite being the smallest house we have made our mark in the inter-house programme. The Rise came first in both the Senior and Junior Cross Country competitions. The Great Egg Race was a seriously fought but good humoured contest and again we came top. Fabienne Roth, Jess Foxley, Sophia Lu, Bea Murray-Nag, Natalie Mounsey and Laura Mounsey successfully fired ping-pong balls through a target to make The Rise reigning champions for the third time out of the last four years. Who said girls can't do Physics! The hockey players performed well at all levels with Laura Mounsey and Rosie Dallas playing regularly for the school's first team. In the interhouse tournament we came a respectable fourth, beating our nearest and dearest rivals from across the road. On the river the rowers enjoyed wonderful weather right through the Christmas Term. This would end after the holiday when snow and ice stopped most activities - even rowing!

try conditions that would last well into the term. The decision to close the school for the weekend two weeks into term because of the atrocious conditions proved to be popular with most parents and all pupils and the school and The Rise fell into eerie silence as the snow continued to fall and York came to a standstill. Those stranded at school enjoyed unexpected freedom and an expedition to the City Screen to see Avatar. Snow ball fights were commonplace and the dining room became mysteriously devoid of tea trays... More drama this term provided a welcome distraction for all, with great performances from Pip Gray, Ellie Binks and Tilly Binns in Woyzeck and Polly Fairbank and Jess Foxley working hard behind the scenes. All houses rose to the House Sing challenge; contrary to popular belief, The Rise did not practise for longer than other houses, but

We have a fine batch of actors and all took full advantage of the opportunities thrown at them by Tim Coker. L'Avare proved to be a hilarious antidote to the end of a long and tiring term. Pip Gray took a leading role as Elise with other great performances from Ruby Wilson, Tilly Binns, Ellie Binks and Fabienne Roth. The now regular boarders/Music Department trips to Opera North saw us at Cosi Fan Tutte preceded by the now customary dinner at Kendall's bistro. Equally successful nights out to see La Boheme and Mary Stuart would follow later in the year. The customary evenings out to Berwick Kaler's panto and iceskating proved once again to be popular and thanks to Mrs Shepherd for arranging both. The Easter term began with severe win-

took the challenge seriously to be placed a very respectable third. We were also third in the house badminton thanks to Tilly Binns, Summer Taylor, Molly Bythell and jess Fairbank. The cold conditions meant the netball season was severely disrupted and this year's First Team captain Sarah Munro did not perhaps get as much opportunity as she would have liked to develop her role. In the winter concert Sophia Lu and Helen Skinner performed solos in front of an appreciative audience. It was particularly poignant to see Sophia's parents who had flown in from Shanghai The Peterite 2009-2010 I

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just in time to hear Sophia sing a Chinese folk song in Mandarin.The Senior Music Competition again saw The Rise well represented. Sophia won both the piano and singing categories and Sophie Jones on her saxophone narrowly missed a placing. However her talent was recognised when she came first in both the York and Regional rounds of the Rotary Club's Young Musician of the Year. Girls' cricket proved to be popular with the Lower Sixth in the summer term. Tom Mariott brought his team up to scratch; Leeds grammar was the competition. Unfortunately they were too good for us. Maybe next year! On the river Ellie Fletcher's and Harriet Falshaw's single scull wins proved that hard work really does pay off. Phoebe Liu also performed well at numerous regattas and was awarded the Riverman trophy for her enthusiasm and hard work both on and off the water. School tennis and athletics were well repre-

It is a tribute to the girls of The Rise that we are able to boast so many varied achievements within the space of just a year. Apologies

sented by Rise girls with Scarlett Shaw, Fabienne Roth and Natalie Mounsey playing first team tennis and Ruby Wilson and Lavinia

to those I have missed out and congratulations to all who have con-

Taylor proving their worth at long jump and on the track.

tributed in any way to events that make the house the busy community that it is. It is particularly pleasing to mention those who

Sports Day saw some great performances from Harriet Falshaw (300m), Cus Aiken (800m), Polly Fairbank (shot) and Lavinia Taylor

have quietly got on with activities that often have little significance within the bounds of St Peter's but nevertheless illustrate determination and regard for others. Outside school Zoe Pindar, EHie Fletcher and Harriet Falshaw have all done well in gymnastics, hockey and riding respectively. Gussie Aiken, Sophia Lu and Jess Foxley have contributed hugely to the Community Action Programme; Jess was

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(javelin); despite the freezing conditions The Rise was in first place up until the 4 x 4 relays when we were severely beaten and had to make do with second. The Rise also settled for second place in the Interhouse rounders, with some tremendous play from Natalie Mounsey, Lavinia Taylor, Scarlett Shaw and Jess Fairbank. We lost by just half a rounder to Dronfield. However the following week justice was done when we beat Dronfield by a mere 0.003 of a merit to win the Merit Cup; this was a great achievement for the whole house.

My sincere thanks go to Mrs Barnard, Mrs Fricker, Miss Morgan

In drama, Pip Gray again proved her versatility in her monologue.

and Mrs Shepherd for their hard work, intuition and time. Thank you

Ruby Wilson and Lavinia Taylor were both excellent in Misero Buffo

also to Mrs Cammidge and the ladies for another year of domestic

with Ruby going on to play opposite Bill Goss in the brilliant Zoo

bliss and finally to Rosie Dallas whose brilliance as Head of House

Story. Down at the Art School both Rosie Dallas and Bella Murray-

has made for a smooth and (relatively) trouble free year.

Nag collected drawing awards and The House brought home the House Art shield for the second year of its existence. The Junior

Next year Ellie Binks, Pip Gray and Helen Skinner will all be monitors and Polly Fairbank will be Head of School. Finally congratula-

Music Competition saw Natalie Mounsey win the singing category, Gus Aiken successfully completed his Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award

tions to EUie who takes over from Rosie as Head of House.

and Ellie Binks headed a very successful Young Enterprise team.

C.W. Hall

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There was a definite buzz of excitement and anticipation for the new school year beginning in September 2009 in School House. Each new year group was settling into their new common rooms, all dressed exquisitely in new school uniforms or suits (oh so smart!) and I was, excitedly yet anxiously trying to find the keys to my new office! School House in 2009 welcomed a new third form, Ella Nadian and Angus Taylor to the L6 and Mr Wall and Mr Taylor to the tutor team as well as me as a new House Mistress. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that it proved to be a great start to what continued to be a wonderful year in School House. The eagerly anticipated House singing competition was for many the highlight of the year and it was amazing to see such a great, joint effort in singing the Take That anthem 'Shine', chosen by our shaggy - haired, enthusiastic and apparent Take That fan, Froggy, aka Matthew Norell, our strong Head of House this year. Whilst in the past, School House has been known for its singing , prowess, this year was not as suc' cessful. We certainly did 'shine' though, showing enthusiasm, producing loud singing and all conducted expertly by Froggy and Phoebe Mannion. Special mention has to Bill Coss and Gu man-Sharpe of the fourth form for their wonderful instrumental accompaniments on keyboard and guitar respectively. Sadly, we could not repeat the triumph of the previous year but we all thoroughly enjoyed the experience and we laughed lots! The House Chapel similarly was wellsupported by an interesting cast of willing participants, but the organisers (Cabby Naismith and Matthew Norell) were sensible and straightforward in their approach, producing a clear, solid message for the rest of the school. School House certainly proved to be an enter- — taining House throughout the year displaying an array of talents; Charlotte Terry notably for her humorous and extremely professional performance in the adaptation of Moliere's L'Avare and her success in the Senior Music Festival, alongside a great performance by George Hourston on his classical guitar, beautiful singing by Beth Hall and an expert drumming performance by Max King. Bill Goss and Guy Cowman-Sharpe both performed in House chapel and the

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Junior Music Festival and there have been many students who have gained numerous musical grades in private exams. School House is certainly a house dedicated to their chosen commitments. Success on the sports field was not entirely evident this year in Inter House events, but once again, School House pupils showed a great dedication and patriotic attitude to the house with no captains struggling to field full teams. Our greatest House success this year was the Junior Boys Hockey team who won the Inter House competition! There were however, many individual sporting achievements. Ben France won the senior boys' cross-country race after a wonderful effort and determination to pace himself! Oliver Cohen has had a wonderful tennis H season at school this year and outside of school he has been making a name for himself in the world of Badminton. He has represented and been a victor with the North Yorkshire team in many national competitions. I would like to congratulate him on his past, and future, successes. He is clearly a very talented racquet sports player and we wish him the very best of luck. Back to House then and the U6 and L6 particularly have been very dedicated sportsmen and women. Matthew Norell, Max King, Harry Booth and Angus Taylor were regular members of the successful 1st XV rugby team. Harry and Angus both also represented the 1st XI hockey team and the 1st XI cricket team which enjoyed a successful summer. At this point, I'd like to mention the great achievement of Hamish Lynde who is a 4th former and was called up to represent St Peter's 1st X1 cricket team -

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a wonderful accolade; well done! Isabelle Taylor and Alex Eyre should also be congratulated on their selections for North Yorkshire hockey teams this year. The Boys Rowing has been particularly successful this year, helped in no small part by two School House pupils; Adam Janes and Ben Elliott. As I write this report, Adam is currently rowing for a National Team. Many congratulations boys! School has a wealth of artistic talent and it was a great pleasure to go and see the final results of art work at the final exhibition. I had seen only preparation stages of much of the work and I was in no way disappointed, on the contrary I was astonished. Beth Hall, who has been working towards 2 Art AS levels in painting and sculpture, stole the show for me followed very closely by Lipmunn Tang, many of the 5th form as well as and Kate Spencer who came 3rd in the Senior William Etty Life Drawing competition. Amazing work! As I have mentioned, the special trait of School House pupils which has particularly impressed me above the countless others this year has been the commitment to any event and the Community

sociable and fun-loving U6, Mr Taylor helped L6 get used to their new role and lifestyle as members of the sixth form which they have done with great maturity and conviction, Mrs Garbutt who worked with, in her words "the best tutor group in the school" and it is true to say the 5th form are an artistically and musically talented and academic bunch. Mrs Mallard adores her 4th form tutor group despite the rather chatty nature of each individual, all of whom have entertained us on the stage and on the sports field alike, and of course, last but certainly not least, Mr Wall. He supported the integration and acclimatisation of the new 3rd form into School House and life at St Peter's. They were an excited and excitable group who Mr Wall supported wholeheartedly throughout the year. He was also a fantastic, supportive and good-humoured assistant to me, and I and his tutor group will be very sorry to see him go but we all wish him the very best of luck in his new position at St Alban's. The end of each year is always greeted with excitement about summer holidays, freedom and new pastures ready to be explored

Action members certainly have been busy. Michael Lennox, Ben France, Lipmunn Tang, Rebecca Wootton, Tom Perkins and Ben Irving were all involved on a weekly basis, dedicated to their projects and giving up their time in holidays too. I know that their time, effort and selflessness have been thoroughly appreciated. Lipmunn was also part of the successful Young Enterprise team this year and I congratulate her on her wonderful efforts. I feel too that Tim Darmody in the L6 deserves particular mention for his formidable dedication to the CCF this year. He has supported Mr Howman and the new recruits with sensitivity and effectiveness. Of course, such activity, diversion and academic performance could not have been achieved without an amazing tutor team and School House can certainly boast that. Mr Northfield who has worked tirelessly with the, at times under motivated but extremely

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and of course is tinged with sadness as we say goodbye to some good friends; the U6 and Oliver Cohen from the 5th form. We wish all of you the best of luck for your future careers and successes, and we hope that you carry the memories of your time at St Peter's with fondness and contentedness. School House has had a fantastic year and whilst it has not been a year filled with whole house accolades for sport and such like, it certainly has been a triumphant house in terms of house spirit, enthusiasm and team work; each individual playing their part no matter how big or small. Every single member of School House this year participated in at least one event. I could not ask for any more from a wonderful group of sociable, fun-loving and dedicated young people and staff, who have made my first year as House Mistress truly enjoyable and unforgettable. I look forward to another successful, entertaining year beginning in September 2010. "El que la sigue, la consigue" J. Lunardi

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played for the first XI cricket team although still only in the Fourth Form and to Rebecca Widdicombe and Oliver Headlam-Morley who represented the school at Eton in the ISA tennis championships. Whilst recognising the achievements of these individuals, I would like to stress how much I appreciate the efforts of everyone who took part in house sport competitions. I know it is a cliche but for me it really is the taking part that counts.

been a good year for Temple inside the classroom. There is an increasingly good work ethic coming through the house, resulting in third place in the merit cup behind Dronfield and Rise, making Temple the top day house for the second year running. Special mention should also be made of Alex Reeds, Georgia Latham and Jamie Macnab who won Academic Merit prizes. I would love to mention more efforts and achievements and I apologise to anyone if I have missed anything out but I am writing this at the end of a long year and my memory isn't what it used to be. I would like to wish the U6 well as they leave for pastures new and thank my team of tutors who give me and the pupils such fantastic support. It is great to see Mr Blood back around school looking so healthy and we wish him well in his continued recovery. A big thank you goes to Mrs Bainbridge who stepped out of retirement to help with tutoring the Third Form in his absence. Finally I would like to thank the pupils in Temple whose hard work, resilience and goodnaturedness make the job of housemistress an enjoyable and rewarding one. J Houghton

-Temple has held the title of House Science Quiz champions for the last two years and despite losing two of our key team members, our new look team of Josh Tankard, Tristan Punnett, Jamie Macnab and Dan Spencer managed to defend our title superbly. Dan also helped Temple to victory in the Junior Interhouse Debating comepetition along with regulars Joe Williams and Elliot Elstob with Oliver Headlam-Morley and Georgia Latham providing more than capable absence cover. Elliot also went on to take a leading role in the Middle School play and had a story published in Mini Sagas, a national schools' publication. These are highlights outside the classroom but it has also

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Visits & Exchanges

South African Exchange Last summer I had the amazing opportunity of going on the South African Exchange. It really was the trip of a lifetime and it opened my eyes to so many new experiences which I will be eternally grateful for. I arrived in South Africa whilst Clarendon School was still on holidays and this allowed me to travel around the country before settling into the brilliant daily life of a person in East London. My exchange, Aimee, and her family, the De Jagers, were so great and really made sure that I was given every opportunity whilst on my stay and for this I must give them my utmost thanks. The first thing that my South African Mum, Ria, Aimee and I did was visit Pumba, a private game reserve not

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Grahamstown where I got to see so many incredible animals including the white lion, which was breathtaking. We then left Pumba to travel to many more great places in South Africa including Jeffrey's Bay where I got to watch the Billabong Surf Pro and Oudtshoorn where I played with the baby cheetahs! We arrived home with a few days of holiday left and I got to meet some school friends, go paintballing, and enjoy the first of my frequent trips to Nahoon Beach and the Beach Break! It also gave me the chance to go to the Lion Park just outside East London where I could play with the baby lions and feed giraffes. The holidays were a really great chance for me to settle in and make the most of my free time however school was also such a fantastic experience! I spent my days trying to speak Afrikaans, making peanut brittle, going to volunteer at the local hospital and playing hockey and netball for the school. I was also lucky enough to be included in the train trip to Eunice in Bloemfontein.This was a huge sporting event that involved most of the school and wa

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big deal - especially as many of the girls had never been on a train in their lives before! And their trains were certainly a step back from ours as the teachers had warned us to bring Dettol and baby wipes to clean the carriages. Whilst the ten hour journey was cold and very squashed it was a really nice way to get to know some more of the girls and I was inspired by their school spirit which was shown with their chants and determination to win at the Derby day. Similarly my weekend in Bloemfontein allowed me to see the spirit of the country as well as the school when I went to watch South Africa play New Zealand in theTri nations. Jamie, my South African dad, made sure that I knew how to cheer for the 'bokke' before I went though so as to not let the support down! I loved school for so many reasons in South Africa, my class 11.3, the fact I wasn't made to do any work but most importantly because it usually finished by 2.30pm every day which gave me

chance to do so many great things with my friends! Usually we would go to a movie, bake, take a trip to the beach or Vincent Park. However on some days I got to do some other really special stuff too! For instance I got the chance to go to Inkwenkwazi and feed the elephants that had been saved. Also I got to go and watch my friends in their dance shows, fashion shows and modelling which was special! The South African exchange really was the most incredible six I was also so lucky as to visit Cape Town with another

weeks of my life because I met so many fantastic people and was

exchange, Lucy, Aimee and a great friend Kelly. We got to have a

introduced to so many great things! Freezeland milkshakes, Milo,

trip around Stellenbosch varsity where Aimee's brother Jarryd is

Nahoon Beach, Yellow Sands, my surprise 'birthday' party at Spur,

studying and then around UCT where Kelly and Aimee were hop-

and the sunsets were such unforgettable memories. Although

ing to apply! Cape Town was a really beautiful place and we got to

none of that compares to the lifelong friends I have made and the

see such incredible views and visit places such as Table Mountain,

new extended family I have in the De Jagers!

Camp Bay, Signal Hill and Cape Point. Edwina Denison LVI

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4th form Trek to Morocco Spectacularly diverse, Morocco combines sand, sea and snow in a way that most people dream about. In search of the dream we arrived in Marrakech, and headed for our hotel, the Ryad Mogador Kasbah on Avenue Mohamed VI. After a dip in the hotel pool, supper in the main square of Jemaa el Fna and a very comfortable night we left Marrakech along the Tichka road over the Tizi n'Tichka Pass. This is a spectacular drive with superb views, and our journey took us alongside the Central High Atlas, through Ouazarzate and on to Imi n'Ouarg where we were to start our trek. No sooner had we set off along the dirt track, kit bags strapped to our mules, and we were joined by the local Berber children, excited to find out what little trinkets they could extract from our unsuspecting 4th form. It wasn't long before a frenzy of little hands were grabbing at the Clicky Pens and Bonbons that

three we began a progressive ascent with superb views of the surrounding valleys, and passed the huge twin rock pinncles of Bab

were appearing from zipped rucksack pockets.

n'Ali (the gates of All). The isolated village of Ighazoune brought back memories of our visit the previous year, and we were delighted to see a little boy from the local school, clutching his school bag that St Peter's School had given him and each of his thirty schoolmates the previous year. On trek large quantities of fresh fruit and vegetables are supplemented by tinned fish and fresh meat, cereals, jams and spreads, and desserts. Tea is provided at the beginning and end of each day, as well as verbena tea and biscuits in the afternoon. Soft fizzy drinks seem to appear (at a price) in the most unlikely places, and it didn't take long for some of our group to be tempted by the sugary treats, even if they were warmed a little by the Desert As the sun began to set we arrived at our first camp. Our route continued through dramatic rock pinnacles

Sunshine. We challenged our trekking crew and local villagers to a tug-

and down to the small oasis

of-war, while others exchanged a few choice words and phrases

of Igli and our second

with some of the local boys. After three and a half days of trekking

camp. On day

we swapped our mules and trekking crew for our Tuareg team and their camels. Whilst the camels were loaded up our boys played a group of locals at football. The rocks and vegetation provided a somewhat uneven pitch, but both teams had goal scoring opportunities, with St Peter's ending the game one goal up. From Tarhbalt on the edge of the Sahara Desert we set out into the impressive sand dunes.

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desert plateau brought us to our camp site in the Sahara. It was

in the months leading up to the trek. SOS is the world's largest

some white later that our Tuareg team arrived, and by the time

orphan and abandoned children's chanty. On our last day in

camp had been set up we were exhausted and hungry. After a late

Morocco we had a chance to visit the SOS village at Ait Ourir, just

supper most chose to camp out under the stars. Once the sun sets

outside Marrakesh, to see how some of the money we had raised

nightfall comes rapidly and the stars shine bright against dark

would be spent.

skies uninterrupted by light pollution. The last two nights on trek did not disappoint, and the skies were quite beautiful. We woke on our last day on trek, and our transport arrived to take us back to Marrakech. From the Desert we headed back along the Draa Valley, filled with lush oases and thousands of date palms nourished by the water from Agdz. There was time to relax back at the hotel and explore exotic Marrakech, set against the backdrop of the Atlas peaks. Marrakech's real beauty lies in the atmosphere of the main square where entertainers, dancers, storytellers and snake charmers delights the onlookers. Some of the most interesting places are the maze of alleyways containing Souks, selling handicrafts, and many fake designer goods. We enjoyed a meal overlooking the square and a chance to shop before riding back to the hotel in a caleche, with its large wheels, loud horn and folding leather canopy.

Marrakech offers an instant dose of the exotic with its winding souks and main square. It is a buzzing modern city in contrast to the natural beauty and peace of the mountains. We were treated to ten days of great experiences, and the bond between the group strengthened each and every day. Little did we know that events in Iceland were to extend our trip by an additional six days. We probably don't need to tell that story again, but how fantastic and what a privilege to have had the opportunity to visit Morocco, and have such great memories of some good times together. If you need a reason to go into teaching, you need look no further than spending two weeks with such a great bunch of young people.

They deserve a mention.... Laura Barron, Matthew Chan, Callum Ceddes, Heather Coodall, Charlie Creswold, Tilly Hall, Felicity Halstead, jack Harrison, Jamie Hatzel, Peter Hiles, Jo Himsworth, Harriet Langford, Imogen Leigh, Ben Lightwing, Chloe Lister, Sam McCullagh, Rachel Moore, Bea Murray-Nag, Niels Pampus, Henry Roach, Dewi Sarginson, Nick Stephen, Joe Swales, Lavinia Taylor, Frankie Whitaker, and Ailsa O'Leary and Anna Cowling. Jon Whitehouse

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reece I rip On Saturday 17 October 2009, 18 intrepid explorers from St

greeted by amazing weather, clear skies and a blazing sun. Here we

Peter's 5th form set off from school at an ungodly hour, excited

met our legendary bus driver, Nikos. He put up with our dreadful

and prepared for a phenomenal trip. However, before we had even

singing for the whole trip, for which me must thank him. He took

set off a member of our party had fallen. Ellie Taylor, a brave and

us to our hotel for three days, Hotel Platon. This was perfectly

noble girl, had succumbed to the dreaded flu, and unfortunately

positioned right next to the beach. Immediately we made full use

could not make the journey. Our thoughts turned to her for at

of the sea and the volleyball courts, with some showing off their

least ten seconds, before returning to singing songs and generally

ball skills while others paddled.That night was our first taste of the

annoying the teachers who were trying to sleep. Eventually, we too

local cuisine, which some liked more than others. Salad was plen-

rested for the holiday ahead.

tiful, as was olive oil and pasta. Later that evening we had our first

After several hours, we arrive at Catwick airport and had a quick breakfast before boarding the plane for Greece. The flight took roughly 3 V4 hours. When we landed inThessaloniki, we were

night on Creek soil, going to sleep only after several incidents of locking people out on balconies and laughing at Greek footy channels.

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The next day we got up bright and early, too early for some, with Dave remaining comatose until Jamie actually had to sit on him. Our first trip in Greece sent us to the archaeological site of Vergina. On the trip there one poor male pupil got assaulted by

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the ladies and their makeup bag. Thankfully, the site was in the dark, so no one noticed much. He hopes. After an interesting museum about Vergina, and a walk around the local town, we were delighted to find Ellie was waiting on the bus. She had taken her own flight on an epic journey through many dangers to be reunited with our party. After that it was back to the hotel for yet more volleyball or, for those who had bought a massive cake, cake. The following day, now with a full complement of pupils, we

During the trip, in between sightseeing, there was plenty of

went to Dion in the worst weather of the trip, where we saw some

time for personal shopping, exploring the towns and eating the

fascinating ruins of an entire Ancient Creek town. We also visited

local food, as well as trips to the beach. We all enjoyed sunbathing

ill of well preserved artefacts. That evening was very

and swimming, though it was immensely cold. Some of the boys irlv chillv waters of the

e events were varied, including the long ,

........ Writing competition. After much tension,

Aegean. Amongst the fun and games dents concerning the removal of swii

the winning team was Team Ali, aka Bronze Is Still a Medal (there

poor teachers can all too vividly remember. Let's just say that

were only three teams.) That night, however, we suffered the only

those Greek tablets weren't the only well preserved artefacts we

casualty of the trip. Junior, our recently purchased watermelon,

saw that day!

was found early the next morning splattered across a balcony. We suspect murder.

On our final day, we just had time to visit Marathon where the race of the same name originated, as a messenger ran 26 miles to

The day after, we moved on south to the astounding cliff top

bring news of an epic battle. Then unfortunately it was time to

monasteries of Meteora. After climbing across to them on rickety

leave. Alt the pupils had a fantastic time in Greece, and we must

bridges, braving a fall of thousands of metres, we were treated to

pass on our thanks to Mr Adams, Miss Ku, Mrs Mallard and Mr

some spectacular views all in a very serene and holy setting. It was

Cameron for taking us and organising it, as well as Nikos our bus

the hottest day too, an absolute scorcher. That evening was our

driver for driving us around and being a general legend.

only night in Hotel Galaxy, but an enjoyable one. The next morning we headed off to Thermopylae, now well known as the scene of a great battle in which 300 Spartans fought off thousands of Persians. It was astonishing to see the place where this had happened, and though no ancient weapons were found it was certainly breathtaking. Later that day we arrived in Delphi at our final hotel. Those last couple of days gave us chance to see some sites and museums from this historical city, with some great ruins seen in fantastic weather, and a chance to give the teachers our thanks with some statue look-alikes. Pupils were also given prizes for their efforts, from "Biggest Suitcase" to "Best Dealing with Pain", with each prize having a specific Greek god. This was complimented by a quiz, in which intellectual questions such as "How much was Dougie's cake?" were asked.

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Mor, we stopped to regroup and prepare ourselves for the push to the top. Scrambling up the thin ridge we were presented with the occasional glimpse through the clouds of the sea and the many lochs below. As we moved up the clouds cleared and we were rewarded for the hard work we had put in to reach the summit, at 849m. The walk back down introduced some interesting navigation through the resurgent clouds as several members of the group attempted to find the right path back; it was a tiring day, but worth it for the views and the elation of reaching the summit. On the third day the teachers had booked a boat trip out to the Summer Isles in the hope of spotting some of the Minke whales or the dolphins that inhabit the waters. The boat took us out to the islands where we saw many seals but unfortunately no whales, though it was a great place to visit. In the afternoon the

a short, tough and enjoyable walk right to the small scramble for the top, set amongst the clouds.

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predicting snow (in August? Winter comes early in the

stone protruding straight from a base of Lewisian gneiss. This was

Highlands!). Once everyone had dared to leave the warmth of the minibus and brave the wind and rain, we made good, if horizontal, progress up the mountain as the sky cleared. The first summit was the highest of the day at 808m and gave us a good view of all that we would be climbing later on. There were tremendous views and fierce winds throughout the day and we finished the sharp peak of Spidean Coinich with some tough climbing to reach the flat summit, allowing us to eat the last of our food and to take a group photo (rather unsuccessful in the end). The trek back down through unstable and slippery boulders made for some entertaining walking, but we all made it back to the bus in one piece and in good spirits. By Andy Frazer and Rory Wells

Classics Trip to Hadrian's Wall As ever, it was a cheery and enthusiastic bunch of fourth for-

"his tumescent conversation he

bound and quite

mers that headed off to Ninebanks youth hostel for the first stage

possibly hooked a couple of budding archaeologists for life. Then,

of our annual epic, the Hadrian's Wall trip. Pauline tended to our

all too soon, it was time to leave and head back to York. Thanks as

every need (pasta, garlic bread and lashings of treacle pudding)

ever to the bus drivers and attendants, the ladies Ku and Shepherd

and the mass game of Twister that followed was made doubly dif-

and the lad Adams.

ficult by the weight of our full stomachs. A contented and weary party headed to their beds that night. Morning came, and with it more food: cereals, bacon, eggs, sausages, beans, fried bread, black pudding, mushrooms, tomatoes, toast, croissants, chocolate brioches, jams, tea and coffee, and fresh fruit to follow.Then a short bus ride took us to Housesteads Fort, a truly amazing site on the Wall, 1900 years old and still in extraordinarily good condition. After our guided tour, photograph competition and lunch, IF

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outh America Rugby Tou August 2009 saw 41 of us set off for Chile, Argentina and Uruguay, sadly without Steve Williams. The itinerary is published in this report as are a number of the thousands of photo's we took on the trip. The bare facts are that we played ten games and won five developing some good patterns of play and allowing a number of players to stake their claim for a first team place in the coming season. However a tour like this is really made up of many individual memories and we have tried j to convey this using the photos and comments you see on this page.

One side the mountains the other a panoramic view of the whole of Santiago a great place to start the tour

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CCSE results, Mad Dogs 18th, Iguazu falls and the best weather you could wish for, what a day?

Uruguay, great night life, good hotel, super rugby, bumpy flight and AIRPORT TAX!!

A half day City Tour jpllowedpy a transfer to the / Cardinal Newman School for^oys' where the squad are with host families for two nights.

Tour Itinerary Sun 16th August

Tranfer by coach from York for 08:25 arrival at London Gatwick for flight at 10:25 to Madrid. Arrive into Madrid at 13.45 to be escorted on a sight seeing tour, including the Bernabeu Stadium. Depart Madrid at 22:05 for Buenos Aires.

Mon 17th August

Arrive into Buenos Aires at 05:30 for onward flight at 08:30 to Santiago. Arrive into Santiago at 09:45 and transfer to the hotel for one night.

Tues 18th August

Free morning in Santiago until 12:00 when the squad then travel by coach to the Grange School for two nights with host families.

Wed 19th August

City Tour of Santiago followed by transfer back to the Grange School for the first games: 18:30 Grange v St Peter's (Match A) 19:45 Grange v St Peter's (Match B)

Thur 20th August

08:25 arrival at Santiago Airport for flight at 10:25 to Buenos Aires. Arrive into Buenos Aires at 13:20 for the transfer to the second games: 15:30 Local Club v St Peter's After the games the squad then travel to the hotel for one night.

Fri 21st August

Free morning in Buenos Aires until 12:00 when the squad then travel to Monte Grande for two nights with

Sat 22nd August

Free morning with host families until 12:00 when the squad meet up at Monte Grande for the third games: 14:00 Monte Grande v St Peter's

Sun 23rd August

Free morning with host families until 12:00 when the squad transfer back to the hotel for one night.

Tues 25th August

Meet back at Cardenal Newman School for Boys for the fourth games: 15:00 Cardinal Newman v St Peter's

Wed 26th August

09:00 arrival at the airport for flight at 10:55 to Iguazu. Arrive into Iguazu at 12:40 for transfer to the hotel for 2 nights. Visit the Brazil side of the Iguazu Falls in the afternoon.

Thur 27th August

At 09:00 the squad visit the Argentina side of the Iguazu Falls and experience the Gran Aventura

Fri 28th August

12:10 transfer to Iguazu Airport for flight at 14:10 to Buenos Aires. Arrive into Buenos Aires at 16:00 for onward flight at 17:05 to Montevideo. Arrive into Montevideo at 17:50 for transfer to the British School where the squad are with host families for two nights.

Sat 29th August

Free mornine with host families when the squad then meet up for the fifth games: 15:00 British School v St Peter's

Sun 30th August

Meet back at the British School to join a City Tour c Montevideo followed by a transfer of the squad to a hotel for one night.

Mon 31st August

06:20 arrival at the airport

light at 08:15 to Buenos

Arrive into Buenos Aires for onward flight at 21:00 tc Madrid. Sat 1st September

Arrive into Madrid for onward flight at 15:20 to London Gatwick. Arrive into London Gatwick at 16:40 for transfer by coach to York.

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. jran Trip 2010 On an early Saturday morning the long and anxious wait for the legendry Arran trip finally came to an end. With a relatively short 8 hour journey ahead of us it is fair to say we were not feeling too optimistic! However, the boy's choice to watch Avatar temporarily steered our minds away from the week ahead. Our spirits were not lifted on arrival when we were informed of our hectic schedule. We were then taken by surprise when we suddenly found ourselves scrambling up a hill on the Sunday, which was far too steep for our liking. By the afternoon it soon became evident that avoiding the swarms of midges would be 1

more of challenge than recording the data needed for our river investigations. Despite this Pip Cray began the week with a splash when she unintentionally sat on the river bed... Monday welcomed us with a refreshing walk along the coast where we explored the breathtaking geographical landmarks of Arran in the pouring rain. Whilst developing our understanding of Arran's plate tectonics 'Group 2' consisting of Dan, Ed, Jaspaul and Angus achieved their first victory when winning an ice cream for

The mood was further lightened on Tuesday when news sur-

the largest stack of rocks. However their success did not stop

faced of Jaspaul's accidental destruction of his bed which unfor-

there, on Wednesday they proudly named themselves the

tunately for Ollie Calpin was directly above his.With temperatures

'Ultimate Team' when they collected their data of 240 pebbles in

soaring back home a turn of weather in Arran was greatly appre-

record speed...putting us all to shame. Of course the girls made up his lack of haste with their superior accuracy.

ciated, the fantastic timing allowed us to make the most of the sunshine on the beach.

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Whilst staying in Lochranza St Peter's also shared the centre with two other schools. This provided further entertainment when inspired by the World Cup, the boys decided to challenge a group from Liverpool to a game of football. As darkness fell we finally had to accept an 8-5 defeat much to the opposition's delight. Whereas the boys immersed themselves in sport, romance began to blossom for one person in particular... Our week in Arran was indeed one of highs and lows but we can safely agree that the highlights were definitely worth it. Not only did we return feeling prepared for A2 geography but with many memories that will never be forgotten. We would like to say thank you to Miss Ullstein, Mrs Tooby-Smith and Mr Allan

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more physically demanding than many of us had anticipated due to the mixed terrain of rock and sand and the steepness of the climbs which sapped our energy very quickly. However, the views that awaited us from the top of the pass were awesome but also

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humbling due to the majesty of the mountain ranges all around. The following day's trekking which led us closer to our first school project was easier and Mr and Mrs Cameron led the way in merry spirits whilst playing l-spy! For the next three days we would renovate a tiny primary school in Ney, where the team painted, whitewashed and cleaned every inch of the small school. On our first and last day, the generous locals greeted us with local tea and silk scarves as a thank you for all our help. On the final evening, the children performed a traditional Ladakhi dance at our campsite and the night ended with a traditionally British disco! Following another 2 days of trekking over the now familiar terrain led by Siri and his camp crew and a further few kilometres 'cattle style' in the back of a truck, we finally arrived at the second campsite and school project. This school was for older children and we set to with our brushes, paints and cleaning materials once again refurbishing one building and battling this time against the invasion of many a large bug. Over the next 2 nights or so, the team experienced some severe and violent thunderstorms with explosive lightening which could be seen even with your eyes tightly shut; this made the short monsoon downpour we had experienced in Delhi seem tame. On the final day of the renovation project, the school elders informed us that there had been a natural disaster between the village and Leh and hence some of the teachers had not been able to get to school. However the children still performed for us and organised some hilarious if not embarrassing activities such as 'forfeit pass the parcel'!

When we returned to the campsite that evening and were about to take our daily trip down to the river to wash, the mood in the camp became a little more anxious. The teachers gathered us together and explained that the campsite was unlikely to be safe anymore due to the proximity of heavy rain. We had 20 minutes to gather our kit together and trek to a more substantial house in the village. The owners generously offered us their home making way for our whole party without hesitation. At this point everyone felt relatively safe until the heavens opened in the middle of a very dark night - the girls awoke to water pouring through their ceiling and the boys to their wall collapsing. Throughout the night we made a team effort to try and clear as much water from the rapidly flooding house as was humanly possible and eventually we succeeded and the rain stopped much to our relief. The following day we said goodbye to most of the "— "~— and began our journey back to Leh. It was then that t tion that had been wreaked on Leh due to the unseasonal and to. rential cloudburst started to unfold. Our journey on the bus will our faithful red duffle bags strapped to the roof was stopped in its tracks. All the bridges between our previous campsite and Leh had been washed away and we would now have to cross the rivers using makeshift bridges (made of a log and a rope if we were lucky) before picking up another mode of transport on the other side. In total there were around seven bridges to cross, some far more frightening than others and we needed several rides in the back of military vehicles which were now taking control of the sithe Peteqte 2809-2010t

uation. Unfortunately, another day came when the police prohib-

anticipation for what was probably the longest 30 minutes of our

ited anybody from travelling and all 22 of us had to squash like

lives. No water ever came! We later learned that at least 130

sardines in a local's living room with poor Tim sleeping on a piece

people had died in Leh whilst we'd been trekking, many were still

of cardboard. Very early the following morning, we traipsed out of

missing and much of the village had been deserted and/or washed

the village like refugees up the pass where the road has been com-

away. We now know the death toll was 193 but many families still

pletely destroyed and remained as only as disparate islands in

have not recovered their loved ones.

some places. Yet another army truck took us to just outside Leh

For the final leg of our expedition, our re-scheduled flight to

to the final river crossing where we witnessed increasing tensions

Delhi and coach trip on to Agra proceeded

between some of the locals and tourists as

smoothly.

hundreds of people desperately tried to get

The dawn visit to the serene

and inspiring Taj Mahal and monstrous

home to their families. Eventually all of our

Red Fort, despite the intense humidity,

team successfully crossed the raging tor-

were a welcome return to normality yet

rent (see YouTube for press footage) at

our thoughts could not help but return to

which point our spirits lifted but our

those families and children we had left

thoughts could not help but wonder how

behind in Leh. So the end of the trip for St Peter's

The extended time it had taken for us to find our way back to Leh meant that our

Team India 2010 was upon us and we

returned home to relieved and elated par-

flight back to Delhi had long gone. The

ents waiting patiently at midnight in the

team split up and some setting off for the

horseshoe. This was certainly my trip of a

drive to the hotel while others waited to be picked up later. On the drive down the

lifetime and I think made us all stronger,

more grateful, more compassionate for

motorway, the journey came to another abrupt halt as the driver was hailed and told

those less fortunate than us and gave us a

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all a valuable chance to reflect on how we

to turn around immediately. At this point

live our lives.

the driver did a U-turn and began to race the wrong way up the motorway in the I

To end, we'd like to say a huge thank

opposite direction. Before we knew much

you to the members of staff that took

about the potential "emergency" the driver had stopped and was

such good care of us on this trip, and who helped make the expe-

yelling at us to get out and run as fast as we could up the moun-

rience what it was; Mr Armstrong, Mrs Wike and partner Mark, Mr

tain. After scaling an 8 foot wall and reaching exhaustedly what

and Mrs Cameron and Mr Grant.

we thought was a safe point, the guide told us that the floods were coming down the valley and we needed to get to a high-point to be safe. For those of us in team 1 this was the most frightening '" trip. We sat, petrified and hearts pounding in

Our condolences go to Siri and his family who was sadly informed of his mother's passing whilst he put all his energies into leading us to safety and keeping our spirits high during the floods. Sophie Scotter LVI

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1st XI Cricket Tour to Spain

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•BO 1st XI travelled to La Manga in Spain for a short five day pre-season cricket tour. Arriving on Friday 9th April the touring party begun with a two hour training session, followed by a team meal out. The first match against Blundell's was a 40 over match played in cloudy conditions. An excellent 86 by Oliver Burdass saw the school reach 198-6. In reply we bowled Blundells out for 126 to secure the win.

The group then moved down the coast to Alibir and enjoyed the hospitality of the Sporting Alfa's cricket Club. The next match against their midweek XI was a one sided affair with the school winning comfortably. The final match of the tour was against King's Worcester in a 45 over game. A collapse in the batting saw the school bowled out for 126. With King's on 50-0 the match seemed to be heading one way. A succession of wickets from the bowlers saw King's on 1269. With Dan Green bowling, the last wicket seemed possible, however it was not to be and they got the single they required. The second match was against St Edward's, Oxford. In a 30 over match the school again batted first and scored a competitive 1 4 6 - 5 with Max Latchmore scoring a very good 46. Some excellent bowling from Joe Halstead and Will Peet with Peet taking 5 wickets gained the win with the School bowling out St Edward's for 122.

Excellent bowling from Captain Harry Booth, Angus Shaw and Dan Green kept us in the game. This was an excellent tour with many positives and has prepared the team well for the season. S.Williams

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An interview with Claire Wike

In the final week of the summer term in 2010,

As well as considering the opportunity to carry out the role of

Mrs Wike, the Acting Head for the Easter and

Acting Head as 'a real honour,' Mrs Wike found these past two

Summer terms, kindly shared her views of the role

terms to be very beneficial to her professional development and

with two representatives of the Peterite team.

she hopes that her now wider understanding of 'behind-the-

Whilst talking to Mrs Wike it became very clear that she has enjoyed her two terms as Acting Head;

scenes' and her insight into 'the total running of the school' will enable her to help the new Head Master in September.

understandably, she described the experience as

Despite finding her new role 'all-encompassing' and that there

busy and exciting. This is no wonder as Mrs Wike

are not 'enough hours in the day,' Mrs Wike has obviously enjoyed

explained how fascinating she found many of the

being fully involved.

opportunities that were not part of her remit whilst Deputy Head. She mentioned especially her enjoyment in meeting a wide variety of interesting people such as scholarship candidates, and made the

Mrs. Wike feels that she has had such an enjoyable time in the 'beautiful' St. Catherine's and working with her 'brilliant' team, especially MrWatkinson, Mr Lawrence, and Mr Hall.

point that they not only have so much to offer but

When asked what she would like to see happen in the future

'are part of the future of St Peter's.' Furthermore,

Mrs Wike said that she hopes the School Council will play a

Mrs Wike also found great pleasure in talking to Old

stronger role in school life, because 'pupils' views do matter' and

Peterites. She was impressed by their passion for

'you must always value everyone.'Additionally, she hopes that the

the school - then and now - and the way in which

school will become more environmentally-conscious.

they 'brought history to life.' In discussion it became clear that Mrs Wike was herself passionate about the school, past, present and future, and she seemed proud of our achievements in all aspects of school life. Highlights have included the many musical events she has attended and seeing the increasing use of ICT in school.

In the short term Mrs Wike commented that she was looking forward to 'returning to the classroom' and to seeing her colleagues more often. We would like to thank Mrs Wike for taking time out of her very busy schedule to meet with us and we wish her well when she returns to her slightly, but only very slightly, less hectic position in September.

These experiences were, she said, just two of the many fulfilling aspects of the job.

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The School Archives Much interest this year has been shown in one of our Old Peterites, Frank Mitchell (1870-1935). Two of our visitors to the archives are engaged in researching Frank's school days. Frank was one of the greatest sportsmen of his time, excelling in cricket, rugby and rowing. Following Cambridge, Frank played rugger for England and cricket for Yorkshire and South Africa. During the Boer War Frank served with the Yorkshire Hussars and in the First World War served with distinction in the Royal Artillery. He was considered to be something of a character and a formidable businessman. One of the books is due to be published in 2012 to coincide with the London Olympic Games. Don Hamilton is close to publication, as I write this, of his latest book. Having revised and updated The History of St Peter's, he has turned his attention to St Olave's and Clifton Pre Prep. Following research carried out in the archives Don has been piecing together the shared histories of the three schools.

prizes for history and geography in 1884. The book was spotted in a charity shop in Cumbria and donated to us by Mrs E Martram.

Work has started on digitising the oldest volumes in our run of The Peterite in order to facilitate searching and reduce use of the bound copies to avoid damage.

A photograph of the 1932 Cricket XI showing Norman Yardley and John (Jack) Brittain (Grove House 1927-32). Mr Brooke, John's nephew, also kindly donated a set of cricket whites and a set of

In addition to this, we have submitted the School Films (1958

glass slides from the period.

and 1977) for consideration by The Yorkshire Film Archive, based at York St John University.

i must offer my thanks also to Angela Sanderson and SallyJane Fell who are very good at spotting items in the press to add

The following donations have been gratefully received: A copy of the School Handbook from Mr R. Maxwell Booth (Rise 1943-1949) A copy of the plays of Sheridan, which was awarded as a school prize to a pupil, (Thomas) Little, as one of Mr Yeld's form

to our newspaper cuttings files. If you have any photographs or regalia connected with St Peter's that you are no longer able to store, please let us know as we always looking out for suitable items to enliven our collection. Pat Chandler

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The Alcuin Library Over the year the Library has expanded its reference provision by offering access to additional electronic resources. With subscriptions to a student reference package of 100 titles and a package of journal articles aimed at Sixth Formers, this allows 24 hour use wherever the pupil happens to want to study.

Man Booker Shadowing 2009 Our now regular Man Booker Shadowing evening took place in October in the Library. Mrs Mallard lead the debate and our panel of Sixth Form pupils (Olivia Herrenschmidt, William Grice, Robbie Haylett, Lydia Hawthorn, Sarah Munro and Duncan Collins-Adams) presented persuasive arguments as to why we should choose their books. The Class Room by Simon Mawer was voted winner by one point. Olivia offered her view of the winning book ... "It's a beautifully written novel dealing with the personal history of the Landauer family just before the outbreak of WWII. The Glass Room is the modernist family home built for them in Czechoslovakia. Much of the plot takes place around the house." The title selected by the Man Booker judging panel this year was Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.

Christmas Quiz launch Harriet Yates created this year's Christmas display on the theme of Snowflakes with links across curriculum. The display was tied into this year's Quiz, the launch of which took place in the Library early in December. Mince pies, mulled wine and Christmas music accompanied the event.

World Book Day, March 2010 For World Book Day the Library invited a chemist and successful author, Malcolm Rose, into school. Malcolm worked with pupils in St Olave's on creative writing in the morning, discussed revising writing with a group of fourth year pupils and talked to all third year pupils from St Peter's about forensic science and crime writing later on in the day. On World Book Day we launched a video quiz with members of staff talking about their favourite books. Bradley Smith masterminded the short films and James Bullock correctly working out which books matched the descriptions.

Library Committee 2008/09 Thanks to this year's Library Committee members for their participation in representing their Houses, support in running library events and great enthusiasm shown over the year.

The Library Committee for 2009/20 Duncan Rajan - Clinton Tristan Punnett -Temple

Duke of Edinburgh Award - Library Training Congratulations to the following pupils: Kai Pampus, Harriet Yates, Daniel Bowie, Callum Hernaman, Tom Bowie, Tom Fynn,

Charles Emery - Linton

Freddie Proctor, Daniel Green, Henry Scroggs, Jason Esposito,

Olivia Herrenschmidt - Dronfield

Jonathan Jackson, Joe Collins, Matthew Chan, Daniel Harding,

Nic Taylor - Grove

Calum Ceddes and Henry Roach, Ben Lightwing and Jack Harrison,

James Coates - Manor

who completed the skills element by means of Library training and

Mark Hamilton /Angus Freeman - Queen's

helping with reading at CPS to contribute towards their Bronze,

Gussie Aiken / Polly Fairbank - Rise

Silver or Gold Awards.

Phoebe Mannion / Matthew Norell - School Callum Hernaman - Hope Mrs Lunardi - Languages Department

Donations Donations have been received from the following leavers and their parents, grandparents or guardians at the time of going to press:

Leavers in 2009 Emma Beaumont Claudia Goss Tom Summers

Leavers in 2010 Nicola Deedes

Charlie Hubbard

Louisa Maxwell

Thomas Bright

Nicholas Rosenberg

Charlotte Nelson

Gussie Aiken

Alexander Telfer

Alex Dickinson

Joshua Noble

Thomas Peel

William Grice

Catriona Boyd

Olivia Herrenschmidt

Angus Yeomans Further items have been received from Mr Richard Barrett (Manor 1971-1976), and the South African Exchange students. We sincerely thank all of the donors for their generosity. Patricia Chandler

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Keep on running Beverley 2K & 10K Fun Runs Sunday 9th May 2010

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The Beverley fun runs were yet another success whereby over 100 runners from St Peter's and St Olave's took part in the events.

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Cancer' charities, and despite wetter and colder conditions compared to the sweltering race days of previous years, some fast times were achieved. Alistair Newton was our first 10k runner home in an impressive time of 39mins 56secs who finished 5th U18 male overall and the winner of the 'Tooby cup for long-distance running' for the second consecutive year. He was closely followed by Freddie Jagger who finished 6th U18 male in 40mins OSsecs, then Rory Wells 7th U18 male in 40mins 43secs, and Aaron Anthony-Pillai 8th U18 male in 41mins 04secs. St Peter's first female pupil was Fi Campbell who finished 4th U18 female in 50mins 51secs, followed by Jess Elkington 5th U18 female and then Felicity Punnett 6th U18 female.

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St Peter's first member of Staff was Mr Wall in 40mins 31secs, then Mrs Tooby-Smith who finished 7th Lady overall in 41mins ISsecs, followed by Mr Hall (The Rise) in 43mins 35secs. • The 2k was a battle between St Olave's pupils and St Peter's 3rd years (who are not officially old enough to run the 10k). Eddie Stephen was our first 2k runner home in a blistering time of 11mins 06secs, followed by Oliver Millman and the Sian Bigger. Mr John Armstrong must be congratulated for his gallant effort of 14mins - not bad for a shattered knee! Well done to all those who competed and helped raise money towards the chosen charities. Angela Tooby-Smith

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St Peter's Half-Marathon The inaugural St Peter's half-marathon consisting of 24 runners (staff & pupils) took place on Sunday 31st January, set up largely as a result of failing to get entries into the over-subscribed 'Brass Monkey' half-marathon, unlike previous years. The race was started under the arch of Lendal bridge by our acting Headmistress MrsWike, and progressed along the

somehow they deviated off course and ended up in Fulford before they realised the error of their ways. Despite managing to get back on course and making their way back to the front finishing 1st and 2nd, they were disqualified (shame) allowing Ben Taylor to claim the gold medal and myself the silver. It was poignant for Ben to win (officially) on this occasion as the charity to which all sponsors and entry fees would be donated to 'Breast Cancer' in memory of Sue Taylor his mum. Mention must also go to Rory Wells

riverside to the Millennium bridge and onto the Knavesmire to pick up the Selby cycle track. It then continued along here for 6 or so miles and was then retraced, finishing on St Peter's playing fields. station

(water

A drink

only, although

something stronger would have been gladly received at that point) was provided at Bishopthorpe by the Dawsons who also acted as kitcatchers as unwanted items of clothing such as hats, gloves etc were lobbed at them, and Mr Hodson doubled up as lead-bike and the half-way point - all run-

who had it not have been to dehydration, would probably have finished 2nd in front of me (officially!) and Jess Elkington who was 14th finisher in under 2 hours. But the hero of the day was decid-

ners having to pass around him.

edly Jamie Getty who had been invited to run by Messers Marriott On the starters whistle, Mr Hall (Linton) sprinted off with Ali Newton sitting on his shoulder at breakneck speed and were liter-

& Stephen - and Jamie being Jamie, turned up in his games kit with little training behind him to do as he was told.

ally never seen again ... that is they should have passed the runners going out on their way home! But no, running so fast that

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Edinburgh Marathon May 23rd 2010 A healthy number of (as opposed to a number of healthy?) St. Peter's staff, Old Peterites and friends made the trip north to compete in the Edinburgh Marathon as part of the school's fundraising activities for Breast and Bowel Cancer charities. As temperatures rose to provide the hottest day of the year so far, both the runners' resolve and sun-cream supplies were tested to the limit - not to mention Paddy's tub of Vaseline!

team finish a highly commendable 29th (out of 837) in a time of

Despite being a day more suited to barbecuing than running,

3:13:07. Perennial front-runner Mr Hall then led the rest of the

all the staff completed the course and posted several impressive

staff home in 3:26:46, followed by myself (3:41:43), Mr Parr

times along the way. The

(3:51:40), Mr Wall (4:20:06) and Mr Qualter (4:25:35). Perhaps the

'out and back' nature of the

most notable performances of the day came from Mr Marriott and

course meant that our run-

Mr Stephen, looking resplendent in pink vests, crossing the finish

ners on different paces could

line in a very respectable time of 4:58:26.

pass

each

other

and

While the race itself and the blazing hot sun provided an oner-

exchange words of encour-

ous challenge to all who took part, the fundamental objective was

agement - or something

achieved and the runners could be content that they had done

more colourful, depending

their bit to raise money for the chosen charities. Coming home

on the level of pain at that time! The first members of I staff to finish were Mrs Tooby-Smith Newman

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Young Enterprise Over the course of one year, students raise real finance by selling shares open and use their own company bank account carry out market research work together to create their business plan develop their own product or service market and promote their product or service trade with the public manage the company finances take part in local Young Enterprise trade fairs compete with other schools and colleges in the company of the year comp e t i t i o n Students develop enterprising skills, attitudes and behaviours

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thinking

and

problem

solving,

mitment by the people involved. Those members of Nox who have shown the commitment

com-

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have gained a huge amount from the experience. Our thanks go to Owen Turner, Creative Director of United by Design in York, for his guidance as the company adviser.

time management managing risk and responding to change Nox have enjoyed a very successful year in business - designing, making, and selling their range of products made from recy-

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and

looking

into the design and supply of t-shirts

for

clubs in York. Y o u n g Enterprise has given

mem-

Nox won three awards at the North Yorkshire Finals this year

bers of Nox an

- Best Company Presentation and Best Trade Stand, together with

opportunity to

an award for Ellie Binks as the Best Mangaing Director from the

demonstrate that they can show initiative, commitment, make

North Yorkshire schools.

decisions, work in a team, and for the good of others as well as Congratulations to the whole team -Adam Carter, Ellie Binks,

their own personal gain.

James Chantry, Sarah Coidan, Duncan Collins-Adams, Charles When you get involved, you feel the sense of accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better. Unless you get involved and commit yourself

Emery, Eddie Frost, Abi Goodwin, Tom Miles, Sam Jefferies, Max Latchmore, Charlotte Mannion, Will Smith, Lipmunn Tang, Holly Walmsley, Justin Wong.

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House Singing As with last year's contest we have taken the liberty to voice our opinions on the performance of each house. No offence intended so here we go...

School School House kicked off this year's House Singing competition with their version of Take That's classic song, "Shine". Despite a lack of enthusiasm during the middle of the song, it was nevertheless an enjoyable piece from School, especially the amazing guitar interlude running at the start. The "shining moment" of the show was definitely the use of choreography which in spite of being a cheesy but fitting tribute, I felt was emphasised too much

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Dronfield Enthusiastic, entertaining and tuneful rendition of ( Spice's 'Raining Men'. It was both intriguing to watch and easy on the ears. Overall one of the best of Dron's performances that I've

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Grove Sadly, very sadly not placed. Most deserving of a place with their enthusiatic rendition of 'Gold1 By Spandeau Ballet. However, in true Grove style, they made it about them, changing 'Gold' to 'Grove1. It was a loud and energetic performance full of house spirit with plenty of cheese with their air grasps. It was wrong for them not to be placed. Lipmunn Tang LVI

Clifton This year Clifton did 'Reach' by S Club 7 and were placed second. They were basically in time and sung well, although the dance moves in the chorus couldn't stop reminding me of a rather large centipede that had just been flipped over. Emily Freeman V

Linton When we heard that Linton were doing 'Crazy Little Thing called Love' it did seem a rather difficult choice, but on the day we were all highly impressed by the amount of work they had put into the performance. Words had been learnt (by most people!) and the boys made good eye contact with the audience. A personal highlight had to be the verses that had just the right amount of swing to them, especially with the addition of unified clicking. An altogether good effort at a seemingly difficult song. Lydia Hawthorn UVIth

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Temple This year Temple chose to sing the song 'Rollercoaster', originally sung by Ronan Keating. As the judge said, 'they started together and finished together' and there was something in between! Although the "something in-between" sounded alright, the overall performance definitely couldn't be considered the most enthusiastic of the competition.

However it must not be

forgotten that the lines were well learnt and the dance moves were apt - even if a little predictable. Ellie Binks LVI

Queen's Queens house singing was one of a memory in the competition. Their 'wonderful' rendition of 'I gotta feeling' by The Black Eyed Peas seemed to have secured them a place in the top 3, but surprisingly it didn't. So what was so special about this song? To me it was the liveliness, enthusiasm and most importantly the 'freestyle' choreography which gave the effect of the song being rehearsed just the night before. Whether it was an effect or not we'll never know! Bradley Smith V

Rise House were placed third again this year for their performance of 'I'll be there for you'. Their choice of the popular theme tune to Friends proved to be a success as it reflected the community of the boarding house well as they all sang in hope of gaining a place. They were also one of the only houses to gain praise from the judge this year for their attempt at a harmony, however at times it was a little pitchy. Edwina Denison LVI

Hope Hope House's rendition of 'Living on a Prayer' gained them success in this year's competition when they were rewarded with first place. They had great team effort, with a strong chorus that dominated the performance. However, they were let down by their attempts at the challenging key changes which turned out to be shaky, to say the least. Nevertheless their great enthusiasm made them worthy winners. The most memorable part of the performance had to be the fantastic guitar solo by Robbie Haylett. Edwina Denison LVI

Manor This year The Manor entertained us with their own rendition of'Football's coming Home'. The beginning was particularly effective with Guy Newson and Chris Ma's duet adding a poignancy to the song that had not been seen before. The buildup of sound after this was impressive and the noise they made was a pleasant surprise. The dance routine was what we all love to see Manor do: plenty of swaying and arm movements. An all together perfect example of what Manor do best. Lydia Hawthorne UVIth

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St. Peter's Physics Olympics Competition Over 100 13 year old pupils, representing 25 schools from across York and the North of England, took part in the Fourth Physics

Olympics

held at St. Peter's! School this June.' The competition is = open to all schools, attracting

teams

from as far away as Newcastle and Bury munication skills to work together to complete a task against the

and has grown each |

clock.

year. The competi-' tion has six individual events, five of which are similar in style to a mini Egg Race and take about 30 minutes each, with the last exercise being a nearest power of ten Fermi Quiz that is ongoing throughout the day. There are prizes for the six individual event winners and the overall first, second and third placed teams and also mementos of the day for all who have been involved. The day is

measurement the highest, the

competition with Cold, Silver and Bronze medal winners. The aim is that pupils come away having both enjoyed their experience and also having learnt some physics. The competition has regularly received generous backing form the Institute of Physics and the Rotary Club of York Vikings and this

primarily about

quickest,

The day is designed to be fun, but also challenging and stimulating and of course there is, in the Olympic spirit, an element of

the

year the Ogden Trust, Taylors of Harrogate and Yorvik Electrical Contractors Ltd have also joined the team of sponsors. Sponsorship money has paid for the T-shirts, medals, trophy, water bottles, memory sticks and Uncle Albert books that the pupils take away at the end of the day.

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Events this year involved constructing a tower from a news-

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tion where quantities are roughly estimated to the nearest power of 10. 'How many coffee beans (kindly loaned to us by Taylors of Harrogate) would there be in two 70 kg sacks identical to the one in the Memorial Hall?'e.g. what is the volume of toothpaste that is used in the UK in a year. It is also about scale with the pupils thinking about atoms on the microscopic scale (10 - 10m) up to distances to the nearest star (1016m). Pupils combine their physics and mathematical knowledge with teamwork and com-

placing materials in order of increasing density, making a ballista to fire balls at a target and timing a ball bearing down a runway.

Cold Medal Winners: Team Aristotle Royal Grammar School Newcastle. Silver Medal Winners: Team Feynman Hull Collegiate College Bronze Medal Winners: Team Rontgen Hymers College, Hull A new feature of this year's event was the most generous provision of samples by Taylor's of Harrogate. Tea, coffee and cake were served throughout the day not only to all of the visitors, but also to the St. Peter's staff and Yorkshire sample

tea packs

were used in two of

the

chal-

lenges. We were also loaned a 70 kg sack of coffee beans which was the basis of one of

the

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Quiz questions. Everyone took home a variety of samples and Yorkshire Tea gifts were provided for the medallists. I would like to thank all of my colleagues, the support staff and the sixth formers who helped on the day to make this years' event

displayed his 'wizardry' on the computer in collating and present-

the biggest and best so far. In particular Graham Metcalf again

ing all of the competition data. Clearly the competition could not

showed his willingness and expertise in the designing and making

happen without any of them.

of much of the equipment for the games, and Mark Edwards once D.Morris

Physics Olympiad, AS Competition 2010 National Physics competitions

National Physics Competitions. Back Row: Ben France (Bronze), Chris Ma (Bronze), Will Smith (Bronze), Alexander Ward (Bronze); Front Row: Ning Lu (Bronze I), Rebecca Benson (Bronze), Alex Dickinson (Bronze I). Not in picture: LipgiTang (Bronze II), Man Hin Wong (Bronze).

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cists took part in the festivals' opening event: 'A Secret Sciencef

group of sixth formers and

Walk of Discovery'which was a treasure trail walk around York.The

staff attended a lecture at

school is committed to continuing with its outreach programme

Ampleforth College given by

and in November 2010 Professor Russell Stannard O.B.E., Emeritus

Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell on

Professor of Physics at the Open University will deliver the inau-

Pulsars and in January a simi-

gural 'Guy Fawkes' Physics Public

lar

the

Lecture based on his latest book,

Astronomy Discovery Day at

'The End of Discovery'. In May St.

York

Peter's hosted the inaugural North

group

attended

University

Physics

Department. The highlight of

East

the visit was the talk entitled

Committee for Science Technicians'

'Universe'

Marek

conference which was attended by

Kukula, Public Astronomer,

over 80 technicians largely from the

Royal

Dr.

Observatory

North

West

Standing

leading independent schools across

Greenwich. Following this we

the North of England. In 2010 St.

all had the opportunity to look around the University Observatory

Peter's continued to host the termly York and District Physics Teacher Network Meetings.The group is supported by the Institute of Physics and at the meetings visiting speakers from

the

University

Physics

Department and teachers from St. Peter's give short presentations and lead discussion groups on chosen curriculum topics. The highlight of this year's meetings was being able and observe Mars which was at its brightest for the last two years.

to directly observe the solar flares

In March St. Peter's hosted two public lectures as part of the York

through

Festival of Science and Technology which is held annually in con-

Coronado personal solar telescope

the

hydrogen

alpha

junction with the National

brought along by Dr. Phil Lightfoot

Science and Engineering

from the University Physics Dept.

Week.

Professor

Peter

Barham from the University of Bristol spoke about his 'Passion for Penguins' and Dr.

Sean

Paling

from

University of Sheffield captivated an audience of over 300 in the Shepherd Hall talking about his 'Search for Dark

Matter

Boulby

Mine'. Also during the week a team of sixth form physi-

A small group of sixth form physicists attended the (North

Yorkshire

NYBEP

Business

and

Education Partnership) supported Venturefest Yorkshire' Exhibition at York

Race

Course

and

the

'Engineering Inspirations' day at the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington.At these events they helped to promote the work of the Rotary Club of York Vikings and in particular manned a couple of games from the St. Peter's school Physics Olympics, which the Rotary Club sponsors. David Morris 'Uifi

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Maths Inspiration Lectures, West Yorkshire Playhouse In March a group of L6th Further Maths students attended the Maths Inspiration Lectures at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. There were three talks:

1. Maths in a Spin by Hugh Hunt Spinning things are strange. A spinning ball bounces in curious ways. Why does a spinning top stand up? Why doesn't a rolling wheel fall over? In this lively talk, Hugh Hunt demonstrated

the

mechanics of lots of spinning things, including gyroscopes. He even threw a few boomerangs!.

2. To Infinity and Beyond by Katie Chicot

3. The Maths of Juggling by Colin Wright

The infinitely large and the infinitely small are mind-blowing

In this talk, mathematician Colin Wright displayed his juggling

concepts that have helped mathematicians to solve some very

skills, while at the same time analysing what was going on. He

real, and finite, problems. Katie Chicot explored the mysteries and

described how he invented a mathematical notation for juggling,

mis-conceptions of infinity, from ancient puzzles to some of the

and showed how that information was used to invent new rou-

very latest mathematical research, taking us to infinity...and

tines.

beyond.

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Maths Lecture, University of Hull The Rock Guitar in 11 dimensions In March a group of L6th students travelled to the University of Hull to hear rock guitarist and rising media star Mark Lewney explain the maths of rock using riffs from Vivaldi to AC/DC and show how string vibrations might lie at the heart of the Big Questions about the universe. In the lecture, Dr Lewney explained

mathematical

vibrations with the help of props as diverse as a bullwhip and his electric guitar.

This

introduction

Superstring Theory

to the

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United Kingdom Mathematics Trust Challenges 2009-2010 Senior Team Challenge Sophia Lu, Chris Ma, Guy Newson and Matthew Wong competed in the Regional Final of the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust Senior Team Challenge, at Fulford School in November. The competition tests mathematical, communication and teamwork skills, and students compete against teams from other schools and colleges from their region.

schools from the county were represented and the St. Peter's Team were placed 2nd.

Senior Mathematics Challenge This challenge encourages mathematical reasoning, precision of thought, and fluency in using mathematical techniques.

In November 33 St.

Peter's 6th form students took part.

9 received

Bronze Awards, 11 Silver and Gold Certificates were awarded to Matthew Wong, Sophia Lu, Gary Ng.Alex Dickinson, Ben Owen and jinyang Huang.

British Mathematical Olympiad Due to their high marks in the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge Jinyang Huang and Sophia Lu were invited to sit the British Mathematical Olympiad paper. BMO Round 1 lasts three and a half hours and contains six complex and involved mathematical problems for which full written solutions are required. Sophia per-

Final of the UKMT Team Challenge, at the Mount School. There is a group competition, a crossnumber, a head-to-head and a relay race. They worked very hard during the day on these activities and finished 4th overall.

formed well and Jinyang achieved a certificate of distinction.

Intermediate Mathematics Challenge

Junior Team Challenge

Schools. The question papers are designed to make students think

This challenge is targeted at the top third of pupils in English

In May James Greenall and Sam Philpott, together with Luis Fox and George Gao from St. Olave's, competed in the Regional

by using mathematical techniques to solve non-standard problems. In February, 84 St. Peter's middle school students took part, with 13 pupils achieving a gold certificate, 18 a silver and 32 a bronze. Due to their excellent performance in the challenge, James Greenall, Daniel Spencer, Josh Cooper and Calum Brown were invited to sit the European Kangaroo paper. The questions involved thought-provoking situations requiring the use of logic as well as mathematical understanding and pupils from over forty countries in Europe and beyond took part. Daniel, josh and James were each awarded a Certificate of Merit for their excellent performance. D.Spencer

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mburg This has been the second year running that St Peter's has put forward Cold teams for the Duke of Edinburgh Award. 12 pupils from the sixth form worked hard all year in their weekly training sessions, their navigation day and their practice expedition, before heading west to the Lake District at the beginning of July. Day one dawned bright enough and breezy. The forecast was for storms to hit the south west of Scotland, but these soon moved further south than had been anticipated. That afternoon the mountains of

to test them in quite the same way. The weather of the next three days, while variable, was never again as bad, and the Assessor had no hesitation in passing all members of the expedition. They finished with smiles at the Castlerigg Stone Circle, and slept all the way home.

the Lake District were lashed by storms of horrendous rain and wind. The annual Skiddaw Fell Race, never before known to move for man nor beast, was shifted 250m below the summit, such was the ferocity of the weather and the strength of the wind. But St Peter's teams are made of stern stuff, and are well trained: both groups took conditions into account and followed their wet weather alternative routes, much to the relief of your correspondent. And having got through the first day, nothing thereafter was

Congratulations to all of those who succeeded at Cold and particular congratulations to Cussie Aiken, who has finished all elements of the award, only the second St Peter's pupil so to do. This award really is a marathon event, not a sprint, and the pupils who complete at this level have genuinely achieved something of which they can remain proud all their lives. As one participant said last year, "Pain is only temporary, but D of E Cold is for life". Congratulations to Gussie Aiken, Jess Foxley, Vincent Nadin, Charles Emery, Thomas Miles, Callum Hernaman, Freddie Gabbertas, Chris Ma, Freddie Procter, Tom Fynn, Cameron Barren and Dan Green.

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The Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award Expedition Situated between the huge bulk of Skiddaw and the gentle beauty of Derwentwater we arrived in Keswick with over thirty fit young Peterites, ready for their Silver Expedition. After a good sleep on the Sunday night and a filling breakfast in the Youth Hostel, each group was taken to their drop point and off they went into the distance on their 3-day venture.

The groups approached Keswick from the East, and on the second day enjoyed great views from Catbells, a mountain situated on the western shore of Derwent Water. Although it has a modest height of 451 m (1,481 ft) it is a suitable challenge with a full rucksack. The groups headed south from Derwent water, into Borrowdale surrounded by rugged crags, inviting fells, old mine workings and wooded valleys with clean rivers. It was once a hive

of industrial activity with iron smelting, charcoal burning, and mining for copper and graphite. On the third day the groups headed North towards their finish point at the 4000 year old Stone Circle on the airy hilltop of Castlerigg, overlooking Keswick in its lovely valley setting on the shores of Derwentwater. Apart from a few blisters all made it to the finish, a little tired, but bursting with the satisfaction

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The Big Election experience"! Gussie wanted to promote her own views and as a One of the main events of 2010 was the election of a coalition Government.

die hard Conservative she wanted to use this election to advocate a return to power for David Cameron's party in the real thing.

Not to be outdone, the Politics Department decided to hold a school election in order to raise the profile of politics and to give our budding politicians the chance to capture the hearts and minds of the school community through publicity and policy. The candidates were: Ed Lister - Labour, Gussie Aiken Conservative, Lydia Hawthorn - Liberarians, James Chantry - UKIP and Will Grice - Liberal Democrats. After a lengthy election campaign which saw the school festooned with posters, banners, leaflets and other forms of propaganda and after the votes had been counted we (members of The PeteriteTeam) called a press conference where each candidate was grilled on their performance and their experiences during the cam-

Lydia thought that it would make the school less driven by peer pressure ?? and Ed wanted to see who would actually vote Labour, as well as "it could be fun!" Ed also claimed that his decision to stand was partly due to pressure applied by his brother. Self-criticism is not a trait that normally applies to politicians. However, our trustworthy candidates did reflect on their campaigns and came up with the following points. Will believed that he should have "stayed true" to his policies rather than rubbishing other parties through a deluge of publicity material. However, James thought that Will's advertising approach was fab and wished that he had thought of the idea before the deadline. James was also critical about his timidity and believes that he should have projected his voice more during his speech to

paign.

the school. Minions, however, were something that Ed on reflecThe deluge of posters which emanated from the Liberal

tion believed he could have used to greater effect, especially

Democrat publicity factory caused concern for most of the candi-

boarders for as, he pointed out, they make especially good poster

dates. Ed Lister admitted to finding the onslaught of publicity from

elves.

the Lib Dems, which not only promoted

their

policies

but

attacked the ideologies of labour, difficult to cope with and hard to challenge. Other than that, Ed added, "It was a walk in the park". Gussie Aiken also admitted to feeling disheartened by the copious flow of Lib Dem propaganda and struggled to think of ideas which would counter Lib Dem claims. Posters were also the bane of Lydia Hawthorn's life. Not having the resources to produce a blanket of publicity material she fretted over the effect that the visual nature of the Lib Dem campaign might have on voters For James Chantry the biggest difficulty was finding the courage to speak in public. "Just having to say hello to the whole

Lydia said that she now regrets having had strategically placed minions, who threw sweets to the mob, during her speech. However, being pragmatic Lydia stated that "it is not about the winning but taking part". A sentiment treated with scorn by the other candidates.

school as well as having to apologise for every mistake made" was

Despite, the rigours of the campaign and the grey hairs

torture. However, his confidence undaunted, James believed that

acquired due to stress every candidate said that they would do it

he had no serious rivals and that he would be the 'stand out' can-

all again. However, their loyalty was more questionable. Ed stated

didate.

that he would prefer to represent a party which was more to the

The Lib Dems might have won the advertising campaign but

left than Labour (a communist in our midst) whilst the opposite

for Will Grice this silver lining was not without its cloud as he

view was taken by James who by his own admission a Thatcherist

spent hours and hours in producing the posters leaving him little

would like to be true blue. Gussie felt quite at home where she

time to be nice to everyone which incidentally was the thing he

was and therefore, would fight against James in any future contest

found most difficult. Mmm!

to lead the Tories. Will, perhaps feeling slightly guilty about destroying a rain forest to feed his poster campaign, thought that

Some politicians seem to be born to the job, many following

he might quite like to be Green.

in the footsteps of a parent. When asked why they had chosen to be a party leader not all of our candidates seemed to have a concrete answer... Will Grice and James Chantry thought it was a "fun

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Community Action 2009-2010 This year has been very busy for the Community Action Team, again within school and out in the wider community. Many pupils throughout the school have continued to be involved in both our regular activities and also some exciting new ones. At our Christmas Party in December we invited elderly Clifton residents who had a great time being entertained by Mr Wright and the Music Department and Mr Spencer and Mr Hall with

Christmas songs and bingo. The Community Action team decided that only inviting them in once a year was not enough and in April we held our first St Peter's Tea Dance.

Over twenty visitors

enjoyed afternoon tea with a group of 4th and 5th form girls who then partnered them, under the expert guidance of Mr Edwards in some old time dancing. We are especially grateful to the RevTrev Cant from the Biology Department who encouraged his parishioners to come along and then joined in with the dancing himself. Everyone really enjoyed it, especially Evelyn Holder aged 92, who was particularly delighted with Emily Gee who looked after her so well. Emily has since been the recipient of a York Cares 'Golden Moment' award which was presented to her at a gala award ceremony held in the Aviva Board Room in York in June. Our other on-site activities have continued; the Macmillan Coffee Morning, raising over £300, the Rudolph Appeal which was supported by Clifton Prep and St Olave's and of course the Minster Lions who provided the usual, very popular, visitor to the Clifton

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Prep Christmas Fair when they came to collect the Christmas

donated all their loose change in houses, weighing in at over 60 kg

parcels that had been collected and packed by the team for local

in total. Overall we raised £1570 in just under two weeks - a

pensioners. As a change from sending Christmas cards in school

tremendous effort.

this year we tried to persuade everyone to send festive messages to each other via posters in houses - both to help save paper and to raise money for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital this raised over £100. The Valentine's appeal was as popular as ever, with Rolos, Love Hearts and Roses being delivered to loved ones, raising nearly £300 for the Arclight Shelter. The membership of the Silver Surfers Club has increased and the 'students' have learned how to shop on-line and book train tickets and holidays, ably assisted by Tilly Binns and Kirstie Robertson. A major event after Christmas was the Haiti appeal.

Many

pupils from all round the school joined together and organised several events to try and raise £1200 to send as quickly as possible to the earthquake zone. Raffle tickets and cakes were sold, the half-marathon sweepstake was a great success and everyone

Some of our other new events this year have included helping Lollipop with both their Christmas Crafts event in the Art School and also their High School Musical evening - a dozen 5th and 6th form pupils helped the Lollipop members with make-up for this event and then really enjoyed learning the dance routines as well! Some sixth form pupils helped raise awareness at a Guide Dogs for the Blind event at Clifford's Tower in York and just before we broke up for Christmas the third form volunteers, Ellie Fletcher, Emily Carman, Amy Dodds and Bussy Wells, decorated a Christmas tree as part of the Clifton Methodist Chapel's Christmas Tree Festival. An important new connection has been established this year with the Island charity - this charity provides mentors for children need in the York area and the Monday group have been delight:d to help them get their new allotment in Fulford ready for plantfruit, vegetables and flowers.

A group of enthusiastic sixth

form pupils also hosted several cookery sessions in St Olave's with the Island children creating a variety of different dishes, of which Sophie Jones' (L6) chocolate cake takes the prize for being the 'most original'! Our thanks go to Mrs Julie Bainbridge who coordinated these cookery sessions and helped establish the link between the charity and school. Our association with PHAB, SNAPPY, many local Charity Shops and Contact the Elderly continues and also with the Wilberforce Trust. Special mention must be made of Barbara Kendall, the Volunteer Coordinator from the Trust who has trained and placed our pupils for many years, giving them constant encouragement and the confidence to make the most of their visits to the Wilberforce Houses. Barbara has not been well this year and made the decision to retire in April. Huge thanks go to her as we wish her a long and happy retirement.

All the schools came together again on 1st July this year for the 3rd form Volunteering Taster Day. This was organised in conjunction with York Cares as part of the 14-16 year old volunteering initiative in York. All the pupils took part in one taster activity

Sixth form pupils are very willing to give up some of their free

ranging from Reading with Younger Pupils to learning how to

time to take up placements in both St Olave's and Clifton Prep

coach Mountain Biking Skills. CPPS and St Olave's pupils took part

where they are welcomed by the staff and children who really

in reading and drama workshops organised by our pupils and some

enjoy their visits. Our pupils really gain a lot of valuable experi-

3rd formers went to the Castle Museum to learn about some of

ence from these placements and it is a great way to keep up links

the artefacts and help to explain their uses to the visiting public.

between the three schools.

Dr Ruth Tarr from York Cares deserves enormous thanks for all the

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effort she put into arranging the activities that were supervised by some willing St Peter's staff volunteers...the children had a great day and hopefully it will inspire them to start their own volunteering sooner rather than later. We ended the year back at the Millennium Green in Leeman Road with BTCV and twenty seven 5th form volunteers during yet another hot and sunny week. We continued the renovation of the Green started last year and the 5th form had a great time learning many new skills and taking part in a wildlife survey with the results being sent to the Natural History Museum for cataloguing. It has been a very hectic, yet enjoyable year and I would like to thank the staff team of Sarah Morgan, Ella Mallard, Ailsa O'Leary and Mel Ku who have worked tirelessly to make these projects a success; we shall be particularly sorry to lose Mel to her new life in Germany. Mel is a 'shopper without rival' and has hunted down bargains for all our fundraising projects whatever she has been asked to find! Thanks Mel and good luck for the future. J. Dawson

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A Year in Theatre by Tim Coker, Director of Drama You have been watching..1'Avare by Moliere, Senior School Play Rough for Theatre and other one-act plays by Samuel Beckett, 5th Form Plays Woyzeck by Georg Buchner, Sixth Form Play Guernica, devised, Upper Sixth Play Pop Art, devised, 5th Form Plays What, Where by Samuel Beckett/devised, 4th Form Plays The Trial by Steven Berkoff, Lower Sixth Play Mistero Buffo by Dario Fo, Middle School Play The Zoo Story by Edward Albee, 4th Form Play Massacre of Innocents York Mystery Plays, The Square Pegs Theatre

Theatre managers hate 'dark' periods when there are no shows on and the theatre is empty. Not only because it's not making them any money but also because the point of theatre is that it is public, open, seen, alight. Being dark in a professional theatre is a waste of creative time and effort as well as money. One aim of our Drama & Theatre Studies department this year was to keep the theatrical lights switched on as much as possible and duly, we increased our output considerably in the 2009-10 season with more performances staged than ever before by more students and across more year groups. We began the year with a workshop on comic acting by York theatre legend Martin Barrass. Best known as Berwick Kaler's illfated sidekick in panto, Martin worked with our young actors in the style of the Italian Commedia Del'Arte - the forefather of modern day slapstick comedy. This was the starting point for our production of Moliere's L'Avare (The Miser), which brought the Drama and Modern Languages Departments together to create a fascinating event, complete with keynote speaker Professor Richard Maber from Durham University, themed refreshments served bv costumed A-level French students and, of course, the

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performed. So good were these pieces that every student achieved top band marks, many with 100%. The external moderator, AQA's chief examiner Russell Whiteley, described the work he has seen recently at St Peter's as the "best he has seen anywhere in the

Not to be outdone by the 5th form, the U6th devised their own new play based on Picasso's Guernica and, like the GCSE groups, scored very high marks with their pseudo cabaret-style, political critique of indiscriminate military attacks on civilian populations. Their piece raised timely issues about the legitimacy of modern conflict and turned the Studio Theatre into a convincing bombsite in the process.

That the Sixth Form Play is entirely student directed, stagemanaged, produced and performed is its greatest triumph. That Harriett managed the process so well shows what a significant talent she is. Not only is she one of the best actors I have worked

One recent addition to the St Peter's theatre calendar, now in

with but one of the most committed, dedicated and ambitious. I

its second year, is the Sixth Form Play. This year, Harriett Hare

am very proud that Harriett has won a place at the prestigious

directed Georg Buchner's play Woyzeck with assistance from

Mountview Theatre School in London and wish her every success

Michael Bailey and Tilly Binns.This is possibly one of the most difficult plays I can think of to direct - fragmented as the text is, left unfinished at the playwright's death. The result is a strange mix of romantic tragedy, surreal comedy and expressionist poetry. Harriett took the directorial reigns with great authority and creativity and quickly brought the play to heel, piecing the work together into a unified production. Some very strong performances from Freddie Wintrip and Bekka Taylor (as Woyzeck and Marie) and from Ellie Sinks and her gaggle of maniacal

doctors

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subject Woyzeck to a series of sinister medical

experiments)

duction. Also impressing in this strong ensemble cast was

Sam

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the

pompous Captain and Tom Lovett as the swaggering, self-important

Drum Major.

Charlie Hubbard, a stalwart technical expert in the Drama Centre over the past few years was also on hand to provide some creative lighting, video and sound to enhance thi

Also playing in the Studio Theatre this year was a Lower Sixth Form production of Steven Berkoff's adaptation of Kafka's short story The Trial. This was one of the best things I've seen at St Peter's in my two years here. The cast were disciplined, focused and bold. Their characters were appropriately drawn, playing on the physical theatre conventions

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associated with Berkoff's work - a heightened form of mime

this was one of the most accomplished pieces of improvised the-

where the spoken word is as "physical" as the movement itself.

atre I have seen or the two actors didn't learn their lines properly

Nikki Paskauskas's diminutive doorkeeper will remain a very strong

and made the whole thing up out of desperation. Either way, it

image in my mind and Pip Cray, Jess Mawson and Sam Harris also

worked brilliantly. This production was fortunate to have directo-

worked extremely hard to create the grotesque cartoon-like char-

rial assistance from two members of the Lower Sixth, Bekka Taylor

acters which take Kafka's condemned everyman on his journey to

and Tom Lovett, who passed on their own acting experience to the

self destruction.

cast with great patience and a clear sense of directorial purpose.

The Middle School Play this year pre-empted the school's first

Leading on from the comic Mistero Buffo was the inaugural

ever appearance at the world-renowned York Mystery Plays with a

performance by the school's brand new Square Pegs Theatre

wonderfully entertaining performance of Italian playwright Dario

Company. Having been invited to perform in the prestigious York

Fo's satire on the Medieval Mysteries, Mistero Buffo. Here we saw

Mystery Plays on the streets of York over two weekends in July, to

a number of newcomers to the St Peter's stage with fantastic

an audience of over 4000, we formed a theatre company for the

cameos from Elliot Elstob, Will Hartrey, Tom Riley, Sian Bigger,

job whose principal aim would be to take theatre out from the

Jocie Proctor, Jo Clark and others from a cast of 23 talented young

safety of the school environment and expose it to a wider, less

actors. The highlight of this show though, had to be the sight of

partisan audience. This risky break from school proved entirely

Aaron Anthony-Pillai and Henry Roach cavorting around the stage,

successful as the company grew together in rehearsal and worked

limbs akimbo, in the story of the blind man and the cripple. Either

hard, despite clashes with public exams, to create theatre which could hold its own under a critical public gaze. That public was generous in its appreciation of the work and feedback was entirely positive. Ours was, according to Charles Hutchinson of the York Press, the "most experimental of the 12 waggon plays" and he went on to say that our "deliberately provocative" production of the Massacre of the Innocents was "particularly worth seeing".The cast were awesome and I am extremely proud to have been involved in this show, which transcended the "school drama" label and stood proudly next to the work of York University and

It is not only with Square Pegs that St Peter's students are making a name for themselves outside of school though. Two of our senior actors, Bekka Taylor and Freddie Wintrip have won much sought-after places in the National Youth Theatre. Like its musical cousin the National Youth Orchestra, the NYT is highly selective and getting in is no easy business. The audition process is rigorous and only a tiny proportion of auditionees make it. To have two of our pupils

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Seaside, Chips and All-Nighters Lower Sixth Form Theatre Studies student Rebecca Taylor

the cold North Sea; or whether it would turn out to be the intense

reviews a week of student theatre at the National Student Drama

and inspiring week which, of course, it was we were neither aware

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nor concerned. Only with hindsight would I really appreciate that

'The NSDF's appeal is wonderfully addictive for most people: a rare cultural oasis in a sadly materialistic desert where the lifeenhancing arts seem doomed to bear the brunt of every government's ignorance, lack of judgement and fiscal failures.' Clive Woolf, NSDF President Since the 1950's, the National Student Drama Festival has

it turned out to be the latter. While gaining a few pounds and having a lazy holiday would have been lovely, the NSDF rivalled any intellectually stimulating experience I've ever had, leaving me with a sincere desire to understand and absorb the world of theatre more than I could have ever known possible. A lack of free time also ruled out excessive chip consumption, for which I was grateful.

been bringing together all manner of theatre folk - from the noc-

Our day-to-day routine gave new meaning to the word

turnal, heavy metal Techie' to the velvet jacket-wearing eccentric

manic, with up to three shows a day, 2 workshops, and, my per-

known locally as 'The Thesp' - and reminding us of our passion for

sonal favourite, the heated and compelling discussions of each

all things theatrical. Whether our St Peter's group of nine intrepid

show the festival had staged over the previous days. The NSDF

Sixth Formers slotted into either of those extremes is debatable,

brings together Theatre Companies, University Groups, College

though we certainly developed both our eccentricities and apti-

Groups, Musical Theatre Companies, Drama Societies and Theatre

tude for the infamous 'all-nighter' during our first ever experience

Schools from all over the country, each with their own show, each

of the Festival. On arrival, it soon became clear that whichever

utterly unique, and many sparking the controversy which is well

label we choose to apply to ourselves year-round would no longer

known for getting pulses racing in the St Peter's Drama & Theatre

be applicable - we were part of a fascinating community for one

Studies Department since Tim Coker arrived on the scene last

week, a community where we would develop an increasingly stu-

September.

dious and critical approach to theatre - being taught in the most radical and tangible way how to dissect, deconstruct, appreciate and perhaps most importantly challenge any piece of theatre which should come our way. Accompanied by Tim Coker and Ben Wall, Saturday 27th March was possibly the most high-spirited train ride of our young lives, as we headed off with no idea what to expect, but a relentless and feverish sense of anticipation. Whether this would be a week in Scarborough with a group of friends where we saw a few plays, ate Fish & Chips and played in

As hyperbolic as my praise may sound, I'm not being over-dramatic (excuse the pun) and I have next year held in great anticipation. We are grateful to Tim and Ben and the wonderful people of the NSDF for a week of intellectually stimulating, physically demanding and genuinely inspiring and motivating experiences. At the NSDF we met some of the strangest, most intelligent and passionate people - whose sincere love for theatre has been shared and now lives on in the heart of the Peter's Drama & Theatre Studies Department.

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A Thoroughly Modern War

4th Form GCSE Drama student Dewi Sarginson reviews

excitement that this versatile, all singing and dancing cast brought

Northern Stage's revival of the classic anti-war musical Oh! What

across. There were many moments within the play which made a

a Lovely War

strong impact through both design and acting elements.

During her lifetime, the playwright Joan Littlewood did not allow many changes to her play Oh! What a Lovely War, but since her death in 2002 the allowance for change has become far more flexible. This meant that the directors of this version of the play, Sam Kenyon and Erica Whyman, could create a new, modern version of the play allowing a modern audience to understand better Littlewood's political points about war. This meant that original elements of the play, such as pom-poms and clowns with wigs, were replaced with simplistic, carnival-like costumes and the use of modern music. As the play was written in 1963, the modernisation could have destroyed the integrity of the play, but this adaptation still made the political points Littlewood was trying to get across extremely clear. The play takes place during the First World War and follows

Throughout the play, a stream of xenophobic jokes and stereotypes was at the same time hilarious, ridiculous and thought-provoking. Each major country that played a significant role within the war had their own stereotype. Through the play, these stereotypes would be placed in different situations and would respond according to the 'personalities' of the country. An example of this comes in the middle of the play in a scene called the 'Grouse Shoot'. The scene begins with 6 actors walking on the stage. Each actor represents a different country by using a stereotype (Britain, France, Switzerland, The US, Germany and Russia). This stereotyping was achieved through clever use of costume, accent, attitudes towards one another and over-the-top political views. One character in particular stood out to me: that of the wheelchair-bound, blind US philanthropist whose character was clearly, though anachronistically, a nod to president F.D.Roosevelt. Seated strate-

many stories that surrounded the war, using Brechtian techniques,

gically in the middle of the 6 nation states, this positioning clear-

such as singing songs during solemn moments and interacting

ly reflected the US' attitude toward the war - blind to the reality

with the audience to make a clear point that what we are seeing

of the horror taking place around them, sandwiched safely

is theatre and play, simply a facade. Using these techniques

between nations; blindly dominating with no greater aim than

allowed the audience to clearly see the political point the play-

profiteering. This was done well by the directors as, though the

wright was trying to put across; criticising the senseless brutality

xenophobic jokes being made were light-hearted, the actual con-

of war and pointing out the irony of the notion of a "Lovely" or

tent of what was being said in subtext was clearly a comment on

"Great" War. This production makes conscious use of Brechtian

the harsh and cruel reality of a war that was anything but "lovely".

techniques to make the audience become detached emotionally from characters and the story line. This is done by quick and obvious scene changes, on-stage changes of costume, rapid changes of character and situation, interaction with the audience and a series of other pointed reminders that one is in the theatre, a million miles from the trenches. The production in the Northern Stage Theatre was an instant crowd-pleaser, with catchy music hall songs and a cabaret-style

This refurbished, modern adaptation of the play was theatre at its most potent, allowing a modern audience to understand the points Littlewood was trying to put across. Though it was late, the audience left the theatre with a clearer perspective on war and the bitter truth of its brutality. Kenyon and Whyman should be given credit for their interpretation of this classic play and their sensitive approach to the text, adding contemporary detail to bring Littlewood's visionary play to a modern audience.

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Design Technology One of our aims in teaching Design & Technology is to create well-educated and motivated young people with the practical skills demanded by industry. Whilst trying to maintain high standards in our teaching and learning we need to be providing opportunities for our students to be innovative and achieve a level of quality in their manufacturing. Access to modern technology is crucial, and investment in laser cutting equipment two years ago has enabled our students to experience the resources now available to schools. Our third form have designed and made LED torches, creating ideas with the 2-D Design software. Our Lower Sixth have combined their creative skills with the accuracy of the Laser Cutting equipment to create some imaginative Point-of-Sale display units.

Taking account of the materials our students use, where they come from, and what we do with them at

Mitchell Hernaman - Storage Unit for a Music System

the end of their useful life is an increasingly important consideration in the design process. Improved sustainability can be addressed by making better use of raw materials, and looking at the potential for using recycled materials in the manufacture of a product. Our Laser Cutter has enabled us to reduce the amount of wastage of materials, so investment in such new equipment is even more important. Our students at all levels have produced some exciting work this year.The following is evidence of some of the good things that are going on in Design & Technology at St Peter's School.

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Candle Holder - Emma Stephenson 3rd form

Engineering Award for Quality in Design & Manufacture was given to Greg Bowler (5th). Greg created a storage unit made from plywood and acrylic, using some

imaginative

shapes and manufacturing techniques. The Dawson Award for

Outstanding

Achievement in Design & Technology was given jointly to Lizzie Cronin

Tim Wordie - Point of Sale Display

(L6) and James Higson (5th). Creativity

and

logical reasoning has been central to Lizzie's work this year, and having come straight into the subject at AS level her achievements have been all the more impressive. James has shown good skills in designing and making from early on in the third form, and the depth and range of skills he showed in his work this year has been impressive. The Design Innovation Award was given to Tim Wordie (L6).Tim won an award at the North Yorkshire Engineering Inspirations Competition in the summer of 2009, and has gone on to show that he has the ability to come up with creative solutions to a variety of design situations. Mitchell Hernaman has produced some exceptional work throughout the two years of the sixth form, and he was awarded the main Design & Technology prize this year. All the students

mentioned

made good use of the new technology in the D&T department, whilst showing a balance in the hand skills that they have demonstrated. »•* J.Whitehouse

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Lizzie Cronin - Point of Sale Display

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Music Report Choosing a harpsichord for the school was difficult. Many musicians gave different advice but in seeking that advice the way forward was clear, as so often happens. We chose Andrew Garlick, a maker working in Chard in Somerset and he has produced a wonderful instrument for us. Thank you to everyone who con-

tributed in any way to this new acquisition. One of the special achievements during the year was Charlie Hubbard's success as an organist. He achieved a Organ Scholarship to Trinity Hall, Cambridge for September 2011 and from September 2010 will be the organ scholar at Peterborough Cathedral. Well done on such a fine success. Choosing music for one's final year was quite a daunting experience. Do you try to do all the pieces one never got around to doing? Do you perform your favourites? In the end the pieces

Club's 'Young Musician of the Year'. The Jazz group played with

have to be chosen to suit the pupils' strengths but, of course, with

great assurance and the Chamber Choir and Barbershop both

an eye to their personal significance.

equitted themselves well in a lovely evening's music.

Autumn Concert

Christmas Concert

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The Christmas Concert always has a special atmosphere and a

Harpsichord built especially for us by Andrew Garlick in Chard in

very large audience. We were all so sorry that Chris Blood was

Somerset. Robbie Haylett played two movements from a suite by

absent from the evening because of his cancer treatment and so

Bach very stylishly

to 'initiate' the instrument Having a

Piotr Selwesiuk conducted the Wind Band

in the 'William Tell'

Harpsichord will be such a useful educational tool in teaching

Overture and some 'Mary Poppins' numbers giving us a rousing

about Baroque music. We thank all of those who helped with

start. Beth Hall, Guy Newson and Sarah Carlton all sang solos with

funding for this.

real assurance and Nicci Deedes solo with the Chamber Choir in

Gabriella Naismith sang a Schumann song beautifully while Chris Ma and Katie McLeish showed real senstivity in a Loeillet trio sonata. Nicci Deedes and Helena Becket-Robertson sang Purcell's 'Sound the Trumpet ' with real spirit and Sophie Jones in a Sarabande and Allegro by Grovelez demostrated why she subsequetly went on to win the Northern area finals of the the Rotary

Stanford's 'The Bluebird' caught the imagery of the piece so well and their melting chords in 'Have yourself a merry little Christmas' were suitably cheessy. Rutter's 'Blow, blow thou winter wind' was strongly contrasted with Hylton Stewart's 'On this day earth shall ring' by the School Choir.

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Wind Band and Swing Band

This was a highly enjoyable evening of high quality music-

When Chris Blood was off school soon after the beginning of

making. The adjudicator was Paul Trepte, Director of Music at Ely

the year, Piotr Selwesiuk covered his individual teaching and also

Cathedral, who made clear and constructive comments through-

conducted the Wind Band. He did this with great energy bringing

out. The winners of each category were as follows: Percussion -William Smith Woodwind - Katie McLeish (Oboe) Keyboard - Sophia Lu (Piano) and Charlie Hubbard (Organ)

many of his own arrangements for the band to play for instance ' The Magnificent Seven' at the Christmas concert while the 'Mary Poppins' selection at the same concert was so lively. For the Cabaret Concerts Chris Blood returned to conduct 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' and perhaps appropriately 'Superman' with great gusto.

Guitar - Thomas White Boys' Singing - Edward Lister (Baritone)

Mr Peter Ogram has directed the Swing Band for most of the year and hearing them play 'In the Mood' and also 'I'm beginning

Brass - Robert Haylett (Cornet)

to see the light' at the Cabaret Concerts with such control but also

Girls' Singing- Sophia Lu (Soprano)

dynamism and tight ensemble was a real delight while their accompanying skills were also clearly in evidence here as well.

Strings - Charlotte Terry (Violin) AP Wright The overall winner was Robbie Haylett for his performance of Tchaikovsky's Ballet Suite on the cornet. P Miles-Kingston

String Orchestra Each week on a Thursday after school it has been a joy to hear

Junior Music Festival The festival this year was adjudicated by Andrew Bryden,

to hear strong string playing as one passes the chapel, interspersed with Penny Stirling's strong voice giving encouragement or correction. So many school orchestras play with a certain timidity which

Director of Music at Ripon Cathedral. The music-making was of a

Penny has never countenanced. Peter Warlock's 'Capriol Suite'

very high standard throughout and the winners of the various cat-

written in October 1926 was the fare for the Christmas Concert

egories were as follows:

played with nuance and with clear understanding of the

Piano - Rebecca Widdicombe

Elizabethan and Celtic folk influences contained in the piece. For

Brass - Edward Scott

the Summer Concert Mozart's 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik', one of

Woodwind - Calum Brown

Mozart's most popular works was a real treat with its bold lines

Strings - Nick McLeish

clearly articulated in a forthright performance.Thank you to Penny

Boy's Singing - Bill Goss

Stirling for her dynamic direction.

Girl's Singing- Natalie Mounsey

AP Wright

Percussion - Alex Harrison Guitar - Oliver Braidwood The overall winner was Calum Brown for his performance of the first movement'''

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to be congratulatec

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the last row of the choir and the conductor, faced with an audi-

Gala Concert

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ence of ????. Vaughan Williams' 'Serenade to Music' was per-

In his final year as Director of Music at the school, Mr Wright

formed admirably, with soaring climaxes from the barrage of

decided that a large scale choral work just wasn't quite big

soloists, including OP Oliver Marshall, and some moments of

enough; instead a Gala concert programmed with some of the

intense beauty when the whole chorus sang together quietly. Next

greatest choral works of all time was decided upon.

Bringing

on the agenda was the piece that had everybody on their toes -

together over 300 singers to tackle notoriously difficult pieces

the Bach 'Sanctus'. Although it required some highly animated

such as Bach's 'Sanctus' from his B minor mass, in the troublesome

conducting from Mr Wright, it was sung with great energy and

acoustic of York Minster, was a journey only Mr Wright would dare

precision, and the monstrously hard fugue in the last section was

embark on.

truly thrilling.

The rehearsal stage commenced at the very beginning of the

A true contrast was the two pieces next performed by the

Easter term. As well as having to rehearse the School Choir in their

Chamber Choir, of only 16 voices, a very different sound to that of

usual twice a week slots, time also had to be made for the Choral

over 300 voices. Vaughan Williams' mystical 'The Cloud-Capp'd

Society and Old Peterites. The whole rehearsal process was effort-

Towers' was followed by Elgar's reflective 'My Love Dwelt in a

lessly managed, greatly assisted by Mr MK and Mr Edwards.

Northern Land'. The Chamber Choir demonstrated great phrasing

However, due to the difficult nature of the chosen music, things

and tuning in these two unaccompanied pieces, a credit to the

were getting fairly frantic at the end. Mr Wright overcame his fear

choral direction of Mr Wright.

of the internet and recorded each of the 6 vocal parts of the Bach separately, putting them on the school website so members of the chorus could practise at home. This went down a treat with the Choral Society, but I'm not convinced of its popularity with the School Choir.

The final piece before the interval was Parry's bombastic 'I was Glad'. An army of 8 trumpeters led brilliantly by Chris Blood flanked the audience for this piece, adding to the triumphant grandeur of the piece. The choir handled the various choral textures well, with great dynamic contrast between

Rather sooner than any of us expected, it was time for the big

sections.

Following the interval was Purcell's 'Come Ye Sons of Art', includ-

night. After a successful rehearsal in the Minster, everyone was in

ing the famous duet 'Sound the Trumpet', performed brilliantly by

high spirits. The night kicked off with the enormous Orchestra

countertenors Edward McMullan and George Haynes. A striking

playing Brahms' 'Academic Festival Overture' under the direction

contrast to the symphony orchestra accompaniment heard in the

of Mr Wright. It was certainly a rousing start to the evening, and

previous 20th Century piece, in the solo 'Strike the Viol' we heard

was played with great vigour and determination. The orchestra

Alisa Reid and pupil joss Town playing the recorder.

played exceptionally well for the duration of the concert, and it was great to see some pupils and OP's playing amongst the professionals.

The chorus' penultimate piece was Elgar's 'Give unto the Lord'. This is a piece full of drama and wonderful melodies, and was interpreted very well. The middle B minor section was moving and

Now it was the choir's turn - how would they cope with the enormous acoustic of the Minster and a good 20 metres between

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suitably feisty. Puccini's 'O Mio Babbino Caro' is a deservedly famous piece for its wonderful yearning melody, and was sung with incredible style and understanding by Wendy Coodson, accompanied sympathetically by the orchestra. This was a real highlight of the evening. The climax of the night was another piece of full throttle Parry; 'Blest Pair of Sirens'. His use of 8 vocal parts make for a very difficult but incredibly exciting piece, and it has a suitably grand ending, which rounded off the evening with a bang. It was a wonderful evening and a fantastic last big concert for Mr Wright. It is a great achievement for a school to pull off such a big concert with such style, and it all leads back to Mr Wright's great determination and great musicality. Charlie Hubbard

Opera Trips It has been lovely to take termly Opera Trips to Opera North. Mozart's 'Abduction from Seraglio', and Donizetti's 'Maria Stuarta' were both most enjoyable evenings but nothing can beat the poignancy and pathos of Puccini's 'La Boheme'. The pre Opera meals at Kendell's Bistro have been a most essential part of the

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Summer Concert The Summer Concert saw, as usual, the Upper Sixth taking central stage. Edward Lister's 'Non piu andrai' was beautifully lyrical and stylish while Charlie Hubbard showed real dynamism and panache in the first movement of Schumann's Piano Concerto and here also the orchestra accompanied with aplomb. Nicci Deedes

whilst the journey was reasonably arduous, with both minibuses

showed her delicate tone in Faure's 'Pie Jesu' and Tristan Punnett

getting lost at one point, the 2010 Chamber Choir Tour to

and Edward Lister on saxophones gave us spirit in their duet 'The

Shropshire and Herefordshire turned out to be extremely good fun.

Kipper'. It was so good to hear the guitar ensemble in

Once we had got to the 'Country Sole' lodge, and recovered

'Scarborough Fair' play with such delicacy and the String

from the realisation that there was no phone signal, it was time to

Orchestra, in their last appearance under Penny Stirling's direction,

try and settle into the log cabins. Jeff and Carey Clyn-Jones, the

gave us a strong account of Mozart's Fine Kleine Nachtmusik. The

owners, were very nice to us and provided a meal of organic soup

Chamber Choir delighted us with Tallis' 'If ye love me', Morley's

and rolls when we got there. All of it was eco-friendly, which fitted

'Now is the month of Maying' and 'Old Mother Hubbard', set by

in with their aim to create a completely eco-friendly state of exis-

Hely-Huthinson in the style of Handel, was very well received.

tence in the countryside. We were then told how to work the com-

The School Choir, in extremely good form, concluded with

posting toilets, which weren't as repulsive as you might think.

part-songs by Elgar and Hoist and finished with 'Over the rain-

After that, it was time to watch a film in the boys' cabin, with Mr

bow'. The concert was much earlier in the term because of exam

Wright falling asleep in the corner, having laughed at the film's

schedules but, despite some worries about this, was as good as

more inappropriate jokes. Naturally, we all went to bed as soon as we were told, in preparation for the early morning which we were to suffer the next day.

AP Wright After an early rehearsal the following morning, we ventured

Chamber Choir

out into Ludlow with a brief spot of shopping. A special commendation must go to Tim's aunt and uncle, who let us spend the

Trip to Shropshire, Herefordshire and Welsh Borders

afternoon at their amazing house next to the Welsh border, and

The prospect of a five hour minibus trip to get to a place

cooked us a very good (and very large) barbecue meal. We spent a

where flushing toilets are an unobtainable luxury would seem to

few hours in the swimming pool, or the croquet lawn, or, for the

most a daunting one. Add to the equation three teachers, and two

less energetic, in hammocks, and then set off for what was to be

concerts, and the situation might seem even worse. However,

our first concert as the tour choir (we had a different group of peo-

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pie from the normal chamber choir, with Katie, Alex and Ben joining the ranks to fill the gap left by the absent upper sixth). It was startling just how beautiful our first venue was (St Mary's, Pilleth). We walked up to the little white church on the hill, with rolling countryside all around us, and rehearsed in the simple interior. The sound seemed to multiply in the intimate space, and it was a great experience listening to the "old school" organ, which had to be pumped by the player's feet. Electing not to change in the steeple with the hundreds of bats (lots of them dead) the boys changed outside, for what was to be a great con-

We seemed to be a different group of people on the coach journey home. The tour made us a solid, close-knit, professional group of singers who were keen to put on good performances. We all gelled as a group and became closer to one another, and we're all grateful to Mr Wright for organising and to Mr Owen-Barnett, Mrs Bainbridge and Mrs Wright for accompanying us. This, his last tour as Director of Music, was a great achievement, and there won't be another like it. Robbie Haylett Following the mini-tour to border country, the Chamber Choir

cert. Chris, Guy, Beth and I performed

solos

gave two more concerts

amid

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ments, motets and jazz

Parish Church. Beth Hall,

tunes, and our perform-

Gabriella

ance was well received by

Daisy

the audience. Especially

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Naismith,

Noble,

Olivia

Hourston, Chris Ma, Tim

the man who sang and

Wordie, Guy

bobbed along to every-

and Edward Lister all

Newson

thing (there's always one).

sang solos

We were rewarded by a

well and Charlie Hubbard

curry that evening, which

extremely

accompanied much of

was extremely satisfying after a tiring day.

the

programmes. This

intensive

period

music-making was so

The final day of the

enjoyable, if exhausting,

tour was spent mostly in canoes, especially for the

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canoe 'manned' by Helen,

but lead to their best ever performance of 'My soul' by Parry at the

Beth and me, which took

Commemoration service.

much longer than anybody

What an excellent group

else's to reach the end,

they all were.

despite two being cap-

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tained by bickering partners, and one being rowed

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solely by Chris, whilst Alex complained about being splashed. Lunch after this

As the end of the

was spent in a pub, The Boat Inn adjacent to the

year approaches it is

river Wye, with massive

always good to be able to let our hair down and

portions of food being welA

hungry

perform some really light

boatmen and women. And

pieces in an evening of

corned

by the

yes. We watched the football. Bitterly we went to our next and final concert. This next church, in Shobdon, was known by our choir as the "wedding cake church". This is a very accurate description, as the inside was all carved, dazzling white stone. Another small church, the acoustics weren't quite as impressive as they were in the previous venue but our performance, including solos from Katie, Liv, Tim and me, was very good. We thoroughly deserved the shepherd's pie and fruit cake which we received afterwards, and even did an encore at the end, persuaded by the audience to give them "more!" That evening we chatted, played a few short-lived games of Frisbee, listened to some soothing guitar playing from Jeff, and celebrated a great tour over a few drinks.

great fun so come to the Cabaret; two full houses and lovely receptive and relaxed audiences. It was so good that Chris Blood was back with us directing the Wind Band in 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' and 'Superman' both played by the Wind Band with great spirit. Then the School Choir showed themselves in contemporary mood with 'Don't stop believin' and then a deliciously cheesy setting of 'No man is an island'. The evening is one where there are many solo opportunities. Tristan Punnett and Lydia Hawthorn in 'Mack the Knife' were stylish and Gary Ng's trombone solo, 'Londonderry Air' with the Swing Band was beautifully lyrical. Tim Wordie's 'Bad Boy Leroy Brown' was one of the highlights of the evening with Tim throwing himself so completely into the song.

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The Clarinet ensemble under Tim Bayley's direction played some complex pieces and this group, now including alto and bass clarinets, makes a rich texture. The Jazz Croup all from the lower sixth featuring Robbie Haylett on piano, Alex Green on guitar and Will Smith on drums created some wonderful atmosphere in 'Mas que nada' and 'Make the road by walking'

Associated Board and Trinity Guildhall results 2009-2010 Another excellent year for our instrumentalists and singers demonstrating the depth of talent and hard work put in to achieving such commendable results.

The Chamber Choir were on very good form having just

Gabriella Naismith

Clarinet

Grade 7

Merit

is or is you not my baby' and I got rhythm were full of life and

Daisy Noble

Flute

Grade 7

Merit

vigour and The way you look tonight' was a special treat for my

Emily Gee

Singing

Grade 7

Merit

returned from a short tour to Herefordshire and Shropshire.'Is you

wife Jane one of her favourite tunes. Kate Shaw Guy Newson and Helen Skinner gave us 'I won't dance' accompanied by a special stage band while Edward Lister's 'Can't take my eyes off of you' had real panache. Edward Lister then accompanied by Charlie Hubbard gave us two delightful spots of Flanders and Swann during the evening,

Chloe Lister

Alto Saxophone

Distinction

Singing

Distinction

Ivan Cheng Harriett Hare

The Gas Man cometh' and The Hippopotamus Song' and then were part of the Barbershop group singing a lovely arrangement of 'In the still of the night' and concluding with a bubbly setting of Top Cat'. We have a tradition that leavers perform a solo at one

Distinction

Charlie Greenwood Drum Kit

Grade 8

Tristan Punnett Guy Newson

Singing

Michael Lennox

Alto Saxophone

Grade 8

of the concerts in the Summer term so I gave a rendition of 'Albert and the lion' and almost remembered all the words! The School Choir concluded the evening with 'Moon River' that great mancini melody and then JLS's 'One Shot' a piece which had caused some anxiety in rehearsal with its large range and

Tim Wordie Grade 8

Nicci Deedes Sophia Lu Ellie MacLeod

Singing

complex rhythms and then ' You raise me up' was the final numGrade 8

ber in two most enjoyable evenings. Thank you so much to the

Calum Brown

Friends of St Peter's who work so hard at decorating the hall, run-

Harriett Hare

Singing

Robbie Haylett

Singing

ning the bar and raffle and creating the special atmosphere for these evenings, it is much appreciated.

Katie McLeish

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Commemoration Coming to one's final service in York Minster was quite an

Music Staff Polly Sharpe joined the department teaching piano and has made an impact with the care and quality of her teaching.

emotional experience and it was lovely to have a presentation from the whole choir just before the service and so special to have all the pupils giving their very best in every piece.

We have greatly missed Chris Blood who was absent through his cancer treatment for much of the year but Piotr Selwesiuk very ably covered some teaching aspects of Chris's work and directed

Stanford's 'Beati quorum via' was sung with real elegance and poise by the Chapel Choir while the Chamber Choir's singing, from

the Wind Band while Peter Ogram directed the Swing Band. My grateful thanks to them for this.

memory, Parry's 'My soul there is a country' was simply outstanding and a privilege to conduct.The School Choir, Brass and soloists

Jo Appleby took over as our new departmental secretary and

from the Chamber choir gave a lovely strong account of my

immediately showed her dynamism, initiative and appetite for

anthem Thou art Peter' written for my first Commemoration

hard work. The programmes and posters which she has produced

Service in York Minster in 1987. The brass fanfares, hymn accom-

have been so eye-catching and stylish.

paniments and engagingly humorous account of a march based on tunes from The Pirates of Penzance' were in excellent form. AP Wright

Penny Stirling leaves at the end of the year. She has done magnificent work with our string orchestra and with all her pupils. Alas, her quality is recognised by others and she finds herself in great demand by the Associated Board and many other organisations. We wish her well in the future. Paul Miles-Kingston as ever has continued to work so hard in the department and to support the pupils in all they do. AP Wright

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Creative words & pictures TransforMation The transformation was beginning. His spine arched, scales spread across his body and his head swelled. Fangs erupted from his jaws, a tail ripped through his lower back and a pair of leathery wings sprung from his shoulder blades. Then he was gone. In his place stood a monstrous beast. Elliot Elstob 3rd Form Elliot entered this entry into the 'Young Writers' Mini Sagas competition and was chosen to have his piece published in their Mini Marvels book. Congratulations Elliot! and the man let out his own scream, of terror and pain, as I

An extract from 'Sniper's Tale'

slashed across his eyes. The spraying of blood and his spine-chilling cries as he died imprinted themselves on my mind. To the remaining soldiers I must have painted an image of pure terror. A short, slender young woman, covered in their com-

By James Bullock LVI, winner of the 2010 Skrentny Prize, cre-

rades' blood, a feral snarl on her face and the knife clenched in her

ative writing competition. A full copy of this short story can be

fist. They broke and ran. Laughing to myself, a little hysterically, I

found in the English Department.

staggered after them, down the stairs, out of the door of the apartment building, and collapsed against a wall. I swore, on that

Breathe in.

knife, and the memory of what I had done, that I would never

Breathe out.

again lower myself to their level. It was too... intense. I would use

Breathe in.

the weapons of the old world. The world before it ended. I would

Breathe out.

end lives from afar, because the rush, the thrill, the sheer animal

Breathe in.

fury of a blade in your hand and blood on your face was far too

Breathe out.

horrific, too terrible...

Hold your breath for a count of three. Fire.

...too tempting.

Simple, yet effective. At a great distance, even your breathing has to be precise. If you get it wrong, if your hand shifts at the wrong moment, and you're half an inch off, you could miss your target by yards. It's not easy. But it's quiet. Tranquil, peaceful. In the end, though, all you need to be is be calm. Find calm, and you find yourself. In the middle of the battle, lying prone in a field, or huddling on the top of a skyscraper with your coat held

Triptych Manifesto: Part 1 Surveillance

tight to you to keep out the wind, all you need to do is find calm.

We are a nation under surveillance

Then the bullets can't touch you, the stillness can't discomfort

The tracked, the logged, the new generation

you, the wind can't chill you, because you don't let it. It's all in the

Watch your step, because this is their protection

mind.

when you're packed into prisons with no objection

My thoughts swirled, striving desperately for calm despite

CCTV documents the story; the media is its biography

being inexorably pulled into the chaotic yet singular focus

We're being observed, no emotions spurred

demanded by survival. Dodge, limbs flying as I hurled myself out

You just shut up, pay your bills and follow the herd

of the way of a scything blade. Parry, machine-made, serrated

Internet usage is being tracked and logged

combat knife meeting crudely forged steel longsword. Kill, letting

There's even a camera in the public bogs

out a scream of animal rage and hatred as I struck, quick as a strik-

But they don't venture near the real crime scenes

ing viper, knife lashing out and severing his hand at the wrist. It

Urban jungles, canopies of graffiti

dropped to the ground, sword still clutched tightly in dead fingers,

Vandalism - it's an art division

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Put down your truncheon officer shut up and listen Police - how do you keep the peace? Put down your truncheon officer and listen to me Smile, because you're on camera An Ode to depression, an Aria of anger You've tost the game, made a major error Quenching your oil thirsts with a "war on terror" Policeman, have you had a long day? Beaten any people up just for being gay? Did it move you to see them eat from the bins while Ronald McDonald cashed his cheques in? Does the Union flag make your lives drag on until the end of the day? You said with coalition we can't go wrong but I already feel my prospects drifting away I see a public service destroyed by economic paranoia An ignorant Britain being blindly lead by a group of technocratic lawyers Who watches the watchers? Who bullies the thugs? Do you not think that this country has had enough? Bombarded by thieves and paedophiles on the TV Do you see what your government is doing to me? We're being protected by racist thugs The Neighbourhood Watch brings no community love Killing protestors is not fighting with peace So I'm bringing the people freedom of speech Smile, because you're on camera An Ode to depression, an Aria of anger Sucking life out of sectors just like a leech I'm going to bring your people freedom of speech Guy Cowman-Sharpe

Elegy "I'm OK, honest. Trust me. I promise" Awkward silences at dinner You stare for days at cracked china dolls and Rain pounding off the roads, Swearing it's nothing Wearing a frown "Pensive, not down" Sighs rise Like ghosts from Barren lips. "You're not yourself today, You sure that you're ok?" Face oddly ssstttrreeetcccchheed-looking. You don't wear any of your pretty dresses anymore, just Black. It doesn't suit you, looking haunted like this. Nights spent quivering in darkened rooms have aged you Have sucked innocence from your eyes. "If there was something wrong I'd tell you.

Guy won theZOWJohn Crook prize for poetry with his Triptych

Cross my heart"

entries (this is part one)

Sick note after sick note after sick note for school. Finding creased notes, reading

"I Can't Stop Bleeding" For us to find. We love you, you know that don't you? Promises, assurances, Denials, dismissals, Breakdowns, Releases, The dosage was fatal Please...say something...Anything... Ashes to ashes. Obituary, End.

Robbie Haylett LVI Robbie entered this piece in the 'Young Writers' Past PoetsFuture Voices competition and was successfully chosen to have his work published in their book of poetry. Congratulations Robbie!

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Art School Review It may be strange to begin this review by mentioning the last event of the year but in a sense it was The Annual Exhibition of Students'Art, held in July, which eased many of the concerns we had at the start of the Autumn term. With fewer students than ever before taking the subject to examination level I was beginning to wonder where we had gone wrong. The upside to fewer students was that we were able to devote more attention to those in smaller groups thus improving the quality of teaching and learning.

Gold in The Albert Moore Award for Academic Drawing (Junior Section) was won by Lucy Taylor. Silver went to Emily Freeman

Attended by more than 400 guests, attracted perhaps in part by strawberries and wine, the exhibition was a resounding success as a great showcase for our students' achievements. There were

and Bronze to Stephanie Foster-Duffy. In the Senior Section Rose Dallas took Gold, Emma Binnian Silver and Sarah Adjepong Bronze. The Senior Art Prize was awarded to Rose Dallas whilst The

many highlights across all three levels - GCSE AS and A2 and

Exhibition Prize went to Sarah Askham and The Junior Art Prize to

some exciting and thought provoking displays.

Jessica Phillips. Congratulations to them all.

Eight of this year's Upper VI students are intending to study art to degree level and have been offered places at prestigious art schools and universities. I

was

particularly

Our fourth form students were fortunate indeed to have three trips out of school. The Yorkshire Sculpture Park and The British

pleased with the quality

Museum provided students with opportunities to research their

of work

produced at

topics for GCSE whilst a visit to Newcastle University Fine Art

CCSE level and this bodes

Degree Show as well as a commercial exhibition at The Biscuit

well for next year. Third

Factory - two very different types of show, provoked thought

and fourth form students

about the purpose of art.

were

also

given

opportunity

the show

their work and it was pleasing to see some raw talent coming through. The Cold Medal for The William Etty Award for

excellence in Life

Class was won, for the second time running, by Arabella

Murray-Nag.

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2009 - 10 was relatively quiet in The Whitestone Gallery as we did not host any commercial exhibitions. However, the gallery was the venue for The Design Technology Exhibition in May as well as the Independent and State Schools' Partnership Show in April. Chris Hall writes ...York City Art Gallery's exhibition, Bird in the Hand provided the inspiration for this year's ISSP Art master classes. Over two Saturday mornings in January, 30 or so students from York schools met at St Peter's to produce exciting and challenging art work using dead pheasants as a starting point. The students used a variety of techniques such as painting, drawing and collagraph printing to support their ideas. The brief was ambitious and designed to stretch even the most able artists. Initial reluctance to work closely with and handle hanging dead birds soon disappeared as the students began to realise their own potential.

In March The Art School hosted AQA's GCSE standardisation meetings for teachers of Art. Over 120 teachers from the North of England attended the meetings and spent a long time looking at our department (and stealing our ideas). It was an honour to host these meetings as this was the first time a school art department has been chosen as a venue. Most of us would like to be gifted in one area. To be creative and gifted in several areas is a rare thing. How fortunate we are to have someone who possesses creative talents not only as a teacher of English but also as a musician and an artist. Lesley Birch, from our very own English Department gave an illustrated talk and demonstration to a packed Whitestone Gallery in April. This was both informative and engaging and was much appreciated by our Work from the exhibition was later exhibited in the

students who benefitted from listening to an artist who is pas-

Whitestone Gallery with a very successful and well attended pre-

sionate about the creative process. I would not be surprised to see

view evening. The diversity of approaches to the initial brief was

replication of Lesley's bold approach to using mixed media in

clearly evident with work inspired by amongst others: Joseph

some of our A2 exhibitions next year.

Cornell, Nicola Hicks and Juan Sanchez Cotan. Finally, thank you to everyone - staff, students and friends who One of this year's highlights was the visit to the Art School by

have contributed to the ongoing development of the department.

three high profile internationally renowned artists. U We Claus,

As I write this review, work has already begun to refurbish the

Sebastien Bien, Waldo Bien and the Irish writer and philosopher

department. The comfortable but impracticable carpets are being

Patrick Healy. In York to promote ecological art action as part of a

replaced with washable flooring plus improvements to the lighting

world wide project, these artists made a request to visit our

on the stairwells are being made. I can't wait!

department and took the time to discuss approaches to art with our students. I for one was overwhelmed.

John Darmody Head of Art

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1. Sarah Askham 'Wave'

2. David Glen 'Musical Instruments'

3. Monica Peach 'Fruit Machine'

4. Rebecca Askham 'Distortion'

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2. Oscar Addyman 'Tree'

4. Beth Barker 'Columns'

5. Natasha Scroggs 'Cubist Mannequins'

3. Lipmunn Tang 'Figure'

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Andrew Wright Mr Wright, you are famed for jokes please can you tell us one of your favourite jokes? One day a boss placed a sign saying 'think' above a wash basin, the next day he returned to see that someone had written a sign saying 'thoap'.

If you could invite any three people to a dinner party who would they be? -Elgar -Thomas Hardy -Michael Mclntyre - he'd lighten the mood because Hardy could be rather depressing!

What three things would you put in Room 101? -Shinny football strips (especially on old men) -Tattoos - Misspelt signs

What is your least favourite aspect of St Peter's? Inflexibility

What is your favourite thing about St Peter's? The pupils and staff - that is what I'll miss the most when I leave St. Peter's.

What would you most like to change about St. Peter's? I'd like to make it slightly smaller - reduce the number of pupils a little.

Tell us about your best and worst fashion moments... 12 inch black flares

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Is that your best or worst?

What are your plans for after St Peter's?

Worst! My best would have to be wearing white collar and tails to conduct in the Minster.

I'm going to run opera tours, for adults, to Italy.

Please can you suggest an epitaph for yourself? What was the first record that you bought?

Ummm

'He was always trying.'

The Pirates of Penzance

Tell us your favourite anecdote. What was the first instrument that you played? The piano

Is that your favourite?

In a production of Tosca, the character of Tosca jumped off the battlements in order to commit suicide. For safety, the actress landed on a trampoline - the deceased character then reappeared from behind the battlements several times!

No... the organ has to be my favourite

Tell us about your favourite musical blooper...

If you were stranded on a dessert island what possession would you want to have with you?

When I was conducting a choir and a soloist in a Carol Service in the Minster and the choir never came in! I kept trying to bring the choir in but they lost the nerve after the first time they failed to start singing - the soloist had to sing a very long solo!

Well, seeing as it would need a tidy up I'd probably need a garden trowel.

What is your favourite:

What were the beard days like?

Food? Italian.

Itchy to start with, then it got better, but a grey beard is ageing.

Drink? Good red wine. Composer? Bach Piece of music? St. Matthew's Passion.

Place to go on holiday? Italy

Harry Potter or Twilight? Potter! Those vampires always look terribly pale.

When you were little what did you want to be when you grew up? A Farmer

What is your funniest memory of St. Peter's? When someone from York City Council came in to school to talk about recycling and I played 'My Old Man's a Dustman' on the organ - some of my colleagues thought that it was a bit close to the mark.

Blondes or Brunettes? Brunettes - it is dangerous to answer the other way?

Is it true that you were once ginger? No!

What is the best piece of advice that you know? Keep Looking Forward.

Thank you and good luck in your retirement Ellie Binks LVI and Emily Freeman V

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Mark Edwards 1.Which three people would you invite to dinner? My parents (as I doesn't see them very often), Alexander the Great and Napoleon, 'massively important rulers' that I would love to see 'burp and smell at the dinner table like the rest of us'! 2. What has been your most embarrassing moment in St Peters? Without delay Mr Edwards soon told us about the day that he and Mr Morris were on an early morning trip to look around a nuclear power plant after a "heavy" night out.

6. Did you always want to be a physics teacher? In short 'no'. Mr. Edwards then went on to tell us about how he wanted to be a pianist when he was young. 7. What do you like doing in your free time? After replying 'what free time?' we quickly moved on, giving a very brief reply of 'I love learning new things'. 8. If you were to have a super-power what it would be? Photographic memory as it would make things a lot easier. [We were wondering: It might be great to have photographic

3. Which country would you most like to visit and

memory, but how long will it take to develop?]

why? I would like to visit The Maldives as they look beautiful.

9. Do you have a favourite quote? 'The cares of tomorrow must wait until the day is done'. Mr.

4. Who is your favourite composer and favourite

Edwards then told us that he saw this quote in his favourite

piece of music?

pub (though not the same pub he visited with Mr Morris)

Currently Mr Edwards admits to going through a 'Wagner' phase (sorry!), particularly liking The Ring series as you keep

10. Who is your favourite superhero?

on discovering something new.

Wonder Woman (for obvious reasons!)

5. What inspired you to teach physics?

11. If you were Prime Minister for a day what

I guess it's because physics asks very deep questions about

would you do?

things we don't know.... It's like a journey, though you might

Ban AS levels because people seem to spend their entire life

not get to the destination you want, you're always discover-

doing exams and not living'. Afterwards I would then resign.

ing new things along the way.

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Ben Wall 12. What would you put in room 101?

Which three people, liv-

AS levels (when questioned further, Mr. Edwards replied "just

ing or dead, would you invite to a dinner party?

AS levels")

13. What is your preferred epitaph?

-Shakespeare, he's the most 'I can't beat Spike Milligan's (Spike Milligan's epitaph: I told

gifted literary genius ever

you I was ill)

-Bob Dylan, as he is the

14. Sum yourself up in 3 words. Giving us a few answers to choose from

as well as singer

•

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Tired but grumpy

;

best 20th century poet

I don't know

need a good hostess, Nigella Lawson

Just reached 40

could do the cooking

15. What is your favourite dance move? The lunge roll.... Despite numerous unsuccessful attempts to

Who are your least and most admired public figures in recent years?

show it to us we still had no clue what it was!

(After many suggestions) Nelson Mandela, I'd love to read

16. And finally some quick questions... Marmite: love it or hate it? Love it

his autobiography, and least admired Peter Mandelsonhe's awful.

Which three items would you put in room 101?

The Beatles or the VW Beetle?

Definitely slow walkers who stop in front of you in town-

The Beatles

they really annoy me. Secondly, dancing, I hate being out

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and feeling pressured to dance. I need a lot of 'persuasion' to do it. And lastly, footballers. They are so over dramatic and aren't very good role models for the young people who look up to them.

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Which character, from a film or book, would you want to be? James Bond- it's safe to say I'm basically there anyway.

What would be your suggested epitaph? "Here lies Ben Wall and he's bloody annoyed"- derived from Blackadder

Which aspects of St. Peter's life do you find most irritating? Definitely Saturdays, morning in particular. And the tree outside my classroom that blocks my view of the 1st XI- it means I can't watch cricket while I teach. I also hate wearing gowns, I feel like I'm back in the 1950s.

Pick three words which you feel best describe yourself. Optimistic, driven and contemplative.

What would your Mastermind Special Subject be and why? Probably Bob Dylan song lyrics, I've listened to them all so many times.

You have an hour to live. What would you do? (Mr. Wall's honest answer was unprintable) I'd try and see as many of my friends and family as I could.

What is your favourite book, film and piece of music? I'd say my favourite book is "Bleak House" by Dickens, but really it's "Silence of the Lambs". My favourite film would have to be "Heat" with Al Pacino and Robert de Niro. I'd like to say my favourite piece of music was Rachmaninov's 2nd piano concerto, but that's just a sophisticated answer, it's really "It's all over now Baby Blue" by Bob Dylan.

Mr Wall is leaving us next year to teach down south at a school with no Saturday mornings. We wish him all the best for the future. Lydia Hawthorn UVI and Edwina Denison LVt

1st XV After a very successful pre-season tour to South America the squad were well prepared and looking forward to the season. We were always going to be the underdogs against last year's strong Retiring Captain's team. The game , however, did not reflect this and ended with a narrow 13-8 defeat. An excellent performance saw us beat Leeds GS 24-8. The team was beginning to gel and the back row of Henry Lee and Laurence Cowen were playing particularly well.Two narrow defeats to Woodhouse Grove and Hymers taught us about the importance of focus throughout the whole match and defence.The local derby against arch rivals Ampleforth came next. We were expecting a tough match but playing our best rugby of the season Peter's secured an excellent win 26-8. Sam Ash and Ben Owen stood out in the backs and a solid forward display particularly from Matthew Norrel and JJ. Williams maintained a plentiful supply of ball. Our first match in the Daily Mail Cup saw an easy win against Ripon GS followed by two more wins against Bradford GS and Yarm. Joe Robinson at scrum half had now matured into his role and was developing a good partnership with Will Stephen at fly half. A poor run of form saw us then lose the next three games, however, a home draw in the next round of the Daily Mail Cup against Stonyhurst provided enough motivation.

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This game was undoubtedly the best game and performance of the season with the lead changing hands 4 times. At 37-32 to Stonyhurst with time up Chris McTurk received the ball on the halfway line. After beating two defenders he sprinted down the right touch line, side stepped another defender then chipped ahead. After re-gathering his own kick there were still two defenders to beat, a side step and a drive saw him score one of the best individual tries to have been seen on the 1st XV pitch. This put the score at 37-37 and after some confusion St Peter's went through on numbers of tries scored. Chris also scored a further 3 tries in that match to help secure the win. This gave us an away match against King's, Macclesfield. Against a huge pack it was not to be and our run ended in the last 32 which was a good achievement. The squad showed improvement throughout the season with Freddie Potrykus, Joe Halstead, Tom Whitaker, Duncan Rajan and Max King all playing well in the forwards. Jack Williamson, Oliver Burdass, David McDermottroe and Dominic Woods all enjoyed successful seasons. This was a team that perhaps lacked the confidence and belief that other St Peter's teams have had but nevertheless achieved beyond potential.

2009-2010 Squad: M.Norrell*, J.J.Williams*, F.Potrykus, D.Rajan*,T. Whitaker, T.Punnett, LCowen*, H.Lee**, J.Robinson*, W.Stephen*, J.Williamson*, S.Ash**, B.Owen*, P.Marunda, F.Macrostie*, C.McTurk**(Cpt), J.Deri, J.Tankard*, D.Woods, M.King*, W.Peet, D.Glen, J.Chantry * Full Colours

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2nd XV The season began with high expectations and an equally exciting encounter with a big Leeds side. The seconds entered the last play of the game behind but were rescued by an unbelievable length of the field individual effort from Ollie Burdass. Ollie had switched to the centres during the South American tour and was, quite rightly, promoted to the firsts for the majority of the season. He was joined in the senior team on occasions by the other two outstanding players, indeed leaders, of the side, Max King and David Glen; without the combined ability of those three plus Tom Whittaker, the seconds had a difficult season. James Longbottom and Alex Dickinson were ever-present in the pack and did their best to enforce discipline on their peers. It is, of course, not untypical (indeed it is probably a necessity) that the seconds suffer from regular chopping and changing, and the likes of Will Peet, Harry Booth (whose tactical play could be excellent and won the

game

with

Bradford),

John

Hamilton

and

Dominic

Eaves

fought when

manfully the

going

regularly got tough. We saw less and less of

Michael Bailey could be a good prop if he learns to concentrate on what really matters, James Chantry, on the open-side, and Pat Marunda, on the wing, had the most significant impact of the Lower Sixth players and will, no doubt, prove tough opponents at first team level next year. Divine Kudzewlor scored a superb solo try at Hymer's, and showed in the Sevens tournaments that he has talent, but he does drift out of matches and will need to be more consistent in training and game situations if he is to succeed at a higher level. Rob Forsyth and Tim Darmody played promising roles as the season came to an end. Angus Taylor was the find of the season. He played at full back with commendable bravery and was always willing to try something different to break down the opposition or get himself out of a hole.

David

McDermottroe and

To state that rugby is the ultimate team game has become

Dominic Woods as

something of a cliche. After a season of mixed results, however,

the

season

members of the 2nd XV must look for ways in which to improve

progressed, though

and, although there are certainly individual skills to develop,

Yeomans

remaining and leaving players ought to think back to the traditions

proved to be a real

and spirit of this great (and, what will always be for them,

find once released

amateur) game.

from

PC Taylor

Angus

the

thirds.

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The 3rd XV is always an interesting mixture of social players,

Our season started in the heat at Leeds and ended with a last

un-athletic old lags and young wannabes and it was good to be

16 place at Rosslyn Park. The boys worked very hard to learn

faced with the challenges of entertaining the same old cocktail

different patterns of play, techniques and positions and had made

once again this year and deciding into which group the coaches

real progress by the seasons end. The squad produced some

wanted to be placed. Perhaps the most treasured of the groups are

excellent performances at both A and especially B level where the

the UVIth pupils whose dreams of 1st XV careers have long since

boys showed our strength in depth - beating several schools senior

faded and turn up for training and matches just for the crack. It is this group who quietly (and sometimes noisily) educate the

sides. Our front row had five regulars; Angus, Michael, James, Philip and Max all of whom acquitted themselves well both in the tight

younger, more impetuous and invariably more energetic members

and in the new format of the lineout where "lifting" was intro-

of the squad about what is actually important on the field of play:

duced. Callum, Jeffrey and once his injury had healed, Tom Nelson

namely good manners, fair play and fun. Of this group, this year's

locked the scrum with distinction. It was very frustrating for Tom

skipper, Jamie Paton Getty stands clear. Though it was always

and the side that he had to miss the first half of the term, his

unnerving to be handed your fullback's glasses just before kickoff,

presence was certainly felt on his return to action. Ali Hall moved

Jamie played with courage, spirit and a cool sense of priority. He

from the backs to 6, Toby occupied 7 all year and made it into the

was ably supported by Erik Prenzlin, Mark Hamilton, Alex Telfer, Ed

Yorkshire U17's and Tom Edwards found his place at 8 for us and

Lister and James Coates (whose season, but not his enthusiasm or

in the Yorkshire U16 back row, Ed proved excellent cover up front

sense of humour, was truncated by injury). When it was our luxury

in both the second and back rows. Ali Bigger started the season at

to play him, Angus 'the little loony' Yeomans was by far our most

9 but also proved adaptable and showed considerable promise at

effective player, punching well above his weight in attack and

13 towards the end of the season. Josh worked hard at half back

defence and showing the less experienced and less courageous just what can be achieved in adversity. He was also a demonstration

alongside Andy who moved up from the B side to play regularly at 10. The loss of Charlie in the centres for almost all the season was

of how to play the game both aggressively and fairly and he

a huge disappointment to both us and Charlie but did give us the

earned the respect of his team-mates, opposition and coaches for this and scooped the Man of Match award with a degree of monotony.

opportunity to try different combinations at 12 and 13. Gaz proved our most adaptable back capable of playing with real influence at 15,12 and 10;

the experiences gained in these

positions will I hope make the transfer to the 1st team smooth The young apprentices joining the group in September face

next season. Tom Kimpson, once he started to get good ball,

the somewhat daunting jump from Colts' to Senior rugby and the

showed what a talent he is both at 13 and on the wing, his tries at

prospect of facing up to players a year older than themselves,

the end of the season were certainly worth the wait and showed

several stone heavier and on hard summer pitches. Among those

the team what was possible when we played a fast and open game

who surfaced after a few weeks undaunted by the experience,

which also suited Ben who showed us his pace out on the wing.

were Josh Burley who grew rapidly into the number 10 shirt (when

Ali Newton probably improved as much as any player at 15, where

it was in the bag), Rob Forsyth who was a steady inside centre and

his tackling and capacity for hard graft were already known, but he

Duncan Collins-Adams who, despite playing in tights, delivered

added good hands and almost a kicking game!

just about all of the good line-out balls we secured and appeared from the bottom of every ruck with a smile and invariably the ball. Tim Wordie deserves a special mention - the ever willing, padbearing substitute did much to maintain the team morale during cold, damp sessions when the lure of the afternoon teapot was very strong. Results do carry some importance so here they are: won 4, lost 6, points for 127 points against 198. Of greater interest are the values of team spirit, fair play, enjoyment, magnanimity in defeat and good grace in victory. Kipling was right:

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, And treat those two impostors just the same... If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

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U16BS had a very successful season. Under the

passionate leadership of Seb Murgatroyd and example of pack leader Jamie MacNab they produced an excellent set of results, only losing 2 games all season. Particular highlights were putting around 40 points to nil against both Hymers and Barnard Castle. The B Team had its greatest challenge aginast Ampleforth: drawing

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10-10 on a very windy day and losing 5-0 in a second very close fought match. The squad had strength in depth, even as the team changed continually due to injury. Up front a powerful and dedicated pack made its mark with a versatile back row, including outstanding defence from Liam Hancy in particular (at flanker and full back). Behind the scrum, the team's dynamism came from the centre through David Cecil, Seb Murgatroyd, Lewis Cower and Sean Ketteringham. Well done to all involved for a very commendable season. After the Christmas break we moved into the sevens season and saw the welcome return of Charlie but also the unwelcome return of a really cold winter. Despite the cold we managed to practice and went to Durham and Pocklington where we won the plate at both competitions. This set us up well for Rosslyn Park

where we won our group and on to a first knock out game with our nemesis, Ampleforth. In a tremendous game we came out on top for the first time in four encounters and entered our fifth game of the day only to be undone by Portsmouth. It was a sign of the strength of the squad that we had to select our 12 and had to leave behind three very good players. The confidence gained from this will I hope spur the boys on as they compete for 1st XV places next season. It was a real pleasure to coach these boys who worked very hard all season, changed their style of play and made real progress. Thanks must go firstly to my two captains Tom Edwards (15's) and Gaz (7's) and then to Will Allan for running the B team and finally to Jared Bambridge who helped us out throughout the season.

Won: 13

Lost: 1

This was always going to be a season that would be hard pressed to live up to the expectation surrounding this talented and hardworking year group. One of the most commendable qualities of this squad is that inspite of their impressive record on the field they take little for granted. They aim high and set themselves ambitious targets. In this environment it was sometimes difficult to be satisfied with results that were anything less than perfect. It is testament to this group that victories by only a margin of twenty rather than thirty points would provoke a volley of self reflection as though they had suffered a crushing defeat. The season started with a well attended pre-season team building and training week in which the squad was able to gel as a group with some hard fought paintballing and regain some of the fitness lost over the summer. Consequently the team hit the ground running with a comprehensive 49-12 win over Leeds Grammar School. It was clear that whilst the team was very strong in attack there was work to do in defence. In training the team focused on preparing different defensive structures depending on whether the opposition were playing off fast or slow ball. The marshalling of the blitz and drift defence was orchestrated excellently by centres Max Gill and Calum Craig. The confidence the team felt in defence was born out in the following three matches in which the team failed to concede a single point over 180 minutes of rugby. In fact across the rest of the season there were only three further matches in which the opposition troubled the score board at all. The early win against Leeds was followed by strong performances against Woodhouse Grove, Hymers and a thorough dismantling of a strong Ampleforth side 43-0 in which the forwards and backs worked well to produce fast ball and a well rounded team display. Much of this however was prelude to the first real test of the season, away at QEGS Wakefield. QEGS have long been the bugbear of this year group, having not recorded a win at any level at St Peter's or St Olave's. Preparation for the game was not ideal as we lost Cal Craig to national hockey commitments in the run up to the game and had to move Charlie Greswold into the centres at the last minute. The unfamiliarity of this set up showed in the first half of the match as defensive errors saw the score 21-7 in QEGS favour.

1)16 SQUAD 2009-10 M. Chan+, G.Nash*+, T.Hinchcliffe*+, A.Neal+, T.Nelson*, T.Edwards*+, A Bigger+, J.Higson, J.Cho, J.Wilson+, C.Brown+, A.Newton+, A.Hall, C.Norell, A. Shaw, E.CIarkson+ P.Berridge, T.Kimpson+, M. Buss, B.EIIiott+, D.Cecil, L.Gower, S.Murgatroyd, P.Hodge, J.Macnab D.Shread, R.Walker, A.Benham, J.Bew, L.Hancy, S.Ketteringham, D.Maitland, L.Hawthorne, S.Bellinghall, M.Lee, J.Payne, G.Bowler, T.Hitchenor, R.North,K.Pampus, D.Davies, C. Cornock, A.Frazer.

* Yorkshire representation

+ Rosslyn Park squad

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The game seemed all but over by half time, it was now that

difficult to recapture the momentum that had preceded the QEGS

the strength of character of this group really came to the fore.

match, but again to the credit of this team it did not stop them

Out of nowhere the team rediscovered the confidence and style

from sealing victory in their remainder of their Saturday fixtures.

that had marked the first half of the season. Nick Stephen led by

The only loss of the season came in the fifth round of the Daily

example from the front as Ben Lightwing and Frankie Whitaker put

Mail Cup, ironically against the same QEGS side that the team had

their bodies on the line to ensure fast ball for the backs. Charlie

beaten earlier in the season. The match, again at QEGS, arguably

Greswold grew more accustomed to his new position and the back

saw one of the most mature and controlled displays from the side.

three defended well. However, the performance of the match

In all aspects of the game; attack, defence, the set piece and the

came from Will Booth whose sublime kicking and game control

breakdown, St Peters were on top.

ensured that the QEGS side spent the entire second half on the

game quickly exceeded the ability of the society referee who made

back foot. With less than a minute to go the scores were 21-20 to

a number of naive decisions at the breakdown allowing QEGS a

However, the tactics of the

QECS and repeated forward drives edged the attack to the QECS

foothold, before failing to deal with a reprehensible spear tackle

five metre line before Hamish Lynde shipped the ball to the backs

that hospitalised Ed Scott. In this environment our composure and

and Charlie Greswold was able to break through the fraying QEGS

structure suffered and QEGS were able to edge ahead. Whilst the

backline to make the scores 26-21 as the whistle blew.

circumstances in which the side lost were unfortunate the manner

Unquestionably this was the high point of the season and

in which they did so showed their class and style.

highlighted the potential and ability of this squad. For the rest of the standard season it was perhaps a little

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Without exception this has been an outstanding season and an exceptional team to coach. Good teams have a mix of four or

five strong players, the occasional superstar and some weaker players. No team has fifteen superstars, but great teams have no weak links and from one through to fifteen this is a team with no weak links. The greatest strength of this group is their willingness to listen in training as well as their desire to improve. The front row found themselves rarely outmatched this season, Dan Harding and Angus Smith providing the solid foundation upon which the scrums success was built. In the engine room Frankie Whitaker and Henry Gray proved a well balanced, strong and mobile pairing adding crucial bulk to the pack. In the back row,

The half back pairing of Hamish Lynde and Will Booth matched

Nick

creativity with game control and the centre partnership balanced

Stephen

captained and played

nicely Max Gill's brutal defence with Cal Craig's creativity and

intelligently,

Ben

vision. In the back three Ed Scott proved intelligent and forceful,

Lightwing used his

whilst Harry Dixon provided his usual fearless last line of defence.

brain

combat

Hugo Aiken, Alex Hart, Matthew Chan, Jonny Jackson and Charlie

increasing opposition

Darmody all played regularly for the A team and contributed well.

brawn, and Charlie

I would like to thank Matthew Adams for all his help coaching the

Greswold

consis-

Bs and during the Daily Mail Cup season. This is a good year group

tently played with

with the potential to be great; I wish them the very best of luck in

power,

the future.

pace

and

courage, never giving less

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than 100%.

U15B I was lucky enough this season to coach the same team at 1115s as I had coached at U14s. These boys are so driven to succeed that they are a great pleasure to work with: indeed the difficulty for me was in deciding each week which of the enthusiastic multitude would not be chosen for the team. I thank all those players who turned up week in week out to practise time and again, in all weathers, without the promise of a weekend fixture to keep them coming back. Their enthusiasm and commitment is at least equal to, if not greater than, that of the regular team players, for they turn up not for the reward of a match, but for the love of the game. For me, the match of the season was the game against QEGS, away. We lost this game heavily last year and were uncertain of what to expect this time round. However, owing to illness, QEGS were short of a referee and your noble correspondent stepped in to fill the breach. In a furiously fought game, bruising but fair, St Peter's spent most of the match lodged inside their opponents' 22, and should have scored several times. At the end of the game the cheer of relief from the QEGS team and their supporters to have gained a 9-9 draw showed how much our boys had dominated the match. The pack was once again a powerful force, usually too strong for many of our opponents.The front row was chosen from Giles Gray, Jack Harison, Chris Burn, Hugo Aiken and Sam McCullagh, any of whom would have regularly graced the A team in another year. The powerhouse second row comprised Jamie Hatzel and jack Downey, great ball winners both of them and increasingly great attackers of the game. Meanwhile our superfast and mobile back row, with Freddy Jagger and Joe Swales, destroyed

other teams. Jack Harrison is becoming a superbly versatile utility forward, able to play prop, lock or number 8, while Will Hartrey and Tom Colthup also played a number of games in various forward positions, both of them looking increasingly useful. The scrum half spot was fought over for much of the season. Harrison Medley played there with increasing poise when not on service for the As, while Tom Thrussel continued to make progress here. Oliver Hicks remained reassuringly solid and comfortable at fly-half. The crucial centre pairing was revealed by Jeffrey Cho and Josh Frost, for when one of them was injured our whole back line looked threatened. Nick McLeish looks strong in both attack and defence on the wing and Ross McDade is becoming very useful with his jinky runs. Jonathan Jackson is increasingly composed at fullback and is a very reliable figure to have in this most important position. M.Adams.

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Won: 5

Lost: 5

Points for: 165 - Points against: 163 This year we won the same number of games as we lost, the team played some fantastic rugby at times, our biggest challenge was consistency of performance and confidence. The season started well, with successive wins against Leeds, Hymers, Ampleforth (in extremely windy conditions) and finally beating QEGS for the first time. Woodhouse Grove were the only school who really outclassed us. During this period we improved both backs and forwards play, scoring tries from the wings and the back row in particular. We had good positional play and kicking from the half backs and the full back. We linked very well in attack but were sometimes vulnerable to strong runners out wide. The new boys brought additional power into the pack and tackling into the centre, often making powerful breaks.

U14B The boys and I had a great season of rugby this year; we all fully enjoyed ourselves and all improved our open game. We had a fantastic, undefeated season and all the boys played with grit and determination throughout. Our first match against Leeds Grammar was our first success and the boys all played well together despite the fact we had only trained together for a few short weeks. The forwards dominated the game winning some good ball, allowing the backs to set up some great tries. We thought Woodhouse Grove was going to be one of the hardest matches of the season but, in fact, it turned out to be quite an easy win. Will Catchpole was the man of the match scoring an impressive hat trick down the wing. Hymers was an easy win; they turned up three players short and so, even after lending them three of our own, we won comfortably. The match ended 20 minutes early thanks to excellent play from Roman Faithful! and James Contreras. Ampleforth was a tricky game for the boys; the extreme winds posed a real challenge to our game. We decided to play a forwards game but the whole team had to up their game to beat this strong side. The forwards drew in the opposition creating great space for

After half-term we lost some momentum losing to Barnard Castle and unluckily to Bradford Grammar. Loss of A team players due to illness meant that we also struggled against Pocklington,

the backs to score some impressive tries on the outside. The boys' commitment was fantastic and they held their own through the poor weather. The QEGS turned up for their match with only 12 players and

however the commitment of the new boys brought into the side was outstanding and a highlight of the term, despite the loss. We

wanted to play 12 aside. Undaunted, the boys rose to the

bounced back travelling north to Newcastle where the backs and forwards played some great rugby against a good side. We failed to maintain this standard, however, in our final game against Loughborough, who were not as strong. If we can maintain our

the Match thanks to his superb tackling and great work with the

high level of play and commitment next season I am sure we will have a great side. Overall, this has been a most enjoyable season. It has been great playing with the team. Special thanks to Mr Johnson for his hard work and enthusiasm in great coaching and direction.

Squad players: Gaias, Scholey, Taylor, Faithfull, Bird, Snell, Smith, Hulmes, Hinde, Adams, George, Elliott, Coates, Pepper, Payne, Brown, Dickinson, Eyre, Dobson

challenge playing some great rugby. James Bellingall was Man of ball in hand. Newcastle

RGS was the

highlight

our

season,

as I think anyone who watched the match would agree; the boys showed grit and determination which never wavered throughout the match. To Newcastle's credit they played a fantastic game and we had to really step up to the mark to beat them. The whole team showed fantastic aggression throughout, tackling

everything

that

moved.

Our attacking line was set up well by Liam Green at fly half and our two centres made some great moves delivering it to our wings. The forwards determination to win the match was phenomenal; the ruck ball was quick and clean which allowed the backs to keep the momentum going. The boys won the match brilliantly and should be proud of their effort on that day.

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Our final match of the season was Loughborough and it was

year when he added aggression to his natural pace. I really hope that this group of boys continues to play, and that fixtures can be found for them (although this will be even more difficult as U 15s). There is a lot of talent in the group, they enjoyed their rugby and they can get a lot out of playing senior rugby in a few years time. Finally my thanks to Mr Johnston for his advice and knowledge, but especially to Mr Gwilliam, for helping with coaching on numerous occasions. our last chance to secure an undefeated season. Everything

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seemed to rest on this game for us and we went out there with a real determination to make this a season to remember. The boys' aggression was great and the skill with ball in hand was fantastic. Both the backs and forwards dominated the game and our efforts were rewarded with a much sought after win.

2010 Sevens Tournaments In a weather affected season the sevens teams performed well in all tournaments they entered. After losing four tournaments, the first one played was the Hymers U14, U15 sevens. The U14's

It was a fantastic season and I fully enjoyed captaining the

performed well but did not progress, the U15's came second in

boys throughout. I feel proud to have played alongside an excellent squad and this was the most exciting way that we could

their group and progressed into the knockout stages. A good win against Hymers saw them through to the final against Woodhouse

have wished for to start our rugby careers at St. Peter's. All the

Grove. Playing some excellent sevens they secured the trophy.

boys should be mentioned for their commitment and determination as a team is only as strong as the sum of its individual players; I look forward to playing with them again next season. We have a lot to live up to but I am confident that the challenge will only serve to strengthen our game.

They also played very well to win the group at Ampleforth but unfortunately lost in the semi-finals. The U16's showed improvement in each tournament and won the Plate competitions at both Pocklington and Durham. At Rosslyn Park they won their group and then went onto lose to Portsmouth in the last 16. An excellent

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achievement.

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improvement. They lost out to QEGS in the Vi finals at Hymers

The U18's playing without some key players also showed

The U14Cs have enjoyed a tremendous season, not only in terms of results, but most pleasingly in the way that they have

and joint won their group at Rosslyn Park but lost out on try count. Despite the weather and lack of training opportunities all

developed their skills and progressed as a team. Despite having

teams continued the tradition of playing high quality sevens,

few school fixtures, the boys practised uncomplainingly three

enjoying their experiences.

times each week and ultimately reaped the benefits with their best performance in the last match of the season. Finding opposition at this level is difficult and despite Mr

Senior Sevens Squad B.Owen, O.Burdass, H.Lee, S.Ash, W.Stephen,

Williams arranging five matches, two were cancelled due to pitch

D.Rajan, P.Marunda, J.Williamson, D.GIen, J.Robinson,

unavailability or illness.The three games that were played were all

M.Norell

won, convincingly, against Woodhouse Grove, Ampleforth and Loughborough. Many of the boys in the squad represented the B team, and many more could have without being out of their depth. I was delighted that we were able to operate a squad of about 22 boys, all of whom got to play in each match for which they were available.This necessitates a degree of flexibility in terms of people playing out of position and many indeed played in a variety of positions, forwards and backs. This is no bad thing, as the boys will continue to grow at different rates, and it may yet be some time before their best positions are found. This was very much a team effort, although up front Dan James, Max Nozedar, Alex Harrison and Will Coidan were strong ball carriers, whilst Jack Graham made the successful transition from winger to prop! Behind the scrum, Henry Eyre showed good distribution, Nick Ubhi was an elusive runner and Tim Chiu a fearsome tackier, as was Cormac Hopkinson by the end of the

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hard work and high standard. Well done to all and we look to the next season for further improvement and wish all the girls leaving us this year the best of luck and thank you for all your efforts good memories and commitment.

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2nd VII The 2nd VII had an excellent season under the captaincy of Tamsin Collingridge, with tremendous strength and depth. The team could represent a 1st squad in another school - such is the standard across the senior years and on occasions, transfer of players across the teams, particularly shooters regularly occurred. Practically unbeaten, they defeated some of the opposition by large margins (Yarm, 40-20, York College 41-15 and Read 38-9)! One of the opposition from York College was overheard saying 'if

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this is their 2nd team I wouldn't like to play the 1st's.' Indeed the

1st VII

efforts. Thanks to all those who contributed to this successful unit

girls' commitment and skill is a huge testament to their incredible and we look forward to an equally good season to come.

Stepping into the season can seem tenuous when some of the opposition have a term in hand before we begin our winter campaign.

However, the girls are match fit from a gruelling

hockey season and are often very eager to establish their ability on an increasingly talented school circuit. This was evident when they played their first fixture against Huntington - former National finalists - narrowly losing 17-18. Motivated and keen, Captain Sarah Munro subsequently led her team into training and the girls set about building their fitness levels, strength training, and speed of release and the use of the long ball. Using weighted practice balls the girls improved in all those areas and in their 2nd fixture against an equally tough opposition - they drew to Worksop. A strong defensive triangle involving Bobby Gardner, Vikki Herrenschmidt and Hettie Cust, complemented the speed of attack from Sarah and EUys Lockitt. Olivia Frost and Frankie Cross combined to cover the circle and shoot. Olivia's athleticism was stretched on many occasions as she fought for space to feed through to Frankie - whose accuracy from long and short was at times exceptional. The 3rd fixture on the calendar was memorable for many reasons against Leeds Grammar. Firstly the opposition GS stood just beneath the post and merely stretched her arms above her head to touch the netting. Hettie, our GK, stood beneath the GS and stretched her arms above her head and still didn't reach the opposition's chin. We were involved in a tussle with a team through to the National Finals with a number of nationally recognised players on board. The game was exhilarating with players pinning out to all corners of the court, elongated passes, flying interceptions and the quickest speed of release we have ever played. We lost - but we learnt and would relish the fixture next season. The weather took its toll on the next two fixtures and then a string of victories followed against York College, Pocklington and Queen Ethelburga's.The quality of their last match against Queen Margaret's for the end of season game was a showcase for their

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3rd/4th VII This set of girls were unbeaten! Again they proved too strong for equivalent teams on the school circuit with many players challenging positions above them readily. All 8 fixtures involved comfortable margins with the Worksop encounter the most challenging across the board. Of all those girls who opted to partake in team netball all played competitive matches and will be pushing for some second team places next season. Well done to all and a huge thank you for their dedication and effort W.Shepherd

The following represented the 1st VII: H Gust*, V Herrenschmidt*, R Gardner**, E Lockitt*, S Munro (Capt.)**, O Frost*, F Cross*

Denotes 1/2 colours

Opponent

Result

20th

Huntington

L9-10

D 25-25

23th

Worksop

W 30-28

Leeds

L 17-35

27th

Leeds

W 28-26

Ashville College

Cancelled

30th

Ashville College

Cancelled

Mount St Mary's

Cancelled

Mount St Mary's

Cancelled

10th

York College

W 25-1 8

10th

Bootham

W 21-17

3rd

Queen Ethelburga's

W 33-1 2

24th

Read School

W38-9

6th

Pocklington

W 23-1 3

3rd

Queen Ethelburga's

W 28-1 2

10th

Yarm School

L 17-28

6th

Pocklington

W31-20

13th

Ampleforth

W29-9

10th

Yarm School

W 40-20

17th

York College

W 22-20

13th

Ampleforth

L 30-31

20th

Queen Margaret's

D 16-16

17th

York College

W 41-15

20th

Queen Margaret's

W 29-21

Date

Opponent

Result

20th

Huntington

L 17-18

23th

Worksop

27th 30th February 3rd

March

Re-award of colours

Denotes colours

January

The following represented the 2nd VII: F CampbellA, S Scotter, S Foster-Duffy, S Kelly, T CollingridgeA (Capt.), L Streather, H Walmsley,

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Date January

February 3rd

March

The following represented the 3rd and 4th VII: O Diggory, J Megone, M PeachA (Capt.), C McDermottroe, C Worsman, G Grant, G Williams, M Bollands, P Gray, H Yates, D Noble, N Deedes (Capt.), E Nadian, E Cronin, F Dallas, ATurnbull, B Barker, E Gee, M Slack A

Denotes 1/2 colours

January

Fixture

Result

3rds v Worksop

W 28-15

4thsv Worksop

W 18-17

3rds v Bootham

W 14-6

3rds v Read School

W 42-16

3rds v Pocklington

W18-7

3rds v Yarm School

W 24-15

4ths v Yarm School

W 19-6

3rds v Ampleforth

W41-10

February 10

March

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of the netball season was hampered by extremely poor weather, the snowy conditions made training, at time, impossible and the indoor facilities had to be shared between the whole school! Up until the very last week of the netball season the U15 A and B teams experienced yet another year of uninterrupted success. Despite a number of opposing teams improving greatly from last season, the St Peter's girls continued to impress and, at times, demolishing the opposition. A particularly hard fought match for the A team was against Ashville College. It was evident from the first whistle

that the match was going to test the team; the Ashville girls

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were very physical and demonstrated fast, skilful netball. Yet again the tenaciousness of the U15 team shone through and they were the worthy winners. The 212 goals scored by the B team during the season is probably the best indicator of their ability! They are a very talented team and I am sure many of the players will be representing our senior teams next season. They were worthy winners of the York and District Tournament - conceding only 10 goals in the competition. In the same tournament the A team also won all their matches in the group section and progressed, credibly, to the final. The final, being the aforementioned last match of the season, was between local rivals Millthorpe School - who, on this occasion, were victorious!

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U14Netball2010 It was evident from the start of the season that team selection would be a difficult process - many girls wanted to be considered for a place in the squad and competition was fierce. As the results indicate - the first two weeks of the season, for the A team, did not get off to a particularly good start - the girls were playing in positions that they were not used to and with players they had not played with before. Due to perseverance though the team started to 'gel together' and by the third week of term were playing excellent, skilful netball. The last match against Queen Margaret's School was probably the highlight of the season - it was a conclusive win for the squad and hopefully will bode well for the start of the season next year. The B team had an excellent season winning, convincingly, every match they played - again demonstrating the wealth and depth of talent we have in the year group.

U15ATeam:

U14 A team:

F Punnett, L Taylor, Z Gower, I Leigh, C Lister,

S Hinde, E Rawson, S Shaw (Captain), E Martin,

L Mahon, R Moore (Captain).

T Tomlinson, M Gabbatas, H Andrews, S Bigger, E Stephenson

IMSBTeam: G Latham, R Widdicombe, L Field, T Monoyiou,

U14BTeam:

H Langford (Captain), J Fairbank, H Goodall,

E Fletcher. K Raines, K Phillips (Captain),

M Bythell

E Illingworth, E Exall, G Ward, E Taylor

Date

Team

Opposition

Result

U15A Worksop Mixed team Won 48-10

23rd Jan

U14A

Worksop

Lost 19-17

23rd Jan

U15B Worksop Mixed team Won 35-7

23rd Jan

U14B

Worksop

Won 27-7

30th Jan

U15A Ashville

Won 21-18

23rd Jan

U14C

Worksop

Won 21-7

30th Jan

U15B Ashville

Won 45-3

30th Jan

U14A

Ashville

Lost 21-27

6th Feb

U15A Queen Mary's

Won 25-13

30th Jan

U14B

Ashville

Won 27-7

6th Feb

U15B Queen Mary's

Won 17-8

6th Feb

U14A

Queen Mary's

Lost 29-20

10th Feb

U15B Bootham A

Won 20-14

6th Feb

U14B

Queen Mary's

Won 27 - 9

3rd March

U15A Queen Ethelburga's

Won 19-14

9th Feb

U14A

Huntington

Won 6-5

3rd March

U15B Queen Ethelburga's

Won 26-8

9th Feb

U14B

Huntington

Won 14-5

6th March

U15A Pocklington

Won 33-12

10th Feb

U14A

Bootham

Won 17-8

6th March

U15B Pocklington

Won 39-5

3rd March

U14A

Queen Ethelburga's Won 27-14

13th March U15A Ampleforth

Won 22-10

3rd March

U14B

Queen Ethelburga's Won 23-18

13th March U15B Ampleforth

Won 43-5

6th March

U14A

Pocklington

Won 29-15

17th March U15A Huntington

Won 22-10

6th March

U14B

Pocklington

Won 33-31

17th March U15B Huntington

Won 13-1

3th March

U14A

Ampleforth

Won 19-18

20th March U15A Queen Margaret's

Won 19-7

13th March

U14B

Ampleforth

Won 28-6

17th March

U14B

Huntington

Won 28-6

Queen Margaret's

Won 19-7

Date

Team Opposition

23rd Jan

Result

24th March U15A York & District Tournament Lost in final to Millthorpe.

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tility also secured herself a regular position, playing stoically in midfield. Hettie Cust joined the team in defence - where she was able to create, along with Bobby Gardner excellent attacking moves from the defence - linking together the mid field and

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attack.

The season, hopefully, started early for the senior hockey

The match against the Old Girls' team was, for the last time,

players as, during the second week of July, they were issued with

played on the grass pitch. With such a large squad to look at in

a comprehensive fitness training programme which they were

preparation for the match against Mount St Mary's substitutions

expected to complete during the long summer holidays! The

were frequently made.The Old Girl's grit and determination shone

primary reason for issuing such a fitness plan was due to the new

through as they secured a well fought win. The first match of the

rules which were being introduced from the 1st September 2009,

season against Mount St Mary's gave Tamsin Collingridge, our

the rational behind the rule change was to, foremost, speed the

experienced and able centre player, the opportunity to hone in her

game up and, in turn, make it an even more fast and attractive

shooting skills, securing a 2-0 win. The first match set the tone for

game for the spectators. As a result, the self pass from a side line

the rest of the season; competitive, hard fought battles!

or free hit has significantly speeded up play from a dead ball situation - giving the players very little time to recover. Pre-season training was supported extremely well by the senior hockey players during the last week of the summer

The formation of the team was similar to the previous season, Charlotte Worsman joined Fiona Campbell in the roll of link forward - Fiona's experience, skill and sheer hard work was complimented by the tenacity and relentlessness of Charlotte.

holidays and the pre-season match against City of York Hockey

The Hubbard Astroturf was completed during the half term

Club gave both sides the opportunity to play in a competitive

and the first match to be played on the wonderful new facility was

situation under the new rules.

to be against Pocklington School. It was decided to overlap the

It was clear, from the pre-season training, that there would be

first match with the official opening of the Hubbard Pitch. Mr Dick

many new faces competing for positions within the squad -

Hubbard officially opened the Astroturf and the guests remained

boding well for the depth of talent available within the school.

to be entertained by the 1st team as they fought hard against a

Charlotte McDermottroe joined the team as a dependable and

very strong Pocklington team. Within the first minute the

strong attacking player, Emily Gee, thanks to her all-round versa-

Pocklington centre attack drove past the bewildered St Peter's

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team to score an impressive first goal. Despite the poor start, the rest of the game displayed school girl hockey at its best; fast moving and skilful. Sophie Worsman and Rosie Dallas, who controlled the left attack and midfield positions, both had a fantastic game - importantly, they worked together well and became interchangeable with each other when attacking. Gemma Williams must be congratulated on the way in which she dependable distributed the ball during the season her role as centre midfield player was pivotal in allowing the team to follow through the game plan we had put in place. Harriet Diggory must be congratulated on her fantastic goal keeping during the season, her ability to stop anything launched at her was commendable as was her incessant love of throwing herself at the attacking players who dared to stand in her way remarkable she only had one penalty awarded against her all season!

May I take this opportunity to thank Fiona Campbell for her support throughout the term - she has been a calm, reliable, organised and level headed captain. The following girls represented the 1st XI: H Diggory, H Cust, B Gardner, E Gee, J Megone, G Williams, R Dallas, C McDermottroe, T Collingridge, F Campbell (Captain), C Worsman, S Worsman, L Streather, E Lockitt, G Grant.

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Date

Opposition

Result

Score

5th Sept

City of York

Won

3-0

Old Peterites

Lost

2-3

12th Sept

MSMary's

Won

2-0

19th Sept

Ampleforth

Drew

2-2

National Schools

Runners up to Queen Margaret's

26th Sept

Queen Margaret's

Lost

1-2

3rd Oct

Barnard Castle

Lost

1-2

10thOct

Giggleswick

Won

3-2

18th Nov

Worksop

Lost

0-6

7th Nov

Pocklington

Lost

2-4

14th Nov

Durham

Drew

1-1

21st Nov

Hymers

Won

3-2

GSaL

Lost

0-1

Scarborough

Won

1-0

Silcoates

Won

1-2

9th Dec

Won - 6

Drew - 2

Lost

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2nd XI Ellie Macleod captained the successful 2nd XI this year - as traditional at St Peter's there was a wealth of girls who wanted to play for the team, showing great strength in depth! Particularly noticeable this term was the way in which all the team pulled together to secure some excellent results, with only one loss all term the results speak for themselves. The midfield was very strong with Flora Dallas, Vicky Herrenschmidt and Laura Mounsey working hard to attack and defend in equal measures.The defence of Beth Barker and Julia Megone (who also represented the 1st XI) was extremely solid with Claire Jordan as the dependable goal keeper - such a line up proved to be too strong to cross for many of the opposing teams! The attack was supported by EUie Macleod, Georgie Grant (who also represented the 1st XI), Ciara Cecil and Olivia Frost. All of the players were able to successfully inter change positions and worked hard in supporting each other - well done to a fantastic season. The U16 team was resurrected for a number of matches and, as such, were worthy winners of both the York and District Tournament and the district winners of the U16 National Schools Competition. Despite not loosing in the county round of the competition a 1-1 drew against Ryedale School meant they were one point behind Giggleswick School who were the eventual winners. As very few schools run an U16 team many of the players were given the opportunity to play in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th XI.

3rd /4th XI

The following girls represented the 2nd XI: C Jordan, B Barker, J Megone, L Mounsey,

The standard of play in the 3rd and 4th XI has been particu-

F Dallas, O Frost, V Herrenschmidt, C Cecil,

larly strong this year, and most importantly the commitment and

G Grant, E Macleod (Captain), Polly Fairbank

enthusiasm of all the players has been impressive - epitomised by the willingness of the 4th XI to play a rematch against Pocklington School at 5.00pm on a very dark, dismal Wednesday evening!

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Despite a few slight moans on the way to the match the game that ensued was well worth it. I would like to take this opportu-

Opposition

Date

Result

Score

nity to thank Monica Peach for the stalwart way in which she captained the 3rd XL

1 2th Sept

MSMary's

Won

7-0

19th Sept

Ampleforth

Lost

0-1

The following girls represented the 3rd & 4th XI:

26th Sept

Queen Margaret's

Won

4-2

M Peach (Captain), P Gray, ATurnbull,

3rd Oct

Barnard Castle

Drew

1-2

10thOct

Giggleswick

Won

2-1

7th Nov

Pocklington

Drew

1-1

14th Nov

Durham

Won

2-0

2 1st Nov

Hymers

Won

4-0

5th Dec

Scarborough

Drew

2-2

9th Dec

Silcoates

Won

3-0

C Cook, E Cronin, S Foster-Duffy, F Marsden, S Kelly, J Phillips, E Nadin, G Aiken, M Hall, O Herrenschmidt, G Fullick, E Burton, L Hart, H Walmsley, C Nelson, E Miller, L Newton, C Prowde, M Slack, J Cammish, C Mannion.

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Won - 6

Drew - 3

Lost - 1

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3rd/4th XI Results 2009 Date

Opposition

Result

Score

19th Sept

Ampleforth

Lost

1-2

26th Sept

Queen Margaret's

Won

7-4

30th Sept

Bootham A

Lost

1-2

3rd Oct

Barnard Castle

Won

3-0

10th Oct

Giggleswick

Won

9-1

7th Nov

Pocklington

Drew

0-0

7th Nov

Pocklington

Won

5-0

11th Nov

Fylinghall 1st

Lost

1-3

2 1st Nov

Hymers

Lost

0-6

2 1st Nov 4th team

Hymers

Drew

2-2

Having thrashed Queen Margaret's 7-0 in September, we lost 1 -3 in the final on a wet, cold miserable November teatime. It was very disappointing as we had pressured well, but found scoring difficult on the night. The girls play well as a team, passing the ball around well with good distribution. Felicity Punnett and Lavinia Taylor were always there to tackle well, and regain possession. Isabelle Taylor was dependable at the back. Chloe Lister, our fast centre attack, scored numerous goals and it was felt that Tonia Monoyiou was the most improved player throughout the season. Overall, a most enjoyable season and I know that this crop of talented players will feature well at Senior level next year. I would like to thank Rudi and James for their coaching. Mrs J M Whitehead

4th team The following girls represented the teams: L Barren, K Elliott, J Fairbank, Z Gower, H Langford, L Field, I Leigh, C Lister, F Punnett, I Taylor, L Taylor, A Gill, R Wilson, H Gee, L Mahon, E Scanu, S Taylor, S Sweetland, R Widdicombe, M Bythell, E Hargreaves,

House Hockey It was the first time that half of the competition and the finals took place on the Astroturf. The standard was exceptionally high

M Jackson, K Reid, D Sarginson and P Smith

U15 Results 2009

without a particular house being dominant. Congratulations to Clifton who were deserved winners - especially, as on paper, not particularly the strongest team! September 14

1st Clifton

September 19

2nd Queen's 3rd Hope

September 26

4th Rise

Representative Hockey

October

U15A v Mount St Mary's

W 6-0

U15B v Mount St Mary's

U15A v Ampleforth

W 4-0

U15B v Ampleforth

D 0-0

U15A v Queen Margaret's

W 7-0

U15B v Queen Margaret's

W 4-0

U15A v Barnard Castle

W 2-1

U15B v Barnard Castle

W 6-0

U15B v Giggleswick A

U15A v Pocklington

W 5-0

U15B v Pocklington

W 9-1

U15A v Queen Margaret's

0-2

Congratulations to the following girls who have been chosen to represent the Leeds Puma regional performance centre. Elle Illingworth

October

November 7

Ellie Martin Hannah Gee

November 12

Izzy Taylor

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November 14

U15A v Durham

W 2-0

November 21

U15A v Hymers

W 1-0

U15B v Hymers

W 6-2

U15A v Grammar

W 5-0

November 28

School at Leeds

The girls, as expected, continued to show their great commitment and skill that they had demonstrated so successfully as Third

U15B v Grammar

Years. We had a great season with the 'A' team winning all of their matches fairly comfortably except for the York Area Final.

W 5-1

School at Leeds December 5

U15A v Scarborough College

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1-3

(Final of U15 Area Tournament)

Charlotte McDermottroe Zara Gower

0-5

W 5-0

U14

U14A Results 2009

The year began with an influx of new girls which provided greater depth to an already established year group. As a consequence the standard across the board was high - allowing the fielding of strong squads from a year group boasting 44 girls.

Opposition September 12 Queen Mary's

From the onset talent and physical effort characterised both teams, culminating in the A Squad reaching the semi-finals of the North of England. A tremendous effort for a newly formed team showing great promise. The team won the York & District and the County tourna-

October

W 2-0

14 Ampleforth

W 2-1

26 Queen Margaret's

30 District Tournament

WON

D 1-1

Barnard Castle

10 Giggleswick

ment, defeating Ampleforth, Giggleswick and Cundall, before losing in the semi-finals of the North to Wakefield 2-1.

Result

November 3

Other notable wins included The Grammar School, Leeds (2-

0-2

D 2-2

County Tournament

WON

Pocklington

W 7-1

0), Durham (2-1) and Queen Mary's (2-0). 14 Durham

W 2-1

The B Squad played an equally impressive season beating Queen Margaret's, Ampleforth and Pocklington, remaining

November 17 North Semi-finals - Lost Semi-finals to Wakefield

unbeaten against any B opposition. The remaining fixture against the A team for Scarborough College was a challenging match

W 3-2

November 21 Hymers

and despite losing 0-4 the standard was very high. 28 Grammar

W 2-1

School at Leeds The following girls represented the A&B teams: E. Fletcher, E. Exall, R. Hall, E. Stephenson,

March

York & District Tournament - Joint winners with Queen Margaret's

Z. Pindar, N. Mounsey, E. Martin, H. Andrews, J. Proctor, E. Illingworth, S. Shaw, M. Gabbertas, G. Ward, E. McDade, S. Carlton, E. Carman,

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S. Bigger, K. Phillips, S. Hinde, J. Frazer, S. France, L. Hunter, H. Falshaw, E. Rawson Opposition

Result

September 12 Mount St Mary's

October

1-0

14 Ampleforth

3-0

26 Queen Margaret's

2-0

30 Bootham

Cancelled

St Olave's

10 Giggleswick November 7

Cancelled

Pocklington

21 Hymers December 5

0-0

Scarborough College

10-1

4-2

0-4

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Boys Hockey 1st XI This year was very much a transitional period. Only three of last years regular squad were still at the school and this lack of experience often cost us dearly. It was extremely frustrating at the beginning of the season to see our new astro under snow and ice for two and a half weeks. Joe Halstead kept goal extremely well. He dominated his 'D' and his communication with his defence was excellent. Greg Bowler at sweeper showed the value of playing men's club hockey as he looked the part from the first game. He played with quiet authority and controlled the defence with surprising calmness. Later in the season he was joined by Tom Whitaker who did the simple things well and gave no quarter in the tackle. In front of the back four Calum Craig played back of the diamond. An under fifteen, Calum was outstanding throughout the season. He often ran games prompting those around him and frustrating opposition defences. This was a remarkable achievement. Our senior pro's made up the rest of the midfield. Chris McTurk was always a threat to opposition from left midfield. His outstanding pace and control often caused panic in the opposition. His work rate and commitment were an example to all those around him. Dave McDermottroe showed good touches on the right and often delivered telling passes. Sam Ash played top of the diamond. Gareth Nash showed flashes of excellence but must become more consistent. Will Smith developed into a good right attack but we struggled at times up front with a lack of experience and pace in front of goal. The results show our lack of experience losing six and winning four. The highlight of the season a 2-2 draw with county champions Q.E.G.S. It was a thoroughly enjoyable season and I would like to thank the whole squad for their commitment and enthusiasm. I would also like to thank Jonners for his coaching and organisation. Sam Ash Captain of Hockey 2010.

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1st XI Squad: S.Ash (Captain) , C.McTurk (Senior Pro), D.McDermottroe, J.Deri, D.Glen, T.Bilton, J.Halstead, W.Smith, T.Whitaker, W.Stephen, E.Parker, C.Nash, D.Collins-Adams, C.Greenwood, G.Bowler, C.Craig.

Sam has been an excellent captain. He has been an example with his hard work and commitment. He threatened defences at all times from the top of the diamond and encouraged all in his team. His winning goal against Yarm school, beating three then lobbing an upright keeper was one of the best schoolboy goals I have seen. Sam and Chris McTurk were awarded Caps. The Stick: Sam Ash The Burn trophy: Joe Halstead The Pandas Cup: Calum Craig

third came from the left when Joe Robinson shot from a narrow angle. A great lay off by Joe Hall set up the fourth with Tom Bilton scoring. Adam Carter made a smothering save late on to keep a clean sheet and the final score was 4-0. The last Saturday before half term saw the seconds play Durham school first and they were soon in front with a well engineered goal from Joe Robinson

The Mondail Shield: Queen's

closely followed by a second for Will Smith to give a half time

The Hubbard Cup: School

score of 2-0. Durham rallied in the second half and pulled a goal

The Under 15 XI were county champions winning

back from a short corner. Tom Bilton and Joe Robinson scored to late goals to make it 4-1 with Alex Dickinson hitting the post with

all their games.

a fierce shot. First match after half term was Barnard Castle away. The team played poorly by their standards but still won quite

The following players reached JRPC (county)

Greg Bowler, Calum Craig, Harry Dixon, Chris Burn, Will Scholey.

easily with three first half goals two from Tom Bilton and the other from Joe Robinson. Tim Wordie added the fourth with Barnard Castle scoring a consolation goal. The next Wednesday they played at Hall Cross School and played much better winning 3-0 with all the goals coming in the first half. A break away goal by Will Smith

2nd XI The team lost the first two weeks of term due to the snow and this meant they did not play Barnard Castle and Worksop College. The first match was away on a Wednesday at Ampleforth College following on from the first team. Not having trained much the sides started slow but good work by the midfield saw Tom Bilton open the scoring with a well taken goal. Half time it was 1 0 and the team started the second half playing confident hockey and added goals from Tom Bilton andTimWordie.Tom Bilton was unlucky not to get his hat trick following an early long ball from Will Smith .Tom first touch was sublime but the shot went inches wide. Final score was 3-0. On the Saturday the team faced a sterner test against Scarborough College who had two first team players coming back from injuries. The team soon found themselves two goals down and struggling to get the same rhythm as the first game. They pulled a goal back through a Joe Robinson tap following a Will Smith shot and the equalised through Tom Bilton giving the half time score of 2-2. After a bright start to the second half Scarborough College scored their third goal which proved decisive. Mid through the second half the was crossed in for Tom Bilton to smash against the post on the volley. Despite hard work by the team they could not find the equaliser and lost 3-2. On the following Saturday we were at home on the Hubbard against Giggleswick School. The game started later than expected and consequently it took the team time to settle.

was followed by a goal from Ed Parker and Tom Bilton. The second saw Adam Carter make a couple of fine saves in goal and the St Peter's forwards fail to add the their goal tally despite good approach work. A return match against Ampleforth College came next. Joe Robinson opened the scoring however a fine save by Adam Carter in goal Ampleforth

denied an

equaliser. Tom Bilton the hit the post . Ampleforth College scored two goals to take the

lead. St

Peter's piled on the pressure but could not find the equaliser and were unlucky to be awarded a late penalty. The last match was away at Pocklington School. This was a hotly contested local derby. Pocklington School opened the scoring following a short corner however Tom Bilton scored twice to give St Peter's a two to one lead at half time. A joe Robinson penalty corner goal through the goalkeeper's legs increased the lead however Pocklingon pulled a goal back to make

Tom Bilton opened the scoring after twelve minutes with a

it a tense finish in the pouring rain. St Peter's held on to win 3-2.

sweeping move down the left. Despite a lot of pressure the score

The side was well captained by Will Stephen and played some

was 1-0 at half time. St Peter's were off to a great start in the

good simple hockey.

second half scoring after two minutes through Joe Robinson. The

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2nd XI Results 2010

U16 After so many years of waiting it was tremendous to have our

Date

Opposition

Result

20/01/10

Ampleforth College (A)

Won 3-0

23/01/10

Scarborough College (A)

Lost 2-3

30/01/10

Giggleswick School (H)

Won 4-0

own astro. The increased time available for coaching was a bonus as was the lack of time spent travelling across York to get access to a pitch. We lost two, players to the 1st XI , Greg and Caz but this enabled us to develop decent and settled sides for both A and B teams. Our practice games proved interesting with the A relying on pace and the B's on structure. Structure came out on top on

06/02/10

Durham School (H)

Won 4-1

more than one occasion and much was learnt from this by both

27/02/10

Barnard Castle (A)

Won 4-1

sides. A number of our home games were on the astro at Manor

03/03/10

Hall Cross School (A)

Won 3-0

pitch. In the end this helped our game as it improved the quality and accuracy of our hitting and speeded up delivery on all

School where it was a little slower, as there was more sand on the 13/03/10

Ampleforth College (H)

Lost 1-2

20/03/10

Pocklington School (A)

Won 3-2

surfaces. Angus Shaw proved a fine keeper making a number of

Played 8 Won 6 Lost 2 Goals For 24

Against 9

excellent reaction saves over the term. It was good to see the huge progress made by AN Bigger at the centre of defence where his pace and determination were a real asset, Ed Clarkson and Michael Chan were steady in defence and also linked well with the midfield. In the middle we were lucky to have the skill and pace of

The following boys represented the team A Carter, T Bilton, L Calpin, J Deri, A Dickinson, J Hall, C Greenwood, T Lovett, S Jeffries, A Neal, E Parker, J Robinson, W Smith, W Stephen, T Whitaker, T Wordie.

Andy Neal(capt) and Liam Hancy supported on the flanks by Tom Hitchenor and Josh Wilson who linked well with our forwards, Oli Cohen, Toby Hinchcliffe and Sam Murgatroyd, who created far more chances than they actually converted. At times we played with flair and pace and showed the strength in depth of senior hockey as a number of our matches were played with success against school first teams. However at other times our lack of experience led us to play hit and rush against these more experienced sides. The lessons learnt will be good as the boys move into the 1st and 2nd teams next season. Our B side's great strength was in its structure and the willingness of all the boys to work for each other off the ball. Ricky Walker proved a fine keeper despite David Cecil's early success in this position! At the back we were steady and composed with James Webster, Jamie McNab and Josh Cooper working with real intelligence. In midfield David Cecil and Jonny Bew provided the dynamism (and also stepped up to the A ' s without difficulty), throughout the season. Dan Bowie, George Hourston and Kai Pampus provided a fine link from defence to attack where we had genuine pace and skill with Sam Geddes, Tom Kimpson, Sean Ketteringham, and Lewis Cower interchanging positions with ease. It was also good to finally get Marcus Yeomans back from injury to strengthen the squad. The boys proved a formidable unit and had a very successful season both in terms of results and improvements made. Certainly a number of these players will challenge for spots in the senior teams in the coming years. It was a real pleasure coaching this group of young men and I thank them for all their efforts in what proved to be an incredibly cold term's hockey. Thanks also go to AN Cameron who led the B's to their most successful season and to Jared Bambridge for his help this term. Paddy Stephen

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U15B

U15A This was a very

The U1 SB team had a very successful season indeed - winning

successful season for

all their matches. Many of the scores (for example 3-1 against

the U15's who finished

Pocklington A team) do not reflect the way this team dominated

the season undefeated

their games. If chances had been taken, they would have beaten

and as Yorkshire County

more than justThirsk 5-0. The team really progressed throughout

Champions.

the season and by the end were beginning to play far more mature

The and

commitment hard

work

throughout the season impressed

each

week from early season practice right through to the final game and the talent that the side possessed, even without Calum Craig, who we lost to the 1st XI before the first push back of the season, was outstanding and always amazed me. Chris Burn was solid in goal and went from strength to strength organising and commanding his defence with purpose and being as vocal in support, as only Chris can be, of the

hockey - using the width of the pitch especially. The team succeeded so well due to strength and skill across the squad. Particular individuals however do stand out. As sweeper, Justin Cho was extremely strong in defence, tackling consistently and effectively. In midfield there was great strength and ability in Charles Cornock and Dan Harding aided by Jason Esposito and 'new-tohockey' Harrison Medley. Up front Tom Thrussell was a prolific goal scorer often scoring with great finesse. However all the team deserve congratulations for an outstanding season - well done!

U14

team with gentle reminders. Charlie Greswold was the wall at the

Unfortunately Mother Nature put us on the back foot straight

centre of defence, fast and strong he started to read the game

away by freezing the new Hubbard Astro meaning there was little

more and more as the season move on and worked well with Oli

hockey done during the first two weeks of term. This meant that

Hicks who provided the defence with skill, vision and a crucial

when we should have been focusing on skill development we were

amount of calm when things got tight at the back. The side was

still trying to figure out who would play where. Once we got going

lead successfully by Nick Stephen with stoical determination and

the boys performed well and showed glimpses of their true

an outrageous work rate, he was complemented by Will Booth at

potential. With good wins for both the A and B teams against

the bottom of the defensive diamond who was calm and calcu-

Scarborough the boys gained confidence in their ability and

lated in everything he did.

started to realise the harder they work in training the more

Upfront Harry Dixon provided the flare with his fantastic stick skills and cheeky improvisations as well and adding to the pace of the forward three. Chan was electric on the right wing and was rarely met by anyone who had the speed to match him, he made good runs down the flank and took defenders on with cheek as he went past them, creating the majority of our goals by getting into positions at the bottom of the 'D' to make simple passes across to be put away by the awaiting attackers.

confident they could feel in matches and they would do less running during sessions!! In the County Cup the boys performed well and fought back after a defeat to Hall Cross in the first group game to beat Ampleforth and book a place in the semi-final against QEGS. Unfortunately, the energy they put into the game against Ampleforth took it out of them for the semi and although they kept QEGS at bay for large parts of the game we couldn't withstand the pressure for the whole game and ended up going out at the semi-final stage. Things look good for the future with a

At the start of the season we talked about the need for

total of 33 players representing the Under 14s during the term.

someone to step up to the mark and be counted, safe to say each

The A team finished with a record of Played 7, Won 4, Lost 2 and

and every player stepped up to the mark and was counted. The

Drew I.The B team finished with a record of Played 10, Won 7,

future of hockey for the next few years at St. Peter's looks in very

Lost 0 and Drew 3. Unfortunately the C team only managed 1

good hands and I look forward to seeing what this side can achieve

game due to the weather but they came away victorious in that

in the coming years.

game.

G.Sharp

James Taylor

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The results speak for themselves with the 1st VI winning all their Inter-School fixtures. They were unlucky to lose 2-4 in the U18 York League to a very strong Pocklington team. Four of the girls, a combination of Sophie, Charlotte, Beth, Fi,

Senior Girls

Olivia and Vicky, played in the Aberdare Cup - a national compe-

The girls' team for this year

tition played in areas. None of the matches were easy with very

was always going to be strong with

close wins over Ampleforth and Pocklington, decided on champi-

three colours returning for another

onship tie-breaks. They finally lost in the North finals to Rivington

season and six other players in

and Blackrod H.S. who played Academy tennis.

contention for the 1st VI. Selection The best season we have ever had, with a great team of

proved to be difficult with such strength in depth and although the

committed, enthusiastic girls.

nine girls played in nearly all

Tamsin, who proved to be an organised, efficient and helpful

I thank them all and especially

fixtures, three would play for the

Captain.

2nd team, which was also strong.

The 2nd VI had a total of six fixtures, winning all of them.

Sophie Worsman played with her

Particularly impressive was the 5-4 win over Worksop when the

sister Charlotte and proved a

1st VI had an Aberdare Cup Match, the next six played for the 1sts

formidable pair, with both having

and a 2nd VI still won! In that match Jess Phillips and Fabienne

consistent,

penetrating

ground

Roth won all their sets despite moving up from 3rd to 1st pair. The

strokes. They lost few sets, and their club play gave them great

team were also successful against Queen Margaret's - always a

experience.

difficult match against a team who play throughout the year.

We also had another sibling pairing with Olivia

Herrenschmidt playing with Vicky (when she wasn't throwing the There were three matches for a 3rd and 4th VI which gave

discus!). They played with great tenacity and had some impressive results, particularly against Queen Margaret's, winning all their sets. Tamsin Collingridge paired with Monica Peach and they too had a very successful season. Tamsin has very reliable groundstrokes, making few mistakes, which gave Monica the opportunity to shine at the net!

Fi Marsden improved greatly

more girls the opportunity to play team tennis. It is difficult to find

schools

who

will

field

these

teams.

As always there was strength in depth, and the extra nine courts on the astro allowed the girls to have more time on the courts reflected in the scores at all ages.

during her two years at school, playing with Beth Barker, who

As always many thanks to all who played and made it such an

produced stunning shots. Gemma Williams had a variety of

enjoyable season. My thanks also to Mrs Whitehead and Mrs

partners but she also played with consistency, and displayed a

Barnard for their invaluable help and expertise.

range of shots.

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Independent Schools Tennis Championships at Eton College Saturday, 3rd July - Tuesday, 6th July The Independent Schools Tennis Championships feature the top schools in the country; Millfield, Queenswood, Reeds, etc. who manage tennis academies for very gifted players - to

Seniors - Results The Loveband Trophy - 1st Round Charlotte Worsman and Sophie Worsman Beth Barker

Charlotte Worsman and Sophie Worsman

tion and effort got them through to the Semi-Final of the Plate

Epsom 1-6,3-6 Reigate

4-6, 2-6

The Loveband Trophy - Plate Competition

opposition in their first rounds, and therefore were then put Barren put in some gutsy performances and their determina-

lost to

and Chloe Lister

name a few. All our girls this year came up against strong into the Plate Competition. Rebecca Widdicombe and Laura

lost to

Beth Barker

lost to

and Chloe Lister

Bradford GS

2-6, 6-7 Marlborough 1-6,2-6

before losing to Marlborough. Albeit St Peters' girls won few matches, what an amazing experience to play on the wonderful Eton Courts, especially the clay courts. Hopefully in 2011, the dates won't clash with D of E and the Commemoration Ball, and so more of our players will

Under 15s - Results The Asbury - Bailey Cup - 1st Round Rachel Moore

lost to

and Harriet Langford

Reigate 1-6,1-6

be available for selection. We were baked in the hot sunshine, Colston's

made new friends, supported our talented boys, and had a few

Rebecca Widdicombe

friendly U15 matches with other Yorkshire schools on our day

and Laura Barron

off. I strongly feel that all our serious tennis players at school

The Asbury - Bailey Plate Competition

lost to

1-6,4-6

should aspire to play at Eton at U15 or Senior level, or both. This is achieved by playing lots of good tennis both inside and

Rachel Moore

outside of school, as well as listening to what the tennis

and Harriet Langford

coaches say!!

Rebecca Widdicombe

Overall, a fantastic few days, and well worth the effort. Mrs J M Whitehead

lost to

beat

and Laura Barron Rebecca Widdicombe

beat

and Laura Barron Rebecca Widdicombe and Laura Barron

lost to (semi-final)

Cheltenham

3-6, 2-6 Colston's

6-0, 6-3 Portsmouth 6-1,6-2 Marlborough

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U15

U14

The U15 team have had a very successful season with all

The beauty of tennis in the 3rd Year, is that lots of girls get the

members of the Squad improving individually within a number of areas - despite the season being short.

opportunity to play in matches. The season culminated in 24 girls

Enthusiasm and hard work have encouraged a strong team

being despatched off to Hymers in the last week of term for an A, B, C and D team match!

ethic with a great deal of depth within the Squad of 9. All of the

As usual, we entered an 'A' and a 'B' team in the local York

girls have had an opportunity to experience competitive match

Junior Tennis League, with out 'A' team just missing out to

play throughout the season - Chloe Lister has also played outside

Pocklington School in what overall, was a good season for us.

her age group, gaining invaluable experience alongside the senior girls for an occasional match.

Katherine Phillips and Georgy Cornock were a solid first pair, well backed by Georgy Ward and Rachel Hall. Other girls to

Rebecca Widdicombe and Laura Barron were chosen to represent the York Area in a tournament held atAmpleforth in June

noticeably improve over the season were Sasha Hinde, Minna Gabbertas, Sara Pycock, Emily Carman and Natalie Mounsey.

finishing runners up. As a consequence they will now proceed to The squad overall were a bit raw when considering tennis

represent North Yorkshire in September.

technique and tactics. However, enthusiasm was evident both at Pairings were kept fairly constant throughout the season with

the Monday practice sessions and throughout the matches, and

Rachel Moore teaming with Chloe Lister or Harriet Langford and Rebecca Widdicombe with Laura Barron.

the girls learnt a lot. It was a bit disappointing that our 3rd Year

The results from the team speak for themselves with eight out of ten fixtures convincingly won by St Peter's. Hymers proved very

tennis court, as our new girls into St Peter's by and large were not

strong on the day for the A&B players on June 19th and in the

excellence in hockey and netball was not as apparent on the tennis players. We will try hard to convert them!! Well done

National League their progress was halted by Queen Margaret's. Mrs J M Whitehead

The following represented the U15 A and B teams:

The following represented the U14 A and B teams:

C. Lister, R. Moore, R. Widdicombe, L. Barron,

K. Phillips, G. Cornock, G. Ward, R. Hall, E. Carman,

H. Langford, L. Field, E. Scanu, L. Mahon,

S. Hinde, M. Gabbertas, S. Pycock, E. Martin, E. Stephenson, E. Rawson, E. Taylor, S. France,

T. Monoyiou

N. Mounsey

U14 Girls Results 2010 Date

Fixture

Result

May 5th

U14B (League) v The Mount

2-4

5th

U14VI

v Worksop

4-5

7th

U14VI

v Grammar L

0-2

School at Leeds

Date

Result

Fixture

June 7th U14A

v 1.1146 League

D 3-3

12th U14AVI

v Ampleforth

2-7

12th U14BVI

v Ampleforth

3-6

14th U14A (League) v Bootham 16th U14VI

W 5-1

v Bradford Girls' Grammar W 6-1

8th

U14VI

v Ampleforth

D 2-2

12th

U14A (League) v The Mount

W 4-2

17th

U14A (League) v Pocklington

D 3-3

19th U14AVI

v Hymers

W 8-1

2-7

19th U14BVI

v Hymers

W 9-0

U14AVI

v Hymers

W 6-0

1-5

U14BVI

v Hymers

W 4-1

LJ14C VI

v Hymers

W 3-1

U14D VI

v Hymers

W 6-0

22nd U14VI

v Queen Margaret's

24th

U14B (League) v Bootham

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how to play doubles at this level. Joe's game contained a great deal of self-belief in a powerful forehand which proved to be a real weapon throughout the season. He also had great pace

National Tennis Championships

around the court which asked a great many questions of his opponents. These attributes made for a good combination with

In the National Tennis Championships at Eton College-the 1st

David both on and off the court. David proved to be a very

IV had a comfortable first round victory against Solihull in the Youll

accomplished doubles player whose net play was key to a great

Cup: Oliver Crabb & Will Smith won 6-0 6-2 and Tom Hitchenor &

partnership. His movement and shot placement were always

Dominic Shread won 6-0 6-4. However the School lost in the third

sound and he did not buckle under pressure.

round against Claremont Fancourt by two matches to love, reaching the last 32 in the Country.

The new pairing at first team this season featured Oliver Crabb and Will Smith. Oliver's game is powerful and efficient, but

The U15A pair of William Booth and Calum Craig were our

limited in scope. His service was hard and fast and his forehand,

most successful team of the Championships in the Thomas Bowl.

usually hit flat, impressive, but on the backhand wing, he invari-

They defeated Uppingham 1 by 6-0 6-1. In the third round they

ably played a defensive slice. That backhand is a pleasing stroke,

won against St Edwards School, Oxford 3-6 6-4 10-8! However

sending the ball shimmering over the net and skidding low on

they were finally defeated by Radleyl 2-6 3-6 in the fourth round

arrival on the grass, but it was hardly the kind of shot that was

and in so doing reached the last 16 in the Country! The U15B pair

likely to inconvenience other first team players. Will's first season

of Oliver Headlam-Morley & Joe Swales defeated Colston's 1

at first team has been a steep learning curve. His play has

6-2 6-1. However in the second round they faced Millfield 1 and

increased in confidence over the summer, attacking the net and

lost 1-60-6.

opening his shoulders to hit plenty of forehand winners. I am sure

1st VI

that he will continue his development over the summer holidays.

The first VI was soon established by week two of the season and did not vary even with weekly challenges of ladder matches. The first pair of Cameron Barren and Dominic Shread led the way in terms of performance and results. Dominic was at his best on the grass courts as the good weather during the season baked the grass courts, making them super-fast, ideal for big servers. His net play has come to the fore particularly his intuitive interceptions and this was well supported by his powerful and consistent ground shots. Cameron played well in his first season in the first team. He also has solid ground strokes and a ferocious forehand. Over the season his service has also developed and I look forward to him continuing to improve his net play in readiness for next summer. Joe Crossley and David McDermottroe have been first team fixtures for a couple of years now and have a fine understanding of

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The Serving Competition Junior Results Joint second place: Oliver Headlam-Morley and Henry Gray with 76mph and the winner with 77mph Charles Cornock. Senior Results Third place Tom Hitchenor 88mph; second Oliver Crabb 97mph and the winner with 100mph Dominic Shread.

The Alcuin Cup again attracted a big entry this year and there were some great matches along the way. However, in the Final Oliver Crabb faced Dominic Shread for the second year in a row.The match lasted one and a half hours and produced a number of 12 and 16 shot rallies. Both players demonstrated a range of powerful strokes and great speed around the court. However Dominic eventually won by 6-3 6-2 to take the Cup for the second time. York and District U18 Tennis Champion 2010 Dominic Shread

U15VI This was another packed season on the tennis court for a lot of our players and an even busier time was had in the latter part of our season when injuries plagued some of the established squad members so that the players lower down had to take to the court to represent the school.

The weather, as always, played an

important part in this year's season with the players braving icy conditions against Repton where it was woolly hats and mufflers weather (difficult to play tennis wearing mufflers!) and playing the

The following boys represented the 1st VI: **J. Crossley, **D. Shread, **D. McDermottroe,

Ampleforth mixed match in baking conditions on the grass. As always the players showed character by stepping up to the oche

*C. Barron, *O. Crabb, *W. Smith, O. Cohen,

when necessary, or is that a different sport?, and braving

D. Eaves and T. Hitchenor.

whichever element the Almighty decided to bless us with on

** Re-award of colours and * Colours.

match day. It does make you realise that tennis can be played in all types of weather.

Mr R C Shread

The U15 tennis season got off to a fairly faltering start with a loss against Pocklington although our top pair did manage to win

2nd Team

all three of their matches. We then had two fairly comfortable encounters between Leeds and before going on a losing streak in

The 2nd team had a fantastic season this year winning 8

the next few matches. Normal service was resumed in our final

out of their 9 matches. Many of these were won extremely

game of the year against Poppleton Tennis Club which was a

convincingly - such as 9-0 against Pocklington, and 8-1

closely contested affair with St Peter's battling to the last point and winning by a close score of 5 games to 4.

against Hymers and Silcoates 1st Team. This showed the great depth there is in the boys senior squad. The team's toughest challenges were against Ampleforth and Bradford Grammar.

Players to represent the school in matches

Ampleforth were a strong opposition and some close sets

this year

were won with great determination giving us the victory, 5-

Campbell, Easterby, Esposito, Frost, G Gray,

4. Bradford were the only team who managed to beat us.This

H Gray, Hartrey, Hicks, Headlam-Morley, King,

close fought contest was lost by the narrowest of margins

McDade, Pampus, Swales

with the final score 4-5. Having a ladder system led to a very competitive team

I have enjoyed working with these players this year and the

that regularly changed. This allowed for new faces to exhibit

improvements in their games have been very evident over the

their talent for the school. In their final year, the U6th set a

course of the long season. I wish them all well in the future and

strong standard and example throughout, through Josh

their continuation into the upper ranks of tennis at Peter's.

Noble, Dominic Woods, Jack Williamson, Nick Rosenburg.Tom Bilton, Tom Tayler, John Hamilton, Harry Holmes and Tristan

MJD

Punnet. Tom Hitchenor, Oli Cohen and Dominic Eaves gave a real strength to the side and I hope will achieve even greater things next year! Well done to all involved for a fun and successful season!

U14VI Once again St Peter's was able to enter a team into the York District Tennis League. We were able to field a strong team that sadly lacked match play experience; nevertheless all players played well and enjoyed their tennis.

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As Captain, James Greenall played at No. 1 all season, ably supported at 2 by Jack Crowther. Both played competent singles and for most of the season were unbeaten as a doubles pair. At 3 and 4 we played variously Johnny Walmsley, Henry Eyre, Sam Metcalfe and Sam Dodsworth. All played with varying degrees of conviction but Johnny and Henry learnt to play with greater aggression as the season progressed which certainly paid dividends in the way in which they rallied and scored points in the match against Pocklington. All team members are thanked for their willingness to participate whatever the weather. Thanks, too, go to the parents who braved the elements to support. Apologies, however, for the lack of tea! MJG

St. Peter's Tennis Club The Alcuin Tennis Trophy (Boy's Open Singles Competition) Summer 2010 -

Shread - 1 1

" Barren - 6 AYeomans - 2 Noble - 3 Smith - 6 Eaves - 6 McTurk - 7 Bowler - 2 W Stephen - 6

~ T Bilton - 6 Punnett - 1 Ash-0 Williamson - 6

_ Forsyth- 6 Holmes - 2 J. Hamilton - 6 Hitchenor- 1

Shread - 6 1 6 Rosenberg - 1 Barren - 9 Barren - 6 Smith - 6 Smith - 1 McTurk - 2

McDermottroe - 2 6 4

W Stephen - 2 McDermottroe - 10 McDermottroe - 6

SHREAD

Crossley - 6

The 2010 Singles Champion

Crossley - 8 T Bilton - 2

Cohen - 3 2

Williamson - injury Cohen - 10 Cohen

Crabb - 3 2

Forsyth - 4 J Hamilton - 2 J Hamilton- 6

Crabb - 6 6

Crabb - 10

ROUND OF 32 1 Tie-break set Wed 21 April

Shread - 6 6

ROUND OF 16 1 Tie-break set Wed 5 May

1/4 FINALS First to 10 games Wed 26 May Mon/June

SEMI FINALS Best of 3 sets. Tie-breaks in all 3 sets at 6 games all Sports Hall Court

THE FINAL Best of 3 sets No tie-break in 3rd set. Sat 19 June 1pm

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Cricket 1stX1 Report The 2010 season was a successful one throughout

the

school.and the 1st XI was part of that. Happily only one match

Burdass, Hamish Lynde and Chris McTurk bowled medium pace and all were steady.

was rain-affected and some excellent cricket was played. We won The fielding was good, at times outstanding.Chris McTurk

half of our matches, but it could easily have been better, as in three of the matches the opposition were hanging on for a draw at the end. Harry Booth captained a very happy team with calmness and skill, he was also remarkably good at winning the toss. He had admirable support from Joe Halstead and Will Peet, all three were

again stood out and was an enormous asset to the team. Inevitably he won the Fielding Cup.Harry Booth at slip and Will Peet in the outfield were also very impressive.Charlie Greenwood improved as wicketkeeper during the term. I would like to thank the indefatigable Paddy Stephen for all

awarded caps. The batting was strong in depth with eight batsmen scoring over 200 runs. Early in the term there were few big scores, but usually one or two batsmen did enough to get the necessary runs. After the exams there were some fine individual innings with Harry Booth and Joe Halstead scoring centuries. What a pleasure it was to see them come good at the end of their school careers.

his

help

during

the

season. Congratulations

Steve

Williams.Gareth Sharp and Mike Johnston, who have had great success with their teams.My thanks to Alex Tarn, who was the 1st X1 scorer for most of the season.Thanks also to Daniel Woods.the York C.C. spinner, who helped with the coaching throughout the school.He was well liked by the boys and was a good addition to the coaching staff.

Oliver Burdass narrowly missed a century, but won the Colin Bosomworth Cup for the most improved player. Sam Ash, Hamish

David Kirby.

Lynde.Will Peet, Joe Robinson and Will Stephen all played valuable innings for the team. The bowling again depended on the spin of Harry Booth and Will Peet. Both took over 30 wickets and in recent years have done a great job for St.Peter's. Joe Halstead had a much better season and at times was really quick. His opening partner, Calum Brown showed considerable promise as a IVth former and took some important wickets. Oliver

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The following represented the 1st X1: t'H.T.R.Booth (Captain),!* J.J.Halstead, fW.T.Peet, *S.P.Ash, *C.J.Brown, *O.C.Burdass, "H.D.Lynde, *C.W.A.Greenwood, *C.D.M.McTurk,* J.J.D.Robinson, W.G.Stephen.C.R.EIIiot, M.A.Latchmore, T.W.White. t=Cap *=Colours

1st.X1 Averages Innings

Not out

Runs

Best

Average

H.T.R. Booth

734

103

43.17

J.J.D. Robinson

254

47*

42.33

J.J. Halstead

593

113*

37.06

O.C. Burdass

558

32.82

C.R. Elliot

28.33

307

25.58

Batting

S.P. Ash

HBI HI

W.T. Peel

272

24.72

W.G. Stephen

284

20.28

C.J. Brown

16.5

H.D. Lynde

223

15.92

C.W.A. Greenwood

22*

10.33

C.D.M. McTurk

16*

6.2

Also batted: M.A. Latchmore 0,10. T.W.White 4*,8*,,10

Overs Maidens Runs

Wickets

Best

Average

206

651

7-40

18.88

2-26

H.T.R. Booth

191.1

699

4-39

21.18

JJ. Halstead

128.2

466

4-57

21.18

H.D. Lynde

180

2-13

22.5

C.D. M.McTurk

219

2-30

31.28

C.R. Elliot

1-4

C.J. Brown

430

2-15

39.09

O.C. Burdass

190

1-13

66.66

Bowling W.T. Peet J.J.D. Robinson

Also bowled: S.P.Ash 12-1-87-1. M.A.Latchmore 4-0-19-0. W.G.Stephen 3-0-24-O.T.W.White 13-1-75-0.

Catches: C.W.A.Greenwood 12 (5 stumpings),

.D.M.McTurklO,

H.T.R.Booth 8,

J.J.Halstead 8,

'.T.Peet 8,

O.C.Burdass 5,

J.J.D.Robinson 4

H.D.Lynde 3, S.P.Ash 1, I^IHII^HHBHHHMBHMHH^HHHHHIM C.R.Elliot 1,

MALatchmore 1

W.G.Stephen 4, C.J.Brown 1, T.W.White 1.

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1stX1 Results 2010 St.Peter's v 169-8 O.Burdass 53 H.Booth 41

Yorkshire Gents CC Home 209-6 dec. M.Westwood 66 R.Musgrave 65

St.Peter's v QEGS.Wakefield 193-7 (50 overs) 168 J.Halstead 76 J.SIaitholme 50 H.Booth 46 W.Peet 7-40 S.Douglas 3-84

Away

Home

Drawn

St.Peter's v 144 W.Stephen 38

Saints CC 172 H.Booth 3-43

Home

Lost

Leeds G.S.

Home

Won

195 F.Kamstra 47 R.Nicholson 46* J.Parsloe 43 J.Halstead 3-22 Barnard Castle 96 W.Peet 5-29 J.Halstead 3-27

St.Peter's v 193 S.Ash 51 H.Booth 44 H.Lynde 34 C.Hawkswell 3-25 C.Ramsay 3-47

Ampleforth 169-5 F.BIack 53 W.Prest 36

Home

Away

Won

Drawn

St.Peter's v 216-6 O.Burdass 71 J.Robinson 47*

York CC 214-9 dec. S.Lambert 66 P.Boxall 44 J.Wackett 30 H.Booth 3-33

Home Won

St.Peter's 234-6 H.Booth 88 J.Halstead 49

MCC 232-4 dec. T.Cooper 102 A.Kay 50* C.Finn 35

Home Won

St.Peter's v 217-4 J.Halstead 113*

Pocklington 213-6 dec. C.Elliot 32

Home Won

St.Peter's v 272-6 (43.2 overs) H. Booth 103 J.Halstead 59 O.Burdass 32

King's, Bruton Away 243-8 (56 overs) O.Oulton 67 T.Hunt 52 R.lngleby-Mackenzie 52 J.Cadbury 30 H.Booth 3-43

Home

Won

St.Peter's v 102-0 O.Burdass64*

Ampleforth 98 H.Booth 4-39

Home

Won

St.Peter's v 170-8 (40 overs) J.Halstead 58

Ashville 173-4 M.McKee 58* J.Hare 47

Away

Lost

Drawn

K.B.

Drawn

Christ's Hospital, Horsham 281-5 J.Whittingham 130 C.Williams 59* A.Satterfield 31

K.B.

Lost

St.Peter's v 192-7 dec. J.Halstead 52 W.Stephen 33 J.Reynolds 5-32

Old Peterites 196-5 dec. G.Wilkinson 62* E.Hilling 35 T.Peet 32*

Home

Won

183-4 W.Peet 72 H.Booth 56

178 N.Kay 60 T.Bartram 36 W.Peet 4-17 J.Halstead 4-57

St.Peter's v London Freemans 199-9 (53 overs) 106-9(47 overs) S.Ash 38* W.Peet 4-32 C.Elliot 36 H.Booth 3-17 W.Culhane 4-57 St.Peter's

St.Peter's v Scarborough 216-9 dec. 122 W.Peet 69 T.Precious 47 J.Halstead 49 W.Peet 5-37 J.Robinson 40*

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Home Drawn

Match Abandoned

Bradford G.S.

St.Peter's v 219-6 dec. S.Ash 50* O.Burdass 46 H.Booth 36 W.Peet 36 B.Wilson 4-49

Hymers 221-9 A.Yousuff 60 D.Leather 38 H.Booth 3-84

Won

St.Peter's v 97-1 O.Burdass 72*

St.Peter's v 205 H.Booth 63 W.Stephen 57 J.Parsloe 3-32

St.Peter's v 257-7 dec. O.Burdass 98 H.Booth 62 A.Yousuff 4-43

280-9 dec. H.Booth 79 W.Stephen 77 J.Robinson 39* F. Street! ng 5-73

2nd XI With some unseasonably good weather the cricket season started with a flourish for the 2nd XI. The first match was a warm up game against Silcoates 1st XI and the format was 20/20.A very good 7 wicket win in the nineteenth over resulted in a pleasing start to the season. We then played QEGS and batted first. An excellent 54 not out from Liam Hancy helped us score 168 in 30 overs. In reply we bowled QEGS out for 84 with Angus Shaw taking 4-12 in 6 overs. At Bradford Grammar it was a much tougher test with Bradford batting first they made 145 with Angus Taylor bowling really well taking 4-25 in 7 overs. Unfortunately after a poor start we only managed 129 in reply. Against Leeds in a 35 over match they reached 152 for 8 with some accurate bowling from Max

order scoring runs. Again some excellent bowling had them all out

Latchmore taking 2-23 in 6 overs. Unfortunately our batting again

for 87. The final game of the season was away at Pocklington.

let us down and we only reached 129, Angus Shaw making 41.

Bowling first we managed to restrict them to 132 in their 30 overs

Two narrow losses for this talented 2nd XI made the team more

with Angus Taylor taking 3 wickets. We got them in 22 overs with

determined to improve.

Tom White batting well to score 56.

The first match against Ampleforth saw us bowl them all out

This was a very good season with all the team contributing in

for 52 with some excellent bowling from the two Angus's, Shaw

different ways. I look forward to some of the team moving on to the 1st XI next year.

taking 5-9 in 4 overs andTaylor 3-19 in 7 overs.The run chase saw us at one point 3-2 after 5 overs but when Tom White came to the crease and hit a lively 22 not out that sealed the game and an impressive 7 wicket win. The second game against Ampleforth again resulted in us bowl them out for a low total of 84 with Angus Shaw and Dan Green taking the majority of wickets. Bizarrely we then self destructed and were not able to put

2nd XI Squad: A.Taylor, T.White, M. Latch more, D.Green, A.Shaw, D.GIen", L.Hancy, J.Macnab, J.Fletcher, A.Dickinson, F.Gabbertas, D.Kudzwelor

together any partnerships and collapsed to a total of 64 all out.The exception was Michael Chan who relishing his chance to bat was unbeaten on 24 playing a technically adept innings. With six regular players missing the game against Hymers we brought in some of the U15B team. Batting first we scored a superb 176 with Max Latchmore getting his 50 and all the top

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3rd XI This has been an enjoyable season of mixed success.The team

45, Sam Bellingall 26 not out, Freddie Gabbertas 23). Cundall had

had more matches than ever, 8 in total, which was wonderful in

some good players, but their top order was destroyed by a fine

allowing more boys to represent the school. The shame was that

opening spell of 5 for 18 by captain Josh Tankard. Cundall never

rarely were the matches particularly close, the opposition proving

recovered, being bowled out for just 77.

either far too strong or disappointingly weak.

In the first game against Ampleforth, they batted as they

In the first game of the season against Silcoates 2nd XI, Guy

always tend to, every man from 1 to 11 trying to smash the ball out

Newson scored a patient yet ultimately invaluable 46 as the

of the ground irrespective of the state of the game. At one stage

school scored 87 for 3 in 20 overs, James Webster adding 28 not

they were 79 for 5, but recovered to make 171 (Bilton 3 for 28)

out. This was to prove the only time all season that an individual

which was always likely to be challenging. Their opening bowlers

passed 30, highlighting the frailty of the batting and the inability

were simply far too good, and in no time we were reduced to 36 for

of the boys to apply themselves to play a lengthy innings. In reply

7, being bowled out for just 73.

the opposition were very poor, yet we contrived to give them 33 runs in extras, mainly wides, a remarkable (and nearly costly)

The return against Ampleforth was a thoroughly unsatisfac-

achievement in a low scoring game. Needing to hit the last ball for

tory day from start to finish. With several boys on study leave,

6 to tie, they failed so we won by 6 runs.

half the team was made up of hastily recruited U15B players, to whom I am extremely grateful as we honoured the fixture. The

Next game the first of three fixtures against Leeds. The first

batting was again frail, extras top scoring with over a third of our

two were somewhat spoilt by their inclusion of one or two 1st or

92 all out, in the face of some fairly ordinary bowling and some

2nd XI players who were frankly too good. The first game was lost

most bizarre and unsatisfactory behaviour in the field from

by 91 runs (Fergus Lane 24) whilst the second was closer, Leeds passing our 131 (Newson 22, David Cecil 21) for the loss of 6 wickets. Charlie Billon's consistently impressive and well flighted

Ampleforth.The boys bowled and fielded with pride (josh Tankard 3 for 24), and at 56 for 6 we had a real chance. Sadly, Ampleforth got home with 2 wickets to spare.

leg spin earned him 4 for 19. There were many positives in the season. Josh Tankard In between these two games we played Bootham 1st XI. They included in their side a player who would have graced our 1st XI, and he scored an effortless 115 in 20 overs, allowing Bootham to score 246 in 30 overs. Charlie Bilton claimed another 4 wickets at rather greater cost. The total was never really going to be achievable, even with the batting strengthened a little by the inclusion of some 2nd XI players. Jamie Macnab carried his bat for an impressive 74 not out, whilst Cecil (20) and Bilton (24) gave limited support. The school finished on 175 for 9. The third Leeds match on the day of the school block fixture was against their genuine 3rd XL Revenge was sweet as they were bowled out for just 68 (Richard Walker 3 for 13), the school reaching their target for the loss of 2 wickets in just 8 overs. Against Cundall Manor we produced probably our best all round performance of the year, scoring 170 for 6 (Michael Chan

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captained thoughtfully and at times imaginatively. The bowlers in particular showed much promise, Charlie Bilton, Josh Tankard, Richard Walker and Sam Geddes impressing. The most frustrating aspect was the batting, and only when they are willing to apply themselves and be a little more selective in their hitting will these boys have a chance of progressing to higher teams. I hope that they have learnt something from the season, but most importantly enjoyed their cricket. We were blessed with (in the main) fine weather, and I am extremely grateful to Mr Williams for his work in finding so many fixtures.

U15A The St. Peter's Under 15 cricket team 2010 wili go down in history for what they achieved this year, TwentyZO Yorkshire County Champions and TwentyZO North of England Finalists, placing them the 5th best school side in the country in that form of the game. It is certainly some achievement and looking back I'm sure the boys will agree, it could have been even greater. The regular school season was also a very successful one, only losing two games, one, which was played immediately after a semi-final of the Cup tournament and another after the North of England Final, which was a case of after the Lord Mayor's show.

ideas into games and benefited hugely from the advice. One person who impressed me this year was Calum Craig, he excelled in his wicket keeping and each week went from strength to strength, he listened, watched and put everything into practice with skill and by the end of the season looked every part the super glove man. This was seen by everyone in the North of England Final when he took a stumping of outstanding quality to remove one of Sedburgh's best players. The side was supported extremely well by some excellent bowling from Oli Grimwood, Charlie Cornock, Chris Burn and Dan

The type of cricket that this side played throughout the

Harding, all who developed their skills to a very high standard by the

season was at times spectacular. They listened and learnt a great

end of the season, varying the pace, length and angle of their deliv-

deal and ended up playing thoughtful, clever and professional

eries. In the field Henry Scroggs and Ed Scott provided the side with

cricket. The side at the start of the season was lead by Chris Burn,

some excellent fielding back up.

towards the later stages of the season it was lead by a new improved Chris Burn, in the build up to the North of England Final we saw the boy turn into the man on the cricket field, he captained the side with thoughtful tactics, he took crucial thinking wickets and added crucial runs to seal numerous victories. Will Booth was instrumental in the construction of the majority of our totals and I lost count of the amount of times he won games for us single handedly. Nick Stephen and Max Gill both learnt a great deal throughout the season and each of them

Throughout the season the boys played for each other and a fantastic atmosphere and team was created which added to the wonderful achievements the boys reached. My thanks go to them for the huge amount of determination and commitment they gave through what was a very long cricket season. They approached each training session with a purpose to improve and had a lot of fun along the way. An outstanding season boys! G.Sharp

chipped in with vital runs and earned themselves 2 fifties each in important games. Sam McCullagh started the season well, he has a fantastic eye and lines the ball up very well, but struggled somewhat later on in the season but I'm sure that he will bounce back with a hatful of runs next season. We were very fortunate to have Niall O'Brien the Ireland and Northants wicketkeeper come up for a day to do some coaching and give us some very useful tips that the boys grasped with both hands and took the new

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U15B Cricket

U14A Cricket

This has been a very disappointing season. We managed to play only three matches; Leeds Grammar (twice), Ampleforth and

C. Elliot (Captain), F. Adams, J. Contreras , W. Scholey,

Hymers all called off fixtures. Moreover, when we did play, we lost

L. Green, S. Metcalfe, O. Smith, J. Walmsley,

every match. Quite simply, our batting was not good enough.

T. Dickinson, W. Waterhouse. A. Hinde, J. Crowther, W. Thompson, A. Eyre.

At times, the U15B team appeared to be a select invitation eleven. We had only eight members in the squad: Tom Colthup (Captain), Peter Miles,Tom Riley, Harrison Medley, Sam Burley.Tom

Played 8 Won 8

Thrussell, Jonathan Jackson and Alex Tarn. Beyond this, we had

This has been a most successful season. Starting with a

eleven other individuals making up the numbers - some dropping

convincing eight wicket win over QEGS Wakefield. Charlie Elliott

down from the 1115As, some coming up from the year below, and

3-8 and Alex Eyre 3-18

an assortment of others (including a sixth former!) who usually

captain then finished the job with 51 not out aided by Will Scholey

played tennis or football. I am very grateful for their help, often at

19 not out.

limited the visitors to 85 all out. The

very short notice, in allowing us to fulfil our fixtures. Leeds Grammar limited us to 142 on a slow wicket Charlie The best individual batting performance was undoubtedly Charles Cornock's dashing 38 against Bootham; he was ably

Elliott 80.This proved sufficient as Leeds were bowled out for 109. A magnificent spell of inswing bowling from the captain 4-13 was well

supported by a muscular 23 from Sam Burley. Of the other, regular

supported by Liam Green 3-21.

players, only Thrussell (15) and Colthup (11) managed double figures in an innings. Alex Tam was undoubtedly the bravest batsman, both in matches and in the nets.

Pocklington away proved a sterner test with Elliott and Adams unavailable the opportunity for others presented itself and they grabbed it with both hands. Batting first we set a target of 138,

The side's strength was in its seam bowling. Harrison Medley

Jonny Walmsley 34 Oli Smith 42. Pocklington didn't get the best of

was the team's leading wicket taker. At times he was a little incon-

starts with Tom Dickinson cartwheeling the openers leg stump first

sistent, but his display against Pocklington was fearsome; he

ball. A new "god" in the making, Will Waterhouse bowled his

bowled quickly and on a good line and length. Peter Miles was our

orthadox slow left arm excellently taking 4-13. Pocklington

most consistent bowler: he was unlucky not to get more wickets.

finished on 108.

Tom Riley was our most improved bowler (particularly in the nets when prizes were up for grabs!). Jonathan Jackson provided an

Ampleforth away maintained the fine form. Bowling first Charlie Elliott 3-8 and Jonny Walmsley's off spin 3-12 limited the opposition to 114. A magnificent opening partnership of 118, Felix Adams 63 Charlie Elliot 40 sealed a 10 wicket win.

intelligent (and welcome) relief from the seam bowling with his promising off-spinners. Despite the many setbacks, the team remained positive and good fun to coach. They played throughout in an excellent spirit. MrTrevett

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Scarborough College were bowled out for 50 with Felix Adams taking 4-6. Liam Green 14 and Oli Smith 29 knocking off the total for a nine wicket win.

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Ampleforth home and the captain has been promoted to the school first eleven. This gave James Contreras

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an opportunity

The 14B team had a superb cricket season, chiefly captained by Nick Ubhi.The weather was favourable, so lots of cricket was

which he took excellently to make 73 not out. Felix Adams 51 and

played and there were many notable individual, partnership and

Will Scholey 50 not out set a target of 179 for 1. Ampleforth

team performances.

made 159 Jonny Walmsley 3-11 Tom Dickinson 3-10.

Peter's won the opening match away at Hymers, James

Ashville away batting first we amassed 195 Will Scholey

Bellingall making what proved to be the highest individual score

scoring a hard hitting 88 supported by Oli Smith 35. Ashville were

of the season with 95 not out, surviving several dropped catches

never in the game. Felix Adams 5-15 bowled them out for 76. The final game of the season at Hymers and a truly memorable opening partnership of 188 of 17 overs set the tone. Felix Adams scored 117 and Charlie Elliot 87. Sam Metcalfe was 28 not out when we declared on 243 off 33 overs! Hymers were shell shocked and only managed 134. the wickets were shared around. This has been an excellent season. The players never took anything for granted and worked hard at all aspects of the game. If there is a weakness in the side it is in their fielding, but this I am sure will be rectified next year. I must mention Charlie and Felix who took on board advice about lengthy spells at the crease, and were always willing to rotate to allow others chances. The squad

on the way. Peter's then lost a one sided match at home to Cundall Manor, but picked themselves up gain to win against Pocklington, in which Henry Eyre took 5 wickets. Away against Ampleforth, Jack Crowther took 3-13 with his leg-spin and quicker ball variation, and scored 39 runs helping to team along to another win. A win by 10 wickets at home against Scarborough College, saw Will Thompson hit an excellent 52. The team lost their next match at home to Bootham, neither the batsmen nor bowlers performed well. Jonny Briggs scored 39 from 52 balls in the following match, which was another win for St Peters at home to Ampleforth. Against Ashville College, Patrick Copley and Nick Ubhi put on

as a whole were patient, it's not easy to give everybody a go when

42 in their last wicket partnership.This was a great effort from the

you are winning so easily. I am sure they will all continue to play

pair and proved to be the difference between the two sides, St

and enjoy their cricket for many years. M.W.J.

Peters winning by 24 runs. Nick maintained his batting form and scored 65 in the second win against Hymers. The team seemed tired however, losing the final game away at Leeds Grammar; the top scorer was Rob Hulmes with 16 runs. Notable statistics from the season are: Highest average Patrick Copley (71), Highest strike-rate Will Thompson (92.4), most containing bowler Matthew Carbutt (econ. R rate 4.47), most runs Nick Ubhi (197) and five stumpings - if a little triggerhappy at times. James Greenall joined the team late in the season and showed lots of effort in his few appearances. Alex Reeds bowled very well, learning to control his away swing more and was unfortunate not to find the outside edge a few more times. Will Catchpole had the best reactions of any fielder. Will Pepper was our most attacking bowler. Alex Eyre bowled well and was unlucky not to take more wickets. Michael Prowde's batting was powerful and improved as he learned to play more shots in the V. The boys played very well as a team, their great fielding and positive attitude influenced the outcome of matches as much as any individual efforts. Well done to all who played this season. It has been a pleasure to coach the boys this term. They listened well to coaching advice and have shown clear improvement. Good luck for the 2011 season. AMP

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Boat Club, 2009-10 The 150th year has been one of the best in recent memory.

St. Olave's Interhouse Indoor Rowing Championship, September 2009

We had 144 students try their hand at the sport from 3rd form to

After Wentworth's previous wins all houses were gunning for

Upper 6th. We had an impressive 39 wins spread right through the

them. However, after a close contest and complex maths from Mr.

club across age and gender and, once again, a St. Peter's rower

Sergeant, Fairfax emerged the winners to have their name illumi-

representing the country.

nated on the oar.

Wins were divided: girls 18, boys 21. The third form produced a very special 11 wins, amazingly good considering they started in September and rowed only once a week until Easter. They were slightly ahead of the 5th form boys who produced a tremendous 10 wins.

Retiring Captains' Race The Old Peterite race, now traditionally held on the first Wednesday of Autumn term, was the usual titanic struggle between experience and youth. Two mixed eights (4 girls and 4 boys) raced the gruelling 400-metre course upstream, ably umpired by Alec Gilchrist. It was once again very close from the start but the dogged determination of the OP's VIII pushed their crew along in great style to win for the first time in the history of

Ancholme Head, 12 October 68 rowers competed at Ancholme Head, a 3km time trial race in Brigg, North Lincolnshire against 160 club and University crews. All crews performed well with 7 winners and 10 second places.

The winners: Junior 14 Single Scull: Christopher Andrews Women's Junior 15 Single: Imogen Leigh Junior 16 single: Adam Janes Junior 15 coxed 4: 4th form boys Women's Novice 4: Senior girls WJ18 Coxless Quad: Senior girls Novice 4: Senior boys

this race. The finishing judge, Mr "Art" Hall, declared a victory by 3/4 length.

The senior girls quad scull were the fastest women's crew for the 6th year in succession.

St Peter's Sportsman's Ball Celebrating the Boat Club's 150th Anniversary After 1 SO years waiting we had the most spectacular dinner at

The 3rd formers deserve special congratulations competing in their first event. They all performed very well on and off the water and in addition recorded their first squad win of the season.

the Railway Museum. Well over 350 people attended from several generations and a great evening was had by all. Mike Sweeney,

Tees Long Distance Sculls 24 October

Chairman of the Henley Royal Regatta Stewards kindly spoke and proposed a toast to "Sport at St Peter's and the Boat Club". Many

During half term 3 St Peter's rowers competed in the Tees

people helped to make it a very special evening but Jo Punnett and

Long Distance Sculling Head, a 5km time trial, against 145 crews

Fiona Pulsford must be singled out for their huge contribution,

from northern schools, universities and clubs.

detailed planning and tireless work. It is the pinnacle of their planning and organisation of previous excellent, more modest

lona Harrap won the Junior 17 double sculls,

dinners and we are all very grateful.

Imogen Leigh won the J15 single sculls and Adam Janes came a very close second in the Novice single sculls, only 3 seconds behind the winner in a race of over 20 minutes.

Fours Head, London, 8 November 550 crews from all over the UK and Northern Europe gathered in London for the Fours Head, including many of this year's World Championship medallists. Sadly, the wind blew up against the outgoing tide and the river became unrowable, a very disappointing but correct end to the event. Not daunted, our rowers sought out Andy Triggs-Hodge, Olympic Champion in Beijing 2008, who kept their spirits up.

Rutherford Head, 28 November Once again we braved the Tyne in winter, a 5km, timed race in fours and eights. The standard of rowing was very high against

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over 200 of the North's best University and club crews from as far afield as Aberdeen and Manchester. All the crews performed very well: The 4th form boys' 4s came 2nd and 4th racing older boys in the Under 16 age group. Only senior club and University crews beat their VIII.

The Senior boys' quad scull and the senior girls' VIII came 4th in their events. (Quad: K. Liu, A. Pulsford, A. Janes, R. Wells. VIII: H. Skinner, A. Langford, J. Elkington, I. Harrap, C. Naismith, E. Binks, E. Lewis,]. Clark, P. Liu) Senior Girls' quad scull came second beating 10 other girls and senior women's crews. H. Skinner, A. Langford, J. Elkington, I. Harrap The Senior boys' VIII won the open Novice event, beating 15 other Vllls. (K. Liu, A. Pulsford, A. Janes, R. Wells, A. Ward, P. Clark, C. Emery, V. Nadin, A. Stephenson)

South Yorkshire Head, 13 February

New Year 2010 This year the rain was much kinder than last. However,

Over half term a group of 4th formers went to scull here. The

prolonged January snow meant that when field sports were

double of Imogen Leigh and Harriet Falshaw raced well against

cancelled the river was low and when it melted the river flooded

older girls but had no competition their own age. The boys all

and quite a few more outings were lost. Land training continued

realised that they needed more single sculling practice!

apace.

Peterborough Head, 6 February

Great Britain Rowing Trials, Boston, February 20-21

The Boat Club raced again here, 3 separate timed races, 2.5km

Adam Janes performed here in a pair a 5km time trial against

in pairs and fours and 5k in eights. The standard of rowing was

the country's best Under 18s. Unable to find a partner nearer

very high against 300 of the midland's and south's best

home he rowed with a boy from Charterhouse School in Surrey.

University,

Lacking racing together they came 43rd.

club

and school

crews. Some of the best schools in the country were taking part

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Tyne Head 27 February

including Eton, Abingdon and St Paul's, London. All the crews

A cool but sunny day on the Tyne provided exactly the experi-

performed very well. The J16

ence the crews needed before racing at the Schools' head on the

boys' four gave us the first hint

Thames.Tyne Head is a 5km timed race in fours and eights. All the

of its potential.

crews performed very well against a very high standard of rowing with 120 of the North's best University and club crews taking part.

The 4th form boys' 4s came 13th and 15th and their VIII

The 4th form boys four raced well to beat 4 university crews

13th, racing in the open Novice

in their event and their eight beat 2 student crews.

class against University and club

The 4th / 5th form girls' 4 came 4th in the Novice event,

crews.

beating 3 University crews

The Senior boys pairs came 7th, 9th and 10th in the open

Senior Girls'VIII were twice placed 2nd firstly in the women's

event.

Junior 18 event, ahead of 7 other women's eights then again in

The Senior boys' 4 came 5th and the VIII came 7th in the

the open Junior 18 event.

open Novice event.

The Senior boys' 4 came 2nd in the both the Junior 18 event

Senior Girls' coxless 4 came 2nd in Elite fours and their VIII

and in the Novice fours beating 11 other crews.

8th in Intermediate event.

The 5th form boys 4 of All Stephenson, Rory Wells, Jeffrey

5th form boys 4 gave us the top St. Peter's performance. Rory

Cho, Ben Elliott and Adam Janes started to show real pace and

Wells, Jeffrey Cho, Ben Elliott, Adam Janes and All Stephenson not

belief with two excellent wins in both Junior 18 and in Novice

only won the open Novice event but also were placed 7th out of

fours where they beat 12 other crews with a winning margin of

the 30 senior fours in the whole event.

over 30 seconds.

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The Schools' Head of the River Race, 11 March The Schools' Head Race is raced over the 7km Boat Race course, against 300 other school crews from all over Great Britain,

Second places went to: 3rd form octuple sculls 3rd form boys and girls quad sculls Adam Janes and Ben Elliot in the Under 18 pairs

Northern Ireland and some from Italy. St Peter's crews performed well in all events.

Event Winners were:

The 4th form boys VIII came 15th, their IV was 10th

3rd form Octuple Scull (Edward Bower's crew)

Senior Girls' VIM came 15th Girls' 4th and 5th form IV came 13th The 5th form boys four gave the outstanding result of the event. Rory Wells, Jeffrey Cho, Ben Elliott, Adam Janes and Ali Stephenson had their best race of the season so far and, rowing with huge determination, set a new St. Peter's record by coming second in the Under 16 event. Their racing and their sportsmanship to other competitors in this 20-minute race were exceptional. Starting behind a good Bedford Modern crew they battled

Senior Girls'VIII who were also the fastest women's crew in the event 5th form boys IV who not only won their event by 1 minute but were the fastest men's four in the whole race, including University and club crews, another very special achievement for them.

Lincoln Head, 20 March Six, 4th form boys crews raced at Lincoln Head, a new venue for St Peter's, with good results.

with them for much of the course finally getting free and racing for the finishing line at Putney. Only Reading Rowing Club

The 2 VIM's were racing in the Men's Novice event came 3rd and

finished ahead of them, by the small margin of 7 seconds.

4th. Two quad sculls, racing in the Under 18 event, also came 3rd and

Yorkshire Head, Saturday 13 March 15 crews raced the 5km Yorkshire Head Race with once

4th

James MacMahon came 5th in the Men's Novice single sculls.

again some very good results.

In the U15 double sculls Fred Jagger and Angus Smith were overall

Several were fresh back from Schools' Head with only a 48-hour

winners of the event and we had a 3rd place as well: a very good

break before being in action again.

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Ghent Senior Rowing Camp and International Regatta 8-14 April A lovely 5 days with no rain, little wind and very pleasant weather. The team behaved excellently, as always, and the Belgians

The rowers had 2 days of training followed by 2 days of hard racing at the Ghent International Junior Regatta and Belgium National Championships. There were many good personal performances and medals won. With often up to 4 races daily they rapidly gained experience.

were as hospitable as ever. The hotel was good with ample, tasty

The results need to be put in the context of the event. With 11

food and the revision room at the hotel was used every day. For the

European nations competing there are several national teams there,

first time ever we took some 4th form girls and boys who had

and others vying for national selection. The standard is extremely

showed promise and enthusiasm. Given that they had to race in the

high and most crews are more advanced in their training than we

Under 16 age group rather than their own they performed

are at this stage. Events had up to 35 entries. A selection of result

extremely well.

follows.

Results - Saturday

Results - Sunday

Boys J16 Four: (with Durham School) Adam Janes and Rory Wells Silver Boys J16 double: Angus Smith, Fred dagger 17th Girls J16 double: Phoebe Liu, Jo Clark 9th Girls' J18 single: Jess Elkington 14th Girls J18 four: Alex Langford,Gabby Naismith, Ellie Sinks, Emily Lewis 7th Girls'16 quad: (with Durham School) Phoebe Liu, Jo Clark 7th Boys J16 quad: ON Braidwood, Angus Smith, Fred Jagger, Rory Wells, 8th Boys J18 coxed 4: Anthony Pulsford, Kenny Liu, Adam Janes, Rory Wells, cox Fred Jagger 4th Girls J18 double: Jess Elkington, Georgie Cameron 7th Boys J18 pair: Anthony Pulsford, Kenny Liu 13th Women's Senior VIII: Jess Elkington, Georgie Cameron, Phoebe Liu, Jo Clark, Ellie Binks Alex Langford, Gabby Naismith, , Emily Lewis, cox Fred Jagger 7th

Boys J16 Four: (with Durham School) Adam Janes and Rory Wells Gold Boys J16 double: Oli Braidwood, Fred Jagger 14th Girls J16 double: Phoebe Liu, Jo Clark 10th Under 23 pairs: Charlie Dickinson, Adam Janes 9th, Anthony Pulsford, Kenny Liu 10th Boys J16 single: Freddie Jagger 20th, Oli Braidwood 22nd Girls J184: Alex Langford, Georgie Cameron Gabby Naismith, Jess Elkington 6th Boys J18 4+: Anthony Pulsford, Kenny Liu, Adam Janes, Rory Wells, cox Fred Jagger 5th Girls J18 double: Jess Elkington, Georgie Cameron 5th Women's Senior VIII Jess Elkington, Georgie Cameron, Phoebe Liu, Jo Clark, Alex Langford, Gabriella Naismith, Eleanor Binks, Emily Lewis, cox Fred Jagger 6th

Boys J18 VIII: (with Durham School) Anthony Pulsford, Liu Kenneth, Adam Janes, Matt Gawne, ON Braidwood, Angus Smith, Fred Jagger, Rory Wells Cox Anna Dal 14th Very many thanks to:

Silver medals

lain Robertson who organised the trip (sadly, probably for the last time) including transport, hotel and food, no mean feat for over 20 rowers

Boys J16 Four: (with Durham School) Adam Janes and Rory Wells. Beaten only by Hampton School

Gold medals Boys J16 Four: (with Durham School) Adam Janes and Rory Wells. A tremendous race where we were lead by Aberdeen Schools for much of the course but stuck with them and in the last 500m

and coaches. All parts of the trip went like clockwork. Without lain the trip would be impossible. Noll Heffernan who provided coaching, support, driving and good company for the camp. The Boat Club Supporters'Association who helped fund the trip.

put them under huge pressure, put up the rate and rowed

The parents and supporters, who watched, cheered, stayed with us and

through them to win by nearly 2 lengths.

supported the team in those important ways, particularly at a foreign

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Junior Inter-Regional Regatta, 25 April

York Spring Regatta, 1 May

St. Peter's had over 18 under-14 to under-16 rowers

89 rowers took part in York Spring Regatta with excellent

selected to represent the region. Competition was intense

results throughout the club. Behaviour and sportsmanship on and

against the best in the country. The team of: Chris Andrews,

off the water were first class and commented on by several

Harriet Falshaw, Imogen Leigh, Phoebe Liu, Jo Clarke, Freddie

spectators. St. Peter's had 38 crews and contested 15 finals. A

Jagger, Oli Braidwood, Angus Smith, Edward Brown, Emily

lovely sunny day greeted the spectators and made it even more

Cray, Nick McLeish, Guy Cowman-Sharpe, Henry Grey, Joe

fun.

Himsworth, Joe Collins, Bill Goss, Joe Williams combined with crews from York City, Doncaster Schools, Leeds and Bradford Grammar School. Yorkshire ended up in 12th position, which is not a bad result for a region with very few junior rowers.

Particularly noteworthy performances amongst these were the 4th form girls four who lost their final by a small margin and the 5th and 6th form boys VIII who lost to novices St. John's College, Durham. The 3rd form set a standard with several wins and near misses, which was lovely to see in their first year of

GB Selection Regatta Dorney Lake, Eton, Sunday 26 April Adam Janes raced here, against the county's best Great

rowing. There were 6 overall winners: Junior 14 Boys Octuple scull

Britain trialists, with a new pairs partner from Abingdon School. Although they raced well together they had only had 3 outings before the trials and against many well-established

Junior 14 Girls Octuple scull Junior 14 Mixed Octuple scull

pairs came 27th in the finals. Junior 14 Girls Single Scull: Harriett Falshaw Senior Girls coxed four 5th form Boys' four who won the Under 18 event

Tees Regatta Saturday 15 May Our usual warm up for the National Schools' Regatta, Tees was another good day. The team was mostly 3rd and 4th form, some of whom experienced 4 lane racing for the first time. We had a lot of very close second places: Junior 14 Coxed Octuple Sculls St Peters School BC (Freeman) Women's Novice Coxed Fours St Peters School BC (Leigh) Junior 15 Coxed Fours St Peters School BC (Brown) Women's Junior 16 Coxed Fours St. Peters School BC (Leigh) Junior 15 Coxed Quadruple Sculls St Peters School BC (McLeish) Open Junior 15 A Single Sculls St Peters School BC (Jagger) Open Junior 14 B Single Sculls St Peters School BC (Andrews) And one winner: Women's Junior 16 A Double Sculls St Peters School BC (Leigh) flees RC (Fairs)

National Schools' Regatta Friday 28 - Sunday 30 May 3500 rowers aged 14 to 18 from across Great Britain competed in this 3-day event. We had our biggest 3rd form team

Women's Junior 18 4: (Alex Langford, lona Harrap, Gabby Naismith, Jess Elkington, Ellie Taylor) qualified 7th in processional race. Missed the final by just over 1 length, a great result.

Sunday 30 May

ever with, for the first time, a boys' and a girls' octuple scull.

Junior 18 pain (Anthony Pulsford, Kenny Liu) They had very bad

Overall we had 13 crews and 58 rowers our biggest squad for some

luck when a Kingston Grammar minibus very carelessly broke their

time, entered in the 3 days of racing. Bald results often do not

boat before the racing started.They had to race in a different boat

convey the achievement of crews. These results have to be put in

brought down at the last minute, which is very difficult.They came

the context of the biggest national event in the calendar. Overall

17th in the qualifying races in a huge head wind not really suited

all our crews performed at or above expectations. To make the

to lighter rowers but fought on in spite of everything.

semi-finals crews had to race a time-trial and be in the top 12 in the country. In many events there were 24 or more entries. Behaviour and teamwork were exemplary. The coaches worked very hard and the Supporters did a superb job feeding and supporting the rowers.

Junior 15 quad sculls: With 33 entries this was the most oversubscribed event in the regatta. Both crews put up creditable performances. They were with many distinguished crews who did not make the semi-finals. Women's Junior 16 coxed 4: With 3 of this 4 being Under 15s they were always up against it but performed well and next year will be

Friday 28 May Girts' J14 quad scull: Rowed well but did not qualify for semi final. Junior 14 quad scull: Missed the semis by only 8 sees - a really good effort in a very big event J14 octuple scull (A): Rowed well but did not qualify for semi final ia very high standard event

in their correct age group and have a further year's experience behind them. Junior 16 coxed 4: (Jeffrey Cho, Adam Janes, Rory Wells, Ali Stephenson, Ben Elliott) This crew raced superbly all day to come 4th in the processional race and then 3rd in the semi by a photo finish, beating the crew that edged them in the Schools' Head. Sadly, a cross wind

J14 octuple scull (B): missed the semis by only 6 sees. A great result

produced lane differences and, in a disadvantaged lane in the final,

for these lads who have only rowed 4 times per week for 5 weeks.

they raced superbly to end 5th by a small margin. They had

Girls J15 double scull: did not qualify, again a very high standard with 25 entries

showed they were medal class in the semi but were unlucky to draw a slow lane in the final as, sadly, unfair crosswinds affected racing. This was the first time we had been in a final since 2006,

J14 Girls' octuple scull: 6th in their semi-final, about 5 lengths

and it is good to be back there again.

behind, a great result for girls who have rowed once per week for only 1 year. They were not outclassed.

As usual we are deeply grateful to The Supporters who manned the marquee and provided fantastic back up for our crews with

Saturday 29 May

food, drink and moral support. The marquee was invaluable for

Junior 15 coxed 4: Qualified 11th out of 22,6th in their semi-final,

keeping rowers shaded, fed and watered until they had to race.

even with one crew member poorly, a really good result.

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Doncaster Regatta: Sat 29 May Harriett Falshaw raced well to fulfil the promise she had showed as the year went on. She won the Women's Junior 14 single sculls.

Durham Saturday 12 June Public exams had their usual effect on entries here, but in spite of that we manage to take several crews across age groups. The prospective Henley VIII had its first race. The regatta was up to its usual high standard with a race every 3 minutes from Sam to 6.30pm.The weather was lovely and the banks crowded with spectators and students. There was some good racing from the 3rd and 4th form.

York Summer, BBQ and Boat Naming, Sunday 20 June

The Henley VIII had a tough first race against much older

A tremendous day with lovely weather and the 3rd form

opposition Lancaster University first crew who ended up in the

showing what they are capable of at the end of their first

final. It was lovely to see Phoebe Liu and Jo Clark winning, thus

year's rowing. St. Peter's crews contested 11 finals. Particularly

fulfilling their promise and reap the benefits of the dedication

noteworthy performances amongst these were the 3rd form

they had showed all season.

boys' Octuple scull who showed great determination to draw back from a 1 length deficit at half way to lose by only 2 feet

We had 2 winners both girls: Women's Junior 15 1x Imogen Leigh

There were 5 overall winners:

Women's Junior 15 2x: Phoebe Liu, Jo Clark

3rd form Mixed Octuple scull 3rd form Girls' Octuple scull Junior 16 Single sculls: Adam Janes Senior Boys coxed four and Senior Boys Eight against all club and University crews

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Henley Royal Regatta

Ireland

For the first time in 4 years we had an VIII racing at Henley

Adam Janes rowed at 2 in the England VIII. Their tactic was to

Royal Regatta, the pinnacle of many rowers careers. The VIII

go off hard and fast, get an advantage and then build on that.They

trained well through their public exams and were privileged not

executed this superbly with a lead at 500m, which they built on

to have to take part in the qualifying races. Their performance

over the course. Although Wales kept them under pressure England

stepped up every outing from Durham regatta onwards and

pulled away to a 7 second victory with Scotland and Ireland further

their hard work was rewarded.

behind.

We had 24 hours to' practise and acclimatise to the different water at Henley, then went straight into racing on

Summer Sculling Course

Day 1. By chance we drew Salisbury School USA, who had beaten our last crew 4 years previously. Again they were big, strong and well trained. St Peter's raced off the start and maintained a high rate of striking as planned. Salisbury gradually edged away from us but the boys never gave up and raced past the enclosures to huge applause from the thousands of spectators.

Now in its 4th year this course once again proved very popular, again attracting record numbers of girls and boys. They learnt a lot about safety, technique on the rowing ergometer and "skullduggery", practical lessons in safe boat lifting, and, of course, sculling and coxing. By the end of the 4 days all were competent at sculling in Octuple and quad sculls and some even ventured out in coxless quad sculls with a coach sitting in the crew. In addition we watched

Overall this was a tremendous performance from a very

rowing and entertaining DVDs to let lunch settle and enjoyed a

young crew, the youngest of whom can race in the same Under

great barbeque. Only 1 quad scull managed to fall in and luckily the

19 event 5 more times. They should be proud of their conduct

water was warm and all were very sensible and safe. My congratu-

on and of the water and be fired up to come back again next

lations to the rowers who tried so hard.

year even faster. Many thanks to the coaches, OPs and present rowers, who The Crew: Fred Jagger, Oli Braidwood, Ben Elliott, Jeffrey Cho, Anthony Pulsford, Adam Janes, Rory Wells, Kenny Liu and Ali Stephenson.

helped coach, inspire and enthuse these young rowers. The Coaches: Alec Gilchrist, Rory MacLeod, Annabel Robertson, Jess Elkington, Fi Campbell, Adam Janes, Anthony Pulsford, Ellie MacLeod, lona Harrap, Ben Elliott, Rory Wells, Ali Stephenson, LipmunnTang, Imogen Leigh and Ellie Taylor.

Talkin Tarn Regatta 3 July As a treat the 3rd form were taken on an "expedition day" to this regatta on a lake just next to Hadrian's Wall. They had a great day with beautiful weather and some tremendous results. J14 quad scull lost by a few feet after a crab stopped the boat Two J14 single sculls made the semi finals Women's 14 single scull: Ellie Fletcher lost by just 1 length in the final

Thanks As always the coaches have been terrific this year: they are a great, experienced and hard-working team and the performance of our rowers owes a lot to them. Mr. Chris Hall coached the J15 boys' squad in the first term then, because of school management duties, had to reduce his commitment. In spite of that he gave the 4th form boys a really good grounding from which they prospered.

Winners J14 Double scull: Euan Taylor and Richard Berridge won by 5 lengths

Mrs. Cath Hempsall started at school this year and ran the senior girls' squad, racing them at many local and national events and just missed the final at National Schools' Regatta. Sadly this

Women's J15 single scull: Imogen Leigh won by 4 lengths

year Henley Women's Regatta was right in the middle of GCSEsand

Women's J15 double scull: Phoebe Liu and Imogen Leigh won

A levels so not a practical proposition.

by 4 lengths

Miss Libby Ullstein joined us and did great work with the 3rd form beginners getting over 70 on the water on Tuesdays and

Final GB Trials Nottingham

Thursdays, no mean feat.

Adam Janes was called up to trials at the last minute with a

Ms. Claire Fletcher coached again in the Summer term after her

new partner from Wallingford. Even though they only had 3

maternity leave, and it was good to have her back on the towpath

practice outings they started well coming 17th out of over 30 pairs.

keeping a weather eye on the 3rd formers.

From here there followed 4 gruelling days of seat racing after which Adam was selected to row in the England VIII. After a couple of days off the crew assembled and trained together for the next 2 weeks.

Mr. Alec Gilchrist took on 75 3rd formers in September and taught then a lot about crew and single sculling. His squad recorded 11 wins throughout the year and sadly did not have the opportunity to perform at the Under-14 National Championships as it was

Home International Regatta, Cork,

cancelled. Alec remains very patient, instils discipline and team working and gets great satisfaction from seeing the youngsters develop from scratch rowers.

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develop from scratch rowers. Jess Fitzpatrick has spent the year with us coaching the 5th form girls amongst others. She has always been very been reliable and has moved her crews on tremendously. We wish her all the

I am tremendously grateful for what they do, whether providing hot tea on freezing days, organising the Quiz Night or the annual Dinner or putting up a gazebo to shelter rowers and supply hot chocolate at events. It would be impossible without them.

best at Newcastle Uni and will no doubt meet at many Northern events.

Phil Blakeborough, who drives all our boats to regattas, helps supervise, rig and load, and this year, for the first time, was a last

Ceorgie Cameron, our first New Zealand Gap student, whose dedication, motivation and enthusiasm is infectious. As well as coaching the 3rd form she has transformed the J15 boys' squad,

minute sub in a race when illness forced one boy to withdraw. Phil had his first rowing lesson on the way to the start and then raced a full 5km back.

led them to several great performances and seen 2 of them race

And finally the Boat Club could not stay afloat without the

at Henley Royal Regatta. We will be really sorry to see her go home

huge time and effort put in by Jon Whitmore (OP) who works at

in October and wish her all the best in her University and rowing

least a day per week repairing and renovating our fleet. He has

career. She has set a very high standard for Gap students and is

ensured that boats are returned to use as soon as possible and

always welcome back at St. Peter's. Joe Foss, ex-British rowing coach, also joined us in the summer

even comes down on regatta days to make sure we are all river worthy. We all appreciate his work tremendously.

to help out with the 3rd form. It was great to have him back again this summer.

Rowing Colours

The Captains, Jess Elkington and Anthony Pulsford, have done their jobs well and deserve praise for leading from the front and showing the younger ones what the Boat Club is about. In addition their own dedication ensured their personal good rowing perform-

Thanks also to the Boat Club Supporters' Association, who

St. Peter's Captain: Adam Janes Full Colours: Jess Elkington, Alex Langford, Gabby Naismith, lona Harrap, Anthony Pulsford, Kenny Liu, Ben Elliott, Rory Wells, Ali Stephenson, Jeffrey Cho Jamie MacLeod - August 2010

have done a huge amount to support the rowers, the Club and me.

Football

The balance between developing individual and team play is hard to strike for coaches and with this group a need to provide them with an understanding of how football matches unfold meant that

This has been the sixth season of team football at St Peter's

basic skills were found wanting against more able sides. This along

and the results have been: won 3, drawn 1, lost five. These reflect

with losing the first month to arctic conditions meant that we

a disappointing season not in terms of the individual skills on show

entered the bulk of the fixture list without have been able to work

but in the ability of the team to play as one unit and to face up to

on the fundaments of control, pass and move.

difficult match circumstances; too often they allowed simple goals to be conceded in alarming batches, turning tight matches into one-side affairs. The season began with our now annual drubbing at Bootham whose better playing surface allows them to develop superior passing and controlling skills and whose two term approach to the game means that they have a better understanding of individual positioning. The one highlight was the emergence of Angus Taylor at half time to confound the selectors and show himself as among the most talented players we have seen. His ability to control both the ball and the game from midfield and to understand his team's strengths and weaknesses is borne out of an experience of football from an early age as well as 'soft feet' and eye for goal. He will captain the side next year. Writing this just as England have crashed out of South Africa 2010, there are lessons to be learned about successful teams needing to be more than the sum of their parts as well as being full of talent and flair.

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Our aim as a Club is to provide for the boys a grounding in their national sport and so enable them to join in with teams at University, club or pub later in their lives and so win, lose or draw we hope we have achieved this. It is sad to report that this season marks Paul Taylor's last. Having been singularly instrumental in establishing the sport and its fixture list at the school, Paul leaves us for a promoted post elsewhere. We will miss his understanding and knowledge of, as well as his passion for, the game. This will be particularly keenly felt in those dark cold sessions in January when enthusiasm counts for so much. He still hankers after a return to playing the game himself and, in not having Saturday school, this will be possible. His new school is in the Northwest which will also give him the opportunity to spend more time at his beloved Turf Moor. We thank him and wish him well. MCL

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Rounders Senior Rounders After a very serious practice in which the girls repeated practices until they thought they were near perfect, competition began in earnest the very first Saturday of term! A year's layoff did not deter them and they played well to defeat Barnard Castle in a relatively low scoring game on a windy pitch. The season continued to be very successful, winning all matches, bar one - a defeat of the UV1 by Bootham in a closely contested game. The most impressive and exciting game was against Silcoates. In the first 'all out' innings, Silcoates batted first, scoring excellent full rounders very quickly. However St Peter's fielding was stepped up a notch with superb catches & stumpings. Initially St Peter's were slow to start in their first batting innings, with the 'big hitters' out early. However the game picked up a pace with the last few batters. In the second '36 ball' innings, 4 Silcoates players were out in the first 5 balls and they were all out in 17! St Peter's fielding was excellent, keeping the score to 12 and a half all

April 24th

Senior

v Barnard Castle

15-81/2

28th

Senior

v Read School

24-191/a

U16

v Read School

21-25

Senior

v Silcoates

27-12%

Senior A v Ashville College

29-24 Dec.

Senior B v Ashville College

28-23

v Bootham

181/2-221/2

Senior

vAmpleforth

- Cancelled -

v Bootham

May 5th

before they had had chance to bat again. Outstanding batting lead St Peter's on to a resounding victory. Congratulations to all who played throughout the season. The misguided apprehension of being very laid back and carefree was certainly eliminated within matches, when talent shone through. A special mention must go to the rounders captain, Bobby Gardner for her enthusiasm, words of wisdom and bringing along her family

8th

26th June 12th 23th

28-18

to support. Hillary Rose

The following represented the Senior Rounders Teams: V Herrenschmidt, E Lockitt, S Foster-Duffy, S Kelly, M Binns, M Slack, L Mounsey, R Gardner (Capt.), E Gee, C Prowde, L llsley, E Hart, H Birch, H Cust, P Fairbank, L Hawthorn, S Scotter, E Binnian, L Maxwell, D Noble, N Scroggs, E Cronin, P Gray, L Streather, S Jones, F Dixon, E Newton, R Bartram

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U15

Girls who represented U15 rounders: L.Barron, E. Bell, K. Elliott, J. Fairbank, L Field, H. Gee, A. Gill, I. Green, H. Goodall, Z. Gower, M. Hall G Latham, C. Lister, L. Mahon, T. Monoyiou, R. Moore, K. Reid, P. Smith, L Taylor, S. Willink, R. Wilson.

The 1115 girls started their season in a rather lacklustre way; the sun was shining, it was hot and topping up the tans was the most important thing on the girls' minds! Very quickly however, I became increasingly impressed with the technical ability, enthusiasm and sense of fun and competition

U14

that the girls had. Friday training sessions were started with fielding and batting techniques - remember those long barriers

An incredible season for the U14 team, it was clear from the

girls - and their basic skills improved with every session as confi-

first training session that with the wealth of talent available it was

dence developed. Always ending with a practice match, we quickly

gong to be a very successful season. Despite losing the first game,

saw good fielding, batting and match techniques come into

by half a rounder, the rest of the term saw the A team unbeaten.

practice. The teams were changed around often due to tennis and

Probably the hardest match was against an equally talented

other commitments, and the girls coped extremely well, slotting

Grammar School at Leeds team, the win by just 1 rounder was

easily into positions that weren't necessarily their first choice.

justly deserved. I'd like to thank all the girls for their continued hard work during the term.

The Under ISA team had an incredibly strong, unbeaten season and the team showed excellent team work, determination and support for each other, making me very proud to be working

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Date

Opposition

Result

closely fought with all players demonstrating some wonderful

24th April

Barnard Castle

Lost

strength, fitness and batting techniques to win by half a rounder.

28th April

FulfordA

Won 25-14

FulfordB

Won

18-14

MSMA

Won

51 - 9

MSM B

Lost

18-18

MSMC

Won 46-12

GSaLA

Won

GSaLB

Won 18-10

8th May

Ashville

Won

1 5th May

Durham School

Won 26-6

22nd May

Queen Margaret's A

Won

33-28

Queen Margaret's B

Lost

11-22

26th May

Bootham A

Won

31-18

12th June

AmpleforthA

Won 28-14

23rd June

Bootham

Lost

with such a team. The match against Bootham was particularly 7-71/2

Throughout the season, the deep fielders gave some fantastic performances; throwing with accuracy over a long distance, with the post players shouting directions and working quickly to stop

1st May

rounders and get the opposition out. 4 players made for formidable combinations in the backstop/first post positions. Their determination, accuracy and quick reflexes worried every opponent we played! The U15B team only had a few matches this

7th May

season but once again the girls filled in as necessary and won all but one match. Some powerful batting was evident in each match. Their final match welcomed 3 brand new players to match rounders and they fought valiantly, losing by only 2 rounders. It has been a very enjoyable rounders season; played with good humour, a wonderful sense of fair play and great skill. My thanks go to all of the girls who represented St Peter's in the rounders teams at U15 level.

13-12

25-11

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Date

Opposition

Result

a 1

Barnard Castle

Won

15 /z-10 /2

01.05.10

Mount St Mary's

Won

17-12 1 / 2

07.05.10

LGS

Draw

13-13

08.05.10

Ashville College

Won

351/2 - 181/2

15.05.10

Durham

Won

171/2-101/2

12.06.10

Ampleforth

Won

321/2 - 81/2

23.06.10

Bootham

Won

251/2 - 25

30.06.10

PocklingtonA

Won

15-6 1 /2

Pocklington B

Lost

11 - 141/2

Girls who represented U14 rounders: S Shaw, H Andrews, T Tomlinson (capt.), N Mounsey, L Nichols, J Proctor, E Stephenson, S Hinde, E Wells, S Bigger, E Martin, E Rawson, E McDade, J Fraser, E Easterby, I Jeffries, E Fletcher, K Raines, S France, E Illingworth, A Rhodes, E Exall, L Tang

Inter house results: A thrilling competition with an amazing display of both fielding and batting skills. 1st Dronfield 2nd Rise 3rd Hope 4th Temple

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Girls Squash

Girls Swimming

A great season for the squash team defeating all of the girls

When Mrs Shepherd handed me the new team list at the

schools 5-0, the girls won their matches easily and did not even

beginning of the new term I was a little concerned as many of the

concede a game in any of the matches let alone a match.

familiar names were no longer on the list. Had I scared off everyone last year? Fortunately not, there was merely a clash with

We needed to push the girls with tougher competition and did exactly that when playing Ampleforth boys. Although they lost these matches the extra competition set by the boys really tested the girls and their spirit and determination really shone through. The whole team attended team practice with such enthusiasm through out the season to not only improve their own skills but also for the on going challenge of beating their team mates, the whole squash team was a pleasure to teach.

other after school activities such as CCF. There was no need to worry though as the swim squad numbers had increased to 28 girls giving great depth to the whole of the team. In the U14's age group, I once again inherited a strong team from St Olave's. Sian Bigger was new to the school but soon settled in well with the rest of the team. This age group were outstanding in their swims and only lost once to Queen Margaret's. From my point of view it was always reassuring to know that we could rely on the U14's to give us a good lead

A season to be proud of, well done !

pointswise in every match. This was often crucial when I knew the

Louise Cotter (Squash Coach)

total scores would be close. It would be unfair to single out any of this squad as they swam well together and all the girls contributed

Opposition

Result

equally to the team overall. However I must mention Alice Rhodes

Ashville

Won

5-0

who won every race she swam in. This was a great achievement as the events weren't always on Alice's strongest stroke. Being an

Ampleforth Boys

Lost

1-4

all-rounder, equally competent on all four strokes, Alice often had to 'fill in' but she never complained and always gave it her all

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Queen Margaret's

Won

6-0

Harrogate Ladies

Won

5-0

Harrogate College

Won

5-0

Ampleforth Boys

Lost

0-5

anyway. The U15's team was ever changing as many of the girls also represented the school at many other sports but we always managed to put a competent team out. I saw a huge improvement in Elizabeth Bell's confidence this year and this consequently showed in her swimming.

Elizabeth is now one of my most

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reliable and strongest swimmers. I mustn't forget to thank Katie

Olivia Herrenschmidt,Vicky Herrenschmidt, Beth Barker, Sophie Worsman (Captain), Tamsin Collingridge, Frankie Cross,

groan coming from the Monkey Cage as the team list went up on

Charlotte Worsman, Alex Swales

Inter house Squash: won by Dronfield

Elliott for her contribution to the team. I could often hear the the sports notice board and Katie would see her name on the list! As one of only two breaststrokers in this age group Katie was often needed to help me out and I really did appreciate it. Last mention must go to Dewi Sarginson who swam in 12 out of the 13 matches -a record I think and I'm sure Dewi would have swam in that 13th match had I asked her. We must sort those goggles out next year though Dewi! The Seniors had quite a few changes this year with 5 girls being new intake to the squad. For such a team who have added workload of exams and school activities, not to mention a whole array of other sports, the team managed to have a pool of 10 swimmers to choose from for most matches. A big thank you to Fi Campbell for being such a competent captain and helping the team run so smoothly especially when she had so many other duties to take care of. I'm only sorry we didn't quite perfect those turns! Jess Elkington and Maddie Hall have both come a long way since returning to the water nearly two years ago begging me not to have to swim in any matches. The team certainly couldn't have done without you both this year. Overall we had another successful year winning 9 out of 14 matches. The ones lost were often by the narrowest of margins. The swimming team had a few new fixtures this year, namely The Mount, Queen Margaret's, Ampleforth and Pocklington. All were

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close matches and in most cases we had no idea who had won

Date

Opposition

Result

until the scores were read out. The most nailbiting finish I have seen must have been in the very last event, the Cannon Relay, at

01/10/09 v Silcoates (A)

Queen Margaret's. 4 girls from each age group swam in the relay

Snr 43 - 33 U15 51 -37 U14 31-57

and for all 12 lengths St Peter's and QM's were neck and neck. Sophie Scotter swam the final leg and as a result of kicking hard into the end, keeping her head down and stretching she won by literally a fingertip. Great swimming by the whole team.

12/10/09 v Queen Margaret's (A) Won 105-112 Snr 36 - 45 U15 3 6 - 3 2 U14 33-35

Finally I must mention the swimming pool itself. As I am writing this the pool is now a pile of rubble next to the 1st XV pitch. The pool was first built in 1922, being open air until 1965 when the roof was put on. The boarders at this time would have

12/11/09 v Pocklington (H)

been particularly pleased with this decision as it was one of their all the algae off the tiles! Unfortunately, or fortunately for some as Mrs Shepherd

17/11/09 v Harrogate Ladies (A)

and welcome addition to the sporting department once it is

26/11/09 vAshville(A)

Karen Burdass

The following girls represented the Senior team: Fi Campbell*, Jess Elkington*, Maddie Hall*, Sophie Scotter*, Sophie Jones, Ellys Lockitt, Sarah Askham, Hettie Gust, Emily Freeman. The following girls represented the U15 team: Elizabeth Bell, Katie Elliott, Tilly Hall, Chloe Lister, Emma Hargreaves, Rachel Moore, Felicity Punnett, Katie Reid, Dewi Sarginson, Isabelle Taylor. The following girls represented the U14 team: Sian Bigger, Emily Carman, Ellie Fletcher, Minna Gabbertas, Rachel Hall, Ellie Martin, Katharine Phillips, Alice Rhodes.

Lost 104-100 Snr 35 - 33 U15 69-67

while the new pool is being built but it will be a great new facility finished.

Won 100-97 Snr 39 - 37 U15 21 -39 U14 40-21

end of term chores to climb down into the outdoor pool and scrub

corrected me, the school will have to sacrifice a term's swimming

Won 125-127

Won 226 - 230 Snr 95 - 57 U15 7 8 - 7 4 U14 5 3 - 9 9

02/12/09 vBootham(A)

Won 110-118 Snr 49 - 27 U15 33-43 U14 28-48

25/01/10 v Silcoates (H)

Won 168-141 U15 84-72 U14 8 4 - 6 9

02/02/10 vBootham(H)

Won

93 - 59

U15 47-29 U14 4 6 - 3 0 11/02/10 v Queen Margaret's (A) v Bootham 22/02/10 vAshville(H)

Lost 107-74 Won

31 - 50

Lost 186-210 Snr 54 - 78 U15 6 4 - 6 8 U14 68-64

03/03/10 v Ampleforth (A)

Lost 115-113

09/03/10 v Harrogate Ladies (H)

Won 124-104 Snr 31 - 45 U15 4 8 - 2 8 U14 4 5 - 3 1

17/03/10 v The Mount (H)

Lost 107-114 Snr 33 - 42 U15 3 6 - 4 0 U14 38-32

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Girl's Interhouse Swimming Gala

Athletics

At the end of the Easter term the Inter house Swimming Gala took place. Once again Dronfield dominated the pool having a finalist in all but one of the races. Not surprisingly Dronfield went on to become outright winners but the margin wasn't quite as large this year proving that some of the other houses, noticeably Hope, are starting to catch up. The non team swimmers played a big part in the finals again, with only 2 of the 16 events having

Northern Independent Schools Athletics Championships

team swimmers competing in every lane, showing what a good standard all the girls swim to. I'll look forward to next year's event when, fingers crossed, we may just be in our brand new pool.

Inter house Swimming Results

May 5th 2010 This event took place at Gateshead stadium involving 19 independent schools from the north of England. The most notable performances were as follows:-

1 st

Dronfield

80pts

2nd

Hope

60pts

Gold Medallists:

3rd

Temple

35pts

Vicky Herrenschmidt - won Inter girls discus in

4th

School

28pts

championship record distance of 28m15cm Ruby Wilson - won Inter girls Long Jump in 4m 46cm Joseph Smith - won Junior boys 3,000m in lOmins 12secs

Breast Cancer Campaign Sponsored Swim 2009 In November the 3rd and 4th form girls enthusiastically took

Silver Medallists: Roman Faithfull - 2nd Junior boys 800m

part in a sponsored swim to raise funds for Breast Cancer Campaign 2009. There were only 2 rules, firstly to raise as much money as possible and secondly to wear as much pink as possible.

Junior Girts - 2nd 4x100m relay (Elle Illingworth.Amy Dodds, EUie Martin & Minna Gabbertas)

The girls excelled themselves in both areas! Overall the girls swam a cumulative total of 3,230 lengths and raised a total of £1,715.57. The top four fundraisers were Scarlett Shaw, Polly Smith, Hannah Gee and Sian Bigger.

Scarlett obviously had very unique

fundraising tactics as she raised the MOST amount of money but swam the LEAST number of lengths!

Fantastic effort girls.

Bronze Medallists: Felicity Punnett - 3rd Inter girls High jump Patrick Brown - 3rd Junior boys High Jump Congratulations to all those who took part. AT-S

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Girls'Athletics 2010

Below is a summary of their achievements:

York and District.

100m

Congratulations to the following girls who qualified to represent York and District in the North Yorkshire Schools Championships. The next event will take place on Saturday 12th

200m

June at Huntington Stadium. It is a great achievement to represent a district team at such a prestigious event - well done and good

300m

luck.

:800m

Lavinia Taylor - 200m and javelin Ruby Wilson - long jump

1500m

Claudia Green - high jump Relay

Independent Schools'Athletics Competition

Amy Dodds

14.3s=

13pts

Scarlett Shaw

28.7s =

18pts

Lavinia Taylor

28.8s =

18pts

Minna Gabbertas

46.8s =

19pts

Chloe Lister

High Jump

Long Jump

Opts

2m46.7s =

14pts

Felicity Punnett

2m59.2s=

10pts

Harriet Falshaw

5m46.8s =

14pts

Lucy Hunter

5m58.8s =

12pts

Katherine Raines

58.3s =

16pts

At the recent Independent Schools' Athletics Competition, which was held at the Huntington Stadium, the St Peter's 3rd and

16pts

Vicky Herrenschmidt - javelin Chloe Lister - triple jump

14.0s=

Opts

1.35m=

16pts

Felicity Punnett

1.20m=

11pts

Katherine Raines

4.33m =

16pts

Ruby Wilson

4.29m =

16pts

Scarlett Shaw

8.58m =

12pts

Chloe Lister

4th form athletes had a very successful day. 22 schools entered the esteemed event which makes the notable results extremely impressive.

Triple Jump

The 4th form girls came 1st - out of 22 schools - in the field events with notable successes from Ruby Wilson (1st long jump)

Shot

Opts

6.96m =

13pts

Ellie Martin

7.61 m=

16pts

Harriet Falshaw

9.87m =

2pts

Lucy Hunter

1 5.72m =

10pts

Minna Gabbertas

1 7.98m =

11pts

Lavinia Taylor

11.97m=

3pts

Sophie France

and Felicity Punnett (2nd high jump). In the track events - where they were placed 6th, the girls also performed exceptionally well with an impressive win in the 300m for Chloe Lister and two

Discus

second places for Felicity Punnett in the 800m and Lavinia Taylor in the 200m. The 3rd form team achieved an impressive 2nd in the U14 event - pulling together to compete successfully as individuals and as a team. Congratulations to Amy Dodds who secured 2nd place in the 100m in a time of 14.5 and to the girls 4 x 100m team (Minna Gabbertas, Amy Dodds, Sasha Hinde and EUe Illingworth) who came 2nd.

The English School's Track and Field Cup This year, for the first time, the girls entered the English Schools Track and Field Cup. The competition is a national team event consisting of just 12 girls who can enter only two events encouraging all round ability. After the first round the team qualified for the B final which took place in Middlesbrough. In the final the majority of the girls managed to improve their score from the first round and the team secured an impressive and worthy victory.

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Javelin

Athletics U14 U15 v Ampleforth

Boys Athletics 2010

With 12 girls from this age group competing in the English Schools

The Athletics season this year was another successful one for

Track and Field Cup it was a credit to the girls that we could field

our athletes.There is some real talent across the age groups, which

a further 16 to represent the school at this meet. Even more

bodes well for future seasons. Athletics fixtures remain hard to

impressive was the result:

come by but there are an increasing number of competitions

'14 won 60-46

U15 won 58-52

available and once again this year we entered the English Schools Track and Field Cup. The first competitive outing for our athletes was the HMC

Many of the girls had some very impressive wins:

100m

H Andrews 1st

S Taylor 1st

North Athletics at Cateshead.

Joseph Smith became HMC

champion in the Junior Boys 3000m. Roman Faithfull finished 2nd (Junior 800m) and Patrick Brown was 3rd (Junior Boys High Jump). In the York and District athletic trials a few days later good performances were put in from a number of athletes. In the Junior

200m 300m

S Bigger 2nd N Duncan 1st

T Monoyiou 1st

Boys Roman Faithfull won the 800m and 1500m, with Patrick

S Hinde 1st

Brown 2nd in the High Jump. In the Inters Tom Kimpson won the

H Langford 1st

finishing 1st, and Matthew Chan 2nd, in the Long Jump. Ben

Inter Boys 400m; Toby Hinchcliffe won the Javelin with Ben Elliot 800m 1500m 4x100m Relay

E Illingworth 2nd A Rhodes 1st E Taylor 1 st H Andrews E Illingworth S Hinde

S Sweetland 1st H Langford 2nd T Monoyiou I Taylor S Taylor

Lightwing also finished 2nd in the High Jump. Three days later a combined 3rd/4th year team was put out for the Track and Field Cup and because of the rules athletes often had to do events they were unfamiliar with. We finished 1st overall with our best ever points score of 306. Unfortunately this did not lead to our qualification as schools in other heats and from other

High Jump

S Hinde 1st

Long Jump

E Taylor 1st

Shot Putt

H Andrews 1 st

Discus

G Ward 1 st

Javelin

GWard 1st

Mrs J.Williams.

E Rawson 2nd N Mounsey 1st T Monoyiou 2nd I Taylor 2nd H Langford 1st

counties scored a little higher than this. Good performances were put in across a range of events and I thank those who do not normally compete for helping out. At the North Yorkshire Championships in June Roman Faithful! finished 2nd in 800m only 0.1 second behind the winning athlete! Tom Kimpson won the Inter 400m well in a time of 50.9 seconds. This along with other very strong club performances ensured his qualification for the English Schools Athletics Championships in July. There have been some fine performances across the season and congratulations go to all the athletes involved. Junior and Inter athletics continues to look strong for the next season so hopefully things will get even better! SJG

Cambridge Cup 2009/10 The following is awarded to the house that achieved the highest number of points over the academic year for nine different inter house sporting events.

1st:

Dronfield

2nd:

Hope

3rd:

Rise

4th:

Queen's

4th:

Temple

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Sports Day 2010 Sports Day went ahead this year despite some rain in the morning. The Long Jump was cancelled for safety reasons and the discus was completed in the preceding week. There were some excellent performances and the Riverside and Colts pitches proved to be a successful venue. Congratulations to Vicki Herrenschmidt for setting a new school record of 26m 12 cm in the Senior Girl's Discus. Congratulations also to Linton and Temple for winning the House Trophies. Many thanks to the Ground staff for their hard work in preparing the facilities and to all teaching staff who helped with the events.

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