House Notes

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SCHOOL HOUSE.

The past term, on the whole, has been a very good one for the House.

We have been well represented in the field of school sport and have won some notable victories in inter-house events.

We take this opportunity of welcoming our new assistant housemaster, Dr. B. G. Whitmore, and hope he may have a long and happy stay with us, and also of thanking Mr. Le Tocq, on his departure, for all he has done for us.

In dealing with inter-house events there are several noteworthy successes to record.

We have managed to remove both boating cups from the Rise and we congratulate them on the good races they gave us in both cases.

After a most exciting squash match we won the interhouse squash after beating Temple in the semi-finals and the Rise in the finals, the match between the third strings, Pulleyn and Frost, in the finals, being particularly thrilling, and ending in a win for Pulleyn.

Congratulations are also due to F. N. Buckler, who beat Frost in the finals of the senior competition, thus winning the individual squash trophy.

The term has not been entirely composed of victories. We lost both the senior and junior hockey to Temple, and we also lost the inter-house boxing to the Rise, but the latter defeat was somewhat counterbalanced by F. N. Buckler winning Sgt. Maj. Puddick's cup for the best individual boxer, for which he is to be congratulated,

Inside the House there has been a sudden epidemic of painting and decorating. Five of the seven studies have been thus treated by their occupants and the results have been extremely successful.

Congratulations are due to the following : P. A. Lockwood on his promotion to School monitor and R. R. L. Pryer

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on his appointment as a House monitor. F. N. Buckler on being awarded his 1st XI Hockey cap, and the following on receiving their 1st XI colours : J. P. Pulleyn, R. H. Hanson and E. P. Davison.

Congratulations also go to R. R. L. Pryer, D. E. Byass and R. H. Walker on receiving their House colours.

At the end of term the sports were cancelled at the last minute and all the work put into standards must wait until next term. It is with pleasure that we record the great keenness shown by all in athletics and the excellent performances put up by many members of the House.

D. E. Byass is to be congratulated on winning the mile, and also for his grand run in the cross-country, which, although we lost to the Rise, showed us great promise among some of our more junior members, which is a pleasant and, we hope, true augury for the future.

THE RISE.

At the end of the last term the Rise suffered a great loss with the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Corkhill. During his housemastership the Rise set up new records in the number of cups we possessed. We hope that the war will soon be over and that they will be with us again.

We welcome Mr. and Mrs. Burgess, who come to us next term, and hope that they will enjoy their stay here.

The beginning of last term was a mournful story of lost cups. The losses of Steele and Beetham deprived us of a very good chance of the Hockey cup. We picked up towards the end of the term, however, winning the crosscountry and the boxing, and the mantelpiece is not looking so bare as it was at one stage.

Congratulation to D. Cole, P. McD. Steele, and J. R. Frost on being awarded their Hockey colours, to W. H. Ping on being appointed Captain of Rise boating and P. L. Hort on being appointed Captain of Rise Squash, and P. L. Hort and D. Taylor on being awarded their House colours.

Finally we should like to say a word in praise of Mrs. Le Tocq. How she does it and where she gets it from we do not know, but the food she supplies must be the best in the country. Thank you very much, Mrs. Le Tocq.

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TEMPLE HOUSE.

On the whole this term has been quite a successful one for Temple House. With a very young and inexperienced team we beat the Rise in the semi-final of the inter-house Hockey cup by two goals to one, and against School House in the final we won by three goals to one. This success was as great as it was unexpected.

In the semi-final of the Junior Hockey we beat School House by two goals to one, but lost to the Rise in the final by three goals to nil, chiefly by reason of the size of the opposing team, which included several boaters.

We were defeated in the semi-final of the Inter-House Boat Races by the School House, who won fairly easily. In this respect we were unfortunate in that the captain, E. P. Bulmer, was unable to row. In the semi-final of the second division Boat Races we lost to School House by a length and a half after a very close race. We would here like to congratulate School House on their success in winning both Boating trophies.

After holding it since 1937 we lost the Cross Country Plate to the Rise. However, congratulations to Broadhurst on winning the race.

The Athletics Standards had to be cut down owing to lack of time. The Rise gained 200 standards, School House 191 standards and Temple House 176 standards. We had bad luck in this respect also, as E. P. Bulmer has been prevented from doing any running at all this term owing to a bad leg.

We lost the Squash to School House, the ultimate winners. However, Belchamber put up a very good performance against Buckler.

In the Inter-House Boxing we were second to the Rise. The Rise gained six wins, Temple five wins and School House two wins.

After several terms of suppressed ambition we at last managed to put on a Temple House Concert, and from all reports we understand that it was higly successful. We should like here to thank Dr. and Mrs. Dench, without whose invaluable aid the Concert would never have been possible. We hope to produce another one in the near future.

Congratulations to the following :—G. Long on being appointed School Monitor ; A. Broadhurst on his appointment as a House Monitor; G. E. K. Reynolds and P. F. Ringrose on the award of their House running colours; A. Broadhurst, A. Battrick, D. D. S. Tompkins, G. E. K. Reynolds and H. Walker on the award of their House Hockey colours. 19