Shooting

Because of the shortage of Scouters there will be no Easter Hike in the Lake District this year. Though this is a matter for regret, it should be emphasised that such an activity is less important than the Annual Camp and that the latter will be held, as usual, at the end of the Summer Term. Again because of the shortage of Scouters, there will not be separate camps for the Scout and Senior Scout troops. A combined camp will be held, probably in the Lake District, and separate activities will be arranged for the two sections. Those Senior Scouts who lament the fact that there will be no trek camp this year might like to show their skill with the trike carts up some of the steeper fells ! It is hoped that all members of the Group will go to camp and that parents will try to arrange that Scouts and Senior Scouts are free to attend camp from Tuesday, 30th July, until Wednesday, 7th August.

With more people taking shooting this year than ever before the future of shooting in the School seems to have been safely taken care of. Indeed, such were the numbers that they were divided into two groups, "A" and "13", the former being the "old hands", the latter the recruits.

List B produced a few promising shots, but because attention had to be centred round the 1st VIII they have suffered from lack of practice, something which, unfortunately, is inevitable.

There were six weeks in which to produce an VIII, and most of this time was spent on grouping practice, which even now has not been fully mastered. Of the six matches this term, four were won and two lost, no mean achievement for any team. The chief difficulties have been those of inconsistency and grouping. The former was very evident in the matches, and predicting a team score was an impossibility. The latter is the inability to prevent a group from wandering or splitting into two. Although faith in the sights is not complete, it is feared that the error is human.

Our first team shoot proved to be the second best of the term, the best going to Victoria College, as was so last year, the score being only one point short of last year's record of 678.

The second VIII won both their matches, and this proved to be valuable practice under match conditions. The main problem with the second VIII is that of finding fixtures, but this should be overcome during the course of the next few years. 1sT VIII MATCH RESULTS

Date Opponents Score St.Peter's Score Result 12th Nov. Trent College 650 667 Won 16th Nov. Bridlington School 579 643 Won 23rd Nov. Shrewsbury School 647 650 Won 30th Nov. Welbeck College 676 651 Lost 6th Dec. Victoria College 676 677 Won 7th Dec. Leeds Grammar School 676 654 Lost 43