Athletics

RESULTS :

Senior Division.

5 School House beat Rise by length. j Queen's beat Grove easily.

J Manor beat School House by 3 lengths.

Queen's beat Temple by 2 lengths.

Manor beat Queen's by 1k lengths to win the Cup. Junior Division.

J Temple beat School House by I f lengths. t Manor beat Queen's by 3 lengths. j" Temple beat Rise easily. / Manor beat Grove by If lengths.

Manor beat Temple by 1 length to win the Cup.

RUGGER

The School's new playing fields in the vicinity of the Bumper Castle Inn have been put to very good use this term. Bumper Castle I, II and III are already household names, in fact it is hard to conceive how we could ever have done without them this term.

The first year boys particularly have benefited from these additional amenities, and were soon made to realise they had a lot to learn. The outcome was very satisfactory, and before the season ended a sufficiently well-constructed team took shape to bring them victory in both their matches :-

Junior XV v. Fyling Hall (Home). Won 24-3.

Junior XV v. Pocklington School (Away). Won 8-6. The following represented the Junior XV in their two matches :-

R. W. Metcalfe, R. J. D. Wilson, R. J. Slade, G. W. Cloughton, A. H. Baker, C. J. L. Clarke, M. J. Howard, D. I. Lewis, W. M. Hudson, M. C. M. Anyan, S. J. Holder, D. S. C. Bruce, P. N. Abel, J. R. Dalkin, D. E. A. Higgins, T. T. Hutchinson, M. A. Clayton, A. F. Stott, P. A. Liversidge.

INTER-HOUSE CROSS-COUNTRY RACE

THE GOODBURN CUP

Training for the race presented the usual problems but, in spite of the Ings resembling a vast lake on no less than two occasions prior to the event, the Inter-House Cross-Country Race was held on the appointed day, Monday, 15th February, in reasonably good conditions.

The field contained many fancied runners, including six who filled eight of the leading places last year, and this fact alone proved an invaluable experience to these runners.

In spite of sunny conditions, a biting cold wind faced the runners as they battled their way up the Ings with Jones and Staveley mainly 30

setting the pace, and Slade and Hawkins in close attendance. On the cinder track at the far end of the course, Gale and Hawkins took over the lead, from which point they forged steadily ahead. Jones for the second year in succession broke down temporarily when reentering the Ings, from which point onwards the field was put to its severest test on the very soft conditions underfoot.

The vigorous training to which Hawkins had subjected himself now proved its worth and with the field spreadeagled behind, he became a worthy winner virtually unopposed in the good average time of 23 mins. 46.6 secs. Gale had to remain content with 2nd place for the second successive year, more than 100 yards behind the winner. History repeated itself in that Queen's backed up their leader in noteworthy style and retained the Cross-Country Plate decisively.

Result :-1 R. J. Hawkins (Q.); 2 J. W. S. Gale (R.); 3 D. L. Slade (Q.); 4 M. G. Staveley t(T.); 5 F. J. A. Hewitt (M.); 6 R. A. Spencer (Q.); 7 W. Mitchell (Q.); 8 C. Henwood (G.); 9 C. J. Hemsley (R.); 10 A. W. Martin (S.H.); 11 H. L. Sutcliffe (S.H.): 12 F. H. Fearnside (T.). HOUSE PLACINGS : Grove Manor Queen's Rise School House Temple 8 5 1 2 10 4 14 21 3 9 11 12 17 24 6 13 15 18 22 29 7 25 30 19 23 36 16 28 32 20 33 39 27 43 37 26

Total 117 154 60 120 135 99

Pace — 3rd — 6th — 1st 4th 5t — h 2nd

ATHLETICS

ATHLETICS MEETING v. BOOTHAM SCHOOL, Thursday, 24th March Senior—Won 122 pts. to 82 Junior—Lost 56 pts. to 64

Records show that our last athletics match was against Ampleforth in 1946, so this match against Bootham was something of a novelty. A bitterly cold wind blew across the open Rawcliffe Lane ground, but nevertheless a number of St. Peter's and Bootham records were set up. J. J. Rhodes ran the 220 yards in 24.1 secs., thereby beating J. B. Shillitoe's 1939 record of 24.2 secs.; in the Junior High Jump J. L. Richardson set up a new record of 4 ft. 11i ins., beating J. H. B. Carruthers' record of the previous year of 4 ft. 104 ins. The Senior division of the competition was won convincingly by 40 points, and the Juniors lost by the narrow margin of 8 points. Support from the School was remarkably strong, and it is hoped that this will become an annual event. C.D.I. & F.D.L. 31

DETAILED RESULTS Scoring: lst-10 pts., 2nd-7 pts., 3rd-5 pts., 4th-3 pts., 5th-2 pts., 6th-1 pt. Relay : 1st-8 pts.

SENIOR COMPETITION. 100 Yards : 1. J. J. Rhodes (P.); 2. M. L. Snaith (B.); 3. J. M. Pattinson (P.); D. Ibberson (P.); 5. A. Tuddese (B.); 6. J. C. Parkin (B.). Time: 10.4 sec. St. Peter's 18, Bootham 10. 220 Yards: 1. J. J. Rhodes (P.); 2. M. L. Snaith (B.); 3. C. D. Ibberson (P.); 4. J. M. Pattinson (P.); 5. T. G. Brown (B.); 6. P. J. Judson (B.). Time: 24.1 sec. (St. Peter's School record). St. Peter's 18, Bootham 10. 440 Yards : 1. W. Mitchell (P.); 2. M. H. Watson (P.); 3. M. L. Snaith (B.); 4. D. L. Slade (P.); 5. C. C. Kohler (B.); 6. H. T. Millington (B.). Time: 55.6 sec. St. Peter's 20, Bootham 8. Half Mile : 1. D. Kirbley (B.); 2. J. Burdon (P.); 3. A. Rowntree (B.); 4. D. E.

Coulson (P.); 5. M. K. Impey (B.); 6. M. G. Staveley (P.). Time: 2 min. 12.4 sec. St. Peter's 11, Bootham 17. 1 Mile : 1. J. A. Horsley (B.); 2. W. E. Jones (P.); 3. M. J. Coventry (B.); 4. R. J. Hawkins (P.); 5. F. R. V. Milne (B.); 6. R. A. Spencer (P.).

Time : 4 min. 44.6 sec. (Bootham School record). St. Peter's 11,

Bootham 17. High Jump : 1. T. E. Giddings (P.); 2. J. C. G. Wheeler (P.); 3. M. A. Horsley (B.); 4. A. D. Broadbent (B.); 5. I. M. Taylor (B.); 6. I. T. Parkin (P.).

Height : 5 ft. 31 in. St. Peter's 18, Bootham 10. Long Jump : 1. J. J. Rhodes (P.); 2. J. C. G. Wheeler i(P.); 3. A. S. Wyon (B.); 4. A. Rowntree (B.); 5. I. M. Taylor (B.); 6. L. W. Gaunt (P.).

Distance : 20 ft. 21 in. St. Peter's 18, Bootham 10. Relay (4 x 110 yards): 1. St. Peter's; 2. Bootham. Time : 47.5 sec.

St. Peter's 8, Bootham 0. Final score : St. Peter's 122, Bootham 82.

Athletic Colours were awarded to J. J. Rhodes (Capt.), C. D. Ibberson, W. E. Jones, W. Mitchell, J. M. Pattinson and J. C. G. Wheeler. JUNIOR COMPETITION. 100 Yards : 1. R. C. Sutton (P.); 2. P. Armstrong (B.); 3. D. J. Lightfoot (B.): 4. P. A. Liversidge (P.); 5. D. R. Gow (P.); 6. D. M. Benson (B.).

Time : 11.5 sec. St. Peter's 15, Bootham 13. 220 Yards : 1. J. E. Davies (B.); 2. J. L. Richardson (P.); 3. R. C. Sutton (P.); 4. P. R. Jarrat (B.); 5. D. R. Boyes (B.); 6. P. A. Wrigley (P.).

Time : 26.3 sec. St. Peter's 13, Bootham 15. High Jump : 1. J. L. Richardson (P.); 2. J. F. Handley (B.); 3. D. E. Foster (B.); 4. M. E. Raine (P.); 5. J. E. Davies (B.); 6. P. A. Liversidge (P.).

Height : 4 ft. 111 in. (St. Peter's School record). St. Peter's 14, Bootham 14. Long Jump : 1. P. Armstrong (B.); 2. D. E. Foster (B.); 3. D. M. Benson (B.); 4. M. J. Howard (P.); 5. D. R. Gow (P.); 6. M. E. Raine (P.). Distance: 17 ft. 10 in. St. Peter's 6, Bootham 22. Relay (4 x 110 yards) : 1. St. Peter's; 2. Bootham. Time : 52.5 sec. St. Peter's 8, Bootham 0.

Final score : St. Peter's 56, Bootham 64.

The athletic season in general, a mere four weeks, proved a great success. Not only had the inauguration of the Bootham fixture provided an added incentive and purpose to athletics for the more 32

expert, but much enjoyment and a considerable sense of achievement was also derived from the keen Inter-House competition which followed. In fact times and performances were so much improved one gained the impression that, with more specialisation and more favourable weather conditions, there would be a general sweeping aside of existing School records, even those accredited to the latter years of the last century.

Standards, the bane of some people's lives (but let them consider all the reasons why !), were held in distinctly chilly conditions, but nevertheless the following distinguished themselves with maximum points :-

Set A : W. E. Jones (G.).

Set B: R. L. Bywater (M.).

Set C: M. C. B. Burbidge (G.), C. I. D. Tomlinson (M.), M. Raley (Q.), R. A. Spencer (Q.), J. A. B. Carruthers (S.H.), J. D. Carr (T.) and R. J. Dowsett (T.).

Set D: P. A. Liversidge (M.), J. L. Richardson (S.H.), M. E. Raine (T.).

Set E : M. J. Howard (M.), R. J. Slade (Q.), W. J. B. Ward (Q.).

Apart from the two new records already recorded in the match against Bootham School, four further School records were established in the final events. Both mile races were won in good time, and in the Intermediate event R. A. Spencer reduced by almost six seconds the previous record held by W. Mitchell.

W. Mitchell became the first recipient of the Gofton Cup by winning the i mile in 55 sec., a very fine performance considering he had earlier established a new record in the open half mile.

J. D. Carr, who last year as a Junior had only been .6 sec. outside the I mile record, again showed much promise by achieving a new i mile intermediate record, previously held by P. J. Blincoe in 1949.

On Sports Day itself the greatest disappointment to all was the absence of J. J. Rhodes from the arena. Overnight 'flu had struck him and his House a cruel blow.

Once again it was left to The Manor and Queen's to contest for first place and a thrilling ding-dong battle ensued. The slender advantage which The Manor gained over Queen's from Standards proved in the end invaluable, and for any House to be defeated finally by half a point was hard luck indeed.

We were greatly honoured by the presence of Mrs. Gofton, who presented not only the Gofton Cup to W. Mitchell but also the Athletic Shield to J. 0. Armstrong of The Manor.

INTER-HOUSE ATHLETICS Saturday, 26th March, 1960

Points from Standards : School House 200; Grove and Manor 193; Queen's 189; Rise 185; Temple 159. Senior Mile : 1. W. E. Jones (G.); 2. W. Mitchell (Q.); 3. R. J. Hawkins (Q.); 4. D. L. Slade (Q.). Time : 4 min. 52.0 sec. Intermediate Mile : 1. R. A. Spencer (Q.); 2. G. R. Smith (R.); 3. J. D. M.

Hackney (Q.); 4. J. D. Carr (T.). Time : 4 min. 57.9 sec. (School record). 33