Shooting

grateful to them. From the outing on arrival on the Tuesday to the before-breakfast outing on the Saturday, we did the equivalent of a fortnight's training at school, and obviously made great improvement, culminating in a good paddle with Caius 1st VIII. Apart from our own training and seeing some good crews, the value of the visit lay in gaining an insight into college life, and of course, in admiring the beauty of the colleges themselves. We are all grateful for the opportunity.

From the Trent, the Thames and the Cam, we return to the Ouse, looking forward with some confidence and great pleasure to the prospect of the Summer Regattas.

D.S.M.

CREWS :

1st VIII: Bow; A. J. Bytheway, C. G. Evans, C. L. Brown, J. G. Ainley, J. T.

Bradshaw, J. R. Brown, M. A. Clegg, Str.: R. S. Le Pla, Cox: P. M. Read.

At Cambridge, G. F. Bach replaced C. L. Brown, who had left school. 2nd VIII: Bow: P. A. Liversidge, N. J. West, G. F. Bach, D. Sykes, M. Sutcliffe,

J. R. P. Lee, J. M. Pickard, Str.: R. J. Dowson, Cox: R. B. Daniel. J. A.

Gillies fell ill a week before the race. "B" VIII: Bow: C. E. M. Atkinson, M. R. Dixon, P. J. F. Robson, A. R. Magson,

N. G. Pace, J. C. Powell, R. E. Bryan, Str.: J. H. Ormiston, Cox: J. F.

Yeomans. "D" IV: Bow: J. M. French, J. N. Spencer, A. F. Stott, R. C. Newhouse, Cox:

C. R. Barton. "Y" IV: Bow: S. Croft-Baker, D. E. Rowbottom, M. A. Town, A. R. Marks,

Cox: J. G. Wood.

This is "Country Life" term, and we started with, on the assets side, six old colours, several competent shots to suport them, and two hardworking and keen team-leaders to give the fire orders. On the debit side we had an unusually prolonged spell of cold weather and rifles which are getting past their best days but for which replacements have so far been unobtainable. Actually we improved fairly steadily and were soon shooting in the 760 to 765 class (an individual average of 95 to 96 out of the 100) which is our customary level. Landscape practices went better than usual. And then on "Country Life" day everything went wrong and we did our worst shooting of the term. The following week when several of the regular team were down with German measles, the weakened first VIII was back in the 760s again, though it must be admitted that the 2nd VIII did not stand up to the strain so well!

Postal match results were:

1ST VIII

St. Peter's 750—St. Bartholemew's G.S. 730. Won.

St. Peter's 764—Welbeck 765. Lost.

St. Peter's 766—Giggleswick 764. Won.

St. Peter's 761—Ampleforth 769. Lost.

St. Peter's 761—Mill Hill 757. Won. 2ND VIII

St. Peter's 732—Giggleswick 726. Won.

St. Peter's 710—Ampleforth 757. Lost.

The first VIII consisted of : Shubrook (Capt.), Platts, Shannon, Lightfoot, Dawes, Starkey, Wise and Lunn, all of whom were awarded their minor colours.