Athletics

St. Peter's v. Barnard Castle. Lost 1-4.

J. J. Vooght lost to B. Patterson, 1-9, 4-9, 6-9.

R. D. Harding beat A. J. Davison, 5-9, 9-0, 9-2, 10-8.

P. F. Nettleton lost to J. K. Wakefield, 9-7, 5-9, 9-1, 5-9, 4-9.

D. R. Baxter lost to A. Bullock, 9.-5, 5-9, 4-9, 2-9.

G. A. Willstrop lost to A. P. Hope, 2-9, 6-9, 2-9.

`A' V v. Scarborough College 1st V. (Home). Won 4-1.

D. R. Baxter beat P. Thompson, 9-2, 1-9, 9-6, 10-8.

G. A. Willstrop beat D. Moorhouse, 9-6, 9-0, 5-9, 0-9, 9-5.

N. G. A. Morris beat J. Halliday, 9-6, 9-4, 10-8.

J. C. Richardson beat W. Outram, 9-4, 9-1, 9-1.

W. J. Roebuck lost to J. Steward, 9-1, 3-9, 3-9, 4-9.

Colts V v. Worksop College. (Home). Won 5-0.

N. G. A. Morris beat S. N. Birkett, 9-2, 9-2, 7-9, 9-2.

J. C. Richardson beat W. W. Dunn, 9-4, 9-0, 9-1.

D. J. Emsley beat I. C. Dodson, 9-2, 9-2, 3-9, 9-5.

W. J. Roebuck beat H. E. Grant, 9-0, 9-0, 9-1.

D. R. Waller beat D. S. Shanley, 9-7, 9-2, 9-0.

The desperate measures taken to achieve something in the 1963 season can still be clearly remembered-at least all the main events were held, and the Bootham match and Sports Day itself brought to light the relative merit of our star performers. This year, unhappily for some, the reverse was the case and the season fizzled out with the cancellation of both the Bootham match and Sports Day, thus leaving many speculations unanswered.

Of some consolation was the fact that both the Cross-country Race and Junior Long Run were held without interruption. With the 100% success, both team and individual, of The Grove in these events, a record was established which will be hard to emulate.

INTER-HOUSE CROSS-COUNTRY RACE The Goodburn Cup-Monday, 10th February

A closely contested match took place between The Grove and Temple, and probably only through the absence of J. C. H. Wright (T.), one of the hot favourites, did The Grove succeed in winning by 9 points. R. J. D. Wilson (G.) won comfortably in the average time of 24 min. 0.5 sec. in conditions which were reasonably good. RESULT 1 R. J. D. Wilson (G.), 2 I. B. Robertson (T.), 3 C. W. Clegg (S.H.), 4 J. J. Vooght (G.), 5 D. Hillaby (S.H.), 6 A. D. Bailey (T.), 7 N. G. Pace (R.), 8 C. S. M. Dew (G.), 9 equal P. W. Brown (M.) and I. L. Holmes (M.), 11 R. A. Peacock (T.), 12 J. A. Eatough (R.).

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HOUSE PLACINGS Grove Manor Queen's Rise School House Temple I 9}, 15 7 3 2 4 IO 22 12 5 6 8 14 23 24 16 II 17 19 401 36 1 8 13 21 20 41 37 31 26 25 28 42 38 32 27

Total 76 too 183 154 105 85 — — — — — — Place ist 3rd 6th 5th 4th 2nd

JUNIOR LONG RUN Friday, 28th February

Now that Water End is a main highway since the opening of the new Clifton Bridge, the official starting point for this race had to be considerably readjusted. With the co-operation of the Homestead authorities, an alternative route allowed the runners to leave the Ings and proceed to the Shipton Road along a clearly defined track within the Homestead boundaries, thus allowing both the start and finish of the race to be within a few yards of each other. This was clearly a great advantage, particularly in the interests Of safety, and little variation in the length of the course was involved.

On this, an altered course, the winner's time of 15 min. 58.5 sec. seemed incredibly fast, but such is Zissler's reputation and ease of winning, that it will be left to posterity to prove the worth of this performance. The Grove won the team event convincingly. RESULT 1 P. V. Zissler (G.), 2 C. A. Wood (Q.), 3 D. R. Waller (G.), 4 J. N. Yellowley (S.H.), 5 P. S. Disney (T.), 6 M. J. Wright (R.), 7 F. J. Vickers (M.), 8 D. Hargrave (Q.), 9 A. W. Fieldhouse (R.), 10 A. G. Scott (G.), 11 C. J. McFee (G.), 12 P. S. Fisher (T.). HOUSE PLACINGS

Grove Manor Queen's Rise School House Temple I 7 2 6 4 5 3 14 8 9 20 12

IO 1 8 19 17 22 15 II 2I 30 25 31 23 13 24 32 26 33 29 16 34 37 38 35 46 27 36 43 4 1 44 48 28 39 56 49 47 52 Total 109 193 227 2 I I 236 230

— — — — — — Place 1st 2nd 4th 3rd 6th 5th

INTER-HOUSE ATHLETICS

Although the Standards were the first to be held for two years, athletics generally gained little in popularity owing to the bitterly cold weather experienced this year. Throughout the 21 weeks of keen competition (a mere 11 hours of activity to be exact), each day seemed to grow greyer and colder than the preceding one.