1st V v. Old Peterites on 13th December. J. J. Vooght lost to W. M. Howard, 9-3, 6-9, 3-9, 5-9. R. D. Harding lost to G. W. A. R. Alderson, 7-9, 3-9, 2-9. D. R. Baxter beat K. A. Headlam, 9-4, 9-5, 1-9, 9-6. G. A. Willstrop lost to N. J. Magson, 4-9, 6-9, 8-10. J. C. Richardson lost to C. W. Thompson, 0-9, 1-9, 9-10. Result Lost 1-4.
SCHOOL FENCING CHRISTMAS TERM, 1964 The year has started well for the Fencing team, and with three School Colours from last year and several up and coming younger club members, promises to continue to do so. Five School matches were fenced this term. Our first match was against Stonyhurst College, away, on Sunday, 18th October. St. Peter's won easily by 27 bouts to 8. This victory put much heart into the team and more than compensated for our resounding defeat in the last match between us two years ago. On Saturday, 31st October, C. A. Wood, J. A. S. Beim and R. C. Anderson entered for the Yorkshire Junior Championship competition. C. A. Wood won the competition outright and was subsequently awarded his School Colours. The School had a match with Bradford 'Fencing Club on 7th November. Three foil teams were taken and the School won by the narrow margin of 14 bouts to 13. After the match was over, the team went to the Yorkshire Section of the Amateur Fencing Association's Annual General Meeting, in Leeds. Durham School Fencing team visited us on 18th November. It was the first time that we had fenced them and St. Peter's won by 30 bouts to 4. On the following Saturday, we suffered our only defeat of the term at the hands of Newcastle University, who are the British Universities' Fencing Champions. We fenced a foil and epee team and lost by 10 bouts to 8. On 6th December a match was due to be held at home against Leeds University, but this was unfortunately cancelled at the last moment. However, Afr. Power arranged for the foil team to fence the York Fencing Association foil team, St. Peter's won this match by 5 bouts to 4. Fencing continues to prosper in the rest of the club and we should like to thank Mr. Power for his help, without which the School would not have three sets of electric apparatus at our disposal, and metallic piste. We look forward to another successful year in 1965. R.W.O. 36
