Old Peterite News

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.

CRICKET FIXTURES, 1965

1st XI 2nd XI `Under 16' Colts XI `Under 15' Colts XI

Sat. May 8 Clifton C.C. H Wed. „ 12 York C.C. H Sat. „ 15 Worksop Coll. Wed. „ 19 1st Round Se H ni Worksop Coll. or House Match H es

Worksop Coll. A Worksop Coll. A Sat. „ 22 Giggleswick A Giggleswick H Giggleswick H Bootham A School School School School Wed. „ 26 Durham H Durham A Durham A Sat. „ 29 School Leeds G.S. H School Leeds G.S. A School Leeds G.S. A Wed. June 2 Semi-finals of Se nior House Mat the s Fri. Sat. 4}Denstone Coll. 5 A

1st Round Junio r H ouse Matches Wed. „ 9 The Forty H Manchester H Club Boys XI Sat. 12 Ampleforth A Ampleforth H Ampleforth H Ampleforth A Coll. Coll. Coll. Coll. Wed. „ 16 M.C.C. Sat. " 19 Bradford G.S. H A Bradford G.S. H Semi-finals of Bradford G.S. uni H

or House Match es Wed. „ 23 Sedbergh H Bootham School Sat. " 26 Final Senior H ous e Match School Wed. „ 30 York Wan- derers C.C. H Scarborough Coll. H Sat. July 3 Yorkshire H Ashville Coll. H Ashville Coll. H Gentlemen C.C. Sat. 10 Craven H Final Junior Ho use Match Gentlemen C.C. Sat. 17 Bootham Sch'l H Bootham School A Pocklington H School

Fri. Sat. 23 24 Old Peterites H

COMMEMORATION, 1965

Any Old Peterite wishing to play in .the Old Boys' match against the School should apply to K. M. Ratcliff, The Thatch, South Willingham, Lincoln.

WINTER SPORTS, 1965 SALVAN, SWITZERLAND, 2nd-12th January

Twenty-one boys, under the eye of Mr. Maw and Mr. Craine, set out from York on 2nd January. The route was as last year—York, London, Calais, Basle, Salvan. The French train from Calais, late into Basle last year by half an •hour, made up for it with a vengeance, and we spent three long hours in Basle. We eventually arrived at Salvan and settled in on Sunday afternoon.

Last year there were no injuries at all, a remarkable achievement. The first injury this year was sustained on that very evening, when S. A. Bough, a little over-eager on the skating rink, sprained his ankle.

The next day brought our first ski-ing lesson, minus Mr. Craine, Bough and Bailey, who had gone to see the doctor in Martigny. This year's party had a greater tendency to fall than last year's, but they eventually surpassed the good standard of ski-ing set by the beginners last 37

year. One member of the party fell on almost every occasion possible, but tried nevertheless. Another extremely talkative member would let out a wail of anguish just before •he fell or collided with the nearest tree or telegraph pole.

Instruction continued throughout the week, interrupted on Thursday by a trip to Chamonix, in France. Several of the party went up to Le Brevent, an 8,000 ft. peak rising on either side of the valley from Mont Blanc, but there was a slight feeling of disappointment at the town itself. At the height of the ski-ing season one can imagine it a little more lively, but it was nevertheless quite pretty.

On Friday afternoon there occurred the second "injury", if one can call it that. It was discovered that R. Talbot-Jones had chicken pox (the Swiss have a word for it which describes it much more authentically).

The last day, Sunday, was spent skiing. The morning was the occasion of the grand slalom competition, the details of which are shown below. In the afternoon, Mr. Maw, Bailey, Edbrooke, Maslin, Baxter, Oglesby, Gale and "Miss U. N. E. Autre", skied down from la Creusaz (6,000 ft.), so showing that what they had learned that week would not go to waste.

The party left on Sunday evening and, fortified by an excellent meal in Martigny, travelled through the night to Paris, arriving an hour-and-ahalf late, at 8-0 a.m. After a hurried breakfast, the party travelled from Gare de Lyons to Gare du Nord by motor coach, taking in many of the more familiar landmarks on the way, and discovering that all that is said of both the city and of its madcap traffic is absolutely true. The journey from Paris to Dover, though rather uncomfortable, was done very quickly in the Golden Arrow train and boat. After a session of deep breathing, counting pulses and finger-crossing at the customs, the party travelled back to London in the most comfortable carriage encountered since leaving England.

The results of the holiday are varied. We got to know Salvan better this year, since winter sports are best carried out in snow, a commodity of which we had very little last year. Many will not forget the "Tour de France" in a hurry, this being the most dangerous toboggan run for miles, nor will they forget the incidents, such as the train blacking out the whole valley for several minutes, or a certain person's camera travelling into Italy and back for the equivalent of half-a-crown. A more physical result of the trip is a Winter Sports Film, shot by Mr. Craine during the week, designed to give some idea of what such a holiday entails.

It only remains to thank both Mr. Maw for organising this, the second of his trips, and Mr. Craine, for giving us some purpose for falling down into the most painful of positions. The usual thanks to the interpreters, A. D. Bailey and R. M. Mackenzie, without whom the trip might have been a little more difficult. Mr. Maw tells me that he hopes to take next year's party to Lech in Austria. The holiday will be a little longer and will concentrate more on the actual winter sports, cutting out Chamonix, Paris, and some other extras to compensate. As a second-year skier, I can thoroughly recommend such a trip to any boy, and also, in anticipation, Mr. Craine's film, which should be a great success considering the stars of the epic. A.D.B. 38

GRAND SLALOM COMPETITION Sunday, 10th January, 1965

PISTE—ICY * 1.=A. D. Bailey 29 28 57 * S. C. Maslin 281 281 57 * 3. D. L. Edbrooke 32 29 61 4. D. S. Gale ... 31 33 64 1st Prize 5. D. J. Emsley 31 38 69 2nd Prize 6. D. R. Baxter 36 331 691 3rd Prize 7. P. S. Oglesby 36 34 70 8. P. R. Denham 33 39 72 9. J. R. Barker 37 38 75 10. C. S. M. Dew ... 41 371 781 11. C. R. Outhwaite ... 47 39 86 12. J. R. Tilley ... ... 50 43 93 13. C. W. D. Wood ... 57 46 103 14. R. M. Mackenzie ... 40 67 107 15.=R. E. Moorhouse ... 35 77 112

M. A. C. Reid ... 60 52 112 17. J. R. Park ... ... 67 54 121 18. T. J. W. Gill ... 100 110 210 S. A. Bough—injured. D. M. Hutton—injured. R. Talbot-Jones—ill. * Second-year skier.

It is fair to say that this final order does not necessarily indicate the ski-ing ability of any particular boy. The course was not difficult, but one fall could and did increase some times.

J.M.

TOBOGGAN RACE

1. P. R. Denham ... 13 14 13 40 1st Prize 2. M. A. C. Reid ... 16 12 13 41 2nd Prize 3. J. R. Park ... ... 18 12 13 43 3rd Prize 4. C. R. Outhwaite ... 19 12 14 45 5.=R. E. Moorhouse 15 18 15 48

J. R. Tilley ... 19 15 14 7. C. W. D. Wood ... 15 16 21 52 8. T. J. W. Gill ... 19 20

OLD PETERITE NEWS

A meeting of the General Committee of the O.P. Club was held at the School on Saturday, 12th December.

The Immediate Past President (J. A. Hanson) reported on the Appeal for the School Front Renovation and was pleased to be able to state that just over £750 had been received.

Concern was expressed at the late publication of The Peterite, and it was agreed that the Editor should look into the possibility of hurrying up the publication and distribution of the magazine.

The Committee decided that a special committee comprising the organisers of the different sports should meet to discuss the whole question of O.P. sport and should make recommendations to the next meeting.

A letter was received from P. Crowe, Esq., who wished to resign from the Committee and from the posts of Hon. Secretary of the York Old Peterites and Golf Secretary.

The new Hon. Treasurer, T. H. Burdon, gave a brief report on the Club's financial position, making a special mention of many Old Peterites who were in arrears with their Life Membership subscriptions.

Regional dinners will be held as follows:— North West : 12th March, 1965, Grand Hotel, Aytoun Street, Manchester. Birmingham: 14th May, 1965, Queen's Hotel, Birmingham. East Riding: 28th May, 1965, Highfield Country Club, Driffield.

COMMEMORATION, 1965

Old Peterites are reminded that the 1965 School Commemoration will be held on the 23rd, 24th and 25th July and Old Peterites are urged to support it. The Head Master has again kindly agreed that a limited number of unaccompanied O.P.s (in order Of application) can be accommodated in the Junior School, charge, 12s. 6d. per night for bed and breakfast. The official programme and pro-forma on which to apply for tickets for the O.P. Club Annual Dinner, to be held on Saturday evening, 24th July, and the Commemoration Service in the School Chapel on Sunday morning, 25th July, will be circulated with the May issue of The Peterite.

NOTES

The next meeting of the General Committee will be held on Saturday, 27th February, and the Hon. Secretary (D. Kirby, 7a St. Peter's Grove, Clifton, York) would like to receive any items for inclusion on the agenda by the 17th February.

The following crested neckwear is available :— All-silk crested ties Terylene crested ties All-silk bow ties ... All-silk batswings All-silk squares All-silk cravats 15 6 each plus postage 41d. 12 6 each plus postage 41d. 11 9 each plus postage 44d. 19 6 each plus postage 44d. 60 0 each post free. 34 0 each post free. 40

The North-Eastern O.P. Dinner was held at The Three Tuns Hotel, Durham, on Friday, 16th October, 1964.

Present : —The President of the Club (T. J. Lewis), J. A. Hansen (Immediate Past President), D. Kirby (Hon. Secretary), R. M. Barker, J. T. Brockbank, H. G. Brown, K. Brown, J. M. Charnley, R. T. Clark, M. A. Clegg, W. R. Dalkin, E. P. Davison, J. F. Gartside, W. Graham, J. C. Grove-Stephenson, R. Groves, J. T. Harding, W. G. Huntley, P. M. Kemp, A. J. King, C. J. Kitching, M. J. McCallum, G. R. A. March, A. E. Moss, N. G. Pace, F. J. Pacey, F. W. B. Pacey, J. B. Pickersgill, K. H. Rhodes, D. Royle, J. Rudd, D. T. Rumfitt, D. N. Simmons, J. N. Spencer, J. A. Templeman K. W. Wilson, M. W. Woodruff.

WEST RIDING DINNER

The 11th Annual West Riding Dinner of the Old Peterite Club was held at the Leeds Club, Albion Place, Leeds, on Thursday, 29th October, 1964. J. P. Blake proposed the health of "The School", to which the Head Master, Mr. J. Dronfield, replied.

Present: —The Head Master, J. E. B. Annequin, J. H. Baines, L. T. Beaumont, S. H. Beetham, J. P. Blake, J. S. Botterill, W. J. Bottomley, J. C. Brisby, J. Burdon, R. T. Burdon, T. H. Burdon, M. A. Butterworth, R. A. Cunningham, G. M. Dodgson, A. Dykes, D. I. Fletcher, A. J. D. Foster, J. Gillgrass, C. W. Gough, C. W. A. Groundwater, M. Hallas, J. A. Hanson, E. J. Hillyard, Rev. J. C. Houghton, 0. Hunter, H. W. Judge, D. Kirby, N. J. Magson, J. R. Maxwell, W. G. A. Maxwell, R. W. Metcalfe, F. N. Parkin, W. G. Platt, M. Poynor, E. M. H. Ranson, A. W. Baylor, P. J. F. Robson, P. Smith, M. I. H. Sproulle, M. G. Staveley, J. D. Ward, R. A. B. Wood, S. J. S. Wroe, D. S. Yeadon.

LONDON DINNER

The London O.P. Dinner was held at the Public 'Schools' Club, on Friday, 20th November, 1964. The toast of "The School" was proposed by J F. W. Addey, Esq., to which the Head Master responded. R. H. Metcalfe, Esq., proposed the toast of "The Old Peterite Club", and the President (T. J. Lewis) responded.

Present: —The President Of the Club (T. J. Lewis), The Head Master, D. Adamson, J. F. W. Addey, B. R. Alderson, S. M. Baclham, J. H. Baines, P. T. Baker, A. P. Buttrum, J. Carruthers, I. G. Clarkson, A. B. Cooper, P. Daintry, J. B. Dixon, R. S. Dixon, A. E. R. Dodds, P. J. Dronfield, D. C. Drummond, J. B. Gedge, Dr. G. E. L. Graham, D. St. G. W. Gray, J. D. Horsley, J. A. Hanson, N. F. Hudson, D. Kirby, C. W. Leach, C. H. Lewis, N. Lumley, A. McCallum, R. F. S. Mervyn, R. H. Metcalfe, C. J. Pattison, F. N. Potter, D. Rhodes, K. H. Rhodes, P. Roe, C. W. H. Sergeant, J. H. Sergeant, P. J. Shardlow, E. D. Thornton, L. T. L. Wall, F. R. West, D. Wheatley, Dr. A. G. Wilson, I. Wilson, W. G. Yeoman. 41

J. E. C. HILL (Rise, '24-'30), Jowett fellow and tutor in modem history at Balliol College, Oxford, is Master-elect to succeed Sir David Lindsay

Keir, in September, 1965. He went up to 'Balliol with 100% in both

History papers in the Higher Certificate, and the Brackenbury Scholarship. He took a First-Class degree, and was elected a Fellow of All

Souls.

R. D. BECK= (Temple, '47-'56) has a two-year contract at the Outward

Bound Mountain School at Loitokitok, Kenya. P. C. N. BROWN (School House, '58-'64), reading Classics at Peterhouse,

Cambridge, has been awarded a Choral Exhibition. I. T. HUNTER (Temple, '51-'61) has been a Counter-Tenor Vicar Choral (a full-time occupation) at St. Paul's Cathedral since last October.

Earlier last year he studied voice production in Vienna, and became a Graduate of Trinity College of Music in July. He is also a deputy conductor of the Cunningham Consort. I. BELL (Queen's, '57-'60) is also affiliated to St. Paul's Choir, but his main occupation is building and voicing organs, even in his own dining-room. More particularly, he has been in charge of installing the new organ at Earl's Court, on which the opening recital was given by the York Minster organist, Dr. Francis Jackson. BRIGADIER C. C. FAIRWEATHER (Manor, '14-'22), Deputy

Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire, was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year's Honours. C. J. TERRITT (Grove, '56-'62) passed 15th out of Sandhurst, thereby receiving an award. He was also given the Special Arts Course Prize, and has been selected to read History at Oriel College, Oxford. J. H. ORMISTON (Temple, '57-'63) won the West Riding Small Bore

Championship of 1964. D. G. BARTON (Queen's, '50-'56), who qualified in Medicine in 1962, has been appointed to the Windsor Studentship of Emmanuel College, and an honorary Departmental Demonstratorship in the Anatomy

School at Cambridge University for the academic year, 1964-5. A. McCALLUM (Manor, '54-'59), after coming down from St. Edmund

Hall, Oxford, with a 2nd in Geography, has joined Reuters, the international news agency. After 15 months' training, he is now in

Brussels helping edit their International Financial Printer Service (see engagement and addresses). A. G. REYNOLDS (Manor, '44) was appointed Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Cathedral and John Connor School, Bombay, on 2nd December, 1964. He has served as Vice-Chairman for the past year. He has also been appointed as an Alternate Director of the Radio

Corporation of America, New York, on the Board of their Indian

Associate Company, Photophone Equipments, Ltd.

All 0.P. news, correspondence, information and university letters are welcomed by the editor (after all, three-quarters of the circulation goes to Old Peterites).

D. N. ELLIS, 21 Hillview Road, Carlton, Nottingham. CAPTAIN D. H. HOLMES (until 22nd February), c/o 54 Petworth

Court, Bath Road, Reading, Berks. 22nd February, 1965—February, 1967: H.Q. Berlin Inf. Bde. Gp., Berlin, B.F.P.O. 45. A. McCALLUM, 202 Rue Royale, Brussels, Belgium. T. PIERCY, 37 Ash Hill Gardens, Shadwell, Leeds, 17 (Tel.: 661050). A. G. REYNOLDS, 15 Hill Park, Porras Road, Malabar Hill, Bombay, 6.

BIRTHS

MORETON. On 7th July, 1964, to Ann, wife of P. N. H. Moreton, a son (Adrian Peter Halley), a brother for Lucy. (School House, 1939-46). REYNOLDS.—On 9th September, 1963, at Breath Candy Nursing Home,

Bombay, to Avril and Tony, a daughter (Stephanie 'Gillian), a sister for

Caroline. IBBERSON.—On 27th October, 1964, to Elizabeth and Robert, a daughter (Catherine Jane). (Rise, 1949-54). ROBINSON.—On 22nd November, 1964, to Peggy (née O'Neill) and Eric

Robinson, a daughter (Sarah Ann). (Temple, 1946-52). BREWEN.—On 20th January, 1965, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to Mr. and Mrs. David Brewen, a son (Peter Richard). (Manor, 1953-57).

ENGAGEMENTS

McCALLUM—SUNDERLAND. The engagement is announced between

Alexander, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. McCallum, and Helen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. Sunderland, both of Darlington, Co.

Durham.

MARRIAGES

McCALLUM—HERON (School House, 1949-54). Dr. Malcolm Hawes

McCallum was married to Miss Susan Pamela Heron on 14th November, 1964. ELLIS—STOFFER (Rise, 1955-59). David N. Ellis, only son of Mr. F.

Ellis, of 11 St. Andrew's Road, Nottingham, was married on 2nd

October, 1964, to Vivien Mary Stotler, only daughter of Mr. D. W.

Stoffer of 27 Munford Circus, Cindermill, Nottingham.

We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following contemporaries, and apologise for any omissions: —The Magazines of Liverpool College and 'St Bees, the Chronicles of St. Michael and Giggleswick, the Ampleforth Journal, the Ashvillian, Bradfordian, Cantuarian, Edwardian, Leodiensian, Pocklingtonian, Reptonian, Sedberghian and Worksopian.

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