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(Holders: DRONFIELD HOUSE) The following table gives the points gained up to date:—

Points Awarded Dronfield Grove Manor Queen's Rise

School House Temple Senior Rugger ... 20 20 — — — — Junior Rugger ... 10 — — 10 — Senior Cricket ... 20 — Junior Cricket ... 10 — — — Rowing (1st Div.) ... 20 — Rowing (2nd Div.) ... 10 — — — — — Athletics, 1st ... 20 20 — — — — Athletics, 2nd Cross-Country, ... 1st ... 10 10 10 10 — — — — — — Cross-Country, 2nd ... Swimming, 1st ... 5 10 — — 5 — — — — — — Swimming, 2nd ... 5 — Squash ... ... 10 — 10 — — Tennis ... ... 10 — — Shooting (Team) ... 5 Fencing ... ... 5 5 — Junior Long Run, 1st 5 — 5 — — — — Junior Long Run, 2nd 2 — — 2 30 45 5 15 0 0 2

RUGGER

If, as is claimed, Easter Term Rugger is recognised as an invaluable part of our rugby build-up, then much lee-way remains to be made up after this term, which has been anything but a success.

Owing either to 'flu or appalling playing conditions, or both, the Under 14 and Under 15 teams were able to play only one of their four scheduled matches. This fact coupled with their loss of playing time at the end of the Christmas term creates quite a serious situation.

The Under 15 team were severely beaten by Archbishop Holgate's G.S. (Away) by 3 points to 33, a team they had previously beaten in November, while the Under 14 XV lost to Pocklington School (Away) by 5 points to 12. Admittedly neither team was fully representative, and players were far from fit.

RUGBY FIXTURES, 1966 Christmas Term

1st XV Saturday Wednesday 1st Oct. 5th Oct. Headingley R.U.F.C. Colts Headingley Wanderers XV Home Home Saturday 8th Oct. Harrogate R.U.F.C. Colts Home Saturday 15th Oct. Bradford G.S. Home Wednesday Saturday 19th Oct. 22nd Oct. Trent College ... Denstone College Away Home Saturday 5th Nov. Leeds G.S. ... Away Wednesday 9th Nov. Durham School ... Home Saturday 12th Nov. Giggleswick School ... Home Saturday 19th Nov. Ampleforth College ... Away Wednesday 23rd Nov. York R.U.F.C. ... Home Wednesday 30th Nov. Worksop College ... Away Saturday 3rd Dec. Keil School, Dumbarton Home Saturday 10th Dec. Old Peterites ... ... Home 41

2nd XV Wednesday 12th Oct. Durham School ... ... • • • Away Saturday 15th Oct. Bradford G.S. ... ... • • • Home Wednesday 19th Oct. Woodhouse Grove School ... • • • Home Saturday Saturday 5th Nov. 12th Nov. Leeds G.S. ... ... Giggleswick School ... • • • Away • • • Away Saturday 19th Nov. Wednesday 30th Nov. Ampleforth College ... Worksop College ... • • • Home • • . Away 3rd XV Wednesday 5th Oct. Barnard Castle School ... •• • Home Wednesday 12th Oct. Durham School ... ... • • • Away Wednesday 19th Oct. Woodhouse Grove School ... .• • Home Wednesday 2nd Nov. Worksop College ... ... •• . Away Saturday Saturday Saturday 12th Nov. 19th Nov. 3rd Dec. Giggleswick School ... ... Ampleforth College ... ... Archbishop Holgate's GS. ... • • • Home .• • Home • • • Away Under 16 Colts XV Saturday 8th Oct. Pocklington School ... Home Saturday 15th Oct. Wednesday 19th Oct. Barnard Castle School Trent College ... ... Away Away Wednesday 2nd Nov. Durham School ... Home Saturday 12th Nov. Wednesday 16th Nov. Giggleswick School ... Ampleforth College ... Away Away Wednesday 23rd Nov. Saturday 26th Nov. Worksop College ... Ashville College ... Home Away Under 15 Colts XV Saturday 8th Oct. Pocklington School ... • • • Home Wednesday 12th Oct. Scarborough College • • • Home Saturday 15th Oct. Wednesday 2nd Nov. Barnard Castle School Durham School ... ... •• • Away

•• • Home Wednesday 9th Nov. Archbishop Holgate's G.S. ... •• • Away Wednesday 16th Nov. Ampleforth College ... ... .• • Away Wednesday 23rd Nov. Saturday 26th Nov. Worksop College ... Ashville College ... • • Home ... Away Under 14 Colts XV Wednesday 5th Oct. Barnard Castle School Home Wednesday 12th Oct. Scarborough College Home Wednesday 2nd Nov. Worksop College ... ... Away

Wednesday 9th Nov. Archbishop Holgate's G.S. ... Away Saturday 3rd Dec. Pocklington School ... ... Away

HOUSE MATCHES

SENIOR 1st Round Wednesday 26th October. Semi-finals Monday 5th December. Final Wednesday 14th December. JUNIOR 1st Round Monday 7th November Semi-finals Wednesday 30th November. Final Wednesday 7th December. O.P. RUGGER MATCH

Anyone wishing to play in this match is asked to write to C. W. Thompson.

The Flat, Meed House, North Road, Retford, Notts. 42

The Fencing Club was very active this term, and its results in matches fought and competitions entered were encouraging. Much of the time available was taken up in preparations for the Public Schools' Championships in the Easter holidays, and the results were reward enough for the effort involved.

The term's first match was against the York Fencing Association, when a team reduced in strength by the absence of two first team and two second team players, won a close match by a total score of 20-19. The next event was a foil match against York University which was won 12-6. The last two matches of the term were both against Welbeck College; the first, at home, was narrowly won by a School "A" team 19-14. The return match, away, was won by a larger margin, as the School fielded a stronger team.

The last competitive event of the term was the Yorkshire Section of the National Schoolboys' Championships, held at Wakefield. In the senior event, Pawson (1st) and C. A. Wood (3rd), qualified for the National Finals at Liverpool in the Summer Term, as did Reaston (1st), Sargeant (2nd) and E. Lock (3rd), in the junior event.

During the Easter holidays 16 members of the club entered the Public Schools' Fencing Championships in London and met with varying degrees of success. In the main event, the Senior Foil, Pawson came first and became the first member of the School to ever win any event of these championships. C. A. Wood was unlucky to be eliminated in the quarterfinals of the same event. He has great potential for this event in his future at School.

A great deal of praise and thanks are due to R. S. M. Power, M.B.E., for his unfailing enthusiasm and encouragement without which the School's fencing would probably have collapsed by now instead of steadily improving under his guidance.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS' FENCING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Twenty Peterites took part in the 1966 P.S.F.C., in London from the 13th to 16th April. There were eight seniors and twelve juniors, and total entries were 481, made up from 43 schools. Our juniors showed great promise; Thompson, Bleach and K. Sargeant reached the 3rd round and went out on hits against. The experience gained by our juniors in this competition will be invaluable to a successful school team for the future.

Epée, J. Reiss, C. A. Wood and K. Sergeant were going well in the Epee, reaching the 3rd round. C. A. Wood had three finalists in his pool, including Bourne of Brentwood, who won the Epee championships and is under-twenties champion of Great Britain. Bourne beat Wood 4-3.

Sabre. Our Sabre is improving; Pawson and Wood reached the third round and missed the Semi-Final by one hit each. Success was to come in the Major Trophy, the Senior Foil, first fought for in 1890, and won by Sir Winston Churchill in 1892 for Harrow. Pawson fenced strongly all the way in the Final Pool. Electric apparatus was used for the first time. Pawson, and Wallis of Brentwood had four victories each and a title bout had to be fought, which Pawson won 4-2 in a very exciting bout. This was the first time a Northern School has won this trophy. P. Power.