The climax of our fencing season as a team is always the match against the Y.F.A. 1st team, which we usually lose. This term, however, the School Team excelled themselves and we won the overall match 8-7, due mainly to a strong win in the sabre. Our one defeat was at the hands of a Northumerland team, which included two of the top Northern fencers and a Universities International. The only individual competition this term was the Yorkshire Senior Foil Championships held at York. Our results in this were disappointing, even though the competition was very tough. Miller, Lockwood and Bowen were knocked out in the first round. Wood, however, reached the final and finished fourth, missing a •medal only on a count of hits. In general our preparations for the Public Schools Fencing Championships have been going extremely well for both the 1st Team and the younger members of the club, but there is a lack of effort from some of the more experienced fencers and they must rally round if we are to win the Pearson Cup. The Club would like to take this opportunity to extend their thanks to Mr. Power for all the hard work which he has put in to make our successes possible. C.A.W.
SOCCER The highlights came at the beginning and the end of an otherwise quiet term. On Sunday, 4th February, the Queen's House Team, F. C. Royalle, played Moor Lane Y.C. in the first round of the York Youth Cup. Fielding a rather cosmopolitan side, F. C. Royalle exceeded all expectations to lead 5-0 at half time. Then with the score standing at 6-1 in our favour and with only half an hour to play, the referee decided that the snow, which had been falling incessantly throughout, was making football too difficult. The match was abandoned and arranged for two weeks later, when our cup-tie saga ended in the story-tale fashion, for, playing with only ten men, we were soundly beaten 5-1. To further our chagrin, Moor Lane proceeded to reach the semi-final of the competition. The other highlight was the Staff v. Boys match played at Rawcliffe Lane on Sunday, 24th March. We were fortunate in having the use of one of the Bootham School soccer pitches and we would like to thank Mr. Power for making this match 'possible and for his excellent refereeing. The Staff fielded a very strong team indeed, containing an ex-York City captain (Mr. A. Woods), an ex-England amateur International (Mr. G. M. Shuttleworth), the York University centre forward (Mr. M. Burles) and 3 York first division local league players. Needless to say, the Staff won, gaining a convincing 11-2 win, but it is fair to note that the School XI was not the strongest available, and that the School team was further weakened by the loss of their centre-forward after only 1 minute. A. N. Lawrence had a particularly fine game in goal for the School. For the Staff Mr. Burles scored 5 goals. I.C.D. and K.J.S. 40
