lucky to have a small membership at this crucial stage of building the year's standards. This meant that selection for the top crews could be pretty thorough and bring sculling ability and physical strength measured by weight-lifts into the picture. Next term the membership will be particularly high. We all feel that we have got our feet off the ground this season. C.P.M.D. 1st IV: D. Eddell (bow), T. Bloom, S. Tomlinson, G. Perks (stroke), A. Sherris (cox). (P. Spencer coxed York H.O.R.) 2nd IV: A. Hornby (bow), P. Withers, P. Challis, M. Ray (stroke), A. Gray (cox). W. Mcllroy sculled York H.O.R. Captain of Boats: P. Challis (S). Vice-Captain: M. Ray (M). Senior Coxswain: A. Sherris (S).
SHOOTING The pattern of shooting took a slightly different form during the Winter Term as a result of the introduction of "options". This brought some Third and Fourth-formers to the range for the first time and in due course most of them graduated to the use of the sling. The pressure on range accommodation was however such that not all the shooting demanded could be supplied. We entered three teams for the British Schools Small-Bore Rifle Association Leagues. The "A"' team, having led its Division by winning all matches, until the last round, then did a poor shoot, lost its last match, and finished second. The "B" team won two out of five matches and came fourth out of six in its Division, while the "C" team won no matches at all, having a curious propensity to produce its best scores against strong teams and its worst against weak ones. Its total points were higher than those of some teams higher up the Division, in fact, but of course with no wins it came last. The "Staniforth" shoot was spoilt by one individual score, a backsight having come adrift, and we ended up about mid-way down the list. Apart from these misfortunes it cannot be regarded as a very satisfactory term, in any case, for there were no clear signs of improvement in general. Some individuals, of Course, did make substantial progress. In the Spring Term the "options" system worked very well and some beginners began to achieve reasonable scores. The Leagues operated again, but this time we made ring foresights available, with beneficial results on the averages of most members—at any rate, out of 15 team members, 12 raised their averages, some quite substantially, and we hope this will be reflected in our open range performances. The teams fared indifferently in matches—the League divisions are run on a "declared average basis and some schools seem a little pessimistic about their teams' prospects! Results were: A Team Shot 5 Won 2 Lost 3 B Team Shot 5 Won 2 Lost 3 C Team Shot 5 Won 4 Lost 1 42
