Soccer

EASTER TERM

The beginning of the Easter Term saw the appointment of M. J. F. Davidson as Head of House, with A. R. Hornby as a School Monitor, and A. R. 0. Heddle joining the House Monitors.

Although this term was not an outstanding one for our sports, much enthusiasm was shown in several fields. Despite a good run by R. F. Pulleyn in the Senior Cross Country, the team was placed seventh, and the Junior team was relegated to third after last year's victory. C. J. Hirst did well to come third in the race. In Hockey and Squash we were defeated in the early stages of the Inter-House competitions. However, R. J. Hazell was awarded his School Colours for Hockey and J. C. Rounthwaite played Squash for the Yorkshire U15 Colts at No. 5.

The Fencing was dominated by Temple, as the School team was led by S. A. Atkinson, with the help of R. J. Hazell. So it was no surprise when we won the Inter-House competition. A. R. Hornby was a regular member of the 2nd IV on the river, and was in the victorious crew at the Tyne Head of the River. Temple also provided over half of the members for the Easter term Shooting league teams; I. W. Balls is the School captain. Several Juniors and Junior-Middles played in School rugby teams, and C. J. Hirst gained a Gold and two Silver standards at orienteering. The number of fast swimmers in the House is small, and we only managed to finish sixth in the Inter-House Swimming finals.

The House kept up its usual high standard of academic success this term, P. S. Lancaster winning a prize in the General Knowledge exam and R. J. Hazell and A. J. Sargent being highly commended. The Chess team, although not under the captaincy of G. R. Dixon who went to Germany for the term, has so far done well under A. R. Hornby and is through to the final.

In retrospect, members of the House have participated fully during the term in all School activities.

M.J.F.D.

STAFF v. SCHOOL

Rather hurried arrangements resulted in an under strength staff team playing with the hope of a "revenge" match on the last Friday of the Easter term. However, the expected thrashing didn't materialise and the first half was very finely balanced with fortunes swaying one way then the other. Highlights were a long range goal by Taylor and a collision between Messrs. Tiffany and Rigby. The staff gained the upper hand for most of the second half to go 4-2 ahead but the School's fitness began to tell towards the end and the staff were relieved to finish 4-3 victors.