THE PETERITE
No.406
1988-1989
THE PETERITE 1988-1989
No. 406
Contents Commemoration G.C.S.E. Results ' David Cummin Senior Common Room • Chapel The Weather Careers Music Community Service . . Societies School Trip Combined Cadet Force House Notes
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Cricket Rugby Hockey Boat Club Tennis Squash Cross Country . . . Netball Swimming Athletics Oxford Cup Archives Old Peterite Club
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Commemoration 1989 Head Master's Report
It was Lord Melbourne, the young Queen Victoria's first prime minister, who said, 'It is tiresome to hear education discussed, tiresome to educate and tiresome to be educated'. Not a few of you may be tempted to agree with him as, at the end of another busy school year and in a rather stuffy Sports Centre, you see me once again rise to deliver my annual Commemoration report. However, I hope that you will not find the proceedings too tedious:, this is an important if final occasion in the school calendar which allows us to welcome honoured visitors, to be edified by our guest of honour's words, to thank those who have done so much to make the year successful and to note the many and varied achievements of our pupils in academic and in other areas. My first duty is to tell you of the Dean's regrets in being unable this year to preside at Commemoration. However, I I am thereby provided with the opportunity of thanking you, Mr. Chairman, for taking his place and, on behalf; of all of us concerned with the School, of acknowledging your major contribution to its well-being in so many ] ways and at the expense of so much of your time. It falls to you as Vice-Chairman of the Governing Body and . Chairman of its Finance and General Purposes Committee to guide and advise on a whole range of policy decisions, ' and your energies have been recently further harnessed to your skilled and detailed chairmanship of our Appeal '89. Thank you for you dedication to the School and for your strong support in so much that we are trying to achieve. And it is no formality when we welcome each year to Commemoration the Lord Mayor and the Civic Party. St. Peter's is conscious of its place for centuries in the history of York, and it is a great honour for us to have its First Citizen with us this morning. We thank you, my Lord Mayor, and wish you a most successful term of office. Another pleasure is to have with us the Dean of Ripon, our Commemoration preacher. On behalf of all of us ' I thank him for his fine sermon. I was delighted when he accepted my invitation to come because I knew that we would be hearing not only a former chaplain of Lancing College but also the compiler of Words for Worship, a book which is the indispensable aid to head teacher up and down the country in their planning and conducting ! of school morning assemblies. Mr. Dean, your being with us is a privilege, and your sermon, fuelled with your understanding and experience of schools and young people, inspired us. Our guest of honour is well known to many of us. There could be no more appropriate testimony, as personified in John Shannon, to the links between the city of York and St. Peter's. He is a former governor of the School and a former parent, and the Robin Shannon Prize, presented by the Shannon family in memory of his son, is a continuing symbol of this latter fact. John Shannon, as so many of you know, has been Chairman of York Civic , Trust for many years, and all of us who have the privilege of living in this historic place have John Shannon to thank for fighting so hard, and successfully to preserve its beauty and to ensure that its treasures and delights will be appreciated and enjoyed by the generations that follow us. We look forward in a few minutes to his address and thank him warmly for the honour done to us by his being here today to present the prizes. Before turning to some of the details of this academic year I guess that you will expect me to mention the Appeal, I am happy to be able to tell you that Appeal '89 is well past the halfway mark and has reached a total so far . of over £300,000. This is extremely encouraging. We are enormously grateful to all those parents, Old Peterites and other well-wishers who have given so generously, and we are hopeful that our £500,000 target may be reached • in the coming months. Few of you will be unaware of the Appeal's objectives: the refurbishment of the Methodist i halls for drama and music, the adaptation of the Scott and Grove blocks as Mathematics and Modern Languages j centres, the replacement of the Junior School huts by a fine new building and the creation in the Old Gymnasium/Drama Centre of a much-needed Senior School library. We hope that in the coming weeks a start will be made on the Junior School and Library projects, and we hope that within the next year or so the green light can be given for the other developments. For the Senior School the library will, I believe, be a most significant addition to our facilities. My enthusiasm can be best indicated by our pondering the words of that great fourteenth * century patron of learning, Richard de Bury: : What pleasantness of teaching there is in books, how easy, how secret! They are masters who teach us without rod or ferrule.... If you come to them they do not withdraw themselves; they do not chide you if you make mistakes; they do not laugh at you if you are ignorant. They are the mines of profoundest wisdom to which the wise man sends his son that he may dig out treasures.
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It is my strong wish that in the near future more of our pupils than at present will discover and relish that ! rich satisfaction which books can give. The success so far of Appeal '89 provides the means of making this and much else possible. New classrooms, more provisions for drama and music, an improved library: these are all urgent and important ' needs if we are to continue as a successful school at a time of unprecedented educational development and change. ! But new buildings for a Head Master to show proudly to prospective parents are not in themselves sufficient unless a school has a clear vision of what it is setting out to do. And it is in the context of what I perceive our aims to be that I wish to report on some of our recent achievements. Above all we must have an academic purpose - the pursuit of knowledge in its widest sense. I hope that our teaching and our curriculum produce something at least of Thomas Traherne's definition: Knowledge is that which does illuminate the sane, enkindle love, excite our care, inspire the mind with joy, inform the will, enlarge the heart, regulate the passions.... 2
It is certainly encouraging that two-thirds of our sixth form leavers last summer went on to university degree courses and that nine Peterites secured Oxford and Cambridge offers. We try too to be responsive to the modern educational requirements of our pupils, and I cite the following: our broad-based third year curriculum very much in line with the new national criteria; the expanding opportunities in Craft, Design and Technology with two GCSE options, new A level provision and enhanced staffing in the subject; the courses in personal and social education which we are about to introduce; the relatively straightforward supercession of O level by GCSE (though not without many extra demands on our teaching staff); the introduction of A level Business Studies; the ways in which the Second Master with Mr. Barton's computing and analytical skills have made our GCSE and A level option schemes so user-friendly. These are all indicators of a school - and its body of teachers - which wants what goes on in the classroom to be relevant, challenging and thorough. And just an afterthought on our academic record: I was amused to reach a reference to one of our most eminent Old Peterites of the century in the autobiography of the art historian, Kenneth Clark. Frank Pick, chief executive officer of London Passenger Transport in the 1930s, was influential in making that institution one of the chief influences on applied art and design of its day. Kenneth Clark describes Pick in these terms, 'He came from Lincolnshire and spoke very quietly with a Scunthorpe accent. He had been a scholar at St. Peter's School, York, but must have been largely self-taught....'. I hope that we are not leaving current Peterites quite as much to their own devices. I believe that we are right in putting first our aim to be academically strong and successful, but I believe too that schools must also be busy and exciting places in which creativity and physical fitness and happiness are also considered to be important values. Many of you will have heard at least some of our music in the past year: perhaps the formal occasions in the Minster such as today or the Carol Service or the Epiphany Procession; you may have been at one of our Chapel concerts, for instance Judas Maccabeus with Choral Society and School Orchestra, or the freshly introduced instrumental competition; there was the splendid Gala Charity Concert a few weeks back which acted as a marvellous showcase of our current musical standards; and there was the Ronald Smith piano recital, the first of what I hope may be termly visits from professional soloists or ensembles. In sport, despite the limitations of our relatively tight facilities - we have a serious need for more pitches, tennis courts and other playing areas - we offer a very varied diet of physical activity so that our pupils can gain health, relaxation and confidence from what we provide. It is good that our boys' and girls' team games continue to thrive and surely right that we retain our reputation as a sporting school. Our Rugby XV showed excellent commitment and effort last season with some notable wins; both girls' and boys' hockey is popular and successful as are our squash and tennis; the rowing continues to develop with successes gained in various head races and regattas and with coaching and training coming from three very dedicated members of staff. And there is much more besides be it weight-training, badminton, swimming, cross-country, netball and so on. There have also been some memorable drama productions this year, with our major play in the Christmas term being Antony and Cleopatra. Members of the Lower Sixth deserve commendation too for their Ayckbourn and Stoppard productions which not only threw up some splendid but previously latent acting talent but also were a considerable credit to those pupils whose initiative and verve and perseverance got these particular shows on the road. More recently this term we have had two third year plays, and I was particularly glad and grateful that there was this opportunity for our younger boys and girls to tread the boards. Our aims then so far: academic excellence, games played well, music and drama and much else in the way of clubs, societies and activities, providing our pupils with a full, busy and satisfying school life. Yet I believe that we have other purposes too, though I am less sure how to express them, how effectively we can always further them or how well we can measure our success. I have recently been engaged in the task of drafting a new edition of the school prospectus and we have put it in these terms: St. Peter's is a Christian foundation, and this is reflected in our weekday Chapel services, our regular voluntary Eucharists, our termly services on Sunday evenings and in our biannual services in the Minster. We consider it important to nurture an awareness of the spiritual dimension of human life and to encourage our pupils to explore this dimension within the context of the Christian tradition. A somewhat solemn prospectus announcement, but behind it lies my hope that what goes on in our Chapel services has meaning and relevance, that there is a spiritual dimension which is capable of being conveyed in some degree at least to Peterites, especially when for some of them St. Peter's and Chapel and Religious Studies lessons may constitute their one and only brush with organised Christian belief and practice. I pay tribute to our Chaplain, Steven Harvey, spiritual mentor and guide to both pupils and staff alike. Rabbi Lionel Blue in his autobiography says an interesting thing, 'I've lurched and stumbled into belief and bumped into God not only in places set aside for that purpose but also in places to which nice religious people don't go'. Well; St. Peter's is probably rather too short on nice religious people, but I hope that it is nonetheless a school where we can sometimes and surprisingly bump into God. Here then I hesitantly come to the heart of the matter: can schools such as this do more than just teach well, coach games well, provide stages on which to act and bands and orchestras in which to play? Are we able to give our pupils something more? Can we teach them morality? Are we powerless in the face of all the temptations and lures which today's society presents - the perpetual search for pleasure and all the expectations of instant gratification? I realise that we cannot be some sort of moated enclave where an idealised code of living can be imposed and expected: boys and girls at school here are also part of the community outside and are subject to its influences and participants in its practices. However, I do believe that we can stand for something and that 3
we can present to our pupils the fact that they face choices, that they have some responsibility for their own actions, that it is better in their relations with others to respect than to despise, that within a school community such as this there are practical lessons to be learned in tolerating others and helping those less resilient than oneself. How then do we try and get these lessons over? Chapel and religious observance can play a part; then, for better or worse, I as Head Master have some responsibility in my public pronouncements and in my attitudes and reactions to particular issues; the teaching staff in the house and classroom or on the playing field, in both formal pupil contact, have an important role; sixth form lectures and the courses which we are introducing in personal and social education (PSE is the jargon set of initials) will also help. None of us can guarantee success in this difficult area, and we also defend upon the willingness of parents actively to support and back us, but I believe that we have responsibilities, however hard to discharge, in helping our pupils meet the challenges of a complex and worrying world from which some of the cohesion and certainties of the past have disappeared. One of the important purposes of any Head Master's annual report is to acknowledge the huge part played in a school's achievement by its staff, a term which embraces not only its teachers but also its administrators, secretaries, craftsmen, groundsmen and those who help us domestically. To all of them our thanks for their cheerfulness, skill and loyalty in serving the School so well. And to the teachers, those at the chalkface, a special word of thanks. These are not the easiest of times for those who follow this vocation: the Government has not been overly generous in remunerating the profession nor has it done much to sustain its morale or improve its esteem in the public's eye. Richard Mulcaster, High Master of St. Paul's, could have been around today when he wrote this nearly four hundred years ago, 'The teacher's life is painful and therefore would be pitied; it wrestles with unthankfulness above all measure; our calling creeps low and hath pain for companion'. It remains a profession with its particular stresses, frustrations and demands; it is also a profession that has its particular rewards, satisfactions and skills. St. Peter's is fortunate indeed in the quality of its teaching staff, with its resilience and professionalism in meeting modern educational and social challenges and in its loyalty for all that this school represents. Now is your opportunity, ladies and gentlemen, and pupils, to show your thanks for our members of staff and their outstanding contribution to the School's success. I wish to make mention this morning of David Cummin who died earlier this year. We were privileged to have his Memorial Service in the Chapel and thus were able to acknowledge his accomplished career as assistant master, Second Master and Head Master and to give thanks for his life at an occasion when so many former members of staff and Old Peterites returned to salute the memory of a remarkable man. I wish to pay warm tribute to the seven members of staff who leave us this term. We give our good wishes to Nicholas Tomaszewski moving nearer home to a school not a thousand miles from here and after we have benefited from his teaching talents and friendship for far too short a time. We congratulate Ian Hardwick on his appointment as Head of Mathematics at Truro School and know that the far south-west has gained a fine and conscientious teacher. We have to forgive him for taking his wife away from us as well and thank her for her contribution both to the Art Department and to other aspects of the School's life especially the music. Shaun Mason moves on to Christ's Hospital having been a particularly dedicated younger schoolmaster with us for five years; we thank him not only for his teaching of physics and technology but also for his caring contribution to the CCF. John Lee leaves with our good wishes for the headship of Mathematics at Kimbolton School which will be gaining not only an excellent teacher of his subject but also a fine player and coach of racquet sports. Roger Depledge deserves special thanks for his twenty-one years at St. Peter's as he moves to Toulouse. He is an outstanding teacher of languages with methods neither conventional nor undemanding, and his questing intelligence, his lucidity in both informal conversation and in formal debate and his sharpness of mind will all be missed by both staff and pupils; we wish him well. You will by now have realised that this, like the Miss World competition results, is in ascending order of seniority (if not of beauty). A famous Scottish Head Master once said, 'You may house your boys and girls in palaces, but this will make no difference unless they are taught by princes'. One of our princes retires this term, and the School will be the poorer without Guy Shuttleworth. Guy came to St. Peter's thirty-two years ago and has run its Mathematics department supremely well ever since. In his time he was firstly Housemaster of Queen's and then of The Manor, bringing that shrewdness and directness to all his pastoral responsibilities. He has contributed hugely for all these years to our sporting record passing on all the natural games ability and skills of a Cambridge double blue to successive Peterite generations. For almost thirty years he and Tanya, his great support in all his achievements, have organised charity events of all sorts, starting in 1962 with his house giving up buns at break in order to support Freedom from Hunger and on through a host of fun runs, gala concerts, fashion displays and other fund-raising activities - many thousands of pounds collected for large numbers of very worthwhile causes. What a record of care, concern and commitment to the hundreds of pupils who have been taught, coached and counselled by him. Truly a prince among schoolmasters! We wish him the happiest of retirements which I suspect will be particularly busy and fulfilled, and we draw comfort from the fact of Tanya's continuing work for The Rise and the closeness which they will retain to the School which owes them both so much. Finally, Mr. Chairman, and that word sends the audience to its watches and to its sweepstake calculations, I want to say a few words about the pupils themselves who tend to be left out, unconsidered in the welter of exam results, sports statistics, staff information and educational philosophising that constitute much of these Speech Day addresses. I said earlier that schools such as this should be busy, exciting, successful and, above all, happy places. I hope that much that goes here measures up to these criteria. I vehemently distance myself from that old adage that education is the process of casting false pearls before real swine. I think of Temple's house fundraising events, Charles Barlow's sixteen-hour charity piano-playing marathon, the Boat Club's twenty-four hour sponsored row, the inter-house Great Egg Race, the chess players and their repeated successes especially in the 4
under-sixteen York Schools' league, our active branch of Amnesty International, the Debating Society and its lively and well-supported Saturday evening meetings, the many holiday expeditions including trips to France, the Western Isles, the Sahara, the ski-slopes and the first world war battlesites, the achievements of the four who have gained highly coveted Army and R.A.F. sixth form scholarships and of the two who have won English Speaking Union scholarships to schools in the United States. And in addition to all this is the keenness, industry, resource and sheer pleasantness of so many members of the School, too easily overlooked by harassed heads and housemasters dealing necessarily more with the problems than with the successes. The challenges and rewards of dealing with the young were neatly summed up by that Eton Housemaster writing to the fifteen year old's mother. It bears repeating and applies with equal force to our own boys and girls: The real purpose of this letter is to prepare you for an imminent change in the relationship between yourself and your son. The affectionate small boy who has quite justifiably been your pride and joy is about to undergo such a transformation that you may well begin to wonder whether you have mothered a monster. Perhaps you have already begun to wonder whether you have gone wrong and what you have done amiss to deserve his new-found anger. Do not despair. Ride out the storm. At this moment when he seems to need you least he in fact needs you most. Make a stand about the principles you regard as fundamental. Give him rope about less important things. Comfort yourself with the knowledge that his present moods are transitory. If you do this and stand firm as a rock in the midst of his tempestuous life, the small boy whom you thought you had lost for ever will return to you as a charming young man - he will have been worth waiting for. Meanwhile we are both of us in for one hell of a time. The fact is that it is not infrequently a hell of a nice time, and for this our pupils and our staff have my thanks.
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G.C.S.E. Results, Summer 1989 Grades A - G (Grades A - C) Ashbridge, M., 9 (8); Ayers, J. M. L., 9 (9); Banks, S. M., 9 (8): Bean, M. A., 9 (9); Bell, A. J. D., 9 (5); Bell, R. A., 9 (9): Belton, T. R., 9 (1); Berrington, A. P., 9 (9); Blacker, D. M., 9 (4): Bond, J. N., 9 (9); Brayshaw, J. M., 9 (7); Brittain, A. P., 9 (3): Brown, D. H., 9 (6); Buisson, A. J., 9 (9); Butler, J. P., 9 (9): Caldwell, C. M., 9 (9); Carnaby, R. E., 9 (7); Carvosso, P. F., 9 (9): Councell, G. D., 9 (1); Cove, T. P., 9 (9); Curtis, A. G., 9 (9): Davies, S. G., 9 (9); Dean, A. M., 9 (9); Deighton, A. C , 9 (8): Dennis, P., 9 (8); Shujja-ud-Din, A. Y., 9 (9); Dunn, A. P. N., 9 (9): Firth, J. G., 9 (9); Forrester, M. P., 9 (3); Frost, S. P., 9 (8): Garai, K., 9 (9); Ghosh, I., 9 (9); Gildener, S. J., 9 (9); Gordon, J. C , 9 (9); Gossow, R. J. C , 9 (9); Gyles, M. C , 9 (8); Hague, J. M. 9 (1): Harding, G. J., 9 (9); Hardisty, A. J. 9 (9); Harrison, A. C , 9 (0): Harryman, S. E. F., 9 (7); Hickman, P. W., 9 (2); Higginson, J. D. G., 9 (9): Horton, E. W., 8 (0); Ingledew, R. P., 9 (9); Jackson, J. G., 9 (7);
Jackson, S. D. S., 9 (6); Jarmain, R. T., 9 (8); Jelbert, P. D., 9 (8): Kalicinski, J., 9 (4); Kay, G. N., 9 (9); King, R. J., 9 (7): Kitchingman, T. E., 9 (9); Lawson, A. M., 9 (7); Leaf, M. P., 9 (9): Lovell, A. D., 9 (9); Mclntyre, I. A. D. 9 (8); Mariyappan, J., 9 (9): Marks, A. R. T., 9 (6); Millar, M. C , 9 (8); Mills, J., 9 (9): Mitchell, M. J., 9 (8); Morris, J., 9 (8); Musgrave, S. C , 9 (9): Newell, A. R. W., 9 (7); Patton, L. J., 9 (9); Pearson, D. E., 9 (5): Powell, J. S., 9 (7); Pugh, C. D., 9 (6); Pugh, S., 9 (8); Rhodes, D. A. C , 9 (4); Rigby, J. D., 9 (9); Roberts, S. A., 9 (8); Robinson, A. G., 9 (6): Rowland, C. P., 9 (9); Russell, S. J. C , 7 (0); Ryder, J., 9 (5): Savage, E. J., 9 (5); Sharma, N., 9 (9); Silverwood, G., 9 (3); Simmons, R. M., 9 (9); Slater, S. H., 9 (5); Stephenson, J. I., 9 (9). Sumpton, M. W. E., 9 (6); Taylor, J. S., 9 (6); Taylor, J., 9 (9): Twigg, R. N., 9 (6); Walther, S. H., 9 (8); Waters, A. L., 9 (6): Weir, A. P., 9 (9); Williams, M. J. G., 9 (9); Wright, N. S., 9 (8).
G.C.E. A-Level
Results,
Green, N. M., (2); Hill, J. D., (4); Home, G. M., (2); Hugill, C. L., (3): Hutchinson, R., (1); Jacobs, J. L., (4); Jinadu, S. O., (3); Jupp, J. R., (1). Kelly, C. M., (4); Lightly, A. N., (5); Lockwood, E. C , (4); Lockwood, M. C , (2); Lowe, L. J., (4); Lumb, N. J. W., (4); Mills, S. W., (5): Mindenhall, C. S., (4); Moayedi, Z., (4); Mutter, R. M. B., (4): Myers, L. A., (5); Netherwood, P. E., (4); Packer, A. D., (4): Patchett, C. D., (4); Pattison, B., (4); Pears, L-M., (4); Peters, S. J., (4): Pollard, G. C , (4); Radcliffe, A. M., (4); RadclifTe, C. A., (3): Ruder, A. P., (3); Sanderson, I. J., (4); Sawkill, J. P., (2); Sellers, R. I., (1): Shamler, L. R., (4); Sharper, N. R., (3); Shepherd, G. R., (4): Simpson, V. E. A., (4); Smith, D. M., (4); Stanton, E. G., (1): Stephenson, R. M., (5); Suttill, C. A., (4); Tate, M. J., (3); Taylor, A. J., (3): Thompson, N. R., (4); Thompson, P. M., (9); Tulley, K. M. B., (4): Walker, S. A., (4); Webster, A. L., (3); White, S. C. T., (5).
Alexander, J. F., (2); Allen, G. H., (4); Anderson, J. P., (1): Atkinson, R. A. R., (4); Bailey, S. A., (4); Baker, M. A., (3): Baldwin, J. S., (2); Ball, H., (3); Barker, D. J., (4); Basu, A., (5): Bates, V. D. F., (3); Berrington, J. S., (4); Berry, E. K., (3): Birch, P. M., (4); Booth, H. C , (4); Bosomworth, T. R., (4); Brown, G., (4): Buck, A. N., (4); Burnett-Hall, O. J., (4); Chiswick, A. S., (4): Chung, S. L. W., (4); Clark, A. L., (4); Clavell, D. M. J., (4); Cockayne, T. O., (2); Coggrave, C. R., (5); Connolly, M. S., (2): Cooper, A. J., (4); Cooper, T. E. J., (4); Copley, M. J., (4): Coughlin, J. M., (2); Cove, P. S., (4); Cowl, S-L., (2); Craven, R. A., (5): Dammann, S. E. K., (3); Davidson, G. H., (3); Davies, N. G., (3): Davison, M. J., (4); Dawson, P. A., (4); Deakin, K. J., (2); Dunstan, J. D., (4): Farnsworth, P. A., (4); Ferguson, T. A., (3); Figge, V. N. (3): Forman, M., (4); Fowler, D. F., (4); Gaunt, S. R., (4); Goddard, B. J., (5):
Prize THE DEAN
OF YORK-S
PRIZES
FOR
List
LATIN-.
Paul Thompson Matthew Williams Alice Holmes
Senior Junior TOYNE PRIZE GEOGRAPHY
FOR EUROPEAN PRIZES:
HISTORY
Senior Junior
Philip Birch James Rigby Matthew Davison Antony Dunn Lisa Myers
L. C. LE. TOCQ PRIZE FOR ECONOMICS SKRENTNY PRIZES FOR CREATIVE WRITING BRIAN HOLBECHE MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR A CRITICAL ESSAY JACK BRITTAIN MEMORIAL PRIZES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL ESSAY:
IVth Form Illrd Form JOHN CROOK PRIZE THE OLD PETERITE
FOR POETRY CLUB READING
Reza Ahmad Miles Layram Peter Nowell PRIZES-.
Adam Atkinson Angela Rosindale Christopher Braganza James Butler, Alan Chiswick, Lisa Myers
Senior Junior ROBIN SHANNON MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR SPOKEN ENGLISH RICHARD ATKINSON MEMORIAL PRIZES FOR DRAMA ARTHUR CRAVEN MEMORIAL PRIZES FOR SPOKEN FRENCH:
Emma Lockwood Richard Ambrose Genevieve Shepherd, Paul Thompson Paul Thompson Benjamin Goddard Oliver Burnett-Hall, Russell Coggrave, Stephen White Dominic Clavell Paul Thompson Paul Thompson Christopher Caldwell Marcus Mellor
Senior Junior FRENCH ESSAY PRIZES MATHEMATICS PRIZE B.M.A. PRIZE FOR SCIENCE MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
1989
PRIZES
WALTER SMITH PRIZE FOR BIOLOGY DAVIDSON PRIZE FOR CHEMISTRY WILCOX PRIZE FOR PHYSICS WALTER SMITH PRIZE FOR GCSE PRACTICAL FRANK PICK PRIZE FOR DESIGN
WORK
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A R T PRIZES:
Vanessa Figge, Rex-Pierre Ridu Andrew Berrington, Paul Dennis James Harding, Michael Leaf Amanda Cooper Iain Mclntyre
Senior Junior CRAFT, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY PRIZES PADDY POWER PRIZE How AT PRIZE FOR MUSIC COMPOSITION ORANGE-BROMEHEAD PRIZE FOR STRING INSTRUMENT ACCOMPLISHMENT MUSIC PRIZES:
Charles Metcalfe
Senior Junior
Nicholas Barham-Hall, Damian Fowler Angus Iveson, Martin Kershaw
Vth Form
Jason Ayers, Anthony Curtis, James
FORM PRIZES:
Gossow,
Matthew Williams Reza Ahmad, Solomon Burt, Ian Gordon, Ashoke Kundu Christopher Braganza, John Crisp, Stephen Dowding, Timothy Dunn Richard Jarmain Charles Mindenhall Dominic Clavell
IVth Form Illrd Form BARRY DANIEL AWARD K.H. RHODES PRIZE NORMAN CROMBIE MEMORIAL PRIZE
School
Appointments
Head of School: Dominic Clavell. Vice Head: Charles Mindenhall. I School Monitors: Jeffrey Anderson, James Berrington, Timothy Cooper, Matthew Davison, Giles Home, j Emma Lockwood, Alan Ruder, Sebastian Walker, Amit Basu, Alexander Clarke, Matthew Copley, Justin Hill, i Richard Hutchinson, Penny isTetherwood, Clare Suttill. Games Captains: Rugby Cricket Hockey Girls' Hockey Boats Girls' Boats Netball
Jeffrey Anderson Richard Hutchinson Trevor Bosomworth Clare Suttill Andrew Taylor and James Berrington Katherine Tulley Polly Farnsworth
Squash Girls' Squash Shooting Tennis Girls' Tennis Chess Cross Country
Dominic Clavell Alexander Webster Justin Clarke Jeffrey Anderson Jane Alexander Tarik Tutill Adrian Buck
David Two
Cummin Appreciations
David Cummin joined the staff of St. Peter's in 1949 and served as Head of History, as House Master of The Rise, as Second Master, and as Head Master. He retired in 1985. All of us in the course of our lives encounter and are privileged to know a few very special people whose friendship and company we value enormously and whose deaths cause us a particularly deep shaft of pain and despair. In the last decade there are just two men whose deaths have had that acute effect on me, even though I had not been privileged to know either of them for more than a few years. Both of them were full of wisdom, shrewdness, honour, commitment, humour and unsentimental kindness; both had been Headmasters; both, remarkably for me, had been friends and colleagues of each other. One was Brian Holbeche and the other was David Cummin. Brian, as many of you remember, was Head of English at St. Peter's, and I knew him in his later appointment as Head Master of Kind Edward's School, Bath. It is good that Brian's widow was able to be with those who remembered David at his memorial service. Brian Holbeche died before I knew David or St. Peter's. Having known them both, I am not surprised they were friends. I was privileged a few years ago to be present at Brian's memorial service in Bath Abbey. I am privileged now to have the opportunity of recording just a few words for David. When the opportunity arose for me to become Head Master of St. Peter's I came up to York and met David for the first time on a raw December day just after he had completed the first term of his Head Mastership when he had selflessly come out of retirement (a busy one at that) to resume his old vocation and so steadily and skilfully guide the School forward. The man I met that morning looked ten years younger than he actually was, totally straight, generous of his time, studied and balanced in his response to my battery of questions. I thought then, and I have never doubted my conclusion at the time, that if a man of his quality had spent his career in the service of St. Peter's, then to follow him and become its Head Master would be a signal honour. In the four years since that meeting we kept in touch. It was typical of David that he was loath to come back or be around too often (it was only last September that I saw him turn and run when, coming along Love Lane with Dora and the dog, he saw that he was about to walk through the crowded preliminaries of the School Photograph). But when he could be persuaded back it was always a huge bonus to find oneself in his company, perhaps next to him at dinner with its guarantee of a stimulating and entertaining evening ahead. Then also, every six months or so, he and I would get together over a pre-lunch gin, and once again one quickly found that behind the austere countenance and the courtly manner was a man of great charm and simmering (if not bubbling) wit. On these occasions David was always willing to trade a piece or two of reminiscence (always fascinating, never malicious) with one or two bits of my more up-to-date gossip. Those then were the pre-lunch drinks. My words here are the appetiser. It is infinitely more appropriate that Keith Coulthard produces the main course. He and David joined the staff together and Keith is better qualified than I to acknowledge this great man, servant of the School and the City of York, as we treasure our memories of him, give our deep sympathy to his family, and especially to Dora and George, and thank God for his life and work. R. N. P.
When I was asked to say a few words about David I felt extremely honoured. It is a great privilege and yet, at the same time, I approach the task with humility, being very conscious of David's own words on so many occasions - always direct and sincere, with flashes of kindly humour and without in any way being overbearing. I hope I can emulate him here. My mind goes back some 40 years to when two young men stood at the other side of the road outside The Manor, waiting to cross to School (there was no bridge in those days, of course). While we waited we were wondering what lay in store for us! Though, technically, we started together, David never let me forget that he had spent several weeks living in The Manor at the end of the previous summer term (he wanted a bed for a few weeks!), and he always teased me that this made him senior to me - which I was always ready to concede. Others, including the Head Master, have acknowledged David's contribution to public life. I want to concentrate on the School Master, colleague and friend. David was a fine school master, though, no doubt, many would regard him as rather an old-fashioned teacher, which was perhaps appropriate in a teacher of History! However, he was very proud of the fact that he owned a "visual aid" - a rolled up sheet which he carried into a form room from time to time. To my knowledge, no colleague ever saw this unrolled - we all presumed it was a map, and would be delighted if any Old Peterites who attended David's lessons could enlighten us. Perhaps it was blank, and this would be characteristic of his sense of humour. His sense of humour is well illustrated by the story he told about the last House Prayers he conducted just before he left The Rise to become Second Master. At the time his nickname was 'Jack' and he delighted in the fact that none of the pupils knew that he knew this. He said that he wanted to present a trophy to the House. Nothing was to be seen, but David drew his hand from his pocket and produced a small silver cup on an equally small plinth. Placing it on the table before him, he announced that it was to be known as the Jackpot. The announcement was greeted in silence. Did David really know or was it pure coincidence? Chuckling inwardly, 8
David left the room in silence as the boys wondered how to react. Even today those who were there do not really know the answer. David loved to tell this story. David was an exceptional servant of the School. He became Head of History, was House Master of The Rise until he was appointed Second Master, twice became Head Master, and was for a time editor of The Peterite. As a distinguished ex-R.A.F. Officer he founded the R.A.F. section of the C.C.F. and became Commanding Officer of the C.C.F., a position he held for many years. He was a fine games player and gave much time to coaching, particularly of Hockey. He was always ready to help with the lower, less proficient games and, for a time, we used to take rugger games on adjoining pitches of the infamous Bumper Castle fields. There, it was a moot point whether it was preferable to referee on the pitch which ran with the ridges or on one of those which crossed them! David had a fine tenor voice and, for a number of years, sang in the Chapel choir, an example of the support he gave to School Chapel. He also appeared in a number of School Gilbert and Sullivan productions, and I have a very vivid memory of him as a most imposing Gentleman of Japan. David wrote and produced a number of School pageants as an extension of his C.C.F. work. These were performed under floodlights on the quad outside Queen's. They celebrated his love of History, which he brought alive through a wonderful blend of historical fact and humour - these pageants will not easily be forgotten by those who saw them. In short, David was a fine School Master, a stalwart colleague - he was always a very good listener - and a great friend. We thank Dora and George for allowing us to share him with them, and I would like to record a word for Dora. In a School such as this, School Masters' wives are the unsung heroines, and I know that David could not have done as much without Dora's support. So our thanks go to her as well as to David. David is now a part of that History he loved so much: our loss is History's gain. K. G. C.
Senior Common
Room
This term we found ourselves saying goodbye to no less than seven colleagues, a combination of retirement, promotion and a desire to work nearer home. Guy Shuttleworth retired after 32 years service to the School and further tributes appear elsewhere in this issue of The Peterite; suffice it to say here that we shall miss his effervescent presence in the S.C.R. Roger Depledge has been a stalwart of the Common Room for over 20 years and we shall miss his stimulating presence and wish him well in his future in Toulouse. We also say au revoir to John Lee, to Shaun Mason, to Ian and Julia Hardwick and, after only one short but very productive year with us, to Nick Tomaszewski. We were very happy to learn that Bob Shread was to be married during the Summer holidays and we wish him and Trudy every happiness for the future. Once again members of the Common Room have been very heavily involved in a wide range of sporting and social activities in the School. A Staff Choir(!) gave musical backing to John Brown's artistic efforts on stage during the Gala Concert, while members of the Music Department Staff presented a most varied and enjoyable concert in Chapel. This culminated in an attractive vocal rendering of the Teddy Bears' Picnic; as a professional-sounding choir the Music Staff dispelled the idea that musicians cannot sing! In the Great Egg Race members of the S.C.R. built a superb aircraft, but unfortunately they were disqualified for attempting to bribe the judge with an offer of a glass or two of beer on his way round! The usual variety of sporting activities included: 1. Squash: Three matches were played against pupils, including a farewell match in honour of John Lee; this match involved 28 pupils/staff. In the three matches 34 individual games were played - unfortunately all three matches were lost! 2. Five-a-side Football: Regular Wednesday lunchtime matches were played against the boys and there was one Sunday match against a local team. 3. Rowing: A Staff Shell 4 just beat the 1st Girls' crew in the Scratch Regatta. (Beauty beaten by brawn?) 4. Rugby: Staff entered a seven-a-side team in the O.P.s Invitation Competition and won two of their four matches. Members of the Common Room also played in several O.P. rugby matches. 5. Hockey: The President's hockey team included the evergreen Guy Shuttleworth this year. 6. Cricket: Four Staff matches were played this year, namely: i) vs 6th Form Leavers (won off the last ball!) ii) vs Ampleforth Staff (away and lost). iii) vs O.P.s (won). iv) vs St. Olave's Staff (mixed) (result?) 7. Golf: A match was arranged, but the weather took its toll and the match (vs the pupils) will be rearranged in September. Members of the staff took part in an internal match at Fulford in which John Morris' side beat Keith Mohan's side in a three ball Stapleford competition. K. G. C.
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Guy
Shuttleworth
The Shuttleworth era came to an end in July when Guy retired after 32 years as a member of the teaching staff of the School. This rather bald statement of the basic facts of course hides the fullness and devotion of those years, shown by Guy and his wife Tan, both of whom were so fully involved in so many aspects of the life of the School. Before he joined the staff as Head of Mathematics in 1957, Guy had taught for some years at Mill Hill School. In 1965 he was instrumental in introducing S. M. P. Maths to the School, when it was still a very controversial course, and subsequent examination results in the subject showed the wisdom and far-sightedness of the decision. In the early Sixties Guy became Housemaster of Queen's, a post which he held for four years, until the pressure of the developments in Mathematics made him feel that he could not devote enough time to Housemastering to ensure that he made a success of it. However, in January 1969, he decided that he could once again devote a large part of his life to a House and he became Housemaster of Manor and he and Tan will be long remembered by the generations of Manorites who came under their care between 1969 and 1981. Throughout his time Guy was an enthusiastic games coach and he continued to be an active games player right up to the moment of retirement. Guy's enthusiasm showed, not just in the way he coached and played games, but in the way he made his way about School, either at the double or on his bicycle! He was always ready to encourage and touchlines will be quieter and duller when he is not there to shout his proteges on. Guy and Tan introduced and ran the very successful Community Service activities which benefited many local elderly and handicapped people and helped to inculcate the ideals of Service into the School. Finally he acted for years as a benign and yet forceful Shop Steward for those of his colleagues who are members of the A.M.M.A. We wish Tan and Guy a long, happy and active retirement. K. G. C.
Guy Shuttleworth
and Sport
When the 1989-90 School year starts, the Games fields will lack one familiar face, that of Guy Shuttleworth, who retired in July after over thirty years at St. Peter's. A double blue in cricket and soccer, he was a fine all-round games player. Whether he was on the Cricket or Soccer field or indeed on the Squash or Tennis court, he always seemed to have time, perhaps the greatest attribute in sport. Despite his commitments as a Housemaster and as Head of Maths, he did more than his share of coaching of rugby, hockey and cricket, this being fully involved in all three terms. There was much to be learned from Guy, not only in terms of technique. It may be old-fashioned to say it, but above all Guy is a gentleman, who could win or lose with dignity and who was always immaculately turned out. Young games players could have no better example. St. Peter's has been very fortunate to have had his many talents as a member of the games coaching staff for so long. D. K.
The Gala Concert How does one set out to describe an evening, which reflected all that is best in the cultural life of the School? Considering statistics alone; all records were broken; well over 150 took part; 220 came to the dinner and many more to the concert; £322 was taken in the raffle; and £1,512 was sent to the North of England Children's Cancer Research Fund. But of course statistics don't tell the whole story. Very many of the acts were completely organised by those taking part; the choirs and bands of the two schools, who had had a busy programme of events all term, willingly gave of their time to form the core of the evening's entertainment; the lighting and stage crew did wonders with so little rehearsal time; our colleague joined in wherever and whenever needed; and last, but by no means least, Ian Lowe and Dick Hubbard who miraculously fitted it all together, had endless patience, and on the night gave everyone who took part, or was in the audience, an evening to remember. We were also endebted to Geoffrey Wogan and his staff for putting on the excellent dinner, and feeding the enormous cast with sausages and chips; to the many mums who made a great variety of delicious sweets for the cast; and to Brian Magan and his staff for their forebearance and help in moving the furniture in and out of the hall several times during the week! No doubt each of you will have your own particular memory of the evening; we have certainly got ours! Thank you everybody. G. M. S. and T. S.
Charity
Concerts
The three charity concerts held during the last eight years were entirely Guy's idea and, like those famous so called "best" ideas, it seemed a simple one - raising money for a good cause by getting friends and parents to pay for a meal and the best of school entertainment. Yet with up to two hundred actors, poets, singers, rock/folk/jazz/classical musicians ranging from eight years old to (well let's just say to K. G. C.) all needing to be staged and fed, plus a Hall full of paying customers to raffle and baffle and binge into generosity, plus a kitchen staff to service them and an army of parents to organise into help, then simple it certainly wasn't. How did Guy make it all work? By a unique blend of flattery and bloody mindedness, by unfailing politeness and just a hint of not being able to cope without you. How could you be such a heel as to say no to Guy and, given that the cause was always so worthwhile, why in the end should you want to? Guy's belief in the School, in the talents of its pupils and staff, and his tireless work for charity fused uniquely in the charity concerts - they made one feel glad to be part of St. Peter's, pleased to be helping others, proud to be a colleague of Guy. 10
Old Manorite Party On Saturday 10 June a luncheon party was held in the Memorial Hall, for all those members of Manor who had been resident between January '69 and July '81. Some 200 invitations were sent out and well over half replied. We had letters from France, Germany, Holland, Australia and Fiji, and it was really interesting to hear how well everyone was doing, even though we sadly missed seeing many on the day. As it turned out some 65-70 came, including ten Heads of House, and many brought their wives and fiancees, and in two cases the children came as well. Over a hundred were present, and it was nice to have with us Miss Wright, Roger Depledge, and John Orr and his wife Barbara, who came all the way from London. Tony Jackson made us a splendid cake as a gift, and John Ray arranged for a photographer to ensure we had a permanent record of the event. Unfortunately two could not make the photograph in time - even with the help of a Ferrari! Many travelled considerable distances to be with us, including Philip Jones, who came from Holland, and Ian and I were very appreciative of all the trouble everybody took to make the lunch such a success. There was an average of five for each year, and everybody found somebody from their own year. We thank Geoffrey Wogan and his catering staff for putting on such a splendid meal. Thanks also to Kevin McCarter and Andrew Beadnall, who enthusiastically supported Ian in the whole venture. T. S. and G. M. S.
Roger
Depledge
It was always a point of contention between Roger and me who was Peter Gardiner's first appointment, we both received our jobs at St. Peter's in his first half term as Head Master. I have much to be grateful to Roger for, and what I learnt from him is mirrored by what he gave to the community of St. Peter's. His love of and skill with languages can never be doubted and I have rarely seen him at a loss either in English or in any other. Perhaps even he might admit to some difficulties with Czech. This interest and enthusiasm he communicated to those he taught at all levels in the school and many have reason to be grateful as they have used their languages in their travel abroad, another love he communicated to the rest of us. Roger always interested himself in a wide range of activities in school. In school drama and concerts from participant to producer, I shall remember his production of Candide for some time, for his thoughtful and witty contributions to the debating society and for the many other ways in which he gave of his time, talents and energy to the intellectual and cultural life of the school. Although not a natural games player, as he would be the first to admit, Roger's games of cricket and rugby became legendary. When he tried to explain his rules to the games coaches they ended up with looks of pity, or was it envy, on their faces. Thousands of Peterites will remember Hob Moor, the lugs and many more of his esoteric runs. Many Peterites owe much to Roger initially as an assistant in Manor and Grove and always as a member of staff. Many of us in the common room owe much to him for his clear analysis of problems and his willingness to give his ideas and thoughts. I am sure that everyone will echo my good wishes as he becomes an ex-patriate businessman in Toulouse; until recently a role that would not have immediately sprung to mind for Roger. R. H. H.
Ian
Hardwick
Ian, who joined the maths staff in September '86, was already a teacher with considerable experience and expertise. In the three years he was with us, he taught all ages and all abilities; he expected a high standard of commitment from his students, and was a time professional to see that his own standards were as high as possible. He was prepared to help individuals, and during the exam term gave up many of his lunch hours to give extra tuition. Not surprisingly his exam results were very good. As so many of us have found, we get quickly drawn into the busy life of the School. During the two winter terms Ian was usually to be found with members of the Chess Club at lunchtime, and he gave up a great many evenings helping the teams in their matches. He has revitalised the hobby in the School, and match results at all levels have been excellent. The Under 16 team has won both the league and the cup for the past two years, and this year, with a little help from him (!), the first team has come second in the second division of the local adult league; the highest they have ever achieved. He is the only football manager to resign with a hundred per cent record. He organised a third year football match which won its only inter-school match 5-1! In the summer he was highly involved with the athletics group, and at one time or another has played Podex with the third years! Ian was an assistant Housemaster in School House and Manor for two years, and although never completely happy in a boarding school environment, always gave of his best at all times. I shall remember Ian as a very helpful and willing colleague who always did a very professional job, and who was concerned with keeping abreast of his subject. I am sure he will make a splendid head of department in Truro. I thank him for his constant support to me, personally, and for all he has done for the School, and we wish him and Julia every happiness in their future together in Cornwall. G. M. S. 11
Ian Hardwick's
contribution
to Chess
Few of us remember the time when the Chess Club was frequented only by a dedicated few players and run by masters who knew little of the game itself. Ian Hardwick changed all that. The dedication and energy of the man (I can hardly remember a lunchtime when he wasn't at the Chess Club helping and advising) has changed all that. However, it was not just his presence that led to this change: rather, it was his aptitude for the game, combined with a dry sense of humour. Prior to his arrival the only way a young player could improve was by the slow process of learning from his mistakes. But where was he to see where he had gone wrong? After every lost game, Ian would go through it with you and point out your mistakes, question your motives. The consequence of this are most evident in the results of the junior and senior teams - it is no coincidence that the Juniors rapidly progressed to the top of their league, and that Reza Ahmad won the York and District Junior Individual Championship in 1988/89. Just as important was the use of a variety of teaching aids to widen interest and proficiency. Videos of master games were shown, quizzes held on tactics, even mini-tournaments with cash prizes. As well as Ian Hardwick's sense of humour, his uncompromising criticism of mistakes has also rubbed off onto the better players: the better player has no excuse for losing; and a game of tactical resourcefulness is more beneficial to a player's progress than a postional masterpiece. It only remains for me to thank Mr. Hardwick for the tremendous support and encouragement he has given to me and many others in the development of our Chess. S. C. T. W.
Julia
Hardwick
Julia Hardwick came to teach Art and some English in the September of 1986. This was her first appointment, and she found life here very full because she said she was a swimming coach, a 'cello player and a singler. Of course, she was welcomed in all those fields, and made great contributions to them. Her Art teaching, which was mainly in St. Olave's, gave her the opportunity to indulge one of her interests which was psycho-analysing her pupils: "useful in understanding what makes them tick," she would say. It is likely that few of her charges were aware of this close scrutiny, which would later be used for their benefit in all sorts of ways. In understanding them, she found the ways of understanding and improving their Art. She became interested in Ian Hardwick ere long - and he in her, one imagines, because they married and went to live in Knaresborough. To the Olavites she'd known since her arrival, she remained "Miss Crocker", or just "Miss". We shall long remember her laughter in the coffee room, on occasions sufficient to stop all other conversations. She was attached to Queen's as a tutor, where she devoted herself to understanding and helping the group of pupils in her care - a group which she had inherited from Steve Cranville, and whom she rapidly came to know well. J. C. B.
John Lee In 1974 when the maths department lost nearly all its members, through promotions, ill-health and retirement, John came to St. Peter's to give much needed experience to the department. Throughout his fifteen years with us he has effectively taught all ages and abilities, and his students have all been well pleased with the results they obtained in the external examinations. To me, as a colleague, he has given sterling service. Nothing has ever been too much trouble for him, and he has always been willing to step in and fill a gap when somebody has been away. When I was away in Cambridge for a term, he ran the department smoothly and competently. In departmental meetings he was full of good ideas, and equally willing to listen to others points of view. He kept well up-to-date with new developments, and a few years ago he successfully worked for and took the Complete Science A-level exam in his own time. There is no doubt that he will bring a wealth of experience, backed up by new ideas, to his new post, as Head of Mathematics at Kimbolton School. Others will be able to speak with more authority than I on John's games expertise, but I have seen the immense amount of time and trouble that he has taken to see that the squash and tennis run smoothly, including the many winter evenings and Sunday's he has spent at 1st team matches. As an ex-county squash player he has been able to give valuable advice to the many teams he has coached. Squash has always had a high reputation, built up by David Kirby and others, and this has continued, and tennis has gained in strength as it has been allowed to expand. In addition he has invariably helped out by refereeing a rugger game or umpiring a cricket match. He started the bridge club and he was an able assistant housemaster in Temple for a number of years. We thank John for all he has done for the School, and for the mathematics department in particular. We wish him, Marion and Andrew good health and every success in the future. G. M. S. 12
Shaun
Mason
When Shaun arrived at St. Peter's fresh from his post-graduate year at Durham university, I suspect that previous experience of the output of that particular establishment led us to expect an energetic all-action schoolmaster of boundless energy and enthusiasm. He need not have been in the slightest bit intimidated by this assumption on our part, for he soon lived up to our expectations. Not only did Shaun teach Physics at all levels throughout the age range, but his own personal interest in technology proved its worth when it made possible the expansion of CDT in response to popular demand, and in line with modern curriculum developments. We are indebted to Shaun for launching this GCSE course and it is a testimony to its popularity, that an additional member of staff has been appointed to the CDT department, in addition to the physicist needed to replace him in his main subject. Outside the classroom he made tireless contributions to so many areas of school life. It is often taken for granted that the extra-curricular activities will flourish, since a school such as St. Peter's would be much the poorer were they not to do so, yet far from assuming their continuity we must acknowledge the hard work and boundless enthusiasm of young teachers such as Shaun. Whether in the boarding context, CCF or on the sports field his contribution was always significant. His expert coaching and enthusiasm for athletics will be particularly missed. Shaun Mason was appointed as resident Assistant Housemaster in The Manor in September 1984. He was undaunted by what was then a difficult atmosphere in the House and he quickly gained respect by his tolerance, his durability, and his clearly defined standards. Many boys felt able to seek Shaun's advice on a variety of problems, both personal and academic - advice and guidance were always generously and selflessly given. In particular, his talent as a coach of Junior Rugby helped instil into many a hesitant player the right degree of self-confidence to help him through a difficult game. His pupils' confidence in the gentleness and integrity of Shaun's pictoral approach is a fine compliment to the pictoral expertise of a very promising young schoolmaster. The Manor will miss him greatly and will follow his future career with keen interest. It in no way diminishes Shaun's varied contribution to St. Peter's to say that we are fortunate that the school continues to attract people of such diverse talents. We wish Shaun and Charlotte every happiness as they move on to fresh fields and new challenges. D. H. H.
Nick
Tomaszewski
Nick Tomaszewski came to St. Peter's School from King's School, Bruton where he was Head of Politics and Economics. At St. Peter's Nick ran the Politics department and also taught Economics. His enthusiasm for the subjects combined with his breadth and depth of knowledge ensured that he was respected and admired as a teacher. On the games front Nick proved to be a useful basketball coach and athletics coach. His main event, however, is long distance running and he joined the local running club upon arriving in Pocklington. The CCF also benefited from his expertise in training the cadets in signalling. As an officer he contributed a great deal to the CCF rounding off the year at the Summer Camp in Warcop. Nick will be missed by his colleagues and by the pupils, and we wish him well at Pocklington. A. J. I.
Appeal
'89
The Appeal opened in April 1989 with launches at the House of Commons, in School, and at Sedgefield, County Durham. Sir Peter Shepherd and Mr. E. A. K. Denison, O.B.E., whose dedication to the School is widely known, kindly agreed to be its President and Chairman respectively. Its aim is to raise £500,000 with various objectives in view. The new Junior School complex will replace the 'temporary' classroom huts by the autumn of 1990: it will be named in honour of Kenneth Chilman. This development will also free much needed space for Senior School teaching in what is now the St. Olave's block. Further improvements in the Senior School teaching areas will be made by the upgrading of both Scott and Grove teaching rooms into Centres for Mathematics and Modern Languages. The first real change in the Senior School will be the re-location of the School Library in the building which has recently been the Drama Centre. For some years now, the Library has not been given the space or resources to satisfy the academic needs of the School: this project will give us a fine Library. The rooms recently purchased from Clifton Methodist Chapel will be upgraded to provide rehearsal and performance rooms for the Music Department and new facilities for Drama. As the year has gone on, generous contributions have enabled the Appeal to move successfully towards its target. 13
Chapel Notes It is perhaps inevitable that the "big" occasions are those which come most readily to mind when one looks back over the past academic year: the Remembrance Day Service, the Advent Carol Service, the Christmas Carol Service, the Leavers' Service and Commemoration. But it is the thrice weekly morning Chapels for the whole school community which are the occasions when, by me and others, the Christian faith is spoken about and commended, and pupils and staff are presented with the challenge of responding to and embracing a religious faith. With this in mind, I attempt to present a record of what has been happening in Chapel this year. A most pleasing development has been the significant increase in staff willingness to prepare and deliver material in Chapel. Richard Drysdale presented an informative and interesting week's addresses on Quakerism - the Christian tradition in which Richard himself has recently found a home. Dick Hubbard did an excellent week preparing us for our Remembrance Day Service. He made very effective use of some of his family archive material from the First World War, as well as of his considerable knowledge of the poetry, battle sites and cemeteries of the period. In January, Andrew Wright led two Chapel Services on the theme of Judas Maccabaeus - the work which the Choral Society sang that term. In February, Ian Lowe spoke about George Herbert - on the day Herbert was remembered in the Anglican lectionary. In May, David Hughes did a moving week's Chapel about courage, and David Newman gave an address about John McCarthy, one of the hostages in the Middle East. And Guy Shuttleworth, himself a leaver, gave the address at the Leavers' Service at the end of the summer term. Our Chapel Services have been much enriched by these staff contributions - not least because they have conveyed a sense that Chapel is something which belongs to the whole school community and not just to the Chaplain! The School's Amnesty International group led two excellent Chapel Services in the summer term, and there is undoubtedly scope for more pupil participation in the planning and presenting of Chapel Services. We are, however, having a rest from House Chapel Weeks - not least because they had, I felt, become a little tired. We have been fortunate in having some excellent visitors to address us in Chapel. Sister Catherine, O.H.P., came in the autumn to give three addresses on her vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Many of us expected her to reinforce the widely held view of these vows as negative "thou shall not" requirements. However, she presented these vows as very positive, life-enhancing values with a universal application. She was extremely well received by the school and returned one evening to speak with a group of sixth-formers. Canon Ronald Metcalfe, from the Minster, came to give three Advent addresses at the end of the autumn term, and Fr. Tony Hodge, the Vicar of St. Olave's, gave a fine series of addresses about Holy Week in the final week of the Easter term. Canon Geoffrey Hunter, the Vicar of Heslington, gave the address at our Remembrance Day Service. Alison Shersby, the Appeals Organiser in this area for the Church of England Children's Society spoke to us in the autumn about the Society's work, and one result of her visit was that twelve sixth-formers gave a week of their summer holiday to help with a camp for physically disabled young people (see the article Brockenhurst Camp '89 elsewhere in this edition of The Peterite). Our thrice termly voluntary School Eucharists continue, as do our termly Choral Evensongs. This year we have had sermons from Canon Peter Marshall of Ripon Cathedral, Canon Eric James and Fr. Dominic Milroy, the Head Master of Ampleforth College. The Advent Carol Service was a beautiful occasion with a large congregation of parents, friends and (some) pupils. In February, the Chapel saw a large congregation for the Memorial Service for David Cummin. The Bishop of Selby confirmed candidates from St. Olave's and St. Peter's on Sunday 5th March. This was the first time in recent years that the Confirmation Service had been held on a Sunday. The Chapel was packed for this inspiring Service. In the Easter term we again had a week's visit from Fr. Barry Orford of the Community of the Resurrection at Mirfield. Barry was invited simply to come and be part of the school community for a week, and his presence was widely appreciated and enjoyed. The hope that I expressed here last year, that the school's links with the Community of the Resurrection be strengthened, are gradually being realised - a group of staff and pupils visit the Community for an evening in May, and in June I again took the Confirmation group for a day's visit.
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We have continued to have a collection in Chapel on Friday mornings. These collections, together with collections from our Minster and other Services, resulted in our being able to give £600 to each of three charities which the Chapel Committee decided to support this year: Celebration (a York-based project providing sheltered employment for young people recovering from mental breakdown); Martin House; and the Lomans Trust (a fund providing bursaries for black South African school children, enabling them to continue their education). Representatives from these charities came and spoke to us in Chapel during the course of the year. Finally, I am delighted to be able to report that the school has recently re-affiliated to the Bloxham Project - a project founded at Bloxham School in the 1960s and working to promote Christian values in education. We have this year hosted a day-conference led by the Project's Director, Stuart Taylor, for north-east Chaplains and Heads of R. S., and we look forward to playing our part in the Project's work and development. S. C. H.
The Weather,
1988-1989
Basic weather data for the three school terms: September (part) October November December January (part) February March (part) April (part) May June
TEMP. °C 22 2 -1.2 17.5
13.5 14.5 15.75 14.5 24.5 29.75
-1 -2.25 -1.75 -3.5 3 -0.75
RAIN Mms. 0.7 17.2 2.2 68.3
9.7 43.7 29.05 10.2 33.5 78.65
0.5 1.6 1.4 0.9 1.1 2.6
Notes: 1. For comparison purposes, York's average daily rainfall is 1.8 mms., based on an average annual rainfall of 650 mms. 2. No records were kept during November and December, owing to my absence. Christmas Term: Pressures were high during September and we returned to a period of relatively settled and pleasant weather, with long dry periods. October remained warm, though temperatures began to dip towards the end of the month with some rather sharp ground frosts. The month was on the wet side, with a particularly rainy period in the latter half of the month, 28 mms. being recorded in the 48 hours covering October 19th and 20th. Easter Term: The winter was comparatively mild and January had no spectacularly low temperatures, though ground frosts were frequent. The month was relatively dry as was February, which continued the mild pattern established by January. March warmed up markedly, in anticipation of the high temperatures we were to enjoy during the summer, though some low temperatures which we experienced towards the end of term warned us not to be too optimistic. Summer Term: That part of April which we spent at School gave us little hint of the glorious temperatures to come and the month ended with some severe frosts. May was, however, much more summery, though cool and wet weather towards the end of the month spoiled its record. 80% of its rainfall fell in one 48 hour period covering May 23rd and 24th. June started with a ground frost and with several wet days, but pressures rose and we experienced temperatures in the upper 20's with light winds and clear skies for nearly a fortnight, until a depression at the end of the month (which was also the end of term) brought cloudy skies, strong west to north-west winds and rain. Nearly half the month's rainfall fell during the Friday night of Commemoration weekend, 35.7 mms being recorded on the Saturday morning. Fortunately the weather relented sufficiently for all the activities to be completed without interruption during Saturday. K. G. C.
Careers Careers
Forum,
1989
The now well-established annual Forum took place on the morning of Saturday, April 22nd, and the usual core of regulars was joined by some newcomers. The bulk of the representatives was once again drawn from the Old Peterite body and we are grateful to them for their enthusiastic support - and we are equally grateful to the other friends of the School who participated. A full list of those who came to share their experience and enthusiasm is appended below. As always the Forum was attended by all members of the Lower Sixth Form as they were later joined by members of the Vth Forms. A feature of these Forums is that, once the ice is broken, there is a constant buzz of conversation as questions are asked and answered and views are exchanged, a sure sign that the event is going well. At the buffet lunch which followed many of the participants hoarsely said that they had not talked in such a concentrated way for years - or, at least, since the last Forum! 15
Understanding
Industry
For the last three years we have included an eight-week Understanding Industry course as part of the Lower Sixth Form General Studies programme. This year's course, held between mid-January and mid-March, was very successful, involving some thirty Sixth Form volunteers. Each of these was presented with a Certificate showing that they had participated in the Course. The Certificate is recognised by Universities, Polytechnics and other Higher Education establishments and can therefore be quoted on application forms. After a lively introduction to the Course, in which the significance of industrial success to the well-being of the country's prosperity was very forcibly made, we had six meetings which dealt with the topics Finance, Marketing, Technology, Production, Personnel and Management. In each of these there was considerable discussion and audience participation from a most active and responsive Sixth Form group. The Course ended with a Question and Discussion session, which was attended by most of the speakers who had been with us earlier in the term. Discussion ranged far and wide, from the opportunities available in Industry for the Sixth Former and the Graduate to the morals of entrepreneurism and the responsibilities of Government. Once again we were invited to send two members of the group to the very prestigious Annual Conference of the Institute of Directors at the Albert Hall in February. Those interested in attending were asked to apply, suggesting why they thought they should be considered. The competition produced seven excellent applications and, after very careful consideration, Alice Holmes and John Davidson were chosen to represent the School and I was fortunate enough to be asked to accompany them. We are very grateful to Audrey Coast of Understanding Industry, and herself a member of the Institute of Directors, for giving us this opportunity and we thank our sponsors, also members of the Institute, for providing us with this opportunity. Among a series of memorable speeches the one that must stand out is that given by Sir John Hoskyns, in which he struck at what he saw as corruption in the Common Market, a speech which hit the headlines, not just at the time, but for some months afterwards. K. G. C. TIME
DATE
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13th January
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20th January
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27th January
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SUBJECT SPEAKER INTRODUCTION Ian Mills FINANCE
Mr. J. Pitts
MARKETING
J. Pickles
TECHNOLOGY
David Blackburn
PRODUCTION
Mike Childs
PERSONNEL
Tony Izzard
Peter Silvester
3rd February 10th February
2.0-3.20
24th February
2.0 - 3.20
3rd March
MANAGEMENT
2.0 - 3.20
10th March
SUMMARY
COMPANY UPONOR Stourton, Leeds. Tel: (0532) 701160 Baker Rooke Ltd. Greek Street, Leeds. Tel: (0532) 449912 J. P. Promptions, Leeds. Tel: (0532) 665056 Yorkshire Chemicals Ltd., Leeds. Tel: (0532) 443111 CEGB, Otley Road, Harrogate. (0423) 702000 Robin Wools, Robert Glew & Co. Ltd., Idle, Bradford. Tel: (0274) 612561 The Hermitage, Carlton, Leyburn, N. Yorks. Tel: (0969) 40212
Organiser : Mrs. A. Coast
Music Looking back over the year, the most encouraging feature has been the growth of the number of pupils involved in Music. The Choir contained over sixty pupils during the year; the number of pupils receiving instrumental tuition increased substantially; the Unison Choir which joined the School Choir in the Minster had eighty members; and it was good to see new faces on the trip to Leeds to see Prokofiev's opera "Love for Three Oranges". The Music Competition proved successful, especially as the adjudicator for the finalists' concert, Andrew Carter, was first-rate - the only flaw was that the evening was rather long. The winners of each category were:Junior Woodwind Martin Kershaw (clarinet) Senior Woodwind Eleanor McCowen (flute) Brass James Fieldsend (trombone) Brass Nicholas Barham-Hall Keyboard Angus Iveson (piano) (Euphonium) Strings Jane Mindenhall (violin) Keyboard Damian Fowler (piano) Strings Charles Metcalfe (guitar) Howat Prize for Composition: Iain Mclntyre 16
The String Orchestra has continued to develop well, giving particularly good accounts of Grieg's Holberg Suite and Boyce's Fourth Symphony during the year. The Symphony Orchestra, with very limited rehearsal time, gave lively performances of Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No.4 and Vaughan Williams' Folk Song Suite: if we had a regular rehearsal time during each week we could do so much. The growth of chamber music has been especially pleasing during the year, and our hosting of the National Competition organised by the Chamber Music for Schools Trust was a great stimulus to this. Our entering six chamber groups was most encouraging. The Senior Band continued to play with its traditional enthusiasm under Bill Riley. Their repertoire during the year included music by Bacharach, Glen Miller, Andrew Lloyd-Webber and also by the march 'kings' Alford and Sousa. The most impressive part of the band was the trombones who also lent power to the special events in the Minster when the brass group added much to the sense of occasion.
The Chapel
Choir
The Chapel Choir has had a busy year, the highlight of which was their singing at the Gala Concert of Five Traditional Songs arranged by John Rutter. The Carol Service in the Minster in the previous December had notable moments: for instance the service opened with the Choir singing a medieval carol 'Gaudete' in the beautifully restored South transept. The sixteenth century carol 'E la don don' was sung most sensitively. Also in the service Charles Mindenhall sang solos in two carols, including Rutter's Wild Wood Carol with real authority. In the Commemoration Service the School's singing was strong and clear and the Choir's most effective contribution was 'Steal Away', a negro spiritual arranged by Sir Michael Tippett. During the year the Choir also sang in a good performance of" Pergolesi's Magnificat, the first movement of which, with its chugging accompaniment, became a real favourite at rehearsals. In the summer term, the Choir, together with the St. Olave's Choir, sang for a special service in the Minster for the Centenary of the Institute of Mining Engineers - Brahms' 'How lovely are thy dwellings' rang around the building, as did the sound of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band who were also participating in the service. Jeffrey Gray conducted the introit of Arthur Hutching's 'God is gone up'. His help with Choir rehearsals and also Keith Pemberton's accompanying have been most helpful during the year.
The Choral
Society
The major Choral Society concert was in March - Handel's 'Judas Maccabaeus', a highly dramatic work with some exciting and well-known choruses including 'See, the conquering hero comes'. All those involved produced a memorable performance. The Christmas Concert contained a variety of pieces - carols by Rutter with ever-bubbling accompaniments, together with the main work 'Das neugebor'ne Kindeein' by Buxtehude. The Summer Concert was again based on English partsongs, but the major work was Stanford's 'Songs of the Fleet'. The words by Henry Newbolt are perhaps dated but the music is good stuff and the quality of Charles Mindenhall's baritone voice as a soloist was most impressive. It certainly was a fitting climax to the school career of a pupil who has given so much to our Choral Singing and who is going on to take up a Choral Scholarship at Christ Church, Oxford.
Celebrity
Concert
In May we began what we hope will be a series of termly celebrity concerts in Chapel. Ronald Smith, the internationally known pianist, gave a recital, including informative and amusing anecdotes about the music, on the new Yamaha grand piano. These were so poetic performances as well as virtuoso demonstrations that it was good to see a full chapel with a substantial number of pupils.
Postscript One of the year's final Music events was a Music Staff Concert. Nothing could be better than for us as a department to make music together with all the demands, discipline and co-operation entailed, and to be seen and heard by pupils as performing musicians. My thanks go to all the Music Staff, not only for that evening but for all their work during the year. At this concert we bade farewell to the longest serving member of the music department, the piano teacher Hazel Fletcher; Keith Pemberton, who has worked with her for a considerable time, paid tribute to her work at St. Peter's and her encouragement of the pianists at the School. We all wish her well in the future. 17
Associated Board Music Examinations (grade 5 and Grade 8 Charles Barlow Amanda Cooper Vincent Bates Amanda Cooper Simon Gildener Damian Fowler rade 7 Andrew Moxon Matthew McCowen Andrew Moxon rade 6 Judith Hopton Stephanie Sanderson Charles Barlow Charles Barlow Jeremy Doncaster Damian Fowler Sophie Greeves Christopher Rowland Anna Stephenson
1988/89
above) Grade 5 Ben Hatfield Ben Hatfield Emily Strong Alastair Alton Rachel Batty Martin Brown Sophie Greeves Rupert Gregory John Holgate Tom Oakley Matthew Pittman Christopher Richardson Stephanie Sanderson Michael Simmons Emily Strong Chung Webster-Lam Andrew Wildblood Jason Wright
theory* flute* piano piano flute piano flute* pianot piano oboe* piano* pianot violin piano clarinet piano clarinet clarinet
= distinction
Community
theory* guitart flutet theory guitar theory theory baritone piano flute theory theory theory theory theory piano theory guitar t = merit A. P. W.
Service
Mrs. Hudson joined the staff in September and has gradually taken over responsibility for the group. Thanks to her enthusiasm the group has expanded and there are now some forty Sixth and Fifth formers, who each visit a local pensioner every week to provide help and companionship, and others who help at the District Hospital. Many of the pensioners now come to plays and concerts at School, and of course there is the termly tea party. This year we have had entertainment from the choir, the Junior School band and the dancers, and two solo pianists, Paul Thompson and Andrew Collier. In addition, three girls attend a Community Service in Birmingham and found much to interest them in the discussions and activities. Ten members of the School acted as ushers and helpers at the Annual Service of the National Branch of the Multiple Sclerosis held in the Minster in June. It has been a good year, and each member of the group has played his or her part extremely well. G. M. S.
Brockenhurst
Camp *89
The camp run by the Church of England Children's Society was in the grounds of Brockenhurst College in Hampshire. The aim was to provide a holiday for both able-bodied and disabled young people and to enable them to share various activities on a two to one or one to one basis. This allows the disabled to enjoy activities which they would otherwise find virtually impossible. And it gave the able-bodied a chance to appreciate the person behind the disability. The extent of the disabilities varied considerably. Patrick was almost totally independent but lacked a little muscular control and was slightly slow mentally. On the other hand, Kate, an intelligent girl, ws entirely dependent on her two helpers. She was comfortable only when she was lying down, and her only means of communication was by eye movement. There was a good balance of activities arranged throughout the week. Trampolining was great fun, especially for those who are normally immobile. However, an accident with a colostomy bag temporarily put a damper on things! Swimming also proved a great success and for many it overcame their immobility suffered on land. George, who has no movement in his legs, managed to swim six lengths unaided. The Revd. also enjoyed his swimming, but on numerous occasions was reprimanded for his unruly behaviour! The Barn Dance and Disco showed how little their disability prevented the disabled from joining in and enjoying themselves to the full. The visit to a Funfair was the highlight of the week for many. We were surprised to see how enthusiastic even those in wheel-chairs were to try the most ferocious of rides. Carl, unable to walk but determined to enjoy himself, had eight consecutive rides on the Dodgems! Other activities included horse-riding, a visit to a Lego exhibition, a barbecue, several picnics and a banquet. The week ended with a trip to Poole Harbour and a visit via Royal Marines' landing craft to Brownsea Island. The barbecue in the evening rounded off the holiday with everyone providing entertainment in the form of sketches and songs. It didn't take long to get used to the daily routine of camp life. Taking our disabled companion to the toilet, washing and dressing them, and in some cases feeding them, proved little problem. We had few chores and all the menial tasks associated with camping were left to the camp leaders. However, carrying the toilet proved a problem for George Davidson who decided to swing his - to his own cost! 18
We expected the camp to be rewarding and hard work (which it was) but not as much fun as we found it to be. The emphasis throughout the camp was on sharing activities with our companion, and we discovered how similar their interests were to our own. They never let their disabilities affect their enjoyment, and they had so much humour and love to offer. George, although in a wheel-chair, was never short of a comment: Jason: I'll do the dishes in a minute. George: Yes, and I'll get up and bloody walk, man!" Board and lodging and entrance fees to activities are provided as part of the holiday which requires only a £12 donation from participants. Any anxiety over the camp soon disappeared and everyone thought it was an excellent and worthwhile experience. In the end, the hardest part of the holiday turned out to be saying goodbye. A. J. H., L. M. B., T. A. W., L. J. C , D. J. B., R. J. W.
Amnesty
Group
The School Amnesty group started most successfully during the last academic year. From an initial twenty members a committee was elected to oversee the general running of the group: Ellis Parry, John Davidson, Tarik Tutill, Clare Suttill, Helen Booth and Gareth Kay. The group's first task was to raise funds for the equipment which would be needed to start letter-writing campaigns. Funds were successfully raised by a cake sale, which was well-supported by the whole school. Our thanks to everybody! The first letter writing campaign was targeted at many of the world's leaders, including those of Poland, Greece and Turkey. This was supported by over one third of the school who signed the eight petitions. With the recently appropriated riches the school group officially affiliated itself to Amnesty International. This was followed by another hard sell of Amnesty products, which raised £250. Perhaps the two events that stand out most in my mind are the conference for school Amnesty groups held at Queen Margaret's, at which we were fortunate enough to have a former political prisoner to talk to us. Another highly popular event was the visit of York University's Amnesty group to the school. They contributed to the group's Chapel week with originality and flair. Our most recent campaign has been directed at the Chinese authorities, for the atrocities committed in Tiananmen Square. Again, the petitions were superbly also to the British Foreign Office. All this went to support the growing reputation and strong foundation of the group in the school. E. I. W. P.
Chess Club The junior league and cup squad went through the year unbeaten again as the School's U. 16 side had not tasted defeat since the 1986-7 season. It was a good performance by the whole squad, well captained by James Gosson, and led by the outstanding Reza Ahmad on board one. With only Nick Barham-Hall, James Gosson and Jason Ayers too old for the team, next year the club should defend its titles successfully. The seniors have enjoyed their most successful season ever, finishing second in division two of the local adult league after recording some fine wins. With most of the main points scorers leaving the School it is unlikely that these results will be matched next year, though there is some talent coming up. The house competition saw Queen's retain their title with a much depleted team against Temple. The event was dominated by the day houses with only two boarding houses managing to raise teams. The chess played was of a good standard and several strong sides could have finished with the trophy. It is unfortunate that the boarding element continues to sneer at both chess and chess players, with only 2% of the games played by the club's teams attributed to this part of the School. So now farewell to Stephen White, Oliver Burnett-Hall, Matthew Copley, Ben Pattison and me! All the best for next season to those who will continue to carry the banner. J. K. Hardwick Results Opponents Acomb II Low Society University III Shepherds II Rowntrees York III University II University III Rowntrees Burton Stone Burton Stone
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11V2/14 V/2/12 7V2/IO 4/9 11/15 3/3 7/13 2/3 4/9 0/3 1/2 1/1
82% 62'/2% 75% 44% 73% 100% 54% 67% 44% 0% 50% 100%
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Junior U.16 League
U.16 Cup
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Opponents York Juniors Millthorpe Bootham Woldgate Ampleforth
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100% 70% 60% 92% 75% 37.5% 100% 100% 100%
U.19 National K.O. 0 3'/2
Debating
Society
The School year which has just passed, has seen the Society continue to expand and diversify. A Debating Society can often appear to be clique-based, but such a front has, we hope, been shed by the abolition of a membership scheme. Members can also now enjoy the President's hospitality for pre-debate refreshments, and I look forward to sampling the John Davidson presidency. Thanks must go to Mr. Stephen for making such occasions possible. It is impossible to credit here all of the year's successes, though some are particularly salient: Karl Schoeman, speaking in favour of apartheid. Chris Hewines (a Illrd former), stating that "Abortion is Murder" case before a very large house. Mr. Depledge's allegorical view of nationalism as a 'spotty adolescence...' Sebastian Walker's Paddy Stephen. Stephen Brown, for the longest speech. Peter Nowell, on his silver jubilee of 'on-the-floor-speeches' and George Davidson's tongue-in-cheek look at government. Thanks must again go to all of those who have contributed in any way over the last year, and I plead with more middle-school pupils to experience the thrills and fun of debating. Special mention must be made of George Davidson and Lara Lowe for all their advice (as Vice-President and Secretary), and of various members of staff who helped greatly by having an opinion on everything, particularly Mr. Hubbard for his words at the dinner. J. A. R. M.
Public
Speaking
The Debating Society entered a team into the York round of the English Speaking Union National Public Speaking Competition, and the team of George Davidson, Sebastian Walker and James Mee was 'highly placed'. J. A. R. M.
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The Loire Valley 22nd - 31st March,
1989
We left School at 3.00 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon and after a short journey we arrived at Hull docks and boarded the ferry. After leaving a wet England we arrived in a sunny Zeebrugge at 6.00 a.m. the following morning. We passed through customs and reboarded the coach and went into the beautiful town of Brugge where we stayed for the morning and looked around the lace shops and the intricate web of canals. That afternoon we continued our journey on to Reims where we stayed the night before visiting the Moet et Chandon champagne cellars the following morning. Our guided tour took us along a network of bottle-laden cellars. We saw people turning the bottles, 'remuage', and the process was explained to us in the musty smelling environment. Afterwards we sampled a taste of champagne and bought some souvenirs. From Reims we moved on to Amboise where we would be based during the week. We settled into the hotel and went down into the town to sample some French cuisine. After a relaxed morning in Amboise we spent the afternoon in Leonardo da Vinci's house, and played a game of football before dinner. We all had an early night in anticipation of the Parish trip the next day. We were woken at 5.30 a.m. and had an early breakfast before taking the road for Paris. We arrived in Paris around 9.30 a.m. and cruised around the city, guided skilfully by our driver, Pete. We visited the Sacre Coeur basilica and admired the view over the sprawling city. We bartered with the street traders and walked into the famous "Place du Tertre" where some of us had our portraits drawn. From here we walked down the cobbled streets to the smallest vineyard in France, and saw the cafe bar where Toulouse Lautrec spent much of his time. Then it was back to the bus and down to the River Seine for a cruise. We went past the Eiffel Tower but because of the sheer volume of people we decided not to go to the Louvre Museum and see the Pyramids in the courtyard. Finally we moved on to the Pompidou Centre - the last attraction of the day. At midnight we arrived back in Amboise to enjoy a late night feast. Next morning we woke early to spend some time in the Chateau at Amboise, and then in the afternoon we visited the chateau at Chaumont, followed by a boat trip on the Loire during which we all had a chance to 'steer' the boat! The following day was spend in Blois. After lunch we visited the chateau where "many kings will die", according to our tour guide. The next day we visited the chateaux of Chenonceaux and Chambord before packing for an early start the following day. We left at 5.30 a.m. and arrived in Brugge in time to pass a couple of hours. At 6.30 p.m. we boarded the ferry and enjoyed a smooth crossing to arrive in sunny Hull at 8.00 a.m. The weather had been very good to us while we had been away and we had all caught the sun. On behalf of all those who went on the trip, I would like to thank Mr. Crook, Mr. Tomasczewski, Mr. Shread and Trudy - not forgetting Pete the driver - for taking us on such a memorable trip. G. W. C.
Mathematics
Competitions
Andrew Curtis gained 100% in the York U.15 competition organised by the local branch of General Accident, and shared first prize. Matthew Williams gained a Merit prize. Andrew Curtis and Nicholas Barham-Hall did extremely well to reach the final of the U. 16 Yorkshire Television competition. Because of travelling difficulties we were not able to enter the National Schools competition. G. M. S.
C.C.F. Two very enjoyable annual camps rounded off a successful year: eighteen cadets and three officers at R.A.F. Newton and forty-six Army Section cadets and five officers at the Warcop training camp. Night exercises, shooting competitions with the new cadet rifle, canoeing, climbing, caving, helicopter-flying - all cadets and officers rightly concluded that Annual Camps are not to be missed. Elsewhere during the year, the weekly training has been enhanced by a most active Field Day sponsored by the Prince of Wales own Regiment at Catterick, during which lunch for all was taken in the Officers' Mess a warm gesture which was much appreciated. The Commanding Officer, Colonel King, subsequently visited St. Peter's, to present us with a pictorial record of the occasion. On Tuesday's the Cadet Training Team has again been prominent with its own brand of professional expertise always punctuated by a good-humoured acceptance of the cadets' possibilities and youthful inexperience. Changes in crew have sadly cost us Lt. Mason and Lt. Tomaszewski. Their qualities are irreplaceable, and it is a time-consuming process to recruit new officers. The C.C.F. contingents at Christ's Hospital and Pocklington School have most certainly gained from our loss and we wish them every success to these two popular officers. R. J. B.
C.C.F. - R.A.F.
Section
Section Commander : Fit. Lt. P. B. Jelbert R.A.F. VR. (T) Section N.C.O. : F.S. G. Brown This year, with our newly commissioned pilot officer Andy Ison, the new recruits were kitted out and given basic cadet training which includes drill, shooting and class work. A few marching problems over, and field day was upon us on 13 October. The new intake went to 11 A.E.F. at R.A.F. Leeming for Chipmunk flying, and the rest joined the army section at Catterick with the P.W.O., where all flew in either Lynx or Gazelle helicopters. The Easter term saw eight selected for the R.A.F. shooting team, and we shot .22 rifles to gain a respectable position in the national C.C.F. (R.A.F.) competition. The Summer term, albeit disrupted due to exams, had an A.E.F. allocated at Leeming, promotion of our four sergeants and camp preparation. The year has seen many successes for the section, including the award of several scholarships. Sgt. G. Proudley gained a reserved place at Dartmouth Naval Training College, Sgt. S. C. Bowen gained a flying scholarship, Sgt. T. C. Tutill gained a coveted R.A.F. sixth form scholarship and Sgt. N. J. Dawkins has been allocated a gliding course at R.A.F. Linton-on-Ouse. During the Easter Holidays, Cadets J. N. Bond and J. C. Doncaster attended a camp in Germany at R.A.F. Laarbruch which is a front line tornado base. Sgt. Dawkins represented the Section in being the captain of the second school shooting team. Rounding off the year, summer camp 1989 was at R.A.F. Newton near Nottingham. Another Scottish school, and despite cold nights and smelly sleeping bags, everyone enjoyed most of the week which culminated with sun tans and peeling skin. Everyone from Dollar Academy and St. Peter's mixed well with the main distinction being the standard of the polished boots!! In addition to plenty of Chipmunk flying provided by 7 A.E.F., a Royal Navy Sea King enabled almost all of us to experience a helicopter flight. The full programme kept us busy and tired with a successful night exercise and sport etc. The few minor injuries and illnesses were dealt with superbly by Mrs. Judy Sunderland who is about to become a section officer and my thanks and best wishes go to her and to all the officers for making the year and camp successful. Good luck to those in the section who stay on and to all the new recruits for next year. G. B.
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C.C.F. - R.A.F.
What is a
Section
Housemaster? A Housemaster is that nice man who meets you on the first day of each term and tells you he has forgotten your name. A Housemaster is that man in bifocals who cannot see the peeling decorations in the common room but who can spot a pair of blue shoe laces at sixty paces. A Housemaster is the one who sets you an example, showing you the dangers of never out-growing adolescent neuroses. If you want to speak privately to him, then just come along at any time between 8.24 and 8.26 on alternate Tuesday mornings and you'll be sure to find he's busy (unless, of course, you want a piece of pink paper, and then he's available at any time). If it's a question of leaving five minutes early and missing roll in order to catch the only bus and avoid a five mile walk, then forget it. If, however, you want a week off to play for the Yorkshire Extra B tiddlywink team, you'll be welcomed with open House Colours. If you have any personal problems - keep them to yourself: your Housemaster has quite enough of his own to be going on with, like staying awake on Monday lunchtimes, or keeping a straight face in Assembly. If you feel inadequate and unable to cope in the big world of the school; if you are lonely and without friends; if you have embarrassing personal mannerisms, then you at least will be able to identify and sympathise with your Housemaster.
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Clifton The start of the academic year 1988-89 saw Clifton House receive Mr. Crook as the new Housemaster as Mr. Hamilton moved on to take over as Second Master. It would be a year, as always, when over sixty pupils would share the same corridors and study areas, when daily experiences would influence lives and when pupils of all ages would be required to pull together their resources to represent the House in many of the face of school life. All would have the opportunity to contribute to House spirit in some way; all would probably make friends, some of whom would be lifelong, and all would grow up a little bit in some way or another. Many Cliftonites did indeed respond to this challenge and their efforts throughout the year were greatly appreciated. They ranged from the academic achievements of some to the development of sporting and musical talents of others; not forgetting those whose very presence exuded enthusiasm and a positive influence and as such were invaluable without being heroes. People such as Alexander Packer and Helen Booth not only involved themselves fully with monitorial duties in the House but made a point of breaking down potential barriers between year groups. There were, of course, many who conducted themselves in a similar fashion and their contribution was essential to good will. Throughout the year Clifton struggled to achieve some of the dizzier heights of sporting success achieved in other Houses. Most members of Clifton took part in a proud determined fashion and the following performances are but individual examples of an excellent general effort. In the Inter-House rugby Justin Hill captained an enthusiastic body of men but met by strong opposition they went out in the first round. The same fate awaited the juniors. In the squash and cricket James Harding, particularly, showed some of the potential that promises so much for the school teams - long may it continue. In the cross country good performances were produced by Ben Pattison and Ben Goddard and further athletic skills were shown in the summer athletics. Without doubt the sporting highlight of the year came in the swimming gala when Clifton House retained the swimming cup. James Meaden and Robert Sellars performed with great aquatic skill and were in buoyant mood once again when they lifted up the cup. In other spheres Damian Fowler and Ben Hatfield showed considerable musical dexterity on the piano and guitar whilst Reza Ahmad and John Crisp moved well on the chessboard. It was most pleasing that so many of the upper sixth were able to attend the Clifton House party for which everybody had made a great effort to come in evening dress. It proved to be an enjoyable occasion when all were gathered together in happy mood before the Christmas break. It now looks set to be a regular event in the Clifton Calendar. Over the course of the year there were many splendid reports and effort grades. Those of Omar Din, Jason Ayers, John Crisp and Matthew Williams spring immediately to mind. Ben Goddard and Philip Birch showed outstanding potential and it is unfortunate that only one of them was accepted at Oxford. Congratulations to Philip Birch on his success and commiserations to Ben Goddard who with five 'A' grades at A-level ought perhaps to have joined him. It remains for me to thank the monitors for their dedication and efficiency to House duties and a particular thank you to Justin Hill who, as Head of House, responded well to all that was required of him. Many thanks also go to all the House tutors for their commitment to their tutees and their willingness to help and to advise them. Over the summer period it is hoped that Clifton House will be decorated and be ready in time to welcome new pupils to the House and to begin another busy year. D. M. C.
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Dronfield Dronfield's second year as an all girls' House started with the intake of fifteen lower sixth girls and nineteen new juniors, making the number of girls in the House sixty-two, a significant increase on the previous year. Emma Lockwood was Head of House and Clare Suttill and Alex Clark were school monitors. The House has made contributions to the school in all fields over the past year. On the sporting front, it provided eight players in the 1st XI which Clare Suttill captained, and all of the 1st V squash team, captained by Alex Webster. Dronfield girls also made up the very successful Junior XI and represented the school in rowing. On the cultural side, Lisa Myers should be congratulated on her performance in the school production of "Antony and Cleopatra" in which other members of the House also played parts. In the Lower Sixth plays, one of which Judith Hopton directed (despite her Glandular Fever), Ali Holley, Kirsten Luckins, Rachel Batty and Sophie Greeves acted well and amusingly. Many of the juniors also took part in the Third Year productions. In music, the House again has played an active part, with fourteen members singing in the School Choir, and many playing in the various orchestras and bands, including Amanda Cooper, Clare Suttill, Judith Hopton, Eleanor McCowen and Shelagh Pitt. A few members of the House also turned up to sing "Judas Macabaeus" with the Choral Society, and several have spoken in the Debating Society meetings, with Judith Hopton being made secretary towards the end of the year. When it eventually got underway, the music system having arrived an hour late, a disco with a buffet supper and a select guest list rounded off the Christmas term in a lively manner. Although Inter-House sport poses a problem for Dronfield due to the small numbers of girls in other Houses to make up opposing teams in girls' sports, nevertheless, the Easter term saw the House competing in Inter-House squash, swimming and cross country. Our squash team consisted of Alexander Webster (captain), Christine Kelly, Jane Alexander. Sharon Wareham and Alex Masefield played well against Temple, losing a very close game by 3-2. Emma Copley and Esther Williams did particularly well in the Inter-House Cross Country and also, along with Sharon Wareham, Alex Masefield, Sophie Greeves and Eleanor McCowen ran for the York Schools' Cross Country team. The House entered a strong junior team for the Inter-House swimming. Also in the Easter term, many girls represented the school in Netball for which Polly Farnsworth was captain, and in the great Egg Race, our team of Vicky Simpson, Gemma Pollard, Becki Ingledew and Angela Rosindale came second. By the start of the Summer term, we had three more members of the House, one of whom Eleanor Bowling, captained our Tennis team in the Inter-House tournament, which, owing to many absences, was not as strong as it might have been. However, on Sports Day, many from the House took part and did well, with Emma Copley winning the Sharrock Cup. On Speech Day, prizes were awarded to members of the House for various achievements, and our congratulations go to them, especially to Amanda Cooper for winning the Paddy Power Prize. They also go to Lisa Myers for being accepted at Keble College, Oxford to read English. At the end of term, House Colours were awarded to Emma Lockwood, Alex Clark, Clare Suttill, Polly Farnsworth and Alex Webster. All our best wishes go to those third form girls leaving Dronfield to join Temple and Queen's next year, and to the Vth and UVIth formers who have left after their exams. Finally, congratulations to the House for winning the Merit Cup for the second year running.
The Grove The year started with Alan Ruder as Head of House and Penny Netherwood appointed as a School Monitor. With Mr. Rigby's departure and Mr. Johnson's move to the Rise we welcomed two new assistants, Mrs. Margaret Hudson and Mr. David Newman. As usual the first major House event of the year was the Senior Rugby competition. The side captained by Alan Ruder contained several established team players, Leon Panitzke, Alan Ruder, Simon Robinson all from the 2nd XV and Andrew Taylor, Simon Jinadu and Vincent Bates from the 3rd XV. Paul Carvosso and Angus 25
Gowthorpe gave a young look to the front row. All who played gave their all in a fine game against School House. Andrew Taylor also deserves mention as captain of the School 3rd XV. The Christmas Term saw success for the senior Squash team who beat Temple in the first round. Thanks go to James Stephenson and Matthew Stephenson for all their help here. Matthew did well to establish himself in the 1st team Squash and for his efforts here and in the House Tennis he was awarded his House Colours. The fourth year's first team hockey players was the first junior Junior Inter-House Hockey Tournament with John Sutcliffe, Matthew Fletcher and Sam Forsyth playing major roles. On the cultural side Simon Cove, Jonathan Dunstan, Simon Jinadu and Penny Netherwood all took major roles in the excellent production of "Antony and Cleopatra". Again James Butler was prominent with the organisation of the lighting for this and other productions during the year. The Christmas Term ended with the Vlth form House Dinner which was again a splendid success with extra merriment provided by the guests!? The Easter Term saw some excellent House and individual performances. Andrew Taylor led the Senior House Cross Country in coming fifth, a performance on top of all his other commitments to the Grove that gained him House Colours. Chris Brooker led our challenge in the junior event coming in an excellent first place. Again all those who ran did so with genuine commitment. Simon Cove organised our swimmers who gave a most creditable performance. Alex Radcliffe, Ian Gordon and the brothers Butler made excellent individual contributions. Simon deservedly gained his House Colours in his fifth year in our swimming team. Vincent Bates also led the Senior House Five-a-side Football team to success. A really splendid team performance from S. Cove, A. Smith, A. Ruder, V. Bates, S. Robinson and A. Taylor, who eventually beat Manor in the final. Simon Cove also led the house "Great Egg Race" team to victory. The dare-devil engineers were J. Dunstan, P. Carvosso, A. Curtis and S. Cove in a most enjoyable and successful evening organised by Mr. Dawson, Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Northfield and Mr. Mason. Success was not confined to the senior end of the House with the Junior Squash side reaching the final alongside the Seniors. Richard Hudson, Andrew Lee and Bruce Neary had a splendid tussle in the final losing the deciding match 10-9 in the final game. During this term two Lower Sixth plays were due to go ahead but in the end, due to illness, only "Absurd Person Singuler" took place. Bruce Morrison gave a splendid performance in a lead role. The second play, "Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are dead" went off with similar success in the summer where Leon Panitzke played Rosencrantz or Guilderstern? with great aplomb. Other members of the House took to the boards during the summer with Jack-Patrick Weatherall, Chris Braganza, Miles Layram, Andrew Pickard, Ben Butler giving their all in two excellent Illrd form plays produced by Mr. Newman. The Summer Term also saw the senior and junior Cricket Competitions with both sides in with a chance of real success. Things began well with Simon Robinson's 113 n.o. v Clifton and Vincent Bates 6 for 29. However, a touch of overconfidence and some splendid bowling by Nicholas Twigg saw a shock defeat by Queen's the eventual runners-up. The junior side won well against Clifton with some excellent performances by Bruce Neary (Captain) and Richard Hudson. Outgunned in the next round they also went out to Queen's. Special mention should be made of our 1st XI Cricketers, V. Bates and S. Robinson. Simon was a most important member of the side throughout the season. Tennis flourished in the school with Sarah Brassington playing well for the girls and Matthew Stephenson in the first pair for the boys. House notes are by necessity only a brief reminder of things past, in writing them one tends to remember only the visible successes, or failures. However, all members of the House contribute' to its ethos and to its success. House spririt and cameraderie are vital if the House is to flourish. I hope that those in the Grove feel this and follow the example of Alan Ruder who led the House so well. I would like to wish all the UVIth leavers our best wishes for the future. These too go to Simon Robinson and Matthew Stephenson who are also leaving. Departing for the boarding houses are Paul Carvosso and Chris Caldwell. They will, I am sure, contribute as much to their new surroundings as they did in the Grove. E. M. Mc.
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The Manor At the beginning of the new academic year the Manor welcomed eight new third formers and three new Lower Sixth pupils. Sadly Mr. Mason relinquished the post of assistant Housemaster, his place being taken by Mr. Lawrence. Dominic Clavell was Head of School, Tim Cooper Head of House, and Amit Basu a School Monitor. The House experienced mixed results in the sporting field. A degree of success was attained by the Senior Rugby team, who were knocked out in the semi-finals by School House. The team was captained and coached well by Phil Sawkill, with Richard Griggs and Dominic Clavell playing exceptionally well. The juniors, although seeded joint first, not unexpectedly, lost in their first match after a bye. The senior Five-a-side Football team played skilfully in all their matches, being unbeaten in the league, but unfortunately losing in the finals of the knock-out against Grove. The team was captained by man-of-the-match Guy Stanton, with John Higginson and Tim Cooper (goal keeper) playing well. The junior football team was captained by Barney Mundell, who scored a splendid 21 of their 24 goals. However, the loss of Jeremy Corner was felt in a following crucial match when the team was knocked out. On the squash scene the house expectedly won the senior competition. Leading the team to victory were the School's number one and two players, Dominic Clavell and James Kelsey. Almost a racing certainty for winning the senior Inter-House Cross Country, Paul Reah's sense of direction failed him, leaving the Manor unqualified, much to the disappointment of the rest of an enthusiastic(P) team! Swimming proved to be a bit of a non-event this year with no notable successes or defeats. Much more success was shown on the cricket field with the seniors winning the Inter-House Competition, beating Rise in the semi-finals and Queen's in the final. A strong team was fielded, including many school players, captained by Tim Cooper. Notable achievements were displayed by Mike Forrester scoring 76 runs in the final and Dominic Bundy, a junior playing in the senior team, gaining four wickets. The juniors themselves were knocked out in the first round to the eventual winners, with Barney Mundell and Robert Hiles sharing a partnership stand of 126. Individual successes in athletics were produced by Barney Mundell (1500m), Paul Gorman (Javelin), Tom Oakley (Shot), Scott Roberts (Shot) and Phil Sawkill (100m). Away from sport, congratulations must go to Richard Griggs for being awarded an R.A.F. scholarship and to Tim Cooper for obtaining an English Speaking Union scholarship, taking him to Canada. Other members of the House took active parts in school plays and Antony Dunn, Matthew McCowen and Shan Sriharan all contributed musically to the school's orchestra and many concerts. Shan also appeared in a concert given by his band The Fetish. Following in Shan's footsteps two other groups were formed by members of the Houses 4th and 3rd form, who hope to perform next year. Once again the House met the challenge that the Great Egg Race presented. Due to the team's intellectual nature a device far superior to the other Houses basic models was constructed. Unfortunately it proved to be overcomplicated and we (after not being awarded marks for the technological approach taken) came in last place. The team of Amit Basu, Adam Dean, Simon Powell and Paul Reah hope to prove themselves next year! No year in the life of the Manor would be complete without the House Christmas Dinner. As is now tradition the House dressed for dinner and enjoyed a candle lit meal, followed by a night spent (pillowfighting?) watching videos with more food in the form of chocolates. The end of the year saw a great loss to the House when Mr. Mason departed for a new school, after many years of running, helping, and friendship with the community in the Manor. We wish him and Mrs. Mason the best in their new jobs. P. J. R.
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Queen's
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This has been a very successful and happy year in the Queen's, and I would like to thank the Upper Sixth very much for their contribution to this. People of very different styles and interests, they blended into a group whose friendliness and sheer activity made the year what it was. In particular, Jeff Anderson was a great help to me as Head of House, while Seb Walker worked hard as a School Monitor. Academically, a number of performances deserve praise. In the middle school, it became a regular pleasure for me to read the tutor sheets of middle school people, containing as they did the evidence of sustained effort and high achievement which gives mcgreat hope for their future successes. At G.C.S.E. Andrew Berrington, James Rigby and Lawrence Patton scored highly; while many others made the very best of their talents - and a few learned some lessons when the results came out. At A-level there were excellent performances from Giles Allen, John Jacobs, Lara Lowe, Nigel Sharper, Seb Walker, Steve White, and especially Paul Thompson - whose collection of A and B grades almost earned him a mention in the Guinness Book of Records and did appear on the front page of The Times. Reading through these names, I reflect that none of these people was only an academic. Each one displayed other talents, working and playing hard. I am grateful for this example. On the musical side, we had good representation in the Choir and many players in Orchestras and Bands. Perhaps I might mention Charles Barlow for the range of his contributions; Alastair Alton for his commitment; Jason Wright for his Cello; James Rigby for his violin playing in the Music competition; Angus Iveson for his piano playing in the same competition; Richard Pyne for the absolute reliability of his trombone work; and Paul Thompson for his compositions in addition to his piano playing. At one point in the year, Queen's provided the Captain of the 'A' XV at every level: Jeff Anderson in the 1st XV, Lawrence Patton for the U.16 Colts, Charles Barlow for the U.15's, and Jason Bailey for the U.14's - quite a line-up. Jeff Anderson was also Captain of Tennis in the summer term and Vice-Captain of Hockey. Giles Allen was Captain of Boats, although for a lot of the season he was sadly out of action on the water. I would like to praise the participation of various other sportsmen in School teams: Andrew Wildblood, Oliver Gardner and Angus Iveson in Senior Colts Cricket; Hugh Shedden and Richard Musgrave in the U.14 Cricket; Giles Councell for the 'Club' Rugby; Richard King, Alex Deighton and James Rigby in Senior Colts Rugby; Chris Richardson, Stuart Clarke and Oliver Gardner in U.15 Rugby; Gary Keenan, Anthony Killip and Richard Musgrave in U.14 Rugby; Alex Deighton and Lawrence Patton in Colts Hockey; David Baldry and James Thompson in U.16 Tennis. There is also considerable promise among our youngsters on the river. Vicki Inness will play an important part in Senior Girls' Rowing. There were some fine individual performances in Inter-House sport. On Sports Day, Dominic Millen won the junior high jump, Andrew Berrington the intermediate 3000, Lawrence Patton the intermediate high jump; and in the Swimming having come second in the Standards cup, our teams won both the U.15 freestyle and the U.16 medley relays. Queen's was second in the Junior and first in the Senior House Cross Country races and were only beaten in the senior cricket final. Our domination of the Chess competition continued under Steve White's captaincy. Louise Blackburn and Vicki Inness are to be thanked for their contributions to Social Service work in the School's group: I hope this is an example which many more will feel inclined to follow in the coming years. It is clear that there has been a great deal of activity: my congratulations and thanks to all involved for their efforts and their achievements.
The Rise In September five Olavites and two newcomers from other Schools entered The Rise as juniors. Two Lower Sixth entrants, one John Winder a former Olavite, strengthened the Seniors. David Crook took our good wishes as he left to become Housemaster of Clifton. Andrew Ison stepped in as House Tutor and is rapidly becoming part of the fabric of the place. We hope all those will enjoy a happy and successful career in The Rise. During the Christmas Term many Risites represented the School at all levels on the rugby field and we had a strong junior element in School Squash. James Baldwin's Senior Rugby team saw his fine leadership and the dedicated training rewarded by capturing the Senior House Rugby Trophy. Queen's were comprehensively overcome and School House closely beaten in a hard-fought final. Our visiting Springbok Andrew Stylianou contributed in no small measure to a splendid victory. Christmas Term ended with the House Party marked by some imaginative 28
entries in the fancy dress competition, notably James Baldwin's winning 'Quasimodo', Simon Davies 'Thing From Outer Space' and Joel Ward's 'Mexican Bandit'. The year group entertainments proved a successful innovation from Karl and Anshuman to whom thanks are due for hosting the event so enthusiastically. Joel Ward's uncanny impression of Cilia Black, ably supported by the juniors, carried off the "Drama" prize for them. Andrew Ison's dulcet tones added a finesse to the singing of "Carmen Surgentium" by the management team. Easter Term saw Risites making their presence felt for the School at Hockey, in Boats and in the Cross Country teams. Once again hard work and commitment were rewarded when the juniors won their Long Run and the seniors came second in their race by a single point. This must rank as our best performance for many years and Adrian Buck the team captain was surely very gratified. We also congratulate him on gaining local and regional honours in his own running programme. The Easter Term will be remembered also for the House's performance in the junior Rugby Competition. David Thompson's team with no spare players displayed courage and spirit to reach the final, only to be defeated by the sheer speed and fire-power of a strong Queen's side. David Thompson's guts and leadership and the total support of Paul Reavley and the rest of the team may be equalled but never surpassed. The juniors once again carried off the Standards Cup in the Swimming Gala and the seniors did better than in many recent years to take a very creditable second place and bring the Easter Term to a close on a high note. Despite Nigel Davies' keen and efficient preparation for the senior cricket, success was not to be ours in the Summer Term. However, the juniors did well for captain James Holliday but went down bravely to Temple in the final. James Holliday and Michael Davies provided several exciting innings scoring between them several hundred runs and Tim Davies' long spells of accurate bowling were impressive. Nicholas Hails collected some vital catches. We congratulate Michael Davies on representative honours and a full Yorkshire Trial. His future prospects look bright indeed. The House tennis team started well but lacked strength against formidable opposition. Throughout the term The Rise was well represented in School cricket, tennis and rowing. In the latter Philip Brown's collection of "pots" increased weekly. The Inter-House Athletics gave us a third consecutive victory with records for Jason Morris in the Intermediate Long Jump and once again for the Intermediate Relay team. An excellent performance from all members of the squad retained the Shield and ensured the return of the Oxford Cup to its rightful place among The Rise trophies. This has been another very successful year for The Rise in many games activities. On occasion two thirds of the House have turned our for the School and so often lesser-known sporting lights have given their all for the House when called upon. One thinks of James Brisby at rugby, Michael Connolly at swimming and tennis, Nicholas Lumb at tennis, Nicholas Garnett and Jonathan Muir at rugby. Their contributions are noted and appreciated alongside those of the "stars". It cannot be denied that games have always been the traditional strength of The Rise but red-blooded machoism is not the be all and end all of life here. Risites have taken part in a number of school dramas, poetry and music events. John Winder's guitar-playing ensures musical accompaniment to D. H. and J. H.'s domestic life in the privacy (?) of their rooms. John Langford and Michael Davies took part in David Newman's successful third form plays. Dale Smith gave a brilliant cameo performance in "Antony and Cleopatra" and Christopher Rodwell's bravura interpretation of "Rosencrantz/Guildenstern" will long be remembered for its understated humour, timing and sheer polish. In the Great Egg Race Risite mechanical engineers got the machine off the ground, or rather balcony, but on this occasion we had many 'ardua' without reaching the 'astra'. Anshuman Mondal has been deeply involved in the activities of Amnesty International. We congratulate Rex Ridu on winning the Senior Art Prize and thank him for his creation of The Phoenix of which more hopefully next year! Richard Ambrose retained the Spoken French Prize and James Mee was highly commended in the Senior Speaking competition. James relinquishes his position as President of the School Debating Society after a year of successful growth in membership and interest. To all the aforementioned we say well done for their cultural and creative effort. "Mens Sana Incornore Sano".
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'The Jackpot' presented many years ago by the late David Cummin during his term of office as Housemaster of The Rise has been unearthed and the tradition revived. At the end of the year the cup was presented to Neeraj Sharma (sadly leaving us) for being "a nice fellow to have around the place and a thoroughly sound chep". Looking forward now, we commend Anshuman Mondal and James Mee on their appointment as Head of House and School Monitor respectively for the ensuing year. We thank John Lee for his work as a Tutor in The Rise and wish him well in his new position as Head of Mathematics at Kimbolton School. To all those who were leaving we wish good health, success and happiness in their future careers. SURGAMUS. Anon
School
House
The year started with nine new third years, one new fourth year and three School Monitors: Head of House and Captain of School Cricket, Richard Hutchinson; Deputy Head of School and Oxford University Choral Scholar, Charles Mindenhall; and Captain of School Boats, James Berrington. Some fifteen Vlth and Vth years played rugby for the School, of whom Hutchinson, Mindenhall, Robert Jupp and Adam Atkinson played for the 1st XV. Despite this array of talent we lost the Senior Rugby in the final to The Rise. James Berrington took a major part in the School's drama production of "Antony and Cleopatra" and deserved much applause. Things musical saw twelve or so House members contribute in many different ways to group and individual performances. Particular note must go to Charles Mindenhall, Charles Metcalfe, Gavin Proudley and Andrew Moxon for their achievements. The Easter Term saw nine seniors playing hockey for the School, of whom Trevor Bosomworth was Captain of Hockey, and Richard Hutchinson, Adam Atkinson, Simon Forman and Stuart Mills played for the 1st XI. We were a close third in the Senior House Cross Country with Adam Waters and Richard Hutchinson coming sixth and nineth respectively, with a creditable fourth place in the juniors with Paul Ferrow finishing eighth. A well supported House Five-a-side Soccer team won their competition. The House Swimming saw us second in the House Standards, faring less well in the Gala but with Stuart Bailey and the U.16 freestyle team winning their respective events. In the Junior House Rugby, despite nine school players, we were unable to match the success of the previous season but played with tremendous spirit and commitment. With House Drama week being superceded by LVIth and Illrd form plays, memorable performances by Atanu Roy and hard work directing by Peter Nowell, along with a healthy sprinkling of third years in their turn, saw the House amply represented on the Drama front. Seven seniors played cricket for the School along with six juniors. Hutchinson and Metcalfe represented the 1st XI. We did not repeat the previous season's achievement and went out in the first round of the seniors, but the juniors narrowly missed the final by some superb batting and bowling and were a credit to the House for their efforts. The Junior Five-a-side Soccer team followed in the footsteps of their senior counterparts, but faltered at the last hurdle. The House Athletics saw notable wins for Adam Waters, Peter Nowell and Gavin Proudley, and the school tennis teams were represented by some six House members playing for the Senior teams, with Simon Forman and Adam Waters regular team players. School Rowing saw James Berrington, Charles Mindenhall, Mark Pyrah, Simon Bowen, Ben Taylor and Christopher Rowland compete and win. From the House, prizes on Speech Day were awarded to Peter Nowell, Adam Atkinson, Charles Metcalfe, Ashoke Kundu and Charles Mindenhall. Sporting, dramatic and musical success measures the contribution of individuals and teams to the House's achievements. However, it is the day to day occurrences that really measure the success of the House, its spirit and its cameraderie. In recognition of the success enjoyed by the House in various fields, House Colours were awarded to Stuart Mills, Trevor Bosomworth, Adam Atkinson, Stuart Bailey, James Berrington, Matthew Forman, Robert Jupp, Charles Mindenhall and Ben Taylor. We wish all the UVIth and Sebastian Walther, David Rhodes, Simon Russell and Alistair Bell, who leave this year, all our best wishes for success in the future. J. A. O-B.
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Temple This year the House calendar was again dominated by sporting events. As usual, the first event was the senior Inter-House Rugby Competition. On paper at least, the senior House rugby team looked very promising; regular 1st XV players were Matthew Davison and Alan Chiswick (who later earned the title of most improved player of the year). Also playing from the 2nd XV were Sulieman Al-Bassam and David Tunstall. The team also included Karl Deakin and Gary Brown from the 'club'. However, despite brilliant tries from Sulieman Al-Bassam and Justin Hattee and a very determined effort by Alan Chiswick, we were unable to make it past the first round of the Inter-House competition, losing to the Manor 27-10. The junior team had a similarly disappointing competition, suffering from lack of experience. They also lost in the first round. The Inter-House Cross Country Competition was not a great success for Temple this year. The team finished in a low position overall. However, the individual performance of David Tunstall, who actually won the senior event, is definitely worth noting. The senior House cricket team showed its lack of experienced players in losing to the Rise in the first round of the Inter-House Competition. The House was saved from an embarassingly easy defeat by the brilliant performance of juniors Tom Reid, Ben Dickson and Andrew Ludiman who turned the match into a very close run affair, lasting over four hours. In contrast with the first round defeat of the senior team, the junior team played exceptionally throughout the junior competition, finally going on to beat the Rise in the final to win the cup. Notable performances came from Charles Roberts who scored 70 not out and from Andrew Ludiman who scored 43 not out. The senior House chess team performed well in the House competition this year; beating Grove and the Rise, but were unable to beat Queen's in the final. This year was without doubt the most successful year in memory for the House in terms of athletics. On Sports Day there were many outstanding performances from members of the House. Karl Deakin won the discus for the second year running, also winning joint first in the shot. Matthew Davison won the 100m for the second year running. He also won the javelin, missing the school record by only 30 cms. In the 200m he came a close second. Gary Brown ran a brilliant 400m to come a close second, yards ahead of the third man. David Tunstall also ran a good 300m, just being pipped in second place. Ewan Graves-Tamuakis won the junior 100m in a very fast time. James Fieldsend also won the junior 200m and 400m. Temple were in contention throughout the competition and led the scoring for several events. In the end Temple needed to win the junior, intermediate and senior relays in order to win the competition. The senior team and the junior team both won easily (the seniors broke the existing school record in the process). However, the intermediates only managed a disappointing last place and the cup was lost to the Rise. The House was again well represented musically this year. Members of the House in the school orchestra included Gary Brown, Adrian Lightly, Alex Weir, Martin Kershaw and Gareth Kay who were also all members of the school orchestra. Special mention must go to Adrian Lightly, Gary Brown and Martin" Kershaw who took part in the National Chamber Music Competition. Also worth noting is Martin Kershaw receiving a £200 grant from Ryedale Council for musical activities. Members of the school choir included Clare Hugill, Gareth Kay, Matthew Pittman and Jamie Fieldsend. The school play this year was the very successful performance of "Antony and Cleopatra". Congratulations must go to Alan Chiswick for his performance in the lead role and to Sophia Dammann for her fine performance. Perhaps the biggest highlight for the House this year was the success of this years charity week. Chasing last year's total of £420, fund-raising events included a fund-raising competition between syndicate groups, a raffle for boys and girls (the prize being a free evening out at a restaurant for the winning boy and girl), a champagne raffle and a mad auction in which amongst other things two original Florence Nightingale letters were auctioned off. At the end of the week the total raised stood at approximately £630. However, charity week was extended somewhat and the entire House took part in a fancy dress sponsored run which pushed the total well above the £1,000 mark. So successful was the fund-raising effort that Head of House Matthew Davison and Housemaster Richard Drysdale were pictured in the "York Evening Press" presenting two cheques totalling more than £1,177 to two members of the two charities we had decided to support, the Children's Society and the Clifton Family Centre. M. D.
Cricket Retrospect Although the 1989 season had its bright spots, it was on the whole disappointing. From a personal point of view, having to miss the whole term made it also intensely frustrating. With only two old Colours, there was much to be done and I had looked forward to trying to mould the team. However, I did enjoy watching most of the matches. I am very grateful to Paddy Stephen, who did an immense amount of work in my absence, and I am sorry that the team's results did not reflect his efforts and enthusiasm. The team had two good wins in club matches, but were unable to force a victory in school matches, two of which were lost. The inexperience of the team was particularly evident in several school matches, when there were chances of victory. Both the captain, Richard Hutchinson, and the vice-captain, Tim Cooper, did a fine job and deserved better results. Sadly their own contemporaries in the Upper Sixth were the most disappointing. In a year group which had been very successful as Under 14 and 15 Colts, only Hutchinson and Cooper became effective 1st XI players. This year Dominic Clavell only played in half of the matches and became the first Peterite in eleven years to opt out of going to the Festival. Nigel Davies and Amit Basu both tried very hard, but were unable to establish themselves in the XI and Mark Camacho and Robert Jupp, two definite 1st XI candidates, did not play at all. Tim Cooper had a splendid all-round season. He scored 782 runs at an average of over 40. He took 28 wickets and fielded superbly. Like Paul Wand in 1988, Tim's excellent performances, which included two centuries, impressed many. Sadly these did not include the Northern Area Selector of the H.M.C. Schools. Tim again played with distinction for the Yorkshire School XI. His opening partner in the second half of the season was Nick Twigg, who did a good job for the team. Although he did not make any big scores he rarely failed to give the innings a solid start and he has the ability to do well in the future. Richard Hutchinson had a disappointing early season, after getting out when he seemed established, but in the last three weeks he hit prime form scoring 350 runs for only three dismissals. It was a particular joy to see him score his first century for the 1st XI in the match against Bryanston. Simon Robinson's uncertainty against slow bowling was the main reason that he scored fewer runs than expected, but he played well on occasions and should develop into a good all-rounder. Michael Forrester helped us win two matches with some powerful hitting, but otherwise, although he has plenty of ability, he had a poor season. Like several other batsmen he would do well to take a leaf out of Tim Cooper's book. Three years ago Tim recognised his relative weakness against pace bowling and he practiced every week throughout the winter, often against the bowling machine, to improve his technique. This required determination, patience and not least courage. Jamie Rigby played some promising innings, especially when he had time. Likewise Alex Deighton and James Harding had few chances to play a long innings, but their time will come. Dominic Clavell played one or two useful innings, but failed to make a big score. Certainly he practiced hard and perhaps his many other commitments explain his lack of success. Charles Metcalfe was another to show promise in practice, but apart from a good innings against Sedbergh he lacked the confidence to play shots in matches. The bowling depended largely on Simon Robinson. He bowled well all season, often without luck. He showed plenty of stamina and deserved greater reward. There were several other promising seamers on Game 1. Nick Twigg, David Tunstall, Michael Forrester, Richard Hutchinson, Andrew Smith, Dominic Clavell and Anshuman Mondal all bowled medium pace or above in the 1st XI. All of them tried hard, but found success hard to achieve. Nick Twigg was the most successful, but unfortunately an ankle injury limited his effectiveness in the last few months. One of the main weaknesses of the pace bowlers was a lack of accuracy. There was a lot of playing and missing by batsmen, but bowlers have a better chance of success if they bowl straight. Of the spin bowlers, Tim Cooper did very well. In his first year as a regular bowler, he bowled his off-spin accurately and varied his flight and pace. The other off-spinner, James Harding, was perhaps under-bowled, but should have gained valuable experience from the year. Vincent Bates, a very enthusiastic cricketer, played in several matches, but his left-arm spin was not accurate enough for the demands of 1st XI cricket. The fielding was very varied. Tim Cooper, the winner of the Fielding Cup, was outstanding, especially at slip. Alex Deighton's speed and ability at cover made a big difference when he joined the team. After three years of Nigel Durham's wicket-keeping, Jamie Rigby had a hard act to follow. On the whole he did a good job. On a few occasions he did not perform as well as he would have liked, but he is clearly the best wicketkeeper available and as he showed at the festival, he has considerable potential. Some of the out-fielding was appalling. Several players gave away more runs than they scored and some seemed quite unconcerned about it. This is hardly a recipe for success nor does it encourage the bowlers. A willingness to practise is essential, as is an awareness of the detrimental effect that poor fielding has on team morale. The Inter-House competitions were hard fought, the Senior being won by the Manor and the Junior by Temple. Congratulations to the winners and also to the beaten finalists, Queen's and the Rise. Both these teams played very well to reach the finals and in the finals themselves. This year's festival was held at Bryanston and most enjoyable it was. Sadly after three lovely days the rain arrived to ruin the last two matches. So far only Rossall has managed to organise a festival unaffected by rain. We are very grateful to the staff and boys at Bryanston, particularly Mike Wagstaffe, John Moore and Simon Ecclestone, for all their hard work. The hospitality and facilities were first-class. On the field of play, one defeat and two draws may not be impressive, but in the draws the team, which lacked four first choice players, played some good cricket. We will all remember the heroic last wicket stand of Andrew Smith and Dominic Bundy against Cranleigh. Finally a word of thanks to Guy Shuttleworth, who retired at the end of term. His contribution to cricket at St. Peter's for rriore than thirty years has been immense. In expressing our gratitude we would like to wish him a long and happy retirement. D. K. 32
2nd XI
1st XI Selected from:t * R . Hutchinson (Capt.) 1985-86-87-88-8< t * T . E. J. Cooper (V.-Capt.) 1987-88-89 t * S . A. C. Robinson 1988-89 *D. M. J. Clavell 1989 *M. P. Forrester 1988-89 *J. D. Rigby *R. N. Twigg 1989
N. A. G. C. A. D.
Selected from:*N. G. Davies (Capt.) *R. A. R. Atkinson *A. Basu *V. D. F. Bates *A. C. Deighton *C. H. Metcalfe *A. Mondal t - Cap
G. Davies 1989 C. Deighton 1989 J. Harding 1989 H. Metcalfe 1989 G. G. Smith 1989 Tunstall 1989 - Colours
Summary Date April 29th May 3rd May 6th May 10th May 13th May 17th May 20th May 27th May 31st June 3rd June 10th June 17th June 24th June 30th July 1st July 3rd July 4th July 5th July 6th
Opponents Bradford G. S M. C. C Sedbergh School York C. C Worksop College Forty Club Barnard Castle School Yorkshire Gentlemen C. C Presidents XI Leeds G. S Ampleforth College Durham School Pocklington School Old Peterites Old Peterites Bryanston School Loretto School Cranleigh School Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood..
Result Drawn Drawn Drawn Lost Drawn Won Drawn Lost Won Drawn Lost Drawn Drawn Lost Lost Drawn Lost Drawn Abandoned
School 180-8 dec. 107-8 221-7 62 111-7 220-4 83-9 180 152-6 116-8 94 256-2 dec. 209-5 dec. 196-2 dec. 132-9 dec. 202-7 dec. 72 206-9 34-0
T. E. J. Cooper R. Hutchinson S. A. C. Robinson N. G. Davies D. M. J. Clavell J. D. Rigby M. P. Forrester R. N. Twigg C. H. Metcalfe D. H. Williams A. G. G. Smith A. C. Deighton D. Tunstall G. J. Harding
Not Out 1 4 2 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 4 1 2 2
Runs 772 545 308 104 102 138 187 131 76 33 29 23 18 22
Highest Score 139 110* 53 25 33 35* 61* 21 37 17* 17* 17 11 17
Opponents 91-8 169-5 dec. 239-6 dec. 207-5 dec. 228 219-4 dec. 136 181-3 151-5 dec. 200-7 dec. 257-8 dec. 228-6 174-8 159-9 dec. 171-5 166-8 172 252-6 dec.
Averages
Batting No. of Innings 19 18 18 9 9 14 16 13 10 5 9 5 6 7
J. Lewis L. C. Panitzke L. J. Patton J. S. Powell D. M. S. Quickfall N. Sharma C. A. Smith
of Results
Ground Away Home Home Home Home Home Away Home Home Home Home Away Away Home Home Away Bryanston Bryanston Bryanston
1st XI
*A. G. G. Smith *D. H. Williams T. R. Bosomworth T. J. B. Bowling A. J. Bryan P. F. Carvosso S. J. Gildener
D. H. Williams S. A. C. Robinson T. E. J. Cooper G. J. Harding D. M. J. Clavell R. N. Twigg R. Hutchinson M. P. Forrester D. Tunstall A. G. G. Smith V. D. F. Bates
Average 42.88 38.93 19.25 14.86 14.57 13.80 13.36 10.92 8.44 8.25 5.80 4.60 4.50 4.40
Overs 11.2 238 138.5 32 39 83 42 76.4 89 23.5 • 50
Bowling Maidens 2 61 23 1 4 10 6 13 14 5 13
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41 690 555 175 180 339 180 327 330 97 170
Wickets 5 35 28 7 7 12 6 8 7 2 2
Average 8.20 19.-71 19.82 25.00 25.70 28.25 30.00 40.87 47.14 48.50 85.00
b Also bowled: D. Bundy 16-1-115-0; A. Mondal 8-0-52-0.
Also batted: V. D. F. Bates 4*, 1*, 0*, 8*; D. Bunday 2, 1*; A. Mondal 5.
ST. PETER'S v BRADFORD G.S. Played away on Saturday, 29th April. Result: Drawn. St. Peter's 180-8 dec. (T. E. J. Cooper 83). Bradford G. S. 91-8 (S. A. C. Robinson 5-30).
ST. PETER'S v BARNARD CASTLE SCHOOL Played away on Saturday, 20th May. Result: Drawn. Barnard Castle 136 (R. J. Murphy 33, S. A. C. Robinson 5-36, T. E. J. Cooper 4-25). St. Peter's 83-9 (S. A. C. Robinson 33, R. J. Murphy 4-31, J. Ward 3-20).
ST. PETER'S v M. C. G. Played at home on Wednesday, 3rd June. Result: Drawn. M. C. C. 169-5 dec. (P. E. Baines 56, R. P. Hodson 33). St. Peter's 107-8 (D. M. J. Clavell 33, R. W. Ibbotson 4-36).
ST. PETER'S v YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN C. C. Played at home on Saturday, 27th May. Result: Lost. St. Peter's 180 (T. E. J. Cooper 73, T. Blenkin 4-22). Yorkshire Gentlemen 181-3 (E. Stephenson 100, G. Taylor 41).
ST. PETER'S v SEDBERGH SCHOOL Played at home on Saturday, 6th May. Result: Drawn. Sedbergh 239-6 dec. (M. Latham 71, J. Ayton 54). St. Peter's 221-7 (T. E. J. Cooper 110, C. H. Metcalfe 37, D. Player 4-42).
ST. PETER'S v THE PRESIDENT'S XI Played at home on Wednesday, 31st May. Result: Won. President's XI 151-5 dec. (S. Prest 46). St. Peter's 152-6 (M. P. Forrester 45).
ST. PETER'S v YORK C. C. Played at home on Wednesday, 10th May. Result: Lost. York C. C. 207-5 dec. (I. Dews 57, S. Prest 57, W. Robinson 30, R. N. Twigg 3-34). St. Peter's 62 (G. Wilkinson 5-1).
ST. PETER'S v LEEDS G. S. Played at home on Saturday, 3rd June. Result: Drawn. Leeds G. S. 200-7 dec. (G. Hill 49, J. Flint 40, S. Stephens 39 not out, T. E. J. Cooper 4-39). St. Peter's 116-8 (R. Hutchinson 40, T. Walton 3-26).
ST. PETER'S v WORKSOP COLLEGE Played at home on Saturday, 13th May. Result: Drawn. Worksop 228 (J. Goode 116, R. Kettleborough 34, D. Tunstall 4-43, S. A. C. Robinson 3-53). St. Peter's 111-7 (S. A. C. Robinson 36, J. D. Rigby 35 not out, A. Morewood 3-25).
ST. PETER'S v AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE Played at home on Saturday, 10th June. Result: Lost. Ampleforth 257-8 dec. (G. Easterby 126, J. Thompson 32, Dow 31, G. J. Harding
ST. PETER'S v THE FORTY CLUB Played at home on Wednesday, 17th May. Result: Won. Forty Club 219-4 dec. (P. Jackson 100 not out, W. Oddy 51). St. Peter's 220-4 (M. P. Forrester 61 not out, T. E. J. Cooper 52,1. Edwards 3-70).
ST. PETER'S v DURHAM SCHOOL Played away on Saturday, 17th June. Result: Drawn. St. Peter's 256-2 dec. (T. E. J. Cooper 139, R. Hutchinson 68 not out). Durham 228-6 (J. Whiteford 91, R. N. Twigg 4-70).
3-48).
St. Peter's 94 (B. Stones 3-7, J. Gilmore 3-19, J. Scrope 3-39).
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ST. PETER'S v POCKLINGTON SCHOOL Played away on Saturday, 24th June. Result: Drawn. St. Peter's 209-5 dec. (S. A. C. Robinson 53, R. Hutchinson 51, J. Billington 4-70). Pocklington 174-8 (M. Wood 83, A. Inns 36, J. Burnett 36, S. A. C. Robinson 3-25).
ST. PETER's v LORETTO SCHOOL Played at Bryanston on Tuesday, 4th July. Result: Lost. Loretto 172 (J. Grant 30, S. A. C. Robinson 3-48, T. E. J. Cooper 3-42, D. H. Williams 3-19). St. Peter's 72 (J. Grant 4-35, A. Mason 4-16).
ST. PETER'S v OLD PETERITES Played at home on Friday and Saturday, 30th June and 1st July. Result: Lost. St. Peter's 196-2 dec. (T. E. J. Cooper 89, R. Hutchinson 50 not out) and 132-9 dec. (R. Collingwood-Gittins 4-32). Old Peterites 159-9 dec. (W. J. Robinson 37, S. A. C. Robinson 4-32, T. E. J. Cooper 3-27) and 171-5 (P. C. Clare 64, T. E. J. Cooper 3-32).
ST. PETER'S v CRANLEIGH SCHOOL Played at Bryanston on Wednesday, 5th July. Result: Drawn. Cranleigh 252-6 dec. (A. Bailleu 102, S. Sprackling 61). St. Peter's 206-9 (T. E. J. Cooper 75, R. Hutchinson 57, S. Sprackling 4-44).
ST. PETER'S v BRYANSTON SCHOOL Played away on Monday, 3rd July. Result: Drawn. St. Peter's 202-7 dec. (R. Hutchinson 110 not out, S. Ecclestone 4-23). Bryanston 166-8 (R. Saddler 50, T. Millard 30).
ST. PETER'S v MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL, NORTHWOOD Played at Bryanston on Thursday, 6th July. Result: Abandoned. Result: Abandoned. St. Peter's 34-0.
Senior Colts
Cricket
The season will be remembered as the first for a very long time when not one match was interrupted by rain. As a result, apart from the first two weeks of the season, wickets were generally hard and true and provided a severe testing ground for aspiring bowlers. The opposition were rarely bowled out, particularly when batting second, the exception being the first match of the season when Bradford showed little application on a soft wicket and were dismissed for only 45 runs with James Hudson taking 6-25 and Andrew Ludiman taking 4-20. It was a pity that neither bowler was able to match the figures again largely due to lack of consistency on true surfaces. Other bowlers who had some success included Tom Reid, Bruce Neary, Andrew Wildblood and Dominic Bundy, the latter performing creditably during the 1st XI festival at Bryanston. Amongst the batsmen, perhaps the most consistent was James Holliday, the most adventurous Richard Hudson, the most improved Oliver Gardner and the most technically correct, Andrew Wildblood and Bruce Neary. The latter two will benefit hopefully over the next few years as their confidence grows. Whilst the batting was of a reasonably good standard, the general level of fielding was disappointing. The most enthusiastic and competent outfielder was Ben Dickson, no one really shone close to the wicket. Overall, the season was one of sound if unspectacular progress. There is a need for batsman to eliminate risky strokes and bowlers to concentrate more on a good line and length and less on trying 'variations'. Everyone needs to work much harder on their fielding if they wish to play at the highest level during their last few years at St. Peter's. The following were regular members of the team:- T. Reid* (captain), J. Holliday*, A. Ludiman*, O. Gardner*, A. Wildblood, B. Neary, D. Bundy, B. Dickson, R. Hudson. The following also represented the school:- R. Hiles, J. Hudson, L. Midhage, A. Moxon, A. Iveson. * Colours St. Peters's 86 ( B. Dickson 23 not out) Bradford 45 (J. Hudson 6-25; A. Ludiman 4-20) Sedbergh 112 (A. Wildblood 3-14; J. Hudson 3-30) St. Peter's 77 for 7 (J. Holliday 20 not out) St. Peter's 150 for 8 dec. (A. Wildblood 33 not out; J. Holliday 31; O. Gardener 19) Worksop 123 for 6 St. Peter's 200 for 5 dec. (R. Hudson not out 74; J. Holliday 68) Barnard Castle 117 for 7 (D. Bundy 4-36)
J. W. R. H. St. Peter's 132 (A. Wildblood 58 not out) St. Peter's 174 (B. Dickson 39; O. Gardener 34) Manchester Schools C.A. 136 for 9 (A. Ludiman 5-57; Durham 163 for 8 (O. Gardener 4-45) B. Neary 4-34) Yarm 103 (T. Reid 5-22) St. Peter's 206 for 7 dec. (J. Holliday 55; St. Peter's 116 for 5 (R. Hudson 58 not out) O. Gardener 44; B. Dickson 28; T. Reid 20) Pocklington 153 (D. Bundy 5-33) Leeds 149 for 3 St. Peter's 105 for 8 (O. Gardener 44 not out) Bootham 35 (A. Wildblood 4-3; T. Reid 3-5) St. Peter's 36 for 0 (B. Neary 24 not out) Ampleforth 200 for 6 dec. St. Peter's 110 for 9 (L. Midhage 46; R. Hudson 26)
Under 14 Colts
Cricket
Despite enforced changes in coaching staff, the Under 14 Cricketers showed considerable promise during the season. The main areas of criticism would be the lack of consistency coupled with lack of application under pressure. However, much was learnt from these mistakes, and this should provide useful experience for the future. All players improved, with a century from Michael Davies and some good performances from Charles Roberts. This was exemplified by a match winning innings from Charles Roberts in the Junior House Match final. At times the bowling lacked penetration but the boys accepted the need for accuracy as the season progressed. Certainly, Mark Ludiman, Timothy Davies, Hugh Shedden and Michael Lang made good progress. It is always difficult for spin bowlers to accept the extra stick that they get, and this was noticeable this season. Both Hugh Shedden and Michael Lang will gain much from their experiences, and I hope will continue to learn their craft next year. Michael Davies was a fine wicket-keeper but needs to realise that for the sake of the team he may need to curb his desire to bowl! Physique will change and will enable others to realise their potential next summer. Special thanks must go to the boys for their willing acceptance of changes of staff throughout the season, and to Mr. Greg Taylor who so kindly filled the gaps during the summer. Without his assistance things would not have progressed so far. Thanks, as always, to the parents for their most welcome support. P. J. S. 34
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Rugby
Reports
The First Fifteen The 1988 season had some five old colours returning. Notable victories were interspersed with closely fought defeats - 5 wins and 8 losses - very ably led by scrum half Jeffrey Anderson. The opening matches against the Retiring Captain's XV and York Vlth Form College were games with setpiece advantage sometimes lost by indecision in midfield. Back row industry and determination always kept us in the hunt but in dry weather a fifteen man game is needed and it took us a while to adapt as confidence in the three-quarters, in attack was sometimes a little sparse. Against Silcoates and Leeds we held our own in the pack and tackled well in the backs but trailed from the outset and never seemed able enough to string together the right pieces of play to ensure a win. Parts of the game were very good but not enough of it, enough of the time to lay a firm foundation for success. A poor game away to Barnard Castle stung us into a good win against Hymers with the forwards once again able to gain the lion's share of the ball to ensure us always able to go forwards with intent. A draw rounded off the first half of the season, against Denstone, which despite our fine fight-back was probably the correct result for both sides. After half term we were given another object lesson in running schoolboy rugby at its very best by the invincible Ampleforth, but looking at one or two of their results against other notable schools our result 51-3 was not half bad! Inspired, perhaps, by the previous game we travelled to Worksop and against a much heavier pack managed a 14-12 win. A gutsy performance by all concerned produced this result, as in the following game against Pocklington which we won 6-4, two notable and very determined performances. Against Durham though territorially better off we were never able to match the organisation of their backs, particularly after second phase ball, and ended up 16-6 losers. But again perhaps stung by our previous performance we were able to play our best rugby of the season against a very creditable Ashville side, in atrocious weather, adapting the forward rushing 'backing' style best to win by some thirty-two points. Having said how the forwards adapted to the weather, it was notable that the backs handled at their best and despite the conditions scored most of the points on this occasion. In the last two games, against Woodhouse Grove and Bradford, tiredness and injury problems took their toll. Our performances, though not lack-lustre, seemed below par, and being out-pushed by much bigger forwards we were always struggling to win any clean ball. There is no doubt that the season's successes were due to a very determined and positive set of forwards who unselfishly gave of their best, working hard together to do their very best for the School. That is not to say that the backs lacked any of their drive or commitment but, looking back on the sizes of some of our opposition and realising that, weather apart, it is a bruising, committed, forward game which wins you matches, much credit must go to those who against the odds, sometimes, put so much into representing their School. For their success, cameraderie and team spirit, I thank them and congratulate them. The following were awarded School Colours: P. Brown, P. Sawkill, C. Mindenhall, R. Hutchinson, M. Davison, T. Cooper, J. Anderson, R. Jupp, J. Kelsey, J. Hill, D. Clavell, A. Chiswick, R. Griggs, J. Baldwin, A. Atkinson. J. A. O-B. 35
1st XV Results 1988 - 89 Date Wed Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Wed Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Wed
Sept Sept Sept Oct Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Dec
14th 17th 24th 1st 8th 15th 19th 5th 12th 19th 26th 3rd 10th 14th
Opponents Retiring Captain's XV York Vlth Form College Leeds G.S Silcoates School Barnard Castle School Hymers College Denstone College Ampleforth College Worksop College Pocklington School Durham School Ashville College Woodhouse Grove School Bradford G.S
Ground Home Home Away Away Away Home Home Away Away Home Home Away Home Away
Score 12-16 8-6 4-17 3-15 6-7 13-9 12-12 4-51 14-12 6-4 6-16 32-0 0-19 6-27
Result Lost Won Lost Lost Lost Won Draw Lost Won Won Lost Won Lost Lost
The Club This season could not be described by even one of the Club's most ardent supporters as successful in terms of results. It can, however, and was by the players, be described as successful if one considers enjoyment and attitude towards the game of Rugby. Throughout the season all thirty-two people who played for the team at various times showed enthusiasm and energy and always kept trying to the very end of every game. It was the competition to play and yet the loyalty and support which was given by those not selected for a particular match which I found the most heartening. Andrew Taylor always led by example, the only way in which the Club can be led. Who could co-erce them to do more? I hope many members of the Club will pursue their Rugby next season, either as players in the third fifteen or in more illustrious sides. The following represented the Club: Taylor, A. J. (captain), Al-Bassam, S. Y. M, Armitage, P. J., Atkinson, G. R. A. B., Banks, S. R., Bosomworth, T. R., Bowen, S. C , Brown, G., Clark, J. J. R., Councell, G. D., Craven, R. A., Deakin, K. J., Dunstan, J. D., Forman, M., Hall, R., Jinadu, S. O., Lancaster, R. A., Lumb, N. J. W., Martindale, J. E., McCowen, M. T., Mee, J. A. R., Metcalfe, C. H., Packer, A. D., Quaker, M. B., Savage, E. J., Suckling, J. M., Tate, M. J., Taylor, B., Walker, S. A., Ward, T. A., Wilson, T. S. R. H. H. Date Sat Wed Sat Sat Wed Sat
Opponents Oct 1st Fylinghall School Oct 5th Silcoates School Oct 8th Barnard Castle School Oct 15th Hymers College Oct 19th Fylinghall School Nov 5th Ampleforth College
Sat Sat Sat Sat Wed
Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec
12th 19th 26th 10th 14th
Worksop College Pocklington School Durham School Woodhouse Grove Bradford Grammar School
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Ground Home ,.Away Away Away Away Home Away Home Home Home Away
For Against Result 8 8 Draw 10 26 Lost 0 10 Lost 16 32 Lost 0 10 Lost ABANDONED DUE TO INJURY 0 6 Lost 36 0 Won 0 10 Lost 14 4 Won 10 4 Won
Senior Colts
Rugby
The season will be remembered not for any outstanding records but for the progress achieved by a squad of thirty-four players. The enthusiasm of this group as U.15's justified running two teams at U.16 level for the first time and how rewarding it turned out. The 'B' team won all their matches bar one. The 'A' team, who two years previously had been taken apart by some of their opposition lost only two games by more than six points. Whilst their tackling in certain positions was still suspect and was clearly exposed against Pocklington, as the season progressed they displayed greater skill and cohesion so that by the end of the Christmas Term they were able to display rugby of a high standard. This was well illustrated in the match at Durham where a strong home side were extremely fortunate to win the game by two penalties after the School had spent most of the second half in the opposition's half - two years previously the School side had been thrashed on the same ground. The foundation of any good side is based on an effective pack of forwards. The U. 16's developed into a formidable scrummaging unit with Eddie Horton at right head prop being as solid as a rock and Paul Carvosso, although not of the physical stature, showing good technique and ball handling ability in the loose. The hooking position was shared between Gareth Silverwood who played during the first half of the season and Duncan Brown who played during the latter period. The locks were Lawrence Patton, the captain, who was so effective at number two in the line out and Shin Ong who not only added much needed strength to the second row but provided extra mobility and ball handling ability. The number eight, Simon Russell, was a big hearted player who had considerable physical presence around the field. He combined well with Jason Morris who demonstrated his ability to run hard and straight on numerous occasions and proved an effective replacement centre. The other flanker was either Joby Taylor, an industrious yet unobtrusive player who rarely made a mistake, and Giles Councell who came into the side during the latter half of the term. Giles' undoubted strength was his high work rate which fully justified his return to the 'A' team. The scrum half, Alex Deighton survived the season fulfilling the role of 'mini action man' on the road to self destruction. For one so diminuitive, he took on players twice his size and half as tall again and got away with it! The fly half position was shared between Simon Powell who adjusted well to his new role and Jamie Rigby, a skilful player who hopefully will develop into a fine 1st XV player. The centres Richard King and Chris Caldwell both worked hard at their handling and it was a relief that the latter managed to play in most of the matches without too much trouble from a recurring shoulder injury. The wings were Adam Waters and Simon Slater both of whom ran strongly and defended well and were supported by full-back Michael Forrester. It was a pleasure to coach a side with such determination and enthusiasm. I also wish to record my gratitude to Mr. Lawrence who assisted with the coaching and took responsibility for the 'B' XV and all those parents and friends who provided such wonderful support on the touchline. Colours were awarded to L. Patton (captain), S. Russell, J. Morris and A. Deighton. J. W. R. H. Date Sat Wed Sat Sat Wed Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat
Sept Sept Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec
24th 28th 8th 15th 19th 5th 12th 19th 26th 3rd
Opponents Leeds G.S Millthorpe School Barnard Castle School Hymers College Denstone College Ampleforth College Worksop College Pocklington School Durham School Ashville College
Under 16 Colts
Ground Home Away Home Away Home Away Home Away Away Home
For Against 10 16 24 3 4 4 20 22 27 0 4 27 7 3 0 18 0 6 44 0
Result Lost Won Draw Lost Won Lost Won Lost Lost Won
Sevens
It is always a pleasure to coach a group of volunteers in a sport you enjoy so much yourself. Each Thursday at 4 o'clock out come a motley crew of U.16 Rugby players to run in the cold and wet. The boys tried very hard to pick up the special skills of this most enjoyable form of Rugby. Considering the very short time available to train, they did remarkably well. We entered two tournaments, the Pocklington Sevens and the Roses Sevens at Ripon. In both competitions the boys acquitted themselves well. I will remember for a long time the sight of our 'sprint merchant' Edward Horton galloping to the line to score a splendid try at Ripon. All those who gave up their own time to practice improved, and will have gained invaluable experience for the next two years. The performances of Simon Russell highlight the tremendous loss to St. Peter's that his leaving after the fifth will bring. Jason Morris will almost certainly take his place in the back row in the First XV if his improvement continues. Gareth Silverwood showed again how much he is prepared to give to any side he plays for. Simon Banks and Simon Slater worked hard at their game and showed pace and much-improved tackling. Alex Deighton was in his element showing some deft touches at scrum half. Jamie Rigby, Adrian Robinson, Lawrence Patton all showed good hands and will have gained much from the experience. Thanks must go to Messrs. Lawrence and Mason who gave much assistance each week. I would also like to thank Richard Griggs for all his help. His assistance both on Thursdays and during the matches was most appreciated. Finally, I hope the boys enjoyed the Rugby as much as I did. P. J. S. 37
Under 15 Colts Rugby The boys knew it would be a hard season, and they were right. However, all the hard work put in before Christmas showed in the Easter term when they won all three games very convincingly. This highlights the point that standards can only be attained at the top level if we are prepared to work hard for them. An easy fixture list would not preserve these standards. Each game provided lessons, especially the thrashing by Hymers. A score of over 70 points is unnecessary at any level, and would not have been allowed at St. Peter's. However, it did show the boys that unless all members of the team are prepared to tackle scores like this are inevitable. This being said, the pack and most of the backs did throw themselves into it and learned much from the match. We were never big enough to maul successfully so the season concentrated on rucking the ball. When fully committed as we were in the second half against Ampleforth we played well and proved that we could compete at this level. The boys were unlucky not to beat Worksop College and Durham, but both games taught us much about rushing the final pass when finishing a move. Had we held the final pass or simply done the basics in the final five metres we could have won both games. The term was rounded off before Christmas with the best performance of the season against Bradford Grammar School. With five players out injured and ill, the boys took on a strong Bradford side on the First XV pitch. This really seemed to give them extra fire in their bellies and more steel in the tackle. They did themselves credit, even if we ended up second by a short head. All the boys improved during the year with excellent performances being made by the 'B' team players when called on to substitute in the 'A's. The front five provided a stable platform in the tight, and certainly Angus Gowthorpe, Barney Mundell showed the grit needed to play in the front row. Both Andrew Ludiman and Clifford Coggrave improved in the loose as the season went on and Andrew showed genuine ability in the line-out. The back row was strengthened by the addition of a more committed Graham Wood. James Hudson provided a most competent and talented No. 8, Chris Martin again proved a tower of strength with his fanatical tackling. Tom Reid took of the scrum half s role, showing real guts, especially when on the receiving end of our losses. Alistair Birch and Chris Brooker both played at fly-half and certainly improved their tackling. Chris also added a more intelligent approach to his kicking. This was a cornerstone of the more successful games towards Christmas. Chris Richardson is a powerful runner with a safe pair of hands. With greater experience he will develop into a fine centre. The winger, Paul Gummery, Paul Tse and Leif Midhage all showed some promise in attack but in the early part of the season were lamentable in defence. However, to their credit, instead of letting their heads go down, they came back and tried to improve this aspect of their game. Finally, the full back role was taken by Stuart Clarke. He showed real guts and a great deal of heart during the season. On not one occasion did he bottle out of the tackle. I would like to thank Charles Barlow for his Captaincy during the season. It is not easy to captain when under pressure and he managed very well. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Shaun Mason for his help during the past years. He has been a close friend and adviser. The results of all his 'B' teams speak for themselves. The School has lost a very fine coach and we wish him well at his new school. Finally, may I add the thanks of the boys to my own for all the parents who so loyally turned out every Saturday to watch and support on those cold, wet afternoons. Represented U.15 Colts 'A' team: Charles Barlow (captain), Barney Mundell, Angus Gowthorpe, Andrew Ludiman, Clifford Coggrave, Christian Martin, James Hudson, Tom Reid, David Thompson, Christian Brooker, Christopher Richardson, Alistair Birch, Paul Tse, Paul Gummery, Leif Midhage, Stuart Clarke, Jeremy Richardson, Ian Gordon, Oliver Gardner, Guy Walker, Anthony Curtis. P. J. S.
U.14 'A> Colts Rugby The 1988-89 rugby season saw fifteen individuals learn how to play as a team. Points were not easy to come by but by the final whistle of the last game several matches had been won and all matches had become far more competitive. The team had trained hard throughout the weeks and had developed a fine team spirit under the bighearted leadership of Jason "give me the ball" Bailey. As the season progressed Guy Chiswick began to improve in the line-outs to lose the title of "Teflon" Chiswick. All the forwards began to battle with more technique and determination and hard tackling and cutting pace from Braganza and Killip, to name not all of the forward battlers, turned the tables on many teams. In the backs all players tried equally hard but the swift swerving Ward, the fleeting feet of Laudiman and the cheeky opportunism of Davies inspired the team to greater efforts and gives rise for optimism for next year. Mr. Shread and myself were pleased to learn that we would be taking this enthusiastic team again next year and we look forward to the fine support given by many parents through the peaks and troughs and in all kinds of weather. Many thanks to all concerned with the team - all the boys in the squad and the supporters. Represented U.15 Colts 'A' team: Charles Barlow (captain), Barney Mundell, Angus Gowthorpe, Andrew Ludiman, Clifford Coggrave, Christian Martin, James Hudson, Tom Reid, David Thompson, Christian Brooker, Christopher Richardson, Alistair Birch, Paul Tse, Paul Gummery, Leif Midhage, Stuart Clarke, Jeremy Richardson, Ian Gordon, Oliver Gardner, Guy Walker, Anthony Curtis. P. J. S. 38
U.14 'A> Colts
Rugby
The 1988-89 rugby season saw fifteen individuals learn how to play as a team. Points were not easy to come by but by the final whistle of the last game several matches had been won and all matches had become far more competitive. The team had trained hard throughout the weeks and had developed a fine team spirit under the bighearted leadership of Jason "give me the ball" Bailey. As the season progressed Guy Chiswick began to improve in the line-outs to lose the title of "Teflon" Chiswick. All the forwards began to battle with more technique and determination and hard tackling and cutting pace from Braganza and Killip, to name not all of the forward battlers, turned the tables on many teams. In the backs all players tried equally hard but the swift swerving Ward, the fleeting feet of Laudiman and the cheeky opportunism of Davies inspired the team to greater efforts and gives rise for optimism for next year. Mr. Shread and myself were pleased to learn that we would be taking this enthusiastic team again next year and we look forward to the fine support given by many parents through the peaks and troughs and in all kinds of weather. Many thanks to all concerned with the team - all the boys in the squad and the supporters. Team selected from: J. S. Bailey (captain), C. M. A. Braganza, G. W. Chiswick, M. J. Davies, J. W. Fieldsend, E. F. Graves-Tamvakis, J. M. Holgate, G. C. Keenan, A. J. Killip, M. A. Lang, M. N. Ludiman, R. F. T. Musgrave, T. J. Oakley, M. E. P. Pittman, C. D. H. Roberts, J. E. Swallow, J. Ward. D. M. C.
Under 14 Colts XV Date Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Wed Sat Wed Wed Wed
Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Dec Jan Feb Feb Feb
1st 8th 15th 5th 12th 19th 26th 3rd 10th 14th 28th 1st 8th 22nd
Opponents Silcoates School Barnard Castle Hymers College Ampleforth College Worksop College Pocklington School Durham School Ashville College Woodhouse Grove School Bradford G.S Yarm School Ashville College Millthorpe School Joseph Rowntrees School
Results
Ground Home Away Home Home Home Away Away Home Away Home Home Away Home Home
For Against 0 44 4 25 0 46 6 45 10 9 6 52 0 26 8 4 0 22 0 40 44 0 6 10 50 0 24 6
Result Lost Lost Lost Lost Won Lost Lost Won Lost Lost Won Lost Won Won
Under 14 Colts 'B> Rugby The season was most disappointing as a whole. My first impressions were of a group of players with very few of the basic skills and lacking in confidence. As the Autumn term progressed so did the team's 'self-belief and even with a diminutive squad of players they struggled manfully against the opposition. R. J. M. Ambrose captained the side very well indeed, showing sound leadership qualities, J. M. Holgate impressed with his fine hooking and committed play in the loose, J. Ballantyne was exciting in attack and both M. G. Todd and P. J. Watson ran well with the ball in their hands. The final match against Yarm School was a fitting way to finish the season with a 28 points to 8 points victory and showed just how much the team had developed. Team: R. J. M. Ambrose (captain), A. S. Ashworth, J. Ballantyne, D. J. Bean, S. A. Berry, J. R. Brooks, T. G. Davies, C. F. Farley, J. M. Holgate, B. H. Kelly, P. J. R. Langford, D. L. Lipman, J. T. Moralee, M. R. Palmer, R. J. Pipes, M. J. Porter, C. J. R. Rayne-Davis, H. I. Shedden, M. S. R. Smith, M. G. Todd and P. J. Watson. R. G. S. Date Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Wed Sat
Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Jan
1st 8th 15th 5th 12th 19th 26th 10th 14th 28th
Opponents Flying Hall Barnard Castle Hymers College Ampleforth College Worksop College Pocklington Durham Woodhouse Grove Bradford Grammar Yarm School
Inter-House
Rugby
Ground Home Away Home Home Home Away Away Away Home Home
For Against Result 8 36 Lost 10 16 Lost 4 28 Lost 0 50 Lost 6 14 Lost 0 32 Lost 4 36 Lost POSTPONED 0 46 Lost 28 8 Won
Competition
Senior: Rise beat School House by 12 points to 8 points. Junior: Queen's beat Rise by 41 points to 24 points. 39
The Hockey Club Hockey, hockey and more hockey; the 1989 season was one in which the normal pattern changed totally. The weather this season was warm and dry and few matches were postponed because of it. For a number of" other reasons, there was some disruption but all players had a very full season. The First Eleven, ably captained by Trevor Bosomworth, promised so much but too rarely came together as a team by supporting each other and putting others before self, an essential pre-requisite of success in hockey. When they did, they looked dangerous and exciting, and I hope that the experience they have gained will mean that their game improves when they move to more senior teams. A number of players in the Second Eleven could have graced the Firsts. In general, however, the Second Eleven played as most St. Peter's Second Elevens, with a robust energy, competitiveness, and no mean skill. As ever, the Colts have started their hockey career with an excellent grounding and have gained a lot of experience. Many whom I watched showed a lot of talent, and I am looking foward to their appearance in the senior teams next season. My thanks to all my colleagues who help and encourage the hockey, and to all the players who make the game so worthwhile for me. The following represented the First Eleven: Bosomworth, T. R.*, (captain), Anderson, J. P.*, Atkinson, R. A. R.*, Basu, A.*, Camacho, M. C , Forman, M.*, Gaunt, S. R.*, Griggs, R. S.*, Higginson, J. D. G., Hutchinson, R.*, Mills, S. W., Mondal, A.*, Newhill, J. D.*, Sawkill, J. P.*. * Colours
The following represented the Second Eleven: Armitage, P. J., Baldwin, J. S., Bowling, J. T. B., Brown, P. D., Bryan, A. J., Cooper, T. E. J., Davison, M. J., Forman, M., Gage, A. R., Griggs, R. S., Mills, S. W., Panitzke, L. C., Robinson, S. A. C , Suckling, J. M., Williams, D. H., Winrow, P. A. The following represented the Colts Eleven: Higginson, J. D. G. (captain), Bell, R. A., Belton, T. R., Caldwell, C. M., Deighton, A. C , Dennis, P., Forrester, M. P., Ghosh, I., Gildener, S. J., Wing, R. J., Leaf, M. P., Marriyapn, J., Mitchell, M. J., Patton, L. J., Pugh, C. D., Ryder, J., Sharma, N., Silverwood, G., Simmons, R. M., Waters, A. L., Williams, M. J. G. The stick was presented to Bosomworth, T. R. The Burn Trophy was presented to Forman, M. R. H. H. Day Wed Sat Sat Wed Wed Wed Wed Sat Fri Sun Wed Fri
Date 25.1.89. 28.1.89. 4.2.89. 8.2.89. 15.2.89. 22.2.89. 1.3.89. 4.3.89. 10.3.89. 12.3.89. 15.3.89. 17.3.89.
Hockey — First Eleven Opponents Ground For Against Result York Sixth Form College Home 2 3 Lost Pocklington School Home 2 2 Draw Ashville College Home 5 1 Won Bootham School Home 4 1 Won Scarborough College Away 0 2 Lost Worksop College Away 1 2 Lost Hall Cross School Home 0 4 Lost Wellensyans H.C Home 2 2 Draw Retiring Captains XI Home 0 2 Lost Pandas H.C Home 0 3 Lost Styx H.C Home 0 7 Lost Presidents XI Home 3 4 Lost Date Sat Sat Wed Wed Wed Sat
21.1.89. 4.2.89. 15.2.89. 22.2.89. 1.3.89. 11.3.89.
Day Sat Sat Wed Wed Wed Wed Sun
Date 21.1.89. 28.1.89. 1.2.89. 15.2.89. 22.2.89. 1.3.89. 12.3.89.
Hockey — Colts Eleven Opponents Ground Bootham School Away Pocklington School Away Scarborough College Away Worksop College Home Barnard Castle Away Pocklington School Home
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Hockey — Second Eleven Opponents Ground Barnard Castle School Home Pocklington School Away Ampleforth College Home Scarborough College Away Worksop College Away Hall Cross School Home Pandas H. C Home
For Against 1 3 0 2 2 1 1 7 3 2 2 2
Result Lost Lost Won Lost Won Draw
For Against 1 3 11 0 1 4 1 3 1 3 2 1 2 2
Result Lost Won Lost Lost Lost Won Draw
Girls'
Hockey
Under 14 Hockey The U.14 Hockey team had an excellent season, not only did they remain unbeaten in their matches, but they also had no goals scored against them. This was partly due to good goal keeping by Claire Walker. The early wins encouraged a good team spirit. All six girls who were at the Junior School played in the team, and all players improved greatly as the season progressed. This was reflected in the greater number of goals scored in the later matches. Notable wins were against The Mount and particularly Queen Margaret's. This game was well contested and fairly even with good goals scored by Connalee Morris. The team's greatest achievement was winning the York and District Hockey tournament, particularly as this took place during the Spring Term when the girls do not play hockey, and they had only one practice for it. A good result against York College and All Saints meant a place in the semi-final against Fulford. After extra time in the final against Tadcaster Grammar School with still no result, it was decided to share the trophy. Team: C. Morris (captain), S. J. Brayshaw, R. Smith, J. J. Ensor, S. Y. Sanderson, V. Robinson, E. L. Strong, C. E. Graves-Tamvakis, R. E. B. Sherbourne, V. J. Gill, L. G. Clark, C. F. Lawson, C. L. Walker. V. M. S. Date Fri Fri Mon Wed Wed Sat Sat
Sept Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Feb
30th 14th 17th 2nd 16th 26th 25th
Opponents York College The Mount Bootham Woodhouse Grove School Manor School Queen Margaret's School U.14 York Tournament v Manor School v York College v Queen Margaret's v The Mount v Sherburn v Barlby v All Saints Semi-final Fulford Tadcaster
Ground Away Away Home Home Away Home
For Against 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 3 0
Result Won Won Won Won Won Won
1-0 3-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 0-0
Under 15 Hockey The fourth year girls, although very few in number, enjoyed playing in several friendly matches. The numbers were made up with some third years and some older girls. They had one or two successes, and maintained their enthusiasm throughout the season. Individual players made good progress and will now go on playing for the second team next year. V. M. S. Adding up the statistics at the end of a season rarely reveals the skill and commitment shown in the games. This year's results reveal a high degree of success but conceal a noteworthy quality of this particular First Eleven, namely a consistently good team performance. Since the First Eleven always has to be formed from those who are still in the Sixth Form and an unknown number of new Lower Sixth girls, it is always a surprise to produce a team. This year's squad lacked any recognised Under 18 District players and so Mr. Paterson's early analysis was far from optimistic. His gloomy forecast was utterly wrong! Under the determined captaincy of Clare Suttill the First Eleven became an efficient and effective team. Games of high quality were played against Queen Margaret's, Lady Lumley's and the College of Ripon and York St. John 2nd XI. In the Under 18 Knockout Tournament the team played losing in the semi-finals to Tadcaster after extra time. 41
The choice of the player therefore to receive the Pacey-Jackson Trophy for the most improved player was a difficult decision. Emmy McCowen was awarded the trophy for her sound defensive role as sweeper. The Second Eleven under the captaincy of Christine Kelly improved during the season despite often having to play on bumpier pitches in far flung places. My thanks go to all those who were part of the teams and also to those who serve unnoticed particularly Mrs. Jean Pulleyn for her help with the kit and Mr. John Hall, the groundsman, for providing us with flat pitches of high quality. I have been encouraged to hear of Old Peterites playing for University teams and I hope that those who have left this year will continue to enjoy their hockey. D. M. P. The following represented the First Eleven: Suttill, C * (captain), Tulley, K., Webster, A.*, Hugill, C , Pears, L-M., Farnsworth, P.*, Kelly, G, Pollard, G., Booth, H., Masefield, A., Fowler, A., Jackson, S., Rosindale, A.*, Stephenson, A., McCowen, E., Copley, L., Wareham, R. Colours * Date Wed Mon Sat Wed Fri Sat Wed Wed Wed Sat Wed
Sept Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Nov
Sat Sat Wed Sat Wed
Nov 19th Nov 26th Nov 30th Dec 3rd Dec 7th
28th 3rd 8th 12th 15th 16th 19th 2nd 9th 12th 16th
Opponents Ground York Sixth Form College* Home St. Aidan's, Harrogate Away Queen Margaret's, Escrick Away Under 18 Rally Away The Mount School* Away Giggleswick School Home Tadcaster School Away York Sixth Form College. Home Lady Lumley's School Home The Mount School Away College of Ripon and York St. John Home Pocklington School Home Durham School Home Worksop College Away Retiring Captain's XI Home Scarborough College Home Played 16
Won 11
Lost 3
For Against Result 3 2 Won 3 1 Won 3 1 Won (7th overall) 0 Won 2 Lost 2 Draw 0 Won 0 Won 1 Draw Won Won Won Lost Won Won
Drawn 2
U.18 Knockout Competition
The Boat Club Reflecting back to last September, the club has undergone some changes this year. It is hard to remember just how we coped without the four new boats and blades, without an ergometer for training, without the enthusiasm of Gary Lawrence and without the experience and help of John Ward. Another change this year came as David Hughes decided to hand over responsibility for the Boat Club, although he continues to spend hours helping on the river bank. David has guided the Club through some very thin years and it is no exaggeration to say that the club owes its continued existence to the easy-going enthusiast who introduced so many to the sport despite endless problems of equipment failure. It is also due to his quiet persistence, and the support he has won from the Head Master and the Bursar, that we now have new boats on the water. There are many of us who have benefited from involvement with the Boat Club in the last ten years; we all have a debt to David Hughes. A select few forsook the rugby and hockey pitches and took to the water in the Christmas Term. We had two girls crews and two boys crews training and they raced at York Sprint Regatta, in the York Small Boats Head and in a Yorkshire Junior League Head. A highlight of the term was the arrival of the two new, carbon-fibre Janousek fours. In these days of co-education we felt it was time to break with tradition and have the boats named after two deserving members of the opposite sex, Ken Shanks and Barry Daniel. It is only Ken Shanks' love and patience that have kept our old equipment going so long. He is a tireless helper, always ready with a smile and an anecdote. Barry Daniel, who was so tragically killed in a climbing accident, was a keen supporter of the Boat Club. In our new boats the boys' Junior IV did well in the York Small Boats Head, coming 59th out of 252 crews and our girls followed this up by winning the girls' division in the Yorkshire Junior League Head in December. 42
In the Easter Term, tent crews trained and we entered crews in two head races. It was good to see six crews racing in another Yorkshire Junior League Head. The girls' crews did well to come second and third in their division and the boys' first four raced hard to win theirs. Four crews raced in the longer Yorkshire Head (5100m) in March and, although we came away without medals, the experience was valuable. Head races give us an excellent opportunity to compare our crews with those of other clubs, universities, colleges and schools and the results this year are promising. We had an action-packed Summer Term; fourteen crews rowed regularly, ten raced, we took part in five regattas, had a fund-raising sponsored row and a scratch regatta, barbeque and boat-naming. The excitement at the beginning of term was the arrival of two beautiful, new, wooden boats. We have had a lot of financial support this year from the school and, by way of a "thank you", we called the new boats "Laura" and "Karol" after the wives of the Head Master and the Bursar. We had a day of good competitive rowing against Durham School in April, to which a draw was a fitting conclusion (we each won five races). York Spring Regatta showed its support of junior rowing by allowing the Yorkshire Junior League to run some low-cost races within the main regatta programme. We, in turn, supported the Junior League and were pleased to see our girls' first four (Katherine Tulley, Lara Lowe, Sophie Damman, Helen Booth and Steve Harryman) win their event. At Bradford Spring Regatta eight crews raced but, although we reached the finals, we returned without any tankards. The most exciting win of the year came at York Summer Regatta. There were eleven crews in the Women's Novice Class including eight university and college crews. Our girls' first four, with Emmy McCowan substituted in the two-seat did well to reach the final against Nottingham. Things did not look so good when, a few strokes into the race, an enormous "crab" brought our girls to a standstill. They lost several lengths on the other crew but showed determination and raced an excellent race from behind. Everyone was delighted to see them go through the other crew and win their Novices. We then had to take crews to Leeds Regatta to give the boys a chance to rectify the balance, which they did in style, winning three good races and their Novice "pot". The crew was Mark Pyrah, Philip Brown, Simon Bowen and Chris Rowland and was coxed by Ken Sharks. On the fund-raising front, the club ran a twentyfour hour sponsored row and we held another scratch regatta and barbeque which were both successful and great fun! We were delighted with a gift of four Dreissigacker blades this year. They will be a great asset to the Club for many years. The captains, Katherine Tulley, James Berrington and Andy Taylor did an excellent job of helping and motivating throughout the year. We would like to thank all the parents who have supported the club this year, in particular Mr. Hague who towed the boats to Bradford. We are also very grateful to the Friends of St. Peter's who held a "60's Dance" to raise money for an ergometer (rowing machine) which is of tremendous benefit to our training and coaching. A. J. H.
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Tennis 1st VI Boys The School's First team have enjoyed a truly memorable season which supercedes last year's heroics. It seems quite proper that three of last seasons players could carry the flag that one stage further to the Midland Bank/LTA National Schools Tennis Championship Finals at Queenswood School. The team had a most enjoyable week in July competing with the very best and Jeffrey Anderson, Sulieman Al-Bassam and Matthew Stephenson all gained one set victories against Bournemouth and Nottingham High School. The other major success this term was the retaining of the York Team Tennis League. This is the fifth consecutive year that we have won that particular cup. Within this particular League, we were undefeated in all matches played. Team spirit flourished under the strong and forthright captaincy of Jeffrey Anderson whose powerful serve and uncompromising ground strokes proved a major asset. Sulieman Al-Bassam's contribution tended to be based around a sound 'serve and volley' game which survived the sternest of examinations. Matthew Stephenson had many winning shots in his armoury including the 'swinging' service, deft touches on the volley and crunching 'passing' shots. Finally, one should not forget the 'new boy' on the team, namely Jonathan Suckling whose 'baseline' game was extremely consistent and successful. R. G. S. The following represented the School's First Team: Colours: J. P. Anderson (captain) (24 matches), S. Y. Al-Bassam (23), M. J. Stephenson (24), J. M. Suckling (19). Also: M. Forman (8 matches), A. L. Waters (4), B. Pattison (4), A. C. Lee (3), J. P. Sawhill (2), S. W. Mills (2), D. R. Jones (1). Date Wed Wed Sat Sat Wed Thur Wed Thur Sat Mon Mon Wed Sat ' Sat Thur Wed Fri Fri Sat Mon Thur Sat Tue Tue Wed
Apr Apr Apr Apr May May May May May May May May May May May May Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jul Jul Jul
26th 26th 29th 29th 3rd 4th 10th 11th 13th 15th 15th 17th 20th 20th 25th 31st 2nd 2nd 3rd 5th 15th 17th 11th 11th 12th
Opponent Woodhouse Grove Wigginton T.C Harrogate G.S Lady Lumley's School Scarborough College Sherburn H.S Hymers College York VI Form College Worksop College Fulford School Acomb T.C Pocklington School Pocklington School Harrogate G.S All Saints School Ampleforth College Repton School Wyke VI Form College Ashville College Bootham School Dunnington T.C Barnard Castle School St. Paul's School* Nottingham G.S.* Bournemouth G.S.*
Ground Away Away Away Away Home Home Away Home Home Home Away Away Away Away Home Away Home Home Home Away Away Away Away Away Away
For TA 5 4 5 6 5 10 6 IVi 5 4 5 6 4 6 2V2 2 6 8V2 6 3 7 0 1 2
Against \V2 1 2 1 0 1 6 0 IVi 1 2 4 0 2 0 6V2 4 0 % 0 3 2 6 5 4
Result Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Lost Lost Won Won Won Draw Won Lost Lost Lost
* These matches in National Schools Championships Finals.
Second
Team
The Second Team had some good results from a strong fixture list, and seven of the names listed represented the First Team at least once. It was mainly made up of very senior players, and I hope that the leavers continue to play with as much enjoyment and enthusiasm as they have shown at School. The following played for the Second Team: M. Forman, A. L. Waters, B. Pattison, J. P. Sawhill, E. G. Stanton, S. W. Mills, R. J. Tucker, M. S. Connolly, D. R. Jones, A. C. Lee, M. J. Mitchell. J. R. L. Date Sat Wed Sat Wed Sat Sat
May May May May Jun Jun
13th 17th 20th 31st 10th 17th
Opponent Worksop College Pocklington School Scarborough College Ampleforth College Giggleswick School 1st VI Durham School 1st VI
Ground Home Away Away Away Home Home
For 8V2
5 8 Vi 4V2 3'/2
Against Result V2 Won 4 Won 1 Won 8V2 Lost 4% Draw 5'h Lost
Under 15 Team There was a small but very strong squad at U. 15 level. The eight boys in the fourth form playing tennis, together with Alistair Bell, produced a team winning seven matches. The only defeat, by the narrowest of margins, came when their first pair were absent reinforcing the School 1st VI and 2nd VI. 44
David Jones and Andrew Lee were unbeaten at U. 15 level, both in singles and in doubles. They also won sixteen out of eighteen sets when playing together for the 1st VI and 2nd VI. The first pair were pushed hard in practice and in results by David Baldry and James Thompson, who had many excellent decisive wins, with only rare lapses in concentration. Riza Ahmad and Ben Hatfield both made a great deal of progress, and were never easy to beat. Mark Davies showed good technique, and Martin Kershaw and Alistair Bell performed well when called upon. J. R. L. Results Date Thur Tue Wed Thur Sat Wed Sat Sat
May May May May May May Jun Jun
4th 9th 17th 18th 20th 31st 10th 17th
Opponent Fulford School Lowfield School Pocklington School Millthorpe School Scarborough College Ampleforth College Giggleswick School Durham School
Tennis
Ground Home Away Home Home Away Home Home Home
For 6 6
a6 8'/2
5 7 4
Against 0 0 1 0 '/2
4 1 5
Remit Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Lost
U.16
Only one U.16 match was played, the team beating Ashville College 7-2. Team: D. Baldry, J. Thompson, D. Jones, M. Davies, M. Bean, M. Mitchell.
John Lee's Contribution
to Tennis
Since 1980 John has devoted a tremendous amount of time and energy towards the organisation of Boy's tennis. The fixture list in those days was much weaker in quality. However, the Boy's Tennis Club now plays all the regions top school teams and has gained a great deal of success in recent years. The facilities under his proposals have improved beyond recognition and include four new excellent all weather courts at Alcuin house and one presently under construction at the Sports Hall. Last year John organised a twenty-four hour tennis marathon which provided funds to purchase a 'Lobster' tennis ball machine for the benefit of the pupils. However, it will be for his personal coaching of the boys throughout the school that he will be remembered. His ability to both demonstrate the key shots and instruct the pupil of how to better their performance tactically help lay the foundations for the first team's national success this year. R. G. S.
Under 14 Girls The U.14 Tennis Team have had a very pleasing and successful season. This year is only the second year of third year girls at St. Peter's, and with only six girls last year, picking a team was not difficult! However, with there being twenty third year girls this year, there was a lot of talent and choosing a team of six was extremely difficult. Due to the lack of tennis courts and time allocation home matches were difficult. Matches went well for the team, with successes against Worksop College and the Mount School, but losing to Queen Margaret's after a hard-fought match. The U.14 team gained most of their experience and practice by participating in the U.14 York team tennis league. The following people represented the U.14 team: E. C. Bowling, J. E. M. Mindenhall, V. M. Robinson, E. L. Strong, S. Y. Sanderson, M. Marlow. The following results were obtained: Results v v v v v v
Sherburn School Queen Anne Manor School Mount School Bootham School All Saints
Won Won Won Drew Won Won
6-0 6-0 5-1 3-3 6-0 5-1
We went through as winners of the section even after drawing with The Mount, as we obtained a better set average. In the final against Tadcaster Grammar, all the matches were well contested with a lot of close games. As the day was an extremely hot one, both teams did exceedingly well, with congratulations to Eleanor Bowling for beating Emma Knowles 7-5, after losing to her in the semi-finals of the York Municipal Tournament. Eleanor Bowling and Jane Mundenhall, after a couple of weeks to get used to playing with each other, did extremely well as couple number one, winning most of their matches. They had a very determined attitude, and their efforts paid off. Well done! Victoria Robinson and Emily Strong improved through the season, particularly in their attitude, realising that to do well demanded consistent effort and attention. However, they played well in doubles and singles, really thinking of what shot to play, and when. Well played! Results of league final against Tadcaster Grammar. 45
Singles:-
E. C. Bowling J. E. M. Mindenhall V. M. Robinson E. L. Strong
Won Won Won Won
7-5 6-1 6-2 6-4
Doubles:-
E. C. Bowling J. E. M. Mindenhall
Lost
1-6
V. M. Robinson E. L. Strong
Lost
6-7
Well done to the team, and the strength of the team bodes well in the future for the first team. The team would also like to give special thanks to Mrs. Shepherd for organising everything so efficiently and thanks to Mrs. Burrows for accompanying and giving support on away matches. Good luck for future seasons. E. C. B.
Under 15 Girls Tennis matches for this age group were difficult to arrange as there were so few girls in the year. Two of them were doing full time rowing and three C.C.F. so tennis playing time was limited. However, a team was entered in the U.15 local league as this consisted of only four players, playing both singles and doubles. They played with enthusiasm despite losing most of the matches, and all the pupils showed improvement through the season. Team: S-G. Panitzke, S. N. Pitt, E. J. Copley, E. L. Williams, M. Marlow, S. Y. Sanderson. W. M. S.
Senior
Girls
The girls team, captained by Jane Alexander, had an excellent season, the first team losing only two matches and winning sixteen. Colette Radcliffe's steady game and Jane Alexander's serve proved to be an unbeaten partnership throughout the season. Alex Masefield and Alex Webster played well, their game highlighted by Alex Masefield's consistent ground strokes and Alex Webster's excellence at the net. Louise and Abigail Fowler proved to be a reliable third couple and both played well at the net in every match. The second team had a mixed season, Sophie Jackson improved greatly and Zara Moayedi proved to be a steady and accurate player. Heather Withey must also be credited on her performance. Well done to the Under 14's who won their area league with good play from both Emily Strong and Eleanor Bowling. The first team, however, managed to reach the area league final but lost 2-4 to Appleton Roebuck. Good luck next season. Represented first team: Jane Alexander*, Alex Webster*, Colette Radcliffe*, Alex Masefield*, Louise Fowler, Abigail Fowler, Zara Moayedi, Sophie Jackson, Lynn-Marie Pears, Heather Withey. Represented second team: Polly Farnsworth, Ali Holley, Suzie Musgrave, Shelagh Pitt, Sarah Brassington, Sharon Wareham, Eleanor Bowling. * Colours J. A. Date Thur Sat Wed Sat Sat Sat Wed Sat Sat
Apr Apr May May May Jun Jun Jun Jun
27th 29th 10th 13th 20th 3rd 7th 10th 17th
Opponents Queen Ethelburgas Queen Margaret's Bootham Worksop College Pocklington The Mount Woodhouse Grove Scarborough College Durham School
Ground Away Away Home Away Home Away Home Away Away
For 24 3 5 5 5 6 9 5 5
Against 21 6 4 4 4 3 0 4 4
1st Team results in the U.18 York Team Tennis League Dunnington Club Away 4 2 Tadcaster Grammar School Home 4 2 York College Away 6 0 Joseph Rowntrees Away 6 0
Result Won Lost Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won
Final Against Appleton Roebuck Tennis Club For Against Result 2 4 Lost No Runners-Up Date Thur Sat Wed Sat Sat Sat Wed Wed
Apr Apr May May Jun Jun Jun Jun
27th 29th 10th 20th 3rd 10th 14th 21st
Opponents Queen Ethelburgas Queen Margaret's Bootham Pocklington The Mount Scarborough College York Vlth Form College Hymers College
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Ground Away Away Away Home Away Away Home Home
For 19 3 9 8 5 6 4 6
Against 26 6 0 1 4 3 5 3
Result Lost Lost Won Won Won Won Lost Won
Squash First Team Captain: D. M. J. Clavell Colours: D. M. J. Clavell, J. R. Kersey, R. A. R. Atkinson, M. J. Stephenson, G. J. Harding. Also Played: J. I. Stephenson, J. D. G. Higginson, R. W. Hudson, J. D. Rigby. The School's First String was again Dominic Clavell, who also captained the side this season. He was able to win more matches than he lost this time, and that is a considerable achievement when considering the standard of the opponents he faced. He set an excellent example of application and keenness for the rest of the team to follow. James Kelsey moved up to number two. His accurate backhand drops and powerful forehand, together with tenacity and forcefulness overwhelmed many opponents. The other experienced team member was Adam Atkinson, and although he played a little less squash this season, he was involved in many exciting matches, and always put absolutely every ounce of effort into his game. Matthew Stephenson played his first season for the First Team, and was the most improved player. As well as always being ready to try the unorthodox, he was able to retrieve surprisingly well by the middle of the season, and proved to be a good competitor. James Harding, who completed the team, struggled before Christmas to find winning ways, but was always improving his game, so that he ended the season with five consecutive wins when everything came together. On no occasion did the team lose to weaker opponents, and they were most efficient at finishing off those matches which they won.
Results (1988)
(1989)
Date Thur. 29th Sept. Thur. 4th Oct. Thur. 6th Oct. Sun. 9th Oct. Thur. 13th Oct. Tu. 18th Oct. Tu. 8th Nov. Thur. 17th Nov. Sun. 27th Nov. Thur. 1st Dec. Thur. 19th Jan. Thur. 26th Jan. Thur. 2nd Feb. Tue. 7th Feb. Wed. 8th Feb. Thur. 9th Feb. Wed. 15th Feb. Thur. 16th Feb. Fri. 17th Feb. Sat. 18th Feb. Sun. 19th Feb. Thur. 23rd Feb. Sat. 4th Mar. Sat. 11th Mar.
Opponents Ashville College Squashbucklers Silcoates School Ampleforth College Pocklington School Giggleswick School Leeds G. S Worksop College Repton School Woodhouse Grove School Squashbucklers Silcoates School Leeds G. S Ashville College St. Edward's School, Oxford Pocklington School Ampleforth College Trent College Ellesmere College Wrekin College Oakham School Woodhouse Grove School Durham School Old Peterites
Home/Away Away Home Home Away Away Home Home Home Home Away Home Away Away Home Home Home Home Away Away Away Away Home Home Home
+ 5 1 5 4 0 5 0 4 0 5 2 1 1 5 3 1 3 3 5 4 1 4 5 2
-0 4 0 1 5 0 5 1 5 0 4 4 4 0 2 4 2 2 •
0
1 4 1 0 3
Won/Lost Won Lost Won Won Lost Won Lost Won Lost Won Lost Lost Lost Won Won Lost Won Won Won Won Lost Won Won Lost
Under 15 Team: R. W. Hudson, O. Gardner, R. J. Pipes, A. C. Lee, D. H. Baldry, J. P. Holliday. Also Played: J. F. Hudson, A. Birch, M. A. Lang, G. Wood. The U.15 Team had an excellent season, with many good results showing promise of continued success at Senior level. The first two matches, at Pocklington and Ampleforth, were lost 0-5, but due to a programme of thorough practice, which tested the patience and enthusiasm of the players, their standard improved greatly. All the remaining nine matches were won, including reversing the two defeats and a first win against Leeds G. S. at this level for many years.
Results (1988)
(1989)
Date
Opponents
Thur. 6th Oct. Sun. 9th Oct. Thur. 17th Nov. Thur. 24th Nov. Thur. 1st Dec. Wed. 18th Jan. Mon. 23rd Jan. Wed. 25th Jan. Mon. 30th Jan. Thur. 2nd Feb. Thur. 23rd Feb.
Pocklington School Ampleforth College Silcoates School Ashville College Woodhouse Grove School Ampleforth College Pocklington School Durham School Ashville College Leeds G. S Woodhouse Grove School
Home/Away
Away Away Away Home Away Home Home Away Away Away Home
+ 0 0 5 4 3 5 4 3 4 3 4
-5 5 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 1
Won/Lost Lost Lost Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won
This year has seen the involvement of more members of the staff in organising Squash, both in School and with matches. The Wednesday and Saturday Senior Options have been taken enthusiastically by Mr. Newman and the Rev. Harvey. The Chaplain has also looked after the U.15 Team on their matches, and Mr. Cook has continued to take the U.14 group, who have played (and won!) four matches. We have welcomed girls into the practices whenever they have been free. 47
The Senior House Matches were won decisively by the Manor, who beat a young Grove team 4-1 in the final. In the Junior House Final, in a match of a very high standard, Queen's beat the Grove by the very narrowest of margins. The Individual Tournament resulted in the top seed, Dominic Clavell, retaining the trophy again, beating James Kelsey, seeded second, 3-0 in the Final. J. R. L.
Results (1988) (1989)
Date Fri. 22nd Sept. Thur. 24th Nov. Fri. 20th Jan. Fri. 17th Mar.
Opponents Pocklington School Ashville College Pocklington School Ashville College
Home/Away Home Home Away Away
John Lee's contribution
+ 5 4 5 4
0 1 0 1
Won/Lost Won Won Won Won
to Squash
John Lee took over the running of the Squash Club in January 1975, a year in which the School's 1st V was very successful. Since then, he has devoted a vast amount of time coaching at all levels in St. Peter's, taking away matches regularly and always being on hand between games to give advice when teams were under threat from other Schools. Having played at county level himself, and having been York champion for six consecutive years, the advice often turned defeat to victory. Of course, we, the team, sometimes thought that we knew better and had just had a run of bad luck in the last 0-9 game, and regretted later not listening. John Lee also gave up his half-term in the Easter term to take a squash tour for five days, normally with five matches to be played. Each year we tried to visit a different part of the country, but always John Lee organised it so that we were playing the best sides of that area. Although each match was important, so was getting to see the local nightlife, and John Lee made sure that we enjoyed them both, no matter what the outcome on the squash court. One battle that was always on John Lee's hands was the improvement of the squash facilities. Due to the arrival of the new science block, the number of courts was reduced from three to two, and those remaining were certainly in need of a coat of paint. Thanks to his perseverance this paint eventually arrived and two changing rooms were built within the building. Hopefully improvements will continue to be made on his departure. On behalf of last year's 1st, and also the many other teams that have passed under his excellent coaching, I thank John Lee and hope to see him in the near future at an O.P. match to try to win that one elusive game. 1988-89 1st V: D. M. J. Clavell, R. A. R. Atkinson, J. R. Kelsey, M. J. Stephenson, J. Harding. D. M. J. C. 48
Cross
Country
The 1st VIII had an indifferent season, winning three out of six matches. Although the School came up against tough opposition in the form of Barnard Castle and Durham, we were unlucky losing to Pocklington on a re-count. David Tunstall won the Inter-House but Paul Reah proved himself to be consistently the best in the School throughout the season and would have surely won the event if he had not gone the wrong way. Good performances were also achieved by Andrew Berrington, Adrian Buck (Capt.) and Ben Pattison. The 1st VIII was well represented at York Area Schools' Cross Country Trial held at Tadcaster, with Paul Reah, Adrian Buck, Nathan Barnes, John Winder and George Davidson all qualifying to run for York. Paul Reah later went on to represent North Yorkshire in an inter-County match. The U.15 team had a poor season winning two out of five matches although this was due to the fact that the best team was only available on two occasions. However, Chris Brooker ran particularly well against Pocklington and Ampleforth. At the end of the season Cross Country Colours were awarded to: Nathan Barnes, Andrew Berrington, Ben Pattison and David Tunstall and Colours were re-awarded to Adrian Buck, Matthew Copley and Paul Reah. Finally, our thanks go to Mr. Drysdale for his hard work and enthusiasm throughout the season. The following have represented the School this season: U.15: R. J. M. Ambrose, D. H. Baldry, A. J. D. Bell, C. P. Brooker, T. J. Cordier, J. R. Corner, A. G. Curtis, J. C. Doncaster, P. T. Ferrow, R. W. Hudson, J. H. Lacy-Cobon, J. J. Muir, B. R. Neary, P. D. A. Reavley, R. G. Shaw, D. A. Todd, A. J. Wildblood. 1st VIII: N. Barnes, A. P. Berrington, A. N. buck, M. J. Copley, A. R. T. Marks, B. Pattison, P. Reah, A. P. Ruder, D. Tunstall, J. J. Winder. Adrian Buck
Results 1st VIII Date 28th Jan. 15th Feb. 22nd Feb. 25th Feb. 1st March 4th March
Opponents Durham Ampleforth (Seconds) Silcoates Pocklington Woodhouse Grove Ampleforth Invitation St. Peter's came 8th 11th March Barnard Castle
Under 15
_
H/A A H H H A
+ 63 32 36 44 17
23 46 44 34 20
Won/Lost L W W L W
H
62
24
L
Opponents Date 28th Jan. Durham 15th Feb. Ampleforth 22nd Feb. Silcoates 25th Feb. Pocklington 1st March Woodhouse Grove
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H/A A H H H A
-56
_ -29
34 36 26
49 42 10
+
Won/Lost L L W W L
Inter-House Cross
Country
Junior Senior Individual Winner: C . Brooker Individual Winner: D. Tunstall Grove 20.41 Templie 23.32 (record 21.40) mses: The Rise 92 points 32 average Houses: Queen's Queen's 52 average The Rise 93 points Clifton 65 average School 102 points School 73 average Grove 122 points Manor 76.8 average Clifton 167 points Temple 77 average Temple 176 points Grove 85 average Manor only 5 scored Dronfield 111 average
Girls* Cross
Country
A few girls are keen cross country runners and choose to run during the games programme. An Intermediate and a Senior team were entered in the York and District Schools Cross Country trials. The Senior team won their event for the fifth year running, and the team consisted of P. C. Stephenson, E. M. McCowen (placed 3rd), A. L. Masefield (5th), S. K. Greaves (6th), and S. L. Wareham (9th). The four individually placed runners were selected to run for the York and District team and did so on several occasions. They were awarded their City Colours. The Intermediate team of E. J. Copley, E. L. Williams, C. L. Malster and S. N. Pitt came a creditable third against strong opposition. Esther Williams came third overall and Emma Copley was placed nineth. They also went on to represent York and gained their City Colours. Two teams were entered in the Rowntree Athletic Club's Relay Race. Each team consisted of girls from both Senior and Junior Schools. E. L. Williams and R. E. B. Sherbourne ran for the team which was placed third overall. E. J. Copley and S. Y. Sanderson ran for the 'B' team who came fifth. W. M. S.
SENIOR
NETBALL
During the Easter Term, the 1st VII Netball achieved good results. Out of the twelve matches played, we won seven and lost four - this despite the loss of our Goal Attack and Captain, Polly Farnsworth who unfortunately played only three games because of leg injury. Polly was replaced with the skill and efficient partnership of the Fowler twins, Abigail and Louise, who achieved success scores as 26 goals to 5 in a home match against The Mount. They were ably backed up by Gemma Pollard as Wing Attack and Ronnie Wareham as Centre. Ronnie did much to hold the team together, and played a determined game. The major defensive positions remained the same throughout all our matches, and on good days stability was acquired by Clare Suttill and Shelagh Pitt. Wing Defence played alternately by Emma McCowen and Claire Hugill was taken over by Polly on her return to the squad. Although game practices remained light-hearted, individual skill became apparent under match conditions and we played well as a team, with the determination to win. The 2nd VII with a combination of sixth and fifth form girls gained much experience from their matches this season. With their mixed squad they won two and drew one. of their six games. Good defence by Emma Lockwood and shooting by Alex Masefield ensured balanced team play. The presence of lower sixth and fifth form girls in the team augurs well for next year and we wish them every success. 50
A sense of dedication was not lacking in any of the teams and with increasing confidence and experience over the forthcoming seasons, matches should produce even better results. Our thanks go to Mesdames Shepherd, Taylor and Burrows for their considerable guidance and expertise, and very enthusiastic support and encouragement. C. A. S. 2nd U.15 Jan 28th Feb 1st Feb 4th Feb 15th Feb 22nd Feb 25th Jan 30th Sat Feb 4th Wed Feb 15th Wed Feb 22nd Feb 25th Sat
Opponents The Mount Mount St. Mary's Giggleswick Scarborough College Worksop College Bootham York College Giggleswick Scarborough College Worksop College Bootham
Date Sat Wed Sat Wed Sat Wed Wed Sat Wed Tue Sat Wed
Opponents Bradford Girls G.S Woodhouse Grove The Mount Mount St. Mary Giggleswick Scarborough College Worksop College Bootham Barnard Castle Fulford School Leeds Girls High School Queen Margaret's
Sat Wed Sat Wed Wed Sat
Ground Home Away Away Away Home Away Home Home Away
For 17 7 5 3 6 9 15
Against 17 15 7 12 30 5 17
5 10
18 7
Result Draw Lost Won Lost Lost Won Lost Lost Lost Lost Won
For 10 24 26 21 20 3 17 17 19 13 20 5
Against 21 10 5 15 22 30 13 3 14 20 20 2
Result Lost Won Won Won Lost Lost Won Won Won Lost Draw Won
1st U.15 Jan 21st Jan 25th Jan 28th Feb 1st Feb 4th Feb 15th Feb 22nd Feb 25th Mar 1st Mar 7th M a r 11th M a r 15th
Ground Away Away Home Away Away Away Home Away Away Away Home Home
Under 15 Netball There were only seven girls in their fourth year, and as the team consists of seven players, this worked well: they all had the opportunity to play! Shelagh Pitt was eligible to play in this age group, but is to be congratulated on being a first team member. The team had five friendly fixtures and most Schools were happy to have one or two older pupils playing in this team. The girls played with some enthusiasm and much laughter, and although they lost four of their five matches, they started to look like a team, and progress was made. W. M. S.
Under 14 Netball Hockey is the main sport in the Autumn Term, but the Under 14's played netball once a week and had four matches to gain some valuable experience, although they lost three of them. The Netball rally for this age group was early in the term, and despite losing most of the matches, this was by narrow margins, and the team started to play with more fluency and more effort. Ten matches were played in the Spring Term, and due to the good weather there were no cancellations. Because a good team spirit had been built up during the previous term's hockey matches, the girls had far more faith in their ability to win, and did so on six of the occasions. They did particularly well to beat Bradford Girls G.S., Scarborough College and Leeds Girls G.S., and the shooting was much improved by the end of the season. They narrowly lost against The Mount and Worksop College; but I was pleased by their commitment, and seldom did players give up. Team: V. H. Robinson (captain), C. Morris, E. L. Strong, C. E. Graves-Tamvakis, R. H. Smith, M . Marlow, J. J. Ensor. Date Opponents Thur Sept 29th Baldersby Park Sat Oct 1st Netball Rally v All Saints v The Mount v Huntington v Joseph Rowntree v York College v Low field Thur Oct 6th Bootham Wed Oct 12th York College Wed Oct 19th Ashville College SPRING TERM 1989 Sat Jan 21st Bradford Girls G.S Wed Jan 25th Woodhouse Grove Sat Jan 28th The Mount Wed Feb 1st Mount St. Mary's Sat Feb 4th Giggleswick Wed Feb 15th Scarborough College Wed Feb 22nd Worksop College Sat Feb 25th Bootham Sat Mar 11th Leeds Girls High School Thur Mar 16th Queen Anne
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Ground Away
Home Away Home
For Against 3 18 0 6 2 3 6 2 2 3 2 3 2 4 2 3 3 8 9 9
Result Lost Lost Lost Won Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Draw
Away Away Home Away Away Away Home Away Home Away
15 7 3 3 3 18 7 10 12 5
Won Draw Lost Lost Won Won Lost Won Won Won
8 7 10 10 1 10 9 4 2 3
Senior Girls'
Swimming
Swimming is available on the games programme both for training and recreational purposes. No one opts for full-time swimming but a few older pupils enjoyed swimming on a weekly basis. The senior girls had five friendly matches, and although not winning any of them, they only lost on three occasions by six points. W. M. S.
Under 14
Swimming
Swimming is popular in the Junior School, and this is the first year that their Under 13 swimmers have continued as Under 14's. The team was strengthened by three good swimmers new to the School. Swimming is not a particularly popular sport with girls as they get older, particularly as they don't want to get wet hair! The results of the matches depended on whether the full strength team was available. Sometimes commitment was lacking. Caroline Lawson is to be congratulated on only once losing a race when swimming butterfly, and Rachel Smith had nine first placings out of fourteen attempts. W. M. S. Date Opponents Tue Sept 27th The Mount Thur Nov 10th Bootham School Wed Nov 23rd Ashville College Tue Dec 6th York College SPRING TERM Tue Jan 17th Queen Ethelburgas Tue Tue Tue Tue
Jan Feb Feb Feb Mar SUMMER Thur May Tue May
Ground Home Away Home Home
31st The Mount 7th Queen Margaret's 14th Bootham 28th Woodhouse Grove 7th York College TERM 4th Bootham School 23rd Queen Margaret's
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For Against Result Won 48 30 Lost 34 42 Won 46 31 Won
Home Home Away Home Home Home Home
49 36 40 36 31 51 28
27 42 23 40 45 25 47
Won Lost Won Lost Lost Won Lost
Away Away
40 36 36 40
Won Lost
U.15 U.14
Inter-House Swimming Individual Medley 50 yds Backstroke 50 yds Breastroke 50 yds Butterfly 50 yds Freestyle Medley Relay Freestyle Relay Individual Medley 50 yds Backstroke 50 yds Breastroke 50 yds Butterfly 50 yds Freestyle Medley Relay Freestyle Relay
1st 2nd= 2nd= 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
U.14 Age Group S. Berry (T) 80.8 sec M. Ludiman (T) 34.6 sec • J. Fieldsend (T) 38.7 sec M. Ludiman (T) 32.7 sec S. Shepherd (T) 28.5 sec Temple 61.5** sec Temple 53.8 sec U.16 Age Group J. Butler (G) 73.5 sec L. Patton (Q) 32.8 sec D. Brown (R) 33.3 sec D. Brown (R) 33.2 sec J. Butler (G) 28.9 sec Queens 58.8 sec School 51.9 sec
Clifton Rise School Queens Temple Grove Manor Dronfield
91 58 58 53 52 50 34 24
Results 1989
U.15 Age Group J. Meadon (C) 72.6 J. Ward (R) 34.3 J. Meadon (C) 34.8 J. Meadon (C) 33.8 P. Reavley (R) 29.3 Rise 62.5 Queen's 55.4 Senior Age Group Individual Medley R. Sellers (C) 74.4 100 yds Backstroke D. Clavell (M) 73.0 50 yds Backstroke D. Clavell (M) 32.7 100 yds Breastroke S. Bailey (S) 77.1 50 yds Breastroke M. Lockwood (C) 32.3 50 yds Butterfly R. Sellers (C) 29.0 100 yds Freestyle I. Sanderson (C) 64.3 50 yds Freestyle R. Sellers (C) 27.0 Medley Relay Clifton 55.0 Freestyle Relay Clifton 48.5 Swimming Standards Cup 1989 7.6 av. per pupil 1st Rise 2nd Queens 7.1 av. per ]pupil 3rd Clifton 6.9 av. per ipupil 4th Dronfleld 6.7 av. per ]pupil 5th = Manor 6.51 av. per pupil 5th = Temple 6.51 av. per pupil 7th School 6.46 av. per pupil 8th Grove 6.34 av. per pupil Individual Medley 50 yds Backstroke 50 yds Breastroke 50 yds Butterfly 50 yds Freestyle Medley Relay Freestyle Relay
pts pts pts pts pts pts pts pts
sec sec sec sec sec sec sec sec sec sec sec sec sec sec sec sec sec
New School Record
Inter-House Athletics Results 1989 100m 200m 400m 800m 1500m High Jump Long Jump Discus Shot Javelin Relay
Juniors E. Graves-Tamvakis (T) 12.3 sec 28.0 sec J. Fieldsend (T) 61.4 sec J. Fieldsend (T) 2m 30 sec M. Ludiman (T) 4m 59.8 sec B. Mundell (M) lm 40cms D. Millen (Q) E. Graves-Tamvakis (T) 4m 94cm 23m 72cm M. Ludiman (T) 9m 29cm T. Oakley (M) 30m 12cm M. Gorman (M) 52.8 sec Temple
100m 200m 400m 800m 1500m 3000m High Jump Long Jump Discus Shot Javelin Relay
** = New School Record 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Intermediates J. Morris (R) J. Morris (R) I. Garai (C) A. Waters (S) S. Davies (R) A. Berrington (Q) L. Patton (Q) J. Morris (R) S. Slater (R) S. Roberts (M) S. Slater (R) Rise
11.7 sec 25.1 sec 57.1 sec 2m 18.7 sec 4m 54.0 sec 10m 59.0 sec lm 69cm 5m 67cm** 32m 32cm 10m 75cm 35m 68cm 49.3 sec**
Athletic Shield RISE 99 points TEMPLE 92 points MANOR 72 points QUEENS 52 points SCHOOL 50 points GROVE 37 points CLIFTON 16 points
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100m 200m 400m 800m 1500m 3000m High Jump Long Jump Discus Shot Javelin Relay
Seniors M. Davison (T) P. Sawkill (M) S. Proudley (S) A. Taylor (G) A. Buck (R) P. Nowell (S) P. Brown (R) P. Sawkill (M) K. Deakin (T) K. Deakin (T) and S. Jinadu (G) M. Davison (T) Temple
11.6 sec 25.0 sec 55.4 sec 2m 20.9 sec 4m 47.8 sec 9m 56.8 sec lm 65cm 5m 84cm 35m 58cm 11m 22cm 45m 30cm 47.7 sec**
Athletics Only one of the girls - Angela Rosindale - chose to do full-time athletics during the summer term. Thanks are due to Shaun Mason who willingly spent so much time with Angela and the other three girls who were entered in the York and District Athletic trials held at York University. Stephanie Sanderson was second in the Junior 100 metres, and Emma Copley first in the Intermediate 100 metres. Angela Rosindale was seventh in the Intermediate 100 metres, and Esther Williams fourth in the Intermediate 800 metres. The girls with placings in the first five were selected to represent the York and District Team at Cudworth for County trials. Emma Copley was also selected for the 100 metres Relay. All three gave creditable performances, although they just missed selection. W. M. S.
Under 14 Rounders The Under 14 rounders team had a commendable season, winning two matches, drawing one, and losing one. Rounders is not a game that is often played and most girls chose only one of their options to be rounders. A couple of friendly matches were played by the seniors, but on the whole rounders is a junior game. The following members of the squad should be mentioned for their regular good playing throughout the season: Victoria Robinson, Charlotte Graves-Tamvakis and Connelee Morris for their high standard of fielding; Charlotte and Emily Strong for their batting; and Stephanie Sanderson for her bowling. It was not surprising that the team lost to Scarborough College because two of their regular members were absent. The following all represented the U.14 squad: S. Y. Sanderson, S. J. Brayshaw, J. J. Ensor, R. M. Smith, C. F. Lawson, C. Morris, C. E. Graves-Tamvakis, V. M. Robinson, E. L. Strong, R. E. B. Sherbourne, V. J. Gill, C. G. Clark, C. L. Walker.
Results: v. v. v. v.
Queen Ethelburga's Woodhouse Grove Scarborough College Queen Anne
Won Won Lost Draw
8-3 5-2'/2 5'/2-13. 2-2
W. M. S.
Oxford Cup (Holders: School House) Senior Rugby Junior Rugby Senior Cricket Junior Cricket Senior Rowing Junior Rowing Athletics Sports Cross Country Junior Long Run Swimming Sports Swimming Standards Tennis Shooting Squash Totals
Points Awarded 20 10 20 10
Clifton
Grove
Manor
Queen's
Rise 20
School House
Temple
10 20 10
No Competition No Competition 15 10 10 15 10 15
10
15 10 10
30
25
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The
Library
The introduction last September of a librarian with more time on his hands than his predecessors has meant that re-organisation and planning has gone ahead smoothly in readiness for the move to the new library building during the coming academic year. The main task has been the re-cataloguing of all books in the Dewey Decimal System as used in all public libraries and most schools. Colour coding on book spines will also help the pupils to find the books more easily. Books which were no longer of use to us were collected by the Rotarians to be sent to developing countries, and worn books have been rebound. Many new books have been added to most sections, full use being made of good second-hand and remaindered stocks and the reduced prices offered by various book clubs. We were grateful to receive financial help from the profits of the Nearly New Shop, and the Friends of St. Peter's have promised a splendid donation for the purchase of items of furniture for the new library. Several friends have also been generous in passing on to us books from their own collection, and we are always glad to welcome offers from those who might be clearing out their shelves and houses. The librarian has been helped greatly by several pupils working voluntary or as part of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme. He is grateful to Harry Burrell, Nigel Dawkins, Tarik Tutill, Richard Scott, Mark Davies, Tim Cordier, Ian Sharper, Conor Farley and Jon Lacy-Colson for their continuing help, and is always on the look out for further willing hands. Although the increase in the correct use of the library is pleasing, many pupils have not yet learned of the many advantages available and how their studies can be helped. The librarian is nearly always available to offer help and guidance, and will do his best to obtain books on behalf of students. A collection of folders on varying topics is also being made which will assist pupils in individual topic work, and files may be borrowed or photo-copied. (If anyone is disposing of an unwanted photo-copying machine we would be most grateful to hear of it.) So the year has seen considerable progress and improvements, although there is some disappointment that more pupils do not use the library as a source of information and pleasure. The borrowing system has been simplified and fines for overdue books have not been levied, though some pupils have a casual attitude and, despite reminders, have not returned books. As some have already found, financial pressure will be brought to bear for persistent offenders. J. V. M., Librarian
The
Archives
The increased interest in the history of the school and its archives has been most gratifying, and the collection, collation and conservation of items from the past have all continued as time and money have allowed. Our original registers (the earliest one being for 1828) have been strengthened, restored and rebound, whilst photo-copies have been made for use as working copies and to guard against accidental loss. A card index of old pupils has been made from the registers so that for the first time an alphabetical system is available, saving much time in dealing with the increasing numbers of enquiries about old pupils. The interest shown by Old Peterites on Commemoration Day was rewarding; several cards were corrected or updated, and interesting information was added to the records. There was still many gaps but these will be filled, particularly when the project of a nominal index to "The Peterite" has been completed. It is most unfortunate that the school does not possess a full set of "The Peterite", and that some of the volumes are in poor repair. A start has been made on re-binding and restoring the numbers that we do have, and photocopies have been obtained of some of the missing pages and volumes. Hopefully one day our collection will be as complete as it should. We are most grateful to all Old Peterites and others who have sent ephemera such as programmes, photographs, items of uniform, letters, reports and so forth. These have all been catalogued and stored, and suitable items will be displayed from time to time. If you have anything from the past, however unimportant it may seem to you, please don't hesitate to let us have it. The trivia of today is the history of tomorrow. Another task in hand is to collect, copy and frame photographs of distinguished Old Peterites of the past. A portrait of Sir Frank Swettenham in the National Portrait Gallery is being copied, and we also hope to have a copy made of what is believed to be the only contemporary likeness of Guy Fawkes, painted during his imprisonment. Photographs of Dennis Compton, Basil Radford, Frank Mitchell, Frank Pick and others are also being prepared. In addition a new section in the library has been set aside for books by or about Old Peterites - rather more of them than people imagine, one forgotten one by D. B. Kitchin giving a vivid picture of the school in the eighteen-seventies. In addition to the printed word, several Old Peterites have been kind enough to let us have their personal memories of their time at school, and these are most valuable. It is hoped that, with their permission, extracts from these accounts will be included in "The Peterite". Finally, lest anyone imagine that our only famous Old Boy is Guy Fawkes himself, a series of articles on Forgotten Fame will also be included in issues of the magazine. As with the library, the archivist is always glad of help with the cataloguing and indexing of our records, and is most anxious to obtain further material. 55
Acknowledgments
for Items
Received
With grateful thanks for their care and interest we record the following items which have been returned to the school. From the family of the late Mr. Anderson Striped blazer in school colours, with Old Peterite Scarf. Various school, club and house ties. A fencing foil from the nineteen-thirties. From R. W. J. Dingwall (1960-1968) A splendid hoard of ephemera relating to his time in St. Olave's and Queen's House. Items such as magazines (some of which we didn't have), school lists, drama and concert programmes, souvenir items of special events, Commemoration items, news cuttings, examination papers, home-made magazines from St. Olave's, photographs and a collection of "Royal Purple", the magazine of Queen's House which again we didn't have in the archives. From J. B. Dixon (1932-1936) Interesting information regarding both his time at school and his time as a prisoner-of-war in Germany. One item returned is a scarf hand-woven on a loom made from Red Cross boxes, using wool unravelled from old socks. The scarf is, as far as possible, in school colours. John Dixon may also be sending us other items for our collection. To these good friends, and others who have promised such items as magazines, rugger shirts, sporting colours and trophies and prize books we offer our gratitude, and look forward to putting the items on display in the new library and archive centre. Can anyone provide us with tailors' dummies to show the items of uniform? John V. Mitchell, Hon. Archivist
Forgotten
Fame
It is most interesting on reading through our records how many names of Old Peterites, famous in the past, have now slipped into obscurity. In an attempt to disprove the commonly held belief that our most notable Old Boy was Guy Fawkes, a series of lives of eminent pupils is intended. For the first Portrait of a Peterite I am grateful to Barbara Whitehead, local author, for drawing my attention to, and providing details of an Old Peterite who must surely hold a school record for the greatest number of letters after his name: The Right Hon. Sir. T. Clifford Allbutt, P.C., K.C.B., M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.P.I., Hon. M.D., Hon. LL.D., Hon. D.C.L., Hon. D.Sc, Etc. Etc. Thomas Clifford Allbutt, son of the Vicar of Dewsbury, was born on July 20th, 1836. After private tuition in the Isle of Wight he entered St. Peter's in Midsummer 1850 (Register 2 - No. 543), becoming a foundation scholar in 1851. He entered Caius College, Cambridge on May 31st 1855, gaining a Caian scholarship in classics on June 24 1856, but then decided to read science. In 1859 he was awarded a Mickleburgh scholarship in chemistry, and the following year a Caian scholarship in anatomy with distinction in Natural Science. He took his B.A. degree in 1859, proceeding to M.A. in 1867. In 1860 as a Middle Bachelor in the Natural Sciences he was the only one gaining distinction in chemistry and geology. He went up to Cambridge with literary and artistic tastes rather more prominent than his scientific leanings. He was attracted by contrapuntal music and, having become influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite movement he travelled in Italy with some idea of becoming an artist. However, on November 5th 1858 he entered the Medical School of St. George's Hospital, taking his M.B. degree at Cambridge in 1861 and M.D. in 1869. He also studied medicine in Paris, and in 1862 started practice in Leeds being much occupied as a consulting physician over the whole of the north of England. He was keenly interested in medical research and was responsible for the introduction of the clinical thermometer in diagnosis and the use of the opthalmoscope in diseases of the nervous system and the kidneys. In 1880 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Following his appointment as a Commissioner in Lunacy he moved to London until in 1892 he became Regius Professor of Physics at Cambridge, a position he was to hold for thirty-two years. He published "A System of Medicine" in eleven volumes and several other books of a medical nature. Unfortunately the only one at present in the library is "Greek Medicine in Rome and other medical essays", published in 1921. He was created K.C.B. in 1907 and Privy Councillor in 1920 and could, if he desired it, have been made a peer. 56
Further interest comes with his literary connections. Charlotte Bronte was a frequent visitor at Dewsbury Vicarage. He described her as quite livable with, though commonplace in conversation, and "as dull as a governess ought to be". Emily Bronte, according to him, was a most disagreeable woman whom nobody could get on with, Anne was tame and imitative, whilst the bad egg, Branwell, was negligible save as a thorn in other people's flesh. He seems to have impressed George Eliot much more. In 1868 she wrote, "Our host, Dr. Allbutt, is a good, clever and graceful man enough to enable one to be cheerful under the horrible smoke of ugly Leeds." In 1872 she published "Middlemarch", later admitting that she had used some details from Allbutt's life and career as basis for the character of Tertius Lydgate. Sir Clifford was proud of his old School and grateful to his much-beloved Head Master William Hey (1811-1883). Hey, with his high reputation as a field naturalist and entomologist, must in his turn have been proud of his brilliant pupil. When the Old Peterite Club was formed in 1886, Allbutt became an original Vice-President. On June 30 1903 he opened the new science block, pointing out that one of the shortcomings of English education was in part due to the neglect of methods of science. "Science teaching may be as barren as any other instruction if carried out not so as to enlarge the ideas but so as to stuff the mind with mere cram work. This kind of teaching I am sure you will not be given at St. Peter's. For my part I think for boys no science is so useful as Nature Study. As a boy we were a small band who knew the haunts of every kind of bird within six miles of York." He died on February 22nd 1925 in his sleep, "One of the most famous of all Old Peterites. A wide reader, a keen Alpine climber, one who walked in the Lake District every year and continued to ride a bicycle until his 89th year. Courteous, modest yet independent, capable of speaking out vigorously against what he thought wrong. What would be eagerly sought as honours by many men came by natural right to this beloved physician. English speaking medicine can well be proud of its great and broad-minded leader." J. V. M., Archivist.
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The Old Peterite
Club
Officers and District Hon. Secretaries 1989/1990 President: E. M. H. Ranson, The Old Bakery, Grindleton, Nr. Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 4QT. Past Presidents: J. A. Hanson, T. J. Lewis, C. W. Thompson, P. S. Atkinson, F. N. Newdick, R. F. Harding, D. T. Rumfitt, J. T. Harding, J. A. Denison Vice Presidents: The Head Master, K. G. Chilman, Brig. C. C. Fairweather, Sir John Rodgers, Bt. Hon. Secretary: R. D. Harding, Hall Cottage, Foremarke, Milton, Nr. Repton, Derbyshire DE6 6EJ. Hon. Treasurer: S. M. Burn, 11 Lendal, York. District Hon. Secretaries: London: C. J. Quickfall, "Hollyside", 151 Forest Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 5JP. West Riding: C. E. Gilman, Cherry Tree Cottage, High Street, Clifford, Nr. Wetherby, West Yorkshire. North West: Dr. G. E. L. Graham, J. P., "Croft End", 297 Wigan Lane, Wigan, Greater Manchester WN1 2QY. North East: D. L. Brown, "Ashcroft", Ashcroft Road, Darlington, Co. Durham DL3 8PD. East Riding: P. S. Atkinson, The Exchange, Driffield, E. Yorkshire Y025 7LJ. York: S. M. Burn, 11 Lendal, York. General Committee
1989/1990
D. P. Atkinson, V. M. Black, P. M. Darky, C. Frank, C. E. Gilman, Dr. G. E. L. Graham, G. Grant, D. W. Grice, F. B. S. Harnby, G. M. Jobling, R. W. Oliver, J. C. M. Rayson, P. M. Shepherd, G. M. Shuttleworth, D. N. Simmons, G. D. Smith, E. G. Thompson.
The Old Peterite Club 98th Annual General Meeting was held at the School on Saturday 1st July and was attended by thirty-five members. The Audited Accounts for the year ended 31st December 1988 were presented which showed the accumulated fund for the running expenses of £17,586. G. Grant and G. M. Shuttleworth were elected to the General Committee and V. M. Black, G. E. L. Graham and G. M. Jobling were re-elected for a further term of three years. The President thanked the District Hon. Secretaries for running successful dinners and announced the following dates: Saturday 16 September and Sunday 17 September: O.P. weekend with various sports versus the School, including 1st XV v Retiring Captain's XV, Squash, Five-a-side Soccer, Seven-a-side Rugby (Sunday) plus Barbecue (Saturday evening). Anyone wishing to participate should contact Paddy Stephen at the School, as early as possible. Friday 29 September: Tyneside Dinner - Stakis Airport Hotel, Woolsington, Newcastle. Hotel Tel: 0661-24911. 7.00 p.m. for 7.30 p.m. Organiser: Richard Pickersgill. Tel: (Home) 091-2843770, (Office) 091-2611841. Friday 3 November: London Dinner - Great Western Royal Hotel, Paddington W2. Hotel Tel: 01-723-8064. 7.00 p.m. for 7.30 p.m. Co-organisers: Hon. Secretary (circulars), Colin Quickfall (replies). Tel: (Home) 0892-32270, (Office) 0892-33733. Friday 17 November: West Riding Dinner - Bradford Club, Piece Hall Yard, Bradford. 7.00 p.m. for 7.30 p.m. Organisers: Chris Gilman (tel: 0904-646313) and Bill Hudson (tel: 0943-74504). Saturday 25 November: General Committee Meeting, Stephenson Room at 4.30 p.m. Friday 23 March 1990: O.P. Spring Ball at St. Peter's. Friday 27 April: North East Dinner - Hardwick Hall Hotel, Sedgefield, Co. Durham. Hotel Tel: 0740-20253. 7.30 p.m. for 8.00 p.m. Organiser: David Brown. Tel. (Home) 0325-465543), (Office) 0325-381600. Friday 25 May: East Riding Dinner - Bell Hotel, Driffield. Hotel Tel: 0377-46661. 7.30 p.m. for 8.00 p.m. Organiser: Peter Atkinson. Tel: (Home) 0377-42212, (Office) 4377-43151. 58
Commemoration
1990
Commemoration next year will be Friday 6th July and Saturday 7th July.
O.P. Golf t The Burnett Trophy and Founders Trophy Competition will be held at York Golf Club (Strensall) on Sunday 8th July 1990 at 2 p.m. Please contact R. F. Harding on Tel: 065381-451 if you would like to play.
Old Peterite
News
May 1989 saw the first edition of the Old Peterite News born out of the hitherto many duplicated sheets of A4 paper. The Club is grateful to Eric Thompson for editing this issue and it is intended this will become an annual publication. Your President and the Hon. Secretary do urge O.P.'s to write to the Editor with their news at the following address: E. G. Thompson, "West Winds", 4 Moor Lane, Haxby, York.
Notes 1. It was with great pleasure that at the O.P. Meeting in May, Sir Peter Shepherd, a governor of St. Peter's since 1971, was elected to Honorary Life Membership of the Old Peterite Club in recognition of his outstanding service to the School. 2. The Old Peterite Committee has recently formed a separate Sports and Social Committee, on which it is hoped that several of the younger O.P.'s will serve. This Committee has already organised its first function, namely a Spring Ball, which, by kind permission of the Head Master, was held at the School on Wednesday 22nd March 1989. About 100 people attended and enjoyed an excellent meal provided by the catering department of the school. Dancing was to a live band and disco. Next year the Ball will be on Friday 23rd March, and there will be a live band - in tune with the dancing aspiration of Old Peterites!!! Many thanks to Paddy Stephen and Ian Leedham for all their hard work. 3. Congratulations to D. A. Calderhead (Grove 1980-1986) who represented Great Britain in the International Fencing Team for Epee in Paris last year. 4. The Hon. Secretary is always pleased to hear from Old Peterites and he would like to thank correspondents for their interesting letters, particularly from S. K. Kazerooni (Rise 1930-1935) and W. Toulmin (School House 1929-1934). 5. The Editor of "The Peterite" is always pleased to receive letters from the universities. 6. It was very good to see two overseas Old Peterites at Commemoration, namely Derek Cole from Perth, Western Australia and Alex McCallum (1954-1959) from New York, who had flown in specially for the occasion. 7. On matters of "The Peterite" circulation, or changes of address please contact the Head Master's Secretary, St. Peter's School, York Y03 6AB. 8. The O.P. XI beat the School 1st XI in an exciting finish on the second to last ball of the day - exactly the same in 1985 and R. F. Harding won the Founders Trophy for the best gross score (78) with H. L. Wood winning the Burnett Trophy (on the Stableford scoring system). 9. The Club has every reason to be grateful to John Mitchell (Hon. Member) for organising an exhibition of School archives in the entrance hall to the Stephenson Room and Toyne Library on the Saturday of Commemoration. It attracted a great deal of interest and our thanks to him and Mrs. Sheila Nix for their initiative. 10. Finally, to Kenneth Chilman, who celebrated his 90th birthday on 21st February 1989, we send congratulations and best wishes from the Old Peterite Club. Hon. Secretary
Club
Property
The following are available from the Hon. Secretary, R. D. Harding, Hall Cottage, Foremarke, Milton, Derbyshire DE6 6EJ. Please include the relevant postage stamp(s) separately from the cheque made payable to the "Old Peterite Club". Tie: Ladies Brooch: Book: Centenary Spoon:
£3.50 (plus a 20p stamp) £3.50 (plus a 20p stamp) £2.75 (plus 3 x 15p stamps) £2 (plus a 20p stamp)
The O.P. formal and informal ties can be obtained from the School Shop. 59
The Old Peterite Club London Dinner The Great Western Royal Hotel, Paddington Friday, 4th November 1988
W2
The Centenary London Dinner was chaired by Bob Stratton and the toast of "The School" was proposed by the President, Michael Ranson, to which the Head Master replied. Seventy-six Old Peterites gathered from all directions of the country and a most enjoyable evening was spent. Those present: John ADDEY Will ADLER George ALDERSON Robert BALDWIN Chris BEAUMONT Tim BEAUMONT Harry BELCHAMBER Tony BOORMAN R. Maxwell-BOOTH Nigel BRINDLEY Anthony BRINDLEY Rupert BROWN Murray BYWATER Richard CAWOOD Charles CHAPMAN Bob COLLIER John CRAVEN John DENISON John DIXON Richard DIXON Allan DOBBS John DOOK Patrick DRONFIELD Robin FIELD Peter FLETCHER Peter GARBETT Alan GOMERSALL Earlam GRAHAM Nick GRAHAM James GRISDALE James HANSON John HARDING Richard HARDING Robert HARDING John HAYES Jim H O L T Ian H U N T E R Peter H Y E T T
Manor Rise School Rise School School St. Olave's/Temple Grove St. Olave's/Rise Rise Manor Grove Manor Manor School Rise/Dronfield Manor Temple School School Staff St. Olave's/Manor Rise Grove Dronfield Manor Grove School School Rise School School Rise (Hon. Secretary) Staff Grove School Temple Dronfield
1944-1947 1972-1977 1956-1961 1980-1985 1949-1959 1947-1955 -1940 1978-1983 1941-1949 1970-1975 1940-1945 1975-1980 1954-1957 1963-1969 1950-1954 1963-1968 1967-1972 1933-1942 1932-1936 1934-1938 1950-1964 1937-1946 1953-1959 1949-1958 1967-1972 1942-1946 1951-1959 1932-1937 1966-1976 1960-1964 1918-1921 1933-1938 1960-1966 1938-1974 1959-1962 1948-1953 1951-1961 1970-1977
David JAMES Dronfield Angus JONES Dronfield David KANER Grove Chris KING School Tim LAYFIELD Grove William LEDGER Dronfield R. A. LEDGER Dronfield William H. McBRYDE School Fiona McCRIMMON Manor Tony MILLER School Christopher MONRO Rise Carl PATTISON School/Manor Robin P I T T M A N Head Master Colin QUICKFALL Grove Michael RANSON Rise (President) David RAYNER Grove John RAYSON Rise Joe RICHARDSON Grove Mandy RIGBY Grove Victoria RIGBY Grove Andrew ROBSON Temple David R U M F I T T Temple Tony SHORT Rise Arthur SMALLMAN Rise Chris SMITH Manor Peter SPEIGHT St. Olave's/Manor Frances STEWART Dronfield Jon STONE Dronfield Robert A. STRATTON School/Manor Robin SYKES Rise David TATE Rise John TAYLOR-THOMPSON Temple Bill THOMPSON Manor Eric THOMPSON St. Olave's/Manor Miranda THOMSON-SCHWAB Manor Christopher WATSON Rise Richard WEBBER School Kenneth WILSON Rise
1976-1978 1979-1984 1979-1984 1947-1951 1953-1959 1978-1983 1977-1982 1958-1961 1985-1987 1975-1980 1969-1974 1939-1945 1947-1957 1953-1960 1953-1959 1942-1947 1964-1969 1978-1980 1984-1986 1953-1961 1930-1939 1933-1941 1924-1927 1962-1967 1939-1946 1980-1982 1972-1977 1935-1943 1942-1947 1941-1947 1939-1945 1948-1953 1939-1949 1981-1983 1971-1976 1938-1942 1942-1947
Old Peterite Club Dinner in Newcastle The above dinner was held at the "Stakis Airport Hotel", Newcastle-upon-Tyne on Friday, 30th September 1988, which thirteen O.P.'s attended. E. M. H. Ranson R. N. Pittman J. C. M. Rayson R. D. Harding N. R. Barton J. F. Brown Dr. W. Graham J. T. Harding
President Head Master The Master of St. Olave's School Hon. Secretary
W. G. Huntley G. M. Jobling R. Pickersgill M. E. Robson D. T. Rumfitt J. Watson D. G. M. Young
If any Old Peterites had not been invited to the Dinner but who would be interested in attending next year's Dinner, would they please contact Mr. R. Pickersgill of 39 Montagu Court, Montagu Avenue, Newcastle-uponTyne NE3 4JL. 60
The Old Peterite Club West Riding
Dinner
The Dinner was held at the Bradford Club in Piece Hall Yard, Bradford on Thursday, 17th November 1988, which thirty-seven O.P.'s attended. The Club is very grateful to Bill Hudson and Chris Gilman for reviving this Dinner, which was most enjoyable.
The Old Peterite Club East Riding
Dinner
The 30th East Riding Dinner was held at The Bell Hotel, Driffield, on Friday, 26th May 1989, which fifty-one attended. The toast of "The School" was proposed by the President, Michael Ranson, to which the Head Master replied. Colin Frank presided and once again we are very grateful to Peter Atkinson for organising another very successful and enjoyable dinner. Those present: The President (E. M. H. Ranson) The Head Master (R. N. Pittman) The Hon. Secretary (R. D. Harding) B. Allen J. Allen D. P. Atkinson P. S. Atkinson C. Burdass
I. Burdass J. E. Burdass J. U. Burdass M. C. Burdass P. Burdass R. Burdass C. C. Dee M. C. M. Dee S. N. Dee E. A. K. Denison J. W. Dent
J. Farnsworth C. Frank J. Frank R. Gittings F. Gooder P. Gooder A. Gray D. H. Hamilton J. Hyde M. Hyde D. P. Johnston
S. Jordan H. Marshall J. S. Megginson P. R. B. Megginson F. Newdick N. Newitt J. Nichols J. Peacock R. Peacock J. C. M. Rayson P. T. Stephen
The Old Peterite Club Annual
P. W. Shepherd G. M. Shuttleworth R. Stark C. W. Thompson A. Thornton R. Tindall N. E. Tomlinson D. Ward P. H. Whitaker R. Woolgrove
Dinner
The Old Peterite Club Annual Dinner was held on Saturday, 1st July 1989 in the School Dining Hall by kind permission of the Head Master. The toast of "The School" was proposed by the President, E. M. H. Ranson. The Head Master, R. N. Pittman, replied and gave the toast of "The Old Peterite Club" which was followed by a remarkable speech from David Kendall O.P. The Club is again very grateful to Mr. G. H. Wogan and the School catering staff for the excellent meal. Those present: The President (E. M. H. Ranson) The Head Master (R. N. Pittman) The Immediate Past President (J. A. Denison) The Hon. Secretary (R. D. Harding) The Hon. Treasurer (S. M. Burn) B. Allen L. M. Armitage P. S. Atkinson N. R. Barton M. W. Bainbridge M. Biller V. M. Black R. A. Brindley
A. C. Brown D. L. Brown J. E. B. Burdass M. Caulfield K. Clarkson D. Cole A. D'Arcy Brown P. M. Darley H. G. Davidson R. Davidson E. A. K. Denison R. G. Depledge D. J. Drury R. Firby P. A. J. Gibson G. Gildener C. E. Gilman C. W. Gough
G. E. L. Graham N. R. E. Graham G. Grant D. H. Hamilton J. T. Harding R. F. Harding F. B. S. Hamby P. L. Harris M. G. B. Hepworth E. J. Hillyard J. Horton R. H. Hubbard W. M. Hudson D. J. Hughes W. G. Huntley D. P. Johnston M. J. Kent J. Langton
T. D. J. Layfield I. Leedham L. C. Le Tocq W. G. MacKellar A. McCallum I. Magson P. J. Netherwood F. N. Newdick R. W. Oliver G. D. Parkin D. N. C. Pemberton K. R. Pemberton J. R. Penty P. R. Penty I. R. Pullan D. M. A. Quirke A. G. Reynolds
J. Rich C. Richards D. T. Rumfitt Sir Peter Shepherd P. Shepherd P. W. Shepherd D. N. Simmons K. R. Simpson G. D. Smith P. J. Stephen A. D. L. Stewart P. J. Swiers C. W. Thompson E. G. Thompson B. J. Watson R. S. F. Webber M. W. Woodruff
In recognition of their devoted service to the School, Guy Shuttleworth (Head of Mathematics) and Peter Johnston (Deputy Master of St. Olave's) were presented with retirement gifts from the President on behalf of the Old Peterite Club. Each spoke briefly on the pleasure and privilege it had given them to have been associated with the School for thirty-two years and thirty-three years respectively. Paddy Stephen, Housemaster of Grove, was presented with a case of wine, in recognition of his valuable contribution to the organisation of various O.P. functions at the School, in particular the Spring Ball at Easter.
The Old Peterite Golfing Society In ideal conditions, eighteen Old Peterites foregathered at York G.C. on Sunday July 2nd to contest the two coveted trophies. Play was in threes with a member of York G.C. included in each trio, and the holders of each trophy were in the field eager to repeat their previous success. In the event both trophies once again changed hands. With a little local knowledge perhaps the Founders Trophy was won by Robert Harding (12 handicap) with a reasonably creditable gross score of 78, and the Burnett Trophy was won by Hugh Wood (19 handicap) with 37 Stableford points. Runners-up were Ian Leedham (gross 80) and Mike Ranson (34 points). This competition is a good one, thoroughly enjoyed by its O.P. participants and with a little more support we hope it will be even better next year. Those competing: A. T. Booth, R. A. Brindley, L. P. Dobson, C. W. Gough, W. Graham, J. T. Harding, R. F. Harding, D. J. F. Harryman, M. Hepworth, C. D. Hunter, R. W. Kirk, I. P. J. Leedham, P. Lockwood, N. J. Magson, E. M. H. Ranson, P. W. Shepherd, R. Thorpe, H. L. Wood. R. F. Harding, Secretary O.P. Golf. 61
Old Peterite
Lodge No. 6412
What is the Old Peterite Lodge?
Why the Old Peterite Lodge?
Lodge of What? From Ancient Times it has been the practice amongst skilled Craftsmen, particularly Stone Masons, for their skills and expertise to be passed from generation to generation by each Master Craftsman taking on an Apprentice. These Apprenticeships lasted for many years and during that time the Apprentice was 'bound' to his Master. Before the ability to read and write became as common as it is today at each stage of learning the Apprentice was entrusted with a secret sign and word to prove that he was skilled to that degree and the ability to communicate these signs and words was taken as proof of his proficiency. In the mid-eighteenth century groups (called Lodges) of men used to meet together, often in private rooms in Taverns or Coffee Houses, for a social get-together. If a new member wished to join them he had to be recommended by the existing members and pay a due. He then had to go through a ceremony of initiation to learn the secrets of that Lodge, just like the Apprentice Masons of old but because the Initiates were not 'bounded' they were known as 'free' Masons. Membership of these Lodges became popular and more and more were formed, particularly around York and London. As a member left to live elsewhere he started a new Lodge and so the idea spread. These small Lodges enjoyed good company, maybe some food and drink but they had strict, though in some cases, petty, rules and failure to comply would mean a fine. This money was used to help any member who had fallen on hard times, or in the extreme to help a widow or dependent of a member. Each of the Lodges elected one of their number to preside over their proceedings and he was known as the Master. As the number of Lodges increased they combined to form a Grand Lodge presided over by a Grand Master, the first of which was founded in 1717. In 1813 the representatives of the Grand Lodge of York met with their opposite numbers from London and after much discussion they agreed to amalgamate and hence was formed the United Grand Lodge of England, under one Grand Master. For administrative reasons Provincial Grand Lodges were formed, based mainly on the old geographical counties each with its own Provincial Grand Master, and this structure exists today. Yorkshire, because of its size, was split into two Provinces in 1817 and the Lodges in York, including the Old Peterite Lodge, are in the Province of Yorkshire - North and East Ridings. By 1788 the charitable concept of Freemasonry had progressed to the extent that a School for Girls had been founded and later a Boys School was started, where children of members were educated free (if their parents had died) and in 1842 the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution was founded. Originally Masonic Charity was restricted to members and their dependents and the Royal Masonic Hospital and Homes for the Aged and Sick were endowed (an example is to be found in St. Oswald's Road, Fulford, York where Connaught Court has been open since 1971). Today a proportion of the Masonic Charitable Funds are distributed to Non-Masonic causes e.g. York Minster Appeal. The Order continued to thrive until today there are over 9,000 Lodges under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge having a total membership of approximately 700,000 in England and Wales alone. Most of the free countries of the World have their own Grand Lodges which are recognised by the United Grand Lodge which demonstrates the size and extent of the World-Wide Masonic Fraternity. The Old Peterite Lodge was founded in 1947 by a number of Old Peterites who were already Masons, prominent amongst whom were the then Head Master, John Dronfield and Brig. Claude Cyril Fairweather. It was decreed that the Lodge should be open to Old Boys of the School over twenty-one, Staff and Governors. The Lodge continues under these rules today and currently has a membership of fifty. Each year, in June, a new Master is elected and installed and this year 1989/90 the Master is W. Bro. D. Peter Johnston who taught French in the School for many years, particularly in St. Olave's. Even though the Old Peterite Lodge has a small membership compared with some other Lodges it has numbered amongst its members past and present some very eminent Masons. W. Bro. John Dronfield, the first Master, became an Officer of Grand Lodge as was W. Bro. H. L. Creer, W. Bro. G. A. Potter-Kirby, W. Bro. F. W. B. Pacy, and W. Bro. H. B. Raylor (Honorary Member). V. W. Bro. C. C. Fairweather was Deputy Provincial Grand Master from 1967 to 1982 and in 1984 V. W. Bro. J. M. Raylor was appointed to that office. Also representing the Lodge at Grand Lodge is W. Bro. J. E. Moore. Many other members too numerous to mention by name, have held high office within Provincial Grand Lodge. The Lodge meets at the Freemason's Hall, Duncombe Place, York on the third Wednesday of March, April, May, June, September and October. Further information can be obtained from the Secretary, B. J. Watson, 1 Scawton Avenue, Huntington, York Y03 9JA. Telephone York 625010. 62
The Cambridge
Letter
Cambridge 1988 - 1989. The grand opening of his college to unsuspecting female freshers brought with it Nick Hopton (Magdelene) back from his linguist's year off and inspired him to a blue in real tennis and to compete in the Varsity Athletics Match. Fellow modern linguist Danny Pearsall (Emmanuel) was meanwhile spending his year-off displaying that particular brand of O.P. rugby to students in South West France, not much different to what he would have been doing in Cambridge, really. David Pyle (Emmanuel) showed talents previously undiscovered in Emmanuel O.P.'s as he became President of the College Fine Arts Society. Mike Cramb (Emmanuel) stayed on for a fourth year of law and gained an L.L.M. The highly organised Simon Harrison continued his studies at Fitzwilliam. He had, last year, found himself President of the Fitzwilliam Mad March Ball Committee, though his dazzling red sash did nothing to deter "crasher" Helen Benton who made her illegal entrance through a slit in the marquee and surfaced behind the hot potato stand. Mark Reid (Corpus Christi) floated along the Camb in a St. Peter's School sweatshirt having spurned the college boating kit, whilst Dan Shannon, also Corpus Christi, rose to fame as the President of the J. C. R. who banned our beloved Sun newspaper from his college common room. "It's racist, sexist and fascist," said a spokesman, but the President himself was unavailable for comment.... Old Peterites returning to the Cambridge social scene included Reverend Griffith, spotted leaning out of rooms in Jesus College First Court 'taking the air' and Shaun Gorman (Emmanuel 1984-87), who might need reminding that he was at the Emmanuel Lions Club Cocktails. Plans afoot, as ever, for another O.P. dinner. L. H. B.
The Random
Jottings
of John Maclldowie,
April
1989
In September 1919 I went from the little local School in Preston to a Boarding School in York - quite a large step for a small boy! This was St. Wilfred's, right next door to the Burton Stone Inn, with a Captain Madgley as Housemaster. He was later joined by my good friend Kenneth Chilman, of whom more later. I had an eventful start there, for the very next day a man was cutting down a tree in the front garden of the house opposite when he got on the wrong side as it fell, and he was killed! Two of my fellow 'inmates' there were Ken and Bruce Chapman - the former became President of the Rugby Union. Their father was underground Manager at my father's colliery and later became the manager of Huddersfield and Arsenal. On the Monday I went to have my first music lesson at St. Olave's. Emily 'Ma' Wilson sat me down at the piano and because I did not play a note, whacked me across the knuckles with a ruler! That was my first sight of a piano and the only lesson I ever had - more's the pity, I consider now! I worked reasonably well, I think, and early in 1923 I was switched to a Junior form in the Senior School but still lived at St. Wilfred's. In September I moved to "The Rise" under C. R. Featherstone with his sister as Matron. I played for the Junior School at Football and Cricket - my first match at cricket was at Terrington Hall - so I soon settled down in the Colts. Brian Sellers was the School Cricket Captain and took much interest in the Juniors. I learned a great deal about that game and Hockey from Kenneth Chilman, who played quite a lot for York C.C. and was later the holder of the record number of caps for England at Hockey. Incidentally, he was the only forward to hurt me in Goal, where I only let through nine goals in three seasons - five of them against the O.P.'s! (In 1977 on a visit to the School I persuaded Brian and Ron Yeomans that there used to be a wall along the edge of the cricket field from the tool shed next to the old squash court down to the lane towards the river. I know there was because we used to hit the hockey balls against it before matches!) Head Master Sammy Toyne gave me much encouragement at Cricket. He once reported that I would get the best of batsmen out, or at least prevent them continuing to bat! I think I saw the squash court being built - where Norman Yardley made his name whilst still at School. I certainly saw the swimming bath being made on the corner of the Rugger field. At "The Rise" my fellow prefect was Head of House. I shared digs with him until the last War. His name was Frank Douglas and we gave a seat which was in the Library - it was still there in 1977. I played in the 1300th anniversary Cricket match in 1927, and was the only member of that team to be present at the 1350th match in 1977! In that game, Fred Truman was unable to play and his deputy, Kevin Sharpe, scored 170 not out. In 1928 I missed going to ATC camp as Frank Douglas and I went to the Duke of York's Camp at New Romney. I must be one of the few who have met the Queen Mother three times: once as Duchess of York at that camp and when we sang a Cockney song on the Light Programme; once when she was Queen when I was the leading man in a Guard of Honour at Kearnsey near Dover; and thirdly when she was Queen Mother at a Birthday Party at Clarence House. Now a few memories of the Staff. Kenneth Rhodes was Head Boy and his mother was Matron at School House. I recall meeting Mr. Yeld. Sammy Toyne taught me History; Kenneth Chilman, Latin; Mr. Peachment, Art; Mr. Ping and Mr. Featherstone, Science and Physics; Mr. Kendall, French; Sgt. Pidduck, P.E., and I also learned something about Carpentry -1 still use a bookshelf I made there! In 1927 I took a photo of the building of Queen's House - on the site of three or four wooden huts - and I gave it to the Head Master in 1977. He said he would have it enlarged. 63
Dennis Norwood gave me my great love of Geography, which I taught for over twenty-five years at Holmewood House School (there were 100 boys when I went there and over 400 when I retired!) My brother Alan (Rise) had a grandson at Kirkham G.S. when Dennis was Head Master there. My other brother Stewart was at Manor House with Mr. Woodcock. Stewart was Chairman of the Hockey Rules Committee which was responsible for the present much improved game it has become. He returned from a tour of Japan and India where he lectured on the Rules, and died in his sleep. He was South Africa's representative on the Olympic Committee for Hockey and Squash, and was Bursar of Hilton College, Durban, and later of Cheltenham Ladies College. My sons both won scholarships: Duncan went to 'the other place', King's, Canterbury and then had four years at St. Andrew's University; Malcolm went to Leeds University and is Head Master of Swanley School and 1,500 pupils. In September he becomes Business Adviser for Kent Education Committee and will be in charge of teaching other Head Masters how to manage their finances. My eldest sister was at a school at the far end of Burton Stone Lane before going to Malvern. I often re-live the times I went on runs along The Ings, and how glad I was when they were flooded! Where the bridge is in Clifton used to be called Water End and there was a rowing boat ferry across the river. I fancy you had to pull yourself over by means of a rope. There used to be a shop called Windus by Manor House where you could buy marbles and shoelaces plus many other little items. We played matches with marbles for the ball and mini-bats made from pieces of wood - test matches of course! Our clothes were bought at the Grand Clothing Hall in York - caps l/6d, Blazers 2/6d. Another favourite purchase was Dainty Dinah toffees. The first play I saw at School was "Prisoner of Zenda" in 1919. I also remember a sermon by Sammy Toyne which dealt with The Fiery Furnace and what would happen if we did not behave! There used to be a small 'hut' halfway between the Chapel and the tuck shop which housed the OTC rifles and ammunition: it was not there in 1977. I was confirmed by Cosmo Gordon Lang in the School Chapel. I remember Fred Roberts and his Sports Goods Shop, and the fact that if you did not flick your ear when bowling you had to go out fielding! Herbert Sutcliffe used to make regular visits selling his Cricket gear. Incidentally, whilst thinking of cricket, I have knocked out two stumps three times, and they have all been Test Cricketers: A. W. Carr of Notts; and in the same over Arthur Fagg and Colin Cowdrey. My name was on the 1st XI list of players in what was the old gym. I remember getting mumps on the last day of term and having to spend the Easter holidays in the San. which was then on the north side of Burton Stone corner, towards York. I remember being fascinated by a Wimshurst machine in the Physics Lab. Another memory is playing for the O.P.'s with Basil Radford in the team, and Norman Yardley scoring a century for the School - 1929? Over the years I had correspondence with Mr. Dronfield, and this reminds me of matches against Worksop College (my home town) when Canon Shirley used to whack the behinds of the back row of the scrum when they got near enough! Later he became H.M. of King's, Canterbury.... Before I forget, I owe Ken Chilman a great deal, for making me enjoy my nine years stay at St. Peter's and my twenty-five years plus at Holmewood House. I'm sure I have forgotten some things, but I did say it would be "random jottings" and it has been!
Reminiscences
of the
Twenties
In 1924 at the age of nine I arrived at St. Olave's (now Barclays Bank) fresh from the country - slightly overawed and bewildered. Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth Ping and Matron Prudence (Prudo) Peacock were the central figures in our young lives and together with Mr. K. G. Chilman (Chilly) were our constant mentors and guides. During our bouts of measles and chicken pox we were incarcerated in the Sanatorium - a large building in Clifton almost adjacent to the School, where anxious parents consoled their spotty offspring from the pavement below. On Sundays we invariably had sausages for breakfast prior to church parade in our hated and despised Eton suits and stiff Eton collars (colloquially known by us as 'tin collars' and used in the dormitory as boomerangs!). In summer we wore straw hats which had a blue band on which the cross keys were embroidered in white. These also were used as boomerangs in appropriate situations! These accoutrements were included in a lengthy printed list of clothing and equipment supplied by the Grand Clothing Hall in High Ousegate, and included a substantial wooden tuck box which our parents delivered to the School at the beginning of each term, filled with delicacies doled out after lunch by Matron. Our Sunday 'gear' seemed to incense the junior inhabitants of Clifton and 'skirmishes' often arose from their derisory comments. Mr. Ping was an acknowledged expert on all flora and fauna, especially fungi, and Chilly was our esteemed sportsmaster and guide. His expertise at cricket and hockey received our unqualified praise. I must, however, make clear that these two gentlemen were no 'pushovers' and the cane (of which there were several varieties) was wielded regularly for our misdemeanours. Our French teacher was Mademoiselle J. L. Lietart who wrote a French poem in my autograph book (which is exhibited in the Archives). Our Art master was Mr. F. H. Potter who taught us in a wooden hut then erected on the site of part of the present library building. Our parents collected us at the end of term and the various makes of car each received close inspection and comment by those awaiting departure. One of these was a Trojan which was at the lower end of the price range. It had solid tyres and its impending arrival could be heard miles away! One of the highlights at the end of the Christmas term was the play in the Big Hall (now the Memorial Hall) at St. Peter's. Parents and invited guests were entertained by some very polished productions such as 'A Message from Mars' and 'Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure'. 64
In 1926 the General Strike affected all forms of public transport in York and some of our masters acted as volunteer drivers of public service vehicles. These included tramcars which then traversed a wide area of York for a standard fare (irrespective of distance) of two old pennies. We played Grosvenor House School, Harrogate, at cricket and soccer. We travelled to Harrogate for away matches by bus with Mr. Chilman. This was a popular outing because our route passed my parents' farm at Flaxby where we stopped on the return journey for refreshments and a plentiful supply of food to take back to school. On arrival at the School House at St. Peter's in 1928 my Housemaster was of course the now legendary 'Rhoddy' (Mr. K. H. Rhodes). He was in my view the Mr. Chips of his time and I have pleasant memories of (with others) being entertained in his study on Saturday nights when we were given refreshments and listened to his records which included 'hits' of that period such as the Prune Song and Chattanooga Choo Choo! On Saturdays at half term we were often taken out by our parents to a matinee at the Theatre (usually a thriller such as The Ghost Train). This was followed by high tea at Terry's with the inevitable large helping offish and chips etc. I fagged for C. H. P. Bellwood, a most generous and charming fellow (except when he wrongly accused me of cleaning his brown shoes with black polish!!). I recall an interested assembly of boys witnessing his departure at the end of term in a high powered Lagonda - or was it a Bugatti? Amongst the many events which stand out in my memory are the Regattas on the Ouse; skating on the Ouse in the hard winters, and the expelling of one of my contemporaries. I also recall C. R. Featherstone (known as 'Hacker') of the Rise, G. F. Tendall of the Grove (known as 'Jail') and A. J. A. Woodcock of the Manor - all Masters of personality and ability. My period at St. Olave's and St. Peter's were years of austerity for both parents and pupils due to the First World War and its aftermath, but they nevertheless provided me with sound experience and a solid base for my subsequent career. Kenneth F. Simpson St. Olave's 1924-1928 School House, St. Peter's 1928-1930
A Short Service
Limited
Commission:
Douglas
Tulley
As someone who had developed a keen interest in the forces through the C.C.F. I was an ideal candidate for SSLC whereby I could explore that interest further without committing myself to a career about which I still held reservations. On the strength of family links with Edinburgh I chose the Royal Scots - a Regiment which has shown me nearly every facet of today's modern Army. The selection process and training at Sandhurst (brief as it was) were all a great deal more enjoyable than I had expected. As applicants were weeded out, at every stage I felt that those who were left were more and more like myself, which gave me great hope for when I joined my Battalion. Quite properly, a large part of one's credibility as an officer goes on experience and with only three weeks worth, initial acceptance can be hard won. However, so long as one is one's normal self and relies on the efficiency of selection not to have made a total mismatch, one finds one's feet really quickly.... like-minded people gravitating towards each other as they do. I found the Scottish soldiers to be willing to give me the chance to try everything I could without fear of ridicule if I failed, and usually with so much help that I couldn't really fail at all. The Jocks have a mocking sense of humour which carries them through some pretty miserable times and which enhances moments of unhappiness. As long as they are treated with the respect they deserve as genuine hard-working individuals their loyalty and co-operation is complete. It is in company with these people, often in the least pleasant circumstances, that events have occurred which will provide me with my fondest memories. Throughout the past months I have been presented with unique opportunities. Within days of arriving I was sent skiing for two weeks in Bavaria. I have learned to sail. I have climbed, canoed and walked, and I have travelled to several major European cities. I have also been fortunate to join a unit at the forefront of Infantry development and have been part of all the training involved in converting to Warrior, the Army's new Armoured Fighting Vehicle. So busy has the past year been that periods in barracks have been no more than breathing spaces and chances to prepare for the next phase of training - a good way to prevent boredom! Socially, too, the year has been active. Perhaps the highlight of the social year was the Royal Caledonian Ball - a truly splendid spectacle which nevertheless remained relaxed enough to be thoroughly enjoyable. It is hard to say at this stage exactly what the Army has taught me. Perhaps I will only realise its virtues once I have left. However, it is clear that many of the great cries of "administration, management, planning" which the Army professes to teach are much in evidence, particularly in the Infantry. If they ever lapse, their value is brought home all the more clearly. In general I have learned to deal with all varieties of people professionally and socially and this has been invaluable. In conclusion I would say that I would recommend an SSLC to anyone who is considering a commission in the Army. It is a challenging and informative way to spend a year out of academia. If it persuades you to join the Army, then the experience you gain will have been invaluable later. Conversely, if it persuades you not to join again, then it will prevent a disaster later. I thank, then, all the people who have been involved with giving me this opportunity to see the Army at first hand, and hope that more people take advantage of the opportunity, if for no other reason than, as Kipling said, "Every man thinks the worse of himself for never having been a soldier". 65
Leavers joining
Old Peterite
Club 1989
Matthew J. Copley, 7 The Rowans, Skelton, York, Y03 6YX. Jason M. Coughlin, 123/125 The Mount, York. Nicholas S. Coultas, Durham House, 154 Fulford Road, York, YOl 4DA. P. Simon Cove, "Alne Cross", Alne, York, Y06 2JD. Sarah L. Cowl, Mas de Vernieres, Trebaix, 46090, Villeseque, France. Rupert A. Craven, Patch House, Heslington, York, YOl 5DX. Sophia E. K. Dammann, Horn End Farm, Low Mills, Farndale, York, Y06 6XA. George H. Davidson, Pettiford Cottage, Smithend Green, Leigh Sinton, Malvern, WR13 5DG. Nigel G. Davies, 19 Otterwood Bank, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS22 4XT. Matthew J. Davison, 1 Village Farm, Foston, York, Y06 7QG. Paul A. Dawson, Parklands, Church Lane, Elvington, York, Y04 5AD. K. J. Deakin, 15/16 Fossgate, York, YOl 2TA. Paul Dennis, Greenways, 75 Flatts Walk, Sowerby, Thirsk, North Yorkshire. Jonathan D. Dunstan, The Beeches, Church Street, Goldsborough, Knaresborough, N. Yorkshire. Polly A. Farnsworth, Westfield, Nafferton, Driffield, East Yorkshire, Y025 OLM. Timothy A. Ferguson, 31 Hunters Ride, Appleton Wiske, Northallerton, N. Yorkshire, DL6 2BD. Vanessa N. Figge, "Hideaway", 10 Northfield Close, South Cave, HU15 2EW. Matthew Forman, 13 Princess Road, Strensall, York. Damian F. Fowler, The Cottage, Warthill, York, Y03 9XL. Steven R. Gaunt, 25 Sunningdale, Orton Waterville, Peterborough, Cambs., PE2 OUB. Benjamin J. Goddard, 5 Clifton Place, Clifton, York, Y03 6BJ. Joanna C. Gordon, 98B Tadcaster Road, York, Y02 2LT. Nicholas M. Green, 30 Sycamore Terrace, Bootham, York, Y03 7DN. Andrew C. Harrison, 62 Acaster Lane, Bishopthorpe, York, Y02 1SG. Christopher J. Hewines, 114 Terry Street, Connell's Point, N.S.W. 2221, Australia. Paul W. Hickman, Saddlers Rest, Market Place, Easingwold, York, Y06 3AD. Justin D. Hill, 31 Grange Close, Skelton, York. Giles M. Home, 16 Fieldhouse Road, Sprotbrough, Doncaster, DN5 7RP. Edward W. Horton, Fir Trees, 38 Spofforth Hill, Wetherby, W. Yorkshire, LS22 4SE. Clare L. Hugill, 19 Bootham Crescent, Bootham, York, Y03 7AJ. Richard Hutchinson, Steanard House, Steanard Lane, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, WF14 8HA. John L. Jacobs, Chestnut House Farm, Sutton-onthe-Forest, York, Y06 1DZ, Simon O. Jinadu, 23 Stockton Lane, York, Y03 0BP. J. Robert Jupp, The Queen's Railway Tavern, Chilworth Street, Paddington, London, NW1. Jorvik C. Kalicinski, 202 Fulford Road, York, YOl 4DD.
Jane F. Alexander, 12 Main Street, Pannal, Harrogate, HG3 1JZ. Giles H. Allen, 19 Clifton Green, York, Y03 6LN. Jeffrey P. Anderson, 16 Kingsclere, Huntington, York, Y03 9SF. Mark Ashbridge, Mount Pleasant Farm, Cold Kirby, Thirsk, N. Yorkshire, Y07 2HL. R. Adam R. Atkinson, 23 Studley Roger, Near Ripon, North Yorkshire. Stuart A. Bailey, c/o Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Rome), King Charles Street, London, SW1A 2AH. Mark A. Baker, Over Edenwood, The Green, Wetheral, Cumbria, CA4 8ET. James S. Baldwin, 31 Acaster Lane, Bishopthorpe, York,Y02 ISA. Henry Ball, 135b Clifton, York, Y03 6BL. David J. Barker, 20 Bankside Close, Upper Poppleton, York, Y02 6LM. Amit Basu, 9A Cliff Gardens, Scunthorpe, S. Humberside, DN15 7PH. Vincent D. F. Bates, 45 Rawcliffe Croft, Shipton Road, York, Y03 6US. Alister J. D. Bell, Linden Grange, Hutton Rudby, Yarm, Cleveland, TS15 OHW. Thomas R. Belton, The Old Rectory, Amcotts, Scunthorpe, S. Humberside, DN17 4AL. James S. Berrington, "Javandu", 6 Northfield Avenue, Appleton Roebuck, York, Y05 7EB. Emma K. Berry, Longacre, 62 Brigg Lane, Camblesforth, Selby, Y08 8MO. Philip M. Birch, Holly House, Deighton, York, Y04 6HF. Helen C. Booth, "Holmside", Park Street, Hovingham, York, Y06 4JZ. Trevor R. Bosomworth, Marderby Hall, Felixkirk, Thirsk. Antony P. Brittain, Northgate Lodge, Warthill, York, Y03 9XR. Duncan H. Brown, The Old Cottage, Askham Bryan, York, Y02 3QS. Gary Brown, 21a Clifton Dale, Clifton, York. Adrian N. Buck, All Seasons Guest House, 5 Granville Road, South Cliff, Scarborough, YOU 2RA. Oliver J. Burnett-Hall, 41 Wilton Rise, York Y02 4BT. Mark C. Camacho, Star Cottage, Welham Road, Norton, Malton, N. Yorkshire. Alan S. Chiswick, The Hare and Hounds Inn, Stutton, Near Tadcaster, N. Yorkshire. Stephen L. W. Chung, 145 Carr Lane, Acomb, York, Y02 5HL. Alexandra L. Clark, The Old Vicarage, Langton Road, Norton, Malton, N. Yorkshire. Dominic M. J. Clavell, The White House, Brandsby, York, Y06 4RP. Thomas O. Cockayne, 11 Mount Parade, York. C. Russell Coggrave, Church Farm, Tockwith, York, Y05 8PY. Michael S. Connolly, 55 Nether Way, Nether Poppleton, York, Y02 6HW. Amanda J. Cooper, Top House Farm, West Cowick, Near Goole, North Humberside, DN14 9EB. Timothy E. J. Cooper, Roundell's Manor, Old Scriven, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. 66
Christine M. Kelly, 55 Scotby Village, Scotby, Carlisle, CA4 8BP. Andrew C. Lee, 2 Tudor Court, Kimbolton, Huntingdon, Cambs., PE18 OLE. Michael P. Leaf, 305 Beverley Road, Anlaby, Hull, HU10 7AH. Adrian N . Lightly, 12 Marlborough Grove, York, YOl 4AY. Emma C. Lockwood, Ivy House, Carlton, Near Goole, North Humberside, DN14 9PJ. Miles C. Lockwood, Dray Cottage, Bishop Wilton, York, Y 0 4 1RX. Lara J. Lowe, Rye House, Askham Fields Lane, Askham Bryan, York, Y 0 2 3PS. Nicholas J. W. Lumb, Holly House, Bernard Lane, Green Hammerton, York. Richard M. Macleod, 36 Lord Mayor's Walk, York, Y 0 3 7HA. Stuart W. Mills, "Stonebeds", Stumps Lane, Darley, Harrogate, H G 3 2RR. Charles S. Mindenhall, 9 Willow Croft, Upper Poppleton, York, Y 0 2 6EF. Zara Moayedi, The Old House, Bridge Green, Duddenhoe End, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4XA. R. Mark B. Mutter, The Barn, Church Street, Empingham, Rutland, Leicestershire, L E I 5 8PN. Lisa Amy Myers, 23 Grune Point Close, Skinburness, Cumbria, CA5 42X. Penny E. Netherwood, 80 T h e Old Village, Huntington, York, Y 0 3 9RB. Sin-Shin Ong, 50 Lorong Ah Soo, Singapore 1953, Singapore. Alexander D. Packer, 67 Main Street, Bishopthorpe, York, Y 0 2 IRA. Christopher D. Patchett, Wath Mews, Wath, Near Ripon, North Yorkshire. Ben Pattison, 42 The Village, Osbaldwick, York, YOl 3NT. Lynn-Marie Pears, Steeton House Farm, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 8EH. Daniel E. Pearson, 20 Middlethorpe Drive, York, Y 0 2 2LZ. Simon J. Peters, 7 Thirlmere Close, Carlton Miniott, Thirsk, Y 0 7 4LP. Gemma Pollard, 15 The Parkway, Snaith, Goole, North Humberside, DN14 9JN. Mark B. Quaker, Pentland House, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds, LS25 6BB. Christopher P. J. Ranson, The Old Bakery, Grindleton, Near Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 4 Q T . David A. C. Rhodes, Heaton House, Boroughbridge, York, Y 0 5 9HE.
Nicholas E. Richman, "Alma House", 18 Castle Street, Spofforth, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, H G 3 1AP. Rex-Pierre Ridu, c/o Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Petra Jaya, 93502 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. Alan P. Ruder, 11 Hudson Crescent, Clifton, York, Y 0 3 6NN. Simon J. C. Russell, Wharram Lodge, Beeford, Driffield, North Humberside. Ian J. Sanderson, 25 Springwood, Haxby, York, Y 0 3 8YN. J. Philip Sawkill, Longlands, 22 Church Road, Stamford Bridge, York. Robert I. Sellers, Abbeys House, Claxton, York. Lawrence R. Shamler, Shepherds House, Naburn, York, YOl 4RR. Neeraj Sharma, 82 Turves Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 6AR. Nigel R. Sharper, "Manor Garth", Church Lane, Skelton, York, Y 0 3 6XT. Genevieve R. Shepherd, 21 St. Edward's Close, Dringhouses, York. Victoria E. A. Simpson, 5 Bladons Walk, Beverley Road, Kirkella, Hull, HU10 7AZ. Simon H. Slater, Lime Tree House, The Green, Green Hammerton, York. Dale M. Smith, 15 Ludham Grove, The Park, Stocktonon-Tees, Cleveland, TS19 0XH. E. Guy Stanton, 23 York Place, Harrogate, HG1 1HL. Robert M . Stephenson, 4 Grey Close, Sutton-onForest, York, Y 0 6 I D G . Clare A. Suttill, Flat 5, 47 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong. Michael J. Tate, Mohne Primary School, Soest, BFPO, 106. Andrew J. Taylor, 109 Stockton Lane, York, Y 0 3 0JA. Nicholas R. Thompson, Westgarth House, Scrayingham, York, Y 0 4 1JD. Paul M . Thompson, "West View", Warthill, York, Y 0 3 9XW. Katherine M. B. Tulley, 2 Oakland Avenue, Stockton Lane, York. Sebastian A. Walker, Sheriff Hutton Hall, Sheriff Hutton, York. Sebastian H. Walther, White Cottage, Pickhill, Near Thirsk. Alexandra L. Webster, Stay nor Hall, Selby, North Yorkshire, Y 0 8 8EE. Stephen C. T . White, "Ingleside", 1 Hall Park, Heslington, York. Nicholas S. Wright, Wighill Park, Near Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 8BW.
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