House Reports

DRONFIELD

Christmas

At the start of the year, Dronfield welcomed fourteen new lower-sixth and eight third year girls, bringing the number in the House very close to sixty. Mr. Watkinson joined the staff and very quickly settled in to his role as Tutor: we shall be sorry to lose him, while congratulating him on his appointment to the Housemastership of Rise.

Members of the House were involved in a wide range of activities. The Christmas Term featured the highly acclaimed production of My Fair Lady: we congratulate Sally Hamilton on her excellent performance, ably supported by Rachel Batty and Ali Holley, and, of course, Kirsten Luckins as assistant producer. Membership of the choir was again healthy, and contributions to music continue to flourish, with Emmy McCowen and Claire Altman deserving special mention.

The House was well represented in the successful First XI: our congratulations go to Emmy McCowen, the captain, Ronnie Wareham, vice-captain, Angela Rosindale, Louise Copley and Alex Masefield on being awarded their colours; Sophie Jackson received the additional award of the Jackson-Pacey trophy. Rachel Batty captained the Second XI. Congratulations also to all who represented York and District at cross-country — Emma Ward, Caroline Cooper, Anne Suttill, Nic Westwood and Julia Thompson — the eventual winners of the York Area Senior Competition.

As the end of term approached, the round of Oxford Entrance and Cambridge interviews began. Our warmest congratulations go to Rachel Batty on winning a place at Oxford and to Judith Hopton, Ali Holley and Sophia Chadwick on receiving conditional offers from their Cambridge colleges.

A return to the more formal occasion of a dinner to celebrate the end of term proved a success; this was followed by an equally successful and widely audible disco. The traditional final night's fare of Christmas cake, mince pies and video brought the term to a close.

Easter

The Easter Term brought success for members of Dronfield in a number of areas. It was very pleasing that the House was victorious in the Great Egg Race after two second places: congratulations to the team — Emmy McCowen, Becki Ingledew, Angela Rosindale, Connelee Morris and Sarah Richards. In cross-country, Esther Williams achieved considerable success, being selected for North Yorkshire. The rowers too enjoyed a number of wins: congratulations to Judith Hopton and Jo King. Ronnie Wareham captained the squash team and received her colours along with Sophie Jackson, Alex Masefield, Nic Westwood and Emma Ward. Netball colours were awarded to Ronnie Wareham, Isla Pollard, Charlotte Cranston and Shelagh Pitt. The Inter-House cross-country brought a strong performance from the juniors, with Claire Taylor as individual winner. The final event was the swimming sports: the House team, organised by Ronnie Wareham for the second year, did not do outstandingly well but did record some good individual performances, notably from Caroline Lawson.

Summer

The Summer Term saw Dronfield competing in four Inter-House events. The first of these was indoor hockey, where the House played well, beating Temple and putting up a good fight, finally drawing one and losing three of the remaining games. The team was Ronnie Wareham (captain), Sophie Jackson, Nic Westwood, Anne Suttill, Julia Thompson and Isla Pollard.

In tennis we had a strong team, which also constituted the School's First XI: Alex Masefield (captain), Rachel Robertson, Nick Westwood, Julia Thompson, Sophie Jackson and Emma Ward, all of whom were awarded colours. Unfortunately we were drawn against the winning team and were eliminated in the first round. The House also made up a large proportion of the Second VI and Under 15 VI, the latter of which did very well, captained by Eleanor Bowling.

Despite the weather problems, some girls' athletic events did take place. Connelee Morris looked set to win the Sharrock Cup after winning the long jump and javelin, but the bad weather intervened. There was success also in the Shooting Competition, in which we finished in second place.

In music, the House continued to do well. Claire Altman deserves special mention for her solo performances; Lucinda Francis and Jane Mindenhall won music prizes.

Our congratulations go to several members of the House on their appointments to various captaincies next year: Sophie Jackson for hockey, Emma Ward for squash, Isla Pollard for netball and Rachel Robertson for tennis.

Congratulations to all in Dronfield on winning the Work Cup for the third successive year.

At the end of the year, House Colours were awarded to Emmy McCowen, Rachel Batty and Judith Hopton who played such an important part in the House, and to Ronnie Wareham for her organisation of several House events.

To all our leavers, our very best wishes for the future. We wish Mrs. Shepherd well as she moves to Temple as a tutor; our loss is their gain.

The academic year 1989-90 proved to be as challenging and as busy as the last for the sixty-six pupils in Clifton House. We welcomed new boys to the third form and the lower-sixth, all of whom were to inject a positive impetus to all areas of House and School life. Although the trophy cabinet was not over-burdened with trophies, we nevertheless managed to achieve a victory in the senior five-a-side football competition and did well in the junior football. It must be said that the goalkeeper, Howard Oates, dubbed Felix the Cat for his springing prowess, guarded the net with complete dedication and skill — his shots across the full length of the pitch were, however, somewhat eccentric! In rugby and cricket House matches there were many good performances yet the teams succumbed to their opponents on most occasions. The junior sevens rugby tournament was a different story with the team being unbeaten but taking second place in a league system. Certain individuals must be mentioned — Jonathan Suckling for his contribution to tennis and to House organisation of several events, Marianne Waggot for her rowing, Toby Cockcroft, Michael Hunter and Ben Councell for House and School sporting prowess and Craig Smith for his duties as Head of House. Many thanks to these pupils who participated so fully and positively in School life. It would be difficult to mention all members of the House who gave their energy in various ways as the House has many talented musicians and others who achieved excellent reports throughout the year. Not all reached the dizzy heights of success but in their own way they gave an invaluable contribution. My special thanks go to Steven Harrison whose politeness and helpfulness around House was greatly appreciated.

It remains only to thank the House tutors for their considerable help and efficiency during the year and to wish them well under next year's new Housemaster, Rev. S. Harvey. I will be moving on to take up a French and German post at Durham School and I sincerely hope that Rev. Harvey will enjoy his new position and that Cliftonites in their new mixed House status will continue to give of their best at all times. I am certain that Edward Savage (Head of House) and James Harding (School Monitor) will provide invaluable support. D. M. Crook

GROVE

Christmas

Christmas Term began with Stephen Brown as Head of House and Clive Blacker as his deputy. With no changes in House staff we began to feel a real degree of continuity in the House. The Senior Rugby Competition provided an early challenge with Leon Panitzke leading the side well. For this, as well as his other tremendous contributions to the Grove, he was awarded his House Colours. As usual this type of fixture brings out the best in the boys and the game was tightly fought with Grove coming second! (How much we missed our previous year's transfers to The Rise and School House!) Leon was also ever present in the 1st XV this year with Jim Martindale making his contributions to the 3rd XV. Angus Gowthorpe made excellent contributions to the U. 16 XV and showed his potential in his final game for the 1st XV. If he returns next year he should give real power to the School front row. Chris Brooker played his part in the House rugby and U.16 XV but left us for The Rise at Christmas. In the squash James Stephenson established himself in the 1st V and led the House well in the Senior House Competition in the Lent Term. Junior members of the House acquitted themselves well in the U. 15 XV with Chris Braganza providing an essential base in the back row. In the U. 14 XV Nick Walker proved to be a fine scrum-half with Paul Taylor dependable in defence at fullback. However, the term was not just about sport and Nick Barham-Hall and Leon Panitzke took leading roles in the excellent production of "My Fair Lady". Jim Butler did this as well as the major junior school production this year. He has real ability which was richly rewarded with a place with the National Youth Theatre in Manchester during the summer holidays (1990). The Lent Term saw some splendid contributions to the hockey with eight members of the Grove being regularly selected for the U. 16 Colts, John Sutcliffe and Sam Forsyth both gaining 1st XI places at the end of the season. Tom Brassington, Ian Gordon, Angus Gowthorpe, Jeremy Richardson, James Angel and James Lister all made significant appearances. It was especially good to see James Angel playing after his serious skiing accident last year. Leon Panitzke provided his normal stalwart games in the 2nd XI. The Junior House rugby provided the boys with a real challenge against a much larger Clifton side. In a splendid game, captained by Chris Braganza, the midgets of the third year did well but in the end we went down. (Sadly Toby Cockcroft of Clifton broke his arm in this game and we hope it will not affect his cricket.)

Easter

The Lent Term sees the Great Egg Race and again we provided a fine challenge under the guidance of Nick Barham-Hall. Nick also had a most successful year as captain of School chess. This term also sees the Senior Five-a-side Tournament. Although we failed to emulate last year's success we aquitted ourselves well with Andrew Smith captaining the side in his fourth year in the competition. Andrew has made a huge impact on the House especially in his three years in the sixth and he must be congratulated on his House Colours. The House swimming provided the "Butler Brothers" backed up by Nick Birch, Leon Panitzke, Ian Gordon and Anthony Curtis. At junior level Anthony Baines, Andrew Pickard, Richard Inns and Paul Taylor provided us with something to cheer. However, the highlight of this term was the quite splendid win in the senior House cross-country. Anthony Curtis captained the following: Alistair Marks, Bruce Neary, Jeremy Doncaster, Stephen Brown, Matthew Bean, Iain Mclntyre and Andrew Newell. This was a fine performance showing excellent spirit. The Junior House Hockey Tournament happened for the second year and again we did well without quite winning it this time! The junior House squash shows promise with Anthony Baines

and James Calvert both representing the School. Again there were many other activities with Chris Braganza and James Angel being regular attenders at the Debating Society. James spoke excellently in his first debate. Concerts, Choral Society and the other cultural activities saw major roles played by Anthony Curtis, Iain Mclntyre, Chris Braganza and Jack-Patrick Weatherall. One final event this term deserves special mention and that was the Art Exhibition organised by Nick Birch and other members of the sixth form, at the King's Manor. Not only was the art excellent but this showed real initiative. Well done.

Summer

Summer brought more sport with David Quickfall and Andrew Smith playing for the 1st XI. Andrew finally left the School after great service deservedly gaining his First Team Colours. Leon captained the 2nd XI several times and at one stage had an average of well over 100!! Bruce Neary and Richard Hudson also made fine contributions during the season. The House cricket team, well captained by Andrew and David, succeeded in beating Clifton with a fine "bash" from Jeremy Doncaster playing a significant part in the victory after things got a little "sticky". Sadly we went out in a fine game in the semi-finals against The Rise. The junior boys also did themselves real credit. Chris Braganza led a team with much spirit against Temple. Charles Roberts scored a century in their 152 for 2. Having bowled tremendously (2 for 44 — 15 overs), Paul Taylor went early and it looked like certain defeat; however, Nick Hales 19 and Alex Martin 14 ably supported Nick Walker 50 until we ran out of overs at 132 for 6. The tennis players did well but were outgunned in the first round. Stephen Brown and Bruce Morrison again provided a sound backbone with Nick Birch making a star appearance! The junior House football, well captained by Shalin Khanna, were unlucky to just miss the cut for the play-offs. Paul Taylor, Chris Braganza and Alex Martin did well in front of Duncan Marks who proved a fine goalkeeper. Academically I was delighted to see Nick Barham-Hall, James Angel, John Sutcliffe, Tom Brassington, Stephen Dowding, Andrew Pickard, Chris Braganza, Selwyn Mcllhinney and Alex Martin win prizes.

Finally, I would like to thank the U.6 for all their support and record that all the U.6's gained their House Colours for their co-operative attitude and positive contributions to the House. This goes for Heather and Sarah who weathered the normal storm of coming to a "boys" House and proved themselves to be splendid members of the House. I hope their commitment will be mirrored in years to come as the current fifth form have a rather disappointing negative view of things at the moment. I do not want to finish on this note but the ethos of a House depends on all in it and is therefore a reflection of us all. Most of the time things have been good but there have been distressing incidents which all those involved should learn from if we are to become a stronger and happier unit. Finally, I would again like to thank Stephen Brown and Clive Blacker for their endless support this year.

P. J. Stephen

Christmas

At the beginning of the year the House welcomed nine new third years to the House and one new lower sixth, all of whom settled down quickly and integrated happily into the life of the House.

The House's success with Inter-House sport was limited with many teams playing very well but losing in the late stages of the competitions. The year was summed up well by a fifth former's comment — "We're Jack of all trades but master of none".

The rugby played by the House was of a good standard in both the senior and junior competitions. The Senior Competition was captained well by Richard Griggs who was also captain of the School 1st XV. The first match was a tough game against Temple in which we won 8-0 despite Richard Griggs and Mike Forrester (two of the best players) both being unable to play due to injuries from School matches. The second match was another victory over a day House when we beat the Grove. Fate, or perhaps skill, by The Rise meant that we had, yet again, to face them in the final. This, as expected, was a tough match in which our backs tackled well, but unfortunately after a changeable score throughout the match The Rise came off the better and once again we had just missed the cup by a very narrow margin in a final. The team held up a good spirit and were enthusiastic throughout the competition. Colours were awarded to Antony Bryan, Richard Griggs, Simon Powell and Guy Walker.

The junior rugby first of all saw us in a close match against Temple, with a final score of 22-20. We convincingly beat Clifton in the next round 38-4 which left the team in the position of a final against The Rise. This was an excellent game, arguably the best of either competition, that was very closely contested and tense. The final score was 8-4 to The Rise. John Holgate captained the hard fighting team who all played very well making it difficult to name the outstanding players. Colours were awarded to John Belton, Tom Duncan, John Holgate, Barney Mundell, Tom Oakley and Matt Smith.

Five-a-side indoor soccer was also very popular with the House and many evenings were spent over the year in friendly matches against each other in the sports centre. This practice paid off for the senior team who made the final of the difficult competition. The match against Clifton was equal at full-time but Clifton pulled ahead in extra time, leaving an unjustified score against us which did not represent how close the competition had been. Those who represented the House were Antony Bryan, Mike Forrester, Richard Griggs, John Higginson, Matt McCowen and Barney Mundell.

The senior hockey team was captained by Julian Newhill. The team played four matches, won two and drew two, which left the House in third position at the end of the tournament — a disappointing result, as on paper our team appeared to be the elite of all the Houses. Goalkeepers Rob Hiles and Neil Ghosh made up very well for the lack of goal scoring ability by saving many excellent shots at our net. The junior hockey team did not

have outstanding success, making the second round to discover their goalkeeper was at home and was bravely substituted by Andrew Wallis without pads!

The yearly Inter-House Cross-Country was a mixture of success and failure, with Matt McCowen running in with first position in the senior event. Unfortunately Paul Reah was unable to run and the team was not able to qualify due to the lack of runners and Barney Mundell being disqualified. Those who ran were Matt McCowen, Adam Dean and Roger Sangwin.

As is now tradition in the Manor the House enjoyed a superb dinner at the Christmas Party which was followed by videos. The night was enjoyed by all and will be memorable for some many years.

Easter

The House also has many young members in the Boat Club who are coxing for older crews, namely Marcus Buckle, James Dunn, John Holgate and Matthew Scholefield. Roger Sangwin and Angus Lancaster spent much of their spare time restoring a double skull, producing a boat as good as new which was very much appreciated by the Club.

The House did much better this year in the Great Egg Race, the only non-sporting Inter-House team event of the year, than has been achieved previously. The team of Dominic Bundy, Simon Powell, Shan Sriharan, Pete Wade and Andrew Wallis came a very close second just being beaten by Dronfield.

Summer

On the cricket square the senior team met The Rise in the first round and were knocked out of the competition. A batting collapse left the team with few runs, but Rob Hiles, who caught out the first team captain, and Dominic Bundy with some accurate bowling both played well for the House.

Very little of Sports Day was run due to rain causing a postponement and then cancellation of the event. However, the few events that were completed were a success for the Manor. Tom Duncan won the junior shot putt with some very powerful throwing which left him within one metre of the School record. Paul Reah lapped the rest of the field and won the 3,000 metres and Richard Griggs did very well with second place in the discus. At the time the meet was called off the Manor was in a strong position and stood a good chance of retaining it throughout the remaining events.

Away from the games field some members of the House were also very active. The House has a number of very promising musicians of both traditional and modern ilk. Antony and Tim Dunn, Matt McCowen and Shan Sriharan all played in many concerts at School of traditional nature. Antony Dunn wrote and produced the musical 'Deep Water' which was a success outside the School. A number of bands were formed or led by members of the House including Q. T. Jones and the Swankers, which comprises Simon Coulbeck, John Holgate, John Bel ton and Paul Gorman from the Manor. The group hopes to make some live recordings and videos next year while concentrating on an album and concert in the near future. Shan Sriharan had continued success with The Fetish and has passed on his abilities to a number of others in the School who are now forming their own bands.

Despite a few hiccups and the loss of a very popular member of the House, the year has been most enjoyable and a friendly and close atmosphere was maintained throughout'the House.

I wish all the upper sixth and fifth forms who are leaving the best wishes for the future and hope those who are remaining at the School continue to enjoy House life and being part of the Manor.

Paul Reah

QUEEN'S

I would like to begin by congratulating Victoria Inness, in her second year in Queen's, on being chosen as the first ever Head Girl of St. Peter's, for which she received the K. H. Rhodes Prize at Commemoration. Hers was a hard job to 'invent' and she has made a great success of it. The position of girls in the School in general has been much enhanced by her work; and I am particularly grateful for the role model she has provided for Middle School girls in the first year of the House going fully coeducational. She has combined hard work (and we wish her every success in her future academic career) with membership of the most successful girls' crew in the history of St. Peter's rowing. Incidentally, it is interesting to note that the first girl ever to be Head of Queen's, Helen Benton, has recently rowed for the Cambridge Lightweight Women's crew in the Boat Race and many other regattas.

I also wish to thank Alex Gage for undertaking the difficult job of Head of House for this academic year. This is never an easy job, and he has performed it with tact. The present friendly atmosphere in Queen's owes much to his example.

The girls who took on the task of converting the House to the virtues of true co-education must be mentioned. At the top, with Vicki Inness, Louise Blackburn has set a fine example of academic endeavour, generous work for others, and steady friendliness to junior members of the House. Congratulations to Vicki on winning the Senior Reading Prize, and to Louise on her Walter Smith Prize for Biology. We shall miss them both. A group of day girls were bold (or foolish?) enough to join our fourth form at the start of the year. They have at times proved a distraction to some of their peers, but coped very well with the change and have become a very positive influence. In the third form, those girls who came to us from St. Olave's have worked very hard indeed: their tally of 'A' effort grades at each order puts to shame the total gained by some common rooms of boys over entire years in the past. Congratulations to Zoe Clark on winning the third form Essay Prize; and to both Sally Marshall and Jenifer Swallow on their Third Form Prizes.

The House's sporting involvement has been very wide. While I apologise for not mentioning everyone I should,

I am pleased to have seen Queen's representation in School teams in rugby at all levels. Alex Deighton and Lawrence Patton were a powerful presence in the First Fifteen, while Chris Richardson, Stuart Clarke, Oliver Gardner, Angus Iveson, Gary Keenan, Jason Bailey, Anthony Killip and Richard Musgrave all turned out for other School sides. Chris Richardson, Stuart Clarke, Tim Cordier rowed regularly, while Stephen Harryman, James Hague and Vicki Inness were awarded their colours. James Thompson, David Baldry and Richard Pipes played tennis. Oliver Gardner played squash. Victoria Robinson and Emily Strong played netball and hockey. Alex Deighton played hockey also, as did Alex Gage. We have had very strong cricket this season, winning the Senior Competition and only losing the junior after a tremendous fight-back in the final by Mark Ludiman and James Fieldsend for Temple. At School level, James Rigby has been appointed Captain of the Eleven for next season. Both he and Nicholas Twigg led the side for some matches this season. Alex Deighton, Oliver Gardner, Angus Iveson and Richard Musgrave have all been in the Firsts. In the juniors, Hugh Shedden, Richard Musgrave and Fraser Black have all attained area representative status outside the School. The House swimming was terrific: Queen's were second in the Standards Competition; and at the Gala the fight went on to the very last race: we simply had to hope that The Rise would come last in the final relay — but they showed their usual spirit, did better than that, and won the Cup. Again Queen's were second. The team of Oliver Gardner, Richard Pipes, David Baldry, Dan Britton and Gary Keenan won the House squash final in a good match against the Manor. We were second in the senior long jump, where Andrew Berrington himself gained second place and Richard Shaw came third.

Music continues to be strong indeed: our representation in the choir is good; we have many players in various bands and orchestras; it is a recurrent pleasure for me in my musical ignorance to read termly reports on how well many are learning to play different instruments. Nicholas Strong, Cherry Alton, Zoe Clark and Rebecca Gilbert have all succeeded in Associated Board examinations this year. Sarah Glover, James Hague, Emily Strong, Richard and Christopher Payne, Alastair and Cherry Alton, James and Alistair Rigby, Lawrence Patton — with all these musicians, the House could (or should?) soon produce a home-grown concert.

Barry Daniel Awards were gained by Stephen Harryman, for his B.S.E.S. expedition -to Svalbard/Spitsbergen, and by Charles Barlow for an autumn journey to Northern India.

Pastorally, the House has developed a scheme whereby tutors, pupils and parents meet at crucial stages in a School career to talk about times and decisions lying ahead — how to tackle G.C.S.E. or A-level revision; how to choose a course in higher education. This has helped to bring people together; and examination results have been very good indeed. I owe thanks to Derek Paterson, Ian Lowe, Andrew Wright, Ian Lancaster and Liz Wymer for all the help they have given me and the House in the last twelve months; and I give my good wishes to those awaiting results this summer, and to those people who are leaving Queen's.

The thirty-third Queen's Club Dinner will take place on Friday 27th December: any past member of Queen's interested in attending is invited to contact David Hughes at Queen's House.

I know I have omitted many good things in this account of the year in Queen's: I hope those I have neglected will forgive me. The House seems to be a happy and successful place: I hope we can find ways of continuing to build on this.

D. J. Hughes

THE RISE

Christmas

The beginning of a new academic year saw twelve new juniors enter the House, nine of them being former Olavites. There was also the entry of one new Lower Sixth member and Christopher Caldwell joined the House from the Grove.

The Christmas Term saw many Risites eagerly taking to the rugby field, as usual. Particularly impressive was the number of Risites who played for the 1st XV. For the majority of the matches, at least five Risites represented the top team and altogether eight Risites played at some point in the season. Philip Brown, James Mee, Karl Schoeman, Jason Morris and Anshuman Mondal are to be congratulated on the award of their 1st XV colours. The Rise was strongly represented in all other levels of School rugby, with no fewer than 60% of the House turning out regularly every Saturday. The undoubted highlight of the term was the Senior House Rugby Competition, in which the Rise was strongly fancied and (not surprisingly!) the number one seed. Having achieved a bye in the first round, the House went on to face a young School House side, and comfortably won 23-0 in the semi-final. The final saw the House pitted against a stronger, heavily determined Manor side. The match was a fine contest but the House pulled through to win 14-7, enabling Philip Brown to collect the trophy for yet another year.

The final week of the Christmas Term was celebrated by the House party, drawing out the imagination of the House in some excellent fancy dress costume design. The eventual winners were Simon Penny with his "Baby" and Matthew Abbey for his "Convict" look. The year group "drama" prizes were again keenly contested and many thanks go to Jason Morris and James Mee for hosting such a superbly enjoyable show. As tradition demands, the House are again joined together to sing "Carmen Surgentum" with the lead parts again taken by the mellifluous trio of D. H., A. J. I. and S. C. H. A highly successful term ended on a high note with the award of the much coveted Senior House Colours to James Mee, Philip Brown and Karl Schoeman.

The Easter Term, far from being a step-down after such a highly successful Christmas Term, proved to be even more successful. The House saw the appointment of two School captains, Anshuman Mondal for Hockey and James Mee as captain of Boats. Joshua Rowe joined us from Australia to lend his weighty presence to The Rise for two terms. The House was again well represented in all levels of School activity, sporting and intellectual — hockey, rowing, squash, junior rugby, chess and debating. There were three regular Risites in the Hockey 1st XI, with the captain, Anshuman Mondal, and the goal-keeper, Gareth Silverwood, both receiving their Hockey School colours. The former is to be congratulated on the award of his hockey cap.

The Inter-House competitions began with the Senior and Junior Cross-Country. Morale was high in both camps and this showed in the confident running by both teams. David Thompson's outstanding run, which earned twelfth place was particularly notable. In the overall result, the Seniors came a very creditable third. The Juniors, however, were not to be overawed. Fine runs by everybody and especially Richard Ambrose, Timothy Davies and Rhys Silverwood meant that once again the Juniors carried off the Cross-Country trophy.

However, the two greatest highlights of the Easter Term were still to come. First came the Junior House rugby. An unseeded and unfancied side led by Joel Ward produced a quite outstanding performance to beat the favourites, Queen's, in the first round 18-0. From here on the side never looked back, and the excellent commitment shown in training paid off when, in the semifinal against School House and with only fourteen men, they came through to win 28-13. This pattern was followed in the final against Manor when, with no spare players, the side scored two very late tries to win 8-4, and so enable The Rise to achieve "the double". The success continued in what was perhaps the greatest House effort for many, many years — the Swimming Gala. The Juniors again won the Inter-House Swimming Standards, and in the Gala, fine swims from the entire House team brought victory to The Rise. In an excellent competition, The Rise won the trophy on the last relay and special mention must be made of Karl Schoeman, the captain, who won all but one of his three individual races and led very much by example. This trophy was won for the first time in many years, and a jubilant House team allowed Mr. Hirst to share in their delight by a wonderfully staged "push/throw" into the pool!

An excellent term was rounded off by the award of Junior House colours to Richard Ambrose, John Langford, Rhys Silverwood and Andrew Fotherby who also won the "Jackpot" for this term, taking over from Tim Davies, who received this at Christmas.

Summer

The final — and busiest — term of the year started almost immediately with the Senior Cricket Competition. A fairly unfancied team took to the field in the first round against an evenly matched Manor side, and due to very enthusiastic bowling and fielding the House overcame their opponents convincingly. The next encounter against the Grove was far from convincing but was well won nevertheless. The final saw the House confronting the outright favourites, Queen's. The team bowled and fielded extremely well to bowl Queen's out for just 59, however the batting let us down and we fell two runs short. The junior side opened their competition with an even more emphatic victory than the seniors to overcome the Manor. Special mention must be made of Michael Davies who scored a century. In the next round the juniors came across the favourites, Queen's, who proved to be too strong and the batting House side was overcome — but not without a fight.

Apart from cricket, there were many members of the Boat Club who achieved notable successes throughout the summer. James Mee and Joshua Rowe were both part of regatta winning crews and both should be congratulated for attaining their School Colours. The Athletics Competition was sadly cancelled this year due to bad weather. A confident House Athletics team were denied the opportunity to defend the shield. Academically, many members of the House gained merits throughout the year and James Mee is to be congratulated on winning the Skrentny Prize for creative writing.

To conclude the year, The Rise was again awarded the Oxford Cup for the sporting successes over the year. The Summer Term also sadly saw Mr. Hirst having to be away from the House due to ill-health. However, all was not lost as Mr. David Watkinson ably stepped in a term early to take over the House. We wish him every success in the ensuing years as Housemaster. Finally, all that must be said is a fond farewell to Mr and Mrs. Hirst who retire at the end of the year. They will be missed in and around the House and we all wish them well for their retirement and thank them for their efforts towards the House over the years.

SURGAMUS!

Anshuman Mondal

SCHOOL

Christmas

The year began with ten new third formers being welcomed into the House. Two sixth formers, John Davidson and Paul Carvosso, rejected by their day Houses, were also allowed to join up. The top floor shoe box was found to be a lot smaller than the Davidson residence but at least it could be visited legally. Ben Taylor was Head of House, Rene Freling and John Davidson were School monitors and Mr. Richard Wallace was also welcomed as an Assistant Housemaster (much to the delight of B. T.) The 1st XV was graced with the enormous presence of Peter Midgley, House rugby captain, and Paul Carvosso propping up the front row and with Gavin Proudley flying down the wing (and the stairs at 8.19'/2 a.m. each morning for breakfast). However,

the senior team fell to The Rise in the semi-finals but were filled with some twelve School rugby players who went down fighting. Higher education choices loomed large on the horizon for the upper sixth and special congratulations must go to Ben Taylor and Peter Midgley who gained places at Oxford and Edward Carling who gained a place at Cambridge — a mention ought to go also to Atanu Roy for what was a sterling effort on his part. Peter Nowell also deserves a mention for his excellent portrayal as Professor Higgins in the School's production of "My Fair Lady". As the term crawled into its fifteenth week, one fourth year could no longer take the strain and so needed to take a few days off and so reminiscences of parties, airing cupboards and the upper sixth Video Club all merged into the maelstrom of a Christmas disco to round off the first term.

Easter

The Easter Term saw Adam Waters, Marc Mitchell and Charles Pugh representing the School Hockey 1 st XI with Gavin Proudley and Rene Freling and others representing senior sides. Mark Pyrah was School captain of boats with Christopher Rowland, Joby and Ben Taylor, John Davidson and Simon Bowen also representing the School's Boat Club. A junior hockey side, led by Matthew Todd, won the Indoor Six-a-side Competition, the Senior Five-a-side soccer reached the semi-finals and the swimming team amply led by Peter Midgley came a creditable third, partly due to the success of James Meaden and his unusual starting technique. Cross-country insanity occurred under Peter No well's long stride with the seniors coming fourth overall with Gavin Proudley in fourth place and Adam Waters in seventh, and the juniors came a close second overall with Gordon Gibb the junior winner and Michael Lang coming in seventh — Gordon in fact went on to run in the English Schools Cross-Country Championships representing Yorkshire later on that term. The senior squash ably led by Michael Lang went out to the eventual winners, the Manor, and mention of School choristers and musicians ought to be included: Charles Metcalfe, Justin Brayshaw, Christopher Rowland, Michael Simmons, Matthew Todd and Dominic Greeves instrumental prize winners along with Andrew Moxon. The dreaded trial exams took their toll and a well deserved Easter break could not come too early — particularly for some already rejected by Salford University!

Summer

The Summer Term was a great success. The senior indoor hockey team followed in the footsteps of its junior partners to win their Inter-House competition. The junior soccer also triumphed, through skill, to win their competition. Tennis saw us beaten finalists with all our players representing School teams — Adam Waters, Marc Mitchell, Richard Tucker, Rene Feling, James Swallow and Andrew Farrow. The great game cricket saw Paul Carvosso and Charles Metcalfe open the batting for the School 1st XI though the latter did not complete the season, finishing the year off a little earlier than the rest of his year group. Junior School cricketers such as Michael Lang, Matthew Todd, Jonathan Brooks, Edward Backhouse, Gordon Gibb, Alistair Hall, Nicholas Middleton, a Lincolnshire junior county cricketer, and Daniel Sumpton saw us through to the semi-finals, repeating their rugby success in the previous term with much the same names representing School teams, then. The Inter-House athletics was washed out twice though we had high hopes as Gavin Proudley (team captain) had already represented the district and the county at schoolboy level. Our prize winners on Speech Day were Ashoke Kundu, Peter Midgley, Edward Carling and Ben Taylor, yet apart from personal or team successes that stand out, it is impossible to record the many everyday occurrences which happen and bring a smile to people's faces or remain a talking point for a day or so. The success of the House is not just measured by the silver on the sideboard, but also by the way House spirit and the camaraderie within the House are generated — so ably led by Ben Taylor and all the upper sixth who along with Chung Webster-Lam leave this year with all our best wishes for success in the future.

J. A. Owen-Barnett

TEMPLE

Christmas

Term began by Temple becoming one of two day Houses which has become completely co-educational. Happily, the transformation had occurred extremely smoothly with the girls quickly becoming integrated members of the House. We also welcomed Mrs. Julia Stanley into the House as a Tutor and Assistant. Three weeks into the term, the School undertook the monumental sponsored walk from Boroughbridge to the School along the River Ouse and the House managed to raise a large sum of money.

Temple's tradition of raising money for charity was continued by Gareth Kay, Tom Beaufoy and Adam Hardisty who are all members of 'The Fetish' band who held a concert in aid of the School's Amnesty International Group. Musical talent in Temple continues to flourish with Martin Kershaw, Alex Weir, Simon Gildener and Tifanny Richards contributing greatly to the School band and orchestra. Congratulations are in order for Tifanny Richards in that she is now a member of the National Youth Orchestra. Tarik Tutill has also achieved a singular success this year by gaining a Flying Scholarship from the R.A.F.

Temple's sporting achievements have also been of great note recently and in the Senior House rugby matches we lost in a very hard fought match 8-0 to Manor who were the eventual finalists. Then in a friendly match against Clifton we won 10-8 in an outstandingly highspirited match. As a result of the two matches Mark Ludiman received his House junior colours.

The School production of "My Fair Lady" was a great success and we congratulate Ellis Parry for his leading role in the play. But it has not been smiles all the way for Temple, for one or two tears of sorrow were shed upon John Davidson's departure to become a boarder in School House. He was a great asset to the House and we thank

Easter

The Easter Term gave an overall impression of being dominated by outstanding individual efforts, primarily because the House swimming and cross-country competitions did not fulfil all our expectations. Nonetheless, the House five-a-side team fought valiantly under the guidance of Nigel Dawkins but the undoubted sporting highlight for Temple was achieved on the rugby field. The House junior rugby performances were inspirational throughout the term and culminated in the winning of the junior seven-a-side cup. James Fieldsend's captaincy and the spirit of the team were quite exceptional. As a result, Ewan Graves-Tamvakis and James Fieldsend both received their junior House colours.

Spirits were boosted time after time by some excellent performances from a truly talented band by the name of 'The Funky Chicken' whose members include Gareth Kay, Adam Hardisty and Jon Firth who have all worked very hard to give such enjoyment to the whole School and the York music scene. Gareth was elected Vice-President of the Debating Society and President of the Amnesty International Group. Furthermore, Temple continued to contribute greatly to the School orchestra and band and Andrew Collier's musical talents were done full justice in the play which he co-directed, 'Deep Water', which was performed in St. Michael-le-Belfrey church. Several Templites played leading roles in the organisation and production, namely Steven Clegg, Matthew Pittman, Simon Frost, James Fieldsend and Tom Beaufoy. Andrew Collier is to be congratulated for a quite outstanding musical production.

Summer

Temple greeted the Summer Term with three Templites earning places in the First Eleven, namely David Tunstall, Tom Reid and Charles Roberts. Congratulations are also due to Sulieman Al-Bassam for captaining the tennis team to the prestigious National Finals in July. This term was definitely the most successful in terms of sport, for although we lost narrowly to Queen's in the semi-final of the Senior House cricket, James Fieldsend and Mark Ludiman stormed the crease in the junior event and enabled us to defeat Queen's juniors with two balls to spare. The House Tennis Cup was also retained for the third year in succession by defeating School House in a match full of intrigue and suspense. As a result of our outstanding results and the effort exerted, Nigel Dawkins and Charles Roberts received senior and junior House colours respectively. We congratulate Tifanny Richards and Gareth Kay on their School monitorships and Simon Gildener on his appointment as Head of House. We bid farewell to the U.VI and the academic year comes to an end with Temple brimming with community spirit and pride of achievement.

Sulieman Al-Bassam

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