Cross-Country

Colts Eleven

Bootham School Worksop College Pocklington School Barnard Castle School Scarborough College Pocklington School Bootham School Home Away Away Away Home Home Away Won Lost Drawn Drawn Lost Lost Won 4--1 0--2 0--0 1--1 2--3 1--6 1--5

The stick was awarded to Anshuman Mondal. The Burn Trophy was awarded to Simon Powell. R. H Hubbard

The First VIE had a small number of dedicated runners who remained enthusiastic and motivated throughout a difficult season. Sadly, this proved to be insufficient and for most of the season victory eluded the team, the only win being an extremely narrow margin of 18-19 in the penultimate match of the season against Woodhouse Grove at home.

The difficulty of selecting a full team of eight runners was the main problem — with all other team games taking priority, and injury to some of the faster runners adding to the problems.

Away from the inter-schools circuit more success was achieved with Simon Davies, Anthony Curtis, Jeremy Doncaster, Alistair Marks, Paul Reah, Roger Sangwin and David Tunstall all qualifying in the Over 17 age group for York and District in the trials at Tadcaster. Richard Shaw and Bruce Neary qualified for the Under 17 team. Gordon Gibb (who later ran for the First VIII) did extremely well in qualifying for York and District and then representing North Yorkshire in the England Trials at junior level.

The Under 15 scene was much the same as the First VIII's and ended disappointingly with no wins to their name. Jon Lacy-Colson captained the age group and spent much time scratching together teams for the matches — creditably not becoming uninterested or less determined.

In contrast to the gloomy picture so far, the teams did have two successes. Firstly, we were finally bought some long-promised and much-needed new School kit, to share with the rowers (with the prospect of having our own set looking good for next year). Secondly, for the first time a successful and enjoyable dinner was arranged for those who ran for the First VIII and the Under 15 captain. This brought an interesting and cheerful season to a pleasant close and hopefully started a new tradition of crosscountry dinners in the future.

Colours were awarded to the following for their effort and dedication: Anthony Curtis, Alistair Marks, Matthew McCdwen, Paul Reah (captain), Richard Shaw and David Tunstall.

The following represented the First XIII team:

P. J. Reah, J. C. Doncaster, S. G. Davies, R. G. Shaw, A. R. T. Marks, A. G. Curtis, T. J. Cordier, D. H. Baldry, C. Brooker,

The following represented the Under 15 team:

J. H. Lacy-Colson, B. R. Neary, C. Tse, R. Nadian, A. Mosby, J. Ward, T. J. J. Bowman, R. J. M. Ambrose, S. Khanna, D. J. E. Marks, N. W. W. Strong, S. J. Clegg, C. Taylor, S. E. Richards, D. J. Bean.

Results

27th January v Durham (Home) 1st VIII: Durham 24 pts St. Peter's 72 pts U.15: Durham 25 pts St. Peter's 53 pts

7th February v Silcoates (Away) 1st VIII: Silcoates 22 pts St. Peter's 58 pts U.15: Silcoates 21 pts St. Peter's 35 pts

14th February v Ampleforth (Away) 1st VIII: Ampleforth 21 pts St. Peter's 69 pts U.15: Ampleforth 23 pts St. Peter's 62 pts

24th February v Pocklington (Away) 1st VIII: Pocklington 29 pts St. Peter's 49 pts

7th March v Woodhouse Grove (Home) 1st VIII: Woodhouse Grove 18 pts St. Peter's 19 pts U.15: Woodhouse Grove 10 pts St. Peter's 29 pts

10th March v Barnard Castle (Away) 1st VIII: Barnard Castle 24 pts St. Peter's 34 pts U.15: Barnard Castle 33 pts St. Peter's 46 pts

3rd March '12th Ampleforth Invitation' 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th Welbeck College Durham 'A' Ampleforth 'A' Ampleforth 'B' Worksop College Pocklington Welbeck 'B' Barnard Castle 'A' St. Peter's Durham 'B' Barnard Castle 'B'