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Editorial To a large extent this year has been one of change. The appointments of a new Bursar and Deputy Headmaster have paved the way for the arrival of the new Headmaster, Mr Richard Smyth, already in place as you read this. There have been changes in the roles of academic staff, and people, rather more than usual including The Head Master, have come and gone. In particular, this year has been tinged with sadness by the loss of Peter Taylor, a man of complete integrity and a great servant to the school. The forthcoming inspection will no doubt, as well as highlight the countless examples of good practice, instigate further change.

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The predominant purpose of any school magazine is to be a reflection of what that school does and a celebration of what it does best. Under these circumstances there is always the danger that we quickly become introspective and self-congratulatory.

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However, the process of review, assessment and change when and where it is necessary hopefully will help us not to become

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complacent.

Contents Commemoration

Senior Common Room

Valete

Salvete

House Reports

Visits & Exchanges

publication. In particular to Tory Gillingham, the previous editor

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this magazine, to Paul Hughes for his help in photographing the

Creative & Cultural Community Service

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I would like to thank all those who have contributed to this of this magazine, and to David Morris, whose photographs fill cover and the art work and to the committee of pupils for their enthusiastic and committed approach in interviewing staff, writing documents and helping in general with the production.

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Postcard Portraits

Sport

Committee Members: Holy Hughes

Penny Boxall

Ceorgina Duke

Chloe Johnson

Alice Lindley

Betany Lloyd

Sophie Ottewell

jenny Westmoreland

ally McLaren

Prize List 2004

Middle School Illrd Form Prize for Academic Merit

Helen Porte

Jordan Nadian Dominic Hanly Alexander Wordie IVth Form Prize for Academic Merit

Tobias Burckharat and Laura Cibbs

Sophie Cuthbertson Rory MacLeod

Jack Brittain Memorial Prize for Middle School Essay. Arthur Craven Prize for Middle School French IVth Form Prize for Academic Merit

Eleanor Trotman

Old Peterite Club Junior Reading Prize Music Prize IVth Form Prize for Academic Merit

Duncan Turnbull

Music Prize

Angelina Warburton

Vth Form Music Prize for Composition

Philippa Bailey

Middle School Information Technology Prize

Laura Williamson

King-Reynolds Prize for Middle School Mathematics

Catherine McTurk

Geography Prize

Charlotte Buckley

Art Prize

Kirstie Dallas

Vth Form Prizes for Academic Merit

Alasdair Wilson James Drake Sarah Bell Yayra Adoboli

Junior Exhibition for Art

Phoebe Harrison

German Prize

Vincent uadagnino

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Laura Howard

P.E. Lord Prize for Classical Civilisation Coursework

Kate Showan

Stephenson Prize for Latin Vth Form Prize for Academic Merit Peter

Matthew Thomas-

Walter Smith Prize for CCSE Practical Science Vth Form Prize for Academic Merit Jeremy Thomas

Vlth Form Army Scholarship Award

Ceorgina Duke

Walter Smith Prize for Biology

Samantha Ford

Robin Shannon Memorial Prize for Contribution to School Debating Politics Prize

Toby Lamarque

Old Peterite Club Senior Reading Prize Richard Atkinson Memorial Prize for Drama

Peter Townson

Richard Atkinson Memorial Prize for Drama

Sarah Crompton Richard Thomas

John Crook Prize for Poetry Skrentny Prize for Creative Writing

Penny Boxall

French Essay Prize

Holly Hughes

Design and Technology Prize

Simon Bell

Art Prize

Rosemary Woo

Chemistry Prize

Neil Riley

The Friends of St Peter's Prize for Business Stuides

Daniel Janes

P.E. Lord Prize for Classical Civilisation

Emily Cogbill

Paddy Power Prize for Endeavour

Stephen Davis

Barry Daniel Award

David Cook Giles Buchanan Paul Rushton

Toyne Prize for European History Brian Holbeche Prize for a Critical Essay

Lucy Wellington

Arthur Craven Memorial Prize for Senior French

Anneka Munsch

The Minster Lions Rose Bowl for Community Action

Chloe Johnson

Norman Crombie Memorial Prize

Tobias Burckhardt

K.H.Rhodes Prize

Lara Gibbs

Scholarships Academic Year 2003/4 Third Form

Mathematics Prize Wilcox Prize for Physics Orange-Bromhead Prize for String Instrument Accomplishment

Charles StricklandConstable

Foluso Rotowa Memorial Prize for Classical Civilisation Coursework

Katie Harris

Stephenson Prize for Latin

Hannah Lloyd

Mathematics Project Prize

Jonathan Forsyth

Music Prize

Pippa Saul Harrah

Music Prize Pemberton Prize for Wind and Brass

Alex Woodrow

Tudor Howat Prize for Music Composition

Tom Wright

Stephenson Prize for Singing Politics Prize

Ben Noble

Whytehead Memorial Prize for Theology

Amanda Holmes

Milton Prize for Effort and Progress in Biology Geography Prize

Henry Richardson

Jordan Nadian

St Olave's

Academic Scholarship

Helen Porte

St Olave's

Academic Scholarship

Dominic Henly

St Olave's

Academic Exhibition

Nicholas Hall

Woodleigh

General Exhibition

Sixth Form -

Foundation Scholarships

Anneka Munsch

Academic Scholarship + The Colin Shepherd Foundation Scholarship for Modern Languages

Sarah Speed

Old Peterite Foundation Scholar

jayne Milburn

The Donald Shepherd Foundation Scholarship for Design and Technology

Mark jagger

The Shepherd Foundation Scholarship for Business Studies & Economics

Sixth Form -Academic Scholarships Georgina Duke

David Rumfitt Memorial Prize for Service to the Chapel Old Peterite Lodge Prize for Service to the Community

Brook Adams

Old Peterite Lodge Prize for Service to the Community

AimSe Sturgess

Le Tocq Prize for Economics

Sarah Stefanini

HSBC Prize for Upper Sixth Form Business Studies Coursework

Russell Spence

Sally Henderson

Primrose Lovett

Sally McLaren

Sophie Ottewell

Lara Turner

Hannah Thomas

Claire Hunt

Emma Mackenzie

Helen Round

Betony Lloyd

Music Scholarships Alexander Wordie

Edward Long Music Scholarship and Waine Award

Victoria Janes

Waine Award

George Lister

Waine Award

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Commemoration sport but rather that I was encouraged by more talented students

Guest of Honour Speech

in the very literal sense of being given more courage by their inspiration, coaching, teamwork and collegiality. Chief among these talented rugby playing and coaching students was Andrew Trotman. A quarter of a century after I left Balliol College, Oxford, I still have the rugby shirt.

Professor Simon Lee, Vice-Chancellor, Leeds Metropolitan University St Peter's, York, Commemoration & Prize-Giving, York Minster, 10 July 2004

the memories and the example which, sometimes subconsciously, sometimes consciously, helps in later life. The parables and your school experiences have some similarities.

The two parables we have heard this morning are unfathomable. That is to say, they have depths which we cannot reach. Their currents seem to flow in opposite directions. In the first, you must use your talents, even a single talent, to the full. In the second, however, those who only join in at the end are rewarded as much as those who laboured from the beginning. It all seems so unfair. And this is the great cry in schools through the centuries, across the globe. Please miss, please sir, it's not fair, it's so unfair.

Indeed, our son was wearing it for a

recording of University Challenge last week. What is more, I have

They do not have to be understood all at once.

Their

wisdom unfolds over decades just as the great York Minster and the great school of St Peter's continue to inspire over centuries. For example, when I was doing what I could to help bring the troubles in Northern Ireland to a conclusion, a major obstruction to the peace process was the belief on all sides that the men of violence who were so late in coming to democracy had no entitlement to participate in peaceful politics.

It was only then that I

glimpsed some of the meaning of the parable of the labourers in the vineyard, which must have washed over me dozens of times.

But is it? Even if we have but a modest talent, we owe it to

Perhaps it was not fair, from the perspective of those who had

ourselves, as well as to our Cod, the One who endowed us with

laboured for so long according to the rules of democracy that

it, to make the most of the gift that we have.

those who suddenly turned up at the ballot box were receiving the

If we take the

opportunity, however limited, as with the labourers in the

same opportunities.

vineyard, then we have done all that can be expected of us. If

courage, to treat the latecomers in the same way, has transformed

others are capable of more, then they should give of themselves

life in Northern Ireland, however much remains to be done.

accordingly.

The passage from school into the wider world is

made easier if you don't worry about how unfair you think it is that only some people win the prizes, rejoicing instead for them while enjoying fulfilling your own potential to the full.

Yet summoning up the magnanimity, the

So at some point in the coming decades, you will be grateful for some hidden talent, some inspiration you didn't know you had, whether from a parable or a school encounter.

Indeed, what

affects us the most from our school and university lives is often

Developing that generosity of spirit is the true measure of our

what we are least aware of at the time it happens. No-one, not

humanity and the way in which we are touched by our Divine

even the Headmaster, can know all the good that has been done

Creator, the giver of talents. I learnt more at

during his tenure. For you carry much of it with you. It is right

university, I suspect, from the spheres in

that you and he take your gifts to other vineyards, creating space

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for new talents to be invested here by other labourers. I associate Andrew Trotman with giving his all and rejoicing in others doing the same, even when we have only one talent or one hour to give whereas headmasters appear to be people of all the _ talents who make all the time in the world for each person who needs their encouragement.

So I conclude with parables from

of his sporting interests, encouraged by the ecclesiastical ,Mexican wave which rippled through the Minster just before the service. The first applies talents in teamwork. The second puts talent in a family context. Mr Trotman, I know, values not only rowing and rugby but also teamwork and family. The lesson to take from rowing was given in the commencement address at Yale Law School in 1886, by the great Harvard judge, Oliver Wendell Holmes, who said this:

never heard anyone profess indifference to a boat race. Why should you row a boat race? Why endure long months of pain in preparation for a fierce half-hour that will leave you all but dead?

Is there anyone who

would not go through all its costs and

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more, for the moment when anguish breaks into triumph - or even for the glory of having nobly lost? race?

Is life less than a boat

If you will give all the blood in your body to win the one,

will you not spend all the might of your soul to prevail in the other?' In rugby, I admire that great forward for Ireland and the Lions, Keith Wood, who in his late teens was always being put down by old-stagers at his club who jeered at him that he thought he was good but he'd never be as good as his father, who played himself for Ireland and the Lions. His reply was, 'That's fine. I don't want to be as good as my father. I just want to be the best that I can be.' Coming late to the vineyard, he could never satisfy some who had been there so long but he was worthy of his hire, he used his talents to the full. Some of us have to adapt his words also to say, 'I don't want to be as good as my children. I just want to be the best I can be.' Yesterday, 9 July, was the 20th anniversary of the fire which threatened to destroy this great Minster.

It took teamwork, a

community of all the diverse talents, to restore it. Tomorrow, 11 July, is the feast day of Saint Benedict, who left his studies 1500 years ago to do his own thing, to become a hermit, to live in a

work on the complexity of the human mind in which he used the

cave, but went on to found a great teaching tradition, the Head

term "emotional intelligence". It was an unusual lecture, one

Master of Head Masters Yet the first two times he was called to

conducted by video link. My colleagues and I were sitting in a

found a community, dissident forces in the staff room tried to

rather dull and tired hotel Ballroom; Howard Gardner was to speak

poison him. He had the courage to be different and to persevere,

to us from a television studio on campus in Boston. As we waited

to rebuild, just as York Minster has been so wonderfully restored.

for the lecture to begin, rather than show us a view of Harvard

In this good company of yesterday and tomorrow, then, it is my

Yard, the Weidner Library or the Charles river, the camera remained

prayer that you will remember the parables we have heard today,

fixed on a polystyrene cup of coffee (slowly cooling) with a clock

10 July, as an opportunity now and in the coming decades to use

showing Eastern Seaboard Time ticking in the background.

your own talents to the full and to give thanks for the talents of those who founded St Peter's and who have laboured to such good effect in its vineyards. As each parable begins, so school life for the year comes to an end, in friendship, talent, generosity and celebration, for the kingdom of heaven is like this.

He told us about his recent research into the concept of goodness and positive role models. At the end of the lecture, I asked him a question. I stood in front of a television camera and said that I was Head Master of the oldest school in Europe and that among our former pupils were Guy Fawkes and Alcuin. Two very different role models. This year is the twelve hundredth

Head Master's Commemoration Speech Lord Mayor, Dean, Vice Chancellor, Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen.

anniversary of Alcuin's death in Tours. The exhibition about Alcuin and his contribution to scholarship and Western culture that is now on display in France left York some four years ago. I wonder how many here went to see it in York? Guy Fawkes still brings writers and television crews to our city and our school. November 5th 2005 will no doubt be remembered here with extraordinary colour and noise. Is it human nature to celebrate notoriety rather than accomplishment, I asked. In schoolrooms that were part of our first Minster, Alcuin studied and taught at St Peter's. He became Head Master, but was then summoned to the Court of the Holy Roman Emperor.

Thank you, Chairman, for your kind comments and Professor

Charlemagne demanded the support and advice of the wisest man

Lee, please accept my thanks, not only for your address, but also

in Europe. No doubt my 48 known predecessors like me were

for joining us as our guest of honour today to present prizes. It is

ready for the call and that perhaps explains why we check the post

a great privilege that we celebrate the achievements of St Peter's

each day with such alacrity. "They also serve who only stand and

School here in the Nave of York Minster. May I give my most

wait".

sincere thanks to the Dean and Chapter and also extend the warmest greeting to the new Dean of York and Mrs Jones who honour us today with their presence at Commemoration. I recently attended a lecture by Howard Gardner, the professor of Education at the University of Harvard. He is famous for his

I often wonder what sort of school Alcuin left behind in 782. There is not much that is recorded. I can with more authority tell you about the school that I leave in 2004. Last August, pupils received tremendous A level and AS level results. The performance of our pupils has been consistently high The Peterite 2003-2004

Commemoration since league tables were introduced some ten years ago. But

Another pupil, Ben Noble won a choral scholarship to New

please remember that the tables are based on an average for the

College, Oxford.

year group and do not measure individual achievement and that no child is the same. St Peter's is not as selective as many would believe and yet our results sit alongside schools that most certainly are. At GCSE, the results were the best ever. The greatest academic achievement this year has been made by Charles Strickland Constable. As our first honorary Foundation

Two new areas of school were officially opened this year. On the St Olave's site, a new Art Gallery was opened by the Foundation. The Whitestone Gallery has hosted three major exhibitions so far and work by this year's pupils is still on show today. The gallery will be of public benefit to the community as a venue for arts events in the city. Our Member of Parliament, Mr

Science Scholar chosen by the Merchant Adventurers of York he

Hugh Bayley, officially opened the Politics department following

has certainly done well. He will have two academic articles

an evening of Question Time before a large audience.

published in the British Mathematical journal (one is now in print, the first ever published academic article by a current St Peter's pupil). He won the Physics Challenge organised by the Royal Society and sets off for Korea next week to represent Great Britain in a World Physics challenge. In addition, he has been captain of Boys' tennis, played the electric guitar like Brian May and his violin like Vanessa Mae to win two music prizes. Charles is one of a number of exceptional musicians to leave School today who recently played in a magnificent school concert. Alexander Woodrow is one of the organists this morning and he takes up his Organ scholarship at Magdalene College Cambridge in October.

Two new subjects were added to the curriculum. Physical education as a sixth form subject allows the pupils to study the theory and practice of sports science. The appointment of a new Director of Drama, Mrs Edgar Hunt, has meant that pupils are now studying GCSE drama and A level Theatre Studies for the first time. Productions have been staged throughout the year, including Brecht and Weill's Three penny Opera, Willy Russell's Stags and Hens, Jim Cartwright's Two and Bed and the first performance of experimental pieces written and devised by members of the Lower Sixth. This summer, the last of our Assisted Place pupils leave. At the height of the scheme, some 120 pupils received help with their fees from Government funds. In the past, some pupils had attended St Peter's as City Scholars, but now no such financial support exists. My fear, and one shared by the Governing Body, is that schools such as St Peter's will become too exclusive and so we have tried to extend opportunities to pupils who would like to attend the school. The first step was the creation of the Foundation, which has since 2001 established six major means-tested scholarships. In addition, the bursary fund has been increased to help those in genuine need. The effort of the pupils is not simply directed towards their own gain. For the first time this year, some of our pupils worked in partnership with the Millennium Volunteers in York. The organisation helps to link school and university students with groups requiring volunteer help. Our pupils were keen to be involved and were proud to receive certificates from your predecessor, Lord Mayor, recognising the many hours spent in service of the community. For a number of years the school has worked closely with the Minster Lions on volunteer projects. In the autumn,

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the

Lions

planned

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campaign to provide every senior citizen with an emergency

Our rowing club has continued to grow in strength and has

contact "Message in a bottle" to help doctors or emergency

produced girl and boys crews that have enjoyed success in regattas

services. This has now been taken up as a national initiative. St

and headraces around the country. Daniel Janes and Will Eastwood

Peter's pupils and staff were pleased to help with the scheme. In

deserve credit for their excellent performance in the Tideway pair's

the last fortnight of term, the Lions joined with a group of pupils

head and at Ghent. Daniel is at Nottingham today for final trials

who had finished their exams to construct a wonderful garden at

for Great Britain. At the National Schools' Regatta, Rosie Gaunt

the Glen Nursery. The project was funded by the City council

won a silver medal in the U16 Girls' sculls and has been selected

Youth community initiative and was handed back to the children

for Great Britain. Hannah Thomas will represent Wales later this

and carers at the Nursery in true Ground Force style. In recogni-

summer. Kristina Stiller, fresh from victory representing Great

tion of our lasting partnership, the Minster Lions have presented a

Britain at an international

rose bowl to be awarded for the first time today for the best

Championship Girls' sculls, in a new record time for the course. In

proposal for a pupil-run community service scheme, together with

a moment, Kristina, I am going to invite you to come forward to

regatta

in Munich, won the

a sum of cash to help fund the project. I am very grateful to Lions

receive your cup and medal from me, but I know that you would

Gordon and Celia Harrison, Robert and Judi James and their

want to join me in thanking Mr Ellis Davies, Mr Christopher Hall,

President, Peter Hull.

Miss Ellis, Mr Ward, Mr and Mrs Smallman-Smith, Dr McLeod, Mr

Another new prize is awarded today in memory of a former pupil and President of the Old Peterite club, Mr David Rumfitt. Sadly he died a few days after last year's Commemoration. Mrs Rumfitt has given a beautiful Georgian silver salver that is presented for services to the school chapel. It will be a lasting memorial to a very dedicated supporter of St Peter's and St Olave's. As Mr Johnson stands down from the post of Director of sport, he should be proud of the support and encouragement that he and his staff have given to help sport flourish at St Peter's and particularly the increase in recent years of those representing the county, region or their country. Our sporting highlights this year include the under 14 girls hockey team who reached the regional finals of a national championship held at Carnegie College, part of Leeds Metropolitan, but were knocked out after a nail-biting penalty shoot-out. One player, Amelia Smalley went on to be selected for the England U16 squad. The boys' first hockey team was one of the strongest ever and the growth of boys' hockey in the middle school is to be applauded. For the future of both the girls' and boys' hockey at St Olave's and St Peter's, an all-weather surface is vital for the game to blossom. Christopher Brewer and Gareth Drabble were selected by the Lawn Tennis Association for assessment and coaching for the junior National squad. The girls' swimming team were third in the national relay championship in the freestyle and medley events at Crystal Palace. In rugby, the

Fyffe (student at the University of York), Mr Foss (student from York St John), master-in-charge, Mr Michael Hall and the parents and friends in the Guy Fawkes club who have all helped to build the rowing club to such a magnificent force to be reckoned with. Best wishes Kristina to you and your colleagues representing Great Britain and to Hannah Thomas in my best Welsh, "Pod Hwyll". Kristina Stiller. Mrs Bainbridge and Mr Matkin step down from running Queens' and School House respectively. I thank them for their loyal support. A number of members of staff leave today. Miss Briggs moves to Bolton; Miss Cant will take up the post of Youth Officer to a church in Hong Kong; Mr Battersby has completed his teaching diploma and returns to Edinburgh; Mr Barras who returned to St Peter's after many years to teach Classics for two terms moves to Teeside; Mrs Hopkinson, an exceptional teacher and director of plays has retired; Mr Murray moves to be head of department at Nottingham Girls' High School; Mr Lowe, a loyal supporter of countless school activities, producer and director of drama and English teacher, moves to the Scottish island of Mull; Mr Hughes- who will be remembered for his commitment to mountaineering, the writing of poetry, his knowledge of the battlefields and writers of the First World War, his genuine care for the welfare of pupils- has decided to leave teaching after twenty-nine years at St Peter's. On behalf of the school, I wish all of our leavers thanks and good wishes.

first XV reached the last sixteen of the Daily Mail cup and the

In February, the school came together in its grief for Mr Peter

seven reached the quarterfinals at Rosslyn Park having dominated

Taylor who sadly died after a long illness during which he had

all of the competitions in the North of England. Peter Wackett was

shown great personal courage and

selected to play for England at U16 and eleven pupils represented

fortitude. He was ijfnembered

the county. Our cricketers are at their festival today at Merchant Taylor's in London. They have only lost one school match in three years and have been led splendidly by Thomas Bartram. Tom Woolsey was listed in Wisden last summer as the most successful bowler in English schools cricket and went on to break the school record of 150 school wickets taken. Jonathan Bairstow played cricket for Yorkshire at U15. Tim Dennis was selected for the England team to fence U16 Sabre. Tom Lightwing won a gold medal in the Yorkshire athletics championship for javelin and is at the English Schools' Championships today. Emma Macalister Hall won the Independent School's 1500 metres in record time for the fourth year in succession and Lara Gibbs won the county crosscountry championships and represented Yorkshire at the under 20's national finals.

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as a teacher, Head of Classics, Housemaster of School House and

of St. Peter

Dronfield by the many parents, current and former pupils, colleagues and friends who attended a moving funeral service in school. At the service, a collection was taken to raise funds for the Haematology Unit at York District Hospital. Two additional events took place to add to the fundraising effort in Mr Taylor's memory. The whole school community took part in Peterswalk from RAF Linton on Ouse to school along the river and a large group of pupils, parents, staff and friends ran with me at Beverley in May. Special thanks to Inglebys and Collins coaches and Ben Johnson stationers for their tremendous support. I would like to invite Dr Howard from York District Hospital to receive the final cheque from Mrs Taylor, Rachel and Ben and one of our pupils, Katherine Browne, for a total in excess of £16,000.

Chairman's Report 2003-2004 As a newcomer to York and having joined the St Peter's school community a little over three years ago, I was introduced to the committee a short time thereafter. It was a wonderful way to get to know people and the memories I will take away will be everlasting. It therefore gives me great pleasure to write this report and I want to start by thanking all the committee members I have worked with during this period. How does a parent become a member of the school community such as St Peter's? Of course a number have come up from junior school together, but many are new and teenagers are not always encouraging of having parental involvement. As 'sports' parents you gather on the sidelines; recognising each other by similar supporting calls and getting to know one another. As a 'music' parent' one is never allowed to sit on the sidelines, the excellent concerts the school stages, ensures one will never feel alone. Some parents do not have these opportunities to get to know each other, which is why this year, the Friends of St. Peter's

The term ends today, and I say farewell to all of our leavers, but the business of the year is not complete. Our cricketers finish the festival in London; the choir will visit St Malo; a rugby tour party go to Australia and Singapore; following an excellent report at the biannual inspection, the army and RAF sections of the CCF go on camp; a walking party go with World Challenge to Morocco

(FOSP) actively sought to widen the committee base and encourage new members. Our main aim, (very nearly, but sadly not accomplished) was to see two parent members representing each school house. We did grow, and almost half of the parent committee are new faces this year. Along with the new faces came plenty of new ideas.

and some oarsmen and women compete at the National Championships and World Championships. I wish them all every success.

As in the previous few years, the year commenced with committee members joining staff and introducing themselves at the Boarding Parents'Afternoon and at the New Parents' Evening.

May I thank the pupils, former pupils, parents, teaching and non-teaching staff and governors for their support over the past

The year started with an early get together - the Attic Sale -

years? I am especially grateful to my former chairman, Teddy

yes a fancy name for a Car Boot Sale. Held in the school grounds,

Denison and current chairman, Murray Naylor; the Deputy Head

there had been some question about the sanity of an outdoor

and management team at St Peter's; the Master of St Olave's,

event in September, but the weather could not have been better.

Headmistress of Clifton Prep, Bursar and my secretary Jean Green

So it was on Sunday 28th, we set off to school, having previously

for their kindness, help and comradeship. Mary and I have been

loaded the car with outgrown and other surplus wares. On arrival,

happy here in York and it has been a great honour to be Head

the Rugby Club boys were quick to pounce, offering their skills in

Master at St Peter's.

car washing. David Hughes' bookstall was bigger than all the other

May Cod bless you all.

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stalls put together - all from his house, it is rumoured that he can now find a chair to sit on. There were enterprising students who

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used the day to increase their disposable income and staff who set up stalls for their favourite charities. One mother commented that the day could have been perfect, eating hog roast sandwiches and home made cakes, had not the family purchases equated in volume of goods they had brought. A good day had by almost all. For the rest of the term, the new members came into their own, thinking caps were firmly implanted and ideas developed. First to come to fruition, was the Coffee Shop. First opened on 17th January 2004, it is now a regular Saturday morning feature. Thanks to the efforts of Debbie England and Rosy Meirs, parents can go into the Stephenson Room between 8.15am and 9.30am, to share in good coffee and home made biscuits. This facility is to be enhanced to include a music 'swop shop' from September 2004. Watch this space as the new ideas did not stop here. Current projects include a Friend's of St Peter's Handbook and Student Cookbook. Both are well on the way and hopefully you'll be able to enjoy them by the time you read this. FOSP has awarded a prize to Maria Lee, a pupil whose artwork will feature on the front of the

teenagers, they really don't want to be seen with you. We also

cookbook.

saw the new Girls Junior Sprint cup, donated by FOSP, awarded to

Saturday 13th March saw our calendar highlight -The Reeling

Sophie Cuthbertson.

Ball. Bringing together a wide range of parents across all year

Our final venture for the year was to organise Refreshments

groups, over 100 people participated. A pupil at the school, piped

and the Raffle for the for the Music Department's Annual Cabaret

the guests in, while the Ken Ball Reeling Band provided live music

Concert, proceeds of which go to the Music Tour Fund. It is always

and kept the reelers on their toes. We thank Ken, who tirelessly

a pleasure to be 'on duty' (and one way to be assured of a ticket)

gave two evenings of instruction prior to the ball, to turn many a

for this ever popular event. During this concert, and on behalf of

novice, into competent dancers. The menu held a Scottish theme

all contributing parents, we presented Andrew Trotman with a

(thank you Matthew) and was served by a group of Community

tenor saxophone as a leaving present. He has played a vital part

Services students (thank you Mrs Bainbridge). Both the dining hall

in FOSP over the years offering much guidance. We thank him and

and Shepherd hall, beautifully themed by Marie Williamson and

wish both Andrew and Mary all the best for their future in Oxford.

Sue Roache's flower arrangements, were admired by all. So much so, that the flowers stayed in the hall for the St Olave's music I know the staff appreciated the committee members who were on hand to help with the refreshment stops for the school 10mile walk on May 3rd and also for Sports Day. It is actually a good way to see your offspring take part in activities when, as

In closing I'd like to thank Joy Robinson (treasurer), who has cheerfully managed the unglamorous job of keeping the books in order. Finally, a special thank you to Anne Rowlands (vice chairman) who was always there to help and support me. I wish her and the new committee every success for 2004-2005. Mrs. Saul-Harrah

Senior Common Room Report This year has been over-shadowed by Peter Taylor's death early in the Easter term. Peter had been ill for over eighteen months and had borne his illness with courage, dignity and humour. He was dedicated to St Peter's and his pupils and when I visited him in hospital his main topic of conversation was his pupils. He was marking sixth form coursework right up to a few days before his death. His wisdom, good humour and camaraderie are missed by us all. Seven new colleagues joined the

common-room in

September 2003 and several; colleagues are retiring or moving on to new pastures. Some staff have come and gone within this year and are featured in both the Salvete and Valete. Neil Makin and Julie Bainbridge have retired from School House and Queen's respectively. Sam Hall and Stephen Cwilliam will take over in September. There were two staff weddings over the summer. Stephen Cwiliam married Dorie, in Cordo and Mike Duffy married Rachael. We wish them every happiness. We congratulate Richard and Suzanne Wallace on the birth of their daughter Mae and Helen and Rob Morgan on the birth of their son Tom.

Overall it has been another busy year. We look forward to welcoming Richard Smyth as our new Head in September and wish Andrew Trotman good fortune in his appointment as warden of St. Edwards, Oxford. Richard Drysdale.

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Peter Taylor 19th March 1951 - 18th February 2004

the Choral Society; he coached tennis and rugby and organized many school expeditions (from Hadrian's Wall to Athens); above all, he was a man whose teaching skills and pastoral judgement were admired by students and colleagues alike. Some of my own most valued times with Peter were when we were in charge of Dronfield and The Manor. As they had done previously for the boys in School House, Peter and Sue ran a very happy girls' House, the first in St Peter's - a happiness emanating from their own loving family relationship with Rachel and Ben. Peter's tall presence and caring nature won respect and friendship on both sides of St Peter's Grove. Not that his Classical scholarship in any way inhibited his love of modernity : the latest gadgets seemed always to interest him. He was the first colleague to carry a mobile telephone (and how we kept it ringing!), the first to appear under the Times Square webcam at exactly the right moment to be viewed at home, and from the start he was a skilful computer operator. His mechanical expertise was evident in his love of cars and motor cycles (remember the Lancia Fulvia and the mid-life biker?!). His original choice of career was between Doctor and Teacher: fortunately for us he selected the latter, but he retained an academic interest in the latest developments in medicine, and on one recent occasion he was complimented by a consultant when his case notes were delayed and he presented eloquently and in the correct terminology the technicalities of his own diagnosis.

University of Liverpool

The smiles he provoked when reaching for his mobile phone or

1969-1972 B.A. (Classics) Hons. Class 1 1972-1974

The Oratory School, Reading 1974-1979 St. Peter's School, York

clad in his motor cycling gear (the leather and the helmet adding even more height and breadth, now of huge proportions!) only made even more appealing a man who could also smile at himself when making others laugh, and amidst the vicissitudes of House

Assistant Master and Tutor 1979-2004 Head of Classics Housemaster of School House Housemaster of Dronfield Chairman of the Common Room

Chief Examiner OCR HMC Inspector Member of the Board of Visitors, HM Young Offenders' Institute

and form-room his contagious sense of humour was a great asset to the outstanding schoolmaster he clearly was. His right forefinger would rise to complement his laughter, a personal signal of approval for the right joke. During his final months we shared many moments, from car journeys to family meals, and these moments are lasting testimony to a brave man. When fortune was at its lowest (handling his father's recent death whilst preparing for his own) there were in Peter a remarkable stoicism and a firm Christian faith, enabling him to retain his intellectual acumen and to entertain us particularly with his love of current affairs and educa-

Peter Taylor walked tall, physically and morally - a large man

tional trends, refusing to complain, always responding to the

whose largesse was extended willingly to those who relied on his

amusing side of life, and talking of his death only in the context of

guidance, his scholarship and his pastoral care. He was universally

common-sense practicalities.

respected in the many spheres in which he worked.

We dined together for the last time three weeks before he

He was courteous, approachable, soft-spoken in his measured

died. Despite his illness he managed a good lunch (and a pint of

and thoughtful responses, a scholar with a first-class degree. He

his favourite lager!), standing to converse with a retired local vicar,

communicated with tact and delicacy, though a steely incisive-

and laughing when the conversation turned from soccer (guess

ness and unassailable logic were there if they were needed to

which team?!) to the alternative plural of "trauma". "TRAUMATA!"

defend a position, because he was never willing to allow an easy

he roared with delight, right forefinger raised. He then ferried us to

passage to unsound ideas or actions when the better interests of

the station. If our friendship had to be terminated so prematurely,

his pupils and colleagues were at stake. He was a man dedicated

then the final meeting was in a spirit appropriate to Peter's

to Education, and the needs of the students in his care were

fortitude, courtesy, scholarship, laughter and kindness. He walked

paramount. He loved his profession.

very tall, and we are grateful for his life and the example he gave

As a schoolmaster in a boarding school he led by example : he was Child Protection Officer and an enthusiastic member of

to us. R.J.Bulcock

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Andrew Trotman 1995-2004 There is surely no more important

years and has helped them enter the wider world armed with the

duty placed upon any governing body that

necessary intellectual skills and confidence to make their way.

that it should select the right and best

Staff and parents have been shown the same courtesy, encourage-

person to lead the school for which it is

ment and compassion by Andrew Trotman as he has elicited their

responsible. In that respect the governors

help in promoting a partnership which has made St Peter's what it

of St Peter's of 1994 proved themselves

is today.

more than equal to their task when in the summer of that year they chose Andrew Trotman to succeed Robin Pittman the following year. The judgement exercised on that occasion has subsequently proved to be fully justified. It does not require me to remind the wider St Peter's community of the major changes which have occurred over the nine years during which Andrew Trotman has been at the helm. Although it may not have had the same far reaching repercussions as the decision 'to go co-educational' taken in Robin Pittman's time, the purchase of Queen Anne School and the parallel re-arrangement of the three school's campus in 2001 will doubtless come to be seen as an equally important milestone in the long history of St Peter's. Meanwhile a number of significant educational innovations and alterations in other fields, while individually not of the same

community with skill and conviction. Some leaders stamp their mark on those they lead while others employ more subtle methods to provide leadership. Andrew Trotman has chosen the latter way, his philosophy being to guide rather than to direct and the school's many successes over nine years prove the wisdom of his approach. We wish Andrew and Mary Trotman well when they arrive at St Edward's Oxford in September. It is right that they should now move to another challenge since it is only by being continually confronted by new circumstances and fresh issues that we all get the best out of ourselves. Andrew Trotman would be the first to recognise this and would accept that no man or woman is indispensable, however exalted they may be. For our part we trust that they have enjoyed their time at St Peter's and hope that they will carry to St Edward's some of the ideas and developments that they have implemented here with such success. If they do so it will be testimony enough to the achievements of their nine years in York while those who are left will reflect with pleasure and gratitude upon Andrew Trotman's tenure as their Head Master.

magnitude, have been made with a view

Chairman The Board of Governors

to improving the academic standing and

Major General D.M. Naylor

performance of the school and over a

C.B M.B.E. D.L

period of nine years add up to considerable change. It is an obvious truism that any large institution reflects the personality of whoever leads it. In selecting Andrew Trotman ten years ago the governors opted for a man who would champion the cause of the school, lose no opportunity to promote its history and contemporary successes and who would encourage all who came into contact with him, be they pupil, parent, member of staff, governor or the York community within which the school lives. Andrew Trotman's style is to show the way by example and he has been selfless in promoting St Peter's to all whom he meets. As a result he has led scores of Peterites through their formative

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Andrew Trotman is a man whose Christian upbringing and deep sense of right have helped him to lead the St Peter's

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A.F. Trotman St Peter's School 1995-2004 He loves his bonds, who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck unto a second yoke... He loves his bonds, who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck unto a second yoke...

press went together with quiet and personal contacts which benefited not only the school but gave opportunities for its pupils to stretch their horizons beyond the ordinary. From his days as Secretary to the Oxford Conference in Education Andrew Trotman has been a visionary and deep thinker in educational matters. He has seen very clearly the way in which education is headed and has worked to ensure those in decision making positions also understand the trends. Long before it was

As an English scholar Andrew Trotman may well recognise the

widely reported, Andrew Trotman was arguing for the move away

lines of Robert Herrick and pause to consider that whilst written

from scholarships based on results alone, and towards the making

in a different context they could equally well apply to one

of awards to able children based on the means to pay fees. Thus

contemplating the move to a second Headship. However I doubt if AFT would see his nine year tenure at St Peter's as any sort of

the St Peter's School Foundation has received his enthusiastic support as it begins to build upon its early successes in finding

yoke nor has he had to break bonds, for the ties that have kept him

funding to open the opportunity to all so that they might benefit

here have been of love and enjoyment for York and the school.

from an education at St Peter's. He has also seen the development

Andrew Trotman arrived at St Peter's in 1995 at an exciting and burgeoning time in the school's long history. He brought a

and demand for subjects such as drama and physical education as

very different style of leadership and one that fitted the mood and

tions in the curriculum.

the time to perfection. What has most characterised his nine years has been the spirit of consultation and of compromise so

Andrew Trotman is fundamentally a man of kindliness and compassion. He has brought a greater emphasis on the pastoral

that all have felt involved in the great successes of St Peter's. This

well being of the pupils, a determination that St Peter's will be a

has applied equally to the Chairman of Governors as to the youngest pupil to whom Andrew Trotman would speak and listen

truly co-educational school, that boarders will have the best

examination subjects and pushed forward these and other innova-

advantages the school can offer and that all his staff, from the

with genuine interest and a desire to learn. If the customer - and

most junior to the longest serving can feel free to knock on the

the customer's parents - had a point of view he wanted to know

study door and to receive an equally courteous and gentlemanly

it and would do all in his power to accommodate.

reception no matter their complaint or their compliment.

Not

Most of us in the teaching profession have rarely moved away

only the whole work force of St Peter's has known this but crucially

from the world of education and Andrew Trotman has devoted his

so too have the parent body. They know that fairness and even

time to learning and teaching.

handedness will be evident at all times.

He was educated at Alleyne's

Grammar School in Stevenage before going up to read English

And so the Trotmans move on to Oxford and St Edward's with

Language and Literature at Balliol College, Oxford. It was the Department of Education at Oxford that provided him with his

the best wishes of us all ringing in their ears. To say they will be

teaching qualification, the PGCE, and he took up his first post at

'epitaph' might come from Wordsworth's Evening Walk:

Radley College in Oxford before moving to Abingdon School and then as Deputy Rector at The Edinburgh Academy. A short spell as

'Much done, and much designed, and more desired.'

Headmaster of the prep school was followed by his appointment to St Peter's and thus he will have enjoyed the unusual titles of

missed is an understatement and perhaps Andrew Trotman's

We shall hear tales of achievements to come and new heights scaled in Oxford.

Deputy Rector, Head Master (the separation of words being most important) and now Warden. Mere Headmasters can only look on with envy!

T. Mulryne M.A. B.Ed. D.P.E. The Master St. Olave's School

Of course behind every successful man stands a very surprised woman. Mary has been there in the background, ready to advise, to counsel and to bring back to earth when the potential plague

Head Master

of many Heads - that of pomposity and self importance - may

with His Grace

have loomed. Andrew met Mary when she had just returned from

The Archbishop of

her 'gap' year after school and he had just graduated. Thus separa-

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tion might have ended what is obvious to all - a marriage of great mutual strength and trust. Mary, as the daughter of an eminent Oxford Don, went on to Cambridge and on completion of her degree at Newnham College they married and along the line came Ellie and Jack together with the rapid rise through the ranks of seniority and eventual headship. No HMC Head ever confines himself to the matters of his or her own school. Thus Andrew Trotman has served the City of York as a JP, as a member of the Governing Court of the University of York and as a founder member of the City of York Lifelong Learning Partnership. Frequent appearances on local radio, television and

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As common room secretary and SCR confidant Ian guided us

Ian Lowe

through many a crisis, lan's minutes of various meetings have

How can you do justice to lan's 32 years at St Peters in but a few minutes? First and foremost Ian was a real educator, more concerned with enthusing his pupils than merely preparing them for exams, although he was excellent at this more prosaic task as well. His English teaching was always aimed at stretching those in his class, making them understand and enjoy the material as much as he. His knowledge, enthusiasm, intellectual sharpness and very quick wit certainly extended even the best students we have seen over these years. In his role as Head of General Studies Ian organised a huge mix of topics that marked his desire for education in its broadest sense. Certainly its replacement by the current A/S system has been a significant loss. For where in this year of c/w and exam preparation is there room for a course on "The wines of France" so memorably run by John Rigby. The final session, which involved sampling wines from all of the main regions sadly ended the study at the end of its first but very popular run. The idiosyncratic nature of many of the topics on offer only served to emphasise lan's determination that pupils should be challenged intellectually and have new ideas thrown at them for real discussion and debate.

always showed clarity and very often a satirical and waspish sense of humour. In all communication Ian is a man very skilful with words, completely convincing even if in total disagreement with the position he was taking. However it is Drama that I come to last, as it was in the role of Head of Drama from 1972 until 2002 that Ian influenced so many young people. I have delved through the archives for a few choice comments from the huge number of reviews on lan's productions since he began with 'The Taming of The Shrew', on which it was written. "Mr Lowe, the producer, went still further than his 19th century predecessors in involving the audience, since actors often entered from the auditorium itself, and formed part of the audience when not on stage.This held the audience more strongly under the power of illusion, by partially destroying their identity". This theme of creativity underlines review after review, "As soon as we entered the Memorial Hall we knew that this was to be no ordinary play - instead of the traditional blankness of drawn velvet curtains there was a stage out front", from 'The Fire Raisers'. WOYZECK gave us the following comment, "It was an experimental production, and what an experiment! In The Round, the mill race turning, grinding down the poor, feeding the fortunate". Of this play Ian wrote

His mischievous sense of humour enabled him to gently

"in

attempting my own solution I have tried to remain faithful to

puncture pomposity whenever it appeared from pupil to

Buchner's original intention while devising a scene arrangement

colleague, (myself more than once), and most importantly in

that I hope is dramatically satisfying". This individual ability to

management. This was exemplified by his excursions into Chapel.

chose, cast, direct and re-write plays was the hallmark of lan's

Those of us who knew our previous Headmaster were aware that

success. Casting was always planned, often years in advance, as

a sense of humour failure was a real possibility in certain circum-

with Chris Braganza's Othello or Ian himself as King Lear, and

stances. So when Ian marched very noisily into Chapel, at 8.45

always as inclusive as possible. Ian, did not merely direct his plays,

just after the first hymn, one Monday morning carrying a ladder

he lived them with his actors, technicians and helpers doing

and wearing workmen's clothing we all waited with baited breath

everything from casting to lighting. Ian fused pupils and staff with

for the reaction to come. The flashing eyes of RNP signalled

real care and clearly only the best would do, because that is what

explosion but fortunately, or not depending on

he expected of himself. This search for the very best has rubbed off on many pupils none more so than Greg Wise. To conclude I

your disposition, there

have picked but a very few short sentences that I hope sum up Ian

was dawning recogni-

as a teacher, colleague, director and friend to many. "This was a

of the anarchist t work and Ian was allowed to educate the masses from on high.

unique performance of scholarship and professionalism- a delight and a challenge to observe". Joan of Arc. "the experienced hand of producer, Ian Lowe, skilfully guided the players though the rigours of the tragedy. He built the climax superbly and when lago dropped the cruel handkerchief over the bodies of the hapless couple, the atmosphere was heavy with emotion. Truly an evening to remember for a long time" Othello. "Central to the plays success was Ian Lowe, his extraordinary performance as the beleaguered King was an appropriate close to 30 years involvement in the theatre. Astonishing was the speed with which one went from regarding Ian as a colleague to considering him King of Britain." King Lear. With lan's departure we will lose far more than the sum of the individual parts of his school mastering. Only when he is not here will we truly realise what we have lost. A GOOD PLAY, WELL PRODUCED, WELL ACTED IWELL DONE! P.J. S.

Last, but by no means least, there is Dave the teacher. As some

David Hughes

people start to realise that cramming for exams is not the same as

. the things David has done in and then throughout his teaching career, then this would take a very long while to read. I know of no one who has given more of

education and as "independent learning" becomes the in-phrase, we are saying goodbye to someone who has always known that. I'd like to finish by quoting verbatim an article from a Slough local newspaper, written by the Deputy leader of the council:

'tis time to a school, has made

"The teacher I remember the most was David Hughes. He was

paration between his job

a patient teacher who opened our eyes to the joys of English liter-

life, than David has. Is there any area in which not made a significant >,,t,,bution? If we think of the xtra-curricular

programme,

ature - both the books on the curriculum and many that were not. He drew out important lessons about character, behaviour and the choices that individuals make. He made Shakespeare and Chaucer come alive to a classroom of stroppy teenage boys which is no mean achievement.

then the climbing wall and the

Most importantly he encouraged pupils to think for

valking trips immediately come

themselves and to develop their own views and opinions and to

D mind - introducing genera-

challenge their prejudices. He has left me with a love of English

is of pupils to the skills, the

literature as well as, I hope, an ability to see an issue or an

itement and the wonder of

argument from both sides and as a result make better choices."

'sical challenge. But how iut the boat club, which

What better tribute could any of us, as teachers, hope for than that.

ply would not exist today if _/id hadn't stepped in and run

Ian Lowe

experts? Or how about his performance as the only rugby coach with an unbeaten away record, due less perhaps to his charismatic half-time talks than to the bribery of jelly babies! Or Dave running the front of house for

Andrew Murray

so many concerts, talent shows and, above all, plays - so often

ome Head of English. _j held similar positions, from Lord

stereo or armchair that appeared on stage. He produced two Middle School plays, including an outstanding Journey's End that came out of his own inexhaustible knowledge and love of the literature of the First World War, and he could even be emotionally blackmailed into making the occasional memorable appearance in front of the (non-existent) curtain. And I haven't even mentioned the poetry groups, the creative writing sessions, the battlefields

Wandsworth's and Strathallan. He has been a most effective and charismatic communicator inside the classroom and an excellent Head of Department. His enthusiasm and commitment to his work has been considerable - his lunch-time creative writing groups and the success of the Literary Society speak volumes for his desire to instil in the pupils a need to read wisely and write with passion, way beyond the confines of the exam syllabuses.

trips, the Friends of St Peter's, the Barry Daniel awards or even the Peter's Walks. In spite of everything he's done, it will, I think, be for his pastoral skills that Dave is best remembered, and most missed. I don't just mean in his official roles: as an assistant in the then boarding School House, the pre-girls Dronfield and the Manor where he could always be relied on to step in at any moment to relieve stressed or harassed Housemasters; or his role first as an assistant and then as an infinitely tolerant and progressive Housemaster of Queens. Indeed it's hard to find a set of House photographs anywhere in the school in which Dave doesn't appear with varying lengths and greyness of hair and beard! His real skill, though, has always been in his care and compassion for the individual, troubled youngster, who has found in Dave someone with the sympathy and the understanding to listen and advise, but never to judge. Few members of staff have ever known so many students so well, or been prepared to take so much trouble over them. The fact that a huge number of his former pupils keep in touch, visit him and remember him so fondly (indeed at least 3 that I know of have asked him to be a godparent to their own

3 years with his usual drive and enthusiasm is proof enough of someone who really cares about the shaping of the whole individual, not just what exam grade a pupil achieves. His tutorship in Linton also displays this commitment. As a friend and colleague, the Common Room is losing a compassionate and committed School Master, in its broadest sense, and we all wish him and his family all the very best for the future, down in Nottingham.

children) is testimony to just how highly he has been thought of by them.

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Maureen Hopkinson The virtues that immediately impress anyone who has

ally more intelligent when they are in Maureen's company. This is, perhaps, ultimately the greatest gift of an indubitably great teacher. It has been a privilege to teach alongside her and to learn so

encountered Maureen Hopkinson in a professional capacity are those that characterize the finest teachers: kindness, a love of learning, a seemingly infinite patience

and

much from her. She will be sorely missed by future Peterites. Andrew Murray

profound

humility that sees the pupil and not the teacher placed at the centre of the teaching

Jo Cant

process.

Following

two-year

immediately

period of voluntary work for

impresses one, though, about

the Malawian Government Jo

Maureen is that she seems to

returned to York to take up the

have the secret of eternal

post of teacher of Biology and

youth. She has the energy of a

resident assistant in Dronfield.

What

nineteen-year-old and when I

She

first met her it seemed to me

teaching and the boarding

settled

quickly

into

that she was determined to make her way through the world at

routine in Dronfield and her laughter ringing in the corridor soon

breakneck speed. She appeared to be a more or less constant

became a feature of daily life. The longing to travel, however, was

hazard to both herself and those of us of a more sedentary

still very strong and before long, accompanied by her CD player, Jo

tendency who were generally content to make our way through

had her classes "Rockin' all over the World" (to quote the immortal

the world in a more leisurely manner. Maureen has managed to

words of Status Quo).

maintain through a long and various career that most perishable of virtues: she is willing to have a go at anything. If it is likely to lead to her pupils learning more effectively Maureen will risk looking

Jo established a good relationship with her teaching groups, tutees and boarders in Dronfield offering friendliness, compassion and understanding.

absurd. On almost our first encounter she threw herself into what seemed to me to be a crazy 'theatre workshop' with a gusto that

At Easter Jo was jetting off again to the Philippines, this time

would have been the envy of one half her age. While I did my best

to visit her sister, and this confirmed for her that the Wanderlust

to slope off to the margins, Maureen fully participated in the

was still strong. Subsequently Jo made the decision that staying in

various 'tableaux' being enacted. In the end, of course, she profited

Britain was the wrong thing for her, and, having investigated a

a good deal more from the experience than I did in the knowledge

number of possibilities, she took up a post as a Youth Worker in

that it would be her pupils, finally, that would profit from her fully

Hong Kong.

engaged approach. The second most evident feature in Maureen's personality is

Jo's pupils and tutees will miss her friendliness and sense of fun, but we wish her well in her new post in the knowledge that

her intelligence. If you take issue with her about a literary issue you

she will throw herself into the job enthusiastically.

are an idiot. You are an idiot because unless you are Germaine

M J Grant

Creer, Frank Kermode or Jonathan Miller, Maureen will have read more than you. She will, therefore (in a manner that is never rude, emptily rhetorical or graceless), reveal that recent scholarship has revealed that the text you are quoting so confidently has been

Philip Barras

found to be corrupt, or she will be able to quote from memory a

Philip Barras returned to St Peter's to teach Classics in January

passage that provides a devastating counter-example to your

for two terms after an interval of 17 years, during which time he

thesis, or she will point out (gently and with kindness) that you've

had been living and working in Milan. No doubt the cold northern

just contradicted yourself. Maureen's knowledge of the literary canon is simply mind defying. As with all the best scholars one simply wonders how she found the time to be familiar with so many books.

climate must have been a shock to his system, as must the need to get to grips with classes half way through

the academic

were an impossibly light burden. Children tend to be intimidated

year.

Despite these

by those who are fantastically erudite (witness the testimony of so

challenges

Yet, crucially, Maureen manages to carry her learning as if it

Philip soon

many Oxbridge interviewees); but no child has ever been intimi-

made himself at home

dated by Maureen Hopkinson. Her pupils have been listened to

again, whether in the SCR

with great attentiveness; they've been comforted; they've been

or the classroom. He is a

gently enlightened; but it is impossible to imagine Maureen intim-

most learned man and

idating a child. And this is because - like all great teachers -

before long all his pupils

Maureen is approachable. Children feel themselves to be margin-

grew to appreciate his

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support everybody. His ability to work so well with so many people

has been most supportive and I have much appreciated his

is a rare quality. He has also spent a significant amount of his time

patience and good humour. It was never going to be an easy task

in support of ICT classes at St Olave's.

to stand in for PT during his illness and soon afterwards, his untimely death. Philip however handled the situation with sensitivity and care, and we thank him for all he has done for the Classics department and wish him happiness as he takes up a job at Tees Girls High School in September.

He has always shown a readiness to find out new things and, when faced with a problem he has not faced before, he has shown dogged perseverance in search of a solution. The qualities of rising to a challenge and getting involved are evident in other aspects of Chris's life. Whilst at St Peter's, Chris successfully gained his Open

Elisabeth Ellis

University degree. He also attended a number of technical seminars and training courses and gained a First Aid in the Workplace qualification last year. Chris also pursues an active role

Helen Briggs

in the Easingwold Lions, taking part in such fund-raising events as the Christmas delivery of gifts and the annual brass band contest Helen joined St Peter's

in Easingwold. He has involved himself fully with the life of the

as Librarian in September

school and students past and present will have enjoyed his

2003 after previous employ-

company on the French exchanges.

ment

Heckmondwike

Grammar eighteen

School months

International

and at

the

School

Berne.

his friends and colleagues at St Peter's and still very much a part of the life of the three schools. I am sure that all of the qualities which Chris brought to bear on his work at St Peter's will serve him

She quickly joined in all aspects

He leaves us this summer to take on a new challenge as Head of ICT at St Olave's School. He will still be nearby, in contact with

school

life,

producing useful innovations in our Library and also being involved in the foundation of a new

well in his new post, and staff and students will continue to benefit. St Olave's gain is St Peter's loss. We thank him for all his hard work over the years here and wish him every success in his new post.

Yorkshire and Humberside Branch of the School Library Association. She worked with the CCF and helped with the admin-

M Jones

istration of the annual round of House and team photos. The longjourney from home (still in Heckmondwike) each day took its toll, however, and when a post was advertised at a much more convenient school Helen applied and (our loss!) got the job. We wish her all the best in her new role and hope very much that she will not lose touch with her friends at St Peter's.

Tory Gillingham Tory joined St Peter's in 2001

its

first

Foundation and Marketing Manager. She had previ-

Avril Pedley

ously held the post of Marketing

Chris Lawrie Chris Lawrie joined the ICT

department

Peter's, in the

role

technical support, in April 1996. He came to us after 4 years in a similar post at Joseph Rowntree's School which

followed

full

service career in the Royal

and developManager

Pocklington School where she gained valuable experience

in the

helped

field. She get

the

Foundation up and running, steering the school towards long term fund raising, whilst also dealing with much of the marketing and development, working closely with the Board on the new Vision for 2010. She even made time to have a second baby! During her time with the Foundation she did much of the hard work on creating a data base of Old Peterites, Friends and parents

Air Force. Few

ment

people

Peter's have not benefited from the breadth of his knowledge and expertise, always dispensed with his characteristically reassuring calmness, goodwill and humour. From installing new computers, fixing printers, helping students with dodgy discs, admin staff with word-processing problems, to members of the teaching staff working on a teaching presentation, Chris has willingly given of his time and skills to

past and present, whilst developing valuable links with other professionals in the fundraising field, keeping us in touch with new initiatives and developing ideas, many of which we hope to put into practice. She successfully organised reunions for OP rowers, Queens House, The Rise and the House of Lords reception in May. Tory worked hard to support and encourage our scholars and donors, in addition she organised and ran The Peterite magazine for two years.

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I am very grateful to Tory for getting us underway so enthusiastically, and wish her every success with her new post as Secretary of Amdis - The Association for Marketing and Development in Independent Schools.

P. Brian Jelbert Bursar 1985 - December 2003

Buff Reid, Chairman of St Peter's School Foundation

Brian joined St Peter's after a career in the army. He immediately took a keen interest in the

Hugo Battersby

CCF and went on to become Contingent Commander. During

Hugo joined St Peter's in

his time as Bursar the school

September 2002 and in the

expanded its horizons and he can

subsequent two years he has

look back with pride at the

made an invaluable contribu-

construction

tion to many areas of School

Building, the purchase of Linton

of the

Chilman

life. Hugo has coached and

House and, more recently, the purchase of the Queen Anne's site.

refereed a variety of sports at

This acquisition allowed expansion on a scale which we had never

School

before dared to contemplate.

including

cricket,

hockey and rugby at both St Peter's and St Olave's. He has also worked closely with other colleagues within the P.E. and Economics

departments.

Perhaps Hugo's most significant contribution has been as Assistant Housemaster in Linton,

He may have retired from St Peter's but his presence is still felt in the world of education as he uses his experience to guide other schools in the finer points of finance and administration. We wish you and Carol much happiness in your retirement. Peter Simpson

where he has performed his duties with skill and care and he has been a real asset to the House. During his time in York, Hugo has been involved in a wide array of activities including many boarders' activities, school ski

Pearl Huitson Pearl came to St Peter's in 1991

trips, Duke of Edinburgh expeditions and coaching both the North

as Assistant

Yorkshire Under-15 girls' and York University rugby teams.

However, her contribution and

After completing a P.G.C.E. course at The University of Hull this year, Hugo will begin his first full-time teaching post in September, as an Economics teacher and Assistant Housemaster at Fettes College, in Edinburgh.

Bursar's Secretary.

commitment to work and the school community was soon recognised and appreciated by her colleagues and over the years her workload has increased to incorporate all secretarial support for the Music Department, working closely with

On behalf of the School community, I would like to thank him for all his hard work and wish him every success in the future.

Mr. Wright.

Pearl's responsibilities increased within the Music

Department and I know her support has been invaluable all music staff.

M.A. M.

On a personal note I would like to thank her for her support in the Bursar's office and her friendship. Having completed 13 years

M •'.

service we all wish Pearl a long and happy retirement.

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Mr. Simon Marriott: Deputy Headmaster Before arriving at St

(for the better, I hope!) take

Peter's Mr. Simon Marriott was Director of Music and Senior

longer than I would like. I have had to develop greater

Boys Boarding Housemaster at

patience when faced with

Sutton Valence School near

such issues."

Maidstone, Kent - a school of a similar size to ours.

Mr. Marriott's decision to come to St Peter's was not

His early experience of St

based on geography. "The

Peter's is favourable: "My first

decision to 'come north' was

impressions were of a wonder-

based on the reputation of St

fully historic 'front' of school.

Peter's nationwide as a well-

There was, and I hope still is, a

respected

remarkably

successful school. I regard it

civilised

culture

evident as you walk around the

and

highly-

as a real privilege to be here. I also took the post wanting to work with Mr Trotman - although I knew that it would only be for a

school. The pupils here have a real sense of purpose and focus

year. I am very much looking forward to working with a new Head Master - it'll keep me on my toes" Clearly Mr. Marriott is enjoying living and working in Yorkshire.

with everything they do academic, sporting and cultural - a quite extra-ordinary selfdiscipline, which I still admire as I complete two terms here.

"As a family we love being in York with all its culture and history. To escape to the moors or dales on Sundays to walk is wonderful. One wish... that it were a few degrees warmer! I think we all feel totally settled here now - the last place seems a very

The school community is

longtime ago!"

very warm and friendly; staff are always willing to offer help; the monitors are a remarkable bunch

good-humoured,

responsible (well most of the time!) and willing students who very much sum up all that is good about St Peter's."

It is apparent that the new deputy Headmaster is impressed by the facilities available at St Peter's. "The library is a wonderful haven of quiet and it's great for tracking down that elusive book or reference - I wish more people would use it, particularly in the younger years. The Art Department is quite exceptional in terms of space and quality of work. The gallery is a very special focus, which has yet to see significant support from the community. When I'm showing prospective parents or staff around there is always an

When asked what he most

audible gasp that such a facility exists in a school.

likes about St. Peter's and for that matter, what he dislikes Mr. Marriott replied, "I very much enjoy the community of

Chapel is a very special way of starting the school day. We are still extremely lucky that the whole St Peter's community can continue to meet together - again, I find the whole atmosphere remarkably civilised and appropriate."

St Peter's, its rich diversity and wide-ranging opportunities and

Mr. Marriott's first experiences of his new job have

the willingness of pupils to talk

confirmed just how much there is to be done." I have been busier

and contribute to the life of the

than I ever expected with issues now connected with the day-to-

school. I really wish that I could

day running of the school. I wondered what I would do with such

get to

a light timetable but now realise how difficult it is to do everything

learn names more

swiftly! It's hard when you only

and teach! Watching the matches (Rugby and Girls Hockey) in the

see pupils briefly at various

Autumn Term was terrific. Coming from a place with no Saturday

times of the week and try and

afternoon school the atmosphere on home match days is very

put a name to them as you

special and reminds me of my own schooldays with everyone on

meet!

the touchline supporting. Starting the Girls Choir has been very special - it is like an oasis in the middle of the week. I'm pleased

What

I dislike?

suppose I like seeing action and can feel frustration if I can see that some aspects of change

that it's also identified a need amongst some tremendous singers too!

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Penny Lacey Penny Lacey who,

St Peter's, this has recently been less active. However, Mrs.EdgarHunt is thoroughly enjoying her time here. With three productions and various examined performances

so far as I am aware, is

(not to mention the GCSE and AS courses) to supervise and

the first female to

teach, it has been a very busy first year for Mrs. Edgar-Hunt. One

hold the position of

of her most stressful moments this year was when the AS

Bursar in the long

students staged a "Happening" involving destroying books

history of St Peter's

outside the Monkeycage. It was a very public display of their

arrived in September

work (as I'm sure some of you will remember - your participa-

2003. Her name could

tion was appreci-

not be more appro-

ated!) and, she

priate for the job.

states, "it was made

Penny's previous post

particularly stressful

was also as Bursar at

as we didn't know

Queen

how it would be

School

Margaret's for

Girls,

received by the

Escrick, where she was

school." However

very well respected and we are fortunate to have someone with

this rather

her track record. Before returning to York penny trained as a

unorthodox event

chartered accountant in London. She is an ex-pupil of Queen

went well and the

Anne's School and therefore will be more than familiar with the

students got some

St Olave's site. It must have been a case of deja vu when she was

very positive

shown around the junior campus during her interview.

feedback.

Penny has settled into life at St Peter's quickly and says that

After Mr. Lowe's

she is enjoying the administrative challenge of working in a 3 to

retirement as official

18 co-educational school and is looking forward to forming a

Director of School Productions there was a void to be filled and

working relationship with the new Headmaster. When I gave

Mrs. Edgar-Hunt rose to the challenge with enthusiasm. Her first

penny a guided tour of The Art School shortly after she arrived I

production here at St Peter's had a hard act to follow after the

was impressed by her sense of aesthetics and interior design. This

success of 'Guys and Dolls'. However, (despite a few worrying

is very evident in those areas of the school, which have been

rehearsals!) Brecht's 'Threepenny Opera' was a great success, and

refurbished and upgraded under Penny's leadership.

Mrs. Edgar-Hunt was thoroughly impressed with not only the

We wish Penny the very best of good fortune in her position and hope that her association with St Peter's will be a long and rewarding experience.

ability to perform but also the considerable vocal and musical talents of the pupils. In only her first year here it is fair to say that Mrs. Edgar-Hunt has made a huge impact upon the school as a whole, and the

JDa

quality (and quantity!) of productions has been fantastic. In the future she plans to further improve the Drama facilities and we

Mrs. K Edgar-Hunt Mrs. Edgar-Hunt became St Peter's' first qualified Drama

wish her every success as drama is becoming an increasingly important part of life at St Peter's. Betany Lloyd LVI

teacher in the newly created department in September. The addition of CCSE Drama and AS Theatre Studies subject options has been a long awaited one, and Mrs. Edgar-Hunt is pleased that

Mrs.Jacqueline Palmer

the students here show so much eagerness for the subject. Mrs. Edgar-Hunt's dramatic talents do not come as a surprise as she comes from a family with a strong performing tradition. Both her parents were involved in the arts and she and her brother were encouraged to be creative from an early age. Interestingly, despite the fact her father had taught Drama at primary school level, Mrs. Edgar-Hunt only became interested in teaching after hosting a Drama workshop for inmates at Dartmoor prison. Before coming to St Peter's Mrs.Edgar-Hunt ran a theatre

Born and bred in North Shields, where she worked in a 'Fish and Chip' shop during her teens, Jacqueline Palmer is proud of her accent, which she insists is 'not too strong'. Struggling with Dyslexia throughout her school years, she looked to her artistic skills for relief. Having gained a BA Hons.degree in Fine Art from the Cumbria Institute in Carlisle and an MA from Northumbria, Mrs Palmer is no doubt an extremely valuable new member of The Art School. After her degree, she was very busy running her own studio for two years as well as being a part time assistant at the

company with her husband called "Pomeranian", and they worked

art college in Carlisle. She took part in the Grampus Heritage

in conjunction with the Open University to perform small-scale

community projects in Germany, for a year (where she made

productions for various festivals but, due to her commitments at

sculpture in wood) and in Poland for three years (where she

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Salve worked in an art school, a

used his talent in Latin and Greek to explain a vast anatomical

children's mental hospital

vocabulary to medical students. Mr. Barras promptly warned me

and

community

center). It is no wonder that she took a year out from full time work after

never to fall ill in Italy as I might be faced with a doctor who was taught anatomy by himself, a mere Classics graduate. Mr Barras has been great fun and of tremendous assistance in helping pupils through the course. We all wish him well in his new

intense period. How she still worked as a time barmaid back in

™«t at Teesside Girls School. When I asked Mr. Barras what he would have as an epitaph he

home town. Last year

he would have no monument or memorial just the words,"

completed her PGCE

puellis nuper idoneus, Et militavi non sine Gloria": very fitting

secondary school tea<

rgina Duke LVl

at Northumbria Univei..._, and then joined us here at Si With an allergy to printing ink it is no wonder Mrs Palrr least favourite process is printing. But, her skills are mainl; textiles and ceramics, which, she says, complement other tat already in the department. Her favourite artists, she says,

Mr. Richard Smalman-Smith

Anthony Tapies, Kiki Smith and jenny Holtzer but she admits that

y you'd be in for a big

this is subject to change. Mrs Palmer does not like watching soaps

surprise...in the form of Mr. and Mrs. Smalman-Smith. Both new

on television, but enjoys anything with Ant and Dec in it, Faulty

arrivals this year, the formidable pair have already wrought great

Towers and programmes about hospitals. Her favourite books are

changes upon the unsuspecting boating community at StPeter's.

"The Fireside book of Death", simply because it is bizarre and Harry Potter, The Prisoner of Azkaban (she says that one thing she loves about our school is its similarities to Hogwarts College of Witchcraft and Wizardry!) Originating from a Fishing town, York must seem extremely alien to her: it is no wonder that she misses the sea breeze and walks on the beach with her husband and her daughter Harry.

Mr.Smalman-Smith can also be found (not wearing lycra) on Linton House and in the maths department (as can two other rowing staff, Mr.Ellis-Davies and Mr. Mike Hall, although he assures us this is "pure coincidence"!), but those of us who have seen him down a boat club on Sundays realise that hi: passion lies with the river. Especia

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these extra Sunday sessions were his In addition he has introduced a Boat Newsletter

Mr.Philip Barras

and

lunchtime

trai

sessions. His aquatic zeal would pei surprise his old school friends to whom he vowed he would "never get in a boat

was here once before. He joined St Peter's in 1982 and shared a

again" after his last race, nevertheless,

school flat with Mr. Stephen. On being informed they were about

years later, he is to be seen rowing

to become flat mates, both thought, "Oh no, I bet he's a tee-total

alongside

religious maniac!"

unquenchable enthusiasm.

However, such thoughts were totally

unfounded, sharing as they did a liking for certain hostelries in town, and indeed each eventually became the others best man. Mr. Barras attended Holgate Grammar School, Barnsley, where

his young

proteges ••"*'-

Mr. Smalman-Smith's schoolday themselves were not, in fact, that di: ilar to many of his pupils', as much of hi

he excelled in Latin and Greek, having had the His ambition since

youth was spent at boarding school. Hov.

the age of 13 was to read Classics at Oxford. Therefore, deter-

year here has shown him that St.Peter's is "much friendlier" and

mined as he was, he received a well-earned Open Exhibition

"more relaxed" than he anticipated.

Scholarship to Worcester College, Oxford. Following graduation he moved to London to read for the Bar, but realising he had no interest in jurisprudence he found a place as a teacher in a prep school in Wimbledon. St Peter's, a 'Boy's Rugga School in the North' as it was then, was his next stop. In contrast to the former reputation, Mr. Barras describes how the incorporation of females to the school has created a more civilised and courteous atmosphere and there now seems to be a greater variety of extra curricular activities. Having married a woman from Milan Mr. Barras moved to Italy where he taught English at a Medical School and there he

ms his first

When asked whether he engaged in any interesting hobbies in his somewhat limited free time Mr.Smalman-Smith replied he had "become a bit boring" however he did admit to being "a bit obsessed" with environmental concerns such as recycling and reducing waste. Indeed, since his arrival at St Peter's, he has chosen to cycle to school every morning, an environmentally friendly mode of transport. Clearly Mr. Smalman-Smith has settled quickly into life at St Peter's. Betany Lloyd LVl

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Mr.Richard Francis I have often been told that the best way to judge a man is by his shoes. As I look down at Mr. Francis' new looking but well-worn trainers, I conclude that this is true. Both in school and out his main activities, in his own words, "tend to be very sport related". Mr. Francis coaches a rich selection of sports in both St. Olave's and St Peter's. His previous position was at Liverpool College and here as there his passion is "obviously Rugby", which he played to semi professional level in London. Through rugby Mr. Francis has been quite fortunate really in that he has toured Australia, Ireland, South

Having 'Third

read World

Studies

and

Development' at university

Mrs.

White brings an interesting angle

new

school's

the

profes-

sional repertoire as she is the only teacher with this particular qualification. Mrs.

Africa, Portugal and Spain. Having seen

White's

these places he would also like to get

states

that

rugby "up and running", quite literally, in

best experience at

her

third world countries, which he says

St. Peter's so far was her involvement with the 'Ogden Trust', and

would be "a good experience to give

when asked about her most humorous moment she recalls with

back". When asked about St Peter's, Mr.

delight the harmonious voices of Jacob Smith and Benjamin

Francis says that there is a "rich extra-

Hough singing along to refrains of Elton John, - don't give up the

curricular side to the school" this being

day jobs boys!

the thing he values most about it, as well as the friendly and supporting staff. Mr. Francis states that his best experience here so far was winning a

At the end of her initial year it can be said that Mrs. White has settled well into the St Peter's community and is popular with her pupils. Alice Lindley LVI

rugby game against Mount St. Mary's on a freezing cold day when he says, "everyone gave 100%; we didn't just beat them; we hammered them". But the best experience of his life was the birth of his baby.

Mrs. Jackie Pyrah

Mr. Francis says he loves spending time at home with his family. Although he doesn't play any instruments he would love to learn the piano and says he looks forward to "a good sing-song" on the forthcoming tour to Australia, which he insists, he is really looking forward to. Well, I hope you will join me in wishing him the best of luck with controlling the boys on this holiday (!) and with his own future. Sally McLaren LVI

Before coming to St Peter's as the new Marketing Manager Mrs. Jackie Pyrah, amongst other things, managed her own web company. She lists amongst her most interesting jobs promoting consumer products using Formula One sponsorship and Scuba Diving as one of her favourite hobbies. With such a background Mrs. Pyrah seems well equipped to deal with, and is clearly looking forward to, the challenges ahead at St Peter's. These she sees as many and varied just like the pupils of whom she states " are all individual with

different

stories. It is this

Mrs. Shazma White Mrs. White joined the Business Studies and Economics departments in September 2003 having left her previous teaching

that makes my job so diverse". When asked what she

likes

best

position at a grammar school in Slough. When asked why she is at

about the school

St Peter's she replies modestly that it was just luck that she was

so far Mrs Pyrah

accepted, and she feels very privileged to work here as York is such

replied "the food,

a beautiful city, and St Peter's is a prestigious and traditional

the people and

school. She is very much struck by how traditional the school

the

actually is, and admires the way customs such as the monitor's

didn't say in what

gowns and the formal nature of chapel and assembly have been

order!

adhered to. As a part-time member of staff who teaches the upper school only, Mrs White may not be a familiar face to all pupils, but this has meant she has more time to indulge in her other interests such as walking and reading. The Peterite 2003-2004

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She

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that the whole school went skiing every Friday.

Mrs. Jacque Marriott

Now at St. Peter's, nine and a half years after leaving univer-

Mrs. Marriott, the wife of our new Deputy Headmaster, was

sity, she is clearly impressed, describing the school as "a nice

appointed to the position of Foundation Manager in the Spring of

atmosphere' to work in and quite different to any of the schools I

this year. Her first

have worked in before: the pupils are well behaved, polite and

impressions of the

courteous, showing a good sense of maturity", yet she was quick

school

and

the

to add "in general".

locality

are

very

favourable and she especially likes the pupils, of whom she states,

"make the

Formerly in charge of The Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme at Heckmondwike, she offers St. Peter's a hand in the CCF, which she describes as interesting. Her help in the R.A.F. section has been of great value and the female members of the force would not be able to participate with out her supervision.

school what it is". Georgina Duke LVl Previously, at Button Valence School Mrs. Marriott worked as a Boarding Housemaster's wife and also at a nursery. The busy life that she led

Miss Jo Cant As a Christian who attends St. Michael's Church Miss. Cant is a lively and charismatic person much like the style of worship held there. Having lived in thirteen places throughout England and Scotland as well as in Malawi, she now calls York and Dronfield her home.

there has continued as she manages to juggle her duties at St Peter's with studying for a degree, training to be a teacher, being

It seemed, when talking to Miss Cant that the most significant

a mother and supporting her husband in his role as Deputy

time in her life so far was in during her experience in Malawi,

Headmaster. When and if she has any time to herself, she enjoys

whilst working in the education division there. Her eyes lit up

floristry, which is one of her hobbies. Mrs. Marriott sees her ideal

when she spoke about the way her time there had challenged her

job in the future to be a Head of a pre-prep school.

views on life to the core. She describes the education system in Malawi as corrupt and her difficulties in helping those African

Meanwhile, Mrs. Marriott sees her main priority regarding her position here to create and promote opportunities for investment

teachers trying to cope with it were hampered by the language barrier.

in the school's future. Therefore, after such an experience, she was not fazed when Penny Boxall / Chloe Johnson LVl

joining the exclusively male Biology department last September. However, there was no cause for worry as the Biology team are all

Helen Briggs.

'sensitive, wonderful, helpful and caring people', Mr Monteith declared solemnly. Following the award of a degree in Biology from Durham University Miss Cant She has worked at Bishop

Helen Briggs, may not yet be that well known to those not in the CCF or who seldom visit the beautiful building, that is St Peter's Library.

Stortford School and Oakland's School in York. Presently, Miss Cant enjoys the environment at St. Peter's. She is especially impressed with the way she sees that people are encouraged in

It is palpable, however, that this may change: Miss Briggs came

what they do and are working for what they want out of life. Such

to St. Peter's, in September, bringing with her a new perspective

impressions lead to her decision on the word she thinks sums up

regarding the use of the library. She feels that the importance of

St. Peter's: Determined.

being able to use a Library efficiently is invaluable.

Her positive attitude has also been much a part of the Girl's

"This is a particularly essential skill", she remarks, in a school

Boarding house, Dronfield, where she works two nights a week and

where the vast majority of pupils will go on to further education:

every 3rd Sunday, living in the flat next door. The bad thing about

where research plays a key role in many courses. Born in Dewsbury and growing up in Gomersal, near Leeds, Miss Briggs attended a Moravian school - Fulneck, then strictly for

it, she expresses, is that she can't ever be completely detached from her work, but this is all balanced out by the luxury that is staying in bed really late!

girls only. She recounts there being barbwire and ditches

She trustingly told me that her biggest fear is of being

separating the girls' from the neighbouring boys' school. After

ordinary: however, there is no fear of this, for if you have ever met

university she became a journalist for the Dewsbury Reporter

Miss Cant, her amazing laugh alone is enough to convince you

Croup, and four years later moved on to her first position as a

otherwise! Welcome to St. Peter's.

Librarian at Heckmondwike Grammar School. She then decided to

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take a year out travelling to Dubai to work again as a school Librarian and then to a job in Switzerland, where it was compulsory

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Clifton Perspective was added to our lives this year by the death of Mr Peter Taylor. Tributes will be found elsewhere in this edition of the Peterite, but, on behalf of Clifton House and my predecessor, Mrs Wike, I would like to record Peter's five years as Assistant Housemaster.

Christmas Term At the start of this year I codified a new House ethos, though in effect it actually represents the values that this School and

conceded only one goal (to Queen's who finished seventh!) but

House have always promoted: the idea that

unfortunately drew four games 0-0. For a Burnley fan this did not

individuals develop best collectively. I am

make unusual viewing! Again the future of the House is bright.

delighted that this has been another year of

Jessica Walker was part of the U14 side which got through to the

success by individual members of the House

North finals of the national schools knockout competition. Inter-

in all aspects of School life and that this

house Cross-country is the day that the girls look forward to the

community continues to grow together.

most - you can tell this from our finishes of sixth in the seniors

We may not yet have had the sporting success as a House that our talented individuals merit and it is a shame that this is the main measure of success.

Head of

House Henry Scott together with Claire Taylor and Hannah Lloyd have done a splendid job of cajoling the less talented into participating in House sports.

The

and fifth in the juniors.

Having written that, there were some

excellent individual efforts. Hopes always ride on Helen Buss in the junior event and she finished a creditable eleventh.

In the

seniors Claire came nineteenth and Hannah twenty-third. Every girl ran. The junior boys fared slightly better with Ed McKenzie a creditable tenth and Harry, Nick and Will all in the top twenty. The seniors performed like a Beckham penalty with the obvious exception of Alex Nicholson who finished a superb third. Alex truly epitomises our House

senior Rugby even required some recruits

spirit and continues to excel

from Queen's House - "Quifton" - though

with his rowing.

we were beaten by two excellent teams. Henry and Peter Slower represented the

The House trophy room

First and Second Fifteens this year and best

was not bare however.

wishes go to Peter for this summer's tour of

now a tradition that Clifton

Australia.

wins the Great Egg Race. John

The junior Sevens were more

successful.

It is

An outstanding last-minute

Lewis led the practical bunch

tackle from Harry Hustler won the semi-

of Henry, Peter, Chris Wordie,

final for us, though we did run out of steam

George Diggory and Alice Jacobs in the successful attempt to build

in the final, losing to an excellent Temple

their spaghetti tower. Unfortunately, there was no more silver-

side. We had no shortage of forwards and

ware to follow.

no backs at all which probably cost us the game.

James Rounding, Matthew Hall,

William Holmes and Harry were all regulars in the U15 A XV and Nick Jennings was a B team star. Dominic Hanly - our Neil Back and Will Ashman represented the very successful U14 A XV and Edward Diggory, Callum Stark, Tom Lightwing and Nick

We are also a House that takes its community service very seriously. A Grove/Clifton joint venture helped raise over £100 for Mountain Rescue at an attic sale. Good luck to Alex Nicholson as he starts his six hundred miles Scottish trek in aid of York Against Cancer.

Alex Howard, Tom Hubbard and Helen Round were

committed to the Community Service Group throughout the year. In the summer term, a number of pupils ran the Beverley 10k, and Peter's Walk did see the School and House at their best.

Howard played for the Bs. We have been referred to as "The Musical House" which is Claire Taylor captained the First XI Hockey this year but despite support from Lara Turner, Hannah Lloyd and the everpresent

Schmichael of

Clifton,

Helen

Ashman, we finished fifth in the inter-house tournament.

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Statistics are misleading; we

probably not a reference to my singing ability. This year we had almost more choristers than non-choristers and so much talent on various instruments. Tom Wright impressed again in this year's Battle of the Bands and found fame in the Yorkshire Evening Press. It seems fitting to end the music section of this report with Alex Woodrow who leaves us on an Organ Scholarship to Cambridge,

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the first such award to a Peterite in twenty-five years. Pupils with

Sports Day brought no House trophy but there certainly were

Alex's talent are so rare and we will follow his career with great

some individual performances to mention, especially in the field

interest. Alex's playing and the Clifton choristers' singing will have

events. Yet again Robyn Webster won the Shot Putt, Helen Buss

a special part in my memory after their efforts on December 27th

beat all her rivals in the Javelin and Jessica Walker won the Discus.

last year!

Tom Lightwing was the only male winner but he did it in some

Cliftonites always get involved in the School plays. Hannah, Claire, Nazeeha, Laura and Victoria Rounding all enjoyed, perhaps too much, their performances in The Threepenny Opera, reports on which are found elsewhere. Later in the year Matthew Hall starred very convincingly as the ferociously aggressive Roy in Two with

style, winning all three of his events - the Javelin, Long-jump and the glamorous 100 metres sprint. Tom went on to represent North Yorkshire at the National Schools event in the long-jump, as well as taking part in pentathlon events. Well done! The Girls Tennis saw us matched with a strong Dronfield team

Helena Wike on costumes and Tim Dennis on lighting.

and we came unstuck despite determined efforts from Claire,

Easter Term

Jacobs.

Helen Round, Hannah, Laura Lewis, Vicky Rounding and Rebecca Rowing certainly took off this year with Angelina

The second term brought more sporting action and individual

Warburton, Helena Wike and Will Holmes joining Rory Stark, Robyn

success in the Girls' Swimming gala. Rebecca Jacobs won the

Webster and Alex amongst the elite. The junior Rounders team

senior one length backstroke, Jessica won the junior one length

were well led by fourth year stalwarts Catriona Rajan, Ruth

breaststroke and Hannah the senior two lengths breaststroke.

Kirkman, Helen Buss and Esme Telfer and certainly improved on

Overall the girls came a very creditable third. Their netball compe-

last year's position with draws against Temple and Dronfield.

tition was hotly contested and with stars like Claire and Vicky we

Catriona must be congratulated on representing the As and Helen

gained retribution for last year's final in beating The Grove. That

and Ruth the Bs. Peter Slower was the star Tennis player this year,

we lost 11-1 to School and eventually finished fourth mattered

representing the first VI throughout the season. He partnered Alex

little having beaten the old enemy!

The juniors applied

themselves very well in drawing with School and beating Temple

Howard in the House competition and they did win a couple of matches but ultimately lost out to Linton.

but unfortunately did not make the semis. The junior Hockey boys must have felt they had a decent chance with Harry Hustler and Ed MacKenzie being two of the outstanding players in their respective year groups. Maybe next year! Ian Francis and Henry Scott continued their impressive hockey careers, though the seniors competition had to be postponed following an injury.

Summer Term Henry Scott opened the bowling for the First XI this year and took many valuable wickets.

Ian Francis, Tim Heaps and Nick

Mannion were star performers in the seconds. Due to exams there is not enough time for a senior cricket competition. Before the weather deteriorated after half-term, we did fit in the junior

Prize giving reflected the academic progress and musical talent

competition, though given our disastrous batting and running

shown by Cliftonites this year. Dominic Hanly and Alex Wordie

between the wickets, the less said the better! Harry Hustler took

won Third year prizes for academic merit, Vinnie Guadagnino won

many wickets for the U15 As and learned to control the ball as the

the German Prize, Jonathan Forsyth the Maths Project Prize and

season progressed. Matthew Hall, James Rounding and Tim Dennis

Hannah Lloyd the Latin Prize. Angelina Warburton won a Music

also played. Tim should be thanked for the amount of scoring he

Prize, the Composition Prize was won by Tom Wright and Alex

has done this year.

Woodrow was awarded both the Music and Wind and Brass Prizes.

He should also be congratulated for his

continued fencing success outside School.

He represented

Yorkshire at LJ16 level and ranks in the top thirty sabreurs in that age group. Dominic Hanly, Ed Diggory, Ed MacKenzie, Matthew Ford ("safe hands") and Callum Stark all represented the U14Bs. The Junior Boys also had a chance to impress in a five-a-side football competition.

Despite some superb goals from Will

Holmes, assured defending from Nick Howard and silky skill from Ed MacKenzie, we failed to make the semi-finals. The games were all close but we co into goals.

Hannah Lloyd and Claire Taylor have been excellent School Monitors and examples to the younger pupils. They have a great understanding of what this School is all about and we will miss them. I was delighted to award Claire the Keith Pemberton Plate for contribution to House life; she has excelled in so many areas. Henry Scott has proved to be a fine Head of House and I hope that he has enjoyed the experience. He showed great character and personality - a totally loyal servant. I am sure that he would want to wish Helen Round every success in this position next year. I would like to wish all our leavers, including Chris Spencer who moves to the Sixth Form College, well and luck with their future careers. They should remember that, in Peter Ustinov's words, School is but a mere platform from which they are projected into the stratosphere of life! Mr. P. Taylor The Peterite 2003-2004

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Dronfield The year 2003

- 2004 started with one very significant

absence: a third form! This is a hole that we will continue to live with (and rue) for four more . Nevertheless with a new occupant in the first floor flat and five new members to the Lower Sixth there was plenty of interest.

new sixth from was Tina Stiller: a highly accomplished

rower,

surely

destined for a Great Britain vest. Not without considerable commitment and determination,

however:

long, tiring hours of travel and

year. Dronfield presented the theme of family community and

training

and

ance, enhanced by Peggy's brave piano accompaniment to "Consider Yourself." Further innovation came in the shape of a landscaping challenge for the fifth form boarders after the end of their exams. Harriet, Yayra, RJ and Kate all rolled their sleeves up and took up the tasks of planning and then scrubbing, painting, planting, digging and shifting tons of soil in what turned out to be a very successful venture at The Glen.

the

But there is simply not enough scope for everyone to be

company of Mr E-D in the

innovative, and we cannot forget the gallant efforts of other

pursuit of excellence, and

people in the House, whose roles have also been exceptionally

there have been at least as

valuable and no less valued.

many lows as highs...there is a message in all this.

Holly Hughes showed selfless determination as she ran the 1500m. Korinna made a significant role simply by being here: a

Sally joined us from Darlington, Rachel from Hong Kong,

15-year-old German girl left to board in an English school. How

Gabby from Windermere and Jennie from Pocklington. Each plays

many English girls could cope with being left in Germany? Korinna

an important role in the family of the boarding house. If you

got on with it, attended the lessons and even learnt how to play

would

see

one

example,

log

http://dronhouse.cjb.net to see what Gabby has produced.

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Another innovation this year came from the chaplain: each House was to be responsible for one chapel service during the mutual respect in a boarding house: it was a convincing perform-

Not least among our

j -

days in the holidays have been a big hit with younger children.

rounders. She, along with Laura, Frankie, Fliss, Emma, Holly, Harriet and RJ played in the inter-house rounders competition.

Kathryn started selling homemade cakes and biscuits to raise

Once again Dronfield was host to the South African Exchange

funds for her trip to Venezuela: there has been an infectious excite-

Student. We had enjoyed and admired the sensitivity and

ment on Monday mornings to discover what she has been baking

eloquence of Lindiwe Kwatscha last year, and this year we hosted

over the weekend! Innovation and inspiration have helped Emma

Sam Dormehl who was quite a different character: no less

in raising funds for her trip to Morocco: cooking and craft theme

eloquent and a very positive individual. We will long remember

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her motto: 'smile, smile, smile'. Sam helped us out in the

hockey

finished

where

fourth, but the

afternoon was made all the more significant with the unveiling of the new house shirt. Catherine, Lorna, Kate, Yayra, Cabby, Ail-ne'e, Vivian and Kris joined forces to finish third in the senior netball. At sports day Catherine broke the school 200m record and Cabby finished first in the javelin. Amanda, Kris, Lorna and Catherine brought the inter-house badminton trophy back home in convincing style. Sadly, late-comer

Frankie, along

with Amanda, Kris, Catherine, Aime'e and Marie were losing finalists in the tennis competition. Fliss has really enjoyed

Amanda Holmes U VI

the new drama option and played a very convincing role

Thanks go to our other leavers: Catherine, Kate, Lorna, Emma

in "Two" as the landlady.

are all transferring to day houses next term. We wish them well

Emma was also involved in

and look forward to watching their continuing development. The

Dreamers. Holly, Aim£e and

Upper Sixth, Vivian, Amanda, Marie, Aime'e, Kris and Rosemary

Marie were no less convincing in "The Threepenny Opera"!

move on to the next stage of their careers at university or on gap years. We thank them for their contribution, humour and guidance

I mentioned the new occupant of the first floor flat at the start of this report. Jo Cant was with us for this year only and moves drawn by her wanderlust. Her contribu-

and look forward to learning of their future successes. Kris has certainly been a popular Head of House this year and we wish Jennie well in the role next year.

tion to the house and the support she offered to her tutees have been

Thanks go finally to Mr Shread and Mrs Houghton for their

valued. We wish her well in Hong

guidance as tutors, and to Mrs Grant for her untiring support of

Kong. Mrs Hall moves to School

the girls, very often when they are at their very lowest.

House as Housemistress. We

Following the success of his book and film "Touching the Void",

know that she will make

Joe Simpson wrote this as an afterthought in July 2003: life can

a great success of this and will miss her in

deal you an amazing hand. Do you play it steady, bluff like crazy or go all in? I'll never know.' Food for thought, indeed.

Dronfield.

'Memoires' Rosemary Woo Winner Sen Art Prize The Peterite 2003-2004

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The Grove Elisabeth Ellis (EE) It is the last week of term as I sit writing this report. Exams are over and The Grove has an air of relief and anticipation as the long summer lies invitingly in front of us....and no wonder, as it has been an exceedingly busy year with all manner of activities. However for some the summer is going to be equally action-packed. David Cook is sculling from

Edinburgh

Glasgow to raise money for his 2005 Venezuela trip. Giles Buchanan is preparing for a 650mile

trek

across

Scotland in aid of York Against Cancer. Simon Webster is off to experience life in South Africa at Selborne College, and various others are going on the school music tour, the World challenge tour of Morocco and the Rugby tour to Australia. These all say much for Grovites' 'get up and go attitude' that has been much in evidence throughout the year. This is just a brief taste of some of the activities that have been Weber's Andante and Rondo for viola with poise and feeling, and

taking place.

has also been leader of the orchestra this year. The Grove has been well represented in this year's round

The initial reception of the news in February that we were to

of musical and dramatic events.

do house chapel was met with varying degrees of enthusiasm.

The 'Three Penny Opera' saw

However Grove members from every year soon got into the

our usual drama suspects out

Valentine spirit.

Matthew Naughton's rendition of Enrique

in force. Ran Harrison, Sarah

Iglesias' 'Hero' as David Cook and Pippa Bailey (dressed as Cupid

Crompton, Pipp Saul-Harrah

and a fairy) wafted around delivering love hearts was a real

and Sophie Ottewell all

highlight! Matthew Naughton accompanied by Matthew Gray on

took on large roles and

the piano also sang Tears for Fears' 'Mad World' in the Cabaret

were impressive in their dedication and musical Sarah

Concert with style. It would be fair to say that the girls have led the way in sport

range. Crompton

this year. Lara Gibbs has gone from strength to strength with her

has also branched

school record by 10 seconds. Alex Kaars Sijesteijn (also school

out into the field

tennis captain,) led us to victory in the girls' tennis, with a special mention for Hannah Wilson who did well to play senior girls in the

of directing, organising the middle play,

school in

Richard

which Kirsch

also took part. Particularly noteworthy in the

summer

concert, Pipp Saul Harrah

played

running, culminating her school career by smashing the 1500 m

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final. Sophie Cuthbertson won the Victrix Ludorum and the Sprint Cup at sports day, having won the junior long jump, 100m, 300m and leading the relay team to a record-breaking victory. The girls also won the junior house netball and were second in the house hockey. The Grove took the girls' inter-house cup at sports day, and (shared with School House) the Cambridge cup for sport over the whole year. The new III boys also made their mark on the sports field, with keen performances in the interhouse rugby, and at sports day, Oliver Hawking deserves praise for coming first in 1500 m and both Tom Downey and Emraz Zaman finished in the top four in three different events. The junior boys have keenly set about competing in 5-aside football, reaching the semi finals in the summer term. Joe Parkes ran well in the inter house cross country (9th of 116), and along with six other members of the

enthusiasm as they leave to start new adventures. Wherever they

house ran the Beverley 10km run.

are going we wish them every success. To mention just a few, Alex Kaars Sijpesteijn has won a hotly contested place to read history next

year

Cambridge.

Ian

Dawson has plans for

a gap

year

commission

with

the army before reading medicine, Lara will also read medicine, and Ian Watkinson is off to work in a school in Canada.

We also

wish

Mrs

Hopkinson a long and happy retireThe house raised £1642 in sponsorship for the Peterswalk, with Emma Hartley raising an incredible £200 by herself. It has been really good to see various members of the Grove throwing themselves into Community service projects. The Grove/Clifton Attic Sale stall in September raised £138 for Patterdale Mountain Rescue, with thanks going to Tom Downey, All Sargeant, Ian Watkinson, John Ramsden and Pip Bailey for organising and selling items on the day. The fourth form girls have been helping with recycling as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award, and organised the St Olave's disco. Charlie Simpson has made her mark helping a tenant at the Wilberforce Trust, and many others have also joined in other projects throughout the year, which is something I wholeheartedly encourage others to continue in the future. As the term draws to an end it is time to say goodbye to our leavers, Kate Showan and Myles Fell in V Form and all the Upper VI, who have really led by example this year and have helped to make the Grove into a warm and friendly environment.

I must thank

Tom Downey for carrying out his duties as head of house in a cheerful and approachable fashion, and we have also been blessed with two other monitors, Nathan Howard and Sam Ford, and Lara Gibbs as head girl, in our midst. I shall miss the Upper Vl's wit and

ment, and thank her for her care and wisdom as a Grove tutor

for

Sophie Ottewell L VI

many

years. Next year Mick Morris and Sophie Ottewell will be the new Heads of House, and we look forward to another year of thrills and spills in 2004-5! Elizabeth Ellis

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Linton Together Everyone Achieves More. This is a well-known adage in Linton, but one that I think applies very aptly to life in Linton this year. In particular, the Upper Sixth have worked together to engender a fine house spirit and have set an outstanding example for the younger members of the House. The summer holiday was a period of intense activity in the house, during which a team of tradesmen worked hard to carry out a variety of refurbishment, in preparation for the boys' return in September. We welcomed two new pupils into the Fourth form, four into the Lower Sixth, and six into the Third form, giving a total of 44 boys in the House. It certainly did not take long for the new third form to establish themselves as a very lively and spirited year group. The Sixth form returned rejuvenated after the Exam and Results frenzy in July and August. Our top performers at GCSE were Roland Leung and Dominic Jameson with seven A* grades each; Paul Rushton and Tom Woolsey achieved four A

time, many boys helped with a wide variety of community service projects. The competitive spirit within Linton was the catalyst for our excellent performance in other Inter-house

competitions,

including 3rd place in the Cross Country (Tom Woolsey finished 4th/140 in the senior event; Charlie NeateandTom Lloyd finished 4th and 5th / 120 respectively in the junior event).The senior boys (Tom Woolsey, Miles Baker, James Ash, James Bennett, Paul Rushton, Russell Spence, James Marsden, Jason Burton, Simon Baker and Jeremy Thomas) lost in the dying seconds of the final of the Inter-house VIIs competition against Temple. The Carol Service and House Dinner brought this hectic term to a close, and both events were enjoyed greatly by all in attendance.

grades at AS level - a considerable achievement! Very soon

There were two welcome additions to the House at the

the house transformed from the

beginning of the Easter Term: Alex Shaw joined the third form and

relative

the

baby Abigail was born on the 21st of December. Whilst prepara-

holidays into a hive of activity - social, sporting, and even some

tion for the impending GCSE, AS and A2 exams had a large impact

musical and academic!

on the Easter and summer term's activities, there was still oppor-

tranquillity

tunity for the House to excel. A multitude of boys The Christmas term proved to be a very busy and challenging term where much hard work and commitment was shown, and where much was achieved. 28 boys from Linton regularly represented the School at rugby, including Tom Woolsey (captain of the 1st XV), Jeremy Thomas (captain of the U16 XV) and Tom Lloyd (captain of the U15 XV). In addition, James Marsden and Tom Woolsey played for Yorkshire at Under 18 level. Rowing was also strongly represented in the House, with a fine example being set by Andrew Black and Joe Clarke, who began training at 6:30 a.m. throughout most of the year. Andrew also (somehow) found time to be Sargeant Major in CCF, and James Bennett, James Ash and Miles Baker also held senior ranks. It was good to see that we were able to hold our own in intellectual pursuits as exemplified by our second place in the Great Egg Race bridge building contest, under the leadership of James Ash and Matthew Ward. In their spare

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at St Peter's. Highlights in inter-house events included reaching the final of the junior hockey competition, which they lost narrowly against Temple. The junior boys (Tom Lloyd, Will Bickfordsmith, Dominic Ketteringham, Callum Coffin, Charlie Neate, Josh Dobbins and Tommy Tarn) won the inter-house soccer league, but lost in an enthralling play-off final against Queens. The House has also been very successful at tennis, winning both the team (Sam Farquharson) and individual (Josh Tindell) competitions. Many boys also represented the School at a variety of national events including the Rosslyn Park Rugby Vlls competition (Jeremy Thomas, Simon Baker, Paul Middleton Walker, Sam Farquharson, James Marsden and Tom Woolsey) and Henley Royal Regatta (Andrew Black and Joe Clarke). At Sports Day, Linton finished in the first 4 in 23 out of the 35 events, including second places in all three relays, and individual wins for Tom Lloyd (javelin) and Jason Burton (400m).

Miles Baker U VI

It would be nigh on impossible to catalogue all that has gone on in a House as busy as Linton, but I hope that this gives a flavour of the action-packed year we have had. This level of achievement and participation has required much commitment and teamwork from both pupils and staff. I am indebted to the tutors for all their hard work and support, and I wish Mr Cwilliam and Mr Murray every success in their new positions. A special mention must go to Hugo

Battersby, who

has been a tremendous Assistant

Housemaster for the last two years. James Bennett has also been a splendid Head of House. I pay tribute to all the Upper Sixth: they have achieved a lot in their time at St. Peter's in Linton, displaying Rest assured that Linton is not devoid of musical and artistic talent this year. On the contrary, middle school boys from Linton were active members of the School choir (Nick Hall, Daniel Bailey, Alex Shaw, Tom Lloyd) and various instrumental groups (Paul Middleton Walker, Archie Dallas) throughout the year. Stephen Blackman appeared in The Threepenny Opera, as well as along with Archie Dallas,Tom Lloyd, Dominic Ketteringham and Josh Dobbins, in the middle school plays,Two and Bed. Miles Baker compered the T2004 and the unique performance by Alex Mullings and Matthew Ward will be remembered for a long time to come. Just to prove that the boys in Linton made time for their academic work throughout this year of busy endeavour, prizes were awarded at Commemoration to Matthew Thomas-Peter, Jeremy Thomas, Paul Rushton, Joe Clarke and Russell Spence. The teamwork shown by the Lintonites has also benefited the local community: Over £1000 was raised for the Peter's Walk within the House, and the fifth form boarders worked for a week after their exams to design and create a garden in the grounds of a Care Home for the physically disabled, near to School.

much fun, loyalty and comradeship. It is up to the current and future Lintonites to try to give to Linton and the School as much as the current Upper Sixth form has. I sincerely hope they will rise to this challenge. Having read this report, I hope you will agree with me that in Linton this year, by working Together, Everyone Achieved More. M.A. Monteith

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The Manor As we come to the end of a very packed year it is easy to forget just how much has been packed into the last ten months. In September we welcomed six new third years and two new L6th into the house. Our new entrants included a convert from Clifton, Will Butler, whose free transfer was very much to our benefit, as he very soon became an established member of the boarding community. His own sporting achievements included 1st XV rugby, Yorkshire U18 A XV, 1st XI hockey and 2nd XI cricket. Yang Sha came to us with apparently little English but very soon was heard to lapse into the vernacular with his "Tourettes" type outburst over Stats. Our new third years distinguished themselves by managing to enter all events at both swimming and sports day. From Chris Brewers outstanding swimming to Jack Sykes efforts on sports day each of them could be proud

in the talent show. With the option to join the Rowing club being

of their commitment.

made available to the fourth year it was great to see Richard

Fergus

Keatinge

Swan, Chris Hopkinson and Ben Les grab this opportunity with

bagged the great Egg

both hands and make a real success of it. The same can be said of

Race but again our

Kris Rawcliffe with his Hockey and Tennis and David Gardner,

performance came to

Adam Hinchcliffe and Andy Lum with their Rugby and Cricket,

including the staff XI. Ben (Mackem) Schonewald and Mark Baker

addition to his efforts

also went on to make tremendous performances in junior Drama.

sticky

end.

in both A team rugby

The two Ben's, Kris, Andy, Fergus and James Beadnall all played

and cricket

Harry

with tremendous commitment in the newly re-formed junior

Caley also proved a

inter-house football and were unfortunate to go out in the semi-

very

finals on penalties. The consolation was that Ben Les was awarded

effective

member of the now

the player of the tournament award. It was especially good to see

formal house council.

James back playing football and tennis again following his skiing

It was good to see Eddie Sinks make the move up to the U14

injury. The fifth year even found time for work amongst the

cricket squad and thence into our house team, to go alongside his

rowing, music, rugby, hockey and cricket. It was good to see the

efforts in the house rugby. However if two events are to really stick

success of Tom Binns, Richard Lum, Henry Law and Richard Towers

out this year for our newcomers it would be Chris winning the York

on the river and to see further success fof Richard Lum, lain Jarvis,

U14Tennis Cup and Charlie Knockton's outstanding performance

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real "house chapel" service, to their performance of "The Pearl Fishers" at the very end of the year. Pete also ran the excellent Talent show which gave many others their chance of glory! It has been good to see the acting side of the house continuing with significant performances in "The Threpenny Opera", "Two" and "Bed". Special mentions to Richard Thomas and Pete Townson for their awards wish Richard good luck for the summer tour to Australia. Iain also

of Drama prizes for this year. The introduction of

excelled for the U16 hockey and was selected for the 1st XI cricket.

the new Drama CCSE and A/S proved very popular

Pete Puxon captained the 1st XI hockey with distinction and was

in the house as did the new PE A/S, with Will and

supported in his role by our own bearded James Rowlands. Ben

Carl taking over the organisation of house sporting

Russell trained hard to gain selection for the senior tennis squad.

activities next year. Marcus Keatinge has also agreed to continue his excellent work running the house council. As we come to the end we remember

the

huge commitments

our

community from the U6th, from our Head boy and 1st XV stalwart Tobias Burckhardt, to Peter "the weasel" Puxon the man of the moment with three sixes in three balls to secure a tie in the 1st XI match with Leeds. Who will ever forget Nicks attempts to enter the house via the flat roof! Clarky happily avoiding the stress that affected all others, Pete's "record breaking" culinary performances and Tommy and Nelson's fantastic cooking for the whole house. I cannot end without highlighting Steve Davis's courage throughout his Tennis also provided the main summer sport for James Barber and

CCSE and A/S years, he was an inspiration.

Tommy Tse, who played regularly for the second team. Other

However for me it has been the way that this

second team regulars included Carl Burton and Tommy for rugby

group of young men have changed the boarding

and Joe Tang for hockey, who also took a major role in the historic

experience for the rest of the house that has been

victory over Ampleforth at Fencing. Carl also went on to do very

most significant. Instrumental in this has been the

well in athletics winning the high jump and 1500m on sports day

attitude to mentoring and peer group support and

and coming third in the

I thank them all for this especially Peter who has

1500

the

HMC

been a tremendous Head of House. My thanks also

championships

go to my assistants whose efforts have been huge

also

both in house and in school. Special mention to

Gateshead.

shared the Tooby Cup at

Dave Hughes on leaving after ten years as tutor in

the Beverly 10 K. This

the house. I cannot thank him enough for his

was an event well repre-

support over the'

sented in the house with nearly a third the boys taking part. Jamie Knox provided our main oarsman in the

lower

s i x t h hoping to follow Ben Noble and Luke Wheeler down to Henley next year. Both these very strong academics devoted huge amounts of time to rowing, from 6.30 am training, to many regattas. They are testament to the ethos of the community and deserve success in both areas. This is certainly true of Ben in his music where he has been outstanding. He alongside Nick Devlin and Pete Townson have led our cultural contributions from a great re-run of "Sit Down You're Rocking The Boat" in a

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Queens The Autumn Term started with great excitement when in September we had a party to mark the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of

the

opening of Queen's House. We had a wonderful celebration with fun and games in house and a lovely cake provided by the school catering staff, as well as hosting a reception for former members of Queen's. The Sixth Form organised tours around the school, Adam Lucas came up with an inventive quiz and all year groups put on displays in the common rooms and corridors. The limited edition colours badges went down extremely well with pupils and visitors and we had a really lively chapel service to mark the event.

The rounders and cricket competitions saw our teams giving the others a very good run for their money and only narrowly missing the finals. The Athletics Sports Day brought out some strong individual performances; congratulations to Alex Rich, Katie Mellor, Duncan Watt, James Wackett, Ben Reeves and Tim Johnson for winning their events. The junior boys did end the year on a high, carrying off the five-a-sde football trophy. Nearly half the house has been involved in musical and drama events over the year, ranging from the beautiful setting of The House spirit has prevailed throughout the year on the

evensong at Durham Cathedral to the somewhat less formal

sports field - we may not always manage to win, but we throw

renditions on stage in the talent show. Jacob Smith and Sarah

ourselves into the participation, regardless of the outcome. Not

Hayward were really impressive in the Threepenny Opera and

many trophies have come our way this year, although many

Rachael Saxon's dry wit came through splendidly in her tete a tete

individuals have done their best to put Queen's at the top of the

performances at the Christmas Concert. Emily Dodd, Megan Hall

list. Chris Cronin, Jonathan Butterworth, Eilish Hannah and Katie Mellor did very well in the Inter-House Cross-Country, and our girls' badminton and junior netball teams got to the final rounds.

and Matthew Townsley were excellent value in Two and it was good to see third formers Anna Peach, Scott Jagger and Emma Goodwill enjoying taking part in Bed.

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hilarious attempts to clarify things with her own explanations. We wish all of our leavers every happiness and success for the future. I would like to thank my brilliant team of tutors for their support and help in making this year go smoothly: Katharine Edgar-Hunt for all her encouragement and her training up of the new pupils, Mike Duffy for his incomparable sense of humour, Andrew Wright for not minding when we don't laugh at his jokes, Ian Lancaster whose calming words and expertise with exam organisation have been invaluable and of course the virtually irreplaceable Ian Lowe who, as our senior tutor, has been the best listener and wisest advisor anyone could hope for. Throughout my 10 years at the helm of Queen's I have constantly been in awe of the way in which so many of our pupils balance such busy lives. It has been breathtaking to see energy, enthusiasm and talent so often shared, and hugely rewarding to work with such a range of lively individuals. My thanks go to all those who have contributed to our house spirit in ways too numerous to name and to all those who have made the job so much fun. It has been an amazing experience being Housemistress of Queen's and I know that the house will continue to flourish under the leadership of Mr Gwilliam and his new team. Thank you for Queen's pupils keep busy in every area of school life, often working behind the scenes like Chloe Johnson and Primrose Lovett

everything. I had a great time. J Bambridge

in charge of costumes and make up for the Drama Department or in the front line; both Chloe and Primrose have been brave enough to face fierce competition in the Debating Society on many occasions. Becca Dawson has unobtrusively gone out of her way to make sure that people always feel comfortable and welcome in the house. Daniel Telfer has excelled in fencing, Peter Wackett has been selected to play Rugby

for

the

England U16 Squad, a fantastic

achieve-

ment, and we are delighted at Marcus Denison's election as Head Boy. Our own Charlie

Strickland-

Constable,

not

Kate MellorV Year

Rebecca Dawson V year

content with being a musician of exceptional

talent, has

achieved the amazing accolade of

repre-

senting Great Britain in the International Final of the Physics Olympiad - the rapturous applause he received from his peers at the House Dinner said it all. As we began the year, so we ended it, with a party. We said goodbye to our leavers with a full House Dinner where we were splendidly entertained by Charlie Elwess and Charlie StricklandConstable, who gave a performance which left even this Housemistress speechless.

We have had strong and good

humoured leadership from Sarah Hayward and James Wackett and their U6 team, aided and abetted in particular by Sarah Wood's

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The Rise junior and senior levels. In-doors the ever expanding Community Service Programme has been enhanced by the time and genuine commitment shown by Sarah Welsh, Hannah Thomas, Lucy Wellington and Alice Lindley with The Wilberforce Trust and SNAPPY.

Sarah and Alice provided lively discussion at the

Debating Society when they proposed that, Ronald MacDonald causes more harm than Osama Bin Laden... Many girls took up what was a considerable drain on their time to rehearse and perform in The brilliant summer weather continued well into the Christmas term. The boarding community made full use of it on the first Sunday back with an It's a Knockout competition. The Rise and The Manor competed against Linton and Dronfield and spent the afternoon bouncing across inflatables, and throwing foam and water at each other. The results were inconclusive, but all had a good time and a barbeque rounded off the afternoon's activities. Just as importantly boarders old and new found time to meet and get to know each other again in a very informal setting.

The Three Penny Opera. The Fourth Form changed sex, the bunch

ladies the

played

promiscuous Sixth

Form

made. This was indeed a transformation for Betony Lloyd who had played a Salvation Army officer in last year's Guys and Dolls!

In The Rise we welcomed Louise Walters, Rosie Binns, Kayleigh

Fifths

tramps and what a fine

Particular praise must go to Laura Walters for her

excellent Crook Fingered Jake.

Nadin and Charlotte Parkinson into the Third Year and Tilly Cottingham, Ellie Atkin, Anneka Munsch and Alice Lindley joined

The Rise and the boarding community as a whole have also benefited from a broad and prolific activities programme. We have

the Lower Sixth.

had days out to Leeds and London this term, as well as a hugely Over the holiday a substantial amount of work was done in

successful 5th November celebration and the now customary end

the house: new furniture, lighting and d£cor was welcomed and

of term trip to the cinema, love Actually' and 'Master and

helped to get the term off to a good start.

Commander' were on offer; there was a clear split amongst the

The re-introduction of House Chapel provided the opportunity for The Rise to extol the virtues of boarding life. Emily Cogbill,

boarders, predictably Dronfield and The Rise opted for the former and Linton and The Manor for the latter.

Laura Walters and Sarah Welsh read beautifully and the Fifth Year

Despite the inconvenience of trial exams and modules, the

gave us their interpretation of'I will survive', entitled,'I live in Rise'.

Easter term got off to a good start, partly due to the introduction

One aspect of Emily's theme for the service was the importance

of the long awaited Sunday brunch. Cooked to order breakfast and

of getting involved and being part of a community.This philosophy

lunch was an instant hit. Thanks must go to Matthew Dransfield

has again been followed through in practice this year;The Rise has

and his staff for preparing such excellent food.

competed in all the inter-house fixtures with enthusiasm. We have won nothing! However, individual performances are worthy of note, particularly Sarah Welsh and Anneka Munsch in the Senior BF&,,Cross Country and Rosie Binns in the junior.

The inter-house programme continued thick and fast. Tilly Cottinghan, Katie Farnsworth, Priscilla Kong and Anneka Munsch represented the house at squash and netball saw all the Thirds and Fourths compete as well as an enthusiastic senior team captained

Outside the inter-house programme,

by Sophie Binns. Sophie also captained the school first team and

^Katie Farnsworth has represented the

Anneka Munsch, Tilly Cottingham, Sarah Welsh and Kirstie Dallas

school in the squash team and Tilly

played regularly for the Seconds.At Under Fourteen level Charlotte

i Cottingham and Louise Walters at

Parkinson, Louise Walters and Rosie Binns also represented the

swimming. Sophie Binns, Sarah Welsh and Anneka Munsch have played second team hockey and Laura Walters and all the Thirds have played in the Under Fifteens. Ruth Craven, Ruth Wheeler

and

Laura Sinks began

regularly competing for the Junior Rowing Squad and Betony Lloyd, Ellie Atkin, Hannah Thomas and Rosie Gaunt have rowed at both

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school.

Rowing

continued

hour and proved that their arduous

rowing programme was worth-

girls

while, not only on the river. Both

competed at venues

girls have added significantly to St

addictive; as far and

Peter's being recognised as a major

a field as

Doncaster,

rowing

Boston

school.

This

summer

Chester

and

Hannah will represent Wales in the

Gaunt

and

Home

Rosie Hannah moved

Thomas

country

Rosie

at will

compete in France in the Anglo-

their

French competition. The 6.30am

with

rigorous

and

closer

representing

Internationals

Nottingham

training sessions have paid off!

training

The Garden in the Glen project

schedule and Great

was an initiative instigated by

Britain trials.

Paddy Stephen and organised by the Fifth Form boarding

The terms play, 'Stags and Hens' was a high light of the term.

community. Without doubt this saw St Peter's at its best. A garden,

The scouse accents that had been practised in the dorms of The

murals and a seating area were created 'Ground Force' style in just

Rise for some considerable time were finally given an airing by

a week for the children of The Glen, a care centre in Clifton. All The

Lucy Wellington, Kirstie Dallas and Sarah Mayne all of whom

Rise Fifth Form were involved, but in particular: Sorrel Gaunt,

performed brilliantly. The acting was of the highest standard and

Kirstie Dallas and Laura Sinks.

provided entertainment that was both amusing and thought provoking.

This year a great deal of effort has gone into organising events to widen the opportunities available to boarders at St Peter's. It

During the Easter Tern the

has been most rewarding to see so many girls excel in such a wide

relocation

variety of events and activities outside the classroom; in sport,

was completed. Without doubt

drama, community service and music. Once again the end of year

this superb facility has set the

Cabaret Concert was a highlight of the music calendar and saw

long awaited kitchen

standard for St Peter's and has

Betony Lloyd sing beautifully opposite Brook Adams. Betony is a

been

Beech

rower, a musician, is in the CCF and has contributed significantly

furniture and fittings coupled with

to Community Service - proof that it is possible to excel in a wide

spot lighting have been off set by

variety of activities and maintain high academic standards.

instant

hit.

the 'retro' pink decor Some people

We will miss the Upper Sixth, who despite their diverse

had reservations about the choice

interests and achievements have remained united in their desire to

of colour, but all concerns were

see The Rise thrive and remain the happy and well-balanced

soon forgotten. The facility is

community that I hope it is.

excellent and much appreciated. It was officially opened with an Italian Night; food was prepared and cooked by the girls and was washed down with a few bottles of quality Lambrusco!

Thanks to the tutors and assistants: Mrs Shepherd, Mrs Palmer, Mrs Garbutt, Mrs Lawrence, Mrs Robinson and particularly to Dr Hockenhull who leaves us (again!). They have been a great help to the community over the last year. In September we look forward to welcoming Mrs Cherry Fricker back into The Rise. Cherry (Alton)

The exam season began early and continued throughout the

was Head of House in 1994 and returns as a boarding assistant.

term. The stresses and strains were ever present, but a great deal was still achieved outside the exam room; Sophie Binns, Sarah

Finally thanks to Emily Cogbill ,

Welsh, Alice Lindley and Kirstie Dallas represented the school at

who has carried out her duties as

senior rounders and Charlotte Parkinson, Louise Walters and Rosie

Head of House with diplomacy

Binns at junior level.

and sensitivity right to the bitter end.

The junior play was a clever and amusing interpretation of Jim Cartwright's 'Two' and 'Bed1. All The Rise Third and Fourth Form were involved. Eve Newby, Louise Walters and Rosie Binns were brilliantly typecast in 'Two' and Charlotte Parkinson and Laura Walters had significant roles in 'Bed'. Kayleigh Nadin performed in an extra play 'Dreamers'. The house has very much enjoyed its part in the varied and valued activities that have been linked with Community Service. 'Peter's Walk' raised a significant amount of money and was swiftly followed by the annual Beverley 10k race. Both Hannah Thomas and Rosie Gaunt completed the course in well under an

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Morag, but this year, unlike the past, we managed to score goals as well as avoid conceding them. Three victories and two 0-0 draws meant that only a draw was needed against Temple in the last match to win the competition. We quickly went a goal down, but with time running out, clinched a decisive equalizer to win the tournament. Lucy's skill and enthusiasm were much in evidence, but girls from all 5 years contributed superbly to an excellent victory. Both rugby teams did as well as they could have expected in the House sevens, both reaching the semi finals before losing to Temple. In the cross country, the juniors were 6th (Matthew Waugh 3rd), whilst the overall strength of the seniors meant that School House retained the trophy. Matthew Mikola's now traditional victory in the Christmas Quiz was followed quickly by the squash competition, where a

With the arrival in September of 17 new 3rd formers, and 3 pupils into the Lower Sixth, the House numbers stood at 74.1 was delighted to have Tom Edwards as Head of House who along with Brook Adams, Richard Kiveal and Lucy Jones was appointed as a school monitor. Whilst these pupils were recognized by the school, the Upper Sixth as a year group were to prove as reliable and supportive as I had hoped, and set a very positive tone at the start of the year. I was also delighted to welcome Mr. Francis to the House as tutor for the Upper Sixth. The busy inter-house games programme began with the girls finishing an impressive 3rd in the badminton. This was to be the beginning of a very successful sporting year for the whole House, but the girls in particular. The seniors finished 3rd in the crosscountry (Chloe 2nd, Emma 4th & Sally 7th), whilst the juniors were 3rd overall, Lauren and Alice being the first two 3rd form finishers (2nd &4th) with Laura 6th. The first real high spot of the girls' sporting year was the

victory over Rise meant valuable Cambridge Cup points. The

hockey. Alice proved a more than adequate replacement in goal for

netball competitions brought further success, the juniors finishing 3rd, and the seniors sweeping all before them on the way to the final. Unfortunately, Temple gained their revenge for the hockey, and were comfortable winners. The senior boys were denied another imminent victory in the hockey competition when it had to be abandoned due to a serious injury, and due to various time constraints, the boys were also unable to complete their swimming finals, many swimmers having qualified through the heats. The much-awaited girls swimming competition saw School House thrash all comers, bringing to an end Temple's remarkable domination of the event. Individuals swam outstandingly well (Sally, as ever, and Alice, who broke a school record), but special mention must be made of Hannah Armstrong and Vicky Sugden,

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Amongst the individuals to achieve particular success, Neil Riley won the Chemistry Prize, and Charlotte Buckley the Geography Prize. In addition, Brook Adams earned a prestigious Millennium Volunteers Award for his outstanding work in the community.

both of whom stepped in at very short notice to ensure that the team gained valuable relay points. Whilst I was personally unable to be at Sports Day, both girls and boys finished 2nd overall, which meant that the overall girls sports cup would be decided by the rounders competition. On a hot Saturday afternoon, the junior girls emphatically cruised to the final with some superb batting and fielding. The final, against Grove, would decide the Cambridge Cup. The played as well as they had all afternoon against strong opposition to claim a clear victory, which meant that overall, School House and Grove shared the Cambridge Cup. This was a magnificent achievement, and credit

As I have already mentioned, the Upper Sixth have been an

to all of the girls who had contributed

outstanding group, not only this year, but throughout my time in

throughout the year, as well as the

the House. It has been a privilege to watch them grow into the

outstanding individuals. The afternoon was made complete as

impressive young men and women that they now are. They have set a tremendous example as to all of the things that make the

at the same time, the junior boys were

school what it is, and I hope that as they mature, some of the

easing their way to the cricket final. A few

younger pupils will begin to appreciate this. Tom in particular, has

days later, a strong Temple team were thrashed in the final by an excellent all round display. From a sporting perspective, the future of the House certainly looks bright.

been a wonderful support who has been immensely valued. It is with much sadness that I leave the House after 5 years. The House system is an important aspect of our school, and I hope that my successor, Mrs. Hall, will gain as much from her experience as I have. I believe that the House has developed a well balanced and caring group of staff, who

well

supporting

as the

children, have been an invaluable help to me, especially during my absence. I shall miss the

day-to-day

contact with the pupils (and the pink walls!), but continue to enjoy their successes, of which I wish them many. N A Matkin

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Temple Having a 'page a day' diary on my desk has made life interesting in the past when on turning the page for the next day I have realised that I should have spent the last three weeks preparing something that is now due in. Therefore I currently write myself little messages alerting me of forthcoming events (I know that this is an obvious thing to do but I am fairly slow). I write this as I have just spent some time looking through my diary in preparation for this report and amidst the comments reminding me that particular members of the House had promised me that they would get their hair cut there is the comment 'Chapel in 3 weeks - start panicking!' Of course I did not start panicking until 3 weeks later but this comment reminded me that House Chapels were back on the menu and we had delivered ours right at the end of the Christmas term.

I needn't have panicked though because the

pupils performed miracles with their customary aplomb. The whole House was involved in one way or another - particular mention should be made of Raife's dancing on the way in - and

in the fourth form common room. We have had the usual problem

the theme that they came up with was 'smiling'. The fact that

of people desperate to be in our House - one member of School

everybody 'pulled it out of the hat' in the penultimate week of a

House asked to be in our House photograph, having missed hers;

very busy and long term and the main theme chosen both, I feel,

and Clifton House girls actually went to the trouble of smuggling

successfully epitomise the spirit in Temple.

their picture into our section of last year's Peterite! But it is, as

Various characters have contributed to the House 'atmosphere' this year (and I don't mean

usual, the many achievements of many people on top of their workload and capacity for fun, which should be honoured here.

the contribution left by certain members

the

We continue to be a very strong House for sport. The girls

upper

were not quite as successful this year but they had rather an act to

sixth!): who can forget Paul

follow. Highlights for them include coming first in the Junior Cross

Mastrelli and David Heaton

Country (with Emma Hall coming 1st and Hannah Punnett coming

performing

their

rap

3rd); 1st in Senior Netball; 2nd in Swimming (Ceorgie Duke

routines in the House dinner

winning her event and Temple winning both senior relays); 3rd in

or the Christmas tree dressed

Hockey (losing our winning position due to a late goal by the

up to look like Aiken Harrap

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person who wanted to be in our House photo no less!) and 3rd overall on Sports' day. Emma Hall was again the stalwart of our athletics team winning the 200m, 800m and High Jump in her age category. On a particularly wet and blustery Sunday, it was lovely to see the girls play football for the House - particularly Georgie Duke's goal. A very special mention should be made to Lauren Walker who won the 14 hands working hunter pony class at the Horse of the Year Show. The boys have had a stunning year: they won Junior Cross Country (Seb Batchelor coming 1st), both Junior and Senior rugby sevens and junior Hockey. The seniors came 2nd in their cross country (with James Clarke coming 1st) and 2nd in the junior cricket. They easily came first on sports day and I only have room to indicate the winners. Senior: Matthew Spalding (100m, 200m) and Clive Lewis Trophy, Ben Hough (400m) and Proudly Trophy, All Madeod (800m) and Robinson Walker Trophy. Inter:

Tom Janes (1500m - having run the 3000m), Josh Storrs (100m).

Junior: Seb Batchelor (400m and 800m), James McTurk (200m) and Henry Summers (shot)

Fleur Keith/Rachel Mayre in Stags & Hens

and have run out of space already. We have a great 'shake up' of tutors at the end of this year and I am very sad indeed to see the departure of PDN, MCL and HEM. They have all been superb tutors and an enormous asset and help for me and I wish them every success in their other appointments. We welcome NAM, JB and MWJ into the House and I look forward to working with them immensely. I have recently been talking to the new intake of third years for their induction morning, who hopefully by now have caught the infectious 'smiling' spirit of Temple House. Mark A. Edwards

There have been many outstanding contributions to school sport (and I mean outstanding) from many members of Temple House and it would be unfair to single anyone out as I would inadvertently miss many, although they will undoubtedly be mentioned elsewhere. It is the fact that these people contribute so much to other areas of the school as well as achieving great things academically that is a consistent source of pleasure for me. The comment of the year was 'your girls make convincing whores' from a colleague who had just watched the 'Threepenny Opera' and particular mention should go to Fleur Keith and Ellie Trotman for their contributions to school drama. The Temple House -I mean School Saxophone quartet continue to go from strength to strength and many Templites contribute a great deal to the musical life in the school (Lauren Walker, Penny Boxall and Sally McLaren have all excelled this year). I have only scraped the surface of what has been achieved (the less said about the egg race the better!)

French Exchange 2003 Brochon Here it was, the day we'd all been secretly dreading since we first ridiculously (in many cases) applied, the day we departed for France on the notorious French exchange. This day of reckoning happened to correspond with the first cold night of the month coincidence? I think not! So eventually the bus arrives and there's the usual scramble as everybody clambers over each other to get the best seats, (obviously won by the biggest, oh and Josh!). However straight away we were all trudging back off it, as we'd been told that our bus driver (Pete) would not be fetching our luggage from the fifty-metre radius, which it was strewn around before the seat scramble. Finally the luggage was loaded and after Mr. Hodsdon had introduced his fellow comrades, Mr. Lawrie and Mrs. Rose (or as Clem aptly named them, Mr. Van and Mrs. Daffodil), we eventually set off. Well, what can I say about the journey? It was long, only about 18 hours of solid travelling, made longer by the appalling movie selection and the smells emitted from Josh and Ed. We arrived in Brochon about 5:30 French time, all looking our very best (obviously), and THEN found out we'd be called off the

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coach individually to meet our correspondents and the paparazzi

of the team half crippled doesn't normally help, having been

(well, Mr. Van's camera). So we were greeted by the double embar-

flattened by a raging Holz. Having narrowly lost the match 20-5

rassment of not being able to communicate with our correspon-

(and most of our pride with it), we then departed on a trip into

dents and facing a camera after 18 hours of solid, sleepless travel-

Dijon to do a quiz on the city, visiting many different churches and

ling. Fortunately Helen Ashman (movie star) was prepared with her

some typically beautiful French buildings. Overall the quiz was a

"don't touch - its suede!" coat. So the first night in France turned out to be quite eventful to say the least. Wednesday morning, we all met in the cafe1, and discussed the hilarities

the

night

before. Having eaten a chicken's heart for tea, Lara then found out she would be sharing a bed with her

correspondent.

Jayne found out her correspondent's family

success, but there were the notable exceptions such as josh who just didn't turn up for most of it! He claimed that he didn't have his sheet so he didn't think he had to come, to which Mrs. Daffodil replied, "Oh look Josh, there's a flying pig", and,

predictably

enough, Josh shouted "where?" and spent the next 5 seconds searching the sky for the mysterious flying Pig-

Thursday started,

preferred

as always, in the caf£.

speaking English, oh

The usual game of

and

cards

ended

took

place

crawling through a

before we set off on

field

whilst

hiding

our daily excursion.

from

invisible

Today saw us visit

enemy. And who said the French were a strange nation? Wednesday brought the annual Peter's - Brochon volleyball match, something which many people managed to avoid quite tactfully. (I won't mention any names Laura Beastwood!) This was the morning when we found out that many people's hidden qualities don't lie in the sporting region. But having one member

Besangon, fortified

where a battlement

sat on top of a large hill. (Much to the distaste of many of the females -"You don't expect me to walk up there do you?" was the comment echoed as we approached the foot of the climb). Having reached what we thought to be the top, we then realised that we weren't even half way up the hill. (No wonder it was one of the very few battlements never taken until the Second World War).

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the next two days. Today was the day that for the first time we woke up realising that we were on our own for the whole day (well, with our families technically).The main complaint amongst us was not the fact that we were being left stranded with a strange family, but that, in all likelihood, we were going to miss the crucial England versus South Africa match. However the weekend did fly by, and turned out not only to be thoroughly enjoyable, (for those who visited the French

That afternoon we all traipsed (quite willingly) back down the

nightclub scene - Josh), but also thoroughly educational and

hill and into the actual town centre. Much to the delight of ALL

inspiring, and before we knew it we were swapping stories again

the females, Mr. Hodsdon

on Monday morning in the

announced that shopping

Cafe".

was

However,

the little

agenda.

That was the day we

Jordan

visited the rather humor-

Nadian had other things on his

mind

ously named town called,

French

Beaune. (Which 'maturely'

Magazines. I'll leave the rest

provoked Ed to

up to your imagination. Thursday evening came

going to 'Beaune' Sir?") We

and went, and we all met

arrived

again in the caf6 for our

Hospicesl de Beaune, which

usual game of cards the

was quite a magnificent

next morning. However,

sight.

today would have a slight

currently used, but which

twist to the tale - French

was far more splendorous

school lessons. Now if you

than anything around today.

thought trying to grasp the

understanding

itinerary.

French version, something However the most interesting part of the morning was during the change over period between lessons, instead of a regulation bell blaring away, we got a verse of Bob Marley pumped into the classrooms. A genius idea we thought.

on the

Mr. Hodsdon's

when we arrived, and even little Jordan was looking forward to a few, albeit very small, glasses of wine. We sampled two local wines having been shown round the cellars, which had far too many cobwebs for my enjoyment. But what was quite amazing was the effect two glasses of wine

The afternoon saw us visit a museum depicting the life of Burgundy. It was immensely interesting and showed us a completely different style of past living, the most notable being how they only washed their clothes twice a year. (A tradition Ed's a firm believer in.)

can have on some people. No names need be mentioned, you know who you are! Tuesday brought about the annual shopping trip at the shopping mall in Dijon, the Toison d'Or. We travelled by coach, and as we did so you could

However Friday night did turn out to be one of the most novel evenings I've had for a while Cosmic Bowling. The concept in itself was pure genius - bowling in a disco atmosphere. Bowling with a disco ball spinning above and the sounds of the 70's legends blasting away just cannot be beaten. Obviously Holz agreed and took to it quite quickly, with her "bump 'n' grind" dance style. But the event of the night went to the birth of the first and only couple of the exchange - Chloe and Josh. Or CJ from Baywatch and 50 cent as they became known! Having recovered from the novelty and fun

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not

eyes seemed to light up

of a shock I can tell you.

the last contact we'd have with our friends for

hospital

anticipated trip

the

of the night before, we soon realised that it'd be

the

cellars, the most eagerly

English was tough enough, try

and visited

Next came the wine

idea of direct democracy in

ffl

ask Mr.

Hodsdon "what time are we

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feel the excitement (from the female section only I would like to

add) grow, and so there it was, the Toison d'Or female paradise an utterly ridiculous place according to most males on the bus, (apart from Pete the bus driver who bought an ironing board and a tree...)

one room and awaited the photo and speeches. So the moment came for Primrose to grit her teeth, put on her best French accent. Apparently Smiley's, Mr. Hodsdon's new name, speech was funny, littered with jokes and full of humour - obviously personal jokes that nobody else appreciates. However there was polite laughter that rippled round the room. The only piece of advice I could give you sir, is just don't give up your day job. The evening was a success and we all received a decorative wine glass and some chocolates as memorabilia of our stay. We said our goodbyes the following morning at the ungodly time of Sam. Some more emotional than others, Sandra and Ed, but more notably, Sarah Bell and my correspondent Adrien (who even gave her a letter to remember him by! This was duly read out on the bus, much to her obvious embarrassment.) All that remained now was the small journey home, oh I mean all 18 hours or so of it. To rub salt into the already gaping wound, we found out that Clem had bagged the seat with the most leg room, somewhat unfairly as she was one of the smallest on the trip, 'mais c'est la vie'. The way back saw yet more appalling videos shown. We were given five hours to go shopping. "Is that all?" we

On a more serious note I'd like to thank everybody who took

heard most of the females utter, but I can tell you that, with

part and made the trip possible, but most of all the teachers and

severely limited finances and male egos to contend with, five

everybody involved in organising the trip. Mr. Hodsdon, Mrs. Rose,

minutes, let alone five hours, was difficult enough for us males to

Mr. Lawrie, and Pete the bus driver.

cope with. So, having finished our five minutes shopping, we decided to go to a local "Haute Cuisine" and sample some of the

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local delicacies. I think we ordered three McChicken meals and a large portion of fries from memory. Well, how could a foreign trip be complete without a four-hour fest in McDonald's? Ed, josh and I gladly, and somewhat sluggishly, trudged back to the bus, only to have another twenty minute wait, along with all the other boys on the trip, before the first group of girls finally decided to turn up, with the sheer unimaginable audacity to say that five hours wasn't quite enough. That evening, in the main Chateau of the Iyc6e, everybody involved with the trip gathered together for one last time to commemorate the successes and come together for a final photo opportunity. Pupils, teachers and parents alike all squashed into

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German Exchange to Munster June/July 2004 historic town of Bremen, famous for its town musicians, where we went on a boat trip and a guided tour of the city, seeing the main tourist attractions, including the "Bleikeller" containing mummys! Over the weekend activities were undertaken within families to enable us to be fully immersed in German. Most went into town or to theme parks or just spent time with their families. On Monday we had a full morning of school and in the afternoon we visited the local all weather zoo. At the end of June 16 pupils from St Peter's and 28 pupils from Huntington School set off to Munster, Germany. After a journey lasting over sixteen hours due to a breakdown in the Kennedy tunnel, we arrived in Munster and met our exchange partners. We then went back to their houses for the night. The following morning it was an early start for school beginning at 7.45! Later that day, we were welcomed by the Lord Mayor in the "Friedenssaal" at the town hall and had our photo taken for the local paper. We then did a treasure hunt around Munster followed by an afternoon of sports activities. The next day we went to the

Although there were pupils from the ages of J5 to Lower 6th

from

two

different

countries and three different schools, everyone got on really well and there were tears when we had to leave. We had a great time and would recommend it to anyone thinking of going in the future. We now look forward to the return visit of the German pupils in June 2005. Kayleigh Nadin, Anna Peach, Freja Binnian, III Form

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Geography Field Trip to Arran On the 26th of June we set out on a 6 hour journey to Arran, where we would spend a week at the Loch Ranza Field Centre. Unsurprisingly as we approached Scotland it began to rain, something that we became accustomed to. Our journey was fairly uneventful until we found ourselves on the ferry. When we arrived at the field centre we were met by pupils from other schools staying there. Leeds Girls High was one of those schools and this pleased the boys especially Mick Morris. On our first evening we were free from any activities, but the following day we were instructed to dress in waterproofs and we set off for our first real experience of the island daunted by the instructions to watch out for adders and ticks. As the week progressed we discovered that ticks in particular were to be found in abundance. Torrential rain made it impossible to write on anything other than waterproof paper. This magical material, like something out of Harry Potter allowed us to record our notes and data. The weathering of gravestones and river profiles were amongst the many topics that we studied during the week. The bad weather caused numerous problems not least that the river group were unable to gather data for a whole day as the high level and fast flow of water made it dangerous. Before returning to York we enjoyed a meal at the Catacol bay pub - a welcome relief from the centre's 'interesting' food! Putting ticks and the rain aside we had a most enjoyable stay on Arran. Victoria Rounding LVI

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Morocco Expedition On a beautiful summers day we met at St Peter's ready to leave on our twoweek adventure. We said our goodbyes and with Paul, our leader, checked our kit,

li n

giving Dobbo the perfect opportunity to show

off

his

state-of-the-art

equipment. A train ride and a tube ride later, we arrived at Heathrow - a chance for some last minute civilisation, unfortunately a perfume fight ensued instead!

On arrival in

Casablanca, disaster struck.

The

gifted Royal Air Moroc had mislaid our next flight to Marrakech, so at I midnight we decided to take a four-

• hour coach journey there instead.

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The next day was spent travelling to our 'hotel' called

further. This gave us an opportunity to mix with our guides and

Camping Le Lac, which had neither a campsite nor a lake. The

muleteers, learn about the culture, and the songs, the main chorus

boys attempted to sleep on the roof, but rain and wind scared

seeming to be "Wayne Rooney you're insane, what a lot of

most of them off and only Dom, Kirschy, Will, and Chris remained.

satsumas". Buzz quickly became the main Berber to English trans-

Breakfast introduced us to Moroccan mint tea - a delicacy we would enjoy throughout the trip. Another speciality was our iodine-purified water, which most of the team found disgusting. But not Callum. He loved it so much he decided to drink pure iodine! Unfortunately, this left him ill for quite a while, and he was

lator. We camped in tents which at times could be a little cramped and smelly. They were so cosy infact that one night Dom started to sweet-talk Bicky and Archie in his sleep! The first night, with energy still to burn, the boys climbed even higher. This was however in the middle of an electrical thunderstorm, and while Holmsey was posing for a picture at the peak he realised he was

in the toilet for a considerable amount of time.

being charged...they ran down fast! The first trek was a four-day loop around theTodra Gorge. The views of the mountains were outstanding.

We walked from

around 7:30am until 11:00am, at which point we would stop for at least four hours, as the heat prevented us from going any

Whilst trekking we visited a Berber camp. It was a shock to us all to see the poverty and poor conditions in which the family lived. The youngest member of the family, a baby girl, was in desperate need of medical attention. The team made a joint decision to donate 400 dirhams so that the family could visit a doctor, The grand football match took place in a Berber village. As we were led to the pitch by a huge group of children we assumed by their age that we might stand a chance of winning - how wrong we were! As we arrived the children stepped aside and revealed our

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opposition: a full squad of professional young men kitted up and prepared for battle. Our team put in a strong effort, especially Chris who managed to miss an open goal! The end score was a very respectable 4 - 0 to Morocco. Luckily we managed to get away with only one minor casualty; Bicky obtained the most beastly graze ever seen! It truly was, in the words of Ferg, a 'man down'. At the end of the first trek the group decided to treat themselves to a Hammam, which was a great improvement from the mud bath we had the night before. The girlies of the group thought themselves privileged to be sharing four buckets of water between them. We then learned that the boys had experienced hot and cold rooms, massages, and had even been served cold drinks!

After a good nights rest in Marrakech, we set off for

another eight-hour minibus journey to our next trekking site. This gave us a chance to fill in the group diary. George Lister and Richard Heaton produced the best entries, with sentences like: 'we sed and lost good buys to the guids and lest'. Due to high winds our plans to climb Mount M'Coun were changed. Instead a group us were guided to the summit ridge at over 3,000 metres.

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campsite was situated near a small village and so, once again, the

On arrival back in Marrakech a new excitement arose -

locals children crowded around. We settled down for our meal: 5

shopping!

minutes into supper the heavens opened and a lightening storm

(willingly) took the lead and headed into the souks! This gave us

erupted nearby. This forced an instant evacuation to a nearby gite,

a chance to buy our gifts for the staff; these included a fake Rolex

grabbing all we could we raced through rising rivers to the comfort

for Mr Hall, a throw for Mrs Hall, and a local CD for Paul. It was

This was the only time when Milly and myself

of dry rooms and mattresses. Luckily, the guides, along with Mr

also a chance to lose the George's, so that Mr Hall, Ferg and BUZK-,

Hall and Paul, went back and collected all the kit. It was an experi-

could liven up the streets by dancing to the shop music.

ence the whole team will remember for the rest of their lives. The final day of trekking was a slow and relaxed, giving

The journey back to York was successful. All that is left to say is a big thank you to Paul Harvey and The Halls; without them

everyone a chance to reflect on last night's events, just 10 metres

such an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime experience would not h

from our final gite we heard a scream and Mrs Hall promptly fell

been possible.

backwards into a river - a sarong not so practical when skipping across stones!

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Battlefields Report 2004 45 students from the 4th year enjoyed this year's Battlefields tour. The foundations for its success have been set over many years by Mr. Drysdale.This was the first tour for a long time that he did not organise and he deserves great thanks for having established such a successful itinerary. After a smooth outward journey we arrived in Arras in anticipation of a crushing English victory over France in the rugby. Sadly, much to the locals' amusement, it was not to be. Battles of a truly different kind awaited us tomorrow. The Somme area was where the offensive's of the summer of 1916 hoped to draw away the German pounding of Verdun and provide a crucial breakthrough. It is most remembered for the extreme casualties of the first day, visible today in the many cemeteries that lie around the hilltops. After visiting Serre road, we moved onto Beaumont-Hamel, scene of some of the most intense fighting. The landscape remains scarred by shells to this day and proved interesting to visit. Several other areas were also visited to demonstrate the scale of both the offensive and the casualties. The second day saw an early morning visit to the Notre Dame de Lorette cathedral (with a rather eccentric museum!) and a chance to see just how close the trenches could get at times. The strategic point of Vimy ridge (and the Canadian War memorial) was also visited. We then moved on to Bruges for the afternoon to see this wonderful mediaeval city and for the students, a chance to shop! Our hostel (near Ypres) was ideally located, though whether it was ideal was open to question! Yet we were lucky to have such excellent food provided for by a hotel in Ypres. Our final day of touring was based around the battlefields of Flanders. This was where most of the British Expeditionary Force was wiped out in 1914 and where many lives were lost in the various battles of Ypres. We visited theTyne Cot British cemetery Artefacts from St Peter's War Exhibition

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(Passchendaete), Hills 60 and 62 as well as the Langemarck

I would like to thank the staff involved in the tour for all their

German cemetery. Here as in other places all the students

help and so too the students for their behaviour throughout.

impressed the staff with their interest shown and their appropriate

They were a real credit to themselves and the school and I am

behaviour. It was wonderful to see how many had researched

glad

information about family members before travelling and it was a

more about the various places we visited and see some photos

pleasure to enable them to visit their graves or see their name

remembered.

www.johnarmstrong.org.uk/battlefields04 - accessible through the

The Menin gate service in Ypres was an appropriate end to the visit where the last post ceremony was conducted.

that they enjoyed it. Should you wish to find out the

sites, Mr. Armstrong has an excellent

History department website. Stephen Gwilliam History Department

site at

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South African Exchange Visit 2004 Two St Peter's students, Ceorgina Duke and Richard Thomas took part in The South African Exchange. These are their accounts. What can I say about my time on the South African exchange, apart from it being an amazing character building experience: allowing me to broaden my views about other cultures, from first hand personal experience, and meet so many new exciting people that I would not have changed it for the world. I did not want to leave.

Clarendon Girls High School, where all the girls referred to themselves as Christmas trees as they (and i) wore green tunics

Despite talking to pretty much everyone I met about where I

with brown tights and shoes. Despite some seemingly old

was going and listening when nearly all of them could offer an

fashioned aspects of the school life: strict rules and the amusing

story of their own about South Africa; I thought that I had pretty

dalek like intercom system, the level of ability and serious range of

much sussed out the way things would be over there: however, I

talent in the sport, drama and debating departments was

now know that you can try as much as you like to try and build up

immense just to name a few.

a picture of South Africa but you can never really appreciate the reality until you are there.

During my stay at Clarendon it was the schools centenary celebrations, so I was lucky to witness the special ceremonies and

For me, that reality was better that I could have wished. I

learn the songs from heart (some in Xhosa and Afrikaans!) for the

attended a tittle school in East London (on the eastern coast):

occasion. These celebrations seemed to allow everyone to look back on Clarendon's achievement as a racially diverse school. Yet, for a foreigner like myself it was still very strange to walk outside, to where all students ate their pack-ups, and be able to stand and recognise certain general areas where the white girls sat, the black girls sat, and the coloured girls sat apart. Thirteen years down the line and understandably the strong feelings from apartheid are still lurking, but that didn't taint my visit, just added to it. From being kissed by a seal; driving along side ostriches; and cuddling lion cubs to living in urban areas where rich and poor share the same garden (ignoring the huge barb wire fence in between!); where the mingle of culture is so fascinating; to eating a good old bri (BBQ) I miss South Africa and the friends I left and no doubt will be back there very soon. Thank you St.Peter's for giving me the opportunity to have such an experience. Ceorgina Duke LVl

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Stepping off the plane in Johannesburg I tried to ignore any ignorant preconceptions I had previously conjured up involving lions walking in the streets, mud huts and tribal warriors! Little did I know that my ill-educated mind would soon be filled with a greater understanding of a fantastically diverse and exciting country. I must also add that it was refreshing to be bombarded with sunlight even though winter was approaching. For the majority of my time I lived in Norton House, the only boarding house of Selborne College. Being a boarder in Manor I did not find it difficult to be away from home or fitting in with the schedule. However things were very different. I was sharply woken for inspection at 6:30a.m. and then had to parade downstairs to the hall. Once there everyone had to line up in years and then proceed to their respective tables, at which a "matric" (the equivalent to an upper-sixth former) would be at the head. Eating segregated from

ination inn favour of blacks to ensure that the criticism of

the rest of the school was new to me, as was having no choice as

apartheid cannot be levelled against them. My teacher justly

to what to eat, saying grace at every meal and then having to wait

pointed out that this positive discrimination has de-motivated the

to be dismissed. I quickly got used to it, however, and it simply

majority of white students.

became part of my routine. I must add at this point that I have rarely since complained about school food here at St Peter's!

The notion of racism is something attached to South Africa and something I cannot leave out. I would say that Selborne was

I went into "standard 9, which is the equivalent to lower 6th,

about 50:50 black and white. People are openly aware of their

but I found I got on best with the matrics. Being adopted as a

colour but at Selborne managed to live and co-operate side by

matric certainly had its advantages in such an archaic boarding

side yet still retaining their separate cultures.

setup. Firstly there was the matric grass, which only the matrics were allowed to sit on. At morning break the dinner ladies wheeled out a trolley of sandwiches and tea, specially prepared for the matrics and as an honorary matric I did not have to move from the matric grass in order to feed myself: this was the job of the "newboys" ( 3rd years). Fagging is still a part of boarding and if any matric shouted "NEW-BOY" any within the vicinity would rush to his assistance as fast as possible. I did not agree with this; however

I realised quickly that being black or white was not just a colour it was a culture. For example at 18 all Xhosa boys (Xhosa is a black tribe) would be circumcised and for a period of three to four weeks would live alone in the bush. After this period of time, to become a man, they would burn the hut and walk away, without looking back. Many of my black friends in Selborne were Xhosa and were about to go through this ritual.

there was never any bullying and it was accepted without question

"Living" in South Africa for six weeks was the most precious

as part of the culture. The school as a whole was very draconian

and worthwhile experience I have had in my short life. I learned,

and there was a strict dress code, even concerning rules about side-

experienced and lived a completely different culture. I have only

burn length and exact hair length! I personally found that my

just begun to touch on my experiences and memories in this

appearance frequently contravened these rules but somehow I

article and have not even been able to go into my travels and the

managed to survive the trip without a hair cut! However, I was

plethora of things I did outside of school. South Africa was an

completely shocked at the lack of discipline and motivation from

amazing and liberating experience, which undoubtedly "changed

some pupils. In science a teacher attempted to teach over and

my life". I will never forget it and I keep in touch with many people

above a rowdy table-tennis game being played across the desks at

I met there, some of whom are coming to England and I will see

the back of the class!

again. I would finally urge anyone who wishes to really experience

I asked my English Teacher why there was such a lack of discipline within the class and he gave a disturbing answer. He noted how the whites were simply unmotivated due to "affirmative action". In short the Government has a policy of positive discrim-

life to apply for the South African Exchange. What you will gain will, in the most part, be ineffable and I guarantee it will be a most valuable, wholly satisfying and fulfilling journey. Richard Thomas LVl

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Art School Field Trips . rEdinburgh, 9th November 2003 A significant part of the A level Art syllabus is dependent upon students knowledge of art history and contemporary art. With this

and

Titians

'Diana

and

Actaeon'. Ralph memorably

in mind the Sixth Form and a handful of Fifth Formers took the

described Diana as, " having

train to Edinburgh to take

the best legs in the history of

advantage of the vast wealth

art!"

of art that is easily accessible in the Scottish capital. The morning was spent

The afternoon was spent at the Gallery of Modern Art and The Dean Gallery. We saw

in The National Gallery of

significant

Scotland where we were

reconstructed

fortunate to meet Ralph

Scottish

work artist

and

the

studio

Eduardo

Rembrant 'Self Portrait aged 52'

Hughes, an old colleague of

Paolozzi and a retrospective of the work of the Boyle Family. Their

John Darmody's, who shared

incredibly detailed relief casts of surfaces have since provided

with us his knowledge of several paintings in the collection.

inspiration for a number of A Level students, most notably

Particular highlights were a self-portrait by Rembrandt from 1657

Matthew Wilson and Rosemary Woo.

Titian 'Diana and Aetiaeon'

Art and History Visit to The imperial war Museum and The Lowry Gallery Salford A personal view: Almost every pupil in the year along with several teachers took the opportunity on 4th form Field Day to visit both The Imperial War Museum and The Lowry Gallery in Salford Quays. Salford Quays is in itself an interesting location with Post Modernist Architecture working alongside traditional features combining old and new. The War Museum building was, we were told, designed to represent an exploding globe, an architectural metaphor for the way in which war devastates and destroys areas of the planet, with a tower shooting forth from the main building like shrapnel. The interior of the museum was a vast exhibition hall with smaller seminar rooms off it. As well as seeing the exhibits we were able to view two screenings documenting different aspects of war. All round sound and vision on a huge scale added to the impact and poignancy of the subject. In seminars pupils were able discuss their views on the causes of and consequences of war and had a hands on experience of war memorabilia. My overriding

weren't it is perhaps not surprising that many of them could not relate to the

industrial

landscapes and working class street scenes he painted. However, some were surprised to see and in awe of the academic foundations on which Lowry's work was based. His life class studies and architectural drawings were nothing if not accomplished. I couldn't help but feel that Lowry himself might not have approved of the high tech, stainless steel and glass building in which his brick and mortar paintings were housed.

impression of the museum was that there was no sense of glorifiWorksheets and activities kept our

cation or militarism but rather a sense of futility and loss.

pupils entertained and busy throughout LS. Lowry is not perhaps the best artist to 'cut your teeth on' if you have never been to a gallery before. Surprisingly this was the

the day and as usual they were impeccably behaved.

case for a good number of our pupils. His work is hugely nostalgic and if you weren't around in the 50's, 60's and 70's as our pupils

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Visit to Flamborough Head. In the second week of the first term the Lower VI Art and Design 'Sea Debris' module was kicked off with a trip to Flamborough Head. Two minibuses were loaded with an endless quantity of pencils, paper, drawing boards, charcoal, masking tape, plaster and clay, not forgetting the sixteen students three teachers, their children and the all important packed-lunches. The weather was forgiving as we enjoyed plenty of sunshine and thankfully no bitter sea breezes.

Sent out amongst the sand and seagulls, armed with sketchbooks, the pupils worked hard at their tasks. In-between sandwiches and biscuits, they collected objects, and made numerous studies in different materials of the wide range of subject matter to be found in the bay. An old lifeboat station was made into a temporary gallery as throughout the day artworks were taped to the doors and left as a source of inspiration to our students and a source of astonishment to locals and other visitors. Many things were learned that day other than the obvious art skills. Overcoming the awkwardness of strangers enquiring and watching you work, managing the physical difficulties of controlling large sheets of paper en-plein-air, and keeping focused on work when at the beach on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Back at school, the studies made and resources gathered were used to inform and develop projects. Invaluable first hand experience had proved once again to be extremely rewarding and vital to the AS art programme. Jac Palmer

Archives My first year in the new Archives Room next to School House seems to indicate that when you become a part-time member of staff you try and do as much in three days as you used to do in five (you fail!) and it also indicates that while my new office has a great deal more light than John Mitchell's old "Archives bunker" it is still too small. The good news is that the collection is becoming well organised, and the purchase of archivally sound storage materials means that items are protected for the future. In addition, I am cataloguing our holdings on a specially designed Archives computer database (all new donations are added on receipt, and back stock is added as time allows). The benefit is that I am able to answer queries from OPs and other researchers much more easily, and all are welcome. We have received donations this year from - in alphabetical order - George Alderson (more items to add to the already substantial collection of papers sent in by him), Richard Ambrose (sports photographs), Mrs Cilda DiCesare (photographs of Manor House 1919-22), David Kirby (the fruits of his detailed research on the history of cricket in school), John Moore (a fascinating collection of memorabilia relating to his time in the Rise 1951-55, including programmes, items of uniform, service sheets etc), and Angela Sanderson (the first uniform for girls at St Peter's and miscellanea). We are always happy to receive donations to the Archives and they are greatly appreciated. A J M Pedley

The Alcuin Library There is an old adage that: "if it ain't broke don't fix it" and that was certainly the case when I took over the management of the Alcuin Library from Mrs Pedley last September. Throughout the year the Library has continued to be the one place in school where pupils can find a

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Beverley 10K/3K Fun Run Sunday 16th May

peaceful place to work combined with the information they need to help them with their studies. Around 1,000 new resources have been added to the stock this year, including the introduction of DVDs to the audio visual material and new authors to the fiction collection.

This is the 5th time St Peter's School has taken part in the

The World Book Day celebrations took place in March when

Beverley Fun Runs, on this occasion raising money for the York

several pupils won book vouchers in the varied competitions. All

Haematology Unit in memory of Peter Taylor, who regularly took

those who attended were then invited to choose a free book,

part in this annual fund raising event. Peter's son Ben ran and

donated from Mr Hughes' vast personal collection. Later that

finished in an impressive time of 43 mins. Pupils, staff and friends

month a book fair was held in the Memorial Hall so pupils could

of St Peter's made up 100 of the 1,000 entrants in the 10K race

do a little book shopping during their break.

and despite extremely hot conditions with limited drink stations

A varied collection of books, donated by this year's leavers, has been on display in the Library over the last few weeks of term. This year I must thank Alexandra Kaars-Sijpesteijn; Charles StricklandConstable; Peter Puxon; Oliver Suckling; William Eastwood; Serina Kwan; Nicolas Devlin; Thomas Edwards; Fleur Keith; Richard Thompson; Matthew Ward; Sarah Wood; Tom Hilling; Thomas Woolsey; Lara Gibbs; Neil Riley; Jonathan ^ Forsyth;

Toby

Lamarque,

Tobias

Burkhardt, David Hanby and Alex Fell iir their generous donations. Further items were donated by the late Mr Richard Weare. HJC Briggs

some spectacular times were achieved. These included the Head Master, Andrew Trotman's credible 57 minutes done on very little training (so he said!). We invite him back next year in an attempt to better his time!

Our top finishers with are listed below. 43 0:38:55 44 0:38:57 45 0:38:57 67 0:40:37 68 0:40:38 76 0:41:03 109 0:42:25 1130:42:35 1270:43:01 129 0:43:03 132 0:43:08 1330:43:10 151 0:43:40

Smalman-Smith, Richard Burton, Carl Clarke, James MacLeod, Alastair Watt, Duncan Eastwood, William Hall Christopher Aiken, Harrap Toby- Smith, Angela Smallpage, Martin Taylor, Ben Howard, Nathan Barber, James

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mind! Carl Burton was awarded 1st Male U18; Rosie Gaunt 1st Female U 18; Mr. Richard Smalman-Smith 2nd Unattached Male; and Mrs. Angela Tooby-Smith 1st Unattached Lady. Several pupils, plus young children of staff ( and Paddy Stephens, who decided that the 10K alone wasn't enough

and

punishing trekked

around the 3K course like the 'Pied Piper') ran hard

the

winning woolly

Fun Run

a 'Ron hat

for

Hill' their

efforts, which was a poor

The day was completed with a fabulous barbeque put on by the catering department on the Music Lawn - a wonderful way to relax and enjoy the heat of the day amongst friends, colleagues and pupils after an energetic morning. Thanks go to all those who supported the event

choice of prize given the

including Beverley Athletic Club, the race

weather. The legendary

organisers, Ben Johnson Office Suppliers

Ron Hill was at the race in

for donating the t-shirts, Ingleby's for

person taking part and beating Derek Paterson by a mere 7

donating the coach, the catering

seconds - and he is only 62 years old!

staff, plus the in-house photographers and mini-bus drivers Mrs. A Tooby-Smith

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Peter's Walk On a sunny day in May the whole school community took part in a Walk from Linton on Ouse to St Peter's in memory of Peter Taylor and to raise funds for the York haematology Unit.

Maths Challenges Charlie StricklandConstable Senior School

Thirteen sixth form pupils entered the National Senior

Mathematics Challenge. The paper was, as ever, very challenging. Certificates were awarded for: Cold - 5 awards Silver - 4 awards Bronze - 4 awards

Publication of Mathematics Articles The Mathematical Association will be publishing two articles written by Charlie in the Mathematical Gazette (July 2004 and

Charles Strickland-Constable achieved the top mark at St

Nov 2005).

Peter's, scoring 105 marks out of a maximum 125. He was in the

The Mathematical Gazette is the original journal of the

top 1% nationally and, together with Jonathan Forsyth, sat the

Mathematics Association and is over a century old. Its readership

three hour invitational Olympiad paper.

is a mixture of school teachers, college and university lecturers, educationalists and others with an interest in mathematics. One

Middle School The younger

of the world's leading journals in its field, it publishes articles pupils sat the

National

Intermediate

Mathematics Challenge. Out of 94 entries the results were:

about the teaching and learning of mathematics, with a focus on the 15-20 age range, and expositions of attractive areas of mathematics.

Cold - 7 awards Silver - 22 awards Bronze - 22 awards Simon Webster gained the highest score of 95 marks out of

Most of the articles are written by Doctors of Mathematics, University Lecturers and Teachers, so this is quite an achievement. D. Spencer

a maximum of 135. Simon and Peter Saxon were invited to sit the Kangaroo Challenge, scoring a pleasing 78 and 77 marks respectively. M Hall

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UKMTTeam Challenge National Final, Guildhall, London In March, Jordan Nadian and James McTurk, together with Sam Hall and Peter Rowley from St. Olaves, won the regional final of the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust Team Challenge. Over 1000 teams competed in regional finals around the country and the top 60 were invited to the National Finals, which took place in July at the Guildhall in London. The pupils were expected to do background research into the topic of Cyclic Quadrilaterals in order to design a poster, as well as compete in a Group Circus, a Cross Number, a Head to Head and a Relay competition on the day. They did extremely well to make the final and should be congratulated on being placed 32nd in this national competition.

Furthermore, as well as making the team, Charles also shared the National Physics Laboratory Theoretical prize awarded to the student scoring the highest total mark in all of the Olympiad papers sat so far. Charles received his Gold medal and other prizes from Professor Frank Close of Oxford University at a special presentation ceremony held at the Royal Society in London on the 22nd of April. This quite clearly is an outstanding achievement and is just reward for the interest and dedication that Charles has shown to the subject throughout his time at St. Peter's. We wish him every success in South Korea. Congratulations also to Jonathan Forsyth and Luke Wheeler who received Silver medals, placing them in the

British Physics Olympiad 2004 The British Physics Olympiad is a national Physics competition for high achieving Year 13 (upper sixth) pupils.

top 200 nationally, and to Ranolph Harrison on his Bronze award. D. K. Morris Our Physics Olympics team for this year was made up of Luke Wheeler, Neil Riley, William Sim and myself. We set off for the event (extremely) early on the morning of Saturday October 11th. During the journey Mr. Morris attempted to teach us to play bridge (with a little success) and discussed previous year's competitions. Having arrived in Liverpool, we had time for a quick look

Following four stages of written examination papers and a 3 day training camp at Abingdon School over the Easter holidays

round the high street and browsed through the local HMV before proceeding up to the university.

Charles Strickland-Constable was selected to be a member of the British team of 5 students to compete in the International Physics Olympiad

from the 15th to the 23rd of July in Pohang, South

Korea.

Our first task was to develop a code, which would enable two of our team members to communicate the quark structure of some particles to the other two, using a signal generator. We had already thought about such a task thanks to a tip-off from Mr.

This competition was established in 1967 and Britain first took

Morris on the train but unfortunately our idea didn't work, as the

part in 1984. In South Korea Charles will be competing against 79

supplied signal generator wouldn't turn on and off quickly enough.

other countries and will be required to undertake two five hour

We came joint last in this event as a consequence. The next event

examinations, which will be judged purely on an individual basis.

involved steering a blindfolded team member (myself) through a

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series of gates in the grounds outside using a sound code. We did quite well in this event, as the code we came up with was loud enough to drown out those of the other teams. Apparently watching the blindfolded individuals wandering around was hilarious, but it was pretty terrifying actually being one of them. Our final event before lunch was to build a trebuchet that would fire accurately at a target. We owe our success here to Will, who built our effort in the first 25 seconds of remaining time after our first attempt failed miserably. During lunch we tackled the Fermi quiz; Neil's inspired quesswork ensured that we scored highly in this part of the competition. The events after lunch were to follow some compass directions to place a flag at a particular spot, and to build a structure with some wooden blocks that would reach as far out as possible from the edge of the bench. After the close of events there was a presentation in which the solutions to the scores were added to determine the overall rankings. We finished in 2nd place overall so we acquired a set of T-shirts (one of which was proudly sported by Will on the journey home). After some more heated games of bridge on the train we arrived back in York and spent the remaining budget for the trip in Pizza Hut. (This was

of course necessary, as we had concentrated so hard on the Fermi quiz during lunch.) I would like to thank Mr.Morris on behalf of the team for a geat day out. Charles Strickland-Constable, UIV British Physics Olympiad and Challenge Competitions 2004 Back Row: Richard Towers (Commendation), Edward Gibson (Commendation), Jeremy Thomas (Commendation), Matthew Thomas-Peter (Commendation), Richard Lum (Commendation), Simon Webster (Commendation), Alasdair Wilson (Bronze); Front Row: Peter Saxon (Bronze), Jonathan Forsyth (Silver), Charles Strickland-Constable (Cold), Luke Wheeler (Silver), Ranolph Harrison (Bronze), Charlotte Buckley (Commendation), Sam Macbeth (Commendation). Not in picture: Kate Ashworth (Commendation).

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The Transit of Venus. St Peter's School, York. Tuesday 8 June, 2004. This rare event is very interesting historically but it is no longer

part of the transit. We got some good photographs, some sixth

relevant to measuring astronomical distances. Nevertheless, the

formers looked at some of the different ways that calculations for

Physics Department at St Peter's School decided to encourage all

the Earth - Sun distance had been done and we were all reminded

pupils and staff to think about and look forward to seeing this

of our relative stature in the Solar System and the Universe.

transit. Some of the viewers were almost in tears as Venus eventually In the weeks leading up to the event we produced a large

'disappeared' and one four year old boy from our pre prep school

display of materials and we fed interesting snippets of information

insisted that his grandad had seen the transit the day before -

to all of the pupils. By the 8th of June everyone was really looking

maybe he will see it again in 243 years time?

forward to the transit. Andrew Rogerson. At 6a.m. on the Tuesday things began really badly in York. There was thunder and lightning, huge drops of rain and

large

black

clouds

completely hiding the sun. It appeared that the Cods were not on our side! We set up our equipment, crossed our fingers and waited patiently. In case the clouds did not clear we projected BBC TV onto a large screen and logged onto some web sites to get live pictures from other parts of Europe. The German sites were particularly good. By 9a.m. there were brief tantalising glimpses of the sun and the silhouette of Venus as the clouds began to thin. Eventually the sky did clear and all of the pupils and staff at St. Peter's viewed

Fashion Show Fashion Show held in conjunction with Brown's of York to raise funds for the Rugby tour of Australia.

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Politics and Debating The Opening of the new Politics Department. April 29th 04 The opening of the new Politics Department was marked by

Chairman: Toby Lamarque Debating prize: Toby Lamarque The debating society has had an enjoyable and successful year. Though inevitably small, due to the many activities offered at St. Peter's, a group of dedicated debaters emerged who regularly attended and took part in the weekly lunchtime debates. A range of motions were considered from "This house believes children should not be smacked" to "This house believes that sex is more important than love". It was extremely pleasing to see new

the visit of Mr. Hugh Bailey M.P. for The City of York and Mr. Adam

debaters take part in these lunchtime debates and I was delighted

Sinclair, M.D. of Mulberry Hall and Chair of York Business Pride.

with the quality of the debates throughout the year. The staff debate was a particular highlight with the skills of Mr. Lowe and

The official opening with drinks and nibbles was preceded by a

Mr. Trotman ranged against those of Mr. Murray and Mr. Marriott.

Question Time debate in a crowded Memorial Hall. The panel We also engaged in a few school fixtures debating against The

consisted of Mr. Bailey, Mr Sinclair, The Headmaster and VI form pupils Toby Lamarque and Tom Bartram with Paul Taylor (Head of

Mount at Senior level and Queen Mary's, Thirsk at Junior level.

Politics) in the role of David Dimbleby.

There was also some success in the Cambridge Union competition where Primrose Lovett and Chloe Johnson reached the second

A range of questions and points were put to the panel and included international, national and regional issues. The political

round - the last before the finals. This was valuable experience in a high quality competition.

situations in Iraq and The Middle East were vigorously discussed I would like to thank all those who came along and supported

with Toby arguing the position of the anti war lobby and making some salient points against the need for conflict. Others on the

the debates as well as those who took part.

panel thought that conflict in Iraq was unavoidable.

Stephen Gwilliam

Holly Hughes, a sixth form pupil, asked the panel for their

Master i/c debating

views on the issue of the number of women in the political arena. The all male panel were in agreement that there was a real need for more women in Parliament and that New Labour's positive discrimination in favour of women MPs had addressed the matter to some degree but not enough. Positive discrimination by Universities in favour of state educated students was another issue which was debated and this led onto University fees. Mr. Clive Booth, the Conservative

Lauren Walker riding Gems Ballykissangel

candidate for York spoke from the floor and was critical of the Never one to talk about her achievements in her favourite

Government's policy concerning fees.

sport Lauren is obviously a name to watch for in the future. She Other issues discussed included recent suggestions to lower

has just completed another successful season by winning the 14

the age at which it is possible to vote to 16, identity cards and the

hands Working Hunter Pony section at The Horse of The Year

proposed ECC tour of Zimbabwe.

Show. This was

Questions with a local flavour included "Did the panel feel it

the second win

was necessary to have a regional assembly?" to which the answer

for Lauren as she

was an emphatic no, and problems concerning the culture of under

won the 13 hands

age drinking in York in answer to which the Headmaster had some

Working

firm views to combat this problem.

Section in 2000.

Pony

Lauren's talent as The hour-long session seemed to pass very quickly and was extremely entertaining and informative. The panel and audience then visited the four new rooms dedicated to Politics, all named after local M.Ps.

a rider

competition has been

acknowledged with a place on The British Show Pony Society winning English Working Hunter Pony team for the past two years and she had the

Well done to the Politics department for organising the event and can we have more Question Time events in the future please?

J. Da

further honour of taking the individual prize in the 14 hands section and helping the team to overall victory. Well done Lauren! J.Da

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parents and other teaching staff. Particular highlights included: quirky geometric ceramics by Ben Arnup (OP 1963-70), Jonathon Batten's 'Wax Boy' (OP 1997-02), detailed botanical studies by Jane Wright (current member of staff) and 'Strensall Common', a vast canvas of coniferous woodland by local artist

A new gallery space, which offers the opportunity to exhibit

and parent, Piers Browne.

the work of both pupils and practising artists, was officially opened

During its six week

on January 24th by Janet Barnes The Chief Executive of York

run 'Past and Present' was

Museums Trust. Our very generous donors who wish to be

a resounding success, not

anonymous chose the name for the gallery and we are indebted

only as an interesting and

to them.

informative

exhibition,

but also as a much-used teaching aid for current pupils of the Art Department. The next exhibition showed the work of the acclaimed South African artist Judy Jordan. Her work included both abstract and figurative paintings. Red dots were much in evidence on the opening evening and during the following week. Exhibition 3,'Here Comes the Sun', was a block Buster of a show featuring the work of 23 Cornish landscape artists from the stable of The Great Western Gallery in St. Just. This high profile The gallery is a large clean white area, beautifully lit and has an overspill area for large exhibitions. The floor, which appears to

exhibition brought in the public from far a field and certainly raised the profile of the new gallery.

have a timber surface, is in fact rubber and this creates excellent acoustics, a point not missed by the Music department. 'Past & Present' It is appropriate that the first exhibition to be held in the Whitestone Gallery drew from the rich history of St Peter's and from the current crop of artists and designers who have in one way or another connections with the school. It was indeed satisfying to see such a varied selection of material assembled in such

Upper VI form work from the Annual Exhibition of Pupils'Art

a beautiful space. The exhibition was well attended throughout its

was shown in the gallery in July. The clean, white space made an

run, most notably at the Private view where Andrew Trotman

excellent backdrop for some exquisite work.

spoke of forging and developing links in art with the local community. Mrs Janet Barnes, who opened the exhibition, reciprocated this. Avril Pedley kindly provided a wealth of material from the school archive that formed the basis for the 'past' and this was supported by the sensitive and distinct sculpted heads from John Brown, (Head of Art 1982-95) and a colourful weaving with

In addition to exhibitions the gallery has also hosted a Coffee Concert with excellent performances in both classical and contemporary music by pupils. The gallery is establishing a good reputation and it is hoped that it will in time become an important cultural venue for both the school and the City of York.

Yorkshire theme by John Caastra, (Head of Art 1952-82). The

Future attractions include Abstract paintings by the highly

Artist in Residence scheme at St Peter's enabled us to show print

acclaimed local artist Marion Martin, a second exhibition of

work by amongst others, Claire Cockayne and Alison Rogers, as

Cornish art and the possibility of showing the work of the inter-

well as the minimalist and technically brilliant concrete casts of

nationally renowned painter Anthony Green.

Ailsa O'Leary. All the current art staff showed work along with

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David Hope the Archbishop of York

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Music Report 2003-2004 The Year Perhaps this year could be designated 'The year of the tenor'; having three very able tenors all in one boarding house - Manor has been a special feature of the year. The School Choir has also benefited from an extremely strong Upper Sixth group. The Swing band has progressed well and the prospects for next year look even more encouraging although the rhythm section will have to be 'rebuilt'. The String Orchestra has given some excellent performances, as has the Wind Band although rehearsal times have been more problematic with the ever-increasing periods of public exams. Upper 6 Music Pupils

W H Auden Concert Andrew Murray's idea of a commemoration of W H Auden, who was born a short distance from the school, and who died 30 years ago, translated in a most successful evening of words and music. With images displayed on a screen during the evening. Poems by Auden such as 'Care du Midi' and 'Their lonely betters ' were interspersed with appropriate music - the Brass group played sweetly in 'Prayer' and the String Orchestra showed their fine ensemble in Mozart's Romanze.

Sonata. Charlie Strickland-Constable's

playing of Steve Vai's

'Eugene's Trick bag' was as dazzling as ever. From the Lower Sixth, Sophie Ottewell's movement from Brahms' first violin sonata was played with real commitment and Sally McLaren's Partita by Bach was very well poised.

Christmas Concert

Britten's settings featured

Maureen Hopkinson again arranged a set of most appropriate

strongly, he was after all a close friend of Auden. Emma Hammill

readings giving structure, humour and reflection to our Christmas

sang 'Johnny' with suitable ardour; Ben Noble's 'Fish in the

Concert. Mr Mark Edwards lead the Barbershop as John Pennington

Unruffled Lake ' was most expressive and Pipp Saul-Harrah's

had a particularly busy term dealing wit the music for The

Nocturne was suitably atmospheric. Nicholas Devlin sang a

Threepenny Opera. Some of the highlights were The Wind Band's

setting which I composed of 'Roman Wall Blues' with beautiful

'Sleigh Ride' and 'Abba' selection, the Girls' Choir most successful

shape and phrasing. The Chamber Choir also contributed settings

first appearance with the setting of Adiemus by Karl Jenkins with

of Auden's poetry by Sir Arthur Bliss and finished with Pearsall's

Simon Marriott, our new Deputy Head conducting. Peter Puxon's

beautiful 'Lay a Garland'. It was a most enjoyable evening

solo on Bass Guitar was atmospheric. The School Choir's singing

Music Scholars' Concert

two violins and piano played by Sally McLaren and Sophie Ottewell

Elgar's beautiful part-song 'The Snow' with it accompaniment of

What a fine group of Music Scholars we have and that strength is so clearly evident in the Upper Sixth an especially strong group. Alex Woodrow demonstrated why he achieved the bf a Cambridge Organ Scholarship in Bach's first Trio

was delightful and the humorous setting of'Rudolf, the red-nosed reindeer' concluded the evening.

Carol Service The Carol Service was as contrasted as ever, with a large number of solos within the choir carols, 'lona' by Edmund Walters was much appreciated and an arrangement by Andrew Carter of a Spanish Carol gave a special rhythmic feel to the proceedings. The opening carol 'King Jesus hath a garden' with floating flute solo set the atmosphere for the service. All the fifth form solo girls' voices gave Hoist's beautiful setting of Lullay my liking' a real charm. The Brass added that extra flavour to the congregational carols and the Chamber Choir's singing of 'Sleep, holy child' was touching. Pennington

Alex

Woodrow

shared

organ

and

John

duty

and

contributed greatly to this lovely service.

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Prize for his Violin Concerto in C sharp minor. This movement was influenced by his studies of Shostakovich. Tom produced a techni-

Saturday lunchtime concerts during the middle of the school

cally difficult piece for violin, rich in contrasting moods and highly

year have again been a very good opportunity for our many

rhythmic. At AS Level Penny Boxall's Wind Quartet movement was

musicians to gain valuable experience of performing in an informal

bubbly and refreshing.

setting. Thank you to Alex Woodrow for arranging many of these. The second half of the concert was performed in the Chapel.

Winter Concert

Again, all performances were polished and highly deserving of praise. The compositions performed ranged from baroque pastiche

Our Winter Concert gave some useful opportunities for some

to twentieth century idioms, all showing an imaginative flair and

younger pupils to perform. The fourth form Saxophone Group

creativity. Alex Woodrow composed an excellent, beautifully

played two pieces by Karen Street with special life; Megan Hall, in

crafted fugue in A minor for organ which he played in the concert

her cornet solo caught the fun of'the Policeman's song' excellently

and before our Commemoration Service in York Minster. Pippa

and Aitken Harrap's 'Ground Force' tune on his cornet was energetic

Bailey produced one of the finest fifth form compositions in recent

and lively. It was good evening and the idea of having wine before

years 'Falling', a song which used keyboard computer technology

proceedings began went down very well.

to produce a backing track over which she sang her own lyrics and

Music Festival

was awarded the V Form Prize for Composing. Alice Scruton's produced a most evocative piece for saxophone and piano. Chris

The two evenings of this year's Music Festival (26th and 27th

Wordie's singing of the first of Vaughan Williams' 'Songs of Travel'

February) were excellent occasions. Having Penny Stirling, the

showed real authority and what potential he has as a performer.

Director of the Junior Strings Project at the Royal Northern College

This concert provided a platform for a portion of the work

of Music as our adjudicator was a real privilege. Her remarks were

completed this year. All pupils should be proud of their completed

so apt and so helpful to all the performers. It is a very demanding

coursework. Congratulations to all pupils on their achievements.

few weeks when, between the full-time musicians here, we hear

everyone who is learning an instrument or voice at school perform. Duncan Turnbull was the overall winner in the Junior Section

Summer Concert

after a beautifully controlled performance on his saxophone.

The Summer Concert is always a special evening when our

Angelina Warburton won the keyboard section with Megan Hall

Upper Sixth Leavers perform pieces accompanied by our

winning the brass section. Maria Lee was first in the Strings section

symphony orchestra. This year's performances were especially

and Eleanor Trotman won the singing section.

notable. The evening began with a fine, stylish performance of a

Lauren Walker's excellent singing won the overall Senior

Concerto Grosso by Corelli directed with careful attention to detail

Section; Charles Strickland-Constable won two sections, the String

by John Pennington. Then the solos began in earnest with Ben

section for his violin playing and the Electric instrument section where his playing has always dazzled. Alex Woodrow took the first Keyboard position with Ben Noble winning the Woodwind section for fine oboe playing. Simon Wallis achieved first position in the Brass section and Brook Adams was judged the best boy singer.

Noble playing the slow movement of Marcello's oboe concerto with poise and delicate control. He was followed by Alex Woodrow's three movements from Handel's ever popular Organ Concerto' The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' where he displayed the nimble fingerwork and style which have resulted from hours of diligent practice.

Penny Stirling also directed a Training Day for Music Teachers. Many teachers came from the North East to hear her give very valuable advice on methods and repertoire.

John Lewis went next and exhibited great contrast and control in the wide and demanding range of Weber's 'Romanze' from the second Clarinet Concerto.The Chamber Choir's pair of pieces gave

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Coursework Showcase Concert From the original Composition Concert, which was introduced four years ago, has evolved the Coursework Showcase Concert, during which pupils have the opportunity to present and perform

contrast to the first half with Vaughan Williams 'Cloud-capped towers', deeply liked by the singers for its most beautiful changes of chords, being sung with real intensity. Brook Adams then treated us to fine singing in the Catalogue aria from 'Don Giovanni' where Leporello recounts the womanising exploits of his master. After the interval Pipp Saul-Harrah gave us a display of energy

some of the fruits of their labour in preparation for GCSE and A

and vitality in Weber's Andante and Hungarian Rondo for Viola.

Level music. The increasing demands of coursework on all our

Tom Wright followed with a strong sense of line and dramatic

pupils studying for these examinations has resulted in thirty eight

intensity in Saint Saens 'Morceau de Concert' for horn.

compositions and twenty six instrumental performances, both solo and ensemble. It is right, therefore, that at least some of this work should have the opportunity to be performed. The informal and friendly atmosphere of the concert began in the Memorial Hall. The variety of compositions and the display of musical knowledge and

We were then treated to a dazzling exhibition of technical assurance, musical control and dynamism by Charlie StricklandConstable in the Finale of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto; it was superb from a pupil who has excelled in so many areas.

awareness demonstrated the strength of musical talent within our

What could follow this? Well the Three Manor Tenors duly

school. Tom Wright was awarded the Tudor Howat Composition

entered to sing an arrangement of'Bizets' Pearl Fishers' Duet'. Ben

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It was a really enjoyable evening. The bar was well used, the raffle alone raised over £520 and the whole evening raised over £1500 for the Music Tour Fund. Thanks to all who contributed in any way.

bmmemoration Service Christopher Blood has been excited about our acquisition of Fanfare trumpets for some time and now they appeared and were heard in all their magnificence as the Mayor entered and processed to her seat at the beginning of the Commemoration

Service. The occasion

proceeded with strong hymns with Brass accompaniments and two major anthems, Parry's 'I was glad' together with my own setting of 'Thou art Peter' now with special plainsong interpolaNoble, Peter Townson and Nick Devlin sang with lyricism and

tions to give some of our special Upper Sixth soloists one last

exuberance and received rapturous applause.

chance to demonstrate

The School Choir's 'Back to the sixties' medley, performed with gusto, ended a lovely evening.

their talents. The Chamber Choir

contributed Byrd's marvellous 'Haec Dies' in one of the special events in the School's calendar. APW

Cabaret Concert Thank you to 'The Friends of St Peter's' for all their hard work in helping this fund-raising concert. What an array of solos, including Matthew Naughton's singing 'it's a mad, mad world' accompanied by Matthew Gray on piano and Ellie Trotman's fine singing of 'Can't help lovin' dat man' we witnessed together with the Swing Band, Wind Band, School Choir, Chamber Choir, Barbershop, Barbieshop, Wind Quintet and Saxophone Quartet with a special group performing a Meatloaf song.The School choir's version of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' was particulary entertaining while the Band's 'A Bridge to far' brought to mind the D-Day celebrations a month earlier.

The Groups School Choir When a choir can encompass Britten's 'St Nicolas', Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and Parry's 'I was glad' in its repertoire during a year, they are doing very well. This year's choir has been quite outstanding. The Upper Sixth have been the basis of this strength and will be very hard to replace. What an asset to have an excellent tenor section when so many choirs are so desperately short of singers at this range. Our major project in March was Britten's cantata 'St Nicolas' which received two performances. The first in the School Chapel, the second at St Peter's Church, Norton. It was good to sing in two contrasted venues and most especially to take St Peter's music out to a wider audience. Adam Magee was the superb tenor soloist from the Royal Northern College of Music and the young Nicolas was sung by Oliver Marshall form St Olave's who was also accompanied by the Three Pickled Boys' - James Woodrow, William Robinson and Edward Barlow.The episodes in Nicolas's life were all portrayed with intensity and character and, the choir warmed greatly to the work which initially had caused some doubts; the scene where Nicolas is enthroned as Bishop was perhaps the most tellingly sung with the strong chords resonating around both chapel and church. The first half of each concert contained some favourite anthems including the highly popular 'Zadok the Priest' and Faure's evocative 'Cantique de Jean Racine'. The alto section were given a special Russian piece in which to shine and John Rutter's 'For the beauty of the earth' was enthusiastically received as ever.

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Barbershop Mr Edwards kindly agreed to resume his role as director of the Barbershop for the duration of the Christmas term. I enjoyed the opportunity of watching and listening to the resulting performance which was polished and

humorous,

particularly with the slight alteration of lyrics, adding a little splash of sauciness! The special Valentine's Day rendition of I never

knew I could love

anybody!

performed in the Chapel was much appreciated and met with resounding applause.

A second helping was heard

during the Cabaret concert, but this time, a few lucky ladies, despite paying no extra, were wooed by the Barbershop on sunken knee! Our emphasis throughout the year has been on enjoyment and 'Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer1 in a cheeky arrangement in the Christmas Concert and a 'Back to the Sixties' medley and Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' in skilful arrangements by Alan Simmons were other highlights of the year. It has been a very strong group this year.

light-hearted entertainment and it is to the credit of all members that they have successfully delivered, not only humour and fun, but performances of quality and polish. Unaccompanied part-singing of this nature requires special talent and dedication. Congratulations to all members with particular thanks to the Upper 6th boys who sadly leave us this year and have contributed much throughout their time as Barbershop

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singers.

Singing Evensong at Splendid cathedrals is always a pleasure and what finer cathedrals could one find than Durham Cathedral and York Minster. We sang in October at Durham. Ben Noble took the tenor solo in Howells' Collegium Regale setting of the Nunc dimittis and Ernest Bullock's 'Give us the wings of faith' was the most effective anthem. In February we sang Choral Evensong in

Brook Adams Michael Foster Ben Noble Chris Wordie

Nick Devlin Mathew Naughton Pete Townson

York Minster where one of their favourite anthems, Charles Wood's powerful 'O thou the central orb' was most enthusiastically sung.

String Orchestra The string orchestra began the year with Mozart's Andante

Forming the choir at Peter Taylor's Funeral was one of the

from Eine Kliene Nacht Music. This superb performance opened

most difficult things many of the singers would have ever done

the Britten Concert. The sectional rehearsals taken by Mr Mitchell

and they represented the School magnificently, singing with

had undoubtedly contributed to the polished and stylistic playing.

absolute commitment, professionalism and above all dignity.

The rigorous and thorough practice enabled the orchestra to relax and allow each section time to listen and interact with other

Chamber Choir

sections, producing a lively and confident performance.

The Chamber Choir has covered a very large repertoire as usual this year. Several appropriate pieces were sung at the WH 1

Auden Concert perhaps 'I praise the tender flower with music by Finzi was most notable. 'O nata lux' by Tallis at the Advent Carol Service was another highlight of the year and at the end of the Christmas Term, we went to the Galtres Centre in Easingwold for a excellent Cabaret Concert raising money for the Community Centre. Peter Townson and Sarah Crompton were especially entertaining in their duet 'Baby, its cold outside1. In the Summer Term the choir travelled to Haxby for a Concert organised by Fred and Polly Strickland-Constable in aid of North Yorkshire Music Therapy; it was a very good evening followed by a generous party at the organisers' house.

The

Mozart experience continued during the Winter Concert and the orchestra rose to the challenge of the Divertimenti in D, their confident, vibrant playing full of spontaneity and expression. During the Summer term, the orchestra performed

Corelli's

Concerto Crosso in D, Op. 6, No.1. This allowed three of our top string players to display their talents in the concertante section. The performance of Pipp Saul-Harrah (Leader, Violin I), Charlie Strickland Constable (Violin II) and Nick Devlin (cello) was stunning. The dedication of all orchestral players has produced excellent performances throughout the year. Thank you to all pupils and to Mr Mitchell for all their time and effort, resulting in a year of considerable success.

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Wind Band This has once again been a very successful year for the wind Band and has been one that I have most greatly enjoyed. This

Alex Woodrow achieved the ultimate accolade for a young organist a Organ Scholarship to Cambridge, in this case to

year, in the Christmas Concert, we stuck to tradition and played a

Magdalen College. This is a tremendous achievement and is richly

series of festive tunes, one of these being 'Sleigh Ride' by Leroy

deserved; Alex spent so much time in preparation for this, as he has

Anderson in which a horse noise was required from one of the

always done for any performance, where his high standards are

trumpet section; this was experimented with and finally the

such an example to his fellows. He also achieved the Diploma

youngest member of the band Angus Turnbull came up with the

certificate of the Royal College of Organists during the year as well

goods and produced a rather humorous interpretation of a horses

as a recital diploma on the flute. Ben Noble won a Choral

'neigh'! This summer term the band made its debut appearance

Scholarship to New College, Oxford, one of the finest choirs in the

in the chapel accompanying the hymns that were sung. We then

country. He has been a tremendously positive influence in all our

played the congregation out with 'Crown Imperial' by Walton. This

choral groups belonging to the Barbershop, the Chamber Choir,

was on a trial basis which proved to be most successful and we

Chapel Choir and School Choir as well as being Head Chorister; his

intend to make it a more regular occurrence; this also has

sight-reading ability is outstanding and his conscientious approach

improved the bands sight reading skills as we now start every

to his music impressive.

practice by playing a few of the hymns. Also this summer term is the 60th anniversary of D-day and to mark the occasion the wind band played the main theme from the film 'A Bridge too far' by John Addison. As well as this the much looked forward to Cabaret Concert featured the wind band playing 'George on my mind' by Hoagy Carmichael and 'Penny Lane' by the Beetles which was

Recording Studio Our recording studio has taken shape over the course of the year with sockets and trunking being installed throughout the Music Annexe and then, during the summer term, an array of equipment arriving it all looks most impressive. Next year will see

greatly enjoyed.

the formation of music technology clubs as part of the extra One thing that I have taken note of this year was the

curricular programme

behaviour of Lizzie Fishley as she has been bribing Mr Blood with chocolate at every practise hoping to fill my shoes next year as Head of Band! Finally I would like to say thank you to the U6th

Staff

members of the Band for their contribution and dedication over

At the end of the Easter term Irene Stanley , one of our piano

the last five years, thanks to Tom Wright, John Lewis, Alex

teachers, retired. She had taught at St Peter's for sixteen years encouraging and guiding so many pupils to success. She was a

Woodrow, Sarah Haywood, Ben Noble, Alex Kaars Sijpesteijn.

teacher of real method, always insisting on a good technique as

Swing Band

the prerequisite for any progress. Her advice was much valued by

The Swing Band for many years has been the most enjoyed musical group and this year has been no exception.

Our

our other piano teachers as she has such a vast amount of experience. We will miss her very much and wish her a happy retirement.

saxophone section has gone from strength to strength this year;

Three teachers left us at the end of the Summer Term. Neil

we can now boast a section of four altos, two tenors and one

Clarke who has taught violin and viola has, understandably, found

baritone saxophone, which gives added depth to our playing.

the travelling from Chesterfield rather too much. Penny Ferguson

During the Christmas concert we again played the usual repertoire

leaves us after very many years guiding our cellists to success and

of seasonal tunes one of which was 'Here comes that snowy day'

Louise Evans leaves, also after a long period in which she has

which was actually 'Here comes that rainy day' with Mr Blood's

encouraged many flautists in their study. Most especially we will

failed attempt at humour. In the summer terms Cabaret concert

all miss Pearl Huitson who has provided such excellent secretarial

we extended our repertoire to play some of the numbers from the

support us all over very many years. We wish her a most happy

Robbie Williams album 'Swing when you Winning 'in which Alan

retirement and rest from a busy department.

Hughes (St. Olave's Chaplain) took the part of Robbie Williams, singing'Beyond the sea' and the duet 'Something Stupid' with Mrs Bainbridge. This selection of songs was a nice change form Mr Hughes's usual repertoire of Leroy Brown etc. Finally looking to the future the swing band may be making a CD with Alan Hughes, which will be something to be looked out for.

John Pennington has done such good work with composing and this year has contributed greatly to a new third form curriculum which the pupils have found most rewarding. His conducting of the String Orchestra has been much appreciated and the Barbershop group which he directs give so much pleasure. The Brass Croup, Swing Band and Wind Band contribute such a lot to the department and this is due to Christopher Blood's

As Head of Band I would like to say a huge Thank you to Mr Blood for all his efforts this year and wish him all the best for the future years of the Wind and Swing Band. Alex McEnaney (Head of Band)

excellent work. The Fanfare trumpets have given particular atmosphere to events in the Summer Term. My thanks to all the Music Department, a diverse body with so many contrasting characters but all working so clearly and effectively for the pupil's development and welfare. APW

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Music Tour to St Malo July 2004 The Choir set off at 3.20pm on Sunday 18th July, and, having

Footnote The choir's singing in the Abbey of Mont St Michel was a very special experience; hearing such beautiful pieces as the exultant 'Hosanna to the Son of David' by Thomas Weelkes or the rich chords of Tallis's 'O nata lux' ring around such a magnificent building will be a lasting memory.

spent eight hours in rather snug-fitting ferry seats, arrived in St.

This was a very good choir with a lovely blend of voices.

Malo by early afternoon on Monday. Feeling a little coach-lagged,

Having a hostel with tennis courts, volleyball, netball and a beach

we had a relaxing afternoon in the hostel and around the town.

nearby was a real asset. St Malo is such a lovely city bustling with life and its beaches have such special settings with views one

The next day we spent in Dinard, reached by boat across the sunny bay. The evening was spent in concert at the English Church, St Bartholemew's, in Dinard, where the Barbershop, for the first

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and final time on tour, had an audience who fully appreciated their lyrics. Something must be lost in translation... On Wednesday the party took to the water in the swimming pool, where a friendly (but very competitive) swimming contest took place between our boys and a local football team. I think it's fair to say that the French boys won, but Chris', Alex's and Pete's

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dancing was definitely a highlight, and won points for enthusiasm. The evening concert took place in a huge Roman Catholic church with an acoustic to match, where we're told that the result was impressive. During the night Seb also appeared to have mislaid half an eyebrow, but no questions were asked. Thursday was spent in and around St Malo, with beach football involving the upper sixth against everyone else. Just as we were preparing to depart for our evening concert, however, a thunder-

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Christmas Term 2003 Grade Name

storm threatened and broke - not good news when our concert

Sarah Bell

Instrument

Result

Piano

Pass

was scheduled for outside. We arrived at a very soggy stage, but

Laura Binks

Flute

Pass

to perform and we drew quite a large crowd, including a dancing

Rosemary Woo

Singing

Merit

toddler. After the concert, Monsieur Clement, the local impresario,

Ceorgina Hayward

Voice

Honours

Charlotte Foster

Flute

Honours

where the Barbershop serenaded the waitresses in thanks,

Tom Rowlands

Trumpet

Pass

most of the water had been swept away by the time we were due

took everyone to a lovely restaurant for a drink. We then returned to the hostel to dress for dinner in Cancale, famous for its seafood, although the waitresses seemed slightly embarrassed! It was an

Katherine Miller

Flute

Pass

excellent three course meal and gave many of the party a chance

Freja Binnian

Flute

Pass

to sample oysters for the first time.

James Streather

Violin

Pass

Friday saw the party off to a market in St Servan where tattoos

Michael Foster

Theory

Pass

were duly obtained (the paint-on variety); time then for games at

Georgina Duke

Theory

Pass

the hostel or another swim before the journey along the coast and

Ben Schonewald

Clarinet

Pass

a concert atop Mt St Michel with spectacular views over the

Ellie Trotman

Singing

Merit

atmosphere to finish the musical side of the tour. We also explored

Helen Round

Piano

Pass

the market in St Malo where Pete purchased a particularly fetching

Sophie Wright

Piano

Pass

plaited wig. On our return we all enjoyed a barbecue with lavishly

Rory MacLeod

Eb Saxophone

Pass

arrayed side dishes before a final trip into town.

Tom Hubbard

Trombone

Pass

Catriona Rajan

Flute

Pass

Emma Rowley

Flute

Pass

thanks to Mr Wright, Mr Pennington, Mrs Bainbridge, Miss Ellis and

Simon Wallis

Trumpet

Merit

Mr Savage for their help.

Robyn Webster

Singing

Merit

John Lewis

Eb Saxophone

Merit

Duncan Turnbull

Eb Saxophone

Distinction

mudflats and sand. What a marvellous acoustic and very special

Saturday saw us leave St Malo via Cherburg for Portsmouth, and we arrived back after a very busy but enjoyable tour. Many

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Name

Instrument

Result

Debut

Andrew Lum

Electric Bass Guitar

Distinction

Alexander Howard

Electric Bass Guitar

Distinction

Edward Diggory

Piano

Pass

Helena Wike

Singing

Merit

Verity Miers

Singing

Merit

Nick Jennings

Trombone

Pass

Alexander McFarlane Trombone

Emily Dodd

Singing

Merit

Alice Jacobs

Singing

Merit

Sarah Speed

Theory

Pass

Catherine McTurk

Theory

Pass

Alex Wordie

Theory

Pass

Maria Lee

Piano

Pass

Alice Sunderland

Eb Saxophone

Pass

Penny Boxall

Theory

Merit

Maria Lee

Theory

Merit

Catriona Rajan

Piano

Merit

Lauren England

Clarinet

Merit

Chris Wordie

Theory

Distinction

Emma Mackenzie

Theory

Distinction

Merit

Catherine McTurk

Eb Saxophone

Pass

Tom Hubbard

Singing

Merit

Betony Lloyd

Singing

Merit

Sarah Crompton

Singing

Honours

Marie Hyslop

Singing

Merit

Nicholas Devlin

Cello

Pass

Sally Henderson

Flute

Pass

Tom Hubbard

Cello

Merit

Brook Adams

Viola

Distinction

Name

Instrument

Result

Daniel Bailey

Organ

Pass

Charlotte Foster

Piano

Pass

Alex Shaw

Piano

Pass

Theo Grace

E flat Saxophone

Pass

Alexander Storrs

E flat Saxophone

Pass

Matthew Gray

Theory

Pass

Christopher Cronin

Guitar

Merit

Ben Naughton

Cello

Merit

Oliver Marshall

Theory

Distinction

Victoria Rounding

Singing

Merit

Joseph Tang

Piano

Pass

Sophie Ottewell

Singing

Merit

Duncan Turnbull

Piano

Distinction

Lauren Walker

Singing

Distinction

Sally McLaren

Piano

Pass

Pipp Saul-Harrah

Singing

Distinction

Sally McLaren

Singing

Distinction

Summer Term Grade

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Drama ?atre Studies have become part of the A L first time at St Peter's. Nine pupils at AS and 20 at GCSE

ve taken up the subject.

A variety of performances, some open to the school, have taken place throughout the year. At AS level these have included a non-naturalistic piece, inspired by Edgar Allen-Poe's 'The Pit and The Pendulum', in which we attempted to "assault and disrupt" the audience, a further piece based on Poe's 'The Tell Tale Heart' and a "Happening" in ^jch the audience implicitly takes part.This

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destruction of textbooks. The intentioi readily people can abandon tab

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have received from

articular Mr.

Andrew Murray who has attended every one of our performances and has given useful feedback. AS Drama Group

Riding Lights This was an opportunity for the whole year to experience an informative workshop and a uniquely devised piece of theatre. The theatre company focused on opinions about and the morality of genetic diseases and engineering. The workshop 1

our future and that of generations to come. Working in groups we were given a number of tasks, which helped to stimulate our thoughts on such subjects as abortion and Hutchinson's Disease and also to broaden our understanding. Issues were tackled and discussed on a wider basis and the year group had the opportunity to voice opinions and raise questions. This was a tiring but thoroughly enjoyable and informative event, which tackled moral and social issues through theatre. Sarah Crompton and Jacob Smith LVl

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patiently for hours as he pencilled in features and contours. At first, the islanders had found it difficult to cope with his wide blue eyes following them about their daily business. Hudson had the eyes of one who never let down their concentration, not wanting to miss a single thing that was beautiful. The braver children had looked over his shoulder in those first weeks, amazed by the movements of his pencil and the art he created. For a few of the children he quietly drew flowers and creatures from his

Islands in the Stream Ellie Trotman IV Form From the windows of his studio,Thomas Hudson had the best view of the island. The house perched on one of Bimini's high points looking out to the crystal sea and the white beaches, to the harbour and the small settlement and to the island's lush greenery in the East. It was to this island that Hudson had come searching for truth, for beauty and nature, and it was in his studio at sunrise and sunset that he was content.

homeland, which kept them impressed for a time. As the weeks passed, however, they lost interest in him and moved onto new games; it was clear he preferred to be left to draw alone. It was every fourth Saturday afternoon that Hudson's supplies arrived in the harbour, boated in from America. Often he would run out of paints the week before the delivery and would have to leave his projects unfinished. It pained him to see his work incomplete; he would wait impatiently for his stock of paints, inks and materials to be replenished, growing more restless every hour. During this time, he would find himself more imaginative than usual, and spent whole days roaming the island scouting for

As the rich colours of the sky reflected in the sea he forgot the

natural compositions that would make fine paintings. He often

life he had left behind to live here, he forgot the sticky Bimini

woke at the first light of morning with an image in his head that

nights and the mosquitoes that frequented them, and he was able

had to be reproduced, frustrated to find a solitary stick of charcoal

to forget his loneliness. To him, the sky was a canvas; in Bimini it

left in his studio.

seemed bigger than anywhere else in the world. Sunset on the island was more beautiful than it had ever appeared in his past life, and here it meant freedom.

On a blisteringly hot Saturday in July, Hudson sat on the jetty where his boat usually docked, toes dipped in the cool water and legs dangling. He had been looking out to sea for over two hours,

In Bimini, days passed by without care. The islanders spent

and still no boat had come. His neck was starting to redden as the

their days on the beaches, out fishing or at the market; they were

sun hit it, and his dark hair was hot and tangled. From the shade

a contented people. It was Hudson's romantic idea of living a

of the trees, some children glanced at the strange man who sat out

primitive lifestyle that had drawn him here, and it was the same

in the burning midday sun as they passed him, but he did not

thing that had kept his family from contacting him. They could not

notice.

bear to imagine the nakedness of the natives; the free love they expected to go on in Bimini was, for them, a great taboo.

For two weeks he had been without supplies, though he had carefully rationed them out to last him longer after his boat had

From Hudson's perspective, the life of the islanders was

not arrived last month. Two of his paintings could have been

perfect. He had come to the island to escape his previous life of

completed in that time, now they sat half-finished, with areas left

convention and artifice. For a time, Hudson had believed himself

sketchy and uncoloured. Indistinct objects rested in the hands of

to be living the life he had craved for, as one of the islanders. After

unfinished people, a sea with no depth met a canvas shore.

a few weeks, however, he realised that he could never live as one

Hudson slowly submerged his swollen feet into the harbour water,

of them, no matter how hard he strived to live their uncompli-

and waited. Only as the sky began to show signs of greying did a

cated lifestyle. He was a stranger amongst them, wearing strange

tiny boat appear on the horizon...

clothes and staring at them with his inquisitive blue eyes. It was for this reason that he made a compromise with himself, and devised his own. In his house set apart from the others, Hudson isolated himself, living each day to a timetable he had set out in the second

Islands in the Stream Toby Lamarque Upper VI

month there. Each day followed a plan that was rarely altered,

Bimini was not an artistic island. It should have been, indeed it

something Hudson comforted himself in. Mornings were spent

had all the material to be, but it was not. I do not know when I

walking the island's beaches before the day reached its hottest;

reached this conclusion, nor why, nor how. Perhaps it was when I

lunch was eaten in the shade as the sun passed directly overhead.

threw away my first painting on July 19th 1934. Something had

Afternoons were for painting; if he was satisfied with his day's

gone wrong. A trick of the light, sand on the brush, the heart

progress the evening was spent reading a book. He spent his

making the palms sweaty, something diverting my attention. A

Saturdays at the market, the hot air thick with the smell of the

smear, and three months work was rendered pointless. Or perhaps

fresh fish and fruit for sale. On Sundays he sat in the shade

it was some other time. I don't relay remember. In fact, I don't

sketching and talking to the islanders. Sometimes he observed

remember a great deal about those seven years I spent on the

daily life and hastily sketched the natural movements of the

island. Looking back now, having seen what I have seen, the time

islanders. Sometimes he would draw from a model who would sit

before the war seems like a long, empty blur, like the smear on a

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There was rather a long silence. They were stationary in a line of

through circumstance to think about it, there were some days that remain in the memory...

sweaty traffic.

But what kind of a way is this to start? Abstract, disjointed, meaningless to anyone who doesn't already know my story. I suppose it would be better to begin in a more conventional manner, with my arrival on Bimini on September 2nd, 1932.1 don't know why I chose this particular island - a childhood, tropical fantasy, perhaps, or maybe growing up in England made me long for a place where the weather was warm. My journey, indeed my entire life on the island, was heavily subsidised by wealthy relatives, who had somehow managed to keep an iron grip on their money during the Depression. I had not been so fortunate myself,

"I said, are you blaming your daughter's misbehaviour on me?" "Quentin, she is our daughter. No, I was not blaming her behaviour on you. I was simply suggesting that -" "Jesus Christ. All you do is simply suggest. It's driving me insane. Dorothy, stop kicking my goddam chair! Right now!" "Stop the car, please, Quentin." "What the hell do you want me to stop the car for?"

and my prospects had looked pretty bleak before the most extraordinary intervention by Fate altered the course of my life forever...

"I said, stop the car." Quentin stopped the car. Agatha got out onto a narrow strip of

The above was written in response to the request that the pupils write the opening section of a novel with the above title. The pupils were given a brief synopsis of the Ernest Hemingway novel of the same name.

A Short Story and Two Poems by Penny Boxall LVI

verge, took Dorothy from the back seat and proceeded to unpack the picnic. "What the hell are you doing that for?" "If you can't be a little bit sensitive -" "Jesus Christ. It's going to be one of those, is it?" "Quentin, I have had just about enough. I think Dorothy deserves

"I have told you four times, Dorothy. Stop kicking the back of my

her picnic. Now if you would kindly sit down with us and -"

goddam chair."

"Would I - what did you just say? Would I kindly sit down?"

"Don't swear at her."

Quentin did not. He got back into the car and drove away.

They were going for a picnic. It was so hot, however, that the

It had not been a good day for a picnic: the clouds snapped into

perspiration had stripped Quentin's hair of its brylcreem and was

the thunderstorm that had been promised by the heat. The picnic

making it run in sticky rivulets down the sides of his forehead.

blanket was soon covered in little dark spots of wet; she threw it

"Dorothy, what part of stop don't you understand? Jesus."

away when they got home.

"I said, don't swear at her, Quentin," said Agatha, and smoothed

Penny Boxall (Lower Sixth)

the back of her hair. "You tell her, then." "Dorothy, darling, do stop kicking Daddy's chair." "Why?" "Because it annoys Daddy." "Good." "Now, don't be cheeky. Or no picnic." "I don't wanna go for a stinking picnic." "Dorothy, you do not use language like that." She turned to her husband. "If you weren't quite so objectionable, she wouldn't say things like that." "Oh, so it's my fault now, is it?"

'Lunch on the Crass' - Manet

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Venu He'd spilt a little ink, a bluish smudge,

Thumb-smeared on the page. It left

Aurthur Craven French Creative Writing Prize - Junior Tant de discussions familiales pour savoir ou aller en vacances; Choisissons une lie sans nom

A furrowed circle of identity: au beau sable, blanc et fin. This was his work. Hefd had to start again, of course, Une foret epaisse ou les And here he sits, curved back and aching eyes

It must be finished. He glances up at

perroquets chantent leurs vielles berceuses, quand les feuilles du

Creeping dawn, and a worm-eaten sun. palmier agitent doucement Perhaps the spot is just a glitch in his vision;

A solid world has passed the eye, and made no difference

leurs eventails verts. Le parfum subtil des fleurs exotiques. S'allonger au soleil comme un chat. Tant de disputes en route sur des sujets stupides; On arrive a la villa a louer au bord de la mer, quand il commence a

The house is caught between two sudden lanes pleuvoir. Of commuting traffic. Its single pine

Yearns upwards, cringing from the noise and fumes;

Une plage de galets, et les objets laid qui flottent. De toutes parts,

Brown-red bricks, built to hear the friendly creak le franglais des touristes Of harness, tremble with the weight of years britanniques qui The slice of garden needles to a point.

cherchent le pub

A man, shirt-sleeved, cuts the grass with method:

ou le steak frites. Tant pis. A I'ete prochain.

He hears the soft, clean swish of fallen stems. Ellie Trotman - 4th Form

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Phoebe Harrison V Autobiography

Sophie Wright V "Self"

Jayne Milburn Lower VI The Body

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Fleur Keith Upper VI "Sketchbook"

Fleur Keith Upper VI "Dance Shoes Ritual"

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Pricilla Kong Upper VI "Wedding Dress"

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Christopher Smalley Lower VI "Fastening"

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Sarah welsh Lower VI Sketchbook

Miles Baker Upper VI "Still Life"

Pricilla Kong Upper VI Sketchbook

Emma King Upper VI Prints "Tools"

Pippa Bailey V Sketchbook

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Community Service Report This year has seen a successful mix of new projects with tried and tested ones, with an ever-increasing number of pupils keen to be involved. 11 sixth formers have been working loosely with the Wilberforce trust, befriending residents and visiting them on a regular basis, and everyone has made the most of the partnership. The Trust has presented our pupil volunteers with certificates of appreciation as part of National Volunteers Week and our congratulations go to Brook Adams, Jonathan Butterworth, Georgie Duke, Alex Howard, Marie Hyslop, Sally Madaren, Charlie Simpson, Aimee Sturgess, Joseph Tang, Hannah Thomas and Sarah Welsh.

We were very pleased to celebrate with Brook Adams, Aimee Sturgess and Joseph Tang when they became the first St. Peter's pupils to receive awards form the York Millennium volunteers Trust at a special ceremony in recognition of their sustained and dedicated commitment to their volunteering. Brook and Aimee also received this year's Old Peterite Lodge Prizes for Community

Service at Commemoration. Many other sixth formers have also used their time to work alongside individuals with special needs. James Bennett, Paul Rushton and Robin Johnson had a great time assisting at Northfield Special School while Tom Hubbard, Claire Hunt, Alice Lindley, Primrose Lovett, Sally Maclaren and Jacob Smith have been involved with SNAPPY, helping with play schemes and clubs. Our links with Fothergil Homes are as strong as ever. In December we hosted our extremely popular Christmas party, this time including guests from Guardian Court and St Luke's as well, and everyone enjoyed an evening of Christmas songs, music and

hampers and 30 other gifts were delivered in time for Christmas,

carols, along with festive games.

we found ourselves absorbed in another Lions project, Message in

Our partnership with the Minster Lions has flourished. As well as the increasingly successful Rudolph Appeal, when over 50 luxury

a Bottle. The school was delighted to receive a new prize this year. The Minster Lions have given us a rosebowl to be presented annually to a pupil who shows commitment and initiative for community action. The pupil will also receive a salver to keep as a memento, and a cheque for £100 to fund a community project. This year the prize is awarded to Chloe Johnson who has been very generous in giving her time to a whole range of projects and who is an inspiration in her organisation of the Rudolph Appeal in particular. Along with Jayne Milburn, Chloe

has

been

awarded a place on the

Community

Matters

national

conference

Manchester-congratulations to both girls. We have had several groups of pupils involved with fundraising and community issues, some as part of their Duke of Edinburgh service and others because they are interested in being more involved. We are always on the lookout for a new challenge, and there is no shortage of enthusiasm to volunteer. Julie Bainbridge

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Message In a Bottle

The ARClight Project

In October pupils at St. Peter's school were invited to take part in a scheme that could potentially save lives. The Message in a Bottle scheme was organised by Lara Gibbs

"Community service- thriving in school, thriving in the community" ARClight is a charity devoted to a cause, successfully helping those on the streets, the homeless, individuals on drugs and those who need help to reshape their lives.

and myself in association with the Minster Lions. Over ten thousand bottles were filled with medical information for the emergency treatment of patients. The scheme was devised by the Lions in order to notify paramedics, called out to an emergency, of any allergies or special

Our group of fourth years (Piers Denison, Hamish

treatment that the patients may require. A sticker inside the front

Batchelor, Adam Hinchdiffe, Josh Dobbins, Tom Slingsby,

door informs emergency crews about the information, and the

Duncan Turnbull, Terence Mak, Sam Farquharson) and

fifth

relevant bottle is stored inside the fridge. The hard work has

years (Emma Hammill, Kirsty Dallas, Sorrel Gaunt, Laura

proved to be a success: one hundred pupils worked for five hours

Howard and Lorna Emery) have managed to accumulate over

over two nights packing the bottles, and we refused to give up

£800 to use in support of ARClight. In the Easter term our

until all 10,000 were finished.

team worked as waiters, publicity officers, photographic assis-

The launch during October half term, attended by the Lord

tants etc. at a school function which raised a substantial

Mayor of York, was hailed as a great step forward in the care and

amount of money. Some of this will be used to buy food with

support of the elderly and vulnerable in the York area. We were

which we shall cook meals to be served at the ARClight shelter

very proud to hold the launch at St. Peter's and since then the

in the Autumn, whilst the remainder will sponsor the ARClight

scheme has gone national!

programme of supplying packed lunches for those who have found some part time employment in York through ARClight's

Claire Hunt, LVI

support workers. The Peter's team firmly believes that this is not a short term project. When we leave school we really hope to encourage others to take our place and make this a long term

The Glen Project

This direct involvement is what community

With some degree of apprehension

service is all about and we are determined to make it happen.

we started to plan a project to improve

commitment.

We would like to thank all of those parents, friends and staff who have organized this and we look forward to their ongoing help, advice and encouragment.

the garden facilities at The Glen. Our hope was to produce a colourful and sensory garden for the residents, many of whom are visually and physically impaired. Generous funding from the Local Network Fund allowed us to really get stuck into the work. All twenty eight of us had a great week digging, planting, painting and building. As an antidote to GCSE exams it was great fun. It was a steep learning curve from a disorganised Monday to a most gratifying handover on Friday. We could not have achieved our goal without the huge amount of help given by the Minster Lions and the maintenance department at school. Paul Wright, whose advise was fantastic , deserves a special mention. In the end we felt that it was a week very well spent and frankly more use than the exams that went before. The Glen Project Team

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Interview with The Head Master How long have you been at St Peter's? I came here in September 1995 from The Edinburgh Academy, where I had Worked for five years as Deputy Rector, and where I spent one year as Acting Head of the Prep School. I started my teaching career at Radley College in Oxfordshire. From there, I moved to Abingdon, also in Oxfordshire. Having been a student at Oxford, I found that I enjoyed teaching in the area.

Where are you going next? My new post is Warden of St. Edward's School in Oxford - it is just on the outskirts of the city, much the same distance from the city centre as is St Peter's to the centre of York. There are about 640 pupils at the School, and of these approximately 70% board, so it is a slightly different system to that of St

more keenly to criticism. I am also proud of the fact that St Peter's is not a specialist school, and many students reach very high

How do you feel about leaving St Peter's? Of course, I feel very sorry to be moving on in that I have been very happy here. I was appointed on a ten-year contract, so the School has had the opportunity to prepare for a new Head Master. I am, however, very happy that I have had such a fun and rewarding experience as Head Master of St Peter's.

What would you like to carry forward from St Peter's ? There is a very positive attitude here to work and commitment from staff and pupils. I am a strong believer in the culture of praise: if you praise a school for its achievements, then it will listen

standards of achievement because the educational experiences are not exclusive of other areas of recreation. It takes time and commitment to bring out the best in students, and St Peter's does this very well.

What is your best memory from the School? I have many happy memories of my time here, but two in particular stand out. One is the rearrangement of the Commemoration and Prize-Giving, which now takes place entirely in the Minster. Before, we would have the Prize-Giving in the Sports-hall, and I remember that 5 years consecutively there were downpours as we made our way back to school from the Minster. We were all sodden and dripping by the time we got to the PrizeGiving!

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e other occasion that I remember particularly was when we had the Millennium photograph taken of II 3 schools, together with all staff, both '•-ching

and

non-teaching

and

wernors. And, of course, there was the Golden Jubilee picnic lunch with Clifton Preparatory School, which we all enjoyed.

What changes have you en in your time as Head Master? When I arrived here, the School had ly recently purchased Linton House. The House is now firmly established, as is the Music Annexe and Dame Judi Dench Theatre. I remember watching Dame Judi play Cleopatra at the opening ceremony, with Mr. Lowe in the role of the servant.

Since being appointed here, we have also acquired Clifton Prep School and integrated it into the School. The purchase of the Queen Anne School has also expanded the campus, with continuing prospects for the future: as the School is situated on a conservation site, we were unable to build unless it was to be in the "footprint" of an existing building. Therefore, with the acquisition of Queen Anne's, we have been able to expand the school in the best possible way. This has allowed for a lot more space, particularly in the Art, Politics, Biology, Geography, and Business Studies departments. It has also given space and facilities for St.Olave's.

What do you regard as your greatest achievement during your time as Head Master? I think, again, the purchase and renovation of the Queen Anne's site. I worked with a fantastic team of expert advisors, Governors and colleagues. I think that this is the most significant move in the history of the School since the gain of the Clifton site for the School itself in the 1840s, and the purchase of St. Olave's School at the beginning of the last Century.

What were you like as a schoolboy? Stretched! I was very keen on sport and music. I have memories of standing outside the staff-room door, arguing about whether I should be doing music or sport at a particular time. I have been anxious to make sure that students here do not suffer a similar predicament and give time for both.

Who is your role model? Dennis Silk - a Warden at Radley College - is a perfect role model. He was the first Headmaster I worked for.

What is your most prized possession? I have a wonderful silver-plated Yamaha flute, for which I saved and bought with my own money from Bill Lewington's Music Shop when I was fifteen in London. I still play it, but not often enough!

Kennedy must be another role model - but, having read

I also have a 1932 saxophone that I borrowed from my

Dallek's biography of him, I don't know if I should regard him so

brother in law. Then there are the bagpipes that my previous

highly!

school gave to me as a leaving present.

Are you having a portrait painted? I think they're running out of space in the Stephenson Room!

Any advice to the new Head Master? Enjoy the job! The School is a very happy, enthusiastic and busy place. I think, too, that if the balance is maintained between formality and tradition and the spirit of fun, you won't go far wrong. Working with adolescents is not always easy, but it's hugely enjoyable.

Do you have a parting message for the School? All I would say is that I hope I enjoy my next job half as much as I have enjoyed my time here. I trust that all the leavers will remember the School as fondly as I will, and that they keep in touch. I hope, too, that they support the Foundation to enable those who would otherwise be unable to attend the School to do

Thank you Headmaster Betony Lloyd and Penny Boxall LVI

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Mr A.Murray What is your least favourite book? Sophie's Choice by William Styron. It's a love story set against the backdrop of the Nazi holocaust, and it's just a terrible book. The sex scenes are totally cliche"d, not that the Holocaust and 'visiting Nanny Robson' are even remotely related.

What is your favourite food? I must admit I do love the Stilton and mango roll from Brill, just down the road. Relates to me being here I suppose!

What's in your fridge? A variety of soft cheeses...you know there are boundaries between the personal and the private life.

How do you respond to the diminishing of your stud status at this school? I don't know, I've searched, and I've tried to find out. 6 rolos last year, only 5 this. Eventually I'll end up like Mr. Gwilliam, you know...only one!

What would you have been if you didn't become an English teacher? Hmm, a trapeze artist or definitely something under 'the big top'. Maybe a sword swallower, fire-eater, contortionist.

Which film have you most enjoyed? 'Cinema Paradise'. It is two and a half hours long, a most moving, involving experience.

Which TV programme do you enjoy watching? I absolutely love to death ER. Dr. Susan Lewis has the face of an angel, and I'd have to say I care about Carter in the way only a

Do you have a favourite word? Nevertheless. Mainly because I know it's one word, and not many other people do!

Do you have any phobias? Sagittarians; I find them cruel. But actually, no, I don't believe in astrology, it's complete arse. Back to answering the question though, no, I can't think of any.

What will be your lasting memory of St.Peter's? Hearing the Minster bells when out taking rugby on a September afternoon, and I know it's a cheesy cliche but, the pupils. The vast, vast majority are terrific; I've never had to be a conventional disciplinarian.

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Do you have any parting advice for the Peter's pupils? I would have to say, save string. If your belt breaks, you get stuck in a hole, an assailant attacks you, you can always garrotte them...it's so versatile! Jenni Westmoreland LVl

Mr Peter. D. Northfield Unfilled ambition: To stand on the Arm's Park in Cardiff when Wales were at their best and the crowd were singing Land of my Fathers.

Favourite piece of music:

To prepare the perfect cricket

The Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni.

pitch

Interests/ Hobbies:

Recently achieved ambition:

Tending my allotment, playing cricket, cricket administration for

To score a century (it only took

Which animal would you like to be?

40 years!)

the York Vale League.

A cheetah-1 could always run but never quite fast enough!

Worst Fashion Mistake: I am told it was my first suit.

Favourite book: Not one in particular but one of my cook books- probably one of Delia Smith's

Worst pre-teaching job: Working for the British Shoe Corporation in the largest warehouse in Europe.

Own suggested epitaph: This has come too soon!

Most Disastrous Experiment: Either when I was preparing hydrogen and it blew up, thankfully

Retire Plans:

upwards- there is still a mark on the ceiling in the Pasteur lab. Or

There are so many parts of the world to see.

in another school when I was oxisding an organic with copper

Other jobs after from teaching chemistry that you do:

oxide and I blew up covering me with the black oxide. I looked like a singer in the Black& White Minstrel show.

'Shop steward' for the largest teaching union represented in

Most disastrous situation:

school.

Working in a lab with several dried up bottles of Picric Acid-

Health & safety Representative for the staff.

another school had to call in the ' bomb squad' when they found

Chair of the AQA's Chemistry subject committee.

that they had some.

Georgina Duke LVl

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The Duke of Edinburgh Award

This year was a significant one in terms of numbers, and in order to run such a large contingent we were very lucky to have such a large number of dedicated senior cadets in the upper sixth, most of whom have enjoyed a rewarding four-year career with the corps.

A Pupil's Perspective. On a warm, sunny day members of the fourth form set off to Valley View Farm, Old Byland for their Duke of Edinburgh practise expedition. After a safety briefing the groups were bussed to their

The most significant event of the year was the Biennial

starting destinations. My group got off to a shaky start after not

Inspection. This year we welcomed Gp Capt Harrison, from RAF

knowing which direction to set off in but with a little help from

Linton-on-Ouse to observe the cadets in action on the training

Mr. Morris we were on our way. Then came the hill! Three and a

ground at Strensall. There was no doubt about his praise for the

half hours later we crawled into camp as one of the last groups in.

enthusiasm and dedication of our cadets: "St Peter's CCF contingent is in very good shape indeed....The quality and performance of the Cadets is excellent and ample evidence that St Peter's CCF is fulfilling the overall aims of the CCF movement in fine style." As a means of introducing potential cadets for next year to the activities of the CCF, those members of the third form who were interested were taken on an overnight exercise at Strensall, where our fifth form cadets, assisted by lower and upper sixth formers, guided them through a series of exercises, which included erecting their own bivouac, as the place where they would sleep that night. The efforts of the young section commanders were admirable. At the time of writing both sections are looking forward to summer camps at Wathgill and RAF Benson. I wrote at the beginning that we have been very fortunate to have the positive support of some highly dedicated leavers. I would like to extend Mr Howman's thanks and mine particularly to James Ash, Simon Bell, Andrew Black, Tobias Burckhardt, Richard Fautley, Chris Fielder, John Lewis, Matthew Mikola, Ben Noble, Martin Smallpage, Oliver Suckling as well as to Miles Baker, James Bennett, Ian Dawson, Ranulph Harrison, Adam Peeroo, Paul Rushden, Rachel Saxon, Tom Snowball. Sqn L d r M J Grant VR(T)

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Only then did we realise that following the sign fi our downfall. However, we do now know that Bridleway isn't a place. As we arrived in camp it predictably started to rain. This may have dampened our tents as we were pitching them, but it didn't dampen our spirits. After the tents were successfully pitched (or unsuccessfully in some cases) we set about trying to cook something. Luckily the teachers made a chicken curry so we

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straightjacket things would have been perfect. The rain held off until the early morning and even then despite severe weather warnings we received only squarly showers. The odd blister apart the walkers returned to base without incident and the adventure was over for another year. From my point of you it is great to get out into the (semi-) wilds and sleep in the open air - bring on next years expedition (the fourth form should be looking forward to it already) and please can we have a pleasant summers evening for once. David Morris

didn't all starve that night. After approximately one hours sleep we were woken again by the sounds of the countryside and Mrs. Tooby-Smith's son. Oh well, we needed to get up anyway. With some superb navigational skills the second days walking went surprisingly well despite the bruised hips and shoulders from carrying heavy bags. We arrived back at school tired but with a great sense of achievement. Dom Ketteringham IV Form

A Teachers' Perspective. During the busy final week of term the final expedition set off northwards wondering just how wet we were going to get this time. The afternoon was bright and breezy and by the evening it was cold with a whistling wind. All of the groups came home safely, if not necessarily by the intended routes (thank you group 2) and the staff were able to relax and enjoy their barbeque, surrounded by a coral of minibuses and under the cover of a gazebo. Thanks here go to Mr. Jagger, who provided a very generous sized tub of duck in hoi sin sauce, which

served

wraps with

cucumber and spring onions not only satisfied the staff as a first course, but also about half of the entire party; everyone was most impressed. Thanks also to Mrs. Stark who joined us in the evening along with her delicious home made Banoffee pie and of course Mr. Severn, the organiser in chief, who also happened to make the best dressed grilled salmon that I had ever tasted. If only my tent flap had zipped up properly, protecting me from the gale, and my sleeping back hadn't held me like a

Boat Club Autumn Term Chester Long Distance Sculls A small contingent of scullers travelled to Chester with notable success. In the morning division, Daniel Janes won junior single sculls easily in a time of 20:19.6. In the afternoon, the senior boy's beat King's, Chester by 6 seconds in junior quads, and Kristina Stiller won women's junior sculls.

Pairs Head of the River, London There were 325 doubles and pairs racing over the two and a half mile course on the Thames in October. St Peter's entered three boy's double sculls, and they were rewarded with overall placings of: Janes/Eastwood

23rd

12 minutes 45 seconds

Clarke/Nicholson

58th

13 minutes 6 seconds

Noble/Howard

97th

13 minutes 27 seconds

These were our best results ever at this race, and our top double was placed second in the junior race, only 6 seconds behind the winning junior boat from St Edward's, Oxford.

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Ancholme Head A large number of pupils travelled to Brigg for the annual Head of the River race on the Ancholme. The J18 and J16 boy's quads struggled against better-drilled crews from Merchant Taylors School. Fifth former David Cook gained a second place in J16 single sculls. Richard Smalman-Smith was the fastest sculler at the

Women's Junior 16 Single Scull:

R. Gaunt

Women's Junior 18 Single Scull:

H.Thomas

Men's Junior 18 Single Scull:

D. Janes

Men's Junior 16 Double Scull:

D. Cook, H. Law

Women's Junior 18 Coxless Quad: K. Browne, S. Wood, R. Gaunt, P. Kinnell

Head, and the senior girl's quad was the fastest female boat. A win Men's Junior 15 Coxed Quad:

also for:

R. Swan, R. MacLeod, G. Lockett, Ben Les,

Women's Junior 18 Single Scull

H.Thomas

Nottingham Small Boats Head

S. Blackman (cox) Men's Junior 16 Coxed Quad:

R. Swan, R. MacLeod, G. Lockett, S. Blackman,

Four scullers competed in the morning division in single sculls.

Ben Les (cox)

Competition was strong from both Notts & Union R.C. and the NCRA. Daniel Janes came second in J18 singles, behind Charles

Men's Junior 18 Coxless D. Cook, H. Law, R. Towers,

Burkitt from the NCRA.

Quadruple Scull:

Tees Scullers Head During half term a dedicated team of scullers travelled to Teeside.The senior boy's quad was the third fastest quad, beating Yarm and Durham Schools. Richard Smalman-Smith was the fastest sculler, and Daniel Janes was second in junior sculls behind

D. Clough

British Indoor Rowing Championships, Cardiff Two girls travelled to Wales to compete on ergometers over 2,000 metres. They surprised everyone by winning their categories ahead of strong competition from girls at the Haberdashers School, Monmouth:

Will Bryant of Chester-le-Street R.C..

Tees Small Boats Head

Women's Junior 16:

R. Gaunt, 7:35.0

Women's Junior 18:

H.Thomas, 7:26.1

The senior boy's were the fastest school boat, just managing to hold off a Yarm quad by 1 second. Wins for: Men's Elite Single Scull

R. Smalman-Smith

Women's Junior 18 Single Scull

K. Stiller

GB Squad Training, Sarnen, Switzerland Daniel Janes and Kristina Stiller joined the National Team for winter training on the lake at Sarnen in the week before Christmas. Here they were seat raced and coached under the scrutiny of the

GB Junior Squad 1st Assessments, Boston The first round of assessments for the National Junior Squad

Hannah Thomas

took place in Boston, Lincolnshire in single sculls. Boy's Single Sculls: Daniel Janes

8th out of 149

Girl's Single Sculls: Kristina Stiller

2nd out of 95

Hannah Thomas

23rd out of 95

All performances were impressive, particularly Kristina Stiller in her first term of sculling.

York Small Boats Head The Boat Club entered 41 boats into the local Head Race, with most pupils rowing at least twice. Wins for: Women's Junior 18 Single Scull:

K. Stiller

Women's Junior 18 Double Scull:

K. Stiller, H.Thomas

Women's Senior Coxed Quad:

P.Harrison, R.Wheeler, S. Bell, H. Code, R. Dobinson (cox)

Men's Senior 3 Double Scull:

D. Janes, W. Eastwood

national coach.

Easter Term Boston Head The sixth form raced at Boston in January. Despite variable stream conditions, the top boy's quad, sculling at Senior 2, won the Head overall in a time of 9 minutes and 24 seconds. This was

Newark Small Boats Head Twenty-eight boats raced the 4,000-metre course on the River Trent. Conditions were unusually warm and still for this time of

a good result, particular in beating crews from Nottingham & Union R.C. and two Bedford Modern School Vlll's. Wins also for: Men's Junior 18 Coxless Quad:

year. The senior boys took second and third positions in the Head, 16 seconds behind Newark R.C.. Wins for:

A. Nicholson, B. Noble, N.Howard, A. Black

Women's Senior 2 Single Scull:

H.Thomas

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Women's Junior 16 Single Scull:

R. Gaunt

Head of the Nene, Peterborough At the beginning of February a senior boy's VIII to Peterborough. This was a scratch crew and at show. They were, however, pleased with their ttf ing. This put them ahead of Shiplake and Winchester, beat the top two Vlll's from Newcastle University.

CB Junior Squad 2nd Assessments, Boston Four pupils raced in single sculls against the best juniors in tffi country: Boy's Single Sculls:

8th

19 minutes 49 seconds

2nd

21 minutes 43 seconds

James Clarke,

Hannah Thomas

23rd

22 minutes 49 seconds

N. Howard

Rosie Gaunt

28th

22 minutes 59 seconds

Daniel Janes

Men's Senior 3 Coxless Quad:

Girl's Single Sculls: Kristina Stiller

GB Junior Squad 3rd Assessments, Boston On the second day some scullers were switched around and

D. Janes, W. Eastwood,

North of England Head, Chester The senior girl's raced in five quad combinations over the six and a half kilometre course. A composite girl's boat was also organised of the top four junior scullers from Scotland and the

the results were pleasing:

North of England. This boat won and also beat a number of boy's Boy's Double Sculls: Daniel Janes/Andrew

2nd

17 minutes 51 seconds Women's Junior 18 Coxless Quad:

Walker (of Leander Club)

F. Fletcher (Tyne),

Girl's Double Sculls: Kristina Stiller/Abigail

K. Stiller (St Peter's),

3rd

A. Finch (King's,

20 minutes 5 seconds

Chester), K. Myles

Finch (of King's, Chester)

(George Watsons) Girls' Single Sculls: Hannah Thomas

9th

23 minutes 9 seconds

Rosie Gaunt

12th

23 minutes 12 seconds

South Yorkshire Head, Doncaster A number of fourth and fifth form pupils raced near Doncaster during half term. No wins were gained, though the experience was

Schools' Head of the River, London The focus this term has been on training for the prestigious Schools' Head on the Thames. Conditions were favourable as we boated from Thames Tradesmens R.C., though choppy water near Harrod's did slow most crews down. The boy's J15 coxed IV had to pull out after a collision during marshalling broke their rudder.

valuable, particularly for the J16 girl's who were racing in an VIII for the first time.

Head of the Trent, Nottingham

Boy's Junior Coxless Quad:

2nd out of 26

Boy's Junior 2nd Coxless Quad:

3rd out of 10

Girl's Junior 16 VIII:

3rd out of 5

The conditions at the Trent Head we appalling and a number

Boy's Junior 16 Coxless Quad:

4th out of 23

of inexperienced VIN's capsized on a very choppy river. The sixth

Girl's Junior 18 Coxless Quad:

19th out of 27

form boy's VIII struggled against the conditions, finishing behind

Boy's 1st VIII:

21st out of 27

King's, Chester. In the afternoon division the top boys coxless quad

Boy's Junior 15 Coxed Quad:

25th out of 31

won the junior event easily over Norwich School.

Yorkshire Head The Yorkshire Head involved 139 crews from around the North of England. Most St Peter's pupils were in one of the 20 boat entries. The boy's 1st VIII broke their fin on a submerged log and were not able to compete on level terms with Shrewsbury. The annual battle in the quads saw the senior boy's come out on top against Yarm and Lancaster Royal Grammar. Kristina Stiller and Rosie Gaunt won their single sculls races easily. Wins for: Women's Junior 18 Single Scull:

K. Stiller

Women's Junior 16 Single Scull:

R. Gaunt

Men's Junior 16 Coxed Quad:

R. Swan, R. MacLeod, M.Townsley, W. Holmes,

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Results were very good, particularly for the boy's quads. The senior quad just managed to stay ahead of the King's, Worcester boat to gain an outstanding second place.The fifth form girl's VIII

Double Scull:

BRONZE Eastwood/Howard

Junior 18 Coxless Pair:

17th

Junior 18 Coxless Quad:

7th

rowed well, beating St Paul's Girls and the Methodist College,

Denison/Robertson Clarke/Black/Wheeler /Noble

Belfast. Under-23 Coxless Quad:

BRONZE Clarke/Janes/ Eastwood/Howard

Junior 18VIII:

4th

Clarke/Black/ Francis/Robertson Janes/Denison/ Noble/Wheeler /Howard

Sunday Junior 18 Single Scull:

SILVER

Junior 18 Single Scull:

16th

Clarke

Under-23 Single Scull:

9th

Janes

Single Scull:

9th

Eastwood

Junior 18 Double Scull:

9th

Noble/Black

Double Scull:

4th

Eastwood/Howard

Junior 18 Coxless Pair:

16th

Denison/Robertson

Junior 18 Coxless Quad:

6th

Janes

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National Junior 16 Sculling Camp, Nottingham Hugh Lamarque and Rosie Gaunt were selected to represent the Yorkshire and Humberside region at the J16 camp. Here they

Lightweight International

spent four days being coached by the GB selectors in a number of boat types where the emphasis was on technique rather than

Clarke/Black/ Wheeler/Noble

physical work. Under-23 Coxless Quad:

Junior 15 & 16 Easter Training Camp, Peterborough

BRONZE

Clarke/Janes/ Eastwood/Howard

Junior 18 Coxless IV:

6th

Noble/Denison/ Robertson/Wheeler

Eight boys and seven girls spent four days clocking up about 100km each in singles, pairs and fours. Impressive leaps were

Heavyweight

made in confidence and technical ability. The video camera was

International VIII:

5th

Clarke/Wheeler/

used extensively so the day's training could be watched each

Robertson/Denison

evening. Accommodation was at Peterborough High School and

Janes/Howard/Noble

the pupils shared facilities and training with the Junior 14 squad

/Eastwood/Black

from Kingston Grammar School.

Summer Term Ghent Junior International Regatta, Belgium

Junior Inter-Regional Regatta, Nottingham Eighteen boys and girls from the 5th form had been selected

During the Easter holidays John and Gill Ward and a number of dedicated parents took a large number of senior boy's to race in Belgium. We raced the usual UK contingent including Hampton and St Paul's, as well at top European crews including a number of heavyweight international boats aiming for the 2004 Athens Olympics. This exhausting weekend of raced resulted in four pupils gaining eleven bronze and silver medals as well as a massive amount of experience for the others:

Junior 18 Single Scull:

4th

Janes

Junior 18 Single Scull:

19th

Clarke

Junior 18 Single Scull:

39th

Black

6th

number of combinations at Holme Pierrepont. The Junior 16 quad narrowly missed out on a place in the final, though they did win the petite final easily. Valuable experience was gained, especially for those pupils who had no previous experience of multi-lane racing.

GB Junior Squad Spring Assessments, Dorney Lake, Eton

Saturday

Under-23 Single Scull:

to represent the Yorkshire and Humberside region. They raced in a

Janes

All three scullers made a big impact at the assessments by recording their best positions ever. The placings opened up the possibility of St Peter's having three international representatives this summer:

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Kristina Stiller

2nd

Single Scull:

19th

Eastwood

Daniel Janes

4th

Junior 18 Double Scull:

6th

Noble/Black

Rosie Gaunt

13th

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Munich Junior Regatta, Germany

Nottingham City Regatta All boats made the finals at Holme Pierrepont. James Clarke

Kristina Stiller was teamed up with Fern Cotterill from Wycliffe

was third in the junior sculls event and the double scull of Will

Sculling Centre to represent Great Britain in the double scull. They

Eastwood and Nathan Howard performed well to gain a second

won a heat medal on the Saturday, though did not qualify for the

place in the elite lightweight double sculls race. Sixth former

final. On the Sunday they raised their performance considerably,

Hannah Thomas won her event easily, beating seven other girls:

and in the time trial against other nations they sculled over the

Women's Junior 18 Single Scull*: H.Thomas

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course in 7 minutes 39.97 seconds, finishing in a respectable sixth place: Italy

With the new term started we entered 35 races in our local

Czech Republic

regatta. The sixth form boys pulled off 'the double' by beating York

France

City R.C. in Senior 2 Vlll's and then their top quad in the Elite

Netherlands

event. Fifth former David Cook won three Junior 16 events. Wins

Denmark

for:

Great Britain

Men's Junior 16 Single Scull:

D. Cook

Men's Junior 18 Single Scull*:

James Clarke

Women's Novice Single Scull*:

R. Gaunt

Germany Switzerland Croatia Croatia B

Men's Senior 1 Single Scull:

D. Janes

Switzerland B

Men's Junior 15 Coxed Quad:

S. Blackman.J. Houghton-

Austria

Brown.W. Holmes,

Germany B

M.Townsley, A. Dallas (cox)

Croatia C

Men's Junior 16 Coxless Quad:

D. Cook, D. Clough, H. Lamarque, R. Stark

Men's Elite Coxless Quad:

Men's Senior 3 Coxed IV:

7:20.14 7:20.74 7:31.80 7:33.58 7:38.55 7:39.97 7:42.29 7:44.63 7:45.44 7:45.74 7:46.55 7:52.04 7:53.43 8:00.59

Durham City Regatta The senior girl's quad raced on the River Wear against a strong

D. Janes, W. Eastwood,

crew from St Leonard's School. Despite a competitive scull they

James Clarke, N. Howard

were unable to match the pace of the St Leonard's boat and lost

A. MacLeod, R. Robertson,

by 1 length.

M. Denison, L. Wheeler, A. Mellor (cox) Men's Junior 16 VIII:

R. Lum, R. Towers, H. Law, D. Clough, D. Cook,

Women's Novice VIII:

Twelve senior scullers raced in unusually good conditions at the London Docklands Regatta Centre. This two kilometre, 7-lane

R. Stark, H. Lamarque,

course provided good racing against strong opposition.

P. Saxon, T. Binns (cox)

Janes won three races and also the senior boy's 2nd quad per-

H. Code, L. Binks, R. Craven, P. Harrison, R. Webster, R. Wheeler, H.Wike,

Men's Senior 2 VIII:

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formed well to come third in junior quads behind Star R.C. and Emmanuel School St Peter's came away with a good number of wins:

C. Santos, R. Dobinson

Men's Junior 18 Single Scull

James Clarke, A. MacLeod,

(Gibraltar ARA Trophy)*:

D. Janes

R. Robertson, M. Denison,

Men's Senior 2 Single Scull:

D. Janes

D.Janes, N. Howard,

Women's Junior 18 Double Scull

W. Eastwood,

(Freemans Handicap Cup)#:

H.Thomas, R. Gaunt

Men's Senior 2 Coxless Quad:

James Clarke,

B. Noble, R. Saxon (cox)

Daniel

W. Eastwood, D. Janes, N. Howard

Bradford Spring Regatta Two crews raced. The senior boy's 2nd VIII raced Bradford ARC in the Senior 3 final. The race was close, but a crab in the final few metres forced us back into second place, losing by 1 length. The senior boy's borrowed a coxed IV from Woodhouse Grove School and beat Bradford Grammar School by 1_ length. The winning crew were: Men's Junior 18 Coxed IV:

R. Robertson, A. MacLeod, L. Wheeler, M. Denison, A. Mellor (cox)

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viously held by current Great Britain Olympian, Debbie Flood.

Tees Regatta The fourth and fifth form pupils travelled toTeeside to race on the four-lane regatta course. Most events were very competitive, particularly in the quads events against Yarm and St Leonard's. A lot of experience was gained. The performance of the day came from the fifth forms boy's rowing in the novice IV's event. Having started badly they clawed their way back and the top three boats went over the line in a dead heat. The race was immediately rerowed and our boy's raised their game to win the event by two lengths ahead of Yarm School and Lancaster University. Wins for: Men's Junior 15 Coxed IV:

R. MacLeod, R. Swan, J. Houghton-Brown, W. Holmes, S. Blackman (cox)

Men's Novice Coxed IV#:

R. Towers, R. Lum, D. Cook, P. Saxon, T. Binns (cox)

Women's Novice VIII:

H. Code, R. Wheeler, R. Webster, S. Bell, A.Warburton, L. Binks, R. Craven, P. Harrison, R. Dobinson (cox)

National Schools' Regatta, Nottingham The Boat Club tent was erected over-looking the 500-metre mark. Christopher and Catherine Noble co-ordinated the large quantities of food provided by parents, as well as keeping the barbeque going for two days. This year we fielded a record eighteen boats into the regatta. As ever the competition was strong, but most crews qualified through their eliminator heats. The senior boy's under-performed and had a string of bad luck by losing in the fastest rounds despite recording times which would won other heats outright. Highlights included the new fourth form boy's getting into their semi-finals in the quads, IV's and Vlll's events. The fifth form boy's got a coxed IV and a quad into the finals. Our major successes this year came in the girl's sculling events. Rosie Gaunt cruised in first place through the two-eliminator heats in the Junior 16 event. Her attempt in the final to catch Laura West of Nithsdale R.C. narrowly failed but put her a convincing ten seconds ahead of the rest of the field and gave her a silver medal. Kristina Stiller, sculling in the Junior 18 event, gained a place in the final easily. She then led the field for seventeen hundred metres until Lauren Fisher of Nottingham took the lead. Kristina immediately responded by upping her rating to win by a second and a quarter. The win gained her not only a gold medal and the Internationals' Cup, but also a sculling boat, which is presented to the winner of this event every year in memory of a talented junior international, Anna Fangen. Kristina also broke the record pre-

Heat 3rd

Semi-Final 4th

Final

Heat Saturday Boy's 1st VIII (Child-Beale Cup): 2nd

Semi-Final 5th

Final

Friday Boy's Junior 15 Coxed IV

Boy's Junior 15B VIII (Junior Colts Cup):

2nd

Girl's Junior 16 VIII (Steve Gunn Bowl):

4th

Boy's Junior 16 Coxless Quad 'A' (Kingston Cup):

2nd

3rd

Boy's Junior 16 Coxless Quad 'B' (Kingston Cup):

3rd

5th

Girl's Championship Coxless Quad (Sherriff Cup):

6th

Boy's Championship Double Scull (Fox Tankard):

3rd

Boy's Championship Single Scull (Janes - Sculls Cup): Sunday Boy's Junior 15 Coxed Quad 'A' (County Trophy):

4th

6th

5th

1st

3rd

Heat

Semi-Final

3rd

5th

Boy's Junior 15 Coxed Quad 'B' (County Trophy):

5th

Boy's Junior 16 Coxed IV (Arundel Cup):

3rd

Girl's Junior 16 Coxed IV (Anna Fangen Cup):

6th

Boy's Championship Coxless Quad 'A' (Forest Cup):

4th

Boy's Championship Coxless Quad 'B' (Forest Cup):

3rd

4th

Girl's Championship Scull (Stiller - Internationals' Cup):

3rd

1st

2nd

Girl's Championship Scull (Thomas - Internationals' Cup): 2nd

5th

Girl's Junior 16 Single Scull (Gaunt - Kitchin Cup):

1st

Final

6th

GOLD*

SILVER

Peterborough Regatta Thirty-one boys travelled to Peterborough to compete over one kilometre on the 4-lane course. Most crews made the finals with a number of nail-biting finishes. The Junior 16 double scull of Dominic Clough and Henry Law narrowly missed out on winning their event by just over a foot to Noble and Lancaster of York City R.C. The fourth form boys' coxed IV raced in the novice event against a number of university and college boats. They won their heat by 3 lengths, and then went on to gain a second place in the final, narrowly losing to a crew from Cambridge '99 R.C. The senior boy's raced well in Vlll's, battling in the finals against a strong crew from Lady Margaret B.C., Cambridge. Maggies won by half a length, but were later disqualified over a points issue on their ARA cards. The winning boat was therefore:

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Men's Senior 4 Vlll#:

D. Janes, W. Eastwood, James Cl Joseph Clarke, A. Black, A. Nicholson, L Wheeler, B. Noble, R. Saxon (cox)

»*.

York Summer Regatta With the seniors racing at Marlow and Henley it was a chance for the rest of the club to race local competition. We entered 42 crews and came away with wins for: Women's Junior 16 Single Scull:

R. Wheeler

Men's Junior 15B Single Scull:

C. Hopkinson

Men's Junior 15 Single Scull:

R. MacLeod

St Peter's beat Canford School

Women's Junior 16 Double Scull:

S. Bell, R. Wheeler

Quarterfinal:

Men's Junior 15B Double Scull:

B. Les, S. Blackman

Men's Junior 15 Double Scull:

R. MacLeod, W. Holmes

Semi-final:

D. Cook, J. Cantrill,

Wycliffe Sculling Ctr beat St Peter's 2 lengths

R. Towers, R. Stark

St Peter's Quad:

Men's Junior 16 Coxless Quad:

Women's Novice VIII:

Verdict

Time

3 lengths

5:26

St Peter's beat Headington School 4 lengths

5:42

1st Round:

S. Bell, S. Wood, H.Wike, P. Harrison, K. Browne,

K. Stiller, H.Thomas, R. Gaunt, C. Richer (York City R.C.)

The Wycliffe crew went on to beat Latymer Upper in the final.

R.Webster, A. Warburton, B. Lloyd, R. Dobinson (cox)

Marlow Regatta, Dorney Lake Two senior boy's quads 'A' and 'B' raced at Marlow, the pre-

For the second year running the VIII was given automatic

Henley regatta. The 'B' quad were outclassed in their semi-final

qualification for the P.E. They were drawn against a good crew from Exeter, USA. Conditions were not favourable with a strong

tual winners Brisbane Boys' College and Brisbane Grammar

cross-headwind all the way up the course. The Exeter VIII gradu-

School, Australia. They did record a good time (6 minutes 43 sec-

ally pulled away from the St Peter's boat to a good 5-length lead.

onds) over the 2,000-metre course. The 'A' crew lost a blade while

The boy's were disappointed to lose, but left Henley having gained

racing in their semi-final. They went over the line only 0.27 of a

valuable experiment for next season. The Exeter crew were beat-

second behind Windsor Boys'. This put them in third place and

en by Hampton School in the next round. The P.E. was won by St

into the repechage. In the rep they sculled over the course in 6

Paul's School, Concord, USA.

minutes 24 seconds that gave them a 3rd place, not enough to get

1st Round:

into the final. Though disappointed, the two crews produced some

Philips Exeter Academy beat St Peter's

fast times which would not have been possible even a few years

Verdict

Barrier

Fawley

Finish

ago.

Easily

2:05

3:30

7:29

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St Peter's VIM:

the junior event. In the first round the St Peter's girl's fought off a strong challenge by Canford School to win. In the quarterfinals they raced and won easily against Headington School. In the semi-final the girls raced Wycliffe who had already won gold in the Championship quads at National Schools' a few weeks earl St Peter's lost, but left Henley content in the I had one of the top (Latymer raced S t i other semi) three schoolgirl quads in i

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I.The Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup for Schoolboy Vlll's

heat racing the top Leander composite boat as well as the even-

For the first time ever St Peter's entered a coxless quad into

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The Henley Royal Regatta

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scull at the annual match against the French. Her French counter-

2. The Fawley Challenge Cup for Junior Coxless Quadruple Sculls The Henley Stewards only gave automatic qualification to 6 crews this year (only two of which were British). The top quad therefore raced off the week before with 30 other crews for the ten remaining places. A solid scull over the course gave them qualification and St Peter's, for the second year running, had two

part proved too strong and Rosie had to work hard to keep up with her. While disappointed, this achievement was outstanding considering that Rosie was new to the sport only ten months ago.

Home International, Nottingham

boats in the regatta. They were drawn against a Queensland rep-

Hannah Thomas was selected to represent Wales in the single

resentative boat from Brisbane Boys' School & Brisbane Grammar

and quadruple scull. In the quad race the girl's sculled well to beat

School, Australia. The Australian crew beat our locals rivals Yarm

the English!:

easily in the second round before being defeated by Sydney

Women's Junior Sculls:

Rowing Club, Australia. The winners of the Fawley Cup were the

England

9:46.88

Marlow R.C. & The Tideway Scullers' School.

Ireland

9:52.92

1st Round:

Wales

10:00.46

Brisbane beat St Peter's

Women's Junior Quadruple Sculls:

Verdict Easily

Barrier 2:08

St Peter's Quad:

Fawley 3:32

Finish

Ireland

7:56.05

7:26

Wales

8:03.91

England

8:25.16

D. Janes, B. Noble, W. Eastwood,

The junior girl's team from Wales claimed second place in the

James Clarke

overall points, ahead of England and Scotland.

National Rowing Championships, Nottingham The rowers continued to train and race during the summer holidays. A strong showing in singles gave us our first medals in this event for three years: Heat

Semi-Final Final 1st GOLD#

Worlds. The doubles event was one of the biggest at the Championships with seventeen nations fighting it out for a medal. In the heat GB were fifth, this placed them in the repechage where

Boy's Junior 18 Single Scull (J. Clarke):

3rd

5th (rep.)

Girl's Junior 18 Single Scull (R. Gaunt):

1st

2nd

4th

Girl's Junior 18 Single Scull (H.Thomas):

1st

SILVER

Men's Lightweight Single Scull (W. Eastwood):

Kristina Stiller was paired up with Lauren Fisher of Nottingham to represent Great Britain in the Double Scull at the

Girl's Junior 16 Single Scull (R. Gaunt):

Women's Lightweight Single Scull (N. Baldry):

Junior World Championships, Banyoles, Spain

they gave a strong performance, coming second. Now the girl's moved back into the main competition and in the semi-final they

3rd

4th (rep.)

5th

Men's Lightweight Double Scull 2nd (W. Eastwood/J. Clarke):

3rd (rep.)

5th

gained a fourth place, which put them in the B-final: Netherlands

7:21.54

Hungary

7:25.25

Great Britain

7:27.00

Switzerland

7:32.41

Lithuania

7:32.48

Greece

7:40.37

Third position in the B-final placed the girl's ninth overall in the world rankings. This was an outstanding result and reward for many hours of training on and off the river.

Coupe de La Jeunesse, Ravenna, Italy For the second year running Daniel Janes was selected to rep-

# Indicates qualifying win (i. e. four or more crews in a regatta)

resent Great Britain at the Coupe. He was again placed in the coxless quad, this time in the stroke seat. In the preliminary heats the crew were third and so gained a place in the A-final on both days: Saturday Portugal Italy Spain

Sunday

5:59.90 6:00.60 6:02.90

Italy

6:06.23

Spain

6:08.87

Switzerland

6:10.87

Great Britain 6:08.40

Great Britain 6:15.23

Austria

6:11.20

Slovakia

6:20.10

France

6:14.70

Netherlands

6:22.33

Anglo-French J16 Match, Vitre, France Rosie Gaunt impressed the selectors by beating the National Schools' Champion by four seconds at the Nottingham trials. She was subsequently selected to represent Great Britain in the single

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Summary This year has proved itself to be as successful and as hectic as ever! We had large numbers of pupils training hard and this has shown in the results this season. We have received a large amount of help from a number of people. Gill Ward continued her fund-raising efforts with a successful quiz night, and managed the orders for the new blazers and ties. The Noble's returned for the final time to co-ordinate the massive job of feeding 65 rowers over the National Schools' weekend. Donations to rowing were

gratefully received from the Towers and the Stiller families. Guy

Fawkes Boat Club continued to support us financially and we are

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also grateful for Edward Alton and his team undertaking the expansion of the boating steps. John Ward continued to coach the senior boys throughout the year. Highlights include his crews achieving second and third places at the Schools' Head and an outstanding showing at Gent Regatta.

Nick Fyfe joined us from York University in the autumn. His experience as an ex-Canford and ex-GB Junior was invaluable and he coached the Junior 18 boy's sweep crews through to Henley. Jamie Macleod again managed to balance his time as a busy GP with the more demanding pressures of coaching the Junior 15

Arthur Ellis-Davies coached at 'both ends' of the spectrum.

boys. His patience and dedication played a large part in the

He took on the new Junior 15 girl's VIII while also overseeing the

progress of this squad and their success at Nottingham and

coaching of all four scullers who gained international honours in

Peterborough.

the summer. Even his early-morning sessions proved to be a popular choice for a number of pupils. Chris Hall coached the senior girls coxless quad. The girls did work hard all year and produced some good results on the river. Helena Smalman-Smith gave up a large amount of her time to take over the coaching of the Junior 16 girl's. The progress of

Finally, thanks go to the Captains, Will Eastwood, Nathan Howard and Rachael Saxon who worked hard all year to motivate their squads and always lead by example. Good luck to next year's Captains, James Clarke and Hannah Thomas. Rowing Colours: Full colours:

the girl's VIII over the season is a testament to her skills as a

William Eastwood (re-awarded)

coach. Richard Smalman-Smith joined us having been a long-stand-

Daniel Janes (re-awarded) Kristina Stiller

Half colours:

James Clarke

Rosie Gaunt

Hannah Thomas

Ben Noble

Nathan Howard

Andrew Black

Ben Hanson

Sarah Wood

the Schools' Head. This was followed by a number of good wins

Alex Mellor

Rachael Saxon

in the summer term, and includes getting a IV and a quad into the

Luke Wheeler

ing coach at Hampton. His commitment to the sport is considerable and he took over the coaching of the Junior 16 boy's squad. His first major success came with a 4th placing for the quad at

finals at National Schools'.

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ran out 38 - 18 winners. The following Wednesday proved to be

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much harder against last year's retiring captain's side. They controlled a lot of set piece ball and our only real highlight was Peter Wackett's brilliance in finishing off a fine try. We lost an extreme-

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ly competitive game 20-18.

WON: 10

PLAYED: 16

competitive school game of

POINTS AGAINST: 207

POINTS FOR: 268

Trent College was our first

LOST: 6

North Yorkshire

38-18

Retiring Captain's

20-18

Trent College

15-5

WoodHouse Grove

10-20

Hymers

Ampleforth

Ashville College

27-3 8-32 32-3

"Hall Cross

17-0

Pocklington

17-5

Durham

5-10

*St Ambrose College

18- 16

Barnard Castle

0-32

*BirkenHead High School

18-13

Leeds Grammar School

Giggleswick

Bradford Grammar School

20-9 22- 12 5-27

Lancaster Grammar School

10-24

the season. The game was played in good spirit by both sides. We struggled in the early stages against a heavier pack.

However, when

moved their pack around we created space out wide. Too many basic errors were made but we still managed to finish the

game

strongly. Tom

Woolsey dived over the white wash and James Marsden duly converted. Will Butler's quick reactions saw us score in the corner. We obtained a penalty due to sustained pressure and James Marsden converted yet again. The scoreline should have been more but we missed a try opportunity and did not convert some of the penalties we had been awarded. The following weekend we travelled to WoodHouse Grove.

* Daily Mail Cup CAPTAIN: Tom Woolsey

Our first score was a well-finished try by Tom

VICE CAPTAIN : Ati MacLeod

Downey. We rattled them in all departments and went

ENGLAND U -16 A : Peter Wackett

into the second half drawing 10 points each. Their try

YORKSHIRE U - 18 : Tom Woolsey

came from a very dubious decision but we swal-

YORKSHIRE U - 18 'A': Ben Hough, James Marsden,

lowed the bitter pill and got on with the game.

Will Butler, James Pang,

The tempo of the game in the second half

Mark Jagger

increased and their imports were prominent at

a warm day in August the warm up game against North

this stage. We missed a penalty in front of the

was played as a trial matc^o select future and poten-

posts and eventually lost the game 20 points to

in good spirit and we

10. All of the team can be proud of the way we stuck to the task in the second half. Well done!

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Against a depleted Hymers squad St Peter's won a lot of ball

St. Ambrose proved to be an exciting game. Due to injuries and

at the lineout. The referee dictated the way the game was played

unavailability in the squad I changed the way the team played for

and we adjusted accordingly. With Hymers chasing the game

this game. However we went into the first half 13- 0 down. We

space opened up and we exploited it. Scorers on the day were

played to our strengths and eventually clawed our way back into

James Marsden, Jason Burton and Tom Woolsey. James Marsden

the game. The crunch came at the end of the game when St.

converted 3 tries and a penalty.

Ambrose were awarded a penalty, which was kickable, and fortu-

Ampleforth had both a good fullback and centre who put us

nately their player missed it. A fine victory. ! 18-16.

on the back foot from the start of the game. We allowed

Barnard Castle have made huge improvements in recent years

Ampleforth to gain some momentum and they grew in stature as

and against a pack of large forwards we struggled to control their

the game developed. We recycled ball better in the second half but

rolling mauls and as a consequence were starved of ball. Against

by then Ampleforth were out of sight. Peter Wackett scored a con-

the wind in the first half Barnard Castle dominated up front and

solation try in the second half and James Marsden converted a

made it hard for us to gain any momentum. However, in the sec-

penalty.

ond half we played the conditions better and asserted a lot of

Against Ashville College the team played with confidence from the first whistle. Peter Wackett played his best game to date and James Marsden at Fly Half played with confidence. We rucked positively in sections of the game and were the superior team. The second round of the Daily Mail Cup was against Hall Cross. In a close encounter both sides were extremely competitive at the breakdown, however, due to the fact that we play at a higher intensity every week, gaps began to appear in the last quarter of the game. We exploited these and turned pressure into points eventually winning the game 17-0. Against Pocklington we camped in their 22 for about ten minutes, but could not turn pressure into points. Pocklington against the run of play capitalised on one of our mistakes and ran the full length of the pitch. The score at half time was 5 - 0 to

pressure on their line, but could not get the ball down. We were beaten on the day by a better team and were taught a lesson in how to maul the ball. Birkenhead High School used their forward power to dominate in the first half. In a tight game which could have gone either way, a moment of brilliance from James Marsden broke the deadlock. We gained confidence from the score and grew in stature working really hard to win in a hard fought game. I remember this day because it was a day on which I got soaked, but the players did not seem to mind. On a wet day where control was key, the 1st XV played the conditions better than the opposition. The game was played in a good spirit with full commitment from both sides. We eventually won the game 20 - 9.

Pocklington. We missed several penalties in front of the posts and

Ciggleswick at home coincided with Yorkshire fixtures and as

found ourselves having to make a concerted effort to get back into

a consequence several players were missing. This gave an opportu-

the game. Our ball retention improved and we gradually wore the

nity to members of the 2nd XV and the 3rd XV to shine. James

opposition down scoring both in the backs and forwards. This was

Ash, and in particular Tom Hilling played extremely well against a

a hard fought victory.

well-organised Ciggleswick 1st XV side. Thank you to all of the

The Durham fixture was away this year and the team asserted pressure particularly up front. We drove well at lineout time

players who contributed to a really competitive game. We won 22 -12.

and scored early into the first half. Durham, however came back at

Bradford Grammar School had a large pack that dominated

us and we knocked on a large amount of ball.They duly scored and

possession up front. We more than matched out wide and went

converted. We then asserted more pressure at the lineout and

into half time 5 - 5 . Unfortunately we missed some opportunities

obtained a penalty under the posts. Unfortunately we missed the

to go ahead. The game eventually slipped away from us and

penalty and lost a hard fought game 10-5.

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Bradford used their pack to dominate possession in the forwards. We lost the game 2 7 - 5 but this was a memorable day for all involved. Bradford was the last game in our fixture list for the term. After the Christmas break we resumed our Daily Mail Cup game against Lancaster Grammar School at the Vale of Lune Rugby Club, Lancaster. We struggled to compete with them up front but went into half time at 10 - 10 feeling optimistic. The score at halftime was not a real reflection of the game because aster had possession for the much of the game. Unfortunately "player from our side was sent off in the second half and this cost us deafly. The momentum shifted from one side to the other and forward dominance proved to be the deciding factor. Lancaster won the game 24 - 10 and the better team on the day it through to the last 16 of the competition.

he fir$f season of coaching is always the hardest as you are to know the players and are able to identify their weaknesses. I would like to thank Mike Johnston for

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This year was once again a very successful season for the 2nd XV. We had a good mix of experienced upper sixth and very talented and eager lower sixth players in our squad. At the start of the season we were fortunate to have a couple of back row players who should have been in the first team, luckily for the seconds James Bennett and Raife Gale had to find a bit of fitness before they could be considered for first team places. Along with Ian Watkinson, who also captained the side for the season, our back row were very dominant for the first three games of the season. They were very good at stopping opposition attacks and turning over ball, as well being in good support to finish of a number of his input into the side this season along with a host of other people. Charlie for his tireless work at school preparing all of the kit necessary for match days throughout the term. Mr.Savage for his continued support from the second XV all of which have contributed to a good season. I hope that improvements can be made next season. Australia should prove to be an excellent tour which allows us to prepare gradually for the next season where we will be kicking off the at the King's Macclesfield tournament in

tries. When Raife and James moved up to the first team, Tom Bartram and a number of different opensides continued to add to the team's dominance. Tom did what good number eights should do and was excellent at linking play and ensuring continuity. The other back row spot changed regularly due to first team selections, with Peter Slower

having a few run outs when coming

down from the first team. The second team forwards constantly produced very good fastball throughout the season. Through a lot of hard work in

September.

training and determination in the matches, we were able to attack

Richard Francis

at will from clean lineouts and domineering scrums. The front row was generally made up from the same four players. Alex Fell,

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Result

For

Against

Trent College

won

Woodhouse Grove

won

Robin Johnson and Chris Fielder were ever present and offered a constantly stable platform for the team to build on. Alex and Chris never gave an inch and made a number of crunching tackles, whilst also being able to carry the ball securely in attack. Robin

Hymer's College

won

Ampleforth College

lost

Ashville College

won

Pocklington

won

Durham

won

Barnard Castle

won

Leeds Grammar

won

We had a number of players who played in the second row

Giggleswick

won

this year; this was also dependent on firsl team selection. Miles

Bradford Grammar PLAYED 11

WON 9

lost

LOST 2

FOR 330

17 AGAINST !

hooked the ball very well in the scrum and when he was fully focused threw in accurately. Michael Morris played when not on first team duty and offered a different dimension to our play. He proved to be very useful at disrupting opposition ball and offering himself almost as an extra back row player in attack.

Baker proved to be an excellent line out jumper and a very dependable team player. Tom Clarke and Rory Robertson offered a little more in terms of dynamism and aggression in contact situations. Andrew Slingsby played in the second row and back row and also deputised a lot for the first team. In the three quarters we also had an excellent depth of ability and a difficult choice over who would be starters on the field.

This was no more true than with the scrum half position. Paul V'lRu&hfpPiWas the upper sixth player and he had the experience of Edward Hilling was returning from injury and

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pushed Paul all year for his place. They were both very different players. Paul was very good at digging out slow ball and keeping the forwards running, whilst Ed had a much quicker pass to set the backs away faster and also asked a lot of questions of the opposition defence around the base of the scrum. Henry Scott played at fly half throughout the season and quickly matured into a no.10 that was able to dictate a game at second team level. He generally kicked well out of hand and orchestrated a very strong back line into a penetrating attacking force. At centre we started with Alastair Sargeant and Michael Miller who were both very similar in style. They both took the ball up in the mid field with strength and determination and were unflinching in defence. When Ali moved up to the first team John Ramsden came in at outside centre and complimented Michael's style. John had excellent vision and could put other players and himself through gaps with ease. Towards the end of the season Tom Hilling also came into to play at centre. He offered a lot more direct running and always got our attacks over the gain line. Carl Burton and Duncan Watt started the season on the wings they were both strong and dependable, but did not really have the elusive running style or speed to finish off strike moves. James Ash and Jonny Butterwoth came in mid way through the season and increased our attacking ability. James also put in a number of shuddering tackles that made all opposition players quiver. Charlie Parry played at full back and was always very secure under the high ball. He was able to pick excellent lines to add an injection of pace into attacking moves. I would like to see him develop the confidence to finish off opportunities that he does well to create.

Under 16 Rugby Report 2003-4 I would start this report by stating that I really hate losing and so did the boys in this squad. Many trite remarks are made about the fact that it is the taking part that matters and not the winning. I would suggest that these comments were made by somebody who regularly ended up on the winning side. However rugby is almost unique in its ability to provide the loser with real dignity in defeat just so long as you have given your best and have lost to a

For me the two most satisfying games of the season were

better side, it is not the case when you have played badly. Only at

against good Barnard Castle and Leeds sides. In both games we

Pocklington did I feel the boys had failed to deliver a creditable

dominated possession and territory for nearly the entire match.

performance. Following the total farce at Ashville it could have sig-

The tries that we scored came after a number of phases of con-

nalled a very dismal end to the season. Instead it produced the

trolled rugby and eventually the space opened up for us to score

best in the whole squad, only a week later, and gave us a memo-

unopposed. This was especially true against Leeds, where we

rable match with Durham. They were a good side with some very

played the first half up the hill and against the wind. We scored

capable players who could have run away with the game. Despite

thirty unanswered points and Leeds hardly touched the ball.

this it took a really splendid try from Durham to separate the sides

Some of these players will return to play second team rugby

at 30 points to 37 in their favour. The better side won but we

next year and also push for first team places. If they learn from

played with passion, wholehearted commitment and no little skill

these two matches and understand the importance of continuity

to run them so close. The win over Leeds was another milestone in

and ball retention and the do not look to score from first phase

confidence building and was just reward for the boys efforts, espe-

possession, they can improve on what has been a very successful

cially those of the whole pack and Simon Baker. Excuses are com-

and enjoyable season.

mon in such a season and the word unlucky can be used as just such an excuse. However this group of young men accepted the

I would like to offer my thanks to all the players who worked

loss of player after player without complaint. The captain, Jeremy

extremely hard in training and were a pleasure to watch play rugby

Thomas, set the best of all examples playing out of position almost

on a Saturday afternoon. My special thanks go to Ian Watkinson

all season for the greater good of his team. The loss of key individ-

who led by example and kept an attitude of respect and confi-

uals did however, enable others to step up to the plate and not be

dence amongst ngst the players on the pitch.

found wanting. With the loss of Peter Wackett to the 1st XV and

Nathan Savage

Alex Hetmanski and David Heaton to injury for the whole season it was good to see Simon Webster, Paul Middleton-Walker and Tom Fahy step up their performances to make A team places their own. The efforts of the B team must never be underestimated and this season injury dictated that we took to the field with as many as nine A team regulars missing. Without the huge commitment of pur South African Tyron Louw and of the second string, exemplified by Chris Wordie, Ed Lax, Seb Cannons and Nickolia Sirontinin we would have failed to honour fixtures and would never have seen the success of the second half of the term. That David Scott

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was selected to play for the 1st XV was not only a tremendous

20), Ashville College (49-14 - after trailing 14-0!), Pocklington

achievement for him personally but also a vindication of the

School (36-0) and Ciggleswick School (46-0).

efforts of his team without whom he would not have made the progress necessary. Sam Farquharson's injury allowed Nick Mannion to show how good he could be. lain Jarvis and Mike Downs showed adaptability, commitment and versatility playing all over the back division. A post training collision robbed us of Mike, for the end of the season, and it was to his huge credit that he managed to return for the sevens at the end of he Easter term.

The early rounds of the Daily Mail Cup were very straightforward, with victories against Northallerton College (65-0) and Scarborough College (0-48). The third round encounter against Leeds Grammar School was a very keenly contested match, with Tom Lloyd scoring the winning (8-5) penalty kick, in the last minute of the game. The fourth round proved to be even more

James Drake finally called an end to his XV s season as his knee would not get better. Three months rest and he returned to excel in the Pocklington and Roslyn Park Sevens. The forwards made huge advances technically in both scrummage and lineout where Charlie Elwess led from the front. Richard Lum and Tom Janes worked tirelessly in all areas providing much needed hard yards and big tackles. In a season like this much work falls to the back row where Alex England, Matthew Thomas-Peter and Ben Reeves always stood up to the task in hand. The young men in this squad trained hard, played hard and often produced real skill under pressure. Those that went on to prepare for sevens in the Easter term, were rewarded for their efforts, by reaching the final of the Pocklington tournament and most creditable performances at eth national sevens at Rosslyn Park. I would end by thanking all the players for their efforts and the parents for their unfailing good humour and support for the boys during the season. P J Stephens

intense, resulting in a 3 - 3 draw against Durham School.The rules of the competition meant that the away team (Durham) proceeded into the last 32 teams. I was immensely impressed by the

Under 15 'A'Team Rugby PLAYED: 13

WON: 9

DRAWN: 2

spirit and determination that all the boys showed against both LOST: 2

'A' team regulars: Oliver Telfer, Piers Denison, Chris Cronin, Rory MacLeod, Tom Lloyd (c), Josh Storrs, Hamish Batchelor,

Leeds and Durham, and I am sure this experience will help them when they embark upon the Under-18 competition in the Sixth form.

Charlie Neate, Richard Kirsch, Tim Johnson, James Roach, Harry

The 2 defeats this season against Hymers College and Barnard

Hustler, John Houghton-Brown, Will Holmes, lain Macalister,

Castle were very different matches. In the first (15-5) against a

Matthew Hall, James Rounding, Adam Hinchcliffe.

very impressive Hymers team, the boys defended resolutely and

The record above indicates that the team had a successful season, under the excellent captaincy of Tom Lloyd, who led by example, both during training and in matches. The season did not begin with the most promising of starts against Trent College, where a try was conceded from the kick-off in an unopposed manner. Fortunately things did improve in this game (19-10 win) and throughout the season. The majority of matches on the normal school circuit were won comfortably, with wins against Woodhouse Grove (22-12), Ampleforth College (40-

really deserved more for their effort and commitment. The second against Barnard Castle (10-22) was an insipid performance, probably as an aftermath of going out of the Daily Mail Cup in the previous match. The final game of the season was a very open and entertaining re-match against Leeds Grammar School, in which a 5-5 draw was a very fair outcome, reflective of the very similar ability and effort shown by both sides. During the season, the front row (James Rounding, Matthew Hall, lain Macalister) were very reliable in set-plays and mobile around the park; the second row (Harry Hustler, Will Holmes, James Roach) were impressive in the line-out and offered notable support in open play; Tim Johnson and John Houghton-Brown were tremendous competitors in both defence and attack, and were ably supported by Adam Hinchcliffe and James Roach, when playing in the back row; in Hamish Bachelor and Charlie Neate, we had 2 committed and hardworking scrum-halves; Tom Lloyd always gave 100% wherever he played; the mid-field players (Piers Denison, Rory Macleod, Chris Cronin) were ever dependable and show much potential; Richard Kirsch was an effective winger whenever he played; OliverTelfer and Josh Storrs (leading try scorer) provided the greatest offensive threat in the back-line offering pace, strength and agility.

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The Under-15 team is undoubtedly a good team, but to be truly competitive against the top opposition, greater inner resolve and less passivity may be required. There is a wealth of individual talent amongst the squad, but the team needs to try to develop more collective drive and spirit, and overcome some defensive frailties in the coming season. M.A. Monteith

needs to learn to guage which option to take. Nick Adams played

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WON: 3

DRAWN: 1

LOST: 6

at the heart of the midfield, tackling and running equally aggressively. He was perhaps the most improved player of the season. He never had a settled partner in the centre, which didn't help

The above statistics pay no justice to what was a hard-work-

continuity and team progression. Nick Jennings was most often in

ing squad and an enjoyable season. The boys trained hard to

the side and he ran particularly hard at the opposition; he may find

improve and many of the matches were extremely close. We were

the forwards more to his liking in future. Duncan Turnbull showed

never beaten due to a lack of effort or commitment and the boys

talent as a ball player and courage in the tackle at both centre and

thoroughly deserved their victories against Trent College, Durham

fullback. Joe Parkes scored several tries from the wing using his

and Giggleswick. The 7-7 draw at Poclkington was a thriller. Nick

pace and power, though a lack of confidence in his own ability

Jennings scored with the last play and Tim Peet converted with the

held him back at times; with more encouragement and enthusi-

last kick to give us a well-earned draw. As they grow in stature and

asm and Joe could really play, as his hat trick at Giggleswick

confidence they will no doubt win more often.

showed. Kris Rawcliff barely missed a tackle all season and rivalled Dominic and Nick for best tackier. Unfortunately, he rarely had

The front row was always competitive and rarely conquered. David Gardner came on as a strong and brave prop who tackled very hard and will play at a much higher level. Ian Riley and James Beadnall grew in confidence and their techniques improved. Aiken Harrop played much of the season in the front row but will, I suspect, end up in the back row. He is extremely fit, always getting quickly to the breakdowns and thus may make an open side. Edward Lewin, Will Bickford-Smith and Josh Dobbins shared the

the space to show his skills in attack. Richard Kirsch thoroughly deserved his promotion to the As after some superb attacking performances from fullback. Beau Parry, Marcus Smith, Callum Coffin and Andrew Lum, who moved from the forwards, all had the chance to fill the position, though it is not an easy one to learn half way through a season. These boys al took it in turns to spend time running the line and I would like to personally thank them for their patience.

work in the boiler room of the second row and also showed skill in the loose. Ben Shonewald, Aiken and Matthew Waugh made a fine back row. Ben always made ground with the ball, running aggressively and with great determination. Matthew picked up well at

Well done to all the boys who played this year and I hope that they continue to enjoy their rugby. Squad:

T.Atkinson, J. Beadnall,W. Bickford-Smith,

number eight and always supported the ball carrier. As the season

C. Coffin, J. Dobbins, D. Gardner, A. Harrop,

went on, we were fortunate to pick up Dominic Ketteringham who

D. Ketteringham, R. Kirsch, E. Lewin, A. Lum,

played at either hooker or openside. Technically the best player, he

N. Jennings, J. Parkes, B. Parry, T. Peet, K. Rawcliffe,

also set the best example. His tackling was absolutely superb in

I. Riley, B. Shonewald, M. Smith, D. Turnbull and

thick and thin. Dominic must fight to regain a place in the As next

M. Waugh

year.

PC Taylor

Tom Atkinson and Tim Peet were a fine halfback combination. Tom battled bravely and provided Tim with some quality passes despite often receiving some pretty poor ball. Tim has all the skills and will develop into a fine flyhalf. He can run, pass and kick but

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17-7

Win

Woodhouse Grove

48-12

Win

Hymers College

36-15

Win

Ampleforth

7-12

Loss

Ashville

38-7

Win

Middlesborough and District

45-0

Win

Pocklington

49-0

Win

Durham

63-7

Win

Barnard Castle

33-7

Win

Leeds G.S.

33-5

Win

Bradford

18-10

Win

Ampleforth Sevens - tournament winners This is one of the finest team of players to arrive at St. Peter's school. Expectations all round were very high for a successful season's rugby and the players did not disappoint. Throughout the aim was not on results but in developing the team to meet

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future challenges. The Daily Mail Cup of next year and preparing a squad of 25 players was foremost in our thinking. Settling on the right combination of players and positions was perhaps the biggest challenge of the year. At least half of this year's B team would have been A team players in any ordinary year group. Fringe B team players would have been central figures normally. The season began well, after short preparation, with a win at Trent College followed by equally sound victories against Hymers College and Woodhouse Grove. A bigger test, in a number of ways, was to come at Ampleforth. The loss here served us well for the rest of the season. The players realised that records count for nothing whereas performance is everything. After letting in tries through needless errors we threw everything we had at Ampleforth. We did not leave their half for 25 minutes, had virtually complete possession of the ball yet won no penalties and con-

Callum Sinclair produced an excellent service for the fly half,

ceded others at crucial moments. Andre Watson would have been

Jack Page. The latter had an outstanding season, creating numer-

proud!

ous try scoring opportunities while having a flexible and effective

Our reaction to this defeat was excellent and we then put together a string of impressive victories. Performances against Barnard Castle, Pocklington and Leeds particularly stand out. Our biggest match was undoubtedly however our last game - away to Bradford. The team prepared in an excellent manner for this game and showed great determination in training. On the day we were clinical in all aspects of the game. Each player contributed massively to an 18-10 victory that was thoroughly deserved. Even more pleasing was the way the players demonstrated a capacity to think about decisions for themselves and take the right options at key moments. From being 15-0 up we quickly slipped to 15-10 with 15 minutes still to play. This is when teams are made and individuals stand up. We were not let down. Individuals are too numerous to mention. Besides, a team is only as strong as its weakest player. The team spirit here was strong and will continue to develop. With hard work there are all the ingredients here for great things next season. Without the right attitude however, this will come to nothing. What was most pleasing of all was to see, therefore, how the players' attitude to

kicking game. At inside centre Andrew Walkland gave structure to the team's backs. His direct approach to the game meant that the opposition's midfield defence was tested on a consistent basis. His game contrasted strongly with that of the team's outside centre, Ben Eaves, who added pace and agility to the back three. Ben was the team's place kicker and highest point scorer. James Streather and Tom Lightwing cut through the opposition's defence with great skill. Both were fine finishers who were rarely outpaced by their opposite numbers. Jordan Nadian, a reliable tackier, speedy runner and a good kicker when under pressure, took the full back position. Other individuals played in the team on an occasional basis. Nick Hall took George Lister's place at prop when the latter was injured. Chris Brewer filled in for Tom Scott when he was playing for the 'A' team. Chris's height helped massively in the lineout. Callum Stark was a spare back row for Cameron Macrostie. Danny Bailey also played as winger when James Streather or Tom Lightwing were injured. All contributed a great deal to the team's success.

each other developed through the season. The criticisms of each

Overall, the season was

other, the complaining at referees and lax attitude in training have

a great success. The team all

now disappeared. Instead there is now encouragement and focus

worked together to ulti-

in all that is done. In many ways, this is perhaps the most impor-

mately outplay every team

tant feature of all as it will be very much required in the future. I

they came up against. Our

wish all the team great success next year and in the future.

closest match was the final game of the season against

Stephen Gwilliam

Bradford Grammar School. The opposition had hitherto

Under 14B Rugby Report 2003-2004 During the winter term, the U14B rugby team has had a very successful season. After some well fought matches we came out victorious in every match. The front row consisted of sturdy George Lister and the heavy

been unbeaten, but our strongest performance of the season secured a 19-0 victory. Another highlight was our 25-0 win at Ampleforth College. The opposition had a large pack that bullied the forwards early on, but our superior tactics and strong running saw us take the honours.

scrummager Henry Elwess.The reliable hooker Scott jagger acted as an occasional back row forward when required.The second row of Harry Caley and Henry Summers gave the pack the extra power needed to out scrummage the opposition. Cameron Macrostie, Tom Scott and Will Butterworth (captain) played in the back row. Agile and skilful, they gave excellent support to the ball carrier and

Special thanks go to Mr.Murray for making the season an enjoyable one yet also managing to make it an experience in which we learned a lot. We would also like to thank the team members for all the hard work and commitment they put in to every match.

their speed to the breakdown meant that the backs were never

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Boys' Hockey

Robert Johnson:"The Crab" Robin was the most technically correct player in the team. Excellent tackling ability and a great passer of the ball. James Marsden: Although a novice to Hockey, James' gener-

First XI Hockey This was a very productive season and opinion was that this side was one of the strongest in recent history. Much of our success was due to the skills of Jason our Aussie coach. Colours were awarded to the entire team and caps to Tom Bartram, Jonathan Doyle, Peter Puxon and James Wackett. The stick was awarded to

al sporting ability was evident. Consistently he made sensible, simple decisions and became more enterprising and gaining in confidence as the season progressed. Sam Wallum: Capable of moments of brilliance due to his excellent dribbling skills. He scored numerous goals.

Peter Puxon, the Pandas Cup, for the most outstanding Middle

Chris Smalley: Our most talented ball carrier. His dribbling

School player to Tom Rowlands and the Mark Burns trophy, for

skills were complimented by his passing ability. He scored goats

most improved player, to Michael Miller.

and created them for others.

The Side Jonathan Doyle: A natural goalkeeper. Reliable throughout

Michael Miller: Improved immeasurable throughout the season. Mikes growth in confidence was typified by an outstanding goal against Hall Cross.

the season and was often the difference between winning and drawing. A priceless member of the team.

Charlie Perry: A natural finisher and our top goal scorer. His attacking brain allowed him to pounce on every goal scoring

Will Butler: Composed on the ball, knowledgeable off it and

opportunity.

a great man-to-man marker. Finally I would like to thank Mr. Johnston for his tireless work. Tom Rowlands: Always secure in defence and able to read

It is due to his dedication that St Peter's Hockey has reached such

danger signs early and deal with them efficiently. He has a great

an exceptional standard. Personally this has been the most enjoy-

Hockey future ahead of him.

able season I have had.

James Rowlands:"The Grim Reaper". Aggressive both in and

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out of the tackle. James won every 50-50 ball. This is the best side I have been associated with during my James Wackett: Organised the defence. He has the ability to

time at St Peter's. It is worth noting that often against strong club

make the game look simple and difficult skills seem effortless. An

sides they dominated possession and made the experienced play-

outstanding season.

ers work extremely hard. The keys to their success were sound

Tom Batram: Dominated the centre of Defence. Consistency

technical skills and a team ethic. They passed and ran for each

and composure helped to create a watertight defensive line that

other and trusted each other with the ball. At times their inter-

was rarely penetrated.

passing was first class. Captain Peter Puxon prompted all around him distributing well and always encouraging. His sense of

Ben Hough: The midfield engine. An outstanding sporting brain, high level of fitness and the ability to pass the ball with great precision were amongst his assets.

humour on and off the field allowed all to enjoy their playing and training. I thoroughly enjoyed being associated with this team and

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boating. Fortunately the realisation that we could lose the last

2X1 Hockey Report 2004 Squad:

J. Ash (c), J. Bennett (vc), T. Burkhardt (keeper), W. Sim (T.F.C), H. Scott, T. Downey, A. Sargeant, R. Storer, R. Faultley, E. Hilling, M. Morris, J.Tang,

game of the season pulled everyone together for the last ten minutes and the win was secured. Richard Francis

I. Francis, J. Pang.

U16 Hockey Report Vs. Ampleforth U16 XI

2-0

Won

Vs. Ashville 2nd XI

6-1

Won

Vs. Bradford 1st XI

3-4

Lost

Vs. Ashville 1st XI

2-3

Lost

Vs. Bradford 1st XI

2-2

Draw

Vs. Reed U16 XI

7-4

Won

Vs. Ashville 2nd XI

7-1

Won

4-3

Won

U16A/B Vs. Scarborough U15 XI

The U16 hockey team went into this season with enthusiasm

Fixtures

and with high expectations, and rightly so. A very talented squad

Saturday 17th January V Ciggleswick (h)

played with real character throughout the season coming up 3-0

Won

A comprehensive victory to start the season. Two of the goals

against some very hard opposition, and they came out with some encouraging performances.

were well-orchestrated and showed strengths within the midfield. The foundations of a solid central defence, of James

The season started with a fine victory over our very strong

Bennett and Mick Morris, were laid to last throughout the rest

arch rivals Ampleforth College. Sam Farquharson opened the sea-

of the season.

son's tally with a fine goal after being on the pitch a mere 20 seconds which seemed to set the standard for what was to follow.

Wednesday 21st January V Ampleforth (h)

5-0

Won

More of the same was needed in the second game of the sea-

Another solid victory with little resistance from the opposi-

son against Ashville's 2nd XI in which the game was won by a

tion. This game showed some cohesive teamwork from the

formidable midfield force, headed by captain Ian Jarvis.

back line all the way to the front line to setup some well executed champagne goals. Saturday 24th January V Ashville (h)

The third game of the season saw the team's hardest opposition yet, Bradford Grammar's 1st XI. A powerful side full of talent defeated the team with a late goal from their talented captain.

0-2

Lost

Good performances from both Jeremy Thomas and Sam Goodwill

This game made the weaknesses in the team very apparent

in defence ensured that Bradford's fearsome attacking force was

with a lack of communication in a midfield rife with change,

kept under control.

against a first team that came off the bus with high hopes of A second loss followed when the team fell short against a

winning.

strong Ashville College 1st XI, yet the team bounced of the previ-

Wednesday 4th February V Scarborough College (a) 0-1

Won

Physical strength and determination from every member of the side and the stubbornness not to give up produced a memorable victory against the strongest side on the circuit.

ous losses to dominate Bradford's 1st XI in the return match but unfortunately we were held to a 2-2 draw. A special mention has to go to Simon Baker who shared the goalkeeping duties with Paul Middleton-Walker.

Friday 6th February V Pocklington (h)

2-4

Lost

The team lacked several key players due to open days and other activities but refused to lie down until the final whistle, a really gutsy performance by all on a day better suited to water sports. Wednesday 25th February V Barnard Castle (h)

4-1

Won

A convincing victory against a weak side where fast ball speed and expansive midfield play allowed next years potential players to impress both the crowd and the coach. Saturday 20th March V Ciggleswick (a)

2-3

Won

With the presence of Bob standing in for our coach, we almost squandered a 3-0 half time lead by overconfidence and show

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Coffin and Josh Storrs generally played up and down the flanks.

Gibbs.The attacking force that seemed to see a lot of the ball this

Callum was very skilful but would have benefited from a little

season included, Richard Walkland, Will Ryley, and James Drake all

more determination in tracking back. Josh just started to get used

whom represented the school with honour and distinction.

to running at defences who found him very difficult to deal with.

A special thanks from the whole side goes to Mr. Morris who managed and coached the side with enthusiasm and dedication

He must now try to consider when is the best time to run and when to pass. The strike force normally consisted of Piers Dennison and Chris Cronin. They were both very fast in attack

throughout the season.

and started to make some good runs, they must try to release Jeremy Thomas, V Form

shots on goal more readily and anticipate where the ball is going to, so that they can increase their scoring rate.

Under 15 Hockey The under 15's had a very mixed season. This was due mainly to a lack of matches. They had excellent enthusiasm at the start of the term and worked very hard in training. It proved to be a very difficult job to pick the side as all of the boys had played a few years of hockey now and all had good abilities.

There were a number of other boys who made appearances in the team and can certainly continue to challenge for places next year, but special mention must go to Will Bickford Smith and Tom Richardson.

James

The boys played five games beating Ampleforth twice away

Beadnall played most of the season in goal and was very good at

and Barnard Castle once away. They lost with a mixed A and B

shot stopping and had very quick reactions. When he got injured

team to an older Reed School Team and drew a very eventful

later on in the season Matthew Waugh came in and played very

game with Barnard Castle at home. Here the game had to be

well also. The defence were well organised and between them

abandoned after 30 mins due to a double-booked astro. I am sure

read the game very well.

they can progress to be a very good team in the future and I look

Hamish Batchelor and Dominic

Ketteringham played very well in the full back slots and Tim Johnson and Matthew Hall played sweeper and centre marker between them. They were very dependable and assured at the back. Tom Lloyd and Harry Hustler played together in centre midfield. The both worked up and down the pitch tirelessly in defence and played some lovely balls through for the strikers. Callum

forward to charting their progress. Nathan Savage

U14 HOCKEY A AND B PLAYED: 13

WON: 11

DRAWN: 1

LOST: 1

There have been 35 third formers who have taken part in the matches this year and it is a testament to their strength in depth that we could have easily fielded 3 strong U14 teams (including goalkeepers!). The results have been tremendous and are mainly a reflection of how well the teams have understood the mechanics of the game: I have never before seen such good use of space from a third form side. Many thanks to Mr Maltby for his expert coaching and a particular mention is needed for the B team goalkeepers who frequently stood in the freezing cold, perhaps touching the ball once all match, before travelling home again! This is certainly a year group to look out for in the future and well done to all the boys involved. M.A.Edwards

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The Colin Bosomworth Cup for the most improved player was awarded to lain Jarvis. The cup was presented to lain during the O.P. match by Colin's great friend Phil Brierley. The Fielding Cup was re-awarded to Peter Puxon despite the worthy claims of sev-

1st.X1 Report The 2004 season was outstanding. The prospects were good, as seven old Colours remained and the team fulfilled this promise.

eral others in what was a very good fielding side. The Junior House competition was won by School House. We are all grateful to lain Riley, who did an excellent and reliable job as scorer.

This is only the fourth time that the 1st. X1 has been unbeaten in

My thanks to the many parents, who have supported us so

all matches and this year's record of 10 wins and 7 draws is clear-

well, often in less than pleasant weather. I think they enjoyed

ly the best overall season. Congratulations to the whole team,

themselves, not least as so many matches produced close exciting

everyone played a significant part.

finishes. Not ideal for the health of yours truly but great value for

For the first time two batsmen, Tom Bartram and James

players and spectators!

Wackett, averaged over 50 and Tom Woolsey took over 50 wickets

Towards the end of the season it was encouraging to see

for the third successive year, ending his school career with 183

Charlie Parry and Peter Wackett batting and bowling with more

wickets, well ahead of the 150 taken by Bill Pickersgill forty years

confidence. Another to make good progress in the 2nd.X1 was Sam

ago. It is hard to envisage home matches without Tom wheeling

Macbeth, who deserved his place in the Festival squad. This year's

away at the St.Olave's end. In a way it was the end of an era, as

festival was at Merchant Taylors', Northwood and we are grateful

the six members of the Upper Sixth have contributed a huge

to Harry Latchman and his colleagues for all they did to make it a

amount during their time at St Peter's. How lucky we were to get

most enjoyable week.

such a good intake. My thanks to them all. They have been a credit to the School and a pleasure to coach. I am very grateful to Tom

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Bartram who has again been an astute and mature captain. He

Tom Bartram: a fine all-round season to end an impressive

received excellent support from James Wackett and Tom Woolsey,

school career. He practised hard during the winter and it certainly

all three were awarded caps.

paid dividends. He has always been a strong leg-side player, but this season his footwork was much improved and his straight and offside driving was a pleasure to watch. His century at the Festival won him the batting award and his total of 755 runs at an average of 50.33 is a very good achievement. He bowled with more

pace this year and found the ability to bowl away swing. I look forward to seeing this change of style develop in the future. James Wackett: what a delight it was to see James finish his career at St. Peter's in great form. He ended the season with an average of 52.36, the result of a lot of hard work and practice as well as considerable ability. He was a key figure in several wins when we were chasing a total, where his skill and experience were invaluable. His driving, especially on the leg-sif| very powerful. He again kept well and on a number of i he opened the bowling <

Sport he can improve his shot selection he is capable of scoring a lot of runs. Until he was injured in the O.P. match, he bowled his offspinners well and as usual his fielding was first-class. lain Jarvis: he had a good first season in the 1st. X1 and deservedly won the Colin Bosomworth Cup for the most improved player. He worked hard at his technique and his cover driving was superb. He must continue to apply himself carefully and strive to play long innings. He has sorted out problems with his bowling action and hopefully will form part of the attack next year. James Marsden: a keen and valuable member of the team. He bowled much better than his figures would suggest and his fielding was outstanding. He had little chance to bat, but he won the match against Saints C.C. for us. I hope he will play a major role next season. Peter Puxon: his enthusiasm on and off the field has made him an invaluable team man. He has practised hard and is a greatly improved all-round player. His fielding, especially his catching, Tom Woolsey: he has been an outstanding player and took 183 wickets for the 1st.X1,a record which will be hard, if not

was again excellent and he showed at Ampleforth that he is-as he has told us often- a very useful leg-spinner.

impossible, to beat. He had an ideal temperament for a slow

Henry Scott: he is a very promising opening bowler and it is

bowler and on a few occasions this season he overcame an uncer-

hard to believe that he took so few wickets. He bowled consis-

tain start to bowl teams out. His batting too improved, he played

tently well, beating the bat regularly and had no luck at all. His

several impressive innings.

out-fielding was very good; he saved a lot of runs.

Jonathan Bairstow: a very good first season in the 1st. X1.

Matthew Spalding: he had a frustrating season. After bowl-

He is almost certainly the first Under 14 player to go straight into

ing so well at the end of last year, he was unable to find any con-

the 1st. X1 without playing for a Junior team. He had few oppor-

sistency and lost confidence. Although he had few opportunities,

tunities to play long innings, but as he showed against Leeds C.S.,

he hit the ball very hard and is capable of making good scores. His

he was more than capable of doing so. Early in the season he had

fielding improved enormously and he took some fine catches.

little luck when bowling, but in the last few matches he swung the ball well and picked up some useful wickets. He fielded keenly and his catching was excellent.

The following represented the 1st. X1: t * T.S. Bartram (Captain) t * T.T. Woolsey

t * J.M.Wackett * J. Bairstow

* E.D. Hilling

* B.R.M. Hough

ting improved considerably and he will, I am sure, continue to

* I.D. Jarvis

* J.P. Marsden

work at it. He is a very talented wicket-keeper. It was good to see

* P.E.M. Puxon

* H.J. Scott

his confidence grow during the season and he was really impres-

* M.B. Spalding

Ed Hilling: he did well to establish himself in the X1. His bat-

C.A. Parry

sive at the Festival. Ben Hough: a rather mixed season. He batted beautifully on occasions, but he also lost his wicket to some ill-judged strokes. If

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1st. XI Results St.Peter's

Scarborough

Home

Abandoned

v 124-2 B.Hough 53 not out J.Wackett 37 not out

Giggleswick 122 T.Woolsey 4-31

Home

Won

St Peter's

Old Peterites

Home

Drawn

St Peter's Yorkshire Cents C.C

Home

Abandoned

97-3

T.Bartram 39 not out

206-6 dec. J.Rigby 56

St Peter's

A.Billington 40 not out D.Welbourne 39

T.Woolsey 5-46 St. Peter's

v Sedbergh 129 132-4 T.Woolsey 55 not out O.Pimlott 32 B.Hough 42 T.Bartram 4-29

Away

Won

T.Woolsey 3-37 St. Peter's

M.W.Johnston's XI

180-4

182-6 dec. A.Bairstow 67 not out G.Hogg 47 D.Heaton 40

B.Hough 88 J.Wackett 31

Home

Drawn

v 134-2 T.Bartram 53 not out J.Wackett 34 not out

Durham 130 P.Muchall 71 T.Woolsey 6-36

Away

Won

St. Peter's

Home

Won

210-5

207-7 dec.

Home

Drawn

J.Wackett 65 not out

222-6 dec. S.Bradley 112 T.Cleminson 31

and 225-6 dec. N.Kay 79 not out J.Dougherty 75 T.Bartram 3-78

and 229-7 B.Hough 112 T.Bartram 64 N.Kay 4-37

St. Peter's

York C.C.

216-4 dec. T.Bartram 82 T.Woolsey 69

D.Broadbent 63

B.Hough 38

S.Gregory 30

St Peter's

M.C.C.

171-8 J.Wackett 64

219-7 dec. N.Kay 112

T.Cooper 3-36

j.Foggitt 36 not out

9**^««t*

* I i *t

T.Woolsey 3-66 St Peter's

Leeds G.S.

239-6

239-9 dec.

Home

Drawn

Merchant Taylors' Northwood Festival

P.Puxon 95 not out

D.Sweeting 54

J.Bairstow 50

D.Finerty 44

St Peter's

B.Hough 31

D.Stokoe 38

223-7

222-9

T.Jacklin 5-83

T.Jacklin 34

T.Bartram 100

J.O'Sullivan 92

T.Woolsey 5-82

I.Jarvis 37

M.Patel 51

J.Hershman 3-61

J.Bairstow 3-20

St Peter's

201-9 J.Wackett 68 T.Bartram 55 S.Lawrence 5-33 St Peter's 213 T.Bartram 47 J.Wackett 46 J.Bairstow 39

Saints C.C.

Home

Won

198-7 dec. D.Broadbent 46 S.Peacock 38 N.Fletcher 33 Ampleforth

Away

Merchant Taylors'

M.T.

Won

M.T.

Won

M.T.

Drawn

K.Patel 3-69 St Peter's

v 139-3 B.Hough 51 J.Wackett 30 not out

Loretto

138 T.Woolsey 5-62

St Peter's

Cranleigh

Drawn

163-6 J.PawIe 75 C.O'Kelly 30 P.Puxon 4-29

T.Woolsey 76

159-4 A.Cope 55

B.Hough 56

RJones 48

275-9

J.Wackett 45

D.Tullock 4-40

J.Bairstow 35 St Peter's

v 150-2 T.Bartram 65 not out E.Hilling 40 B.Hough 30 St Peter's

222-6 T.Bartram 60 J.Wackett 56 not out I.Jarvis 52

President's X1

Home

Won

B.Gilchrist 3-38

148 T.Woolsey 3-34

Home Pocklington 221 J.Bolam 70 A.Gowthorpe 42 not out T.Woolsey 5-80 B.Hough 3-33

St Peter's

v 147-7 L.Nussbaumer 3-35

Elizabeth College 213-7 J.Warr106 J.Nussbaumer 37

M.T.

Drawn

St Peter's

Rossall

M.T.

Won

Won v 131-1 T.Bartram 52 ret.hurt P.Puxon 38 not out

130 R.Dingle 38 J.Preston 32 T.Woolsey 5-51

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1st XI Averages Not Batting J.M.Wackett T.S.Bartram B.R.M.Hough P.E.M.Puxon T.J.Woolsey E.D.Hilling I.D.Jarvis J.Bairstow M.B.Spalding j.P.Marsden H.J.Scott

Innings

out

Highest Runs

19 19 18 13 14 7 12 15 5 4 5

8 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 3 1 3

576 755 559 256 328 106 197 256 35 27 13

Score Average 68 100 112 95* 76 40 52 50 13 10 8*

52.36 50.33 32.88 28.44 27.33 26.5 21.88 21.33 17.5

9 6.5

* Not out Also batted: S. Macbeth 8,0*; C.A. Parry8*;P.J. Wackett 73,2.

Bowling

Overs

Maidens

Runs

Wickets

Best Bowling

Average

P.E.M.Puxon

106

4-29

13.25

T.J.Woolsey

307.2

946

6-36

17.2

J.Bairstow

53.3

228

3-20

J.M.Wackett

155

2-19

19.37

B.R.M.Hough

74.3

308

3-33

20.53

2-29

T.S.Bartram

160.1

504

4-29

25.2

J.P.Marsden

324

1-9

H.J.Scott

122

434

2-22

39.45

M.B.Spalding

206

1-11

68.66

C.A.Parry

Also bowled: I.D.Jarvis 1-0-2- 7; P.J.Wackett 11-2-36-0. Catches: P.E.M.Puxon:14, J.Bairstow: 5, B.R.M.Hough: 12, T.S.Bartram: 5, J.M.Wackett: 12 (3 stumpings), I.D.Jarvis: 4, E.D.Hilling 8 (2 stumpings), H.J.Scott: 4, M.B.Spalding: 6, J.P.Marsden: 3, T.J.Woolsey: 6, CAParry: 2, P.J.Wackett: 2

away.

2nd XI Cricket The 2nd Xl's record of two wins, three draws and three

The bowling was generally good but weaknesses in concentra-

defeats does not do justice to the progress made by many mem-

tion and consistency were exposed against Bootham and Ashville.

bers of the side over the year. Rain after tea probably deprived

Miles Baker and James Ash were controlled and accurate and were

the team of victory against Barnard Castle and Scarborough

always difficult to score against at the start of an innings. James

College cancelled the final game of the season due to the weak-

usually bowled within himself but was still quick amongst 2nd

ness of their side. A very exciting run chase at Leeds almost

team bowlers; Miles deserves to be commended for the progress

secured victory and the tail nearly achieved a win against

he has made over the last three seasons. Charlie Parry, Tim Heaps

Ampleforth in a low scoring game.

and Tom Janes backed them up well on most occasions. Ian

Early season concerns about weaknesses in the batting were justified as Sedbergh reduced us to 6 for 5 when requiring 186. However the tail hung on in a determined manner and survived for nearly two hours reaching 86 for 7. Although victory was

Francis and Sam Goodwill turned the ball but circumstances limited their opportunities to bowl lengthy spells; both will certainly take wickets in the future. Peter Wackett made a couple of useful contributions with the ball at the end of the season.

secured against a poor Durham side the top order did not really

Will Butler improved behind the stumps and grew in confi-

function well until the match at Leeds only to fail later against

dence as the season progressed. Close fielding varied between

Ampleforth who took six early wickets before our score was 30.

holding brilliant catches and dropping or missing many more

David Heaton and Sam Macbeth have the ability to make big

straightforward. The ground fielding was good and was certainly

scores at this level but it was only late in the season that they

better than most opponents except for a couple of occasions

produced good opening stands. Paul Rushton started the season

when under pressure near the end of the Leeds and Pocklington

out of form but did later regain his confidence and make a couple

innings. Catching became more secure as the season progressed.

of significant contributions.

Michael Down has ability but needs

to improve his shot selection if he is to progress. Charlie Parry always played with aggression; he hit the ball very hard but must be sure to get a feel for the pace of a wicket before striking out. His injections of rapid scoring against Leeds and Pocklington changed the course of those matches. The most rewarding aspect of the batting was the significant improvements made by Will Butler, Tim Heaps and James Ash who tempered aggression and defence to suit the match situation and rarely gave their wickets The Peterite 2003-2004

My particular thanks go to James Ash who captained the side well. He grew in confidence, was enthusiastic and as well as encouraging all those around him did much to ensure that the game was played in the right spirit. I am also grateful to Miles Baker who has contributed much to 2nd XI cricket in his time at St. Peter's; his attitude and commitment were an example to all. The side worked hard in the nets and at practice and have made great strides forward; with further efforts over the winter several

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have the potential to play at a higher level. This team has been a

play all of the above-mentioned players.

pleasure to work with; I have enjoyed their company and their Tom Lloyd took control of the Ashville encounter. He grabbed

cricket.

the game by the scruff of the neck and hit a quick fire 58 and took 3 wickets for 19 runs. In a slow moving game we finished them off

Results: St. Peter's 86-7 v Match drawn D Heaton 31*,JAsh 3-30

Sedbergh 185-8 dec.

with plenty of wickets to spare.The side was making good progress from both a batting and bowling perspective. On a hot day at Leeds Josh Storrs single handedly took the opposition apart. A magnificent 128 was made when the team

St. Peter's 127-6 v Durham Won by 59 runs (30 overs per side) S Macbeth 64*. M Down 33,1 Francis 3-10

68-9

St. Peter's 116 Lost by 4 wickets

Ashville

120-6

all.

St. Peter's 160-4 v Match drawn S Macbeth 39, S Goodwill 3-37

Leeds

162-5

Storrs increased his average by making 63 runs. In a bizarre game

St. Peter's 159 v Lost by 31 runs (30 overs per side) P Rushton 34

Bootham 190-5

most needed it. Tim Peet the captain also contributed 37 runs, which were of great value to his side. Matthew Hall bowled accurately and took 3 wickets for 11 runs. An excellent day was had by

Ampleforth was the only fixture we lost this season. Josh

we threw it away which was really disappointing. We played Bootham again and Piers Denison took 2 wickets for 9 runs and Josh Storrs hit an unbeaten 43. Pocklington were not a bad side but we were better. Piers Denison was on fire. He took 4 wickets for

St. Peter's 99 v Lost by 10 runs W Butler 46, C Parry 4-19

Ampleforth 109

St. Peter's 183-5 v Won by 5 wickets S Macbeth 31, P Rushton 33, C Parry 47, M Baker 3-35

Pocklington 182-9 dec.

25 runs.

Mr.Storrs acquitted himself well punishing the bad balls and reached 59 with ease. At this point of the season everyone was on a high. The boys seemed to really enjoy the cricket and they had made some real progress in cricketing terms. All of the boys mentioned above contributed to the side particularly Tim Dennis who helped with scoring in every match and also made fantastic progress with his bowl-

St. Peter's 197-4 v Barnard Castle Match drawn (Rain stopped play at Tea) D Heaton 70, S Macbeth 44

ing. The season ended on a high with Tim Peet making 101 not out against Reed school from Drax. Harry Hustler bowled brilliantly

D J Watkinson

and ended up with some fine figures. He took 6 wickets for 13 runs. Brilliant!

Under 15 Cricket PLAYED: 9 The Squad:

WON 8

LOST: 1

I hope the players from this team go on to make the senior sides and enjoy Cricket to the full.

T.Slingsby, T.Peet, P.Denison, M.Hall, J.Storrs, H.Hustler, D.Cardener, T.Dennis, G. Mastreli, A.Hinchcliffe, T.Richardson, J.Rounding, T. Lloyd, A.Lumb, Ian J.Dobbins. Kettleborough,

A Tale of two seasons. Last year this side struggled. This year they were very close to being unbeaten. Every single game was

Richard.J.Francis

Under 14 A Cricket A season ruined by the weather, two wins, two losses, one draw, four abandoned.

played in the right spirit and as a group of players collectively they

This has been a really enjoyable group to work with. They have

contributed to a very successful season. Sedbergh were a talent-

all listened and tried very hard to perform the tasks asked of them.

ed side but we outplayed them on the day. On a slow pitch Josh

If they continue in this vein they will develop into good cricketers.

Storrs raced to 68 and this formed the basis of an innings in which every player contributed positively to the side. Harry Hustler took 4 wickets for 31 runs. An excellent achievement. Durham had some talented bowlers. However, we batted sensibly with Tom Slingsby making 58 and again Josh Storrs contributed 28 runs to the innings. Harry Hustler performed admirably with 3 wickets for 20 runs. The fielding skills of the side were of a higher standard than the previous game. An interesting game was played down the road at Bootham. This was a Bohemian experience to say the least. The match was certainly remembered for Tim Peet's excellent contribution of 43. The squad all contributed in this game and it gave me a chance to

The Players Jamie Scattergood (RHB): Left arm spinners are essential in St Peter's School cricket sides and Jamie shows good potential. A big spinner of the ball, he must develop a stock delivery and gain consistency. He is an attacking batsman, capable of making big scores, and has developed sound technique on both front and back foot. Good in the field. Harry Caley (RHB): Opening right arm over. Harry has the potential to bowl quickly. He must develop a more significant follow through. He possesses a fine cover drive, but must develop his ability to pick length before he commits to the shot.

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Jordan Nadian (LHB): At the start of the season Jordan

Tom Yuill (RHB): The best fielder in the side. Tom's catching

played almost exclusively on the back foot. He has worked hard

is of the highest standard often taking dismissals that other field-

and developed his front foot play. A good fielder at backward point

ers would not reach. Having removed the dreaded "long barrier"

he effected some smart run outs. His leg spin bowling will cause

from his ground fielding Tom always threatened to run people out.

problems especially as he perfects the "wrong un". A good all

He hits the ball hard and worked to increase his variety of shots.

rounder.

A leg spinner, Tom improved his flight and accuracy when he

Tom Scott (RHB): Accurate right arm medium pace gave us

allowed his back leg through in his action.

good pressure at the start of opposition innings. Tom's batting

Alastair Penty (RHB): An attacking batsman who hits the ball

improved as he picked length more accurately and got into line.

cleanly all around the wicket. Alastair played on the walk at the

He has the potential to become an all rounder.

beginning of the season but has eradicated this from his play and

Andrew Walkland (RHB): The fastest of the opening right arm attack. Andrew's ability to pitch the ball up and hit the target, spearing in at middle and leg, proved a most useful asset. As the

reaped the benefits. He is capable of changing games with the speed of his run making. A right arm over away swing bowler accurate but needs to modify his action.

season progressed he began to develop an away swing delivery.

Callum Sinclair (RHB): Right arm over medium pace, Callum

With the bat he hit the ball hard but struggled to pick length and

really blossomed in the term. He maintained line and length

lost a little confidence.

against the most talented batsman often beating the bat without

George Milligan (RHB): George has time when batting and plays some fine shots. He needs to have a higher back lift if he is to hit the ball along the ground more consistently. As the season

reward. A hitter at the start of the season Callum leaned that timing; patience and playing proper shots gain greater reward. Mike Johnston

progressed George took over the wicket keeping where he showed real potential. James Strether (RHB): James struggled with his footwork early in the season. Sliding his back foot. He concentrated at all

U14 B Cricket Report 2004 Played: 6 The Squad:

Won: 4

Drawn: 0

Lost: 2

E. Sinks, C. Brewer, W. Butterworth, E. Diggory,

times and as his strength increases he will score runs. A nurdler at

C. Down, G. Drabble, B. Eaves, J. Exall, M. Ford,

present, he worked hard at playing more shots and this will

J. Goodall, N. Hall, D. Hanly, S. Jagger, F. Lang,

increase his effectiveness especially against the slower bowlers. Jack Page (RHB): Full of potential Jack needs a little more confidence in his ability. He can bat effectively when he moves his

G. Lister, A. McFarlane, E. McKenzie, C. McRostie, C. Millard, E. Pang, B. Roach, A. Shaw, C. Stark, T.Tam and T.Yule.

feet. A very good fielder often making the difficult look easy. A

More boys played cricket this year than in my previous four

competent keeper, Jack needs to learn to enthuse his fielders at all

years as coach and, happily, more fixtures were played. Coaching

times.

this number of boys, however, required patience on both their and

Henry Elwess (RHB): Very sound technique on the off side with a good drive. Henry must develop leg side shots if he is to make runs consistently. His right arm over medium pace is accurate and worth persevering with.

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my behalf and I would like to thank Mr Stephen for his time and expertise in the nets. Though it took some time for the boys to understand the fundamentals of batting in particular, their enthusiasm in the field led

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to a very successful season. Wins against Sedbergh, Ampleforth,

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Bootham and Read outweigh disappointing efforts against Durham and Bootham in the return game when over-confidence led to a poor performance. There are many talented ball-players in this squad who should go on to play cricket at a far higher level and maybe resemble international cricketers! Frazer Lang's bowling provided me with the most memorable moment of this season with a haul of four for seven which salvaged some respect in the Bootham rematch. Frazer (Muralitheran) can spin the ball some way and is generally very accurate. He is also an enthusiastic and capable fielder. The most improved player was Cameron McRostie (Paul Collingwood) who arrived at the school with little technical ability but he worked very hard and developed into a capable all-rounder. Unfortunately, his best performance came for Read against the

This season was always going to be difficult after 8 of our best players departed the school last year. Lunchtime training

sessions

throughout

the

Christmas and Easter terms were organised to try and bring our remaining players up to standard. In addition Mr Shread organised some matches in December and there was a four-day coaching course with Belinda in the Easter holiday.

School! Careth Drabble (Michael Vaughan) was the most capable of the batsmen.

Tennis 1sts

His efforts against Ampleforth and Bootham

showed terrific timing and good technique. Tom Yule (Graham Thorpe) also made a fine 76 not out against Ampleforth and always looked comfortable at this level. Desire to score quickly cost him his wicket on occasions. William Butterworth (Marcus Trescothwick) worked very hard on his technique all season. He hits the ball tremendously hard and learnt later in the season to

At the beginning of the summer term we had a Ists V 2nds match to try and establish some kind of rankings. James Drake and Sam Farquharson surprised us all with their ability and jumped to 2nd pairing. Playing on grass courts took time to get used to but certainly gave us an advantage when playing at home. The lower bounce makes for a faster game and domination of the net becomes a key objective. It became evident that our opponents had not been coached to play this style of tennis.

pick more carefully which deliveries to hit. Ben Eaves (Andrew

Team rankings have rotated more than usual this season and

Strauss) showed on a number of occasions that he is a good play-

this is partly due to the fact that the ability of our top six players

er but often got himself out just as he was starting to dominate

has been fairly equal. The winners of challenge matches were

the bowling - I expect more from him once he sorts out his ten-

often determined by who happened to be in the better form on

dency to move to leg. Chris Down (Robert Key) showed some

the day.

very good technique and will score runs as his confidence increasOur first match of the season resulted in a fairly comprehen-

es.

sive victory over the University. This was followed by a fiercely Of the bowlers, Edward Binks (Steve Harmison) proved to be

contested draw against QEGS.

the most consistent. He bowls a good length at a fair pace and could be one to watch in the future.

Edmund Pang (Matthew

Hoggard) bowled a good length at a decent pace and could become an excellent cricketer with more application.

Callum

Stark (Freddie Flintoff) was the best of the alt-rounders. His leftarm medium was occasionally inaccurate but often too good for

Alex and myself and formed one of the core pairings, playing in every single game. Alex, despite numerous injuries, proved that he can hit winning shots at the most unexpected times and his service was more solid than in previous seasons whilst I showed good form at times.

the opposition and he hit the ball very hard if too much in the air.

Johnny Butterworth and Tom Downey formed another key

The wicketkeeping was shared between Edward Diggory (Geraint

pairing and Johnny's service became quite a weapon though like

Jones) and James Goodall (Chris Read) and they both ended the

me he did have occasional problems with double faults. Johnny

season as tidy performers. Well done to all the boys who played and practised hard this year.

and Tome were certainly the team's most competent pairing at the net producing some fantastic volleys at full stretch. These two have probably adapted their game to grass better than any of us and their athleticism makes them tough competitors.

PC Taylor

Josh Tindell, Peter Slower and Tom Snowball are the trio from which the third pair was selected. Josh was consistent and had the ability to produce a most evil topspin lob. He reached the final of the U 18 York Singles Tournament. Peter was promoted to the elite having been spotted playing one lunchtime. These two will certainly be up there next year. Some younger players have also made first team appearances. James Drake and Sam Farquharson, as mentioned earlier. Chris Brewer played against the Old Peterites shortly after learning he had been invited to compete in the National Singles Trials. Both he and Gareth Drabble have our congratulations for making it through to this level. The Peterite 2003-2004 I

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Peter Slower also came into the squad and his alternate pairings with Tindell and Snowball reaped rewards throughout the season eventually promoting them to the 1st team after a series of successful league matches. The boys can be proud of what they have achieved this season. It is far from easy to reach the end of the year without defeat and if the continue to have the same self-belief and tenacity that they have shown next season they should be capable of producing more excellent results. M J Duffy

U14 Boys'Tennis The U14 played for the first time in the York and District Junior Team Tennis Competition. There were eight schools and tennis clubs involved and St. Peter_s managed to go through the whole season with a 100% record. Mrs Rena Boorman and Mr John Linfoot presented them with the cup _ see attached photograph. The squad are as follows: C. Brewer; G.R. Drabble (Cpt.); On behalf of the team I would like to thank Mr. Shread for all

W.A. Butterworth; C.U. Sinclair; B.C. Naughton & J. Bairstow.

he has done. I would also like to thank our coaches Mrs BTurnbull and Mr. J Moore for their help and words of wisdom. Charles Strickland-Constable

Boy's Tennis 2nd VI This has been my first year of 2nd team tennis at St Peter's and I have been very impressed by the attitude, enthusiasm, spirit and, above all, good natured self-discipline of all the boys that have taken part in league and competition play during this entire season. There was a constant struggle for places within the

1st Team Colours These were awarded for the first time to the following: J.C. Butterworth; T.W. Downey; A. McEnaney; T.W.P. Snowball; P.J. Slower; C. Strickland-Constable; j.K. Tindell.

Individual Competition for the Alcuin Cup The Final: Josh Tindell defeated Charlie Strickland-Constable by6_4,6_1. Inter-House Competition Winners: Linton

league with pairs switching positions frequently in practices. We also had quite a fair deal of movement between the 1st and 2nd teams such was the uniformity of the standard between the players in the squad. The players in both squads always showed an acute sense of fair play even when faced with some close decisions and were able to demonstrate a great deal of tact when faced with some difficult situations. The season began with a hotly contested battle at Pocklington when both the opposition and the inclement weather put pressure on the players. The first pair of Jonathan Butterworth and Tom Downey eased through their 3 sets and the second pairing of Richard Walkland and Alistair Wilson managed to secure two wins from three giving us a final total of 5/4 in our favour. The match against a very aggressive and well prepared Worksop team was very similar with the third pairing of Josh Tindell and Tom Snowball taking it right down to the final rubber with a 6 games to 4 win securing another 5/4 win for the team. This was to be the pattern for the rest of the season, a lot of tight matches (another 5/4 victory against Hymers and two 6/3 wins over Leeds and Ampleforth) and a constant revision of personnel. The strong pairing of James Drake and Sam Farqhuarson oscillated between the 1st and 2nd teams managing to win most of the rubbers that they played for the latter. James Barber and Tommy Tse began the year at 3rd pair, moved up to 1st pair until finally dropping out altogether to make way for Matthew Thomas-Peter and Guy Gibbs towards the end of the season. The Peterite 2003-2004

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Sport t. Peter's Tennis Club: Results Table 2004 1st VI

2nd VI

U15VI

U14IV

Pocklington GS 2pm Home Lost 31/2 - 51/2

Pocklington CS 30/4/04 5pm Home Won 5 - 1

Fri 23 April

University of York 6 pm Home Won 6 - 4

Sat 24 April

House Match Final 1.30 pm Home

Winners: Linton

Wed 28 April

Pocklington CS 4.30pm Away Lost 4 - 5

Pocklington CS 4.30pm Away Won 5 - 4

Sat 1 May

Q.E.G.S. 2pm Home Draw 41/2 - 41/2

Q.E.C.S. 2pm Home Won 7 - 2

Wed 5 May

Worksop College 2.30pm Away Lost 1 - 8

Worksop College 2.30 pm Away Won 5 - 4

Ashville College 4.00 pm Away Lost 1 - 8

Sat 8 May

Leeds CS 2pm Away Lost 3 - 6

Leeds GS 2pm Away Won 6 - 3

Leeds GS 2pm Away Lost 4 - 5

Wed 12 May

Hymers College 5.00 pm Home Lost 1 - 8

Hymers College 5.00 pm Home Won 5 - 4

Hymers U15VIA+B 5.00pm Home Won 8 - 1 & 5 - 4

Appleton Roebuck 5.00pm Home Won 6 - 0

Sat 15 May

Ashville College 2.00 pm Home Won 9 - 0

SilcoateslstVI 2.00 pm Away Won 9 - 0

SilcoatesU16 2.00 pm Away Won 6 - 4

SelbyT.C. 3.30 pm Away Won 5 - 1

Wed 19 May

Bradford CS 2.15 pm (Away) Lost 0 - 9

Bradford CS 2.15 pm (Away) Won 9 - 0

Bradford CS 2.15 pm (Away) Won 5 - 4

Sat 22 May

Ampleforth College 2.00 pm Home

Ampleforth U15A+B 2.00 pm Away

Wed 26 May

Lost 1 - 8

Won 6 - 3

Lost 3 - 6 & 1 - 8

Fulford T.C. 4.00 pm Home Won 5 - 1

Half Term

Fri 28 May

Tues 1 June

Sat 5 June

Old Peterites 2.00 pm Home Lost 0 - 9 Giggleswick 1st VI 2.30 pm Home Postponed

Ciggleswick U16or15 2.30 pm Home Postponed

Wigginton T.C. 4.00 pm Away Won 5 - 1

U1 7 Mixed Doubles

Tournament

Sat 12 June

Wed 23 June

North Yorkshire

Sat 26 June

Barnard Castle 2.30 pm Home No play - rain

Wed 30 June

Ampleforth Mixed 2.30 pm Away No play - rain

Fri 2 July

York Lawn TC 6.30 pm Home Lost 0 - 9

Sat 3 July

Alcuin Cup Final

C.Strickland-Constable vsJ.Tindell4-6&1-6

Sat 3 July

St Peter's St Olaves No play - rain

Clifton Prep School

Sat 10 July

End of Term

% Win/Loss

1st VI =23%

Barnard Castle 2.30 pm Home No play - rain

DunningtonT.C. 4.00 pm Home Won 5 - 1

"1st, 2nd & 3rd VI" All teams are away No play - rain

& Governors Mixed U14IVYork& District Champs

2nd VI = 100%

AVI=43% BVI=50%

U 14 IV = 100%

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Boys Athletics Due to the length of the examination season, now spanning across 3 out of the 5-year groups, the athletics season is now desperately short. Many schools have now pulled out of long standing fixtures and it is difficult to arrange competitive matches. With the pressure of cricket, tennis and rowing fixtures on the same day, at time we had to resort to putting out our 6th or 7th best athletes in certain events. Yet despite this the boys performed creditably and there have been some excellent individual performances this season. Our first competition was the Northern HMC championships in Newcastle. Carl Burton ran superbly in the 1500m. Seb Batchelor ran well in both the 400m and 300om, Oliver Hawking in the 1500m. Tom Lightwing jumped well in the long jump and threw well in the Javelin. Many others performed well in their respective events. Against Ampleforth there were other good performances from these athletes and others that took part. Tim Johnson threw extremely well in the Javelin and Simon Baker was real find in the discus. A number of athletes were successful in the York and Selby athletic trials and represented the district in the North Yorkshire County Championships. Special congratulations go to Tom Lightwing who was selected to represent North Yorkshire in the English Schools Championships that took place at Cateshead.

ATHLETICS SPORTS RESULTS - BOYS 2004 EVENT

WINNER

TIME/DISTANCE

SEN 3000M

D.WATT

10.20.78

INT 3000M

T.ROWLANDS

11.03.72

SEN DISCUS

J.WACKETT

31.10M

INT JAV

T.LLOYD

Q L

SEN HIGH

C.BURTON

1.62M

JUN SHOT

H.SUMMERS

10.03M

JUN LONG

T.LIGHTWING

4.64M

JUN 800

S.BATCHELOR

2.16.25.

39.25M

INT 800

R.LUM

02.28.20

SEN 800

A.MACLEOD

02.17.00

INT SHOT

B.REEVES

JUN DISC

H.SUMMERS

Q T

25.75M

SEN JAV

W.EASTWOOD

36.20M

INT HIGH

O.TELFER

1.63M

10.06M

SEN LONG

J.PANG

5.01 M

JUN 100

T.LIGHTWING

12.87.00

INT 100

J.STORRS

12.31.00

SEN 100

M.SPALDING

11.81.00 12.20M

SEN SHOT

M.JAGGER

JUN HIGH

A.PENTY

1.44M

JUN JAV

T.LIGHTWING

32.20M

INT DISC

T.JOHNSON

26.00M

INT LONG

O.TELFER

5.1 7M

JUN 400

S.BATCHELOR

61.18.00

INT 400

J.BURTON

59.34.00

SEN 400

B.HOUGH

57.84M

JUN 200

J.McTURK

25.81.0

INT 200

P.WACKETT

23.72.*

SEN 200

M.SPALDING

23.94.00

JUN 1500

O.HAWKING

4.59.00

INT 1500

T.JANES

5.09.00

SEN 1500

C.BURTON

4.44.00

JUN RELAY

SCHOOL

55.09.

INT RELAY

QUEENS

49.72.

SEN RELAY

TEMPLE

48.91

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Boys' Cross Country James Clarke Cart Burton Alex Nicholson

School Temple Linton Manor Grove Queens Clifton

S. Bathcelor

ive Lewis Trophy for 100 & 200 Metres

Rory Macleod

Combined:

M.SPALDINC

The Proudly Trophy for 400 Metres:

B.HOUCH

The Robinson Walker Trophy for 800 Metres:

A.MACLEOD

The Elmsley Trophy forl.500 Metres:

C.BURTON

The C.J.Hirst Trophy for 3.000 Metres:

D.WATT

The Inter House Trophy: 1st

TEMPLE

2nd

SCHOOL

3rd

QUEENS

4th

LINTON

5th

GROVE

6th

MANOR

7th

CLIFTON

M.Waugh

Linton Grove Queens Temple Manor Clifton School

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Girls' Hockey 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Under 16 XI Hockey. The seniors finished the term with a grand total of 36 match-

Lizzie Fishley was tireless in midfield. For the defence, Emma King timed tackles to perfection and Catherine McTurk read the game

es behind them, of which 26 were won, 5 drawn and only 5 lost.

extremely well. Alex Kaars Sijpesteijn gave great stability playing

Some strong, skilful hockey was played throughout the season,

as sweeper. Sally McLaren played most of the season at left

whatever the surface. Although some useful Astroturf visits were

defence and rose to the occasion in tough matches.

made before tough matches, it has to be said that the travelling

The game against Ciggleswick deserves mention; seven of the

cut down the playing time considerably and it was understandable

regular 1st XI were unable to play due to fieldwork commitments

that the girls were keener to stay at home for Friday night prac-

but all who played that day gave an excellent performance of

tice than join the interminable queues through York.

skilled, thoughtful hockey and were unlucky to lose by one goal.

Fitness after the long summer break was quickly (and in some

Momentum was lost after a long half term break (and I'm sure

cases painfully!) restored and a determined team went out on the

they would rather forget the last 5 minutes against Barnard

first Wednesday to play the Old Peterites. The first half was excel-

Castle!) but the 1st XI gradually returned to their old form and

lent with two goals coming from the captain Claire Taylor, but by

played a stormer at Silcoates where they rattled in 8 goals. For the

the second half energy levels were decidedly low (some girls had

second part of the season, Sam Dormehl arrived on exchange from

already played netball) and play tailed off with no further score.

South Africa and played for both 1st and 2nd XI's, showing some

On the same day the 2nd XI played Welbeck Army College 1st XI,

lovely stick work skills. Other players who also contributed to the

but they proved a little strong though it gave several of the

success of both teams were Pippa Bailey (who showed a great turn

younger players an insight into the standard of senior hockey.

of speed), Cabby Santos, Lara Turner and Samantha Ford.

A series of hard working matches ensued with some well-

Throughout the term Nicky Hemsworth was extremely reli-

deserved results. There was a good win against Easingwold, fol-

able in goal, making many good reflex saves and we were lucky to

lowed by a tough match at Mount St. Mary's, which resulted in a

have another very good goalkeeper in Pip Saul-Harrah for the 2nd

1-1 draw. Claire Taylor worked hard in midfield and Lucy Jones

XI. Towards the end of term the 1st XI began to show the effects

enjoyed a well-taken goal. Lucy's enthusiasm both on and off the

of so many matches - they went from an excellent 3-1 win at

pitch was a real bonus throughout the season. In the Queen

Scarborough to a hefty 8-0 loss at the hands of a very proficient

Margaret's match our defence played valiantly to deny them a

Queen Margaret's team. However the final game against York

goal, despite Queen Margaret's having the majority of play. At

College summed up their attitude; despite tiredness, illness and a

defending short corners, Claire showed great speed and fearless-

freezing day (South African Sam thought us absolutely mad!) they

ness to spoil any shots being made. A late penalty provided us

played excellent astroturf hockey to win 5-0 - and I think Sophie

with the winner though Queen Margaret's were to take their

Binns was just a little pleased to score a goal!

revenge on the return fixture! With a win against York College

This brings me on to the 2nd XI, who Sophie captained

behind them the team had a more settled feel. Alison Thompson,

extremely well. They were a strong team with 13 wins out of 16

Lara Gibbs and Lucy Jones provided some strong front running.

matches. Many of the players showed great versatility in playing position. The matches of note were a 3-1 win against Queen Margaret's with Emma Hammill, Chloe Greenbank and Lara Turner all playing extremely well in defence, Gabby Santos scoring a lovely goal attacking from left mid, and Clem Baig working well in the midfield. They again proved too strong for Giggleswick and Hymers, where Sarah Welsh played adeptly as sweeper. Georgie Duke played strongly on the right wing with Sarah Crompton and (later in the season) Anneka Munsch also showing speed in attack. In all, an excellent season. The 3rd/Under 16 XI won all their matches apart from 1 tournament game. A total of 19 girls played for the team and enjoyed their hockey. This continues to be the hallmark of hockey at St. Peter's enjoyment. It is after all why we should play. My thanks to all who have made the season so successful - Mrs Shepherd for her help,

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15.10.03 v

Bootham(H)

W 2-1

08.11.03 v

BarnardCastle(A)

W 3-1

12.11.03 v

Worksop(H)

W 2-0

15.11.03 v

Pocklington(A)

W 1-0

19.11.03 v

Silcoates(A)

W 2-0

22.11.03 v

Durham(H)

W 2-0

26.11.03 v

ScarboroughCollege(A)

W 3-0

29.11.03 v

Hymers(H)

W 3-0

03.12.03 v

Queen Margaret's (A)

W 1-0

The following people have represented the 2nd XI: S. Binns (capt) *, H. Ashman, C. Baig *, P. Bailey *, S. Crompton *, K. Dallas, S. Dormehl, G. Duke *, E. Fishley, S, Ford *, L Gibbs, C. Greenbank *, E. Hammill *, S. Henderson, L. Howard, R. Mayne, C. McTurk, K. Mellor, A. Munsch, S. Ottewell, A. Rich, K. Richardson, E. Rowley, G. Santos *, P. Saul-Harrah *, L.Turner *, S.Welsh. *Half Colours the captains for their enthusiasm, the ground staff for preparing the pitches and all the players who made it an enjoyable season.

Results: 1st XI 10.09.03 16.09.03

V V

20.09.03 (U16 XI)

Mount St. Mary's (A)

4-0

01.10.03 (U 16 XI)

Queen Margaret's (A)

0-3 4-0

National Schools Knockout Competition

Old Peterites (H)

Easingwold (H)

2-1

04.10.03 (3rd XI)

Ampleforth (H)

4-0

15.10.03 (3rd XI)

Bootham (H)

2-0

08.11.03 (3rd XI)

Barnard Castle (A)

2-0

19.11.03 (3rd XI)

Silcoates (A)

1-0

03.12.03 (3rd XI)

Queen Margaret's (A)

3-1

20.09.03

Mount St. Mary's (A)

1-1

27.09.03

Queen Margaret's (H)

1-0

08.10.03

Results: 3rd and Under 16 Xl's:

National Schools Knockout V

Queen Margaret's

0-2

York College

5-0

H. Ashman, P.Bailey, E.Burton, E. Cook, K. Dallas, K. Hawking,

11.10.03

Giggleswick (H)

1-2

S. Hayward, S. Henderson, L. Howard, A. Lindley, R. Mayne,

15.10.03

York College (H)

6-0

K. Mellor, A. Munsch, K. Richardson, H. Round, A. Scruton, A. Taylor,

08.11.03

Barnard Castle (A)

0-4

L.Taylor, S.Welsh.

12.11.03

Worksop (H)

2-2

15.11.03

Pocklington (A)

1-0

19.11.03

Silcoates (A)

8-1

22.11.03

Durham (H)

1-1

26.11.03

Scarborough College (A)

3-1

29.11.03

Hymers (H)

1-2

03.12.03

Queen Margaret's (A)

0-8

10.12.03

York College (A)

5-0

The following people represented the 1st XI: C.Taylor ** (capt), C. Baig, P. Bailey, S. Dormehl, C. Duke, E. Fishley *, S. Ford, L. Gibbs *, A. Kaars-Sijpesteijn **, E. King *, E. Hammill, N. Hemsworth *, L. Jones **, S. McLaren *, C. Me Turk *, E. Rowley, G. Santos, P. Saul-Harrah, A. Thompson **, L.Turner. Representing North Yorkshire Under 18:

L. Jones

Representing North Yorkshire Under 16:

C. McTurk

* Colours ** Re-awarded Colours

Results: 2nd XI 10.09.03 v

WelbecklstXI(H)

16.09.03 v

Easingwold(H)

1-0

17.09.03 v

TheMount(A)

0-0

0-3

24.09.03 v

ScarboroughCollege(H)

5-2

27.09.03 v

QueenMargaret's(H)

3-1

04.10.03 v

AmpleforthlstXI(H)

0-1

11.10.03 v

Giggleswick(H)

W 3-1

The following girls represented the 3rd Xl/ Under 16:

The Middleton Walker Goal Keeping Cup: This was awarded to Nicky Hemsworth for her excellent efforts throughout the season for the first eleven. The Jackson-Pacey Trophy: This was awarded to Emma King for her steadiness in defensive play especially under pressure. P. Fletcher

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V V V V V V V

1-2 L Queen Margaret's W 7-0 The Mount W 5-1 Mount St Mary's D 1-1 Queen Margaret's W 4-0 Silcoates Queen Mary's (Seniors) W 1-0 Queen Mary's (A Team) L 0-4 W 13-0 Ashville College Bootham W 3-0 Ciggleswick W 1-0 Easingwold Cancelled York & District L 0-1 Tournament (Final) L 0-1 Barnard Castle W 2-0 Worksop College Pocklington W 4-0 Pocklington W 5-1 Durham L 0-3 W 3-0 Hymers Fyling Hall W 2-1

U14 Girls' Hockey Report (2003-4) The season began in earnest mid September with a tough

Despite having only 26 girls in this year group, overall the U14

contest for the U15B side against keen rivals, Queen Margaret's.

had an excellent season. The results from the "A" team were out-

An away fixture on astro-turf immediately set the pace, highlight-

standing, (scoring 40 goals in standard fixtures alone with only 6

ing the strength and stamina required for competition within this

against), whilst the "B" team, unable to record a win, played with

age group. A 1-2 defeat on this occasion reflected hard work and

great determination and effort in all of their matches, alas scoring

pace, setting the yardstick for future matches. Four days later and

only 1 goal in 5 matches.

The Mount were on the receiving end of flowing play from the 'A' side. Seven goals in our favour crossed the line followed by 5 on 20 September against Mount St Mary's for the B Team's first victory, 5-1.

11146: Having selected a potential A squad of 12 players, the remainder of the year group were available for the B squad - it is pleasing to report that all girls played at least once. There was great interest for the position of goalkeeper, with Rosie Binns, Kelly

A return fixture against Queen Margaret's at home, this time

Enos and Helen Porte playing this position. All made admiral

for the As, yielded a 1-1 draw on 27 September, followed by two

attempts, with all representing the A team at least once when

further victories over Silcoates (4-0) and Queen Mary's 1-0 com-

Alice Sunderland (the regular A team goalkeeper) had swimming

pleting the first month of fixtures.

commitments. Rosie & Kelly also played in attacking roles, whilst

The U15A squad continued to have impressive victories for the remainder of the season combining fluently on the attack to produce many scoring opportunities. Those were initially created by the tireless role played by the midfields' endless distribution of the ball and collective responsibility from our very effective defence. Their enthusiasm for the game is an added bonus which completed a very successful season, culminating in them narrowly losing the York and District Finals 0-1.

Helen played midfield. Freja Binnian, Megan Hall, Isabel Padmore & Jess Taylor played regularly as backs, improving in confidence and skill as the season progressed -Isabel, proved to be a strong reliable player & was duly promoted to the A squad towards the end of the season. Charlotte Parkinson, who had not played hockey previously, played with determination & effort in midfield as did Anna Peach & Helen Porte. Emma Goodwill, Kelly, Hannah Jackson, Alice Jacobs & Charlotte Parker played in attacking roles, alas unable to score as was hoped! Following the resounding 6-0

As always team places are highly contested and the B Squad

defeat by Queen Margaret's at the beginning of the season, the

exhibit equal commitment and enthusiasm to their team practice

girls managed to keep scores down to a minimum. Despite 4 loss-

and matches. An equal smattering of wins to losses engaged the team's spirit, who worked hard on all areas of the pitch to produce encouraging results. Well done to all those who have contributed across the season. The following girls played for the U15 'A' Team: Bennett, Wackett, Rowley, Robertson, Hartley, Miller, Macalister Hall, Ibbotson, Bowler, Hayward, Gale, Francis, Cuthbertson, Sugden, Telfer, Stasiak, Spalding, Rajan, Kirkman, Hannah, Drabble, Buss, Armstrong Mrs H Barnard

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Congratulations to Charlotte Foster, Verity Miers & Hannah Wilson, who were selected to play for the York & District U14 team. An extra special mention must go to Amelia Smalley, whose exceptional hockey skills contributed to her selection for U16 County hockey & the England U16 squad. Well done, Amelia.

National Schools Championships for girls Having convincingly won the York area of this tournament at Q. M.'s, we represented the area in the N. Yorks. County section at Scarborough in early December, where we had a resounding victory again. This meant St. Peter's were now representing the county in the North U14 Finals at Leeds Metropolitan University on Tues. 16th December. However we soon realised we had moved es & 1 draw, both the girls & I believed they had made progress in their level of play and had enjoyed playing. Good effort.

into higher echelons! Two numbered sets of shirts had to be ordered hastily, a level 1 umpire organised & a team manager to

U14A:This team had an excellent season, remaining unbeat-

be named. Whilst everyone was enjoying the first days of the

en throughout. There were three most highly contested games

school holidays, we set off on a very cold day to a highly organ-

-the first against Queen Margaret's early in the season, when a

ised tournament. The team played outstandingly well, winning

lucky goal was scored. The second against the very strong & skil-

their section outright against some very stiff opposition. We had

ful side of Worksop, when Peter's were 2-0 down in the first half,

reached the semi finals! This turned out to be the most nerve-

but managed to pull back to 2-2 at half time.15 mins into the sec-

racking experience for players, supporters (including the numerous

ond half, Peter's went ahead, but with Smins remaining Worksop

Sunderland family clan) and myself when the final whistle result-

equalised. The tension was mounting in this exciting game as

ed in a 1-1 draw. Five penalty corners were to be taken by both

Peter's scored a fourth goal in the last 2 mins, missing a golden

teams, Peter's electing to go second. The first 4 penalties by both

opportunity a few seconds before the final whistle. However the

teams were missed or saved. Pressure was now on. The opposition

most exciting game of the fixture calendar was at Hymers', where

scored in the 5th penalty, meaning Peter's had to score. Hannah

the opposition's supporters provided as much drama as that on

Wilson bravely took the last penalty. We all held our breath - it hit

the field! Determination & frustration were highly evident from

the post & came back out! There were a lot of tears, but also a lot

beginning to end. Peter's defence was admiral, with Charlotte

of smiles & praise for the girls' efforts. The team was proudly pre-

Foster providing a key role, particularly in defence of Hymers'

sented with a joint third certificate.

textbook corners. Hymers' umpire commented that the game was worthy of county standard. The excellent results were a true reflection of the girls' skills, determined efforts and sense of team-

Many thanks to all who travelled miles in support. A big thanks to Bob Maltby for umpiring & a very special thanks to Bev Smalley, who arranged extra practices & helped us out whenever possible.

work. Jess Walker, Verity Miers, Olivia Towers, Isabel Padmore & Charlotte Foster were very strong in defence, allowing only 6 goals against them in 11 matches. With the support of Louise Walters, Anna Peach & the exceptional duo of Amelia Smalley & Hannah Wilson in midfield the forwards of Lauren England, Alison Mason

York & District U14 Hockey Tournament On Wednesday 12th February, having had only 1 practice since December, (as Spring Term is traditionally Netball season), we set off to Tadcaster in good spirits. These continued as the girls

& Alex Crossley were provided with ample opportunities to score.

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convincingly won all 3 games in their section. We duly set off to Q. M.'s to play in the final, supporters following. No surprise to hear we were to play Q. M.'s in the final. After a very exciting &

Netball

hard fought 30 mins play the score was 1-1, resulting in sharing the trophy. Unfortunately we had forgotten to hand back the trophy from winning the previous year, therefore it was advanta-

1st, 2nd, 3rd Netball Twenty two matches were played by the 3 senior teams, with

geous to have won again! Well done everyone.

17 won, 1 drawn and 4 lost. The 1st team lost only once and the 2nd VII were unbeaten, with one draw against a 1st VII from

Results: A Team

Bootham. Although the 3rd VII lost 3 fixtures they had the least

17 Sept

The Mount (a)

won

4-0

27 Sept

Queen Margaret's (a)

won

1-0

30 Sept

Silcoates(h)

won

4-0

4Oct

Queen Mary's (a)

won

9-0

11Oct

Giggleswick (h)

won

2-0

15Oct

Easingwold (a)

won

5-0

8Nov

Barnard Castle (a)

won

4-1

11 Nov

won York District round of National Schools Tournament at Q. M.'s

12Nov

Worksop (h)

won

4-3

15 Nov

Pocklington (a)

won

4-1

22 Nov

Durham (h)

won

2-0

29 Nov

Hymers

drew

0-0

2 Dec

won North Yorks. Area of National Schools Tournament at Scarborough.

16 Dec

reached Semi Final in North of England section of National Schools.

12Feb

joint winners of York & District U14 Tournament.

settled team with the most changes, allowing as many as possible to play. All credit to Captain Sarah Stefanini for her enthusiasm and encouragement to the others.

BTeam 13 Sept

Queen Margaret's (h)

20 Sept

Mount St. Mary's (h)

8Oct

Bootham (h)

8 Nov 15 Nov

lost

6-0

lost

2-1

drew

0-0

Barnard Castle ( )

lost

0-3

Pocklington (a)

lost

0-1 The 1st VII had a basic squad of 8 who played with commit-

U14 A squad: A. Crossley, L England, C. Foster, A. Mason, V. Miers, I. Padmore, A. Peach, A. Smalley, A. Sunderland, O. Towers, J.Walker, L. Walters, H.Wilson.

ment and were to be relied on for the away matches on a

U14B squad: F. Binnian, R. Binns, N. Bradley, K. Enos, E. Goodwill,

supported by Sally McLaren, Emily Wright and Lorna Emery. Alex

Saturday! Five U6 had played the previous year and were ably

M. Hall H.Jackson,A. Jacobs, P.Johnson, K. Nadin, I. Padmore, C.

Kaars Sijpesteijn, Sophie Binns and Chloe Greenbank made a

Parker, C. Parkinson, H.Porte, J.Taylor.

dependable defence and they could all play the 3 positions which was an advantage as they often switched during the matches to

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good effect. Claire Taylor and Sally worked tirelessly in the centre court and the pool of 3 shooters, Alex Rich, Emily and Lorna

House Hockey

allowed one to have an off day! Mention must go to Emily, new

A good combination of house spirit, colour and competition

to the Vlth Form, who, due to height, couldn't not play netball!

prevailed to make for an enjoyable round robin event played over

She fitted in well, much encouraged by Sophie, and made good

two afternoons. The houses were well matched and the result

progress through the season.

went right to the wire. Grove and School in particular had very The first 2 matches were fairly easily won and a good per-

strong teams and the final placings were:

formance against a very tall team from York College led to an

1st

School

16pts

eventual win although all quarters were well contested. The can-

2nd

Grove

14pts

cellation of 4 fixtures, leaving no match play in February didn't

3rd

Temple

12pts

help against strong opposition from Worksop College. The squad

4th

Dronfield

10pts

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played particularly well against Queen Margaret's, always strong opposition, the 2nds and 3rds also won that day to give a clean

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sweep. The remaining fixtures provided good teams and concentration had to be maintained especially against a much improved Mount St Mary's team on a very windy day. I thank the team for their hard work, enthusiasm and sense of humour.

Special thanks to Sophie, who was an outstanding

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Captain, encouraging everyone, including me! The 2nd VII had an excellent season and early wins kept morale high. It helped keeping the majority of the previous U15 team together although some of them could easily have played forthe IstVII. They had 4 shooters to choose from, Yayra Adoboii, Lorna, Pamela Kinnell and Lauren Walker, and this allowed them to play with a wider group of attach players. The shooting was consistent throughout the term and bodes well for next year. Catherine McTurk and Emma Hammill played particularly well in defence, making many interceptions. Again, this team was affected by cancellations in February although they did manage to play Bootham on the 25th. They were well ahead in the first 3 quar-

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Barnard Castle Ashville College York College Scarborough College Scarborough Vlth Form College Ampleforth College Durham Worksop College Queen Margaret's Scarborough Vlth Form College Pocklington

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ters but Bootham played well to force a draw. The team played well to beat Worksop by a convincing margin and repeated the performance against Queen

Margaret's and York College.

Altogether an excellent season and I look forward to working with

25 Feb

them next year. The girts playing for the 3rd VII did so with enthusiasm and

28 Feb 3 Mar

several enjoyed playing after a break. Matches are always difficult to find, although we always have 30 plus seniors opting for Netball on the games programme. They should be particularly pleased with the result against Queen Margaret's where every effort had

W 25-14 W 27-17 W 21-17 Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled L 20-27 W 36-26 W 22-18 W 27-21 W 26-22

6 Mar 10 Mar

3rd 4th

v v

2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd

v v v v v v v v v

2nd 2nd 2nd

v v

to be made to the final whistle.

13 Mar 17 Mar 20 Mar

Queen Mary's Barnard Castle Ashville College Scarborough College Scarborough Vlth Form College Ampleforth College Ampleforth College Bootham Bootham Durham Worksop College Worksop College Queen Margaret's Queen Margaret's York College (1sts) Scarborough Vlth Form College (2nds) Pocklington The Mount v Mount St Mary's

W 25-12 W 21-13 L 9-15 Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled D 22-22 W 18-10 Cancelled W 29-14

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L W W W

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The following represented the 1st VII: * S.Binns, **A. Kaars Sijpesteijn, **C. Taylor, A. Rich, *C. Greenbank, * S McLaren, tE. Wright, tL. Emery. = Colours

= Re-award

t = 1/2 colours

The following represented the 2nd and 3rd VI: P Kinnell, L Walker, D E Hammill, D K Richardson, G Duke, D C McTurk, S Welsh, J Westmoreland, Y Adoboli, E Fishley, P Bailey, A Munsch, S Stefanini, H Lloyd, V Rounding, S Hayward, K Hawking. Mrs W M Shepherd

U15 Girls'Netball This was an excellent season for the U15s, with the A team winning 8 out of 9 fixtures & the B team winning 5 of their 6 fixtures - both defeats were against Queen Margaret's, with the A team losing by only one goal & the B team losing by 2 goals! There was also a C fixture against Queen Mary's, which St. Peter's won 15-9. The A team played consistently well throughout their fixtures, with excellent passing, positioning & defensive play. An accurate shooting combination of either Katherine Miller, Katherine Francis or Emma Hartley worked extremely well together with accurate timing & positioning.The centre court players, Felicity Gale, Emma Bennett, Sophie Cuthbertson & later in the season Emma Macalister Hall, (who had previously been injured), were reliable, accurate & determined. There were some outstanding interceptions by S. Cuthbertson & E. Bennett (despite Emma being vertically challenged!), which assisted in attacking play. Katherine Wackett & Amy Bowler were more than reliable in defence. Katherine played the position of goal defence & assisted the team with maximum effort & determination at all times, amazing us with height & flight of her interceptions. The first fixture of the season against Queen Mary's was a sur-

often played for the A squad) was very reliable & accurate. Laura Ibbotson, Holly Robertson & Laura Forbes were all strong in centre court play. Georgie Hayward played with maximum effort in her role as goal defence, making determined interceptions & accurate passes. Felicity Hearne ably assisted in her role of goalkeeper. Helen Buss, Hannah Armstrong & Catriona Rajan were able reserves & substitutes. Overall this was a very strong B squad.

prisingly challenging one on a beautiful sunny day with lots of supporters from both teams. However after this initial "warm-up",

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the next matches were won with ease, although the match

Our very own Pat Fletcher ably ran this tournament at St.

against Silcoates was not played in the best of spirits. The most

Peter's. Despite a home venue & an excellent overall season, the A

exciting & competitive match of the season was undoubtedly

team's biggest disappointment was their performance in this tour-

against Worksop. However, the most disappointing match against

nament - a repeat of last year's U15 squad! They played well

Queen Margaret's followed this. Peter's started off extremely well,

below par, coming 7th out of 9. However, their position does not

ahead 6-2 in the first quarter; however the next quarter saw

reflect their entire match results - there were some high scoring

Peter's lead diminish to 8-7; Q. M.'s sheer speed & physical effort

wins, narrow defeats & some absolute blunders! Nevertheless, the

in the third quarter allowed them to pull ahead 11-9, whilst

B team proved very capable, winning all 5 of their matches, includ-

Peter's literally threw the ball away as their confidence waned;

ing revenge on Q. M.'s to win the B section outright.

however Peter's pulled back in the last quarter to 11 all, when in

Congratulations.

the last minute a very dubious umpiring decision, robbed the Peter's attack of the ball, thus allowing Q. M.'s to score the winning goal.

I am delighted with everyone's commitment, attitude & determination throughout practice sessions & matches. Good luck to all next season.

The B team made notable progress in practice sessions, suitably applying their skills & set pieces to matches. Their first match against Barnard Castle was an outstanding victory, with the team

U15 A squad: E. Bennett, A. Bowler, S. Cuthbertson, K. Francis, F. Gale, E. Hartley, E. Macalister Hall, K. Miller, K. Wackett.

maintaining composure against a lack lustre opposition. Once

U15B squad: H.Armstrong, H. Buss, L. Forbes, E. Hartley,

again the only defeat was against Q. M.'s, but this was a high scor-

G. Hayward, F. Hearn, L Ibbottson, H. Robertson, M. Stasiak.

ing game of a total of 52 goals. The shooting duo of Millie Stasiak & Emma Hartley (who

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U15 C squad: H.Armstrong, L Buckley, H. Buss, E. Dodd, F. Hearn, L Ibbotson, R.Kirkman, M. Lee, C. Rajan, H. Robertson .

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U15C & D squad: H. Ashman, C. Buckley, L. Binks, R. Craven,

A team Results: 18 Jan

Barnard Castle (a)

won

26-5

R. Dawson, R. Gaunt, S. Gaunt, H. Gray, P. Harrison, R. Jacobs,

21 Jan

All Saints (h)

won

13-2

T. Naismith, E.Roberts, R.Webster, S.Wright.

25 Jan

Ashville (a)

won

18-15

won

18-14

5 Feb

Pocklington(h)

26 Feb

Bootham (a)

won

26-12

1 Mar

Durham (a) (A/B combined)

won

28-5

5 Mar

Worksop(h)

won

20-13

8 Mar

Queen Margaret's(h)

won

30-7

12 Mar

Silcoates(a)

won

26-10

15 Mar

Pocklington(h)

won

29-6

17 Mar

Harrogate Ladies College(a)

won

35-4

19 Mar

The Mount(a)

won

20-4

22 Mar

Scarborough

won

33-10

B team Results:

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Under 14 Netball The under 14's showed great improvement at the end of the term but by then time was running out! They worked well in practice but this proved a very short time on dark (and cold) January nights when competing against strong schools who had often played two terms of netball. In their first match they played a steady game against Queen Mary's with Jessica Taylor and Hannah Wilson combining well in the shooting circle. Charlotte Foster and Alice Sunderland showed excellent ability in out jumping opponents and Lauren England linked well as Wing Attack. As

18 Jan

Barnard Castle (a)

won

8-2

the term went on various combinations in defence were tried;

21 Jan

All Saints (h)

won

11-5

Isobel Padmore demonstrated quick reactions as goalkeeper, Verity

5 Feb

Pocklington (a)

won

5 Mar

Worksop (h)

lost

9-11

Amelia Smalley and Anna Peach also played occasionally and both

8 Mar

Queen Margaret's(h)

won

20-3

played well. A loss to Silcoates was no disgrace as Silcoates had

15 Mar

Pocklington(h)

won

19 Mar

The Mount(a)

won

15-13

cancellations and the half term break rather dented their confi-

22 Mar

Mount St. Mary's(h)

won

18-10

dence. To their credit they stuck at it but it took until the end of

Miers made good interceptions and Jessica Walker marked well.

reached the National Netball finals. However this combined with

U15 A squad: Y. Adaboli, P. Bailey, L. Emery, E. Hammill, K. Hawking, R. Mayne, C. McTurk, K. Richardson. U15 B squad: K. Ashworth, L Buchanan, H. Code, K. Dallas, P. Harrison, K. Hawking,T. Naismith, B. Pring, R.Thomas, R.Wheeler.

term and a few further positional changes for their form to be recovered. Alice moved into the shooting circle to great effect while Hannah's dominant mid court play was very telling. They went on to have good wins against The Mount, Pocklington and

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Girls'Tennis

good platform from which to progress and I am sure they will do well next year. The B's showed spirit and played with enthusiasm. Mention must be made of their win against a strong Silcoates side. The

Girls Istandi

team combined well and Anna Peach was outstanding in defence,

23 Apr

while Alex Crossley and Rosie Binns always played hard in the cen-

28Apr

tre court. Louise Walters showed good reading of the game. It was

1 May

pleasing that they had two good wins at the end of term against

5 May

Pocklington and Bootham and Olivia Towers showed increasing steadiness in her shooting. There is much to encourage in this

8 May

team. Progress was made and the team spirit was good.

York University

Fulford T.C (Team Tennis)

1st

Durham

1st

Worksop College

2nd

Worksop College

2nd

Barnard Castle

Pocklington (Team Tennis)

1st

Scarborough College

2nd

Scarborough College

1st

Queen Margaret's

1st

10.1.04

U14A

12 May 16-12

15 May

14-20

2nd

Queen Margaret's

Ashville (H)

10-10

3rd

Queen Margaret's

4th

Queen Margaret's

Queen Mary's (H)

24.1.04

U14A

24.1.04

U14B

U14A V

Cancelled

Barnard Castle (H)

11.2.04

U14A

Silcoates (A)

8-23

11.2.04

U14B

Silcoates (A)

19-14

28.2.04

U14A

Durham (H)

Cancelled

3.3.04

U14A

Worksop (H)

16-23

8-1 7-2

6-0

9-0 9-0 2-0 0-9 2-7 3-6 6-0 6-3

Fulford T.C. (Team Tennis)

Ashville College

2nd

Ashville College

1st

Bradford G.C.S.

14 June

Pocklington (Tean Tennis)

19 June

Ampleforth

W W W W W W

W 7VT<z

19 May 22 May

1st

U14B

Worksop (H)

10-28

6.3.04

U14A

Queen Margaret's (A)

10-20

6.3.04

U14B

Queen Margaret's (A) W

17-8

13.3.04

U14B

Pocklington (H)

16-3

15.3.04

U14B

Bootham (A)

8-5

17.3.04

U14A

The Mount (H)

14-9

The following repre<

Mount St Mary's A (A) L

11-15

(Captain), CTaylor*,

U14B

8-1

1st

17 May

3.3.04

20.3.04

Ashville (H)

and B

W W W

9-11

U14B

6-0

Cancelled

10.1.04

3.2.04

Queen Mary's (H)

6-3

1st &

10 May

Under 14 Netball Results:

W W W W W

Mount St Mary's

1st

Ampleforth (Mixed)

Cancelled

2nd

Ampleforth (Mixed)

Cancelled

3rd

Ampleforth (Mixed)

Cancelled

19 June 2nd 30 June

6-0 9-0

K Thornton, C Baig.

The following girls played for the under 14 A-Team: L. England, C. Foster, V. Miers, I. Padmore.A. Peach, A. Smalley,

* Denotes Colours ** Re-award

A. Sunderland, J. Taylor, J. Walker, H. Wilson. The following represented the 2nd VI: L Buchanan, The following girls played for the under 14 B-Team:

R Thomas, H Gray, L Howard, E Hammill, C McTurk, C Baig,

F. Binnian, R. Binns, A. Crossley, M. Hall, A. Mason, C. Parker,

C Burns.

C. Parkinson, A. Peach, O. Towers, L. Walters.

Inter-House Tennis

P. Fletcher

As always enthusiastically contested by all houses, providing three couples of any age for matches. It was good to see 3rd Years

House Netball This is an event which involved the majority of girls in the school, and with all 6 courts being used at once, was a good sight. In the finals, the junior event could not were closer with one goal separating first and second places, the same single goal also separated third from fourth. In the senior competition Temple were the run away winners in the final, beating School House 18-5. Dronfield beat Clifton 7-2 in the competition for third place.

playing, for their ability and not due to lad of 6th Form! In the final Grove just had the edge over Dronfield as they had five school team players in their house compared to Dronfield's three. Grove won the trophy with a result of 5 sets to 4.

Girls'U15 Tennis This season the girls have worked hard to try to improve upon many aspects of their play, with particular emphasis being placed

The final results were: Juniors 1st

Grove

on 'attacking' where possible. This has resulted in a concerted Seniors 1st

•

•'-.

Temple

effort to volley on the back of a good deep approach shot. An

2nd Queens

2nd

School

improvement all round has been visible in this area and hopefully

3rd

School

3rd

Dronfield

as confidence grows we will continue to see more points won at

4th

Dronfield

4th

Clifton

the net.

P. Fletcher

At the same time we have looked to try and develop a sliced second serve, which again requires a lot of practice to master, but

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adds to their expanding repertoire of shots as they develop in

June

14 June

Pocklington

Team pairings fluctuated to ensure, where possible, effort was

21 June

Bootham

being rewarded, to include as many of the squad (as time permit-

26 June

Harrogate College

strength and aptitude.

Queen Margan

D 3-3 D 3-3 Cancelled

ted) within match situations. At times confidence was a little low, especially when assessing the opposition. They must remember a

The following represented the U14Team: A Crossley, L England,

match is never in the bag until the final score is called and need to

C Parker, A Smalley, A Sunderland, J Walker, H Wilson.

complete each point at a time without being over-awed by repu-

Mrs J M Whitehead

tation! With that in mind, results were a little mixed, but each fixture was keenly contested and understanding of the game is developing all the time. The following girls played for the U15 Team: Macalister Hall, Hartley, Francis, Drabble, Rowley, Gale, Cuthbertson, Devlin

Queen Ethelburga's

14 May

15 May 22 May

It has become increasingly difficult to find opposition to play against on the 'girls' Squash circuit', with a number of local schools now unable to provide teams for fixtures. In the match-

U15 Tennis Results: 11 May

Girls' Squash

6-0

Queen Margaret's

0-6

Queen Margaret's

2-7

BGGS

2-7

Scarborough College

2-7

26 May

Pocklington

5-1

7 June

Bootham

5-1

9 June

Worksop College

16 June

The Mount

23 June

Scarborough District

es we had, some of our opposition requested a weakened St Peter's side, knowing our strength in depth. It was therefore disappointing that we only played six matches, five of which were played away due to the disappearance of our squash courts! We were however lucky enough to hire Bootham School courts to ensure we did have a home venue for matches along with the squash options.

4-5

Team practices were held religiously at Clifton Park on

6-0

Tuesdays. With regular attendances and good enthusiasm from

2-7

our larger than usual squad, the sessions went well in extremely hot conditions. Amanda Holmes was an excellent Captain who

Mrs H Barnard

played at Number one string, being by far the strongest player. She was well organised, committed and always ready to help her

U14 Girls'Tennis Competing in the York Junior Team Tennis League with the two pair format, the team consisted on Amelia Smalley and Hannah Wilson at first pair, and Alex Crossley and Lauren England at second pair. Like the summer weather, which was indifferent to say the least, our results were a bit in and out, and unpredictable. We had some good performances, especially in the singles matches, but then some unexpected defeats.

team colleagues improve by doing drills with them and imparting her technical knowledge. We will miss all of the Upper Sixth leavers who have served the racquet sports so well over the years, and are accomplished players. The squad has been fun to work with, extremely talented, and how smart they looked in their grey team hoodies! The highlight of the season, undoubtedly for the girls (and

The girls are very talented players, and in order to improve performance for next season, we need to keep more balls in court by working on consistency and hitting at a pace that we can control!! Concentration and work effort could also be an area to tackle.

the coach!) were the two fixtures against Queen Margaret's, especially the 4-2 away victory on 3 December 2003. This was our first every victory against QM, who like us, have turned out strong squash teams over the years. I am hoping for this trend to continue, as we have some good fifth years coming through, who

In the three pair matches, Alice Sunderland, Jess walker and

are as keen as ever on the squash courts. Well done everybody!

Charlotte Parker represented the team and did well, considering The Inter-House competition was an opportunity for over

their lack of tennis experience and general matchplay.

forty girls to compete in, with some very close matches. The Overall, not a bad season, but no trophies in the cabinet, when in fact with our extremely strong first pair, we have the players to

eventual winners were the mighty Dronfield who fielded a strong Holmes, Thornton, Hyslop and Co!

win matches.

Girls' Squash Results 2003-2004 Season U14 Girls'Tennis Results:

1stOct03

Ashville

away

Drew 3-3

1 May

Durham

W 5-4

3rd Dec 03

Queen Margaret's

away

Won

4-2

10 May

FulfordT.C.

D 3-3

10th Dec 03

Woodhouse Grove

away

Lost

2-5

22 May

Bradford G.G.S.

W 5-4

21st Jan 04

Ashville

away

Lost

3-4

22 May U14B

Scarborough College A VI

27th Feb 04

Queen Margaret's

home

Drew 3-3

27 May

SelbyT.C.

L 2-4

Woodhouse Grove

away

The Mount

W 6-0

10th Mar 04

7 June 9 June

Worksop College

L 3-6

1st Team-

Won

4-1

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Won

5-0

tures, some by a large margin. The team had several hard-hitting

The following girls represented the team(s): First Team:

players and they all had good all-round fielding ability. Their atti-

** A Holmes (Capt), ** K Thornton, ** C Taylor, A Rich,

tude to Rounders and sport generally is good and it is pleasing to

* M Hyslop, * H Round, t L Cibbs, ** A Kaars-Sijpesteijn,

see them have great determination to win but also to play with

K Farnsworth, C Burns, C Baig.

obvious enjoyment.

Second Team: R Thomas, C Buckley, H Cray, E Burton,

WM Shepherd

I Buchanan.

U15 ROUNDERS RESULTS

* Denotes Colours ** Re-award t Half-Colours

8 May

Cancelled

Barnard Castle

Queen Margaret's

161/2-11

Queen Margaret's

18-191/2

Pocklington

16-141/2

Pocklington

60-151/2

16 June

The Mount

231/2-4

There is always a request from Seniors to have a few fixtures

19 June

Mount St Mary's

381/2-281/2

during the summer term. This actually means playing at home and

26 June

Harrogate College

Mrs J M Whitehead

20 May

ounders

12 June

Senior Rounders

Cancelled

ensuring you are ready to leave school at 4.00 pm on a Wednesday and Saturday with full make-up in place! This does lead to diffi-

The following represented the U15 Rounders Teams: E Bennett,

culties when playing away!

KWackett, E Rowley, R Kirkman, E Hannah, M Stasiak, E Buckley, L Ibbotson, K Miller, F Devlin, A Bowler, H Buss, E Hartley, C

The 5th Years were a strong U15 group and continued to play

Hayward, F Gale,

with enthusiasm. The 6th Form had a variety of people playing with varying degrees of interest and ability! As the 5th and 6th

S Cuthbertson, L Williamson, C Rajan, K Francis, C Spalding, E

form drop a games option in the summer term, practice time is

Macalister Hall,

limited and I'm grateful to those who played and signed up when

V Sugden

the list was posted!

Under 14 Rounders.

Senior Rounders Results: 1 May

Durham

12 May

Bootham

19 May

19 June

3 July

Durham

I am very pleased to report that every girl in the year has had 19-20

a chance to represent the school this year. In particular the 'C'

71/2-3

team must be commended for their attitude, they played hard,

20-191/2

looked after their opponents well, enjoyed a close game and the

19-111/2

afternoon finished with lots of smiling faces!

Ashville College

161/2-25

Ampleforth

6-81/2 (Dec)

Queen Margaret's

Cancelled

Without doubt Amelia Smalley was our hardest hitter, even on one occasion managing to demolish a bat! Alice Sunderland also showed good batting ability. Charlotte Parker had a good accurate

The following represented the Senior Rounders Teams:

throw from deep field. Lauren England and Charlotte Foster made

R Mayne, P Bailey, E Hammill, L Emery, Y Adoboli, K Dallas,

several good quick stumpings. Alison Mason and Jessica Walker

N Hodge, C McTurk, K Richardson, V Janes, E Fishley, S Stefanini,

both backstopped well. Several of the girls also played tennis

N Hemsworth, S Binns, C Greenbank, E King, S Welsh, P Kinnell,

which meant many girls played for A/B or B/C teams. Louise

L Jones, K Thornton, L Walker, H Round, L Turner, S Henderson,

Walters was steady whenever she fielded. Isobel Padmore made

S Speed, S Crompton, L Howard, K Harris.

some good running catches. Anna Peach batted and fielded well.

Mrs WM Shepherd

U15 ROUNDERS The U15 Rounders teams had an enthusiastic and talented group of pupils to select from.They played Rounders in the PE lesson rather than all together on the games programme. This was

Jessica Taylor bowled steadily and Kelly Enos demonstrated good hitting and speed when getting round the posts.

Under 14 Rounders. 1.05.04

20.05.04 U14A v Queen Margaret's

due to a popular departmental decision to make athletics compulsory on the games programme! This did of course help the athletics teams! This did have disadvantages as they didn't practice very often although it had little effect on their winning ways. The teams were interchangeable at tennis and athletics took priority over Rounders when these were arranged at the same time, hence the numbers of girls representing the teams. After losing the first match they won all the remaining fixThe Peterite 2003-2004

v Durham

U14B

v Queen Margaret's

(A) Won 111/2-101/2 (H) Lost

17-231/2

(H) Lost 13-241/2

22.05.04

v Scarborough College(H) Won 15-231/12

12.06.04 U14B

v Pocklington

(H) Lost

121/2-23

U14C v Pocklington

(H) Lost

18-23

16.06.04

v The Mount

(A) Won 19-13

26.06.04

v Harrogate College

(H)

Cancelled

30.06.04

v Bootham

(H)

Cancelled

Sport

The following girls played for the A team: L. England, A. Crossley,

fierce and we were beaten into second place in all finals, this of

C. Foster, A. Mason, V. Miers, C. Parker, A. Smalley, A. Sunderland,

course would be considered a great success for most schools. The

J.Walker, H.Wilson.

school continued with several more wins until the last Saturday of

The following girls played for the 'B' and 'C' teams: F. Binnian*, R.Binns*, N. Bradley*, K. Enos*, E. Goodwill*, M. Hall, H.Jackson, A. Jacobs, P. Johnson, C. Morgan, K. Nadin, I. Padmore*, C. Parkinson*, A. Peach*, H. Porte, J.Taylor, O.Towers, L.Walters*.

term when we were beaten in a triangular against Harrogate Ladies College and Queen Margaret's. Thus stung we started off the new term with renewed determination and went on to win all the remaining matches, finishing with a satisfying win against Queen Margaret's. Sally Henderson was again outstanding for the

* Played occasional A team games.

seniors and Pamela Kinnell made a welcome return from rowing after Christmas. They were well supported by Catherine Me Turk

P. Fletcher

and Georgie Duke. Sally has again completed an excellent season for school and was unbeaten in any individual race, quite an

House Rounders. This is always one of the most popular house competitions

achievement.

and, as in most years, again it was a 7-a-side competition enabling

The joint captains of swimming this year were Hannah Lloyd

all houses to take part. Both Grove and School went through the

and Samantha Ford who did a first class job and are to be com-

afternoon unbeaten until they met each other in the final which

mended for their support and efforts over the years, always giving

was a game of great hitting, the final score being 15-121/2 to

their best. They demonstrated what is so good about St Peter's

School.

teams- readiness to step in at the last minute and always putting the team above their own interests.

1st

School

2nd

Grove

3rd

Temple

a shaky start with 1 loss and 1 draw, they never looked back and

4th

Queens

won every other match for the whole year. Catrina Rajan swam

The Under 15's really came on strongly through the year. After

with great style on backstroke and freestyle and Katherine Wackett swam some excellent races on freestyle, particularly towards the end of the year when she turned in some very good times. The Squad was strong and included Amy Bowler, Katherine Francis, Holly Robertson and Emma Bennett. With such a history of success over the last few years, expec-

The Under 14's trained well and Alice Sunderland was a very

tations were high and again the girls came up trumps. With a lit-

welcome addition to the team. She was outstanding in all races

tle bit of arm twisting but mainly through support for each other

and swam some excellent legs to anchor relays home to victory.

the teams were of a consistently high standard. They achieved 10

We were proud that both Alice and Sally achieved qualifying times

wins and only 1 loss which was a remarkable feat from teams

to go forward to the National Championships to be held in August.

where the majority of girls only trained in school. There were of

Verity Miers had some good results in the freestyle and the whole

course the star swimmers but they always showed their commit-

squad which included Jessica Walker, Hannah Wilson, Lauren

ment by training with school despite often having to go to further

England and Louise Walters made good progress.

training in the evening. But whether our fastest swimmers or not I congratulate them all, as it is a team event and they all play a vital part. The first match was against Ashville, always a strong fixture and it was good to win especially since it was away. After that there was another close one against The Mount who were very strong at junior level and a school to watch in future years. We beat Silcoates more easily than we thought but as ever it was an enjoyable match with 3 length races which tested our turns! The results from the John

Parry

(Independent Northern

Relays Schools' 1

Championships) K

were a little disappointing as the teams did good times but the

competition

from

Newcastle-Under-Lyme was

Sport

The most exciting result of the year was at The independent

11.11.03 John Parry Relays at Leeds Grammar School

Schools National Relay Championships held in London in May.The

Senior Medley, Senior Free Style

team of Sally Henderson, Pamela Kinnell, Katherine Wackett and

U15 Medley, U15 Freestyle. Placed second in all finals.

Alice Sunderland made the trip to London where they showed

14.05.03

outstanding form to win bronze medals in both Medley and

National Schools' Relay Championships Freestyle and Medley relay teams won Bronze medals.

Freestyle finals against the strongest teams in Britain. It should be noted that their times were faster then several boys teams in the same age group! An excellent end to the season and a tribute to

E. Hammill, S. Henderson*, A. Jacobs, P. Kinnellt, C. McTurkt, K. Stiller.

their hard work and dedication.

Girls' Swimming Results 25.9.03 v Ashville

The following girls competed for the Senior swimming team: S. Ford* and H. Lloyd* (Capts).T. Cottingham, G. Duke*,

The following girls competed for the U15 swimming team: (A) Won 121-107

E. Bennett, A. Bowler, K. Francis, C. Rajan, H.Robertson, K.Wachett.

U14 Won 43-33

3.10.03

v The Mount

U15 Lost 34-42

The following girls competed for the U14 swimming team:

SnrWon 44-32

L England,V. Miers.A. Sunderland, J.Walker, L.Walters, H.Wilson.

(A) Won 109-95 U14 Lost 32-36 U15 Won 36-32

9.10.03

v Silcoates

*Full Colours t Half Colours

The Fowler Swimming Trophy

Snr won 41-27

This was jointly awarded to the captains of swimming for their

(A) Won 151-125*

determination and enthusiasm- Samantha Ford and Hannah Lloyd.

U14Won52-40

P. Fletcher

U15 Drew 46-46 Snr Won 41-27

18.11.03 v Bootham

5.12.03

v Queen Margaret's & Harrogate College

(A) Won 125-93

House Swimming There was a very good turnout from all houses both swim-

U14Won 27-17

ming and supporting - Rise in particular, though a small house

U15 won 51-25

demonstrated a wonderful attitude to house sport and were cer-

Snr Lost 37-39

tainly were the most vocal of supporters! Temple have held this

Loss (A) St Peters 134

trophy for 10 years but this time were to be toppled by a strong team from School House. The final positions were:

Harrogate College 139 Queen Margaret's 146 26.01.04 v Leeds Girls High School

School

86 pts

Temple

43pts

Won 100-68

Clifton

42 pts

(H) U14Won 39-37

Queens

31 pts

SnrWon 51-25 18.11.03 v Bootham

.02.04 v The Mount

(H) Won 141-87 U14 Won 46-30

4 x UlndivMed

S. Henderson

U15Won49-27

JnrUBack

A. Bowler

16.44

Snr Won 46-30

Snr 1LBack

R. Jacobs

15.78

Jnr 1LBr

J.Walker

17.93

SnrUBr

S. Ford

17.72

Jnr 1L Fly

A. Sunderland

12.87 (REC)

Snr 1L Fly

S.Wood

14.21

Jnr 1L Free Snr 1L Free

L. England

14.31

S.Wood

13.49

Jnr 2L Back

A. Sunderland

28.90 (REC)

Snr 2L Back Jnr2LBr

G. Duke

33.98

K. Francis

39.14

Snr2LBr

H. Lloyd

39.01

U14 Drew 38-38

Snr 2L Fly

S. Henderson

28.47

U15 Won 52-24

Jnr 2L Free

K. Wackett

28.57

Snr Lost 42-34

Snr 2L Free

S. Henderson

26.72

(H) Won 142V101V

Jnr 4 x 1 Med Relay

School

1.07.31

1114 Drew 38-38 U15Won48?-27?

Snr 4 x 1 Med Relay

Temple

1.03.80

Jnr 4 x 1 Free Relay

School

57.82

;nr Won 46-30

Snr 4 x 1 Free Relay

Temple

55.22

(H) Won 127-101 U14 Lost 34-42 U15 Won 46-30 Snr Won 47-29

'9.02.04 v Silcoates

(H) Won 1521/2-911/2* U14 Won 48-28 U15 Won 44-32 SnrWon 501/2-251/2

8.03.04

v Ashville

v Queen Margaret's

*Cannon Relay Included

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(A) Won 132-96

P. Fletcher

1.06.00

Sport

Girl's Athletics

Sports Day was early in the summer term and despite little

The athletics match at the end of term was against a strong

athletics practice there were some good performances. Sadly the

Queen Margaret's team. Despite some absences there were some

next day was rainy and the home match against Barnard Castle

strong individual performances

had to be cancelled. In the following week there was York and

and achievement in athletics goes to Lara Cibbs. She gained a

District Athletic trials and HMC Independent Schools Athletics.

school record on sports day at 1500m and is an outstanding ath-

There was success at both. Of the 14 girls who entered for York

lete at all distances from 400m to 3000m.

The Newman Trophy for effort

and District Athletics 8 were selected for the County Athletics Championships. These were; Lara Cibbs

(Senior 3000m)

Alex Rich

(Senior Discus)

Chloe Creenbank

(Senior 800m)

Emma Macalister Hall

(Inter 800m)

Katie Mellor

(Inter 800m)

Sophie Cuthbertson

(Inter Long jump)

Jessica Walker

(Junior Discuss)

Charlotte Foster

(Junior 200m)

In the Independent Schools' event both under 14 and under 15 teams came 3rd (out of 13 and 14 schools respectively) both being very creditable results. Emma MacalisterHall won the 1500 meters in a new record time and now holds the record at U12, U13,U14and U15 age groups!

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Sports Day Winners Snr Discus

A. Rich

(Q)

Snr High Jump

A. Rich

(Q)

Snr Javelin

G. Santos

(D)

Snr Shot Putt

R. Webster

(C)

Snr Long Jump

S. Ford

(C)

Snr 100m

C. Me Turk

(D)

Awarded Lowther Sprint Cup Snr 200m

C. Me Turk

(D) Record

Snr 400m

L. Gibbs

(G)

Snr 800m

K. Mellor

(Q)

Snr 1500m

L. Gibbs

(G) Record.

Awarded Friends of St Peters Middle Distance Cup Snr Relay

Grove

Jnr Discuss

J.Walker

(C)

Jnr High Jump

E. Macalister Hall

(T)

Jnr Javelin

H. Buss

(C)

Jnr Shot Putt

A. Bowler

(S)

Jnr Long Jump

S. Cuthbertson

(G)

Jnr 100m

S. Cuthbertson

(G)

Jnr 200m

E. Macalister Hall

(T)

Jnr 300m

S. Cuthbertson

(G)

jnr 800m

E. Macalister Hall

(T)

Awarded Friends of St Peters Middle Distance Cup Jnr 1500m

L. England

Jnr Relay

Grove (record)

Inter House Cup

Grove

(S)

Victix-Ludorum Cup S. Cuthbertson & E. Macalister Hall. P. Fletcher

Sport

Girl's Cross Country A difficult year with no one person to take charge of the cross

netball matches. Thanks to Samantha Ford, Lucy Jones, Tory Janes, Eilish Hannah, Katie Mellor and Kate Ashworth for competing on

country, either on the games programme or to accompany teams.

a more difficult course than they were used to.

My thanks to MrsTooby-Smith, Mrs Wike and Mrs Dyson, not forgetting Mr Stephen, for running with the girls. Cross country

Mrs W M Shepherd

continued to be a popular choice on the games programme with

Girls' House Cross Country

pupils of all standards. The more able girls also ran with the boys and despite the moans this competition improved their standard.

There were 56 junior runners and an excellent turnout of 81 senior runners. For the juniors Temple and Grove were very close

In the York & District Competition both the junior and inter-

- only half a point separated them in the final calculations! In the

mediate girls teams finished second on a field of 116 and 47 runners respectively.

seniors Grove were clear winners with 5 of their runners in the top

Lauren England, Alice Sunderland, Charlotte

20.

Foster, Emma Macalister Hall, Hannah Punnett and Emma Bennett all qualified for the York & District team by coming in the top 20

The individual winners were;

runners. Emma Macalister Hall was overall winner of the inter-age group. The intermediate team qualified for the Northern Finals of

Junior: Emma Macalister Hall (T)

12.26 min

the English Schools' Competition by coming third at Whitby.

Senior: Lara Gibbs

11.16 min (New record)

However, they were outclassed in the next round although Emma

(G)

Junior:

ran well to be placed second overall.

1st

Temple

Laura Cibbs continued to run well throughout the season and

2nd

Grove

17.8pts

she had some outstanding results. In the senior age group she

3rd

School

25.3 pts

came first in the North Yorkshire Schools' Trials and represented

4th

Dronfield

28.2 pts

Yorkshire in the U20 age group in the Inter Counties Competition.

1st

Grove

77 pts

Against strong opposition she finished 19th in a field of 180.

2nd

School

108 pts

3rd

Dronfield

121 pts

4th

Rise

125 pts

17.3pts

them in the English Schools' Championships in Kent, placed eighth

Senior:

out of 300 runners - an excellent result. She also represented

A team entered the Ampleforth invitation cross country. Unfortunately, several strong runners were needed that day for

Cambridge Cup This is the cup for the house gaining the most points from all the sporting competitions. Two new houses emerged this year as contenders. It remained neck and neck right to the final competition after which they remained tied on points. So for the first time ever the joint winners of the competition were Grove and School.

Badminton

Clifton

Dronfield

Snr Cross Country

Grove

Queens

Rise

Temple

6 1

School

Jnr Cross Country

Hockey

Snr Netball

junior Netball Squash Swimming

2 3

Athletics Tennis Jnr Rounders Total

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Walker Cup

Fencing

I was delighted to accept Bob Woolsey's invitation to provide

This year the squad grew in size and among our new recruits

a number of St.Peter's pupils to help with the scoring arrange-

were Neil Riley, Sha Yang, Roland and Michael Leung, Jennie

ments at the 39th Walker Cup Match between Great Britain and

Atkinson, Charlotte Simpson and Mrs Palmer.

Ireland and the USA held at Canton Golf Club on 6th - 7th September 2003.Thirteen boys volunteered to help and, following a briefing on the Thursday afternoon, we arrived very early on the Saturday morning before play got underway. We were responsible for two on-course scoreboards, the Scoreboard in the press tent and provided a couple of boys to walk the fairways with individual match scoreboards. The boys were superb; they responded very positively to the instructions from the golf administrators and from the scoring sub-contractors. Consequently Mrs W and I were able to spend far more time than we had expected watching the golf! On the course the boys were efficient and organised. In their St. Peter's sweatshirts they attracted the attention of many Old Peterites asking for recent news of the School. Henry, Alistair and Ian quick-

Teams of fencers took part in no fewer than 12 matches which

ly became confident in front of golf correspondents from all over

resulted in 6 victories, 2 drawers and 4 defeats. A particularly

the world who demanded instant accurate information - in fact,

pleasing result was our triumph against Ampleforth. The first in a

the press tent hospitality corner became the St. Peter's social area! During a fog delay on the Sunday morning an alternative golf

long time. We also had matches against Bootham and the Army College in Harrogate, who were lightning fast as usual.

spectacle was offered to some of those watching around the 5th

Members of the group picked up several British fencing asso-

tee. Armed with an empty coke bottle and a golf ball found in the

ciation Grades. In order to obtain these one must be able to per-

gorse Eddie, Michael and Tom ran a 'long driving competition' that

form movements, show understanding of how to utilise them and

was fortunately won by a hit of only 15 yards. It was an enjoyable

demonstrate knowledge of the rules of competition and fencing

two days made all the better by seeing GB & I win a close, excit-

etiquette. Most notable of this year's achievements was Daniel's

ing contest. Finally, I would like to thank all of the boys involved

grade 8 award (there are only 9 grades).

for their help and for being splendid ambassadors for the School. Team spirit in both training and matches has been extremely DJ Watkinson

high. I would like to thank Major McCarter for another fantastic year of coaching and supervision and I wish the team good luck for next year.

,<-'harles Strickland-Constable UVl

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