gramme of activities should be available to accommodate the wide range of physical abilities of most boys in the School and provide an outlet for satisfying, constructive physical activity without detracting from the traditional major games in the School. For largely economic reasons, any unused time, particularly in the evenings, has allowed the School to hire out the Sports Centre to outside organisations. The greatest demand so far has come from local badminton, soccer and cricket clubs. In addition vacation courses have been run by the School in swimming and cricket, both of which were well attended. Individual approaches have been made by Old Peterites concerning the use of the Sports Centre. We would encourage the Old Peterites to make use of these facilities on a regular club basis. Anyone interested should pursue this through the O.P. Club. Whatever intrinsic benefits Peterites gain from the Sports Centre will not be made apparent immediately, but it is to be hoped that with time any increase in the quality of physical education in the School as a result of the Sports Centre will be manifest in increased expertise in a wide range of physical activities, greater satisfaction from the pursuit of such activities and a desire for continued participation in later life. J.W.R.H.
ATHLETICS, 1974-75 In the Athletics Standards Competition, which runs for the first three weeks of the Autumn term, Queen's eventually won in a close finish with Manor. Rise finished third after being well down at the halfway stage. The final positions were Average 9.07 points per boy 1st Queen's 8.80 2nd Manor 8.06 3rd Rise 4th 7.66 Temple 5th 7.01 School House 5.71 6th Grove 5.56 7th Dronfield Congratulations go to the following boys, who gained maximum points for their houses: SET C. M. D. Willetts (Queen's), C. J. Hirst (Temple), 22 points. SET E. J. R. Markwick-Smith (Grove), K. P. Clarkson and C. P. Sanderson (Manor) 18 points. The Inter-House Sports tended to follow much the same pattern as the standards competition, with Queen's and The Manor again being the main contenders. The standard of competition was as high as it has ever been, with five new School records and a further two being tied. J. N .Denison (Queen's) set a new mark of 12.5 in the Junior 100 metres. C. J. Hirst (Temple) took three clear seconds from the 800 metres time with a run of 2 mins. 12.0 secs., and he also set a new Intermediate 1500 metre record of 4.32.0, this time taking 11 seconds from the old mark. J. R. Markwick-Smith (Grove) was an easy winner in the Junior 39
