Boat Club

1SUMMARY OF RESULTS, 1974-75 1st XV (Inter-School matches) 2nd XV ... ... 3rd XV ... ... Under 16 Colts XV P. W. D. L. 12 4 0 8 11 7 1 3 8 3 0 5 6 2 1 3 Under 15 Colts XV ... Under 15 Colts B XV Under 14 Colts XV ... Under 14 Colts B XV 18 11 2 5 8 5 0 3 14 10 1 3 11 6 0 5

RUGBY FIXTURES, 1975

Saturday Wednesday Wednesday Saturday Wednesday Saturday 27th Sept. 1st Oct. 8th Oct. 11th Oct. 15th Oct. 18th Oct. Headingley Colts Silcoates School Woodhouse Grove School ... Bradford G.S. Ashville College Denstone College Home Home Away Home Home Away

Saturday 1st Nov. Leeds G.S. ... ... ••• Home

Wednesday 5th Nov. Giggleswick School ...

•• • Away Saturday 8th Nov. King's School, Pontefract ... •• • Away Saturday 15th Nov. Ampleforth College ... ... •• • Home Wednesday 19th Nov. Barnard Castle School ... .• • Away Saturday 22nd Nov. Durham School ... ... ••• Away Wednesday 26th Nov. 'A' XV v. Scarborough College ••. Home Saturday 29th Nov. Worksop College ... ... •• • Home Saturday 6th Dec. Pocklington School ... ••• Away Saturday 13th Dec. Old Peterites ... ... ••• •• • Home

Any Old Peterite wishing to play in the Old Boys' Match against the School should apply to J. R. Wood, "Mayfield", Stockton-on-Forest, York; Tel: York 760705.

ir BOAT CLUB This year we were missing Mr Du Croz while he was on an exchange visit to the U.S.A., though this loss to our coaching body has been amply filled by the arrival of Mr Macdonald from Durham University. Mr

Duncan has again taken control of the Club, with Mr Nixon and Mr

Daniel also assisting with the coaching.

The Christmas Term was very usefully spent renovating and maintaining all our equipment; the work being done by members of the Club under the supervision of Nick Ramsden and the Captain, William

Mcllroy. At this stage our order for a second restricted four fell through, and after much thought it was decided to order a coxless pair convertible to a double scull from B. & H. Boatbuilders of Ely. In preparation for this addition to our fleet, Mr Gray very kindly donated some racks to accommodate the new craft.

At the start of the Easter Term it was decided to form a First VIII consisting of last year's 2nd and Colts Fours, while a Colts Squad was also formed under the supervision of Mr Duncan. These crews and another four trained hard through the term with a view to racing in the

Yorkshire Head of the River. Three weeks before the race the eight was involved in a serious collision with one of our own sculling boats and it 45

came off worst! Consequently we took the bow section of 'Celia' to Brown's of Durham, who were very helpful by rebuilding it in record time. Their work was soon tested when the VIII won the Senior C Pen- , nant in the York Head, in which two Colts fours and another four also rowed.

Shortly before the end of term the VIII departed for London at the kind invitation of Mr and Mrs R. Withers to row in both the School and Tideway Heads. This was the first time we had entered a crew in the Schools' Head, and we were rewarded by finishing a creditable 39th for a new entry, even though conditions were very unpleasant. Two days later in the Tideway Head the same crew had a very disappointing row and dropped to 186th position. Nevertheless the tour was both enjoyable and instructive.

Summer Term

We returned in late April to find the 1st VIII had been selected to represent the North East in the Inter-Regional Youth Championships to be held at Holme Pierrepont on Sunday, 18th May. For the crew to qualify as Junior, John Newdick was substituted for William McIlroy. while only two days before the event Tony Yates replaced Robin Holden, who was troubled by a recurring wrist injury. The Saturday at Nottingham turned out to be rather disastrous, the VIII being disqualified in the Senior C competition for late arrival (one minute!) at the start, and W.S.M. finding the sea-like conditions too difficult to achieve any success. On the Sunday the VIII was much more relaxed, and although they came last in the I.R.Y.C. Eights event they were only five lengths behind the Eton College 1st VIII.

Below is a summary table of how all the competitive crews fared throughout the season, though we must make mention of some particular successes. St Peter's coxing at Durham has rarely been better and Andrew Gray did all he could to help the 1st IV win the Senior C Fours event at this regatta. Unfortunately, the crew lost by only + length in the final to the season's exceptional Junior crew, Talkin Tam, and thus failed to add to their success at Hexham. The 2nd IV probably produced their best form at Cambridge where they were beaten in the final of Junior B Fours. They reached a similar position at Hexham but then and in following regattas failed to win through. The two other successful crews at the time of writing were surprisingly those to receive least coaching throughout the term. The 4th Four were beaten in the Final of the Novice Fours at both Hexham and Durham's first day before finally achieving the success they deserved. In fact, they raced five times on the Sunday as they dead-heated in the first round. The crew rowed more convincingly each time, though, and with a superb course from Nigel Hawking in the Final they only just overcame a powerful Whitby Friendship crew by one length.

Colts 1 and Junior Colts 1 also reached Finals at Durham but lacked the power to make their style pay off. On the other hand the more ungainly Colts 2 combination had a walkover win in Junior B Fours at Bradford Regatta, to be followed by an outstanding performance in a similar event at York Summer. Here they beat an extremely powerful and much older Derwent R.C. crew to take the "Bradford Challenge Cup".

At the time of writing three fours, two novice scullers and a scratch coxed pair of John Newdick, Brian Macdonald and Philip Johnson were preparing to row at Leeds Sprint. The only remaining event of the term was the Invitation Colts and Junior and Junior Junior Colts events at Bradford. The corresponding fixture at York in May produced no winners but many close races and much enjoyment.

In conclusion I should just like to thank, on behalf of the Boat Club, those people without whose support we could hardly function year by year: Mr and Mrs G. Gray have again tirelessly towed the trailer to regattas and given us support in many other ways. The Supporters' Club Dance Committee, organised by Mr and Mrs C. Morcom and aided by many marvellous friends, arranged yet another very successful function. Finally, all the rowing and coaching members of the Boat Club, including Mr John Hood, who have helped make this another happy and rewarding year.

W.S.M.

CREWS

1st VIII: Bow—W. A. D. McMaster Won Senior C Pennant, York Head 2—N. J. Ramsden 3—C. G. A. Morcom 4—J. N. C. Turner 5—D. B. McCarter 6—R. J. Holden —sub.: A 7—W. S. Mcllroy —sub.: J. M. Newdick Str.—T. F. Hudson Cox—A. P. P. Gray a R.teD pN r .eos Btet.innt yg ehd ataem North East East 6th IRYC

1st IV: original order Bow—D. B. McCarter (2) (later in brackets) 2—R. J. Holden (3) 3—W. S. Mcllroy (Str.) Str.—T. F. Hudson (Bow) Cox—A. P. Gray (Cox) Won Senior C Fours, Hexham Finalist, Senior C, Durham, day 1 Won Senior C Fours, Leeds Sprint

2nd IV: I

Bow—W. A. D. McMaster 2—N. J. Ramsden Finalist, Junior B, Cambridge 3—C. G. A. Morcom Finalist, Junior, B, Hexham Str.—J. N. C. Turner Beaten Final, Junior B, Leeds Cox—P. D. Johnson Sprint 3rd IV: Bow—P. S. Spencer 2—W. M. A. Bentley 3—J. M. Newdick 111

Str.—J. Snowdon Cox—J. R. Macfarlane and R. A. C. Bronk

4th IV: Bow—C. A. F. Brown Finalist, Novice Fours, Hexham 2—I. A. Nichols Finalist, Novice Fours, Durham, 3—T. C. Moore day 1 Str.—L. S. Wilson Won Novice Fours, Durham, day 2 Cox—N. S. Hawking Won Junior B, Leeds Sprint